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Star Eagle

2026-02-16T19:00:02Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Clumsy wording, woops

{{factions|maximal}}
[[File:USA Star Eagle Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Participate in Capitalism, kids! It works!"]]

'''Star Eagle''' is a [[Maximal]] who celebrates the [[United States of America]].

==Toys==
===''Transformers''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Star Eagle''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 rocket blasters<ref>[https://newsroom.hasbro.com/static-files/bd7a8f8c-7280-468e-b732-1e39efae6f4c Hasbro press release] description calls the rockets "attachable rocket blaster accessories"</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Releasing to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States signing their Declaration of Independence, "Star Eagle" is a redeco of Deluxe Class [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]] from the ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' line, transforming into a realistic peregrine falcon colored as a red, white and blue bald eagle in 22 steps. The beast mode has multiple joints in their wings, legs, and head, and an opening beak. Star Eagle includes two red rocket accessories that can be held in their hands or attach to their arms, and can store on their beast mode rear.

: Being designed to celebrate the USA, Star Eagle's packaging is decked with several starts and stripes on the box's outside and the cardboard inserts. Unlike the [[Nerf]] blasters that Hasbro is also releasing under the 250th anniversary branding, Star Eagle lacks any tacky stars or stripes on the figure itself.

: It is currently unknown if the wings' stress mark issue from the original Airazor release is still present.

: Per the press release, pre-orders for Star Eagle will begin in March 2026 on Walmart and Hasbro Pulse, and will ship in Spring 2026. Star Eagle's package does not appear to mention any toyline, but the design closely adheres to the new layout followed by the [[2025]] ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' and ''[[Studio Series]]'' toylines.

{{WFCKingdomAirazorMold}}

{{comingsoontoy|Spring 2026}}
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==Notes==
[[File:EOG1U Bluebolt.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Buy Star Eagle to repurpose as me ''and the terrorists win!'']]
* Star Eagle is part of a [[Walmart]]-exclusive initiative across multiple [[Hasbro]] brands to, uh, celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary in [[2026]]. Other toylines getting the USA treatment include [[Nerf]]—so children can patriotically shoot at <s>each other</s> soda cans with star-spangled sidearms bearing fanciful names such as "Dunk-Fill Freedom", "Freedom Frenzy", and the van mural-style "Stars & Stripes Eagle Blaster"—and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', via [[Super7]]'s ReAction+ line, which features the Real American Heroes [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Falcon (G.I. Joe)|Falcon]] in red, white, and blue fatigues. Yuck.
* As a ''Kingdom'' Airazor done up in blue, Star Eagle calls to mind the ''[[The Transformers: End of G1 Universe|End of G1 Universe]]'' character [[Blue Bolts (RID)#End of G1 Universe|Bluebolt]], though there are clear differences between the two, most notably the fact that Bluebolt uses the head from the ''Kingdom'' [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Skywarp]] version of the mold. But the red deco applied to Star Eagle's forehead and rocket blasters sure seems to evoke [[Blue Bolts (RID)#Legacy|Bluebolts' ''Legacy'' toy]]... Hmm!

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:United States of America]]

Star Eagle

2026-02-16T18:58:40Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Laying blame at the correct feet

{{factions|maximal}}
[[File:USA Star Eagle Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Participate in Capitalism, kids! It works!"]]

'''Star Eagle''' is a [[Maximal]] who celebrates the [[United States of America]].

==Toys==
===''Transformers''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Star Eagle''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 rocket blasters<ref>[https://newsroom.hasbro.com/static-files/bd7a8f8c-7280-468e-b732-1e39efae6f4c Hasbro press release] description calls the rockets "attachable rocket blaster accessories"</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Releasing to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States signing their Declaration of Independence, "Star Eagle" is a redeco of Deluxe Class [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]] from the ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' line, transforming into a realistic peregrine falcon colored as a red, white and blue bald eagle in 22 steps. The beast mode has multiple joints in their wings, legs, and head, and an opening beak. Star Eagle includes two red rocket accessories that can be held in their hands or attach to their arms, and can store on their beast mode rear.

: Being designed to celebrate the USA, Star Eagle's packaging is decked with several starts and stripes on the box's outside and the cardboard inserts. Unlike the [[Nerf]] blasters that Hasbro is also releasing under the 250th anniversary branding, Star Eagle lacks any tacky stars or stripes on the figure itself.

: It is currently unknown if the wings' stress mark issue from the original Airazor release is still present.

: Per the press release, pre-orders for Star Eagle will begin in March 2026 on Walmart and Hasbro Pulse, and will ship in Spring 2026. Star Eagle's package does not appear to mention any toyline, but the design closely adheres to the new layout followed by the [[2025]] ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' and ''[[Studio Series]]'' toylines.

{{WFCKingdomAirazorMold}}

{{comingsoontoy|Spring 2026}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:EOG1U Bluebolt.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Buy Star Eagle to repurpose as me ''and the terrorists win!'']]
* Star Eagle is part of a [[Walmart]]-exclusive initiative across multiple [[Hasbro]] brands to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary in [[2026]] among their brands. Other toylines getting the USA treatment include [[Nerf]]—so children can patriotically shoot at <s>each other</s> soda cans with star-spangled sidearms bearing fanciful names such as "Dunk-Fill Freedom", "Freedom Frenzy", and the van mural-style "Stars & Stripes Eagle Blaster"—and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', via [[Super7]]'s ReAction+ line, which features the Real American Heroes [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Lady Jaye]], [[Snake-Eyes]], and [[Falcon (G.I. Joe)|Falcon]] in red, white, and blue fatigues. Yuck.
* As a ''Kingdom'' Airazor done up in blue, Star Eagle calls to mind the ''[[The Transformers: End of G1 Universe|End of G1 Universe]]'' character [[Blue Bolts (RID)#End of G1 Universe|Bluebolt]], though there are clear differences between the two, most notably the fact that Bluebolt uses the head from the ''Kingdom'' [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Skywarp]] version of the mold. But the red deco applied to Star Eagle's forehead and rocket blasters sure seems to evoke [[Blue Bolts (RID)#Legacy|Bluebolts' ''Legacy'' toy]]... Hmm!

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:United States of America]]

User:Sky Shadow

2026-02-04T19:53:52Z

Sky Shadow: /* Fixing our documentation of the Combiners of the Prime Wars Trilogy */ i can't count

'''Sky Shadow''' is [[Vivian Grannell|me]]. I'm also known as '''gearshift''' or '''toastergrl''' in other places. I have a history with the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|rat]]. Did you pick up 21331?

(I picked this username after being weirdly compelled by [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#2010-11|Gentyten]] [[Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|Sky Shadow]], who I proceeded to write the wiki caption for and never buy??)

==Major wikistuff I done did==
{{anchor|PWT}}
===Fixing our documentation of the [[Combiner]]s of the Prime Wars Trilogy===
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*Figuring out what was up with [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] versus [[Ultra Prime]]
*Comprehensive intro paragraphs and bios for [[Sky Reign]] and [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]]
*Nice bios/tables for [[Inferno Combiner|Nexus Inferno]] and [[Starscream Combiner|Nexus Starscream]], and table for [[Elita-Infin1te]]
*New intro paragraph for [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] to give his [[Betatron (CW)|combining]] [[Modulus|abilities]] proper airtime
*Cleaning up that one ambulance [[Ratchet (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|with]] [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|three]] [[Medix (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|bios]]
*Comic bios for the [[Aerialbot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Aerialbots]]
*Comic bios for the [[Stunticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Stunticons]]
*Comic bios for the [[Protectobot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Protectobots]]
*Comic bios for the [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]]
*Categories for the [[:Category: Combiner Wars Combiners|CW]] and [[:Category: Power of the Primes Combiners|POTP]] Combiners
}}

==TFWiki Community Blog contributions==
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*[https://tfwikicommunity.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/a-stampede-of-hooves-and-tires-my-saturday-with-the-hasbro-team-mcm-comic-con-25/ A Stampede of Hooves & Tires: My Saturday with the Hasbro Team @ MCM Comic Con ’25]
}}

==My favourites==
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], but mostly when he [[Blast Off (G1)#Combiner Wars|has]] [[Blast Off (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|a]] [[Blast Off (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|face]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], but only when he has a [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|red]] [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|helmet]]
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], even though [[Nightbeat (G1)#Toys|all his toys are bad]]
*[[Sideways (disambiguation)|Sideways]], despite [[Talk:Sideways (Armada)|it]] [[Circular reporting#Sideways the dimension-hopper|all]]
*[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]
*[[Combiner]]s and [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]] ([[#PWT|duh]])
*[[Titan Master|Titan Masters]]
*[[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolts]]

==My least favourites==
*Whoever got Ratchet's head colouring wrong in the cartoon four decades ago
*Elita-Infin1te because they missed the boat on fiction and [[Orthia|have been supplanted]] :(

==External Links==
*[https://bsky.app/profile/toastergrl.bsky.social If you need to get in contact offsite]
*[https://kartkrew.org Go play Ring Racers, the technical kart racer!]

Optimus Prime (G1)

2026-02-04T19:47:12Z

Sky Shadow: /* Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material */ Fixing up major inconsistencies/presentation issues.

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{{disambigm|Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Orion Pax (disambiguation)|Optronix (disambiguation)}}
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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Optimusg1.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|I'm that guy everyone remembers. No, not [[Soundwave (G1)|the tape guy]], the ''other'' guy.]]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the awe-inspiring [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]] forces. Selfless and valiant, he is the complete opposite of his mortal enemy [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Originally a civilian known as '''Orion Pax''' or '''Optronix''', he was chosen by the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to lead, the first in a number of heavy burdens he has been forced to bear. Another was his bringing of the [[Transformer]]s' conflict to Earth. Every casualty, [[human]] or Cybertronian, weighs heavily on his [[spark]], although he does not show this side to his soldiers and never succumbs to despair. The Autobots need a decisive, charismatic leader and that is what he gives them. It was that leadership which turned the tide of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]].

On the battlefield, there are few who rival Optimus Prime's prowess. He is easily the strongest of any Autobot his [[Scale|size]]. When teamed with his [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]] and [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] drone, his [[ion blaster]] and [[energon-axe]] are deadly weapons. He would sacrifice his life to protect his fellow Autobots or those under their care and [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|does so on a regular basis]]. His compassion for other sentient beings is his only real weakness, and one the Decepticons have taken advantage of time and again... though it is also the source of his strength!

{{bigquote|Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.|Optimus Prime's most common [[bio]] quote.}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
[[File:CommandPerformances-Autobotsattack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Don't worry, the multiple crises of conscience come soon enough.]]
Optimus Prime was a [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] champion for [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] before quickly working his way up the Autobot ranks once [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] started the war. Four million years ago, when Decepticons attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], he personally chose to crash it onto [[Earth]], a decision that caused him much remorse when the war restarted on Earth in the modern day.

Though Optimus allowed himself to be destroyed when he betrayed his own moral code while playing a video game, a copy of his mind survived on a [[floppy disk]]. Years later, he was restored as a [[Powermaster]], binary bonded to the [[Nebulan]], [[Hi-Q]]. Optimus Prime slowly earned the respect of Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], mourned the loss of his friend [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]], and ultimately sacrificed everything to defeat [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Though Optimus died again, his mind persisted in Hi-Q, and the [[Last Autobot]] was able to restore him as an [[Action Master]] in time to bring a temporary end to the war.

In [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|one universe]], Optimus Prime went on to battle [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian troops]], and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In [[Transformers: Classics|another]], fifteen years of peace passed before Megatron rose again.
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===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===
[[File:PackIn RodimusPrimeRemembers Inside2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The fury of the "Road Warriors"... and Cosmos.]]
The Autobots were outnumbered and outgunned on Earth from the start, though Optimus was confident (and correct) that reinforcements from Cybertron would arrive. {{storylink|Reinforcements from Cybertron!}}

However, the situation was still so desperate that Optimus not only decided to recruit human allies {{storylink|The battle is far from over!}}, but aggressively tried to recruit and ''deputise'' human children, including giving them the power to co-ordinate Autobot teams in battles. He wouldn't even make a final move on the Decepticons until he had enough child soldiers on his side. {{storylink|Earthlings: THE S.T.A.R.S. need your help now!}} {{storylink|Have the Decepticons defeated us once and for all?}} In at least one case, this likely led to the ''death'' of a small boy at Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Can one boy, alone, hold back the evil Decepticons?}}

Optimus later led a convoy in search for a building site for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], which ran into a Decepticon ambush. {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}} He sent off several Autobots to get help, knowing this was the only chance of victory. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}} Those several Autobots were seen again, but Prime... wasn't.
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
[[File:Mtmte2 shermandam.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He had this ax once. It was very memorable.]]
Before the war, Optimus Prime was originally '''Orion Pax''', a young dock worker with a girlfriend named [[Elita One (G1)|Ariel]]. But as the war began, Megatron destroyed them both, and [[Alpha Trion]] rebuilt them into more powerful warriors.

Four million years ago, Optimus Prime ended a Decepticon attack on the Ark by directing it towards prehistoric Earth. When both factions reawakened in [[1984]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots fought the Decepticons on numerous occasions until [[2005]]. During an attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, Prime fell in battle against Megatron and passed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]].

Optimus Prime eventually returned, once as a [[zombie]], and again when he was rebuilt by the [[Quintesson]]s to stop the spread of the [[Hate Plague]].

The details between these events differ between universes. Sometimes Optimus Prime merged with [[Vector Sigma]] soon after defeating the Hate Plague, and returned much, much later as Star Convoy. Sometimes Optimus Prime partnered up with [[Marissa Faireborn]] to receive upgrades through mutual [[kiss]]ing. Sometimes... look, he did a lot of weird stuff, okay? He later sacrifices himself to restore the [[Matrix of Leadership]].
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===Sticker Adventures books===
[[File:Returntocybertron-ohsnap.jpg|thumb|200px]]
During a Decepticon attack, Cliffjumper pleaded with Optimus to let him jump into the fray. Optimus denied his request, telling him that they already had the Decepticons on the run. In the battle's aftermath, the Decepticon's activity seem to vanish altogether. Grateful for the quiet, Optimus decided to head out and fetch extra fuel for the Autobots with Sparkplug. He returned just in time to find his Autobots in the middle of a battle with the Decepticons. With Sparkplug and Prowl's help, Optimus refuelled his troops, and once more drove the Decepticons back. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons}}

Optimus Prime and the Autobots were repairing a ship in the hopes of using it to return to Cybertron, when the Decepticons attacked. He took a hit in the midst of the battle, and fell unconscious...

Then he dreamed of awakening, only to find his troops smashed. Realizing his only hope for survival lay with Cybertron, Optimus then boarded the ship the Autobots were repairing, and travelled back to his home planet. Arriving on Cybertron, he found it completely under Decepticon domination. Optimus then met an old Autobot codger who pleaded that he return to Earth to gather a force that could overthrow the Decepticon's regime. Optimus remorsefully told the old Autobot that there could be no reinforcements from the planet Earth. The two Autobots were then swarmed by Decepticon police officers, who Optimus fought until his dying breath...

Only for Optimus to awaken for real, back on Earth and surrounded by his troops. Realizing that his trip to Cybertron was a dream, Optimus instructed his Autobots to redouble their efforts in fixing up their ship, certain that they would soon need to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron (sticker book)|Return to Cybertron}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
When Optimus captained an Autobots spacecraft with the intent of clearing an asteroid field headed for Cybertron, he found his ship and crew attacked by the Decepticons. Rather than allow his Autobots to be taken prisoner, he deliberately crashed the Ark on Earth into a volcano.

Millions of years later, Optimus was one of the thirty-five Autobots rebuilt into modern machines by the ship"s computer. Some time later, Jazz reported that he had spotted Decepticon activity at a nearby construction site. Optimus decided to take a proactive angle to their war with the Decepticons, and led the entirety of his troops to the Decepticon base. Once there, they found themselves allowed in by Megatron, feigning a friendly demeanor. Not fooled by Megatron's claims that he was making an honest living heading a construction company, Optimus engaged the evil robots in combat, before being blasted out of the Decepticon base. Optimus and his troops were sent tumbling down the cliffside beneath their feet. The Autobots suffered only minor damage from the fall, and after getting patched up, moved out once more to stop Megatron's plan, now well under way. Megatron was holding millions of humans hostage in a bid to get the Earth to surrender unconditionally to the Decepticons.

The two sides found themselves equally matched until the Constructicons merged into The Devastator. The tables were turned once more when the Dinobots appeared, and mercilessly slaughtered the Constructicons. The Decepticons' plan foiled, Optimus decided that the Autobot-Decepticon war had come to an end, despite Megatron's protests to the contrary. He and his Autobots then drove away victorious. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

[[File:Autobots secret weapon prime megs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Megatron's greatest weakness: the reflection of the sun]]
Optimus pondered [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s whereabouts after noticing that he had been absent from Autobot headquarters for longer than expected. The answer came through [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who relayed a message from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]; Sunstreaker was the Decepticons' captive. Megatron demanded that the Autobots surrender, or else Sunstreaker would be destroyed and rebuilt as a Decepticon! The Autobots refused to give up without a fight, but Optimus took care to explain the threat they were up against before a rescue party headed out. Optimus told [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combiner nature, and warned them not take the danger he posed lightly. The rescue squad failed in liberating Sunstreaker, and were captured themselves. The Autobots were shaken by this turn of events, but Optimus was able to think up a new plan to trick the Decepticons. He ordered his Autobots to build a hollow statue of Devastator for him and his soldiers to hide within. Optimus then wrote a letter explaining that the statue was a peace offering for the Decepticons, and the completed decoy was placed before the Decepticons' base. The ruse worked, and Optimus and his troops burst forth from the false Devastator after the Decepticons had let down their guard. An all-out brawl between Autobots and Decepticons followed. The fight came to an end when Megatron attempted to down Optimus with his fusion cannon, only for Optimus to deflect Megatron's beam back at him by bouncing it off a reflective piece of metal. With the Decepticons defeated, Optimus ordered his troops to retrieve their wounded and return to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:SummertimeColoring Optimus Prime combat deck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|In lieu of solving the [[FIRRIB]] debate the hard way, Prime eliminates the problem at the source.]]
Alerted by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s latest plan, Optimus Prime led the mission on [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s ship to foil them. He sent Bumblebee on an underwater scouting mission, and took part in a pitched battle that ended in the Decepticon's being defeated. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}} When [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] dropped rocks on the Autobots, Optimus used [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] to eliminate most of them. Unfortunately he was forced to surrender when he saw the other Autobots had been captured by the Decepticons, and was placed in a [[special Autobot prison]]. Luckily Bumblebee remained free, and after he'd rescued the others, Optimus wrapped Megatron up with an iron bar. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

One peaceful day, Optimus decided it was ''too'' quiet, and sent Bumblebee and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] to find out what the Decepticons were up to. Sure enough, the Decepticons were looking for a factory, so Optimus had Mirage create a holographic factory as a trick, and ambushed the Decepticons. Optimus himself hurled Megatron into orbit. {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}} Optimus and his Autobots rescued [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] when the pair were captured by Decepticons, and afterwards Prime was amazed when Sparkplug repaired [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. After Bumblebee and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] discovered that the Decepticons were attacking [[Hoover Dam]], Optimus and his team defeated them. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] reported to Optimus that the Decepticons were stealing gas, and Optimus was able to use Roller to find out the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]]. The Autobots assaulted the Decepticon stronghold so they could take care of the device. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}} After a rain storm, Optimus and most of the other Autobots went out on patrol. When the Decepticons used a fake message to lure Bumblebee out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] so they could take it over, Optimus used the same gambit to retake the ship. {{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}}

[[File:Forestrescuemission-bunny.jpg|thumb|left|Carrots are the right of all fluffy beings!]]
When the Decepticons turned up in the same forest that the Autobots were taking a vacation in, Optimus took great pleasure in stopping them and returning the forest to pristine condition. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}} Optimus was undertaking some repairs when Bumblebee offered to help, but Prime told him the repairs were too hard for him. When later the other Autobots were dismissive of Bumblebee's report of a Decepticon attack, Optimus alone listened to him, and they subsequently defeated the Decepticons. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}}}}

[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] warned Optimus about a fuel plant the Decepticons were building, so Optimus took the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] in his trailer and, under the guise of having a delivery for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], invaded the construction site and defeated the Decepticons. After this victory, Optimus turned his gaze skywards, and thanked Cosmos for his contribution to the Autobot cause. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

Optimus Prime eventually passed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}

===Deadly Paradise===
[[File:DeadlyParadise-Optimus and Troops.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
When Sideswipe was accused and convicted of destroying the [[Nova Suspension Bridge]], Optimus was infuriated that one of his own Autobots could commit such a heinous act. Optimus was tasked to hunt down and deactivate Sideswipe, though the task proved to be easy as Sideswipe did not run, hide or resist. After Optimus had deactivated Sideswipe, he was approached by Prowl, who pointed out that Sideswipe's actions made little sense, as he had committed the crime in broad daylight before many witnesses. Agreeing that the Decepticons might be behind the situation, Optimus allowed Prowl to take a team of Autobots to [[Carob Island]] to clear Sideswipe's name while Optimus and Jazz stayed behind to continue working on human/Autobot relations. Prowl returned with evidence that it was indeed a Decepticon-controlled clone of Sideswipe that had committed the crime. Optimus then presumably reactivated Sideswipe when his name was cleared. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
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Optimus and Prowl received message from [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] of a coal transport in [[Africa]], and discovered Megatron was using human slaves. Megatron detonated his coal mines with the world's largest explosion, killing the humans and forging the world's largest diamond — that he would use to as a lens for a [[Crystal satellite|satellite]] to focus the Sun's beams, melting the [[Rocky Mountains]]! Prime ordered Skyfire to attack the satellite, and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to build a square mile panel of metal to deflect the beam, blowing the satellite up. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}} The Decepticons attempted to drain the [[Prudhoe Bay oil reservoir]], causing volcanic eruptions and Russia to approach America, accelerating tensions between the countries. Optimus ordered [[razon gas]] to be pumped into the reservoir, returning the [[oil]] below and raising the Decepticons' aquatic drill. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}}

Accompanied by Prowl, Optimus went to [[Sumatra]] and discovered much of the jungle had been destroyed. The Decepticons tried to destroy the [[Brazil]]ian jungle and take its oil, but once again the Autobots stopped them. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}} Following a battle between the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and the Decepticons, Optimus ordered [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] be repaired by Ratchet at their [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] oil supply. Tracking Slag, Megatron attempted to destroy the base with the [[Crusher (G1)|Crusher]], slicing icebergs off the continent. Optimus ordered [[Autobot superjet]]s to counterattack, but the battle was won when Megatron unwittingly reawakened hundreds of dormant Dinobots beneath the ice. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}} Optimus and Prowl were baffled by Megatron's next strategy, a series of hit-and-run attacks in the Pacific rim. It emerged it was a distraction from the enslavement of the population of [[Buru]]. Optimus, Prowl and the Dinobots arrived and fought off the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], foiling the scheme to drain the island's oil. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}} When Megatron planned to drain the world's largest [[oil tanker|supertanker]], Optimus had the oil tainted with a corrosive acid, sabotaging the Decepticon submersible. The Autobots flew the tanker to [[New York City]], and ordered the few witnesses' memory to be wiped. Wow. {{storylink|Attack of the Decepticons}}

===Big Looker Story Books===
[[File:KidsPrime1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|And the fluffy kitten played with that yarn all gosh-darn night.]]
After a thousand years of war on Cybertron, the planet was shaken from its orbit and risked being smashed to pieces by an asteroid field. Optimus decided to take a group of Autobots in the Ark and destroy the asteroids, but they were attacked by the Decepticons, and Optimus crashed the ship on Earth. Four million years later, the Ark repaired them, and they encountered [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. Sparkplug suggested to Prime that the Autobots tap the volcano they'd crashed into for power. The two humans also warned the Autobots of an impending Decepticon attack, and Optimus laid a trap. Unfortunately the Decepticon forces attacked from all directions, and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[null-ray]] put Optimus out of commission. Luckily Sparkplug easily fixed him, and his fast recovery inspired the Autobots to chase the Decepticons off. Optimus vowed to protect this new world. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

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When a two-part race was being held with a massive supply of oil and gasoline as the prize, both the Decepticons and the Autobots badly wanted to win it. Megatron entered the race by hiding himself inside a [[big black car|hollowed-out car]] and harassed [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] all throughout the contest. When Prime discovered the car was being driven by his arch foe, he swiftly pulled a telephone pole out from the ground and used it to bash the mortal hell out of the cheating Decepticon. Thanks to Prime's violent intervention, Cliffjumper was able to win the race. Afterward, Optimus Prime celebrated the Minibot's victory with a gargantuan smile as all the Decepticons starved to death. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

The morning after a particularly vicious battle, Optimus listened to birdsong and pondered life as a giant robot, before asking [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] for a damage report. The Autobots were puzzled when the Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s (and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]) did a flyby on their camp, as the Decepticons were similarly damaged after the battle, but [[Shooting Star]] reported that the Decepticons were trying to distract them while an attempt was made to secure a broken-down oil truck a few miles away. Optimus took a small group to investigate, and successfully aided the [[Abe Walters|humans]] in getting their truck moving. [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] was instrumental in stopping the Decepticon attack, and Optimus commended the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] for his valor. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

On another beautiful day, Optimus sat under a tree with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], discussing the Decepticons. A while later, [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] reported that [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] had shot at him. Optimus smelled a Decepticon plot and led an assault on their headquarters, only to find that Grapple had been injected with a [[cerebro-shell]], placing him in Decepticon control. Battle commenced, during which Grapple was freed and helped them defeat the Decepticon. Afterward Optimus said it all had been worth it to get Grapple back. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
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[[File:Ladybird prime transforms.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The ghost of Optimus Prime possesses... himself?]]
Upon witnessing the incredible power of a lightning storm for the first time, Optimus Prime had Sparkplug Witwicky explain the phenomenon to him. Intrigued by the potential of lightning, Prime put [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] to work finding a way to harness its energy, so they could use it to aid in the rebuilding of their spaceship. Huffer constructed a giant lightning rod, and Optimus Prime and the Autobots gathered to watch its first test. They were shocked, however, when a fleet of battered, damaged Decepticons flew out of the mountain housing the antenna and off into the night. The evil robots had attempted to discover the device's secrets and been seriously electrocuted! Once the lightning rod had been checked, Prime vowed to make the lightning-harnessing technology the Autobots' gift to Earth once they had left the planet. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

When the Decepticons tried to take control of a solar energy station, Prime sent Roller in to investigate. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}} Later, Prime sent [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to spy on the Decepticons' latest misdeeds, and the Autobots discovered that they were having trouble with the ion drive of their starship. Prime led the Autobots in an attack on the mine the Decepticons were using to test their propulsion system and routed Megatron's force. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Optimus Prime grew concerned when [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] picked up a communication from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] that indicated the Decepticons had grown interested in a mysterious structure near a human village. Prime and a team of Autobots headed out to investigate, and they battled the Decepticons over the structure, which turned out to be a harmless windmill. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

[[File:Ladybird powermaster prime.jpg|thumb|Invisible keyboard solo!]]
At some point, Optimus Prime disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived from Cybertron to take his place as Autobot commander. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}} Prime eventually returned many centuries later, now sporting a [[Powermaster]] body, and rejoined the Transformers' war after it had moved from Earth to the alien planet of [[Nebulos]].

When [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] was captured by the Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Optimus Prime agreed to surrender himself to ensure his fellow Autobot's safety. Naturally, though, Prime did not expect Scorponok to hold up his end of the bargain, and he had [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] and [[Fizzle]] rescue Highbrow while he allowed himself to be imprisoned. Their mission successful, Hosehead and Fizzle then sprang Prime from his cell, and the team beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}}

After weeks of Decepticon silence, Optimus Prime decided to get proactive and sent out patrols all over the planet to try and flush the villains out. None of the patrols reported back with any success, however, and Prime realized that there was one area of the planet that his troops had deliberately ignored: the mysterious "[[Nebulos Triangle]]". [[Quickswitch]], [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] were sent into the Triangle, and they did indeed discover and foil the Decepticon plot going on in the area. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
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Optimus had [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and Huffer plant false information to mislead the Decepticons. As the Autobots were in need of a new power source, he sent [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to find Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]] and had to apologize to the doctor after Cliffjumper kidnapped her. Persuading her to help them, the Autobots traveled to the solar plant to make use of her solar reactor, only to find the Decepticons were already planning to attack it. While the other Autobots re-energized, Optimus protected them from an attack by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] abducted Blaisedale as a diversion, forcing Optimus to lead a team and rescue her. When the team returned, the plant was already under attack and Optimus helped the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] drive them off. Unfortunately the Dinobots totaled the plant in the process, and Optimus promised Blaisedale the Autobots would help her rebuild. In return, Blaisedale organized a meeting with the [[President of the United States]] so the Autobots could forge an alliance. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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When [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] brought [[Steve Guymo]] to the Autobot base, Optimus and the other Autobots realized that the Decepticons were behind the abduction of humans from airports across the nation. They were able to find the captive humans, whom the Decepticons were intending to ransom to the US government, and free them before engaging Starscream and his squad in battle. With the Decepticons defeated, the Autobots returned to base where Optimus thanked Steve for his help. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===The Special Teams===
After crashing on Earth in the Ark and remaining dormant for millions of years, Optimus, along with Sideswipe and Ratchet, were the first Autobots to awaken after the Decepticons’ own resurrection. These three helped the other Autobots repair themselves with the aid of the Ark's computer.

Some time later, as the war raged between Autobots and Decepticons on Earth, Optimus had requested the Aerialbots as reinforcements from Cybertron. Though they nearly defected to the Decepticons, Optimus was able to secure the Aerialbots as allies. Later, when a power plant had to be evacuated of its human workers due to the fear of landslides, Optimus posted Denfensor at the location to secure its protection. Optimus then drove off to check up on the rest of his troops who were aiding in the area's evacuation. Though he passed a military convoy heading towards a plant, he thought nothing of it, unaware that they were the newly created Combaticons in disguise. Optimus then reached the Ark, and from there opened communications with the Aerialbots. Optimus had someone come into the know that the Decepticons were moving in towards the plant. He watched from afar as Defensor and Superion fought Menasor and Bruticus, wary to send more Autobots into the fray while these titans wreaked havoc onto the battlefield. Optimus allowed himself a smile when the Aerialbots and the Protectobots proved themselves superior teams to the Decepticons’, though at the back of his mind, he was wary. After all, Megatron himself had chosen not to add his considerably weight to the battle... {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===''The Battle for Planet Earth'' continuity===
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In search of new energy sources, Optimus led a team to central [[South America]]. When they spotted [[Mount Sheelah]], their two-human friends [[John Gordon|John]] and [[Tim Gordon]] explained volcanoes, and, believing it to be of possible use, the Autobots went to examine it. During a battle with the Decepticons over the volcano, Optimus was convinced by the two humans to retreat, ultimately saving them when Mount Sheelah erupted. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} After discovering that the Decepticons were kidnapping humans, Optimus sent [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to scout the Decepticon base. When Bumblebee returned with the Decepticons' [[global crystal]], Optimus was able to use it to blackmail the Decepticons into letting the humans go. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

Using their network of human allies, the Autobots tracked the Decepticons to [[Stanley Lake]]. When Optimus learned that the Decepticons had taken over the hydro-plant, he lured them out into the valley in front of the dam so that [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and the humans could flood the valley, washing the Decepticons away. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to defect as part of a ploy to get a spy into the Autobots' midst, but Optimus wasn't fooled at all. He and his men concocted a false plan which they shared with Starscream, and while the Decepticons were subsequently on [[Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System|a wild goose chase]], Optimus's team smashed the Decepticon base flat. As they let Starscream go, Optimus couldn't help mocking him. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

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The Autobots subsequently returned to Cybertron aboard a refueled and repaired ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' with the defeated Decepticons, taking the Decepticons on Cybertron unawares and quickly capturing control Cybertron. Peace reigned for a time until a series of natural disasters began, the source of which was determined to be the planet [[Moebius]] in [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|a parallel universe]]. The Autobots assembled a team to travel to this alternate universe and stop the threat; Optimus Prime personally led the team, unwilling to put anyone in more danger than himself. Wheeljack, Hoist, Jazz, Prowl, and Silverstreak constituted the rest of the team; they dubbed themselves [[Spychanger|Spy Changers]] because they aimed to achieve their goal with stealth and diplomacy. The team modified their bodies to match the native cyborgs using data acquired from the [[Sky Spy]] and traveled to the 22nd Strata but were soon attacked by the local [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, who mistakenly presumed them to be [[Renegade]]s. The Spy Changers were then rescued by the real Renegades, who presumed them to be potential allies and took them back to their flagship, the ''[[Rogue Star]]''. Renegade leader [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] attempted to court the Spy Changers as allies, but Optimus saw through Cy-Kill's deception. Eventually, the Autobots formed a secret alliance with the Guardians as well as discovered the cause of Cybertron's troubles: Renegade bases on Moebius were draining the planet's energy. The planet's geometry had turned it into a crude [[Dimensional Interfacer]], and Moebius was tapping into Cybertron to sustain itself. Hoist was able to end the crisis by triggering the bases' remote detonation sequence. Cy-Kill was furious, but in the ensuing battle, the Autobot-Guardian alliance triumphed over the Renegades. Optimus Prime and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] shook hands as a symbol of the transdimensional friendship, and the Autobots returned to their home reality, secure in the knowledge that they had allies in places as distant as alternate realities. {{Storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 30, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 30/09/2015}}

Some time later, Optimus was botnapped by Megatron's [[Renegade Decepticon]]s and taken to another reality. Prowl and Red Alert followed with the Spy Changers team, although they didn't end up on the 22nd Strata as expected. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric#May 2, 2016|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 02/05/2016}} The Decepticons made several raids against local human facilities, and the Autobots were unable to stop them or rescue Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric#May 5, 2016|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 05/05/2016}}

Wheeljack eventually located the Decepticon Earth Base by tapping into their communications network. It was a trap, for the Decepticons had recreated Spy Changer technology for themselves, becoming second generation Go-Bots. What's more, their captured [[Brainwave Scanner]] was used to reprogram Optimus, turning him into the Decepticon [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. While the Autobots were at the Decepticon base, Nemesis Prime had infiltrated their own headquarters and programmed the defense system against them, driving the Autobots from their home. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric#May 12, 2016|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 12/05/2016}}

Autobot morale crumbled as the Spy Changers split into two factions between the feuding Prowl and Red Alert. Megatron soon discovered the inevitable result of draining all compassion, remorse, and inhibition from Optimus Prime, though. Nemesis Prime made a play for Decepticon leadership and convinced Frenzy and [[Crash Test]] to support him against Megatron and his loyalists, Soundwave, Rumble and [[Nightracer (G1)|Nightracer]]. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric#May 19, 2016|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 19/05/2016}}

Nemesis Prime and the Decepticons attempted to hijack the D-5 supertrain out of Jasper, Nevada. Prowl's Autobots confronted them, but failed to elicit any signs of Optimus Prime' true personality as they battled. Prowl triggered the emergency "Red Mode" to destroy the D-5 once the Decepticons seized it. Furious, Nemesis Prime grabbed an [[Kelly (RID)|innocent human]] and threatened to kill her if the Autobots didn't comply. Prowl laid down his weapon and stated he knew Optimus would never go through with hurting her. Indeed, Nemesis struggled internally until his real mind broke free, and Optimus Prime returned to defeat Frenzy and Crash Test. Red Alert's team also dealt with Megatron's minions, and Optimus reunited Prowl and Red's squads under his command. They chased down the lone Megatron, only to witness him disappear through a Reality Bridge that self-destructed behind him. The entity known as [[Waspinator (BW)|Thrustinator]] arrived, and the Autobots prepared to follow him on the trail of Megatron. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric#July 14, 2016|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 14/07/2016}}

===Toy pack-in material===
While exploring Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness, Optimus Prime became severely damaged, and unable to return to the hemisphere of light. Having been able to send out one last message before his memory was badly damaged, Optimus found himself unable to distinguish friend from foe, and would join (or rejoin) whichever faction found him first. {{storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}

Optimus toppled the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], stopping the titan from attacking some power-lines. He next moved on to blasting Devastator's back-up, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}
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===Highway Clash===
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Optimus and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] secretly guarded a shipment of microchips that could be used to imbue sentience onto robots. Posing as the lorry transporting the precious cargo across the Yorkshire Dales, he was attacked by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] who sought the microchips to create an army of Decepticons. With [[you]]r help, Optimus may or may not have been successful in keeping the microchips out of the Decepticons' hands. {{storylink|Highway Clash}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
More than any other Transformer in these [[micro-continuity]]-nexuses, Optimus Prime had to make a ''lot'' of tough decisions. So tough in fact, that he usually needed help... from [[you]]!
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In the first nexus, when [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] reported back to Autobot HQ that the other [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were being controlled by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell's]] [[cerebro-shell]]s, Optimus had to decide whether to stop them with an immediate full-scale assault, or consult the Ark's computer. If he led an immediate attack, the cerebro-shells were jolted loose when his troops carried out his order to, "Bring them down fast and hard". If he consulted the computer, he then had to choose between its plan to have [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] remove the shells from a distance with his magnetic powers, or go with [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage's]] idea to lure the Dinobots over [[Bandit's Bluff]] with an Optimus Prime hologram. If he chose Mirage's plan, the Dinobots charged over the cliff and into the ocean, where they were salvaged for repairs back at base. If he let Windcharger lead operations at the bluff so he could confer with [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] about some strange activity near [[Dolphin's Bay]], it was out of his hands whether Windcharger accidentally tore the Dinobots to bits, or harmlessly removed the cerebro-shells. The latter outcome led to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] telling Optimus that Bombshell said controlling them was just part of a larger plan, and the Autobot leader realized that it might tie in to Skids's report. Skids and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] could investigate in [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] new mini-sub, but should he send [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] along with them?

If he didn't send Sludge with them, the odds were 2 to 1 that the Autobots would all be destroyed as part of Operation Black Coral. The one possible positive outcome ended with Optimus fighting a duel against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] atop [[Mount Lomas]] in which Prime (somehow) split into his three components to surround his archenemy. This provoked [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] into "assisting" his leader with an earthquake that destroyed the Decepticons' entire superfuel operation.

If Optimus ''did'' send Sludge to Dolphin's bay, he ensured the Autobots' triumph in four different outcomes! Three of these involved Optimus leading a full-scale assault on the Decepticon base hidden in Mount Lomas, and whether he followed [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] or Windcharger's plan of attack, Operation Black Coral was terminated. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}
====Battle Drive====
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Suspicious at the lack of recent Decepticon activity, Optimus Prime sent Bumblebee out on a scouting mission. When Bumblebee did not return for some time, Optimus began to worry, and sent out Prowl, Hound and Swoop to check up on the little Autobot.

In several versions of the events that unfolded next, Swoop would return to the Autobots' headquarters, and inform Optimus and his troops that the rest of his group was under Decepticon attack, and Optimus would subsequently lead his troops to rescue them.

In an alternate version of the following events, Bumblebee would return to base, reporting that the Decepticons were planning to destroy the humans' farmlands in an attempt to starve mankind and force them into submission. Upon hearing these news, Optimus gathered a squad of Autobots and headed out to stop the evil robots. However, once they found themselves in the open country, they found themselves at the mercy of a Decepticon ambush; Bumblebee had been fed false information! In one iteration of the events that followed, Optimus could have avoided his death if only he had listened to [[you]]r warning! In another iteration, Optimus had to decide whether he should send his Autobots away to the safety of a nearby bridge while he fended off the encroaching Decepticon horde, or if he should remain by the side of his troops as they all made a break for the bridge. Remaining as a single unit would spell their doom, but by sticking together, the Autobots could make it back to the safety of their base. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Attack of the Insecticons====
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In the third nexus, Optimus oversaw [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] testing [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s latest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], a miraculous device capable of fuelling a Transformer for an entire Earth day after being charged for only an hour in sunlight. As the trial-run wound down to an end, the Decepticons suddenly burst into the Autobots' secret underground testing facility, forcing Optimus to decide whether to order a tactical retreat, or have his Autobots fight the intruders despite his troops' low energy reserves. If he chose to stand and fight, he had the additional choice to either make the Autobots concentrate on Starscream, who is leading the charge against the Autobots, or divide his troops' attention onto all of the Decepticon assailants. If Optimus chose to attempt to eliminate Starscream once and for all, the Decepticon Seeker would beg for mercy, forcing Optimus into a choice yet again: accept the snivelling Decepticon's surrender, or continue his attempt to end Starscream's evil once and for all. Accepting Starscream's surrender spells victory for the Autobots, whereas ignoring Starscream pleas ultimately leads to Sparkplug being kidnapped by the Decepticons, necessitating Optimus to send Buster, Blaster and Bumblebee on a perilous retrieval mission while the other Autobots recharge at the Autobots' home base.

Alternatively, if Optimus chose to retreat either when initially confronted with the overwhelming Decepticon threat, or after realizing that his troops are too weak to fight after ordering them to concentrate their firepower equally amongst the intruding Decepticons, the ensuing underground adventure can have multiple outcomes; the Autobots become the captive of the Insecticons, forcing Optimus to either entrust Beachcomber with the fate of his troops, or to bargain with the Insecticons for the safe release of his Autobots; or dealing with the theft of the Sun-Pak by either duelling Megatron for the device's ownership, stealing the Sun-Pak back from the Decepticons or charging Mirage and Buster with the device's retrieval. If Optimus duels Megatron for the device, he either wins through brute force or by being more "cunning" than Megatron and destroying the device before the Decepticons can claim it as their victory prize. If Optimus attempts to steal the Sun-Pak under the Decepticons' noses, Optimus is shot by Megatron when the Decepticon leader notices Optimus and Smokescreen skulking towards the Sun-Pak. The Autobots nonetheless retrieve it when Smokescreen blots out the sun with his emission fumes, forcing Megatron to pass the Sun-Pak towards Buzzsaw in order to bypass the Autobots' smog cover, only for Optimus to intercept Megatron's pass and drive away with the Sun-Pak in Autobot possession. Finally, if Optimus has entrusted the Sun-Pak's retrieval to Mirage and Buster, the Autobot leader makes the duo swear not to engage the enemy for fear of their safety. If his Autobots keep their promise to him, Optimus is called in alongside the rest of the Autobots when the Insecticons are discovered, and Optimus leads a successful ambush towards the Insecticons, at the cost of the Sun-Pak itself. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
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Optimus was enjoying the lull in Decepticon activity along with the rest of his Autobots, when he recommended that Beachcomber take a vacation. Beachcomber gladly accepted.

In one possible scenario, Optimus was surprised to see Beachcomber return to Autobot headquarters soon after his departure. Beachcomber informed Optimus that he had uncovered the Decepticon's newest hidden fortress, and he suspected that the Decepticons were up to something big. Optimus sent out Beachcomber once more, this time along with Powerglide and Windcharger to investigate the Decepticons' plot further.

Optimus then stood at the ready to send over reinforcements when called upon by Beachcomber's squad.

In one possible sequence of events, Powerglide was captured and reprogrammed by the Decepticons, leading their army to Autobot headquarters. Taken by surprised, the Autobots were felled one by one until only Optimus remained. As Megatron gloated that he would not kill Optimus, only alter him so as to make him the bane of humanity, Optimus activated the Ark's self-destruct sequence, taking all of the Decepticons with him in a fiery explosion.

In another possible sequence of events, the trio returned to Autobot headquarters to relate their findings to Optimus Prime. The Decepticons planned to use a Destruction Beam to create a fault line near Center City, which would in turn be exploited by Rumble's earthquake-inducing abilities to destroy the entire area. The Autobots then decided to split up in two groups, one to attack the Decepticons’ fortress, the other to stop Rumble in Center City. Optimus headed the lead team.

If Optimus decided to send the lead team to attack the Decepticon headquarters, the team managed to infiltrate the Decepticon headquarters by using Beachcomber's knowledge of the secret doors’ location, and Brawn's strength to keep the doors opened. The Autobots then stormed the fortress, and Optimus maimed Megatron himself with a shot of his rifle. He then grappled the Decepticon leader, and forced him to lead himself, Inferno and Beachcomber to the Decepticons’ lab. There, the Autobots disabled and destroyed the Destruction Beam device, captured Megatron, and left many Decepticons permanently maimed. Though they later traded Megatron back to the Decepticons for the safe relief of the Autobots captured in Center City, the Autobots were ultimately victorious that day.

If Optimus decided to send the lead team to defend Center City, he carries Cosmos in his trailer, so as not to cause a panic amongst the humans. Miserable in his current position, Cosmos asked Optimus to let him join the secondary team's attack on the fortress, where he felt he would be more helpful.

If Optimus insisted that Cosmos stay with the group, the Autobots’ next objective would be to meet up with Sparkplug, with whom they consulted on whether the Autobots should enter Centre City in their [[robot mode]]s or in their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots not worry about subtlety, the entire squad transformed and began prowling the streets in search of Decepticons. Oblivious to the panic they were causing, Optimus assumed that the Decepticons were spotted nearby when a police officer declared that the city was under siege by giant robots. Unable to restore order in time to halt the Decepticons’ plot, Optimus and the rest of his team were destroyed in the ensuing earthquake.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots remained in their vehicle modes, he would concoct a plan where the Autobots would help evacuate the entire town in their vehicle modes. With no more than four trips in and out of the city, Optimus and the rest of the team carried out the plan without incident. The Autobots then transformed and engaged the approaching Decepticons, whom they easily dispatched. With the city safe, the Autobots moved out to help their comrades at the Decepticon fortress.

In an alternate scenario, wherein Beachcomber, Windcharger and Powerglide were captured by the Decepticons while snooping around the secret fortress, Optimus was tricked into leading his troops to their doom by a false S.O.S. sent out by Megatron.

In yet another possible scenario, Beachcomber returned from his day off early to inform Optimus that Jessie had been taken prisoner by the Decepticons. Optimus deployed a team of Autobots to go to the girl's rescue. Shortly before arriving at their destination, the Autobots had to choose their next course of action; they could either storm the Decepticon fortress by force, or try to sneak in through a secret passage Buster had previously discovered.

If they decided to storm the fortress, Beachcomber would become nervous, and urge his fellow Autobots to find a more peaceful way to resolve the situation. Optimus sternly told him that this was not the time for one of his anti-war speeches. This moment of hesitation ultimately cost the Autobots the battle, and the Decepticons triumphed that day.

If they decided a stealthier approach, the Autobots quietly entered the Decepticon base, and set out to shoot down any Decepticons they encountered, save Megatron, whom they planned to capture. After encountering some resistance from their foes, the Autobots came upon branch in the passageway, and had to choose to go left or right.

If they took the right passageway, the group soon happened upon Jessie, whom they freed. Telling them she knew the location of the Decepticons’ lab, Jessie then led the group into a Decepticon trap; she had been brainwashed. The Autobots were captured and Megatron's plan to destroy Center City came to fruition.

If they took the left passageway, the group happened upon Megatron's lab. Though Megatron attempted to trick Optimus into activating the Fortress's self-destruct sequence, Optimus was too clever to be duped. After deactivating both the Destruction beam and the Decepticons themselves, the Autobots found Jessie tied up in a cell. The Autobots then celebrated their victory by guzzling a few quarts of fine-grade oil.

In a final possible path, wherein the Decepticons attempted to turn Beachcomber into a Decepticon double agent but fumbled the process, Optimus made Beachcomber into an Autobot double agent. With his help, the Autobots hoped to soon win their war with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Desert Flight====
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When the Autobot-Decepticon civil war had yet to expand beyond Cybertron, Optimus had encountered a Decepticon weapon that weakened the gravitational pull within a confined area. The weapon being unreliable, Optimus had always assumed the Decepticons would not bother attempting to use it again.

Now on Earth, Optimus was leading a group of his best scouts on a fuel-finding mission when they heard a tremendous explosion go off nearby. Optimus recognized the sound of the explosion as being Dirge's concussion missiles. Though Powerglide offered to go investigate the explosion, Optimus opted to send out Cosmos instead.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus's convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. En route, the Autobots passed near a human town, but began floating in mid-air before being able to reach it. Optimus quickly deduced that this phenomenon was caused by an anti-gravity beam, courtesy of the Decepticons. Worried about the nearby humans also being affected by the lapse in gravity, Optimus had to decide whether he would order his troops to stop and help the townspeople, or to continue forward and attack the Decepticon base.

If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn't put the humans anywhere where they wouldn't float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, they soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam's influence. They were then attacked by a small fleet of Decepticons. Optimus targeted their squad leader, Dirge, knowing that by downing him, the Decepticons would be significantly demoralized. Dirge was forced to break-off his attack when his back-up was taken out, knowing he wouldn't be able to take Optimus on without it. Losing their advantage quickly, the Decepticons retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The boy was [[Buddy]], a stowaway from the nearby town, and though Optimus was displeased with the tag-along, the Autobots could not spare the time to bring him home. Arriving at the Decepticon base, Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion. The Decepticons, fooled into thinking they've won, took Optimus Prime into their base. Having hidden his troops inside his trailer, Optimus and the Autobots then led a surprise attack on their unsuspecting foes.

In the event that Windcharger successfully turned the Decepticons’ forcefield off, reinforcements burst into the base just as Megatron was strike Optimus from behind. A wayward shot from Megatron then revealed the location of the gravity gun to the Autobots. Optimus ordered his troops to charge the weapon. Hook caught Optimus in the gravity gun's sights, and sent the Autobot leader floating upwards.

If Buddy came to Optimus's rescue and toyed with the gravity gun's control panel just as Hook turned the weapon to full power, the weapon would swivel and catch Megatron in its beam, tearing the Decepticon leader to pieces instead of Optimus. The Autobots then proceeded to defeat the remaining Decepticons and claim victory.

If Buddy instead cowered away, Cosmos came to Optimus's rescue. Optimus then instructed Cosmos to send him flying towards Hook; the pair took out the Constructicon, and gained control of the gravity beam.

If Buddy and Tracks entered a space-time anomaly created during the battle, the Autobots would lose their stand-off against the Decepticons, and Optimus would be taken prisoner by Megatron.

If Tracks decided that Beachcomber could wait, he helped Optimus overload the anti-gravity gun, starting a chain-reaction that would cause the weapon to explode in a tremendous explosion. Optimus instructed both Tracks and Buddy to run away as he finished tampering with the weapon.

If Buddy lingered in wait for Optimus Prime to finish his task, Dirge flew by and dropped a missile onto Optimus, damaging his leg. Thankfully, Buddy assisted Optimus in repairing his leg. The pair then ran to safety as the anti-gravity gun self-destructed, taking a number of Decepticons with it.

If Buddy ran off as Optimus sabotaged the anti-gravity gun, the boy was captured by Laserbeak, prompting Optimus to turn the gravity beam on the Decepticon to free Buddy.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos had taken off to explore the Decepticon base on his own, Optimus was surprised to see two Cosmoses flying back towards his convoy some time later. Both Cosmoses declared themselves to be the real one, and urged Optimus to destroy the other.

If Optimus destroyed the wrong Cosmos, the duplicate obliterated Optimus and his squad with the [[proton bomb]] it housed within its body.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
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Optimus was amongst the Autobots about to be topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. Red Alert's warning came in just in time, as the Autobots’ fuel had been poisoned, and Optimus would have been left unable to transform had he ingested any of it.

Optimus was advised of two plans; Perceptor suggested that the Autobots stay on the defensive while the scientist attempt to come up with a cure, while Prowl wanted the healthy Autobots to go out and try to find out what the Decepticons were up to.

If Optimus went along with Perceptor's plan, he sent out Sparkplug to fetch the Autobots’ secret stash of emergency fuel. Putting all of his faith in the Autobot scientist to uncover a cure swiftly, Optimus attempted to comfort his troops as they all began to experience sickness pains. Then, Red Alert informed Optimus of a Decepticon attack force moving in on their position, prompting Optimus to ask Perceptor to dispense whatever cure he had been able to concoct, despite it being untested. Perceptor suggested another course of action to Optimus; the tainted fuel the Autobots had left untouched could be used to create a poisonous smog if lit aflame. The Autobots could attempt to poison the Decepticons with their own concoction, or they could risk the untested antidote, despite whatever side-effects it may have.

If Optimus decided to risk Perceptor's antidote, he stood by as the Autobot scientist attempted to figure out how much antidote was a safe amount to give out to each Autobot.

If Perceptor gave out the right amount of an antidote, the poisoned Autobots were cured. Optimus ordered his troops to ready themselves for the incoming squadron of Decepticons. Perceptor's antidote did have a side-effect on the Autobots, however; it gave them a fierce battle-fever, making them eager to take on the Decepticons head-on. Prowl suggested to Optimus that they instead opt for a more conniving counterstrike against the Decepticons, and ambush them instead.

If Optimus allowed the cured Autobots to charge headlong into battle, he and the rest of the Autobots who were still running low on fuel stayed behind as back-up to the main charge. The Autobots’ first wave of warriors were quickly overpowered by the arrival of Megatron, prompting Optimus to lead the energy-depleated Autobots into the fray. Optimus's opening volley struck down Shockwave. Optimus and his troops soon found themselves running on empty, and Optimus called for a retreat. Thankfully, the Decepticons were damaged enough through the course of the battle, causing them to retreat as well.

If Optimus instead followed Prowl's plan, he instructed his troops to transform into vehicle mode and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots’ ruse, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Optimus and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons.

Alternatively, if Optimus chose to use the tainted fuel against the Decepticons, he ordered Grapple to carry out the vat outside of headquarters. He then instructed Grapple to lower the vat into a nearby pit, and instructed Jazz to torch the fuel with his [[flamethrower]]. He and Jazz waited until the last possible moment to carry out their plan, and once the fuel was lit, they dived to safety inside the Autobot base with the other Autobots. As the toxic cloud successfully turned away the Decepticons, Optimus was surprised to see Sunstreaker once more fully operational. Having been bought enough time, Perceptor was able to successfully cure the poisoned Autobots. Their ranks fully replenished and the Decepticons turning tail meant the Autobots had earned themselves another victory.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus agreed to Prowl's plan to go on the offensive and try and discover the full extent of the Decepticons’ plans. Optimus nominated Prowl, Bumblebee and Mirage to go along with him on the mission. The group refuelled with the gas that Sparkplug brought back from the Autobots’ secret storage area, and took off. The group soon happened upon the Decepticons’ lab in the middle of a barren, polluted wasteland.

If all four Autobots ventured together into the Decepticons’ lab, they first encountered Laserbeak, only to quickly dispatch him. Venturing further into the lab, the group soon spotted the antidote they were after, and sent Mirage to fetch it. Mirage returned with the beaker and news; he had heard Ramjet and Starscream talking about using a new poison to turn humans into mindless slaves.

In light of this news, if Optimus decided to nonetheless head back directly to Autobot headquarters, his squad returned to find their comrades nearly dead from the poison. But with Ratchet's help, the antidote was quickly distributed, and the Autobots sprung back to life. Now cured, the Autobots discussed their next course of action; they had to prevent the Decepticons from poisoning the nearby water reservoir.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, the convoy happened upon the Decepticons hauling barrels of poison out of the poison lab. Windcharger and Ironhide suggested two different plans to Optimus: Windcharger wanted to use his magnetic powers to cause a confusion, while Ironhide wanted to simply go in for a full frontal assault.

Whether Optimus decided to go with Windcharger or Ironhide's plan, the Autobots successfully destroyed the Decepticons’ lab and returned to base victoriously.

Alternatively, if Optimus decided to head to the water reservoir instead of the Decepticons’ lab, the Autobots reached their destination only to find it already swarming with Decepticons. Powerglide then decided to go ahead on his own to lead the Decepticons away from the reservoir, but Optimus objected.

If Powerglide did not heed Optimus orders, he indadvertedly caused the water supply to be poisoned anyways. If however, Powerglide listened to Optimus's orders, the Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir and into some nearby woods, where the Autobots would have some cover against the Decepticons. Finding themselves under heavy fire before they could reach the treeline, the Autobots were forced to fight back in the open. With Autobots falling beside him, Optimus gritted his teeth and took careful aim at the poison containers the Decepticons were carrying. After taking out both of the planes carrying the poison, Optimus continued to battle Megatron and his Decepticons until nightfall, until the Autobots were finally victorious.

If however Optimus ordered his troops to deal with the Decepticons before returning to base with the antidote, Prowl suggested that he use his [[incendiary missile]]s to destroy the poison first, but Optimus thought that course of action might be too risky. He considered dealing with Ramjet and Starscream first.

If the Autobots went along with Prowl's strategy, the resulting heat from the explosion caused the Autobots’ circuits to overheat, rendering them unconscious. Upon reawakening, the Autobots found themselves captives of Megatron, who informed them that their fellow Autobots would soon perish, and that the humans would be conquered by the Decepticons shortly after.

If Optimus instead decided to deal with Ramjet and Starscream first, his troop easily overpowered the pair, and made them watch as they destroyed their work. Optimus then taunted Ramjet and Starscream, telling them that the Autobots would soon be at full fighting force, before returning to Autobot headquarters with the antidote.

If instead of all heading into the lab together, the Autobots had sent in Bumblebee alone, and Bumblebee subsequently managed to escape with the antidote to the Decepticons’ poison, the Autobots escaped from the [[Decepticon Poison Lab|Valley of Poison]] and returned to Autobot headquarters. Once the other Autobots were cured, they all drank a toast to Bumblebee, to celebrate his part in the mission {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Optimus was one of the many soldiers fighting under the command of the Autobot leader, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. He was among the Autobots who launched in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path through an asteroid belt. When the Decepticons attacked the ship, he fought a Seeker Decepticon while Jetfire sent the Ark crashing into [[Earth]], knocking everyone aboard offline. Four million years later, they were repaired when the ship's systems were reactivated by a volcanic eruption. {{storylink|The Transformers (Milton Bradley comic)|The Transformers}}

===Frito-Lay posters===
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The sinister Decepticons have set their sights on a powerful energy source stored in a dam. However, the Optimus Prime and his heroic Autobots are here to foil their evil schemes! {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}

Optimus and his Autobots defended important data about the power source of [[Sherman Dam|another dam]]. He blasted Megatron with full fury! Ultimately, the Autobots were victorious in defending the dam. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
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Optimus was alerted by [[Monitorus]] to an attack on [[Tau-Ursa]]. Optimus's impending speech was interrupted by a Decepticon attack led by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. Prime soon discovered that the attack was a diversion, while Galvatron tried out his [[Nullification Cannon]] on Cybertron's Energon supplies. Optimus rushed to the Energon plant, but, after clouting [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] so hard that the Decepticon was left dangling over a precipice, Prime's morals forced him to rescue the Decepticon instead of stopping Galvatron from getting away.

Although Cybertron's Energon stocks were destroyed, the Autobots discovered a recording pointing to the [[Logicon]] planet [[Metascan Alpha]], which had Energon in abundance. Optimus ordered Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus to take a team each to find the planet. The Autobots discovered they were being spied on by the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s, and Optimus swore that Galvatron could pay. He led a team to the derelict space destroyer which the Decepticons were using for a base and fought their leader one-on-one. As he was about to destroy the Nullification Cannon, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] took a swing at him which connected instead with the Cannon, obliterating it. Optimus was helped away from the destruction by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===''PDTF Comic''===
[[File:PDtype-Matrixattack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|This is the highlight of this entire page.]]
When a horde of time-displaced Decepticons joined forces to hunt down the five [[Blackball]]s, a super energy source, Optimus Prime gathered a team of time-displaced Autobots to help stop them.

In one encounter with his arch-foe [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], they reenacted their epic struggle from the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. However, this time around, Prime avoided dying by launching his "Matrix Attack"...''literally'' launching the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from his chest, bonking Megatron on the head. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##1 "You're Great! Optimus Prime!"|You're Great! Optimus Prime!}}

Later, Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] concocted a cunning strategy. They disguised a round, black cartoon explosive as a Blackball and gave it to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Starscream promptly brought it to Megatron, where it blew both of them up. Optimus and Magnus were astounded their plan actually worked. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##3 "Don't Cry! Megatron!!"|Don't Cry! Megatron!!}}

In one of his less impressive moments, after running out of ammo during a battle with [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], Optimus Prime ordered his fellow Autobots to improvise and hurl everything that wasn't nailed down at their enemy. This included the Blackball, unfortunately. Catching it, Deathsaurus began to fantasize about his inevitable galactic conquest, all the while being pelted with rocks and litter. Frustrated, Deathsaurus accidentally hurled the Blackball back to the Autobots in a fit of rage. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##4 "Good Job! Deathsaurus!!"|Good Job! Deathsaurus!!}}
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===The Official ''Transformers: Generation 2'' Annual===
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After the Decepticons declared war, junior officer Optimus managed to turn the tide against them in a battle over [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], and rose up in rank to become Autobot leader. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Optimus Prime's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} His second-in-command, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], once saved his life after a surprise attack rendered him temporarily non-functional on the battlefront. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Jazz's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} The war raged for centuries, with Cybertron's fuel sources steadily decreasing. Optimus ordered the construction of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to seek out new sources of energy, unaware that Megatron was building a ship of his own. The Ark's first foray into space was interrupted by a Decepticon attack, and all involved were too distracted to notice as they entered an asteroid belt. A collision between two meteorites sent the Transformers crashing into Earth. After countless eons of slumber, the Autobots awoke to a world populated by humans, and once more took up the fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues...}}

After a long period of stalemate, Prime grew frustrated at the lack of progress his troops were making against Megatron's forces. To remedy the situation, he ordered the creation of several new Transformers who would be perfectly adapted for combat on Earth. The first among these was [[Manta Ray (G2)|Pirhana]]. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Piranha's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} But one of the Autobots' great victories came not through superior numbers or firepower, but trickery and cunning. As part of a plan devised by Optimus Prime's new second-in-command Prowl, the Autobots allowed [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to "overhear" that they had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship with the means to return to Cybertron. They then stationed themselves around the vessel, atop of [[Table Mountain]] in [[Africa]], and awaited the inevitable Decepticon attack over its possession. Optimus met Megatron in battle, but ordered his troops to withdraw after a brief skirmish, declaring the Decepticons too powerful to hold back. Once the Decepticons claimed their prized and entered the ship, they found themselves locked inside it. The ship then shot up away from the planet, leaving the Decepticons without the means to control it. Though the Autobots knew this wouldn't rid them permanently of the Decepticons, they were satisfied with a brief period of calm while they were off-world. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

When the Ark's sensors picked up two Transformer power emissions in the [[Brazil]]ian rain forest of non-Decepticon origin, Optimus headed into the field to investigate, bringing along [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Fizzle|Blaze]]. Though their search went poorly at first, the surrounding vegetation interfering with their energy trackers, one of the mystery Transformers soon found them! The source of the readings turned out to be two terrifying [[Dinobot (G1)|robot dinosaurs]]! As Optimus charged one of them, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his troops turned up, and blasted the Autobot leader unconscious. He awoke to find the Decepticons fleeing in defeat, and the creatures transformed into their Autobot forms. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] introduced himself and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], but told Optimus that they wouldn't be following the Autobots back to home-base, as they had two more companions to unearth first. Optimus bid him farewell with a handshake before leaving to carry on the war against Megatron. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

When reports from both [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] corroborated that the Decepticons were constructing giant rockets to shift Earth out of its orbit, Optimus took to the skies and led his troops on a sabotage mission. Upon their approach, Optimus, Jetfire, and [[Deftwing]] overheard Megatron declare that the engines would fire up in twenty minutes. With little time to prevent the destruction of Earth's biosphere, the more maneuverable air-bound Autobots entered the thruster tubes to destroy the rockets from within. Jetfire and Deftwing were successful in their task, and the Autobots beat a hasty retreat to avoid the resulting lava swell. Optimus heaped praise upon the pair afterwards, embarrassing the bashful Jetfire. {{storylink|Moving Day Planet Earth}}
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===Hero Prime===
====''Comic BomBom G-2'' manga====
[[File:G2Hero.jpg|left|thumb|HE'S LOOKING AT ME, ISN'T HE?]]
In the year 199X, the Decepticons had learned of a powerful new energy source known as [[forestonite]] which just happened to be located (surprise surprise) on [[Earth]]. Megatron sent his trio of [[Cyberjet]]s to Earth first to draw out the enemy Autobots. The Cyberjets made quick work of [[Electro]] but were soon halted by the appearance of Optimus Prime.

Megatron then entered the fray and fired his Black Hole Burn attack from his fusion cannon, narrowly missing Optimus Prime but vaporizing [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] in the process. Prime fought fiercely but Megatron began to take the upper-hand in battle.

However, Prime was encouraged to keep fighting by the cheers of a human boy named [[Junpei]]. Megatron, surprised at Prime's resilience, attempted to finish his foe off with his Tornado Axe attack. Prime countered with his Double Wheel-Torque Mega-Ton, which trumped Megatron's attack and injured the Decepticon badly. Megatron teleported back to his ship and left Earth's atmosphere, vowing to return.

Optimus Prime addressed Junpei, asking if the boy was injured. Junpei revealed he was alright but presented concern about the Decepticons returning to Earth. Optimus Prime swore that the Autobots would remain on Earth until the threat of the Decepticons was finished and asked for Junpei's help in making that future a reality. {{storylink|The New Battle!!}}

====Fun Publications====
[[File:InvasionPrologue-Primes.jpg|thumb|Front row, on the left]]

At some point, [[Archforce]] posed a threat to both Optimus Prime and Megatron. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 10/08/2015}}

Leaving his home universe, the Optimus Prime of [[Primax 895.0 Gamma]] was gathered in [[Axiom Nexus]] by [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|its Optimus Prime]], along with a roster of other Optimus Primes and [[Sentinel Maximus|their]] [[Lio Convoy|kin]] in a group known as the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]], in which he was redubbed "Hero Prime". {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|Optimus Prime bio in Club magazine #49}} A multiversal cataclysm in [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] seeded with [[Rarified Energon]] and an invasion by [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|natives from the negative polarity universe]] had called them into action. Since Matrix bearers were usually never allowed into Axiom Nexus, this was a grave threat indeed! {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

Seeking help to protect the [[Origin Matrix]], Hero Prime and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)#Beast Prime|Beast Prime]] disguised themselves using cloaks and sought out [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], hoping to make use of his hunting skills. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

Hero Prime's name was on a list of Convoy members that [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]] gave to [[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]], which noted Prime's home reality and his moniker. {{storylink|Source:Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter#May 21, 2015|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 21/05/2015}}

Hero Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the [[Waruder]] invasion of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
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===''Beast Wars'' pack in material===

{{note|The pack-in fiction of the first wave of Beast Wars toys predates the development of the Beast Wars cartoon and its backstory. Instead, it presents the setting as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] cast as new forms for their Generation 1 counterparts and their battles taking place on present day [[human]]-inhabited Earth rather than in the distant past. Once the cartoon launched the toyline adjusted itself to match, relegating this to a [[micro-continuity]] separate from the rest of [[Beast Era]] fiction.}}

[[File:BatPrimal-2packcomic.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Function: Megatron's lunch]]
Under the eerie shadows of a full moon Optimus Primal, a gigantic bat, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], a swift-stalking cheetah, and [[Razorbeast]], a fearsome wild boar, hunted purposely through the depths of a jungle. Soon, Optimus detected the thermal emissions and fusion activity from a building, which meant they'd found their target. His motion sensors registered what appeared to be a harmless [[Earth]] creature below.

Before Optimus realized his mistake, the crocodile lashed out with as smashing swipe of its tail, knocking Optimus into the swampy waters. The beast transformed and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] towered above him. The building ahead was the Predacons' genetics lab and he'd never let Optimus reach the secrets inside. He ordered his troops to attack and everyone transformed to robot mode. The gigantic arthropods Tarantulas and Waspinator engaged Razorbeast and Cheetor respectively while Optimus and Megatron faced off.

Optimus bragged that the Maximal "[[bio-genetic morphing process]] has allowed us to create the perfect fusion of organic musculature and Transformers technology!" Megatron responded that his side did all that too, so nan-neh, but used the DNA of Earth's most vicious predators. When Optimus noted that the Maximals seemed to be getting the upper hand, Megatron immediately detonated the lab and escaped, vowing to return with new forms and new plans when the Maximals least expected it. The [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] had just begun! {{storylink|Optimus Primal vs Megatron!}}

Optimus believed, as his namesake did, that freedom was the right of all sentient beings... when it didn't clash with the greater good. His goal was to vanquish the Predacons from the planet Earth, a task he recognized would not be done easily. {{storylink|Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Optimus Primal bio (Basic class)}}

Optimus eventually re-engineered his body, from a fruit bat to a gigantic gorilla, alluded to be comparable in size to [[King Kong]]. His strength had been most notably increased by this process, and he possessed "mega blast missiles", produced from his shoulder mounted cannons. {{storylink|Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Optimus Primal bio (Ultra class)}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:G1Prime BWMegs.jpg|left|thumb|You have to get up preeeeetty early in the timestream to beat Optimus Prime!]]
The [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] raged on prehistoric Earth, eventually leading to the discovery of the buried Ark sometime after its crash on the planet. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], following [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake]]'s instructions in a desperate gambit, decided to attempt to change history by killing Prime, who was still lying in the Ark in [[stasis lock]]. Megatron hoped that this would result in the Decepticons winning the Great War and eventually [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] control of Cybertron. Megatron unleashed a full-power weapon blast at Optimus Prime's face, near-fatally injuring him. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} However, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] proceeded to take Prime's spark into his body to protect it from surgical trauma while his injuries were repaired. The subsequent power increase caused by Prime's spark's connection to the Matrix mutated Primal into a large, [[Transmetal]] "Optimal Optimus" form. Then, with the repairs complete, Prime's spark was restored, and he briefly activated before sinking back into normal stasis. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

Sometime after the Autobots and Decepticons awoke in the 1980s, the original Megatron gained access to one of Earth's ''Voyager'' spacecraft and inscribed a message on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|disk]] on board. In the event that he lost the War, Megatron left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use [[unspace|transwarp]] technology to travel to Prehistoric Earth, locate the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and change history by killing Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:Sparkwar2 Optimus hologram primal.jpg|thumb|Holographic Optimus wants to grab you]]
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English)|[[Tilo Schmitz]] (German), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Brazilian), [[Simone Mori]] (Italian)}}

Optimus appeared to have fallen in "the final battle" against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}

An enormous [[Optimus Prime memorial|statue]] of Optimus Prime, bearing two [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disks]], could be seen on Cybertron in front of the Hall of Archives. The statue was subsequently blown to pieces by the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon forces]]. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} Later, Megatron beamed a hologram of Optimus Prime down to the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to confront [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], claiming to contain the "essence" of the real Prime that had been stored here since the Final Battle. Primal was conned by this and was tricked by the hologram into accessing the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. Megatron seized control of the Oracle code and quickly revealed his ruse. Primal explained to his Maximals that he knew the image was fake, but he needed the location of the missing [[spark]]s from Megatron's mind. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Sparkholderprimevaldawn.jpg|left|upright=1.05|thumb|"Oh, I also have this in me now, too."]]
Before he took the name "Optimus Prime," the future leader of the Autobots took up the banner of his fallen Monark, and rallied the troops around him against the Decepticons, vowing to "never surrender." {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}}

[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] hated Optimus Prime but respected [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] though Cyclonus would later taunt that Rodimus couldn't get anything done while not mourning Optimus. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

After the Beast Wars had ended and the Maximals and Predacons that survived it had headed home, the Vok entered the Ark and removed the Matrix of Leadership from an unconscious Optimus Prime. They used it to create [[Primal Prime]], and then gave the Matrix to their new creation. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

{{note|''Primeval Dawn'' was never completed, but presumably the Matrix was returned to Optimus Prime's body before Primal Prime returned to Cybertron.}}

[[File:Jnwan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Massive psychotic breaks with reality are the right of all sentient beings.]]
After the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Optimus Prime disappeared with other legends into the mysterious location on Cybertron dubbed [[J'nwan]], where Optimus himself became the "Authority" who spoke on behalf of the others. [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]], the leader of a rebellion in a 32nd-century firmly under the heel of the tyrannical [[Shokaract]], entered J'nwan to plead with the heroes of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s past for aid. He hoped to convince them to join the fight against the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] warlord. After a mind-crushing journey which left all of his companions dead or deranged, Sandstorm finally found an audience with the Authority and his brethren, but they declined to help, with the Authority stating that their time was past and the war was no longer their war. The Authority then in some way manipulated Sandstorm's trip out of J'nwan such that it was comparatively short and simple. {{storylink|Paradox}}

When the warlord [[Shokaract]], powered by [[Unicron]]'s [[Dark Essence]], traveled into the past to secure his own future, the occupants of J'nwan decided to act. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, and Grimlock joined Sandstorm on prehistoric Earth during the time of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] where the battle with Shokaract had already begun. When the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] arrived to vanquish the Dark Essence and defeat Shokaract, Optimus Prime and the others escaped through portals as that timeline was erased from existence. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}} {{storylink|Departure}}

When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] died, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] responded to [[Fractyl]]'s attempt to comfort her by stating that it was alright as Rodimus was now with Optimus and the friends who loved and missed him while they were gone. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
While reminiscing about some of the highlights throughout his multiversal career, [[Vector Prime]] remembered the time [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] fired at the head of Optimus Prime, creating a time storm that necessitated his intervention to ensure Optimus' survival. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
Optimus Prime died on Cybertron in [[2035]] during the last days of the Great War, after a final battle with Galvatron. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

While [[Magmatron]] was surveying the timestream, he witnessed several key moments taking place during the Beast Wars. Among them was [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] blasting a stasis-locked Optimus Prime in the face. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
Seven million years ago, Optimus was already a renowned figure, enough that the ruling triumvirate of the planet [[Master (planet)|Rebirth]] named themselves in honor of the "Once and Future" Prime (though apparently they missed the whole "freedom is the right of all sentient beings" thing). {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

After his attack on Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was thrown out of the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] activated the ship's defense systems. However, he was not thrown far enough and the Predacon managed to reenter the Ark and blast the Autobot leader, decisively erasing the Maximals from the timeline. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} This had the effect of producing [[Primax 215.19 Epsilon|a wildly different timeline]].

Optimus was eventually revived by the Autobots when they arrived to liberate [[Master (planet)|Master]] from [[Decepticon]] hands. They found allies in the native [[Cyberdroid]]s—those [[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]] loyalists who had fought the [[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]] insurgency. Autobots and Cyberdroids liberated the deposed triumvirate of [[Apex (BWU)|Apex]], [[Hi-Q]], and [[Diac]]. Hoping to check the power-mad Galvatron and his three Cyberdroid allies, the Autobot leader was revived and [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] himself to three Cyberdroids, including [[Overrun|Surge]], and Apex, who formed his head. Thus empowered, "Triple-Threat Prime" battled Galvatron and his forces across Master in a series of epic conflicts. The Autobots were unsuccessful and were forced to retreat. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

At some point before Unicron attacked Cybertron, Optimus met his final end when the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] threatened to destroy the Earth, sacrificing his life and the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to save the organic world, purifying the Swarm in the process. The human race wasn't very grateful. {{storylink|Book of Logos}}

[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including Optimus Prime, were long gone by the time Cybertron was controlled by the [[Builder Assembly]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} The Maximal [[Overshoot]] experienced a series of visions from Cybertron's past after discovering the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], including Optimus Prime launching the ''Ark'' during the Great War. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

While fighting the Vehicons, Galvatron remarked that Nucleon looked worse than Optimus had ''before'' Apex had replaced what was left of his face. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Ten thousand years in the future, the Transformers of that era were uncertain if "Optimus Convoy" had ever really existed, and most believed him to be a mythological hero of folklore. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===''Universe'' comic===
As the [[Universe War]] began, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was shown a myriad of Transformers from across all timelines that he could choose to recruit into his [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] in the battle against the [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]]. One such possibility was a Transformer who was either [[Thunder Clash]] or Optimus Prime, but, regardless, Primal chose [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] instead. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:CheetasManga1.jpg|upright=0.55|thumb|Cheetor, that's Prime's Spark, not a toy.]]
Optimus Prime was blasted into pieces by Dragon Megatron. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} Fortunately, his spark remained perfectly intact—in the remains of his Matrix-shaped spark chamber. Megatron was going to destroy Prime's spark, but [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (now in his Transmetal body) saved it. Prime's spark was eventually swallowed by Optimus Primal, who was upgraded into Optimal Optimus by doing so. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
In a reality where the Dinobots consisted of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and [[Paddles (G1)|Paddles]], Optimus won the latter's admiration, so much so that the Dinobot would spout such things as "by the will of Optimus Prime!" to himself. {{storylink|Paddles (story)|Paddles}}

After passing the Matrix to Ultra Magnus and expiring in the aftermath of the [[battle of Autobot City]], Optimus Prime found himself in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. There he encountered Optimus Primal and another [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from a [[Unicron Trilogy|different universe]]. Together, the four of them overcame the other Optimus Prime's doubts about his leadership, before returning to their respective time lines. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}

In [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|one reality]], while the Autobots were boarding the Ark, Optimus voiced his lack of confidence in his leadership, before welcoming aboard [[Geosensus]], who was incapable of transforming to [[robot mode]]. Four million years later, Prime and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] found the Ark was under attack and defended it with deadly force. In examining the wreckage of the attackers, they realised that the robot Optimus had destroyed was not a Decepticon but Geosensus, who had forced himself to transform in an attempt to fight off the Decepticons. Though Prime was willing to take the rap, Prowl insisted on covering up the mistake to protect Optimus's image as a leader. {{storylink|Parts}}

When Megatron unleashed the power of a weather machine on the Gulf Coast, Optimus sent out Ratchet to retrieve the damaged [[Sky Spy]] to counteract his foe's new weapon. Ratchet eventually did so, allowing Optimus to destroy the weather machine and thwart the Decepticons' plan. {{storylink|Healers, Fighters, and Transformers}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Having been caught unaware by a surprise attack launched by the Decepticons, Optimus led his troops in a losing battle against their mortal enemies. Though Optimus managed to dispatch a few Decepticons, namely Thrust, whom he punched through the chest, he soon found himself crippled and surrounded by enemy forces. Praying to Primus as the Decepticons readied their weapons, Optimus heard Grimlock calling out to his fellow Dinobots to combine, prompting the Autobot leader to yell out a plead to Grimlock to stop. It was too late, however, and [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] began rampaging, killing Autobots and Decepticons alike. Taking advantage of the situation nonetheless, Optimus tackled Megatron and began beating on the Decepticon leader. The tide of the battle now shifted, Optimus attempted to reach Grimlock's consciousness within The Beast so that its mindless carnage could come to a halt. It didn't work. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

As the battle wore on, Optimus attempted to drive the Autobots too wounded to outrun the Beast themselves to safety, carrying them within his trailer. Jetfire showed up in time to rescue most of his passengers, leaving Optimus to deal with The Beast on his own. Seeing a city coming closer over the horizon, Optimus attempted to reach the Dinobots one last time from within The Beast. As his former troops remained unresponsive, Optimus led The Beast to its doom, blasting it a few more times before leading it to fall into a chasm. Optimus himself was rescued from the fall at the last possible moment by Jetfire's timely return. As the two of them looked on at the Beast's inert form, Optimus wondered out loud if their battles would truly ever come to an end. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:TWW1 prime gets matrix.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|You gave Optronix MATRIX.]]
Optimus Prime started life as '''Optronix''' ''('''Orion''' to his friends)'', {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} a data archivist at the [[Vaults]]. After taking note of a battle in which the Autobot leader [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had been defeated by Megatron, he was summoned to the [[Council of Ancients]] and informed that the Matrix had chosen him to be the next leader of the Autobots. He received the Matrix of Leadership shortly thereafter, gaining a powerful new body in the process. After dispatching a Decepticon assassination squad sent to, well, assassinate him, he ordered the Autobots to prepare to evacuate Cybertron, intending to leave the Decepticons to their own devices. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

[[File:Optronix optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|What? OPTRONIX is evolving!]]
As he and Prowl discussed the wisdom of evacuating, a huge explosion obliterated the [[Forum of Enlightenment]]. Optimus led a team there, realising that the destruction was a message from Megatron. Leaving his team, he ventured underground, encountering [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], who blasted him into a pit. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Exploring the underground, Prime had a strange vision of a transparent version of himself, which warned that he had to grasp Cybertron's significance. Then he was attacked by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, whom he was able to easily best by using the labyrinthine environment to his advantage. He then felt himself led to a confrontation against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and both faction leaders met atop of a bridge, overlooking a deep abyss. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] blasted the bridge Optimus and Megatron were standing on, plunging them into the chasm. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Recovering, Prime heard another disembodied voice telling him about Cybertron. Before he could look for a way out, Megatron found him, and informed him about the true nature of the Matrix, telling Optimus how it could be used to power Cybertron's planetary engines, transforming it into a space-faring war-world. This spurred Optimus to fight back, but before long, Megatron took control of the battle, smashing his fist into Prime's chest to get at the Matrix. A blaze of light enveloped the pair, who found themselves abruptly on 20th century [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

As Megatron explained that the Matrix was giving them a vision of the future, they witnessed themselves battling on [[Sherman Dam]]. The nature of their surroundings established, Megatron resumed the scheduled beating, but a series of setting shifts ended with Optimus reunited with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Grimlock handed Prime a [[sword]] and suggested he finish Megatron for good. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Optimus found Megatron again, engaging him in combat and announcing that he was playing the game by Megatron's rules now—without mercy. Though he did not slay Megatron, he inflicted enough damage onto him to expunge from his memory the visions the Matrix had granted him. A short time later, Optimus joined the other Autobots in attacking the Decepticons who were trying to use Cybertron's planetary engines. Grimlock was finally impressed with Prime. Thanks to the combined efforts of Optimus and Grimlock's squad, the Decepticons were driven away and the engines were destroyed before they could tear the planet apart. Afterwards, Optimus's group arrived back at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to find it destroyed. Optimus announced the Autobots were no longer evacuating the planet and threw away the [[Golden Disk (council)|Golden Disk]] full of the knowledge of his predecessors which the council had given him, saying he would choose his own course. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Some time into his role as leader, Optimus Prime disappeared in a [[space bridge]] explosion along with Megatron. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
After having spent an extended period of time lost on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], Optimus was returned to Cybertron by the Turbomasters during their efforts to retrieve the similarly lost [[Flash (G1)|Flash]], who he had been drawn into [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Dimensional Interface Assembly]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} Though badly damaged, Optimus led an insurrection against the then Megatron-controlled Cybertron, and successfully overthrew his enemy from power, all the while thwarting a Quintesson invasion. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

{{BW Shell Game}}
While traveling back to Cybertron at the conclusion of the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal reflected on past events. Among these was Megatron's attempt to dispatch Optimus Prime while he was in stasis lock within the Ark. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

[[File:DWPrimeDirective1 Sparkplug newspaper.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The disaster was being drawn by Pat Lee.]]
Following the awakening of the Transformers on Earth, the Autobots protected the planet from the Decepticons. Over the next fifteen years, the Autobots befriended the humans, particularly the [[Witwicky (surname)|Witwicky family]]. The Autobots finally allied with humankind and eventually defeated the Decepticons at the turn of the century. They planned to return to Cybertron aboard the newly constructed ''[[Ark II]]'', along with [[Magnificent Seven|seven humans]], including Witwicky patriarch [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} Before the ship departed, Prime gave a piece of the Matrix to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Sparkplug's son and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s closest human friend. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} But the ship was destroyed as part of a military conspiracy to take control of the Transformers.

Optimus Prime's body was hauled out of the Arctic Ocean by the US military. While a terrorist organization run by the enigmatic [[Lazarus]] was able to seize control of several of the other Transformers that fell back to Earth, the military worked unsuccessfully to reactivate Prime. They eventually called in Spike Witwicky. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} Spike was forced by the project chief, General [[Robert Hallo]], to use his piece of the Matrix to reactivate Prime. Functional again, Prime used the Matrix to reactivate more of his fallen comrades. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}

The Autobots helped repair a [[Smitco Oil Refinery]] site which the Lazarus-controlled Transformers had attacked. Optimus had no answer for Spikes accusation that the Transformers' presence on Earth was responsible for the destruction. When Megatron's activities at Lazarus's base were spotted by the military, Optimus insisted on the Autobots going in without backup. They discovered Megatron in the middle of a plan to reformat Earth into a new Cybertron using a [[cyber-virus]]. Optimus rejected Megatron's suggestion he should just let it happen, but while the two factions fought, the human military unleashed [[Operation Clean-Up]], dropping a bomb on them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

The energy of the explosion absorbed by the virus, the Autobots dug themselves out and set about recovering their fellows whom Megatron had used to power the cyber-virus in its early stages. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] passed on a message from Megatron — there was a surprise in store for the Autobot leader. Optimus and some Autobots including [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] sped to [[San Francisco]], where Megatron had unleashed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. As Prime battled Megatron, he took time to save three humans who were threatened by falling debris, only for the humans to turn on him. The defeat of Superion turned the tide of the battle against the Autobots. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

[[File:DWPrimeDirective6 Autobots wanttheirheads.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Optimus sets a [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|trend]].]]
Never one to give up, Optimus managed to down Devastator in return, only to find himself at Megatron's mercy. The Decepticon leader pointed out to him the humans' self-obsessed behavior in the face of the devastation, suggesting the fleshlings were worthless, and the Autobots should join the Decepticons in wiping them out. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} The heroic actions of a team of firefighters and other humans proved to Optimus that the humans were worth saving, and the Autobots delivered a smackdown on the Decepticons. The fight was interrupted by the news that a nuclear missile was inbound, and despite Prime's protests, Superion sacrificed himself intercepting it. Prime recovered from the shock wave to find that the Decepticons had fled. He appealed to Grimlock to return to the Autobot ranks, an offer turned down by the Dinobot. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

{{charstubfiction|[[The Transformers Trilogy]] ({{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}})}}

[[File:WarandPeace2 OptimusSurrenders.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|All that's missing is [[Surrender!|Scorponok doing a happy dance]].]]
Optimus started to feel a sense of unease, as if something bad was looming on the horizon for the Autobots. He was discussing these feelings with Spike when he suddenly suffered a seizure and fell off a cliff. {{storylink|Transformers Volume 2 Preview}} Following this, Prime began to experience subconscious urgings, leading both the Autobots and the Decepticons to the Arctic Circle, where Shockwave arrived to greet them—and arrest them as war criminals. Shockwave had succeeded in ending the war on Cybertron, and brought a team of [[Triple Changer]]s to apprehend them. As Optimus stared down [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s cannon barrel, he was saved by Grimlock, though he subsequently had to order a retreat. Prowl convinced him to let a small team stay as recon while the others returned to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and discussed the change in situation. {{storylink|New World Order}} Though Optimus was puzzled by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] having fallen in with Shockwave, he had little other choice, and surrendered to Magnus. Despite being bound, he took the first opportunity he got to make his feelings clear. Prime and those of his Autobots who had also surrendered were put on a shuttle back to Cybertron, where Shockwave planned to have them deactivated. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Stewing in a cell, Optimus blamed himself for their predicament, but he and the Autobots were soon rescued by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. Sandstorm and Optimus traveled through Cybertron's [[Old Slave Trails]], only to find themselves ambushed by [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], who swiftly killed Sandstorm, and then the Decepticon was attacked by a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]], which lunged at Prime. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Prime recovered to find himself in the care of a group of Autobot rebels including [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Though Optimus lashed out at [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] upon awakening, the other rebels quickly cleared up the misunderstanding, assuring Prime that the Sharkticon was their ally. They revealed to Optimus that Shockwave had been transmitting subliminal signals to increase Transformer aggression, readying them for war against an unseen foe. At this point, another rebel cell joined up with them with dire news: Shockwave had unleashed the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]] on Iacon! {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

[[File:WarandPeace5-Huffer.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Gotta save Huffer- who's gonna pull my trailer when I'm having an off day?]]
Optimus was able to rally Autobot factions from across Cybertron to the cause and launch an all-out attack on Shockwave's fortress. He headed the assault himself, but broke rank when he saw the image of Shockwave blasting Ultra Magnus upon one of the many monitor screens planted around the Decepticon's headquarters. Optimus charged in to confront Shockwave, beating down all opposition along the way. Coming upon Shockwave's throne room, Prime was greeted by Ultra Magnus, who pointed him towards a secret passage through which Shockwave had absconded. Leaving his wounded brother to rest, Optimus barged into Shockwave's secret chambers, only to be overpowered and have the Matrix ripped from his chest. With it, Shockwave was finally able to activate Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Stalling, Prime listened as Shockwave recounted the history of Cybertron, and eventually Ultra Magnus arrived, having recovered, to attack and defeat Shockwave. Prime and Grimlock helped him escape from the fortress as it crumbled to the ground. With Shockwave's defeat, the Autobots would now be able to start rebuilding Cybertron towards true peace... but Optimus remained troubled by Shockwave's motives; he recognized that Shockwave would not be urged to action by mere fancy. Optimus pondered what greater threat awaited Cybertron for Shockwave to so thoroughly plan for its arrival. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} The injuries Prime took in this conflict necessitated a prolonged restoration period in stasis. Both he and Ultra Magnus were tended to by Perceptor and Hoist as they recuperated. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Though Magnus recovered in due course, Optimus's systems had received a more severe shock due to the Matrix being forcefully removed from his frame. Thus, he needed additional time spent in recovery before he could reboot. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[File:PowermasterOptimusDWMTME.jpg|thumb]]
{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
Hot Rod came to visit Optimus while he was still off-line and recovering. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}} Soon afterwards Optimus completed his recovery, and was ready to kick bumper! He faced off against the Quintessons and their Sharkticon enforcers. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 12|Generation 1 #12}}

At some point, Optimus Prime upgraded his body into his Powermaster form, partnering with [[Hi-Q|Ginrai]]. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue #7|Powermaster Optimus Prime's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}

Due to unknown circumstances, Rodimus Prime replaced Optimus as the Autobot leader at an unspecified date. Optimus's fate is unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue #5|Rodimus Prime's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoevsTFcobraprime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|G.1. Joe—the real universal hero!|left]]
In the early stages of the war, Optimus Prime was an archivist, watching the battles from afar and keeping records of them. This all changed when the [[Matrix of Leadership]] chose him to lead the Autobots in battle. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} Shortly after he ascended to Primehood, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] tried to kill him, but failed. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

Several Autobots and Decepticons, including Optimus Prime, were reformatted into will-less war machines under the control of [[Cobra]]. During an initial attack on a human peace conference, Cobra's remote control of Optimus (whom they had nicknamed "[[HISS tank|HISS-14]]") mysteriously failed. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Later at Cobra's [[Cobra Island|island headquarters]] in the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]], Cobra scientists pulled Optimus apart to find out what was impeding their commands. As this analysis took place, Optimus reverse hacked into Cobra computers until they shut him down in a panic. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Despite this, Prime sent a viral message out to hundreds of email addresses that included the coordinates of Cobra's base. The message was intercepted by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] who teamed up with Wheeljack and Bumblebee. After Wheeljack broke the remote control over the Transformers, Prime went after [[Cobra Commander]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} More than a bit frightened of a giant robot gunning for him, the human released Megatron, who was trapped in gun mode. Megatron transformed and fought Prime to a standstill until other Autobots came to back him up. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Although he was weak and low on [[energon]], Prime made a last-ditch effort to save the day when he rammed through the wall of Megatron's energon-producing lab. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} After a quick recharge, Optimus single-handedly smashed the Decepticons, pounded Megatron to the ground, and ripped his [[fusion cannon]] off his arm. Prime then teamed up with the Joes and used Megatron's cannon to shoot down the [[SPS Satellite]] that had gone rogue and was destroying the island.

With the battle over, Prime and the Autobots boarded a new ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' ship built by G.I. Joe and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:GIJoevstfIIprime1930s.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|Retro Convoy: TRANSFORM!!!]]
On a Cybertron dominated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons, Optimus Prime and the Autobots took on the roles of resistance fighters. Cobra experimentation transported a contingent of Cobras and G.I. Joes to Cybertron and destabilized [[Teletran 3]], which led to the computer sending several Transformers to [[Earth]] across different time periods. When Optimus Prime saw Jazz get zapped by Teletran 3, he leapt to rescue his soldier, only to be transported away as well. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} A team made up of Joes and Cobra agents were sent back and found Optimus Prime and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] in 1930s-era Chicago, disguised as period cars and trucks. The Stunticons chased Prime and the Joes around the city until everything was wrapped up with bullets, a collapsed bridge and some dynamite. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

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After the Transformers and humans were returned to present-day Cybertron and the Decepticons were vanquished by the recently arrived [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Prime made an agreement with the Joes to destroy the technology that started the whole mess in order to protect Earth. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

On Cybertron, Optimus Prime kicked back to do a little bit of paperwork and reminisce. With Shockwave defeated, Cybertron was enjoying a new era of peace. He was interrupted by Hot Rod, who reported that a group of "pesky humans with their peashooters" were giving an Autobot team on Earth a hard time. Prime suspected Cobra's involvement and counseled Hot Rod not to be so dismissive of the humans. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} When the team returned to Cybertron and mysteriously vanished in the [[Gladiator Zone]], Prime was prepared to go search for them, but was convinced by Hot Rod to stay behind and organize a peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

Later, at the peace celebration, Prime was watching a procession of Autobots when Decepticons attacked. Optimus ordered [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] into action but the huge Autobot was quickly overcome by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Prime hopped into the fray, saved a [[Optimus Prime's rescuees|civilian]] from getting smushed by the falling Omega, rode [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] into Piranacon's face, smashed [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] into the ground, and carried a [[Optimus Prime's rescuees|wounded civilian]] out of danger.

[[File:Primevsserpentor.jpg|thumb|Serpent O.R. soon realized that "This I command!" doesn't work on Optimus Prime.]]
Menasor cut off Prime's escape and handed him the [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] trio, who confronted Prime with a hologram of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] The new Decepticon leader carried Megatron's memories and information downloaded from Soundwave, from which he learned of the Matrix of Leadership. Serpent O.R. offered Optimus a trade: hostages and peace if he handed over the Matrix. Optimus agreed.

In his stronghold, Serpent O.R. questioned Prime about his own worthiness to carry the Matrix, but Optimus broke free of his chains and aggressively ordered him to surrender. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} A group of Decepticons broke in and nearly took Prime apart, but not before Serpent O.R. took the Matrix for himself and changed into the massive Serpentor Prime. The Matrix showed Serpentor Prime the error of his ways but as he was about to commit suicide Cobra Commander tripped a device and took over Serpentor Prime's body. Moments before he crushed Arcee, a severely damaged Optimus Prime threw Hawk toward the Matrix but warned the human not to touch the artifact. Hawk did so anyway and through a quasi-mystical transfer of power Serpentor Prime was vanquished.

Later repaired by a [[Paradron Medic|female nursebot]], Optimus went back to finishing his paperwork. A leader's job is never done. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

Sensing a new, yet old, danger to planet Earth, Prime elected to send himself to earth on an investigation, and gave Hot Rod a glare when the young Autobot accused his leader of taking an unnecessary risk to atone for the death of a [[Bumblebee (G1)|close friend]].

Optimus Prime landed in the Himalayan Mountains with G.I. Joes [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]. As they searched the area, the trio was attacked by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] in his [[Pretender]] shell. Prime whacked him with his [[energon-axe]] and in return Bludgeon bearhugged him and coated him in metal-eating slime. Hawk, still carrying power from the Matrix, helped Prime break free. Optimus then shot his way into the hidden kingdom of [[Cobra-La]].

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While they wandered through the tunnels, the Joes and Prime found cave paintings that described the last visit to Earth by the planet-eating god [[Unicron]]. They were attacked again by Bludgeon and Cobra-La minions, but were led away by a ragged [[Joe Colton]], prisoner of Cobra-La for the last 25 years. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} Bludgeon managed to find them again and during a second battle Prime tore open the Pretender's shell, revealing Bludgeon's robot form inside. Bludgeon tripped and dangled dangerously over a chasm, but rather than let Optimus Prime save him, Bludgeon forced Prime to drop him to his death laughing all the way down.

The Joes discovered a cavern where the people of Cobra-La were growing [[metal-eating spore]]s as a last defense against Unicron. Flint and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] took a load of the spores into space just as Unicron appeared in Earth orbit. Prime, Hawk and Colton headed deeper into Cobra-La to rescue [[Firewall]] and kick butt. Prime was tackled and pinned by a giant bug creature, but made a dramatic recovery and tossed the bug aside. He then took the machine-hating Cobra-La leader [[Golobulus]] to task with a single punch. Flint and Cosmos released the spores, which devoured Unicron from the inside and defeated the giant Transformer before he could harm [[Earth]].

With the threat of Unicron gone, Prime relaxed with [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] and Firewall by watching some reality TV, and sighed at the banality. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:Wc prime.jpg|thumb|What is it with Primes and weak stomachs?]]
After their own [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] disappeared, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] discovered an alternate version of Optimus Prime lying unconscious and barely alive in [[Autobase]] Earth. Though [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] did what he could, the mysterious Prime reactivated only long enough to utter a cryptic statement about the walls crumbling and the coming of chaos, then died. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}

[[Unicron]] later explained that he sent the alternate Optimus Prime into their universe as a "calling card": a terrifying warning of his imminent arrival. This was probably to tell the uninitiated that Unicron is a jerk. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Optimus and Bumblebee-Transformed.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|"Insert dramatic hair flip." "Um, Optimus, sir... we don't have hair." "Don't question me, Bumblebee. NEVER question a Prime."|left]]
Optimus Prime and his troops lay deactivated on the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years until [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] stumbled upon them one day in [[1939]]. {{storylink|The Line}} The Autobots were reactivated by a [[Sky Spy|repair drone]] and given new disguises, with Optimus Prime being reformatted into an unknown [[World War II]]-era human vehicle. He explained to [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] who they were, and learned that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s Decepticons had been reactivated a year prior, and were currently wreaking havoc on [[Europe]] along with [[Cobra]]. While hesitant at first, Optimus Prime soon joined G.I. Joe in their mission to destroy Cobra and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformed}} After commanding the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to get the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] out of the way, Prime advanced across the Fera Islands, but met resistance in the form of [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}}

As the Autobots were having trouble with Rumble, Optimus Prime told them try to use his earthquakes to their advantage, which led to the end of the Decepticon. Prime subsequently ordered the Aerialbots to [[Superion (G1)|combine]] and save Grimlock and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] from falling off a cliff. {{storylink|Wolves}} As they got closer to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]], however, Prime started regretting getting the Autobots involved with the humans' war. He offered to carry G.I. Joe across the water separating them from the Terrordrome, but told them that Autobots only fight if they have no choice, and they had no reason to fight anymore. Moments later, he saw that Cobra were using innocent prisoners as human shields, and Duke added that anyone who Cobra ''didn't'' enslave, they murdered. Filled with righteous anger, Optimus Prime ordered his troops to roll out. {{storylink|Trenches}}

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Shortly after reaching the other shore and taking out [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], Prime witnessed the gigantic [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] bust out of the Terrordrome and attack everything around him. With Superion gone, Prime knew that there was only one way to stop this rampaging monster, and ordered his Autobots to evacuate the humans while he went looking for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. He soon found that [[Snake-Eyes]] was in possession of the artifact, but was under attack from Megatron. Prime attacked Megatron, keeping him at bay while telling Snake-Eyes that destroying the Matrix would kill Bruticus. The ninja complied, only to learn that Optimus had left something out of the story: smashing the Matrix would kill ''all'' the Transformers, including Prime himself. Looking at the Autobot leader's body, the Joes knew that Prime had been aware of this, and had deemed it a necessary sacrifice to save the humans. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Decades later, in 1986, Duke showed [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Spirit]] footage from the battle of the Fera Islands, including Optimus Prime's fight with Megatron. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

===''Lil' Jerry''===
Unamused by [[Lil' Jerry]]'s decision to wear the Joe fatigues to BotCon, Optimus stepped on the little guy. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Lil' Jerry's Big BotCon Adventure}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Optimus Prime was thrown a surprised party to celebrate his role in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. He was touched that so many of his super-hero friends had remembered the occasion.

In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Optimus Prime showed up as a representative for the "Generation 1" era of the franchise.

Later, Optimus showed a couple of humans that the Transformers were in the midst of doing something really interesting... they were eating a pie! {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:OrionridesSpringarm.jpg|thumb|I'm [[Batman]]!]]
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, a police captain from [[Rodion]]. An encounter with a pre-[[Decepticon]] [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] would change the course of his life, teaching him that freedom was not just the right of all "civilised" beings, but of all ''sentient'' beings, and causing him to publicly reclaim the name "Autobot", previously used only at Cybertronians as a derogatory term, before the corrupt Senate.

After the rise of the Decepticons and the death of the merciless [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], he became the Prime, and entered what would become a millions-of-years-long war of attrition with the Decepticons, which would lead to the death of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the spreading of the Cybertronian civil war far beyond their homeworld in a push for resources. With the end of the war and the emptying of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to restart [[Vector Sigma]] and rebirth Cybertron, he found himself rejected by the returning civilian population, and - secretly gladly - abdicated his rank and returned to his original name of Orion Pax as he travelled through the galaxy.

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Roughly two years later, however, [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|events]] would force him back into the Autobots. After killing [[Nova Prime]] he proudly retook the mantle of Prime, convinced by Rodimus that he had redeemed it, and seemingly destroyed Shockwave to save all of time and space. In the aftermath, Optimus reassumed his role as leader of the Autobots and led his forces back to Earth in search of [[Alpha Trion]] and the [[Enigma of Combination]]; before long, however, Prime found himself at a crossroads after his role in the formaiton of Cybertron's [[Council of Worlds]], finding that the religious Transformers who hailed from [[Cybertronian colonies|Cybertron's long-lost colonies]] perceived all 'bots who held the rank of "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]" as a living god. Prime initially came to lean on—and, in time, exploit—the faith of others as he grappled with the task of defending Earth from [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s neo-Decepticon splinter faction, and eventually took drastic measures by unilaterally annexing Earth into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds for its own protection.

In time, however, Prime would come to realize that his new tactics threatened to restart the cycle of imperialism and violence that his progenitors had committed and adopt a gentler approach, working with humanity and Cybertronians alike to guide Earth towards a better future. Despite having learned from the sins of his ancestors, Prime found himself confronted by the ultimate example of their hubris: the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], a wepaon created by "[[Onyx Prime]]—" in reality, a time-travelling Shockwave, who had deliberately engineered the rise and fall of the entire Prime lineage. Despite Prime's best efforts, Cybertron was destroyed, and Orion—shedding the title of "Prime" in his final moments—sacrificed his life to end what Shockwave had begun all those years ago, allowing both humans and Cybertronians to begin anew on Earth.

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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:HeartsofSteel 1 Prime Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|"I keep telling you Bumblebee, the Dinobots will never accept you into their clique!"]]
The Autobots and the Decepticons came to [[Earth|a distant world]] in the grip of an ice age. Assuming [[alternate mode]]s based upon the [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dominant (though doomed) indigenous creatures]] of this planet, they continued their [[Ice Age Wars|ancient, unending war]]. However, the Autobots, with their energy levels dangerously low, withdrew from combat as the world grew colder. They sought refuge in a deep cavern and entered [[stasis lock]], awaiting the day when surface conditions changed to better suit their operation. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Optimus lay under the [[Mare Rurek Glacier]]. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} Millions of years later, Bumblebee was awoken by the hammering of humans working on a rail line. He briefly considered awakening Optimus Prime, but thought better of it. After discovering the world had changed significantly, Ratchet thought there was no reason to awaken Prime. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} When Bumblebee discovered the Decepticons were once again active on this world, Ratchet and Prowl agreed that the Autobots must intervene, but again decided out of rousing Optimus from his slumber. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

[[File:TFInfestation2.2 Optimus Prime vs Elder God.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.45|Once again, Optimus steals Rodimus Prime's thunder.]]
When a new threat, the [[Elder God]]s, appeared, a group of Autobots acquired the help of [[Tobias Muldoon]] and [[Nikola Tesla]] to travel to the glacier and waken Prime. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} Tesla's [[Tesla tower]] wasn't enough on its own, so [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailblazer]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] gave energy necessary to recharge Optimus Prime. Optimus awoke and revived the other Autobots with his [[energon]] reserves, before traveling to [[Port Cenotaph]], [[Nova Scotia]] where an Elder God had risen from the sea. Diving into the ocean, Optimus cleaved parts off the Elder God until it and its followers returned to the depths. Though Tobias asked if the creature was dead, Optimus wasn't sure, but promised the Autobots would be there to defend Earth if it ever returned. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}} {{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

The Autobots continued to guard humanity in secret for many years, until one day in the 21st century when Ratchet was captured by a human group known as [[Skylogic Systems]]. Upon investigating the organization, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came into contact with the [[Lone Gunmen]], three humans who were also on Skylogic's tail for their role in creating a dangerous virus. Learning from them that Ratchet's DNA was part of the concoction, the Autobots joined forces with the humans and helped track down [[David Simmons]], the man responsible for releasing the virus. One interrogation later and they had the address to the Skylogic base, though Prime's size prevented him from easily infiltrating the building, so he left the rescue mission up to Bumblebee and the Gunmen. Once Ratchet was saved, the Autobots parted company with their new human friends in an attempt to lure away any Skylogic pursuers. {{storylink|The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers}}

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===''Classics'' toy bios===
Optimus Prime appointed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to the position of City Commander of Autobot City. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Ultra Magnus vs. Skywarp toy bio}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Upon meeting an [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|alternate-universe version of himself]], Optimus remarked that his [[David Kaye|counterpart's voice]] was somewhat unsettling. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
Optimus foiled Megatron's attack on 21st century [[Tokyo]] after informing his old foe that wherever he would pop up, the Autobots would be there to thwart his evil intentions. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}} Optimus and Bumblebee later intervened when [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] attacked [[Shinjuku Station]], using their bodies to shield nearby humans from the destruction the triple-changer brought about. They were unaware that Astrotrain's rampage was really a distraction staged to keep their attention away from Megatron's gathering of energon cubes nearby. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} Optimus continued to do battle against Astrotrain until Rodimus showed up to provide the Autobots with additional firepower. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

At a later time, Optimus Prime helped defend a power plant from a Decepticon attack, this time headed by Starscream and a mind-controlled [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]. During the battle, Skyfire broke free of Starscream's control, and joined up with Optimus and company to repel the Decepticons. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}

Megatron used some of the energon he had previously pilfered to transform himself into Galvatron, and would have killed Prime were it not for Ironhide's timely intervention. Following his defeat, Galvatron reverted into Megatron. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7}}
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===2008 ''Universe'' toy bios===
Optimus Prime put [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] in charge of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s in part to distract Silverbolt from his fear of heights. {{storylink|Silverbolt (G1)#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Ultra Class Silverbolt toy bio}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' BunBun manga===
When the legendary [[Energon Cube]] was lost to the reaches of space, Optimus Prime led a small team of Autobots in pursuit of it. The giant energy source crashed on Earth in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], where it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Prime and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities. Despite their attempts at remaining unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s [[Roswell]]. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

The Autobots gained a human ally in their quest when they befriended Doctor [[Osamu Kihara]] of the Governmental Special Diplomatic Agency, who provided more assistance than they could have imagined when his son, [[Akira Kihara|Akira]], was discovered to be a "[[Booster]]", one of many legendary beings born with the ability to control and detect the energies of the Energon Cube. Alas, the Decepticons had followed Prime's Autobots to Earth, and [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Megatron]] sought the boy's powers for his own. To protect Optimus Prime and himself, Akira unleashed the full extent of his powers, driving Megatron back, but causing his body to burn out and disintegrate. Prime was wracked with guilt over what had occurred, and it would haunt him afterward. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}}

Eleven years after their arrival on Earth, Prime and the Autobots made a new human ally in [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] when he stumbled into the midst of a battle between Prime's team and [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} When Megatron joined the fight soon after, he held [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Bumblebee]] and Wataru hostage, daring Prime to make a move against him. Prime opened fire, but Megatron merely used the defeated Starscream for a shield, then turned his cannon on the younger duo. Prime unleashed his [[ion blaster]] and apparently deflected the blast with a shot of his own, saving Bumblebee and Wataru and prompting the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}}

Prime invited Wataru to visit the Autobots' subterranean base, and he gave the boy a personal tour as he carried the injured Bumblebee to the infirmary. Telling him the story of the Energon Cube and the Autobots' coming to Earth, Prime showed Wataru the large chunk of the cube that they had managed to recover. He then turned his attention to repairing Bumblebee's wounds, and as such, did not notice Wataru reaching out to touch the cube sliver. A bizarre energy discharge resulted that not only showed the Autobots images of [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Another Time & Place]], but also healed both Autobots' wounds. Prime dived at Wataru and hauled him away from the shard, returning things to normal, but leaving Prime with grave concerns over what the strange occurrence might mean. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

When Starscream attacked a power plant with the aid of his brainwashed ally, [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Skyfire]], Prime carried [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Grimlock]] to the scene of the battle on the back of his truck mode. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} During the conflict that followed, Prime's suspicions about Wataru were confirmed when the boy manifested a barrier to protect himself and Bumblebee and to help Skyfire overcome the influence of Starscream's mind-controlling helmet. Wataru was a Booster as well! {{storylink|Wataru's Power}} His past experiences naturally made Prime hesitant to put Wataru's power to use, but Osamu Kihara made the point that Wataru's power was invaluable for hunting down shards of the Energon Cube. Prime and Wataru headed out to investigate a local relic that Kihara suspected was a cube shard, and Wataru's powers soon confirmed the doctor's findings. Just as Prime was about to report back to Kihara, however, Megatron struck, demanding that Prime hand over both the shard and Wataru. Prime attempted to feign ignorance of Wataru's powers, but Megatron ignored his bluff and encouraged him to hand the boy over, lest he cost ''another'' Booster their life. Driven into a rage by the stinging barb, Prime violently attacked Megatron with his energon-axe, but as the duel raged, Megatron continued to question Prime's beliefs and his attitude. Unable to deny Megatron's accusation that he had hoped to use Wataru's power to defeat him, Prime lost his concentration and was taken down by the Decepticon leader. Despite what he had learned about a previous Booster dying, Wataru stayed true to Optimus and activated his powers, healing the Autobot's wounds and powering up his energon-axe into a huge sword. Summoning all his energy, Prime took down Megatron with one almighty slash, then collapsed into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}}

Prime was brought back to the Autobot base for treatment, but the Decepticons exploited the Autobots' lack of manpower and struck again before Prime recovered. With his men taking a pummeling, the unconscious Prime had a vision of Akira, who spurred him on to awaken and rejoin the battle. With another power boost from Wataru, Prime unleashed a super-charged shot from his ion blaster that took down the fleeing Decepticons. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===Titan Magazines===
After a hard day of fighting the most despiscable enemies the universe had to offer, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Transformers (2007)|Softimus Prime]] and
[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Transformers (2007)|Slumblebee]] liked nothing more than to hit the couch and hug their favorite humans. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Slumber Party}}
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===''Alternity''===
[[File:Alternity convoy boxart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|This might take some getting used to. Hand me the instructions again!]]
In 2007, the Optimus Prime of [[universal stream]] [[Primax 109.0 Beta]] encountered a mysterious messenger from another world: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|another incarnation of himself]] from [[BT World|a parallel dimension]] who left him with a warning. Two years hence, Megatron would bring the terrifying super-dimensional lifeform known as the "Beast of Time", the [[Hytherion]], into their dimension to destroy Earth. The only thing that could battle the Hytherion was the power of the super-evolved multi-dimensional race of Cybertronians known as the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]. Prime agreed that when the danger appeared, he would join the Alternity in the fight.

Sure enough, in 2009, when the Hytherion's colossal claw-marks appeared on planets throughout the solar system, Prime's other-dimensional incarnation returned, bringing with him a "Vibrant Red" Vector 109 [[auto-avatar]] with which Prime fused. In that instant, he was reborn as part of the Alternity, a manifold being who encompassed all the different incarnations of Optimus Prime through the multiverse at once. Prime reached his hands heavenward and peeled back the layers of reality, exposing the gargantuan fanged maw of the Hytherion looming above the Autobots. {{storylink|From Here to Alternity}}

Optimus battled alongside the Alternity to fend off the beast, when unexpectedly, [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] overwrote the beast's higher functions with his own. At first, it seemed that the Hytherion had been killed, but a newly empowered Megatron (in two bodies) appeared and declared that, now possessing a power that rivaled the Alternity's, he challenged his opponents to take him on or see the multiverse itself burn. {{storylink|To Mega Therion}}

As battles between numerous different Primes and Megatrons erupted quite literally all across time and space, another member of the [[Convoy Aggregate]] was later seen battling [[Starscream (G1)#Alternity|Starscream]], who had been empowered by Megatron to serve as leader of his [[Questor]]s. This Prime was so surprised by Starscream's uncharacteristic sports car alternate mode that he left himself open for a blast from Starscream's Retroactive Nullifer cannon, which erased him from the timestream. As he faded out of existence, Prime responded to Starscream's taunts about the death of the Alternity by telling him that they were already well aware of their prophesied end and were well prepared. {{storylink|Foreshadows}}

Optimus was providing cover-fire for a cross-universal battle when he suddenly seized up. Though he rebooted momentarily, he had terrible news for his Protector allies: using the power of the lower-dimensional [[Planicron]]s, Megatron had succeeded in sundering the Alternity's aggregate! Optimus urged his subordinates to not lose hope however, reassuring them that events were still unfolding within the parameters they had foretold. Sure enough, the battle swayed back in the Autobots' favor when [[Thundercracker (G1)#Alternity|Thundercracker]], disgusted by Megatron's reckless use of their power, freed the Planicrons and robbed Megatron of his most powerful weapon. Optimus then tasked [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]], [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|the black Convoy]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] to track down the [[Critias Gate|doorway]] that would allow the Planicrons to ascend to the higher-dimensions, putting them on the path to supersede the Alternity as multiversal protectors. While they attended to this task, the rest of the now-former Alternity busied themselves by destroying Megatron's auto-avatars, weakening the villain and disallowing him from interfering further with the Planicrons' destiny.

After this had all come to pass, the Autobots all returned to their proper place in the multiverse. {{storylink|Alternation}}

{{note|Alternity beings are both individuals and a collective of separate entities. More fiction about Optimus Prime's Alternity collective can be found [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|here]].}}

===''Robot Heroes'' comic===
[[File:IDW I am Optimus Prime battle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Adorobots VS. Decepticutes.]]
Optimus Prime was given the Matrix by [[Primus]] himself, and used to be friends with Megatron. Prowl is his closest friend and Ratchet is his oldest. Searching for Energon, the Autobots landed on Earth, but were followed by the Decepticons. With the help of their human allies, they bested their foes, and knowing they would return, decided to stay and wait to defend the planet once more. Optimus Prime was proud to be an Autobot. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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===''Universe'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ron Hayden]] (English)}}
[[File:Actionblast1matrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Anyone with a history of seizures should leave the room now.]]
Optimus Prime narrated the events of what happened before the Ark crashed on Earth. He became the new leader of a long line of Autobot leaders via the discovery of the Matrix. On their quest for more Energon, the Autobots were chased by Decepticons to the planet known as Earth and crashed on it. When they emerged from the Ark, Optimus Prime scanned his truck altmode, stating that the war would not end on Earth. {{Storylink|Action Blast 1}}

[[File:FfE Optimus Prime Cyclonus.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Don't get distracted by your own fist Cyclonus! Do you WANT to lose your face?]]
Both Optimus Prime and Bumblebee raced down a street in an unknown desert while having an argument about Energon. He ordered Bumblebee to scan the surroundings to find the location where the Decepticons were hiding, and to be careful for possible scouts. When Bumblebee noted what the Decepticons were doing, Prime speculated that they might be planning to convert the energy into Energon, and ordered Bumblebee to create a diversion. While Bumblebee and Cyclonus fought, Prime made a surprise attack and took out Cyclonus with his Ion-axe, before turning his attention to Megatron. When both Decepticons fled, Prime told Bumblebee they'd done a good job (in front of a burning Gas station), and both Autobots got back on the move. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}
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===''United''===
Millions of years ago, Megatron thought Optimus Prime to be forever vanquished. He was proven wrong when the Autobot leader rushed into battle against the Decepticons in a surprise attack. In the ages that followed, Megatron and Optimus would battle time and again, often upgrading themselves into new bodies. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

At some point, [[Darkside Optimus Prime (United)|Darkside Optimus Prime]] was born out of the darkness in Optimus Prime's mind. {{storylink|Darkside Optimus Prime (United)|''United'' Darkside Optimus Prime toy bio}}

After the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s successfully retrieved a cure for a deadly nano-virus from the planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], Optimus Prime commended them for their heroic efforts in a ceremony. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

In response to attacks by Decepticons pretending to be Autobots, Optimus Prime took on a black color scheme to infiltrate the Decepticons. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UnitedBlack|''United'' Black Optimus Prime toy bio}}

===''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. Optimus Prime could be seen ordering Bumblebee onward on one of Synergy's view-screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
{{voiceactor|[[Kōichi Toshima]] (Japanese)}}
'''Trailer''' (トレーラー ''Torērā'') was often sleepy, but was the strongest of the BeCools. He could carry stuff in his trailer. {{storylink|The Self-Introduction Chapter}} When Trailer came across a traffic jam, he crashed into the BeCools holding him up, forcing them to transform into robot mode and realize they could just walk past the jam. {{storylink|The Story of the Surprising and Big Traffic Jam!}} When the same bunch of BeCools were stuck before a hole, Trailer selflessly used his body to act as a bridge for the other BeCools. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]] was so inspired by his heroism that he offered to fill the hole so that Trailer could pass through. Trailer did so and sped away, leaving Yellow Sports Car in the hole. {{storylink|The Story of Mister Trailer's Big Success!}}

In the forest, Trailer observed the lost [[Powerglide (G1)|Red Jet]] and Yellow Sports Car. He wondered why Red Jet didn't just fly out. {{storylink|The Story of the Lost Plane!}} Trailer later played in the ''Quiz! BeCool'' show with [[Megatron (G1)|Tank Lorry]] on his team. The two's answer fumbling and arguments led them to lose the game. Another BeCool, '''Garbage Truck''' (清掃車 ''Seisōsha''), was part of one question. {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} While Yellow Sports Car was explaining BeCool marks to [[you]], Trailer was asleep in his Trailer Base, appropriately displaying his "Zzz..." BeCool mark. {{storylink|The Story of What Do I Know About the BeCool Mark?}}

Garbage Truck was doing his job when he accidentally left a [[banana]] peel on the road. This had catastrophic consequences, with Yellow Sports Car slipping on it and causing a traffic accident. {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}}

Trailer took up a job with the fire brigade, hoping to earn some work experience. When they spotted Yellow Sports Car screaming for help on a burning building, they rescued him, only for the whole thing to be revealed as part of the filming of a movie. Garbage Truck witnessed the whole thing. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Before his death, Alpha Trion bequeathed unto Optimus Prime the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Optimus became the leader of the Autobots for a time, then disappeared, leaving his people to be ruled tyrannically by Megatron.{{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} Megatron never stopped seeking out his old foe, rewarding any of his troops that provided him with information that could lead to Optimus's whereabouts. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} As for the Autobots, they were uncertain exactly as to why Optimus had disappeared; some believed Optimus had simply abandoned his troops, while other believed he was fulfilling some greater purpose and would return to them in their hour of need. Ultimately, it was [[Snake-Eyes]] and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] who found the Autobot leader, lost in the void between dimensions. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} There, the three of them became ensnared by the [[Quintesson]]s. They escaped the extra-dimensional entities' mind-probe and made their way back to normal space. En route, Optimus learned from Duke that Bumblebee had traveled to Earth and met his demise there. His human companions went off to help their friends on Cybertron, while Optimus headed for [[Pit (G.I. Joe)|T.H.E. P.I.T.]] on Earth, eviscerating numerous [[Coltonbolt]] satellites as he entered the atmosphere. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

[[File:EverybodyHatesMetroplex-optimusreturns.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

Within G.I. Joe's headquarters, Optimus found [[Doctor Venom]] controlling a robotic suit made out of the remains of both Bumblebee and Soundwave. The battle between him and the Joes spilled out into the open and into another battle, where Decepticobra was attacking the [[United Nations]]. As more factions joined the brawl, Optimus yanked Bumblebee's components free from Soundwave's body and took to the skies, back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} There, he was able to reunite Bumblebee's body with his head. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}}

Megatron came upon Optimus and challenged his old foe to a duel. Optimus managed to gain the upper hand, but hesitated to deliver the killing blow when he discovered that Megatron had married the Matrix to his spark, corrupting it. Several Decepticons then swarmed Optimus, allowing Megatron to blast a hole through his chest. Dead and defeated, Optimus plummeted down into the bowels of Cybertron. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} Rodimus and Duke travelled far beneath Cybertron, where they discovered Ultra Magnus- the Autobot god of death -carrying Optimus's body away. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

[[File:TheWarNeverEnds-returnofoptimusprime.jpg|thumb|OPTIMUS PRIME EJECT! OPERATION COME BACK|175px]]
On another plane of existence, Optimus travelled the path to the Matrix, guided by the voice of his old mentor Alpha Trion. The path led him to Grimlock, who had also been killed by Megatron; Prime rescued Grimlock from Kremzeek, the demonic eater of souls. At the gateway to the great beyond, they encountered Bludgeon, who announced that only those who bore the "key to Vector Stigmata" may pass through. Prime realized that the wounds on his body form the key, but the angel insisted that these would grant Prime access. Prime took Grimlock's sword and bestowed the key on Grimlock, allowing the former Autobot King to ascend into the Matrix while Prime stayed behind. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

Scarlett later used the Brainwave Scanner to contact Optimus's spirit and guide him back to the mortal realm. In the physical world, Ultra Magnus challenged Megatron to a duel on a Dyson sphere surrounding the sun. The Autobot god had not ferried Optimus to the afterlife - he had merely repaired Optimus's body by taking it into himself. During the climatic duel, he allowed Optimus to burst free from within his armor. The reborn Optimus punched Megatron into the sun, then turned his attention to reclaiming the stolen Matrix from the Decepticons. After [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]] defeated the maddened Primus, Optimus healed Snake-Eyes' injuries. Optimus then turned his attention to returning Primus/Cybertron to its regular orbit. As the planet left the solar system, he departed aboard the ''[[Ark II|Ark 2]]'' alongside a crew of Joes and Autobots, in the hopes of contacting the Makers. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R''===
In a world where the Transformers' war settled into a series of friendly competitive races known as the [[Transformers GT (race)|Transformers GT]], Optimus Prime became the [[GT Transformer]] known as '''GT-R Prime'''. As a racer he was known for his serious but sometimes hot-blooded personality and his skillful use of the [[Impact Wrench Gun]], though he maintained an honorable policy never to fire directly at an opposing racer's body. Like other racers, GT-R Prime put a limit on his own strength by separating his Matrix into a [[GT Sister]], creating his partner [[Misaki]].

====''Story of Transformers GT''====
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On the day before the Transformers GT began, GT-R Prime found himself racing with [[Star Saber (G1)|GT-R Saber]] when they were both out for a test run. Though Misaki warned him not to get too invested in a practice race, Prime took the challenge seriously and won the race by briefly transforming into robot mode, thus tricking Saber into slowing down in anticipation of a fight. {{storylink|Test Run Battle! –Prelude–}} Prime earned the pole position for the Transformers GT, but this combined with his victory over Saber made him overconfident, and he was unprepared when Saber attacked him immediately as the race began and sent him flying. {{storylink|First Fast Attack! –Whoever Strikes First Wins–}} [[Megatron (G1)|GT-R Megatron]] also targeted Prime during the course of the race, seeing him as his fated rival. {{storylink|One Shot and One Kill!! –Finishing Blow–}}

====Comic====
GT-R Prime was racing against [[Star Saber (G1)|GT-R Saber]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|GT-R Maximus]] when they were rudely interrupted by [[Megatron (G1)|GT-R Megatron]], a ruthless racer out to prove his worth by defeating all others. A fight broke out, but Prime interrupted it and convinced Megatron that they all shared the same need for speed, persuading him to settle things with a race instead. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R}}

====Story pages====
Though Optimus was a master marksman, he had a personal policy against shooting directly at his opponents' bodies during his races. In one such race, he allowed his rival to take the lead so that he could use his favorite weapon, the [[Impact Wrench Gun]], to blast the road beneath the other racer's feet, causing him to lose his balance. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|Transform in a gust!}} When GT-R Megatron burst onto the scene, roaring that all previous races had failed to "ignite his warrior's spark," Optimus readied to give him the race of a lifetime. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|GT-R Megatron Attacks!}} Like other racers, GT-R Prime attended photo shoots alongside Misaki in order to promote coexistence between humans and Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The Work of the GT Sister Race Queens?}} When a reincarnated [[Unicron]] attacked the Transformers GT finals and absorbed the huge [[energon]] pool saved up for the final prize, Prime restored his true power by using the "Matrix In" process to recombine with Misaki. Together with the other powered up racers, he fought and defeated Unicron, saving the Earth. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|The True TFGT}}

===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
[[File:Construct-Bots short Optimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Optimus Prime came upon [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attacking [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and so rear-ended the [[Decepticon]]. The impact caused Megatron's parts to come off his chassis. Optimus claimed these components for himself. {{storylink|Toys & App TV Commercial}}

Optimus and Bumblebee snuck into the Decepticons' base, and found their enemies upgrading themselves with [[Autobot]] parts. The pair took offense to this, and Bumblebee set about sabotaging the process. Megatron wound up tripping on some gumballs thanks to the Autobot's mucking about, and Optimus congratulated his fellow Autobot on a prank well done! {{storylink|Intro!}}

Optimus later helped Bumblebee put his parts back on his bare chassis. During the dress-up, Bumblebee managed to accidentally swallow his Autobot badge. Fortunately, Bumblebee managed to soon cough it back out. Unfortunately, Bumblebee then proceeded to sing out of tune, annoying Optimus. {{storylink|Bumblebee Speaks!}}

On another occasion, Optimus got a little carried away with strapping new parts onto Bumblebee. The final piece he attached to the yellow 'bot was a rocket, which activated and sent Bumblebee wheeling through the air. Bumblebee eventually came crashing back down, and Optimus slowly backed away out of embarrassment. {{storylink|Strength!}}
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===''Transformers × Evangelion''===
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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
[[File:ABTF1 Optimus+HeatwavevsShockwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Optimus and his Autobots were aboard the Ark, on the run from the Decepticons. With him, Optimus had what Megatron was forever seeking; the [[AllSpark]]! With the ship taking heavy damage from the Autobots' pursuers, Optimus ordered Jazz to take them into an emergency quantum jump. Jazz informed Prime that the jump would take longer to initiate than the time the Decepticons would need to board their vessel. As such, Optimus entrusted the AllSpark to Bumblebee while he and the rest of the bridge crew steeled themselves to hold off their enemies. Thanks to Starscream breaking rank in the Decepticons' formation, Optimus was able to hold back Megatron, and with [[Heatwave (G1)|Heatwave]]'s help, repel them from the ship just as it initiated the quantum jump. However, at that moment the AllSpark tumbled off-ship, falling into the quantum tunnel and seemingly being lost for good... {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

Optimus led the search for the AllSpark through space, but he and his troops were unable to locate the artifact. Though the search seemed hopeless, Optimus assured the others that they would not give up until Cybertron's last hope for survival was found... At that moment, a [[Minion Pig|strange green pig]] crashed through one of the ship's windows, with the AllSpark in tow. Optimus stared in bewilderment at the strange creature as it asked for a ride back [[Piggy Island|home]]. {{storylink|Hard Boiled}}

===''Legends'' comic===
A truck at [[Transformers Celebration 2014]] opened its trailer to reveal a large, speaking bust of Optimus Prime, much to [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s nostalgic pleasure. {{storylink|Legends Bonus Vol.}} Another statue of Prime appeared at a ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' event at the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping center. {{storylink|Deckss × Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report|Deckss x Q-Transformers}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity===
====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
[[File:HasbroPulse TitansReturn PowermasterOPArt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|I am the hope of the Omniverse!]]

Optimus Prime became Autobot commander {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime's bio}} some time after the beginning of the Great War and the founding of the [[Autobot]] forces. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}} [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s legendary status was exceeded only by the legendary status of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generations|''Combiner Wars'' Ultra Magnus toy bio}}

Orion Pax was upgraded with increased strength and size by [[Wheeljack (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Wheeljack]], traits that would serve the future Optimus Prime well. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}

He was on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crash-landed on Earth, and subsequently commanded [[Hound (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Hound]] to learn more about the planet they'd found themselves on - an experience that was captivating for the lead scout. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}

Optimus Prime was upgraded with the ability to combine. This initially produced [[Ultra Prime]], who could be made with any arbitrary set of warriors, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime's bio}} and probably fought on Cybertron, {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Skydive's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Firefly's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Alpha Bravo's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Dragstrip's bio}} but the existential threat of Decepticon combiners in the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] pushed Optimus to master this power and form Optimus Maximus {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|Battle Core Optimus Prime's bio}} to protect Earth. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Ironhide's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}

When the long-lost [[Titan Master]]s reemerged into modern society and joined the Autobot-Decepticon war, Optimus Prime was partnered with the Titan Master [[Hi-Q|Apex]], who carried a portion of Prime's spark that boosted the legendary commander's already formidable abilities. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Apex/Powermaster Optimus Prime toy bio}} On [[Velocitron]], Optimus Prime was present for the biggest race of the year when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] arrived and attempted to botnap [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Hyperfire]]. Optimus ordered [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to battle against them. Later, Optimus was part of a battle on Cybertron against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. During the battle, the Autobots' base [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] transformed to thwart the Decepticon advance. Optimus Prime declared that to defeat the Decepticons, the Autobots would need to master the power of the Titan Masters. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

At different times, Optimus was known to partner with different Titan Masters. These included [[Diac]], with the ability to teleport {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TRVoyager|Diac & Optimus Prime's bio}} and [[Refractor|another]] with the power of invisibility. {{storylink|Trypticon's Titan Master Crunch}} He led a team consisting of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], [[Fastlane|Fastclash]], and [[Quickswitch]] against the Decepticons to another race on Velocitron, with the prize for winning the race being absolute control over the speed of anything — including time itself! Rodimus Prime finished first, but learned that to gain the power he would have to transform into a [[Titan Master]] and impart it on another bot. The Autobots ultimately managed to evade the Decepticons and leave the planet, using Laser Prime's [[Laserpoint System]] to open a portal offworld.{{storylink|Source:Titans Return pack-in poster bios|''Titans Return'' Chaos on Velocitron pack-in poster bios and story blurb}}

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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
{{voiceactor|[[Jon Bailey]] (English, ''Combiner Wars''), [[Peter Cullen]] (English, ''Titans Return'', ''Power of the Primes'')}}
[[File:TheDuel Windblade and Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|My ax belongs to your... hey, I should totally try [https://my.ax-semantics.com/#/login MyAX].]]
During the war, Optimus was killed in battle by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but was eventually resurrected. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} Coming to the dire realization that the war against the Decepticons had become a never-ending arms race, Optimus Prime challenged Megatron to single-combat, with their troops acting as witnesses to their terrible and final clash. The battle between both faction leaders ended with Megatron beaten down and goading Optimus into delivering the kill shot...

Optimus later found himself a wanderer, no longer leader of the Autobot forces. While traveling through Cybertron's barren wastes, he reminisced on his pivotal duel against his archenemy. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|The Fall}} Optimus received a transmission from [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] on [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] warning him that the vengeful [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] was headed to Cybertron to settle a score. {{storylink|The Duel}} He tracked her down once she arrived and tried to prevent her from firing on the [[Council of Worlds|Council]]'s tower with a sniper rifle. {{storylink|The Council}} Optimus attempted to reason with her, but Windblade was in no mood to be trifled with and the two clashed in melee combat. After Windblade revealed her intention to destroy the [[Enigma of Combination]], Optimus recognized the danger of the artifact and agreed to help her. {{storylink|The Duel}} The two went to enlist the retired Megatron in their mission, with Optimus and him engaging in a brief scuffle for old times' sake. After Megatron ruffled both Optimus and Windblade's feathers sufficiently enough, he agreed to join them. {{storylink|Unforgotten}} Optimus Prime and the others returned to the Council tower with the intent to enter and destroy the Enigma. Optimus was adamant that they reason with the Council first, after both Windblade and Megatron favored violence. An attempt to talk things out ended with Megatron firing on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and triggering the tower's automated defenses, forcing Optimus and the others to defend themselves. {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}}

[[File:DestructionsDawn OpMegsGunMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|[[:File:Stargatebattles prime megs.jpg|The power to protect...this world!]]]]
The arrival of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] made the situation even more complicated as Optimus accused Megatron of betrayal, but the combiner only showed up to claim the Enigma for himself. Optimus and the others took on Devastator, but the entire scenario was soon revealed to be Starscream's scheme all along. He seized the Enigma and used it to merge with Devastator and the other combiners present, becoming the "ultimate" combiner. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} Starscream soon lost control of his [[Starscream Combiner|new form]], devolving into a giant screaming head and going on a rampage. Optimus and the others could only weather the assault as the city was bombarded by Starscream's out-of-control energy blasts. After Windblade was struck down, Optimus and Megatron grimly wondered if all was lost. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} Thankfully, while unconscious, Windblade made contact with the dormant [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who awakened from under the city and grabbed Starscream in his giant hand. Sensing their opportunity, Optimus and Megatron performed a maneuver culminating in Optimus wielding Megatron in gun mode and blasting the restrained Starscream. This ended his threat and dislodged the Enigma of Combination, which Megatron handed over to Windblade. Optimus bade his departing rival farewell for the moment as everyone stood around in the aftermath. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

After the Combiner Wars, Optimus watched the reconstruction efforts. Not wanting to overstay his welcome and preferring to leave Cybertron's leadership in its existing hands, he bid farewell to the Mistress of Flame and Windblade and departed for parts unknown. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} On the way, he received a vision of future events from the Matrix and headed back towards Metroplex City. There, he met up with Megatron and told him of his vision, believing that the Combiner Wars and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s attack were signs of a greater threat, one that would lead to their ultimate destruction. Megatron laughed off his concerns, and the two parted ways. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}}

[[File:Machinima-Titans-Return-Ep10-OptimusDies.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Optimus killed in battle? Must be a day of the week ending in "Y".]]
Optimus made his way to the [[Primal Basilica]], where he found [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] standing over the Mistress of Flame's battered corpse. Unable to do anything for her, Prime activated the Basilica's defenses as a means of stalling Trypticon. Learning from Perceptor that Rodimus had given up the Matrix, the two entered the chamber of the [[Chorus of the Primes]] to have the Matrix returned to him. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}} However, Optimus revealed the Matrix was not for him, but rather for Perceptor, as he wanted to make sure it would be taken as far away from Trypticon's grasp as possible. He guided Perceptor to a secret exit from the Basilica and sent the scientist on his way. {{storylink|Run for Our Lives}} Warned by the Chorus to "beware the power of the Primes", Optimus charged back towards the battlefield and began attacking Trypticon, rescuing Victorion. Optimus led the Combiners in battle against Trypticon, but the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] managed to hit him, sending him hurtling towards some sharp rubble. Thankfully, he was caught at the last moment by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|In Good Hands}}

[[File:POTP-Cartoon-Ep10-OptimusLives.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Did I tell you I was immune to the plot?"]]
As the two Titans battled, Optimus found Megatron watching the fight and demanded he assist them, but Megatron refused. When Trypticon swallowed the Enigma of Combination and took control of the Combiners, Optimus attempted to attack them as a distraction, but he was caught and the Combiners attempted to pull him apart. Optimus managed to break free of his captors and was further saved by the timely arrival of Megatron. Against Optimus's wishes, Perceptor returned and tricked Trypticon into swallowing the Matrix. {{storylink|Consumed}} However, this ultimately proved successful, and Trypticon released all that he had swallowed during the conflict before falling inert once again. The relief was short-lived, though, as [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] suddenly appeared before them, proving Optimus's fears. Optimus and Maximus attempted to surprise attack Megatronus, but he brushed off their blows and fired a beam through Optimus's chest, killing the Autobot once more. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

In the aftermath, Victorion believed trying to find the [[Requiem Blaster (Thirteen)|Requiem Blaster]] was a fool's errand, and that they should have been preparing Optimus Prime's funeral instead. {{storylink|The Swamp}} Megatron often thought of Optimus, noting the similarities between him and [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] {{storylink|Primal (POTP)|Primal}} and wondering what his old rival would think of his heroic exploits. {{storylink|Consequences}} Ultimately, thanks to his connection to the Matrix and the Primes, Optimus's spark was freed from the Well and revived after Megatronus's defeat, to the joy of his companions. Mourning the sacrifice of Megatron, whom he considered a brother, he commended Optimal Optimus for being a fine choice as the new Matrix-bearer, and began teaching him the ways of Cybertron, promising to support him in his new leadership role. {{storylink|Saga's End}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], Optimus Prime was a student of [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]] at the [[Elite Guard]] academy before the Great War. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 16, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 16/07/2015}}

Some time later, Optimus, now called Star Convoy, and [[Hot Rod (G1)#Fire Rodimus|Fire Rodimus]] formed Supernova Convoy to vanquish [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Ultra Megatron]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 15, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 15/08/2015}}

Later on, Optimus, now called Optimus again, defeated the returned [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]]-empowered Megatron, subsequently retiring from leader of the Autobots and passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Hyperdrive. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 16, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 16/07/2015}}

===General Optimus===
[[File:GeneralOptimusPrime-CMW.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|"You magnificent bastard, ''I read [[Towards Peace|YOUR BOOK!]]''"]]

General Optimus Prime hailed from [[Primax 096.0 Beta]]. {{Storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 6, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 06/09/2015}} During the [[Great War (G1)|third Cybertronian war]], {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}} he fought on Earth against [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ATB|Megatron]]: in the Battle of [[Sherman Dam]], the two fought directly but the battle would have gone against the Autobots if not for the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 6, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 06/09/2015}} In the latter stages of the war, he upgraded himself with heavier armor and weaponry in order to match Megatron's flight and combination upgrade.

At the final battle against the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]] on [[Mirtonia]], Prime and his [[Firestormer|Firestormer Squadron]] emerged victorious, though the battle concluded with an experimental energon refinery exploding and blasting the General and [[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] out of their own reality into [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]].

In [[Axiom Nexus]], General Optimus Prime found himself inducted into the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]], a group of Optimus Primes and their kin dedicated to safeguarding the [[multiverse]]. While the other Convoy members tended to stay in the upper reaches of Axiom Nexus, the General was able to use his unusual appearance for an Optimus Prime to venture in the Offworlder zones without suspicion, a great help to [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration|Offworlder Zone Security Administration]] Commander [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]]. The General was also assisted in his new mission by his longtime scout, Sergeant Hound. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}} {{storylink|Hound (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sgt. Hound profile card}}

When Sergeant Hound apprehended a criminal going by the name "[[Megatron (Movie)|C-81]]", rumors that the prisoner was in reality a "Megatron" that had gotten past the TransTechs' [[Dux non Intruitus|security procedures]] piqued General Optimus Prime's interest. Though Cheetor assured him that it was impossible for a "Megatron" to have been allowed in Axiom Nexus, the General's concerns did not fade. More pressing concerns took over, however, when the entirety of Axiom Nexus, and nearly all of the TransTechs suffered a sudden shutdown due to a surge in the Global Net. General Optimus Prime tasked [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]] with keeping guard over the prison while he and Hound went to investigate the source of the surge, the planet's core.

When Optimus and Hound eventually made their way there, they found that C-81 and his gang of criminals had escaped prison and were combating the [[Waruder]] soldiers responsible for the planetary shutdown. Optimus mistakenly assumed that C-81 and his goons were there on purpose, and joined them in fending off the invaders. They were soon joined by [[Burn Out (Diaclone)|Burn Out]] and [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)|Lift-Ticket]], who informed the Cybertronians that they had stumbled across the Waruders' main hive. Lift-Ticket explained the Waruders could be repelled if he managed to get a sample of the hive's venom. Optimus was willing to go along with Lift-Ticket's dangerous plan, despite C-81's skepticism. However, the battle came to an end when C-81 managed to grab a hold of the Waruders' [[Beet-Chit|leader]], and forced the bug into peaceful negotiations. Optimus agreed to allow the Waruders to migrate to another Cybertron via C-81's illegal interuniversal gate, in exchange for a venom sample that would be used to create an anti-toxin to revive the TransTech. The General nonetheless impounded C-81's gate afterwards, though he did let the criminals "slip away" as thanks for their part in thwarting the Waruder invasion.

General Optimus Prime later attended a meeting of the Convoy held by [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]]. There, he assured the others present that he had been mistaken about the rumored Megatron's identity. Starscream was convinced, but the rest of the Convoy were savvy to the truth. The other Optimuses supported General Optimus Prime's decision, stating that if C-81 had earned the General's trust, that was good enough for the rest of them. Optimus was later hanging out with [[Spy-Eye (Diaclone)|Spy-Eye]] on his off-time. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

General Optimus Prime led the Convoy in a raid on [[Alpha Trion#Shattered Glass|Alpha Trion]]'s old laboratory, which had more recently been appropriated by [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]. Though the terrorists were gone, the Convoy recovered the long-lost sparks of [[Blackarachnia (TransTech)|Blackarachnia]], [[Nightscream (TransTech)|Nightscream]], and [[Immorticon (TransTech)|Immorticon]]. {{storylink|Source:Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist#December 2, 2015|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 02/12/2015}}

[[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|General Hawk]] stated in an interview that his typical transportation in Axiom Nexus was his Convoy colleagues. As the seats of General Optimus Prime's vehicle mode were manufactured at the same location as the [[VAMP]]s of his universe, Hawk was able to find a degree of familiarity in the strange world of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Source:Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter#May 1, 2016|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 01/05/2016}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[File:Of Masters and Mayhem Optimus.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Trukk]]
In one universe, Optimus led his Autobots against Megatron's Decepticons but found his army on the back foot from the onset of the campgain. With the war continuing with no end in sight, Optimus commissioned the Ark Project, the symbolic representation of the Autobots' hope for a better future. The Decepticon [[Toxitron (Universe)|Toxitron]] was made to resemble Optimus Prime as a blow to Autobot morale and also sported a cybermetric signature that matched Prime's. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}

[[File:Of Masters and Mayhem Optimus gorilla Pretender.jpeg|thumb|upright=0.8|Munky]]
When the Decepticons eventually created the monstrous combiner [[Thunder Mayhem]] out of the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], the squad's sheer sadism caused them go rogue. Capturing Optimus, the Squad imprisoned him within their ship. Forced to watch as Thunder Mayhem destroyed his planet, Optimus lost his fighting spirit. {{storylink|Pandora's Gift}}

Making his way to Earth, Optimus used a Pretender shell to disguise himself as a gorilla, content to wait for death. {{storylink|History}} When Thunder Mayhem attacked the planet, Optimus witnessed the heroism of the Autobot pretenders, reigniting his will, {{storylink|Pandora's Gift}} saving Spike Witwicky and two innocent humans. Rallying everyone behind him, Optimus was grabbed by Thunder Mayhem who began crushing him, {{storylink|Pandora's Gift}} before [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]] arrived.

The distraction of Wreckage allowed the Earth forces to punch a hole in Thunder Mayhem's chest, exposing the [[Matrix of Malice]]. Taking charge again, Optimus ordered everyone to fire at it, destroying it and finally ending the monster. With Thunder Mayhem defeated, Optimus joined with [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] to hunt down [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|Finale (OMAM)|Finale}}

===''Age of Time''===
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The ''Ark'' carrying Optimus and the other Autobots to Earth was attacked by Megatron and his Decepticons aboard the ''Nemesis'', which caused both ships to be sucked into a wormhole that led them to an [[Live-action film series|alternate dimension]]. Several of the Transformers, including Optimus and his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)#Age of Time|counterpart]], were somehow amalgamated to form superior versions of themselves.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1395741837139121.1073741971.371066602939988 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF TIME - SUPERIOR OPTIMUS PRIME] by [[Prime 1 Studio]] on Facebook: "The story began when the Ark carrying G1 Optimus Prime and his fellow Autobots was attacked on their route to Earth from Cybertron by Megatron and his evil Decepticons. Both spaceships were sucked into a wormhole and ended up in an alternate dimension. This dimension is the cinematic Transformers universe. Different yet the same, both transformers from the different dimension amalgamated and formed the Superior version of their old self. Hence the New Generation Transformers was formed. To be continued..."</ref> {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Prime 1 Studio|Transformers: Age of Time statue bios}}
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===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
[[File:AwYeahRevolution2-CobraPrime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Arcee were locked in combat with the Decepticons until [[Baron Karza]] collapsed a nearby mountain in his pursuit of the powerful [[Orbsah Gem]]. Prime ordered his teammates to get to safety, but the tiny conqueror had other ideas and promptly kidnapped the Autobot leader alongside [[Snake-Eyes]] and [[Rom]] the [[Space Knight]], intending to steal their powers for his own. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}}

The presence of Prime and the others in Karza's [[Microspace]] home threatened to destabilize the subatomic realm entirely, however, and when the [[Micronaut]]s attacked Prime was able to break free and, despite the loss of his ability to [[transform]], seized Karza as his captor tried to escape; the pair tumbled back into Prime's native dimension and landed near [[Cobra]]'s headquarters. With Baron Karza's help, the villains quickly overpowered Prime, captured the Autobot leader, and reprogrammed him into a loyal [[Cobra]] soldier. When Rom and Snake-Eyes arrived, Cobra unleashed their new weapon on the two heroes. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 2|Aw Yeah Revolution! #2}} Using his forcefield, Rom grabbed Optimus and hurled him into space beyond Cobra's control; not long afterwards, Prime returned with Autobot reinforcements to confront [[Destro]], who had since seized the Orbsah Gem. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 2|Aw Yeah Revolution! #2}}

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===''Xiaomi / Transformers'' toy bio===
After fighting for freedom for over a millennia, Optimus Prime will now use his legendary power to charge your devices with a portable power bank. After all, a charged battery is the right of all sentient beings! {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Xiaomi / Transformers|Optimus Prime Power Bank}}

===When Worlds Collide===
When trying to retrieve the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots joined forces with a variety of humans and other beings in their fight against Megatron and Cobra Commander's forces. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}

===''Bumblebee'' graphic novels===
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Optimus Prime led a group of Autobots to confront [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] at the impact site of an explosive [[cybertonium]] meteorite, but worried for the safety of an increasingly eager [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and encouraged the smaller Autobot to focus on his own strengths by ordering him to rescue some human scientists pinned down by Starscream's fliers. The rest of the team tangled with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], until the meteorite explosion knocked the combiner back into his components. Bumblebee tried to prevent Starscream from making off with one last cybertonium fragment, but wound up badly wounded after an explosion knocked him out of the air —since 'Bee had survived the experience, Optimus noted that he'd wait until ''after'' he'd been repaired to chide him. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Go For the Gold|Go for the Gold}}

Optimus helped to coordinate Autobot activity from the ''Ark'', but refused to clear Bumblebee for active duty until he'd completed his road tests—although he relented and told 'Bee that he could do them out on the open road. Later, Prime and the other Autobots headed to [[Sierra Station]] to round up the defeated [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s after Bumblebee had helped capture the Decepticons. Before Bumblebee sped off for one last race with his new [[human]] friends, Prime apologized for overlooking his potential. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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Four million years ago, Optimus Prime launched the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] to clear a path through an asteroid field that threatened Cybertron as his homeworld drifted through space. However, Megatron's forces attacked, boarded their ship, and sent it crashing down onto [[Earth]] where both factions fell into [[stasis lock]]. In the 1980s, the two factions reawoke and began a secret war for the planet's supply of [[energon]] that only ended when the outbreak of [[World War III]] in the mid-21st century threatened to destroy both Cybertronian factions. With Earth inching ever closer to Cybertron's fate, Optimus led his troops back into space aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] so they could scout for new energon deposits; after decades of searching, their vessel detected energon on the remote moon of [[Cygnus Seven]]. They were unaware that the Decepticons had pursued them aboard their own Titan, Trypticon; their vessel boarded once again, the two damaged Titans crashed on two separate moons in the system and went dormant, buried underground for many years.

Centuries later, the [[Federation]] established a mining outpost on Cygnus Seven, and while examining a [[dilithium]] mineshaft the surveyors discovered Fortress Maximus and accidentally tripped his autonomous systems. By the time that Fortress Maximus brought Optimus back online, the Decepticons who had boarded the vessel had already attacked the surface, prompting Prime to selflessly rush after them before the ship could resuscitate his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} When Optimus arrived above ground, he used his [[alternate mode]] to shield [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]]'s away team from the [[USS Enterprise|''Enterprise'']]; mistaking the archaic vehicles for strange [[Klingon]] weapons, Kirk blasted the Autobot leader with his [[Phaser (weapon)|phaser]] and badly wounded him. Badly wounded by the blast, Prime urged Kirk to protect the humans in his stead; his response gave the Starfleet captain pause, and—after seeing off the Decepticons with his ship's [[photon torpedo]]es—Kirk tasked [[Spock]], [[Scotty]] and [[Leonard McCoy|Doctor McCoy]] with bringing the Autobot back online, realizing that they'd wounded a living being, ''not'' a mere robot. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

[[File:Star Trek Optimus.jpg|thumb|200px|Ah! Ah! He said it! He said it!]]

Finding Prime's brain chemistry to be similar to that of the average humanoid, [[Spock]] utilized a [[Vulcan]] mind meld to successfully rouse him back to functionality. Once Prime had gotten acquainted with the organics, he ferried them back to the mine shaft to meet with Kirk and the other Autobots inside Fortress Maximus, only for the Seekers to bombard the mineshaft and trap their allies underground. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} The Decepticons soon revealed themselves to have allied with the [[Klingon Empire]], and their combined might proved too great for the meager surface force to overcome. As Prime and Spock surrendered themselves to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Maximus suddenly burst free of the ground, now reformatted into a copy of the ''Enterprise'', and opened fire on [[Kuri]]'s [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbird]], which revealed itself to be Trypticon. The sight of "Fortress Tiberius" distracted Optimus enough for Megatron to teleport in and blast his foe with his [[fusion cannon]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

As a result of Starscream sneaking off, Prime regained enough strength to stand against Megatron until Jazz and Windblade arrived to reinforce him; realizing that Starscream had abandoned the fray to conquer [[Kronos]], capital of the [[Klingon Empire]], the Decepticons made a hasty retreat while the heroes regrouped to pursue their foes, which included beaming Optimus and the other Autobots to the cargo hold of the real ''Enterprise'', so that their knowledge of Cybertronian engineering could speed up the repairs. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Once the ''Enterprise'' had been repaired, the two ships warped for [[Kronos]], while Kirk and Optimus discussed their mutual burdens of leadership—but while Kirk adhered to [[Starfleet]]'s "Prime Directive" that forbade interfering with other civilizations, Optimus announced that the crew of the ''Enterprise'' would have to respect "Prime's Directive"—refusing to stand idly by while the Decepticons ravaged another unaffiliated civilization. Their conversation inspired Kirk to use the ship's [[replicator]]s to create the "[[Crewbot]]s"; using this advanced tech, a revitalized Optimus and Kirk spearheaded the combined Autobot-Starfleet force, battling Decepticons until [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] brought all opposition to their knees with audio disruptor waves. Soundwave failed to take Klingon biology into account, however; deaf to Soundwave's frequency, the aliens deployed a fleet of warbirds that easily overpowered the Decepticons. In the aftermath, both Autobots and humans were allowed to go free. Prime turned down Kirk's offer of refuge on Earth, however, preferring to travel the galaxy aboard Fortress Tiberius, but pledged that he and his team would remain on call if Kirk ever required their assistance. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

===''Go-Bots'' comic===
While creating a [[Transformer|new race of Go-Bots]] that would span the entire [[multiverse]], [[Road Ranger]] decided to start by creating an "optimized" successor to himself. You can probably figure out who he is referring to... {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 5}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
[[File:Siege-OptimusPrime-CardArt.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]]
On Cybertron, Optimus Prime was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Command Infantry General]] and the leader of the Autobot counter-resistance against the Decepticons. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' website]</ref> Aiding Optimus Prime in his fight against the Decepticon menace, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] designed both Optimus's "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster" and "W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield". Both of these weapons could combine and modlock into the "Sentrystrike Ultra-Blaster" using the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files#Weapons database|Autobot weapons database on Hasbro Pulse}}<ref>[https://old.hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/transformers-wfc-siege-optimus-prime-combat-weapons-guide "''Siege'' Optimus Prime C.O.M.B.A.T. Weapons Guide" on Hasbro Pulse]</ref>

During the war for Cybertron, Optimus Prime was known to be active in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. At some point later, Optimus gained an upgrade and earned the titles of "Space Command Special Ops General", "Space Command Infantry General" and "Autobot Galactic Commander". Optimus Prime was last seen in [[Tyger Pax]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

After Cybertron fell, the Autobots left their homeworld aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', traveling through space in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. During this period, Optimus Prime's primary objective was to protect all life and his primary weapons were his [[Ion blaster]]/cannon and [[Energon-axe|Energon axe]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref> As the ''Ark'' eventually ran low on fuel, the Autobots had to search nearby planets for fuel sources. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] detected the powerful yet dangerous [[plasma energy]] on the planet [[Micro]]n, prompting Optimus Prime to send Micromasters [[Fireguard]], [[Roadburner]] and [[Windstorm]] to collect it. {{Storylink|Source:Earthrise Galactic Odyssey Collection|Encounter 2: Micron Micromasters}}

Closer than ever to reaching the Allspark, the Autobots awakened after crash-landing on pre-[[Ice Age]] [[Earth]]. While battling the Decepticons, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies. With these beast-mode Transformers from the future intending of changing the fate of Cybertron, Optimus Prime and Megatron must fight their greatest battle as they come to face the consequences of their war.

During this period, he [[trans-scan]]ed into an Earth truck, and his core traits were his nobility, wisdom, and unyieldingness. Optimus Prime's message from the future was that he will face [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|the darkest part of himself]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files#Autobots vs. Decepticons stop motion|Autobots vs. Decepticons stop motion}} {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|Golden Disk destinies}}}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor| [[Jake Foushee]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Roberto Draghetti]] (Italian, ''Siege'' chapter), [[Alberto Angrisano]] (Italian, ''Earthrise'' chapter onwards), [[Rody Benghezala]] (French), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Juan Amador Pulido]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Víctor Hugo Aguilar]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Raja Sevak]] (Hindi)}}
{{quote|This was not the life I imagined for us.}}
{{quote|But it's a life worth fighting for.|[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] and Optimus Prime, [[Siege episode 2]]}}

Before the war, Optimus Prime was called Orion Pax. He fought alongside [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] during a great uprising. They were all mentored by [[Alpha Trion]] before Megatron turned on them and killed Alpha Trion. Optimus was entrusted with the Autobot [[Matrix]] of leadership.

[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] were about to be executed by the Seekers, when Optimus Prime arrived to protect them. Megatron emerged from the shadows and demanded Optimus accept his treaty, but Optimus declined and the two engaged in battle. Before Megatron could overtake him, a trap laid by [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] gave Optimus and the other Autobots an opening to retreat. At the Autobot base, Ultra Magnus implored Optimus to accept the treaty, but Optimus refused, unable to bear the thought of Cybertron under Megatron's heel. Later, Optimus implored Bumblebee to join the Autobot ranks, only for Bumblebee to decline. Though the others attempted to stop Bumblebee from leaving, Optimus ordered them to let him go. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}}
Optimus revealed to the Autobots that Ultra Magnus had let himself be taken captive by the Decepticons. He promoted Elita-1 to Military Commander. Ultra Magnus sent a message to Autobot base that Megatron is looking for the [[AllSpark|Allspark]]. Optimus realized the danger if Megatron gets his hands on the Allspark first and organized Autobots into groups to search for it. Elita-1 questioned Optimus' decision to look for the Allspark, believing it to be a long-lost relic. Optimus told her that if Megatron found the Allspark first, the Autobot cause was doomed. The two shared a lovingly look before an alarm goes off. Another report came in from Magnus that gave them the "co-ordinates" of the Allspark. Optimus sent a team of Autobots led by Elita-1 to find it. Elita-1 aired her suspicions that the coordinates were likely a trap, but Optimus pushed on with the mission trusting Magnus' intel. Optimus arrived as the Autobots were being attacked by the Decepticons, who were indeed hidden in an ambush. Optimus fought [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and managed to tie him up with his own weapon cable. He fought off [[Flywheels]] and blasted a Seeker into a tower, which tumbled down on top of Impactor. In the dust that was stirred up, the Autobots retreated, with Optimus transporting off an injured Cog from the battlefield. A dogmatic Optimus told Wheeljack to keep searching for the Allspark, even though the search was draining much of the Autobots reserves. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}}

Optimus began to hypothesize that the Allspark could be taken off Cybertron. Wheeljack informed Optimus that a Spacebridge could be used to transport the Allspark, and that Ratchet, an old friend of his could fix the rundown Spacebridge. Optimus was part of a group that attacked a Decepticon guard post, while searching for Ratchet. He fought [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] during the skirmish, ending it by impaling him on a spike. Optimus tried to convince Ratchet to help repair the Spacebridge, but Ratchet wanted nothing to do with it. Optimus was about to walk away when Wheeljack appealed to Ratchet to listen. Optimus told Ratchet of Megatron's planning to weaponize the Allspark, which finally convinced Ratchet to go along with Prime's plan. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}}
Optimus detected that the Alpha Trion protocols had been activated, meaning Ultra Magnus had been deactivated. Elita-1 again tried to appeal to Optimus about his plan of taking the Allspark off-world, but Optimus remained fixed on it. He then traveled to the Guardians to inform them of Magnus' demise. While there Optimus informed the Guardians of Megatron's plan with the Allspark and tries to appeal for their help in the war. The Guardians remained steadfast in their neutrality. A dejected Optimus returned to Autobot base, where Bumblebee was brought before him. Optimus realized that the Alpha Trion Protocols had chosen Bumblebee. He explained what these are to Bumblebee. After Bumblebee's vision with Alpha Trion, he assured Optimus of Trion's belief in him, which reassured Optimus. Bumblebee also knew where the Allspark was kept. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}} Optimus was part of the group that questions a captive Jetfire. Wheeljack located the Allspark in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. Elita-1 was heavily against the idea of sending a team to retrieve it, but Optimus was again persistent with the Allspark plan. Optimus allowed Jetfire to lead the Autobots through the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], once the process of [[core override]] was applied. He was part of the team tasked with finding the Allspark. During the journey, the group falls into a pit and are attacked by the [[Sparkless]]. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

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Moonracer was damaged fatally by the Sparkless and fell lifeless in Optimus' arms. Optimus then spotted the Allspark and managed to grab it before any of the others sustained heavy damage. All the Sparkless then disintegrated into a pile of rust. Elita-1 contacted Optimus about the Decepticon attack on the Ark. He sent Prowl and Jetfire to assist in the battle and made his way to the Spacebridge. Optimus was intercepted by Megatron on his way to the Spacebridge. Even Megatron was shocked that Optimus would try to take the Allspark off Cybertron. Jetfire arrived and attacked the Decepticon force, giving Optimus time to escape. Optimus cut down a few Seekers that attacked him with his hand-axe and ordered Ratchet to activate the Spacebridge. As he climbed upwards he was attacked by Megatron. Optimus gained the upper-hand but was blasted by Decepticon forces on the ground and drops the Allspark. Megatron was distracted by Bumblebee, allowing Optimus the chance to again recover the Allspark and throw it into the Spacebridge. Under the cover of attack from Omega Supreme, Optimus ordered all Autobot forces back to the Ark. Elita-1 informed Optimus that she was staying behind on Cybertron. He ordered Ironhide to activate the ''Ark'' engines for take-off. The Ark entered the Spacebridge and it appears that it explodes. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

Optimus was found unconscious when the crew of the [[Fool's Fortune]] commandeer the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}}
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Optimus ordered Bumblebee to stand-down, after he became conscious and saw that they were surrounded by [[Doubledealer]] and his crew. A captured Optimus was brought before [[Deseeus]]. Deseeus explained the history of the Cybertronian race and that they need something from Optimus. Deseeus shed it's other four faces leaving it with a singular hostile face. Deseeus ordered Bumblebee to be executed when Wheeljack managed to free the shackles holding the Autobots. Doubledealer and his men also attacked the [[Quintesson]] and its guards, allowing the Autobots to escape in the chaos. Optimus pledged to Doubledealer that he will find the Allspark. They made their way back to the ''Ark'' and blast-off. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}
Optimus was reflecting on his decision to jettison the Allspark from Cybertron when Bumblebee approached him. Bumblebee comforted Optimus and showed his commitment to the Autobot cause by displaying the new red Autobot symbol on his chest. Wheeljack and Ratchet explained to Optimus that the ''Ark'' and the Allspark had been separated by a vast distance. There was a Spacebridge that someone had left-on activated in the [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] that they could use to travel through to get closer. Optimus agreed to the plan and to brace for a possible trap. The ''Ark'' arrived at the station to find that half the station is trapped inside the Spacebridge. They boarded the station searching for signs of life. Wheeljack hatched a plan to break the station apart so that the Ark could then fit through the Spacebridge. Optimus and Bumblebee had to go through the portal to set their charges at the other end of the station. Through the portal they found that they were above a beautiful, lush planet, bereft of any lifeforms. Optimus then received Wheeljack's distress call. They set the charges and rushed to his aid. Optimus rolled in and automatically attacked [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. He managed to deflect attacks from Scorponok's tail and ordered the Autobots to retreat back to the ''Ark''. Optimus attacked Scorponok with his axe, forcing his opponent to push back, and then eventually falling off the walkway behind him. Scorponok then transformed and reappeared in robot-mode, forcing the Autobots to flee him. They made it to a hall-way and sealed the door behind them, separating them from Scorponok. However, they were then trapped. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}}

Scorponok broke through the door, forcing the Autobots to attack him again. Optimus tried to fight Scorponok by himself but was grabbed and picked up by the Titan. He was saved by an unlikely ally in Megatron, who blasted Scorponok's hand, forcing him to drop Optimus. The Decepticons also begun to attack Scorponok. Optimus grabbed one of the explosive charges with the intent of using it on Scorponok when he was attacked by Megatron. Megatron easily defeated Optimus and planned to destroy him with his fusion cannon when Scorponok attacks both of the leaders. Optimus threw his charge at Scorponok and shot it with a laser-blast, detonating it. The explosion knocked everyone to the ground. Optimus gained consciousness in a cut-off area with only him and Megatron, who was pinned by a metal-girder through him. Optimus admitted that he should not have ejected the Allspark off-world. Megatron informed Optimus on how he arrived at the station, and the means that it took to get there through Project [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']]. Optimus was horrified and asked about Elita-1. Megatron replied that she is most probably dead. Optimus could not bring himself to let Megatron die and decided to take Megatron with him. Megatron scoffed at the idea and told Optimus that without Megatron, the Autobots cause would most likely become victorious. Optimus retorted that without Optimus, Megatron would not have had a target to unite the Decepticons. The two leaders agreed to work together to bring back the Allspark to Cybertron. Optimus then pulled out the girder out of Megatron. Megatron, who was supported by Optimus, orders his forces to cease fire after they were engaged in battle with the Autobots. After Soundwave opened the hatch doors, Optimus the Autobots to escape, but is cut off by an attacking Scorponok. He caught a falling Megatron and then ordered his troops to attack Scorponok. Optimus asked a hesitant Wheeljack to repair Megatron. Optimus then jumped onto Scorponok holding a cable. He then wrapped it around his head and started riding him. Optimus was about to be stung by Scorponok's tail when Megatron blasted Scorponok, forcing him to retreat. Megatron then decided that the truce was over and condemned the Autobots to death. Optimus compared Megatron to the Quintessons, which caused an inquiring Scorponok to come back and attack the Decepticons. The Autobots managed to escape in all the chaos. Optimus ordered the ''Ark'' to leave the station. Before that could happen, the ''Nemesis'' attacked the station causing the ''Ark'' to be transported somewhere else. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part One|''Transformers'' #1]]}}
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Orion Pax was forged at some point before the end of the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], and was [[mentor|mentored]] by the archivist [[Codexa]]. Following the end of the war, he was one of the many Cybertronians who helped rebuild [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. During this period, he befriended another young Cybertronian, Megatron, and the two eventually became good friends. However, Megatron soon fell in with the ambitious [[Termagax]], who sought to revitalize a postwar Cybertron that she felt was growing increasingly stagnant.

On the eve of the opening of the [[Winged Moon]], Codexa, who was nearing retirement, sent Orion to visit the [[Tether]] in Iacon, where the archivist met up with Megatron, who had helped build the moon along with his fellow miners. Orion explained to Megatron that he planned to take a leave of absence from his job and tour Cybertron's various colony worlds. However, Megatron deliberately stopped the elevator midway up the shaft, so as to show Orion everything that Termagax had taught him: that ''true'' equilibrium was but a myth, and that the only way true stability could be ensured was through constant change. The pair plummeted towards Cybertron a suborbital trajectory, and after splashing down in the [[Lechate Lagoons]], Orion grumbled about Megatron's erratic behaviour. Megatron, outraged that Orion had not been able to see what he had been trying to show him, snapped at him that he could do what he liked and tour the colonies, while Megatron would do what ''he'' did best and work to change Cybertron for the better. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}} After returning from his voyage, Orion spoke to Codexa who still planned to go [[immersant]]. Though both could see that Orion no longer intended to become Chief Archivist, Codexa assured her mentee that she was proud of him. {{storylink|End of Time}} Orion was one of the many in the intra-war era to mistake [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] as he commended Cliffjumper's sanitation work. {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 1}}

[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPart1-OrionMegatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|A customary game of Pattycake to greet one another.]]

Three hundred kilocycles later, Orion Pax had left his job as an archivist behind and worked to become a senator in the Cybertronian [[Senate]], a representative of the [[Autobot]]s under incumbent ruler [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. As a Senator, Orion would help out [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] at some point, to the point where the yellow 'bot owed him a favor. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} However, as the years went by, an increasingly dissatisfied group of Cybertronians arose, who called themselves the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s... a faction led by none other than Megatron. Before long, a violent splinter group known as [[The Rise]] manifested, which sought to make themselves known through violence and vandalism, while Megatron's Ascenticon rallies grew increasingly controversial.

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When Sentinel Prime left Cybertron to embark on a tour of Cybertron's colony worlds, Orion was left in charge of the Senate while he was away. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} When a new Cybertronian was to be forged, Pax nominated Bumblebee to serve as their [[mentor]]. At the unveiling ceremony of the newborn, Pax provided Bumblebee with some words of encouragement, {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Swindle's II|Swindle's II}} before he welcomed [[Rubble]] into the world. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} Roughly forty cycles later, Orion met with his old former friend Megatron to discuss the nature of Megatron's increasingly volatile movement and the costs that his speeches were incurring; however, he was unable to dissuade Megatron from holding his latest rally in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} Shortly afterwards, Orion was forced to intervene when [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] reported that the energon specialist [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] had been murdered by an unknown assailant; however, Orion ordered her to send more ground forces to Megatron's rally in Tarn in case things got ugly. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}}

The next morning, Orion and his inner retinue of 'bots watched with consternation as Megatron announced the formation of the [[Ascenticon Guard]], a private organization designed to keep security at Megatron's Ascenticon rallies. While on the way to the Senate, Orion met with [[Froid]], who warned him that the Ascenticon Guard recruit [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] was a sociopath with a violence addiction— although Orion was only able to get Froid on his way after promising to investigate the matter. Despite being the nominal leader of Cybertron until Sentinel Prime returned, however, Orion and the 'bots of [[Security Operations]] were unable to deduce Brainstorm's killer. Realizing the best way to keep tabs on Megatron's organization, Orion sought out Codexa for guidance, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} and after reminiscing about his long relationship with Megatron, the somnolent Cybertronian agreed that he would have to do what was necessary in order to keep the increasingly fragile peace on the planet. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

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At some point after this, Orion met with Bumblebee, and asked him to join the Ascenticon Guard as an undercover mole that would keep tabs on activity within the organization. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} In between these illicit dealings, he continued to serve as Cybertron's ''de facto'' leader; in this role, he welcomed [[Gauge]] into the world at the [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]] at a forging ceremony and was responsible for organizing Brainstorm's funeral, though the Autobot senator despaired at the fact that he was forced to compromise with the fanatically fervent [[Reversionist]]s to keep the peace, and thus was obligated to hire a fundamentalist 'bot to oversee the funeral of the notoriously atheistic Brainstorm. At the funeral, Orion once again requested that Megatron tone down his ever-more inflammatory rhetoric, pointing out that Termagax would likely disapprove of his behaviour, though Megatron once more declined to do so. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

Following the death of Bumblebee's young mentee [[Rubble]], Orion arrived to offer his condolences to his friend, but Bumblebee wasn't interested in his words and stormed off. A subsequent call from [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] informed him that Sentinel Prime had finally learned of the two murders, and was cutting his trip short to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} At a subsequent emergency meeting of the Senate, Orion's calls for the Senate to denounce The Rise as one were denied by Megatron, who snarled that, despite Orion's various condemnations of the increasingly violent Ascenticons, the Autobots couldn't simply ''force'' people to agree on things. Again ignoring Orion's request for Megatron to disband the Ascenticon Guard and denounce The Rise, Megatron stalked from the room. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}}

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Following Sentinel Prime's return to Cybertron, Orion filled in the Autobot leader on everything that had gone down since his absence, including a recent police standoff outside of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon headquarters]]. Countering Sentinel's notion to simply use overwhelming force, Orion promised that he'd be able to peacefully de-escalate the situation instead. In the meantime, Orion received a data-jack from Chromia, which revealed the identities of forty Ascenticons affiliated with The Rise. Later that day, Orion met with Bumblebee, warning him that the situation within the Ascenticons had grown to dangerous levels and instructing him to get out while he still could. To his surprise, Bumblebee refused: Rubble died because of him, and Bumblebee now saw the Ascenticon Guard as a way to put things right on the planet. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

Sentinel continued to contradict Orion's better judgment. Orion had hoped to bring the Autobots and Ascenticons together for a joint statement denouncing the Rise. Instead, Sentinel Prime publicly painted the Rise and the Ascenticons with the same brush, lumping them together to the exclusion of many public sympathies. A stand-off between the Rise and Security Operations at an immersant Titan led to the decapitation of that near-holy figure in an explosion. Although the public statement was that the Riser committed suicide, Bumblebee secretly reported to Orion and Chromia that Senator Soundwave killed them to cover up the Rise's activities. Sentinel's responses only got worse from there. He authorized extreme actions towards the capture of most wanted Rise members, and was prepared to arrest and interrogate Senator Soundwave for his actions. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} Orion was unable to dissuade Sentinel Prime from a plot to lure the Ascenticons to the Senate under false pretenses and arrest Soundwave within the senate precincts. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

When the Ascenticons failed to take the bait and the Rise severed the Tether, causing massive damage to the planet, Sentinel was livid. He planned to cut energon rations even further and possibly storm the Ascenticon building to drag Soundwave out into the street. Orion continued to counsel reason and moderation, trying to remind Sentinel Prime that millions still supported the Ascenticons. Sentinel openly rejected Orion Pax's counsel on all points, and went so far as to say Orion would never lead the Autobots, even after he was gone. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} Orion later visited [[Polyhex]], where the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] was being repaired, ordering the [[cityspeaker]] [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] to take the Titan to the [[Black Hub]] for a weaponized refit. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}

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When Megatron later broadcasted another message, Orion informed Chromia of Sentinel's plan to denounce the Ascenticons while warning that, unlike the Autobots, Megatron had a clear endgame planned. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}} Soon afterwards, Quake was captured with Orion unable to dissuade Sentinel from turning the arrest into a public spectacle, simply ordering [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] to find the missing [[Voin]] Asserter and contain it. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}} As Sentinel's secret Senate meeting commenced, the Ascenticons marched towards the building. With no legal recourse, Orion let them pass, after one last failed attempt at deterring Megatron's demagoguery, and ordered security beefed up. Entering the Senate chambers, Orion bore witness to Megatron renaming his movement as the "Decepticons" and declaring himself ruler of Cybertron. Before Orion could do more than order the doors sealed, the ceiling collapsed, with [[Ion Storm]] rendering all Senators unconscious. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}}

Locked in a cell, Orion attempted to speak to Megatron once more only for the [[Decepticon leader]] to bluntly say he had no respect for Orion following his planting Bumblebee as a spy. When Ironhide's group broke the Senators out, Sentinel Prime flew off ahead, forcing Orion and Chromia to follow from the ground. Catching up with the Prime at [[The Slaarg & Turbofox]], Orion found the First Senator had been fatally wounded by the [[Rainmaker]]s. In his last moments, Sentinel ordered Orion to warn [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], kill [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and bring the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus before his spark faded. When the talisman ejected itself from Sentinel's chest, Orion seized it only for the Matrix to unexpectedly activate and bond itself to him.

His consciousness brought within the Matrix, Orion was greeted by its [[Mediator]] program, in the guise of [[Codexa]], who informed him of the Matrix's history while warning that the coming conflict would be fought to save civilization. Making his choice, Orion accepted the burden and was rebranded by the Matrix as Optimus Prime. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}}

With Ultra Magnus still missing and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] having joined the Decepticons, Optimus' first act was to order the release of the [[Great General]] [[Pyra Magna (G1)|Pyra Magna]] for her counsel. Addressing his troops, noting that none of them sought war but that they would stand to defend the innocent from tyranny. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} Optimus was soon approached by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and Nautica who brought news of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacking the [[Xeno-Quarter]]. Recognizing that the Decepticons would turn their attention to the [[alien]]s, Optimus authorized Hound and Nautica to coordinate an evacuation, granting them any resources that they might require. {{storylink|Escape Part One}}

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When the Decepticons had conquered three-quarters of Iacon, Optimus received a tip to ask Perceptor about [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[spark]]s, learning that [[Nominus Prime]] had instituted a policy, one continued by Sentinel, to divert any Titan sparks into a storage vault. When Perceptor revealed his belief that Starscream had gotten his job due to somehow knowing of this, Optimus realized that the Seeker had sold out the Titan to Megatron. When an invasion force arrived, the firepower unleashed caused irreparable damage to the Pyramid. Optimus smashed [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] out of the building and told her to warn her comrades that the whole place was about to collapse. After ordering an evacuation, Optimus watched the structure perish, telling Perceptor that they would discuss his role in storing the Titan sparks later. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

In a meeting with Pyra Magna, Optimus was convinced to engage in holographic discussions with Megatron while he led the Autobots to evacuate Iacon. Though making an attempt to have Megatron peacefully stand down once again, negotiations broke down and Optimus led the Autobots through the [[Cybertronian Mountains]] to safety, casting a mournful last look at Iacon. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}}

Falling back to [[Crystal City]], Optimus greeted the returned Ultra Magnus and brought the Great General up to speed on current events. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}}

After Bumblebee had fallen in with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s gang, he convinced the scammer to send a message to Optimus regarding what the Decepticons knew of the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Swindle's II|Swindle's II}}

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Overseeing the [[Rite of the Autobrand]], Optimus told his troops of their responsibility to redeem the Autobot symbol and name before he charged Pyra Magna to seek out Termagax based on Bumblebee's warning. When [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] casually piped up that he knew where Termagax was, Optimus instead dispatched aerial forces to locate her. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} Pyra Magna went on ahead and secured the site, already under assault by Insecticon clones. Optimus Prime followed with Ironhide and the Senate Guard (now calling themselves the Prime Guard) and as many forces as he could spare. Rightly suspecting that the Decepticons sought the Enigma of Combination, Optimus confronted Termagax about it within her [[House (building)|House]] only for the Ascenticon founder to refuse to surrender it. She remained similarly obstinate when Optimus tried to have her join the Autobots, the Prime arguing that she was too prominent a figure to declare political neutrality. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}} As the battle raged outside, Pyra Magna encouraged Prime and Termagax to wrap up their little debate. Instead, it was the sudden return of [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] that made their arguing moot. The teleporter snatched the Enigma, then lost it in aerial combat as it ultimately fell into the Sea of Rust. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

With Ultra Magnus, Optimus then went to visit Codexa, asking about the rumours that Exarchon had returned who informed him that the ancient warlord had usurped [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]]. As the two left, they discovered a group of Decepticons holding their escort hostage. Though the hostages were freed, Optimus was forced to leave Ultra Magnus behind, {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part One}} although he was quick to order a rescue mission for his second-in-command. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} Upon hearing warnings that Exarchon might still be alive, Optimus sent a team to the [[Sonic Canyons]] to scout for any sign of the Threefold Spark. {{storylink|War's End Part One}}

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After Magnus had been rescued, Optimus sent Crystal City's non-combatants to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] while the Autobots would attempt to hold the line until [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] returned. When the Decepticons began shelling Crystal City, Optimus spoke with Bumblebee about their duty to fight with the Decepticons weighed against the consequences of war before Bumblebee went off to join the fight. After the Decepticons had broken through the Autobot lines, Optimus stood ready to fight just before Lodestar arrived. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}}

The sheer size of the Titan proved enough to scare away most of the invading army, allowing her to deploy [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] to fend off [[Strika's Heavies]] long enough for Optimus to emerge from the Autobot bunker. After allowing Pyra to respond to a distress call from the Sonic Canyons and sending Lodestar off to Darkmount, Optimus called for a temporary ceasefire. {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}} Speaking with Megatron, Optimus managed to secure a temporary ceasefire until Exarchon, the [[rust worm]]s and Insecticlones were defeated, whereupon Optimus promised to surrender Cybertron to Megatron. {{storylink|War's End Part One}}

With Crystal City in ruins, Optimus led the Autobots on a march to Darkmount, seeking to make the most of the limited time they had before Megatron inevitably violated the truce. As the Autobots marched, they were beset by shelling from [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]' forces, the Decepticon lieutenant answering that they were corralling the Insecticons. Before Optimus could rally his troops, the Matrix called to him, bringing him into it. The Mediator spoke to Optimus again, warning him that Cybertron was preparing to die and the fear of death was spreading to all Cybertronians. When the time came, the Mediator warned, Optimus' optimism would be needed to unite the species. Reactivating, Optimus found the situation had only gotten worse. {{storylink|Radical Time}}

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With the rust worms closing in, Optimus led his troops into battle against them, fighting a delaying action. Just as the Autobots were about to overwhelmed, Termagax's gambit succeeded and the Insecticlones began consuming the rust worms. Continuing on to Darkmount, the Autobots were barred by Skywarp who was armed with an [[imploder]], one he threatened to detonate if the Autobots didn't wait for Megatron. {{storylink|End of Time}}

When Megatron arrived, Optimus pleaded to be let past, promising to honor his word and give the planet to Megatron. Aware that Optimus intended to continue resisting him even in space, the tyrant refused, instead demanding the Matrix of Leadership. When Optimus refused to surrender the talisman, the two leaders came to blows, all of their forces held at bay by Skywarp's imploder. When Computron arrived and [[Jumpstream]] teleported Skywarp away, Megatron permitted the Autobots to continue on their march.

Upon arriving, the science teams informed Optimus that the fourth ''Ark'' and Lodestar were sufficiently repaired, if only just. When the Decepticon army arrived, they quickly overwhelmed Darkmount's meager defences, the savage might of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] overpowering Computron and [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]]. With the Autobot lines broken, Optimus called for a slow retreat before [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] charged forth with five additional volunteers, reforming Computron as a ten-bot combiner. Though Computron was ultimately overpowered, he had bought the Autobots enough time to launch. As the ''Ark'' set sail for the [[Winged Moon]], Optimus addressed all aboard, telling them that they had to embody the hope for a better tomorrow and promising that, one day, they would reclaim Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
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Having gathered his Autobots and fled Cybertron aboard the starship ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', Optimus Prime and the Autobots were among the few Cybertronians who escaped the extinction of their species at the hands of the monstrous [[Gozer]], {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} taking the life-giving [[AllSpark]] with them. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}} After a thousand lonely years of aimlessly wandering the cosmos, the young scientist [[Ectotron|Ectronymous Diamatron]] detected an anomalous Cybertronian signal from a [[Earth|nearby planet]]; though the other Autobots remained sceptical, Prime granted Ectronymous the opportunity to travel to Earth to investigate. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

After coming into contact with both [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost, and a group of [[human]] paranormal investigators who called themselves the "[[Ghostbusters]]", Ectronymous – mercifully having adopted the nickname of "Ectotron" – made contact with Prime, and, overriding the concerns of his fellow Autobots, travelled to Earth alone to investigate Ectotron's fantastical story; landing in [[Westchester County]] and adopting a suitable Earth disguise, Prime made his way to [[New York City]], and parked outside of the [[Ghostbusters firehouse|firehouse headquarters]] to recharge while the Ghostbusters were out. Unfortunately, this brief recharge ''also'' meant that he was soon found and liberally graffitied by some passing hoodlums, who covered the Autobot leader in graffiti. By the time that Ectotron and the Ghostbusters returned from their latest bust, Prime had entered the firehouse and made contact with [[Janine Melnitz]]. However, when he inquired about the whereabouts of Starscream's ghost—trapped by the Ghostbusters during a prior encounter—[[Peter Venkman]] revealed that Starscream's ghost had somehow vanished. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 3}}

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By morning, the Autobots had relocated to the Ghostbusters' offsite warehouse in [[Red Hook]] while the Ghostbusters tracked Starscream's PKE signature; in the meantime, Optimus engaged his [[nanochromatic camouflage]] to adopt a new livery inspired by the Ghostbusters' own [[Ecto-1]] vehicle, and accepted a massively upscaled [[proton pack]] from [[Egon Spengler]] and [[Ray Stantz]]. Though Prime admitted that he was still skeptical about the prospect of "ghosts", he nevertheless joined the team as they headed out to [[Grosbeak Generating Station]] in [[Queens]] after their equipment picked up high PKE readings. There, Prime discovered that Starscream had indeed survived Cybertron's destruction—thanks to [[Kremzeek]] the Scavenger, a supernatural being that had transformed several Decepticons into ghosts in the hopes that he could one day absorb the AllSpark and claim its power for his own.

The electrically charged phantasm was able to burst free of their energy bonds, Kremzeek was weakened enough for Prime to take him on in hand-to-hand combat; despite Kremzeek leeching electricity from the local power grid to regain his strength, Prime was able to keep him occupied while the other Ghostbusters rigged up a backup plan: releasing [[Killerwatt|an electricity-eating ghost]] that they had captured the previous night, who promptly devoured Kremzeek. In the aftermath, however, Kremzeek's destruciton ''also'' released the ghostly forms of Megatron and his inner retinue of Decepticons; when his attempts to talk the Decepticon leader down went unheeded, Prime promptly plugged his proton accelerator directly into his systems, producing a proton-charged [[energon-axe]] to take on his old foes. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

Facing off against Megatron, Optimus was able to keep his spectral foe at bay with his proton-powered weaponry, but was unprepared when Megatron used his ghostly powers to possess Ectotron, knowing that Optimus Prime would be unwilling to harm a fellow Autobot. Briefly overpowered by the possessed Ectotron, Prime and the Ghostbusters were nevertheless able to expel Megatron from his host by using some [[mood slime]] to forcibly eject Megatron's ghost. Following Ectotron's capture of Megatron in a [[ghost trap]], Optimus collected the various defeated ghost traps, bringing them back to the ''Ark'' in the hopes of rehabilitating them before using the AllSpark to restore their bodies, while authorizing Ectotron to continue his journey across the cosmos to keep an eye out for any other Cybertronian ghosts. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}
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===''Crossover Collection'' toy bio===
When the Autobots crash landed in the alien dimension [[Equestria]], a mysterious artifact known as the "[[Matrix of Friendship]]" reformatted Optimus Prime into a simulacrum of the [[Pony|native life forms]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Crossover Collection|My Little Prime}}

===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
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In [[1984]], the eruption of [[Mount St. Hilary]] first awoke [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons, who killed a stasis-locked Optimus Prime. Without the Autobots to rally against them, the Decepticons quickly conquered Earth and destroyed humanity. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} Seeking to win the war against the aliens once and for all, the human-built [[Skynet]] computer system dispatched a [[T-800|T-800 Terminator]] back in time to destroy ''all'' Cybertronians before they could ever awaken. After arriving in the year 1984, the Terminator headed to the ''Ark'' in [[Oregon]] and attacked Megatron's forces; {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part One}} his intervention meant that Megatron never got the chance to kill his foe, and [[Sarah Connor]] wound up activating both Bumblebee and Prime. The two Autobots then helped see their foes off... but the fight left most of their shipmates dead or badly damaged.

Though Prime was immediately intrigued by the prospect of biological lifeforms, the Terminator remained dedicated to his original mission of Cybertronian destruction, and nearly shot Optimus before Sarah was able to talk him down. The Terminator then explained the sequence of events that lead to him travelling backwards in time, but Prime surmised that Sarah and the Terminator must have ''already'' changed history by unwittingly saving his life. Prime offered a truce to focus on the real threat, the Decepticons, and the Terminator, at Sarah's urging, grudgingly agreed. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

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Optimus, Bumblebee, Sarah, and the Terminator soon brought more Autobots back online, although the Autobot starship still required intensive repair and the majority of their forces remained offline. Undaunted, Optimus and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] tracked the Decepticons to western [[Oregon]]; when they received a distress call from Bumblebee in [[California]], they and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] all headed to the [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility the Decepticons had conquered and prepared to battle the villains. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}} Optimus and Megatron faced off, and the Terminator's intervention gave Optimus the opening he needed to cleave his axe straight into Megatron's chest and gravely wound his old foe—but the Decepticon leader refused to die, and the Terminator eventually sacrificed his own life by diving directly into the Decepticon leader's [[spark]] chamber to annihilate Megatron from the inside out. Prime took a moment to eulogize his old foe before the other three Autobots loaded their new prisoners into his trailer. However, when they returned to Mount St. Hilary, they discovered that the Terminator had already double-crossed his nominal allies by triggering a second volcanic eruption that had killed every Autobot aboard. With no way to return to Cybertron, Optimus suggested a truce, and their four Decepticon prisoners agreed to coexist peacefully on Earth for the foreseeable future. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}
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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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While battling for control of a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]], Optimus Prime was among the many Cybertronians [[magic]]ally transported to [[Equestria]] by [[Queen Chrysalis]]. As he and Bumblebee fell victim to the planet's gravity field, they were saved by [[Twilight Sparkle]]. Though the royal equine was pleased to learn that the Autobots were the friendly and rational sort, Optimus warned her that not all Cybertronians were so altruistic. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}}

Aware that the Decepticons would regroup and launch an attack on the ponies, Optimus traveled Equestria with Twilight Sparkle to rally the Autobots, arriving in time to lead the defense of the [[Crystal Empire]] against the Decepticon/[[changeling]] alliance. As the battle raged, a spacebridge opened through which Grimlock and Twilight's assistant [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] came through. Realizing that changeling magic was not required to return to Cybertron, Optimus combined the power of the Matrix of Leadership with Twilight's magic of friendship, returning the Decepticons to Cybertron. After a delightful tea and energon party, the Autobots returned home, Optimus destroying the spacebridge to protect Equestria from further Decepticon incursions. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

When a mass of blackness erupted from Decepticon territory, Optimus led his troops to the site to discover that the Decepticons had sought to plunder Equestrian magic for their own ends and unwittingly helped free the [[unicorn]] tyrant [[King Sombra]]. When Optimus interrogated Shockwave on what the Decepticons had done, the ponies informed him of the danger before saying that the threat would require an Autobot/Decepticon alliance. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

When it was discovered the Sombra sought to unleash [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Optimus led the alliance into battle, facing off against the enthralled Megatron before Starscream freed his master from the unicorn's control. After briefing Megatron on their plan, Optimus resumed his charge, wielding an [[exosuit]]-clad Twilight Sparkle as a sword, channeling his former friendship with Megatron to overload the [[Titan (group)|Titan]], ending Sombra's threat. In the aftermath, Optimus offered an olive branch to Megatron to end the war, an offer that was agreed to, before he oversaw the [[Wonderbolt]]s escorting the bound Sombra back to Equestria. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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In the year [[1985]], Optimus had sent Bumblebee to investigate Decepticon activity in [[Hill Valley]], [[California]], calling for a status report when the scout found himself facing off against [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. After some human interlopers allowed Bumblebee to end the fight and kill Ravage, Optimus contacted him again, recalling him to the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}} Over the next thirty years, the Autobots emerged as the victors of the conflict. When [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], having used [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine]] to skip ahead to 2015, witnessed this, he stole the time vehicle to retroactively win the war. Breaking into the ''Ark'' ahead of schedule, Rumble hacked into Teletraan-I and had it revive only the Decepticons. When informed of Rumble's journey, Megatron turned his [[fusion cannon]] on Optimus, executing him. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

To undo the dystopia that Decepticon conquest had brought about, [[Marty McFly]] and [[Gigawatt]] traveled back to 1984 and reactivated the Autobots before Rumble could arrive, surprising him when he fell into the ''Ark''. When Optimus was ready to offer Rumble a chance for peace, his guard was lowered enough for Rumble to activate his piledrivers only for [[Biff Tannen]] to bury the diminutive Decepticon in [[energon cube]]s. After Optimus met Biff, he encouraged Marty to return the time machine to 2015. Recruiting Biff as a local ally and mechanic, Optimus led the Autobots as they protected Earth for the next thirty years until Marty returned. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

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Optimus Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] detect some [[energon]] at an arcade so they decide to play one of the games, hoping that they'd get it as a prize. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] then gets hungry and tries to eat Optimus, causing the Autobot leader to scold him. After the [[space bridge]] that [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] was working on exploded, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] tells the others that they need to work together to get some energon and Optimus informs her that he has an idea about where they can get it. However, they are interrupted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] shortly afterwards, who want to steal the energon for themselves, causing the Autobots to dispatch. {{storylink|Great Adventure on the Planet of Games!}}

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===''Scorching Heat Showdown''===
Optimus Prime rested on [[Earth]] in the crashed [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]. [[Armordillo]] learned of this fact and attempted to convey this to the other [[Maximal]]s before he was killed by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Scorching Heat Showdown}}

===''King Grimlock''===
Many years ago, Optimus Prime travelled to the land of [[Menonia]] and helped install the [[Golden One]] as a benevolent ruler. When the Golden One grew corrupted by [[Soltron]], the citizens of Menonia cast a spell with the intent of summoning Optimus Prime to overthrow their ruler, but accidentally summoned [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] instead as he argued with the Autobot leader about the merits of mercy while the two battled a horde of [[Mecannibal]]s. {{storylink|Grimlock the Rebel}} Due to time passing differently, a visibly worse for wear Grimlock returned from Menonia nanoseconds later, but confessed that his adventure had taught him something about compassion for weaker beings. {{storylink|Grimlock the Triumphant}}

===''Visitors from Cybertron''===
Optimus Prime was fighting Megatron alongside Bumblebee on Cybertron, when a portal appeared above the three and warped them to the [[Land of Dawn]]. Left in stasis by the transit, Optimus was found by the [[Eruditio]] rangers, befriending them upon their reactivation. When the group set out to find Bumblebee, Optimus stopped from fighting [[Johnson (MLBB)|Johnson]], the scout having been duped by [[X.BORG]]. After that was sorted, a Cybertronian pod appeared in the sky, the group heading for its landing site. {{storylink|Visitors from Cybertron}}

===Calm Sleep Stories===
During Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], a young Optimus Prime worked as a data clerk at the Hall of Records. His living quarters were in a residential complex near the [[Benevolous Bridge]], which led to the [[Alpha Preserve]] public park where he liked to relax. When [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] came to the Hall of Records seeking data on the bridge's construction, planning to dismantle it before it collapsed, Optimus instead suggested they repair and reinforce the bridge to ensure bots could still use it to reach the Alpha Preserve. Jetfire agreed, and the two worked together to replace the weakened portions with more sturdy heat-treated metal. After a week, their work was finished, earning the admiration of the nearby complex's residents, and Optimus and Jetfire became close friends after the experience.

After Megatron's revolution began, Optimus became the leader of the Autobots, leading the advance against the Decepticons. During the war, Optimus learned of a battle near the Benevolous Bridge, which had a large hole in it by the time he arrived. When Jetfire approached him, now a member of the Decepticons, Optimus pleaded with his old friend to help him repair the bridge so no one on either side might get hurt when crossing. Though Jetfire said nothing, he assisted Optimus in patching the walkway with metal from a nearby toolshed. Their work finished, Optimus promised he would always consider Jetfire a friend regardless of their differences. Though Optimus would eventually lose track of Jetfire over the following years, he would often think of his friend and of his memories of the Alpha Preserve's tranquility. {{storylink|Building Bridges with Optimus Prime}}

When the Great War drained the planet of its [[energon]], Optimus launched the life-giving [[AllSpark]] into a space bridge to prevent Decepticon victory. Though Optimus hoped it would remain lost forever, the artifact ended up on the distant planet [[Earth]], with the Decepticons travelling there to claim it. The Autobots followed them, in meteoric starships, to defend the developing planet from Decepticon aggression. As an [[altmode]], Optimus scanned a truck, a form that forced him to be careful about where he powered down for the night, lest he arouse suspicion.

During a mission that took the Autobots across [[Idaho]], they briefly stopped off at a drive-in theater but could not stay to watch the whole movie, though Optimus hoped to one day return.

When [[You|a human]] offered up their property as a place for the Autobots to power down for the night, Optimus repaid the kindness with a story of the Cybertronians' history. {{storylink|History of the Transformers}} Some time later, Optimus, Bumblebee and Ironhide assisted with recovery and bridge reconstruction following a flash flood. When Bumblebee and Ironhide started arguing over where the three should stay for the night, Optimus stood aside, hoping they would work things out themselves. Thankfully, the same human called and offered them a place to stay, immediately defusing the argument. In gratitude for both the hospitality and for unknowingly solving the conflict, Optimus retold the story of Jetfire and the Benevolous Bridge. {{storylink|Building Bridges with Optimus Prime}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
When Rodimus explained the Cybertronian race to [[Shib Wallkis]], he remembered Optimus Prime, in his [[Powermaster]] form, leading the Autobots in the Great War before the conflict finally drained the universe of almost all of its resources. By contrast [[Steel Jaw|Steeljaw]]'s pack had only fractured memories of Optimus Prime, [[Override (BWU)|Override]] finding the name familiar but unable to place it, even if they had forgotten the significance of the "[[Prime (rank)|Prime]]" title. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

===Holiday Optimus Prime===
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Replacing [[Santa Claus]] for at least a year, Optimus Prime delivered holiday cheer to the naughty and the nice as he rolled through a winter wonderland.<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-holiday-optimus-prime Holiday Optimus Prime on Hasbro Pulse]: "ROLLING THROUGH A WINTER WONDERLAND: Santa looks a little different this year! Naughty or nice, Optimus Prime is delivering holiday cheer to all sentient beings"</ref>

===Energon Universe===
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Optimus Prime inherited the mantle of Prime from his predecessor, just in time to have to deal with a [[Great War (G1)|massive civil war]] against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}} Optimus led the Autobots in several battles against their enemies, including one resulting in the death of [[Genvo]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Ulchtar]]'s recruitment to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 13|Transformers #13}} As the Autobots' numbers dwindled, Optimus decided that the Autubots should leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Unfortunately, the Decepticons pursued and in their struggle, the ship crashed onto the planet [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}} During the battle, Optimus arrived just in time to see [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|Megatron]] kill [[Brawn (G1)#Energon Universe|Brawn]]. The two leaders engaged in battle, Optimus repeatedly pleading his enemy to stop. Megatron mocked Prime and his Autobots' weakness as he gained the upper hand, crushing Optimus' left optic with his thumb. This spurred Optimus to activate his [[Energon-axe]] and cut Metatron's cannon arm off and kick the Decepticon leader (almost) out of the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Energon Universe 2024 Special story}} When [[Beachcomber (G1)#Energon Universe|Beachcomber]] finally reached the crashed Ark, Optimus' damaged visage convinced him to not reactivate the Transformers as to not reignite the war on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}}

[[File:TF2023 Optimus Suplexes Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|AND HIS NAME IS [[John Cena|JOHN CENA]]!]]
Prime lay in stasis along with many of the other Autobots and Decepticons until [[Jetfire (G1)#Energon Universe|Jetfire]], who Optimus had known before becoming Prime, arrived at the ''Ark'' and made an attempt to repair and revive his brethren using [[Teletraan I|Teletraan One]], unaware of the war. After [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]] was revived, he attempted to destroy the still-slumbering Autobots, but was held back by a horrified Jetfire long enough for Teletraan One to revive Optimus, who clotheslined Starscream before he could shoot a dormant [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]].

As Prime and Starscream grappled, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Energon Universe|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Carly (G1)#Energon Universe|Carly]], having witnessed the whole affair, tried to flee the ensuing chaos past them. Prime noticed the two humans and tried to shield them from Starscream's [[null-ray]] shots, just in time for a freshly reawakened [[Ratchet (G1)#Energon Universe|Ratchet]] to intervene. However, [[Skywarp (G1)#Energon Universe|Skywarp]] soon followed him and helped bring [[Soundwave (G1)#Energon Universe|Soundwave]] in easy range of Teletraan One so he could be revived next. Realizing they would soon be outnumbered, Prime decided to retreat, ordering Ratchet to load as many dormant Autobots as he could into the [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]] while he distracted the Decepticons. Noticing his [[ion blaster]], Prime leapt for it, but Soundwave, now revived, fired a missile salvo that knocked him down.

While reeling from the blast, Optimus was shocked to discover the corpse of [[Bumblebee (G1)#Energon Universe|Bumblebee]], who had been shot in the face before he could be revived. A mournful Prime cradled his fallen scout, giving Starscream an opening to grab him from behind as Soundwave dispatched [[Ravage (G1)#Energon Universe|Ravage]] to assist. Fortunately, it was then that Spike and Carly leapt into action, pushing the ion blaster within Prime's reach, allowing him to shoot Ravage and get away from Starscream and Skywarp. Realizing that more Decepticons would be revived if Teletraan One was allowed to continue, a heavy-hearted Optimus shot the computer, forestalling any more revivals. He then grabbed Spike and Carly and rejoined Ratchet as they transformed into their new Earth-based [[alternate mode]]s and fled the ''Ark''.

[[File:TF2023 – Prime & Ratchet vehicle modes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|There aren't wires between semi cabs and trailers! That's not [[Show-accuracy|toy-accurate]]!]]
Even out of the ''Ark'', the Autobots had to contend with strafing from Starscream and Skywarp until they received some assistance from a wounded Jetfire. Jetfire wound up being shot down and seriously injured during the fight, but the energy-deprived Decepticons were forced to abandon their pursuit.

As the Autobots took refuge in an old quarry, Prime tried to console Jetfire, but to his regret, he was only able to deliver bad news about Cybertron's fate. Optimus was about to use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to try and repair Jetfire when Ratchet informed him that Jetfire was beyond help, even for the Matrix. Jetfire then asked Prime if there was any hope. Prime was unable to give him an answer, and Jetfire died lamenting his failure to save Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}}

[[File:TF2023 – Optimus Takes In the Scenery.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|"Oh boy, I sure do love these arms. I hope nothing bad happens to either of them."]]
The next day, Prime took a moment to take in Earth's natural environment. Unfortunately, he was distracted enough that he accidentally crushed a deer underfoot. Spike, having noticed, tried to say he understood, but Prime, unnerved by the fragility of Earth's environment, felt he should have known better. He then got to talking with Spike, and told him the story of how the Autobots and Decepticons arrived on Earth. Spike then expressed condolences for the loss of Bumblebee.

Their conversation was interrupted by [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Energon Universe|Cliffjumper]], who had just been revived using the Combat Deck's energon supply and metals from the quarry. Prime then discussed their options with Ratchet, who explained that their energon levels were dangerously low. Once again, Optimus considered using the Matrix, but Ratchet pointed out that doing so would drain energy directly from Prime's life force. The discussion was interrupted by an explosion at a power plant off in the distance – one that [[Sparkplug Witwicky#Energon Universe|Spike's father]] worked at. Realizing the explosion was the result of a Decepticon attack, Prime went into action, reluctantly taking a concerned Spike with him. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}}

The two arrived in time to prevent Skywarp from killing Carly and Cliffjumper. Optimus told Spike to take cover as he engaged the Decepticon in battle. Skywarp's teleportation abilities initially threw the Autobot commander off-guard, but Optimus quickly gained the upper hand. He commended his foe for a battle hard fought as he readied his Energon-axe to finish the fight.

Small problem: the nearby humans didn't realize Optimus was fighting ''for'' them; they simply thought he was just another dangerous robot to be defended against. So, on "Sparky's" command, local bartender [[Danny]] launched an RPG right into Optimus' axe arm right before he could finish Skywarp, severely damaging it. Skywarp then capitalized on this by repeatedly firing straight into the wound, remarking that, like Optimus, the humans weren't just weak but also stupid. Spike attempted to rush in to help right as Sparky ordered his men to open fire, and a stray bullet caught the boy in the abdomen.

[[File:TF2023 – Prime Bashes Skywarp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|"I'm gonna LIIIIIVE! And I'll marry Elita! And we'll grow old together!"]]
Skywarp prepared to kill the human, an act which spurred Optimus into a rage. He'd have no more of the Decepticons' plundering of Earth, so he ''tore off his own damaged arm'' and proceeded to beat Skywarp senseless with it. With his foe subdued, Optimus turned his attention to the injured Spike. He was reminded of the deer he'd accidentally trampled and, determined to not repeat that mistake, took the boy in his remaining hand. As he transformed, he beckoned Sparky into his cab, promising to save his son. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 3|Transformers #3}}

Optimus raced the two to a nearby hospital, but Starscream caught up while on the road and fired on them. This prompted Optimus to contact Ratchet for assistance, but a shot from Starscream cut the conversation short. However, before Starscream could stop them, the Decepticon was swept off his feet by Cliffjumper and Carly, allowing Optimus to run him over.

The group reached the hospital, Optimus pleading with the doctors to help Spike. The fight wasn't yet over; [[Laserbeak (G1)#Energon Universe|Laserbeak]] arrived and exchanged fire with Optimus and Cliffjumper. However, the pair were blindsided by [[Rumble (G1)#Energon Universe|Rumble]] and Soundwave, leaving Optimus at the end of Soundwave's blaster. His death was postponed by Starscream who, upon realizing what the hospital was for, decided to make the end more painful for the Autobot leader and began firing on the building. Then, the group was met with the arrival of Ratchet and the newly revived [[Jazz (G1)#Energon Universe|Jazz]], the later of which dispatched the two larger Decepticons. The Autobots rallied, Optimus asking the Decepticons if they would like to continue. They did not, and so retreated.

[[File:TF2023-4 – Prime and Sparky Commiserate.jpg|thumb|left|125px|"Look at me; judge me by my size, do you?"]]
Following the battle, Optimus watched as Dr. [[Lio]] explained to Sparky that the hospital's generator had been hit during Starscream's barrage, and without power, the machines needed to keep Spike and several other patients alive could not function. Spurred by Sparky's affection for his son, Optimus vowed there would be no more death, and opened the Matrix to restore power to the hospital's machinery. Afterward, Optimus was approached by a young patient who wished to see the robot transform. While obliging the human, Sparky approached to ask if Optimus could use the Matrix to bring Spike out of his coma. Optimus explained he had used all the energy left in the Matrix, so Spike's fate would be left to the [[Primus|Great Spark]]. When Sparky asked if he was a god (due to his size), Optimus laughed and said he could say the same of humans; they were small but mighty.

[[File:TF2023-4 – Prime's New Arm.jpg|thumb|upright=0.925|[[Gilthor]]? I hardly knew 'er!]]
Optimus convened with Ratchet and Jazz after the former repaired the hospital's generator. The medic chastised Optimus for using the Matrix to help the humans instead of repairing himself. Optimus defended his decision, as they had brought their war to the planet and that the humans were innocent. Ratchet challenged the notion that humans were innocent, pointing to Spike's injury, but Optimus asserted this simply made them alike. The conversation was cut short as Jazz ran out of energy, Optimus urging his friend to rest. Optimus reasserted that the humans were worth saving, so Ratchet diverted his attention to a potential advantage he had brought along in the Combat Deck: [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|Megatron]]'s arm and [[fusion cannon]]. Optimus initially refused, but at the urging of Ratchet, as well as Sparky's offer to help with the Autobot's energy problem, Optimus donned the arm and gathered Cliffjumper to go on the offensive. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}} Optimus then commiserated with Sparky some more, finding that he too had been scarred by war. Prime then lamented that the war had changed him for the worse, turning him into the very thing he had sworn to oppose.

Now with technical help from Sparky and a half-rebuilt [[Wheeljack (G1)#Energon Universe|Wheeljack]], Optimus led an expedition to the dam that provided power to the power plant, in order to build a turbine to provide energy to the Autobots and the town of [[Farmingham]]. Once the turbine was operational, Prime ordered that it be used to revive more Autobot warriors before himself, starting with [[Arcee (G1)#Energon Universe|Arcee]].

But just as she was revived, the Decepticons, now with fresh warriors of their own, attacked the dam. As Ratchet and Arcee rushed to get Jazz back in action, Prime used the fusion cannon to blow [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] to bits, then slammed [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] to the ground. He was then dismayed to see Carly falling from the top of the dam, but luckily Arcee was able to save her. Starscream then confronted Optimus directly, scorning Prime for using the fusion cannon for his own purposes. Optimus responded by taunting him over how the weapon represented everything the Deception Air Commander would never be. An enraged Starscream then slipped past Optimus and severely damaged the turbine. Prime responded by blasting Starscream with the fusion cannon, prompting the latter to order a retreat.

[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Long Haul rams Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.25|"Holy onomatopoeia, Batman!"]]
This time, Optimus elected to press the numerical advantage the Autobots had over the Decepticons, and launch an offensive to recapture the ''Ark''. Sparky came with, but Prime and Sparky, wanting to avoid a repeat of Spike, turned down Carly's request to come along (but Cliffjumper surreptitiously brought her anyway). Seeing the Autobot starship was enough to wake an old memory for Sparky, but just as Prime asked what was wrong, an explosion rocked the area and he was violently rammed by [[Long Haul (G1)#Energon Universe|Long Haul]]. Starscream then revealed that he had rebuilt and regained control of Teletraan One and used it to recover from the battle and rebuild the [[Constructicon (G1)#Energon Universe|Constructicons]] while he was at it. As Prime and the others looked on, the Decepticons revealed their newest advantage – [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}} Optimus and the Autobots then retreated to the ''Ark'', dragging the wounded Ratchet with him before swiftly kicking Starscream in the head. He then shielded Sparky as Devastator grabbed his leg and threw him around like a toy, leaving him incapacitated.

Arcee then dragged him into the spacecraft and to a medical bay where Ratchet attempted to repair him, but his wounds were too extensive. Optimus then lamented on how he had failed his friends, recounting Jetfire's regrets. He then took out the Matrix, attempting to pass it onto one of the other Autobots, but he was too weak to hold it and it fell to the floor. Asking Prime to take care of his son and the Earth, Sparky then stepped into the Matrix, restoring its energy and repairing Optimus in the process.

[[File:TF2023 no. 6 – Optimus Prime dropkicks Devastator.jpg|thumb|Broke your stupid mewing streak, MORON!]]
As the Decepticons burst into the room to carry out their assault, Optimus ripped Devastator's finger off before firing a barrage against the gestalt using both Megatron's fusion cannon and his own ion blaster, then dropkicking Devastator right in the head. He then led Devastator away, using the fusion cannon as a booster, before taunting Devastator and then using the enraged combiner's momentum to throw him over the edge, wounding Starscream and forcing Devastator to separate into his components. As the Decepticons retreated, Optimus approached Soundwave and attempted to offer him an olive branch. Soundwave responded by trying to attack Prime, only for Prime to catch his punch, stating that while he desired peace, he was no fool. He then watched as the Decepticon communications officer flew off into the distance with [[Thundercracker (G1)#Energon Universe|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}} Apparently, he was filmed by a government drone during these events. {{storylink|Duke issue 5|Duke #5}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 7 – Spike Isn't Ready.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Some time later, Prime and Ratchet visited Spike at the hospital, but Spike, not yet over his father's death, was reluctant to talk to them. On the drive back to the ''Ark'', Optimus, feeling responsible for Sparky's fate, still felt he owed Spike something. It was then that Prime had a vision of holding an infant Spike in his arms that caused him to veer off the road.

On returning to the ''Ark'', Optimus decided that the Decepticons couldn't be allowed to run roughshod over the Earth. Wheeljack pointed out that first they'd need a means to ''find'' the Decepticons – preferably an eye in the sky – to which Prime responded that he knew just where to find one. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}} While Ratchet set to work partially rebuilding Jetfire, Prime checked in on Wheeljack, who was unable to break through the integrated Skywarp's hold on Teletraan One. Prime looked over logs of Skywarp's dismemberment at the hands of Starscream and Soundwave and wondered if Skywarp could be convinced to allow the other Autobots to be rebuilt. This however, wasn't good enough for Carly, who prepared to kill Skywarp with an RPG. Prime tried to convince Carly to stand down, but she accidentally fired the weapon anyway, and Arcee had to block the projectile with her body. The display wound up moving Skywarp enough that he rebuilt Wheeljack's legs. Prime tried to use this as an example to Carly that help could come from strange places, but she was unreceptive.

Later troubled by more visions of an infant Spike, Prime's reverie was interrupted by Jetfire's partial resurrection, though he was stuck in vehicle mode, blinded, and unable to move by himself. When Jetfire, panicked by his new situation, asked not to be left alone, Prime offered to stay with him.

[[File:TF2023 no. 8 – A Tight Squeeze.jpg|thumb|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|''Prime'' Optimus]] can [[:File:LooseCannons_Optimus_and_Wheeljack_in_Jackhammer.jpg |relate]].]]
Afterward, when word reached Prime of renewed Decepticon activity, Optimus ordered an offensive to sort them out. Carly wanted to come along, but Prime vetoed the idea, and boarded Jetfire along with Cliffjumper, Jazz, and Ratchet. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}} When they arrived however, the situation deteriorated almost immediately as Jetfire was shot down by an energy pulse from the Decepticons' new [[Space bridge]], and Prime and the other Autobots were thrown clear from the crashing jet. As he fended off attacks from the Constructicons, Prime was shocked to see [[Shockwave (G1)#Energon Universe|Shockwave]] step through the bridge. Shockwave and Soundwave soon felled Ratchet, but Prime intervened just in time to prevent them from doing the same to Cliffjumper, and he and Shockwave battled. However, he found himself overwhelmed by four Decepticons at once, and Prime was laid low by Shockwave, who prepared to execute Optimus with his arm-cannon.

But just then, [[Elita One (G1)#Energon Universe|Elita One]] stepped through the Space bridge carrying the emaciated [[Ultra Magnus (G1)#Energon Universe|Ultra Magnus]], bumping into Shockwave just as he fired, causing the shot to miss. Elita was able to disable the Space bridge terminal using Prime's ion blaster, but the Autobots soon came under heavy fire, separating Optimus and the new arrivals from Cliffjumper and Jazz, and Elita advised Prime to retreat. Initially, Optimus refused, hoping to save his men, but Elita told him there was no helping them, and he reluctantly transformed to carry Elita and Magnus away. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}}

The trio managed to return to the dam, where Wheeljack, Arcee, and Carly where siphoning more energy. When Wheeljack noted that Ratchet could get Ultra Magnus repaired in a jiffy, Optimus broke the news that Ratchet had been killed. Prime attempted to console the mechanic, but Wheeljack instead asked for some time alone. Optimus convened with Elita, expressing his desire to free Cliffjumper and Jazz from Shockwave's torture. Elita noted it would be difficult, likening it to her experience attempting to free Ultra Magnus and how desperately the Autobots on Cybertron needed Prime during that time. Elita explained all the "good" left on Cybertron had been drained by Shockwave and the Decepticon would do the same to Prime's precious Earth, something Optimus asked Elita's help in stopping. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}} Wheeljack urged Optimus to postpone Magnus' repairs in favor of restoring more inert Autobots, but Magnus pleaded with the pair to let him fight. Later, Optimus, Wheeljack, and Elita One discussed the Decepticon's scheme to pull Cybertron to Earth, and Optimus' desire to rescue Cliffjumper and Jazz sparked another argument with Elita.

Optimus led the Autobots on a strike mission on the Nemesis, using Skywarp's abilities to sneak into the base and catch Shockwave by surprise while Elita set explosive charges on the space bridge. The group rescued Jazz while Shockwave took Cliffjumper hostage and called upon Devastator. Optimus hoped to counter the combiner with reinforcements from Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack, but Magnus retreated after seeing Shockwave. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 11|Transformers #11}} The group held their ground in the ensuing fire fight, Optimus unwilling to detonate the charges with Cliffjumper so close to them. Luckily, Carly's intervention gave Optimus the chance to lead to group in a counterattack. Optimus and Elita toppled Devastator and destroyed Shockwave's harvester, causing Cybertron to head back through the portal.

[[File:TF2023 no.12 - Elita Pleads with Optimus.jpg|left|thumb|This action will have consequences...]]
However, Cliffjumper had been sent through the portal and Optimus would not leave him behind again. Optimus passed through the space bridge and quickly dispatched the present [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Shockwave attempted to threaten Cliffjumper, but Optimus quickly destroyed his cannon arm and, amidst visions of a baby Spike being consumed by metal, crushed Shockwave's head. Elita One congratulated Optimus' return to form, which Optimus denied before attempting to return through the portal. However, Elita destroyed the smaller space bridge, hoping to keep Optimus on Cybertron and use the harvested Energon to revitalize the Autobot resistance. Optimus refused, not wanting to fuel Cybertron with the blood of another planet, and, despite Elita One's pleas, used his cannon arm to destroy the harvested Energon. The blast propelled Optimus through the planetary portal and into Earth's atmosphere, where he was rescued by Beachcomber. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 12|Transformers #12}}

After the battle, Prime bade goodbye to Arcee, Beachcomber, Spike, and Carly as they left to find the still-AWOL Ultra Magnus. No sooner had they left than Prime was informed that the Decepticons had been rampaging through Tacoma. While on their way, Optimus conferred with Wheeljack over the visions he'd had been having, with Wheeljack wondering if it was the result of Sparky's absorption into the Matrix.

[[File:TF2023 no. 15 - OptimusDestroysTank.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Once they arrived at their destination, Prime was horrified at the destruction the Decepticons had wrought, and imediately ordered the Autobots to help with rescue efforts. However, they were soon stymied by a vengeful human mob and an army tank who had mistaken them for the Decepticons, even as the Autobots tried to rescue humans stuck in a bus. Prime, having another vision of infant Spike consumed by metal, flew into a rage and bent the tank's main cannon barrel before Jazz snapped him out of it. With human reinforcements arriving, the Autobots were forced to retreat.

[[File:TF2023 no. 17 - AutobotsInSeattle.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The Autobots then returned to Wheeljack's machine at Farmingham Dam, hoping to revive more warriors to compensate for Arcee and Beachcomber's abscence. But before [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] could be revived, the machine was damaged by a strafing run from [[Astrotrain (G1)#Energon Universe|Astrotrain]], and the Autobots were immediately caught in between Starscream and Soundwave's warring factions of Decepticons as [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} and Devastator formed and began duking it out. As the Decepticons' internecine brawl intensified, Prime ordered the Autobots to pull back. Worried that the dam might be damaged in the crossfire, Optimus tried to appeal to Starscream and Soundwave to stop, only to be refused. Then, having another vision, Prime's eyes glowed red as he used the fusion cannon to shoot out the dam himself, and all the Decepticons were swept up in a flash flood. Horrified by his actions, Optimus tried to rescue two human children who were in the way of the flood, but they were too far away. Thankfully, they were saved by Trailbreaker's forcefield. The newly reawakened Autobot asked what was going on. Falling to his knees, Optimus could only respond "Chaos." {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}

Wheeljack eventually informed Optimus that the Decepticons would arrive in [[Seattle]] soon and questioned him about his outburst, advising him that he ought not to get involved in any more battles until they were sure of what his condition was. Optimus nevertheless rallied his men in rescuing groups of humans in the city from the destruction caused by Devastator and Bruticus' fight. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}} While aiding the evacuation, Optimus watched in horror first as Devastator RKO'd Bruticus into the pavement, then as Megatron returned to assert his control over the Decepticons. At the sight of his old enemy, Optimus ordered his Autobots to retreat. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}

[[File:TF2023 №20 – Aerialbot Hugs.jpg|thumb]]
Now back at the ''Ark'', Prime opted to focus on improving the ship's defences to prepare for the inevitable attack from the regrouped Decepticons. Spike checked in on him with news about Arcee, prompting the boy to ask where his father went. When Prime explained that he couldn't communicate with Sparky, Spike was downcast, and Optimus consoled him, lamenting that there seemed to be little light at the end of this tunnel, but Spike tried to reassure him that the sun would rise once more. Beachcomber and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] then arrived, carting in Jetfire in hopes of repairing him. Prime took Silverbolt to the other [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], who were just being revived with the last of the Autobots' harvested energon. On noticing Prime's melancholy, the Aerialbots all rushed to comfort him. Wheeljack then took Prime aside to try and diagnose his visions,{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}} and concluded that an infection from Megatron's arm was somehow preventing Prime from tapping into the Matrix's power, despite Sparky's sacrifice.

[[File:TF2023 №21 – A Reluctant Amputation.jpg|thumb|left]]
But before they could do anything about this revelation, the Decepticons attacked the ''Ark'', and Optimus left the sickbay to lead the counteroffensive. Prime tried to use the fusion cannon on Megatron and Starscream, but to his horror, his arm turned the cannon towards Jazz and Wheeljack instead. Before he could fire, however, the ''Ark'' teleported away from under the Autobots' feet. As Prime reeled from the resulting fall, Bruticus tried to move in to kill him, but the Aerialbots intervened, forming [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to hold Bruticus and Devastator back. Realizing that Megatron's arm was becoming a dangerous liability, and unable to rip it off himself, Optimus ordered his men to shoot the arm off before it made him hurt the ones he loved. The Autobots reluctantly complied, not stopping until the arm was blown clean off. This done, Prime ordered a retreat, and Superion then tried to carry the Autobots away, but Megatron, now with his arm reattached and at full strength, fired a blast that killed [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and they were forced to leave the Aerialbot's corpse behind as they retreated. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 21|Transformers #21}}

Wounded, Superion crashed into a forest and separated. Optimus was too weak to transform, but luckily, a convoy of humans from Farmingham arrived on the scene, offering to help the Autobots to repay them for what they did for the people of the town. Optimus didn't want to impose on the humans, but Wheeljack forced the issue, and the convoy escorted the Autobots to the still-ruined Farmingham Hospital, giving them a place to hide and recuperate. There, Dr. Lio revealed that Ratchet's corpse had been recovered from the ocean and taken to Farmingham. Looking over the medic's remains, Prime lamented how he'd failed Ratchet as a leader and as a friend. It was at that point that Optimus had another attack, causing him to jettison the Matrix. Wheeljack realized that the infection from Megatron's arm had spread to the rest of Prime's body, and that it was killing him. As Optimus tried to hand off the Primacy to one of the Autobots around him, he was horrified to see Spike entering the Matrix to try and re-energize it like his father had. With the last of his strength, Prime grabbed Spike to pull him out. At that moment, a jolt of energy from the Matrix knocked both Optimus and Spike unconscious, and Prime found himself in the [[Hall of the Primes]].

Meanwhile, in the waking world, Wheeljack and Lio were unable to rouse or separate Prime and Spike as the convoy drove them to [[Chicago]], where the humans were to make their last stand. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 22|Transformers #22}} As Optimus lay in a comatose state, Wheeljack constructed a rudimentary replacement arm for him should he awake. Dr. Lio revealed that a large crowd of refugees had arrived to pay their respects to the Autobot leader for saving them and their families from the Decepticons' rampages. Among the crowd were Carly and Ultra Magnus, the latter of whom lamented that he could never be the leader Optimus was, but that he was prepared to die protecting him from the incoming Decepticons.

As the Autobots charged into battle against Megatron and his forces, Optimus wandered through the Hall of Primes within the Matrix, eventually noticing that a dark energy seemed to be corrupting the place. Just as this energy prepared to consume him, Sparky appeared and called for Optimus to follow him. As Optimus drove Sparky throughout the Hall, the two took notice of how Optimus' visions seemed to be mixed with Sparky's memories. Sparky noted that a large statue of him that had appeared in the Hall seemed to be the only thing the energy was unable to corrupt. As the two entered its base, they were met with the sight of Spike, still comatose and sticking out of a portal. Optimus explained how Spike seemed to be tethering him to the place. As Sparky thanked Optimus and bid farewell to Spike, he pushed the boy back through the portal. As Optimus began to return to the real world, he promised Sparky that he would take care of Spike with every fiber of his being.

Optimus awakened just in time to prevent Megatron from disposing of the crowd of humans and declared that they and their planet were under ''his'' protection. Commanding his forces not to interfere, Megatron dropped his Fusion cannon and prepared to engage Prime one-on-one.{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 23|Transformers #23}}
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===''Age of the Primes'' marketing material===
{{main|Thirteenth Prime}}

Previously raised to Primacy by the power of the Matrix of Leadership, Optimus Prime became '''Star Optimus Prime''', last of the primordial [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], when granted immense size and power by the [[Zodiac|Zodiac orb]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Age of the Primes|''Age of the Primes'' Star Optimus Prime bio}} When the battles of the Transformers of the present day awoke the rest of the Thirteen, Star Optimus Prime found himself amongst their number. {{storylink|Cybertron Con 2024|Age of the Primes reveal cinematic}}
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===''Transformers × Bump of Chicken''===
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==Commercial appearances==
Optimus Prime has appeared in more [[Commercial|television commercials]] than any other Transformer... just as with everything else. He has been voiced by [[Peter Cullen]] in every animation segment in which he's had a speaking role. The commercials that had original footage of Optimus Prime include the following:

[[File:Toycommercial-firstPrime.jpg|thumb|My wheels don't disappear!]]
*Optimus Prime arrived in the midst of a desert battle as the Decepticons attacked a power plant on Earth, driving to back up his troops in defending it. He struck a rather iconic pose as he transformed and fired. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#The Transformers #1|''The Transformers'' #1}}
{{note|This first commercial used nonfinal versions of the characters' [[character model]]s; Optimus Prime, for example, still had wheels on his legs.}}
*Optimus was later seen charging into battle alongside Prowl, Jazz, and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Optimus Prime and Megatron|Optimus Prime and Megatron commercial}}
*During a battle against Megatron, Optimus summoned [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] to his side. Megatron responded by calling down [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Thrust and Dirge|Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge commercial}}
*Optimus confronted Astrotrain on a desert battlefield, but the Triple-Changer escaped under fire from other Autobots. Shortly afterward, Prime used Perceptor's microscope mode to examine a fragment of Decepticon battle armor. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Triple Changers and Perceptor|Triple Changers and Perceptor commercial}}
*Optimus Prime was fighting against [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] when Kup, Hot Rod, and Blurr came to his aid. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
[[File:Toycommercial-PowermasterOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|An integral part of Powermaster Prime's transformation is Joyride shooting lightning bolts through his pointed finger.]]
*Prime was said to be off-planet when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] led an assault on the Autobots' launch site. Undeterred, Ultra Magnus led a counter-attack in his leader's absence. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
*On the rocky plains where practically every Transformer battle ever seems to happen, Prime arrived in his Powermaster body to back up three of his troops against [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]]. He combined with [[Hi-Q]] and transformed, attacking with his trailer's battle station mode. Optimus then combined with the trailer to become a "Super Powermaster" and continue the attack. Who won? Find out in [[People Power!|Marvel Comics]]! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Powermasters|Powermasters commercial}}
[[File:OptimusQuickswitchCommercial.jpg|thumb|Optimus Prime is so giving, he even gives other Transformers time in his commercials.]]
*During a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], [[Quickswitch]] transformed into his gun mode and was wielded by Powermaster Optimus Prime against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Quickswitch|Quickswitch commercial}}
*Prime, in his Powermaster body, came under attack in the darkened streets of a city. Thankfully, he was reunited with some of the greatest Transformers ever to help him! Prime welcomed back Bumblebee and Jazz in their Pretender forms, and the three were joined by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to take on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Classic Pretenders|Classic Pretenders commercial}}
*Powermaster Prime and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] were the representatives from each faction that [[Doubledealer]] doublecrossed! Everyone wondered who that guy was that Prime was talking to... He looked kinda suspicious! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Doubledealer|Doubledealer commercial}}
*Optimus was seen surrounded by a circle of his troops, and challenged them to give up their transforming powers to become faster, stronger, more alive! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Action Masters|Action Masters commercial}}
[[File:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|thumb|Prime wants to know if they can transform, because he sure can't!]]
*Optimus found himself carrying into battle many miniature robots and machines to the battlefield in the palm of his hand. Among these was a Micromaster city, {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster micro bases|Micromaster micro bases commercial}}, the [[Race Car Patrol]], {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster Patrols|Micromaster Patrols commercial}} and the [[Hot Rod Patrol]]. He and Jazz checked out the Hot Rod Patrol, and Optimus wondered if they could transform. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod and Construction Patrol|Hot Rod and Construction Patrol commercial}}
*As a battle raged outside an Autobot base, Prime watched impassively as Bumblebee and Jazz pulled two [[Thunder Arrow|captured]] [[Attack Copter|vehicles]] into the base. Prime was the first to notice that the vehicles were transforming and shooting things. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster micro bases|Micromaster micro bases commercial}}
*Prime was shown driving down a road in his ''Generation 2'' colored truck mode. He rocket-launched up into the air to transform, then had a brutal fight with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. Despite getting a hole blasted in his chest, he won the fight and fired his gun into the air in triumph. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Generation 2 comic|Generation 2 comic commercial}}
*Prime transformed and found his head in Megatron's target crosshairs. The two dueled fiercely. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Megatron|Generation 2 Megatron commercial}}
*Prime delivered a load of shoes to schoolchildren in a South American ad for [[Bata]]'s licensed ''Transformers'' footwear.
*Prime got his own rap segment. He was seen in his "Combat" toy body, waiting for Megatron as he attacked a human subdivision. Prime converted to robot form, blew up Megatron's weapon at point blank range, and slugged it out with him. Apparently emerging victorious, he was next shown sitting next to an identical truck, which kid mistook for the real thing. The real Prime then transformed and picked up the kid, inspecting the human with his cold, lifeless, flashing red optics. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Combat Heroes|Combat Heroes commercial}}
[[File:Optimus Universe 3D short.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*Optimus dueled Megatron atop of an overpass in a human city. Though he managed to knock Megatron's cannon loose early in the scuffle, Megatron managed to turn the tables on the Autobot leader, reattach his primary weapon, and blast his old foe. When Megatron moved in for the kill, Optimus got his second wind, and knocked Megatron clear off the overpass. {{storylink|They were always real to me.}}
*Optimus alerted both the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was on the loose, and the Decepticon threat was "bigger than ever." {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}
*"Bot Shots" Optimus Prime had many confrontations with his Megatron counterpart, crashing into each other in vehicle mode and then slugging it out in robot mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Bot Shots|Battle for the Matrix Bot Shots commercial}} {{storylink|Commercial#Bot Shots|Bot Shots Dragon Track Commercial}} One Bot Shot Optimus and Megatron belonged to neighbours, and taunted one another when their owners left for school. They both burst out of their respective houses, destroying the windows on the way out and colliding in mid-air. {{storylink|Commercial#Bot Shots|Battle for the Matrix Bot Shots commercial}}
*"Bot Shots" Optimus Prime was riding the subway peacefully when [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] burst into the car and told the Autobot that it was "Go time!" Optimus responded with "Bring it on!" and both crashed into one another at incredible speeds! {{storylink|Commercial#Bot Shots|Bot Shots Dragon Track Commercial}}
[[File:Hero Mashers commercial Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|150px]]
*"Hero Mashers" Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Grimlock took on Megatron in the middle of a busy city. Optimus came to Bumblebee's help while riding atop of Grimlock, swapping heads with his mount to bite Megatron's arm off, getting a hold of the Decepticon's jetpack at the same time. He attached both pieces to himself, and flew around for a bit before returning to the battle. He thoroughly scrambled his pieces with those of his teammates, then took down Megatron with his "dino-fist." Afterwards, the Autobots returned to their normal configurations (though it took them more than one try to do so!) {{storylink|Commercial#Hero Mashers|Hero Mashers commercial}}

*[[Peter Cullen|Optimus Prime's voice]] narrated numerous commercials, including:
**The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}
**[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Omega Supreme|Omega Supreme commercial}}
**[[Rubsign]]s {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Rubsign|Rubsign commercial}}
**[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
**Ultra Magnus and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus and Galvatron|Ultra Magnus and Galvatron commercial}}
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Springer and Wreck-Gar|Springer and Wreck-Gar commercial}}
**The [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}
**The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Aerialbots and Stunticons|Aerialbots and Stunticons commercial}}
**[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}
**[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
**[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sky Lynx|Sky Lynx commercial}}

Prime also appeared in later promotional videos for Transformers events:
*Optimus got Megatron's contact information off the internet and invited the Decepticon leader to [[BotCon 2009]]. Though it took some doing, he managed to convince Megatron that the convention would be worth attending. Optimus also planned on going to BotCon, and left for the convention alongside Wheeljack, Mirage, Ironhide, Jazz and Prowl. {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
*Optimus grappled with Ramjet once more in a video re-visiting the "Generation 2" era of the Transformers franchise. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux}}
*Punch reported back to Optimus on what he had learned about the Decepticons as Counterpunch. Mainly, that they were planning on attending [[BotCon 2010]]. Optimus then turned to Teletraan I for more information about BotCon. Upon learning that special honors would be held for him at the convention, Optimus led his troops to BotCon once more. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
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==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Megatron and his Decepticons allies held captive the Autobot's [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops, Optimus Prime entered the Decepticon's maze-like base in order to rescue his friends. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (1985)===
[[File:Commdore64_Autobots.jpg|thumb]]
Optimus Prime was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===

When a mysterious force killed Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus rose as Autobot Commander in his place, and went forth to find out what killed Optimus. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|For an alternate interpretation of these events, see ''[[To Die Game!]]''}}

===''DreamMix TV World Fighters''===
{{voiceactor|[[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:DMTVConvoyAltColors.jpg|thumb]]
As part of [[DreamMix TV]]'s attempt to pull in more ratings, Optimus Prime and his eternal rival Megatron were invited to battle bunches of other beings on the television show ''[[World Fighters]]''. {{storylink|DreamMix TV World Fighters}}

===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Optimus Prime, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of an Autobot team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. If a Decepticon wished to claim the title of tournament champion, Optimus was the last opponent they needed to face. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/PC)===
[[File:ROTF 360PS3 PC G1OptimusPrime DLC.jpg|thumb|"Freedom is the right of all downloadable beings"]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

{{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Optimus Prime was one of a handful of downloadable characters in a DLC pack for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Gluawakening optimusprime.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]
Optimus Prime led a group of Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], which was shot down over [[Earth]], sending them into stasis for four million years. Optimus was badly damaged in the crash, and the prognosis wasn't great, but he recovered in time to announce the Autobots had no choice but to involve the [[human]]s in their war. Following a battle at [[Dyson Dam]], Prime persuaded [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] to join the Autobot team. When the Decepticons headed through the [[space bridge]] to Cybertron, Optimus followed, only for him and his team to be ambushed and imprisoned.

He and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] were soon rescued by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and they promptly escaped back to Earth, just in time to rescue [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a Decepticon hit squad. After being misled by a phony distress call, Optimus and his team had to face an assault on the Ark. They repelled the Decepticon attack, but Prime decided that the time was right to go to Cybertron and liberate the Autobots whom [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had enslaved. The Autobots again used the space bridge to reach Cybertron, and mounted an assault of their own on the Decepticon fortress. After fighting their way through the defenses, Optimus and Bumblebee faced down Shockwave himself, defeating the Decepticon with some help from Grimlock. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Optimus Prime was among several warriors (and [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Prime]]s) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-optimus-prime.jpg|100px|thumb|Raise the roof!]]
Optimus participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:Legendsgame Optimus Prime.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]
Early in the war, when he was still known by the name '''Orion Pax,''' the Autobot who would one day be known as Optimus Prime was ordered by Zeta Prime to escort the Decepticon Prisoners Wrack'n'Ruin in a prisoner exchange, while accompanied by Nightbeat and Alpha Trion. As the group made their way through the [[Rust Sea#2005 IDW continuity|Rust Spot]], they encounter [[Slicer (group)|Slicers]] and had to fend them off. Orion Pax and his group eventually made it to their meeting spot with the Decepticon Bludgeon, only to be ambushed by the Decepticons. In the confusion, Alpha Trion was taken prisoner, and Orion Pax set off to rescue the elderly Autobot. He and Nightbeat succeeded in returning Alpha Trion under the protective custody of Zeta Prime, but Orion was himself captured in turn. Strapped to a shuttle aimed to crash into Iacon, Orion's fate seemed uncertain. {{storylink|Orion's Gambit}}

Later, Orion Pax worked as an archivist in the [[Iacon Archives]], and was friend to Ariel and [[Dion (G1)|Dion]]. Shortly after the trio encountered a group of time-traveling [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], the Archives were attacked by Decepticons, and Pax and Ariel were severely injured. The Aerialbots took them to [[Alpha Trion]], who rebuilt them into Optimus Prime and Elita One respectively. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}} The [[Matrix of Leadership]] was passed to Optimus Prime following the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] at the hands of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The War Within}} During the war on Cybertron, Optimus Prime came to the aid of [[Getaway]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] and [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], saving them right as the Decepticons [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] were on the verge of destroying them. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}}

Optimus once considered having the unruly Dinobots shut down before they could accidentally cause damage, but they proved their worth during a sudden Decepticon attack. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}} When the Insecticons gained enough power that they'd be able to overrun [[Earth]] in seven days, Optimus Prime was forced to negotiate an alliance with the Decepticons in order to defeat them. {{storylink|Harvest of the Insecticons}} Following the disappearance of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], Optimus attempted to stop the other three Dinobots from attacking the Decepticon base, and was mauled for his trouble. The distraction at least allowed [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to take a scan of the rogue Dinobots. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}}

Optimus was challenged to a duel by Megatron as a distraction while the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] attempted to strike against [[Teletraan I]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}} Concerned that the Decepticons might try to steal a new [[Energon]] related technology from a science facility, Optimus sent Blaster to infiltrate and protect the base. {{storylink|Espionage}} Optimus was impressed with [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]'s plans for a [[Solar Power Tower]], but thought it would be too difficult to defend from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} Following the return of the Aerialbots from a trip to Cybertron, they told Optimus and Elita One about how they'd encountered Orion Pax and Ariel. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}} Optimus was among the Autobots affected after Megatron sabotaged their [[recharging chamber]]. Turned evil, Optimus was sent to attack [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]] and obtain a solar power satellite. He and the other Autobots were returned to normal by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s [[attitude exchanger]], and Optimus promised to repair the base. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Optimus and Wheeljack returned to Autobot HQ after an absence to find Grimlock had taken leadership. Though they failed to resist him, he soon bored with leading the Autobots and let Optimus take command again. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}} Impressed with Bumblebee's success as team leader, Optimus assigned [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] to lead a team. {{storylink|The B-Team Part Deux}} With Optimus badly damaged and without the Matrix, the Autobots were driven off Earth and sought refuge on Cybertron. Once Optimus had recovered, he put together a team which returned to Earth and retook it from the Decepticons, with Optimus badly damaging Megatron in combat. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

Optimus led the defenses as the Decepticons mounted a full assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. The assault proved overwhelming, and Megatron soon stood over Optimus's defeated form. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} Optimus passed on the [[Matrix of Leadership]] before perishing. {{storylink|The Battle for Autobot City}}

When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] took cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]], retreating from an attack led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], they found Optimus having risen from the dead! Rodimus returned the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus, only for Optimus to abandon his Autobots, and flee back to Cybertron. Optimus, it seems, has returned to the world of the living [[zombie|changed]]. Once on Cybertron, Optimus orders a full-scale assault on the Quintesson base. Thankfully, Optimus managed to come to his senses when his memories of being revived by the Quintessons reemerged. After returning the Matrix to Hot Rod and ordering the Autobots to retreat, sacrificed himself once more by guiding the ship he's piloting into the Quintesson's trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

Optimus at some point reverted to the name Orion Pax and searched the galaxy to investigate a growing anomaly related to the [[Dead Universe]]. His investigation took him to an unknown planet populated by [[Mini-Con]]s. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron}}

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

While walking through the desert one day, Optimus noticed a purple meteor passing overhead. Recognizing the meteor for [[Dark Spark|what it was]], Prime grimly noted his once hope that such a day would never come. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Red (AB)#As Optimus Prime}}
Optimus Prime appears as the protagonist and first unlockable character in this mobile game. He is portrayed by Red, who is also the leader of the Angry Birds. Optimus also appears as [[Red (AB)#As Energon Optimus Prime|Energon]], [[Red (AB)#As Ultimate Optimus Prime|Ultimate]], [[Red (AB)#As Epic Optimus Prime|Epic]] and [[Red (AB)#As General Optimus Prime|General]] versions. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
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===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Optimus Prime were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Decepticons! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Optimus Prime participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Team buffs are the rights of all sentient beings.]]
*''Optimus Prime'' — This Common character could be recruited by collecting 16 units of Cybermetal.
*''Orion Pax'' — This Uncommon character could be recruited by collecting 90 units of Cybermetal, and 42 units of Transmetal.
*''Optimus Prime (Voyager)'' — This Super Rare promotional character could be recruited through the space bridge for 1000 gold.
*''Laser Optimus Prime'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Generation 2 Episode 1" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Optimus M. (CW)'' — This Epic character was available as a reward in the "Optimus Maximus Awakes!" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime-(Voyager).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Soon I shall be one with the Matrix - and so will everyone else when this game sunsets.]]
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]]}}
[[File:Devastation-Arrival.jpg|thumb]]
Optimus Prime led the Autobots to stop Megatron's attempt to cyberform Earth. After discovering that Megatron's new weapon was the ''[[Proudstar]]'', Optimus initially tried to preserve the Cybertronian history contained on its [[Ferrotaxis]] supercomputer. Inside the ''Proudstar'', he received a prophecy of his future death from [[Teletraan Alpha]], but he merely expressed happiness that his friends would survive. After the [[Plasma Core]] was damaged and proved to be too great a threat to Earth, Optimus reluctantly decided to destroy it and the Ferrotaxis in order to preserve humanity's right to forge their own future. When Megatron shot shot the Ferrotaxis into space in one last spiteful effort to stop the Autobots, Prime rode an Insecticon swarm into Earth's orbit for a final showdown with Megatron, ultimately forced to destroy the Ferrotaxis. Once Megatron was again defeated, Optimus called upon the Autobots to stop merely living upon Earth and adopt the planet as their new home. Later, he and Wheeljack discussed plans for the [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] project. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:OptimusPrime-EarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Gathering resources is the right of all sentient base builders.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)}}
;'''Optimus Prime'''

Committed, inspirational, selfless...
Optimus Prime is all these things and more, a born leader and idealistic to boot.
But what makes him a truly great leader is his own lack of hubris; his seeming inability to place his life, his worth, above any of his fellow Autobots, or in fact any other lifeform.
He believes, passionately, that freedom is the right of all sentient beings, and would gladly sacrifice himself to make that belief a reality. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Optimus Prime Bio}}

Optimus Prime needed to get to Earth via the Space Bridge, so he told Ironhide and Jetfire that he needed a [[Crystal (Earth Wars)|crystal]] to power the Space Bridge and get him over to the other side. {{storylink|Get Optimus! / Get Megatron!| Get Optimus!}}

Optimus was beaten to the race by Megatron, who got his hands on a crystal. {{storylink|Get Optimus! / Get Megatron!| Get Megatron!}}
[[File:OptimusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.60|left|Talk to the hand.]]
When the other Autobots were wary of the next Decepticon Outpost, Optimus told them not to worry and led them in an '''Inspiring Charge'''. {{storylink|The Lost Map}}

Optimus proceeded to race Megatron to see who could get all the pieces of the [[Fractal Map]]. Ironhide contacts his agent, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to get some info on the Fractal Map. Sunstreaker helped out in the endeavor and finally pinpointed the location of the last piece. {{storylink|Power Play (Earth Wars)|Power Play}}

Optimus finally rallied all his missing troops from Cybertron to come to Earth for the final battle. Some of the bots include Grimlock, Ratchet, Blaster, Prowl, and Bumblebee. All of them attacked the Outpost and claim the [[Codex Key]]. {{storylink|The Codex Showdown}}

After retrieving the Enigma of Combination, Optimus then created Superion! {{storylink|Combiner Wars (Earth Wars)| Combiner Wars}}

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*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' Optimus Prime fires a shot from his Ion Blaster before engaging a defense and attacking it with his energon axe.
*'''Ability: Inspiring Charge''' - Rally Autobots to engage the target, then charge in dealing damage to the target and damaging walls along the way.
**'''Cost:''' 5 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:optimus-prime Optimus Prime at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

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;'''Orion Pax'''
[[File:EW-Orion Pax.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
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*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:'''
*'''Ability: Rebellious Weapons''' - Fires a weapon that deals damage to a target. Upon hit, the weapon splits into 2 additional weapons, targeting nearby defenses or enemy bots. Each weapon leaves a pulse on its target that heals nearby Autobots for 40% of the target's DPS per second. Autobots can be healed by multiple pulses at the same time.
**'''Cost:''' 3 ability points +2 for reuses.

[https://tfew.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4733784064671-Orion-Pax-D-16 Orion Pax at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:G1 Optimus Prime TFO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|what up, noobs?]]
{{bigquote|Freedom is the fundamental right of all living beings.}}

During the Cybertronian Civil War, Sentinel Prime was killed. Prior to his destruction, he bestowed the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime, who became the new leader of the Autobots. Despite being one of the youngest Cybertronian leaders, Optimus demonstrated extraordinary courage and wisdom in the war against the Decepticons. He: treated all lives with benevolence, fought for freedom and peace, and continues to fight to protect the weak and maintain their beliefs.

In battle, G1 Optimus Prime wielded the "[[Energon-axe|Fusion Axe]]" and the "Divine" Gatling Gun. His active skill is "Heavy Fire Barrier":
*'''Heavy Fire Barrier''' — G1 Optimus Prime temporarily equips a double-barreled semi-auto machine gun that also activates a shield which protects him from frontal attacks as he dishes out damage from his firearm at max power {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero9.shtml G1 Optimus Prime on the Transformers Online website]</ref>

{{Note|Prior to the third closed beta update, G1 Optimus Prime got his own biography in the game, but eventually this was removed so he remained only as an alternate skin for his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/games#Transformers Online (2017 video game)|live-action counterpart]].}}

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Optimus-Prime-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Beating the crap out of any of my teammates is the right of all Screen mashers..... Unfortunately this includes myself.]]
Optimus Prime and his crew crash-landed on a [[New Quintessa|mysterious planet]]. After learning about what was going on, he passed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to the [[You|Commander]], fearing a Cybertronian would become corrupted by the Quintessons. There are at least a few of him running around! As a Tactician, his determination to protect his teammates boosts his attack and armor, and breaks enemy Armor with his axe. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

Optimus would find that it was in their best interests to first establish a base of operations. After detecting a Supplies Cache, Optimus brings the Commander and a squad of freshly integrated Inter-dimensional soldiers to investigate the area, only to find a very trigger-happy Rhinox guarding the Cache.

After knocking some sense into Rhinox, Optimus would bring Ratchet and Sideswipe to investigate another disturbance in the Frequencies that Teletraan 1 was picking up, and they eventually ran into a bunch of sharks!

After some developmental research, Ratchet reported that the reason everyone on New Quintessa was so triggerhappy was because of the presence of an unnatural amount of Dark Energon!
Optimus tries to tell this to Windblade, and tells her to ignore the voices in her head, but it's of no avail as she succumbs and Optimus has to knock some sense into her.

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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb]]
Optimus Prime took part in a series of attacks against multiple Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the process. Starting Stats: 4500 Armor, 4500 Blaster Strength. Score x432, Coins x8, Blaster Speed: Slow {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''World of Warships: Transformers''===
{{voiceactor|[[Jason C. Miller]] (English)}}
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===''Transformers: Tactical Arena''===
The leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime was a tough melee fighter that cut down all enemies in his path. His wide swing could take out several small units at once, making him great crowd control. {{storylink|Transformers: Tactical Arena}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Optimus Prime was once Orion Pax, a mere data clerk. In time, however, he grew to become leader of the Autobots, a courageous defender of all sentient beings. When the ex-Decepticon Jetfire alerted Optimus to the existence of a new energon source, Prime and his followers set course for Earth in a desperate attempt to stop the Decepticons before they could ravage this new world. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

After being pulled into the [[Apex (RPG)|Apex]] by the machinations of the evil [[Lord MindWaveZ]], Optimus Prime teamed up with the similarly displaced [[Scarlett]] and [[Jason Lee Scott]]; together, the three leaders hatched a plan to reverse the damage their common enemy had wrought on the [[multiverse]]. They helped coordinate the efforts of the many heroes involved in the battle, and Optimus participated in the final assault on Lord MindWaveZ's [[Multidimensional Collider]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide: Battle for the Multiverse}}

===''Mob Control''===
When the modified Energon that the [[Great Normie]] touched triggered a hyper sound signal, [[Bumblebee (G1)#Mob Control|Bumblebee]] went off to notify Optimus Prime about it.
{{storylink|Mob Control|Echoes from Cybertron}}

===''Overwatch 2''===
[[File:OW2 Optimus.jpg|thumb|He used to hit like a truck metaphorically, but that wasn't good enough.]]
After catching wind of Megatron's pact to share his power with the revolutionary Omnic [[Ramattra]], Optimus Prime gathered Bumblebee and Arcee together to even the playing field by sharing their power with some of Earth's heroes. {{storylink|Transmission}} Optimus later chose to share his power with the heroic [[wikia:overwatch:Reinhardt|Reinhardt]]. {{storylink|Overwatch 2}}

==Toys==
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{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys}}

==Merchandise==
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==Notes==
[[File:EvolutionOfOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Evolution of the G1 character model.]]
[[File:EvolutionOfOptimus_Back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Evolution of the G1 character mode, back view. The lack of feet in the earliest known version is likely an error.]]
*According to [[Bob Budiansky]], longtime comics writer [[Denny O'Neil]] named Optimus Prime prior to Budiansky being brought on to the ''Transformers'' project. ''Optimus'' is [[Latin language|Latin]] for "best", therefore his name can be understood as "Best First". It is the original of [[Latin language#Double names|many double names]] that would follow.
*Optimus Prime's Japanese name is "Convoy", which is named after his original name "Battle Convoy" in the ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline, because the name "Optimus Prime" is difficult for Japanese kids to remember and pronounce.<ref>''[[Figure Ō]]'' No. 114</ref> All Optimus-inspired characters were called variations of Convoy in Japan up until the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' film]], at which point [[TakaraTomy]] changed their minds and began using the name Optimus Prime as well. Presumably to avoid confusion, this change includes the Generation 1 version of the character as well, who is now called Optimus Prime in newer products and fiction such as ''[[Transformers United]]'' and ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'', though his name remains Convoy in material aimed at adult collectors such as ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]''.
*"Orion Pax" is composed of "Orion", the huntsman from Greek mythology, and the Latin word "pax", meaning "peace". The original cartoon design for him appears to [[:File:UltraMagnus-FloroDery3rdConcept-OrionPax.jpg|be based on an early Ultra Magnus concept]].
*According to an early ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Universe]]''-style profile published in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]'', Optimus Prime's "official" nicknames were at one point considered to be "Autobot Commander", "Chief", "Big Boss" and "Roller". As far as it is known, no piece of fiction has ever purposely addressed him using these nicknames, though it's a fair bet he's been called "chief" at least once or twice anyway. And technically ''part'' of him is called "[[Roller (G1)|Roller]]" with some frequency.
*Optimus Prime has fictionally shown a dislike of certain kinds of music and dance. For the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] for [[Still Life!|issue 324]] mentions he hates the music of [[Mötley Crüe]]. In the cartoon continuity, "[[Blaster Blues]]" and "[[Quest for Survival]]" have Optimus react noticeably more passive-aggressively to Blaster's choice of music than the other Autobots. And in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], ''[[Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired]]'' features an uncalled for negative remark about Jazz's dance skills.
*According to the staff of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Optimus Prime became a space explorer in the [[Beast Era]].<ref>Page 37, Guest Character and ''G1'' Icons, ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' ISBN 978-4766938005</ref>
*Writer [[Bob Skir]] claims that neither the statue from "[[Fires of the Past]]" nor the golden disks in its hands were mentioned in the script. However, he suggested that they were either the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|disks]] from the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, or that Optimus won them in the 2,395,989th Annual Cybertronian spelling bee.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080614012630/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Tue_12_Oct_1999.html Q&A from Bigbot's "bobskir.com"] (archive copy)</ref> We're betting on the latter.
[[File:Optimusprime-mom.jpg|125px|thumb|Prime's mom knows how to write in cursive.]]
*By the time Optimus Prime appeared in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', his 3D model from ''Beast Wars'' had apparently been lost, leading the animators to use a faceplated Optimus Primal head as a quick replacement to save time and budget.
*Aside from occasionally having Alpha Trion as a father figure, Optimus Prime may have a mother! In an advertisement for [[Pepsi Convoy]] that shows him in a refrigerator (along with [[Destron Pizza]]), a note attached to a nearby piece of Tupperware reads:

:''Dear Convoy''
:''Warm it before you eat''
:''Mom''

:Although the ad itself is for Pepsi Convoy, he is a separate character, and it can be assumed that the note was left for Convoy/Optimus Prime himself.

*The first wave of Dreamwave posters in 2001 identified Optimus Prime as [http://web.archive.org/web/20041220175419/http://www.comicden.com/merch/posters.htm "Captimus Primus"], which is tantalizingly close to making some sort of sense.
*The name "Optronix" originates behind-the-scenes at [[Dreamwave Productions]], but it's not known for certain who coined it. It appears in material created by [[Destination Entertainment]] for the ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20091201160222/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=563 Transform-ed History @ Newsarama.com]</ref> but when [[James McDonough]] and [[Adam Patyk]] took over the project, the name was among many things cut from the series. By the time of the release of [[Simon Furman]]'s prequel series ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', the name had already been disseminated into the fandom somehow,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030624121306/http://www.bwtf.com/cbreviews/dw/ww1/ Ben Yee's review of ''The War Within'' #1]</ref> but the series itself makes no mention of it—in fact, the dialogue is conspicuously written to avoid calling Optimus ''anything'' until he becomes Prime! Although Furman was then known to generally eschew concepts originating in the original cartoon—such as "Orion Pax"—it seems likely that, were he the one to come up with the name, he would have prominently placed it in that script. The only time Furman used the name was with the later publication of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', which was in turn provided as reference to the contractors writing the ''[[Transformers Legends (book)|Transformers Legends]]'' anthology. The only other Dreamwave media to use the name "Optronix" is [[Scott Ciencin]]'s novel ''[[Transformers: Hardwired]]''. The name cropped up a couple of times more, in the packaging bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|''Titanium Series'' Optimus Prime]] and as the pre-Prime name for [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus' ''Shattered Glass'' incarnation]], but otherwise—in particular following the development of [[Aligned continuity family|the "Aligned" continuity]]—the name "Orion Pax" seems to have been cemented as Optimus Prime's original name.
[[File:Cyb-WiseElders.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
*The character model of G1 Optimus Prime makes a cameo appearance, along with the original [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], as one of the four elders who began the [[space bridge]] project in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Balance]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Convoy''' (コンボイ ''Konboi''), '''Convobat''' (''Beast Wars'' bat, コンボバット ''Konbobatto''), '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (Օպտիմուս Փրայմ ''O'ptimows P'raym''; Օպտիմուս Պրայմ ''O'ptimows Praym'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''O Baak Man''' (Hong Kong, 柯柏文)
*''Czech:'' '''Optimus Primus'''
*''Danish:'' '''Primus Optimus'''<ref>First Danish dub of ''The Transformers''</ref>
*''French:'' '''Optimus Primo''',<ref>Canada French toy</ref> '''Optimus Primus'''<ref>Canada French dub of ''The Transformers''</ref>
*''Hebrew:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (אופטימוס פריים ''Awpjimws Priim'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Supreme Commander Optimus"),<ref>Marvel Comics, ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' subs</ref> '''Optimusz Prime'''<ref>Hungarian dubs of ''The Transformers: The Movie''</ref>
*''Italian:'' '''Commander'''
*''Korean:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (옵티머스 프라임 ''Optimeoseu Peuraim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhìzūn''' (Taiwan, 至尊, "Prime"), '''Qíngtiānzhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Optimus Supremo''' ("Optimus Supreme"),<ref>Portugal Portuguese comics</ref> '''Líder Optimus''' ("Leader Optimus"),<ref>Brazilian Portuguese dub of ''The Transformers''</ref> '''Supremus Absolutus''',<ref>Brazilian Portuguese Marvel Comics</ref> '''O Primeiro Optimus''' ("The First Optimus")<ref>Brazilian Portuguese dub of ''Beast Machines''</ref>
*''Russian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (Оптимус Прайм ''Optimus Prajm'')
*''Serbian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (Оптимус Прајм ''Optimus Prajm'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Optimus Primitivo'''<ref>Latin America Spanish dub of ''Beast Wars''</ref>
*''Taiwanese:'' '''Bô-ti̍k Thīh-gû''' (無敵鐵牛, "Invincible Iron Ox"), '''Ke Bowen''' (柯博文, "Convoy")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Optimus Najkrashchiy''' (Оптимус Найкращий, "Optimus the Best"), '''Optimus Prime''' (Оптимус Прайм)<ref>Ukrainian dub of ''The Transformers: The Movie''</ref>

====Orion Pax====
*''Japanese:'' '''Orion Pax''' (オライオン・パックス ''Oraion Pakkusu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Orion Pax''' (Taiwan, 奧萊安派斯 ''Àoláiān Pàisī''; China, 奥利安派克斯 ''Àolìān Pàikèsī'')
*''Russian:'' '''Orion Mirnyy''' (Орион Мирный, "Orion Peaceful")

====Powermaster Optimus Prime====
*''Japanese:'' '''Super Convoy''' (スーパーコンボイ ''Sūpā Konboi'')

====Star Optimus Prime====
*''Japanese:'' '''Star Convoy''' (スターコンボイ ''Sutā Konboi''), '''Star Optimus Prime''' (スターオプティマスプライム ''Sutā Oputimasu Puraimu'')

====Laser Optimus Prime====
*''Japanese:'' '''Battle Convoy''' (バトルコンボイ ''Batoru Konboi''), '''Laser Optimus Prime''' (レーザーオプティマスプライム ''Rēzā Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''English:'' '''Laser Rod Optimus Prime''' (Europe)
*''French:'' '''Laser Rod Optimus Prime'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Laser Rod Optimus Prime'''

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Swindle (G1)

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:''Swindle is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Swindleg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He'd sell you for a nickel, that schemer.]]

Capitalist first, Decepticon second, '''Swindle''' is a con-man, an opportunist, a hustler—or as he would put it, an entrepreneur. Unlike his fellow Combaticons, he considers the Autobot-Decepticon war to be merely an opportunity for networking, cutting deals, and making profit. He's an expert on all manner of weaponry and their market prices, and he prides himself on being able to sell anything to pretty much anybody.

Despite being a weaselly, opportunistic sneak, Swindle is one of the few Decepticons who could adapt to a post-war Cybertron. After all, there will always be demand for a black market, regardless of whoever wins. He knows all he has to do is keep his chin up, and he'll always have a customer. All he needs is a smile.

Swindle can combine with the other Combaticons to form [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

{{bigquote|It's not my fault, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]! This greed is built into my [[personality component]]!|Swindle|"[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Johnny Haymer]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese, "Aerial Assault"), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese, ''2010''), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2"), [[Minoru Inaba]] (Japanese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "Webworld")|[[Xia Zhiqing]] (Chinese), [[Alejandro Abdalah]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Five Faces of Darknes, Part 2 - 4" & "The Rebirth, Part 3"), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Webworld"), [[Imo Heite]] (German, "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Ulf-Jürgen Wagner]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "Starscream's Brigade"), [[Peter Zilles]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness", Parts 2 & 4), Unknown (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Webworld"), [[Júlio César]] (Portuguese), [[Marcos Miranda]] (Portuguese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2"), [[André Filho]] (Portuguese, "The Ultimate Weapon")}}

[[File:StarscreamsBrigade CombaticonsMegs.jpg|left|thumb|Step right up! Step right up! Everyone's a winner; bargains galore!]]
Swindle was one of the five [[renegade Decepticon]]s liberated by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in the Air Commander's latest attempt to unseat [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. As an element of their imprisonment, they had been reduced to mere [[personality component]]s, so Starscream installed them into abandoned [[World War II]] military vehicles. Swindle in particular was put in a {{w|Willys Jeep}},<ref>"Starscream's Brigade" shooting script</ref> and unlike his teammates, he didn't immediately reconfigure himself into a different vehicle form. Starscream called them "Combaticons" and announced their names as they transformed, but they didn't recognize him. Nor did they feel particularly indebted to him for their release; in the end, Starscream only guaranteed their loyalty though having given them bodies bereft of [[energy absorber]]s, so they would be dependent upon him to refuel. While their first missions for Starscream were initially successful, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]' intervention meant the brigade's defeat, and Megatron exiled all six to a remote asteroid. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:AerialAssault Swindle Ali.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|It picks up the kids from school; it gets rid of unwanted facial hair; it gets rid of embarrassing ink spots; it delivers a pizza!]]
The Combaticons later escaped the asteroid and attacked Cybertron together as Bruticus. After being defeated again, Swindle and the Combaticons were reprogrammed to be loyal to Megatron. It's debatable how well that reprogramming took with Swindle. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Megatron next ordered the Combaticons to steal fighter planes by using Middle-Eastern criminals as go-betweens. Swindle was the personal ride of [[Ali (Sunbow)|Ali]], the thief leader, and led the caravans with parts to Megatron. He later merged with the others to form Bruticus, who was defeated by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] as [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:BOT Swindle grabbed.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Act now! Act now! And receive as our gift to you, they come in all colors, one size fits all!]]
Bruticus was next defeated by [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], and Swindle was the sole survivor of the team. He proceeded to sell the parts of his comrades to various [[El Presidente|people]] for a sweet finder's fee. Megatron was less than happy with this, however, as he had just constructed a giant death-ray for Bruticus to wield for him. No Combaticons, no Bruticus. Swindle tried to plead off his greed as a programming flaw, but Megatron wasn't having any of it. He installed a bomb in Swindle's head and gave him 15 hours to rebuild his fellow Combaticons or suffer their fate. The most elusive piece was [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]'s personality component, which had been raided from a junkyard by [[Elise Presser|some]] [[Martin and Roland|high school kids]] building a [[B.O.T. (G1)|homemade robot]]. Swindle had to fight through a trio of Autobots in order to recover the personality component, but succeeded in time to have the bomb removed. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

Swindle is plainly a team player.

[[File:FiveFaces2 Scourge and Swindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|Fifty percent off original retail price, skip the middle man!]]
After the Decepticons were exiled to a burnt-out husk of a planet called [[Chaar]] in 2006, they dropped dangerously low on energon. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} When they spotted [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] spying on them, Swindle and the other Decepticons charged, only to find that their weapons were next to useless through lack of energon. The two Autobots were picked up by a [[Skuxxoid]] spaceship, and Swindle commented that the Skuxxoids would sell out to anyone, unaware that the ship had been commandeered by Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} When the [[Quintesson]]s arrived on Chaar, [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] went out to meet them, and when they announced they wanted to make a deal, Dead End deferred to Swindle's negotiating skills. After determining that the energon the Quintessons were offering was good, Swindle talked to the Quintessons about a deal, and when it turned out they wanted the Decepticons to help them destroy the Autobots, the Decepticons were happy to volunteer their services. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

The Decepticons were taken to [[Goo Number 8739-B|Goo]] to attack the Autobots, only for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to arrive partway through the battle and demand the Decepticons return to him. Swindle, perhaps foolishly, asked what Galvatron would provide for them that the Quintessons hadn't. After some more "negotiations", Galvatron entered into an alliance with the Quintessons too. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} As part of a two-pronged attack, Swindle was part of the Decepticon forces who went to Earth. They were unable to prevent [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] gaining a new [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] however. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:WebWorld Swindle and Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|Get away from me, kid; ya bother me.]]
Swindle and the other Combaticons accompanied Galvatron to [[Paradron]], where at one point they were assigned to guard the Paradronian prisoners and failed to fend off an Autobot assault. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} When the Autobots threw a surprise party for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], the Combaticons threw a surprise attack on the Autobots, however [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] proved too much for them and they retreated in Blast Off. {{storylink|Surprise Party}}

Later, Swindle, along with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], finally became so dissatisfied with Galvatron leadership that he openly grumbled that the Autobots would be doing the Decepticons a favor by killing Galvatron. [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] interpreted this as treason, but Swindle brushed him off. Both he and Motormaster warned Cyclonus that if Galvatron's madness wasn't cured, the Unicron-forged pair would face rebellion. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[File:UltimateWeapon FirstAid Swindle.jpg|thumb|You got it buddy; the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away!]]
On another occasion, Swindle singlehandedly infiltrated [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] for Galvatron and miraculously managed to fend off a lone Autobot pacifist like [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to steal the [[Titan (group)|Titan]]'s transformation cog. After returning from his mission, though, Swindle's greed got the best of him, and he attempted to make Galvatron bid for the cog. After Megatron put a bomb in his head, why Swindle thought bargaining with the even less stable Galvatron was a good idea is anyone's guess. Lucky for Swindle, Galvatron was in one of his less manic phases at the time and only blasted the greedy Combaticon a few times instead of ripping out his primary fuel pump with his [[teeth]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

In their combined Bruticus form, the Combaticons fought Defensor but had to split up and flee when Rodimus Prime and Sky-Lynx arrived to provide backup. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} Also as part of Bruticus, Swindle was one of the victims of the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Swindle took part in a major assault on Cybertron, when the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s arrived, resulting in an Autobot defeat. The Combaticons were then put to work building a rocket engine to move Cybertron to Earth's solar system. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====

=====Scramble City=====
When the Stunticons were dispatched to hinder the Autobots from constructing [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]], they were held up by the Aerialbots, so the Combaticons were sent to aid them. Swindle combined with the others to form Bruticus, who teamed up with Menasor to defeat Superion. Unfortunately, Scramble City was finished in the meantime, and soon arrived on the scene and defeated Bruticus. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
[[File:Swindleart.jpg|left|thumb|Nice to meet you! Please disregard the gun.]]
In 2003, Swindle used his contacts to reverse-engineer the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] virus and ensure a large percentage of the Autobot force on Earth was incapacitated. {{storylink|Binaltech Is... (Chapter 1)|Binaltech Is...}} When the Autobots joined forces with Earth's manufacturing industries to create the Binaltech project, Swindle worked with Starscream and his Decepticon faction to infiltrate the project for their own ends. Using modified [[cerebro-shell]] technology to turn human workers into sleeper agents, the Decepticons managed to sneak some of their own personality components into the facilities and replace them with those of the Autobots planned for the new bodies. {{storylink|Arise! Evil Binaltechs}}

Thanks to the Decepticons' efforts, the Central City Institute of Technology thought they were upgrading the Autobot [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], only to have Swindle come online instead. Swindle's bait-and-switch wasn't totally effective, though—the Binaltech warriors only had their weaponry fully equipped and activated after coming online and arriving at Autobot City, so Swindle was not equipped with functioning versions of Trailbreaker's [[force field]] and other abilities, having to instead outfit himself with armaments from his own munitions depots. He was also banned from the Binaltech [[electro-cell]] recharging centers after his ruse was uncovered, and therefore had to rely on the [[Exponential Generator]] technology provided by Starscream's human ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]]. Though upgraded since its inception, the generators were historically unstable (like, "might blow up an entire planet" unstable). {{storylink|Expose All of Evil's Designs!}}

======BT World======
A team of Autobots zeroed-in on a base of operation of the [[Concurrence]], finding Swindle working alongside the humans. Together, Swindle and the Concurrence had built an enormous artificial transformer, powered by the energies of Prowl's Spark, currently lost across dimensions. After the giant's defeat, Swindle was taken into custody. He pleaded his innocence, stating that building the artificial transformer was the humans' idea, and that he had merely advised them throughout the process. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 2}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:Hm4 Swindle Gun.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Swindle and the Combaticons were among Galvatron's troops when he ordered an all-out Decepticon invasion of Cybertron, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} but even the power of Bruticus couldn't stand up to the newly arrived [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} The Combaticons were subsequently sent to Earth to stop [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] from bringing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime, but were ambushed by the Protectobots and buried in a rockfall. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} They were next seen defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode from [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|an Autobot spy]], but were distracted by the Aerialbots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Galvatron eventually managed to invade Cybertron once more, and Swindle and the others were again part of the attack. They soon encountered those pesky Protectobots again, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} and were taken out of action by Defensor. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} As Galvatron was thought lost in the battle, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] took control of the Decepticon forces and ordered the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to protect a giant carnivorous plant he had planted in [[San Francisco]]. When the Autobots arrived to kill it, Bruticus dueled with the [[Trainbot]] combiner [[Raiden]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} The Combaticons later fell under [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s command, and he ordered them, along with the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrorcons]], to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Florida|Miami]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} They unleashed Bruticus as Sixshot continued his reign of terror over the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

Swindle was later present at Scorponok's inauguration as [[Decepticon leader]] after Galvatron had died for real. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} The Combaticons were then stationed at the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], where they failed to lure Fortress Maximus away from their base. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} As Scorponok's plan to destroy Earth came close to fruition, Swindle was part of Bruticus as the combiner sunk the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' and defended a [[Death Tower]] in [[Australia]] from Defensor. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As Bruticus, the Combaticons participated in the final battle with the Autobots at the [[Arctic|North Pole]], and retreated into space when Scorponok's energy-absorbing satellite started tearing the Earth apart. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
[[Trickdiamond]] was rumored to have dealings with Swindle. {{storylink|Trickdiamond#Unite Warriors 2|''Unite Warriors'' Trickdiamond bio}} During an illegal arms trading market hosted by the Combaticons, Swindle decided to sell some home-made missiles... as well as Brawl's weapons. He was seen trying to explain his actions after his angry comrade noticed what was going on. {{storylink|Shopping at the Dark Bazaar!}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Swindle was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
Swindle and the rest of the Combaticon team came to assist [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] when he got into trouble with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. As Bruticus, the team broke Defensor apart easily enough, but fell victims to Superion's [[electrostatic discharger rifle]]. The weapon hit Swindle and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], who disconnected from Bruticus, allowing two [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to steal their positions as Bruticus's legs. Swindle was left chasing after Bruticus as the Autobots took control of the combiner's flight systems and flew away with him. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

Megatron later ordered the Combaticons to capture an escaped [[Battle Dog]] which he had imbued with energy. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] eventually arrived to stop them, leading to the dog using its energy to give the Autobot [[Scramble Power]]. Swindle combined with his teammates to destroy Powerglide, but he and his [[Mini-Vehicle|Minibot]] friends used Scramble Power to [[Minibot combiner|combine]] and drill a hole straight through Bruticus, forcing him to retreat. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Swindle participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Bruticus in order to battle alongside Menasor and Devastator against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Bruticus and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
{{note|Swindle only appears as a component of Bruticus}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Swindle and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Onslaught's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Combaticons then merged into Bruticus to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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[[File:EliteGuardCombaticons TheComingStorm2.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Roll up! Roll up! Buy ten packets of Energon for only E999.99! Contents may have settled during transit...]]
Swindle was part of a [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]] special ops unit created by [[Magnum]] to take out the various [[Decepticon leader|leaders]] of the new Decepticon faction, in the hopes of ending the war quickly. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}} During introductions, Swindle admired [[Dion (G1)|Dion]]'s [[Nitronium launcher]]s and offered him an [[Ajax P-9000 Grade-B Jump Launch Accelerator]] (Swindle had named his own "[[Thunderblast (G1)|Thunderblast]]" after an old flame). The Combaticons were teamed with [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]'s Strike Team for a mission to an archeological dig in [[Median]]. The dig had uncovered the [[Heart of the Dragon]], a powerful artifact coveted by the Decepticon [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] and his [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s. When the teams arrived and discovered that the archaeologists were all females, he announced the odds were high that they would all score.

They began to fortify the site, though Onslaught had to remind Swindle that he wasn't there to sell them the fortifications. He still managed to organize a trade with [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], providing the Autobot with a drone. He also lent [[Lancer]] his [[Gyro gun|Gyro-Gun]] and a dose of sexual harassment. The Decepticons still managed to break in to steal the urn, and even Swindle's idea of having the autoturrets shoot anyone trying to escape the city failed when the autoturrets apparently malfunctioned.

Tracking the Stormtroopers back to their mobile base, the [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], Swindle and the others were confronted by Rage's bizarre creations, the [[Minotoron]]s. Dion suggested that Swindle use a device he'd removed from Over-Run's drone to produce a high-pitched noise and subdue the beasts. Seeing an opportunity to sneak inside, [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Swindle and Dion mounted the creatures when they were summoned back inside the Metrotitan.

The teams reassembled inside the base, only to be confronted by [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], a small but powerful Transformer with atom-smashing breath, brought to life by the Heart of the Dragon. In the face of this new threat, they were forced to retreat while attempting to find a way to destroy it. Even [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]'s explosives weren't enough to stop the creature, but the small frame proved to be insufficient to contain Brimstone's energies, and it soon exploded, destroying the Metrotitan. Swindle and the Elite Guard managed to escape the blast radius, and reported back to Magnum about a job well done. Swindle's report apparently read like a romance holo-pulp. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

[[File:ComingStorm3 Swindle looks for loot.jpg|thumb|upright=0.95|Come on, buddy. [[Swindle (Animated)|This should be a no processor...er]] for you.]]
The Combaticons and Strike Team continued to be teamed up for missions. They tracked down the Decepticon [[Shadowcaster]]'s base and Swindle was given the task of dropping a [[fog grenade]] in to drive the officers out into the open. He hoped there was something he could loot, but Onslaught reminded him he was on a mission. He still managed to enlist Vortex's help in looting a particularly large piece of machinery, once the mission was completed. While the Strike Team went back to base, the Constructicons stuck around to investigate the area, and were captured by Decepticons. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

Swindle was mostly impressed by the energy bars on their cell, as he knew someone who'd pay a small fortune for the technology. The Combaticons were brought before [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], though Swindle was unable to take his eyes off the mountains of gold the Decepticon possessed. Deathsaurus persuaded the team to join his group of Decepticons. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}} He bestowed on the team new armor, and the ability to merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. A week later, the Combaticons took part in an attack on Elite Guard HQ, and when confronted by [[Sentinel Major]], showed off their new [[Combiner]] mode. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}} Bruticus managed to slaughter pretty much all of the Guard before Dion blinded the giant, forcing them to separate. They headed back to Deathsaurus's base for repairs. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

Repairs proceeded, but the Combaticons were startled to learn that Deathsaurus could force them to combine into Bruticus at will. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} They still turned out to help defend the base against the remnants of the Elite Guard. In mid battle, Swindle tried to interest Dion in a supply of quasar weapons, much to the Autobot's surprise. As the Combaticons gained the upper hand, they attempted to merge, only to be blasted mid-combination. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} They picked themselves up only to find that Blast Off was missing, so they couldn't make another try at forming Bruticus. Swindle was almost attacked by Dion, but another Decepticon surprised the Autobot from behind. At the end of the fight, the Combaticons failed to retreat fast enough and were subsequently taken into Elite Guard custody. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

In the hands of the compromised [[Gyronian Sentry|Gyronian Sentry Team]], the Combaticons were whisked away to Deathsaurus's fortress, now under Megatron's control. Though Megatron gave them the option, none of them cared to help Deathsaurus, and they were imprisoned and their personality components subsequently interred in the Decepticon Detention Center. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Buster combaticons second generation.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7]]
''Thanks to his brief time housing the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] in his mind, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] experienced a series of dreams outlining the future of Cybertronian technology: the [[Special Teams]]. These dreams were random and chaotic at first, as he was chased through his dreamscape by [[Combiner]] robots and witnessed the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] joined Buster in his dreams, the information became more linear, and the Autobot and human beheld a future scenario in which Swindle and the Combaticons joined forces with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] against the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Working off this information, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] began to conceive a way to reverse-engineer and improve upon [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combination technology. Unfortunately for the Autobots, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] had managed to tap into Buster's dream frequency, and the Decepticons received the same information to build their own Special Teams.'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

[[File:Swindle brawl afterdeath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
On his first mission on Earth, Swindle joined the Combaticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] on a mission to invade the company Energy Futures Industries in order to steal a [[hydrothermocline]], which the Decepticons wanted to take for their own energy resources. When they arrived, they were met by Optimus Prime and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], laying in wait for them. Swindle combined with his team to form Bruticus, but before the giant got a chance to brawl with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Ethan Zachary|a human]] suggested that they'd play a [[Multi-World|video game]] over the plant instead. Optimus Prime and Megatron both agreed, and Swindle was sent into the video game along with the other Combaticons, Protectobots, and faction leaders. Swindle teamed up with [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] to destroy [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] in the "Vineland" area of the game. However, they were tripped up by a bunch of vine creatures, [[Decrystallizer cannon|crystallized]], and [[Compressed air cannon|blown to smithereens]]. Game over. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

[[File:Swindle marvel uk 137.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|This is all kinds of wrong.]]
Swindle was idling about in Megatron's throne room, where he witnessed the now mentally unhinged faction leader lash out erratically to all those around him. He soon accompanied his fellow Decepticons to a new base in the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]], during which time Megatron disappeared and Shockwave assumed command of the Earth-bound Decepticons. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} ''Shortly afterwards, Shockwave dispatched Swindle and the other Combaticons to assassinate [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who had been buried under cooled lava at [[Mount Verona]]. The Combaticons made short work of the human military camped around the site, then proceeded to set up explosive charges to eliminate the potential usurper once and for all. As Swindle was setting his share of the charges, he was struck down by the combined efforts of [[Joy Meadows|three]] [[Susan Hoffman|human]] [[Cindy Newell|women]], out to save [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], also buried within the volcano. The rest of the Combaticons were driven off with the additional help of the [[Throttlebot]]s, earning them the ire of Swindle and his teammates.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

[[File:Swindle marvel uk 138.jpg|thumb|Lamb bhuna last night?]]
Swindle and his team tracked the Throttlebots to a used car lot, finding their prey immobilized in their vehicle modes. But to get to them, the Combaticons had to contend with both the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and a squadron of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] operatives. In order to avoid wholesale destruction of his lot, the proprietor of the dealership suggested each faction put in a bid for the Throttlebots, and all present accepted. Onslaught had nothing to bargain with however, and zero intention of actually following through with the agreement. He instructed Swindle to simply terminate the auctioneer, [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve Ludwig]], only for Blaster to leap forth from a hiding spot and toss Swindle away before he got his shot in. This triggered an all-out brawl to start, ending with the Combaticons retreating and the Throttlebots in RAAT custody. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} The Combaticons decided to ambush the Protectobots once more, this time meeting them in a sprawling train yard. The group was forced to regroup and combine into Bruticus early in the fight, the combiner's brute strength securing them a victory over the similarly merged [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. But the dim-witted Bruticus was then tricked by Blaster into lowering his guard, and the Autobot collapsed an electrical tower onto his opponent, knocking his components into unconsciousness. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

Swindle had better success during the Decepticon ambush of the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], where the Autobots had gathered to resolve a leadership dispute. Swindle attacked [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] with his Scatter Blaster and commented that although Brawn was not a great Autobot warrior, he would have a bright future as spare parts (presumably to be sold at a premium by Swindle himself). When the combined forces of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] managed to pierce the ship's protective force field, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] commanded all Decepticons on the surface of the Moon to return to the ship and retreat. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Swindle also served as part of the "friendly" staff on the beach of the Decepticons' Caribbean island when the Decepticons used the base as a human vacation resort. Swindle was there to serve every need that the humans might require. {{storylink|Club Con!}}
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''Eventually, the Combaticons fell under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. On his orders, Swindle's team staged a raid on the [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]]. There, they secured two armed warheads and components from an advanced guidance computer. The Protectobots intervened part-way through the theft, but once Blast Off cleared the area with the loot, the rest of the team used hit-and-run tactics to fend their rivals off, eventually managing their own getaway.''

''Afterwards, the remaining Combaticons went to check on [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]'s progress at [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], where Scorponok had likewise tasked them to steal a [[floppy disk]] containing a back-up copy of Optimus Prime's mind. They found [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] about to shoot the jets out of the sky, and blasted the Combiner in the back, crippling him before he could pull the trigger. With the mission a success, Swindle's group then made themselves scarce.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:TheGatheringDarkness-Swindle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The skull of the former Decepticon leader is always the highlight of Swindle's tour of their headquarters.]]
Swindle gave [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] a tour of the [[Warworld]] when the Decepticon leader forcibly took command of the Decepticons back from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. This ultimately led to a chamber where many [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon bodies]] awaited, needing the Matrix to give them life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}}

He was later seen briefly as part of the first wave of defenders when the Warworld was attacked by the next-generation Cybertronians commanded by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] after the Autobots and Decepticons had forged an alliance of necessity against said forces. Swindle's fate was not revealed, but considering the Cybertronian troops—led by the traitor [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]—killed several Decepticons and ultimately overtook the battleship, it didn't look too good for Swindle. {{storylink|Total War!}}
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===The Special Teams===
Swindle and the rest of the Combaticons were created by Starscream on a remote Pacific island, by combining military vehicles with Energon cubes. They then drove to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], passing Optimus Prime en route, though the Autobot leader was none-the-wiser to the Decepticons in disguise. Onslaught, Brawl and Swindle arrived first on the battlefield, coming upon Menasor already engaged in battle with Defensor. Onslaught then ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
Swindle was among the Decepticons under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s leadership who set up a secret base in a [[human]] industrial estate within striking distance of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. When [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] came snooping around, Swindle spotted him and gave chase, but Bumblebee hid among the wrecked cars in a wreckers yard. Apparently Swindle never told anyone their base had been found, as it was a complete surprise when the Autobots later attacked and drove the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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Swindle and the rest of the Combaticons served under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] on a Decepticon ship, when they managed to shoot down the ship being captained by Ultra Magnus. After the Autobots crash-landed on planet [[Barrenikon]], the Decepticons landed their ship nearby to finish off their enemies. In the many possible adventures that followed, Swindle and the other Decepticons often underestimated you, which often led to them losing to the Autobots, leaving them either stranded on Barrenikon, or fleeing after they received too much damage. That is, if you somehow didn't get yourself killed at their hands. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:WarWithin4 Swindle.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Want to see more of me? Well, you can't.]]
Swindle sided with Starscream when the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] briefly usurped command of the Decepticons from Megatron, shortly after the onset of the Cybertronian civil war. He assisted in forcibly extracting data from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] so that Starscream could uncover the full extent of Megatron's plans before his supplanting. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Millions of years later, Swindle, along with his fellow Combaticons, was imprisoned by Shockwave, presumably as war criminals under the terms of the new peace treaty with the Autobots. {{Storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He was sprung by Starscream after the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'''s crew returned to Cybertron, though, in a bid to plunder Earth of its ressources while the Autobots were too busy overthrowing Shockwave's regime. {{Storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Returning to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' via an uncooperative [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Starscream realized he needed to take parts from the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] if he ever hoped to get the ''Nemesis'' flying again, and for that he needed considerable firepower. Fortunately, there was a nearby abandoned military testing ground from which the Combaticons could scan Earth-based alternate modes. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} When the attack on the ''Ark'' was launched, the Autobots had little problem defending against the first wave, successfully capturing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], but several of the Autobots were soundly beaten when the Combaticons showed up and combined into the mighty Bruticus. The behemoth attacked the ''Ark'' freeing his Decepticon compatriots before going after [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Unfortunately, the Autobots activated their ship's self-destruct before escaping, damaging the Combaticons in the resulting explosion. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

Damaged or not, the Combaticons soon had to face a powerful enemy when the crazed zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] appeared on Earth, but before they could attack him, Bruticus' head was blown apart by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in the Autobot supply ship ''[[Orion]]''. In the aftermath, Bruticus's barely-conscious body was battered upon by an angry Brawn. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[File:G1 DWSwindle deal routetoallevil.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|Who wouldn't trust a bot named "Swindle"?]]
The repaired Combaticons were brought to Guadalcanal, where they could hone their somewhat lackluster combat skills and listen to Starscream's long-winded aspirations of glory. When Swindle commented on Starscream's mental state, Brawl agreed, stating that he'd like to pull the Air Commander's cerebro circuits straight out of his faceplate so they could get a better look at them, to which Swindle suggested a "deal" for this to happen. Starscream overheard their conversation and informed the smaller Decepticon that the only "deal" he needed to worry about was how Starscream would deal with Swindle for his scheming. Starscream nevertheless let it pass for the moment in order for the Combaticons to test themselves against the magnificent Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Unfortunately, the Combaticons did not fare well when the crafty Autobot split into his two forms, with Swindle, Brawl and Onslaught nearly getting crushed by the Lynx's right paw.

This was the least of their troubles, however, as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] showed up as soon as Sky Lynx was deactivated. As the Combaticons closed in on the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] [[combiner]], Swindle had trouble keeping up with the rest of the group before they formed Bruticus. This encounter also did not end well. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
During a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Swindle combined with his fellow Combaticons in order to square off against [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]]. It didn't go well, to say the least. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]

[[File:LawAndDisorder-Swindle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Honest Swindle seems nice enough, but there's something about him I don't trust." "Maybe it's the fact his office is an SUV with the engine running."]]
Shortly prior to the formation of the Decepticons, Swindle was working as a lackey for [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] during the height of his gladiator period. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} During the tenure of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], Swindle was busted by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s officers for peddling [[simultronic]]s. {{storylink|Post}} He was soon back on the street, now running a weapons-manufacturing warehouse and creating weapons that were later used to kill forty-three citizens of [[Peptex]]. His operations were soon busted by Orion Pax's officers again.{{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

Later, Swindle was once again the target of Orion Pax's team in the streets of [[Nyon]], where he was selling stolen Autobot materials to some sleepers. He fought against Orion Pax, who quickly overpowered him and ordered him to give more details about Megatron. However, Swindle preferred to explain how the Decepticons were about to bring Cybertron to a new era, freed from oppression and corruption, and how, by using uncontrolled violence, Orion Pax was proving him right. The latter, about to shoot Swindle in the head, was stopped by Bumblebee, and Swindle was captured alive. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} When he failed to provide any useful intel on the Decepticons during interrogation, [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] decided to use Swindle as an example of the [[vamparc ribbon]]'s power. He was taken to the [[Primacy Auditorium]], where Zeta used a vamparc unit to drain his energy in order to demonstrate its powers to the [[Senate]]. {{storylink|Parasites}}

Establishing the [[Raw Deal]] pawn broker, Swindle began selling information gathered from other Decepticons, though his sources dried up after Megatron's first defeat. This got him into trouble with [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], who was using his info to plan heists, but luckily the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobot]] thought he might come in handy later and opted not to send the Autobots after him. {{storylink|Derelicts}} Swindle was present when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] declared himself the new Decepticon leader, but doubted his claim to have exiled Megatron to the mythical planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} He and the other Combaticons opposed Scorponok's ruthless reign and left Cybertron, making their way to the [[Presidium (planet)|Presidium]], the location of an old armory Swindle had bought access codes to. Within they found [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], who had leaked the codes to Swindle for a chance to meet the Combaticons and let them know Megatron was back. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

[[File:SpotlightUltraMagnusSwindle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Swindle: Master salespitcher.]]
As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, Swindle, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were stationed on [[Varas Centralus]]. The Constructicons committed some atrocity that was enough to cause Sky-Byte to abandon the Decepticon cause. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

In modern times, Swindle was an arms dealer being hunted down by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] for violating the [[Tyrest Accord]]. After failing to hide from Magnus on the planet [[Zull]] 29 solar cycles in the past, he managed to deal for his freedom by selling Magnus information on the whereabouts of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Magnus later caught Swindle again, but it would seem he managed to bargain for his freedom once again. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}

Quite some time later, Swindle was one of several Decepticons who were stranded on Earth after Megatron's defeat in [[New York City]]. Ever the opportunist, he saw a market open to him in the chaos that had followed, and made contact with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]] of [[Skywatch]] to secretly supply the human organization with Cybertronian weaponry. {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|A Second Chance at Eden}}

[[File:TF Ongoing issue 3 Swindle.jpg|left|thumb|Cool story, bro.]]
Swindle then joined a small band of other stranded Decepticons. At first, the group tried to follow the high-ranking [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], but his disenchantment with the Decepticons and the war led them to fall in behind Swindle, the fast-talking cheat, the one who could always survive against all odds. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} For three months Swindle led them into a canyon where they stalked the mighty Autobot [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], waiting for a chance to strike. However, when they observed a group of Autobots led by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] in discussions with Omega, Swindle realized he could fool the hot-headed and naive Autobot for his own designs. Launching a seemingly ill-conceived attack on the Autobots, Swindle quickly manipulated Hot Rod by asking the very question that had been on the Autobot's mind: What were they fighting about? What reason was there to continue fighting? Posing these questions to all the assembled transformers, Swindle proposed an alliance between the two groups with the aim of getting off-planet. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} After the alliance was made, while Hot Rod tried to enlist the assistance of [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] to help them build their starship, [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] had their doubts about working with the Decepticons, and Swindle grinning at them didn't improve their mood any. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

While their ship was under construction, Swindle attempted to pressure Hot Rod into allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] who had been imprisoned by [[Skywatch]], but Hot Rod wisely refused. Seeing this path going nowhere, Swindle instead suggested the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] rescue [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], and before Hot Rod was able to voice opposition, Swindle smoothly massaged Hot Rod's ego, claiming the Autobot was the "architect of a new age", that the others admired him, and that these "followers" had given him a new moniker: "Rodimus Prime". With Hot Rod distracted by these praised and accolades, Swindle was given the go-ahead to rescue Breakdown. Unfortunately, as he was discussing his plans with the Stunticons, Ultra Magnus showed up, forcing Swindle to hide. When Magnus discovered and tried to arrest the Decepticon criminal, "Rodimus Prime" stepped in and refused to allow his fellow Autobot to capture Swindle. The Decepticon was seemingly grateful to Rodimus, but Thundercracker knew he was up to something, but wasn't sure what. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}}

[[File:Enemies of the System Swindle combiner tech.jpg|thumb|right|"Remember, no refunds!"]]
Soon afterwards, the Stunticons successfully rescued Breakdown from the clutches of Spike Witwicky, an officer in Skywatch. Bringing him back to base, Swindle worked on Breakdown for over three hours, under the pretense that the battered Decepticon needed significant repairs, much to the ire of the Autobots, bar the ever-naive Hot Rod. Ultra Magnus returned, this time with [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and several of his Autobots. When the Autobots started arguing, Swindle stepped in, revealing that the Decepticons had always planned to steal the space ship after killing as many Autobots as they could. When Ultra Magnus countered that the Autobots had them outnumbered, Swindle unveiled his latest creation—the Stunticons [[combiner|combined]] into the powerful gestalt [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. As the Autobots gaped, Swindle ordered Menasor to kill Magnus first. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}}

[[File:PoliceAction3-Swindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|Swindle's disarming smile backfires.]]
Swindle gloated in triumph as Menasor tore through the assembled Autobots. He was so enamored with this that he failed to notice Optimus Prime being air-dropped by Skywatch until he had landed on him. Heavily damaged, Swindle climbed from the impact crater and watched in horror as Prime led the Autobots against Menasor, resulting in the destruction of the escape ship. Despite his damages, Swindle was able to slip away before Skywatch seized control of the area, much to Ultra Magnus's chagrin. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

In need of energy, Swindle traveled to [[North Korea]] and struck a deal with local ruler [[Kim Jong Du]], offering him the Combaticons as an invasion force in exchange for energon. He then got out of there as soon as he got what he needed, leaving the other Combaticons behind. {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|A Second Chance at Eden}}

Returning to America, Swindle created [[Ben Simpson]], a [[facsimile construct]] who would act as a spokesman of the anti-Transformer group [[Earth's Children]]. Using Simpson, he fanned the flames of human hatred against Autobots, allowing him to sell them powerful and mind-corrupting weapons built from Megatron's parts. {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|A Second Chance at Eden}} When [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] began investigating Spike Witwicky, Swindle had [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] try to kill him, but the attempt failed. He had, however, planted a failsafe in Brawl's body that shut him down when Prowl tried to find out who sent him. {{storylink|Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|Only Forward}} Soon afterwards, Ultra Magnus decided that the Autobots had had enough of Ben Simpson's campaign against them, and went with Skywatch to his home to detain him. Swindle, based nearby, tried to make his escape, but was beaten down by Ultra Magnus, had his arm ripped off and was dragged back to Autobot HQ. During interrogation he revealed everything about his schemes, including the fact that Witwicky had been playing both sides, causing the Autobots to sever their connections with Skywatch. {{storylink|Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|A Second Chance at Eden}}

[[File:HowToSayGoodbyeAndMeanIt-Swindle.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|"I don't want to sell you death sticks. I want to go home and rethink my life."]] When the Autobots returned to Cybertron, they brought Swindle with them and imprisoned him alongside the other Decepticons. He tried to strike a deal with Optimus Prime to get out, but was unsuccessful. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime}} It wasn't long before he got back in business, however, selling [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|golden discs]] containing footage of Cybertronians dying. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}} {{storylink|Interiors}} Swindle was later working with cleaning trash out of the reclamation tunnels and annoyed [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] by rambling nonstop about how Starscream was making things better for the Decepticons by getting them jobs and such. {{storylink|Devisive}} After witnessing Prowl's murder of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and the Constructicons, Dirge shared his story with Swindle who in turn shared it with Sky-Byte when he came looking for information on Cybertron's post-war society. Swindle took him to meet Dirge and Needlenose only to be discovered by Prowl's Autobots, though he and Dirge managed to escape during the confusion of the ensuing fight. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

Believing that Starscream was getting too friendly with the Autobots to represent Decepticon interests, Swindle instead brought Dirge and his witness testimony to [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in hopes that ''he'' would become Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} Following a bombing on [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], Dirge began to worry that Shockwave had orchestrated the attack after hearing what he had to say, making him indirectly responsible. Swindle advised him to just let things happen and not try to make things about him, a lesson he himself had learned after his experiences on Earth, but Dirge couldn't just stand by and spilled the beans to Starscream, who in turn help hide him and Swindle from Prowl ''and'' Shockwave. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}}

[[File:BeforeTheDawn AstrotrainSkracratssh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|"Astrotrain, you're costing me an arm and a leg!"]]
When the return of Megatron was causing the other Decepticons to riot in the streets, the two were plucked out of their hiding place by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] and brought to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. There, Dirge announced that he was willing to testify against Prowl directly to Autobot leader Bumblebee, against Swindle's protests that it was a terrible idea. {{storylink|The Verge}} Convinced that something was up with Prowl, Bumblebee took Dirge, Swindle and several others with him to investigate, but as the group was attacked by Decepticons as they approached Prowl's quarters. Run down by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Swindle lost an arm and leg and was left behind as the others were taken away to see Megatron. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}}

Having survived only thanks to [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] pushing him out of the train's way, a grateful Swindle brought him and several other injured Autobots to safety away from the Decepticon riots. In the process he was discovered by [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], who was unimpressed by his empathy and prepared to execute the Autobots, only to be chased away by some neutrals. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} Having had enough of all the fighting, Swindle renounced his faction and remained in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] when Starscream, now leader of the neutrals, had all Autobots and Decepticons banished from the city. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} He was among those who helped Blurr rebuild Maccadam's Old Oil House after it was burned down during the riots, {{storylink|Three Monologues}} and was standing guard at the city walls when the light of the [[Necrotitan]]'s arrival lit up Iacon. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

Several months later, Swindle was at Blurr's bar when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by looking for information on Starscream, and let her know that even ''he'' was disgusted by the Seeker's way of selling people out. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} When Windblade's snooping got her, Blurr and others imprisoned by Starscream, Swindle helped [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] bust them out. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade #3}} He continued to visit Maccadam's and seemed to be becoming very good friends with Blurr. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} During an investigation into several murders in the Decepticon ghetto, Swindle provided intel on where to find the [[Firecon]]s, the main suspects. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}}

[[File:FirstContact SwindleEnigma.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|right|"It surges, it merges. It turns a quintet into a boxset!"]]
After an enjoyable day watching the Stunticons try and fail to take on Optimus Prime, he was approached by Starscream who offered him use of the [[Enigma of Combination]] in robbing the colony world [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] of its riches. Despite having told himself he had put his glory days behind him, Swindle was blinded by greed and accepted, using the Enigma to turn the Stunticons back into Menasor and bringing him to Caminus. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Finding none of the promised riches, however, he quickly realized Starscream had tricked him. Failing to convince the raging Menasor to return to Cybertron, he tried to sneak away by himself only to be captured by one of Starscream's [[Badgeless]]. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} His pleas that it was all Starscream's idea were, of course, in vain, and he was spirited away to Starscream's secret prison. {{storylink|The Possible Light}}

Before long, Swindle was broken out by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who told him to cause a diversion while he stole the Enigma. Agreeing to the deal, he took Menasor and set out to occupy the city's [[space bridge]] chamber, recruiting all manner of unhappy Decepticons with the promise that they could start a new life on Caminus. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} During their stand-off with the bridge's guards, Windblade and [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]], Starscream arrived and shot Swindle in the back, mortally wounding him. He whispered to Rattrap that there was proof of his deal with Starscream, then seemingly expired. {{storylink|All That Remains}} Rattrap and Wheeljack secretly moved his body into the depths of Metroplex, where Wheeljack tried his best to save Swindle's life so that they might learn what evidence Swindle had against Starscream. He did, sorta: Swindle was alive, but brain dead. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}}

[[File:ThingsWeSaidWedNeverDo SwindleBrainDead.jpg|thumb|left|''zzzzzzzzz...no refunds...zzzzzzzzz'']]
The other Combaticons would later begin spray-painting the phrase "Swindle Lives" on walls as a symbol of their resistance against the [[Council of Worlds]] {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} because a mysterious informant known as "[[Rattrap (BW)|DC-357]]" sent Onslaught a message regarding Swindle's possession of information against Starscream. {{storylink|07:00:00}} Later, Rattrap and Wheeljack were forced by the Combaticons to lead them to Swindle. Unperturbed by his brain-dead status, Onslaught had Rattrap retrieve the Enigma of Combination, {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} which he used on his team so that they might find Swindle's evidence. Swindle became the left leg of their combined form, [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], but his brain dead mind wreaked havoc on the combiner's psyche. After rampaging through Iacon, Bruticus was eventually brought down. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

Starscream, wanting another combiner on his side, had the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] repair Swindle's body, and try to manipulate the Combaticons' minds so that he would have Bruticus under control. Because the Combaticons minds had imprinted on each other during their combination, Airachnid found them more susceptible to the process, and she and Starscream bribed the aware-of-the-manipulation Blast Off into covering any holes in the story. As a result, Swindle would believe that he and the other Combaticons were Starscream's secret bodyguards, and that he had been blasted in the line of duty with some angles making it appear that Starscream had shot him, with the Combaticons forming of Bruticus having been a last-ditch attempt to save Swindle's life. {{storylink|The Price of You}} After a few days, Blast Off demanded to see Swindle himself. As Airachnid was finishing up on manipulating and repairing him, Swindle greeted his teammate, thanking Blast Off for how far he and the others had apparently gone to save him. {{storylink|If I Know You}}

During the final debate before the election to decide the new leader of Cybertron, Starscream revealed all of his crimes to the public, including the manipulation of the Combaticons. As a result, Swindle and the other Combaticons were imprisoned for their rampage as Bruticus. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Swindle stumbled onto a goldmine—selling off the Decepticon arsenal to the [[human]]s. Unfortunately one of his clients, [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Faghadi]], was pushy and demanded his weapons ''now'', at length, while Swindle was trying to work. Swindle realized there was a way he could turn even this to his advantage. With the help of one of his [[Sato Noriko|other clients]], he was able to set Faghadi up to be captured by [[NATO]], demonstrating the weapons in the process, and making an even bigger sale to the Japanese into the bargain. Everything went perfectly, except Megatron found out where the Decepticon weapons had been disappearing to, and dispatched [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] to bring Swindle in. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:Swindleswindleandswindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Perhaps you'd be interested in something every homeowner cannot be without: volcano insurance!"]]
There are three Swindles running the pawn shop "[[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle]]". The jingle says it all. As does the image of three grinning Swindle heads on their sign.
<blockquote>"Three times the Swindle means three times the deal.
Come on down, it's a total steal!"</blockquote>

*Swindle the first: He's red!
*Swindle the second: He's tan but purple-chested.
*Swindle the third: He's tan but gray-chested.

[[Bad Boy]] and [[Treds]] stumbled on Swindle, Swindle and Swindle while looking for a bodyshop [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] had visited. They managed to persuade one of the Swindles that it would be in his best interest if he told them about Bug Bite's visit. Swindle showed them to the repair bay where they discovered Bug Bite had adopted a new [[C1186-P0019]] body. Before the pair left, Swindle raised the matter of Bug Bite's outstanding account, and they reluctantly paid it. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

Finding himself trapped in a lowtech body, [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]] dropped in to Swindle, Swindle and Swindle for an examination to prove he'd been [[spark]] transplanted. Though the Swindles didn't seem to quite believe his story, they conducted the tests and found nothing. After getting the trio to make some repairs to himself, Bulletbike continued on his quest. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

During his time as a columnist for [[Axiom Nexus News]], [[Vector Prime]] bought a [[hyper-frame]] [[Anatomic euphemism#Manifold|manifold]] from Swindle, Swindle and Swindle on one day, {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 2, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 02/08/2015}} and a [[Cyber-forcep|cyberforcep]] on another day. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 24, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 24/08/2015}} After Vector Prime abdicated the position {{storylink|Source:Axiom Nexus News Editor#October 1, 2015|Axiom Nexus News Editor, 01/10/2015}} and Grimlock's tenure was abruptly cut short {{storylink|Source:Axiom Nexus News Editor#October 3, 2015|Axiom Nexus News Editor, 03/10/2015}}, one of (or perhaps all of) the Swindles took the post, answering questions while advertising the many products available at Swindle, Swindle & Swindle. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Guest column#Swindle's Spiel|Swindle's Spiel}} After a few days, Swindle was fired from the column due to subverting the terms of his paid contract, which specified that he would only answer questions. {{storylink|Source:Axiom Nexus News Editor#October 6, 2015|Axiom Nexus News Editor, 06/10/2015}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}}}}

===Starscream's New Power===
[[File:Starscream's New Power Combaticons.jpg|thumb|100px|left]]
Swindle attempted to apprehend Starscream, only to be driven back when the latter got his hands on weapons from [[Shockwave's Tower|Shockwave's lab]]. {{storylink|Starscream's New Power}}
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===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:KreoComic7 swindle hydra oldsnake.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Summoned by Starscream to act as his elite squad (whose first mission, of course, was to overthrow [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]), Swindle rolled onto the scene alongside [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], and a repainted [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. When Onslaught and Brawl declared their specialties (strategy and destruction respectively), Swindle proudly offered to sell-off any blocks they recovered. Like Onslaught and Brawl, Swindle was irritated when Vortex offered to stay behind and guard the base. Even though the Combaticons combined into Bruticus, Vortex constant worry for the base's safety compelled the team to withdraw. When Starscream, under imminent threat of a beating from Megatron, contacted the team to demand to know where they were, Swindle joined his teammates in happily informing their illustrious leader they were all protecting the base together. Aww. {{Storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}}

Swindle was able to steal [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]], but his looking forward to being rewarded was interrupted when the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] tracked him down to take back his loot. He combined with his team to form Bruticus, but was defeated by the Protectobots' own combined form, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], and taken back to the Autobot base to have his injuries treated by the gentle [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Combaticons infiltrated [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] disguised as their vehicles, with Swindle taking on the form of an APC. During the Decepticon-[[Cobra]] attack on the [[United Nations]], the Combaticons revealed themselves and combined into Bruticus to fight [[GIJONIN]]. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===

Swindle was following [[Megatron (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Megatron]] before the Decepticon movement even existed, and was one of few Decepticons to survive every second of the Great War. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}

The [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]] fought multiple tours together. It's likely that the first one of these was when they all changed their alternate modes to Earth-based ones. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

The team often needled and frustrated [[Brawl (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Brawl]] in order to make better use of his focused battlefield fury. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}}

Swindle had a real reputation for being the most famous con-man on Cybertron, to the point where the Combaticons only get along with him because they knew better than to trust him with ''anything''. He also had a bad habit of trading Cybertronian technology with other species, which put him on the wrong side of the [[Tyrest Accord]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Ultra Magnus]]. As a result, he stuck close to his teammates. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}

Bruticus as a combined form was created by [[Shockwave (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Shockwave]] for the express purpose of pummeling Autobots. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Shockwave's bio}}

[[Blast Off (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Blast Off]] was captured at one point, leaving the team unable to form Bruticus. Eventually, they were reunited. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

The Combaticons were posted on Cybertron during the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Vortex's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}}

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
Swindle was among the Decepticon troops who bore witness to a pivotal duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, one meant to end the war before the never-ending arms race between the two factions spiralled further out of control. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Swindle served as the defense lawyer for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and their [[binary bonding|binary bond]] partners at their trial following the disastrous [[Great Push]]. Thanks to his efforts, the defendants were acquitted of some of the charges, but Galvatron and Scourge were ultimately sentenced to execution. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

===''Bumblebee'' graphic novels===
[[File:WinIfYouDare-Swindle.jpg|thumb|right|250px|PEPE SILVIA!]]
Although he'd been kicked out of the Decepticons, Swindle remained in touch with his Combaticon allies and sought to get himself back into Megatron's good graces by stealing [[human]] military secrets, a mission that led him to stake out a small [[California]]n town where the United States Air Force prepared to test their new [[B-2 stealth bomber]], a secret anti-Decepticon weapon, at the [[Sierra Station]] airbase. Swindle and the other Combaticons moved into an [[Herman's Military Surplus and Museum|abandoned airfield]] on the outskirts of town by strongarming the owner [[Herman]] into complying, and turned the run-down facility into a makeshift base while the team planned their heist—stealing and applying the plane's stealth technology would make them invisible to human and Autobot sensors.

In between spying on the military, Swindle blew off steam by participating in illegal street races in [[Yosemite National Park]]. During one such race, Swindle nearly ran his competitor [[Mateo Cruz]] off the road, and the teenager likely would've died if not for the surprise intervention of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. The next morning, Swindle spied on project director [[Angela Cruz]] as she prepared to unveil the project the next day, unaware that his target was also Mateo's mother. Later that day, Bumblebee and Mateo headed into town to find the "mystery Jeep" from the previous night for a rematch, and a tipoff from Mateo's friend [[Nicole]] led the duo to Herman's museum. Mateo confronted Herman and accidentally uncovered evidence of the Combaticon plot; momentarily fearing that the Autobots had caught onto his plan, Swindle fled the base, successfully outmaneuvered his foe at a railroad crossing, and warned the little yellow Autobot to stay out of his way.

[[File:WinifYouDare-SwindleAltMode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Dude, those animals are so slagging funny they make me wanna merge without looking! YEAH, RUMSFELD!!"]]

That night, Swindle sabotaged the road to Sierra Station to blow Angela Cruz's tires, then masqueraded as a military police vehicle to lure her inside his [[alternate mode]]. Once she took the bait, Swindle captured her and took her back to Herman's museum, where he and three of the Combaticons intended to intimidate Angela into handing over the secrets behind the human stealth process. However, while Swindle was momentarily distracted by footage of Vortex battling Bumblebee, Angela momentarily distracted the Decepticon jeep long enough to make her escape and commandeer one of the decommissioned planes to make a daring escape. Swindle and the other Combaticons gave chase and confronted Bee outside of Sierra Station; with the compound now on high alert and their careful plan falling apart, the Combaticons decided to throw caution to the wind, form Bruticus, and simply smash the base to take what they wanted. Agile as ever, Bumblebee proved able to outwit the combiner, and a second barrage from the human military reduced the combiner back into his components. Onslaught advised simply stealing the aircraft and reverse-engineering the process later, but Swindle refused, shouting that he ''needed'' this win to prove himself to Megatron. Amidst the chaos, the Combaticons didn't notice Bumblebee and his human friends piloting the bomber they sought to steal, and a subsequent barrage of electromagnetic pulse bombs knocked the five out cold. The next morning, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots arrived to take the incapacitated Decepticons into custody. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Open Comms|''Transformers'' Valentine's Day Special]] (cameo); [[Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|''Transformers'' #20]] (full)}}

[[File:Swindles-SwindleTeam.jpg|thumb|right|350px|"Trademark "''Team Swindle''", I want a [[shanix]] every time someone says it!"]]

At some point, Swindle posed in a group photo with many Cybertronians, including [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. {{Storylink|Open Comms}} Swindle owned and operated [[Swindle's]], an illicit entertainment venue where patrons could bet on [[skitter]] races and enjoy under-the-table [[energon]]. As the proprietor, Swindle employed a variety of like-minded 'bots to help run numbers, work the crowd, and procure black market goods; these included [[Trickdiamond]], [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]], [[Headlock (G1)|Headlock]], and [[Singe]]. Swindle's various business ventures made him known to [[Security Operations]], and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] enjoyed a particularly contentious relationship with him; despite Swindle's borderline criminal activities, Prowl was never able to nail him on concrete charges. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} In fact, some in Security Operations even found Swindle useful. Back when [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] was running Sec-Ops, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] went to work for Swindle, using him to eliminate the more dangerous criminal, [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]. Smokescreen learned a good deal about Swindle's operation during this "seconding". {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}}

Forever seeking new avenues of profit, Swindle began stealing and selling energon to the terrorist group known as [[The Rise]]; when the [[Tether]] fell, Singe and Gutcruncher were outsourcing some stolen energon for their new client [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} However, Singe ran afoul of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and wound up in police custody; {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}} when Mindwipe arrived at Swindle's to pick up his shipment, Swindle informed him that his agents had been intercepted during the heist. Furious, Mindwipe shouted that Security would have already traced them back to Swindle. When Prowl's team ''did'' arrive, Swindle feigned innocence during the scuffle, but Prowl had Swindle taken into custody regardless. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}

[[File:WarWorldHunt-jailbreak.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

As Swindle was cooling his heels in jail, however, the sitting government fell before the Rise and the Ascenticon party, forming the Decepticons in its wake. Trickdiamond and Headlock haggled with Swindle to free him from lock-up, blowing out his bars and the wall of his cell. Hearing that his muscle Gutcruncher had run off to join the revolution, Swindle decided to do some quick shopping before they left. Surveying the other cells, Swindle decided there was no profit left in Singe, and [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]] was a zealot who wouldn't play ball. [[Roughstuff]], however, was a scorned ex-member of the Rise, and a nice source of muscle. Finally, Swindle was impressed with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s story, killing a veteran soldier like the Rise's [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]. In exchange for getting Bumblebee next to his new target, [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], Swindle negotiated for the little yellow bot's services. {{storylink|War World: Hunt}}

As Iacon quickly became a city for Decepticons only, Swindle negotiated with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] of the Decepticon Guard to stay open. Once their license for business was secured, Swindle had Trickdiamond prep their favorite game of pumping loud-mouthed customers for information they could sell or otherwise profit from. [[Twirl (G1)|Twirl]], [[Nautilator]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] were three inebriated Decepticon ripe for the questioning. Swindle learned that [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (Bumblebee's sympathetic former boss from the [[Ascenticon Guard]]) was being moved through Decepticon custody. In exchange for further debt, Swindle arranged for [[Charger]] and [[Fire Beast]] to help Bumblebee spring her. Bumblebee was surprised to find Barricade guarding Elita-1. While he let go of his vendetta and didn't kill Barricade given the chance, he was suspicious of Swindle setting him up. Swindle denied it when confronted, pointing out he would have made Bumblebee pay more if he knew Barricade was involved. When Swindle mentioned his "targeted questioning" had uncovered information about the [[Enigma of Combination]], Bumblebee convinced him to expand his list of contacts. By selling this information to Optimus Prime and the Autobots, Swindle would be able to hedge his bets against either side winning the war. Seeing the appeal, Swindle allowed Bumblebee to use tech to pass the intelligence on to Prime. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Swindle's II|Swindle's II}}

[[File:DarknessOnceGazedUponPartTwo-Swindle.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]

Swindle kept his business running, although martial law under the Decepticons gave him new, sterner overlords that cut back on his illegal activities. Roughstuff wasn't doing his job as bouncer once, forcing Swindle to step in directly and escort the non-aligned Cyclonus from his bar. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part One}}

Another nasty surprise came when Smokescreen got back in touch with Swindle through the old tunnels. The charming former Sec-Ops agent offered to pay Swindle for a speedy and discreet exit from Iacon, after he acquired a "bulky package". Swindle needed the profit, and working under the Decepticons meant his bar was practically a charity, so he closed down for the rest of the cycle. Trickdiamond couldn't believe it, though, and when she heard about the side deal with Smokescreen, she passed on the info to Decepticon Intelligence. As it happened, Smokescreen was less than forthcoming too—he arrived at the door with armed Autobots and the prisoner, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], escaping from Megatron's dungeons. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} Swindle was caught redhanded dealing with Autobots when Sixshot blew in his wall with a squad of Decepticons. Roughstuff saw an opportunity and "detained" Swindle for Sixshot, switching sides to get back in his old Rise lieutenant's good graces. Swindle was allowed to remain useful for the Decepticons as a supplier, but his days of independence seemed to be numbered. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:StuntFlying-net.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|A literal green-eyed monster.]]

Swindle was one of the many Decepticons brainwashed by [[King Sombra]] during his invasion of Cybertron. Along with Sombra's other slaves, he fired on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s and [[Wonderbolts]] until [[Rainbow Dash]]'s powerful "Sonic Rainboom" manoeuvre disoriented him and the others long enough for the Seekers to entangle him with net missiles. {{storylink|Stunt Flying}}

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===Energon Universe===
Swindle and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] chased down [[Elita One (G1)#Energon Universe|Elita One]], cornering her. Before he could follow [[Onslaught (G1)#Energon Universe|Onslaught]] and [[Brawl (G1)#Energon Universe|Brawl]], the [[Autobot]] shot the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] severing the connection between the two worlds. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Swindle, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] were part of a Decepticon attack force that assaulted the Autobots' launch site. All three were rammed by Ultra Magnus in his vehicle mode as he entered the fray. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
*Swindle and the rest of the Combaticons charged down a ravine to face-off against [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As they neared him, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus and took to the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}
*Swindle was part of a massive battle between Kreons. After being knocked around by the Autobots some, he and the Combaticons combined into Bruticus. They then chased the Autobots off alongside [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O Transformers Micro Changers and Combiners Construction Sets commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When a team of Autobots led by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] went on the offensive, Blast Off, Swindle, and Vortex used superior military tactics to fight them off. {{storylink|War Dawn (Legends)|War Dawn}} Swindle was among the Decepticons who joined with the Quintessons in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsSwindle.jpg|thumb|400px|If you order now, I'll throw in a second beating absolutely free!]]
Swindle participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:Swindle TFO.jpg|thumb|upright=.66|[insert random Wolverine reference here]]]
{{bigquote|Let's make a deal without starting a war.}}

Looks can be deceiving, as one may perceive when dealing with Swindle. If it's anything Swindle desired the most, it would be Megatron's right hand firearm, Carnage. However, the key question is whether Swindle can deal for Megatron's bazooka without batting an eye. In comparison to his comrades, Swindle is not a devoted militant. Rather, he prefers to never miss an opportunity to profit, even if it means dealing with the Autobots... so long as Swindle, himself, is confident enough to take action.

In battle, Swindle wielded a pair of "[[Nether Claws]]" and the "[[Saboteur]]" [[grenade launcher]]. His active skill was "Spider Mine":
*'''Spider Mine'''—Swindle dispatches a Spider Mine unit. When this unit comes in contact with enemy targets, the Spider Mine wreaks havoc by jettisoning into the air and showering Swindle's opponents with a flurry of projectiles that deal 110 points of damage every 0.2 seconds. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero6.shtml Swindle on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Swindle-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.75| What's the point of me having a fusion cannon if I am never going to use it? Oh right I was gonna sell it! One fusion cannon for 150000 cyber coins!]]
With Swindle, it's always deal - never no deal. He'd trade Megatron's right arm for a toaster if he saw both opportunity and profit.

Swindle is the first Combaticon to make it to Earth. Starscream wanted the location of a fragment of the [[Fractal Map]], and Swindle found it for him, but there was an Autobot outpost in the way, so he took care of the short-range Laser Turrets. After the battle, Swindle traded insults with some of the Autobots posted there, and then reminded Starscream that he owes him. Big time. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Power Play Campaign}}

When Swindle caught wind that the Autobots were on the move towards a signal in the arctic first discovered by [[Cyclonus (G1)|that one guy that still hates him]], Swindle was ready to leave. But Brawl didn't help though because he attracted the attention of Starscream. Starscream took direct control of Swindle's operation and took them to the Arctic, but not before Swindle offered him a de-icer for sale. But unknown to him, Swindle had an arrangement with Megatron, so he let him in on their plan so Megatron could get there first and tell them what they found was a [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events| Arctic Signal}}

When Shockwave selected the next candidates for the Decepticons' next combiner, Swindle asked what was in it for him. Megatron responded by threatening to strangle the energon from his inner spark if he didn't comply. As they were slowly making progress on the combining process, Swindle made a deal: If the Combaticons successfully combined at maximum strength before the Autobots, he'll give back everything he had taken from everyone (including his angry comrades), or else pay him equivalent value.

Megatron decides to push the Combaticons to their limits and combines the Combaticons prematurely. The result is Bruticus, the Combaticons highly mentally unstable combined form. Megatron honestly doesn't care anymore what the other Combaticons say, he just wants them to stay in their combined form. Unfortunately, the celebrations are cut short when Megatron receives word Optimus has perfected his own second combiner, and so sends out Bruticus to fight against this new combiner. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Countdown to Combination}}

When Shockwave announced his plan to recruit allies from alternate realities, Swindle saw a profitable, glowing opportunity. He contacted Hot Rod to meet on neutral ground for the location and encryption key for the Decepticon's Space Bridge project in exchange for pure unaltered Energon. He was dismayed that Hot Rod brought Dinobot muscle along just as the Combaticons, who have been tracking Swindle, ambushed them. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Rogue Trader}}
Amidst the fighting between the Dinobots and Combaticons, Hot Rod made the exchange with Swindle. Starscream, who had been following Swindle the whole time, offered him a lift out, which he gladly accepted.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Event Horizon}}

Swindle offered Soundwave a deal. Optimus Prime and Megatron were stuck in the past, with [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] gaining power, something Swindle knew Soundwave didn't want. He offered the cassette tape player a way to accomplish his goals. He knew of a way to get the [[Dark Star Saber]] away from [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]. Soundwave accepted Swindle's offer. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Target: 1984}}

Swindle stole the Dark Star Saber away from Deathsaurus by whistling. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|The Dark Ages}}

*'''Class:''' Gunner
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 1 star
*'''Weapons:''' Swindle uses a standard grenade launcher to damage defenses from a long distance.
*'''Ability:''' '''Incendiary Barrage''' - Shoots 6 rockets that engulf a large area in flames dealing damage over time.
**'''Cost:''' 7 ability points +2 cost increase.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:swindle Swindle at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOSwindle.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Swindle was in command of the eleventh Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He pursued the invaders in jeep mode launching several bombs and missiles against his target, but foolishly ran over his own bombs and blew himself up. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Swindle was a member of the Combaticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

On Earth, Swindle and the other Combaticons acted as a liaison between the Decepticons and the forces of Cobra, offering them advanced alien technology in exchange for their full cooperation. While meeting with [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)|Chameleon]] in southern [[France]], the Autobots attacked; in the ensuing fight, Swindle and Chameleon fled, leaving the other Combaticons unable to form Bruticus. The pair retreated to the small town of [[Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges]], which had been acquired by Cobra and turned into a covert staging ground for future operations. Ultimately, however, a joint Autobot-[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] taskforce entered the city and successfully captured the two villains as they tried to flee. {{storylink|Cobra/Con Fusion}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1-toy Swindle.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Eh, I'd rather have elbows than shoulders anyway.]]
*'''Swindle''' (Combaticon, [[1986]]/[[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''C2'''
**''Takara/GiG ID number'': '''D-68'''
**''Accessories'': Large "[[Scatter blaster]]" gun, small "Gyro-Gun" pistol

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Swindle transforms into a tan {{w|FMC XR311}} combat support vehicle. He features a large, back-mounted cannon with a small pistol attached to its side. In robot mode, he is armed with both weapons, which are used as hand-held artillery. Swindle normally operates as Bruticus's right leg, but as a [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|Scramble City]]-style combiner toy, he can also be used in any other available limb slot with any torso-robot.

:There are two different versions of the original release. The initial version uses purple-painted [[die-cast]] metal for his chestplate. This was later replaced with gray plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Swindle/swindle.htm More information on Swindle at TFU.info]''
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*'''Bruticus''' (Gift set, [[1985]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''D-69'''

:In addition to his single release, Swindle was also sold in a "Bruticus" [[giftset]] alongside the other Combaticons. The gift set was never available in the USA or Canada, but only in [[Japan]] and [[Italy]].

: In 1988, [[GiG]] also re-released the Bruticus set in Italy, with five random "Exogini Transformers" ([[Decoy (G1)|Decoy]]s) added.

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*'''Decepticon Swindle''' ([[1991]])
**''Accessories'': Large "[[Scatter blaster]]" gun, small "Gyro-Gun" pistol

:Swindle was re-released in 1991 as part of the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line. This version (which uses the plastic chestplate) was [[retool]]ed to remove the [[rubsign]] indent from his vehicle mode hood, a change made to a lot of the toys in this series.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Swindle.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Red Dead Redemption 3]]
*'''Swindle''' ([[1994]])
**''Team ID number'': '''C2'''
**''Accessories'': Large "[[Scatter blaster]]" cannon, small "Gyro-Gun" pistol

: For the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]], Swindle had all of his tan parts redecoed to bright red with purple camouflage paint and his windshield painted black. (This latter color was a sticker on the original release.) In robot mode, he has a bright purple torso, making this release quite garish.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Swindle/swindle.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Swindle at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G2toy-SwindleAmazon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So yeah, don't expect a [[Leyland]] homage from this mold anytime soon.]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Box set, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Franks]] (deco artist)}}

:Part of a giftset [[exclusive]] to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]], this version of Swindle is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Fall of Cybertron (2012–2013)|Generations]] [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Swindle (FOC)#Generations|Swindle]] in ''Generation 2'' colors. Swindle transforms into a Cybertronic jeep-like vehicle. He can form any arm or leg of Bruticus, but his nominal placement is as the right leg, as usual. Some of the purple camo was lost between the stages of [[:File:Generationstoy-G2Swindle.jpg|stock photography]] and final production.

:This mold was later retooled into [[Roadbuster (Prime)#Generations|Roadbuster]].
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===''Alternators''===
{{anchor|Alternators/Binaltech}}
[[File:Alternators Swindle toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you buy from this Jeep, it won't be cheap.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jeep Wrangler Swindle''' (Alternator, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Alternator ID number'': '''8'''
:*''Binaltech ID number'': '''BT-09'''
:*''Binaltech release date'': [[November 11]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': Handgun
{{toydesigner|[[Mark McCall]] (Hasbro)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Swindle is a retool of [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Hound]] from the same line, with his [[alternate mode]] being a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]] 1:24 scale yellow {{w|Jeep Wrangler (TJ)}} Sport. Changes from Hound include larger [[rubber tires]] and a modified front bumper with an added bullbar, plus a new head sculpt in robot mode. In vehicle mode, Swindle's doors open to reveal a realistic interior, his hood opens to reveal a fake (and inaccurate) engine bay, and his tailgate opens by hinging up at one end. As with Hound, he lacks the steering feature common in other ''Alternators'' toys but has spring-loaded suspension instead.

:In robot mode, Swindle is armed with a small laser pistol that can be stored in his spare tire. He is otherwise mostly identical to Hound except for the changed parts and color. The new head sculpt head is actually based on a cross between Generation 1 [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s original toy head and his [[character model|cartoon model]]'s head, since this retool was originally intended for an ''Alternators'' version of Trailbreaker, which was canceled due to [[trademark]] issues, among other things.

:The main difference between Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version and the Japanese ''Binaltech'' version is that the latter features parts made of [[die-cast]] metal for some of its vehicle mode shell, and has the entire vehicle shell painted.

:Swindle was later redecoed into the ''Alternators''-only [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].

::*[[Source:Transformers Binaltech bios#9|Archive of ''Binaltech'' Swindle's bio and tech specs]]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AltSwindle/swindle.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Swindle at TFU.info]''
{{AlternatorsHoundMold}}
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy Swindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Dolla dolla bill y'all]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' ([[2008]])
**''Series'': '''G1 Series'''
**''Accessories:'' Quad blaster (hand/foot), Decepticon-type [[energon star]]

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Swindle is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Blackout (combiner)#Toys|Blackout]]/[[Stormcloud (Energon)#Toys|Stormcloud]] sculpt, transforming into a tan assault helicopter somewhat similar to an AH-1 Cobra. Appropriately enough, his markings include dollar signs ($) on the air intake housings flanking his cockpit. When combined with the other Combaticons, Swindle is nominally [[Bruticus (G1)#Universe (2008)|Bruticus Maximus]]'s right leg, though he can be used in any other limb position.

:He was only available as part of the ''Universe'' Bruticus Maximus [[giftset]], which also contains [[Vortex (G1)#Universe (2008)|Vortex]], another redeco of the same sculpt used for Swindle. The ''Universe'' version of the giftset was initially intended to be released as a [[Target]] exclusive in the United States, but ultimately ended up being only available in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, American markets eventually received a [[rebranding|rebranded]] version of this giftset (with no changes to the toys themselves) in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging (thereby creating new [[live-action film series]] [[Swindle (ROTF)|Swindle]] and [[Vortex (Movie)|Vortex]] characters), exclusively available at Target stores in the United States and at Zellers stores in Canada.

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Topspin (Classics)#Toys|Topspin]], as well as the ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' versions of Swindle (see [[#United|below]]) and [[Vortex (G1)#United|Vortex]]. Another planned redeco, ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Reverb (Movie)#Toys|Reverb]], was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetSwindle/swindle.htm More information on ''Universe'' Swindle at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:TF-Henkei-Deluxe-Detritus.jpg|upright=.66|thumb|Hey, [[Shortround (Cybertron)|you!]] Can I interest you in an unreleased Transformers toy?]]
*'''Swindle'''? (Deluxe Class, <s>200?</s>)
:*''Accessories'': Missile launcher

:A redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Deluxe Class [[Hound (G1)/toys#Univ2008Dx|Autobot Hound]] in Swindle colors (with a deco layout based on [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|''Henkei! Henkei!'']] [[Hound (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Hound]]), with a Decepticon insignia, was displayed as part of an exhibit at [[Transformers Expo]] in 2014, including a seemingly unchanged [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ravage]].<ref name="tfexpo1">[https://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/tf-expo-pics-masterpiece-star-saber-in-color-and-more-180923/ "TF Expo Pics - Masterpiece Star Saber In Color and More!"] at TFW2005.</ref><ref name="tfexpo2">[https://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/tf-expo-pics-part-2-g1-prototypes-movie-props-and-more-masterpiece-180925/ "TF Expo Pics Part 2 - G1 Prototypes, Movie Props, and More Masterpiece!"] at TFW2005.</ref><ref name="tfexpo3">[https://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/tf-expo-pics-part-4-prototypes-and-figure-displays-from-diaclone-g1-g2-beast-wars-180933/ "TF Expo Pics Part 4 - Prototypes and Figure Displays from Diaclone, G1, G2, Beast Wars"] at TFW2005.</ref>
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===''Encore''===
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number:'' '''16'''

:A reissue of the original G1 Swindle toy at first sight, this toy is actually a redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' Rollbar retool of the sculpt. This version of Swindle was only available as part of a Bruticus gift set released under [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of reissues.
{{G1CombaticonMold}}
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-RetailSwindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|(''Hasbro Version Pictured'')]]
[[File:TF-Generations-JP-TG06-Swindle.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Remember folks, always stay gold. With a bang. (''TakaraTomy Version Pictured'')]]
*'''Swindle''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series/number'': '''01/#005'''
**'''PART 4 OF 5!'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TG06'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 26]], [[2013]]
**''Accessories'': Blaster
{{repurposed|as=versions of Generation 1 Swindle|toy=''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toys of "[[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]]" [[Swindle (FOC)#FOCDeluxe|Swindle]]|plural|by=various sources beginning|year=2013}}

:A [[redeco]] of Swindle from the [[Bruticus (WFC)#FOCDeluxe|Decepticon Bruticus]] gift set was available individually alongside his fellow Combaticons as part of the second [[wave]] of the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron]]''-themed 2012-onwards Deluxe Class ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' assortment. These versions of the Combaticons replace the [[show-accuracy|game-accurate]], [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]-inspired decos with more "flashy" colors apparently homaging the color scheme of [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]]. Swindle replaces the ocher from his gift set release with a bright shade of yellow.

:Aside from the colors, mass retail Swindle is identical to the version from the Decepticon Bruticus gift set.

:The Takara release of Swindle has the yellow plastic from Hasbro's release covered in a gold paint. He features more game-accurate colors, including a painted purple visor, more detailed shoulderpads, and silver feet.

:Unsurprisingly for an Aligned toy inspired by Generation 1, ''Fall of Cybertron'' Swindle was used in multiple Generation 1-based stories, with the Hasbro deco [[Swindle (G1)#Starscream's New Power|appearing]] in the short comic "[[Starscream's New Power]]" and the TakaraTomy deco [[Swindle (G1)#Transformers: All Spark|appearing]] in the ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'' manga series and the ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'' stories.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Swindle/swindle.htm More information on retail Swindle at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:United Bruticus Maximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*'''Bruticus''' ([[November 7]], [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Quad blaster (hand/foot), Decepticon-type [[energon star]]

:Released exclusively by TakaraTomy in non-Japanese Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colours similar to the previous ''Universe'' (2008)/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Swindle is monochromatic compared to the previous release, replacing the sand and brown plastic with a uniform tan colour scheme. Additionally, the quad blaster/combined mode foot/hand previously cast in translucent coloured plastic is now opaque grey, though his energon star remains red.
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[Image:BotShots Swindle.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Combaticons''' (Multi-pack, 2013?)
**''Number'': '''T0??'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}
***''Fist strength'':
***''Blaster strength'':
***''Sword strength'': '''537'''

:A redeco of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Bot Shots|Ironhide]], Swindle automatically transforms from spoiler-equipped pickup truck to robot when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was to be sold in a five-pack with [[Onslaught (G1)#Bot Shots|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (Movie)#5Pack|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Blast Off (G1)#Bot Shots|Blast Off]], and [[Vortex (G1)#Bot Shots|Vortex]], but this never saw release.

:This mold was also used to make [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)#Bot Shots|Super Bot Dirt Boss]] and [[Hound (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Blitz Shot Autobot Hound]].

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy SwindleKreon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sneaky little bastard. He probably rips open blind-packs at the store and sells the contents for double the price.]]
*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, [[2013]])
**''Set number'': '''A2225'''
**''Pieces'': '''79'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:[[Kreon]] Swindle can be rebuilt from his robot mode into a jeep. He can also contribute his bricks to form [[Bruticus (G1)#Kre-O|Bruticus]]. He was only available as part of the Bruticus [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set, part of the first assortment of Combiners available.

:Interestingly, he is the only one in the set to be based on his original [[Character model|animation model]], with his fellow Kreon Combaticons painted to resemble their original toys instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OSwindle/swindle.htm More information on Swindle at TFU.info]''

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*'''Combiner Robot Mega Pack''' (3-pack, 2016)
**''Set number'': '''B6425'''
**''Pieces'': '''245'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol

:In 2016, Dollar General stores in the US got a three-pack of [[Superion (G1)#Kre-O|Superion]], Bruticus, and [[Menasor (G1)#Kre-O|Menasor]] that sold for a mere $14. Given the original kits retailed at $10 apiece, wow. While a couple of the Kreons inside had small changes, Swindle was one of the ones identical to his original release.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CW-toy Swindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey, a swindler remolded from a rook! Geddit? Geddit?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Swindle''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Gun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released as part of wave 5 of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class figures, Swindle is a heavy [[retool]] of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Rook (CW)#Toys|Rook]], featuring a significant alternate mode alteration to look like a teched-out military SUV. He comes with a three-barreled minigun-rifle and a hand/foot/gun for limb mode. Later versions of Swindle featured a [[variant#Running changes|running change]] in the form of a slight retool to his smaller weapon, adding nubs to its end allowing it to attach over his shoulder (for [[Hound (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Hound]], his later retool). If the seat and steering wheel visible in his alt-mode are intended for humans, his jeep is supposed to be [[scale#|the same size]] as Brawl's tank.

:Being a ''Combiner Wars'' figure, Swindle can combine with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)#Combiner Wars|Combaticons]] to form [[Bruticus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bruticus]] as either an arm or a leg. He can also combine with any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager Class figure or even form one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber's]] legs. He has a 5mm post accessible in his combiner leg mode that allows a ''Combiner Wars'' [[Scrounge (G1)#Combiner Wars|Scrounge]] or a ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Cosmos (G1)#Titans Return|Cosmos]] to attach as a shin guard.

:Unfortunately, due to the internal molding of his shins, repeatedly transforming Swindle will eventually create horizontal scratch marks across the hip joints. Swindle also has a hard time holding together solidly; when squeezing his legs together for vehicle mode, the vehicle mode front angles down. When tabbing the hood section into the legs, it pops the legs apart, but straightens up the front of the vehicle. The details between the arms, the hood section, and the legs also never line up completely in vehicle mode. It is entirely likely that this is all caused by the aforementioned internal molding of the shins.

[[File:UWSwindlePrototype.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left|Don't worry, I know where I can get a better gun.]]

:An early "gray model" resin [[prototype]] of Swindle featured a different version of his handheld weapon with a single, large barrel. Images of this appeared in both the Japanese ''[[Figure Ō]]'' magazine,<ref name="figureoh216">[https://web.archive.org/web/20180611031701/https://www.allspark.com/2016/01/figure-king-215-216-hi-res-transformers-scans-unite-warriors-blast-off-mp-primal/ Figure Oh! 216 scans] at The Allspark (via the Internet Archive).</ref> and the behind-the-design "On Deck Genesis" section in the back of ''Combiner Wars'' Swindle's pack-in comic, which also featured early sketches of the figure wielding the same weapon. Very early solicitations of ''Unite Warriors'' Bruticus also displayed Swindle with this weapon. These are the only instances this version of his weapon have ever been used, as the gray model prototype on display at [[Wonder Festival]] 2016 Winter, the official promotional Hasbro CG render for the ''Combiner Wars'' figure and all [[stock photography|stock photo]]s for both the ''Combiner Wars'' and the ''Unite Warriors'' version depict the regular weapon.

:In the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, Swindle came in English-only packaging including a copy of "''Combiner Wars'' #4" (actually [[City on Fire|''Robots in Disguise'' #12]]). In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, he was available in different types of [[multilingual packaging]] including a character card featuring his comic book cover/[[package art]] instead. He and the last three waves of Combiner Wars Deluxe and Voyager figures later showed up at TJ Maxx at reduced prices with the collector card.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWSwindle/swindle.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Swindle at TFU.info]''
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[[File:CW-toy Swindle G2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Orange you glad my colors are inaccurate?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bruticus''' (Collection Pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Gun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot

: The entire ''Combiner Wars'' Combaticon team was redecoed into close approximations of their ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' colors; Swindle turned out more a reddish-orange than the more pure-red of the "original", plus his optics are red rather than his normal spiffy purple. Unfortunately, he still has the original Decepticon faction symbol, not the ''Generation 2'' style one.

: This version of the team was only available as a large boxed set, which also included a ''Generation 2''-ish version of [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#CWG2|Shockwave]]. This was the fourth of five different combiner "Collection Pack" box sets, which were "shared exclusives" sold by numerous online retailers... though many ultimately ended up at US discounters like Ross and TJ Maxx.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2Swindle/swindle.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Generation 2 Swindle at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW07-Swindle.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Giftset, [[June 25]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-07'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Swindle is a redeco of the ''Combiner Wars'' mold in a color scheme based on his cartoon appearance, most obviously by painting his lower torso and hood purple and his face silver. He also features additional paint details on places like his hands and rims, and his hand-foot-gun is cast in the same yellow as his body. Swindle was sold only in a multi-pack with the other Combatrons. As with the G2 Bruticus set, Swindle does not use the retooled blaster from the later releases of the mold.

:As a Deluxe Class ''Unite Warriors'' figure, he can combine to form the leg or arm of any combiner from Hasbro's ''Combiner Wars'' subline or any ''Unite Warriors'' figure, but would usually be associated with [[Bruticus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Bruticus]].
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-Swindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Sorry, no discounts!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Combaticon Swindle''' (Voyager Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
:*'''5 of 5: [[Bruticus (G1)#Age of the Primes|Bruticus]]'''
:*''Accessories:''
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMdjxMNBa7k Footage of the joint Hasbro/McFarlane Toys/Iron Studios panel] at [[CCXP#2025|CCXP 2025]] with [[Nate Purswell]] and [[Emily Bader]], recorded at the "Oficina dos Joes" YouTube channel</ref>

:Released in 2026 in the second Voyager wave of that year's ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' line, Combaticon Swindle transforms from a cartoon-accurate robot mode to a vehicle with the front half of an unlicensed approximation of the cartoon's Willys Jeep and the back half of the original toy's FMC XR311.

:Much like his fellow Combaticon [[Brawl_(G1)#Age_of_the_Primes|Brawl]], Swindle is a Voyager class figure. This bumped-up price point permits additional complexity, largely in service of the combined Bruticus. The most noticable addition is a small trailer (with some detail from the one he uses in [[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]) to tow in vehicle mode, which transforms into a giant blaster for Bruticus to wield.

:As is standard for post-[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron]] combiner components, Swindle is designed to slot into a frame included with Commander [[Onslaught (G1)#Age of the Primes|Combaticon Onslaught]] to become a leg. The ankle tilt being built inside this figure means that ''un''like prior Generations combiners, he only works as the ''left'' leg.

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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (with ''his'' components [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], Swindle and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#71|Translation of Defensor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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===Blokees===
====Defender Version====
[[File:Blokees-TF-DV05-Swindle-vehicle.jpg|thumb|250px|On his way to sell Special Armor Types with the highest possible prices!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Swindle (Vehicle)''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Defender Version 05 - Traitor to Tyranny'''

:Released as part of the fifth wave of the ''Defender Version'' line of blind boxes, this [[Blokees]] kit of Swindle is molded in his jeep form. Like the Constructicon vehicles, Swindle features two combiner hardpoints for [[Bruticus_(G1)#Blokees|Bruticus]].
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====Blokees Wheels====
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Swindle''' (Blokees Wheels, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Blokees Wheels Transformers 01 - Roll Out!'''
:*''Pull rate:'' 1/12

:Part of the first wave of the Blokees Wheels series of blind-boxed 1/64-scale vehicles, this Swindle model kit is a generic Jeep. His turret rotates and his windshield can fold down. While everything else is molded in ABS plastic, the main vehicle shell is made out of "2.5x density" Solidex to evoke the feeling of die-cast cars like [[Hot Wheels]]. He uses the same universal Chassis Connector as the rest of the lineup, and his open top allows the chase kits' driver figures to sit inside.
:Swindle shares a mold with his wavemate [[Hound (G1)/toys#Blokees Wheels|Hound]], just with a slightly different turret and front bumper.
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==Notes==
*The [[character model]]s of the Combaticons are kinda... okay, heavily made-up. Swindle is particularly glaring, as his original 1986 toy was based on an {{w|FMC XR311|XR311}} combat vehicle (a predecessor to the {{w|High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle|AM General Humvee}}), whereas his character model was a much smaller Jeep, including a Jeep front on his robot chest, which the fiction has stuck with ever since. [[:File:G1OddCombat.jpg|Early models of the team]] which were a bit more accurate to the toys—except for the heads, oddly enough—have shown up in various sourcebooks, though Swindle's is still off in some very odd ways.
*Swindle is the only Combaticon that doesn't have a faceplate or visor. Perhaps he sold it?
*In the Wings of Honor continuity the Combaticons are swayed to the Decepticon side by Deathsaurus appealing to their darker natures, represented by one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Swindle's vice is, predictably enough, his Greed.
*Unlike his fellow Combaticons, Swindle [[:File:A better tomorrow Swindle Sky Byte.jpg|did not notably sport]] a redesign in "season 1" of the 2012 ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series based on [[Swindle (FOC)|his Aligned counterpart]]'s [[:File:FOC-Swindlecap.jpg|video game model]] in [[High Moon Studios]]' ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron]]''.
*The packaging of the 1990 European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] toy depicted the Combaticons in new color schemes, despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors originated from a packaging printing error rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Swindle''' (スィンドル ''Swindoru'')
*''French:'' '''Filou''' (Canada, "Swindler")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Svindli''' ("Spoof")
*''Italian:'' '''Crasher'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhàpiàn''' (诈骗, "Swindle")
*''Russian:'' '''Fingal''' (Фингал, "Black Eye")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Vígaro'''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:G1OddCombat.jpg
File:EuroClassicsCombaticons.jpg
File:CW Swindle cvr.jpg|''Combiner Wars'' comic packaging art
File:EW-skin-Swindle-G2.jpg|''Earth Wars'' ''Generation 2''-themed skin
File:Transformers 2023 14 2nd Ptg Cover B.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Age of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combaticons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Elite Guard]]
[[Category:Energon Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

User:Sky Shadow

2025-10-29T01:52:20Z

Sky Shadow: Add my new Community Blog article

'''Sky Shadow''' is [[Vivian Grannell|me]]. I'm also known as '''gearshift''' or '''toastergrl''' in other places. I have a history with the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|rat]]. Did you pick up 21331?

(I picked this username after being weirdly compelled by [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#2010-11|Gentyten]] [[Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|Sky Shadow]], who I proceeded to write the wiki caption for and never buy??)

==Major wikistuff I done did==
{{anchor|PWT}}
===Fixing our documentation of the [[Combiner]]s of the Prime Wars Trilogy===
{{collist|2|
*Figuring out what was up with [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] versus [[Ultra Prime]]
*Comprehensive intro paragraphs and bios for [[Sky Reign]] and [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]]
*Nice bios/tables for [[Inferno Combiner|Nexus Inferno]] and [[Starscream Combiner|Nexus Starscream]], and table for [[Elita-Infin1te]]
*New intro paragraph for [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] to give his [[Betatron (CW)|combining]] [[Modulus|abilities]] proper airtime
*Cleaning up that one ambulance [[Ratchet (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|with]] [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|four]] [[Medix (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|bios]]
*Comic bios for the [[Aerialbot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Aerialbots]]
*Comic bios for the [[Stunticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Stunticons]]
*Comic bios for the [[Protectobot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Protectobots]]
*Comic bios for the [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]]
*Categories for the [[:Category: Combiner Wars Combiners|CW]] and [[:Category: Power of the Primes Combiners|POTP]] Combiners
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==TFWiki Community Blog contributions==
{{collist|
*[https://tfwikicommunity.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/a-stampede-of-hooves-and-tires-my-saturday-with-the-hasbro-team-mcm-comic-con-25/ A Stampede of Hooves & Tires: My Saturday with the Hasbro Team @ MCM Comic Con ’25]
}}

==My favourites==
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], but mostly when he [[Blast Off (G1)#Combiner Wars|has]] [[Blast Off (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|a]] [[Blast Off (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|face]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], but only when he has a [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|red]] [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|helmet]]
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], even though [[Nightbeat (G1)#Toys|all his toys are bad]]
*[[Sideways (disambiguation)|Sideways]], despite [[Talk:Sideways (Armada)|it]] [[Circular reporting#Sideways the dimension-hopper|all]]
*[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]
*[[Combiner]]s and [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]] ([[#PWT|duh]])
*[[Titan Master|Titan Masters]]
*[[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolts]]

==My least favourites==
*Whoever got Ratchet's head colouring wrong in the cartoon four decades ago
*Elita-Infin1te because they missed the boat on fiction and [[Orthia|have been supplanted]] :(

==External Links==
*[https://bsky.app/profile/toastergrl.bsky.social If you need to get in contact offsite]
*[https://kartkrew.org Go play Ring Racers, the technical kart racer!]

Scrapper (G1)/toys

2025-10-22T18:33:39Z

Sky Shadow: /* Unite Warriors */ There's nothing inexplicable about the factory-applied sticker. I moved on my CW Devy last year but I'm reasonably certain this part is POM.

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[[File:Scrapper G1 boxart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
'''Scrapper''' is the Decepticon front loader.

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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Scrapper toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Instructions for robot mode: Stand up, flip out legs, tilt back scoop. [[GEEWUN]] FOREVER!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scrapper''' (Constructicon, [[1985]] / [[1986]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro Team ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''32'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Laser pistol]]", "Super Wing"
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mark Watts]] (packaging colorist)}}

: Released in the second year of Hasbro's ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (first year in European markets), Scrapper is a [[redeco]] of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] [[Pre-Transformer]]s ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Construction Vehicle Robot No. 3 Shovel-dozer", transforming into a bright green wheeled payloader with some resemblance to a Caterpillar CAT 966C. His canopy is removable, but this appears to mainly be a [[for safety reasons|breakage prevention]] deal. He can change to "Attack Payloader" mode by attaching the "Super Wing" (Devastator's chest piece) onto the rear of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. Scrapper can also combine with the other Constructicons to form [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Toys|Devastator]], forming the gestalt's right leg.

: On the European continent, Scrapper was initially released individually alongside the other Constructicons by Hasbro's subsidiary [[Milton Bradley]] (MB) in 1985.<ref name="mbredtr">[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/mb_template.html "Milton Bradley and the red TF Tracks"] at TF-1.com.</ref><ref name="mbcollection">[http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/transformers/mb-transformers-collection/ "MB Transformers Collection"] at 20th Century Toy Collector.</ref> In 1986, Scrapper and the other Constructicons were re-released in Europe, albeit this time in "Hasbro"-branded packaging (but manufactured by [[Joustra]]). The main difference with all other releases thus far was that the Constructicons' main color was now ''yellow'' instead of green.<ref name="frenchcon">[http://tfsource.com/blog/french-connection/ "French Connection"] at the TF Source blog.</ref><ref name="europestrange">[http://tfsource.com/blog/europes-strangest-attractions/ "Europe's Strangest Attractions"] at the TF Scource blog.</ref><ref name="frenchconst">[http://www.fredsworkshop.com/vjap6.html "French TFs: G1 Yellow Constructicons"] at Fred's Workshop.</ref> These are ''not'' to be confused with the later, ''non''-combining yellow European Constructicons, nor with the yellow ''Generation 2'' Constructicons (see below for both).

: For the [[GiG]] Italian release of ''Transformers'', "Ringhio" and the other "Escavators" were sold in boxes very similar to the Takara packaging instead of on Hasbro-style cards. The boxes even sported the Takara ID numbers from "31" to "36", and omitted the "Hasbro" logo on the packaging in favor of a "Takara" logo.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Scrapper/scrapper.htm More information on Generation 1 Scrapper at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Devastator-1985Giftset.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Devastator''' (Giftset, 1985)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''37'''
:*''Accessories'': "Laser pistol", "Super Wing"

: Scrapper was also available as part of the Devastator gift set that was available in several markets, including the United States and Japan. All of the toys in this set are identical to their individual releases.

: The gift set was also released by GiG in Italy, and it would be reissued a handful of years later by [[Greece|Greek]] company [[El Greco]] in 1991. Rumors are that an MB-branded Devastator giftset was also released in continental Europe, but thus far no packaged sample has surfaced.<ref name="mbcollection"/>

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[[File:G1 Yellow Scrapper toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Constructicons''' (Constructicon, [[1992]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Laser pistol"

: Another yellow European exclusive version of Scrapper, in colors very similar to the previous yellow European release, was sold in the penultimate year of the original toyline. The removable canopy is now cast in gray plastic instead of yellow. Just like the other Constructicons in this set, he came with no Devastator parts.

: While all six of these Constructicons share the same blister cards (with the key art being of Scrapper and smaller illustrations of the other five Constructicons showing up next to him), there is a small variant in how they're packaged: whereas some versions came with the vehicle modes placed sideways relative to the blister card, others came with the vehicle wheels / threads oriented towards the blister card, thus showing up as if presented from a top-down view. The blister bubbles are different across the two styles of packaging to accommodate this change.

: This toy was also not officially named, as he came on the aforementioned standardized card also used by the other five Constructicons.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Scrapper.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Scrapper''' (Constructicon, [[1992]])}}</ul>
:*''Team ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Accessories'': "Laser pistol", "Super Wing"

: Part of the very first assortment of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' product released just in time for the 1992 holiday season, all six Constructicons were [[redeco]]ed, once again in primarily yellow and purple. However, these releases have some notable differences from the prior European-market yellow versions, the most blatantly obvious being the addition of a ''Generation 2''-style Decepticon [[insignia|logo]] and "DECEPTICON" [[tampograph]] on each (in this case, on the underside of Scrapper's shovel). The purple plastic is also brighter in tone, and there are no gray-plastic parts. Most importantly, their ability to combine into [[Devastator (G1)#Generation 2|Devastator]] has been restored, though the only effect this has on Scrapper is he once again comes with his "Super Wing" Devastator chestplate.

: A later and seemingly less common run in 1993 changed the yellow plastics to rich orange. It was [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#KBG2Devastator|long rumored]] that this release was a [[KB Toys]] exclusive, but that has since been debunked; KB just ended up with the lion's share of what was a simple late-run [[Variant|running change]] to the normal retail release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Scrapper/scrapper.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Scrapper at TFU.info]''
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===''Classics''===
[[File:Scrapperclassics.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His bio says he's a "quiet psycho". Charming!]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Wal-Mart exclusive, [[2007]])
**''Accessories:'' Claw weapon thing, [[energon star]]

:"Decepticon Scrapper" is one of the five toys included in this [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] giftset. He's a grey and black [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Bonecrusher (Energon)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Sledge (Energon)|Sledge]], transforming into a wheeled front-end loader green and purple trim. He can also form a leg or arm to any ''Energon''-series "[[Powerlinx]] [[Combiner]]" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the left leg of Constructicon Devastator. He is equipped with two translucent purple accessories; a rake-like weapon and a "super energon" Decepticon-style [[energon star]].

: This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] from the same giftset.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ClassicsScrapper/scrapper.htm More information on ''Classics'' Scrapper at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
*'''Devastor''' ([[2011]])
**''ID number:'' '''20'''
**''Accessories:'' Laser pistol, Super Wing

:Scrapper was reissued in a giftset with his Constructicon teammates as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line. Apparently cast from a newly created mold, given the presence of a Tomy copyright stamp rather than the original Hasbro/Takara one, Scrapper sports a few minor differences from the original figure, including squared off fist-holes, and solid knees where the original toy featured small holes.
{{G1ConstructiconMold}}

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*'''Devastor (Anime Color Ver.)''' ([[2013]])
**''ID number:'' '''20A'''
**''Accessories:'' Laser pistol, Super Wing

:Scrapper was ''again'' reissued in a giftset in 2013 as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line, this time in a more 'anime accurate' color scheme. In addition to the mold changes of the 2011 version, Scrapper is also a slightly different color and features more cartoon-accurate paint applications on his optics.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[Image:KREO Scrapper.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Teams up with construction vehicles, not {{w|Leroy Carr|Carrs}}.]]

*'''Destruction Site Devastator''' (2012)
**''Set number'': '''36914'''
**''Pieces'': '''560'''

:One of the four "sub-models" in the Devastator set, Scrapper can be built as either a front-end loader with an articulated rear lifting claw or a robot with a, uh, hand. His parts can also be used with [[Drill Bit (Kre-O)#Kre-O|Drill Bit]], [[Hightower (ROTF)#Kre-O|Hightower]] and [[Scavenger (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Scavenger]] to build the super robot Devastator.

*'''Autobot Assault Devastator''' (2012)
**''Pieces'': '''781'''

:The [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive version of the Devastator set has a Scrapper indistinguishable from the normal version.
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[[Image:KreO MicroChanger Scrapper.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2224'''
**''Pieces'': '''76'''
**''Accessories'': Gun
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:One of the components of the Devastator [[Micro-Changer]] combiner, Scrapper is a [[Kreon]] that uses extra parts to transform from a minifigure into what may very well be a front-end loader. He also forms part of the super robot Devastator.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OScrapper/scrapper.htm More information on Micro-Changer Scrapper at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CombinerWarsScrapper.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I've been gone for 4 years and I get replaced [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|by]] [[Scoop (G1)|WHO?!]]]]
*'''Devastator''' (gift set, [[2015]])
**''Accessories'': Missile launchers/hands, two-piece gun, chest plate/gun, 2 swords
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Constructicon Scrapper is a Voyager-sized figure that transforms into a front-end loader as well as Titan Class Devastator's right leg. He's packaged with the other Constructicons in a massive box. This Devastator currently holds the record of being the tallest combiner toy released to date.

:Unmentioned in the instructions, the two swords/wing pieces can mount on the back of his vehicle mode to form the "Attack Payloader" mode that the original toy had. The overall proportions of his front loader mode are somewhat similar to ''Generations'' [[Scoop (G1)#Generations|Scoop]]'s.

:Although a rare occurrence for a toy of his size, Scrapper lacks elbow joints. This was claimed to be done to maintain Devastator's structural stability since, as with the G1 toy, Scrapper's arms form the back segments of Devastator's right foot. Unfortunately, his bucket is locked in by a single tab that leaves the giant unable to stand easily if broken.

:As a part of a promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the Constructicons was given out when purchasing the set. As such, Scrapper was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWScrapper/scrapper.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Scrapper at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Combiner-Wars-SDCC-Devastator-Scrapper.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Devastator''' (gift set, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Missile launchers/hands, two-piece gun, chest plate/gun, 2 swords

:A redeco of the above Scrapper figure also available as part of a gift set, featuring extensive [[paint operation]]s and [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] purple parts. The packaging of this set is designed to evoke both Bonecrusher's shovel and Devastator's head, and its interior is designed to resemble the title image of Devastator on his wiki page.

:In the U.S., this set (also referred to as "Devastator Special Edition" in a Hasbro press release) was exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015. In Asia, it was also available at Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2015 and subsequently stocked by Toys"R"Us Hong Kong. Later, it was also available at The Falcon's Hangar booth at Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2015.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/SDCCScrapper/scrapper.htm More information on SDCC ''Combiner Wars'' Scrapper at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-Scrapper.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Can [[TakaraTomy]] fix him? Yes they can!]]
*'''Devastor''' (giftset, [[December 12]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-04'''
**''English name:'' '''Devastator'''
**''Accessories'': Missile launchers/hands, two-piece gun, chest plate/gun, 2 swords, 6 rifles
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Takara's Scrapper, included in the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Devastor set, has some deco changes to better match the G1 cartoon, most notably painted rims and a much darker face. He now includes his classic handgun. Most significantly, this version of the figure was [[retool]]ed to have functioning elbows; they lock (very tightly) in place when used for his leg mode. Less significantly, this version's hands and wrist-joints have been modified such that when flipped out in leg mode, the hands become flat, stable additional supports.

:Because his front scoop is [[unpaintable plastic]], the Decepticon insignia in the middle is a factory-applied [[sticker]] instead of a [[tampograph]]. The unique need to put a symbol on there means it is the only sticker in the entire set.
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===''Vintage G1''===
[[File:TF-Vintage-G1-Devastator-Set-Scrapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A level of failure reserved for the gods...of failure.]]
*'''Devastator''' (Walmart exclusive reissue, [[2018]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''3'''
**''Accessories:'' Robot head, head laser, 2 forearms/launchers, 2 fists, 2 drills, "super wing" chest plate, "missile mount" hip connector, "wing" pelvis armor, "magna laser"/"solar energy rifle", individual robot guns, Mixmaster's 2 missiles

:The original Devastator toy was once again available, this time in the [[Walmart]] exclusive ''[[Vintage|Vintage G1]]'' series. All of the toys inside were cast in a slightly yellower shade of bright green than prior releases, and were given a new style of [[rubsign]] used on all of the ''Vintage G1'' toys; the insignia only turns red rather than the mood-ring multicolor of older rubsigns, plus the silver border is mirror-level reflective.

:Each individual toy in the set has a number of smaller differences from previous versions as well. In Scrapper's case, he features a darker canopy cover.

:His robot mode stock photo is mistransformed: His legs are not folded out properly, and his head is only extended halfway.
{{G1ConstructiconMold}}

===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-SS-TFTM-Voyager-Scrapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh thank Primus, I have functioning elbows again!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Constructicon Scrapper''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*'''1 of 5: [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Devastator]]'''
:*''Accessories'': pistol, twin cannons
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfy3IcQd3g4 The Hasbro ''Transformers'' Panel] at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San Diego Comic-Con 2024]] with [[Mario Carreiro]], [[John Warden]], [[Evan Brooks]], and [[Nate Purswell]], recorded at the "Memo's Collection" YouTube channel.</ref>

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Constructicon Scrapper transforms into a front-end loader in 17 steps. Naturally, he forms the right leg of ''Transformers: The Movie'' Devastator. Scrapper is the height of a larger Deluxe Class toy, but was upgraded to Voyager Class to allow a ratcheted ankle joint for the combiner (at the cost of a traditional waist swivel.) Scrapper comes with his traditional laser pistol, which can store on his back in robot mode via a small peg on the side of his shovel (though this isn't mentioned in his instructions), or on the rear of his vehicle mode. He is also armed with a pair of purple cannons that can be wielded on their own, or connect to form Devastator's [[solar energy beam rifle]]. These can store on the back his vehicle mode (with his laser pistol now pegging into the side of the larger cannon), but unusually for modern ''Transformers'' toys, can't be stored in his robot mode, meaning there's nowhere for them to go if you want to pose him holding his normal pistol. Befitting his position as the Constructicons' leader, he is designated as number 1 of the 5 Constructicon sets. The vehicle mode art on the box is based directly on his animation model rather than the actual toy inside.

:The wings of Devastator's breastplate, included with [[Hook (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Hook]] and [[Long Haul (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Long Haul]], can also be attached to Scrapper's vehicle mode as they could on the [[#The Transformers|original toy]].

:Devastator was announced at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San-Diego Comic-Con 2024]], with Scrapper and [[Bonecrusher (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Bonecrusher]] being fully revealed at the year's Hasbro Pulse 1027 Event.
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
{{picsneeded}}
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)

:In Japan, a purple rubber mini-figure of Scrapper was available in part of a [[Decoy|massive multi-pack of similar mini-figurines]]. The number etched into his back is the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]] ratings, as these figurines were used as game pieces for a variety of ''Transformers'' board games in which this number had some meaning to how the game was played or something. Scrapper has a weird-looking face.

*'''Scrapper''' (Decoy, [[1987]])
**''Decoy number'': '''47'''

:The [[Hasbro]] [[Decoy]] release of the Scrapper game piece is almost identical to the Japanese version, except the number on his back is a simple "checklist" number. Like all Decepticon Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. Early Throttlebots were packaged with red Decepticon decoys: these are much rarer than the purple ones.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Scrapper/scrapper.htm More information on Decoy Scrapper at TFU.info]''

===''The Loyal Subjects''===
[[File:Tlsscrapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Constructicons, merge to form... ah, crap. Bonecrusher is hard to find.]]
*'''Scrapper''' (2014)
:''[[The Loyal Subjects]]'' Scrapper is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He features a hinged shovel backpack, as well as some sound effects. Scrapper also wields his classic gun. For every 16 figures, there are two Scrappers.

:Like most of his wave, his bio card plagiarizes this wiki article's opening paragraph.

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*'''Scrapper "Orange" Ed.''' (2014)
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{{anchor|The Loyal Subjects Yellow}}
*'''Yellow Constructicons "3-Pak"''' (2014)
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2AScrapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Scrapper, Constructicon Foreman''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 2A: Devastator Deck'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T06/T06'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Scrapper, Constructicon Foreman was released as part of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]'' Devastator Deck box set, which includes character cards for all six Constructicons, a ready-to-play battle deck, and a unique Tower card. Like the other members of combiner teams released as part of the Trading Card Game's Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners, as well as the other Constructicons included with the Devastator Deck, Scrapper, Constructicon Foreman is a folding card, with the Bot and Alt modes being depicted when the card is folded in half, and a holofoil portion of the the combined mode depicted when unfolded. The reverse of Scrapper, Constructicon Foreman depicts the lower left portion of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]].

:The artwork for Bot and Alt Mode is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.

:Scrapper, Constructicon Foreman can be used to form Devastator, Towering Warrior with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Constructicon Enigma]] while he and the other Devastator Deck Constructicons are in Bot mode on the battlefield or KO area.
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===Eaglemoss===
* '''Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set''' (<s>2021</s>)
:In the planned [[Chess#Eaglemoss|Transformers Chess Set]] by [[Eaglemoss]], a relatively large and very well detailed statue of Scrapper was slated to be one of the Pawn pieces on the Decepticon side.

:A Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds for this project was launched, but failed to meet its goal by September 24, 2021 and the whole thing was canceled.
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Devastator and Omega Supreme.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Omega Supreme & Devastor Set''' ([[August 14]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''55 & 56'''

:Released as part of the eighth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastor]]" (with his components [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], Scrapper and [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#56|Translation of Devastator's Transformers Character Card]]''

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===Blokees===
====Galaxy Version====
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV-04-Scrapper.jpg|thumb|200px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scrapper''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 04 - Fractured Space-Time'''
:*''Accessories:'' 2 pairs of hands (Weapon-holding/fists, open-palm), blaster, spare peg-and-ball piece, spare ball-and-ball piece, stand, holdable Autobot and Decepticon insignias

:Released in the second wave of the Galaxy Version line of blind boxes, [[Blokees]] Scrapper is a roughly 4-inch-tall, highly-articulated, and non-transforming snap-on model kit of the Constructicon Payloader. He is built on a "Standard Body" skeleton shared with other Blokees figures in the line, but with different body pieces to make them distinct. Like many other Blokees figures, Scrapper has a stand with four studs on top, which he can plug into and connect to similar stands. Scrapper also features color-coded visor eye parts, unlike some previous waves' kits.

:As advertised in the box, Scrapper has a pull rate of 1 in every 9 boxes, or three times across four cases.
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====Defender Version====
[[File:Blokees-TF-Galaxy-Version-Defender-03-Scrapper-Vehicle.jpg|thumb|300px|This time he won't give Devastator leg paralysis.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scrapper Vehicle''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Defender Version 03 - Heavy Metal War'''

:Released as part of the third wave of the ''Defender Version'' line of blind boxes, this ''Blokees'' kit of Scrapper is molded in his payloader form. In addition, he can form the right leg of Devastator along with the other Constructicon vehicle kits and the gestalt's add-on, with the latter being obtainable at the Blokees Figure Club in China.

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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Encore]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Constructicons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O combiners]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Decepticons]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Transformation Cog (Thirteen)

2025-09-19T12:08:44Z

Sky Shadow:

{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Amalgamous Prime|cPretty=Amalgamous Prime}}}}
{{disambig2|the artifact|Transformation cogs in general|Transformation cog (biology)}}

[[File:IDW2019 Amalgamous TCog.jpeg|thumb|upright|1.67|Get it? '''T'''-Cog?]]
[[Amalgamous Prime]]’s '''Transformation Cog''' is similar in many ways to the [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]]s of every other [[Transformer]]; it allows the owner to <s>transform</s> [[Transformation|convert]]. The key difference is that as the first – and to an almost unrecognisable level, most powerful – this relic often serves as the original pattern from which its commonplace variant sources its design.

Amalgamous Prime owes his infinite transformational abilities to his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], and exposure to it can also grant perfectly ordinary Cybertronians the [[Shifter|same abilities]]... but [[Mutacon|at great cost]].

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
The very first Transformation Cog belonged to [[Amalgamous Prime]]. The artifact allowed its holder to take any shape or form its wielder desired. It would eventually become the template for the simplified T-cogs incorporated into the physiologies of all Cybertronians.

After Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] and her displaced fleet of [[Neutronia]]n refugees discovered Amalgamous's original Transformation Cog orbiting a black hole. The refugees brought the artifact aboard the ship, but the mysterious energies the Transformation Cog emitted had the unexpected side effect of altering the crew, granting them advanced shapeshifting abilities and the power to combine with one another into an infinite amount of forms. Even so, Mercury and her new [[Mutacon]]s set out to find Amalgamous Prime, hoping that he could undo the change before the Mutacons permanently merged into a single being. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Generation 1 continuity family===
====2005 IDW continuity====
{{note|The [[2005 IDW continuity]]’s [[Guiding Hand]] story included its own origin for transformation unconnected to the [[Thirteen]] origin chronicled in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'', the latter being published a year later, but with the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]]’s explicit conflation of Amalgamous Prime and Adaptus, it seems pertinent to chronicle this here.}}
According to legend, transformation itself came about when [[Adaptus]] was “stripped bare” and reduced to the first Transformation Cog. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} This turned out not to be the case. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}
====2019 IDW continuity====
The original Transformation Cog was one of the fourteen [[Artifacts of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

==Toys==
===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-AmalgamousPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Does this mean [[Shockwave (disambiguation)|Shockwave]] also keeps his T-Cog on his face?]]
<ul class = "iconlist">{{Bp-pr9|The Thirteen Amalgamous Prime (Voyager Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', [[Amalgamous Prime#Age of the Primes|Amalgamous Prime]] features his signature Transformation Cog. It is capable of storing in his head to function as an eyeball. Gnarly.

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==See Also==
*[[Mul-T-Cog]]

[[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]

Transformation Cog (Thirteen)

2025-09-19T12:07:54Z

Sky Shadow:

{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Amalgamous Prime|cPretty=Amalgamous Prime}}}}
{{disambig2|the artifact|Transformation cogs in general|Transformation cog (biology)}}

[[File:IDW2019 Amalgamous TCog.jpeg|thumb|upright|1.67|Get it? '''T'''-Cog?]]
[[Amalgamous Prime]]’s '''Transformation Cog''' is similar in many ways to the [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]]s of every other [[Transformer]]; it allows the owner to <s>transform</s> [[Transformation|convert]]. The key difference is that as the first – and to an almost unrecognisable level, most powerful – this relic often serves as the original pattern from which its commonplace variant owes its design.

Amalgamous Prime owes his infinite transformational abilities to his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], and exposure to it can also grant perfectly ordinary Cybertronians the [[Shifter|same abilities]]... but [[Mutacon|at great cost]].

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
The very first Transformation Cog belonged to [[Amalgamous Prime]]. The artifact allowed its holder to take any shape or form its wielder desired. It would eventually become the template for the simplified T-cogs incorporated into the physiologies of all Cybertronians.

After Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] and her displaced fleet of [[Neutronia]]n refugees discovered Amalgamous's original Transformation Cog orbiting a black hole. The refugees brought the artifact aboard the ship, but the mysterious energies the Transformation Cog emitted had the unexpected side effect of altering the crew, granting them advanced shapeshifting abilities and the power to combine with one another into an infinite amount of forms. Even so, Mercury and her new [[Mutacon]]s set out to find Amalgamous Prime, hoping that he could undo the change before the Mutacons permanently merged into a single being. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Generation 1 continuity family===
====2005 IDW continuity====
{{note|The [[2005 IDW continuity]]’s [[Guiding Hand]] story included its own origin for transformation unconnected to the [[Thirteen]] origin chronicled in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'', the latter being published a year later, but with the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]]’s explicit conflation of Amalgamous Prime and Adaptus, it seems pertinent to chronicle this here.}}
According to legend, transformation itself came about when [[Adaptus]] was “stripped bare” and reduced to the first Transformation Cog. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} This turned out not to be the case. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}
====2019 IDW continuity====
The original Transformation Cog was one of the fourteen [[Artifacts of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

==Toys==
===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-AmalgamousPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Does this mean [[Shockwave (disambiguation)|Shockwave]] also keeps his T-Cog on his face?]]
<ul class = "iconlist">{{Bp-pr9|The Thirteen Amalgamous Prime (Voyager Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', [[Amalgamous Prime#Age of the Primes|Amalgamous Prime]] features his signature Transformation Cog. It is capable of storing in his head to function as an eyeball. Gnarly.

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==See Also==
*[[Mul-T-Cog]]

[[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]

Transformation Cog (Thirteen)

2025-09-19T12:07:12Z

Sky Shadow: Wording adjustment for clarity... plus I would like to work in this really funny, stupid, and irreverent bit

{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-AmalgamousPrime.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Amalgamous Prime|cPretty=Amalgamous Prime}}}}
{{disambig2|the artifact|Transformation cogs in general|Transformation cog (biology)}}

[[File:IDW2019 Amalgamous TCog.jpeg|thumb|upright|1.67|Get it? '''T'''-Cog?]]
[[Amalgamous Prime]]’s '''Transformation Cog''' is similar in many ways to the [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]]s of every other [[Transformer]]; it allows the owner to <s>transform</s> [[Transformation|convert]]. The key difference is that as the first – and to an almost unrecognisable level, most powerful – this relic often serves as the original pattern from which its commonplace variant is sourced.

Amalgamous Prime owes his infinite transformational abilities to his [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifact]], and exposure to it can also grant perfectly ordinary Cybertronians the [[Shifter|same abilities]]... but [[Mutacon|at great cost]].

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
The very first Transformation Cog belonged to [[Amalgamous Prime]]. The artifact allowed its holder to take any shape or form its wielder desired. It would eventually become the template for the simplified T-cogs incorporated into the physiologies of all Cybertronians.

After Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] and her displaced fleet of [[Neutronia]]n refugees discovered Amalgamous's original Transformation Cog orbiting a black hole. The refugees brought the artifact aboard the ship, but the mysterious energies the Transformation Cog emitted had the unexpected side effect of altering the crew, granting them advanced shapeshifting abilities and the power to combine with one another into an infinite amount of forms. Even so, Mercury and her new [[Mutacon]]s set out to find Amalgamous Prime, hoping that he could undo the change before the Mutacons permanently merged into a single being. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Generation 1 continuity family===
====2005 IDW continuity====
{{note|The [[2005 IDW continuity]]’s [[Guiding Hand]] story included its own origin for transformation unconnected to the [[Thirteen]] origin chronicled in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'', the latter being published a year later, but with the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]]’s explicit conflation of Amalgamous Prime and Adaptus, it seems pertinent to chronicle this here.}}
According to legend, transformation itself came about when [[Adaptus]] was “stripped bare” and reduced to the first Transformation Cog. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} This turned out not to be the case. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}
====2019 IDW continuity====
The original Transformation Cog was one of the fourteen [[Artifacts of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

==Toys==
===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:AOTP-AmalgamousPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Does this mean [[Shockwave (disambiguation)|Shockwave]] also keeps his T-Cog on his face?]]
<ul class = "iconlist">{{Bp-pr9|The Thirteen Amalgamous Prime (Voyager Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', [[Amalgamous Prime#Age of the Primes|Amalgamous Prime]] features his signature Transformation Cog. It is capable of storing in his head to function as an eyeball. Gnarly.

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==References==
{{reflist}}

==See Also==
*[[Mul-T-Cog]]

[[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]

Blast Off (G1)

2025-09-10T20:41:33Z

Sky Shadow: /* Combiner Wars */ Just found Ken Christansen's concept art for Blast Off and got completely blown away finding out it was gonna have the Firefly head

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:''Blast Off is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEBlastOff.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Ground control to Major Denial.]]
'''Blast Off''' doesn't need a write-up in some pathetic, [[Main Page|grubby little human database]]. It might matter to [[Sky Lynx (G1)|''some'' robots]] what others think of them, or if they think of them at all, but Blast Off couldn't care less. No, he's literally and figuratively above your average Cybertronian riff-raff. The other Combaticons could completely forget he's up here, orbiting so far above the Earth, distant and alone... with only the empty void for company... and he couldn't care less. No, certainly not.

Lesser robots could hardly understand the joy... yes, that's it, the joy, he finds in efficiently and remorselessly annihilating targets from such a great distance. Blast Off was quite simply "built better" than the rest, you see, and so needs nothing from those tiny beings moving about so... so very... far away below. Blast Off... Blast Off is quite happy with his superior position, yes, quite happy and... and quite alone.

Blast Off condescends to combine with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to form [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

{{quote|Did you see me out there? I was magnificent. You might even say stupendous!|Blast Off|"[[Starscream's Brigade]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Milt Jamin]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4"), [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth") |[[Edgar Wald]] (Latin American), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "Aerial Assault" & "Starscream's Ghost"), [[Olivier Destrez]] (European French, "Starscream's Brigade" & "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Éric Etcheverry]] (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4"), Unknown (European French, "Chaos"), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French, "The Rebirth, Part 3"), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese), [[Olney Cazarré]] (Portuguese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Dario de Castro]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4")}}
[[File:RevengeBruticus BlastOff Brawl.jpg|left|thumb|"You ever think about what you want to do after graduation?"]]
Blast Off was one of the five [[renegade Decepticon]]s liberated by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in the Air Commander's latest attempt to unseat [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. As an element of their imprisonment, they had been reduced to mere [[personality component]]s, so Starscream installed them into abandoned [[World War II]] military vehicles. The transplant caused the vehicles to immediately reconfigure themselves: Blast Off in particular went from being a {{w|B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 bomber}}<ref>"Starscream's Brigade" shooting script</ref> to being a space shuttle, of all things (though he still thought that it was a "crude carcass"). Starscream called them "Combaticons" and announced their names as they transformed, but they didn't recognize him. Nor did they feel particularly indebted to him for their release; in the end, Starscream only guaranteed their loyalty though having given them bodies bereft of [[energy absorber]]s, so they would be dependent upon him to refuel. While their first missions for Starscream were initially successful, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]' intervention meant the brigade's defeat, and Megatron exiled all six to a remote asteroid. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

Their exile would prove to be short-lived. With Blast Off providing the locomotion, the Combaticons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they defeated [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] and his [[Sentinel (G1)|drone army]]. It took a temporary Autobot-Decepticon alliance to defeat the Combaticons, and the Autobots believed them destroyed after Cybertron's sort-of liberation. In reality, Megatron had Bruticus (and thus, Blast Off, we guess) reprogrammed to be more loyal. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:AerialAssault BlastOff Aerialbots.jpg|thumb|"Are you sure this is where we parked?"]]
The Combaticons later ambushed the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in a Middle Eastern country, and Blast Off heavily damaged [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] during the battle. He and the others then went off to help Megatron with his scheme to steal fighter aircraft from the country, and to protect his [[Giant Purple Griffin]]. Blast Off somehow failed to notice the Autobot [[insignia]]s on the stolen and disassembled Slingshot and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] before deeming both jets "cheap junk" and leaving. Although to be fair, he probably would've said that even ''if'' he knew who they were. Blast Off participated in the following battle against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], but lost when they ignited an oil well, creating an explosion that sent Bruticus flying. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

Later, Blast Off and his teammates were driving (despite his obvious lack of wheels) around a city before abruptly forming Bruticus and just as abruptly getting blown to scrap by [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Only [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was left in one piece, and he quickly took the opportunity to sell the parts of Blast Off and the others to various [[El Presidente|people]]. As soon as Megatron found out, he forced Swindle to get them back, and Blast Off was soon repaired. Then Bruticus was defeated by the Autobots again. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

In [[2006]], the Decepticons were driven off Cybertron and took refuge on [[Chaar]], with Blast Off and the others starved for [[energon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} Blast Off joined in on the attack when the Decepticons noticed [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] spying on them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} When the Decepticons were offered energon by the [[Quintesson]]s, the Combaticons joined up with them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} For this decision, Blast Off was shot in the back by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and quickly re-pledged his loyalty to him. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Blast Off was among those Decepticons sent to Earth to prevent the Autobots from delivering a new [[Tranformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], but they failed in that attempt. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:Chaos RunamuckonBlastOff.jpg|left|thumb|"Heigh-ho, Blast Off, away!" 
"Aw, shut up, Runamuck!"]]
Later, Blast Off was patrolling a litter void in Decepticon territorial space when he found a [[Skuxxoid]] on a rocket sled making target practice out of the junk. After running the little punk to ground, Blast Off "convinced" him to give over his impressive blaster cannon. In addition, the alien told him how to find the weapon's rare ammunition, [[death crystal]]s, from Quig Mountain on the planet [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. When the Autobots came to investigate, Blast Off and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] attempted to chase them off the scene. [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], another egotistical space shuttle, gave them a merry chase, but Runamuck managed to blow up a comet to cover their escape. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:SurpriseParty GiantBlastOff.jpg|thumb|Determined to one-up Astrotrain, Blast Off grows big enough to transport his teammates and their combined form.]]
The Combaticons later failed to assassinate Decepticon exile [[Octane]] at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} Blast Off followed Galvatron to [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] to track down [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], where they temporarily formed an alliance with [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]]. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} The Combaticons showed off some guerrilla tactics by appearing out of nowhere to damage a peace conference shuttle before escaping aboard Blast Off. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} Blast Off served as transport for Soundwave when the Decepticons attacked the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]]. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} When the Decepticons conquered [[Paradron]], Blast Off and Swindle guarded jail cells, but didn't do very well when Rodimus Prime and his troops arrived to rescue the prisoners. Meanwhile, Blast Off was somehow also part of Bruticus, who was watching the whole affair alongside Galvatron. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} As part of Bruticus, Blast Off battled Defensor in [[Japan]], but the Combaticons were forced to separate and scatter when [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived on the scene. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

In [[2007]], the Combaticons were infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Later that year, the Decepticons attacked Cybertron in order to take control of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. As the other Combaticons built a giant engine on the planet's surface, Blast Off shot down [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] before reporting to Galvatron that the Aerialbots had been vanquished. He then ripped out [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[power pack]] to fuel the engine. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
{{--}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City=====
The Combaticons were dispatched to assist the Stunticons in a battle against the Aerialbots. Together, the two teams overwhelmed the Autobot fliers, but before they could finish their enemies off, they were defeated by the newly constructed [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:FWCOTS Blast Off.jpg|thumb|wwhatevver]]
In the year [[2011]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] ordered a large-scale Decepticon assault on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to get his hands on [[Vector Sigma]]. The Combaticons were part of the attack forces, and Blast Off was seen bombing random targets until he was shot out of the sky by [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As the battle continued, Blast Off merged with his team to form Bruticus, but even alongside the other Decepticon combiners, he was no match for [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} The Combaticons were driven away, and were instead sent to Earth with orders to stop [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] from bringing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Before they got very far, they were ambushed by the Protectobots and were buried in a rockslide in the ensuing battle. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Blast Off subsequently helped defend [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]]'s infiltration, but the Autobot spy snuck past when the Combaticons were distracted by the timely arrival of the Aerialbots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Blast Off later participated in another attack on Cybertron, this time because Galvatron wanted [[Cybertonuron]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} The Combaticons ended up facing Defensor yet again, and Bruticus was defeated by a swift kick to the neck. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} As part of Bruticus, Blast Off later defended a giant carnivorous plant in [[San Francisco]] from [[Raiden]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] then took command of the Combaticons, who sent them to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Florida|Miami]] alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrorcons]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} They also unleashed Bruticus at Sixshot's order as he continued his reign of terror over the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRMLFE Decepticon cheer.jpg|thumb|left]]
When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] officially took over [[Decepticon leader|leadership]] after Galvatron's death, Blast Off was amongst the cheering Decepticons. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} On the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Bruticus later tried to divert attention away from the Decepticon base, to no avail. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Later, back on Earth, Bruticus stood by and laughed as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' in the Atlantic Ocean. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} Blast Off was present at the massive Autobot-Decepticon battle in the [[Arctic]], if only as part of Bruticus. The combiner fled into space when it seemed Scorponok was going to tear Earth apart for [[plasma energy]]. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''Unite Warriors''=====
During an illegal arms trading market hosted by the Combaticons, Blast Off inspected a treaded launch platform being sold by [[Ali (Sunbow)|Ali]]. {{storylink|Shopping at the Dark Bazaar!}}

=====''Zone''=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Blast Off was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Blast Off and the Decepticons joined the revolution of the [[Selector]]s against their human masters. Blast Off was seen flying into battle with his onetime partner, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}} Later on, The [[Quintesson]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s sided with the humans, and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] attacked all while craving [[Angolmois Energy]]. In battle with a scrambled version of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Abominus crashed into Bruticus and Menasor and stole some of their limb components to make an even stronger version of himself, including Blast Off. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

The makeshift combiner separated, but Blast Off and other Decepticons later followed the Terrorcons through a portal to the [[Precursor World]]. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} He helped [[Turtler]] form the [[Scramble 7]] combination. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
As part of Bruticus, Blast Off came to the Stunticons' aid when their new command outpost was attacked by the Aerialbots and Protectobots. Together with Menasor, Bruticus defeated Defensor, only for the two combiners to get their leg components shot off by Superion. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] took control of Bruticus's legs and flew away with Blast Off, Vortex and Onslaught, planning to drop them off somewhere over the ocean. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

Blast Off later joined the Combaticons in hunting down an [[Battle Dog|escaped dog]] on which the Decepticons had experimented. He reacted with horror when the [[Mini-Vehicle|Minibot warriors]] came to stop their evil activities, and the Combaticons combined into Bruticus. However, [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], imbued with the dying dog's energy, defeated the giant using the [[Minibot combiner|"Minibot Warrior Spiral Attack"]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Blast Off participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Bruticus in order to battle alongside Menasor and Devastator against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Bruticus and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
{{note|Blast Off only appears as a component of Bruticus}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Blast Off and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Onslaught's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Combaticons then merged into Bruticus to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic=====
Blast Off formed the right arm of [[Scramble 7]], a Decepticon combiner using various combiner team members in a supposedly "ideal" configuration. Scramble 7 attacked the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], but was defeated by [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]], [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]], and [[Ranger]] thanks to their use of [[Chōkon Power]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Blast Off was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
In the year 2001, the Decepticons had managed to conquer Cybertron completely. As the Autobots evacuated off-planet, Blast Off was one of the many space-worthy Decepticons who pursued them into orbit and attacked. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Blast Off graduated from the [[Autobot Military Academy]] and was drafted into the [[Elite Guard]]. He underwent the flying upgrade program to become a Space Warrior, but was curiously outfitted with a rather situation-specific (''re: useless'') [[alternate mode]] as a planetary orbiter. [[Magnum]] and [[Sentinel Major]] recruited him into the Guard's Special Ops Team, the Combaticons. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}

On their first mission, the Combaticons were teamed with [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] and his Elite Guard Strike Team. In the rundown city known as [[Median]], an archeological dig had uncovered a powerful artifact known as the [[Heart of the Dragon]], and the Decepticon raiders from [[Quarex]] called [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtroopers]] were planning to swipe it. The Elite Guard arrived in Median to plan a defense and protect the dig team from the coming attack.

It was slow going converting the dilapidated ruins into a sturdy bunker to hold off an attack. Blast Off, [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] worked with the dig's security chief [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] on the fortifications, but Blast Off's prissy manner made him little help. He bemoaned the perils of manual labor, while also complaining about his useless orbiter mode which kept him from being useful during manual labor. When the Stormtroopers arrived, [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] and his minions made it past Metalhawk's crew because he made the mistake of trying to take them alive. The operation went downhill from there, and the Decepticons soon escaped with the Heart.

Tracking the Stormtroopers back to their mobile base, the [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], Blast Off and the others fought their way through Rage's bizarre creations, the [[Minotoron]]s. Seeing an opportunity to sneak inside, Blast Off, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and Dion mounted the creatures when they were summoned back inside the Metrotitan. Inside the mechanimals pen, however, the only possible exit was an enclosed observation booth far above their heads. Once again, Blast Off lamented the uselessness of his alternate mode, since he could only fly straight up, unable to maneuver enough to get them into the booth. It was up to Dion to use his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] boosters as a makeshift jetpack to reach the upper levels.

Once the team had reassembled inside, they were forced to confront [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], a small but powerful Transformer with atom-smashing breath, brought to life by the Heart of the Dragon. They engaged in an accelerated advance to the rear long enough for the Strike Team's <s>mad bomber</s> weapons specialist [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] to cobble together his explosives and blast Brimstone to [[J'nwan]]. The blast didn't kill the creature, but it did upset his delicate energy containment protocols, causing him to explode from the inside out. Blast Off and the Elite Guard managed to escape the blast radius, and reported back to Magnum about a job well done. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

The Combaticons and Strike Team continued to work together on many missions over the following weeks. After successfully eliminating [[Shadowcaster]], Blast Off and the Combaticons broke off from their partners to control patrolling the area and search for further leads on the [[Decepticon Warlord]]s. Instead, they ended up being captured by [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

Deathsaurus saw potential in the Combaticons, and manipulated them into abandoning the Elite Guard and siding with him. For Blast Off, the manipulation required little more than the promise of a [[Triple Changer]] upgrade with both land AND space modes so he wouldn't have to be so... lonely up there... {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}

Blast Off and the Combaticons led a squadron of Deathsaurus's troops in battle against the Elite Guard headquarters. Four Elite Guard teams returned to base quickly enough to eliminate the threat of most of the Decepticons. The Combaticons had one last ace to play, however, and used Deathsaurus's new combination technology to merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], killing Sentinel Major and starting the slaughter anew. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}} Bruticus managed to slaughter pretty much all of the Guard before [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] blinded the giant, forcing them to separate. They headed back to Deathsaurus's base for repairs. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

Repairs proceeded, but the Combaticons were startled to learn that Deathsaurus could force them to combine into Bruticus at will. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} They still turned out to help defend the base against the remnants of the Elite Guard. Blast Off found himself grappling with [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], but gained the upper hand when the Autobot was distracted by the sight of a sword-wielding [[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]]. The Combaticons attempted to merge, only to be blasted mid-combination. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} In the resulting confusion, Blast Off was bound and sat on by Side Burn, preventing the Combaticons from forming Bruticus again and ultimately resulting in their capture by the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

In the hands of the compromised [[Gyronian Sentry|Gyronian Sentry Team]], the Combaticons were whisked away to Deathsaurus's fortress, now under Megatron's control. Though Megatron gave them the option, none of them cared to help Deathsaurus, and they were imprisoned and their personality components subsequently interred in the Decepticon Detention Center. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Buster combaticons second generation.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
''[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], who had held the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] inside his mind, once experienced nightmares of strange new Transformers, [[Special Teams]] with the ability to merge into a giants. Blast Off and his Combaticon teammates appeared in one of Buster's earlier dreams, before he sought help from the Autobots. To make sense of these dreams, Buster linked his mind with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s. They then both witnessed a scenario where the Combaticons and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] lost against their Autobot counterparts, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], in a battle over the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. However, the dream was also spied into by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], and so the Decepticons started building the Decepticon Special Teams seen in the vision.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

[[File:Afterdeath Vortex BlastOff.JPG|left|upright=0.9|thumb|"Hey, Vortex! Let's give these... clouds a surprise that will kill 'em all!"]]
Blast Off and the other Combaticons were led by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to steal a [[hydrothermocline]] energy device from [[Energy Futures Industries]], only to be faced with Optimus Prime and his Protectobots. After some advice by a nearby human named [[Ethan Zachary]], the two groups decided to fight [[Multi-World|virtually]] rather risk damage to the power plant. Transferring his mind into a computer, Blast Off teamed up with [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and ambushed [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] in the area called the "Cloud-Steppes". They did well at first with Blast Off hitting Blades with his [[x-ray laser]], until the local AI turned against them and distracted the two fliers with a cloud, allowing Groove to blind them with his [[photon pistol]] so that they crashed into each other and lost the game.

That's right. Blast Off, Lord of the Skies, was beaten up by a cloud. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

When the Decepticons successfully acquired the hydrothermocline, they planned to relocate it to the Florida Keys. Megatron assembled a convoy to travel in disguise by road down to the Keys, and so Blast Off joined the convoy. Of cars. Traveling from Wyoming to Florida. While flying in shuttle mode. Down U.S.-1 at less than 100 mph. And yet, the Decepticons called ''Megatron'' mad for expecting an Autobot attack..? {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

''On a mission for Commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], Blast Off and the Combaticons secured a volcano where the nemeses [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had been found frozen in the cooled lava like flies in amber. Shockwave saw Galvatron as a threat to his power base and wanted the volcano destroyed with Galvatron stuck inside it. The Combaticons' mission was interrupted, however, by several female fleshlings trying to save Ultra Magnus. They sent a speeding jeep towards Blast Off and his comrades, but the Combaticons stopped the vehicle easily. However, they didn't fare as well against a tank the women had appropriated, which fired at the jeep and set off the storage of explosives the women had put inside it.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

[[File:UsedAutobot BlastOff Groove.JPG|thumb|Blast Off demonstrates for Groove how some toys fail the drop test.]]
He and his fellow Combaticons were sent on a hunting mission by Decepticon command and spent several weeks tracking and tormenting [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s, who had recently interfered with their schemes. They were interrupted by both the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and a squadron of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] soldiers, though, and engaged in battle with the first of these two groups. Blast Off demonstrated his unmitigated superiority by beating up a [[Groove (G1)|pacifist]]. Darn peace-niks. Blast Off's team was unable to secure their targets while so occupied however, and beat a retreat after the humans had taken off with the Throttlebots themselves. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Blast Off and his teammates chose to pursue the Protectobots, and tracked them on their return journey to the Ark. Ambushing them in a sprawling train yard, the Combaticons joined to form Bruticus, successfully bringing down the similarly merged [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] after a prolonged battle. But the dim-witted combiner was then tricked into lowering his guard by Blaster, who knocked out his opponent by collapsing an electrical tower atop of him. Afterwards, Blast Off was slapped with a mode-lock device so that Blaster could remote-control him, taking his four [[Spacehikers|newfound human friends]] for a spin around Earth's orbit. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Unfortunately, Blaster was at odds with Autobot leader [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] at the time as well, and Blast Off and his passengers were forcibly captured by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} The Decepticon later either escaped Autobot custody on his own or was rescued along with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s victims by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''The Combaticons eventually wound up under the leadership of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. On his orders, they staged a raid on the [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]]. There, they secured two armed warheads and components from an advanced guidance computer. The Protectobots intervened part-way through the theft, but Blast Off managed to clear the area with the loot while his teammates provided cover, bringing his cargo all the way to Scorponok's orbital headquarters.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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In [[2006]] of an alternate future, Blast Off was drawn to a battle on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] after succumbing to the hypnotizing effect of a [[Quintesson]] signal. After the Autobots managed to disable the signal, returning all combatants to their senses, he helped the Decepticons retreat from the planet by serving as their transport. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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In [[2008]], Blast Off was briefly seen racing through the skies with his fellow Decepticons on the way to attack [[Autobase]]; the Decepticons had been fed information that the Autobots had mostly left Cybertron, leaving their territories vulnerable. This turned out to be a Quintesson ruse, and the aliens ambushed the Decepticons in a bid to forcefully colonize the Transformer homeworld. The Decepticons wound up having to temporarily join forces with the Autobots to thwart them. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
As the Decepticons attacked a series of oil refineries, Blast Off and the Combaticons formed Bruticus to battle Superion. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
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Blast Off was one of the Decepticons who fell back under Megatron's command after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] was destroyed. He was among the crowd of Decepticons Megatron whipped up into a warrior frenzy before first confronting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his second-generation [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}} He later showed concern when Onslaught buckled over in pain, despite no cause for it being apparent. Onslaught insisted he was fine, and sharply told Blast Off to leave him alone. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}} Blast Off and his fellow Combaticons were the first Decepticons aboard the [[Warworld]] to meet the boarding party of Cybertronians led by the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. He likely died alongside his fellows in the skirmish that ensued. {{storylink|Total War!}}
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===The Special Teams===
Blast Off and the rest of the Combaticons were created by Starscream on a remote Pacific island, by combining military vehicles with Energon cubes. They then drove to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], passing Optimus Prime en route, though the Autobot leader was none-the-wiser to the Decepticons in disguise. Blast Off crossed paths with Fireflight and Skydive in the air, who recognized Blast Off's Decepticon badge. Their cover ruined, Onslaught ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
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When the humans discovered a city buried beneath the ice, Blast Off and the Decepticons came looking for an opportunity to loot it. Initially blamed for shooting down a research plane, Blast Off and the Combaticons fought the Aerialbots until [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] alerted them that the [[city-dweller]]s were the true enemy of them all. After the Autobots and Decepticons worked together to neutralize the city-dwellers, Blast Off transformed to shuttle mode and ferried his fellow Combaticons and Ravage back to Megatron. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Blast Off was monitoring things on the Decepticon's derelict space cruiser when he spotted one of the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s though a doorway. Blast Off rushed towards him, only to be clocked on the head by the other Clone and rendered out cold. It was not a good day for Blast Off. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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Blast Off and the rest of the Combaticons served under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] on a Decepticon ship, when they managed to shoot down the ship being captained by Ultra Magnus. After the Autobots crash-landed on planet [[Barrenikon]], the Decepticons landed their ship nearby to finish off their enemies. In the many possible adventures that followed, Blast Off and the other Decepticons often underestimated you, which often led to them losing to the Autobots, leaving them either stranded on Barrenikon, or fleeing after they received too much damage. That is, if you somehow didn't get yourself killed at their hands. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] became the new Autobot Supreme Commander, Blast Off took part in the Decepticon assault upon [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} He attacked the [[Decagon]], dogfighting with [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} and was later at Shockwave's side when he ordered his troops to make the final push. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Blast Off rushed to the front lines as the Decepticons managed to breach the last of the Autobots' defenses. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

During the [[Dark Ages]] of Cybertron's civil war, while footage of a brawl between Defensor and Devastator was caught on-camera by Prowl's computers in his Autobase, Blast Off was also spotted by one of the hub's screens. {{storylink|Escalation}}

Millions of years later, Blast Off, along with his fellow Combaticons, was imprisoned by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} until they were released by Starscream. In a plot to plunder Earth of its resources, Starscream planned to abscond with the dormant Combaticons while Shockwave regime was in the midst of being overthrown by the Autobots. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Returning to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' via an uncooperative [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Starscream realized he needed to take parts from the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] if he ever hoped to get the ''Nemesis'' flying again, and for that he needed considerable firepower. Fortunately, there was a nearby abandoned military testing ground from which the Combaticons could scan Earth-based alternate modes. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} When the attack on the ''Ark'' was launched, the Autobots had little problem defending against the first wave, successfully capturing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], but several of the Autobots were soundly beaten when the Combaticons showed up and combined into the mighty Bruticus. The behemoth attacked the ''Ark'' freeing his Decepticon compatriots before going after [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Unfortunately, the Autobots activated their ship's self-destruct before escaping, damaging the Combaticons in the resulting explosion. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

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Damaged or not, the Combaticons soon had to face a powerful enemy when the crazed zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] appeared on Earth, but before they could attack him, Bruticus' head was blown apart by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in the Autobot supply ship ''[[Orion]]''. In the aftermath, Bruticus's barely-conscious body was battered upon by an angry Brawn. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

The repaired Combaticons were brought to Guadalcanal, where they could hone their somewhat lackluster combat skills and listen to Starscream's long-winded aspirations of glory. Starscream ordered them to defeat the Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] as a means to train themselves for greater battles. Blast Off ordered Vortex to "take Sky Lynx down", but unfortunately, the Combaticons did not fare well when the Autobot split into his two forms, and Blast Off was embarrassingly grabbed in the flying form's jaws.

This was the least of their troubles, however, as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] showed up as soon as Sky Lynx was deactivated. This encounter also did not end well. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Blast Off defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Blast Off combined with his fellow Combaticons in order to square off against [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]]. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Stormbringer issue 4|''Stormbringer'' #4]]}}
Blast Off is the second-in-command of the Combaticons. {{storylink|Applicable Skills|''Till All Are One'' #2 Cast List}}

[[File:Stormbringer4 Decepticonfliers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Whoever hits [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] gets the Cybertron Clearing House."]]
When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] took command of the Decepticons, the Combaticons rebelled and left Cybertron, becoming mercenaries. While breaking into a weapons vault on the [[Presidium (planet)|Presidium]] they were approached by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] and offered ample payment for returning to the Decepticon fold, which Blast Off and the other Combaticons accepted. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

Blast Off was part of the troop complement aboard the Decepticon warship ''[[Thanatos]]'' under the command of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]. With respect to the desperate defense the [[Wreckers]] were mounting against [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], Razorclaw sent out two squads of Decepticons to assist the Autobots; Blast Off was among the aerial forces led by [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[File:SpotlightArcee BlastOff.jpg|left|upright=1.95|thumb|Now that's just rude.]]
He was later reassigned to the Combaticons operating under [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. The Combaticons were used as an elite storming brigade in the attack on the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary in an effort to capture the prison's [[Pretender Monster|newest inmates]] and their so-called [[Combiner|gestalt technology]]. Blast Off was right in the middle of chortling over the fun of killing folk when he was skewered by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. The other Combaticons carried him out with them when they evacuated with their prizes. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

After a deal was negotiated between Arcee and Banzai-Tron, Blast Off and the other Combaticons later helped her in an attempt to recapture [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who had been stolen by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]]'s forces), though the insane Autobot disappeared mid-battle. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

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While Blast Off didn't participate in the Combaticons' [[North Korea|adventures]] on [[Earth]] for reasons unknown, he resurfaced years later on Cybertron as one of the Decepticons imprisoned by the Autobots following the end of the war. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} After the captive 'cons had gotten some level of freedom, Blast Off was part of a Cybertronian crowd recruited by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] into revealing a secret discovery below ground. Following Starscream into the cave, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare him the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Once [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] appeared in Iacon, Blast Off and the other Decepticons threw the peace aside and began rioting for a return to the good old days. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

Blast Off joined the riot for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s space bridge under Swindle's claims that a better life was possible on Caminus. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} He later rejoined his fellow Combaticon teammates as they stewed over Starscream's leadership of Cybertron, with Blast Off being particularly angry about his attempts to sweep the past aside. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} A mysterious informant, DC-357, had already told them that Swindle might be a prisoner rather than a corpse {{storylink|07:00:00}} and they sprayed "SWINDLE LIVES" on a nearby wall as a statement of intent. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}}

To mark Chosen One Day, the Combaticons bought Onslaught a new grenade! {{storylink|Choose Me}}

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Months in, Blast Off and the others became worried Onslaught was wasting his time in the Swindle search. Blast Off tried and failed to get him to stop. After Onslaught stormed out, it was Blast Off that saw a new DC-357 message come in and inform them that he'd left a [[Badgeless]] disguise outside. Hoping to finally shake the tree, as already the Badgeless' violence was provoking resentment, Blast Off donned the garb, joined a patrol, and as soon as he got a chance he shot a Decepticon escapee dead and sent footage of it to the press. {{storylink|07:00:00}} As riots broke out, a sickened Blast Off headed home telling himself it had to be done.

To his dismay, Onslaught decided ''not'' to exploit the Badgeless killing as he felt it could be a Starscream plot to draw them out and so Blast Off had to come clean. This led to a new plan: the Combaticons arranged a march on the government while they waited for an opening. When [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] emerged to say he was now in charge of reforming the Badgeless and he was throwing the doors open to anyone, Onslaught and Blast Off organised a 'fight' where Blast Off would protect Ironhide, denounce Onslaught's methods, and ask to join the coppers. It worked so well, Blast Off even found [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] offering him a new place to crash. He then checked if Onslaught was alright and was told his boss was proud of him for such a sweet con. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}}

While undercover, Blast Off quickly became a star pupil of Ironhide, even becoming "good friends" with the other officers. After a while, his snooping paid off; he learned that [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] had moved Swindle's body after his death. He quickly informed Onslaught and shortly later, he and Vortex were dispatched to capture Wheeljack. They were intercepted by Chromia but used her to convince Wheeljack into coming with them. Wheeljack and Rattrap informed them that Swindle was brain dead, and Blast Off tried to make Onslaught stop as it was now pointless, but to no avail. Blast Off followed Onslaught into the inner workings of Metroplex regardless and soon they found Swindle, hooked up to life support. Rattrap then came back and gave Onslaught the Enigma of Combination, who told Blast Off that after this, they won't need anyone else ever again. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}}

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The Combaticons merged and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] was formed, Blast Off serving as the right arm. Because of the brain dead Swindle, the combiner was very unstable, leaving it up to Blast Off to try and keep everyone unified. He fought with Onslaught for control over Bruticus, saying that there is no point for this level of violence against civilians. Eventually Bruticus was stopped by Ironhide, and when the gestalt divided into its components, Blast Off apologized to Onslaught for not being able to save him before passing out. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

Blast Off and the other Combaticons were imprisoned and awaiting trial, though Ironhide was reluctant to prosecute them if their mental scarring proved too great. {{storylink|Ping}}

[[File:ThePriceOfYou-smoochy.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.35|''Our love is a spiral Our <s>blood</s> oils are a spiral And our <s>blood</s> oils shall be exchanged!'']]
The Combaticons were still comatose when Starscream told the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] to turn them to his side as one of his combiners. In Blast Off's mind he woke up next to Onslaught, revealing that Blast Off had a thing for Onslaught. It was soon revealed by Starscream who was also there that this was all a dream, and that if Blast Off took his offer to help him sway the Combaticons for his side he could make this a reality. All he needed in exchange was for Blast Off to be aware of the false memories and to cover any holes in their story should the others get suspicious. Initially revolted by the idea of living a lie, Blast Off soon relented after Starscream reminded him that Onslaught would never let the past go or ever take any real interest in him. As a result, Onslaught and the others were made to believe that Onslaught's original deal with Starscream had worked out, with the Combaticons having been his secret and loyal bodyguards, and that their forming of Bruticus had been a last-ditch attempt to save Swindle's life with Starscream's approval.

Once Onslaught woke up, he saw Blast Off watching over him. He then touched Blast Off's hand, revealing Starscream kept his promise to make Onslaught notice him. {{storylink|The Price of You}} Onslaught mistook Blast Off's guilt for worry, and Blast Off assured him that he was glad things had worked out. Soon the Combaticons "resumed" their work of protecting Starscream, and Blast Off and Onslaught arranged a date. After the latter's first day "back", Starscream questioned how things were working, mocking Blast Off on how terrible things must be for him now. Blast Off claimed he had never wanted this, but Starscream retorted that he shouldn't pretend it wasn't. Frustrated, Blast Off demanded to see Swindle to make sure Starscream had kept his word to have him repaired. As Airachnid was finishing up on manipulating and repairing him, Swindle greeted his teammate, thanking Blast Off for how far he and the others had apparently gone to save him. {{storylink|If I Know You}}

Vortex and Blast Off later stood guard outside Starscream's office as Windblade confronted Starscream, and Blast Off was disturbed at Vortex's suggestions as to what was going on. During the final debate, Starscream revealed all of his crimes to the public, including the manipulation of the Combaticons. As a result, all of the Combaticons were imprisoned for their rampage as Bruticus, and because of his role in their manipulation, Blast Off was ostracized by the others, being shunned by his former lover as a bittersweet aftertaste. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Combaticons infiltrated [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] disguised as their vehicles, with Blast Off taking on the form of a transport plane. During the Decepticon-[[Cobra]] attack on the [[United Nations]], the Combaticons revealed themselves and combined into Bruticus to fight [[GIJONIN]]. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]] fought multiple tours together. On the first one, Blast Off changed his Cybertronian spaceship mode into an Earth-styled space shuttle. It's likely that this was when the other Combaticons changed their alternate modes as well. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

The team often needled and frustrated [[Brawl (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Brawl]] in order to make better use of his focused battlefield fury. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}} They also knew better than to trust [[Swindle (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Swindle]] with ''anything''. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}

Bruticus as a combined form was created by [[Shockwave (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Shockwave]] for the express purpose of pummeling Autobots. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Shockwave's bio}}

Blast Off's preferred fighting style from a distance left him isolated, easy to capture and imprison on Cybertron so the Autobots could take Bruticus out of the picture.

He was eventually reunited with the rest of the team. [[Onslaught (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Onslaught]] subsequently mandated that he switch his alternate mode once again in order to stay close, so - much to Blast Off's anger - he reformatted into a fighter jet. Onslaught welcomed this new temperment because he considered his subordinate to be a more effective soldier afterwards. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}} He was equally happy blasting Autobots from space as he was planet-side, so this anger was likely a form of [[mode attachment]]. {{storylink|#PWTSE|''Special Edition'' Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

The Combaticons were posted on Cybertron during the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Vortex's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Open Comms|''Transformers Valentine's Day Special'' backup strip]]}}

[[File:FateOfCybertron BlastOffCosmos.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Literal star-crossed couple.]]
Blast Off ran transit runs near Cybertron, and struck up a friendship over long-range communications with a lonely [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. {{storylink|Open Comms}} As a member of [[The Rise]], Blast Off came to pickup the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] along with the [[Energon]] cubes they had produced off of [[Mayalx]] with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]. He asked [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] what would happen to [[Constructicon (G1)|those chumps]] on Mayalx that they left behind, to which Shockwave responded that he'll contact them again when their services are needed. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

Following the severing of the [[Tether]] and the [[Winged Moon]] being saved from [[Team Stream]], Cosmos remained behind but asked [[Lancer]] to pass on a request to Blast Off to join him on the Moon. {{storylink|War World: Moon|Moon}} Upon receiving the message, Blast Off flew off before the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] could stop him. {{storylink|War's End Part One}}

Blast Off rendezvoused with Cosmos, and they spent some quality time alone together making the Winged Moon hospitable again. After the Autobots left Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], they headed for the Winged Moon. Cosmos eagerly waited to greet the new arrivals, but Blast Off was just grumpy that their alone time was at an end. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

===Energon Universe===
Blast Off and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] chased down [[Elita One (G1)#Energon Universe|Elita One]], cornering her. Before he could follow [[Onslaught (G1)#Energon Universe|Onslaught]] and [[Brawl (G1)#Energon Universe|Brawl]], the [[Autobot]] shot the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] severing the connection between the two worlds. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9}}

==Commercial appearances==
Blast Off and the rest of the Combaticons charged down a ravine to face-off against [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As they neared him, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus and took to the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When a team of Autobots led by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] went on the offensive, Blast Off, Swindle, and Vortex used superior military tactics to fight them off. {{storylink|War Dawn (Legends)|War Dawn}} Blast Off was among the Decepticons who joined with the Quintessons in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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Blast Off participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, (20 Event Cores,) and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:BlastoffEarthwars.jpg|thumb|upright=2| Error 404: Flyer not found]]

Able to roam the spaceways in his shuttle mode, Blast Off feels above his fellow Combaticons in every sense.
To him, the travails of others are small, petty things, and his aloof and superior manner aggravate the heck out of everyone. But he doesn't care. Everything is remote to Blast Off, including the fate of his victims, blasted from orbit. That way, he never feels a trace of remorse. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Blast Off Bio}}

Along with the other Combaticons, he was summoned to Earth by Megatron. He feels he should have been the one to get to earth first instead of Swindle.

Blast Off can also form the right arm of Bruticus when he is in his 3star/4 star limb mode.
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*'''Class''': Aerial
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 1 star
*'''Weapons''': Blast off uses his Ionic rifle to blast enemy defenses.
*'''Ability: Air Strike''': Shoots 4 powerful rockets at a target dealing moderately high damage.
**'''Cost: 4 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:blast-off Blast Off at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOBlastOff.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Blast Off is featured as a boss battle in the sixteenth Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots. He appears once the player reaches 32,300,000 points.
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Blast Off was a member of the Combaticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

On Earth, Blast Off and the other Combaticons acted as a liaison between the Decepticons and the forces of Cobra, offering them advanced alien technology in exchange for their full cooperation. While meeting with [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)|Chameleon]] in southern [[France]], the Autobots attacked and only narrowly escaped after Onslaught wounded Bumblebee. The Combaticons, minus Swindle, spent days pursuing the battered Autobots before bumping into a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] encampment; leery of their advanced weapons and unable to form Bruticus, the Combaticons retreated. {{storylink|Cobra/Con Fusion}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1Blastoff toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What are you talking about? I see brown space shuttles being used by the army all the time.]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Combaticon, [[1986]])
**''Team ID number'': '''C3'''
**''Takara/GiG ID number'': '''D-65'''
**''Accessories'': left & right [[sonic cannon]]s, [[ionic blaster]]
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Blast Off transforms into an {{w|Space Shuttle|International NASA Space Shuttle}}. In this mode, he is armed with two laser cannons mounted to his engines. In [[robot mode]] Blast Off is armed with a small laser pistol and his two laser cannons, which are now mounted on his legs. He usually forms Bruticus' right arm, but as a [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]-style toy, he can be connected with any limb slot on Bruticus.

:The initial release of Blast Off had a [[die-cast]] metal chest, but like several other 1986 toys, later releases replaced this with colored plastic. In [[1987]], he came packaged with a random Decepticon [[Decoy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Blast-Off/blast-off.htm More information on Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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*'''Bruticus''' (Gift set, [[1985]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''D-69'''
**''Accessories'': left & right sonic cannons, ionic blaster
:In addition to his single release, Blast Off was also sold in a "Bruticus" [[giftset]] alongside the other Combaticons. The gift set was never available in the USA or Canada, but only in [[Japan]] and [[Italy]].

:In [[1988]], [[GiG]] also re-released the Bruticus set in Italy, with five random "Exogini Transformers" ([[Decoy]]s) added.

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*'''Decepticon Blast Off''' ([[1991]])
**''Accessories'': left & right sonic cannons, ionic blaster
:Blast Off was re-released in 1991 as part of the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line. This version uses the plastic chest, and his [[rubsign]] indent has been filled in for this release. Another change on this mold is that the inside of his arms does not contain the peg needed to attach to the other arm, as a result, in shuttle mode his arms do not lock together.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Actually ''closer'' to a realistic Space Shuttle color scheme than the original.]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Combaticon, [[1994]])
**''Team ID number'': '''C3'''
**''Accessories'': left & right [[x-ray laser cannon]]s, ionic blaster
:Released in the second year of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', Blast Off was [[redeco]]ed white with purple camouflage... for all the times you need purple camouflage in space.

:This version of the toy keeps all his accessories and functionality from the original release, but lacks any decal detailing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/BlastOff/blast-off.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Generationstoy-G2BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He didn't see the snowstorm coming until it was too late.]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Box set, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': 2 hand-held blasters/tailfins
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Franks]] (deco artist)}}
:Part of a giftset [[exclusive]] to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]], this version of Blast Off is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Blast Off (FOC)#Generations|Blast Off]] in ''Generation 2'' colors. He can form any arm or leg of Bruticus, but his nominal placement is as the right arm, as usual.

:This toy was retooled into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Topspin (FOC)#Toys|Autobot Topspin]].
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|SHUTTOL NOT TANKK!]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' ([[2008]])
**''Series'': '''G1 Series'''
**''Accessories:'' Energon Gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]
:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Blast Off is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]]/[[Blight (Energon)|Blight]] sculpt, transforming into a brown [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/gepard/gepard1.html Gepard] anti-aircraft tank. His markings include his initials on his tread housings and a five-pointed star which, combined with his color scheme, gives his tank mode a somewhat Soviet feel. When combined with the other Combaticons, Blast Off is nominally Bruticus Maximus's right arm, though he can be used in any other limb position.

:He was only available as part of the ''Universe'' Bruticus Maximus [[giftset]], which also contains [[Brawl (G1)#Universe (2008)|Decepticon Brawl]], another redeco of the same sculpt used for Blast Off. The ''Universe'' version of the giftset was initially intended to be released as a [[Target]] exclusive in the United States, but ultimately ended up being only available in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, American markets eventually received a [[rebranding|rebranded]] version of this giftset (with no changes to the toys themselves) in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging (thereby creating a new [[live-action film series]] [[Blast Off (ROTF)|Blast Off]] character as well as a new version of the pre-existing [[Brawl (Movie)#Exclusive figures|Brawl]] character), exclusively available at Target stores in the United States and at Zellers stores in Canada.

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], as well as the ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' versions of Blast Off (see [[#United|below]]) and [[Brawl (G1)#United|Brawl]]. Another planned redeco, ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]], was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetBlastOff/blastoff.htm More information on ''Universe'' Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number:'' '''16'''
:A reissue of the original G1 Blast Off toy at first sight, this toy is actually a redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Movor#Toys|Movor]] retool of the sculpt. This version of Blast Off was only available as part of a Bruticus gift set released under [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of reissues.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-RetailBlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / #008'''
**'''PART 2 OF 5!'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TG03'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 26]], [[2013]]
**''Accessories:'' 2 hand-held blasters/tailfins
{{note|The Aligned [[Blast Off (FOC)#Retail|Blast Off]] toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Blast Off in many continuities.}}
:A [[redeco]] of Blast Off from the [[Bruticus (WFC)#Generations|Decepticon Bruticus]] gift set was available individually alongside his fellow [[Combaticon (WFC)#Toys|Combaticons]] as part of the second [[wave]] of the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''-themed 2012-onwards Deluxe Class ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' assortment. These versions of the Combaticons replace the [[show-accuracy|game-accurate]], ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]''-inspired decoes with more "flashy" colors apparently homaging the color scheme of [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]]. Blast Off replaces the primarily tan colors and purple details of the giftset release with a mainly purple body and yellow detailing, and features new yellow paint operations on his blaster.

:Unsurprisingly for an Aligned toy inspired by Generation 1, ''Fall of Cybertron'' Blast Off appeared in many Generation 1-based stories. The retail Hasbro deco [[Blast Off (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|appeared]] in IDW Publishing's ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series<ref>Blast Off's first appearance in "season 1" of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' came in the the 2012 [[Primus: All Good Things|''Robots in Disguise'' annual]], wherein artist [[Andrew Griffith]] drew him according to the contemporary High Moon Studios [[:File:FOC Blast Off.jpg|game model]] that debuted in ''Fall of Cybertron''.</ref> while the TakaraTomy deco [[Blast Off (G1)#Transformers: All Spark|appeared]] in ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'' and ''[[Transformers Cloud]]''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BlastOff/blastoff.htm More information on retail Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:United Bruticus Maximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, [[November 7]], [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Energon Gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]

:Released exclusively by TakaraTomy in non-Japanese Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colors similar to the previous ''Universe''/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Additionally, the gun-radar/combined mode foot/hand previously cast in translucent colored plastic is now opaque grey, though his energon star remains orange.
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShots BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Why are you guys complaining about me being a jet in ''Combiner Wars''? I was a jet before! ...Almost.]]
*'''Combaticons''' (Multi-pack, [[2013]]?)
**''Number'': '''T0??'''
***''Fist strength'': '''???'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''876'''
***''Sword strength'': '''???'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

:A redeco of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Jetfire]], Blast Off automatically transforms from a booster-equipped jet to a robot when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was to be sold in a five-pack with [[Onslaught (G1)#Bot Shots|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (Movie)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Swindle (G1)#Bot Shots|Swindle]], and [[Vortex (G1)#Bot Shots|Vortex]], but this never saw release.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy BlastOffKreon.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Transforms into himself taking a nap.]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2012]])
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Bag number'': '''22851 47'''
**''Accessories'': logo brick, built-up small pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first normal wave of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Blast Off is a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]]-bagged mini-figure, though a stamped ID number can be found on the back of the bag, top-right corner. He comes with extra parts so he can be rebuilt into a vehicle that vaguely resembles a Space Shuttle.

:However, Blast Off can be built as part of Bruticus, if you have any sense of creativity.

:He uses the [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Mirage]] style helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OBlast-Off/blastoff.htm More information on Blast Off at TFU.info]''

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*'''Decepticon Blast Off''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2016]])
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': logo plate, built-up small pistol
:In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Blast Off has the biggest change of all of the remade Kreons, as his dark brown plastics have been turned to an odd greenish-tan, the same color of his pre-release prototype at [[BotCon 2012]]. His torso [[tampograph]] has also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them. What flat gray paint he did have has been changed to metallic silver. Also the 1x2 "roof" block has been replaced with a 1x2 bare plate, possibly due to a factory change?

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|CombinerWars}}
[[File:CWDlxBlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At least I wasn't replaced by an [[Rook (CW)|APC]] or somethin'...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blast Off''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': gun, double-barreled gun/hand/foot

: Released in the fifth wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxes, "Decepticon Blast Off" is a redeco of [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]], transforming from robot to what is more or less a Harrier jump jet (thematically fitting with the "Combaticon" moniker). He includes two [[5 mm post|5 mm]] weapon accessories: an "ionic blaster" (sculpted to resemble a flamethrower) and "X-ray cannons" that can also transform into a hand or a foot.

: As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe figure, Blast Off can also transform into an arm or a leg for a Combiner, including forming [[Bruticus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bruticus]] with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)#Combiner Wars|Combaticons]]. He can also form with any ''Unite Warriors'' Voyager Class figure or even into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs.

:Copies of Blast Off in monolingual English packaging include a copy of [[The End of the Beginning of the World|''Robots in Disguise'' #11]], labelled in the indicia as ''Combiner Wars'' #3. In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, he was available in different types of [[multilingual packaging]] including a character card featuring his comic book cover/[[package art]] instead. He and the last three waves of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe and Voyager figures later showed up at TJ Maxx at reduced prices with the collector card.

:Fascinatingly, the original lineart for Blast Off's packaging art uses the [[mouthplate]]d [[Fireflight (G1)#Combiner Wars|Firefly]] head instead!<ref>[https://kenchristiansen.com/index/transformers-packaging-art-bl7a2 "*Blastoff Combiner Wars packaging artwork. Commissioned in Partnership with Hasbro Inc.*" - the art of Ken Christiansen]</ref> The choice to use Quickslinger's head sculpt on the finished product probably has something to do with Blast Off's sort-of-visor coloring error in the Generation 1 cartoon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWBlastOff/blast-off.htm More info on Combiner Wars Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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[[File:CW-toy BlastOff G2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh come on, this deco would have worked perfectly on a Space Shuttle!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bruticus''' (Collection Pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': gun, double-barreled gun/hand/foot

: The entire ''Combiner Wars'' Combaticon team was redecoed into close approximations of their ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' colors; let's be real, how hard is it to mess up white and black? Nailed it easy. Unfortunately, he still has the original Decepticon faction symbol, not the ''Generation 2'' style one.

: This version of the team was only available as a large boxed set, which also included a ''Generation 2''-ish version of [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#CWG2|Shockwave]]. This was the fourth of five different combiner "Collection Pack" box sets, which were "shared exclusives" sold by numerous online retailers... though many ultimately ended up at US discounters like Ross and TJ Maxx.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2BlastOff/blast-off.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Generation 2 Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Combiner-Wars-Special-Edition-Deluxe-Blast-Off.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|That shooting star you wished upon two years ago? Totally me.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blast Off''' (Special Edition, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' gun, double-barreled gun/hand/foot, "[[The Fallen/toys#Combiner Wars|Megatronus]]" [[Prime Master]]

:''Combiner Wars'' Special Edition Blast Off is a redeco of ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Movor#Unite Warriors|Shuttler]], which in turn is a slight retool and reassembly of [[#Unite Warriors|''Unite Warriors'' Blast Off]]. This is the first release of this tooling by Hasbro, featuring a dark brown deco more accurate to his original toy as well as the toy-accurate Shuttler-style reverse chest as compared to the ''Unite Warriors'' release.

:Like Shuttler, this Blast Off features a retooled neck piece that prevents his head from falling off while handling and enlarged tabs on his legs to prevent the vehicle and arm modes from falling apart. Unlike Shuttler, however, Blast Off has his arms swapped at his shoulders' ball joints as opposed to at the bicep swivel; as a result, the protrusions on the shoulders prevents the arms from folding up in properly in arm mode. You can easily reassemble them either to fix this, or if desired, into the same configuration as the ''Unite Warriors'' release.

:As part of a trio of "Special Edition" toys celebrating the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'', he is packaged in a premium window box and includes a redeco of the [[The Fallen/toys#Combiner Wars|Megatronus]] [[Prime Master]] (sans [[Bomb-Burst (G1)#Generations|Bomb-Burst]] decoy suit) cast in translucent red plastic. Unlike the other ''Combiner Wars'' Combaticons (including his original ''Combiner Wars'' figure), his hand/foot/gun has metallic silver paint, making it stand out from the dull bare gray plastic of the others.

:He is also mildly mistransformed in the box, as his feet are unfolded into vehicle mode position and the tip of his shuttle nose isn't folded away into his backpack.

:While clearly intended to go with your ''Combiner Wars'' [[Bruticus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bruticus]], his instructions suggest combining him with any ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager class figure instead.

:Blast Off was first publicly revealed via preorder listings on [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and several Asia-based toy retailers without a prior announcement from Hasbro. This set was an Amazon exclusive in the U.S. but was available at retailers such as [[Toys"R"Us]] in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore.

:Unlike [[Repugnus (G1)#PWTSE|Repugnus]] and [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]], this Blast Off didn't have a Japanese release as this mold was already released two years prior.
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:Takara-UW-Blast-Off.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Blasting off out of Japan at the speed of light.]]
*'''Bruticus''' (giftset, [[June 25]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-07'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Sold as part of Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Bruticus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Bruticus]] gift set with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Combatrons]], this version of Blast Off is a new mold that aims closer to his Sunbow cartoon appearance (including the misplaced color application of his animation model visor), transforming into a space shuttle. Blast Off also comes with a newly-sculpted weapon based on his G1 blaster, as well as a new hand/foot/gun accessory that can be used to transform him into an arm or a leg compatible with any ''Unite Warriors''/''Combiner Wars'' combiner teams, or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs. In vehicle mode, his blaster pegs under his nosecone to become landing gear. The shuttle's tailfin is removed during transformation and pegged (in halves) on the robot mode's back, replicating his original character model.

:Blast Off was redecoed into [[Movor#Unite Warriors|Shuttler]] and heavily retooled into ''Unite Warriors'' [[Strafe (G1)#Unite Warriors|Strafe]].
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File: AOTP-BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|A memory of a time when it was possible to put things in orbit without them exploding on the launch pad.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Combaticon Blast Off''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
:*''Accessories:'' 2x Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', Combaticon Blast Off is a Deluxe Class figure that converts from Sunbow accurate robot mode to space shuttle. He comes with two blasters that can be held by his fists, mounted on his forearms, or stored beneath his wings.

: As you would expect, he combines with his fellow ''Age of the Primes'' Combaticons (or, at least, Onslaught's frame) to form [[Bruticus (G1)#Age of the Primes|Bruticus]]. As with other "frame" combiners made by Hasbro/Takara in recent years, he splits in two to serve as Bruticus's right arm, with the frame providing the joint.

: Blast Off was revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2025.

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==Merchandise==
===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2BlastOff watch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blast Off Watch''' (Watch, [[1995]])
:A non-transforming digital wristwatch of Blast Off's shuttle mode manufactured by [[Ostrum International]] was released during ''Generation 2'', in the same white and purple coloration as his concurrent toy.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (with ''his'' components Blast Off, [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#71|Translation of Defensor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:G1OddCombat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|]]
*Blast-Off had the working name of Countdown.
*Blast Off's odd choice of alternate mode compared to his teammates can be chalked down to the Combaticons' original wavemates, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s, all possessing jet alternate modes. Hence, the desire to give the two airborne Combaticons unique alternate modes.
*The [[character model]]s of the Combaticons are kinda... okay, heavily made-up. Early models of the team which were a bit more accurate to the toys-except for the heads, oddly enough–have shown up in various sourcebooks, though Blast Off's is still off in some very odd ways. Blast Off's final animation model apparently mis-interpreted his forehead crest as a visor, giving him one funkily arranged face, for example.
*The packaging of the 1991 European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original [[Onslaught (G1)#1991Classic|Onslaught]] toy depicted the Combaticons in (mostly) [[:File:EuroClassicsCombaticons.jpg|new color schemes]], despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors originated from a packaging printing error rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.
*In the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity the Combaticons are swayed to the Decepticon side by Deathsaurus appealing to their darker natures, represented by one of the Seven Deadly Sins. As noted above, Blast Off is convinced by the offer of a [[Triple Changer]] upgrade so he'd be, y'know, useful (he already has three different vehicle modes in his various toy representations that all tickle down as Blitzwing). His vice is thus Envy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blast Off''' (ブレストオフ ''Buresuto Ofu'')<ref>Normally, the word "blast" is rendered in katakana as ブラスト (''burasuto'')—like in [[Strongarm (Energon)|Blastarm]] or [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Broadblast]]. However, the katakana used in Blast Off's Japanese name is most decidedly ブレスト (''buresuto'')—which is usually used to render the English word "breast". This same spelling was later used to render the first part of [[Blast Master]]'s name, an unrelated shuttle character released years later. It is likely that this was simply one of the many name mistransliterations in Generation 1 that stuck.</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bào Zhà''' (爆炸 "Explosion")
*''French:'' '''Propulsio''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kilövő''' ("Launcher")
*''Italian:'' '''Exploder'''
*''Korean:'' '''Blast Off''' (블래스트 오프 ''Beullaeseuteu Opeu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Vzryv''' (cartoon, Взрыв, "Explosion")

==Gallery==
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File:FOC Blast Off.jpg|High Moon Studios concept base for 2012 IDW robot mode
File:FOC-Blast Off-concept art-vehicle mode.jpg|High Moon Studios concept base for 2012 IDW vehicle mode
File:CW Blast Off cvr.jpg|''Combiner Wars'' comic packaging art
File:EW-skin-Blast Off-G2.jpg|''Generation 2''-themed skin in ''Earth Wars''
</gallery>

==References==
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Constructicon (G1)

2025-09-06T15:04:05Z

Sky Shadow:

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:''The Constructicons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:ConstructiconRollCall.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|In Decepticon Kaon, union busts YOU!]]
The '''Constructicons''' are the Decepticons' foremost designers, engineers and builders. They are also particularly notable for their status as the very first combining subgroup of Transformers. The individual members of the team are:

*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (front-end loader)—a modest but masterful designer
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (bulldozer)—a destructive berserker
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (excavator)—a materials detector with self-esteem issues
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (cement mixer)—a maniacal chemist
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (crane)—a snobbish perfectionist
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (dump truck)—a worker who longs for battle

They are able to merge their bodies and minds together to form the gigantic [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]].

In some universes, there are more Constructicons in addition to or in lieu of the primary six. The named ones include:

*[[Gravedigger]] (bulldozer<ref>True as of his [[Gravedigger#Toys|United EX release]]; originally drawn identically to Long Haul, but never transformed in that body.</ref>)—the sadistic younger brother of Bonecrusher
*[[Hauler]] (crane)—a self-expressive ex-Constructicon energy scout who joined the Autobots
*[[Erector (G1)|Erector]] (crane cab)—a down-on-his-luck Autobot engineer and ex-Constructicon
*[[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]] (crane)—a substitute member with traits of both Mixmaster and Hook
*[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (front-end loader)—a religious fanatic drafted by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] as a stand-in for Scrapper

In the world of ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'', the Constructicon roster changes over time as members die, until the team consists of:

*[[Buckethead]] (front-end loader)—a late-model Decepticon who joined shortly before the [[Micromaster]] Upgrade
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (crane)—a former Autobot placed in charge of the group
*[[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] (cement mixer)—a former Autobot chemist
*[[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] (dump truck)—a former Throttlebot who joined the Decepticons in defiance of Rodimus's poor leadership
*[[Steam Hammer]] (steam shovel)—a surprisingly gifted laborer
*Skavenger—the sole surviving member of the original team, not to be confused with [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]]

Members' color schemes are [[:File:G2Devastator toy.jpg|required]] to include green.<ref>[[Erector (G1)|Erector]]'s [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[bio]]</ref>

{{bigquote|Really. That has to be the ''stupidest'' color for a 'disguise'...|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]]|"[[Scrapper (issue)|Scrapper]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Constructiconsbornmarvel.jpg|left|thumb|"I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!"]]
Seeking to bolster the size of his forces on Earth in [[1985]], Decepticon Commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] arranged for the construction of six new Decepticon bodies, which were then infused with life by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], tapped from the head of the imprisoned [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Thus, the Constructicons were born, and were immediately put to work building a massive radio transmission dish that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] used to beam a message to Cybertron. When the Autobots attempted to interfere, the Constructicons revealed their hidden power and merged into Devastator to fight them off, allowing the message to successfully go through. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

The Autobots, intrigued by Devastator's unique combining power, attempted to replicate it with the construction of Omega Supreme. However, Omega was composed of only three components, unlike the six Constructicons that made up Devastator. The Autobots, needing additional data on combiner technology, conducted a raid on the [[Wyoming base|Decepticon base]], luring out Devastator so that they could study him further. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} This led to the construction of the new combiner team, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], capable of forming [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} ''The Constructicons were later charged with hunting down [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]],'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''The Constructicons were sent into frigid [[Yukon]] territory to work on a secret project. They were discovered by [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], only for the two Autobots to accidentally betray their presence with an accidental weapons discharge. The Constructicons chased down the interlopers, blasting at them through a nearby forest. During the chase, they merged into Devastator in an attempt to overtake the pair. While in this form, they were duped into blasting a hydro-electric dam. Realizing what was coming, the Constructicons only had time enough to separate before the concrete structure collapsed, unleashing a torrent of water. The Constructicons were submerged in the flood, allowing the Autobots to escape.'' {{storylink|The Mission}}''
[[File: Target2006pt1_constructicolours.jpg|thumb|”A gigantic laser cannon, you say? Yeah, I probably won't be able to get the parts I need for two or three weeks, and that's if I order them today—which I won't.”]] They were called upon once more when the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] co-opted their services to build a gigantic laser cannon.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Devastator battled Superion during the Transformers' adventure alongside [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

The team's special talents were not required again until they and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] stole large amounts of rocket fuel and raw materials, with which the Constructicons rebuilt the Decepticons' mobile island headquarters as a spaceship. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} With the entire Earth-based Decepticon army aboard the ship, under the command of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], they attacked an Autobot congregation on the moon. While the battle raged, the Constructicons penetrated the Ark and recovered the deactivated bodies of several Decepticons defeated in an earlier clash with Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In an alternate [[2008]], Mixmaster was briefly indicated to have ascended to leadership of the Constructicons.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
At one point the team had lost the ability to combine, and attempted to rebuild Devastator as a singular, separate entity. The Autobots [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] arrived on the island to investigate, and Ironhide was able to bypass the security grid and plant explosives to destroy the site, and Devastator with it. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}}

The main Constructicon team worked for [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], and Mixmaster happily dealt [[Syk]] to everyone - happily until Soundwave happily blackmailed him over it... {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}}

{{note|Bonecrusher is the only member of the Constructicons who did not appear in the [[Earthforce]] stories.}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
The Constructicons resurfaced among the Decepticons after Megatron reclaimed the army from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Bonecrusher appeared with the Cons who confronted [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] when he arrived on Earth. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Scavenger and Hook stood with the assembled Decepticons as Megatron rallied them for war with the Cybertronian Empire. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

In preparation for the final battle with the Swarm, Scrapper, Bonecrusher, and Long Haul helped establish fortifications at the combined Autobot and Decepticon base. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[File:CrossingOverGrimlockConstructicons.jpg|thumb|]]
The Constructicons were among the troops that Megatron covertly rebuilt on Earth after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s defeat and exile. Both Hook and Mixmaster were curiously absent from the team, with the enigmatic Hightower in their place. It's unclear why this was, but Hightower himself joked about stripping enough spare parts off of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] to "build a new Hook." {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Megatronffod.jpg|left|thumb|And so, one night, over pizza and beer, far below the city... continuity nightmares were born.]]
The Constructicons' origins are clouded. They were reportedly on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] millions of years ago, though the accounts gel poorly. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] took a near-death trip into the [[Matrix of Leadership]], he saw a vision of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s creation - by eight(!) apparent Constructicons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} But according to [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], at the time that Megatron was building up his Decepticon army, the Constructicons were ''not'' Decepticons at all (though they were seen bearing the Decepticon symbol). They were the peaceful creators of the beautiful [[Crystal City]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and Omega was both its guardian and their friend. However, Megatron secretly used the [[Robosmasher]] to reprogram the Constructicons into Decepticons, then he had them send Omega away on a fool's errand so they could demolish Crystal City.

[[File:Robo-Smasher and Omega Supreme.jpg|thumb|Omega Supreme battling Devastator with the Robo-Smasher on his back.]]
The enraged Omega tracked the Constructicons down and reprogrammed them again, intending to return them to their previous state. But as the group returned to rebuild Crystal City, they attacked Omega while his back was turned. Megatron's programming was not to be undone, and he had also given them the ability to merge into Devastator. As they wrestled with Omega in their combined form, the Robosmasher latched onto Omega Supreme's head. Omega was able to fend off both his attackers, but his mental brush with the Robosmasher left him filled only with hate for the Constructicons, whom he pursued across the galaxy for millions of years. While this tale was only conveyed second-hand, some details would be corroborated in conversation between Omega and the Constructicons in the modern day. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

{{note|Immediately after the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] reawakened on Earth, a [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]-lookalike named "Hauler" was briefly seen among them. He would be [[retcon]]ned into "[[Hauler|RoadHauler]]" nearly 20 years later by that toy's on-package [[bio]], which confirmed the Crystal City origin and made him a Constructicon who had escaped the Robosmasher and joined the Autobots.}}

[[File:Heavymetalwar constructicons target teletraan.jpg|left|thumb]]
In [[1984]], the Constructicons bolstered Megatron's forces on Earth (and Megatron referred to "the time we spent building them in these caverns," adding to the origin ambiguities). Scrapper designed a machine to transfer the other Decepticons' offensive powers to Megatron. While Megatron battled [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], holding the attention of the Autobots, the Constructicons invaded the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to destroy [[Teletraan I]]. Unfortunately for them, the Ark was protected by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], but by merging into Devastator, they became more than a match for their prehistoric foes. The return of the other Autobots and the discovery of Megatron's deception spelled the end of the battle, however. [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] distracted Devastator with a gigantic hologram, and Optimus Prime blasted the giant at just the right spot to force the Constructicons to disengage. They and the other Decepticons were then forced into a river of lava. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

[[File:Autobotrun ironhide carcrusher.jpg|right|thumb]]
The Constructicons all managed to survive their magma bath mostly unscathed, except possibly for Mixmaster, who developed a manic personality and a fondness for repeating his words, which he had not displayed before. Regardless, the team was soon back at work again, performing such varied tasks as assisting in Megatron's reconstruction of [[New York City]] (which also involved turning Optimus Prime's scrapped remains into a [[Alligaticon|robotic alligator]]) {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}} and building [[Transfixatron|a device to paralyze Transformers in their vehicular modes]], as well as another to crush them. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

[[File:TheCore ConstructiconsMegatronPoint.jpg|left|thumb]]
The Constructicons' history of mental manipulation continued when the Autobots planted [[dominator disk]]s on them, which the Autobots activated when the Constructicons merged into Devastator. He instantly began fighting against the Decepticons, and Autobots took him back to their base. However, Megatron was secretly aware of the whole plot, even spying on the Autobots ''through the Constructicons' own eyes.'' Meanwhile, the Constructicons contentedly helped fix the battle-damaged Autobots and then accompanied them on a raid against the Decepticons, who were trying to drill into the [[Earth's core]]. During the battle, Megatron used a "control switch" to deactivate the disks, and as Devastator turned back against the Autobots, Wheeljack boosted the disks' power. This drove Devastator mad, and he began attacking everyone indiscriminately. The only thing that brought him back to sanity was the threat of the Decepticons' drill, which was seconds away from destroying the planet. He dove into the drilled hole and wrenched the bit to a standstill, saving the world. {{storylink|The Core}}

[[File:MasterBuilders devastator under attack.jpg|right|thumb]]
Afterwards, the Constructicons returned to their Decepticon roles, but treachery remained a running theme. Upon learning of the Autobot [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]'s solar power tower design, Scrapper and the Constructicons pretended to have defected from the Decepticons in order to help him and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] construct it. But upon its completion, they turned it and the two Autobots over to Megatron. In a demonstration of Scrapper's motto, Grapple and Hoist were imprisoned in the very structure of their tower. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}}

Later, when the other Decepticons began to suffer from [[Cybertonium]] degeneration, the Constructicons, apparently working fine, took delivery of a shipment of the mineral via the [[space bridge]], and as Devastator, failed to stop [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly]] from getting by them and traveling to Cybertron. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

[[File:SecretofOmega devastator vs omega.jpg|left|thumb]]
When Omega Supreme learned that the Constructicons were active on Earth, he arrived on the planet and joined Optimus Prime's forces, biding his time until he could face his former friends again. That chance arose when the Constructicons were discovered mining an asteroid, and Omega was dispatched to investigate. Ignoring Optimus Prime's orders, Omega Supreme engaged the Constructicons, and in the battle, split the asteroid in two, revealing that it was an egg of sorts, incubating a monstrous alien creature, which promptly attacked [[San Francisco]] while Omega, ignoring the plight of the city, continued to battle the Constructicons. Optimus Prime then entered the fray, convincing Omega that saving the city was more important than revenge, and forcing the Constructicons to retreat. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

[[File:TFTM Constructicon trumpets.jpg|thumb]]
The building skills of the Constructicons remained in demand; other creations around this time included an army of drone Transformers created from common Earth cars; {{storylink|Make Tracks}} various constructs for [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], including a throne constructed from deactivated Autobots and a massive maze; {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} and a giant ruby-powered laser cannon. {{storylink|Masquerade}} It's unclear how unique their combining ability actually was (especially if Devastator had been around since the [[Golden Age]]), but their gestalt-monopoly on Earth was undone with the creation of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] and their Autobot counterparts, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. These were soon followed by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], the latter even defeating Devastator in battle as their merged form, [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:FightorFlee Constructicon vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|The Constructicons got an [[Action Master]] vehicle before it was fashionable!]]
Still, twenty years later in the Earth year [[2005]], Devastator was the Decepticons' primary weapon in the great [[Battle of Autobot City]], tearing through the defenses and walls of the city and battling the Dinobots once more. On the return trip to Cybertron, it was Bonecrusher who advocated the "survival of the fittest" policy that saw many wounded Decepticons ejected from the shuttle, among them Megatron, prompting Scrapper to vote for the Constructicons as the new leaders of the Decepticons, arguing that Devastator was the most powerful robot. Hook took great offense to the notion that [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] would make a better leader than them. In the end, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] became the new leader of the Decepticons, and the Constructicons, as a sign of no hard feelings, provided the music by playing horns at his coronation. Starscream, desperate to get on with the ceremony, eventually shot their horns, showing that he still had hard feelings. How they were able to play the horns, as a number of them don't have mouths, is unknown. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

In the remainder of this year and throughout [[2006]], the Constructicons maintained a smaller, but still present, role in the Decepticon army, lending their talents to the Decepticon/[[Quintesson]] alliance by constructing [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] out of a populated human city in only one night. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|FFOD, Part 4}} Later, they built a planetary engine on an asteroid and battled on the planet [[Eurythma]], {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} aided in the overthrow of [[Paradron]] {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} and took part in an attack on [[Japan]]. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} Although brief, the Constructicons even played a part in the battle for the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] in [[2007]], seen firing on Autobots with the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

=====Origin inconsistency=====
As seen above, the cartoon presented several conflicting origins for the Constructicons. The series bible described the Constructicons as having "no explained origin",<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/#057 Cartoon series bible page on the Constructicons]</ref> but this only seemed to promote variant portrayals. Notably, it appears that the role of the Constructicons in Megatron's creation was not part of the plan for "Five Faces of Darkness", as the script only described them as "Decepticons."

A straight reading of the "facts" appears to go: the Constructicons started out Decepticons, built Megatron, left the Decepticons, built the Crystal City, were Robosmashed back into Decepticons, ran around the galaxy for umpteen million years, ended up on Earth, and were (re)built by Megatron. However, there are issues with that narrative:

*There was no hint in Omega's flashback that they had ever been Decepticons before; their treachery was entirely unexpected. On the other hand, they ''did'' have Decepticon symbols throughout. Another possibility is that the Constructicons had built Megatron without realizing how evil he would be, which allows their early insignia to be chalked up as the animation error they most likely are.
*Even if Megatron's claim of "building" them just means "rebuilding", their Crystal City flashback showed them anachronistically ''already'' in their Terran vehicle forms, so what would he have rebuilt them into? On the other hand, that's just one more reason to doubt the veracity of Omega's flashback.

Making the issue either simpler or more complicated, depending on your view, the {{w|unreliable narrator}} rationale could negate much of the Constructicons' supposed history, between the vengeance-driven Omega's tale and the tripping Rodimus' near-death mystical vision. But the real-world truth of the matter is that different writers and haphazard animators gave us a mix of possibilities with no clear [[canon]] answer.

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====eHobby RoadHauler bio=====
[[Hauler]] was originally one of the Constructicons during their days on Cybertron. He eventually defected from his comrades and joined the Autobots, taking on a new color scheme in the process.

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
The Constructicons helped Megatron secure an island paradise as the staging ground for their new fortress, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. When [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and the Autobots arrived to kick them off the island, the Constructicons formed Devastator to fight back, but were swatted aside by Trypticon who wanted the kill for himself. After the Autobots tricked Trypticon into defeating himself, they forced the Constructicons to rebuild the forest they destroyed. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
[[File:FSRLstorypage devastator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The Constructicons formed Devastator and confronted the Autobots in the skies over Cybertron. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|F!SRL Transformers Part 6}} Later, the Constructicons teamed up with the Stunticons in the form of Devastator and Menasor to make trouble for the Autobots. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, the Autobots unleashed their new combiner warrior: [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]! Defensor quickly sent the bad robots packing. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|F!SRL Transformers Part 12}}
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=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====
[[File:Constructicons mode2.jpg|left|thumb|Can we break it, then rebuild it into a device of hideous destructive power? YES WE CAN.]]
The Constructicons were among the first Decepticons dispatched to destroy an Autobot factory building [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. In the form of Devastator, they were also among the first Decepticons defeated. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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=====''The Story of the Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga=====
In 2010, on the planet [[Feminia]], Devastator joined with all the other Decepticon Combiner warriors in an assault on the [[Prime Energy Tower]]. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s showed up and caused all the Combiners to trip into one another and disassemble. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:Hm1 Constructicons Attack.jpg|thumb|200px]]
In [[2011]], the Constructicons were among those assembled by Galvatron for an all-out assault on Cybertron. After arriving individually through the space bridge, they joined the fight as Devastator. The once mighty Combiner would appear to have fallen on hard times, however, as he was defeated by Optimus Prime, who dispatched him with a single jump-kick. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

The Constructicons would have many more embarrassing skirmishes as Devastator, until their intellect would finally be exploited to oversee the production of [[crysmagnetal]] in [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]], a component needed to blow up the Earth. They would be thwarted and driven off into space alongside the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
In [[2021]], the Constructicons tricked [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] into helping them rebuild Crystal City on Earth. {{storylink|Crystal City Reconstruction Project!}}

=====''Zone'' catalog storypage=====
[[File:DarkEmperorDeathsaurusZone01.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Along with other Combiners, Devastator joined the newly revived "[[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]]" [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] for an attack on the Autobots. This time, it was a full-on assault on planet [[Micro|Zone]] in an attempt to seize the Micro Zone's [[Energon Z]]. The [[Micromaster]]s repelled his attack and sent the Decepticons into retreat.{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Constructicons were among those summoned, but only in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

While in some accounts of their fateful battle with [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] for the power of [[Energon Z]], the Constructicons survived the altercation,{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} other accounts were less generous, having Devastator killed in a flood of lava. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''United EX'' storyline=====
Seeking to restore his older brother Bonecrusher to life, long-forgotten Constructicon [[Gravedigger]] gained control of [[Power Core Combination]] technology and combined with several Constructicon drones to become Buildmaster. During one encounter with the Autobot Power Core Combiners, he defended a Decepticon base alongside [[Onslaught (G1)|Combatmaster]] and discovered a strange [[Predacon (BW)|relic]] from the future left buried in the past. {{storylink|Unearthed Future}}

=====eHobby post-''G-2'' storyline=====
The Constructicons were eventually revived, by the looks of things. Hook and Bonecrusher were stationed on an undersea research facility being commanded by Megatron (who himself was being commanded by [[Galvatron II]]). Things went sour when strange monsters attacked the facility, shortly before the Autobots and an [[Eldedroid]] arrived to clean up their mess. {{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Nine million years before the Transformers came to Earth, the Cybertronian "race" known as the Constructicons decided to side with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

Hook, leader of the Constructicons, had a seat at the council table of [[Decepticon Warlord]]s. The Warlords had an acrimonious relationship with each other at best, but agreed to meet for War Councils to discuss the Decepticon movement and, particularly, the rising threat of the [[Elite Guard|Autobot Elite Guard]] to all of them. He and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], leader of the [[Photon]]s, carried a motion for the assembled Warlords to share their plans and information with each other, for the greater glory of the Decepticons.

Or, rather, for the greater glory of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. By the next council meeting, Hook, Reflector and Megatron's representative [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] were no longer present, having united under Megatron's banner after claiming the Warlords' secrets. {{storylink|A Team Effort}}

A group of Constructicons worked for [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] on the repairs of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} Following Megatron's conquering of Deathsaurus's territory, Deathsaurus's [[Combiner]] technology was applied to Hook and his team to create Devastator, who joined in an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} The Autobots were able to take down Devastator using a combination of live cables and shooting him in the knees. {{Storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Millennia later, during the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Devastator breached a wall and faced [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] with a small group of Autobots. The Autobots used a barrage of rockets to separate the Constructicons, who began fighting back, taking out [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

During the third Cybertronian war, the Constructicons were ambushed at [[Elevation Recostalus]] by a group of Autobots including [[Hauler]] and [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], who disabled them before they could form Devastator. The group remained offline until 1984, when Megatron rebuilt them on Earth and appointed Scrapper as leader in Hook's place. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 45|Transformers I.Q. last issue review}}

====''Cloud''====
When [[Cloud World]]'s [[Megatron (G1)#Cloud|Megatron]] interrupted Megatron's battle with Optimus Prime, he was annoyed and unleashed Devastator on the intruder, only for the combiner to be blasted back into his components by the raging, [[SARA]]-powered Megatron's tank mode. The Constructicons subsequently fled out of fear. {{storylink|Rampage (Cloud)|Rampage}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 1185.04 Alpha]], the Constructicons entered the war Megatron waged against [[Cobra]] on Earth. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/13}}

In a different universe manipulated by [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]], the Constructicons participated in the siege of [[Autobot City (G1)|Guardian City]] by forming Devastator. Later after history blipped again, the Constructicons were replaced by the [[Puzzler]] team. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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The Constructicons were among the Transformers aboard the ''Ark'' when it crashed on Earth at some point in the past. In the present, it was discovered by the terrorist organization [[Cobra]], who reprogrammed the Transformers for their own needs. Naturally, the Constructicons were used for construction on [[Cobra Island]], until [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] hacked Cobra's computers and freed everyone. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} After enacting some revenge on their former captors, the Constructicons were ordered to defend the [[SPS Satellite]] controls from the Autobot and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] troops attacking the island. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} However, not even Devastator's strength was enough to stop the attackers, and the combiner was defeated. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:DW devastator.jpg|left|thumb|"Devastator use ocean as bathtub!"]]
Eight million years before the modern era, the Constructicons were tasked by Megatron to activate Cybertron's planetary engines. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} When Megatron disappeared into the depths of the planet fighting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Starscream temporarily took command and had Scrapper prepare a process for the resurfacing of Cybertron, which would transform it into a mobile war-world. Scrapper cautioned against such an action, but Starscream ignored him, and prevented him from stopping it when the process was underway. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} After this, the Constructicons worked on the theory of [[mass intellect]], and succeeded in stabilizing the neural-meshing, creating Devastator. However, the process was not as efficient as the Constructicons believed, as the technical geniuses of the Constructicons did not translate into Devastator, causing him to suffer from a serious "dumbing down" problem. Despite the drawbacks, Megatron was impressed with Devastator's destructive potential. Besides, being intelligent ''and'' powerful was overrated in Megatron's opinion. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #8}} When Megatron and Optimus Prime were thought to have died in an early test of the [[space bridge]] transport system, and the Autobots and Decepticons splintered into several smaller factions, the Constructicons broke the treaty that had downgraded the combining teams to non-combat status by siding with Ratbat's [[Ultracon]]s and battling [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Escalation}}

It is apparent that the Constructicons were not aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crashed on Earth four million years before the modern era, but they did eventually find their way to Earth and joined Megatron's forces there after they awoke in 1984. All the Transformers were rendered inactive in the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'' in 1999, but when they reactivated in 2001, Devastator was the main weapon in Megatron's attack on [[San Francisco]]. Rampaging through the city, he battled and defeated [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} but was defeated by Optimus Prime who blasted the titan point-blank in the face, sending him plunging into the ocean. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}}

''Over the following months, Starscream had the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] secretly rebuild Devastator and the Constructicons without Megatron's knowledge. When Megatron vanished off the face of the Earth, Starscream took the opportunity to bring his secret weapon back into the light. Devastator made his return debut in the canyons of Nevada, where Starscream led the unwitting Autobot named [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] right into a blast from Devastator's [[Solar energy beam rifle|solar energy rifle]]. He was a major force in Starscream's control of [[Las Vegas]] as well, and battled [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] when the Dinobot commander attempted to free the city from Decepticon domination. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

''When Megatron returned from deep space, Devastator unhesitatingly remained at Starscream's side, and was prepared to tear his former leader limb from limb at Starscream's command. When the Decepticons split into two factions between Megatron and Starscream, the Constructicons were steadfastly loyal to Starscream. They were captured, along with the rest of Starscream's men, when the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] settled in Las Vegas. Trapped inside an energy net, Devastator tried to bludgeon his way out at first, until [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] convinced the Constructicons to separate so they could dig their way out from underneath the field. Once they were freed, the Constructicons reformed Devastator as the Autobots and Decepticons united in an attempt to destroy the Keepers before the American government carried out the final solution and nuked Las Vegas off the map. Didn't work—the xenophobic [[President of the United States|President]] jumped the gun and fired off the nuclear missile early in the hopes of eliminating the Transformers as well as the Keepers. Still, the impending nuclear holocaust wasn't enough to deter Devastator's one-track mind, and he continued to hunt down the Keeper-possessed [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (since that was the one Autobot [[Starscream (G1)|mommy]] and [[Megatron (G1)|daddy]] would let him destroy at the moment). During the fight, the Keepers managed to trap Devastator and his massive comrade [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]] outside a protective field, while they engaged the smaller Transformers inside. This eventually meant that Devastator was too far away to be protected by Optimus Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-constructed shields when the nuclear missiles finally struck. The combined Constructicons suffered massive damage as a result. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

''In the aftermath of the nuclear assault on Las Vegas, the Constructicons were trapped permanently in their Devastator form as a result of their injuries. Devastator was present in the Nevada desert when the American military forces ambushed the Autobots and Decepticons. After that, Megatron sent him and Omega Sentinel to keep watch on the Void gateway being built on [[Allister Greaves]]' property to allow the Keepers back into normal space. Optimus Prime and Megatron soon joined them there, and began the final battle against the Keepers' pawn, [[Franklin Townsend]], and his puppets Bluestreak and Starscream. Devastator attempted to swat Starscream out of the sky, but eventually stopped when the Keepers' power faded and Starscream returned to his ever-so-likeable self. Instead, he was forced to contend with the far more formidable Omega Sentinel, who had broken free from Megatron's control and returned to his original Guardian programming. Ultimately, the Omega Sentinel sacrificed himself to stop the Keepers by plunging into the Void, and pulled Devastator with him. When the Keepers' control crystal was shattered, the Void was destroyed and Devastator fell back out into real space. He floated in the vacuum between Mars and Jupiter, in deep stasis lock. A secret American space venture, the starship ''[[Bounty]]'', happened across the gigantic Decepticon on their mission, and made plans to bring him back to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Devastator eventually came to be possessed by the [[Earth Defense Command]], and he was dissected and studied in their underground base. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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The Constructicons started out as the builders of the [[Forge]], the arena for the illegal [[gladiatorial combat]] that [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] ran, and continued in that role when [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] took over. They did not move the parts for the arena between venues, but rather built them on site, using any materials available—and that included [[Empty|Empties]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} After Megatron began his preparations for the [[Decepticon]] insurrection, the Constructicons turned their talents to modifying the gladiators into warriors. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Once the rebellion began in full, the Constructicons helped conquer [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

The Constructicons participated in an attack on [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s [[Citadel (building)|Citadel]] during a temporary alliance between the Decepticons and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|Overthrown}} They were later stationed in the industrial slagwerks of [[Galaxxon]], where they watched a broadcast in which Orion Pax, now Optimus Prime, asked all Cybertronians to unite and fight against the new Decepticon rule. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

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As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. At one point they were stationed on [[Varas Centralus]] alongside [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], where they committed some atrocity that was enough to cause Sky-Byte to abandon the Decepticon cause. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} Four million years ago, several Constructicons were part of a convoy bringing energon to the war effort, but the shipment was intercepted and captured by Optimus Prime and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

Millions of years later, the Constructicons were granted the ability to combine into Devastator by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], who had completed [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s combiner research. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} They joined Megatron on Earth, where they used their new combined form to defeat the local Autobot troops. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} The Decepticons subsequently attacked [[New York City]], where the Constructicons briefly pretended to "come in peace" before they started killing everybody. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} As Devastator, they made sure to destroy all the tunnels leading in and out of the city. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] subsequently convinced the Constructicons to join him in his rebellion against Megatron, and they attacked their former leader in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} The battle was interrupted by incoming human jets and the returning Autobots, and Devastator was faced with the mighty [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} The Constructicons were defeated when Omega blasted a hole in Devastator's torso. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

As the battered Decepticons fled Earth, the Constructicons seemed to have been left behind. Two years later, Scrapper joined a few other Decepticons trying to get off the planet {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}, while Scavenger was targeted for capture by [[Skywatch]] and the Autobots. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} He managed to stay hidden and think of a plan to get out of the country. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}} Unlike Scavenger, Hook and Mixmaster ended up captured by Skywatch, but were rescued by Scrapper's group who had allied themselves with some rogue Autobots. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}} The three reunited Constructicons then started building a starship for everyone to leave Earth with. [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] wanted to speed things up by collecting some more of the construction experts, but [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus Prime]] refused as his Autobots feared that they might form Devastator again. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} The Decepticons eventually betrayed the Autobots and tried to take the ship for themselves (with help from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] instead of Devastator), but were defeated. Skywatch captured most of them, but several Constructicons got away. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}} Among them was Scrapper, but he was soon hunted down and executed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]], who was intent on ending the threat of Devastator forever. {{storylink|Scrapper (issue)|Scrapper}}

[[File:Kings Constructicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Get the leg out!]]
As the Decepticon army returned to Earth in full force under Megatron's command, one of their first acts was to lay siege to Skywatch and recover all the imprisoned 'Cons on the premises, including Scrapper's deactivated body. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Hook and Mixmaster were later seen among Megatron's assembled troops before he faced off against Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} After Megatron and the Autobots traveled to Cybertron for war against [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s army, the Decepticons eventually followed via [[space bridge]]. The Constructicons traveled with Scrapper's deactivated form and, despite his current state, were still able to combine and form Devastator, albeit with a dead limb. Devastator was still a force to be reckoned with, and so [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] armed his hoverchair with a copious amount of explosives, tricking Devastator into stepping on it. After a titanic blast, Devastator prepared to take revenge on the little Autobot when [[D-Void]] pulled him and the other Decepticons present into the mass of its "[[Deceptigod]]" construct. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}}

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The monster was defeated by Megatron, but the Decepticons were left weakened from the experience, and the Autobots soon captured and contained them. Fitted with [[inhibitor/deterrence chip]]s to keep them under control, they were used to reinforce the Autobots during a [[NAIL]] riot. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The Constructicons later helped look for survivors in a blast crater after a mysterious explosion happened there. {{storylink|Stick Together}} They were then put to work building things for the Autobots and working in the reclamation tunnels, but eventually turned on them to aid Bombshell, who was on the run. After beating up his pursuer, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], the Constructicons fought with [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] until [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] showed up and threatened to detonate their I/D chips. They just taunted him since [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] had made sure their chips didn't work down in the tunnels, only for Prowl to use a secret passcode to reactivate them, seemingly blowing the Constructicons' heads off. {{storylink|Devisive}}

However, Prowl was in fact under the control of Bombshell, who had merely faked the Constructicons' death and hidden them away for the purpose of improving Devastator. He fixed the problem of Scrapper's death by modifying their combination into a modular design that moved Hook to Scrapper's old position as right leg and would allow others built with compatible forms to serve as the combiner's head. After Megatron returned to conquer Cybertron, he had the Constructicons combine with the mind-controlled Prowl, using him as the new head for Devastator. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Devastator was initially under Bombshell's direct control, but after the Insecticon's death, Prowl's mind was freed and happened to stray to thoughts of Spike Witwicky. Since the Constructicons shared his hatred of Witwicky for his murder of Scrapper, this caused Devastator's mind to unify under his own control, and he went on a rampage. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Prowl was eventually able to separate from the Constructicons, only for Megatron to reveal his ultimate plan: turning ''himself'' into Devastator's head. Fortunately he was prevented from doing so, and in the aftermath the Constructicons were banished from Iacon alongside most other Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

[[File:DetonationBoulevard-Constructicons.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|We are green and very, very mean!]]
Outside the city, the Constructicons approached the exiled Autobots and, after a brawl with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], explained that they wanted to be on Prowl's side, having seen into his mind during their time as Devastator and having been ''very'' impressed by what they saw. They were allowed to stay at the Autobot camp, where they had a rematch with Arcee before it was broken up by the Dinobots, who made peace with the Constructicons after realizing they had a lot in common (namely violence and chugging energon). {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

The team fell victim to the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]'s corrosive "death wave", but were cured from its effects when the Titan was brought down by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} After that they continued to follow their new idol Prowl around, praising him at every opportunity and cheering him on during a fight with [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} When Cybertron was invaded by Shockwave's army of [[Ammonite]]s, the Constructicons talked Prowl into willingly forming Devastator and fighting [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} They were victorious and went on to witness Megatron defect to the Autobots. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

The Constructicons were subsequently fashioned by Prowl into his own private unit, the Autobot having realized how useful Devastator could be. He brought the team with him on a mission to Earth, where they saved the ''[[Ark-7]]'' from burrowing human missiles and formed Devastator to fight the Decepticons under Galvatron's command. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} After the battle they returned to the ''Ark-7'' alongside the Autobots, though Scavenger sneaked off to leak information to the Decepticons {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} on Prowl's orders, who wanted to lure the Decepticons to the [[Marshall Islands]]. Prowl then had the Constructicons coated in stealth paint, allowing them to show up out of nowhere at the battle's climax and form Devastator, who destroyed the [[Earth Defense Command]] base on the island. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}} When the Autobots began hunting for the [[Enigma of Combination]], Prowl was all too eager to mobilize the Constructicons so that they could hunt down Spike Witwicky. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} Their search took them to [[Tokyo]], where they secured their asset but ran afoul of Galvatron. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Prowl and Spike entered into a temporary truce, and with the help of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] the team stormed the [[Onyx]] facility by forming Devastator. Devastator revealed that the alliance was a lie, and that Prowl still hated the human. Devastator ultimately went berserk and ruined the mission, allowing [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] to abscond with the Enigma. Defeated and angry with each other, Prowl ordered his team to retreat back to the ''Ark-7''. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

[[File:CombinerWars5-disappointed.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"You are GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED."]]
After Prowl learned that Optimus Prime had helped Starscream form a permanent [[Council of Worlds|alliance]] with [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], the team hijacked the ship's new spacebridge to travel to Cybertron {{storylink|The Possible Light}}, where they formed Devastator. Prowl threatened to destroy the space bridge to keep Cybertron and its warlike inhabitants isolated from the rest of the galaxy; he was ultimately challenged by Superion. Devastator managed to best the combiner, but was defeated after Starscream created Defensor from a group of bystanders. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} Seeking a new edge, Starscream drafted Scoop into the team, knowing that Scoop's fanaticism would force Devastator to obey his orders. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} Ultimately, however, Devastator wound up losing control in a fight with [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]; the Constructicons and Scoop were defeated and quickly re-imprisoned. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

The Constructicons were later released and allowed to recombine so that they could be safely extricated off Cybertron, with Optimus Prime noting that the group had to regularly combine. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}} They were later called on to deal with a violent riot at the spacebridge but Devastator's violent solution only exacerbated the problem. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

Some months later, the Constructicons formed Devastator to act as a distraction during an attempt to seize control of [[Vigilem|Carcer]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

After Starscream had been arrested and Windblade became ruler of Cybertron, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] returned to Cybertron. Scoop eagerly informed his teammates of Starscream somehow becoming aware of this but they were less than impressed and frankly they agreed with Onyx's anti-[[human]] attitude. The world was ending so they were off to get drunk. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} When Onyx proved to be another elitist Prime, the Constructicons rallied around Scoop and formed Devastator to break Starscream out of prison. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}} At Starscream's command, Devastator then engaged [[Victorion]] in combat, {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} only to wind up ripped to atoms by her gravikinesis, ending the Constructicons. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}
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===Hall of Fame bios===
[[Erector (G1)|Erector]] was kicked out of the Constructicons for not being green. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Constructicons took heavy losses during the Great War; in the era of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] and the [[Builder Assembly]], the surviving members joined [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest to reform the corrupt and stagnant [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] society from within. Hot Rod rebuilt the team, instituting a one-third Autobot roster, appointing [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] as team leader, and convincing the group to downsize into fuel-efficient [[Micromaster]] bodies. {{Storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

By the time of the [[Grand Uprising]], the Constructicons found themselves embroiled in a new war as [[Buckethead]] joined with [[Overshoot]]'s motley team on a mission to defend Cybertron from the [[Monster GoBot|Antares Eight]]. The other Constructicons came to her aid as the fighting spilled over into [[Proximax]], forming Devastator and battling [[Monsterous]]. In the aftermath, the Constructicons abandoned the Builders and decided to join [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]]'s new team of "[[Ex-Bot (BWU)|Ex-Bots]]". {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} Buckethead took command of the team from Hightower; when the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] threatened Cybertron, they headed to [[Nova Cronum]], where they joined the forces of Cybertron as they marched on the [[Grand Mal]]. As Devastator, they battled [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] until their combined form suffered critical damage, killing half of the team and knocking the gestalt unconscious from the backlash. {{storylink|Derailment}}

As soon as peace had been declared, Buckethead set about recruiting new Constructicons to fill their losses. Though [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bone Crusher]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], and Hightower had perished, Buckethead found fresh talent in [[Steam Hammer]], [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]], and [[Hauler|Road Hauler]], who underwent the combination process to become the newest incarnation of Devastator. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

10,000 years after the Grand Uprising, they were misremembered as a [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] combiner group under [[Lio Convoy]]'s command. {{storylink|Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
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After the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] had ended, the exiled Megatron tossed the Constructicons around in a gladiator pit on an alien planet. {{storylink|Unforgotten}}

In the aftermath of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], the Constructicons helped clean up the rubble. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}}

They presumably died when Devastator was killed by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}}
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===''Win If You Dare''===
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[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] press-ganged the Constructicons into excavating a fallen [[cybertonium]] meteorite. After taking a beating from [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the Constructicons formed Devastator in order to grab a fragment of the meteor before the substance went critical, but the explosion knocked the combiner apart and the team made an embarrassing retreat aboard Astrotrain, bickering with Starscream all the while. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Go For the Gold}}

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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
[[File:MazingerZVsTransformers-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Devastator and Mazinger re-enact the 2022 Oscars presentation for Best Documentary Feature.]]
Transported to the Japan of an alternate universe, the Constructicons rolled out to take part in Megatron and [[Doctor Hell]]'s combined attack on the [[Photon Power Laboratory]] where they were first pummeled by Grimlock and [[Boss Borot]]. The team then formed Devastator to take on [[Kōji Kabuto]] inside the [[Mazinger Z]], and although Devastator's raw strength nearly overpowered the heroic super robot at first, the Mazinger's rocket punch ultimately knocked Devastator back into his components. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
As Devastator, the Constructicons joined the rest of the Decepticon army in their desperate battle to stop [[Gozer]] from destroying their homeworld, but quickly fell to the extradimensional deity. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:ConstructiconsRisingPart1-EngimaOfCombination.jpg|thumb|left|300px|By your powers combined...]]

The Constructicons were a team of architectural prodigies who left their mentors just after the end of the [[War of the Threefold Spark]] to help with the rebuilding of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] under the supervision of [[Termagax]]. An accomplished philosopher, engineer, and architect in her own right, Termagax saw that this new generation of fresh minds shared a goal—not just to ''rebuild'' the ravaged city as it had been, but to create something new and better in its place, even though this new approach alienated Termagax's own second-in-command [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

While digging for resources in what remained of [[Rivets Field]], the team came across the mythical [[Enigma of Combination]], their sense of purpose resonating with the artifact. At Termagax's urging, the six 'bots allowed the Enigma to change their bodies, merging them into a new [[Devastator (G1)|combiner]]; united in their common goal of creation, Termagax hoped that her new students would, despite their struggles, pool their minds and bodies together to create the ultimate building tool. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} The team took time to master this new form, however, and struggled with the combiner's own urges to indiscriminately destroy—a struggle that eventually led Wheeljack to bring the problem to the Cybertronian [[Senate]]. Although Termagax's coaching eventually helped the team ''embrace'' this indiscriminate anger and use it to fuel the power of the combiner, [[Nominus Prime]] worried that Termagax's pet experiment might pose a threat to a still-recovering Cybertron and decided that the Senate would arrange a means by which the Constructicons could safely contribute to the planet's well-being. Not long after the Constructicons had rebuilt Iacon into a beautiful metropolis, Nominus Prime arranged a half-hearted ceremony to honor their contributions and told them that their next assignment would be on the barren world of [[Mayalx]] to work on the colony's [[energon]] refinery. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}}

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The Constructicons tried to make the best of their bad situation, even reconstructing the colonial refinery into an effigy of old Iacon, but the menial work and heavily rationed energon supplies quickly took a toll on their morale, and the group spent most of their time off-hours pining for their glory days while grousing about their current working conditions. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} After eventually coming to the realization that Cybertron might have forgotten them entirely, Scrapper—worrying that the future might not include a stable Cybertron to return to—began training his team for combat while Hook devised a foul but functional energon recycler. It was at this point that the team encountered [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and his [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, who had been similarly exiled from Cybertron by Nominus Prime. Unbeknownst to Scrapper and his team, the Insecticons had been sent to Mayalx deliberately by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in the hopes that the Constructicons could be turned to the side of [[The Rise]] and contribute to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s burgeoning [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] faction. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 2}}

Encouraged to recapture their past glory by striking back at the [[Autobot]]s responsible for their banishment, the Constructicons overcharged themselves on the Insecticon's energon, combined for the first time since their banishment, and tapped into their shared resenment to become an unstoppable engine of destruction. The newly christened "Devastator" razed the colony to the ground, while the Insecticons feasted on the ruins and converted it all into usable energon to be shipped back to The Rise. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:FateOfCybertron-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

The Constructicons left Mayalx at some point afterwards and spent time aimlessly wandering the galaxy on a drifting asteroid. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} Eventually, however, Shockwave summoned the Constructicons back to Cybertron and sent [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to tow their asteroid back into low Cybertronian orbit. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} Although Shockwave had brought the Constructicons back to the fold with the intent of serving their new ally [[Exarchon]], the treacherous conqueror decided to use his parasitic [[spark]] to usurp the mighty combiner. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}} However, Devastator's unique physiology allowed his individual components to fight back and reject the infection, but the strain knocked them unconscious. By the time they had recovered, Exarchon was dead, and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] brought the team back to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}

As the Decepticon convoy drove to Iacon, they were redirected to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] to take part in the final push against the Autobots. Confident that they'd finally receive the adoration and recognition they'd been denied for so long, the Constructicons formed Devastator and easily trounced both [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] and the Autobot combiner [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. However, [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] used his innate connection to the [[Combination Core]] to instantly reform Computron as a ten-bot combiner, and through this power boost Computron overpowered Devastator and forced the Constructicons to decombine before the Autobot could destroy them. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:Inspiring-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

While most of the Autobots and Decepticons were stranded in [[Equestria]], the Constructicons launched a sneak attack on the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on Earth. Although [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] easily trounced the individual Decepticons, he couldn't stand up to their combined form. Fortunately, [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] the baby dragon found a way to trigger the starship's engines and blast Devastator back into his components. {{storylink|Inspiring}}

During [[King Sombra]]'s invasion of Cybertron, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], unaware that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had already been captured and brainwashed, requested he send the Constructicons to rescue him from a pile of collapsed girders. {{storylink|Sick Beats}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
[[File:TFBTTF3-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

After the Decepticons had conquered Earth, the Constructicons were assigned to patrol [[Hill Valley]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}} In 2015, Scrapper was chastising [[Lorraine Baines-McFly|Lorraine]] and [[George McFly]] before he was knocked out by [[Doc Brown]]'s [[alpha-wave ionic nullifier]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

Pointing fingers, the Constructicons decided to blame [[Biff Tannen]]. When Bonecrusher attempted to inflict punishment, he too was disabled by Doc Brown before Biff turned on his fellow humans and brought them to the four remaining Constructicons and Starscream. When the Autobots arrived to stop the execution, the Constructicons attempted to swat [[Marty McFly]] and [[Skilz]] out of the sky but fell victim to either Marty's expert aim with the nullifier or Bumblebee. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}}
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===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Meet the Constructicons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At least [[To sell toys|they're honest about it]].]]
The Constructicons were among the numerous Decepticons lying in the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after it crashed on Earth. Eventually both Autobots and Decepticons would revive, but it would be some time before [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]] obtained the energy and raw material to get around to the Constructicons.

Once he did though, the Constructicons were lying in wait for the Autobots when they tried to retake the ''Ark''. After they menaced the Autobots some, Starscream ordered them to form [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}}

Though Devastator initially held the edge against the Autobots, he was ultimately sent falling over a cliff by Optimus Prime, collapsing back into the individual Constructicons in the process. When they awoke on the ground, the Constructicons found that Devastator had clipped Starscream. Damaged and with their leader unresponsive, the Constructicons made the executive decision to retreat. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}}

The Decepticons retreated to a volcano where Soundwave challenged Starscream for leadership. With the communications chief emerging as the victor, the Constructicons joined the rest in bowing to their new leader. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}

With Soundwave's first order being that the Decepticons obtain a new base, he sent the Constructicons ahead to find the crash site of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Finding the craft at the bottom of the [[Pacific Ocean]], the Constructicons raised it to a flat surface before harvesting the nuclear reactor the recently sunk [[USS Henry Harrison|U.S.S. ''Henry Harrison'']] to reenergize the ship. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}}

After Soundwave had made contact with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron, the Construticons operated the [[space bridge]] to allow reinforcements through. Though the Autobots attempted to stop this, the Decepticons' numerical superiority proved too much, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] destroying the space bridge's terminal to cover their escape. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}}

After the Constructicons repaired the space bridge, Shockwave ordered them to construct a [[feeder]] to quickly metabolize a large amount of [[energon]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] using the machine to harvest a large bounty out of the local sea life. With enough fuel, Shockwave opened the space bridge once again, bringing Cybertron into Earth's orbit so that the Decepticons could efficiently harvest Earth's resources. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}}

When the Autobots returned to destroy the space bridge and retrieve their captured comrades, Shockwave commanded them to combine once more to destroy the invaders. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 11|Transformers #11}} Their combined form was eventually toppled by Optimus Prime and Elita One, with the giant landing on and destroying the feeder. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 12|Transformers #12}}

Trying to bounce back from the loss of the connection to Cybertron, the Constructicons participated in razing [[Tacoma]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. They then followed Soundwave to the Autobot's dam, but came into conflict with Starscream's group of Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} With Starscream's Combaticons having combined into Bruticus, the Constructicons followed suit, combining and facing off against each other at the dam. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} Their brawl continued into [[Seattle]], devastating the city,{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} before ending when Devastator RKO'd Bruticus off a skyscraper.{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}

With [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|Megatron]]'s reappearance, the Constructicons fell back under his command, helping to bring Starscream and [[Astrotrain (G1)#Energon Universe|Astrotrain]] to the Beacon of the Ancient on the chunk of Cybertron in the ocean for punishment. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
The Constructicons joined the other Decepticons in investigating the reactivation of the ''[[Proudstar]]'' in [[New York City]]. Upon their arrival, Megatron ordered them to construct a perimeter around the area using kinetic shields. When the Autobots arrived, the Constructicons were waiting for them as Devastator. The combiner briefly brawled with the Autobots before they were contacted by Megatron, who ordered them to assist elsewhere. Soon after, Megatron escaped into the ship's interior, the security system to which was powered by three sub-generators around the city. Each generator was guarded by two Constructicons, though the Autobots defeated them all in short order. Refusing to accept the loss, the Constructicons beat the Autobots back to the primary generator and formed Devastator once more, but the Autobots once again emerged victorious.

When the ''Proudstar''{{'}}s [[Plasma Core]] began leaking and became unstable, the Decepticons took it back to Cybertron to be repaired at a [[Plamsma Energy Interface]]. The Constructicons succeeded in patching the leak and escaped just before the Autobots arrived, returning to Earth and reinstalling the core. However, due to rushing their work, the patch ruptured and the core was once again on the verge of detonation. The Autobots raced through the ''Proudstar'' in pursuit of Megatron and the [[Ferrotaxis]] computer to shut the core down, catching up to him in [[Teletraan Alpha]]'s chamber, only for him to order the Constructicons to attack before escaping. The Constructicons battled the Autobots all together before reforming Devastator, with Menasor joined the fight soon after, but the two combiners were ultimately knocked from the platform, falling to their destruction. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Long ago, [[Termagax]] mentored the original six Constructicons. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}} Over time, the team grew to incorporate a large roster of stand-in members, {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} which included [[Gravedigger]], [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]], [[Buckethead]], and [[Sledge (RPG)|Sledge]]. According to various unconfirmed reports, several Autobots have worked with the Constructicons to form Devastator in the past; despite this switching roster, Devastator himself remained more-or-less the same being, regardless of who might be forming him at the time. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

During the war on Earth, the Constructicons collaborated with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to build the ''[[Victory (G1)|Victory I]]'', which incorporated a mixture of cannibalized components from the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and locally fabricated materials. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Commercial appearances==
The Constructicons were contentedly allowing gullible humans to operate them on a construction site in the desert, until they abruptly decided to transform and merge into Devastator, sending the humans fleeing. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Constructicons|Constructicons commercial}}

Years later, the Constructicons barreled into a power plant facility and started smashing stuff. Unfortunately, when they merged into Devastator and smashed open the ground, they prompted the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to come out of the earth's depths and attack. Grimlock grabbed Devastator in his jaws and tossed him aside. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2|G2 Constructicons commercial}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Mixmaster toy.JPG|thumb|upright=1.6|Generation 1 Mixmaster]]
*'''Constructicons''' ([[1985]]/[[1986]])
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mark Watts]] (packaging artist)}}

:The Constructicons are the first ever Combiner team in the history of the Transformers toyline. The Constructicons were originally from [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Pre-Transformer]]s ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline, specifically the Construction Vehicle Robot subset. In the [[The Transformers (toyline)|''The Transformers'' toyline]], they were sold individually as carded figures at the $6 price point, and also as a six-figure [[giftset]]. Each carded figure came with one or two pieces of combiner kibble for Devastator, which could also attach to the figure's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] to form an attack mode.

:The individual figures feature limited articulation, typical of smaller G1 figures; most can only swivel their arms at the shoulder, and cannot move their legs at all. Each came with a small [[laser pistol]] for the individual robot to use in addition to various Devastator pieces.

:In the [[United States of America|United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Japan]], the Constructicon toys were originally available both individually on blister cards (with the additional Devastator parts split up between them) and as a boxed Devastator [[Giftset|gift set]] that contained all six Constructicons and their accessories. On the [[Europe]]an continent, the individual Constructicons were initially released individually by Hasbro's subsidiary [[Milton Bradley]] (MB) in 1985. Rumors are that an MB-branded Devastator giftset was also released in continental Europe, but thus far no packaged sample has surfaced.<ref name="mbredtr">[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/mb_template.html "Milton Bradley and the red TF Tracks"] at TF-1.com.</ref><ref name="mbcollection">[http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/transformers/mb-transformers-collection/ "MB Transformers Collection"] at 20th Century Toy Collector.</ref> In 1986, the Constructicons were re-released in Europe, albeit this time in "Hasbro"-branded packaging (but manufactured by [[Joustra]]). The main difference with all other releases thus far was that the Constructicons' main color was now ''yellow'' instead of green.<ref name="frenchcon">[http://tfsource.com/blog/french-connection/ "French Connection"] at the TF Source blog.</ref><ref name="europestrange">[http://tfsource.com/blog/europes-strangest-attractions/ "Europe's Strangest Attractions"] at the TF Scource blog.</ref><ref name="frenchconst">[http://www.fredsworkshop.com/vjap6.html "French TFs: G1 Yellow Constructicons"] at Fred's Workshop.</ref> These are ''not'' to be confused with the later, ''non''-combining yellow European Constructicons, nor with the yellow ''Generation 2'' Constructicons (see below).

:The original Constructicons have the dubious honor of being the most heavily [[Knockoff|bootlegged]] Transformers toys in existence. Individually carded and packaged sets have persisted at Walgreens and other [[market six]] stores for years, both in the original green and purple and in entirely new decos, often without the kibble required for their combined form. Occasionally they receive delightfully creative new names like "[[Scrapper (G1)|Building]]", "[[Long Haul (G1)|Feeding]]", "[[Scavenger (G1)|Picking]]", "[[Hook (G1)|Sanitation]]", "[[Mixmaster (G1)|Disguise]]", and "[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Ravage]]". Sometimes, they are bootlegged at a different scale, oversized or downscaled for whatever inscrutable reason.
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[[File:ActionMaster Devastator.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Action Master Devastator]]
*'''Devastator with Scorpulator''' ([[Action Master]], [[1990]])
{{main|Devastator (G1)#Action Master}}
:A non-transforming action figure of the Constructicons' combined form was released in the second wave of carded Action Master figures. Devastator came with his small animal [[Action Master partner|partner]], [[Scorpulator]], who transformed into an acid spray gun that Devastator could wield and a "Gripper Backpack" that plugged into Devastator's back.
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{{anchor|euro92}}
[[File:G1 euro Long Haul.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|European Yellow Long Haul]]
*'''Constructicons''' ([[1992]])

:Another yellow set of European exclusive versions of the Constructicons, in colors very similar to the previous yellow European releases. The main differences were that these versions came with no Devastator parts, Hook and Scavenger were [[retool]]ed so they could neither connect to each other nor to Bonecrusher, and several of them featured gray plastic parts exclusive to these versions (although there were [[variant]]s for some of them that changed those gray parts back to yellow).<ref name="eurovar">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/595256-1992-european-yellow-constructicons-variant.html "1992 European Yellow Constructicons Variant"] at TFW2005.</ref> These toys were also not individually named, as they came on standardized cards used for all six team members.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:Scavenger_Generation_2_toy.gif|upright=1.6|thumb|''Generation 2'' Yellow Scavenger]]
*'''Constructicons''' ([[1993]])
:[[Redeco]]s of all six Constructicons were released individually as part of the first assortments of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' products. The first—and seemingly more common—versions were yellow like the European version from 1986, but featured a lighter purple plastic, had all spring-loaded accessories (such as Devastator's forearms and fists) [[retool]]ed to remove the firing [[gimmick]], Mixmaster didn't include the single-tabbed missile, and all six Constructicons featured a ''Generation 2''-style Decepticon [[insignia|logo]] and the word "DECEPTICON" [[tampograph]]ed on them. Aside from that, the ''Generation 2'' Constructicons were functionally identical to their Generation 1 predecessors.

:A later and seemingly less common run changed the yellow plastics to rich orange. It has been [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|rumored]] that this release was only available in [[KB Toys]] stores, but this is supposedly incorrect, and KB Toys might have just been the chain that stocked them in larger quantities than everyone else.

:Neither color version was available as a gift set.
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy DevastatorMicro.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|If there's only one original Constructicon left, does it ''really'' count?]]
*'''Constructicons''' (Micromasters, 2004)
{{note|The ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Constructicon (Universe)|Constructicons]] were [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' version of the G1 Constructicons in "[[Cultural Appropriation]]".}}
:A [[redeco]] of [[Sixbuilder]] in [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] Constructicon-inspired colors. While similar to the [[Decepticon Sixbuilder|Destron Sixbuilder]] redeco, this version is molded in distinctly different colors with far more purple and black paint applications. When separated into his component robots, the leftover combiner [[kibble]] can combine to form a single-pilot jet.

:The six component Constructicons were packaged separately, available originally as [[KB Toys|K•B Toys]] [[exclusive]]s, but later appearing in {{w|Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears}} stores during the Christmas season. (K•B partnered with Sears, a chain that usually doesn't have a toy department.) They were also sold on [[Kmart|K-Mart]]'s web site.

===''Energon''===
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Micromasters, 2004)

:Devastator was also released under the ''Energon'' line in Europe, albeit with modified packaging and instructions to reflect the different line.
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===''Classics''===
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' ([[2007]])
[[File:Devastatorclassics.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|And then there were five.]]
{{main|Devastator (G1)#Classics}}
:Redecos of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Construction Team]] released as a [[Walmart]] exclusive gift set, with the individual components named Scrapper, Bonecrusher, Long Haul, Scavenger, and [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]]. The combined form is named "Constructicon Devastator" for [[trademark]] reasons.
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===''United EX''===
[[File:UnitedEXtoy buildmaster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6|''United EX'' Buildmaster Prime Mode]]
*'''Buildmaster Prime Mode''' ([[2012]])

: Buildmaster is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Steamhammer (PCC)#Power Core Combiners|Steamhammer]].

: He comes with four construction vehicle drone-limbs:

:* '''Decimator Drone''' (drill)
:* '''Dominator Drone''' (front end loader)
:* '''Eradicator Drone''' (plow)
:* '''Annihilator Drone''' (steamroller)
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CombinerWarsBonecrusher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|''Generations'' Bonecrusher]]
*'''Devastator''' (Gift Set, [[2015]]/[[2021]])
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}
:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Devastator is an all-new mold combiner formed from six Voyager sized Constructicons. All his components are sold together in a massive box. He holds the record of being the tallest combiner toy.

:As a part of a promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the Constructicons was given out when purchasing the set. As such, Devastator was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.

: Devastator was reissued and sold exclusively through [[Amazon]] in 2021.
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TakaraTomy-Unite-Warriors-Devastator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Devastator]]
*'''Devastor''' (giftset, [[December 12]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-04'''
**''English name:'' '''Devastator'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Devastor is a redeco and slight retool of Hasbro's version, the most notable differences being the inclusion of individual handguns for the Constructicons and a new combiner head that can switch between visored and non-visored faces. Every member has been retooled in some manner from the Hasbro versions: Hook, Mixmaster, Long Haul, and Scrapper have been remolded to sport better elbows, and Bonecrusher and Scavenger have been remolded to sport better knees. In addition to this, Devastator utilizes ratchet joints in his shoulders. Each Constructicon features a G1 style gun that pegs into an existing slot or hole.
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===''Vintage G1''===
[[File:Walmart-Vintage-G1-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Devastator''' (Walmart exclusive reissue, 2018)
:The original Devastator toy was once again available, this time in the [[Walmart]] exclusive ''[[Vintage|Vintage G1]]'' series. The set features numerous small changes in molding, assembly, and deco; see the individual toys' articles for details.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-SS-TFTM-Voyager-Scrapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Studio Series'' Scrapper]]
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|'''1 of 5: [[Scrapper (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Scrapper]]''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}
{{Bp-d1|'''2 of 6 {{sic}}: [[Bonecrusher (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Bonecrusher]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2025)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''3 of 5: [[Hook (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Constructicon Hook]] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [[Long Haul (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Constructicon Long Haul]]''' (Commander Class, 2025)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''4 of 5: [[Scavenger (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Scavenger]]'''
(Deluxe Class, 2025)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''5 of 5: [[Mixmaster (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Mixmaster]]'''
(Voyager Class, 2025)}}
</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfy3IcQd3g4 The Hasbro ''Transformers'' Panel] at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San Diego Comic-Con 2024]] with [[Mario Carreiro]], [[John Warden]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]], recorded at the "Memo's Collection" YouTube channel.</ref>

: Announced at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San-Diego Comic-Con 2024]] and revealed in full at the Hasbro Pulse Premium 1027 Event, Devastator is slated for release via his single-packed components in the ''The Transformers: The Movie'' themed arm of the [[Show-accuracy|screen accuracy]]-focused ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline throughout [[2025]]. In the name of scale with ''Legacy'' [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]], the combined form is shorter than the [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' version]]. However, unlike said contemporary combiners, his components do not mount onto a skeletal body frame, and transform directly into their component parts (although this comes at the expense of none of them having waist articulation). All six Constructicons are roughly Deluxe-sized in robot mode, though Scrapper and Mixmaster were upgraded to Voyager class to allow for ratcheted combiner ankles. Hook and Long Haul are also roughly Voyager Class, but sold together as a single Commander Class release with the majority of the kibble needed to form the combined mode (which can combine into a trailer Long Haul can tow).

{{comingsoontoy| Scavenger, Mixmaster}}
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==Merchandise==
===Kids Nations===
*'''Constructicons''' (2015)
**''ID Number:'' '''TF04'''
**''Accessories:'' Batteries.

[[File:tf04-constructicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

:The Kids Nations Constructicons is a set of approximately 3" tall [[super deformed]] figures including all six classic Constructicons: Scavenger, Scrapper, Mixmaster, Long Haul, Hook and Bonecrusher. While they are largely static figures with limited articulation and neither transform nor combine, they include LED light up eyes.

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===Mecha Nations===
[[File:Mn08-devastator.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Devastator''' (2016)
**''ID Number:'' '''MN07'''
**''Accessories:'' Alternate hands, gun, 6 x magnetic infrared LED modules, display stand.

:Created by [[Kids Logic]], this [[super deformed]], non-transforming and non-separating G1 Devastator stands approximately 8" tall and is articulated, featuring a shiny metallic color scheme, articulated hands, LED light up eyes, Decepticon insignia on his chest, and windows in his component vehicle modes. He includes a flip-down visor for if you prefer this look over separate eyes. Pressing the button on Devastator's gun causes all his LEDs to light up simultaneously (achieved via infrared receivers), accompanied by the classic transformation sound.

:While he was released as part of the Mecha Nations line of larger sized figures, he is intended to tower over the smaller Kids Nations 3" figures, and can be regarded as the combined form of the contemporaneously released Kids Nations TF04 Constructicons mini-figures set (above).

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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Devastator and Omega Supreme.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Omega Supreme & Devastor Set''' ([[August 14]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''55 & 56'''

:Released as part of the eighth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastor]]" (with his components [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#56|Translation of Devastator's Transformers Character Card]]''
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===''Blokees''===
====Galaxy Version====
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV-02-Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|250px|''Galaxy Version'' Mixmaster]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Long Haul''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Mixmaster''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 02 - S.O.S.'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scavenger''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bonecrusher''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 03 - The Autobot Run'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scrapper''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Hook''' ((Galaxy Version, 2024))}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 04 - Fractured Space Time'''

:All 6 Constructions were released in three of ''[[Blokees]]''' "Galaxy Version" series of blind-box kits, with 2 characters split on each of the three waves.

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====Defender====
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV-Defender-02-Bonecrusher.jpg|thumb|250px|''Defender'' Bonecrusher]]
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV-Defender-2-Hook-Vehicle.jpg|thumb|250px|''Defender'' Hook (Vehicle)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scavenger''' (Defender Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scavenger (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version Defender 01 - Shattered Alliance'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bonecrusher''' (Defender Version, 2025)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bonecrusher (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 2025)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Hook (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version Defender 02 - The Overthrow'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Mixmaster (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 202?)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scrapper (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 202?)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Long Haul (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 202?)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version Defender 03 - Heavy Metal War'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Devastator Combining Accessory''' (Blokees Figure Club exclusive add-on, 2025)}}</ul>

:The Constructicons are also sold as a smaller but similarly articulated Defender Series subline. So far, at least each wave includes one robot mode kit (only Scavenger and Bonecrusher at the time of writing) and all of their vehicle modes. The Constructicon vehicles also include a few peg holes and ball joint sockets, allowing them to combine into Devastator with the Combining Accessory set sold exclusively at the Blokees Figure Club in China, where they can be accessed by scanning the QR code from the lineup's collector cards.

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==Notes==
*About a billion freaking other toys have been [[redeco]]ed in the Constructicons' familiar green-and-purple livery. Pretty much every construction vehicle mold to come down the pike has at some point been given a Constructicon-themed color scheme, been turned into some alternate universe version of a Constructicon, or has been subject to regular clamoring by the [[fandom]] for a Constructicon-themed rerelease. "Constructicon colors" is up there with "[[Black redeco|black repaint]]" as popular choices for redecoes go.
*The Constructicons are the only Decepticons to appear in all four seasons of the American G1 cartoon.
*The character [[profile]]s written for the Constructicons do not identify any of them as the team leader, which has led to the role being filled by different characters in different pieces of media.
**Scrapper was, by all appearances, always intended to be the leader. His [[Tech Spec]]s give him the highest "Rank" of the team, and he is unambiguously depicted as their leader in the Generation 1 cartoon, the influence of which has resulted in him filling the role in most modern media.
**However, because Hook forms the head and much of the torso of Devastator, a trait shared by other combiner leaders, there's been a tendency among fans to believe he "should" be the leader, just because. This resulted in the [[Transformers: Wings Universe|''Wings Universe'']] identifying him as the group's ''former'' leader, replaced by Scrapper on Megatron's orders.
**In the [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|issue #10]] of the Marvel comic, Shockwave gives the Constructicons' orders to Scavenger as if he were the leader. However, in [[Toy Soldiers!|issue #38]], Hook is shown giving the orders, then in [[Totaled!|issue #41]], it is Bonecrusher who leads the team on their mission to recover fallen Decepticons from the Ark. Then, in the UK-exclusive story "[[Space Pirates!]]", the Constructicons are represented by Mixmaster at a gathering of combiner-team leaders; he was also seen giving the orders in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]" as well.
**Sorry, Long Haul, you lose again...
*In ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]'', Scrapper and Long Haul are the only two Constructicons whose voice actors from the original cartoon, [[Michael Bell]] and [[Gregg Berger]] respectively, reprised their roles. Despite the fact [[Frank Welker]] returned to voice Megatron and Soundwave, he did not reprise his role as Mixmaster.
* Many box set releases of the original Constructicon toys, including the original G1 release of the Devastator set feature reversed art of the team save for Hook. This was fixed for Encore but still present on later releases of the team bundled together. This seems to originate from someone flipping the original carded release art of the team to arrange them on Devastator's box. Hook's chest sticker has always been backwards though.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Buildron''' (ビルドロン ''Birudoron''), '''Constructicon''' (コンストラクティコン ''Konsutorakutikon'')
*''French:'' '''Constructican''' (France, TV series dub), '''Constructitor''' (France, ''The Movie'' dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szerkesztettek''' (Marvel Comics), '''Konsztruktorok''' (second ''The Movie'' dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Excavators''' (toys), '''Escavator''' (cartoon)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wā Dì Hǔ''' (挖地虎, "Earth-digging Tiger")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Constructors''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Конструктиконы''' (''Constructicons'')

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising subgroups]]
[[Category:Classics subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Constructicons| (G1)]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Constructicons| ]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) subgroups]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Ultracons]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Constructicon (G1)

2025-09-06T15:03:04Z

Sky Shadow: Don't give Hauler and Erector literally the same microblurbs

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:''The Constructicons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:ConstructiconRollCall.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|In Decepticon Kaon, union busts YOU!]]
The '''Constructicons''' are the Decepticons' foremost designers, engineers and builders. They are also particularly notable for their status as the very first combining subgroup of Transformers. The individual members of the team are:

*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (front-end loader)—a modest but masterful designer
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (bulldozer)—a destructive berserker
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (excavator)—a materials detector with self-esteem issues
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (cement mixer)—a maniacal chemist
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (crane)—a snobbish perfectionist
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (dump truck)—a worker who longs for battle

They are able to merge their bodies and minds together to form the gigantic [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]].

In some universes, there are more Constructicons in addition to or in lieu of the primary six. The named ones include:

*[[Gravedigger]] (bulldozer<ref>True as of his [[Gravedigger#toys|United EX release]]; originally drawn identically to Long Haul, but never transformed in that body.</ref>)—the sadistic younger brother of Bonecrusher
*[[Hauler]] (crane)—a self-expressive ex-Constructicon energy scout who joined the Autobots
*[[Erector (G1)|Erector]] (crane cab)—a down-on-his-luck Autobot engineer and ex-Constructicon
*[[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]] (crane)—a substitute member with traits of both Mixmaster and Hook
*[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] (front-end loader)—a religious fanatic drafted by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] as a stand-in for Scrapper

In the world of ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'', the Constructicon roster changes over time as members die, until the team consists of:

*[[Buckethead]] (front-end loader)—a late-model Decepticon who joined shortly before the [[Micromaster]] Upgrade
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (crane)—a former Autobot placed in charge of the group
*[[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] (cement mixer)—a former Autobot chemist
*[[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] (dump truck)—a former Throttlebot who joined the Decepticons in defiance of Rodimus's poor leadership
*[[Steam Hammer]] (steam shovel)—a surprisingly gifted laborer
*Skavenger—the sole surviving member of the original team, not to be confused with [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]]

Members' color schemes are [[:File:G2Devastator toy.jpg|required]] to include green.<ref>[[Erector (G1)|Erector]]'s [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[bio]]</ref>

{{bigquote|Really. That has to be the ''stupidest'' color for a 'disguise'...|[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]]|"[[Scrapper (issue)|Scrapper]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Constructiconsbornmarvel.jpg|left|thumb|"I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!" "I'm green!"]]
Seeking to bolster the size of his forces on Earth in [[1985]], Decepticon Commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] arranged for the construction of six new Decepticon bodies, which were then infused with life by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], tapped from the head of the imprisoned [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Thus, the Constructicons were born, and were immediately put to work building a massive radio transmission dish that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] used to beam a message to Cybertron. When the Autobots attempted to interfere, the Constructicons revealed their hidden power and merged into Devastator to fight them off, allowing the message to successfully go through. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

The Autobots, intrigued by Devastator's unique combining power, attempted to replicate it with the construction of Omega Supreme. However, Omega was composed of only three components, unlike the six Constructicons that made up Devastator. The Autobots, needing additional data on combiner technology, conducted a raid on the [[Wyoming base|Decepticon base]], luring out Devastator so that they could study him further. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} This led to the construction of the new combiner team, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], capable of forming [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} ''The Constructicons were later charged with hunting down [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]],'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

''The Constructicons were sent into frigid [[Yukon]] territory to work on a secret project. They were discovered by [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], only for the two Autobots to accidentally betray their presence with an accidental weapons discharge. The Constructicons chased down the interlopers, blasting at them through a nearby forest. During the chase, they merged into Devastator in an attempt to overtake the pair. While in this form, they were duped into blasting a hydro-electric dam. Realizing what was coming, the Constructicons only had time enough to separate before the concrete structure collapsed, unleashing a torrent of water. The Constructicons were submerged in the flood, allowing the Autobots to escape.'' {{storylink|The Mission}}''
[[File: Target2006pt1_constructicolours.jpg|thumb|”A gigantic laser cannon, you say? Yeah, I probably won't be able to get the parts I need for two or three weeks, and that's if I order them today—which I won't.”]] They were called upon once more when the time-travelling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] co-opted their services to build a gigantic laser cannon.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Devastator battled Superion during the Transformers' adventure alongside [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

The team's special talents were not required again until they and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] stole large amounts of rocket fuel and raw materials, with which the Constructicons rebuilt the Decepticons' mobile island headquarters as a spaceship. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} With the entire Earth-based Decepticon army aboard the ship, under the command of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], they attacked an Autobot congregation on the moon. While the battle raged, the Constructicons penetrated the Ark and recovered the deactivated bodies of several Decepticons defeated in an earlier clash with Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In an alternate [[2008]], Mixmaster was briefly indicated to have ascended to leadership of the Constructicons.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
At one point the team had lost the ability to combine, and attempted to rebuild Devastator as a singular, separate entity. The Autobots [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] arrived on the island to investigate, and Ironhide was able to bypass the security grid and plant explosives to destroy the site, and Devastator with it. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}}

The main Constructicon team worked for [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], and Mixmaster happily dealt [[Syk]] to everyone - happily until Soundwave happily blackmailed him over it... {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}}

{{note|Bonecrusher is the only member of the Constructicons who did not appear in the [[Earthforce]] stories.}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
The Constructicons resurfaced among the Decepticons after Megatron reclaimed the army from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Bonecrusher appeared with the Cons who confronted [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] when he arrived on Earth. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Scavenger and Hook stood with the assembled Decepticons as Megatron rallied them for war with the Cybertronian Empire. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

In preparation for the final battle with the Swarm, Scrapper, Bonecrusher, and Long Haul helped establish fortifications at the combined Autobot and Decepticon base. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[File:CrossingOverGrimlockConstructicons.jpg|thumb|]]
The Constructicons were among the troops that Megatron covertly rebuilt on Earth after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s defeat and exile. Both Hook and Mixmaster were curiously absent from the team, with the enigmatic Hightower in their place. It's unclear why this was, but Hightower himself joked about stripping enough spare parts off of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] to "build a new Hook." {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Megatronffod.jpg|left|thumb|And so, one night, over pizza and beer, far below the city... continuity nightmares were born.]]
The Constructicons' origins are clouded. They were reportedly on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] millions of years ago, though the accounts gel poorly. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] took a near-death trip into the [[Matrix of Leadership]], he saw a vision of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s creation - by eight(!) apparent Constructicons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} But according to [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], at the time that Megatron was building up his Decepticon army, the Constructicons were ''not'' Decepticons at all (though they were seen bearing the Decepticon symbol). They were the peaceful creators of the beautiful [[Crystal City]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and Omega was both its guardian and their friend. However, Megatron secretly used the [[Robosmasher]] to reprogram the Constructicons into Decepticons, then he had them send Omega away on a fool's errand so they could demolish Crystal City.

[[File:Robo-Smasher and Omega Supreme.jpg|thumb|Omega Supreme battling Devastator with the Robo-Smasher on his back.]]
The enraged Omega tracked the Constructicons down and reprogrammed them again, intending to return them to their previous state. But as the group returned to rebuild Crystal City, they attacked Omega while his back was turned. Megatron's programming was not to be undone, and he had also given them the ability to merge into Devastator. As they wrestled with Omega in their combined form, the Robosmasher latched onto Omega Supreme's head. Omega was able to fend off both his attackers, but his mental brush with the Robosmasher left him filled only with hate for the Constructicons, whom he pursued across the galaxy for millions of years. While this tale was only conveyed second-hand, some details would be corroborated in conversation between Omega and the Constructicons in the modern day. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

{{note|Immediately after the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] reawakened on Earth, a [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]-lookalike named "Hauler" was briefly seen among them. He would be [[retcon]]ned into "[[Hauler|RoadHauler]]" nearly 20 years later by that toy's on-package [[bio]], which confirmed the Crystal City origin and made him a Constructicon who had escaped the Robosmasher and joined the Autobots.}}

[[File:Heavymetalwar constructicons target teletraan.jpg|left|thumb]]
In [[1984]], the Constructicons bolstered Megatron's forces on Earth (and Megatron referred to "the time we spent building them in these caverns," adding to the origin ambiguities). Scrapper designed a machine to transfer the other Decepticons' offensive powers to Megatron. While Megatron battled [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], holding the attention of the Autobots, the Constructicons invaded the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to destroy [[Teletraan I]]. Unfortunately for them, the Ark was protected by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], but by merging into Devastator, they became more than a match for their prehistoric foes. The return of the other Autobots and the discovery of Megatron's deception spelled the end of the battle, however. [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] distracted Devastator with a gigantic hologram, and Optimus Prime blasted the giant at just the right spot to force the Constructicons to disengage. They and the other Decepticons were then forced into a river of lava. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

[[File:Autobotrun ironhide carcrusher.jpg|right|thumb]]
The Constructicons all managed to survive their magma bath mostly unscathed, except possibly for Mixmaster, who developed a manic personality and a fondness for repeating his words, which he had not displayed before. Regardless, the team was soon back at work again, performing such varied tasks as assisting in Megatron's reconstruction of [[New York City]] (which also involved turning Optimus Prime's scrapped remains into a [[Alligaticon|robotic alligator]]) {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}} and building [[Transfixatron|a device to paralyze Transformers in their vehicular modes]], as well as another to crush them. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

[[File:TheCore ConstructiconsMegatronPoint.jpg|left|thumb]]
The Constructicons' history of mental manipulation continued when the Autobots planted [[dominator disk]]s on them, which the Autobots activated when the Constructicons merged into Devastator. He instantly began fighting against the Decepticons, and Autobots took him back to their base. However, Megatron was secretly aware of the whole plot, even spying on the Autobots ''through the Constructicons' own eyes.'' Meanwhile, the Constructicons contentedly helped fix the battle-damaged Autobots and then accompanied them on a raid against the Decepticons, who were trying to drill into the [[Earth's core]]. During the battle, Megatron used a "control switch" to deactivate the disks, and as Devastator turned back against the Autobots, Wheeljack boosted the disks' power. This drove Devastator mad, and he began attacking everyone indiscriminately. The only thing that brought him back to sanity was the threat of the Decepticons' drill, which was seconds away from destroying the planet. He dove into the drilled hole and wrenched the bit to a standstill, saving the world. {{storylink|The Core}}

[[File:MasterBuilders devastator under attack.jpg|right|thumb]]
Afterwards, the Constructicons returned to their Decepticon roles, but treachery remained a running theme. Upon learning of the Autobot [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]'s solar power tower design, Scrapper and the Constructicons pretended to have defected from the Decepticons in order to help him and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] construct it. But upon its completion, they turned it and the two Autobots over to Megatron. In a demonstration of Scrapper's motto, Grapple and Hoist were imprisoned in the very structure of their tower. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}}

Later, when the other Decepticons began to suffer from [[Cybertonium]] degeneration, the Constructicons, apparently working fine, took delivery of a shipment of the mineral via the [[space bridge]], and as Devastator, failed to stop [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly]] from getting by them and traveling to Cybertron. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

[[File:SecretofOmega devastator vs omega.jpg|left|thumb]]
When Omega Supreme learned that the Constructicons were active on Earth, he arrived on the planet and joined Optimus Prime's forces, biding his time until he could face his former friends again. That chance arose when the Constructicons were discovered mining an asteroid, and Omega was dispatched to investigate. Ignoring Optimus Prime's orders, Omega Supreme engaged the Constructicons, and in the battle, split the asteroid in two, revealing that it was an egg of sorts, incubating a monstrous alien creature, which promptly attacked [[San Francisco]] while Omega, ignoring the plight of the city, continued to battle the Constructicons. Optimus Prime then entered the fray, convincing Omega that saving the city was more important than revenge, and forcing the Constructicons to retreat. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

[[File:TFTM Constructicon trumpets.jpg|thumb]]
The building skills of the Constructicons remained in demand; other creations around this time included an army of drone Transformers created from common Earth cars; {{storylink|Make Tracks}} various constructs for [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], including a throne constructed from deactivated Autobots and a massive maze; {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} and a giant ruby-powered laser cannon. {{storylink|Masquerade}} It's unclear how unique their combining ability actually was (especially if Devastator had been around since the [[Golden Age]]), but their gestalt-monopoly on Earth was undone with the creation of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] and their Autobot counterparts, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. These were soon followed by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], the latter even defeating Devastator in battle as their merged form, [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:FightorFlee Constructicon vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|The Constructicons got an [[Action Master]] vehicle before it was fashionable!]]
Still, twenty years later in the Earth year [[2005]], Devastator was the Decepticons' primary weapon in the great [[Battle of Autobot City]], tearing through the defenses and walls of the city and battling the Dinobots once more. On the return trip to Cybertron, it was Bonecrusher who advocated the "survival of the fittest" policy that saw many wounded Decepticons ejected from the shuttle, among them Megatron, prompting Scrapper to vote for the Constructicons as the new leaders of the Decepticons, arguing that Devastator was the most powerful robot. Hook took great offense to the notion that [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] would make a better leader than them. In the end, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] became the new leader of the Decepticons, and the Constructicons, as a sign of no hard feelings, provided the music by playing horns at his coronation. Starscream, desperate to get on with the ceremony, eventually shot their horns, showing that he still had hard feelings. How they were able to play the horns, as a number of them don't have mouths, is unknown. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

In the remainder of this year and throughout [[2006]], the Constructicons maintained a smaller, but still present, role in the Decepticon army, lending their talents to the Decepticon/[[Quintesson]] alliance by constructing [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] out of a populated human city in only one night. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|FFOD, Part 4}} Later, they built a planetary engine on an asteroid and battled on the planet [[Eurythma]], {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} aided in the overthrow of [[Paradron]] {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} and took part in an attack on [[Japan]]. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} Although brief, the Constructicons even played a part in the battle for the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] in [[2007]], seen firing on Autobots with the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

=====Origin inconsistency=====
As seen above, the cartoon presented several conflicting origins for the Constructicons. The series bible described the Constructicons as having "no explained origin",<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/#057 Cartoon series bible page on the Constructicons]</ref> but this only seemed to promote variant portrayals. Notably, it appears that the role of the Constructicons in Megatron's creation was not part of the plan for "Five Faces of Darkness", as the script only described them as "Decepticons."

A straight reading of the "facts" appears to go: the Constructicons started out Decepticons, built Megatron, left the Decepticons, built the Crystal City, were Robosmashed back into Decepticons, ran around the galaxy for umpteen million years, ended up on Earth, and were (re)built by Megatron. However, there are issues with that narrative:

*There was no hint in Omega's flashback that they had ever been Decepticons before; their treachery was entirely unexpected. On the other hand, they ''did'' have Decepticon symbols throughout. Another possibility is that the Constructicons had built Megatron without realizing how evil he would be, which allows their early insignia to be chalked up as the animation error they most likely are.
*Even if Megatron's claim of "building" them just means "rebuilding", their Crystal City flashback showed them anachronistically ''already'' in their Terran vehicle forms, so what would he have rebuilt them into? On the other hand, that's just one more reason to doubt the veracity of Omega's flashback.

Making the issue either simpler or more complicated, depending on your view, the {{w|unreliable narrator}} rationale could negate much of the Constructicons' supposed history, between the vengeance-driven Omega's tale and the tripping Rodimus' near-death mystical vision. But the real-world truth of the matter is that different writers and haphazard animators gave us a mix of possibilities with no clear [[canon]] answer.

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====eHobby RoadHauler bio=====
[[Hauler]] was originally one of the Constructicons during their days on Cybertron. He eventually defected from his comrades and joined the Autobots, taking on a new color scheme in the process.

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
The Constructicons helped Megatron secure an island paradise as the staging ground for their new fortress, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. When [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and the Autobots arrived to kick them off the island, the Constructicons formed Devastator to fight back, but were swatted aside by Trypticon who wanted the kill for himself. After the Autobots tricked Trypticon into defeating himself, they forced the Constructicons to rebuild the forest they destroyed. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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The Constructicons formed Devastator and confronted the Autobots in the skies over Cybertron. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|F!SRL Transformers Part 6}} Later, the Constructicons teamed up with the Stunticons in the form of Devastator and Menasor to make trouble for the Autobots. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, the Autobots unleashed their new combiner warrior: [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]! Defensor quickly sent the bad robots packing. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|F!SRL Transformers Part 12}}
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=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====
[[File:Constructicons mode2.jpg|left|thumb|Can we break it, then rebuild it into a device of hideous destructive power? YES WE CAN.]]
The Constructicons were among the first Decepticons dispatched to destroy an Autobot factory building [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. In the form of Devastator, they were also among the first Decepticons defeated. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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=====''The Story of the Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga=====
In 2010, on the planet [[Feminia]], Devastator joined with all the other Decepticon Combiner warriors in an assault on the [[Prime Energy Tower]]. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s showed up and caused all the Combiners to trip into one another and disassemble. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
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In [[2011]], the Constructicons were among those assembled by Galvatron for an all-out assault on Cybertron. After arriving individually through the space bridge, they joined the fight as Devastator. The once mighty Combiner would appear to have fallen on hard times, however, as he was defeated by Optimus Prime, who dispatched him with a single jump-kick. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

The Constructicons would have many more embarrassing skirmishes as Devastator, until their intellect would finally be exploited to oversee the production of [[crysmagnetal]] in [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]], a component needed to blow up the Earth. They would be thwarted and driven off into space alongside the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
In [[2021]], the Constructicons tricked [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] into helping them rebuild Crystal City on Earth. {{storylink|Crystal City Reconstruction Project!}}

=====''Zone'' catalog storypage=====
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Along with other Combiners, Devastator joined the newly revived "[[Emperor of Destruction|Dark Emperor]]" [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] for an attack on the Autobots. This time, it was a full-on assault on planet [[Micro|Zone]] in an attempt to seize the Micro Zone's [[Energon Z]]. The [[Micromaster]]s repelled his attack and sent the Decepticons into retreat.{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)#Catalogue story page 1|Zone Project Story}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Constructicons were among those summoned, but only in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

While in some accounts of their fateful battle with [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] for the power of [[Energon Z]], the Constructicons survived the altercation,{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} other accounts were less generous, having Devastator killed in a flood of lava. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''United EX'' storyline=====
Seeking to restore his older brother Bonecrusher to life, long-forgotten Constructicon [[Gravedigger]] gained control of [[Power Core Combination]] technology and combined with several Constructicon drones to become Buildmaster. During one encounter with the Autobot Power Core Combiners, he defended a Decepticon base alongside [[Onslaught (G1)|Combatmaster]] and discovered a strange [[Predacon (BW)|relic]] from the future left buried in the past. {{storylink|Unearthed Future}}

=====eHobby post-''G-2'' storyline=====
The Constructicons were eventually revived, by the looks of things. Hook and Bonecrusher were stationed on an undersea research facility being commanded by Megatron (who himself was being commanded by [[Galvatron II]]). Things went sour when strange monsters attacked the facility, shortly before the Autobots and an [[Eldedroid]] arrived to clean up their mess. {{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Nine million years before the Transformers came to Earth, the Cybertronian "race" known as the Constructicons decided to side with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

Hook, leader of the Constructicons, had a seat at the council table of [[Decepticon Warlord]]s. The Warlords had an acrimonious relationship with each other at best, but agreed to meet for War Councils to discuss the Decepticon movement and, particularly, the rising threat of the [[Elite Guard|Autobot Elite Guard]] to all of them. He and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], leader of the [[Photon]]s, carried a motion for the assembled Warlords to share their plans and information with each other, for the greater glory of the Decepticons.

Or, rather, for the greater glory of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. By the next council meeting, Hook, Reflector and Megatron's representative [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] were no longer present, having united under Megatron's banner after claiming the Warlords' secrets. {{storylink|A Team Effort}}

A group of Constructicons worked for [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] on the repairs of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} Following Megatron's conquering of Deathsaurus's territory, Deathsaurus's [[Combiner]] technology was applied to Hook and his team to create Devastator, who joined in an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} The Autobots were able to take down Devastator using a combination of live cables and shooting him in the knees. {{Storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Millennia later, during the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Devastator breached a wall and faced [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] with a small group of Autobots. The Autobots used a barrage of rockets to separate the Constructicons, who began fighting back, taking out [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

During the third Cybertronian war, the Constructicons were ambushed at [[Elevation Recostalus]] by a group of Autobots including [[Hauler]] and [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], who disabled them before they could form Devastator. The group remained offline until 1984, when Megatron rebuilt them on Earth and appointed Scrapper as leader in Hook's place. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 45|Transformers I.Q. last issue review}}

====''Cloud''====
When [[Cloud World]]'s [[Megatron (G1)#Cloud|Megatron]] interrupted Megatron's battle with Optimus Prime, he was annoyed and unleashed Devastator on the intruder, only for the combiner to be blasted back into his components by the raging, [[SARA]]-powered Megatron's tank mode. The Constructicons subsequently fled out of fear. {{storylink|Rampage (Cloud)|Rampage}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 1185.04 Alpha]], the Constructicons entered the war Megatron waged against [[Cobra]] on Earth. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/13}}

In a different universe manipulated by [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]], the Constructicons participated in the siege of [[Autobot City (G1)|Guardian City]] by forming Devastator. Later after history blipped again, the Constructicons were replaced by the [[Puzzler]] team. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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The Constructicons were among the Transformers aboard the ''Ark'' when it crashed on Earth at some point in the past. In the present, it was discovered by the terrorist organization [[Cobra]], who reprogrammed the Transformers for their own needs. Naturally, the Constructicons were used for construction on [[Cobra Island]], until [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] hacked Cobra's computers and freed everyone. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} After enacting some revenge on their former captors, the Constructicons were ordered to defend the [[SPS Satellite]] controls from the Autobot and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] troops attacking the island. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} However, not even Devastator's strength was enough to stop the attackers, and the combiner was defeated. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:DW devastator.jpg|left|thumb|"Devastator use ocean as bathtub!"]]
Eight million years before the modern era, the Constructicons were tasked by Megatron to activate Cybertron's planetary engines. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} When Megatron disappeared into the depths of the planet fighting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Starscream temporarily took command and had Scrapper prepare a process for the resurfacing of Cybertron, which would transform it into a mobile war-world. Scrapper cautioned against such an action, but Starscream ignored him, and prevented him from stopping it when the process was underway. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} After this, the Constructicons worked on the theory of [[mass intellect]], and succeeded in stabilizing the neural-meshing, creating Devastator. However, the process was not as efficient as the Constructicons believed, as the technical geniuses of the Constructicons did not translate into Devastator, causing him to suffer from a serious "dumbing down" problem. Despite the drawbacks, Megatron was impressed with Devastator's destructive potential. Besides, being intelligent ''and'' powerful was overrated in Megatron's opinion. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #8}} When Megatron and Optimus Prime were thought to have died in an early test of the [[space bridge]] transport system, and the Autobots and Decepticons splintered into several smaller factions, the Constructicons broke the treaty that had downgraded the combining teams to non-combat status by siding with Ratbat's [[Ultracon]]s and battling [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Escalation}}

It is apparent that the Constructicons were not aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crashed on Earth four million years before the modern era, but they did eventually find their way to Earth and joined Megatron's forces there after they awoke in 1984. All the Transformers were rendered inactive in the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'' in 1999, but when they reactivated in 2001, Devastator was the main weapon in Megatron's attack on [[San Francisco]]. Rampaging through the city, he battled and defeated [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} but was defeated by Optimus Prime who blasted the titan point-blank in the face, sending him plunging into the ocean. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}}

''Over the following months, Starscream had the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] secretly rebuild Devastator and the Constructicons without Megatron's knowledge. When Megatron vanished off the face of the Earth, Starscream took the opportunity to bring his secret weapon back into the light. Devastator made his return debut in the canyons of Nevada, where Starscream led the unwitting Autobot named [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] right into a blast from Devastator's [[Solar energy beam rifle|solar energy rifle]]. He was a major force in Starscream's control of [[Las Vegas]] as well, and battled [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] when the Dinobot commander attempted to free the city from Decepticon domination. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

''When Megatron returned from deep space, Devastator unhesitatingly remained at Starscream's side, and was prepared to tear his former leader limb from limb at Starscream's command. When the Decepticons split into two factions between Megatron and Starscream, the Constructicons were steadfastly loyal to Starscream. They were captured, along with the rest of Starscream's men, when the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] settled in Las Vegas. Trapped inside an energy net, Devastator tried to bludgeon his way out at first, until [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] convinced the Constructicons to separate so they could dig their way out from underneath the field. Once they were freed, the Constructicons reformed Devastator as the Autobots and Decepticons united in an attempt to destroy the Keepers before the American government carried out the final solution and nuked Las Vegas off the map. Didn't work—the xenophobic [[President of the United States|President]] jumped the gun and fired off the nuclear missile early in the hopes of eliminating the Transformers as well as the Keepers. Still, the impending nuclear holocaust wasn't enough to deter Devastator's one-track mind, and he continued to hunt down the Keeper-possessed [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (since that was the one Autobot [[Starscream (G1)|mommy]] and [[Megatron (G1)|daddy]] would let him destroy at the moment). During the fight, the Keepers managed to trap Devastator and his massive comrade [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]] outside a protective field, while they engaged the smaller Transformers inside. This eventually meant that Devastator was too far away to be protected by Optimus Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-constructed shields when the nuclear missiles finally struck. The combined Constructicons suffered massive damage as a result. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

''In the aftermath of the nuclear assault on Las Vegas, the Constructicons were trapped permanently in their Devastator form as a result of their injuries. Devastator was present in the Nevada desert when the American military forces ambushed the Autobots and Decepticons. After that, Megatron sent him and Omega Sentinel to keep watch on the Void gateway being built on [[Allister Greaves]]' property to allow the Keepers back into normal space. Optimus Prime and Megatron soon joined them there, and began the final battle against the Keepers' pawn, [[Franklin Townsend]], and his puppets Bluestreak and Starscream. Devastator attempted to swat Starscream out of the sky, but eventually stopped when the Keepers' power faded and Starscream returned to his ever-so-likeable self. Instead, he was forced to contend with the far more formidable Omega Sentinel, who had broken free from Megatron's control and returned to his original Guardian programming. Ultimately, the Omega Sentinel sacrificed himself to stop the Keepers by plunging into the Void, and pulled Devastator with him. When the Keepers' control crystal was shattered, the Void was destroyed and Devastator fell back out into real space. He floated in the vacuum between Mars and Jupiter, in deep stasis lock. A secret American space venture, the starship ''[[Bounty]]'', happened across the gigantic Decepticon on their mission, and made plans to bring him back to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

Devastator eventually came to be possessed by the [[Earth Defense Command]], and he was dissected and studied in their underground base. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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The Constructicons started out as the builders of the [[Forge]], the arena for the illegal [[gladiatorial combat]] that [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] ran, and continued in that role when [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] took over. They did not move the parts for the arena between venues, but rather built them on site, using any materials available—and that included [[Empty|Empties]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} After Megatron began his preparations for the [[Decepticon]] insurrection, the Constructicons turned their talents to modifying the gladiators into warriors. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Once the rebellion began in full, the Constructicons helped conquer [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

The Constructicons participated in an attack on [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s [[Citadel (building)|Citadel]] during a temporary alliance between the Decepticons and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|Overthrown}} They were later stationed in the industrial slagwerks of [[Galaxxon]], where they watched a broadcast in which Orion Pax, now Optimus Prime, asked all Cybertronians to unite and fight against the new Decepticon rule. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

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As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. At one point they were stationed on [[Varas Centralus]] alongside [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], where they committed some atrocity that was enough to cause Sky-Byte to abandon the Decepticon cause. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} Four million years ago, several Constructicons were part of a convoy bringing energon to the war effort, but the shipment was intercepted and captured by Optimus Prime and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

Millions of years later, the Constructicons were granted the ability to combine into Devastator by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], who had completed [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s combiner research. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} They joined Megatron on Earth, where they used their new combined form to defeat the local Autobot troops. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} The Decepticons subsequently attacked [[New York City]], where the Constructicons briefly pretended to "come in peace" before they started killing everybody. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} As Devastator, they made sure to destroy all the tunnels leading in and out of the city. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] subsequently convinced the Constructicons to join him in his rebellion against Megatron, and they attacked their former leader in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} The battle was interrupted by incoming human jets and the returning Autobots, and Devastator was faced with the mighty [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} The Constructicons were defeated when Omega blasted a hole in Devastator's torso. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

As the battered Decepticons fled Earth, the Constructicons seemed to have been left behind. Two years later, Scrapper joined a few other Decepticons trying to get off the planet {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}, while Scavenger was targeted for capture by [[Skywatch]] and the Autobots. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} He managed to stay hidden and think of a plan to get out of the country. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}} Unlike Scavenger, Hook and Mixmaster ended up captured by Skywatch, but were rescued by Scrapper's group who had allied themselves with some rogue Autobots. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}} The three reunited Constructicons then started building a starship for everyone to leave Earth with. [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] wanted to speed things up by collecting some more of the construction experts, but [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus Prime]] refused as his Autobots feared that they might form Devastator again. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} The Decepticons eventually betrayed the Autobots and tried to take the ship for themselves (with help from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] instead of Devastator), but were defeated. Skywatch captured most of them, but several Constructicons got away. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}} Among them was Scrapper, but he was soon hunted down and executed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]], who was intent on ending the threat of Devastator forever. {{storylink|Scrapper (issue)|Scrapper}}

[[File:Kings Constructicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Get the leg out!]]
As the Decepticon army returned to Earth in full force under Megatron's command, one of their first acts was to lay siege to Skywatch and recover all the imprisoned 'Cons on the premises, including Scrapper's deactivated body. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Hook and Mixmaster were later seen among Megatron's assembled troops before he faced off against Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} After Megatron and the Autobots traveled to Cybertron for war against [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s army, the Decepticons eventually followed via [[space bridge]]. The Constructicons traveled with Scrapper's deactivated form and, despite his current state, were still able to combine and form Devastator, albeit with a dead limb. Devastator was still a force to be reckoned with, and so [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] armed his hoverchair with a copious amount of explosives, tricking Devastator into stepping on it. After a titanic blast, Devastator prepared to take revenge on the little Autobot when [[D-Void]] pulled him and the other Decepticons present into the mass of its "[[Deceptigod]]" construct. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}}

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The monster was defeated by Megatron, but the Decepticons were left weakened from the experience, and the Autobots soon captured and contained them. Fitted with [[inhibitor/deterrence chip]]s to keep them under control, they were used to reinforce the Autobots during a [[NAIL]] riot. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The Constructicons later helped look for survivors in a blast crater after a mysterious explosion happened there. {{storylink|Stick Together}} They were then put to work building things for the Autobots and working in the reclamation tunnels, but eventually turned on them to aid Bombshell, who was on the run. After beating up his pursuer, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], the Constructicons fought with [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] until [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] showed up and threatened to detonate their I/D chips. They just taunted him since [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] had made sure their chips didn't work down in the tunnels, only for Prowl to use a secret passcode to reactivate them, seemingly blowing the Constructicons' heads off. {{storylink|Devisive}}

However, Prowl was in fact under the control of Bombshell, who had merely faked the Constructicons' death and hidden them away for the purpose of improving Devastator. He fixed the problem of Scrapper's death by modifying their combination into a modular design that moved Hook to Scrapper's old position as right leg and would allow others built with compatible forms to serve as the combiner's head. After Megatron returned to conquer Cybertron, he had the Constructicons combine with the mind-controlled Prowl, using him as the new head for Devastator. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Devastator was initially under Bombshell's direct control, but after the Insecticon's death, Prowl's mind was freed and happened to stray to thoughts of Spike Witwicky. Since the Constructicons shared his hatred of Witwicky for his murder of Scrapper, this caused Devastator's mind to unify under his own control, and he went on a rampage. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Prowl was eventually able to separate from the Constructicons, only for Megatron to reveal his ultimate plan: turning ''himself'' into Devastator's head. Fortunately he was prevented from doing so, and in the aftermath the Constructicons were banished from Iacon alongside most other Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

[[File:DetonationBoulevard-Constructicons.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|We are green and very, very mean!]]
Outside the city, the Constructicons approached the exiled Autobots and, after a brawl with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], explained that they wanted to be on Prowl's side, having seen into his mind during their time as Devastator and having been ''very'' impressed by what they saw. They were allowed to stay at the Autobot camp, where they had a rematch with Arcee before it was broken up by the Dinobots, who made peace with the Constructicons after realizing they had a lot in common (namely violence and chugging energon). {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

The team fell victim to the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]'s corrosive "death wave", but were cured from its effects when the Titan was brought down by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} After that they continued to follow their new idol Prowl around, praising him at every opportunity and cheering him on during a fight with [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} When Cybertron was invaded by Shockwave's army of [[Ammonite]]s, the Constructicons talked Prowl into willingly forming Devastator and fighting [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} They were victorious and went on to witness Megatron defect to the Autobots. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

The Constructicons were subsequently fashioned by Prowl into his own private unit, the Autobot having realized how useful Devastator could be. He brought the team with him on a mission to Earth, where they saved the ''[[Ark-7]]'' from burrowing human missiles and formed Devastator to fight the Decepticons under Galvatron's command. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} After the battle they returned to the ''Ark-7'' alongside the Autobots, though Scavenger sneaked off to leak information to the Decepticons {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} on Prowl's orders, who wanted to lure the Decepticons to the [[Marshall Islands]]. Prowl then had the Constructicons coated in stealth paint, allowing them to show up out of nowhere at the battle's climax and form Devastator, who destroyed the [[Earth Defense Command]] base on the island. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}} When the Autobots began hunting for the [[Enigma of Combination]], Prowl was all too eager to mobilize the Constructicons so that they could hunt down Spike Witwicky. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} Their search took them to [[Tokyo]], where they secured their asset but ran afoul of Galvatron. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Prowl and Spike entered into a temporary truce, and with the help of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] the team stormed the [[Onyx]] facility by forming Devastator. Devastator revealed that the alliance was a lie, and that Prowl still hated the human. Devastator ultimately went berserk and ruined the mission, allowing [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] to abscond with the Enigma. Defeated and angry with each other, Prowl ordered his team to retreat back to the ''Ark-7''. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

[[File:CombinerWars5-disappointed.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"You are GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED."]]
After Prowl learned that Optimus Prime had helped Starscream form a permanent [[Council of Worlds|alliance]] with [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], the team hijacked the ship's new spacebridge to travel to Cybertron {{storylink|The Possible Light}}, where they formed Devastator. Prowl threatened to destroy the space bridge to keep Cybertron and its warlike inhabitants isolated from the rest of the galaxy; he was ultimately challenged by Superion. Devastator managed to best the combiner, but was defeated after Starscream created Defensor from a group of bystanders. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} Seeking a new edge, Starscream drafted Scoop into the team, knowing that Scoop's fanaticism would force Devastator to obey his orders. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} Ultimately, however, Devastator wound up losing control in a fight with [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]; the Constructicons and Scoop were defeated and quickly re-imprisoned. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

The Constructicons were later released and allowed to recombine so that they could be safely extricated off Cybertron, with Optimus Prime noting that the group had to regularly combine. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}} They were later called on to deal with a violent riot at the spacebridge but Devastator's violent solution only exacerbated the problem. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

Some months later, the Constructicons formed Devastator to act as a distraction during an attempt to seize control of [[Vigilem|Carcer]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

After Starscream had been arrested and Windblade became ruler of Cybertron, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] returned to Cybertron. Scoop eagerly informed his teammates of Starscream somehow becoming aware of this but they were less than impressed and frankly they agreed with Onyx's anti-[[human]] attitude. The world was ending so they were off to get drunk. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} When Onyx proved to be another elitist Prime, the Constructicons rallied around Scoop and formed Devastator to break Starscream out of prison. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}} At Starscream's command, Devastator then engaged [[Victorion]] in combat, {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} only to wind up ripped to atoms by her gravikinesis, ending the Constructicons. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}
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===Hall of Fame bios===
[[Erector (G1)|Erector]] was kicked out of the Constructicons for not being green. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Constructicons took heavy losses during the Great War; in the era of the [[Pax Cybertronia]] and the [[Builder Assembly]], the surviving members joined [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest to reform the corrupt and stagnant [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] society from within. Hot Rod rebuilt the team, instituting a one-third Autobot roster, appointing [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] as team leader, and convincing the group to downsize into fuel-efficient [[Micromaster]] bodies. {{Storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

By the time of the [[Grand Uprising]], the Constructicons found themselves embroiled in a new war as [[Buckethead]] joined with [[Overshoot]]'s motley team on a mission to defend Cybertron from the [[Monster GoBot|Antares Eight]]. The other Constructicons came to her aid as the fighting spilled over into [[Proximax]], forming Devastator and battling [[Monsterous]]. In the aftermath, the Constructicons abandoned the Builders and decided to join [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]]'s new team of "[[Ex-Bot (BWU)|Ex-Bots]]". {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} Buckethead took command of the team from Hightower; when the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] threatened Cybertron, they headed to [[Nova Cronum]], where they joined the forces of Cybertron as they marched on the [[Grand Mal]]. As Devastator, they battled [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] until their combined form suffered critical damage, killing half of the team and knocking the gestalt unconscious from the backlash. {{storylink|Derailment}}

As soon as peace had been declared, Buckethead set about recruiting new Constructicons to fill their losses. Though [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bone Crusher]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], and Hightower had perished, Buckethead found fresh talent in [[Steam Hammer]], [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]], and [[Hauler|Road Hauler]], who underwent the combination process to become the newest incarnation of Devastator. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

10,000 years after the Grand Uprising, they were misremembered as a [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] combiner group under [[Lio Convoy]]'s command. {{storylink|Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
[[File:TR-Ep1-Aftermath-and-Rebirth-Constructicons-cleaning-up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
After the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] had ended, the exiled Megatron tossed the Constructicons around in a gladiator pit on an alien planet. {{storylink|Unforgotten}}

In the aftermath of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], the Constructicons helped clean up the rubble. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}}

They presumably died when Devastator was killed by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}}
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===''Win If You Dare''===
[[File:GoForTheGold-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] press-ganged the Constructicons into excavating a fallen [[cybertonium]] meteorite. After taking a beating from [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the Constructicons formed Devastator in order to grab a fragment of the meteor before the substance went critical, but the explosion knocked the combiner apart and the team made an embarrassing retreat aboard Astrotrain, bickering with Starscream all the while. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Go For the Gold}}

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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
[[File:MazingerZVsTransformers-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Devastator and Mazinger re-enact the 2022 Oscars presentation for Best Documentary Feature.]]
Transported to the Japan of an alternate universe, the Constructicons rolled out to take part in Megatron and [[Doctor Hell]]'s combined attack on the [[Photon Power Laboratory]] where they were first pummeled by Grimlock and [[Boss Borot]]. The team then formed Devastator to take on [[Kōji Kabuto]] inside the [[Mazinger Z]], and although Devastator's raw strength nearly overpowered the heroic super robot at first, the Mazinger's rocket punch ultimately knocked Devastator back into his components. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
As Devastator, the Constructicons joined the rest of the Decepticon army in their desperate battle to stop [[Gozer]] from destroying their homeworld, but quickly fell to the extradimensional deity. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:ConstructiconsRisingPart1-EngimaOfCombination.jpg|thumb|left|300px|By your powers combined...]]

The Constructicons were a team of architectural prodigies who left their mentors just after the end of the [[War of the Threefold Spark]] to help with the rebuilding of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] under the supervision of [[Termagax]]. An accomplished philosopher, engineer, and architect in her own right, Termagax saw that this new generation of fresh minds shared a goal—not just to ''rebuild'' the ravaged city as it had been, but to create something new and better in its place, even though this new approach alienated Termagax's own second-in-command [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

While digging for resources in what remained of [[Rivets Field]], the team came across the mythical [[Enigma of Combination]], their sense of purpose resonating with the artifact. At Termagax's urging, the six 'bots allowed the Enigma to change their bodies, merging them into a new [[Devastator (G1)|combiner]]; united in their common goal of creation, Termagax hoped that her new students would, despite their struggles, pool their minds and bodies together to create the ultimate building tool. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} The team took time to master this new form, however, and struggled with the combiner's own urges to indiscriminately destroy—a struggle that eventually led Wheeljack to bring the problem to the Cybertronian [[Senate]]. Although Termagax's coaching eventually helped the team ''embrace'' this indiscriminate anger and use it to fuel the power of the combiner, [[Nominus Prime]] worried that Termagax's pet experiment might pose a threat to a still-recovering Cybertron and decided that the Senate would arrange a means by which the Constructicons could safely contribute to the planet's well-being. Not long after the Constructicons had rebuilt Iacon into a beautiful metropolis, Nominus Prime arranged a half-hearted ceremony to honor their contributions and told them that their next assignment would be on the barren world of [[Mayalx]] to work on the colony's [[energon]] refinery. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:ConstructiconsRisingPart1-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

The Constructicons tried to make the best of their bad situation, even reconstructing the colonial refinery into an effigy of old Iacon, but the menial work and heavily rationed energon supplies quickly took a toll on their morale, and the group spent most of their time off-hours pining for their glory days while grousing about their current working conditions. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} After eventually coming to the realization that Cybertron might have forgotten them entirely, Scrapper—worrying that the future might not include a stable Cybertron to return to—began training his team for combat while Hook devised a foul but functional energon recycler. It was at this point that the team encountered [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and his [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, who had been similarly exiled from Cybertron by Nominus Prime. Unbeknownst to Scrapper and his team, the Insecticons had been sent to Mayalx deliberately by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in the hopes that the Constructicons could be turned to the side of [[The Rise]] and contribute to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s burgeoning [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] faction. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 2}}

Encouraged to recapture their past glory by striking back at the [[Autobot]]s responsible for their banishment, the Constructicons overcharged themselves on the Insecticon's energon, combined for the first time since their banishment, and tapped into their shared resenment to become an unstoppable engine of destruction. The newly christened "Devastator" razed the colony to the ground, while the Insecticons feasted on the ruins and converted it all into usable energon to be shipped back to The Rise. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:FateOfCybertron-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

The Constructicons left Mayalx at some point afterwards and spent time aimlessly wandering the galaxy on a drifting asteroid. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} Eventually, however, Shockwave summoned the Constructicons back to Cybertron and sent [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to tow their asteroid back into low Cybertronian orbit. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} Although Shockwave had brought the Constructicons back to the fold with the intent of serving their new ally [[Exarchon]], the treacherous conqueror decided to use his parasitic [[spark]] to usurp the mighty combiner. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}} However, Devastator's unique physiology allowed his individual components to fight back and reject the infection, but the strain knocked them unconscious. By the time they had recovered, Exarchon was dead, and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] brought the team back to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}

As the Decepticon convoy drove to Iacon, they were redirected to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] to take part in the final push against the Autobots. Confident that they'd finally receive the adoration and recognition they'd been denied for so long, the Constructicons formed Devastator and easily trounced both [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] and the Autobot combiner [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. However, [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] used his innate connection to the [[Combination Core]] to instantly reform Computron as a ten-bot combiner, and through this power boost Computron overpowered Devastator and forced the Constructicons to decombine before the Autobot could destroy them. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:Inspiring-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

While most of the Autobots and Decepticons were stranded in [[Equestria]], the Constructicons launched a sneak attack on the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on Earth. Although [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] easily trounced the individual Decepticons, he couldn't stand up to their combined form. Fortunately, [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] the baby dragon found a way to trigger the starship's engines and blast Devastator back into his components. {{storylink|Inspiring}}

During [[King Sombra]]'s invasion of Cybertron, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], unaware that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had already been captured and brainwashed, requested he send the Constructicons to rescue him from a pile of collapsed girders. {{storylink|Sick Beats}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
[[File:TFBTTF3-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

After the Decepticons had conquered Earth, the Constructicons were assigned to patrol [[Hill Valley]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}} In 2015, Scrapper was chastising [[Lorraine Baines-McFly|Lorraine]] and [[George McFly]] before he was knocked out by [[Doc Brown]]'s [[alpha-wave ionic nullifier]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

Pointing fingers, the Constructicons decided to blame [[Biff Tannen]]. When Bonecrusher attempted to inflict punishment, he too was disabled by Doc Brown before Biff turned on his fellow humans and brought them to the four remaining Constructicons and Starscream. When the Autobots arrived to stop the execution, the Constructicons attempted to swat [[Marty McFly]] and [[Skilz]] out of the sky but fell victim to either Marty's expert aim with the nullifier or Bumblebee. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}}
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===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Meet the Constructicons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At least [[To sell toys|they're honest about it]].]]
The Constructicons were among the numerous Decepticons lying in the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after it crashed on Earth. Eventually both Autobots and Decepticons would revive, but it would be some time before [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]] obtained the energy and raw material to get around to the Constructicons.

Once he did though, the Constructicons were lying in wait for the Autobots when they tried to retake the ''Ark''. After they menaced the Autobots some, Starscream ordered them to form [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}}

Though Devastator initially held the edge against the Autobots, he was ultimately sent falling over a cliff by Optimus Prime, collapsing back into the individual Constructicons in the process. When they awoke on the ground, the Constructicons found that Devastator had clipped Starscream. Damaged and with their leader unresponsive, the Constructicons made the executive decision to retreat. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}}

The Decepticons retreated to a volcano where Soundwave challenged Starscream for leadership. With the communications chief emerging as the victor, the Constructicons joined the rest in bowing to their new leader. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}

With Soundwave's first order being that the Decepticons obtain a new base, he sent the Constructicons ahead to find the crash site of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Finding the craft at the bottom of the [[Pacific Ocean]], the Constructicons raised it to a flat surface before harvesting the nuclear reactor the recently sunk [[USS Henry Harrison|U.S.S. ''Henry Harrison'']] to reenergize the ship. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}}

After Soundwave had made contact with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron, the Construticons operated the [[space bridge]] to allow reinforcements through. Though the Autobots attempted to stop this, the Decepticons' numerical superiority proved too much, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] destroying the space bridge's terminal to cover their escape. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}}

After the Constructicons repaired the space bridge, Shockwave ordered them to construct a [[feeder]] to quickly metabolize a large amount of [[energon]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] using the machine to harvest a large bounty out of the local sea life. With enough fuel, Shockwave opened the space bridge once again, bringing Cybertron into Earth's orbit so that the Decepticons could efficiently harvest Earth's resources. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}}

When the Autobots returned to destroy the space bridge and retrieve their captured comrades, Shockwave commanded them to combine once more to destroy the invaders. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 11|Transformers #11}} Their combined form was eventually toppled by Optimus Prime and Elita One, with the giant landing on and destroying the feeder. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 12|Transformers #12}}

Trying to bounce back from the loss of the connection to Cybertron, the Constructicons participated in razing [[Tacoma]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. They then followed Soundwave to the Autobot's dam, but came into conflict with Starscream's group of Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} With Starscream's Combaticons having combined into Bruticus, the Constructicons followed suit, combining and facing off against each other at the dam. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} Their brawl continued into [[Seattle]], devastating the city,{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} before ending when Devastator RKO'd Bruticus off a skyscraper.{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}

With [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|Megatron]]'s reappearance, the Constructicons fell back under his command, helping to bring Starscream and [[Astrotrain (G1)#Energon Universe|Astrotrain]] to the Beacon of the Ancient on the chunk of Cybertron in the ocean for punishment. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
The Constructicons joined the other Decepticons in investigating the reactivation of the ''[[Proudstar]]'' in [[New York City]]. Upon their arrival, Megatron ordered them to construct a perimeter around the area using kinetic shields. When the Autobots arrived, the Constructicons were waiting for them as Devastator. The combiner briefly brawled with the Autobots before they were contacted by Megatron, who ordered them to assist elsewhere. Soon after, Megatron escaped into the ship's interior, the security system to which was powered by three sub-generators around the city. Each generator was guarded by two Constructicons, though the Autobots defeated them all in short order. Refusing to accept the loss, the Constructicons beat the Autobots back to the primary generator and formed Devastator once more, but the Autobots once again emerged victorious.

When the ''Proudstar''{{'}}s [[Plasma Core]] began leaking and became unstable, the Decepticons took it back to Cybertron to be repaired at a [[Plamsma Energy Interface]]. The Constructicons succeeded in patching the leak and escaped just before the Autobots arrived, returning to Earth and reinstalling the core. However, due to rushing their work, the patch ruptured and the core was once again on the verge of detonation. The Autobots raced through the ''Proudstar'' in pursuit of Megatron and the [[Ferrotaxis]] computer to shut the core down, catching up to him in [[Teletraan Alpha]]'s chamber, only for him to order the Constructicons to attack before escaping. The Constructicons battled the Autobots all together before reforming Devastator, with Menasor joined the fight soon after, but the two combiners were ultimately knocked from the platform, falling to their destruction. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Long ago, [[Termagax]] mentored the original six Constructicons. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}} Over time, the team grew to incorporate a large roster of stand-in members, {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} which included [[Gravedigger]], [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]], [[Buckethead]], and [[Sledge (RPG)|Sledge]]. According to various unconfirmed reports, several Autobots have worked with the Constructicons to form Devastator in the past; despite this switching roster, Devastator himself remained more-or-less the same being, regardless of who might be forming him at the time. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

During the war on Earth, the Constructicons collaborated with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to build the ''[[Victory (G1)|Victory I]]'', which incorporated a mixture of cannibalized components from the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and locally fabricated materials. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Commercial appearances==
The Constructicons were contentedly allowing gullible humans to operate them on a construction site in the desert, until they abruptly decided to transform and merge into Devastator, sending the humans fleeing. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Constructicons|Constructicons commercial}}

Years later, the Constructicons barreled into a power plant facility and started smashing stuff. Unfortunately, when they merged into Devastator and smashed open the ground, they prompted the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to come out of the earth's depths and attack. Grimlock grabbed Devastator in his jaws and tossed him aside. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2|G2 Constructicons commercial}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Mixmaster toy.JPG|thumb|upright=1.6|Generation 1 Mixmaster]]
*'''Constructicons''' ([[1985]]/[[1986]])
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mark Watts]] (packaging artist)}}

:The Constructicons are the first ever Combiner team in the history of the Transformers toyline. The Constructicons were originally from [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Pre-Transformer]]s ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline, specifically the Construction Vehicle Robot subset. In the [[The Transformers (toyline)|''The Transformers'' toyline]], they were sold individually as carded figures at the $6 price point, and also as a six-figure [[giftset]]. Each carded figure came with one or two pieces of combiner kibble for Devastator, which could also attach to the figure's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] to form an attack mode.

:The individual figures feature limited articulation, typical of smaller G1 figures; most can only swivel their arms at the shoulder, and cannot move their legs at all. Each came with a small [[laser pistol]] for the individual robot to use in addition to various Devastator pieces.

:In the [[United States of America|United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Japan]], the Constructicon toys were originally available both individually on blister cards (with the additional Devastator parts split up between them) and as a boxed Devastator [[Giftset|gift set]] that contained all six Constructicons and their accessories. On the [[Europe]]an continent, the individual Constructicons were initially released individually by Hasbro's subsidiary [[Milton Bradley]] (MB) in 1985. Rumors are that an MB-branded Devastator giftset was also released in continental Europe, but thus far no packaged sample has surfaced.<ref name="mbredtr">[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous/mb_template.html "Milton Bradley and the red TF Tracks"] at TF-1.com.</ref><ref name="mbcollection">[http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/transformers/mb-transformers-collection/ "MB Transformers Collection"] at 20th Century Toy Collector.</ref> In 1986, the Constructicons were re-released in Europe, albeit this time in "Hasbro"-branded packaging (but manufactured by [[Joustra]]). The main difference with all other releases thus far was that the Constructicons' main color was now ''yellow'' instead of green.<ref name="frenchcon">[http://tfsource.com/blog/french-connection/ "French Connection"] at the TF Source blog.</ref><ref name="europestrange">[http://tfsource.com/blog/europes-strangest-attractions/ "Europe's Strangest Attractions"] at the TF Scource blog.</ref><ref name="frenchconst">[http://www.fredsworkshop.com/vjap6.html "French TFs: G1 Yellow Constructicons"] at Fred's Workshop.</ref> These are ''not'' to be confused with the later, ''non''-combining yellow European Constructicons, nor with the yellow ''Generation 2'' Constructicons (see below).

:The original Constructicons have the dubious honor of being the most heavily [[Knockoff|bootlegged]] Transformers toys in existence. Individually carded and packaged sets have persisted at Walgreens and other [[market six]] stores for years, both in the original green and purple and in entirely new decos, often without the kibble required for their combined form. Occasionally they receive delightfully creative new names like "[[Scrapper (G1)|Building]]", "[[Long Haul (G1)|Feeding]]", "[[Scavenger (G1)|Picking]]", "[[Hook (G1)|Sanitation]]", "[[Mixmaster (G1)|Disguise]]", and "[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Ravage]]". Sometimes, they are bootlegged at a different scale, oversized or downscaled for whatever inscrutable reason.
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[[File:ActionMaster Devastator.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Action Master Devastator]]
*'''Devastator with Scorpulator''' ([[Action Master]], [[1990]])
{{main|Devastator (G1)#Action Master}}
:A non-transforming action figure of the Constructicons' combined form was released in the second wave of carded Action Master figures. Devastator came with his small animal [[Action Master partner|partner]], [[Scorpulator]], who transformed into an acid spray gun that Devastator could wield and a "Gripper Backpack" that plugged into Devastator's back.
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{{anchor|euro92}}
[[File:G1 euro Long Haul.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|European Yellow Long Haul]]
*'''Constructicons''' ([[1992]])

:Another yellow set of European exclusive versions of the Constructicons, in colors very similar to the previous yellow European releases. The main differences were that these versions came with no Devastator parts, Hook and Scavenger were [[retool]]ed so they could neither connect to each other nor to Bonecrusher, and several of them featured gray plastic parts exclusive to these versions (although there were [[variant]]s for some of them that changed those gray parts back to yellow).<ref name="eurovar">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/595256-1992-european-yellow-constructicons-variant.html "1992 European Yellow Constructicons Variant"] at TFW2005.</ref> These toys were also not individually named, as they came on standardized cards used for all six team members.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:Scavenger_Generation_2_toy.gif|upright=1.6|thumb|''Generation 2'' Yellow Scavenger]]
*'''Constructicons''' ([[1993]])
:[[Redeco]]s of all six Constructicons were released individually as part of the first assortments of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' products. The first—and seemingly more common—versions were yellow like the European version from 1986, but featured a lighter purple plastic, had all spring-loaded accessories (such as Devastator's forearms and fists) [[retool]]ed to remove the firing [[gimmick]], Mixmaster didn't include the single-tabbed missile, and all six Constructicons featured a ''Generation 2''-style Decepticon [[insignia|logo]] and the word "DECEPTICON" [[tampograph]]ed on them. Aside from that, the ''Generation 2'' Constructicons were functionally identical to their Generation 1 predecessors.

:A later and seemingly less common run changed the yellow plastics to rich orange. It has been [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|rumored]] that this release was only available in [[KB Toys]] stores, but this is supposedly incorrect, and KB Toys might have just been the chain that stocked them in larger quantities than everyone else.

:Neither color version was available as a gift set.
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy DevastatorMicro.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|If there's only one original Constructicon left, does it ''really'' count?]]
*'''Constructicons''' (Micromasters, 2004)
{{note|The ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Constructicon (Universe)|Constructicons]] were [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' version of the G1 Constructicons in "[[Cultural Appropriation]]".}}
:A [[redeco]] of [[Sixbuilder]] in [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] Constructicon-inspired colors. While similar to the [[Decepticon Sixbuilder|Destron Sixbuilder]] redeco, this version is molded in distinctly different colors with far more purple and black paint applications. When separated into his component robots, the leftover combiner [[kibble]] can combine to form a single-pilot jet.

:The six component Constructicons were packaged separately, available originally as [[KB Toys|K•B Toys]] [[exclusive]]s, but later appearing in {{w|Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears}} stores during the Christmas season. (K•B partnered with Sears, a chain that usually doesn't have a toy department.) They were also sold on [[Kmart|K-Mart]]'s web site.

===''Energon''===
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Micromasters, 2004)

:Devastator was also released under the ''Energon'' line in Europe, albeit with modified packaging and instructions to reflect the different line.
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===''Classics''===
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' ([[2007]])
[[File:Devastatorclassics.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|And then there were five.]]
{{main|Devastator (G1)#Classics}}
:Redecos of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Construction Team]] released as a [[Walmart]] exclusive gift set, with the individual components named Scrapper, Bonecrusher, Long Haul, Scavenger, and [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]]. The combined form is named "Constructicon Devastator" for [[trademark]] reasons.
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===''United EX''===
[[File:UnitedEXtoy buildmaster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6|''United EX'' Buildmaster Prime Mode]]
*'''Buildmaster Prime Mode''' ([[2012]])

: Buildmaster is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Steamhammer (PCC)#Power Core Combiners|Steamhammer]].

: He comes with four construction vehicle drone-limbs:

:* '''Decimator Drone''' (drill)
:* '''Dominator Drone''' (front end loader)
:* '''Eradicator Drone''' (plow)
:* '''Annihilator Drone''' (steamroller)
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CombinerWarsBonecrusher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|''Generations'' Bonecrusher]]
*'''Devastator''' (Gift Set, [[2015]]/[[2021]])
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}
:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Devastator is an all-new mold combiner formed from six Voyager sized Constructicons. All his components are sold together in a massive box. He holds the record of being the tallest combiner toy.

:As a part of a promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the Constructicons was given out when purchasing the set. As such, Devastator was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.

: Devastator was reissued and sold exclusively through [[Amazon]] in 2021.
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TakaraTomy-Unite-Warriors-Devastator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Devastator]]
*'''Devastor''' (giftset, [[December 12]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-04'''
**''English name:'' '''Devastator'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Devastor is a redeco and slight retool of Hasbro's version, the most notable differences being the inclusion of individual handguns for the Constructicons and a new combiner head that can switch between visored and non-visored faces. Every member has been retooled in some manner from the Hasbro versions: Hook, Mixmaster, Long Haul, and Scrapper have been remolded to sport better elbows, and Bonecrusher and Scavenger have been remolded to sport better knees. In addition to this, Devastator utilizes ratchet joints in his shoulders. Each Constructicon features a G1 style gun that pegs into an existing slot or hole.
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===''Vintage G1''===
[[File:Walmart-Vintage-G1-Constructicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Devastator''' (Walmart exclusive reissue, 2018)
:The original Devastator toy was once again available, this time in the [[Walmart]] exclusive ''[[Vintage|Vintage G1]]'' series. The set features numerous small changes in molding, assembly, and deco; see the individual toys' articles for details.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-SS-TFTM-Voyager-Scrapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Studio Series'' Scrapper]]
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|'''1 of 5: [[Scrapper (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Scrapper]]''' (Voyager Class, [[2025]])}}
{{Bp-d1|'''2 of 6 {{sic}}: [[Bonecrusher (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Bonecrusher]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2025)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''3 of 5: [[Hook (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Constructicon Hook]] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [[Long Haul (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Constructicon Long Haul]]''' (Commander Class, 2025)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''4 of 5: [[Scavenger (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Scavenger]]'''
(Deluxe Class, 2025)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''5 of 5: [[Mixmaster (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Mixmaster]]'''
(Voyager Class, 2025)}}
</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfy3IcQd3g4 The Hasbro ''Transformers'' Panel] at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San Diego Comic-Con 2024]] with [[Mario Carreiro]], [[John Warden]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]], recorded at the "Memo's Collection" YouTube channel.</ref>

: Announced at [[San Diego Comic-Con#2024|San-Diego Comic-Con 2024]] and revealed in full at the Hasbro Pulse Premium 1027 Event, Devastator is slated for release via his single-packed components in the ''The Transformers: The Movie'' themed arm of the [[Show-accuracy|screen accuracy]]-focused ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline throughout [[2025]]. In the name of scale with ''Legacy'' [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]], the combined form is shorter than the [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' version]]. However, unlike said contemporary combiners, his components do not mount onto a skeletal body frame, and transform directly into their component parts (although this comes at the expense of none of them having waist articulation). All six Constructicons are roughly Deluxe-sized in robot mode, though Scrapper and Mixmaster were upgraded to Voyager class to allow for ratcheted combiner ankles. Hook and Long Haul are also roughly Voyager Class, but sold together as a single Commander Class release with the majority of the kibble needed to form the combined mode (which can combine into a trailer Long Haul can tow).

{{comingsoontoy| Scavenger, Mixmaster}}
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==Merchandise==
===Kids Nations===
*'''Constructicons''' (2015)
**''ID Number:'' '''TF04'''
**''Accessories:'' Batteries.

[[File:tf04-constructicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

:The Kids Nations Constructicons is a set of approximately 3" tall [[super deformed]] figures including all six classic Constructicons: Scavenger, Scrapper, Mixmaster, Long Haul, Hook and Bonecrusher. While they are largely static figures with limited articulation and neither transform nor combine, they include LED light up eyes.

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===Mecha Nations===
[[File:Mn08-devastator.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Devastator''' (2016)
**''ID Number:'' '''MN07'''
**''Accessories:'' Alternate hands, gun, 6 x magnetic infrared LED modules, display stand.

:Created by [[Kids Logic]], this [[super deformed]], non-transforming and non-separating G1 Devastator stands approximately 8" tall and is articulated, featuring a shiny metallic color scheme, articulated hands, LED light up eyes, Decepticon insignia on his chest, and windows in his component vehicle modes. He includes a flip-down visor for if you prefer this look over separate eyes. Pressing the button on Devastator's gun causes all his LEDs to light up simultaneously (achieved via infrared receivers), accompanied by the classic transformation sound.

:While he was released as part of the Mecha Nations line of larger sized figures, he is intended to tower over the smaller Kids Nations 3" figures, and can be regarded as the combined form of the contemporaneously released Kids Nations TF04 Constructicons mini-figures set (above).

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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Devastator and Omega Supreme.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Omega Supreme & Devastor Set''' ([[August 14]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''55 & 56'''

:Released as part of the eighth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastor]]" (with his components [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#56|Translation of Devastator's Transformers Character Card]]''
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===''Blokees''===
====Galaxy Version====
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV-02-Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|250px|''Galaxy Version'' Mixmaster]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Long Haul''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Mixmaster''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 02 - S.O.S.'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scavenger''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bonecrusher''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 03 - The Autobot Run'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scrapper''' (Galaxy Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Hook''' ((Galaxy Version, 2024))}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version 04 - Fractured Space Time'''

:All 6 Constructions were released in three of ''[[Blokees]]''' "Galaxy Version" series of blind-box kits, with 2 characters split on each of the three waves.

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====Defender====
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV-Defender-02-Bonecrusher.jpg|thumb|250px|''Defender'' Bonecrusher]]
[[File:Blokees-TF-GV-Defender-2-Hook-Vehicle.jpg|thumb|250px|''Defender'' Hook (Vehicle)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scavenger''' (Defender Version, 2024)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scavenger (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version Defender 01 - Shattered Alliance'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bonecrusher''' (Defender Version, 2025)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bonecrusher (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 2025)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Hook (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version Defender 02 - The Overthrow'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Mixmaster (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 202?)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Scrapper (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 202?)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Long Haul (Vehicle)''' (Defender Version, 202?)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Galaxy Version Defender 03 - Heavy Metal War'''
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Devastator Combining Accessory''' (Blokees Figure Club exclusive add-on, 2025)}}</ul>

:The Constructicons are also sold as a smaller but similarly articulated Defender Series subline. So far, at least each wave includes one robot mode kit (only Scavenger and Bonecrusher at the time of writing) and all of their vehicle modes. The Constructicon vehicles also include a few peg holes and ball joint sockets, allowing them to combine into Devastator with the Combining Accessory set sold exclusively at the Blokees Figure Club in China, where they can be accessed by scanning the QR code from the lineup's collector cards.

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==Notes==
*About a billion freaking other toys have been [[redeco]]ed in the Constructicons' familiar green-and-purple livery. Pretty much every construction vehicle mold to come down the pike has at some point been given a Constructicon-themed color scheme, been turned into some alternate universe version of a Constructicon, or has been subject to regular clamoring by the [[fandom]] for a Constructicon-themed rerelease. "Constructicon colors" is up there with "[[Black redeco|black repaint]]" as popular choices for redecoes go.
*The Constructicons are the only Decepticons to appear in all four seasons of the American G1 cartoon.
*The character [[profile]]s written for the Constructicons do not identify any of them as the team leader, which has led to the role being filled by different characters in different pieces of media.
**Scrapper was, by all appearances, always intended to be the leader. His [[Tech Spec]]s give him the highest "Rank" of the team, and he is unambiguously depicted as their leader in the Generation 1 cartoon, the influence of which has resulted in him filling the role in most modern media.
**However, because Hook forms the head and much of the torso of Devastator, a trait shared by other combiner leaders, there's been a tendency among fans to believe he "should" be the leader, just because. This resulted in the [[Transformers: Wings Universe|''Wings Universe'']] identifying him as the group's ''former'' leader, replaced by Scrapper on Megatron's orders.
**In the [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|issue #10]] of the Marvel comic, Shockwave gives the Constructicons' orders to Scavenger as if he were the leader. However, in [[Toy Soldiers!|issue #38]], Hook is shown giving the orders, then in [[Totaled!|issue #41]], it is Bonecrusher who leads the team on their mission to recover fallen Decepticons from the Ark. Then, in the UK-exclusive story "[[Space Pirates!]]", the Constructicons are represented by Mixmaster at a gathering of combiner-team leaders; he was also seen giving the orders in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]" as well.
**Sorry, Long Haul, you lose again...
*In ''[[Transformers: Devastation]]'', Scrapper and Long Haul are the only two Constructicons whose voice actors from the original cartoon, [[Michael Bell]] and [[Gregg Berger]] respectively, reprised their roles. Despite the fact [[Frank Welker]] returned to voice Megatron and Soundwave, he did not reprise his role as Mixmaster.
* Many box set releases of the original Constructicon toys, including the original G1 release of the Devastator set feature reversed art of the team save for Hook. This was fixed for Encore but still present on later releases of the team bundled together. This seems to originate from someone flipping the original carded release art of the team to arrange them on Devastator's box. Hook's chest sticker has always been backwards though.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Buildron''' (ビルドロン ''Birudoron''), '''Constructicon''' (コンストラクティコン ''Konsutorakutikon'')
*''French:'' '''Constructican''' (France, TV series dub), '''Constructitor''' (France, ''The Movie'' dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szerkesztettek''' (Marvel Comics), '''Konsztruktorok''' (second ''The Movie'' dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Excavators''' (toys), '''Escavator''' (cartoon)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wā Dì Hǔ''' (挖地虎, "Earth-digging Tiger")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Constructors''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Конструктиконы''' (''Constructicons'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising subgroups]]
[[Category:Classics subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Constructicons| (G1)]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Constructicons| ]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) subgroups]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game subgroups]]
[[Category:Ultracons]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Starscream Combiner

2025-08-15T11:44:09Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Second attempt at synthesising my thoughts regarding lineage without dipping into obvious speculation.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Starscream Combiner is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-StarscreamCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|"Get on with the docking sequence!"]]

Usually when a new Combiner is brought into the world, it's an equal meeting of the minds in the form of an awesome super robot. Not so with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], whose selfishness and [[Transformers: Deviations|lust for power]] run so deep that other bots could drown in it. Desperate to [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|claw every scrap of strength and control he can from every possible source]], it's the ultimate tragedy that the already powerful Air Commander will learn nothing from those taken into the "'''Starscream Combiner'''", who seems to be just more of the same unsatisfiable warrior - but this is lost on him. All that matters is the power that is rightfully his.

So bottomless is his need to dominate the universe that, if allowed to, he will [[A War of Giants|gobble up entirely seperate Combiners]] in his pursuit of fulfilment. But this is Starscream we're talking about - the ambitions that got him this far will ''always'' exceed his grasp of the situation. The more he consumes, the more likely it is that the control he imposes over everyone else inside his combination will shatter... laying bare [[Darkest Hour (CW)|the pain at its core]].

It's not impossible for Starscream to let go of his ego and work with others, but it usually requires [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors|an even stronger will]] to keep him in line.

==Fiction==
===''Deviations''===
[[File:TF-Deviations-Megascream-Combiner.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|"My fellow arms and legs, as your new torso, I..."]]

In a reality wherein [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] killed [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] in [[2005]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] ascended to [[Decepticon leader]]ship and thus was present to strike a deal with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The Chaos Bringer upgraded Starscream into Megascream in exchange for the promised destruction of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

Soon thereafter, when Optimus spearheaded the Autobot attack on Unicron's surface, he was met by the new Decepticon leader, who demanded that Prime turn over the Matrix so that Megascream could destroy Unicron himself. A brawl ensued; Megascream revealed the full extent of his upgrades by [[combiner|combining]] with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to form a gigantic warrior. The gestalt Megascream easily crushed and injured Optimus beneath his fist before seizing the Matrix. At the last moment, the stowaway [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] intervened, snatching the Matrix away from the Decepticon leader and opening it. The ensuing explosion destroyed Unicron, with Megascream, his underlings, and Hot Rod all lost in the blast. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
[[File:AWarOfGiants Starscream plus combiners.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|How it started.]]
[[File:DarkestHour-starcloud.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|How it's going.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}

As part of a bid for power, Starscream staged an elaborate scheme that ended with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], and [[Victorion|Victorion]] attacking him and the other members of Cybertron's ruling council, prompting the [[Mistress of Flame]] to hand over the [[Enigma of Combination]] so he could stop them. Instead, he used the relic's power to merge himself with the two combiners, along with the already dead [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], becoming '''Ultimate Starscream'''. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} However, the power proved too much for him to control, and his form distorted into little more than a giant screaming ball of energy. No longer in his right mind, Ultimate Starscream began to attack the city, with the Mistress, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attempting to fend him off. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} Ultimately, Windblade managed to awaken [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to restrain Ultimate Starscream, allowing Optimus and Megatron to finish him off. Starscream's body was disintegrated by the blast, and the other combiners were revived and released from his control. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The scheming Decepticon air commander [[Starscream (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Starscream]] could wield powers of the [[Thirteen|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Starscream packaging bio}} As "Nexus Starscream" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selfishly, combining with any and every warrior who could give him a leg up with his insatiable lust for power. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Starscream card}}
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==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-POTP-Starscream-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|<center><big>"[[Jazz_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|Who]] [[Slag_(G1)#Power_of_the_Primes|dis]][[Swoop_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|rupts]] my '''''combination'''''!?"</big>]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, [[2017]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Starscream]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Starscream Combiner's chest, hands, or feet, such as the "Seeker Enigma" that comes packed with Starscream.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfish warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Decepticon]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Starscream's/Dreadwind's<ref>Despite precedent, the side of Blackwing's package depicted the [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] superjet combination instead.</ref> packaging art
!Starscream's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Darkwing (G1)#Power of the Primes|Blackwing]]
*[[Dreadwind (G1)#Power of the Primes|Dreadwind]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Blot (G1)#Power of the Primes|Blot]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Swoop]]
*Dreadwind
|}
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==Notes==
[[File:Machinima-CW-Ultimate Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Tsarscream" was ''right there'', y'all.]]
*The situation with the Starscream Combiner's name is a thorny one. You'd be forgiven for assuming its name is "[[#Deviations|Megascream]]" or "[[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Nexus Starscream]]" from the write-ups above, but those are actually names given to two different upgrades that ''permit'' Starscream to dominate others by combining with them. Only "[[#Prime Wars Trilogy cartoons|Ultimate Starscream]]" directly applies to the combiner itself... and that was never actually ''given'' in the ''Combiner Wars'' series itself, instead coming from an official render of the character. Considering that it's a plot point that bonding directly with the Enigma and using entire Combiners recursively makes him the "ultimate Combiner", it's sadly a little too specific (without a second use; help us, [[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]]!) to be the name of this page.
*Similar examples of a central component taking complete control include the back-of-the-box bio for [[Cyclonus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Cyclonus]] (while forming [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]]) and the e-HOBBY handling of [[Grand Scourge#Legends/Unite Warriors|Scourge Grand Prime]] stealing [[Menasor (G1)#e-HOBBY comics|Menasor]]'s limbs.
*The ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline was the introduction of "pretooled" alternate heads across all figures, and Starscream was lucky enough to recieve two. One on [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Combiner Wars|Skydive]]'s body was [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|released]] [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Golden Lagoon|twice]] by [[TakaraTomy]], but ex-[[Fun Publications]] people attested there was also one sculpted for the [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Cyclonus]] mold. If released, the [[Galvatronus (CW)#Combiner Wars|Galvatronus]] torso mode would have been decoed up as "King Starscream", though this ultimately never came to pass - but evidence of this design lineage is present in the head of the ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, which is largely identical in sculpt! Other ''Combiner Wars'' tooling was later released unmodified in ''Power of the Primes'', through [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]]'s similarily pretooled head [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Inferno]] and the subsequent [[Inferno Combiner]].

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930306317266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging line art by Robby Musso]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Combiners]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

Galvatronus (CW)

2025-08-11T15:14:42Z

Sky Shadow:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon combiner|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon combiner|Galvatronus (RID)}}
:''Galvatronus is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:CombinerWarsGalvatronus-screencap.jpg|right|thumb|300px|FOOLS! GALVATRONUS TAKES ANY LIMBS HE WISHES!]]
In dark and chaotic times, '''Galvatronus''' rises up as a Combiner composed of enthralled [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s alike, forced to merge into the personal weapon of some Decepticon conqueror. Sometimes this hypnosis is the work of [[Cyclonus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Cyclonus]], who typically serves as the central component of this dangerous foe, but [[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|other]] [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|villains]] have pulled the strings on Galvatronus to their own ends as well. Whatever the case, it's clear only the one commanding this nightmare is having any fun.

[[Viper (CW)|Viper]] can serve as this behemoth's weapon, though it's unclear if he too is an unwilling participant in this unholy union.

Galvatronus has been known to include:
{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!''Combiner Wars'' formation
!IDW formation
!''Earth Wars'' formation
|-
| valign="top"|
*Torso
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
*Weapon
| valign="top"|
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Dragstrip]]
*[[Viper (CW)|Viper]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
| valign="top"|
*Cyclonus
*Mindwipe
*Acid Storm
*Blitzwing
*Astrotrain
|}

==Fiction==
===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[Cyclonus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Cyclonus]]' purpose was spreading chaos across the universe, which he pursued by using his mind control powers on other warriors to integrate them into Galvatronus. {{storylink|Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Cyclonus' bio}} He probably did this on Cybertron during the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Skydive's bio}} {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Dragstrip's bio}} {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Air Raid's bio}} {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Breakdown's bio}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[File:Transformers53-Galvatronus.jpg|thumb|250px|FOOLS! GALVATRONUS CAN BE AS TOY-ACCURATE AS HE WANTS!]]
Pulled from a [[Dead Universe]] by [[Violengiguar|Bio Ranger Iga]], Galvatronus was appointed the leader of the [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals]], where he was the "[[Deceptigod]] Emperor General". {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/27}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
With the entire [[Earth]] energized by the powers of the [[Enigma of Combination]], Galvatron focused its energies on five of his soldiers—[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]—merging them together into a mighty warrior he dubbed "Galvatronus". Galvatronus punched out [[Victorion]] and grappled with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], supported by several [[Seeker clone]]s. Superion managed to get the upper hand until [[Sky Reign]] intervened. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} Subsequently, Galvatronus was broken back into his components when Superion disabled the Earth Enigma. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Galvatronus-Earth Wars.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
While studying the history of the [[Enigma of Combination]], [[Vorath]] enthused at the idea of merging Mindwipe with other Decepticons to form a mighty god-emperor he dubbed "Galvatronus". {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File: CombinerWarstoy-Galvatronus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|SEE????]]
*'''Skydive''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
*'''Air Raid''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Cyclonus''' (Voyager Class, 2015)
*'''Decepticon Dragstrip''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
*'''Breakdown''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Decepticon Viper''' (Legends Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle (formed from Viper and Cyclonus's gun and shield), four small weapons, four hands/feet
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Per Cyclonus's packaging bio, Galvatronus can be formed by connecting any four ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class figures to Cyclonus, although his packaging gives a specific configuration of [[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Generations|Air Raid]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Generations|Skydive]] as left and right arms, and [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|Breakdown]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generations|Dragstrip]] as left and right legs.

:Galvatronus wields a large gun formed by combining Cyclonus's gun and shield, which can be further expanded by attaching Legends Class Viper (or his mold-mate [[Powerglide (G1)/toys#Generations|Powerglide]]) in his weapon mode. Galvatronus's torso was redecoed to be ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Grand Galvatron]]'s torso, although that combiner has a specific set of components.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWGalvatronus/galvatronus.htm More information on Galvatronus at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:EW-Galvatronus early.jpg|thumb|200px]]

*Since Galvatronus is formed with Dreadwing as his torso in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'' vol. 2]] comic series, artist [[Andrew Griffith]] gave the combined form a head resembling Dreadwing's original combining partner [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]] and Dreadwing's chest rather than resembling Galvatron as in the toyline.
*The 2015 [[Fan polls|Fan Built Combiner]] poll which produced [[Victorion]] for ''Combiner Wars'' selected Galvatronus as Victorion's rival. This would not appear until after the fact in 2016, and in said IDW comic storyline, none of Galvatronus's constituents have ''Combiner Wars'' toys.
*Galvatronus in ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]]'' was originally intended to have Breakdown and Dragstrip as legs, intending to make a hybrid of his IDW and ''Combiner Wars'' formations. However, to not reuse limbs already part of another combiner ([[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Menasor]]), the two were replaced with Astrotrain and Blitzwing.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/live/BHCOwBapu78?feature=shared&t=1944|name=Transformers: Earth Wars|site=YouTube|title=TF:EW COMM-BOTS|quote=|year=2022|month=07|day=28}}</ref>
*Like most ''Earth Wars'' models, Galvatronus and his components are patterned after specific toys: ''Titans Return'' Mindwipe, Blitzwing, and Astrotrain; ''Siege'' Acid Storm, and ''Combiner Wars'' Cyclonus. Of these five, only Cyclonus's toy is actually a combiner component.

==See also==
*[[Grand Galvatron]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Combiners]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]

Galvatronus (CW)

2025-08-11T15:13:26Z

Sky Shadow: Match formatting for repeats other Combiner tables use.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon combiner|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon combiner|Galvatronus (RID)}}
:''Galvatronus is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:CombinerWarsGalvatronus-screencap.jpg|right|thumb|300px|FOOLS! GALVATRONUS TAKES ANY LIMBS HE WISHES!]]
In dark and chaotic times, '''Galvatronus''' rises up as a Combiner composed of enthralled [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s alike, forced to merge into the personal weapon of some Decepticon conqueror. Sometimes this hypnosis is the work of [[Cyclonus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Cyclonus]], who typically serves as the central component of this dangerous foe, but [[Starscream (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|other]] [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|villains]] have pulled the strings on Galvatronus to their own ends as well. Whatever the case, it's clear only the one commanding this nightmare is having any fun.

[[Viper (CW)|Viper]] can serve as this behemoth's weapon, though it's unclear if he too is an unwilling participant in this unholy union.

Galvatronus has been known to include:
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!
!''Combiner Wars'' formation
!IDW formation
!''Earth Wars'' formation
|-
| valign="top"|
*Torso
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
*Weapon
| valign="top"|
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Dragstrip]]
*[[Viper (CW)|Viper]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
| valign="top"|
*Cyclonus
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
|}

==Fiction==
===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[Cyclonus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Cyclonus]]' purpose was spreading chaos across the universe, which he pursued by using his mind control powers on other warriors to integrate them into Galvatronus. {{storylink|Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Cyclonus' bio}} He probably did this on Cybertron during the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Skydive's bio}} {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Dragstrip's bio}} {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Air Raid's bio}} {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Breakdown's bio}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[File:Transformers53-Galvatronus.jpg|thumb|250px|FOOLS! GALVATRONUS CAN BE AS TOY-ACCURATE AS HE WANTS!]]
Pulled from a [[Dead Universe]] by [[Violengiguar|Bio Ranger Iga]], Galvatronus was appointed the leader of the [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals]], where he was the "[[Deceptigod]] Emperor General". {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/27}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
With the entire [[Earth]] energized by the powers of the [[Enigma of Combination]], Galvatron focused its energies on five of his soldiers—[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]—merging them together into a mighty warrior he dubbed "Galvatronus". Galvatronus punched out [[Victorion]] and grappled with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], supported by several [[Seeker clone]]s. Superion managed to get the upper hand until [[Sky Reign]] intervened. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} Subsequently, Galvatronus was broken back into his components when Superion disabled the Earth Enigma. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Galvatronus-Earth Wars.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
While studying the history of the [[Enigma of Combination]], [[Vorath]] enthused at the idea of merging Mindwipe with other Decepticons to form a mighty god-emperor he dubbed "Galvatronus". {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File: CombinerWarstoy-Galvatronus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|SEE????]]
*'''Skydive''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
*'''Air Raid''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Cyclonus''' (Voyager Class, 2015)
*'''Decepticon Dragstrip''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
*'''Breakdown''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Decepticon Viper''' (Legends Class, 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle (formed from Viper and Cyclonus's gun and shield), four small weapons, four hands/feet
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Per Cyclonus's packaging bio, Galvatronus can be formed by connecting any four ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class figures to Cyclonus, although his packaging gives a specific configuration of [[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Generations|Air Raid]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Generations|Skydive]] as left and right arms, and [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|Breakdown]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)#Generations|Dragstrip]] as left and right legs.

:Galvatronus wields a large gun formed by combining Cyclonus's gun and shield, which can be further expanded by attaching Legends Class Viper (or his mold-mate [[Powerglide (G1)/toys#Generations|Powerglide]]) in his weapon mode. Galvatronus's torso was redecoed to be ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Grand Galvatron]]'s torso, although that combiner has a specific set of components.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWGalvatronus/galvatronus.htm More information on Galvatronus at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:EW-Galvatronus early.jpg|thumb|200px]]

*Since Galvatronus is formed with Dreadwing as his torso in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'' vol. 2]] comic series, artist [[Andrew Griffith]] gave the combined form a head resembling Dreadwing's original combining partner [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]] and Dreadwing's chest rather than resembling Galvatron as in the toyline.
*The 2015 [[Fan polls|Fan Built Combiner]] poll which produced [[Victorion]] for ''Combiner Wars'' selected Galvatronus as Victorion's rival. This would not appear until after the fact in 2016, and in said IDW comic storyline, none of Galvatronus's constituents have ''Combiner Wars'' toys.
*Galvatronus in ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]]'' was originally intended to have Breakdown and Dragstrip as legs, intending to make a hybrid of his IDW and ''Combiner Wars'' formations. However, to not reuse limbs already part of another combiner ([[Menasor (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Menasor]]), the two were replaced with Astrotrain and Blitzwing.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/live/BHCOwBapu78?feature=shared&t=1944|name=Transformers: Earth Wars|site=YouTube|title=TF:EW COMM-BOTS|quote=|year=2022|month=07|day=28}}</ref>
*Like most ''Earth Wars'' models, Galvatronus and his components are patterned after specific toys: ''Titans Return'' Mindwipe, Blitzwing, and Astrotrain; ''Siege'' Acid Storm, and ''Combiner Wars'' Cyclonus. Of these five, only Cyclonus's toy is actually a combiner component.

==See also==
*[[Grand Galvatron]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Combiners]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]

Sky Reign

2025-08-11T15:12:33Z

Sky Shadow: /* 2005 IDW continuity */ It's weird that the combiner created alongside Galvatronus doesn't actually mention the co-creation

{{factions|autobot|decepticon}}
:''Sky Reign is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:SkyReign boxart.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Polyhex Mew Mew.]]

There are two things you need to know about '''Sky Reign'''. The first is that he's formed around [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who brings his animalistic strength and outsized ego to the potluck. Both of these attributes are evident in different ways for the Combiner - at his best Sky Reign is quite the talker, gloating and prodding his opponents with the stupendous powers and abilities of his components, and even at his most inarticulate he just can't quite zip it. Catch his bad side, though, and you'll see that he's equally as capable a brutal beast and vicious fighter.

The second thing is that his components never actually ''asked'' to end up like this. Whether it's the power of a god [[Sky Reign Chapter|given firsthand]] or [[All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|stolen thrice-removed]], an [[Speed Masters|accidential trip to flux space]] or even [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|the banality of democracy]], the wishes of those who comprise him aren't exactly the top of the agenda whenever Sky Reign enters the picture. Despite that, though, if the group that he consists of sticks together they're certainly more than capable of rising to the occasion.

It helps that his name is awesome.

The other four [[Autobot]]s (or Decepticons) that form his limbs are never quite consistent. They have been known to include:

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!
!''Combiner Wars'' / ''Earth Wars'' formation
!"''[[Groove (G1)#MayMayhemDeluxe|May Mayhem]]''" formation
!IDW formation
!''Unite Warriors'' formation
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
| valign="top"|
*Hound
*Wheeljack
*Trailbreaker
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]]
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
| valign="top"|
*Wheeljack
*Hound
*Trailbreaker
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]]
|}

==Fiction==
===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
{{note|The Autobots that form this combiner aren't exactly a specific ''team'' in this microcontinuity. Despite this, their subgroup is [[#Notes|(mostly)]] consistently given as "Sky Reign", so we've taken the liberty of documenting their lives outside of forming this ferocious warrior here as well.}}

[[Wheeljack (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Wheeljack]] was responsible for upgrading the young Orion Pax with increased strength and size, traits that would serve the future [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Optimus Prime]] well. At some point he also invented a near-impenetrable faceplate, which adorns his head to protect himself from explosive lab accidents. He subsequently joined the Autobots after graduating from [[Technoversity of Ultirex|Ultirex Technoversity]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}

Both Wheeljack and [[Hound (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Hound]] were on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crash-landed on Earth,{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}} and Optimus Prime subsequently commanded the latter to learn more about the planet they'd found themselves on - an experience that was captivating for the lead scout, leading him to consider Earth as his adopted homeworld. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}

<s>Trailbreaker</s> <s>Trailcutter</s> ''[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Trailbreaker]]'', who had once changed his name to try and boost his confidence, was a point of particular concern for [[Rung (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rung]]. He noted that despite saving a great number of Autobots' lives thanks to the powerful forcefields he generated, being equipped with impressive [[magnawheels]], and his upbeat personality, the irreplaceable Autobot suffered from serious self-worth issues even with the trust and support of his teammates. Rung went so far as to consider this his only weakness. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Trailbreaker's bio}}

[[Smokescreen (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Smokescreen]] was considered a critical, if underappreciated, Autobot due to his essential role in rescuing teammates from battles that were already lost. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Smokescreen's bio}}

Candidates for the combination that would come to be known as Sky Reign were chosen {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Smokescreen's bio}} by other Autobots. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Trailbreaker's bio}} Wheeljack had previously helped rebuild the [[Aerialbot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Aerialbots]], and this expertise was a factor in his inclusion. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}

[[Sky Lynx (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Sky Lynx]] had a reputation for bragging about his accomplishments as a warrior, but his mastery of combination was no exaggeration. Sky Reign proved to be a ferocious beast on the battlefield, {{storylink|Sky Lynx (G1)#Combiner Wars|Sky Lynx's bio}} serving the Autobot cause on Cybertron. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Trailbreaker's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Smokescreen's bio}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:AHM-SkyReign.jpg|left|upright=1.25|thumb|]]
Sky Reign was created during a disastrous Autobot raid on [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s [[Nemesis (G1)|underwater base]]. In a display of power, Galvatron used his planet-sized [[Enigma of Combination]] to force Autobots and Decepticons into combining and sicced the newly formed Sky Reign on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} With the aid of the [[Seeker clone]] combiners and [[Galvatronus (CW)#2005 IDW continuity|Galvatronus]], Sky Reign got the upper hand on Superion... but they were undone as Superion took control of the Earth-Enigma and disabled it, causing Sky Reign to separate. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:RuinationChapter2 SkyReignQuadMode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|right|]]
The [[Disaster Relief Team]], made up of Sky Lynx, Wheeljack, Hound, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet, were granted the ability to combine into Sky Reign when [[Vector Sigma]] [[reformatting|reformatted]] their bodies so that they could rebuild and defend Cybertron. They formed the combiner to battle [[Grand Galvatron]] when he attacked Cybertron, with Sky Reign wielding Sky Lynx's beastly strength, Wheeljack's many and varied weapons, Hound's [[hologram]]s, Trailbreaker's [[force field]]s, and the ability to regenerate from damage using Ratchet's medical unit. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} While he held his own against Grand Galvatron, Sky Reign was caught unawares and separated into his components when [[Megaempress]] blasted him with her fusion railgun. [[Moonheart]] then amputated their combiner joints, rendering them unable to recombine. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Vector Sigma later restored the joints so that Sky Reign could participate in the great combiner battle with [[Unicron]]. Assuming his quadrupedal Beast Mode, Sky Reign attempted to carry [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] to Unicron, only to be blown out of the sky by the chaos-bringer's eye beams. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===

[[File:Sky Reign-Earth Wars.jpg|thumb]]
{{charstubgames}}

==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CW-skyreign.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|I've Turned Into a Chest, Meow!]]

*'''Sky Lynx''' (Voyager Class, 2016)
*'''Hound''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
*'''Smokescreen''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
:*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
*'''Trailbreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
*'''Wheeljack''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Sky Reign is a combiner made up of four Deluxe Class figures ([[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations|Hound]], [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations|Smokescreen]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]]) as limbs, a Voyager Class figure ([[Sky Lynx (G1)#Generations|Sky Lynx]]) as the torso, all as part of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline. As with the other Combiners in the line, each Deluxe toy can become an arm or a leg, and comes with weapons that can become hands or feet.

:The Hasbro release of [[Groove (G1)#MayMayhemDeluxe|Deluxe Groove]] markets him as an additional limb of Sky Reign, replacing Smokescreen.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/CWSkyReign/skyreign.htm More information on Sky Reign at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

===''Unite Warriors''===
{{anchor|UWEX}}
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW-EX-Lynx-Master.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Designed to knock things off tables on a city-wide scale.]]
*'''Lynxmaster''' (giftset, [[October 29]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-EX'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons/Combiner Extremities (3 normal for Hound, Wheeljack & Ratchet, 1 clawed for Trailbreaker's), 2 Axes, Knife-sword, Clamp weapon, two sword-rifles

:Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Sky Reign is sold in a gift set including all five Autobots (with [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Ratchet]] replacing Smokescreen). "Lynxmaster" has numerous changes in deco to better match their component's appearances in the Generation 1 cartoon.

:Lynxmaster was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, with the preorders open Thursday afternoon [[June 9]] until Thursday [[June 30]]. It shipped in late October.

==Notes==
*The infobox from the extended bio on the back of the comic book included with the Deluxe Class Trailbreaker figure in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia states his group affiliation as "'''Lynx King'''", presumably an early working name. By contrast, the infoboxes from the comics included with the Deluxe Smokescreen, Wheeljack, and Hound figures correctly state the affiliation as "Sky Reign".
*Early sample packaging photography for the Legends Class [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Generations|Wreck-Gar]] figure pointed him out as part of this set, but, since there's no way to actually combine him with Sky Reign, the final product does not mention this.
*When Sky Reign appeared in the IDW comics, only the torso from the actual Hasbro toy could be used: Wheeljack was on Cybertron, Hound and Smokescreen were on the ''[[Lost Light]]'', and poor [[Trailbreaker (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Trailbreaker]] was dead! Additionally, most characters in the IDW configuration don't have compatible toys. Sunstreaker is the only member of this crew with a compatible Deluxe-sized figure.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lynxmaster''' (リンクスマスター ''Rinkusumasutā'')

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Combiners]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]

Sky Reign

2025-08-11T15:06:47Z

Sky Shadow: Home from TFN. Correcting for McFeely's Matrix Quiz misinfo(!!) by making this table clearer! (Sorry Chris, love you Chris)

{{factions|autobot|decepticon}}
:''Sky Reign is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:SkyReign boxart.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Polyhex Mew Mew.]]

There are two things you need to know about '''Sky Reign'''. The first is that he's formed around [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who brings his animalistic strength and outsized ego to the potluck. Both of these attributes are evident in different ways for the Combiner - at his best Sky Reign is quite the talker, gloating and prodding his opponents with the stupendous powers and abilities of his components, and even at his most inarticulate he just can't quite zip it. Catch his bad side, though, and you'll see that he's equally as capable a brutal beast and vicious fighter.

The second thing is that his components never actually ''asked'' to end up like this. Whether it's the power of a god [[Sky Reign Chapter|given firsthand]] or [[All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|stolen thrice-removed]], an [[Speed Masters|accidential trip to flux space]] or even [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|the banality of democracy]], the wishes of those who comprise him aren't exactly the top of the agenda whenever Sky Reign enters the picture. Despite that, though, if the group that he consists of sticks together they're certainly more than capable of rising to the occasion.

It helps that his name is awesome.

The other four [[Autobot]]s (or Decepticons) that form his limbs are never quite consistent. They have been known to include:

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!''Combiner Wars'' / ''Earth Wars'' formation
!"''[[Groove (G1)#MayMayhemDeluxe|May Mayhem]]''" formation
!IDW formation
!''Unite Warriors'' formation
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
| valign="top"|
*Hound
*Wheeljack
*Trailbreaker
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]]
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
| valign="top"|
*Wheeljack
*Hound
*Trailbreaker
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]]
|}

==Fiction==
===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
{{note|The Autobots that form this combiner aren't exactly a specific ''team'' in this microcontinuity. Despite this, their subgroup is [[#Notes|(mostly)]] consistently given as "Sky Reign", so we've taken the liberty of documenting their lives outside of forming this ferocious warrior here as well.}}

[[Wheeljack (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Wheeljack]] was responsible for upgrading the young Orion Pax with increased strength and size, traits that would serve the future [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Optimus Prime]] well. At some point he also invented a near-impenetrable faceplate, which adorns his head to protect himself from explosive lab accidents. He subsequently joined the Autobots after graduating from [[Technoversity of Ultirex|Ultirex Technoversity]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}

Both Wheeljack and [[Hound (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Hound]] were on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crash-landed on Earth,{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}} and Optimus Prime subsequently commanded the latter to learn more about the planet they'd found themselves on - an experience that was captivating for the lead scout, leading him to consider Earth as his adopted homeworld. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}

<s>Trailbreaker</s> <s>Trailcutter</s> ''[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Trailbreaker]]'', who had once changed his name to try and boost his confidence, was a point of particular concern for [[Rung (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rung]]. He noted that despite saving a great number of Autobots' lives thanks to the powerful forcefields he generated, being equipped with impressive [[magnawheels]], and his upbeat personality, the irreplaceable Autobot suffered from serious self-worth issues even with the trust and support of his teammates. Rung went so far as to consider this his only weakness. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Trailbreaker's bio}}

[[Smokescreen (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Smokescreen]] was considered a critical, if underappreciated, Autobot due to his essential role in rescuing teammates from battles that were already lost. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Smokescreen's bio}}

Candidates for the combination that would come to be known as Sky Reign were chosen {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Smokescreen's bio}} by other Autobots. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Trailbreaker's bio}} Wheeljack had previously helped rebuild the [[Aerialbot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Aerialbots]], and this expertise was a factor in his inclusion. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}

[[Sky Lynx (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Sky Lynx]] had a reputation for bragging about his accomplishments as a warrior, but his mastery of combination was no exaggeration. Sky Reign proved to be a ferocious beast on the battlefield, {{storylink|Sky Lynx (G1)#Combiner Wars|Sky Lynx's bio}} serving the Autobot cause on Cybertron. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Trailbreaker's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Smokescreen's bio}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:AHM-SkyReign.jpg|left|upright=1.25|thumb|]]
Sky Reign was created during a disastrous Autobot raid on [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s [[Nemesis (G1)|underwater base]]. In a display of power, Galvatron used his planet-sized [[Enigma of Combination]] to force Autobots and Decepticons into combining and sicced the resulting Sky Reign on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} With the aid of the [[Seeker clone]] combiners, Sky Reign got the upper hand on Superion, but Superion took control of the Earth-Enigma and disabled it, causing Sky Reign to separate. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:RuinationChapter2 SkyReignQuadMode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|right|]]
The [[Disaster Relief Team]], made up of Sky Lynx, Wheeljack, Hound, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet, were granted the ability to combine into Sky Reign when [[Vector Sigma]] [[reformatting|reformatted]] their bodies so that they could rebuild and defend Cybertron. They formed the combiner to battle [[Grand Galvatron]] when he attacked Cybertron, with Sky Reign wielding Sky Lynx's beastly strength, Wheeljack's many and varied weapons, Hound's [[hologram]]s, Trailbreaker's [[force field]]s, and the ability to regenerate from damage using Ratchet's medical unit. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} While he held his own against Grand Galvatron, Sky Reign was caught unawares and separated into his components when [[Megaempress]] blasted him with her fusion railgun. [[Moonheart]] then amputated their combiner joints, rendering them unable to recombine. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Vector Sigma later restored the joints so that Sky Reign could participate in the great combiner battle with [[Unicron]]. Assuming his quadrupedal Beast Mode, Sky Reign attempted to carry [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] to Unicron, only to be blown out of the sky by the chaos-bringer's eye beams. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===

[[File:Sky Reign-Earth Wars.jpg|thumb]]
{{charstubgames}}

==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CW-skyreign.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|I've Turned Into a Chest, Meow!]]

*'''Sky Lynx''' (Voyager Class, 2016)
*'''Hound''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
*'''Smokescreen''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
:*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
*'''Trailbreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
*'''Wheeljack''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Sky Reign is a combiner made up of four Deluxe Class figures ([[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations|Hound]], [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations|Smokescreen]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]]) as limbs, a Voyager Class figure ([[Sky Lynx (G1)#Generations|Sky Lynx]]) as the torso, all as part of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline. As with the other Combiners in the line, each Deluxe toy can become an arm or a leg, and comes with weapons that can become hands or feet.

:The Hasbro release of [[Groove (G1)#MayMayhemDeluxe|Deluxe Groove]] markets him as an additional limb of Sky Reign, replacing Smokescreen.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/CWSkyReign/skyreign.htm More information on Sky Reign at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

===''Unite Warriors''===
{{anchor|UWEX}}
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW-EX-Lynx-Master.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Designed to knock things off tables on a city-wide scale.]]
*'''Lynxmaster''' (giftset, [[October 29]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-EX'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons/Combiner Extremities (3 normal for Hound, Wheeljack & Ratchet, 1 clawed for Trailbreaker's), 2 Axes, Knife-sword, Clamp weapon, two sword-rifles

:Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Sky Reign is sold in a gift set including all five Autobots (with [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Ratchet]] replacing Smokescreen). "Lynxmaster" has numerous changes in deco to better match their component's appearances in the Generation 1 cartoon.

:Lynxmaster was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, with the preorders open Thursday afternoon [[June 9]] until Thursday [[June 30]]. It shipped in late October.

==Notes==
*The infobox from the extended bio on the back of the comic book included with the Deluxe Class Trailbreaker figure in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia states his group affiliation as "'''Lynx King'''", presumably an early working name. By contrast, the infoboxes from the comics included with the Deluxe Smokescreen, Wheeljack, and Hound figures correctly state the affiliation as "Sky Reign".
*Early sample packaging photography for the Legends Class [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Generations|Wreck-Gar]] figure pointed him out as part of this set, but, since there's no way to actually combine him with Sky Reign, the final product does not mention this.
*When Sky Reign appeared in the IDW comics, only the torso from the actual Hasbro toy could be used: Wheeljack was on Cybertron, Hound and Smokescreen were on the ''[[Lost Light]]'', and poor [[Trailbreaker (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Trailbreaker]] was dead! Additionally, most characters in the IDW configuration don't have compatible toys. Sunstreaker is the only member of this crew with a compatible Deluxe-sized figure.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Lynxmaster''' (リンクスマスター ''Rinkusumasutā'')

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Combiners]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]

Evergreen

2025-07-31T20:03:40Z

Sky Shadow: This probably isn't supposed to be here

[[File:MyBusyBook-figurines.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|''I'm gonna take this moment And make it last forever'']]
In a commercial context, '''evergreen''' product is merchandise that is not "seasonal" – it can be sent to shelves for an extended period without needing to be refreshed or updated. For ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'', this means product that is "franchiseless", not tied to any flavor-of-the-year brand like a cartoon or movie.

After the [[live-action film series]] catapulted ''Transformers'' back into the public consciousness, deliberately evergreen products became increasingly common throughout the early 2010s, typically for licensed merchandise or for ancillary, [[market six|value-oriented]] [[Hasbro]] toys. These products would typically borrow key art from a scattershot assortment of sources, such as various ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toylines and the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Legends]]'' mobile card game.

Eventually, Hasbro moved to align these sorts of products under a unified evergreen aesthetic, and began implementing a purpose-made set of [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation-1-inspired]] character designs, created by [[Emiliano Santalucia]], for use on all-and-sundry licensed and in-house products. They debuted in late [[2016]], without fanfare, in [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[2005 IDW continuity|contemporary comic line]], before showing up on a wider variety of merchandise during [[2017]]. At the end of the year, fans got to see Santalucia's original art on the mobile app Quidd, which used a bunch of assets ripped from the internal brand bible as "digital collectibles" (like {{w|Non-fungible token|NFTs}}, but, uh, fungible).

Toys based directly on the evergreen designs comprise the bulk of the ''[[Transformers Authentics]]'' toyline. The designs also had an enormous influence on the characters' depictions in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'', ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (franchise)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'', ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cyberworld (franchise)|Transformers: Cyberworld]]''.

==Evergreen Character Toolkit Volume One==
From 2017, licensors were given a set of assets based on "the characters who drive the Transformers story". The guide was intended to nail down "key character elements that remain constant and consistent across all expressions [of the brand]", coining the phrase "character [[canon]]". Each character was given a biography and a set of key attributes, and presented with a turnaround schematic of their first toy alongside Santalucia's reinterpretation, labelled to identify "essential brand elements" of their design for [[trademark]]/[[copyright]] purposes (for example, Prime's windows and truck grille in robot mode). A few characters were given "pretengineering" cross-sections to illustrate the mechanical functionality of their bodies. The full set of characters included, informing all merchandise produced around this time, were as follows:

{{Featuredcharacters|nonumbering=true
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Hound (disambiguation)|Hound]]
* [[Ratchet (disambiguation)|Ratchet]]
* [[Grimlock (disambiguation)|Grimlock]]
* [[Hot Rod (disambiguation)|Hot Rod]]
* [[Windblade (disambiguation)|Windblade]]
* [[Wheeljack (disambiguation)|Wheeljack]]
|c2=
* [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]]
* [[Soundwave (disambiguation)|Soundwave]]
* [[Barricade (disambiguation)|Barricade]]
* [[Shockwave (disambiguation)|Shockwave]]
}}

If a Volume Two was ever produced, we haven't seen it!

==Products incorporating evergreen character designs==
===Fiction===
[[File:FutureGloriesLost-KnightTemplarPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.33|''I'm gonna give my heart away And pray we'll stay together'']]
[[IDW Publishing]]'s original Generation 1 comic line began introducing evergreen character designs in the aftermath of the 2016 ''[[Revolution]]'' crossover event. The implementation was last-minute enough that [[:File:OP1 subcvrA.jpg|at least one cover]] had to be redrawn by the artist to incorporate Optimus's evergreen design. Designs have been introduced as follows:
*[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], beginning with [[Ping|''The Transformers: Till All Are One'' #5]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], beginning with [[New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|''Optimus Prime'' #1]]
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], beginning with [[First Strike issue 1|''First Strike'' #1]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], beginning with [[First Strike issue 2|''First Strike'' #2]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], beginning with [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|''Optimus Prime'' #19]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], beginning with [[Our Darkest|''Transformers: Unicron'' #0]]

[[Space Ape]]'s ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' mobile game introduced a design of their own that would be used in 2017:
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], beginning with "[[Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Event Horizon]]".

Most main characters in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' use interpretations of evergreen designs, as do the established characters in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]''.

The [[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon]] redesigned previous [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]] characters, including [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Optimus]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Rescue Bots Academy cartoon|Grimlock]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] to use their evergreen designs. [[:File:Bumblebee-RBA-design progression.jpg|Early concept art]] suggests this mandate was not in place at the beginning of the show's development.

Grimlock and Optimus Prime in ''[[Transformers: King Grimlock|King Grimlock]]'' both use direct translations of the evergreen designs.
{{--}}

===Toys===
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Cause you're the one good reason You're the only girl that I need'']]
;''Power of the Primes''
*Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Starscream]]
;''Authentics''
{{main|Transformers Authentics}}
;''Cyberverse''
{{main|Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)}}
;''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''
*Core Class [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#K43|Hot Rod]]
;''EarthSpark''
{{main|Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)}}

===Merchandise===
;Hasbro
*''[[Fidget Its]]'' fidget spinners
*''[[Mighty Muggs]]''
*''[[Beyblade X]]'' tops

;Licensed
*[[Hauck]] go karts
*''[[Transformers: My Busy Book]]''
*[[Radz]] 4-in-1 Candy & Surprise bags
*[[Carnival Cruise Line Entertainment|Carnival Playtime]] mascot costumes
*[[Metal Earth]] Legends
*[[Little Rocket]] [[Bouncing Ball Heads]]
*[[Monogram]] [[Figural Bag Clips]]
*[[D'elicce]] [[Easter]] eggs
*[[Core Nutritionals]] fitness supplements and supplies

;Restaurant promotions
{{main|List of Transformers restaurant promotions#Evergreen}}

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
File:Quidd-evergreen-Barricade-robot-mode.jpg|[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]]
File:Barricade evergreen.jpg|[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Bumblebee-robot-mode.jpg|[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
File:Bumblebee evergreen.jpg|[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Grimlock-robot-mode.jpg|[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
File:Grimlock evergreen.jpg|[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Hound-robot-mode.jpg|[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Megatron-robot-mode.jpg|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
File:Evergreen-Optimus_Prime-robot-mode.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
File:Optimus Prime evergreen.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Ratchet-robot-mode.jpg|[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Shockwave-robot-mode.jpg|[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Soundwave-robot-mode.jpg|[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
File:Soundwave evergreen.jpg|[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Starscream-robot-mode.jpg|[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
File:Starscream evergreen.jpg|[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Wheeljack-robot-mode.jpg|[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
File:Wheeljack evergreen.jpg|[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
File:Quidd-evergreen-Windblade-robot-mode.jpg|[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]
</gallery></center>

[[Category:Franchises]]

Starscream Combiner

2025-07-30T07:26:10Z

Sky Shadow: Intro paragraph formatting adjustment

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Starscream Combiner is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-StarscreamCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|"Get on with the docking sequence!"]]

Usually when a new Combiner is brought into the world, it's an equal meeting of the minds in the form of an awesome super robot. Not so with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], whose selfishness and [[Transformers: Deviations|lust for power]] run so deep that other bots could drown in it. Desperate to [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|claw every scrap of strength and control he can from every possible source]], it's the ultimate tragedy that the already powerful Air Commander will learn nothing from those taken into the "'''Starscream Combiner'''", who seems to be just more of the same unsatisfiable warrior - but this is lost on him. All that matters is the power that is rightfully his.

So bottomless is his need to dominate the universe that, if allowed to, he will [[A War of Giants|gobble up entirely seperate Combiners]] in his pursuit of fulfilment. But this is Starscream we're talking about - the ambitions that got him this far will ''always'' exceed his grasp of the situation. The more he consumes, the more likely it is that the control he imposes over everyone else inside his combination will shatter... laying bare [[Darkest Hour (CW)|the pain at its core]].

It's not impossible for Starscream to let go of his ego and work with others, but it usually requires [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors|an even stronger will]] to keep him in line.

==Fiction==
===''Deviations''===
[[File:TF-Deviations-Megascream-Combiner.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|"My fellow arms and legs, as your new torso, I..."]]

In a reality wherein [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] killed [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] in [[2005]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] ascended to [[Decepticon leader]]ship and thus was present to strike a deal with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The Chaos Bringer upgraded Starscream into Megascream in exchange for the promised destruction of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

Soon thereafter, when Optimus spearheaded the Autobot attack on Unicron's surface, he was met by the new Decepticon leader, who demanded that Prime turn over the Matrix so that Megascream could destroy Unicron himself. A brawl ensued; Megascream revealed the full extent of his upgrades by [[combiner|combining]] with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to form a gigantic warrior. The gestalt Megascream easily crushed and injured Optimus beneath his fist before seizing the Matrix. At the last moment, the stowaway [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] intervened, snatching the Matrix away from the Decepticon leader and opening it. The ensuing explosion destroyed Unicron, with Megascream, his underlings, and Hot Rod all lost in the blast. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}
{{--}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
[[File:AWarOfGiants Starscream plus combiners.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|How it started.]]
[[File:DarkestHour-starcloud.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|How it's going.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}

As part of a bid for power, Starscream staged an elaborate scheme that ended with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], and [[Victorion|Victorion]] attacking him and the other members of Cybertron's ruling council, prompting the [[Mistress of Flame]] to hand over the [[Enigma of Combination]] so he could stop them. Instead, he used the relic's power to merge himself with the two combiners, along with the already dead [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], becoming '''Ultimate Starscream'''. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} However, the power proved too much for him to control, and his form distorted into little more than a giant screaming ball of energy. No longer in his right mind, Ultimate Starscream began to attack the city, with the Mistress, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attempting to fend him off. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} Ultimately, Windblade managed to awaken [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to restrain Ultimate Starscream, allowing Optimus and Megatron to finish him off. Starscream's body was disintegrated by the blast, and the other combiners were revived and released from his control. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The scheming Decepticon air commander [[Starscream (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Starscream]] could wield powers of the [[Thirteen|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Starscream packaging bio}} As "Nexus Starscream" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selfishly, combining with any and every warrior who could give him a leg up with his insatiable lust for power. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Starscream card}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-POTP-Starscream-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|<center><big>"[[Jazz_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|Who]] [[Slag_(G1)#Power_of_the_Primes|dis]][[Swoop_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|rupts]] my '''''combination'''''!?"</big>]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, [[2017]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Starscream]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Starscream Combiner's chest, hands, or feet, such as the "Seeker Enigma" that comes packed with Starscream.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfish warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Decepticon]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Starscream's/Dreadwind's<ref>Despite precedent, the side of Blackwing's package depicted the [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] superjet combination instead.</ref> packaging art
!Starscream's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Darkwing (G1)#Generations|Blackwing]]
*[[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|Dreadwind]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Blot]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Swoop]]
*Dreadwind
|}
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Machinima-CW-Ultimate Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Tsarscream" was ''right there'', y'all.]]
*The situation with the Starscream Combiner's name is a thorny one. You'd be forgiven for assuming its name is "[[#Deviations|Megascream]]" or "[[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Nexus Starscream]]" from the write-ups above, but those are actually names given to two different upgrades that ''permit'' Starscream to dominate others by combining with them. Only "[[#Prime Wars Trilogy cartoons|Ultimate Starscream]]" directly applies to the combiner itself... and that was never actually ''given'' in the ''Combiner Wars'' series itself, instead coming from an official render of the character. Considering that it's a plot point that bonding directly with the Enigma and using entire Combiners recursively makes him the "ultimate Combiner", it's sadly a little too specific (without a second use; help us, [[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]]!) to be the name of this page.
*Similar examples of a central component taking complete control include the back-of-the-box bio for [[Cyclonus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Cyclonus]] (while forming [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]]) and the e-HOBBY handling of [[Grand Scourge#Legends/Unite Warriors|Scourge Grand Prime]] stealing [[Menasor (G1)#e-HOBBY comics|Menasor]]'s limbs.
*The ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline was the introduction of "pretooled" alternate heads across all figures, and Starscream was lucky enough to recieve two. One on [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Combiner Wars|Skydive]]'s body was [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|released]] [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Golden Lagoon|twice]] by [[TakaraTomy]], but ex-[[Fun Publications]] people attested there was also one sculpted for the [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Cyclonus]] mold. If released, the [[Galvatronus (CW)#Combiner Wars|Galvatronus]] torso mode would have been decoed up as "King Starscream", though this ultimately never came to pass. Interestingly enough, the same line that foreclosed on the Cyclonus retool also ended up releasing [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]]'s similarily pretooled head [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Inferno]]. Was there a world where, like the [[Inferno Combiner]], this super robot was repurposed ''Combiner Wars'' sculpting?

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930306317266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging line art by Robby Musso]

==References==
<references />

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User:Sky Shadow

2025-07-29T21:33:23Z

Sky Shadow: /* My least favourites */ Directing meanness in another direction

'''Sky Shadow''' is [[Vivian Grannell|me]]. I'm also known as '''gearshift''' or '''toastergrl''' in other places. I have a history with the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|rat]]. Did you pick up 21331?

(I picked this username after being weirdly compelled by [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#2010-11|Gentyten]] [[Black Shadow (G1)#Generations|Sky Shadow]], who I proceeded to write the wiki caption for and never buy??)

==Major wikistuff I done did==
{{anchor|PWT}}
===Fixing our documentation of the [[Combiner]]s of the Prime Wars Trilogy===
{{collist|2|
*Figuring out what was up with [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] versus [[Ultra Prime]]
*Comprehensive intro paragraphs and bios for [[Sky Reign]] and [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]]
*Nice bios/tables for [[Inferno Combiner|Nexus Inferno]] and [[Starscream Combiner|Nexus Starscream]], and table for [[Elita-Infin1te]]
*New intro paragraph for [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] to give his [[Betatron (CW)|combining]] [[Modulus|abilities]] proper airtime
*Cleaning up that one ambulance [[Ratchet (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|with]] [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|four]] [[Medix (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|bios]]
*Comic bios for the [[Aerialbot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Aerialbots]]
*Comic bios for the [[Stunticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Stunticons]]
*Comic bios for the [[Protectobot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Protectobots]]
*Comic bios for the [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]]
*Categories for the [[:Category: Combiner Wars Combiners|CW]] and [[:Category: Power of the Primes Combiners|POTP]] Combiners
}}

==My favourites==
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], but mostly when he [[Blast Off (G1)#Combiner Wars|has]] [[Blast Off (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|a]] [[Blast Off (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|face]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], but only when he has a [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|red]] [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|helmet]]
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], even though [[Nightbeat (G1)#Toys|all his toys are bad]]
*[[Sideways (disambiguation)|Sideways]], despite [[Talk:Sideways (Armada)|it]] [[Circular reporting#Sideways the dimension-hopper|all]]
*[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]
*[[Combiner]]s and [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]] ([[#PWT|duh]])
*[[Titan Master|Titan Masters]]
*[[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolts]]

==My least favourites==
*Whoever got Ratchet's head colouring wrong in the cartoon four decades ago
*Elita-Infin1te because they missed the boat on fiction and [[Orthia|have been supplanted]] :(

==External Links==
*[https://bsky.app/profile/toastergrl.bsky.social If you need to get in contact offsite]
*[https://kartkrew.org Go play Ring Racers, the technical kart racer!]

Iaconian Mechaforensic Division

2025-07-28T10:08:33Z

Sky Shadow:

The '''Iaconian Mechaforensic Division''' (sometimes '''Mechaforensics Division''' or '''I.M.D.''') is a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] police organization that looks into criminal cases.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Prior to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], [[Flatfoot (G1)|Flatfoot]] of [[Polyhex Minor]] was the head of the organization. At the time, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Tumbler]] were attached to the division and were investigating a string of murders seemingly associated with the growing [[Decepticon]] movement. Flatfoot confirmed to the media that the murder of [[Senate|Senator]] [[Sherma]] and [[Momus]] was the result of two pro-[[Functionism|functionist]] agitants that were trying to escape an I.M.D. investigation. This angered Prowl who claimed that his findings were only a preliminary report and wondered why Flatfoot publicly confirmed them. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] also worked for the I.M.D. at the time, stationed at the ballistics department. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[Prowl (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Prowl]]'s unique analytical mind served him well as an analyst for the Iaconian Police Force's Mechaforensics Division, before he became military strategist and counsel to [[Autobot High Command]].{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}

[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformer culture]]
[[Category:Law enforcement]]

Iaconian Mechaforensic Division

2025-07-28T10:08:09Z

Sky Shadow: Add PWT info

The '''Iaconian Mechaforensic Division''' (sometimes ''Mechaforensics Division'' or ''I.M.D.'') is a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] police organization that looks into criminal cases.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Prior to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], [[Flatfoot (G1)|Flatfoot]] of [[Polyhex Minor]] was the head of the organization. At the time, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Tumbler]] were attached to the division and were investigating a string of murders seemingly associated with the growing [[Decepticon]] movement. Flatfoot confirmed to the media that the murder of [[Senate|Senator]] [[Sherma]] and [[Momus]] was the result of two pro-[[Functionism|functionist]] agitants that were trying to escape an I.M.D. investigation. This angered Prowl who claimed that his findings were only a preliminary report and wondered why Flatfoot publicly confirmed them. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] also worked for the I.M.D. at the time, stationed at the ballistics department. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[Prowl (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Prowl]]'s unique analytical mind served him well as an analyst for the Iaconian Police Force's 'Mechaforensics Division, before he became military strategist and counsel to [[Autobot High Command]].{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}

[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformer culture]]
[[Category:Law enforcement]]

Inferno Combiner

2025-07-27T13:17:10Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Inferno Combiner is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-InfernoCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''When he hears that fire-bell chime / Inferno's got [[Nexus Prime]] Putting on his legs and arms / to be sure they're safe from harm'']]

[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] may be bold and bombastic in a firefight, but as a firefight''er'' he instinctively understands the value of life and how essential it is to stand up for it. It's this quieter, nobler trait that comes to the forefront when the "'''Inferno Combiner'''" is formed. Whether it's rescuing wounded Autobots from hazardous environments by [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|literally ''making them its limbs'']] or stepping up when [[#Of Masters and Mayhem|beloved heroes go missing]], all else is secondary in service of others' survival.

While the ''motivation'' to form this Combiner is plain as day, who it (he? they?) becomes as a gestalt consciousness – if they even become one – is less obvious. It's likely Inferno is in the driver's seat if he considers it reliable enough to swap in and out components in the middle of an active crisis, but this may also be a testament to the good-natured [[Autobot]] spirit of collaboration and teamwork.

Not that [[Bluestreak (G1)#Of Masters and Mayhem|everyone]] is quite so compatible or open-minded, of course, but that's why firefighting is often volunteer work!

==Fiction==
===Of Masters and Mayhem===
'''Project: [[Firestormer]]''' was a program to create a new Combiner after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went missing. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] wanted [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to join them in the initiative, but Bluestreak did not like the idea of becoming part of a Combiner. Ultimately, Project: Firestormer was never completed, presumably due to [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The Autobot [[Inferno (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Inferno]] could enhance his firefighting skills by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Inferno packaging bio}} As "Nexus Inferno" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selflessly, combining with damaged bots to get them moving and out of danger. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Inferno card}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-Inferno-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|''He's always on the scene / In-fer-no And his [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|spare arm]] needs a clean / In-fer-no'']]
*'''Inferno''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|Inferno]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed Combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Inferno Combiner's hands or feet, such as the "Autobot Enigma" that comes packed with Inferno. They cannot be installed in the Combiner's chest as the [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] tooling Inferno is built from pre-dates this gimmick entirely.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfless warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Autobot]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Inferno's/Wreck-Gar's<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-transformers-power-of-the-primes-wreckgar/41754/ Seibertron photo review of ''Power of the Primes'' Wreck-Gar, 31 July 2018]</ref> packaging art
!Inferno's instructions
!Wreck-Gar's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*''[[Firestar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Novastar]]/[[Moonracer (G1)#Power of the Primes|Moonracer]]?''<ref name="probablynovastar">The Inferno Combiner's right arm is obscured out of view on its packaging art, but line-artist [[Robby Musso]] eventually posted an uncropped view depicting the Moonracer mold as the drawn limb in question. As this part of the artwork was never publicised in color we can't be ''certain'' which deco was intended... though Novastar DOES have a [[The Search for Alpha Trion|pre-existing connection]] with Inferno, and was similiarly released towards the tail-end of the line. Wreck-Gar's release takes advantage of this missing portion of the art to imply that he was there all along instead!</ref>
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations|Cutthroat]]
*Moonracer
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|Sinnertwin]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations|Rippersnapper]]
*Blot
*Sinnertwin
|}

==Notes==
*Much like the similar ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner [[Starscream Combiner|formed around Starscream]], this (non)specific super robot isn't the first time Inferno has been a combiner component—[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'' #12]] has him as one of the [[Rescuebot]]s who form that series' version of [[Defensor (G1)#Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Defensor]].
*The characters involved in ''Project: Firestormer'' all use ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs. [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ratchet]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] were produced by [[Fun Publications]] at the time, while Hoist and Inferno were sly references to pretooled heads for [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] (the latter eventually released in ''Power of the Primes'', hence sharing this page!) respectively. Finally, Sideswipe was a [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|proposed]] - but not pursued - "virtual redeco" of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|Breakdown]].
*You'd be forgiven for thinking "Nexus Inferno" was this Combiner's name. It's actually an upgrade that ''permits'' the Inferno Combiner to be made, as part of the pattern of utilising [[Prime Master]]s to wield various powers of the Primes - other examples are "[[Quintus Prime|Quintus]] Inferno" planting fire-hydrant Mini-Cons and "[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] Inferno" sharing his resistance to extreme heat.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930303402266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging art by Robby Musso on Facebook]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Combiners]]

Inferno Combiner

2025-07-27T13:16:40Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Add note for Nexus Inferno

{{faction|autobot}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Inferno Combiner is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-InfernoCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''When he hears that fire-bell chime / Inferno's got [[Nexus Prime]] Putting on his legs and arms / to be sure they're safe from harm'']]

[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] may be bold and bombastic in a firefight, but as a firefight''er'' he instinctively understands the value of life and how essential it is to stand up for it. It's this quieter, nobler trait that comes to the forefront when the "'''Inferno Combiner'''" is formed. Whether it's rescuing wounded Autobots from hazardous environments by [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|literally ''making them its limbs'']] or stepping up when [[#Of Masters and Mayhem|beloved heroes go missing]], all else is secondary in service of others' survival.

While the ''motivation'' to form this Combiner is plain as day, who it (he? they?) becomes as a gestalt consciousness – if they even become one – is less obvious. It's likely Inferno is in the driver's seat if he considers it reliable enough to swap in and out components in the middle of an active crisis, but this may also be a testament to the good-natured [[Autobot]] spirit of collaboration and teamwork.

Not that [[Bluestreak (G1)#Of Masters and Mayhem|everyone]] is quite so compatible or open-minded, of course, but that's why firefighting is often volunteer work!

==Fiction==
===Of Masters and Mayhem===
'''Project: [[Firestormer]]''' was a program to create a new Combiner after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went missing. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] wanted [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to join them in the initiative, but Bluestreak did not like the idea of becoming part of a Combiner. Ultimately, Project: Firestormer was never completed, presumably due to [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The Autobot [[Inferno (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Inferno]] could enhance his firefighting skills by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Inferno packaging bio}} As "Nexus Inferno" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selflessly, combining with damaged bots to get them moving and out of danger. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Inferno card}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-Inferno-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|''He's always on the scene / In-fer-no And his [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|spare arm]] needs a clean / In-fer-no'']]
*'''Inferno''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|Inferno]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed Combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Inferno Combiner's hands or feet, such as the "Autobot Enigma" that comes packed with Inferno. They cannot be installed in the Combiner's chest as the [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] tooling Inferno is built from pre-dates this gimmick entirely.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfless warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Autobot]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Inferno's/Wreck-Gar's<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-transformers-power-of-the-primes-wreckgar/41754/ Seibertron photo review of ''Power of the Primes'' Wreck-Gar, 31 July 2018]</ref> packaging art
!Inferno's instructions
!Wreck-Gar's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*''[[Firestar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Novastar]]/[[Moonracer (G1)#Power of the Primes|Moonracer]]?''<ref name="probablynovastar">The Inferno Combiner's right arm is obscured out of view on its packaging art, but line-artist [[Robby Musso]] eventually posted an uncropped view depicting the Moonracer mold as the drawn limb in question. As this part of the artwork was never publicised in color we can't be ''certain'' which deco was intended... though Novastar DOES have a [[The Search for Alpha Trion|pre-existing connection]] with Inferno, and was similiarly released towards the tail-end of the line. Wreck-Gar's release takes advantage of this missing portion of the art to imply that he was there all along instead!</ref>
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations|Cutthroat]]
*Moonracer
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|Sinnertwin]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations|Rippersnapper]]
*Blot
*Sinnertwin
|}

==Notes==
*Much like the similar ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner [[Starscream Combiner|formed around Starscream]], this (non)specific super robot isn't the first time Inferno has been a combiner component—[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'' #12]] has him as one of the [[Rescuebot]]s who form that series' version of [[Defensor (G1)#Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Defensor]].
*The characters involved in ''Project: Firestormer'' all use ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs. [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ratchet]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] were produced by [[Fun Publications]] at the time, while Hoist and Inferno were sly references to pretooled heads for [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] (the latter eventually released in ''Power of the Primes'', hence sharing this page!) respectively. Finally, Sideswipe was a [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|proposed]] - but not pursued - "virtual redeco" of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|Breakdown]].
*You'd be forgiven for thinking "Nexus Inferno" was this Combiner's name. It's actually an upgrade that ''permits'' the Inferno Combiner to be made, as part of the pattern of utilising [[Prime Master]] to wield various powers of the Primes - other examples are "[[Quintus Prime|Quintus]] Inferno" planting fire-hydrant Mini-Cons and "[[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] Inferno" sharing his resistance to extreme heat.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930303402266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging art by Robby Musso on Facebook]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Combiners]]

Junkion (species)

2025-07-27T12:55:21Z

Sky Shadow: /* Legacy */ Junkasaurus was otherwise missing from the page

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{{disambig3|Junkion}}
{{suite}}
[[File:Junkion symbol.png|thumb|upright=1.4|R-E-C-Y-C-L-E recycle!]]

'''Junkions''' are a race of transforming mechanoids that inhabit the planetoid also known as [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. Depending on the universe, their historical origin may be unclear, but in some they are indeed descended from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronians]].<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''</ref>

They have a unique physiology, seemingly made of little more than the same rusted scraps of trash metal that compose their homeworld. They are capable of not only withstanding damage that would normally incapacitate or kill the average Transformer, but quickly repairing that damage using any pieces of scrap metal they can get their hands on. A Junkion may even be reduced to a pile of parts, only to come back at their enemy less than a minute later. Junkions in battle are utterly fearless, using tag-team and ambush tactics to keep mobile while swarming their opponents ''en masse''.

They are also expert mechanics, even able to repair with remarkable ease Transformers normal medical science would write off as [[Death|dead]]. ''How'' the Junkions have developed in this manner has yet to be explained.

Junkion culture is centered on one thing: [[Earth]] broadcasting. Their speech is a hodgepodge of television and radio clippings, making them oftentimes hard to understand. Junkions as a whole are somewhat childlike and naive. They are curious, but also tend to be wary of, if not outright hostile towards, newcomers to their planet (far too many have come with the goal of harming their world), but once a Junkion's friendship is gained, they go "coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs" and treat their allies as Friends For Life. As such, they are instinctively protective of [[human]]s, the source of [[television]].

After having come in contact with the [[Autobot]]s, the Junkions have become known as some of the best scrap metal merchants and traders around. Even [[Octane|some]] [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Decepticons]] make use of their services. The Junkions are all too happy to exchange [[energon]] for more scrap metal... even if they don't think to ask just ''where'' the scrap metal came from.

{{quote|Junkions don't need help, Junkions ''are'' help! Spare parts? We'll fix 'em!|[[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]]|''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:TFTM Junkions.JPG|upright=2|thumb|Punker Bots!]]

{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]], [[Michael Bell]], various other actors speaking as a crowd (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)|[[Newton Apollo]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub)}}

When a group of [[Autobot]]s crashlanded on their planet, the Junkions saw them as nothing but intruding thieves. Without warning, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and his Junkions led an assault on them, but they soon halted when another group of Autobots arrived and proved their friendliness with the [[universal greeting]]. Pacified, the Junkions revived the late [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and promptly organized a dance party for everyone.

When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] voiced his desire to destroy [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], the Junkions did not hesitate to join him, and a large number of them boarded the [[Minnow]] with which to attack the dark god. The Minnow was crushed in Unicron's hand in the following battle, but luckily the passengers survived (at the very least, Wreck-Gar and [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] did). {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|The Junkions’ involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:FFoD4 Junkion Rescuers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A species that does nothing but spout pop-culture references. That proves it: this cartoon predicted the shape of internet culture.]]

Two Junkions came with Wreck-Gar when he travelled to planet [[Goo Number 8739-B]] to save his Autobot friends. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} The exiled Decepticon [[Octane]] later worked with Junkions to freight scrapmetal between their planet to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} The defensive Junkions later chased off a number of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] that had landed on their planet in search of a [[Quintesson]] [[Quintesson Journal|journal]]. In response, the Quintessons hijacked the Junkions' precious television signals, planting subliminal messages that caused the Junkions to consider all other races to be their enemies. Even worse, the Junkions got the bright idea to ''share'' these transmissions, beaming them out in the galaxy and causing sentient races everywhere to fight each other. The brainwashed Junkions were eventually fixed when [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] countered the transmissions with some of his own. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
Among other robotic races, the Junkions were created by [[Primacron]]. He used the lifeforce of the [[Precursor World|previous universe]] via the [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Oracle]] to grant them life. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

=====''Victory'' cartoon=====
A few Junkions were residing in [[Iron Town]], where they were menaced by the [[Decepticon desperadoes]]. Fortunately, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] saved the town. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
When [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] destabilized the universe on the eve of the [[Unicron War]], the Junkions and their role in the conflict were overwritten and replaced by the [[Rock Lord]]s. [[Vector Prime]] ultimately corrected the multiversal damage and set history back on its correct course, and the Junkions helped defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
====The Big Broadcast of 2006====
{{noteMarvelBB2006}}
In a strange alternate future, the defensive Junkions chased off a number of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] that had landed on their planet in search of a [[Quintesson]] [[Quintesson Journal|journal]]. In response, the Quintessons hijacked the Junkions' precious television signals, planting subliminal messages that caused the Junkions to consider all other races to be their enemies and meticulously organize the junk on their planet in hopes the lost journal would be discovered. The Junkions got the bright idea to ''share'' these transmissions, beaming them out in the galaxy and causing sentient races everywhere to fight each other. The brainwashed Junkions were eventually fixed when [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] countered the transmissions with soothing easy-listening music. Once the hypnosis was broken, the Junkions sided with the Autobots in driving off the attacking Decepticons. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:Muk184 trader-snrk.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]
{{noteukonly}}
''Following the destruction of Unicron, his still living head floated into range of the planet Junk, and using his vast mental powers he took control of the entire Junkion population. Planning to use Junk as his new body, Unicron ordered the Junkions to attach his head to the planet. His plot failed when Wreck-Gar, who had been off in space at the time Unicron took control, planted explosives beneath his head and blew him up.'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
The Junkions did not take kindly to the [[Recyclon]]s intending to recycle their planet into energon. After [[Salvage (G1)|Salvage]] damaged Wreck-Gar, the Junkions swarmed the intruders and forced them to retreat into space. Down but not out, the Recyclons decided to fire the [[Prime Processing Unit]] to recycle the entire planet from orbit, but the Junkions fired a tractor beam in return, sending [[Reclamation|their ship]] crashing violently into Junk. Salvage was the sole survivor of the crash, his last sight alive being a group of Junkions moving in on him. {{storylink|Collect and Save}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:MTMTE 8 anonymous Junkion.jpg|thumb|left|"We are the Transformers who say "NI!"]]
{{quote|You're not an Autobot or Decepticon, yet I smell the stench of ''both'' breeds emanating from you.|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]|"[[Runnin' with the Devil]]"}}
The planet Junkion began as a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] garbage disposal area in space where junk was dumped by means of [[space bridge]] technology. From whatever reason more Cybertronians, [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s alike, were dumped through the space bridge, {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets The Eye'' space bridge entry}} with the Junkions eventually emerging as a new breed of Transformer. {{storylink|Runnin' with the Devil}} Though not hostile by nature, the fact their home planet was paradise to numerous treasure hunters and thrill seekers that couldn't care less how the Junkions would suffer from their presence, the Junkions had adopted a mildly xenophobic disposition. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets The Eye'' Junk entry}}

[[Dreamwave timeline|Sometime in 2003]], Junkion leader [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] was flying the [[Minnow|Junkions' main ship]] alone through space when he stumbled upon the remains of [[Decepticon leader]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} He brought him on board and repaired him, though Megatron was not the least bit grateful. First, he harshly demanded to know what Wreck-Gar was and when that was answered, Megatron proceeded to manipulate Wreck-Gar into getting him a start back to power. The two returned to Junkion, where Wreck-Gar collected discarded [[Air Warrior]] bodies and repaired them, believing Megatron needed an army to vanquish evil from the [[Universe (universe)|universe]]. When he was done, Megatron killed (?) him, because Wreck-Gar was too unpredictable an ally. {{storylink|Runnin' with the Devil}}

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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:ALonelyPillarOnThePlain-WreckGarsHead.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]

According to the historian [[Pentius]], the Junkions were the remains of a rich and prosperous race who had arrogantly believed their resources would last them forever. When their veritable paradise of a planet finally ran out of [[energon]], these early Junkions were forced to sell off their wealth to other races in a desperate attempt at survival, but it was a futile struggle. As their civilization slowly fell into ruins and their planet was reduced to a hellish junkyard, the survivors deteriorated into a race of scavengers and cannibals living among the garbage. {{storylink|Fallout (issue)|Fallout}}

The Junkions became a kind of bogeyman to Cybertronians, who believed them to be monstrous scrap-eating zombies from the mythical death-world of Junkion. When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] was banished to Junkion by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], however, he found that the threat was very real. {{storylink|Derelicts}} He viciously destroyed the group of cannibalistic Junkions who attacked him, suffering some damage in the process. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} Tales of Megatron's power spread throughout the Junkion clans, and when the Decepticon leader later returned and demanded their loyalty, they were quick to bow before him. Joining forces with the Decepticons, the Junkions provided them with a ship with which to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}} On arrival in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], the Junkions participated in the Decepticon assault on the city, swarming over and outnumbering the Autobot defenders. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}}

Soon after, Shockwave led a Decepticon force to the Junkions in the hope of recruiting them and Prowl led the Autobots to stop it. The [[Battle of Junkion]] ended with one of them ''detonating'' the planet's core so it would knock out the others. In the aftermath, the Junkions were left nomadic, a bit weird, and developing strange new ways of keeping themselves pieced together. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

Some four million years later, [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] recruited several Junkions into the army he was raising to oppose [[D-Void]]. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} Some other Junkions were among the [[NAIL|neutral Transformers]] who returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after the war was over. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} One of them watched a live interview with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}}

In 2017, a crew of Junkions under Wreck-Gar and [[Rum-Maj]] arrived on [[Earth]] to trade technology for [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]]. They were bemused to find Optimus Prime on Earth claiming he spoke for it and such trade couldn't be allowed ''and'' [[G.I. Joe (team)|the natives]] hostile to them and Prime both. A formal meeting was held at [[Metrotitan (G1)|Autobot City]] and the Junkions offered a [[positron core]] as something to trade, allowing the Autobots to repair innumerous wounded people. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

Suspicious of the Junkions, the Autobots had [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] infiltrate [[Quintesson Cruiser|their ship]], {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} only for him to be subdued by the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. In retaliation for this, Rum-Maj launched the Junkion invasion of Earth. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} After the positron core had been destroyed however, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] managed to bargain for peace with the Junkions and established the city of [[Little Cybertron]] for them to live in peace. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

Some Junkions later got jobs at an Ore-13 mine in Kentucky where one of the workers expressed surprise at how much the humans were being paid while Rum-Maj dismayed that they were now at the mercy of the Autobots and humans. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}}

When [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] began its apocalyptic attack on the [[Cybertronian colonies]], Rum-Maj found recent events to be creating very disturbing historical parallels and rallied the Sharkticons to make another attempt at conquering Earth. When the army arrived at [[Mount Rushmore]] however, [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] managed to have everyone stand down before Unicron then appeared over Earth. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} In the battle against the Chaos Bringer, the Junkions defended the [[White House]], unleashing the Sharkticons on the [[Maximal]]s who'd survived [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Worldsweeper]] crashing into the building. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

In the new era, the Junkions returned to Little Cybertron, Wreck-Gar and Rum-Maj watching the Sharkticons dig graves for all those that had fallen. {{storylink|Post}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] opined that [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] was "buggier than a Junkion's code-base". {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

===Aligned novels===
Early on in the [[space bridge]] colonization project, Cybertronian colonists used the world of Junkion as a collective dumping ground for the vast amounts of refuse that inevitably resulted from the push outwards. This same planetoid was later used as a hideout for Cybertronian criminals, pirates, and outlaws. Many of them created new identities for themselves and began new lives working on the planet. The space bridge project eventually failed, leaving Junkion isolated from the rest of the universe. With no new resources available, the inhabitants turned to scavenging to survive. As they created new bots from the junk around them, the few former Cybertronians gradually forgot about their origins and took on the name "Junkions". At the time of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s search for the [[AllSpark]], their leader was the eccentric [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]].

The Junkions were initially skeptical of Optimus Prime's quest, but eventually aided him and his [[Autobot]]s by directing them to the nearest working space bridge. However, the [[Decepticon]]s, who had been following the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', landed on the planet and launched an attack on both the Autobots and Junkions. During the course of the battle, the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], the center of Junkion, was removed, causing the planet to break apart. The fracas was further compounded by the arrival of the [[Star Seeker]]s, who took the Junkions hostage and, despite Wreck-Gar's protests, forced them to weld a space bridge to the hull of the ''[[Tidal Wave (Prime)|Tidal Wave]]''. The Star Seekers and Junkions disappeared to places unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] eventually crossed paths with the Star Seekers who'd forced Wreck-Gar to emit a phoney Autobot distress call. Though the Star Seekers tried to destroy the ''Nemesis'', it proved a superior warship to the ''Tidal Wave'', despite the pirates' possession of the Requiem Blaster. As the wounded pirate ship ejected the Blaster and retreated, Wreck-Gar used the chaos to steal an escape pod and space bridge away. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:ScrapIronSG-filecardart.jpg|thumb|left|"You belong to us. You shall be like us."]]
The Junkions were the minions of [[Wreck-Gar (SG)|Wreck-Gar]], an experimental junk robot with the ability to remake other Transformers in his image using snake-like creatures. They spoke in the manner of computer error messages. After the spread of the Junkion "Hive" proved a threat to both factions, they were locked away on the prison planet [[Paradron]].

Eventually, they were freed by the Autobot renegade [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], who recruited them as footsoldiers for his incursion into the dimension [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]. There, they fought both Decepticons native from their own Universe, and local Autobots. {{storylink|Distant Fissures}} Numerous Autobots from that universe were assimilated into the Hive, and as Magnus's plan came to fruition, transporting the alternate Earth back to their own, negative-polarity universe and destroying 207.0 Epsilon in its wake, the Junkions retreated from battle. {{Storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] became stranded on the planet Junk, he was forced to fight off Wreck-Gar and the hordes of cannibalistic Junkions until he could be rescued by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] realized something was wrong. He told [[Terrormander]] that he was starting to entertain the notion of misdirection from the Autobots and [[Maximal]]s. He saw a stray thought from [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] that involved junk. He and [[Halfshell]] realized that the their enemies must have been working with the Junkions. Soundwave then mentioned that they thankfully had their own connection on the planet of Junk. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Networking}}{{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Originally technicians and foundry workers during the Age of the Primes, the inhabitants of the Cybertronian colony that would become Junk over time turned into the Junkions, known for their unusual method of communication and their reputation as the best scrap collectors around. Led by Wreck-Gar but otherwise generally neutral in the war between Autobots and Decepticons, the Junkions would welcome anyone willing to trade to their planet, with the understanding that any violence would be responded to in kind. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy WreckGar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Not sold in stores...anymore."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Wreck-Gar''' (Hero, 1986)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-81'''
:*''Accessories'': "Decelerator laser" gun, "Armor Axe", tire/shield

: The only Junkion toy originally produced was the group's leader, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Toys|Wreck-Gar]], sold as part of the two-bot "Heroes" assortment in the third year of the Hasbro line. This toy is noteworthy for being one of the earliest uses of ball-and-socket joints in the entire franchise. Unfortunately, he completely lacks his cartoon model's sweet facial "hair". Also unfortunately, a robot-mode Wreck-Gar toy cannot properly ride a motorcycle-mode Wreck-Gar, unlike the action depicted in the movie. Sigh.
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===''Collector's Edition''===
[[File:G1-toy Detritus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Detritus''' (Junkion, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''77'''
:*''Accessories'': Rifle, 12.7mm machinegun, missile launcher, 3 missiles, spare tire, spare tank

: [[Detritus (G1)#Toys|Detritus]] is an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive redeco of [[Hound (G1)/toys#The Transformers|the original Hound toy]], transforming into a Mitsubishi J59 off-road vehicle. He came with an entirely new [[sticker|decal]] sheet to make him fit the Junkion aesthetic better, which also includes both Autobot and Decepticon faction sigils to match his neutral nature from his e-HOBBY bio.
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This is the breakfast your Wreck-Gar could look like, can you see me now?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "4-bladed battle axe"/tailpipe

:Part of the sixth and final wave of Hasbro's [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]] under the "[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]" branding, this version of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Wreck-Gar]] transforms into a junker off-road motorcycle. Double pegs under his pelvis correspond to double pegholes in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] seat, meaning if you get more than one, he can totally ride himself, or anyone else made from this mold. Finally!

:Unfortunately, despite looking awesome, Wreck-Gar has a distressingly fiddly transformation and a slew of [[design flaw]]s. While the full details can be found on his page, even Hasbro has implemented some of the fixes found by fans for future uses of his mold.
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===''United''===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Scrapheap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Junk!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': UN-18
:*''Accessories'': "Battle axe"/tailpipe

: Part of the third wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' line, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#United|Wreck-Gar]] is a redeco of the Hasbro "Reveal the Shield" Wreck-Gar toy, this time extensively painted with a more original-cartoon-inspired deco. Like most toys in the line, some of his parts are painted with a metallic sheen; in Wreck-Gar's case, it's his red chest and legs.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot SET''' (3-pack, 2011)}}</ul>
:*'''Scrapheap'''

: This e-Hobby exclusive three-pack includes [[Scrapheap (G1)#Toys|Scrapheap]], a retool of the "Reveal the Shield"/''United'' Wreck-Gar with a new head inspired by the background Junkions from the movie.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-generations-classics-30-35/more-information-on-the-ehobby-transformers-2010-campaign-exclusives-170961/ More Information on the eHobby Transformers 2010 Campaign Exclusives]</ref>

: This pack also comes with a [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#United|clear-blue Hot Rod]] and a [[Kup (G1)/toys#UnitedDamage|battle-damaged Kup]].

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[[File:UEX-toy Roadmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Roadmaster Prime Mode''' ([[2012]]-[[October 27|10-27]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EX 03'''
:*''Accessories'': Junker Drone, Trasher Drone, Waster Drone, Scrapper Drone

: Part of the second wave of ''United EX'' toys, "[[Detritus (G1)#United EX|Roadmaster]]" (the new code name for Detritus) is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Mudslinger (PCC)#Toys|Mudslinger]] toy, transforming into a monster truck of indeterminate model. He also has a "Prime Mode" where he becomes the torso of a super robot, capable of using any auto-transforming Power Core Combiner drone-machine molds for limbs.

: He comes with four color-coordinated "wasteland" vehicle drone-limbs, redecoes of the [[Destructicon (PCC)|Destructicon]]s. Each one has a square socket for a Power Core Combiner connection; when attached via the blue plugs on a Commander figure, the vehicles automatically transform into a super-robot limb, and snaps back to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] when disconnected. Despite the universal connector, each drone can only form one limb type (but can be swapped from left to right):

:*'''Junker Drone''' — Leg (Roadmaster's left)
:*'''Trasher Drone''' — Leg (Roadmaster's right)
:*'''Waster Drone''' — Arm (Roadmaster's left)
:*'''Scrapper Drone''' — Arm (Roadmaster's right)
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Gen-toy Junkheap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I'm a Pepper. Do you want to be a Pepper, too?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Junkheap''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tailpipe/axe

: Part of the ninth and final wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxes in 2011, [[Junkyard (G1)#Toys|Junkheap]] is a retool of "Reveal the Shield" Wreck-Gar with a ''different'' new head. This is also the first use of the mold that features many attempts to improve upon the [[design flaw]]s found in previous iterations.
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===''Timelines''===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012WreckGar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-sa|'''Wreck-Gar / Scrap Iron / Junkheap''' (Convention multipack, 2012)}}</ul>

: Available at [[BotCon 2012]] in an at-convention-only three, pack, ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Wreck-Gar (SG)#Toys|Wreck-Gar]], [[Scrap Iron (SG)#Toys|Scrap Iron]] and [[Junkheap (SG)#Toys|Junkheap]] are redecoes of the "Reveal the Shield" Junkion mold, this time in [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] colors to reflect the twisted nature of the universe.

: This is also the first release of a Junkheap using the right eye insert, as the original Junkheap used Scrapheap's eyepiece instead of his own.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CW-toy WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Wreck-Gar''' (Legends Class, 2016)}}</ul>

:The only new item in the sixth and final wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends-class toys, Wreck-Gar is a [[retool]]ing of [[Groove (G1)#Generations|Groove]], sporting a brand new noggin. He transforms into a motorcycle of made-up model.

: He can also convert into chest armor for [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]] and other iterations of the ''Combiner Wars'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] mold.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:Gen-toy Scrapheap Platinum.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Planet of Junk Clash''' (Platinum Edition Deluxe 3-pack, 2016)}}</ul>

:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', this three-pack includes new-deco versions of the "Reveal the Shield" mold [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Platinum Edition|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Scrapheap (G1)#Generations|Scrapheap]], as well as a new-deco version of [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Autobot Hot Rod]]. Wreck-Gar and Scrapheap have near-identical decoes, with their yellow and bronze paints vice-versa-ing between the two.

: This set was intended as a [[Target]] exclusive in the US, but was effectively an online-only item.
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-toy WreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Wreck-Gar''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''PP-41'''
:*''Accessories'': Axe/tailpipe, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Wreck-Gar]] is a retool of ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Groove (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Groove]], transforming into a motorcycle of indeterminate model. Wreck-Gar can also change into a limb for any ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style combiner.

:He was first discovered in a listing in [[Walgreens]]' internal systems during the course of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' as a Walgreens exclusive. Wreck-Gar was exclusive to Walgreens in the U.S. but found at EB Games in Canada and general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:SS-toy WreckGar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The New Original! The Old Classic!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Wreck-Gar''' (Voyager Class, [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-09'''
:*''Accessories'': 2 wheel shields, four-bladed axe, "[[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] Dance Party" backdrop

:Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Wreck-Gar is a Voyager Class-sized mold accurate to his appearance in the Generation 1 cartoon, right down to his laser nipples.

:He comes with his two spiky shields, which can attach to his arm or leg in robot mode or form his wheels when converting to his motorcycle mode. Wreck-Gar also comes with his four-bladed axe, which can either be stored on his back or held in his hand. Much like the [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Transformers (2010)|2010 ''Reveal the Shield'']] release, one figure of Wreck-Gar can ride another in their alternate mode.

:Like the other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a display background for the toy. In this case, is it a dance party taking place on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].
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[[File:SS-toy Junkheap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|With arm pieces acquired directly from his namesake!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Junkheap''' (Voyager Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-14'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-88'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 27]], [[2022]]
:*''Accessories'': Front wheel shield (wide), back wheel shield (thin), four-bladed axe, "[[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] Dance Party" backdrop

: Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' "Junkheap" is a heavy retool of Voyager Class [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Studio Series|Wreck-Gar]], replacing the head, upper chest, and lower arms from the original release. Sadly, no nipples. It's worth mentioning that the retooled arm piece (included to compromise between animation models) adds a rotatable wheel guard piece, thus giving Junkheap's bike mode a more complete-looking footrest than Wreck-Gar's.

: Junkheap comes with the same two spiky shields as Wreck-Gar, which can attach to ports on his forearms or the sides of his knees in robot mode or form his wheels when in motorcycle mode. Junkheap also comes with Wreck-Gar's four-bladed axe, which can either be stored on his back or held in his hand. Much like the above ''Generations'' release, one Junkheap can ride another Junkheap/Wreck-Gar's alternate mode, although the riding figure is somewhat out of scale compared to the motorcycle-mode figure, which is more [[:File:TF-Studio-Series-86-Hot-Rod-riding-Wreck-Gar.jpg|suited towards Deluxe-scale figures]] such as [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|''Studio Series'' Hot Rod]]. While his wheels are capable of spinning, the studs on them mean that they are more likely to scrape if pushed along a hard surface so care should be taken to avoid scratching the figure.

: Junkheap's arm shields are based on the unfinalized model drawn by [[Floro Dery]], which appeared in season 3 of the Generation 1 cartoon. The rest of him appears to be a mix between the finalized [[Toei Animation|Toei]] model and the unfinalized Dery model.

: Unfortunately, due to trademark reasons, the character has again been released as "Junkheap".

: Like all other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a display backdrop.
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[[File:TF-Studio-Series-86-24-Voyager-Scrapheap.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cyclano de Bikergerac]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Junkion Scrapheap''' (Voyager Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-24'''
:*''Accessories'': Front wheel shield (wide), back wheel shield (thin), blaster, "[[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] Dance Party" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[November 14]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClqPbfd2hcg Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], and [[Evan Brooks]]</ref>

: Released in the twenty-third wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Voyager Class figures, "Junkion Scrapheap" is another heavy retool of [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Studio Series|''Studio Series'' {{'}}86 Wreck-Gar]], transforming into a movie-accurate motorcycle. He has a new chest, head, shoulders, forearms, lower legs, and hands. Rather than including a four-bladed axe like his mold-mates Wreck-Gar and [[Junkyard (G1)#Studio Series|Junkheap]], Scrapheap comes with a blaster as his weapon, based on the early [[Floro Dery]] [[character model]] (see [[#Notes|below]] for more). Much like Junkheap, Scrapheap appears to be an amalgamation of his finalized Toei model and the unfinalized Dery model.

:In an unusual oversight for the line, Scrapheap uses the same 86-24 designation given to ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]] Studio Series'' [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Ironhide]]. Scrapheap's Hasbro stock photos also show him with a much darker face, which is not present on the final figure.

: Scrapheap, alongside the first wave of 2024 Studio Series product, was officially revealed at MCM London 2023.
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===''Legacy''===
{{anchor|Legacy}}
[[File:TF Legacy Deluxe Class Scraphook.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| ''Legacy'' Scraphook]]
:Junkions were released in the subline imprint ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Evolution .282023.29|Legacy: Evolution]]'', representing 4 new characters and one familiar one. Their [[Evo-Fusion]] function is analogous to the Weaponizer gimmick from the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' toylines; their bodies split apart to form armor and weapon enhancements for their allies. In addition, the Junkions are also advertised swapping parts with each other in vehicle mode. Unlike previous figures of this nature however, the Junkion Weaponizers do not transform via partsforming.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''[[Scraphook#Toys|Scraphook]]''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-30'''
:*''Accessories'': Tow-arm, tow hook, left & right exhaust pipes, wheel shield, 2 engine-blower "dual phaser blasters"
: Part of the first wave of Deluxes in ''Legacy: Evolution'', Scraphook transforms into a junky, post-apocalyptic tow truck. His limbs are removable and are connected via 5 mm ports at the knees and shoulders.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''[[Crashbar#Toys|Crashbar]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-39'''
:*''Accessories'': left & right saddlebags/gravity cannons, left & right exhaust pipes/clubs, back tire/sawblade
: Part of the second wave of Deluxes in ''Legacy: Evolution'', Crashbar transforms into a junky, post-apocalyptic motorcycle. His lower limbs are removable and are connected via 5 mm ports at the knees.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Axlegrease#toys|Axlegrease]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-45'''
:*''Accessories'': left & right engine block halves/blasters, left & right exhaust pipes, left & right thrusters, hook
: Part of the third wave of Deluxes in ''Legacy: Evolution'', Axlegrease is a retool of Scraphook and transforms into a junky, post-apocalyptic muscle car. Her limbs are removable and are connected via 5 mm ports at the knees and shoulders.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''[[Detritus (G1)#Legacy|Detritus]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-54'''
:*''Accessories'': Rocket launcher, rocket, pistol
: Part of the seventh wave of Deluxes in ''Legacy: Evolution'', Detritus is a heavy retool of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Hound]] and transforms into an unlicensed and somewhat grungy jeep. He notably lacks the Weaponizer parts removal gimmick, being a Hound retool as is tradition for this character. He wears insignias from both factions, reflecting his mercenary status.

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''[[Trashmaster]]''' (Voyager Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-56'''
:*''Accessories'': Claw
: Also part of the seventh wave of ''Legacy: Evolution'', Trashmaster transforms into a post-apocalyptic garbage truck. He includes a large shovel claw weapon, which can be held in robot mode, and serves as an opening trash loading hopper in truck mode. Trashmaster is the first Voyager Class figure to utilize the Weaponizer format. However, compared to the Deluxe scale Junkions from the same line, Trashmaster has the fewest number of parts that can be detached, leaving a massive chunk of torso... though this added stability does mean he can form the central component of [[Junkasaurus]]!
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==Notes==
[[File:Dreadnokcyborgs2.jpg|upright=.67|thumb|Spiked tires make for a very un-smooth ride.]]
[[File:Luxoflux-Junkion-Warrior-concept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Oh, what a day! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!!"]]
*According to a [[Secret Files of Teletraan II|secret file on Autobots]], the Junkions are a "tribe of Autobots that dwells on the planet Junkion", ostensibly cementing their place as Transformers.
*In ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3]]'', the [[Dreadnok]]s, a [[Cobra]] biker gang, are shown to ride motorcycles that look just like the Junkions. The Dreadnoks claim to have found their new bikes in a junkyard at some point. No indication is given that the bikes are living Transformers, leaving it simply an [[Easter egg]] for the reader.
*The Junkions that appeared in the movie and their ship were given names in the ''[[Transformers: The Complete Ark]]'' book, which was released 23 years after the movie.
*At some point after [[2009]], a "movie" version of a generic Junkion warrior was conceived for a post-''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of The Fallen]]'' video game (unrelated to the ''[[Dark of the Moon]]'' franchise) in anticipation that [[Luxoflux]] would continue the live-action game series. Unfortunately Luxoflux was disbanded in 2010 by their parent company [[Activision]] and said plans never came to fruition. [[High Moon Studios]] (which is also a subsidiary of Activision) took on the role instead, leading the development of a third game in [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|an entirely different direction]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Junkion''' (ジャンキオン ''Jankion'')
*''French:'' '''Clocharion''' (France, from ''Clochard'', "Tramp-ion"), '''Ferrailleur''' (Canada, "Scrap dealer")
*''Russian:'' '''Musorshchiki''' (Мусорщики, "Scavengers")

==References==
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Optimus Maximus (G1)

2025-07-24T19:52:24Z

Sky Shadow: /* Combiner Wars */ Symbol bullet point list + links + acknowledge the red-and-blue one has been used in-fiction

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

Though born under [[Optimus Maximus & Bruticus Saga|utilitarian]], [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|desp]][[Slugslinger's Ambition|erate]], [[To sell toys|or]] [[You, Me, and the Universe|just plain dirty]] circumstances, the mighty combiner '''Optimus Maximus''' manages to tower above the imperfections of the world around them—both literally and metaphorically.

As a beacon of hope and inspiration, he<ref name="blue-helmet-no-pronouns">* Throughout their various appearances in ''Transformers'' fiction, Optimus Maximus has almost never been referred to with gendered pronouns. The single instance we've been able to find was in ''Transformers: Earth Wars'', where Grimlock [[Source:Transformers: Earth Wars/2017#What Doesn't Kill You...|boasted that he could topple the Combiner alone]]... but we'll note that he seemed to be confusing the Combiner for just an upgraded form of Optimus Prime, so whether it's an accurate description or an unreliable interpretation remains unclear. On the other hand, their dialogue after their personality coheres consistently uses "we", implying a collective intelligence is at play (think [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]], not the [[British monarchy|Queen of England]]) and "they" best describes how there's five or six guys on the team. We've elected to use both through this article to cover both their internal psychology and his perception by others.</ref> represents the truth that [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|courage truly is stronger when combined]]. Powerful in words and deeds, this larger-than-life hero builds upon the already nigh-mythological [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] with the perspectives and strengths of his long-time brothers-in-arms... even if there's something deeply suspect about giving [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] access to the inside of the Autobot commander's head.

Optimus Maximus is the combined form of several [[Autobot]]s, sometimes grouped together as the [[Sentinel (TCG)|Sentinels]], though the precise limb configuration is variable. They each bring some of their own unique traits to the picture:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s courage
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s strategic genius
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s cloaking powers
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s dependability
*and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s... good looks.

[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] is sometimes included as Optimus Maximus' chest piece. [[Ultra Prime]] is a less refined form of Optimus Maximus, created by Optimus Prime failing to harness the full power of his Combiner upgrade (or with a random assortment of [[Transformer]]s).

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

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Optimusmaximus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|'Til all are one.]]
After [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s first two attempts at stopping [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] ended in his arrest, he fell back on his contingency plan: roping [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] into stealing the [[Enigma of Combination]] and delivering it to his cell—just as [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], [[Mirage (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Mirage]], and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] arrived to meet with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Although Optimus tried to stop Rattrap, he activated the Enigma. The five Autobots were exposed to its energy, merging them into a new, combined form. With Prowl in control, the new combiner headed through the unstable [[space bridge]] portal, vowing to end the conflict once and for all. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

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

[[File:opmaxdefender.jpg|thumb|right|300px|This moment was the culmination of years and years and ''years'' of polycule drama.]]

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

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

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

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

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

Eventually, Optimus Prime and Ironhide both died in the final battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], so Optimus Maximus would never form again. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
{{note|The Autobots that form this combiner aren't exactly a specific ''team'' in this microcontinuity. Despite this, their subgroup is consistently given as "Optimus Maximus", so we've taken the liberty of documenting their lives outside of forming this heroic warrior here as well.}}

Before the war, [[Mirage (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Mirage]] was very wealthy. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}}

Orion Pax was upgraded with increased strength and size by [[Wheeljack (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Wheeljack]], traits that would serve the future [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Optimus Prime]] well. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}

From the very start of the war, [[Ironhide (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Ironhide]] fought on the front line for the Autobots. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Ironhide's bio}} Optimus Prime wouldn't rise to become Autobot commander {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime's bio}} and lead the Autobot forces until ''after'' this point. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}

At some later point, but still millions of years before the present day, Mirage also became a soldier on the front line. While loyal to the Autobot cause, he developed a bit of a reputation for challenging Autobot authority in public - both over the purpose of warfare, and whether there were better ways to resolve the conflict with the Decepticons. As a result, Mirage became a bit of an outsider among his peers. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}}

[[Prowl (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Prowl]] had the most complex and comprehensive analytical mind on record, capable of tracking the position of 8 ''million'' objects in motion and predicting their future locations. It was this nature that served him well first as an analyst for the Iaconian Police Force's [[Iaconian Mechaforensic Division|Mechaforensics Division]], then as military strategist and counsel to [[Autobot High Command]]. Despite his outsized strategetic acumen, [[Rung (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rung]] noted his fellow Autobots didn't always follow his plans closely. Despite this, they were often still successful - much to Prowl's confusion and [[Prowl (G1)/2005_IDW_continuity|table-flipping anger]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}

[[Sunstreaker (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Sunstreaker]] has a twin brother, Sideswipe. The self-professed "good-looking one" of the pair volunteered to serve on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}} alongside Optimus Prime {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}} and Mirage, {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}} which subsequently crash-landed on Earth. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}} Despite this rocky arrival, Sunstreaker came to enjoy the planet and especially the attention of humans. Rung noted that he was a complicated character, having both detonated a bridge alone to allow his teammates to escape, and crashed a shuttle because... he was distracted by his own reflection. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}

Prowl subsequently spent many years on Earth, but was disquieted by the moral ambiguity of the planet. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}

Sunstreaker was also part of the initial crew of the [[Lost Light]], though by the present day he had returned to Earth. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}

[[Hot Rod (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rodimus]], though brash, was considered to have the makings of a skilled leader and honorable commander. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Rodimus' bio}}

Optimus Prime was upgraded with the ability to combine. This initially produced [[Ultra Prime]], who could be made with any arbitrary set of warriors {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime's bio}} and probably fought on Cybertron, {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Skydive's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Firefly's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Alpha Bravo's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Dragstrip's bio}} but the existential threat of Decepticon combiners in the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] pushed Optimus to master this power and form Optimus Maximus {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|Battle Core Optimus Prime's bio}} to protect Earth. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Ironhide's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}

===''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''===
[[File:ConvoyGrandPrime-MegatroniaChapter.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"Protect the environment, or I'll slagging kill you!"]]
Inspired by a [[Masquerade|previous incident]] in which several Autobots combined, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Mirage (G1)#Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] initiated the "Masquerade Project" in the late 1980s, modifying their [[transformation cog]]s to adopt new combiner modes. Though the process was imperfect and unstable, they managed to combine into Optimus Maximus and defeat [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] during the battle for the [[Transform Super Cog]]. The combiner was then split apart when hit by an energy shockwave emitted by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

In [[2021]] on Cybertron, Optimus Prime was temporarily resurrected in a new body and joined with the other four to form Optimus Maximus in response to the intervention of [[Megaempress]] and her [[4 Guards]]. Optimus Maximus proceeded to struggle against the mighty Decepticon combiner, whose onslaught prompted Optimus Maximus to shield [[Marissa Faireborn]] and [[Sue Faireborn|Sue]] from falling debris. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Their duel was interrupted by the arrival of [[Unicron]]'s head, prompting Optimus Maximus to disengage and separate into his components for the battle with Unicron's [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]]. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}}When Unicron attempted to make Cybertron his new body, the Autobots reformed Optimus Maximus and fought the dark god directly until they were blown apart by his eye beams. Undaunted, Optimus Prime accepted [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] as his new right arm and became "Optimus Maximus Roller Edition", who punched Unicron's head so hard it was sent to the [[Triple Z Point]]. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

==Games==
===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:Optimusmaximusbird.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Bird up.]]
{{main|Red (AB)#As Optimus Maximus}}
Optimus Maximus appears as the fourth unlockable Combiner. His head is Red's. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
[[File:Devastation-OptimusMaximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|And just wait until you see all the add-ons!]]
After the incident with the [[Ferrotaxis]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] mused to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] about ending the war once and for all. They then both looked at a set of Combiner schematics on a computer screen, depicting Optimus Maximus. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Maximus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.33|See! Optimus Maximus at max level. Genius.]]
Optimus Maximus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all six of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:OptimusMaximus-EarthWars.jpg|thumb|250px| [[wikia:voltron:Voltron: Legendary Defender|I shall purge the darkness of the Galra with the power of FRIEN...]]*cough* Wait, wrong line.]]

When Optimus was in need of a new combiner to ease the burden of [[Superion (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Superion]], he requested Prowl rally the research team to look into viable candidates. With the assistance of Teletraan, Prowl identified five viable candidates - Sunstreaker (who'd previously volunteered), Ironhide, himself (with [[Ratchet (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Ratchet]] verifying that he didn't tamper with the results), Mirage, and finally Optimus Prime (firmly insisted upon by the Autobot supercomputer).

When Prowl suggested a name for the incoming Combiner was needed, Mirage considered it good manners that the gestalt be named after the Autobot commander. Ironhide combined (heh) that recommendation with an egotistical comment by Sunstreaker to come up with "Optimus Maximus", and Optimus Prime didn't believe he had any grounds to object.

When Optimus Maximus was first formed thanks to the technology of the [[Combiner Labs]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tried to figure out who was in him, with the former asking if he was Optimus or Prowl. Optimus Maximus replied that five had become one, and avoided answering to any of his component identities. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Earth Wars/2017#Optimus Maximus & Bruticus Saga|Optimus Maximus & Bruticus Saga}}

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

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

==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:TF-CW-Optimus-Maximus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Voted "most likely to be customized into the [[Turbomaster]]s".]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''[[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Sunstreaker]]''' (Deluxe Class, [[2015]])}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Mirage]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|Battle Core Optimus Prime]]''' (Voyager Class, 2015)}}
:{{Bp-a1|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime]]''' (Voyager Class, 2015)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Prowl]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ironhide]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)}}
{{Bp-a1|'''[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Rodimus]]''' (Legends Class, 2015)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Rodimus)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:Optimus Maximus, Ultimate Defender's artwork is reused from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Optimus Maximus packaging art.
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==Notes==
*In his first comic appearance, Optimus Maximus appears with the red and blue torso colors of the original ''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Prime toy. The subsequent issue, meanwhile, swaps out the blue for Battle Core Optimus's white and gold parts whilst retaining all the red, presumably as a compromise to promote the new toy whilst not completely ignoring the previous installment.
*Maximus's limbs call to mind [[:File:TwoHeros optimus supermode.jpg |''Energon'' Optimus Prime's super-mode]], with a white limb (Prowl), a yellow limb (Sunstreaker), a blue limb (Mirage), and an orange limb (Ironhide... kinda). [[TakaraTomy]] would take advantage of this when releasing their "Convoy Grand Prime" set, putting the limbs in the standard configuration of the [[Prime Force]] drones for art and stock photos.
*The limbs for Optimus Maximus were also advertised as components of [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]], though we'll note that the bio for [[Scattershot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Scattershot]] suggests this is but one possible roster.
*Ultra Prime and Optimus Maximus being two ''Combiner Wars''-style Combiners with the same torso mirrors both [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]] versus [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Elita-Infin1te]] versus [[Orthia]].
*The Japanese name "Convoy Grand Prime" has also been mirrored by [[Grand Scourge|Scourge Grand Prime]] and [[White Gallant Convoy|White Convoy Grand Prime]].

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

Bruticus (G1)

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Sky Shadow: /* Combiner Wars */ Fix redirects

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{{disambig3|Bruticus}}
:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Bruticusg1guido.jpg|upright=2.3|thumb|''They all combine and kick Superion's behind'' ''As the big, bad, battlin' Bruticus!'']]
'''Bruticus''' is the combined form of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] team. A terrifying sight on the battlefield, Bruticus is among the strongest of all Transformers. He can pulverize a suspension bridge with a single 14,000 psi punch. He can lift up to 500,000 pounds. His armor is impervious to most artillery and radiation.

He's also as dumb as a sack of hammers. But as far as Decepticon combiners go, [[Devastator (G1)|mental]] [[Menasor (G1)|problems]] [[Abominus (G1)|aren't terribly]] [[Dinoking|uncommon]]. In fact, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] wishes that he had an army of Bruticuses, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is thankful that he doesn't.

Bruticus is composed of:

*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (torso)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (left arm)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (left leg)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (right arm)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (right leg)

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger C. Carmel]] (English), [[Yū Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese) |[[Lin Dongfu]] (Chinese), [[Edgar Wald]] (Spanish), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, "Fight or Flee", "The Burden Hardest to Bear"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2'' "Starscream's Brigade", "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Fight or Flee"), [[Serge Lhorca]] (European French), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "Aerial Assault"), [[Marcos Miranda]] (Portuguese), [[Ayrton Cardoso]] (Portuguese, "Fight or Flee")}}

[[File:Starscreamsbrigade megatron grabbed.jpg|160px|left|thumb]]
Bruticus became active for the first time during a battle between [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s rogue Decepticon brigade and Megatron's forces. Anticipating [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s expected moves, he waited for his former leader to order the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to merge into [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]]. Starscream then unleashed his surprise—he similarly ordered the Combaticons to form the mighty Bruticus. Though extremely low in intelligence, even by the standards of combined robots, he was also extremely powerful, easily defeating Devastator and sending the remaining Decepticons loyal to Megatron into retreat. Unfortunately, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] arrived and formed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], who launched an attack from behind, quickly subduing Bruticus. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:Bruticus cartoon.jpg|thumb|"Bruticus crush... Bruticus destroy human who draw Bruticus wrong!"]]
Starscream and the Combaticons were banished from [[Earth]] on an asteroid, and the group quickly had a falling-out. After Starscream left, the Combaticons attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], easily defeating [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his drones. Thirsting for revenge, the Combaticons reprogrammed the [[space bridge]] to pull Earth closer to the Sun, in the hopes of destroying it and every Transformer there. The Autobots and Decepticons temporarily joined forces to retake Cybertron and prevent Earth's destruction, and with Starscream's help, they deactivated the Combaticons once they formed Bruticus through a failsafe device built into the treacherous giant's back. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron agreed that Bruticus must be destroyed, but the Decepticon leader fooled the Autobots by using Shockwave's holographic simulator to make it appear as though Bruticus was destroyed, when in reality the combiner was reprogrammed to be loyal only to Megatron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:Revenge of bruticus 2 threratenShockwave.jpg|left|thumb|"Bruticus want be drawn proper!"]]
Soon afterwards, during Megatron's latest scheme on Earth involving the theft of fighter aircraft using Middle-Eastern criminals, the Combaticons were called into service to defend Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin]], a large... thing that apparently pumped oil. Or something. Struggling against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], the Combaticons formed Bruticus, yet were still knocked over when the Autobot planes twisted a tow cable around his legs. The Decepticon combiner was finally defeated when the Aerialbots ignited the nearby oil wells, causing a massive explosion that sent Megatron, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Bruticus flying away. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

Later, Bruticus was walking down the street, minding his own business (i.e. attacking a human city) when BAM! Bruticus was destroyed in battle with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (man, this guy can't seem to catch a break). Only Swindle survived, and he sold the remains of his comrades to various mercenaries and [[El Presidente|third-world dictator-types]], only to be forced to locate and rebuild the Combaticons by Megatron. The reformed Bruticus was then defeated when Megatron's [[orbit disruptor cannon]] was overloaded by the human-built [[B.O.T. (G1)|B.O.T.]], once again sending the Decepticon flying into the sky. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:Revenge of bruticus 16 brains.jpg|left|thumb|"See! Bruticus head not empty!"]]
For some reason, in the year 2006 the Combaticons were idly hanging around as Bruticus during the Decepticon occupation of [[Paradron]]. He served as something of a comic foil for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], acting as straight-man while Galvatron delivered witticisms that were completely lost on the giant warrior. Also... that old line about "losing your head if you weren't attached to it"? Apparently, you can lose a foot even if it was attached, because [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] was manning a molecular cannon while Bruticus was in the control room with Galvatron. If you don't watch those feet, they just run right off on their own. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

During a Decepticon invasion of Japan, Bruticus was battling Defensor near a dojo. He enraged his opponent by negligently putting the humans in danger with their combat and, once [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived to back up Defensor, Bruticus split into the individual Combaticons and fled. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

Invading [[Gregory Swofford|Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan|Morgan]]'s lab, Bruticus was the first Decepticon infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
Bruticus and Menasor were defeated in battle with Defensor and the Aerialbots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|F!SRLT #13}}

=====Scramble City=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:SCcelMenSupBrut.jpg|thumb|Et tu, Bruticus?]]
In 1986, the Autobots and their human allies worked diligently on their "Scramble City" project, a giant mobile fortress. Several Decepticons under the command of Starscream were dispatched to attack the secret construction site, but were defeated by the Aerialbots. Due to Starscream's failure to stop the Aerialbots, the Stunticons were quickly sent in, and soon in the battle formed Menasor. Menasor managed to corrupt Superion's formation by shooting one of ''his own'' limbs onto his opponent, rendering Superion vulnerable. However, he was soon stopped, and Superion regained his balance. Eventually, the Combaticons came in to help Menasor (though not willingly), forming Bruticus. The two tag-teamed against Superion, but were both stopped when [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City itself]] was brought into battle to end the conflict. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Michitaka Kobayashi]] (Japanese), [[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese, ep 13)}}

[[File:HeadOn RaidenVsBruticus.JPG|left|thumb|"Bruticus duel with light... poles."]]
Bruticus joined up with several other Decepticon combiners during a Decepticon assault on Cybertron, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} but they were all driven away by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} When the Combaticons were sent out to stop [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] from finding the [[Matrix of Leadership]], they clashed with the Protectobots again. Both teams combined, but Defensor eventually blasted the mountain behind Bruticus, who was buried in the ensuing rockfall. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} While defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against intruders, the Combaticons formed Bruticus to fight back against the incoming [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Bruticus scuffled with Defensor yet again during a new attack on Cybertron, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} but was defeated by a flying punch to the neck. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} Next up, Bruticus was set with ambushing any Autobots who came to stop [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] planted by the Decepticons in [[San Francisco]]. When the [[Trainbot]]s arrived, Bruticus and [[Raiden]] did battle with energy swords. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

[[File:Hm35 Bruticus holding Computron.jpg|thumb]]
Bruticus was formed by the Combaticons as part of Sixshot's major strike on Earth. He attacked an Autobot outpost as four other outposts were being assaulted simultaneously by the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

On the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Bruticus later helped a group of Decepticons lead Fortress Maximus away from their base. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Later, back on Earth, he stood by and laughed as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} Bruticus participated in the large-scale battle with the Autobots at the North Pole, and held down [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] so [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] could kick him. When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s energy-absorbing satellite started tearing the Earth apart, Bruticus retreated into the atmosphere to watch the results alongside the rest of the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Yukimasa Kishino]] (Japanese)}}

Over fifteen years later, after several more Decepticon leaders had come and gone, the faction came under the rulership of the supernatural entity [[Violengiguar]]. This mysterious creature's first action was to recruit a team of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history; Bruticus was enlisted as his "Flame General" and outfitted with new armor and weaponry to make him even more powerful than before. Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], Violengiguar sent his generals forth to conquer planets. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} Bruticus was the first to encounter the [[Autobot]]s when he attacked the planet [[Feminia]]. He was defeated by the combined might of the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], [[Super Car Patrol Team]], [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]], [[Galaxy Rocket]] and [[Moonradar (G1)|Moonradar]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

Bruticus did little with the new power Violengiguar gave him; while he joined Abominus, Menasor, and Overlord on a raid for [[Energon Z]] on planet [[Micro|Zone]], he was not seen to engage in battle at any time. His comrades waded through the barrage of firepower unleashed by Zone Base, fending off attacks by the Micromasters, and tore the Energon Z power core out of the base. Bruticus then joined his comrades in escaping with their prize, which they handed off to the other generals to take to Earth as they searched for the Zodiac there. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
When the [[Cybertron Alliance]] fell apart due to the [[human]]s murdering [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Kiloton|friend]], Bruticus answered Megatron's call for war. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Bruticus and the Decepticons joined the revolution of the [[Selector]]s against their human masters. The [[Quintesson]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s sided with the humans, and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] attacked all while craving Angolmois Energy. In battle with a scrambled version of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Abominus crashed into Bruticus and Menasor and stole some of their limb components to make an even stronger version of himself. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
When Superion and Defensor teamed up to take on Menasor as he was attacking a baseball stadium, Bruticus stepped in to aid his fellow Decepticon combiner. After a short skirmish, the Decepticons seemed assured a victory, until Bruticus got his legs knocked off. [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] then latched onto the stumps and blasted Bruticus away, dumping him in the Pacific Ocean, far away from Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

The Combaticons pursued a dog imbued with Decepticon super-science until [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] interfered. They combined into Bruticus as a unit of Autobot [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] came to aid Powerglide, but the dog granted the awesome energy within it to Powerglide, allowing him to [[Minibot combiner|combine with the other Autobots]] and blow Bruticus away. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Bruticus participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia, battling alongside Devastator and Menasor against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Bruticus and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits.{{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
After tearing Superion into his component Aerialbots, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus and joined Menasor in defending [[Trypticon (G1)|Dinobase]] against incursion by the Protectobots. While his men kept the pair busy, [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] used his repair bay mode to fix up the injured Aerialbots, who then blinded the giants with their dazzling "Scramble Shot" fly-by attack. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
[[File:BruticusZone1.jpg|thumb|"Bruticus finally drawn right... with fire."]]
The Decepticons came under the rulership of the supernatural entity [[Violengiguar]]. This mysterious creature's first action was to recruit a team of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history; Bruticus was enlisted as his "Flame General" and outfitted with new armor and weaponry to make him even more powerful than before. Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], Violengiguar sent his generals forth to conquer planets. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} Bruticus was the first to encounter the [[Autobot]]s when he attacked the planet [[Feminia]]. He was defeated by the combined might of the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], [[Super Car Patrol Team]], [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]], [[Galaxy Rocket]] and [[Moonradar (G1)|Moonradar]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

The [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] united to attack planet Feminia, destroying it utterly. Violengiguar next charged his Generals with collecting [[Energon Z]] and the all-powerful [[Zodiac]], which he intended to use to fuel his conquest. Bruticus, together with [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], attacked planet Zone; striking quickly, they stole the Energon Z before the local [[Micromaster]] teams could even muster a defense. As they gloated over their success, the tiny Autobots transformed [[Zone Base]] to try and mount a counterattack, and the generals fled with their prize. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}
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====''The Animated Movie''====
[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005, Bruticus and Menasor staged an attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], occupying the attentions of Omega Supreme, Superion, and Defensor and preventing them from coming to the aid of their comrades in the besieged city. {{storylink|Transformers: The Animated Movie|The Animated Movie trade paperback}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm5-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|awww tell us how you REALLY feel]]

Combination technology was something the [[Decepticon Warlord]] [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] had long tinkered with, since the days of his fortress in [[Gygax]]. Although his early experiments were discontinued thanks to the [[Elite Guard|Autobot Elite Guard]], he remained interested in the idea, and eventually found the perfect means to implement it. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 36|Bruticus's profile in Club magazine #36}}

When the Combaticons were swayed to joining forces with Deathsaurus they received various upgrades. They demonstrated the most potent of these upgrades when they were surrounded by their former comrades in the Elite Guard and combined into Bruticus. The combiner then proceeded to crush their former commanding officer Sentinel Major with one mighty hand. This prompted the other Elite Guardsmen to attack in search of vengeance. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

Tragically for the Guard, Bruticus proved to be virtually unstoppable and easily wiped out several of the Elite Guard teams before [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]'s Strike Team arrived. Despite the heroic efforts of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] and [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], Bruticus quickly slew them before [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] managed to blind the mighty combiner and force him to separate. This forced the Combaticons to retreat, but not before killing Metalhawk as well. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

The Combaticons underwent repairs at Deathsaurus's base, but shocked to learn that the repairs included a remote activation for their combination into Bruticus. The combiner, confused and still blinded from his battle, lashed out at the Constructicons repairing him, and they were forced to use the override they'd fitted to stop the giant in his tracks. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} During the battle to defend the base against the Elite Guard, the Combaticons again attempted to form Bruticus, only to be promptly blasted. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:Bruticus-ukcard.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|"Where Bruticus helmet go?"]]
''In a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] saw the future, where Autobot and Decepticon [[Special Teams]] battled over the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. One such team was the Combaticons, who merged into the massive warrior, Bruticus. Unfortunately for the Autobots, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] managed to tap into this induced dream, allowing the Decepticons to see the same possibilities the Autobots did.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

[[File:G1 Child'sPlay Defensor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|"Bruticus DESTROY hobo's home!"]]
Megatron and the Combaticons invaded [[Energy Futures Industries]] with the intent of stealing the powerful [[hydrothermocline]]. Confronted by Optimus Prime and the Protectobots, Megatron attempted to prove the superiority of his forces by ordering them to combine into... Bruticus! His gloating was cut short, however, when the Protectobots demonstrated the equally impressive ability to combine into... [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]! Fortunately for all sides, the fleshling [[Ethan Zachary]] arrived with a solution that didn't involve Bruticus and Defensor going at it until the entire complex (and the hydrothermocline) was annihilated. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

The Combaticons formed Bruticus in a northern [[California]] railyard to battle the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], who subsequently formed [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The two soon battled to a standstill, as Bruticus's sonic stun gun proved no match for Defensor's force field, but the Decepticon eventually managed to topple his foe by smacking him around with an ''entire train''. Bruticus then noticed [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who claimed to have left the [[Autobot]]s, and seemingly killed [[Sammy Wainwright|a child]] to prove it. Bruticus was so impressed that he didn't notice Blaster toppling a power line on him, blasting him into his component parts. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}
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===The Special Teams===
Upon the Combaticons’ creation, Bruticus was imbued with Starscream's violent, criminal personality. When the Combaticons encountered Menasor and Defensor battling one another after being sent to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], Onslaught ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. Bruticus was then urged by Menasor to aid him in taking down Defensor before the Aerialbots got a chance to merge into their combined formed as well. The opening was lost as the Aerialbots combined immediately, and stood next to Defensor, ready to take on their opponents. Bruticus took on Defensor while Menasor squared off against Superion. Bruticus was defeated by Defensor when he become momentarily distracted by Menasor mid-battle. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Bruticus participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. He and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] shot at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] as they entered the conflict. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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The Combaticons, and by extension Bruticus, were part of the crew of Decepticons serving under Galvatron near the planet Barrenikon when they shot down a ship captained by Ultra Magnus. The Combaticons only merged once in one possible scenario that followed, where they found [[you]] stuck in a quicksand hole in a swamp. Bruticus took you to the Decepticon ship as his prisoner. Though you tried to start a conversation with him to pass the time, Bruticus remained silent the entire journey to the ship's hold. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Bruticus-Wolves.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Attack ''of'' titan.]]
Bruticus was created in [[1939]] as part of a plot by [[Destro]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to overthrow their [[Cobra Commander|respective]] [[Megatron (G1)|leaders]]. A fusion of human and Cybertronian technology, Bruticus had no mind of his own, and was made only to follow his creators' orders. {{storylink|Wolves}} Later, when the combined forces of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and the Autobots were moving against [[Cobra]], Destro betrayed Starscream and activated Bruticus, ordering him to destroy everyone. Screaming that he hated everything and that he only wanted to "sleep again", Bruticus went on a wild rampage and caused an avalanche. As the giant swept aside any Autobot resistance, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] deduced that Bruticus was an artificial creation and wasn't really "alive" like the other Transformers. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] saw only one way to stop him—destroying the [[Matrix of Leadership]] that was connected to the lifeforce of all Transformers. On Prime's orders, [[Snake-Eyes]] let Bruticus smash the Matrix, causing a flash of light that destroyed the raging giant. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:BlackSunshine Bruticusdamaged.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Bruticus suntan lotion no work!"]]
Mighty Bruticus created from members of [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. But then [[Optimus Prime (G1)|truckbot]] and [[Megatron (G1)|bossbot]] go away, thought killed, though not by Bruticus. Robots make [[Crisis Intervention Accord|deal]] which make Combaticons not work together. Bruticus not like deal, but components agree, forcing Bruticus to go to sleep... {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

[[Starscream (G1)|Starbot]] later take components to [[Earth|fleshie world]]. Bruticus defeat puny Autobots, make Starbot compliment, Bruticus happy. But Starbot call Bruticus stupid for letting other bots get away, make Bruticus sad. Bruticus attack [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], but Autobots blow up base. Starbot angry at Bruticus again because Starbot wanted base in one piece. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Starbot yell at Bruticus, but not Bruticus fault. Soon, Bruticus components damaged in battle by [[Sunstorm (G1)|Burning bot]], Starbot order components to form mighty Bruticus! Bruticus try to smash Burning bot, but Burning bot too fast. ARGH! Bruticus head blown up by [[Mini Vehicle|Little Bot]] [[Orion|spaceship]]! Bruticus go to sleep... {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[File:RouteofAllEvil Bruticus.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Give purse to BRUTICUS!"]]
Later, components training by fighting [[Sky Lynx (G1)|egobot]] when [[Predaking (G1)|strangebot]] interrupt. Components recognize danger, and form Mighty Bruticus! Strangebot attack Bruticus! Bruticus ANGRY! Bruticus try to stop strangebot guns, but strangebot use foot-gun to hurt Bruticus!

Coward Starbot fly away like coward. Strangebot, open wings like birdbot and chase, but Bruticus stop birdbot. Bruticus want birdbot to DIE! No! Stupid gun, broken! Birdbot hurt Bruticus again, and Bruticus go to sleep... {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

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===''The Beast Within''===
The Combaticons merged to form Bruticus in order to fight [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] during a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. He didn't last too long against the Dinobot gestalt. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===''Mystery of Convoy''===
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====''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga====
Though Bruticus tried to sneak up on Ultra Magnus to blast him with his shoulder beam, the Autobot evaded his blast. Ultra Magnus then managed to hit Bruticus's forehead upon returning fire. Having received a blow to his weak spot, Bruticus was defeated. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Stage 7: Watch Out for Bruticus's Shoulder Beam!|Watch Out for Bruticus's Shoulder Beam!}}

====''Alternity''====
Bruticus, amongst others, was empowered by a higher-dimensional [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] in order to be pitted against a higher-dimensional [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|avatar]] in a cross-dimensional "game full of death and suffering". {{storylink|To Die Game!}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
The Combaticons attacked the Autobots in the form of Bruticus, only to halt the assault because [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O|Vortex]] didn't want to be there, he wanted to be home and guard the Decepticon base. In order to make him happy again, the other three Combaticons separated and went home with him. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}} Bruticus later helped [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] put the finishing touch on [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s new solar power tower, only to drop the ball and wreck the tower instead. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} When the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] tried to capture Swindle, he combined with his buddies to form Bruticus, only for the giant to be promptly defeated by the Protectobots' own combined form, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}

At some point, Bruticus, Devastator and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and were faced with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. Making use of [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s fear of heights, the three scared Superion by throwing him into the air, but were defeated after the Autobot combiner re-combined onto the ground and rolled into their legs. {{storylink|Kre-O Micro-Changers Combiners comic}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Combaticons cast aside their [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] disguises and merged into Bruticus to join in the attack on the [[United Nations]]. He clashed with both Joes and [[GIJONIN]], using the helicopter blades on his arm to mow down the ninjas. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Line Between Us|''Till All Are One'' #3]]}}

[[File:TheLineBetweenUs Bruticus rampage.jpg|thumb|The [[Combiner Wars (event)|war's]] over, but better late than never.|left|upright=1.5]]
Bruticus was formed when Onslaught needed to search through the mind of a brain-dead Swindle for damaging information on [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. After getting the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], the Combaticons merged into the gestalt but were unable to properly form a combined mind due to Swindle. The combiner almost mindlessly rampaged throughout Iacon, constantly muttering that everything must burn. Vortex reveled in the power that they wielded as Bruticus, Brawl was wallowing in pain after feeling Swindle's death, Blast Off struggled to keep them all together, and Onslaught dug through Swindle's memories. As Bruticus rampaged, [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and his security forces were called in put him down, while [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] tried to reason with Bruticus to coax out the information they had on Starscream. Bruticus promptly backhanded Windblade out of the sky and when he was about to blast Chromia, Ironhide shot a rocket at his head, blowing it to pieces and sending the Combaticons back to their components. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

Later, when the [[Mistress of Flame]] wanted [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] released to Camien custody, she suggested Swindle or [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] could be handed over instead to face justice for their crimes. Wanting to keep Menasor and Bruticus on his side, Starscream opted to release Chromia. {{storylink|Heavy}} To bring Bruticus under control, Starscream had the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] try to manipulate the Combaticons' minds so that Bruticus would be loyal only to him. Because the Combaticons minds had imprinted on each other during their combination, Airachnid found them more susceptible to the process, and thus had them believe that they had always been working for Starscream, using the inside man Blast Off to cover any holes in the story. As a result, the Combaticons came to believe that their forming of Bruticus had been a last-ditch attempt to save Swindle's life with Starscream's approval. {{storylink|The Price of You}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Bruticus as a combined form for the [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]] was created by [[Shockwave (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Shockwave]] for the express purpose of pummeling Autobots. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Shockwave's bio}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
Bruticus was among the many Decepticons who unsuccessfully tried to defend Cybertron from [[Gozer]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}}

===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 16 - BruticusVsDevastator.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
After a failed attempt at merging during a battle aboard the downed ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}} the Combaticons, after being recruited by Starscream, were finally able to form Bruticus during a battle against Soundwave's team of Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} Not to be outdone, Soundwave ordered the Constructicons to to merge into [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. The titanic warriors fought as their respective leaders tussled below, all watched from a distance by [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s. In a spurt of rage, Prime fired on the Decepticons with his [[fusion cannon]], causing the dam they were fighting on to collapse. Bruticus and Devastator continued their battle even as they were pushed on by the raging river. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}

Eventually arriving in [[Seattle]], the Decepticons' civil war continued, with Bruticus getting the top of the Space Needle thrown at them by Devastator and receiving an uppercut for good measure. The city itself suffered catastrophic damage during the fight as the Autobots rushed to save as many humans as they could from being crushed underfoot by the grappling giants. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}} Bruticus broke off the fight with Devastator to rescue the downed Starscream, but this distraction allowed Devastator to RKO Bruticus off a skyscraper and into the pavement. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}

Bruticus was active once again to participate in an all-out assault on the Ark, but his feud with Devastator boiled over once again, and the two began to fight each other instead of the Autobots. [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|Megatron]] managed to straighten them out, but before the two could see who could crush Autobots better, they were taken out of the fight by the newly arrived [[Superion (G1)#energon Universe|Superion]].{{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 21|Transformers #21}}

Devastator and Bruticus then fought the assembled US Military along with the other Decepticons, with the two combiners competing over how many humans they could kill. (Devastator was leading 37-23, to Bruticus' disapproval.) {{storylink| Transformers (2023) issue 22|Transformers #22}}

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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:TF-G1-Commercial-Combaticon-Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
* The Combaticons formed Bruticus in order to take on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As his opponent changed into robot mode, Bruticus took to the skies to better avoid the citybot's weapons-fire. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}
* Bruticus battled [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in the suburbs while a small boy cheered on the Autobot. A particularly powerful blow from his opponent knocked Bruticus's arms off, but they quickly reattached themselves to that the duel could continue. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Aerialbots and Combaticons|Generation 2 Aerialbots and Combaticons commercial}}
* During a massive battle between Kreons, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus. He and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] then proceeded to send the Autobots fleeing for their tiny lives. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O Transformers Micro Changers and Combiners Construction Sets commercial}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
*''Stage'': 7
*''Point value'': 20000
*''Hit points'': 5
Bruticus guards the exit from the [[Glacier Zone]], floating in a dark void with three hovering platforms, and launching fireballs aimed at Autobot positions. His armor makes him invulnerable, save for a conveniently glowing weak spot on his forehead. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and Bruticus stood guard over [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] on Cybertron. They were defeated and their prisoners were rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the other freed Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Bruticus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. He was a Super Rare combiner that could be recruited to a team if all of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:BruticusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Bruticus, Fanmode ACTIVATE!]]

To gain another Combiner, Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] enlisted the Combaticons, despite some of their complaints. When Bruticus first successfully formed, he boasted that he beat anyone. Starscream sent him out to battle [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] just so he could soften him up for the other 'cons to finish the job. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

*'''Class''': Combiner
*'''Lowest Star ratings''': 3 Star
*'''Weapons''': Bruticus usually smashes things with his Fists and feet. He sometimes shoots small laser blasts out of his knuckles.
*'''Abilities:''':
**'''Earth Shatter''': Smash into the earth sending a shockwave of damage in a line towards the target area! Deals 600% more damage to Walls!
**'''Frantic Rage''': Gain 30% movement speed, 30% damage reduction, and close range Splash radius, and attack with +50% more damage for the next 10 seconds!
**'''Shockfire Missiles''' (4 star): Fire 4 rockets dealing a large amount of damage and disabling all defenses around the blast radius!

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:bruticus Bruticus at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Bruticus was a monstrous warrior who sacrificed his components’ brainpower for extra brawn. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} [[Termagax]] identified Bruticus as an example of a dysfunctional combiner, noting that he possessed none of the tactical acumen of his individual components. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:Bruticus toy.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"Rargh... many transform Bruticus wrong... and blame Bruticus design..."]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, [[1986]], [[1991]], [[2009]])
**''Takara ID number:'' '''D-69'''

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Bruticus is formed from all five Combaticon toys. The four smaller Combaticons attach via sockets in Onslaught's shoulders and the bottom of his feet. Fists and feet pads attach onto the four limbs, and Bruticus is completed with a large chest plate and a helmet covering Onslaught's head. He wields Onslaught's [[sonic stun-gun]] in battle. The gun can also be stored on his backpack using two rectangular pegs which hold the gun in place via its targeting sight. As with all [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|Scramble City]]-style [[combiner]] teams, his limbs can be rearranged into any slot of one's choosing.

:The package art of Bruticus has the leg formed by Brawl face forward. Having him face backward like his in-show (look at the right picture) doesn't affect the stability of the gestalt.

:Along with Metroplex, Menasor, Defensor, and Superion, Bruticus was designed for an aborted ''[[Diaclone]]'' subline that would have been called ''[[Diaclone#Jizai Gattai|Jizai Gattai]]'' (自在合体 "Limitless Combination"), which was shelved to make way for the ''Transformers'' line.

:In most markets, only the individual Combaticons were released, with the [[giftset]] only made available in Japan and Italy. The Italian box layout was based very closely on the standard Hasbro combiner giftsets at that time, down to the inclusion of a Hasbro product code number; but unlike the other [[GiG]] combiner giftsets, "Multiforce" lacked the Hasbro logo on the front of the box, and the individual components sported Takara numbers from D-64 to D-68 before their names.

:The individual Combaticons were re-released in various European markets as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line in 1991, and a Bruticus giftset was reissued by [[TakaraTomy]] in Japan in 2009.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fruit Chewticus]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Onslaught (G1)#Generation 2|Onslaught]]''' (Combaticon, [[1994]])}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Blast Off]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Brawl (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Brawl]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Swindle (G1)#Generation 2|Swindle]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''[[Vortex (G1)#Generation 2|Vortex]]''' (Combaticon, 1994)}}</ul>

: Released in the second year of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', the Combaticons were redecoed (minus any customer-applied stickers) and re-released, but only sold as individuals. Functionally, he is nearly identical to the original toy, other than being slightly enhanced by a hand-held spring-loaded missile launcher (the same launcher that came with [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Sideswipe]] the previous year) and a post-hole in Onslaught's cannon-backpack which allows the launcher to be stored there. All of the toys are all-plastic versions, no die-cast metal at all.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G2toy-BruticusAmazon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You all laugh when Bruticus wear these colors before. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Multi-part "Sonic Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Franks]] (deco artist)}}

: This version of Bruticus comes as a gift set, [[exclusive]] to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]]. Packaged in a ''Generation 2''-styled box complete with hand-painted character art, it contains [[redeco]]es of all five ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] in their Generation 1 doppelgangers' ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' colors, complete with ''Generation 2'' Decepticon insignia. While Onslaught forms the torso, the remaining team members can serve as any of the four limbs, though the official configuration has Vortex as the left arm, Blast Off as the right arm, Brawl as the left leg, and Swindle as the right leg. The individual weapons the Combaticons have can be combined into a "Sonic Cannon" for Bruticus to wield via [[5 mm post]].

: Like the original releases of the mold, this Bruticus also possessed some balance issues. This is mostly caused by having all of the Combaticons being Deluxes, Onslaught included. Although the 4 limb Combaticons can assume either an arm or foot position, certain members fare very poorly in certain modes, such as Brawl as an arm or Blast Off as a leg, which creates further balancing problems for Bruticus.

: Preorders for the set began on [[July 6]] of 2012 via Amazon (BigBadToyStore would not put up theirs until much later), and the final product was shipped out in early/mid-November. This may be considered a tie-in to Amazon's preorder bonus for the ''Fall of Cybertron'' game: a "''Generation 2''"-themed skin for Bruticus. This set was also available at normal retail in Australia.

: These molds were [[retool]]ed into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Ruination (FOC)#Toys|Ruination]].
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy BruticusMaximus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Why Bruticus no have hands?"]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' ([[2008]])
**''Series:'' '''G1 Series'''

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Bruticus, now named "Bruticus Maximus" (presumably for [[trademark]] reasons), is a redeco of the [[Destruction Team]]/[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] combiner from ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''. While [[Brawl (G1)#Universe (2008)|Brawl]] and [[Vortex (G1)#Universe (2008)|Vortex]] retain their previous modes of tank and helicopter respectively, [[Blast Off (G1)#Universe (2008)|Blast Off]] is now the combiner's second tank, and [[Swindle (G1)#Universe (2008)|Swindle]] a sand-colored helicopter. As a redeco of an ''Energon'' combiner, Bruticus Maximus feature universal connection points for the limbs, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different ''Energon'' Combiner teams.

[[File:Tf universe 25th bruticus a.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]
:Like [[Superion (G1)#Universe (2008)|Superion]], Bruticus Maximus, despite being initially intended as a ''Universe'' [[Target]] [[exclusive]], was only released in ''Universe'' packaging in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, Target stores (and Zellers stores in Canada) received an unchanged version of the toy in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging, still named [[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)|Bruticus Maximus]], with all the individual components retaining their names as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetBruticusMaximus/bruticusmaximus.htm More information on Bruticus Maximus at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
[[File:BruticusG1-Encore.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number'': '''16'''

:In 2009, the Generation 1 set was reissued under the ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' line, using the [[retool]]ed molds from the first ''Robots in Disguise'' release with Onslaught's launcher mechanism from his original Japanese release.
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===''United''===
[[File:United Bruticus Maximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' (Multi-pack, [[November 7]], 2012)

:Released exclusively in Hasbro's Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colours similar to the previous ''Universe''/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a much greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Additionally, the hand/feet/weapons previously cast in translucent coloured plastic are now opaque grey.

:While unconfirmed, it seems likely that this release was conceived to satisfy then-high collector demand for the original ''Universe'' Bruticus Maximus set, a result of the unofficial Explorer and Munitioner upgrade kits released for the figure by "[[IP theft|third party]]" company FansProject. Of course, as unlicensed product, the kits were not acknowledged in any official marketing material for the re-released toy.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Bruticus feel.... Tiny?]]
*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A2225'''
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:One of the first ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]] combiner sets, Bruticus includes four [[Kreon]]s: [[Onslaught (G1)#Kre-O|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (G1)#Kre-O|Brawl]], [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O|Vortex]], and [[Swindle (G1)#Kre-O|Swindle]]. These four component Kreons can be rebuilt into their alternate modes or taken apart and combined into Bruticus.

:Like all Micro Changer combiner sets, Bruticus comes with only ''one'' Kre-O display brick, and a sticker sheet composed of his leg, arm and right shoulder details and a ''Kre-O'' logo. Due to the limb stickers being slightly transparent, applying them into the black-colored leg parts could render the details being semi-transparent. The instructions also did not mention where you should put the ''Kre-O'' logo sticker. Also, Bruticus's combined mode's waist part is somehow prone to falling off from the assembly while posing, and he has a problem standing straight due to how the legs are constructed.

:Despite Blast Off's exclusion from the set, he was later released in the first wave of blind bag figures and, with enough creativity, can be combined into Bruticus.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OBruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Bruticus at TFU.info]''

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*'''Combiner Robot Mega Pack''' (3-pack, 2016)
**''Set number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': '''245'''

:3 years later, the 3 Micro-Changer combiners, Superion, Bruticus, and Menasor were reissued and released as a 3-pack. The toys were unchanged from their individual releases.

===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CWBruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|OH [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|SWEET]] [[Bruticus (WFC)#Generations|MERCIFUL]] DAY!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''[[Onslaught (G1)#Combiner Wars|Onslaught]]''' (Voyager Class, [[2016]])}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Blast Off (G1)#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Blast Off]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
:{{Bp-d1|'''[[Blast Off (G1)#PWTSE|Decepticon Blast Off]]''' (Special Edition, 2018)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Brawl (G1)#Combiner Wars|Brawl]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Swindle (G1)#Combiner Wars|Swindle]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Vortex (G1)#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Vortex]]''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}
{{Bp-d1|'''[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Shockwave]]''' (Legends Class, 2016)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Bruticus is formed from all five Combaticon figures and [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Shockwave]]. Designed in the "Scramble City" style, all four Deluxe Combaticons can each become either an arm or a leg, and come with double-barrelled guns that can transform into either a foot or a fist to complete the limb. The stock photography shows Blast Off and Vortex as arms and Swindle and Brawl as legs. Shockwave transforms into the combiner robot's handheld weapon, but his overall weight makes it largely impossible for him to be held by any combiner in a firing pose without falling over or pulling the arm down. Even worse, as Onslaught is retooled from [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]], Bruticus retains [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]]'s forward-lean problem. Unlike Defensor however, the leaning problem can be resolved by turning Bruticus's thighs inward, forcing the pelvis armor to push against Onslaught's knees and correcting his posture, although this will force Bruticus into a strange A-legged stance.

:A promotional CGI render of the combined mode has Bruticus slightly mistransformed, having Blast Off's legs facing knees forward in his arm mode, which would leave Bruticus' left arm without a double elbow. Though difficult, it is ''possible'' to arrange Vortex's rotors in a shield-like position.

:Like [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]] before him, all four limbs were released in the same wave, making it much easier to complete a set. He is also the first "classic" combiner in the ''Combiner Wars'' series to not have a "replacement" member. However, Blast Off was relegated to a simple redeco of [[Slingshot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Quickslinger]], leaving him with a different alt-mode (a jet instead of a space shuttle) and an inaccurate head. In 2018 Hasbro released a redeco of the Unite Warriors version of Blast Off ([[Bruticus (G1)#Unite Warriors|see below]]) as a more accurate replacement.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWBruticus/bruticus.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CW-toy Bruticus G2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|TASTE THE RAINBOW. TASTE IT!!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bruticus''' (Collection Pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Weapons/combiner extremities, Onslaught's two guns, Blast Off's gun, Vortex's gun, Brawl's barrel rifle, Swindle's gun

: The whole <s>metamorphin' Dudicus</s> big, bad, battlin' Bruticus team was redecoed in their ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' colors (though [[Onslaught (G1)#CWG2|Onslaught]]'s black portions are now a super-dark brown), packed with a sorta-generically ''Generation 2''-esque, vaguely-[[Action Master]]-version-ish deco'd version of [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Shockwave]]. However, despite being (broadly) accurate in their base colors, all of the Combaticons have Generation 1 insignias, while Shockwave comes with the movie version of the Decepticon faction symbol.

: There is no ''Generation 2''-colored version of the Space Shuttle Blast Off toy, sorry. You only get the jet.

: Weirdly, the ''backs'' of the antennae on Bruticus's head are painted silver, rather than the front where they'd be far more noticeable/make any amount of sense. On the other hand, the original ''Generation 2'' Bruticus had unpainted antennae, so hey.

: This version of the combiner was only sold as a complete team in a big box set, which also included a poster and a collector card based on the packaging art. This set was sold "exclusively" through multiple online outlets, though it eventually found its way to closeout retailers like TJ Maxx and Ross the following holiday season for well below its original price, alongside more or less all of the other "Collection Pack" semi-exclusives in the line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2Bruticus/bruticus.htm More information on Generation 2 ''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-UW07-Bruticus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So cartoon accurate his chest is based on what some people would call an animation error!]]
*'''Bruticus''' (giftset, [[June 25]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-07'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:The Japanese ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' release of [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Bruticus]] comes in a much more cartoon-accurate color scheme, with a recolored chest plate, and color matching hand/foot/gun pieces for [[Swindle (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Brawl]]. He has a completely new mold in the form of [[Blast Off (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Blast Off]] as a space shuttle, rather than the recolored jet mold of his Hasbro release. [[Vortex (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Vortex]] also includes the more cartoon-accurate four-bladed rotor blades as opposed to the two-bladed rotors his Hasbro version carried over from the Alpha Bravo mold. Shockwave is not included with this release, as the ''Unite Warriors'' line does not utilize Legends Class molds, though you could pair Bruticus with the cycloptic scientist's [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Legends|''Legends'' release]] if you wish.

:The giftset included a [[collector coin]] when purchased from select retailers outside Japan.
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-AOTP-Bruticus-Prelim.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2025]]/[[2026]])
**'''1 of 5: [[Vortex (G1)#Age of the Primes|Combaticon Vortex]]'''
:With the reveal of Vortex at the [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair]] 2025, confirmation of a new Bruticus in the [[Transformers: Age of the Primes|''Age of the Primes'']] toyline naturally followed. Teased on the side of Vortex's packaging, Bruticus is a cartoon-accurate figure and will presumably utilize the frame combiner system devised by ''Legacy'' [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]] and later used for ''Age of the Primes'' [[Superion (G1)#Age of the Primes|Superion]], with the limb bots attaching to a skeletal Bruticus formed by [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]].
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{{comingsoontoy|Everyone but Vortex}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and Bruticus (with ''his'' components [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#72|Translation of Bruticus's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:G1-Combaticon-early-patent-sketches.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
[[File:EuroClassicsBruticus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|First person to insert a "Don't shoot the caption" gag gets summarily banned.]]

* Much like the individual Combaticons who form him, Bruticus's [[character model]] has a couple of oddities, due to the majority of it being based on unfinished, vague toy design sketches (at right) instead of actual toy references.
** Bruticus's chest plate is drawn to look like it is formed from parts of [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]—mainly his wings, but the central portion of the chestplate is drawn to look like his shuttle cockpit hull, with the orientation of its details reversed. Certain detailed combination sequences, seen in "[[Aerial Assault]]," "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]", and "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]", actually show Blast Off's wings disconnecting and moving into place as the chestplate, but these sequences also misinterpret some of Bruticus's details, and wind up depicting the two wheels at the base of the chestplate, which are supposed to be part of Onslaught's torso, as being connected to the plate and hence part of Blast Off.
** While Bruticus' toy has wheels on the back of its thighs, his cartoon model only depicts this detail on his ''left'' thigh, almost certainly a product of his rear-view character model being designed without the toy for reference, like multiple other season 2 characters—not that it matters much in practise, as the odd detail is almost consistently omitted from his actual in-show appearances.
** Bruticus has two head designs in the cartoon: the detailed one seen in his full-body character model, which features in most of his animated appearances, and a simplified, more angular one that appears consistently in "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]" and "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]," and in select brief scenes of other episodes.
* The packaging of the 1991 [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European]] [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original Onslaught toy depicted Bruticus and the Combaticons in (mostly) new color schemes, despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors were the cause of an error with the hue settings of the [[stock photography|stock photos]], rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.
* Several attributes of [[Action Master Elite]] [[Turbo Master]], including his face and chest plate, suggest that he was originally intended to be Bruticus. However, according to ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]'', at one point a non-transforming version of Action Master Bruticus was planned, which would have looked significantly different from [[Turbo Master]].
* For every version of the original Bruticus mold, the packaging art depicts the Brawl figure on backwards.
*''Earth Wars'' Bruticus's character model is a (more proportionate) recreation of his ''Combiner Wars'' toy.
* ''Earth Wars'' Bruticus's Earth Shatter ability is most likely a reference to his [[Bruticus (WFC)|''Fall of Cybertron'' counterpart]]'s shockwave ability, given how it affects a large area and do mass amounts of damage. The same could also be said about Shockfire Missiles, during his boss fight in the final few parts of ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'', in which the cannons on his back to deal damage to the player, though in this case you can actually do it ''while'' using him.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bruticus''' (ブルーティカス ''Burūtikasu'')
*''Italian:'' '''Multiforce''' (toy and season 3)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bruticus''' (Taiwan, 布魯提卡斯 ''Bùlǔtíkǎsī''), '''Hùn Tiān Bào''' (Mainland China, 混天豹, ''Leopard that Mixes the Sky'')
*''Portuguese:'' '''Brutus''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Grubikus''' (Грубикус)
*''Polish:'' '''Tępak''' (TM Semic Comic, "Dunderhead")

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Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys

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[[File:OptimusPrimeUT-Armada.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hiyaaah...]]
Like [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|other Optimuses]], [[Unicron Trilogy]] '''[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]''' has a lot of toys.

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==''Armada''==
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[[File:Superbase ArmadaPrime.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Stand up and be counted, container! (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, [[2002]]/[[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Convoy Super Mode'''
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Super Optimus'''
:*''Takara/Sonokong ID number'': '''MC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/base/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: The first [[Unicron Trilogy]] Optimus Prime toy transforms into a long-nose truck cab of made-up model. His clear-plastic smokestacks can detach and form a double-barrelled pistol that he can hold in [[robot mode]], and a button on top of his head causes his [[mouthplate]] to jiggle up and down as if he were talking (the irony being that while this was a familiar trait of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 cartoon Optimus Prime]], in the ''Armada'' animated series, this Prime's mouthplate remained static when he talked). He can also hold a large cannon—inspired by his G1 counterpart's [[ion blaster]]—that is stored within his [[trailer]], and his chest flips down to reveal a (non-removable) [[Matrix of Leadership/toys|Matrix of Leadership]]. He is packaged with his Mini-Con partner [[Sparkplug (Armada)#Toys|Sparkplug]]. His tires are branded with the fictional tyre company "[[Monster Convoy|MONSTER CONVOY]]".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So it was never going to be called Monster Convoy, but I think I wanted something on the wheels. Again, I wanted an ultimate sense of storytelling that wherever you're looking at these things you're getting- it's just some sort of brand, the fake-out brand they use on Cybertron or whatever. Nothing other than that, it was never a name of the character or any of that.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_iWRrz1W1o&t=932s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title="11 - Creating A Legend: Transformers Armada Optimus Prime"|year=2023|month=11|day=03}}</ref>

: The toy's primary gimmick is its auto-transforming trailer, which assumes one of three configurations when [[motorized movement|triggered]] by an infra-red signal transmitted from the cab robot. Transforming the cab into robot mode will cause the trailer to automatically flip open into a battle station for Mini-Cons, which Prime can stand in the centre of. The base features a central tower with a pop-out artillery emplacement and a mount for Prime's large cannon; a rotating missile-firing turret; two Mini-Con storage bays, one of which featured a manually-activated tab to launch Mini-Cons out; and two live [[Powerlinx]] hardpoints, one of which pops up a non-firing turret, the other activating a laser noise.

[[File:Armada JetOptimusMegaweapon toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Gunjob Spacepants! (''Jet Optimus on the left, Optimus Prime Megaweapon on the right'')]]
: Prime's cab and trailer can also combine to form his "[[Super Mode]]". Transforming the cab into the torso portion sends the transformation command to the trailer, which raises itself up off the ground to become a pair of immobile, statuesque legs (as long as you're not playing with it on carpet), and when the pair are connected, the Super Mode head pops up with a metallic shriek sound effect. Pressing the Autobot symbol on the figure's chest activates a pulsing laser sound effect, and the small grey button on his right shoulder illuminates his fist with a red LED, which can illuminate either of his guns, as well as the [[Star Saber (Armada)#Toys|Star Saber]] (the Star Saber was specifically cast in clear plastic for this purpose, but in practice, the light failed to carry even halfway up the blade). Prime's firing missile and Mini-Con activated gimmicks remain accessible in this mode, but look a bit doofy if you deploy them. The initial [[Hasbro]] release of Prime had tabs in its Super Mode shoulders that prevented them from rotating above the horizontal default position, so as not to break the wires that run through the toy's right arm. Coupled with the limited elbow joints, this left Optimus Prime able only to point his weapons towards the ground, and the tabs were removed on subsequent editions of the figure.

[[File:LOTM Convoy.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|(''Takara version pictured'')]]
: Instead of his trailer, Prime can alternately combine with ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#Toys|Jetfire]], who forms a pair of legs, as "'''Jet Prime'''" ('''Jet Optimus''' in the cartoon and Korea; "'''Jet Convoy'''" in Japan). In addition to this, ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Toys|Overload]] (Ultra Magnus in Japan and Korea) can form a pair of massive cannons that attach to either Prime's base mode, or mount over the shoulders of his Super Mode torso (with either his trailer or Jetfire as legs), forming '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon''' ('''Magna Convoy'''/'''Magna Jet Convoy''' in Japan; '''Magna Optimus'''/'''Magna Jet Optimus''' in Korea). When combined with Overload, Prime's smokestacks have to be removed, so that his smaller robot forearms' [[5 mm post]]s can plug into the designated ports on Overload. It appears that Overload wasn't entirely designed with the Jetfire combination in mind, as Jetfire's cockpit section interferes with Overload's speaker box, causing the cockpit to either pop off the friction hinge, or Overload to not sit properly in his designated spot with the 5 mm posts in Prime's smaller robot forearms, so one either has to remove the cockpit or leave Overload hanging "loosely" in the friction slots, without the 5 mm posts and ports lined up.

[[File:LOTM Convoy Combos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|'''From left to right:''' "Jet Convoy", "Magna Convoy", and "Magna Jet Convoy".]]
: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Legends of the Microns'' '''Convoy Super Mode''' and [[Sonokong]] ''Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron'' '''Super Optimus''' releases of Optimus Prime from the following year made a few changes, noticeably replacing the gold paint and plastic of the Hasbro toy with bright yellow and much brighter gold. The deco had been tweaked to be a bit closer to the original prototype glimpsed in early catalogs, with yellow added back to cab Prime's feet, the cab grill painted silver, and the Super Mode's waist getting much more paint. This version of the figure was never burdened with the mobility-inhibiting shoulder tabs of the initial Hasbro release. Completing the Super Mode combination triggers a new clip of Prime shouting "Convoy, Super Mode!" in Japanese instead of generic mechanical sounds. It's currently unknown what sounds the Korean release makes. There are two variants of the Takara packaging: one uses artwork closer to the toy's design and the other closer to the animation model.<ref>[https://x.com/doratimus_prime/status/1878032142548263130 MC-01 Convoy Super Mode package art variants]</ref>

: Care must be taken while articulating the toy's base-robot elbow joints, as the lower joint has been known to snap. This doesn't appear to be [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] like many in the [[fandom]] have hastily concluded—instead, it seems likely that the break occurs when the elbow joint is moved while the arms are positioned on the back of the combined mode, and have been forced ''just'' enough for them to break. To prevent this, pull the shoulder out and bend the elbow at the red joint first, before moving the arm in any other direction. Other uses of the mold have been known to break in the same place, in the exact same way, and with ''very'' noticeable stress marks, indicating no form of GPS is present. Remember, kids: if a figure breaks and leaves visible cracks and stress marks, it's ''not'' GPS. GPS occurs with no warning signs, and leaves a clean break. The rivets and pins in the elbows being misfired also likely play a big part in these breaks too.

: As the flagship toy of the line, this set was central to a number of [[campaign item|store-exclusive promotional freebies]] in Japan. Ito Yokaido offered one of the three [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#Undergrove|Undergrove Edition Destruction Microns]] with purchase in [[January]]. [[Toys"R"Us]] offered one of three [[Land Military Mini-Con Team#Ultimate|Ultimate Edition Land Military Microns]] in [[March]], with Hello Mac stores having the same offer in [[May]]. Most infamous though was [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores' [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#SpaceGalaxy|Space Galaxy Edition Destruction Micron]] promotion, where one member of this team was [[blindpacking|blind-packed]] into the actual Convoy Super Mode boxes in May. Yes, ''inside''. Good luck.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Armada Super Base Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Fans typically refer to this mold as "Bendy Prime", but it's really more of a shimmy-shimmy Prime. Mini-Con-activated shimmy-shimmy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Super-Con Class, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''STD Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MC-06'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Left & right smokestacks
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: This highly-poseable "Super-Con Class" version of ''Armada'' Optimus Prime is an entirely original mold, retaining the ability to tow Super Base Optimus Prime's trailer, though he cannot combine with it. He comes with the Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)#Toys|Over-Run]] (Surge in Japan), who can transform into a gun for him, or can peg onto the Powerlinx plug on Optimus's back to activate a double-fisted "punching" action. Like the Super Base figure, Prime has a flip-down chestplate, but in a deliberate choice he lacks a molded-in Matrix (though he does have a molded gap in the center where the Matrix would go, which ''does'' match the end of the show, after he [[:File:Armada 52 - Prime and no Matrix.jpg|relinquishes]] it).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Dlx Optimus does Not combine with Jetfire. He is able to pull the "big" optimus trailer. Dlx Optimus Mini-con feature is a punching feature, Arms move side to side. Dlx Optimus Mini-con Over-Run (silver-jet) will probably not be in the show. 98% of the Autobots/Decepticons are in the show. 65% of the available Mini-cons are in the show. with redecos and partner Mini-cons we are talking almost 75 Mini-cons! That is way to many to include in the show. To plate on Dlx Optimus opens up like "big" Optimus but the Matrix is not there.... (story TBD) "big" Optimus combines with Jetfire and a item to be shown later. SUPER COOL. Dlx Megatron is NOT planned. Thats the facts,|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=He might get small in the show for an episope, but it is not final. It would be a way to explain the scale change.|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref><ref>"So our idea was there that, yeah we had already done it for the 'super build' part of the torso and I think my thought process at the time—remember this is early days, I don't know everything future me would know—I was like well maybe he's this little guy and when he puts the Matrix in his chest that's when he becomes super. So the little guy wouldn't have the Matrix just sitting there, or maybe he hasn't earned it yet, or just some other… and you noticed it right, that it ''wasn't'' there so… that was the point."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2iKv7DrL4&t=1948s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2022/10/25]</ref> His smokestacks can be removed (and in many cases will simply fall off), but cannot peg together as a gun. Shipping in a great many waves throughout most of the later run of the line, Super-Con Optimus became a notorious [[shelfwarmer|pegwarmer]].

: The initial release of the figure featured silver lights on his roof; later on, the lights were changed to yellow, and later still, an Autobot emblem was added to the hood of the vehicle. These changes were not made on the Japanese release of the figure, which bore the unfortunate appellation of "STD", meaning "standard".<ref>Written in Japanese as {{ruby|STD|スタンダード}}コンボイ (''Sutandādo Konboi''). "STD" is actually a common naming format used in Japanese toylines that release a toy in two different sizes or price points; these usually being the smaller, "Standard" or "STD" release, and the larger "Deluxe" or "DX" (or something else along those lines) release. ''Legends of the Microns'' "Convoy Super Mode" (aka ''Armada'' Super Base Optimus Prime) would be the equivalent of a "DX" figure. Takara notably used these two price points and titles quite a bit during the [[Brave series|''Brave'' series]].</ref>

: The toy is notable for being one of the earliest instances of an important character receiving a second, more affordable toy without this being rationalised as an entirely new body in-fiction—as not all markets would receive the bigger price-points.<ref>"There was a very literal sense, even with ''Beast Wars'' and stuff, where we had to come up with a whole new gimmick for a reason to redo a different guy, right? We had to have Transmetals, Transmetals 2, and Fuzors and stuff like that. […] It had been traditionally: go, well, you put your high-end, most important characters, the leaders, in the highest price point—or a higher price point—so that you guarantee a certain level of sale I guess, or you're putting your best foot forward because you certainly don't want to have a high-end Rando, that would be even worse. So this was an opportunity where we were also, as co-development goes, trying to get more global, trying to expand the reach of just ''Transformers'' being in- England, Japan, Italy, […] North America let's call it. But there were still parts of the globe that couldn't engage with ''Transformers''; the price points weren't right, the scales weren't right, the- various things. So what that Optimus originally did—and would continue to do until the molds literally fell apart—was offer a more affordable leader character that is the primary character in the animation. So that was a very important step in this whole process to get Optimus at a ten-dollar-or-under price point."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2iKv7DrL4&t=1765s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2022/10/25]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/SuperConPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Armada Supercon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Armadatoy gold convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''''Kinpika'' Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, [[August]] 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

:This Japanese-exclusive [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metalized]] golden redeco of Convoy Super Mode, whose name means "Shining Golden", was available as a prize in several draws, including a colouring contest held in the pages of ''[[TV-Kun]]'' magazine, and in-store lottery draws at Tobu Department Stores. Between the draws, at least 58 "''Kinpika'' Convoy" toys are known to have been given away, making it one of the more widely available [[Lucky Draw figure]]s, comparatively speaking. It came packaged in a plain white box, and including all the accessories and features of the standard release of the figure, including a gold-chromed "Prime" Micron.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+super+mode+convoy/1084/gold+super+mode+convoy.html More information on Kinpika Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''
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[[File:Powelinx Armadaprime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Dracula Prime?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Super Base, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A late-run extensive redeco of the Super Base ''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy, "Powerlinx Optimus Prime" sports the darker color scheme the character takes on in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]] episode "[[Origin]]" following a Mini-Con power-up, but he is not precisely [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]]—the deco would later be fine-tuned with more accurate details for release in Japan as the Magna Convoy DX giftset ([[#MagnaConvoyDX|see below]]). In addition to now sporting fully-mobile Super Mode arms without the movement-impeding tabs, Prime still comes with all his features and accessories, though for this release, his Mini-Con partner Sparkplug got retooled with a new rear chassis and a blinged-out golden chrome body as "Corona Sparkplug".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Powerlinx Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Optimus Prime can't avoid his toy contracts even when he's dead!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Crystal Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, [[October]] 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Surge Mini-Con, left and right smokestacks

: A Japanese ''[[TV Magazine]]''-[[exclusive]], this release of the STD Convoy toy has almost all of his parts cast in translucent coloured plastics—hence the "crystal" moniker—representing the character's disembodied [[spark]] after his destruction in the ''Armada'' cartoon episode "[[Crisis (Armada)|Crisis]]" and resurrection in "[[Miracle (episode)|Miracle]]". What that means for poor "Surge" (Over-Run), also cast in translucent plastic, we couldn't say! Available via mail-order, only 5000 pieces were distributed in October of 2003.
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[[File:Armada-optimus-prime-gold-kmart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A K-Mart-exclusive set released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]" (the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly busy shopping day of the year), this set consists of Super Base "Powerlinx Optimus Prime" (not to be confused with the ''actual'' Powerlinx Optimus Prime), "[[Jetfire (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Powerlinx Jetfire]]" (again, not really), their respective partner Mini-Cons "Corona Sparkplug" (seriously, not that ''actual'' Corona Sparkplug) and [[Comettor (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team#MatrixMultipack|Adventure Mini-Con Team]], and oddly enough, [[Longarm (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Longarm]]. Optimus Prime's red plastics and paint were replaced with gold, the only changes made to anyone in the set. It is this set from which the name of Optimus Prime's combined mode with Jetfire, "Jet Prime", comes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/KMartPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Battle for the Matrix Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Armada MagnaConvoyDX1.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I think he needs another gun.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: This set is a [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan exclusive, consisting of "Convoy Final Battle Coloration" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime), redecoed with more show-accurate colours, principally a silver [[mouthplate]] instead of red and varying color saturation from the Hasbro version), "[[Overload (Armada)#MagnaConvoy|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]", and an exclusive [[Exdimensions]] redeco of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team#Exdimension|Street Action Microns]]. This set is entirely "new" content not available in the normal mass-retail ''Legends of the Microns'' line, and is also the last release of Exdimensions Microns. Rather than come with individual bio cards for the various characters, the set came with only a single card for the combined "Magna Convoy" form.
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==''Built to Rule!''==
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[[File:BTR-toy Optimus-Armada.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"My Matrix for a quick death." (How could this happen to me?)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:''Armada'' ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Optimus Prime transforms into a fair approximation of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], but the robot mode is quite inaccurate, due to the very broad, flat Trans-Skeleton with thin, stick-like limbs attached to it. The set came with a very simplistic "Mini-Con" Sparkplug partner kit that did have a more dedicated "Powerlinx" connector than the standard construction pegs, though these are a bit too thin to be used as attachment points for regular Mini-Cons (they stay, sort of, but it's a very loose connection). The 101-piece set also features pressure-launch missile-firing "smokestack" cannons.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTROptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Built to Rule! Armada Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BTR EnergonPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Blocktimus Prime]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Built to Rule!, [[2005]])}}</ul>
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles''

: The ''Energon'' version of ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Optimus Prime was designed with a much more solid skeleton with larger, blockier limbs. He can be rebuilt from a Cybertronic truck cab with a trailer-mounted, pressure-launch dual-missile cannon (with electronic lights and sounds) to a robot, to basically whatever you feel like doing with the parts.

: Unfortunately, due to the slow performance of the ''Built to Rule!'' line overall, the ''Energon'' versions only had a limited, test-market release initially in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. The sets later filtered out into many Tuesday Morning and Ollie's chain stores at drastically dropped prices.
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==''Energon''==
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[[File:Energon Prime toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Form feet and legs! Form arms and body! And I'll form... the head!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, [[2003]]/[[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Grand Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''SC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 25]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': "Fire-1", "Copter-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing)}}

: Leader Class ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Optimus Prime transforms into a Cybertronic short-nosed truck cab. A switch on his back offers four selectable sound effects, each one corresponding to one member of the [[Prime Force]] ("Grand Force" in Japan), the four drone vehicles contained within Prime's parallelogram-shaped trailer. A tiny, slightly recessed button above the switch activates the sounds. When Prime transforms to [[robot mode]], the trailer stands upright to become a launch base of sorts for the Prime Force, with three of the trailer's four storage compartments featuring launching mechanisms that propel the vehicles into action. The Prime Force consists of "Fire-1", a fire truck with an extending ladder and rotating turret; "Copter-2" ("Gyro-2" in Japan), a helicopter with spinning rotors; "Digger-3", a drill tank with a gear-wheel-activated spinning drill; and "Submarine-4", a submarine with opening capture claws beneath its bow. The four interchangeable drones can combine with Prime to create his [[Super Mode]]; any drone is capable of forming any limb. When in Super Mode, Prime's chest panels are opened, in turn pressing a button on his side that creates more electronic sounds and lights up a red LED in his chest, representing the [[Spark of Combination]].

: Prime is armed with a spring-loaded missile launcher that stores on the rear of his truck mode (which becomes the backpack of his robot mode) when not in use. Like most of the weapons of the ''Energon'' line, it sports a [[5 mm post]], allowing it to be held by most every ''Energon'' figure, to combine with assorted other weapons and [[energon weapon]]s released in the series, and to peg into numerous compatible ports shared by many figures, like the hole in the radar of Prime's own trailer, or even conveniently placed 5mm screw holes like those of the Prime Force.

[[File:Energontoy prime combinations.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
:In lieu of combining with the Prime Force, Optimus Prime can also merge with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Toys|Wing Saber]] in a similar fashion, with Wing Saber splitting into four components that connect to Prime as limbs. Wing Saber's red and white torso components can become arms for Prime while his legs attach to Prime's own, creating Prime's "Flight Mode", but the parts can also be swapped around, with Wing Saber's legs deploying large missile launchers and becoming arms to make Prime's "Fight Mode" (both forms are just called "Wing Convoy" in Japan). Alternately, Prime can combine with ''Energon'' [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to form what his packaging calls "Powerlinx Omega Supreme" ("Optimus Supreme" in the cartoon; "Omega Convoy" in Japan). The Prime Force drones can attach to four connectors on Optimus Supreme's body.

: The earliest releases of ''Energon'' Optimus Prime have no ridges on the inside of the chest windows, and a different head sculpt featuring an [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]-style mouth-slit in his mouthplate. This was soon replaced with a full mouthplate, and it was this version of the toy which appeared in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]] and was released by Takara. Other changes made to the Takara ''Super Link'' "Grand Convoy" release of the toy involved a chromed front grill, more vibrant plastic colors on Digger-3 and Submarine-4, a darker blue plastic on Prime himself, and more intricate [[paint operation]]s. Takara's release also lacks the electronic sound effects seen in Hasbro's version, which were also commonly gutted for the Japanese releases of any Autobot toys who had them, though Prime still retains his light-up chest.

: The Takara's Grand Convoy was also tied to a number of [[campaign item|store-exclusive promotional items]], namely a series of unique-colors [[energon weapon]]s. In late December/early January, buying the toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores netted you the [[:File:En-toy EnergonSpear-CoronaFlame F2F.jpg|Energy Spear Corona Flame Edition]], the [[:File:En-toy EnergyAxe-BlackHole.jpg|Energy Axe Black Hole Edition]] at Ito Yokado, and finally the [[:File:En-toy EnergonSpear-RoyalClear F2F.jpg|Energy Spear Royal Clear Edition]] came with buying Grand Convoy at Hello Mac, Posful, Pelican, Joshin Denki & Heiwado stores. Later in [[July]], Grand Convoy and Wing Saber were the promo-buy-items for the [[:File:En-toy EnergyCutter-DaylightAttack.jpg|Energy Cutter Daylight Attack Edition]] and [[:File:En-toy EnergonBlade-PhantomNight F2F.jpg|Energy Blade Night Phantom Edition]], but this promotion was never advertised, and the most information anyone could get out of Takara's customer service after the fact was that they were available at "1500 select stores".

: The mouth-plated version of this mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Snake" [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Platinum Edition|Optimus Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Energon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy sl grand convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Those upper legs vs. [[Chun-Li]]'s - whose are more powerful??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy''' (2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''SC-13'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 25]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': Rifle

: As had first been done in the ''Armada'' line, Takara elected to supplement their release of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy figure with a new-mold Combat Class-sized toy called "SL Grand Convoy" ({{ruby|S|スーパー}}{{ruby|L|リンク}}グランドコンボイ, pronounced "Super Link Grand Convoy"). Coming without his trailer, the Grand Force, or electronics, this Grand Convoy discarded the larger toy's ability to form his Super Mode in favor of being able to [[Powerlinx]] with the other compatible toys of the ''Super Link'' line, forming either a torso or a pair of legs that the other Cybertrons (Autobots) could connect to. Like the ''Legends of the Microns'' "STD Convoy", this one too was on the small side for its "size class", but just as that figure could, this small Convoy can still tow the Leader-sized figure's trailer.

: Customers who bought this toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores received the [[:File:En-toy EnergyAxe-VioletCluster.jpg|Energy Axe Violet Cluster Edition]] as a [[campaign item|freebie]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/PXOptimusPrime/pxoptimusprime.htm More information on SL Grand Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:En-toy OptimusPrime SLGrandKicker.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Kicker! I have escaped from the box! I'll come back for you!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy & Kicker''' (multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''SS-03'''
:*''Release date'': March 25, 2004
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

:A slight redeco of Takara's Combat Class-size Grand Convoy was released as part of a special set commemorating both the 20th anniversary of ''Transformers'' and the 30th anniversary of its progenitor, ''[[Microman]]''. Coming with an exclusive metallic redeco of Takara's [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], which was based on the ''Microman'' body, this Grand Convoy featured a chromed grill where the original had painted plastic, and supposedly slightly shinier plastics. ''Very'' slightly.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/AnnivGrandConvoy/grandconvoy.htm More information on 20th Anniversary SL Grand Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy prime vs megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime versus Megatron''' (2-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: The SS-03 version of Takara's Combat Class-sized Optimus figure, based on the Anniversary release, was released in Hasbro markets in a two-pack with the smaller Japanese Mega Class-sized "[[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Energon|Galvatron]]" figure (aka Takara's release of Megatron). There are some tiny but notable differences between this and the Anniversary figure; the Hasbro version uses a more neutral dark-gray for the main body as opposed to the Takara version's blue-tinted dark-gray, plain dark-blue plastic rather than dark-blue-with-sparkles, and plain yellow paint for the cab's lights rather than sparkly-yellow/gold.

: This set was a Toys"R"US-[[exclusive]] in the US, but sold at pretty much any retailer that wanted to carry it elsewhere in the world.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/PXOptimusPrime/pxoptimusprime.htm More information on Deluxe Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy gold grand convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Core Change: '''Re-Rising Gundam!'''"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Gold Grand Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' "Fire-1", "Gyro-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

: This golden-chromed redeco of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy figure was initially offered as a prize to five lucky winners of a colouring contest held in the pages of the ''TV Magazine''. Additional units were later given away via in-store draws at Toys"R"Us Japan; precisely how many is unknown, but the regularity with which the toy appeared on auction sites throughout 2005 suggests it was quite a few.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+grand+convoy/1094/gold+grand+convoy.html More information on Gold Grand Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Firegrandconvoy.JPG|upright=1.67|thumb|Am I Fire Guts or Burning Convoy? I can't decide!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Fire SL Grand Convoy''' (''TV Magazine''-exclusive, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: This vibrant red and orange redeco of the Combat Class-sized Grand Convoy figure was a ''TV Magazine'' exclusive, limited to 3,000 pieces. It shipped in a unique monochrome red version of the traditional ''Super Link'' packaging, and did not include a character card.

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[[File:Energontoy gold sl convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy Mekki Version''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: Released as part of the "W Convoy" campaign ("Double" Convoy, that is!) alongside a silver chrome version of "[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus Convoy]]", this gold chrome "Mekki" ("plating") version of the Combat Class-sized Grand Convoy toy was available only as a prize in a mail-in [[Robot Point]]s contest. Initially limited to 20 units in the original draw, it appears that many more were made available through toy store drawings, given how many went on to appear on online auction sites through 2005 and 2006.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+sl+grand+convoy/1091/gold+sl+grand+convoy.html More information on SL Grand Convoy Mekki Version at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Energontoy costco prime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|How many times has this set been reused?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Overload with Rollout & Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A [[Costco]]-exclusive redeco of the ''Armada'' Super Base Optimus Prime toy in black, yellow, and brick red, it also came with a redeco of ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Energon|Overload]]. It is from this set that the name of Prime's combined form with Overload, "Optimus Prime Megaweapon", comes (though the term "Megaweapon" first appeared on Powerlinx Optimus Prime's packaging).

: The stock images to the right are not accurate to the final product. All of Optimus Prime's translucent parts on the final figure are yellow. This includes the windshield, the smokestacks, his rifle, the sensor on the trailer, and the flip-up screen in the trailers' base mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/CostcoPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Costco Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Energontoy custom color prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grand Convoy Custom Color Version''' (Lucky Draw Figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''SC-01'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Fire-1", "Gyro-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

: The color scheme of this special redeco of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy was decided through a colouring contest held in the [[December]] 2004 issue of ''TV Magazine'', in which entrants coloured in lineart of Convoy in the scheme they wanted to see. The winning entry rendered Convoy in a… ''distinct'' palette of grey, cream, dark red, and purple chrome, with blue, white, and yellow drones. It was limited to only ten pieces, making it one of the rarer ''Transformers'' toys in existence.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/custom+grand+convoy/1105/custom+grand+convoy.html More information on Custom Color Grand Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Energontoy unreleased prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, unreleased)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Fire-1", "Copter-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

:A redeco of the Leader Class Optimus Prime mold with a primarily red cab, much deeper blue, and a Prime Force uniformly colored in black was planned to be released with ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] as a [[Target]]-exclusive. The toy got far enough along in development to have package artwork created by [[Dan Khanna]], which was later revealed online, but it was canceled shortly before making it to full production. Its red, white, and black coloration earned it the festive nickname of "Santa Prime" among fans online.

::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/energon-autobots-166/optimus-prime-with-mini-optimus-prime-unreleased-4079/ More information on this unreleased Optimus Prime at TFW2005]''
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==''Cybertron''==
[[File:Cybertrontoy leader optimus prime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Well... a fire truck is bigger." (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Galaxy Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Matrix [[Cyber Key]]
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''l8p3'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: The first ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Optimus Prime toy transforms into a heavily-armed fire truck of made-up model, topped with two large cannons. The cannons and the sides of the truck fold down to create an unlikely flight mode for the vehicle. His right-side cannon fires a spring-loaded missile, while plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into its key jack pops two more spring-loaded missile launchers out from its sides. Plugging a Cyber Key into his left-side cannon opens up the cannon's outer casing, revealing the inner barrel, lighting the red LED at its tip and playing an electronic "charging up" noise. Pressing the small blue button just over the battery casing plays a "firing" sound effect with accompanying light flash. In this mode, he can also deploy ''another'' pair of (non-firing) cannons from under the main cannons.

: In true Prime style, the forward portion of the vehicle mode detaches to become Optimus himself, while the rear "trailer" transforms into a gun emplacement. In robot mode, the barrel of the missile-launching cannon detaches to become a hand-held rifle. Atypical of most Unicron Trilogy figures, Prime's hands are ''not'' designed to accommodate weapons with [[5 mm post]]s, instead featuring a small peg-hole in his palm that allows him to tightly grip objects designed to fit there, like his own rifle, [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Toys|Leobreaker]]'s whip, ''Cybertron'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber's]] swords, and ''Cybertron'' [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Metroplex]]'s [[Sparkdrinker|axe]]. However, Wing Saber's sword hilts ''can'' be used as adaptors, allowing Prime to hold and use 5mm weapons. His chest has a compartment to hold his removable Matrix of Leadership accessory; Prime's gigantic hands mean that he can't hold it especially ''neatly'', but he can certainly get a grip on it.

: Of course, Optimus can transform into a Super Mode by combining with his vehicle-mode back end, which becomes a massive winged backpack with under-slung main guns, and a pair of large boots, with the non-firing cannons ending up around his knees. To complete his Super Mode look, a small lever of the back of Prime's head raises his traditional mouthplate into place, covering his Optimus Primal-style mouth slot, and two "crests" fold out from either side of his helmet. Hasbro's instructions and stock photography awkwardly orient the wings so that the two cannons point ''over'' Prime's shoulders; the cartoon portrayed them in the under-slung orientation, as would all subsequent Hasbro redecos of the toy. In Super Mode, Prime is a rather top-heavy robot, and his hip joints are not that tight, which makes standing him up a challenging prospect.

: In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Voyager|Leobreaker]] to form "Savage Claw Mode", which sees the feline Autobot become a gigantic clawed arm for his leader. Alternately, if Prime's backpack is removed, he can merge with [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber]] into "Sonic Wing Mode", with the aerial ace forming a new winged backpack and chestplate for Optimus, and providing him with new hand-held sword weapons and firing missile launchers that connect to his Super Mode boots. The nature of the combination means that the two partners cannot combine with Prime at once—at least, not without physically removing one of Prime's own arms.

: The Takara ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Galaxy Convoy" version of the toy was released first, and features a number of paint differences from the later Hasbro ''Cybertron'' release. The most immediately-noticeable is that Galaxy Convoy's unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key has its "frame" painted gold, where Optimus's is unpainted clear-blue plastic, save for the Autobot symbol and the Hasbro-only [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] printed on its back. The other differences are small but numerous: Galaxy Convoy has more thoroughly painted knees, main cannons and leg-armor cannons, the signal lights above the cab are painted yellow, his leg-wheel hubcaps are painted gold, and his nose is inexplicably painted silver. Galaxy Convoy's wings are also held in place with long metal pins, where the Hasbro version has them just held in place with friction so they can pop off rather than ''break'' off if the toy is dropped.

: Galaxy Convoy was three-part [[AEON|JUSCO]] promotion, tied to the release of Ligerjack and the ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Hybrid Style|THS-01 Galaxy Convoy]] in late April: buying him netted you the free all-white version of [[Hellflame Mini-Con Team|Hellflame Micron]] [[Quasar]]. (Buying the other two toys got you the other two all-white Hellflame Microns.)

: Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right: in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded around to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOC CybertronPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Takara's version pictured on the left, Hasbro's version pictured on the right.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)}}</ul>

: [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] Optimus is a very simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime, with no weapons or trailer, just the front portion of the truck. It transforms into the standard robot mode, with a very similar transformation scheme to the full-sized toy, and has no useful articulation of the shoulders.

: The figure was released in Japan under the "EZ Collection" banner, in the same packaging as the Hasbro release but with a small card insert featuring the Japanese logo and nomenclature, similar to a [[USA Edition]]. As with all the EZ Collection figures, this release features a substantially greater number of paint operations that increase Optimus's resemblance to his larger figure.

: This mold was redecoed to create ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Menasor (G1)#Classics|Menasor]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hot Zone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/LOCOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:GF MetallicGalaxyConvoy Legends toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|To [[scale]] with something? Blasphemy!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Megalo Convoy''' (Leader Class, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''GC-23'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 29]], 2005

: A special metallic-paint version of Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime was included with the Takara ''Galaxy Force'' release of [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Megalo Convoy aka Metroplex]], as a demonstration of their actual size difference as depicted on the television series.

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[[File:Cybertrontoy gold galaxy convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Gold Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This gold-chrome and clear-plastic redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure was first offered as a prize in a mail-in contest held through ''[[TV Magazine]]'' alongside a silver chrome version of the same toy ([[#SilverGF|see below]]). Both figures were later made available again as prizes in a second contest in the September 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', together with "Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version" (again, [[#CustomGF|see below]]).

: Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right, in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded round to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+galaxy+convoy/1099/gold+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Gold Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy silver galaxy convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Silver Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This silver-chromed redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure first saw the light of day as a prize in a ''TV Magazine'' mail-in, offered alongside a gold chrome version of the same toy ([[#GoldGF|see above]]). Both figures were later made available again as prizes in a second contest in the September 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', together with "Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version" ([[#CustomGF|see below]]). Despite being offered in equal quantities in these contests, this silver version is apparently much harder to come by.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/silver+galaxy+convoy/1797/silver+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Silver Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy custom color convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It's not that easy being Prime.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: One of the single rarest [[Lucky Draw figure]]s in existence, this "Custom Color" redeco of Super Optimus Prime was limited to only ''one'' in the world. It was the grand prize of a coloring contest held in September 2005's ''TV Magazine'', in which entrants colored in line-art of Prime with the deco they wanted to see. The winning entry was in green, blue and gold, while ten runners-up received one of five gold or five silver Lucky Draw versions of Prime.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/custom+colour+galaxy+convoy/1104/custom+colour+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Custom Color Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy ez clear optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''EZ Collection Clear Set''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>

: A Takara exclusive multi-pack of "EZ Collection" [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#EZClear|Megatron]], Optimus Prime and [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#EZClear|Starscream]] recast the figures using primarily clear plastics; in Prime's cast, both his blue and red plastics became translucent. A mail-away exclusive to ''[[TV Magazine]]'' in October 2005, the set was limited to 3000 pieces.

::*''[http://plasticcrack.net/archives/2007/07/photo-review-takara-galaxy-force-ez-telemag-exclusive-3pack More information on the EZ Collection multi-pack at PlasticCrack.net]

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[[File:Cybertrontoy sonic convoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm gorgeously shiny!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sonic Convoy''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''EX-02'''
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This redeco of Leader-class Optimus Prime replaced most of the plastics in the cab robot with colored translucent equivalents. He also has numerous chromed parts, including chrome-silver wrist-pipes, red chrome window frames and side-cannons, and a chromed Autobot symbol on his Key. His trailer remained opaque, but was cast in much deeper red plastic, with a more metallic silver used for his cannons. He also lacks the weird silver nose-paint, and has the Hasbro trailer assembly with the pop-off-able wings.

: He was available only in a [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan exclusive giftset released in October 2005, packed in with a redeco of [[Wing Saber (Energon)#SonicConvoy|Wing Saber]] and the [[Cobybot|Coby ''Sen'yō'' Ramble]].

: None of the toys in this box set were given bio cards. Aww.

::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/galaxy-force-cybertrons-341/galaxy-convoy-clear-2412 More information on Sonic Convoy at TFW2005]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy gold ez convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Megalo Convoy Gold Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>

: A golden-chrome redeco of ''Cybertron'' Metroplex was offered as a contest prize in the December 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', and came with an equally blinged-out Legends/EZ Collection Optimus Prime figure. Fifteen of this set were available as prizes in the initial contest; a single Metroplex was later offered as one of many prizes in a Takara website contest, but this version came only with the standard metallic paint version of Prime.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+galaxy+convoy/1103/gold+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Gold EZ Collection Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy ridprime magnus 2pack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cannon, 2 missiles

: A red redeco of the 2003 ''Universe'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Cybertron|Optimus Prime]] was sold with a repackaged version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] Ultra Magnus in a [[Costco]]-[[exclusive]] multi-pack in 2005. Sold under the ''Cybertron'' banner, their continuity of origin was ambiguous for years until clarified in 2015 by the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]].

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[[File:Cyb GalaxyForceOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Sowing confusion on message boards everywhere.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Force Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''lo9x'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released in fourth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Leaders, this redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure introduced a new color scheme that several other tail-end releases would emulate. Taking its name from the Takara version of ''Cybertron'' and with a bio noting that this new body depicts Prime after he embarks on his galaxy-spanning mission at the end of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon, "Galaxy Force" Optimus Prime replaces the original toy's blue parts with black and the translucent blue with smokey clear, and molds several—but not all—grey parts out of red plastic, including the toy's rifles, rail gun covers, missile launchers, and Super Mode leg guns. In the realm of new paint operations, Prime now sports all four Cyber Planet Key symbols on his shoulders, and his unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key finally has a gold-painted border, as it had always had in Japan. Additionally, Prime's hip joints were tightened up with this release, making it easier to stand him up in Super Mode.

: This toy was later re-released in a [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] multi-pack ([[##VsCrumplezone|see below]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/GFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Galaxy Force Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=1839 More information on Galaxy Force Optimus Prime at Transformers Universe]''

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[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You've [[:File:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|already]] [[:File:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|bought]] [[:Nemesis Prime (Armada)|me]] [[:Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Universe|five]] [[:File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|times!]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left and right smokestacks, Cybertron Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d56b'''
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Premiering in the eighth wave of ''Cybertron'' Deluxes, this Optimus is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[#Super-Con|Super-Con ''Armada'' Optimus Prime]], recolored in red and black to resemble the Leader Class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure.

: He does not come with the mold's nominal Mini-Con partner. Instead, Optimus Prime and his [[wave]]-mate [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron|Demolishor]] debuted a new brand of Cyber Key: [[retool]]ed from the standard Cybertron style key, this version lacked a sculpted [[insignia]], so that any symbol could be [[tampograph]]ed on to it, and featured a [[Mini-Con]]-style [[Powerlinx]] socket on the back, allowing it to operate the figure's formerly-Mini-Con-activated "punching" feature without the figure itself having to be retooled.

: The key sports a tampographed Autobot insignia, a red border, and the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "d56b" tampographed on the back. This code, when entered on Hasbro's website, was ''supposed'' to unlock additional information on the character or the toy, but due to an error on behalf of Hasbro, it unlocked information intended for his wave-mate Demolishor. Optimus Prime's information was instead unlocked using the code "dt67", which was on the back of Demolishor's Cyber Key.

: As was the case with the ''Universe'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Universe .282003.29|"Battle in a Box" Ultra Magnus]] release of this sculpt, initial shipments of Optimus Prime had the forearms [[Misassembly|swapped]], leaving his elbow joints useless. This was corrected for later shipments. A further [[variant|running change]] saw tampographed graphics depicting the four planet symbols added to the truck mode's cab.

: This sculpt was later redecoed once again for a 2008 ''Universe'' [[#Universe (2008)|multi-pack version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/DlxOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Deluxe Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Cybertron GFOptimusPrime Legends toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Cause we gotta little ol' convoy, rockin' through the night]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)}}</ul>

: Like the Deluxe Class figure before it, this redeco of ''Legends of Cybertron'' Optimus Prime was designed to resemble the Leader class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure, essentially replacing the blue with black, the yellow with silver and adding the Cyber Key symbol tampographs onto his shoulders. It was released in the fourth and final wave of the ''Cybertron'' Legends-class assortment.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/LOCGFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on "Galaxy Force" Legends Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime beast toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|It's a Double [[Garry Chalk]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories''" "'Jet-powered' flying board", missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d7s9'''
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Available in the ninth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Deluxes, this unusual iteration of Optimus Prime is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Optimus Primal]], transforming into a robotic gorilla in the pseudo-[[technorganic]]-looking style of the other [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] toys. He comes with a "'jet-powered' flying board" with two [[5 mm post|5mm post]]s at the base, allowing him to ride it in his gorilla mode, or hold it in robot mode via the 5mm posts on his robot palms/gorilla feet. When a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted at the rear of the board, a spring-loaded extending "assault blade" deploys, and a trigger is revealed to allow one to use the spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Though it is not intended to be removed, the blade can be popped off and held in Primal's hand thanks to his poseable thumbs.

: This figure contains an unusual amount of sculpted detail on the inside of the plastic. The gorilla mode's chest has a ribcage, and the inside of the gorilla's face has a sculpted microphone, which lines up perfectly with the robot mode's head! Also, opening this toy's chest in robot mode reveals sculpted detail resembling the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] as it appeared in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. His beast mode features a painted scar over his one eye, a seeming homage to Peter Jackson's ''[[King Kong]]'' (released the previous year).

: While this mold was first released as part of the ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' line and is obviously meant to be Optimus Primal, it was developed to fit in with ''Cybertron's'' Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" the ''Beast Wars'' Anniversary release didn't pan out (according to [[Aaron Archer]]'s statements at [[BotCon 2005]]).

: This mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2014]] [[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Apelinq]] and [[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Jungle Planet Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy prime wingsaber 2pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime / Wing Saber''' (Multi-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key

: Released in Fall of 2006, this Costco-exclusive two-pack bundled the original version of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure with his combination partner [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber]] and a DVD including the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] episode "[[United (episode)|United]]".

: This set comes in a particularly huge box, and sold for $35.99, five dollars less than the MSRP for Optimus Prime by ''himself''. Now that's a deal!

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[[File:Cybertrontoy LOCtarget4pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Megatron / Soundwave / Jetfire / Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2007)}}</ul>

: This four pack of Legend-class Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#LegendsMegs|Megatron]], [[Jetfire (Armada)#LOC|Jetfire]], and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)#Legends|Soundwave]] was exclusive to [[Target]] stores. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.
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==''Hybrid Style''==
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[[File:HybridStyletoy galaxyconvoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Galaxy Convoy''' ([[2006]])
**''ID number:'' '''THS-01'''
**''Accessories'': Trailer/backpack, leg armor (x2), standard head, Super Mode head, left and right fists, left and right pointing hands, left and right open hands, left and right gripping hands, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip (x2)

:The first in TakaraTomy's ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' series, Galaxy Convoy is a partly die-cast figure with scaled-down equivalents of the accessories that came with the Leader-class figure. This highly-intricate figure retains all the transformation abilities of the original figure—vehicle, flight mode, robot, and Super Mode—and even its Cyber Key-activated features (even coming with two keys so they can be deployed simultaneously), with additional touches like spring-loaded mechanisms that snap his cannons into place, and hand-grips on the weapons for Super Mode. While he does lack electronics or firing missiles, Prime still includes his Matrix, super-tiny yet still removable, and has four alternate sets of hands: two clenched fists, two with pointing index fingers, two with splayed palms, and two curved hands for holding his various weapon handles. Given the figure's small size, a reconfigurable head was infeasible, so it also comes with an alternate Super Mode head with a mouthplate and crests deployed, though the standard head must be attached in order for the figure to be transformed to vehicle mode.

: Starting in late April, customers who purchased this toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores received an exclusive all-white version of the [[campaign item|promotional freebie]] [[Hellflame Mini-Con Team|Hellflame Micron]] [[Graviton (Cybertron)|Graviton]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/HybridGalaxyConvoy/galaxyconvoy.htm More information on Hybrid Style Galaxy Convoy at TFU.info]
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==''Classics''==
[[File:Classicstoy legends cybertron prime.jpg|thumb|125px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends, [[2007]])

: Bizarrely enough, Optimus Prime was one of three ''Cybertron'' Legends toys straight-released in ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' packaging, though with the modifier "Cybertron Collection" printed on the cardfront. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.
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==''Transformers'' (2007)==
[[File:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

: A Target exclusive, this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Movie Legends Optimus Prime]], Legends of Cybertron Megatron and [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Movie Legends Megatron]]. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.
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==''Universe'' (2008)==
[[File:Universe2008toy BftCPK optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Battle for the Cyber Planet Keys''' (Sam's Club exclusive multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Left and right smokestacks, Cybertron Cyber Key
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: For ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'', a redeco of the ''Armada'' Super-Con [[#Super-Con|Optimus Prime]] in more Generation 1-inspired colors was released in a [[Sam's Club]] exclusive five-pack alongside [[Runamuck (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Runamuck]], [[Longrack (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Longrack]], [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Blurr (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Blurr]]. Optimus was the only toy in the set different from the original releases. He came with a translucent red version of the remolded style of Cyber Key previously included with this mold's release during the ''Cybertron'' line, featuring a Powerlinx port to activate his punching gimmick.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/SamsClubOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Universe Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaSuperConOptimusPrimeMold}}

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[[File:Universe2008CybOptimusPrimeAndCrumplezone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Crumplezone''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, three missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key

: This Costco exclusive set contains [[#LeaderGalaxyForce|Leader-class "Galaxy Force" Optimus Prime]] and the original [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Crumplezone]]. Both toys were unchanged from their previous individual releases.
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==''Bot Shots''==
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[[File:BotShots JumpShot Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''515'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''625'''
***''Sword strength'': '''475'''

: Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, this new-mold Optimus Prime is heavily based on ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], transforming from a robot armed with a gun, into a futuristic firetruck. As a Jump Shot, he springs up when auto-transforming.

:He was redecoed into [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSJSOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Jump Shot Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots 3pack Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Cindersaur / Autobot Jazz''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BP008'''
***''Fist strength'': '''404'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''854'''
***''Sword strength'': '''362'''

: Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 three-packs, this redeco of Jump Shot Optimus Prime has a brighter red, a painted silver forehead crest and "nose-strap", blue windows, and glossy blue paint on his legs, head, and firefighting section, among other minor deco changes. He comes with [[Cindersaur (G1)|Jump Shot Cindersaur]] and [[Jazz (G1)/toys#SuperBot|Super Bot Autobot Jazz]].

:The second wave of Series 2 three-packs didn't reach mass retail in the United States, only showing up in discount stores like Ross.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSJS3pkOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on 3-pack Jump Shot Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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==''Platinum Edition''==
[[File:PlatinumEditiontoy-YOTSOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Platimus.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Year of the Snake exclusive, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Firetruck drone, helicopter drone, drill tank drone, submarine drone, trailer, rifle, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Snake" Optimus Prime is a redeco of [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'']] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|Super Class Optimus Prime]] inspired by his [[Show-accuracy|Generation 1 color scheme]]. In lieu of combining with his drones, Optimus Prime can also combine with ''Platinum Edition'' [[Omega Supreme (WFC)#Platinum Edition|Omega Supreme]] to form what his instructions ''also'' call "Super Optimus Prime". The drones are color-matched to Omega Supreme, and can attach to four connectors on his body. In an undocumented feature, Prime can also merge with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Energon|Wing Saber]].

:Though the [[stock photography]] shows the original mouthed-face head and smooth inner chest windows, the final toy uses the face-plated head and ridged inner windows. The [[packaging]]'s [[bio]] is every [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] bio ever (well, [[Optimus Prime (SG)|mostly]]), [[Ask Vector Prime]] would eventually declare him to be a version of Unicron Trilogy Optimus.

:''Platinum Edition'' Optimus Prime is exclusive to BigBadToyStore and Amazon.com in America, but was also released at Philippine mass retail in limited quantities, in Australia as a Kmart exclusive and in Canada as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. All electronics have been omitted from this version, even the light-up feature retained by Takara's Superlink release, trading the LED for an open hole in the chest.
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==''Kre-O''==
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Mini-Con Combiners, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': Bazooka, [[Phaser (weapon)|phaser]], Uzi, scoped pistol, [[Klingon]] blaster

:"Mini-Con Combiner"' Optimus comes with one standard Kreon and four ''Cityville''-syle mini-Kreons of the same character, each one a different incarnation from various franchises. With some extra parts, the mini-Kreons become limbs to make a larger combiner-bot.

: Two of his limbs are based on ''Armada'' Optimus Prime; one "normal" (Inferno helmet), one pre-[[Earth]]-body (Knock Out helmet). The main torso-bot is based on Generation 1 Optimus's original body. Another limb-bot is based on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action Optimus]] (Soundwave helmet), and the remaining one (Ironhide helmet)... actually looks to be based on the Optimus-like-but-not-Optimus [[Micromaster]] [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]! The heck?

:[https://www.seibertron.com/events/fullsize.php?event_id=400&size=1&image=29 First shown at New York Toy Fair 2015], the Mini-Con Combiners were apparently cancelled without fanfare... a decision that must have come late in the day, as they went on to star in their own promotional animation, "[[Stuck in a Tree]]", released about eight months after the trade show.
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==''War for Cybertron: Siege''==
[[File:WFC-Siege-WFC-S40-Leader-Class-Galaxy-Upgrade-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Technically not ''Cybertron'' Optimus by this wiki's classification.]]
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#S40}}

:The [[2019]] ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' includes "Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime", which is based heavily on ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime in its vehicle and Super modes.
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==Canceled prototype==
[[File:Generations_Armada_Convoy_Prototype.jpeg|thumb|''Life could be a dream...'']]
*'''Armada Convoy'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]]}}

:Revealed as a grayscale prototype at the [[Wonder Festival]] [[2019]] Winter convention, this Voyager-sized Optimus Prime mold is modelled after his ''Armada'' design, though adding many stylized details. Though a pair of hands are visible in the hollows of his legs, the prototype was not designed with a super-mode conversion<ref>{{citesocial|quote=When I [pitched ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime] to TT, I actually sent over the Wondercon Takara Tomy prototype image that was shown at that event. They explained to me that the grey model their domestic team showed off did not have the super mode combining ability.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr2DhHyscWT/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=05|day=05}}</ref> (and was likely too early in its production to be able to change at all).

:TakaraTomy claimed at Wonder Festival [[2020]] Winter that this figure was not "cancelled", but was not a development priority at that time, and that its proper toyline was not determined.<ref>[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/2020-winter-wonder-festival-information.1188365/page-21#post-17643985 Report from Gamerlingual on the TFW2005 Forums, 9 February 2020]</ref> [[#Legacy|An entirely different tooling of the character]] was later released as part of the ''Legacy'' line; Hasbro had requested the prototype model from Takara, but by that point it had been misplaced, so the Commander Class toy was developed from scratch.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The Takara Prime was developed by a different team at Takara that doesn’t work with the Hasbro toy team, the Hasbro team asked for it but the model couldn’t be located, so the Commander toy was made from scratch. I think it turned out for the better.|link=https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/28/sdcc-2023-hasbro-show-floor-qa-legacy-studio-series-video-games-more-488215|name=Evan Brooks|site=TFW2005|title=SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!|year=2023|month=07|day=28}}</ref> However, the unproduced prototype did make one final appearance in the ''Legacy: Evolution'' box art mural (the stylized chest grill and curved forearm smokestacks being a dead giveaway), presumably because it was the reference material on hand at the time.
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==''Legacy''==
[[File:TF-Legacy-Commander-Class-Armada-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The time has come for...SUPER Bendy Prime!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Armada Universe Optimus Prime''' (Commander Class, [[2023]], [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-48'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': Ion blaster, Matrix, insignia plate, left and right smokestack guns
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[April 4]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qv8dh66d48 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Sam Smith]], [[Shogo Hasui]] and [[Delaney Norris]]</ref>

: Marking the 20th anniversary of the ''Armada'' franchise, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' "Armada Universe Optimus Prime" is a Commander Class figure modeled after the original Super Base toy listed above, but trades the trailer's remote-controlled autotransformation [[gimmick]] and primary robot's electronics for markedly superior articulation in both regular and "super" robot modes. The deco and some elements of the sculpt are heavily based upon Prime's appearance in the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|anime]], hence the regular robot mode's silver fists, black chest stripes, and the layout of the gold waist deco on the super mode. The gold itself is a compromise between the original Hasbro figure's darker gold and Takara's bright yellow.

: He comes with a large ion blaster that can be held in both robot modes and smokestacks that can detach and combine (though they cannot form into a singular gun like the original toy) with the rifle as part of his [[Evo-Fusion]] feature; however, the gimmick's logo is oddly absent from the box itself. His trailer unfolds into a base mode and combines with him to form his super mode. The smaller robot is a roughly Voyager-sized figure with a removable [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. An undocumented feature beneath the Matrix chamber is what appears to be a spark chamber modeled after the one seen inside ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Leader Class Optimus Prime's chest. The Autobot insignia on his truck roof/super mode chestplate is also removable — a sign of [[Jetfire (Armada)|things to come]], perhaps? He also has an extra point at the back of his trailer that appears to be meant to pull a second trailer, for possibly [[Overload (Armada)|another future feature.]]

: The turret section for Optimus' trailer/base comes separated in the packaging and must be attached by slightly reconfiguring the trailer, bending the turret's hinges appropriately, then finally pegging it in and tabbing the trailer back into place. The blaster can also be stored on the super mode's back via a 5mm hole.

: The instructions for transforming Optimus into super mode have the torso clip into the backpack first, then drop down onto the legs. You technically ''can'' do these steps in reverse to better replicate the original ''Armada'' super mode transformation, but doing so makes hooking Optimus into the backpack much more difficult. Also, the instructions don't show how the clips work; you need to fold the small red flap all the way out and push the grey tabs on the hips in in order to unlatch them. On another note regarding the super mode, all Hasbro photography has the trailer's stabilizer posts mistransformed in super mode. As the instructions show, they're meant to flip out and peg into the gold sections on Super Optimus' shins, mimicking the cannon detailing of the original Super Base toy.

: An undocumented feature involves a conspicuous rectangular red port located on the trailer/base section which forms Super Optimus' backpack. If you have an ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Toys|Overload]] figure in cannon-pack mode on hand, you can slot Overload into this port and the gap just above it to form "Megaweapon" Optimus! Unfortunately, due to the connection point being on the trailer base for ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus instead of being on the cab like the original ''Armada'' Super-Base Optimus, Overload will sit further back when combining and make ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus become extremely back heavy. This changed position will also make Overload's cannons be further back, making the shoulder stocks of Overload sit behind ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' shoulders instead of in front of them, thus making them useless if they were real shoulder stocks. Additionally, because of how Overload's gun-feet are molded, the cannons won't sit horizontal due to clearance issues with Optimus' shoulder armor. Easy way to get around this is to just have ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus strike a pose while wearing Overload.

: The extra port at the back of ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' trailer can also be used to tow Overload as a second trailer. However, unlike the original ''Armada'' Super-Base Optimus' trailer there is no lip to secure the hitch, and the port is much lower, causing him to be towed at an angle that causes his robot mode shoulders to drag on the ground despite his wheels still making contact with the floor. Additionally, the lower port location prevents him from having enough clearance to have [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] provide structural support. Also, due to the cab-side of the hitch of ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' being a port rather than a peg, he cannot tow ''Armada'' Overload by himself.

: While it needs to be transformed in place for the two modes, the butt-end of the blue-colored frame (the one that holds the wheels) can hinder the full rotation of the golden Super Mode hands.

: He was officially revealed on the [[April 4]] [[Hasbro Pulse]] Fanstream, and went up for pre-order on [[April 18]].

: The Japanese release of this figure comes in an additional outer sleeve that features the Hasbro version's package art with the Japanese ''Legacy: Evolution'' logo and the toy's Japanese name on the front, and a modified reprint of the package art for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Super Base|the original Super Base]] toy on the back of the box. Inside the sleeve, however, is the normal Hasbro version's packaging with additional stickers in Japanese.

: ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime was reissued in mid-2024 with preorders listed on April of that year.

:*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr2DhHyscWT/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime (and the above prototype) from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
[[File:MonsterConvoy.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]
* The first test shots of Superbase Optimus Prime had a [http://www.behindthetoys.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7661 molded and recessed Autobot insignia] on the chest button rather than a flat surface with a tampographed symbol. It is unknown why this change was made.
* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK.
* Pre-dating Powerlinx Optimus Prime, designer Aaron Archer asked fans on the TFW2005 forums what they'd want out of a redeco of the large toy—throwing out ideas such as a Scourge deco, a modified vehicle mode, new SFX, a transparent trailer, an added sword accessory, and the remote possibility of a new Mini-Con!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Okay I give. If we did redeco the Elec. Optimus item as is (no new tools) what would you like to see to make you buy it again? Deco excatlly like Scourge? or another ? VM? New sound FX? New Mini-con probably wouldn't happen but what would be a good Vh for a evil Optimus? Clear trailer? Added Sword weapon? Keep this orderly and helpful, I have timing and cost issues to deal with so if you want to complain about next getting a new trailer and that we are killing you with cost them I understand but keep it to yourself. If you want to help make this worth rebuying them let me hear it...!|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref> In the end, Prime's Mini-Con was in fact retooled into the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]-like Corona Sparkplug.
* ''Energon'' Optimus Prime's combination with the Prime Force is...well, it's pretty much as close to a Sentai Robo that ''Transformers'' has ever gotten. It's also highly reminiscent of Voltron, as noted by our captions for that toy's image. That being said, Transformers characters who combine with non-sentient drones have become more common in the years since ''Energon'', so it seems less unusual now than when it was new.
*Under his various Japanese names, Optimus was ''three'' candidates in [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Fan polls#Masterpiece Fan's Choice|''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice]] poll, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new toy in the prestigious ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line. ''Armada'' Optimus placed second (with 24.3% of the votes), ''Energon'' Optimus placed tenth (with 1.5%), and ''Cybertron'' Optimus placed seventh (2.5%).
* Though not marketed as ''Energon'' Optimus Prime, several major details of that figure would be homaged in the 2015 ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline's two [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime]] releases and a [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|third deco]] in ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]''. Unlike "Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime" above, we're not putting any of them on this page because the influence is largely confined to the Combiner torso mode. None has a totally accurate deco, though [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] is the combined form of a [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|largely white release]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|limbs]] [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|that]] [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|roughly]] [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|match]] the [[Prime Force]] in color, while Takara's [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Convoy Grand Prime]] splits the difference between an Energon-accurate combined mode deco and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Unite Warriors/Legends|G1 cartoon-based]] individual modes.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]

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Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys

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[[File:OptimusPrimeUT-Armada.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hiyaaah...]]
Like [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|other Optimuses]], [[Unicron Trilogy]] '''[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]''' has a lot of toys.

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==''Armada''==
{{anchor|SuperBase}}
[[File:Superbase ArmadaPrime.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Stand up and be counted, container! (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, [[2002]]/[[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Convoy Super Mode'''
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Super Optimus'''
:*''Takara/Sonokong ID number'': '''MC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/base/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: The first [[Unicron Trilogy]] Optimus Prime toy transforms into a long-nose truck cab of made-up model. His clear-plastic smokestacks can detach and form a double-barrelled pistol that he can hold in [[robot mode]], and a button on top of his head causes his [[mouthplate]] to jiggle up and down as if he were talking (the irony being that while this was a familiar trait of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 cartoon Optimus Prime]], in the ''Armada'' animated series, this Prime's mouthplate remained static when he talked). He can also hold a large cannon—inspired by his G1 counterpart's [[ion blaster]]—that is stored within his [[trailer]], and his chest flips down to reveal a (non-removable) [[Matrix of Leadership/toys|Matrix of Leadership]]. He is packaged with his Mini-Con partner [[Sparkplug (Armada)#Toys|Sparkplug]]. His tires are branded with the fictional tyre company "[[Monster Convoy|MONSTER CONVOY]]".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So it was never going to be called Monster Convoy, but I think I wanted something on the wheels. Again, I wanted an ultimate sense of storytelling that wherever you're looking at these things you're getting- it's just some sort of brand, the fake-out brand they use on Cybertron or whatever. Nothing other than that, it was never a name of the character or any of that.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_iWRrz1W1o&t=932s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title="11 - Creating A Legend: Transformers Armada Optimus Prime"|year=2023|month=11|day=03}}</ref>

: The toy's primary gimmick is its auto-transforming trailer, which assumes one of three configurations when [[motorized movement|triggered]] by an infra-red signal transmitted from the cab robot. Transforming the cab into robot mode will cause the trailer to automatically flip open into a battle station for Mini-Cons, which Prime can stand in the centre of. The base features a central tower with a pop-out artillery emplacement and a mount for Prime's large cannon; a rotating missile-firing turret; two Mini-Con storage bays, one of which featured a manually-activated tab to launch Mini-Cons out; and two live [[Powerlinx]] hardpoints, one of which pops up a non-firing turret, the other activating a laser noise.

[[File:Armada JetOptimusMegaweapon toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Gunjob Spacepants! (''Jet Optimus on the left, Optimus Prime Megaweapon on the right'')]]
: Prime's cab and trailer can also combine to form his "[[Super Mode]]". Transforming the cab into the torso portion sends the transformation command to the trailer, which raises itself up off the ground to become a pair of immobile, statuesque legs (as long as you're not playing with it on carpet), and when the pair are connected, the Super Mode head pops up with a metallic shriek sound effect. Pressing the Autobot symbol on the figure's chest activates a pulsing laser sound effect, and the small grey button on his right shoulder illuminates his fist with a red LED, which can illuminate either of his guns, as well as the [[Star Saber (Armada)#Toys|Star Saber]] (the Star Saber was specifically cast in clear plastic for this purpose, but in practice, the light failed to carry even halfway up the blade). Prime's firing missile and Mini-Con activated gimmicks remain accessible in this mode, but look a bit doofy if you deploy them. The initial [[Hasbro]] release of Prime had tabs in its Super Mode shoulders that prevented them from rotating above the horizontal default position, so as not to break the wires that run through the toy's right arm. Coupled with the limited elbow joints, this left Optimus Prime able only to point his weapons towards the ground, and the tabs were removed on subsequent editions of the figure.

[[File:LOTM Convoy.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|(''Takara version pictured'')]]
: Instead of his trailer, Prime can alternately combine with ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#Toys|Jetfire]], who forms a pair of legs, as "'''Jet Prime'''" ('''Jet Optimus''' in the cartoon and Korea; "'''Jet Convoy'''" in Japan). In addition to this, ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Toys|Overload]] (Ultra Magnus in Japan and Korea) can form a pair of massive cannons that attach to either Prime's base mode, or mount over the shoulders of his Super Mode torso (with either his trailer or Jetfire as legs), forming '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon''' ('''Magna Convoy'''/'''Magna Jet Convoy''' in Japan; '''Magna Optimus'''/'''Magna Jet Optimus''' in Korea). When combined with Overload, Prime's smokestacks have to be removed, so that his smaller robot forearms' [[5 mm post]]s can plug into the designated ports on Overload. It appears that Overload wasn't entirely designed with the Jetfire combination in mind, as Jetfire's cockpit section interferes with Overload's speaker box, causing the cockpit to either pop off the friction hinge, or Overload to not sit properly in his designated spot with the 5 mm posts in Prime's smaller robot forearms, so one either has to remove the cockpit or leave Overload hanging "loosely" in the friction slots, without the 5 mm posts and ports lined up.

[[File:LOTM Convoy Combos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|'''From left to right:''' "Jet Convoy", "Magna Convoy", and "Magna Jet Convoy".]]
: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Legends of the Microns'' '''Convoy Super Mode''' and [[Sonokong]] ''Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron'' '''Super Optimus''' releases of Optimus Prime from the following year made a few changes, noticeably replacing the gold paint and plastic of the Hasbro toy with bright yellow and much brighter gold. The deco had been tweaked to be a bit closer to the original prototype glimpsed in early catalogs, with yellow added back to cab Prime's feet, the cab grill painted silver, and the Super Mode's waist getting much more paint. This version of the figure was never burdened with the mobility-inhibiting shoulder tabs of the initial Hasbro release. Completing the Super Mode combination triggers a new clip of Prime shouting "Convoy, Super Mode!" in Japanese instead of generic mechanical sounds. It's currently unknown what sounds the Korean release makes. There are two variants of the Takara packaging: one uses artwork closer to the toy's design and the other closer to the animation model.<ref>[https://x.com/doratimus_prime/status/1878032142548263130 MC-01 Convoy Super Mode package art variants]</ref>

: Care must be taken while articulating the toy's base-robot elbow joints, as the lower joint has been known to snap. This doesn't appear to be [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] like many in the [[fandom]] have hastily concluded—instead, it seems likely that the break occurs when the elbow joint is moved while the arms are positioned on the back of the combined mode, and have been forced ''just'' enough for them to break. To prevent this, pull the shoulder out and bend the elbow at the red joint first, before moving the arm in any other direction. Other uses of the mold have been known to break in the same place, in the exact same way, and with ''very'' noticeable stress marks, indicating no form of GPS is present. Remember, kids: if a figure breaks and leaves visible cracks and stress marks, it's ''not'' GPS. GPS occurs with no warning signs, and leaves a clean break. The rivets and pins in the elbows being misfired also likely play a big part in these breaks too.

: As the flagship toy of the line, this set was central to a number of [[campaign item|store-exclusive promotional freebies]] in Japan. Ito Yokaido offered one of the three [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#Undergrove|Undergrove Edition Destruction Microns]] with purchase in [[January]]. [[Toys"R"Us]] offered one of three [[Land Military Mini-Con Team#Ultimate|Ultimate Edition Land Military Microns]] in [[March]], with Hello Mac stores having the same offer in [[May]]. Most infamous though was [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores' [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#SpaceGalaxy|Space Galaxy Edition Destruction Micron]] promotion, where one member of this team was [[blindpacking|blind-packed]] into the actual Convoy Super Mode boxes in May. Yes, ''inside''. Good luck.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Armada Super Base Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Fans typically refer to this mold as "Bendy Prime", but it's really more of a shimmy-shimmy Prime. Mini-Con-activated shimmy-shimmy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Super-Con Class, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''STD Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MC-06'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Left & right smokestacks
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: This highly-poseable "Super-Con Class" version of ''Armada'' Optimus Prime is an entirely original mold, retaining the ability to tow Super Base Optimus Prime's trailer, though he cannot combine with it. He comes with the Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)#Toys|Over-Run]] (Surge in Japan), who can transform into a gun for him, or can peg onto the Powerlinx plug on Optimus's back to activate a double-fisted "punching" action. Like the Super Base figure, Prime has a flip-down chestplate, but in a deliberate choice he lacks a molded-in Matrix (though he does have a molded gap in the center where the Matrix would go, which ''does'' match the end of the show, after he [[:File:Armada 52 - Prime and no Matrix.jpg|relinquishes]] it).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Dlx Optimus does Not combine with Jetfire. He is able to pull the "big" optimus trailer. Dlx Optimus Mini-con feature is a punching feature, Arms move side to side. Dlx Optimus Mini-con Over-Run (silver-jet) will probably not be in the show. 98% of the Autobots/Decepticons are in the show. 65% of the available Mini-cons are in the show. with redecos and partner Mini-cons we are talking almost 75 Mini-cons! That is way to many to include in the show. To plate on Dlx Optimus opens up like "big" Optimus but the Matrix is not there.... (story TBD) "big" Optimus combines with Jetfire and a item to be shown later. SUPER COOL. Dlx Megatron is NOT planned. Thats the facts,|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=He might get small in the show for an episope, but it is not final. It would be a way to explain the scale change.|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref><ref>"So our idea was there that, yeah we had already done it for the 'super build' part of the torso and I think my thought process at the time—remember this is early days, I don't know everything future me would know—I was like well maybe he's this little guy and when he puts the Matrix in his chest that's when he becomes super. So the little guy wouldn't have the Matrix just sitting there, or maybe he hasn't earned it yet, or just some other… and you noticed it right, that it ''wasn't'' there so… that was the point."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2iKv7DrL4&t=1948s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2022/10/25]</ref> His smokestacks can be removed (and in many cases will simply fall off), but cannot peg together as a gun. Shipping in a great many waves throughout most of the later run of the line, Super-Con Optimus became a notorious [[shelfwarmer|pegwarmer]].

: The initial release of the figure featured silver lights on his roof; later on, the lights were changed to yellow, and later still, an Autobot emblem was added to the hood of the vehicle. These changes were not made on the Japanese release of the figure, which bore the unfortunate appellation of "STD", meaning "standard".<ref>Written in Japanese as {{ruby|STD|スタンダード}}コンボイ (''Sutandādo Konboi''). "STD" is actually a common naming format used in Japanese toylines that release a toy in two different sizes or price points; these usually being the smaller, "Standard" or "STD" release, and the larger "Deluxe" or "DX" (or something else along those lines) release. ''Legends of the Microns'' "Convoy Super Mode" (aka ''Armada'' Super Base Optimus Prime) would be the equivalent of a "DX" figure. Takara notably used these two price points and titles quite a bit during the [[Brave series|''Brave'' series]].</ref>

: The toy is notable for being one of the earliest instances of an important character receiving a second, more affordable toy without this being rationalised as an entirely new body in-fiction—as not all markets would receive the bigger price-points.<ref>"There was a very literal sense, even with ''Beast Wars'' and stuff, where we had to come up with a whole new gimmick for a reason to redo a different guy, right? We had to have Transmetals, Transmetals 2, and Fuzors and stuff like that. […] It had been traditionally: go, well, you put your high-end, most important characters, the leaders, in the highest price point—or a higher price point—so that you guarantee a certain level of sale I guess, or you're putting your best foot forward because you certainly don't want to have a high-end Rando, that would be even worse. So this was an opportunity where we were also, as co-development goes, trying to get more global, trying to expand the reach of just ''Transformers'' being in- England, Japan, Italy, […] North America let's call it. But there were still parts of the globe that couldn't engage with ''Transformers''; the price points weren't right, the scales weren't right, the- various things. So what that Optimus originally did—and would continue to do until the molds literally fell apart—was offer a more affordable leader character that is the primary character in the animation. So that was a very important step in this whole process to get Optimus at a ten-dollar-or-under price point."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2iKv7DrL4&t=1765s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2022/10/25]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/SuperConPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Armada Supercon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Armadatoy gold convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''''Kinpika'' Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, [[August]] 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

:This Japanese-exclusive [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metalized]] golden redeco of Convoy Super Mode, whose name means "Shining Golden", was available as a prize in several draws, including a colouring contest held in the pages of ''[[TV-Kun]]'' magazine, and in-store lottery draws at Tobu Department Stores. Between the draws, at least 58 "''Kinpika'' Convoy" toys are known to have been given away, making it one of the more widely available [[Lucky Draw figure]]s, comparatively speaking. It came packaged in a plain white box, and including all the accessories and features of the standard release of the figure, including a gold-chromed "Prime" Micron.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+super+mode+convoy/1084/gold+super+mode+convoy.html More information on Kinpika Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''
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[[File:Powelinx Armadaprime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Dracula Prime?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Super Base, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A late-run extensive redeco of the Super Base ''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy, "Powerlinx Optimus Prime" sports the darker color scheme the character takes on in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]] episode "[[Origin]]" following a Mini-Con power-up, but he is not precisely [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]]—the deco would later be fine-tuned with more accurate details for release in Japan as the Magna Convoy DX giftset ([[#MagnaConvoyDX|see below]]). In addition to now sporting fully-mobile Super Mode arms without the movement-impeding tabs, Prime still comes with all his features and accessories, though for this release, his Mini-Con partner Sparkplug got retooled with a new rear chassis and a blinged-out golden chrome body as "Corona Sparkplug".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Powerlinx Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Optimus Prime can't avoid his toy contracts even when he's dead!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Crystal Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, [[October]] 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Surge Mini-Con, left and right smokestacks

: A Japanese ''[[TV Magazine]]''-[[exclusive]], this release of the STD Convoy toy has almost all of his parts cast in translucent coloured plastics—hence the "crystal" moniker—representing the character's disembodied [[spark]] after his destruction in the ''Armada'' cartoon episode "[[Crisis (Armada)|Crisis]]" and resurrection in "[[Miracle (episode)|Miracle]]". What that means for poor "Surge" (Over-Run), also cast in translucent plastic, we couldn't say! Available via mail-order, only 5000 pieces were distributed in October of 2003.
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[[File:Armada-optimus-prime-gold-kmart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A K-Mart-exclusive set released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]" (the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly busy shopping day of the year), this set consists of Super Base "Powerlinx Optimus Prime" (not to be confused with the ''actual'' Powerlinx Optimus Prime), "[[Jetfire (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Powerlinx Jetfire]]" (again, not really), their respective partner Mini-Cons "Corona Sparkplug" (seriously, not that ''actual'' Corona Sparkplug) and [[Comettor (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team#MatrixMultipack|Adventure Mini-Con Team]], and oddly enough, [[Longarm (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Longarm]]. Optimus Prime's red plastics and paint were replaced with gold, the only changes made to anyone in the set. It is this set from which the name of Optimus Prime's combined mode with Jetfire, "Jet Prime", comes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/KMartPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Battle for the Matrix Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Armada MagnaConvoyDX1.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I think he needs another gun.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: This set is a [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan exclusive, consisting of "Convoy Final Battle Coloration" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime), redecoed with more show-accurate colours, principally a silver [[mouthplate]] instead of red and varying color saturation from the Hasbro version), "[[Overload (Armada)#MagnaConvoy|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]", and an exclusive [[Exdimensions]] redeco of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team#Exdimension|Street Action Microns]]. This set is entirely "new" content not available in the normal mass-retail ''Legends of the Microns'' line, and is also the last release of Exdimensions Microns. Rather than come with individual bio cards for the various characters, the set came with only a single card for the combined "Magna Convoy" form.
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==''Built to Rule!''==
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[[File:BTR-toy Optimus-Armada.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"My Matrix for a quick death." (How could this happen to me?)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:''Armada'' ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Optimus Prime transforms into a fair approximation of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], but the robot mode is quite inaccurate, due to the very broad, flat Trans-Skeleton with thin, stick-like limbs attached to it. The set came with a very simplistic "Mini-Con" Sparkplug partner kit that did have a more dedicated "Powerlinx" connector than the standard construction pegs, though these are a bit too thin to be used as attachment points for regular Mini-Cons (they stay, sort of, but it's a very loose connection). The 101-piece set also features pressure-launch missile-firing "smokestack" cannons.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTROptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Built to Rule! Armada Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BTR EnergonPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Blocktimus Prime]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Built to Rule!, [[2005]])}}</ul>
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles''

: The ''Energon'' version of ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Optimus Prime was designed with a much more solid skeleton with larger, blockier limbs. He can be rebuilt from a Cybertronic truck cab with a trailer-mounted, pressure-launch dual-missile cannon (with electronic lights and sounds) to a robot, to basically whatever you feel like doing with the parts.

: Unfortunately, due to the slow performance of the ''Built to Rule!'' line overall, the ''Energon'' versions only had a limited, test-market release initially in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. The sets later filtered out into many Tuesday Morning and Ollie's chain stores at drastically dropped prices.
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==''Energon''==
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[[File:Energon Prime toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Form feet and legs! Form arms and body! And I'll form... the head!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, [[2003]]/[[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Grand Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''SC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 25]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': "Fire-1", "Copter-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing)}}

: Leader Class ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Optimus Prime transforms into a Cybertronic short-nosed truck cab. A switch on his back offers four selectable sound effects, each one corresponding to one member of the [[Prime Force]] ("Grand Force" in Japan), the four drone vehicles contained within Prime's parallelogram-shaped trailer. A tiny, slightly recessed button above the switch activates the sounds. When Prime transforms to [[robot mode]], the trailer stands upright to become a launch base of sorts for the Prime Force, with three of the trailer's four storage compartments featuring launching mechanisms that propel the vehicles into action. The Prime Force consists of "Fire-1", a fire truck with an extending ladder and rotating turret; "Copter-2" ("Gyro-2" in Japan), a helicopter with spinning rotors; "Digger-3", a drill tank with a gear-wheel-activated spinning drill; and "Submarine-4", a submarine with opening capture claws beneath its bow. The four interchangeable drones can combine with Prime to create his [[Super Mode]]; any drone is capable of forming any limb. When in Super Mode, Prime's chest panels are opened, in turn pressing a button on his side that creates more electronic sounds and lights up a red LED in his chest, representing the [[Spark of Combination]].

: Prime is armed with a spring-loaded missile launcher that stores on the rear of his truck mode (which becomes the backpack of his robot mode) when not in use. Like most of the weapons of the ''Energon'' line, it sports a [[5 mm post]], allowing it to be held by most every ''Energon'' figure, to combine with assorted other weapons and [[energon weapon]]s released in the series, and to peg into numerous compatible ports shared by many figures, like the hole in the radar of Prime's own trailer, or even conveniently placed 5mm screw holes like those of the Prime Force.

[[File:Energontoy prime combinations.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
:In lieu of combining with the Prime Force, Optimus Prime can also merge with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Toys|Wing Saber]] in a similar fashion, with Wing Saber splitting into four components that connect to Prime as limbs. Wing Saber's red and white torso components can become arms for Prime while his legs attach to Prime's own, creating Prime's "Flight Mode", but the parts can also be swapped around, with Wing Saber's legs deploying large missile launchers and becoming arms to make Prime's "Fight Mode" (both forms are just called "Wing Convoy" in Japan). Alternately, Prime can combine with ''Energon'' [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to form what his packaging calls "Powerlinx Omega Supreme" ("Optimus Supreme" in the cartoon; "Omega Convoy" in Japan). The Prime Force drones can attach to four connectors on Optimus Supreme's body.

: The earliest releases of ''Energon'' Optimus Prime have no ridges on the inside of the chest windows, and a different head sculpt featuring an [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]-style mouth-slit in his mouthplate. This was soon replaced with a full mouthplate, and it was this version of the toy which appeared in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]] and was released by Takara. Other changes made to the Takara ''Super Link'' "Grand Convoy" release of the toy involved a chromed front grill, more vibrant plastic colors on Digger-3 and Submarine-4, a darker blue plastic on Prime himself, and more intricate [[paint operation]]s. Takara's release also lacks the electronic sound effects seen in Hasbro's version, which were also commonly gutted for the Japanese releases of any Autobot toys who had them, though Prime still retains his light-up chest.

: The Takara's Grand Convoy was also tied to a number of [[campaign item|store-exclusive promotional items]], namely a series of unique-colors [[energon weapon]]s. In late December/early January, buying the toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores netted you the [[:File:En-toy EnergonSpear-CoronaFlame F2F.jpg|Energy Spear Corona Flame Edition]], the [[:File:En-toy EnergyAxe-BlackHole.jpg|Energy Axe Black Hole Edition]] at Ito Yokado, and finally the [[:File:En-toy EnergonSpear-RoyalClear F2F.jpg|Energy Spear Royal Clear Edition]] came with buying Grand Convoy at Hello Mac, Posful, Pelican, Joshin Denki & Heiwado stores. Later in [[July]], Grand Convoy and Wing Saber were the promo-buy-items for the [[:File:En-toy EnergyCutter-DaylightAttack.jpg|Energy Cutter Daylight Attack Edition]] and [[:File:En-toy EnergonBlade-PhantomNight F2F.jpg|Energy Blade Night Phantom Edition]], but this promotion was never advertised, and the most information anyone could get out of Takara's customer service after the fact was that they were available at "1500 select stores".

: The mouth-plated version of this mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Snake" [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Platinum Edition|Optimus Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Energon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy sl grand convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Those upper legs vs. [[Chun-Li]]'s - whose are more powerful??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy''' (2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''SC-13'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 25]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': Rifle

: As had first been done in the ''Armada'' line, Takara elected to supplement their release of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy figure with a new-mold Combat Class-sized toy called "SL Grand Convoy" ({{ruby|S|スーパー}}{{ruby|L|リンク}}グランドコンボイ, pronounced "Super Link Grand Convoy"). Coming without his trailer, the Grand Force, or electronics, this Grand Convoy discarded the larger toy's ability to form his Super Mode in favor of being able to [[Powerlinx]] with the other compatible toys of the ''Super Link'' line, forming either a torso or a pair of legs that the other Cybertrons (Autobots) could connect to. Like the ''Legends of the Microns'' "STD Convoy", this one too was on the small side for its "size class", but just as that figure could, this small Convoy can still tow the Leader-sized figure's trailer.

: Customers who bought this toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores received the [[:File:En-toy EnergyAxe-VioletCluster.jpg|Energy Axe Violet Cluster Edition]] as a [[campaign item|freebie]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/PXOptimusPrime/pxoptimusprime.htm More information on SL Grand Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:En-toy OptimusPrime SLGrandKicker.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Kicker! I have escaped from the box! I'll come back for you!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy & Kicker''' (multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''SS-03'''
:*''Release date'': March 25, 2004
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

:A slight redeco of Takara's Combat Class-size Grand Convoy was released as part of a special set commemorating both the 20th anniversary of ''Transformers'' and the 30th anniversary of its progenitor, ''[[Microman]]''. Coming with an exclusive metallic redeco of Takara's [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], which was based on the ''Microman'' body, this Grand Convoy featured a chromed grill where the original had painted plastic, and supposedly slightly shinier plastics. ''Very'' slightly.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/AnnivGrandConvoy/grandconvoy.htm More information on 20th Anniversary SL Grand Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy prime vs megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime versus Megatron''' (2-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: The SS-03 version of Takara's Combat Class-sized Optimus figure, based on the Anniversary release, was released in Hasbro markets in a two-pack with the smaller Japanese Mega Class-sized "[[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Energon|Galvatron]]" figure (aka Takara's release of Megatron). There are some tiny but notable differences between this and the Anniversary figure; the Hasbro version uses a more neutral dark-gray for the main body as opposed to the Takara version's blue-tinted dark-gray, plain dark-blue plastic rather than dark-blue-with-sparkles, and plain yellow paint for the cab's lights rather than sparkly-yellow/gold.

: This set was a Toys"R"US-[[exclusive]] in the US, but sold at pretty much any retailer that wanted to carry it elsewhere in the world.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/PXOptimusPrime/pxoptimusprime.htm More information on Deluxe Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy gold grand convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Core Change: '''Re-Rising Gundam!'''"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Gold Grand Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' "Fire-1", "Gyro-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

: This golden-chromed redeco of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy figure was initially offered as a prize to five lucky winners of a colouring contest held in the pages of the ''TV Magazine''. Additional units were later given away via in-store draws at Toys"R"Us Japan; precisely how many is unknown, but the regularity with which the toy appeared on auction sites throughout 2005 suggests it was quite a few.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+grand+convoy/1094/gold+grand+convoy.html More information on Gold Grand Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Firegrandconvoy.JPG|upright=1.67|thumb|Am I Fire Guts or Burning Convoy? I can't decide!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Fire SL Grand Convoy''' (''TV Magazine''-exclusive, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: This vibrant red and orange redeco of the Combat Class-sized Grand Convoy figure was a ''TV Magazine'' exclusive, limited to 3,000 pieces. It shipped in a unique monochrome red version of the traditional ''Super Link'' packaging, and did not include a character card.

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[[File:Energontoy gold sl convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy Mekki Version''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: Released as part of the "W Convoy" campaign ("Double" Convoy, that is!) alongside a silver chrome version of "[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus Convoy]]", this gold chrome "Mekki" ("plating") version of the Combat Class-sized Grand Convoy toy was available only as a prize in a mail-in [[Robot Point]]s contest. Initially limited to 20 units in the original draw, it appears that many more were made available through toy store drawings, given how many went on to appear on online auction sites through 2005 and 2006.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+sl+grand+convoy/1091/gold+sl+grand+convoy.html More information on SL Grand Convoy Mekki Version at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Energontoy costco prime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|How many times has this set been reused?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Overload with Rollout & Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A [[Costco]]-exclusive redeco of the ''Armada'' Super Base Optimus Prime toy in black, yellow, and brick red, it also came with a redeco of ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Energon|Overload]]. It is from this set that the name of Prime's combined form with Overload, "Optimus Prime Megaweapon", comes (though the term "Megaweapon" first appeared on Powerlinx Optimus Prime's packaging).

: The stock images to the right are not accurate to the final product. All of Optimus Prime's translucent parts on the final figure are yellow. This includes the windshield, the smokestacks, his rifle, the sensor on the trailer, and the flip-up screen in the trailers' base mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/CostcoPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Costco Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Energontoy custom color prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grand Convoy Custom Color Version''' (Lucky Draw Figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''SC-01'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Fire-1", "Gyro-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

: The color scheme of this special redeco of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy was decided through a colouring contest held in the [[December]] 2004 issue of ''TV Magazine'', in which entrants coloured in lineart of Convoy in the scheme they wanted to see. The winning entry rendered Convoy in a… ''distinct'' palette of grey, cream, dark red, and purple chrome, with blue, white, and yellow drones. It was limited to only ten pieces, making it one of the rarer ''Transformers'' toys in existence.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/custom+grand+convoy/1105/custom+grand+convoy.html More information on Custom Color Grand Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Energontoy unreleased prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, unreleased)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Fire-1", "Copter-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

:A redeco of the Leader Class Optimus Prime mold with a primarily red cab, much deeper blue, and a Prime Force uniformly colored in black was planned to be released with ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] as a [[Target]]-exclusive. The toy got far enough along in development to have package artwork created by [[Dan Khanna]], which was later revealed online, but it was canceled shortly before making it to full production. Its red, white, and black coloration earned it the festive nickname of "Santa Prime" among fans online.

::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/energon-autobots-166/optimus-prime-with-mini-optimus-prime-unreleased-4079/ More information on this unreleased Optimus Prime at TFW2005]''
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==''Cybertron''==
[[File:Cybertrontoy leader optimus prime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Well... a fire truck is bigger." (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Galaxy Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Matrix [[Cyber Key]]
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''l8p3'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: The first ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Optimus Prime toy transforms into a heavily-armed fire truck of made-up model, topped with two large cannons. The cannons and the sides of the truck fold down to create an unlikely flight mode for the vehicle. His right-side cannon fires a spring-loaded missile, while plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into its key jack pops two more spring-loaded missile launchers out from its sides. Plugging a Cyber Key into his left-side cannon opens up the cannon's outer casing, revealing the inner barrel, lighting the red LED at its tip and playing an electronic "charging up" noise. Pressing the small blue button just over the battery casing plays a "firing" sound effect with accompanying light flash. In this mode, he can also deploy ''another'' pair of (non-firing) cannons from under the main cannons.

: In true Prime style, the forward portion of the vehicle mode detaches to become Optimus himself, while the rear "trailer" transforms into a gun emplacement. In robot mode, the barrel of the missile-launching cannon detaches to become a hand-held rifle. Atypical of most Unicron Trilogy figures, Prime's hands are ''not'' designed to accommodate weapons with [[5 mm post]]s, instead featuring a small peg-hole in his palm that allows him to tightly grip objects designed to fit there, like his own rifle, [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Toys|Leobreaker]]'s whip, ''Cybertron'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber's]] swords, and ''Cybertron'' [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Metroplex]]'s [[Sparkdrinker|axe]]. However, Wing Saber's sword hilts ''can'' be used as adaptors, allowing Prime to hold and use 5mm weapons. His chest has a compartment to hold his removable Matrix of Leadership accessory; Prime's gigantic hands mean that he can't hold it especially ''neatly'', but he can certainly get a grip on it.

: Of course, Optimus can transform into a Super Mode by combining with his vehicle-mode back end, which becomes a massive winged backpack with under-slung main guns, and a pair of large boots, with the non-firing cannons ending up around his knees. To complete his Super Mode look, a small lever of the back of Prime's head raises his traditional mouthplate into place, covering his Optimus Primal-style mouth slot, and two "crests" fold out from either side of his helmet. Hasbro's instructions and stock photography awkwardly orient the wings so that the two cannons point ''over'' Prime's shoulders; the cartoon portrayed them in the under-slung orientation, as would all subsequent Hasbro redecos of the toy. In Super Mode, Prime is a rather top-heavy robot, and his hip joints are not that tight, which makes standing him up a challenging prospect.

: In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Voyager|Leobreaker]] to form "Savage Claw Mode", which sees the feline Autobot become a gigantic clawed arm for his leader. Alternately, if Prime's backpack is removed, he can merge with [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber]] into "Sonic Wing Mode", with the aerial ace forming a new winged backpack and chestplate for Optimus, and providing him with new hand-held sword weapons and firing missile launchers that connect to his Super Mode boots. The nature of the combination means that the two partners cannot combine with Prime at once—at least, not without physically removing one of Prime's own arms.

: The Takara ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Galaxy Convoy" version of the toy was released first, and features a number of paint differences from the later Hasbro ''Cybertron'' release. The most immediately-noticeable is that Galaxy Convoy's unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key has its "frame" painted gold, where Optimus's is unpainted clear-blue plastic, save for the Autobot symbol and the Hasbro-only [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] printed on its back. The other differences are small but numerous: Galaxy Convoy has more thoroughly painted knees, main cannons and leg-armor cannons, the signal lights above the cab are painted yellow, his leg-wheel hubcaps are painted gold, and his nose is inexplicably painted silver. Galaxy Convoy's wings are also held in place with long metal pins, where the Hasbro version has them just held in place with friction so they can pop off rather than ''break'' off if the toy is dropped.

: Galaxy Convoy was three-part [[AEON|JUSCO]] promotion, tied to the release of Ligerjack and the ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Hybrid Style|THS-01 Galaxy Convoy]] in late April: buying him netted you the free all-white version of [[Hellflame Mini-Con Team|Hellflame Micron]] [[Quasar]]. (Buying the other two toys got you the other two all-white Hellflame Microns.)

: Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right: in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded around to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOC CybertronPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Takara's version pictured on the left, Hasbro's version pictured on the right.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)}}</ul>

: [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] Optimus is a very simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime, with no weapons or trailer, just the front portion of the truck. It transforms into the standard robot mode, with a very similar transformation scheme to the full-sized toy, and has no useful articulation of the shoulders.

: The figure was released in Japan under the "EZ Collection" banner, in the same packaging as the Hasbro release but with a small card insert featuring the Japanese logo and nomenclature, similar to a [[USA Edition]]. As with all the EZ Collection figures, this release features a substantially greater number of paint operations that increase Optimus's resemblance to his larger figure.

: This mold was redecoed to create ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Menasor (G1)#Classics|Menasor]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hot Zone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/LOCOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:GF MetallicGalaxyConvoy Legends toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|To [[scale]] with something? Blasphemy!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Megalo Convoy''' (Leader Class, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''GC-23'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 29]], 2005

: A special metallic-paint version of Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime was included with the Takara ''Galaxy Force'' release of [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Megalo Convoy aka Metroplex]], as a demonstration of their actual size difference as depicted on the television series.

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[[File:Cybertrontoy gold galaxy convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Gold Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This gold-chrome and clear-plastic redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure was first offered as a prize in a mail-in contest held through ''[[TV Magazine]]'' alongside a silver chrome version of the same toy ([[#SilverGF|see below]]). Both figures were later made available again as prizes in a second contest in the September 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', together with "Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version" (again, [[#CustomGF|see below]]).

: Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right, in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded round to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+galaxy+convoy/1099/gold+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Gold Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy silver galaxy convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Silver Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This silver-chromed redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure first saw the light of day as a prize in a ''TV Magazine'' mail-in, offered alongside a gold chrome version of the same toy ([[#GoldGF|see above]]). Both figures were later made available again as prizes in a second contest in the September 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', together with "Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version" ([[#CustomGF|see below]]). Despite being offered in equal quantities in these contests, this silver version is apparently much harder to come by.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/silver+galaxy+convoy/1797/silver+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Silver Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy custom color convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It's not that easy being Prime.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: One of the single rarest [[Lucky Draw figure]]s in existence, this "Custom Color" redeco of Super Optimus Prime was limited to only ''one'' in the world. It was the grand prize of a coloring contest held in September 2005's ''TV Magazine'', in which entrants colored in line-art of Prime with the deco they wanted to see. The winning entry was in green, blue and gold, while ten runners-up received one of five gold or five silver Lucky Draw versions of Prime.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/custom+colour+galaxy+convoy/1104/custom+colour+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Custom Color Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy ez clear optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''EZ Collection Clear Set''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>

: A Takara exclusive multi-pack of "EZ Collection" [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#EZClear|Megatron]], Optimus Prime and [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#EZClear|Starscream]] recast the figures using primarily clear plastics; in Prime's cast, both his blue and red plastics became translucent. A mail-away exclusive to ''[[TV Magazine]]'' in October 2005, the set was limited to 3000 pieces.

::*''[http://plasticcrack.net/archives/2007/07/photo-review-takara-galaxy-force-ez-telemag-exclusive-3pack More information on the EZ Collection multi-pack at PlasticCrack.net]

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[[File:Cybertrontoy sonic convoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm gorgeously shiny!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sonic Convoy''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''EX-02'''
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This redeco of Leader-class Optimus Prime replaced most of the plastics in the cab robot with colored translucent equivalents. He also has numerous chromed parts, including chrome-silver wrist-pipes, red chrome window frames and side-cannons, and a chromed Autobot symbol on his Key. His trailer remained opaque, but was cast in much deeper red plastic, with a more metallic silver used for his cannons. He also lacks the weird silver nose-paint, and has the Hasbro trailer assembly with the pop-off-able wings.

: He was available only in a [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan exclusive giftset released in October 2005, packed in with a redeco of [[Wing Saber (Energon)#SonicConvoy|Wing Saber]] and the [[Cobybot|Coby ''Sen'yō'' Ramble]].

: None of the toys in this box set were given bio cards. Aww.

::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/galaxy-force-cybertrons-341/galaxy-convoy-clear-2412 More information on Sonic Convoy at TFW2005]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy gold ez convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Megalo Convoy Gold Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>

: A golden-chrome redeco of ''Cybertron'' Metroplex was offered as a contest prize in the December 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', and came with an equally blinged-out Legends/EZ Collection Optimus Prime figure. Fifteen of this set were available as prizes in the initial contest; a single Metroplex was later offered as one of many prizes in a Takara website contest, but this version came only with the standard metallic paint version of Prime.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+galaxy+convoy/1103/gold+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Gold EZ Collection Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy ridprime magnus 2pack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cannon, 2 missiles

: A red redeco of the 2003 ''Universe'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Cybertron|Optimus Prime]] was sold with a repackaged version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] Ultra Magnus in a [[Costco]]-[[exclusive]] multi-pack in 2005. Sold under the ''Cybertron'' banner, their continuity of origin was ambiguous for years until clarified in 2015 by the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]].

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[[File:Cyb GalaxyForceOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Sowing confusion on message boards everywhere.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Force Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''lo9x'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released in fourth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Leaders, this redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure introduced a new color scheme that several other tail-end releases would emulate. Taking its name from the Takara version of ''Cybertron'' and with a bio noting that this new body depicts Prime after he embarks on his galaxy-spanning mission at the end of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon, "Galaxy Force" Optimus Prime replaces the original toy's blue parts with black and the translucent blue with smokey clear, and molds several—but not all—grey parts out of red plastic, including the toy's rifles, rail gun covers, missile launchers, and Super Mode leg guns. In the realm of new paint operations, Prime now sports all four Cyber Planet Key symbols on his shoulders, and his unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key finally has a gold-painted border, as it had always had in Japan. Additionally, Prime's hip joints were tightened up with this release, making it easier to stand him up in Super Mode.

: This toy was later re-released in a [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] multi-pack ([[##VsCrumplezone|see below]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/GFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Galaxy Force Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=1839 More information on Galaxy Force Optimus Prime at Transformers Universe]''

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[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You've [[:File:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|already]] [[:File:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|bought]] [[:Nemesis Prime (Armada)|me]] [[:Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Universe|five]] [[:File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|times!]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left and right smokestacks, Cybertron Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d56b'''
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Premiering in the eighth wave of ''Cybertron'' Deluxes, this Optimus is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[#Super-Con|Super-Con ''Armada'' Optimus Prime]], recolored in red and black to resemble the Leader Class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure.

: He does not come with the mold's nominal Mini-Con partner. Instead, Optimus Prime and his [[wave]]-mate [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron|Demolishor]] debuted a new brand of Cyber Key: [[retool]]ed from the standard Cybertron style key, this version lacked a sculpted [[insignia]], so that any symbol could be [[tampograph]]ed on to it, and featured a [[Mini-Con]]-style [[Powerlinx]] socket on the back, allowing it to operate the figure's formerly-Mini-Con-activated "punching" feature without the figure itself having to be retooled.

: The key sports a tampographed Autobot insignia, a red border, and the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "d56b" tampographed on the back. This code, when entered on Hasbro's website, was ''supposed'' to unlock additional information on the character or the toy, but due to an error on behalf of Hasbro, it unlocked information intended for his wave-mate Demolishor. Optimus Prime's information was instead unlocked using the code "dt67", which was on the back of Demolishor's Cyber Key.

: As was the case with the ''Universe'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Universe .282003.29|"Battle in a Box" Ultra Magnus]] release of this sculpt, initial shipments of Optimus Prime had the forearms [[Misassembly|swapped]], leaving his elbow joints useless. This was corrected for later shipments. A further [[variant|running change]] saw tampographed graphics depicting the four planet symbols added to the truck mode's cab.

: This sculpt was later redecoed once again for a 2008 ''Universe'' [[#Universe (2008)|multi-pack version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/DlxOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Deluxe Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Cybertron GFOptimusPrime Legends toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Cause we gotta little ol' convoy, rockin' through the night]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)}}</ul>

: Like the Deluxe Class figure before it, this redeco of ''Legends of Cybertron'' Optimus Prime was designed to resemble the Leader class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure, essentially replacing the blue with black, the yellow with silver and adding the Cyber Key symbol tampographs onto his shoulders. It was released in the fourth and final wave of the ''Cybertron'' Legends-class assortment.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/LOCGFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on "Galaxy Force" Legends Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime beast toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|It's a Double [[Garry Chalk]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories''" "'Jet-powered' flying board", missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d7s9'''
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Available in the ninth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Deluxes, this unusual iteration of Optimus Prime is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Optimus Primal]], transforming into a robotic gorilla in the pseudo-[[technorganic]]-looking style of the other [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] toys. He comes with a "'jet-powered' flying board" with two [[5 mm post|5mm post]]s at the base, allowing him to ride it in his gorilla mode, or hold it in robot mode via the 5mm posts on his robot palms/gorilla feet. When a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted at the rear of the board, a spring-loaded extending "assault blade" deploys, and a trigger is revealed to allow one to use the spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Though it is not intended to be removed, the blade can be popped off and held in Primal's hand thanks to his poseable thumbs.

: This figure contains an unusual amount of sculpted detail on the inside of the plastic. The gorilla mode's chest has a ribcage, and the inside of the gorilla's face has a sculpted microphone, which lines up perfectly with the robot mode's head! Also, opening this toy's chest in robot mode reveals sculpted detail resembling the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] as it appeared in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. His beast mode features a painted scar over his one eye, a seeming homage to Peter Jackson's ''[[King Kong]]'' (released the previous year).

: While this mold was first released as part of the ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' line and is obviously meant to be Optimus Primal, it was developed to fit in with ''Cybertron's'' Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" the ''Beast Wars'' Anniversary release didn't pan out (according to [[Aaron Archer]]'s statements at [[BotCon 2005]]).

: This mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2014]] [[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Apelinq]] and [[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Jungle Planet Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy prime wingsaber 2pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime / Wing Saber''' (Multi-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key

: Released in Fall of 2006, this Costco-exclusive two-pack bundled the original version of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure with his combination partner [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber]] and a DVD including the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] episode "[[United (episode)|United]]".

: This set comes in a particularly huge box, and sold for $35.99, five dollars less than the MSRP for Optimus Prime by ''himself''. Now that's a deal!

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[[File:Cybertrontoy LOCtarget4pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Megatron / Soundwave / Jetfire / Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2007)}}</ul>

: This four pack of Legend-class Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#LegendsMegs|Megatron]], [[Jetfire (Armada)#LOC|Jetfire]], and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)#Legends|Soundwave]] was exclusive to [[Target]] stores. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.
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==''Hybrid Style''==
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[[File:HybridStyletoy galaxyconvoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Galaxy Convoy''' ([[2006]])
**''ID number:'' '''THS-01'''
**''Accessories'': Trailer/backpack, leg armor (x2), standard head, Super Mode head, left and right fists, left and right pointing hands, left and right open hands, left and right gripping hands, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip (x2)

:The first in TakaraTomy's ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' series, Galaxy Convoy is a partly die-cast figure with scaled-down equivalents of the accessories that came with the Leader-class figure. This highly-intricate figure retains all the transformation abilities of the original figure—vehicle, flight mode, robot, and Super Mode—and even its Cyber Key-activated features (even coming with two keys so they can be deployed simultaneously), with additional touches like spring-loaded mechanisms that snap his cannons into place, and hand-grips on the weapons for Super Mode. While he does lack electronics or firing missiles, Prime still includes his Matrix, super-tiny yet still removable, and has four alternate sets of hands: two clenched fists, two with pointing index fingers, two with splayed palms, and two curved hands for holding his various weapon handles. Given the figure's small size, a reconfigurable head was infeasible, so it also comes with an alternate Super Mode head with a mouthplate and crests deployed, though the standard head must be attached in order for the figure to be transformed to vehicle mode.

: Starting in late April, customers who purchased this toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores received an exclusive all-white version of the [[campaign item|promotional freebie]] [[Hellflame Mini-Con Team|Hellflame Micron]] [[Graviton (Cybertron)|Graviton]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/HybridGalaxyConvoy/galaxyconvoy.htm More information on Hybrid Style Galaxy Convoy at TFU.info]
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==''Classics''==
[[File:Classicstoy legends cybertron prime.jpg|thumb|125px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends, [[2007]])

: Bizarrely enough, Optimus Prime was one of three ''Cybertron'' Legends toys straight-released in ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' packaging, though with the modifier "Cybertron Collection" printed on the cardfront. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.
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==''Transformers'' (2007)==
[[File:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

: A Target exclusive, this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Movie Legends Optimus Prime]], Legends of Cybertron Megatron and [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Movie Legends Megatron]]. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.
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==''Universe'' (2008)==
[[File:Universe2008toy BftCPK optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Battle for the Cyber Planet Keys''' (Sam's Club exclusive multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Left and right smokestacks, Cybertron Cyber Key
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: For ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'', a redeco of the ''Armada'' Super-Con [[#Super-Con|Optimus Prime]] in more Generation 1-inspired colors was released in a [[Sam's Club]] exclusive five-pack alongside [[Runamuck (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Runamuck]], [[Longrack (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Longrack]], [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Blurr (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Blurr]]. Optimus was the only toy in the set different from the original releases. He came with a translucent red version of the remolded style of Cyber Key previously included with this mold's release during the ''Cybertron'' line, featuring a Powerlinx port to activate his punching gimmick.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/SamsClubOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Universe Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaSuperConOptimusPrimeMold}}

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[[File:Universe2008CybOptimusPrimeAndCrumplezone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Crumplezone''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, three missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key

: This Costco exclusive set contains [[#LeaderGalaxyForce|Leader-class "Galaxy Force" Optimus Prime]] and the original [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Crumplezone]]. Both toys were unchanged from their previous individual releases.
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==''Bot Shots''==
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[[File:BotShots JumpShot Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''515'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''625'''
***''Sword strength'': '''475'''

: Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, this new-mold Optimus Prime is heavily based on ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], transforming from a robot armed with a gun, into a futuristic firetruck. As a Jump Shot, he springs up when auto-transforming.

:He was redecoed into [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSJSOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Jump Shot Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots 3pack Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Cindersaur / Autobot Jazz''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BP008'''
***''Fist strength'': '''404'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''854'''
***''Sword strength'': '''362'''

: Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 three-packs, this redeco of Jump Shot Optimus Prime has a brighter red, a painted silver forehead crest and "nose-strap", blue windows, and glossy blue paint on his legs, head, and firefighting section, among other minor deco changes. He comes with [[Cindersaur (G1)|Jump Shot Cindersaur]] and [[Jazz (G1)/toys#SuperBot|Super Bot Autobot Jazz]].

:The second wave of Series 2 three-packs didn't reach mass retail in the United States, only showing up in discount stores like Ross.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSJS3pkOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on 3-pack Jump Shot Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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==''Platinum Edition''==
[[File:PlatinumEditiontoy-YOTSOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Platimus.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Year of the Snake exclusive, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Firetruck drone, helicopter drone, drill tank drone, submarine drone, trailer, rifle, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Snake" Optimus Prime is a redeco of [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'']] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|Super Class Optimus Prime]] inspired by his [[Show-accuracy|Generation 1 color scheme]]. In lieu of combining with his drones, Optimus Prime can also combine with ''Platinum Edition'' [[Omega Supreme (WFC)#Platinum Edition|Omega Supreme]] to form what his instructions ''also'' call "Super Optimus Prime". The drones are color-matched to Omega Supreme, and can attach to four connectors on his body. In an undocumented feature, Prime can also merge with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Energon|Wing Saber]].

:Though the [[stock photography]] shows the original mouthed-face head and smooth inner chest windows, the final toy uses the face-plated head and ridged inner windows. The [[packaging]]'s [[bio]] is every [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] bio ever (well, [[Optimus Prime (SG)|mostly]]), [[Ask Vector Prime]] would eventually declare him to be a version of Unicron Trilogy Optimus.

:''Platinum Edition'' Optimus Prime is exclusive to BigBadToyStore and Amazon.com in America, but was also released at Philippine mass retail in limited quantities, in Australia as a Kmart exclusive and in Canada as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. All electronics have been omitted from this version, even the light-up feature retained by Takara's Superlink release, trading the LED for an open hole in the chest.
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==''Kre-O''==
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Mini-Con Combiners, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': Bazooka, [[Phaser (weapon)|phaser]], Uzi, scoped pistol, [[Klingon]] blaster

:"Mini-Con Combiner"' Optimus comes with one standard Kreon and four ''Cityville''-syle mini-Kreons of the same character, each one a different incarnation from various franchises. With some extra parts, the mini-Kreons become limbs to make a larger combiner-bot.

: Two of his limbs are based on ''Armada'' Optimus Prime; one "normal" (Inferno helmet), one pre-[[Earth]]-body (Knock Out helmet). The main torso-bot is based on Generation 1 Optimus's original body. Another limb-bot is based on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action Optimus]] (Soundwave helmet), and the remaining one (Ironhide helmet)... actually looks to be based on the Optimus-like-but-not-Optimus [[Micromaster]] [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]! The heck?

:[https://www.seibertron.com/events/fullsize.php?event_id=400&size=1&image=29 First shown at New York Toy Fair 2015], the Mini-Con Combiners were apparently cancelled without fanfare... a decision that must have come late in the day, as they went on to star in their own promotional animation, "[[Stuck in a Tree]]", released about eight months after the trade show.
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==''War for Cybertron: Siege''==
[[File:WFC-Siege-WFC-S40-Leader-Class-Galaxy-Upgrade-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Technically not ''Cybertron'' Optimus by this wiki's classification.]]
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#S40}}

:The [[2019]] ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' includes "Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime", which is based heavily on ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime in its vehicle and Super modes.
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==Canceled prototype==
[[File:Generations_Armada_Convoy_Prototype.jpeg|thumb|''Life could be a dream...'']]
*'''Armada Convoy'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]]}}

:Revealed as a grayscale prototype at the [[Wonder Festival]] [[2019]] Winter convention, this Voyager-sized Optimus Prime mold is modelled after his ''Armada'' design, though adding many stylized details. Though a pair of hands are visible in the hollows of his legs, the prototype was not designed with a super-mode conversion<ref>{{citesocial|quote=When I [pitched ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime] to TT, I actually sent over the Wondercon Takara Tomy prototype image that was shown at that event. They explained to me that the grey model their domestic team showed off did not have the super mode combining ability.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr2DhHyscWT/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=05|day=05}}</ref> (and was likely too early in its production to be able to change at all).

:TakaraTomy claimed at Wonder Festival [[2020]] Winter that this figure was not "cancelled", but was not a development priority at that time, and that its proper toyline was not determined.<ref>[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/2020-winter-wonder-festival-information.1188365/page-21#post-17643985 Report from Gamerlingual on the TFW2005 Forums, 9 February 2020]</ref> [[#Legacy|An entirely different tooling of the character]] was later released as part of the ''Legacy'' line; Hasbro had requested the prototype model from Takara, but by that point it had been misplaced, so the Commander Class toy was developed from scratch.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The Takara Prime was developed by a different team at Takara that doesn’t work with the Hasbro toy team, the Hasbro team asked for it but the model couldn’t be located, so the Commander toy was made from scratch. I think it turned out for the better.|link=https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/28/sdcc-2023-hasbro-show-floor-qa-legacy-studio-series-video-games-more-488215|name=Evan Brooks|site=TFW2005|title=SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!|year=2023|month=07|day=28}}</ref> However, the unproduced prototype did make one final appearance in the ''Legacy: Evolution'' box art mural (the stylized chest grill and curved forearm smokestacks being a dead giveaway), presumably because it was the reference material on hand at the time.
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==''Legacy''==
[[File:TF-Legacy-Commander-Class-Armada-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The time has come for...SUPER Bendy Prime!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Armada Universe Optimus Prime''' (Commander Class, [[2023]], [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-48'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': Ion blaster, Matrix, insignia plate, left and right smokestack guns
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[April 4]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qv8dh66d48 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Sam Smith]], [[Shogo Hasui]] and [[Delaney Norris]]</ref>

: Marking the 20th anniversary of the ''Armada'' franchise, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' "Armada Universe Optimus Prime" is a Commander Class figure modeled after the original Super Base toy listed above, but trades the trailer's remote-controlled autotransformation [[gimmick]] and primary robot's electronics for markedly superior articulation in both regular and "super" robot modes. The deco and some elements of the sculpt are heavily based upon Prime's appearance in the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|anime]], hence the regular robot mode's silver fists, black chest stripes, and the layout of the gold waist deco on the super mode. The gold itself is a compromise between the original Hasbro figure's darker gold and Takara's bright yellow.

: He comes with a large ion blaster that can be held in both robot modes and smokestacks that can detach and combine (though they cannot form into a singular gun like the original toy) with the rifle as part of his [[Evo-Fusion]] feature; however, the gimmick's logo is oddly absent from the box itself. His trailer unfolds into a base mode and combines with him to form his super mode. The smaller robot is a roughly Voyager-sized figure with a removable [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. An undocumented feature beneath the Matrix chamber is what appears to be a spark chamber modeled after the one seen inside ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Leader Class Optimus Prime's chest. The Autobot insignia on his truck roof/super mode chestplate is also removable — a sign of [[Jetfire (Armada)|things to come]], perhaps? He also has an extra point at the back of his trailer that appears to be meant to pull a second trailer, for possibly [[Overload (Armada)|another future feature.]]

: The turret section for Optimus' trailer/base comes separated in the packaging and must be attached by slightly reconfiguring the trailer, bending the turret's hinges appropriately, then finally pegging it in and tabbing the trailer back into place. The blaster can also be stored on the super mode's back via a 5mm hole.

: The instructions for transforming Optimus into super mode have the torso clip into the backpack first, then drop down onto the legs. You technically ''can'' do these steps in reverse to better replicate the original ''Armada'' super mode transformation, but doing so makes hooking Optimus into the backpack much more difficult. Also, the instructions don't show how the clips work; you need to fold the small red flap all the way out and push the grey tabs on the hips in in order to unlatch them. On another note regarding the super mode, all Hasbro photography has the trailer's stabilizer posts mistransformed in super mode. As the instructions show, they're meant to flip out and peg into the gold sections on Super Optimus' shins, mimicking the cannon detailing of the original Super Base toy.

: An undocumented feature involves a conspicuous rectangular red port located on the trailer/base section which forms Super Optimus' backpack. If you have an ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Toys|Overload]] figure in cannon-pack mode on hand, you can slot Overload into this port and the gap just above it to form "Megaweapon" Optimus! Unfortunately, due to the connection point being on the trailer base for ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus instead of being on the cab like the original ''Armada'' Super-Base Optimus, Overload will sit further back when combining and make ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus become extremely back heavy. This changed position will also make Overload's cannons be further back, making the shoulder stocks of Overload sit behind ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' shoulders instead of in front of them, thus making them useless if they were real shoulder stocks. Additionally, because of how Overload's gun-feet are molded, the cannons won't sit horizontal due to clearance issues with Optimus' shoulder armor. Easy way to get around this is to just have ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus strike a pose while wearing Overload.

: The extra port at the back of ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' trailer can also be used to tow Overload as a second trailer. However, unlike the original ''Armada'' Super-Base Optimus' trailer there is no lip to secure the hitch, and the port is much lower, causing him to be towed at an angle that causes his robot mode shoulders to drag on the ground despite his wheels still making contact with the floor. Additionally, the lower port location prevents him from having enough clearance to have [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] provide structural support. Also, due to the cab-side of the hitch of ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' being a port rather than a peg, he cannot tow ''Armada'' Overload by himself.

: While it needs to be transformed in place for the two modes, the butt-end of the blue-colored frame (the one that holds the wheels) can hinder the full rotation of the golden Super Mode hands.

: He was officially revealed on the [[April 4]] [[Hasbro Pulse]] Fanstream, and went up for pre-order on [[April 18]].

: The Japanese release of this figure comes in an additional outer sleeve that features the Hasbro version's package art with the Japanese ''Legacy: Evolution'' logo and the toy's Japanese name on the front, and a modified reprint of the package art for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Super Base|the original Super Base]] toy on the back of the box. Inside the sleeve, however, is the normal Hasbro version's packaging with additional stickers in Japanese.

: ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime was reissued in mid-2024 with preorders listed on April of that year.

:*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr2DhHyscWT/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime (and the above prototype) from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
[[File:MonsterConvoy.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]
* The first test shots of Superbase Optimus Prime had a [http://www.behindthetoys.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7661 molded and recessed Autobot insignia] on the chest button rather than a flat surface with a tampographed symbol. It is unknown why this change was made.
* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK.
* Pre-dating Powerlinx Optimus Prime, designer Aaron Archer asked fans on the TFW2005 forums what they'd want out of a redeco of the large toy—throwing out ideas such as a Scourge deco, a modified vehicle mode, new SFX, a transparent trailer, an added sword accessory, and the remote possibility of a new Mini-Con!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Okay I give. If we did redeco the Elec. Optimus item as is (no new tools) what would you like to see to make you buy it again? Deco excatlly like Scourge? or another ? VM? New sound FX? New Mini-con probably wouldn't happen but what would be a good Vh for a evil Optimus? Clear trailer? Added Sword weapon? Keep this orderly and helpful, I have timing and cost issues to deal with so if you want to complain about next getting a new trailer and that we are killing you with cost them I understand but keep it to yourself. If you want to help make this worth rebuying them let me hear it...!|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref> In the end, Prime's Mini-Con was in fact retooled into the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]-like Corona Sparkplug.
* ''Energon'' Optimus Prime's combination with the Prime Force is...well, it's pretty much as close to a Sentai Robo that ''Transformers'' has ever gotten. It's also highly reminiscent of Voltron, as noted by our captions for that toy's image. That being said, Transformers characters who combine with non-sentient drones have become more common in the years since ''Energon'', so it seems less unusual now than when it was new.
*Under his various Japanese names, Optimus was ''three'' candidates in [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Fan polls#Masterpiece Fan's Choice|''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice]] poll, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new toy in the prestigious ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line. ''Armada'' Optimus placed second (with 24.3% of the votes), ''Energon'' Optimus placed tenth (with 1.5%), and ''Cybertron'' Optimus placed seventh (2.5%).
* Though not marketed as ''Energon'' Optimus Prime, several major details of that figure would be homaged in the 2015 ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline's two [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime]] releases and a [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|third deco]] in ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]''. Unlike "Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime" above, we're not putting any of them on this page because the influence is largely confined to the Combiner torso mode. None has a totally accurate deco, though [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] is the combined form of a [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|largely white release]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|limbs]] [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|that]] [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|roughly]] [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|match]] the [[Prime Force]] in color, while Takara's [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Convoy Grand Prime]] splits the difference with an Energon-accurate combined mode deco with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Unite Warriors/Legends|G1 cartoon-based]] individual modes.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]

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Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys

2025-07-17T09:02:40Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Since Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime is directly linked to above, replace the homage writeup with a more extensive one for Optimus Maximus.

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[[File:OptimusPrimeUT-Armada.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hiyaaah...]]
Like [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|other Optimuses]], [[Unicron Trilogy]] '''[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]''' has a lot of toys.

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==''Armada''==
{{anchor|SuperBase}}
[[File:Superbase ArmadaPrime.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Stand up and be counted, container! (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, [[2002]]/[[2003]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Convoy Super Mode'''
:*''Sonokong name'': '''Super Optimus'''
:*''Takara/Sonokong ID number'': '''MC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/base/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: The first [[Unicron Trilogy]] Optimus Prime toy transforms into a long-nose truck cab of made-up model. His clear-plastic smokestacks can detach and form a double-barrelled pistol that he can hold in [[robot mode]], and a button on top of his head causes his [[mouthplate]] to jiggle up and down as if he were talking (the irony being that while this was a familiar trait of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 cartoon Optimus Prime]], in the ''Armada'' animated series, this Prime's mouthplate remained static when he talked). He can also hold a large cannon—inspired by his G1 counterpart's [[ion blaster]]—that is stored within his [[trailer]], and his chest flips down to reveal a (non-removable) [[Matrix of Leadership/toys|Matrix of Leadership]]. He is packaged with his Mini-Con partner [[Sparkplug (Armada)#Toys|Sparkplug]]. His tires are branded with the fictional tyre company "[[Monster Convoy|MONSTER CONVOY]]".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So it was never going to be called Monster Convoy, but I think I wanted something on the wheels. Again, I wanted an ultimate sense of storytelling that wherever you're looking at these things you're getting- it's just some sort of brand, the fake-out brand they use on Cybertron or whatever. Nothing other than that, it was never a name of the character or any of that.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_iWRrz1W1o&t=932s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title="11 - Creating A Legend: Transformers Armada Optimus Prime"|year=2023|month=11|day=03}}</ref>

: The toy's primary gimmick is its auto-transforming trailer, which assumes one of three configurations when [[motorized movement|triggered]] by an infra-red signal transmitted from the cab robot. Transforming the cab into robot mode will cause the trailer to automatically flip open into a battle station for Mini-Cons, which Prime can stand in the centre of. The base features a central tower with a pop-out artillery emplacement and a mount for Prime's large cannon; a rotating missile-firing turret; two Mini-Con storage bays, one of which featured a manually-activated tab to launch Mini-Cons out; and two live [[Powerlinx]] hardpoints, one of which pops up a non-firing turret, the other activating a laser noise.

[[File:Armada JetOptimusMegaweapon toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Gunjob Spacepants! (''Jet Optimus on the left, Optimus Prime Megaweapon on the right'')]]
: Prime's cab and trailer can also combine to form his "[[Super Mode]]". Transforming the cab into the torso portion sends the transformation command to the trailer, which raises itself up off the ground to become a pair of immobile, statuesque legs (as long as you're not playing with it on carpet), and when the pair are connected, the Super Mode head pops up with a metallic shriek sound effect. Pressing the Autobot symbol on the figure's chest activates a pulsing laser sound effect, and the small grey button on his right shoulder illuminates his fist with a red LED, which can illuminate either of his guns, as well as the [[Star Saber (Armada)#Toys|Star Saber]] (the Star Saber was specifically cast in clear plastic for this purpose, but in practice, the light failed to carry even halfway up the blade). Prime's firing missile and Mini-Con activated gimmicks remain accessible in this mode, but look a bit doofy if you deploy them. The initial [[Hasbro]] release of Prime had tabs in its Super Mode shoulders that prevented them from rotating above the horizontal default position, so as not to break the wires that run through the toy's right arm. Coupled with the limited elbow joints, this left Optimus Prime able only to point his weapons towards the ground, and the tabs were removed on subsequent editions of the figure.

[[File:LOTM Convoy.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|(''Takara version pictured'')]]
: Instead of his trailer, Prime can alternately combine with ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#Toys|Jetfire]], who forms a pair of legs, as "'''Jet Prime'''" ('''Jet Optimus''' in the cartoon and Korea; "'''Jet Convoy'''" in Japan). In addition to this, ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Toys|Overload]] (Ultra Magnus in Japan and Korea) can form a pair of massive cannons that attach to either Prime's base mode, or mount over the shoulders of his Super Mode torso (with either his trailer or Jetfire as legs), forming '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon''' ('''Magna Convoy'''/'''Magna Jet Convoy''' in Japan; '''Magna Optimus'''/'''Magna Jet Optimus''' in Korea). When combined with Overload, Prime's smokestacks have to be removed, so that his smaller robot forearms' [[5 mm post]]s can plug into the designated ports on Overload. It appears that Overload wasn't entirely designed with the Jetfire combination in mind, as Jetfire's cockpit section interferes with Overload's speaker box, causing the cockpit to either pop off the friction hinge, or Overload to not sit properly in his designated spot with the 5 mm posts in Prime's smaller robot forearms, so one either has to remove the cockpit or leave Overload hanging "loosely" in the friction slots, without the 5 mm posts and ports lined up.

[[File:LOTM Convoy Combos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|'''From left to right:''' "Jet Convoy", "Magna Convoy", and "Magna Jet Convoy".]]
: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Legends of the Microns'' '''Convoy Super Mode''' and [[Sonokong]] ''Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron'' '''Super Optimus''' releases of Optimus Prime from the following year made a few changes, noticeably replacing the gold paint and plastic of the Hasbro toy with bright yellow and much brighter gold. The deco had been tweaked to be a bit closer to the original prototype glimpsed in early catalogs, with yellow added back to cab Prime's feet, the cab grill painted silver, and the Super Mode's waist getting much more paint. This version of the figure was never burdened with the mobility-inhibiting shoulder tabs of the initial Hasbro release. Completing the Super Mode combination triggers a new clip of Prime shouting "Convoy, Super Mode!" in Japanese instead of generic mechanical sounds. It's currently unknown what sounds the Korean release makes. There are two variants of the Takara packaging: one uses artwork closer to the toy's design and the other closer to the animation model.<ref>[https://x.com/doratimus_prime/status/1878032142548263130 MC-01 Convoy Super Mode package art variants]</ref>

: Care must be taken while articulating the toy's base-robot elbow joints, as the lower joint has been known to snap. This doesn't appear to be [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] like many in the [[fandom]] have hastily concluded—instead, it seems likely that the break occurs when the elbow joint is moved while the arms are positioned on the back of the combined mode, and have been forced ''just'' enough for them to break. To prevent this, pull the shoulder out and bend the elbow at the red joint first, before moving the arm in any other direction. Other uses of the mold have been known to break in the same place, in the exact same way, and with ''very'' noticeable stress marks, indicating no form of GPS is present. Remember, kids: if a figure breaks and leaves visible cracks and stress marks, it's ''not'' GPS. GPS occurs with no warning signs, and leaves a clean break. The rivets and pins in the elbows being misfired also likely play a big part in these breaks too.

: As the flagship toy of the line, this set was central to a number of [[campaign item|store-exclusive promotional freebies]] in Japan. Ito Yokaido offered one of the three [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#Undergrove|Undergrove Edition Destruction Microns]] with purchase in [[January]]. [[Toys"R"Us]] offered one of three [[Land Military Mini-Con Team#Ultimate|Ultimate Edition Land Military Microns]] in [[March]], with Hello Mac stores having the same offer in [[May]]. Most infamous though was [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores' [[Destruction Mini-Con Team#SpaceGalaxy|Space Galaxy Edition Destruction Micron]] promotion, where one member of this team was [[blindpacking|blind-packed]] into the actual Convoy Super Mode boxes in May. Yes, ''inside''. Good luck.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Armada Super Base Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Fans typically refer to this mold as "Bendy Prime", but it's really more of a shimmy-shimmy Prime. Mini-Con-activated shimmy-shimmy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Super-Con Class, 2002)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''STD Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''MC-06'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002
:*''Accessories'': Left & right smokestacks
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] (Hasbro), [[Hironori Kobayashi]] (Takara)}}

: This highly-poseable "Super-Con Class" version of ''Armada'' Optimus Prime is an entirely original mold, retaining the ability to tow Super Base Optimus Prime's trailer, though he cannot combine with it. He comes with the Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)#Toys|Over-Run]] (Surge in Japan), who can transform into a gun for him, or can peg onto the Powerlinx plug on Optimus's back to activate a double-fisted "punching" action. Like the Super Base figure, Prime has a flip-down chestplate, but in a deliberate choice he lacks a molded-in Matrix (though he does have a molded gap in the center where the Matrix would go, which ''does'' match the end of the show, after he [[:File:Armada 52 - Prime and no Matrix.jpg|relinquishes]] it).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Dlx Optimus does Not combine with Jetfire. He is able to pull the "big" optimus trailer. Dlx Optimus Mini-con feature is a punching feature, Arms move side to side. Dlx Optimus Mini-con Over-Run (silver-jet) will probably not be in the show. 98% of the Autobots/Decepticons are in the show. 65% of the available Mini-cons are in the show. with redecos and partner Mini-cons we are talking almost 75 Mini-cons! That is way to many to include in the show. To plate on Dlx Optimus opens up like "big" Optimus but the Matrix is not there.... (story TBD) "big" Optimus combines with Jetfire and a item to be shown later. SUPER COOL. Dlx Megatron is NOT planned. Thats the facts,|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=He might get small in the show for an episope, but it is not final. It would be a way to explain the scale change.|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref><ref>"So our idea was there that, yeah we had already done it for the 'super build' part of the torso and I think my thought process at the time—remember this is early days, I don't know everything future me would know—I was like well maybe he's this little guy and when he puts the Matrix in his chest that's when he becomes super. So the little guy wouldn't have the Matrix just sitting there, or maybe he hasn't earned it yet, or just some other… and you noticed it right, that it ''wasn't'' there so… that was the point."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2iKv7DrL4&t=1948s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2022/10/25]</ref> His smokestacks can be removed (and in many cases will simply fall off), but cannot peg together as a gun. Shipping in a great many waves throughout most of the later run of the line, Super-Con Optimus became a notorious [[shelfwarmer|pegwarmer]].

: The initial release of the figure featured silver lights on his roof; later on, the lights were changed to yellow, and later still, an Autobot emblem was added to the hood of the vehicle. These changes were not made on the Japanese release of the figure, which bore the unfortunate appellation of "STD", meaning "standard".<ref>Written in Japanese as {{ruby|STD|スタンダード}}コンボイ (''Sutandādo Konboi''). "STD" is actually a common naming format used in Japanese toylines that release a toy in two different sizes or price points; these usually being the smaller, "Standard" or "STD" release, and the larger "Deluxe" or "DX" (or something else along those lines) release. ''Legends of the Microns'' "Convoy Super Mode" (aka ''Armada'' Super Base Optimus Prime) would be the equivalent of a "DX" figure. Takara notably used these two price points and titles quite a bit during the [[Brave series|''Brave'' series]].</ref>

: The toy is notable for being one of the earliest instances of an important character receiving a second, more affordable toy without this being rationalised as an entirely new body in-fiction—as not all markets would receive the bigger price-points.<ref>"There was a very literal sense, even with ''Beast Wars'' and stuff, where we had to come up with a whole new gimmick for a reason to redo a different guy, right? We had to have Transmetals, Transmetals 2, and Fuzors and stuff like that. […] It had been traditionally: go, well, you put your high-end, most important characters, the leaders, in the highest price point—or a higher price point—so that you guarantee a certain level of sale I guess, or you're putting your best foot forward because you certainly don't want to have a high-end Rando, that would be even worse. So this was an opportunity where we were also, as co-development goes, trying to get more global, trying to expand the reach of just ''Transformers'' being in- England, Japan, Italy, […] North America let's call it. But there were still parts of the globe that couldn't engage with ''Transformers''; the price points weren't right, the scales weren't right, the- various things. So what that Optimus originally did—and would continue to do until the molds literally fell apart—was offer a more affordable leader character that is the primary character in the animation. So that was a very important step in this whole process to get Optimus at a ten-dollar-or-under price point."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2iKv7DrL4&t=1765s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2022/10/25]</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/SuperConPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Armada Supercon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Armadatoy gold convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''''Kinpika'' Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, [[August]] 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

:This Japanese-exclusive [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum metalized]] golden redeco of Convoy Super Mode, whose name means "Shining Golden", was available as a prize in several draws, including a colouring contest held in the pages of ''[[TV-Kun]]'' magazine, and in-store lottery draws at Tobu Department Stores. Between the draws, at least 58 "''Kinpika'' Convoy" toys are known to have been given away, making it one of the more widely available [[Lucky Draw figure]]s, comparatively speaking. It came packaged in a plain white box, and including all the accessories and features of the standard release of the figure, including a gold-chromed "Prime" Micron.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+super+mode+convoy/1084/gold+super+mode+convoy.html More information on Kinpika Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''
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[[File:Powelinx Armadaprime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Dracula Prime?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Super Base, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A late-run extensive redeco of the Super Base ''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy, "Powerlinx Optimus Prime" sports the darker color scheme the character takes on in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]] episode "[[Origin]]" following a Mini-Con power-up, but he is not precisely [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]]—the deco would later be fine-tuned with more accurate details for release in Japan as the Magna Convoy DX giftset ([[#MagnaConvoyDX|see below]]). In addition to now sporting fully-mobile Super Mode arms without the movement-impeding tabs, Prime still comes with all his features and accessories, though for this release, his Mini-Con partner Sparkplug got retooled with a new rear chassis and a blinged-out golden chrome body as "Corona Sparkplug".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Powerlinx Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Optimus Prime can't avoid his toy contracts even when he's dead!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Crystal Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, [[October]] 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Surge Mini-Con, left and right smokestacks

: A Japanese ''[[TV Magazine]]''-[[exclusive]], this release of the STD Convoy toy has almost all of his parts cast in translucent coloured plastics—hence the "crystal" moniker—representing the character's disembodied [[spark]] after his destruction in the ''Armada'' cartoon episode "[[Crisis (Armada)|Crisis]]" and resurrection in "[[Miracle (episode)|Miracle]]". What that means for poor "Surge" (Over-Run), also cast in translucent plastic, we couldn't say! Available via mail-order, only 5000 pieces were distributed in October of 2003.
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[[File:Armada-optimus-prime-gold-kmart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A K-Mart-exclusive set released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]" (the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly busy shopping day of the year), this set consists of Super Base "Powerlinx Optimus Prime" (not to be confused with the ''actual'' Powerlinx Optimus Prime), "[[Jetfire (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Powerlinx Jetfire]]" (again, not really), their respective partner Mini-Cons "Corona Sparkplug" (seriously, not that ''actual'' Corona Sparkplug) and [[Comettor (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team#MatrixMultipack|Adventure Mini-Con Team]], and oddly enough, [[Longarm (Armada)#MatrixMultipack|Longarm]]. Optimus Prime's red plastics and paint were replaced with gold, the only changes made to anyone in the set. It is this set from which the name of Optimus Prime's combined mode with Jetfire, "Jet Prime", comes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/KMartPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Battle for the Matrix Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Armada MagnaConvoyDX1.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I think he needs another gun.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''MC-XX'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 19]], 2003
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: This set is a [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan exclusive, consisting of "Convoy Final Battle Coloration" (Powerlinx Optimus Prime), redecoed with more show-accurate colours, principally a silver [[mouthplate]] instead of red and varying color saturation from the Hasbro version), "[[Overload (Armada)#MagnaConvoy|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]]", and an exclusive [[Exdimensions]] redeco of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team#Exdimension|Street Action Microns]]. This set is entirely "new" content not available in the normal mass-retail ''Legends of the Microns'' line, and is also the last release of Exdimensions Microns. Rather than come with individual bio cards for the various characters, the set came with only a single card for the combined "Magna Convoy" form.
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==''Built to Rule!''==
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[[File:BTR-toy Optimus-Armada.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"My Matrix for a quick death." (How could this happen to me?)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:''Armada'' ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Optimus Prime transforms into a fair approximation of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], but the robot mode is quite inaccurate, due to the very broad, flat Trans-Skeleton with thin, stick-like limbs attached to it. The set came with a very simplistic "Mini-Con" Sparkplug partner kit that did have a more dedicated "Powerlinx" connector than the standard construction pegs, though these are a bit too thin to be used as attachment points for regular Mini-Cons (they stay, sort of, but it's a very loose connection). The 101-piece set also features pressure-launch missile-firing "smokestack" cannons.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTROptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Built to Rule! Armada Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BTR EnergonPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Blocktimus Prime]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Built to Rule!, [[2005]])}}</ul>
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles''

: The ''Energon'' version of ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' Optimus Prime was designed with a much more solid skeleton with larger, blockier limbs. He can be rebuilt from a Cybertronic truck cab with a trailer-mounted, pressure-launch dual-missile cannon (with electronic lights and sounds) to a robot, to basically whatever you feel like doing with the parts.

: Unfortunately, due to the slow performance of the ''Built to Rule!'' line overall, the ''Energon'' versions only had a limited, test-market release initially in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. The sets later filtered out into many Tuesday Morning and Ollie's chain stores at drastically dropped prices.
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==''Energon''==
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[[File:Energon Prime toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Form feet and legs! Form arms and body! And I'll form... the head!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, [[2003]]/[[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Grand Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''SC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 25]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': "Fire-1", "Copter-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing)}}

: Leader Class ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Optimus Prime transforms into a Cybertronic short-nosed truck cab. A switch on his back offers four selectable sound effects, each one corresponding to one member of the [[Prime Force]] ("Grand Force" in Japan), the four drone vehicles contained within Prime's parallelogram-shaped trailer. A tiny, slightly recessed button above the switch activates the sounds. When Prime transforms to [[robot mode]], the trailer stands upright to become a launch base of sorts for the Prime Force, with three of the trailer's four storage compartments featuring launching mechanisms that propel the vehicles into action. The Prime Force consists of "Fire-1", a fire truck with an extending ladder and rotating turret; "Copter-2" ("Gyro-2" in Japan), a helicopter with spinning rotors; "Digger-3", a drill tank with a gear-wheel-activated spinning drill; and "Submarine-4", a submarine with opening capture claws beneath its bow. The four interchangeable drones can combine with Prime to create his [[Super Mode]]; any drone is capable of forming any limb. When in Super Mode, Prime's chest panels are opened, in turn pressing a button on his side that creates more electronic sounds and lights up a red LED in his chest, representing the [[Spark of Combination]].

: Prime is armed with a spring-loaded missile launcher that stores on the rear of his truck mode (which becomes the backpack of his robot mode) when not in use. Like most of the weapons of the ''Energon'' line, it sports a [[5 mm post]], allowing it to be held by most every ''Energon'' figure, to combine with assorted other weapons and [[energon weapon]]s released in the series, and to peg into numerous compatible ports shared by many figures, like the hole in the radar of Prime's own trailer, or even conveniently placed 5mm screw holes like those of the Prime Force.

[[File:Energontoy prime combinations.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
:In lieu of combining with the Prime Force, Optimus Prime can also merge with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Toys|Wing Saber]] in a similar fashion, with Wing Saber splitting into four components that connect to Prime as limbs. Wing Saber's red and white torso components can become arms for Prime while his legs attach to Prime's own, creating Prime's "Flight Mode", but the parts can also be swapped around, with Wing Saber's legs deploying large missile launchers and becoming arms to make Prime's "Fight Mode" (both forms are just called "Wing Convoy" in Japan). Alternately, Prime can combine with ''Energon'' [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to form what his packaging calls "Powerlinx Omega Supreme" ("Optimus Supreme" in the cartoon; "Omega Convoy" in Japan). The Prime Force drones can attach to four connectors on Optimus Supreme's body.

: The earliest releases of ''Energon'' Optimus Prime have no ridges on the inside of the chest windows, and a different head sculpt featuring an [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]-style mouth-slit in his mouthplate. This was soon replaced with a full mouthplate, and it was this version of the toy which appeared in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]] and was released by Takara. Other changes made to the Takara ''Super Link'' "Grand Convoy" release of the toy involved a chromed front grill, more vibrant plastic colors on Digger-3 and Submarine-4, a darker blue plastic on Prime himself, and more intricate [[paint operation]]s. Takara's release also lacks the electronic sound effects seen in Hasbro's version, which were also commonly gutted for the Japanese releases of any Autobot toys who had them, though Prime still retains his light-up chest.

: The Takara's Grand Convoy was also tied to a number of [[campaign item|store-exclusive promotional items]], namely a series of unique-colors [[energon weapon]]s. In late December/early January, buying the toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores netted you the [[:File:En-toy EnergonSpear-CoronaFlame F2F.jpg|Energy Spear Corona Flame Edition]], the [[:File:En-toy EnergyAxe-BlackHole.jpg|Energy Axe Black Hole Edition]] at Ito Yokado, and finally the [[:File:En-toy EnergonSpear-RoyalClear F2F.jpg|Energy Spear Royal Clear Edition]] came with buying Grand Convoy at Hello Mac, Posful, Pelican, Joshin Denki & Heiwado stores. Later in [[July]], Grand Convoy and Wing Saber were the promo-buy-items for the [[:File:En-toy EnergyCutter-DaylightAttack.jpg|Energy Cutter Daylight Attack Edition]] and [[:File:En-toy EnergonBlade-PhantomNight F2F.jpg|Energy Blade Night Phantom Edition]], but this promotion was never advertised, and the most information anyone could get out of Takara's customer service after the fact was that they were available at "1500 select stores".

: The mouth-plated version of this mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Snake" [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Platinum Edition|Optimus Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Energon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy sl grand convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Those upper legs vs. [[Chun-Li]]'s - whose are more powerful??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy''' (2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''SC-13'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 25]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': Rifle

: As had first been done in the ''Armada'' line, Takara elected to supplement their release of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy figure with a new-mold Combat Class-sized toy called "SL Grand Convoy" ({{ruby|S|スーパー}}{{ruby|L|リンク}}グランドコンボイ, pronounced "Super Link Grand Convoy"). Coming without his trailer, the Grand Force, or electronics, this Grand Convoy discarded the larger toy's ability to form his Super Mode in favor of being able to [[Powerlinx]] with the other compatible toys of the ''Super Link'' line, forming either a torso or a pair of legs that the other Cybertrons (Autobots) could connect to. Like the ''Legends of the Microns'' "STD Convoy", this one too was on the small side for its "size class", but just as that figure could, this small Convoy can still tow the Leader-sized figure's trailer.

: Customers who bought this toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores received the [[:File:En-toy EnergyAxe-VioletCluster.jpg|Energy Axe Violet Cluster Edition]] as a [[campaign item|freebie]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/PXOptimusPrime/pxoptimusprime.htm More information on SL Grand Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:En-toy OptimusPrime SLGrandKicker.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Kicker! I have escaped from the box! I'll come back for you!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy & Kicker''' (multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''SS-03'''
:*''Release date'': March 25, 2004
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

:A slight redeco of Takara's Combat Class-size Grand Convoy was released as part of a special set commemorating both the 20th anniversary of ''Transformers'' and the 30th anniversary of its progenitor, ''[[Microman]]''. Coming with an exclusive metallic redeco of Takara's [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], which was based on the ''Microman'' body, this Grand Convoy featured a chromed grill where the original had painted plastic, and supposedly slightly shinier plastics. ''Very'' slightly.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/AnnivGrandConvoy/grandconvoy.htm More information on 20th Anniversary SL Grand Convoy at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy prime vs megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime versus Megatron''' (2-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: The SS-03 version of Takara's Combat Class-sized Optimus figure, based on the Anniversary release, was released in Hasbro markets in a two-pack with the smaller Japanese Mega Class-sized "[[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Energon|Galvatron]]" figure (aka Takara's release of Megatron). There are some tiny but notable differences between this and the Anniversary figure; the Hasbro version uses a more neutral dark-gray for the main body as opposed to the Takara version's blue-tinted dark-gray, plain dark-blue plastic rather than dark-blue-with-sparkles, and plain yellow paint for the cab's lights rather than sparkly-yellow/gold.

: This set was a Toys"R"US-[[exclusive]] in the US, but sold at pretty much any retailer that wanted to carry it elsewhere in the world.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/PXOptimusPrime/pxoptimusprime.htm More information on Deluxe Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Energontoy gold grand convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Core Change: '''Re-Rising Gundam!'''"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Gold Grand Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' "Fire-1", "Gyro-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

: This golden-chromed redeco of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy figure was initially offered as a prize to five lucky winners of a colouring contest held in the pages of the ''TV Magazine''. Additional units were later given away via in-store draws at Toys"R"Us Japan; precisely how many is unknown, but the regularity with which the toy appeared on auction sites throughout 2005 suggests it was quite a few.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+grand+convoy/1094/gold+grand+convoy.html More information on Gold Grand Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Firegrandconvoy.JPG|upright=1.67|thumb|Am I Fire Guts or Burning Convoy? I can't decide!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Fire SL Grand Convoy''' (''TV Magazine''-exclusive, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: This vibrant red and orange redeco of the Combat Class-sized Grand Convoy figure was a ''TV Magazine'' exclusive, limited to 3,000 pieces. It shipped in a unique monochrome red version of the traditional ''Super Link'' packaging, and did not include a character card.

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[[File:Energontoy gold sl convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''SL Grand Convoy Mekki Version''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Rifle

: Released as part of the "W Convoy" campaign ("Double" Convoy, that is!) alongside a silver chrome version of "[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus Convoy]]", this gold chrome "Mekki" ("plating") version of the Combat Class-sized Grand Convoy toy was available only as a prize in a mail-in [[Robot Point]]s contest. Initially limited to 20 units in the original draw, it appears that many more were made available through toy store drawings, given how many went on to appear on online auction sites through 2005 and 2006.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+sl+grand+convoy/1091/gold+sl+grand+convoy.html More information on SL Grand Convoy Mekki Version at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Energontoy costco prime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|How many times has this set been reused?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Overload with Rollout & Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Multi-pack, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A [[Costco]]-exclusive redeco of the ''Armada'' Super Base Optimus Prime toy in black, yellow, and brick red, it also came with a redeco of ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Energon|Overload]]. It is from this set that the name of Prime's combined form with Overload, "Optimus Prime Megaweapon", comes (though the term "Megaweapon" first appeared on Powerlinx Optimus Prime's packaging).

: The stock images to the right are not accurate to the final product. All of Optimus Prime's translucent parts on the final figure are yellow. This includes the windshield, the smokestacks, his rifle, the sensor on the trailer, and the flip-up screen in the trailers' base mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/CostcoPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Costco Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Energontoy custom color prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grand Convoy Custom Color Version''' (Lucky Draw Figure, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''SC-01'''
:*''Accessories:'' "Fire-1", "Gyro-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

: The color scheme of this special redeco of the Leader-sized Grand Convoy was decided through a colouring contest held in the [[December]] 2004 issue of ''TV Magazine'', in which entrants coloured in lineart of Convoy in the scheme they wanted to see. The winning entry rendered Convoy in a… ''distinct'' palette of grey, cream, dark red, and purple chrome, with blue, white, and yellow drones. It was limited to only ten pieces, making it one of the rarer ''Transformers'' toys in existence.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/custom+grand+convoy/1105/custom+grand+convoy.html More information on Custom Color Grand Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Energontoy unreleased prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, unreleased)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Fire-1", "Copter-2", "Digger-3", "Submarine-4", trailer, rifle, missile

:A redeco of the Leader Class Optimus Prime mold with a primarily red cab, much deeper blue, and a Prime Force uniformly colored in black was planned to be released with ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] as a [[Target]]-exclusive. The toy got far enough along in development to have package artwork created by [[Dan Khanna]], which was later revealed online, but it was canceled shortly before making it to full production. Its red, white, and black coloration earned it the festive nickname of "Santa Prime" among fans online.

::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/energon-autobots-166/optimus-prime-with-mini-optimus-prime-unreleased-4079/ More information on this unreleased Optimus Prime at TFW2005]''
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==''Cybertron''==
[[File:Cybertrontoy leader optimus prime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Well... a fire truck is bigger." (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Galaxy Convoy'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-01'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2004
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Matrix [[Cyber Key]]
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''l8p3'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (Takara)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: The first ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Optimus Prime toy transforms into a heavily-armed fire truck of made-up model, topped with two large cannons. The cannons and the sides of the truck fold down to create an unlikely flight mode for the vehicle. His right-side cannon fires a spring-loaded missile, while plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into its key jack pops two more spring-loaded missile launchers out from its sides. Plugging a Cyber Key into his left-side cannon opens up the cannon's outer casing, revealing the inner barrel, lighting the red LED at its tip and playing an electronic "charging up" noise. Pressing the small blue button just over the battery casing plays a "firing" sound effect with accompanying light flash. In this mode, he can also deploy ''another'' pair of (non-firing) cannons from under the main cannons.

: In true Prime style, the forward portion of the vehicle mode detaches to become Optimus himself, while the rear "trailer" transforms into a gun emplacement. In robot mode, the barrel of the missile-launching cannon detaches to become a hand-held rifle. Atypical of most Unicron Trilogy figures, Prime's hands are ''not'' designed to accommodate weapons with [[5 mm post]]s, instead featuring a small peg-hole in his palm that allows him to tightly grip objects designed to fit there, like his own rifle, [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Toys|Leobreaker]]'s whip, ''Cybertron'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber's]] swords, and ''Cybertron'' [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Metroplex]]'s [[Sparkdrinker|axe]]. However, Wing Saber's sword hilts ''can'' be used as adaptors, allowing Prime to hold and use 5mm weapons. His chest has a compartment to hold his removable Matrix of Leadership accessory; Prime's gigantic hands mean that he can't hold it especially ''neatly'', but he can certainly get a grip on it.

: Of course, Optimus can transform into a Super Mode by combining with his vehicle-mode back end, which becomes a massive winged backpack with under-slung main guns, and a pair of large boots, with the non-firing cannons ending up around his knees. To complete his Super Mode look, a small lever of the back of Prime's head raises his traditional mouthplate into place, covering his Optimus Primal-style mouth slot, and two "crests" fold out from either side of his helmet. Hasbro's instructions and stock photography awkwardly orient the wings so that the two cannons point ''over'' Prime's shoulders; the cartoon portrayed them in the under-slung orientation, as would all subsequent Hasbro redecos of the toy. In Super Mode, Prime is a rather top-heavy robot, and his hip joints are not that tight, which makes standing him up a challenging prospect.

: In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Voyager|Leobreaker]] to form "Savage Claw Mode", which sees the feline Autobot become a gigantic clawed arm for his leader. Alternately, if Prime's backpack is removed, he can merge with [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber]] into "Sonic Wing Mode", with the aerial ace forming a new winged backpack and chestplate for Optimus, and providing him with new hand-held sword weapons and firing missile launchers that connect to his Super Mode boots. The nature of the combination means that the two partners cannot combine with Prime at once—at least, not without physically removing one of Prime's own arms.

: The Takara ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Galaxy Convoy" version of the toy was released first, and features a number of paint differences from the later Hasbro ''Cybertron'' release. The most immediately-noticeable is that Galaxy Convoy's unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key has its "frame" painted gold, where Optimus's is unpainted clear-blue plastic, save for the Autobot symbol and the Hasbro-only [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] printed on its back. The other differences are small but numerous: Galaxy Convoy has more thoroughly painted knees, main cannons and leg-armor cannons, the signal lights above the cab are painted yellow, his leg-wheel hubcaps are painted gold, and his nose is inexplicably painted silver. Galaxy Convoy's wings are also held in place with long metal pins, where the Hasbro version has them just held in place with friction so they can pop off rather than ''break'' off if the toy is dropped.

: Galaxy Convoy was three-part [[AEON|JUSCO]] promotion, tied to the release of Ligerjack and the ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Hybrid Style|THS-01 Galaxy Convoy]] in late April: buying him netted you the free all-white version of [[Hellflame Mini-Con Team|Hellflame Micron]] [[Quasar]]. (Buying the other two toys got you the other two all-white Hellflame Microns.)

: Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right: in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded around to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:LOC CybertronPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Takara's version pictured on the left, Hasbro's version pictured on the right.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)}}</ul>

: [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] Optimus is a very simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime, with no weapons or trailer, just the front portion of the truck. It transforms into the standard robot mode, with a very similar transformation scheme to the full-sized toy, and has no useful articulation of the shoulders.

: The figure was released in Japan under the "EZ Collection" banner, in the same packaging as the Hasbro release but with a small card insert featuring the Japanese logo and nomenclature, similar to a [[USA Edition]]. As with all the EZ Collection figures, this release features a substantially greater number of paint operations that increase Optimus's resemblance to his larger figure.

: This mold was redecoed to create ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Menasor (G1)#Classics|Menasor]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hot Zone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/LOCOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:GF MetallicGalaxyConvoy Legends toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|To [[scale]] with something? Blasphemy!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Megalo Convoy''' (Leader Class, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''GC-23'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 29]], 2005

: A special metallic-paint version of Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime was included with the Takara ''Galaxy Force'' release of [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Megalo Convoy aka Metroplex]], as a demonstration of their actual size difference as depicted on the television series.

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[[File:Cybertrontoy gold galaxy convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Gold Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This gold-chrome and clear-plastic redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure was first offered as a prize in a mail-in contest held through ''[[TV Magazine]]'' alongside a silver chrome version of the same toy ([[#SilverGF|see below]]). Both figures were later made available again as prizes in a second contest in the September 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', together with "Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version" (again, [[#CustomGF|see below]]).

: Optimus is slightly mistransformed in the image to the right, in vehicle mode his chest windows should be folded round to the sides of the cab to cover the arm sockets.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+galaxy+convoy/1099/gold+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Gold Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy silver galaxy convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Silver Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This silver-chromed redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure first saw the light of day as a prize in a ''TV Magazine'' mail-in, offered alongside a gold chrome version of the same toy ([[#GoldGF|see above]]). Both figures were later made available again as prizes in a second contest in the September 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', together with "Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version" ([[#CustomGF|see below]]). Despite being offered in equal quantities in these contests, this silver version is apparently much harder to come by.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/silver+galaxy+convoy/1797/silver+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Silver Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy custom color convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It's not that easy being Prime.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: One of the single rarest [[Lucky Draw figure]]s in existence, this "Custom Color" redeco of Super Optimus Prime was limited to only ''one'' in the world. It was the grand prize of a coloring contest held in September 2005's ''TV Magazine'', in which entrants colored in line-art of Prime with the deco they wanted to see. The winning entry was in green, blue and gold, while ten runners-up received one of five gold or five silver Lucky Draw versions of Prime.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/custom+colour+galaxy+convoy/1104/custom+colour+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Custom Color Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy ez clear optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''EZ Collection Clear Set''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>

: A Takara exclusive multi-pack of "EZ Collection" [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#EZClear|Megatron]], Optimus Prime and [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#EZClear|Starscream]] recast the figures using primarily clear plastics; in Prime's cast, both his blue and red plastics became translucent. A mail-away exclusive to ''[[TV Magazine]]'' in October 2005, the set was limited to 3000 pieces.

::*''[http://plasticcrack.net/archives/2007/07/photo-review-takara-galaxy-force-ez-telemag-exclusive-3pack More information on the EZ Collection multi-pack at PlasticCrack.net]

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[[File:Cybertrontoy sonic convoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm gorgeously shiny!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sonic Convoy''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''EX-02'''
:*''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip

: This redeco of Leader-class Optimus Prime replaced most of the plastics in the cab robot with colored translucent equivalents. He also has numerous chromed parts, including chrome-silver wrist-pipes, red chrome window frames and side-cannons, and a chromed Autobot symbol on his Key. His trailer remained opaque, but was cast in much deeper red plastic, with a more metallic silver used for his cannons. He also lacks the weird silver nose-paint, and has the Hasbro trailer assembly with the pop-off-able wings.

: He was available only in a [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan exclusive giftset released in October 2005, packed in with a redeco of [[Wing Saber (Energon)#SonicConvoy|Wing Saber]] and the [[Cobybot|Coby ''Sen'yō'' Ramble]].

: None of the toys in this box set were given bio cards. Aww.

::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/galaxy-force-cybertrons-341/galaxy-convoy-clear-2412 More information on Sonic Convoy at TFW2005]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy gold ez convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Megalo Convoy Gold Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)}}</ul>

: A golden-chrome redeco of ''Cybertron'' Metroplex was offered as a contest prize in the December 2005 issue of ''TV Magazine'', and came with an equally blinged-out Legends/EZ Collection Optimus Prime figure. Fifteen of this set were available as prizes in the initial contest; a single Metroplex was later offered as one of many prizes in a Takara website contest, but this version came only with the standard metallic paint version of Prime.

::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+galaxy+convoy/1103/gold+galaxy+convoy.html More information on Gold EZ Collection Galaxy Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy ridprime magnus 2pack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cannon, 2 missiles

: A red redeco of the 2003 ''Universe'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Cybertron|Optimus Prime]] was sold with a repackaged version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] Ultra Magnus in a [[Costco]]-[[exclusive]] multi-pack in 2005. Sold under the ''Cybertron'' banner, their continuity of origin was ambiguous for years until clarified in 2015 by the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]].

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[[File:Cyb GalaxyForceOptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Sowing confusion on message boards everywhere.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Force Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''lo9x'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released in fourth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Leaders, this redeco of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure introduced a new color scheme that several other tail-end releases would emulate. Taking its name from the Takara version of ''Cybertron'' and with a bio noting that this new body depicts Prime after he embarks on his galaxy-spanning mission at the end of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon, "Galaxy Force" Optimus Prime replaces the original toy's blue parts with black and the translucent blue with smokey clear, and molds several—but not all—grey parts out of red plastic, including the toy's rifles, rail gun covers, missile launchers, and Super Mode leg guns. In the realm of new paint operations, Prime now sports all four Cyber Planet Key symbols on his shoulders, and his unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Key finally has a gold-painted border, as it had always had in Japan. Additionally, Prime's hip joints were tightened up with this release, making it easier to stand him up in Super Mode.

: This toy was later re-released in a [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] multi-pack ([[##VsCrumplezone|see below]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/GFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Galaxy Force Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=1839 More information on Galaxy Force Optimus Prime at Transformers Universe]''

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[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You've [[:File:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|already]] [[:File:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|bought]] [[:Nemesis Prime (Armada)|me]] [[:Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Universe|five]] [[:File:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|times!]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left and right smokestacks, Cybertron Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d56b'''
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Premiering in the eighth wave of ''Cybertron'' Deluxes, this Optimus is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[#Super-Con|Super-Con ''Armada'' Optimus Prime]], recolored in red and black to resemble the Leader Class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure.

: He does not come with the mold's nominal Mini-Con partner. Instead, Optimus Prime and his [[wave]]-mate [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron|Demolishor]] debuted a new brand of Cyber Key: [[retool]]ed from the standard Cybertron style key, this version lacked a sculpted [[insignia]], so that any symbol could be [[tampograph]]ed on to it, and featured a [[Mini-Con]]-style [[Powerlinx]] socket on the back, allowing it to operate the figure's formerly-Mini-Con-activated "punching" feature without the figure itself having to be retooled.

: The key sports a tampographed Autobot insignia, a red border, and the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "d56b" tampographed on the back. This code, when entered on Hasbro's website, was ''supposed'' to unlock additional information on the character or the toy, but due to an error on behalf of Hasbro, it unlocked information intended for his wave-mate Demolishor. Optimus Prime's information was instead unlocked using the code "dt67", which was on the back of Demolishor's Cyber Key.

: As was the case with the ''Universe'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Universe .282003.29|"Battle in a Box" Ultra Magnus]] release of this sculpt, initial shipments of Optimus Prime had the forearms [[Misassembly|swapped]], leaving his elbow joints useless. This was corrected for later shipments. A further [[variant|running change]] saw tampographed graphics depicting the four planet symbols added to the truck mode's cab.

: This sculpt was later redecoed once again for a 2008 ''Universe'' [[#Universe (2008)|multi-pack version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/DlxOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Deluxe Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Cybertron GFOptimusPrime Legends toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Cause we gotta little ol' convoy, rockin' through the night]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)}}</ul>

: Like the Deluxe Class figure before it, this redeco of ''Legends of Cybertron'' Optimus Prime was designed to resemble the Leader class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure, essentially replacing the blue with black, the yellow with silver and adding the Cyber Key symbol tampographs onto his shoulders. It was released in the fourth and final wave of the ''Cybertron'' Legends-class assortment.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/LOCGFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on "Galaxy Force" Legends Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertron OptimusPrime beast toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|It's a Double [[Garry Chalk]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories''" "'Jet-powered' flying board", missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''d7s9'''
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Available in the ninth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Deluxes, this unusual iteration of Optimus Prime is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Optimus Primal]], transforming into a robotic gorilla in the pseudo-[[technorganic]]-looking style of the other [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] toys. He comes with a "'jet-powered' flying board" with two [[5 mm post|5mm post]]s at the base, allowing him to ride it in his gorilla mode, or hold it in robot mode via the 5mm posts on his robot palms/gorilla feet. When a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted at the rear of the board, a spring-loaded extending "assault blade" deploys, and a trigger is revealed to allow one to use the spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Though it is not intended to be removed, the blade can be popped off and held in Primal's hand thanks to his poseable thumbs.

: This figure contains an unusual amount of sculpted detail on the inside of the plastic. The gorilla mode's chest has a ribcage, and the inside of the gorilla's face has a sculpted microphone, which lines up perfectly with the robot mode's head! Also, opening this toy's chest in robot mode reveals sculpted detail resembling the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] as it appeared in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. His beast mode features a painted scar over his one eye, a seeming homage to Peter Jackson's ''[[King Kong]]'' (released the previous year).

: While this mold was first released as part of the ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' line and is obviously meant to be Optimus Primal, it was developed to fit in with ''Cybertron's'' Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" the ''Beast Wars'' Anniversary release didn't pan out (according to [[Aaron Archer]]'s statements at [[BotCon 2005]]).

: This mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2014]] [[Apelinq (BM)#Timelines|Apelinq]] and [[Primal Prime#Timelines|Primal Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Jungle Planet Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cybertrontoy prime wingsaber 2pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime / Wing Saber''' (Multi-pack, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, 3 missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key

: Released in Fall of 2006, this Costco-exclusive two-pack bundled the original version of the Leader-class Optimus Prime figure with his combination partner [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Wing Saber]] and a DVD including the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] episode "[[United (episode)|United]]".

: This set comes in a particularly huge box, and sold for $35.99, five dollars less than the MSRP for Optimus Prime by ''himself''. Now that's a deal!

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[[File:Cybertrontoy LOCtarget4pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Megatron / Soundwave / Jetfire / Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2007)}}</ul>

: This four pack of Legend-class Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#LegendsMegs|Megatron]], [[Jetfire (Armada)#LOC|Jetfire]], and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)#Legends|Soundwave]] was exclusive to [[Target]] stores. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.
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==''Hybrid Style''==
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[[File:HybridStyletoy galaxyconvoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Galaxy Convoy''' ([[2006]])
**''ID number:'' '''THS-01'''
**''Accessories'': Trailer/backpack, leg armor (x2), standard head, Super Mode head, left and right fists, left and right pointing hands, left and right open hands, left and right gripping hands, Matrix of Leadership, Force Chip (x2)

:The first in TakaraTomy's ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' series, Galaxy Convoy is a partly die-cast figure with scaled-down equivalents of the accessories that came with the Leader-class figure. This highly-intricate figure retains all the transformation abilities of the original figure—vehicle, flight mode, robot, and Super Mode—and even its Cyber Key-activated features (even coming with two keys so they can be deployed simultaneously), with additional touches like spring-loaded mechanisms that snap his cannons into place, and hand-grips on the weapons for Super Mode. While he does lack electronics or firing missiles, Prime still includes his Matrix, super-tiny yet still removable, and has four alternate sets of hands: two clenched fists, two with pointing index fingers, two with splayed palms, and two curved hands for holding his various weapon handles. Given the figure's small size, a reconfigurable head was infeasible, so it also comes with an alternate Super Mode head with a mouthplate and crests deployed, though the standard head must be attached in order for the figure to be transformed to vehicle mode.

: Starting in late April, customers who purchased this toy at [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores received an exclusive all-white version of the [[campaign item|promotional freebie]] [[Hellflame Mini-Con Team|Hellflame Micron]] [[Graviton (Cybertron)|Graviton]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/HybridGalaxyConvoy/galaxyconvoy.htm More information on Hybrid Style Galaxy Convoy at TFU.info]
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==''Classics''==
[[File:Classicstoy legends cybertron prime.jpg|thumb|125px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends, [[2007]])

: Bizarrely enough, Optimus Prime was one of three ''Cybertron'' Legends toys straight-released in ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' packaging, though with the modifier "Cybertron Collection" printed on the cardfront. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.
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==''Transformers'' (2007)==
[[File:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

: A Target exclusive, this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Movie Legends Optimus Prime]], Legends of Cybertron Megatron and [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Movie Legends Megatron]]. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.
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==''Universe'' (2008)==
[[File:Universe2008toy BftCPK optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Battle for the Cyber Planet Keys''' (Sam's Club exclusive multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Left and right smokestacks, Cybertron Cyber Key
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: For ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'', a redeco of the ''Armada'' Super-Con [[#Super-Con|Optimus Prime]] in more Generation 1-inspired colors was released in a [[Sam's Club]] exclusive five-pack alongside [[Runamuck (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Runamuck]], [[Longrack (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Longrack]], [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Blurr (Cybertron)#Universe (2008)|Blurr]]. Optimus was the only toy in the set different from the original releases. He came with a translucent red version of the remolded style of Cyber Key previously included with this mold's release during the ''Cybertron'' line, featuring a Powerlinx port to activate his punching gimmick.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/SamsClubOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Universe Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
{{ArmadaSuperConOptimusPrimeMold}}

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[[File:Universe2008CybOptimusPrimeAndCrumplezone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Crumplezone''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Trailer/armor, rifle, three missiles, Matrix of Leadership, Cyber Key

: This Costco exclusive set contains [[#LeaderGalaxyForce|Leader-class "Galaxy Force" Optimus Prime]] and the original [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Crumplezone]]. Both toys were unchanged from their previous individual releases.
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==''Bot Shots''==
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[[File:BotShots JumpShot Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B004'''
***''Fist strength'': '''515'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''625'''
***''Sword strength'': '''475'''

: Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 single-packs, this new-mold Optimus Prime is heavily based on ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], transforming from a robot armed with a gun, into a futuristic firetruck. As a Jump Shot, he springs up when auto-transforming.

:He was redecoed into [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSJSOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Jump Shot Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BotShots 3pack Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Cindersaur / Autobot Jazz''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''BP008'''
***''Fist strength'': '''404'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''854'''
***''Sword strength'': '''362'''

: Part of the second wave of ''Bot Shots'' Series 2 three-packs, this redeco of Jump Shot Optimus Prime has a brighter red, a painted silver forehead crest and "nose-strap", blue windows, and glossy blue paint on his legs, head, and firefighting section, among other minor deco changes. He comes with [[Cindersaur (G1)|Jump Shot Cindersaur]] and [[Jazz (G1)/toys#SuperBot|Super Bot Autobot Jazz]].

:The second wave of Series 2 three-packs didn't reach mass retail in the United States, only showing up in discount stores like Ross.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BSJS3pkOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on 3-pack Jump Shot Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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==''Platinum Edition''==
[[File:PlatinumEditiontoy-YOTSOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Platimus.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Year of the Snake exclusive, 2013)
**''Accessories:'' Firetruck drone, helicopter drone, drill tank drone, submarine drone, trailer, rifle, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Snake" Optimus Prime is a redeco of [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'']] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|Super Class Optimus Prime]] inspired by his [[Show-accuracy|Generation 1 color scheme]]. In lieu of combining with his drones, Optimus Prime can also combine with ''Platinum Edition'' [[Omega Supreme (WFC)#Platinum Edition|Omega Supreme]] to form what his instructions ''also'' call "Super Optimus Prime". The drones are color-matched to Omega Supreme, and can attach to four connectors on his body. In an undocumented feature, Prime can also merge with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Energon|Wing Saber]].

:Though the [[stock photography]] shows the original mouthed-face head and smooth inner chest windows, the final toy uses the face-plated head and ridged inner windows. The [[packaging]]'s [[bio]] is every [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] bio ever (well, [[Optimus Prime (SG)|mostly]]), [[Ask Vector Prime]] would eventually declare him to be a version of Unicron Trilogy Optimus.

:''Platinum Edition'' Optimus Prime is exclusive to BigBadToyStore and Amazon.com in America, but was also released at Philippine mass retail in limited quantities, in Australia as a Kmart exclusive and in Canada as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive. All electronics have been omitted from this version, even the light-up feature retained by Takara's Superlink release, trading the LED for an open hole in the chest.
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==''Kre-O''==
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Mini-Con Combiners, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': Bazooka, [[Phaser (weapon)|phaser]], Uzi, scoped pistol, [[Klingon]] blaster

:"Mini-Con Combiner"' Optimus comes with one standard Kreon and four ''Cityville''-syle mini-Kreons of the same character, each one a different incarnation from various franchises. With some extra parts, the mini-Kreons become limbs to make a larger combiner-bot.

: Two of his limbs are based on ''Armada'' Optimus Prime; one "normal" (Inferno helmet), one pre-[[Earth]]-body (Knock Out helmet). The main torso-bot is based on Generation 1 Optimus's original body. Another limb-bot is based on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action Optimus]] (Soundwave helmet), and the remaining one (Ironhide helmet)... actually looks to be based on the Optimus-like-but-not-Optimus [[Micromaster]] [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]! The heck?

:[https://www.seibertron.com/events/fullsize.php?event_id=400&size=1&image=29 First shown at New York Toy Fair 2015], the Mini-Con Combiners were apparently cancelled without fanfare... a decision that must have come late in the day, as they went on to star in their own promotional animation, "[[Stuck in a Tree]]", released about eight months after the trade show.
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==''War for Cybertron: Siege''==
[[File:WFC-Siege-WFC-S40-Leader-Class-Galaxy-Upgrade-Optimus-Prime.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Technically not ''Cybertron'' Optimus by this wiki's classification.]]
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#S40}}

:The [[2019]] ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' includes "Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime", which is based heavily on ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime in its vehicle and Super modes.
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==Canceled prototype==
[[File:Generations_Armada_Convoy_Prototype.jpeg|thumb|''Life could be a dream...'']]
*'''Armada Convoy'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]]}}

:Revealed as a grayscale prototype at the [[Wonder Festival]] [[2019]] Winter convention, this Voyager-sized Optimus Prime mold is modelled after his ''Armada'' design, though adding many stylized details. Though a pair of hands are visible in the hollows of his legs, the prototype was not designed with a super-mode conversion<ref>{{citesocial|quote=When I [pitched ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime] to TT, I actually sent over the Wondercon Takara Tomy prototype image that was shown at that event. They explained to me that the grey model their domestic team showed off did not have the super mode combining ability.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr2DhHyscWT/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=05|day=05}}</ref> (and was likely too early in its production to be able to change at all).

:TakaraTomy claimed at Wonder Festival [[2020]] Winter that this figure was not "cancelled", but was not a development priority at that time, and that its proper toyline was not determined.<ref>[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/2020-winter-wonder-festival-information.1188365/page-21#post-17643985 Report from Gamerlingual on the TFW2005 Forums, 9 February 2020]</ref> [[#Legacy|An entirely different tooling of the character]] was later released as part of the ''Legacy'' line; Hasbro had requested the prototype model from Takara, but by that point it had been misplaced, so the Commander Class toy was developed from scratch.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The Takara Prime was developed by a different team at Takara that doesn’t work with the Hasbro toy team, the Hasbro team asked for it but the model couldn’t be located, so the Commander toy was made from scratch. I think it turned out for the better.|link=https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/28/sdcc-2023-hasbro-show-floor-qa-legacy-studio-series-video-games-more-488215|name=Evan Brooks|site=TFW2005|title=SDCC 2023 Hasbro Show Floor Q&A – Legacy, Studio Series, Video Games, More!|year=2023|month=07|day=28}}</ref> However, the unproduced prototype did make one final appearance in the ''Legacy: Evolution'' box art mural (the stylized chest grill and curved forearm smokestacks being a dead giveaway), presumably because it was the reference material on hand at the time.
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==''Legacy''==
[[File:TF-Legacy-Commander-Class-Armada-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|The time has come for...SUPER Bendy Prime!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Armada Universe Optimus Prime''' (Commander Class, [[2023]], [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-48'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': Ion blaster, Matrix, insignia plate, left and right smokestack guns
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[April 4]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qv8dh66d48 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Sam Smith]], [[Shogo Hasui]] and [[Delaney Norris]]</ref>

: Marking the 20th anniversary of the ''Armada'' franchise, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' "Armada Universe Optimus Prime" is a Commander Class figure modeled after the original Super Base toy listed above, but trades the trailer's remote-controlled autotransformation [[gimmick]] and primary robot's electronics for markedly superior articulation in both regular and "super" robot modes. The deco and some elements of the sculpt are heavily based upon Prime's appearance in the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|anime]], hence the regular robot mode's silver fists, black chest stripes, and the layout of the gold waist deco on the super mode. The gold itself is a compromise between the original Hasbro figure's darker gold and Takara's bright yellow.

: He comes with a large ion blaster that can be held in both robot modes and smokestacks that can detach and combine (though they cannot form into a singular gun like the original toy) with the rifle as part of his [[Evo-Fusion]] feature; however, the gimmick's logo is oddly absent from the box itself. His trailer unfolds into a base mode and combines with him to form his super mode. The smaller robot is a roughly Voyager-sized figure with a removable [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. An undocumented feature beneath the Matrix chamber is what appears to be a spark chamber modeled after the one seen inside ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Leader Class Optimus Prime's chest. The Autobot insignia on his truck roof/super mode chestplate is also removable — a sign of [[Jetfire (Armada)|things to come]], perhaps? He also has an extra point at the back of his trailer that appears to be meant to pull a second trailer, for possibly [[Overload (Armada)|another future feature.]]

: The turret section for Optimus' trailer/base comes separated in the packaging and must be attached by slightly reconfiguring the trailer, bending the turret's hinges appropriately, then finally pegging it in and tabbing the trailer back into place. The blaster can also be stored on the super mode's back via a 5mm hole.

: The instructions for transforming Optimus into super mode have the torso clip into the backpack first, then drop down onto the legs. You technically ''can'' do these steps in reverse to better replicate the original ''Armada'' super mode transformation, but doing so makes hooking Optimus into the backpack much more difficult. Also, the instructions don't show how the clips work; you need to fold the small red flap all the way out and push the grey tabs on the hips in in order to unlatch them. On another note regarding the super mode, all Hasbro photography has the trailer's stabilizer posts mistransformed in super mode. As the instructions show, they're meant to flip out and peg into the gold sections on Super Optimus' shins, mimicking the cannon detailing of the original Super Base toy.

: An undocumented feature involves a conspicuous rectangular red port located on the trailer/base section which forms Super Optimus' backpack. If you have an ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)#Toys|Overload]] figure in cannon-pack mode on hand, you can slot Overload into this port and the gap just above it to form "Megaweapon" Optimus! Unfortunately, due to the connection point being on the trailer base for ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus instead of being on the cab like the original ''Armada'' Super-Base Optimus, Overload will sit further back when combining and make ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus become extremely back heavy. This changed position will also make Overload's cannons be further back, making the shoulder stocks of Overload sit behind ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' shoulders instead of in front of them, thus making them useless if they were real shoulder stocks. Additionally, because of how Overload's gun-feet are molded, the cannons won't sit horizontal due to clearance issues with Optimus' shoulder armor. Easy way to get around this is to just have ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus strike a pose while wearing Overload.

: The extra port at the back of ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' trailer can also be used to tow Overload as a second trailer. However, unlike the original ''Armada'' Super-Base Optimus' trailer there is no lip to secure the hitch, and the port is much lower, causing him to be towed at an angle that causes his robot mode shoulders to drag on the ground despite his wheels still making contact with the floor. Additionally, the lower port location prevents him from having enough clearance to have [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] provide structural support. Also, due to the cab-side of the hitch of ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus' being a port rather than a peg, he cannot tow ''Armada'' Overload by himself.

: While it needs to be transformed in place for the two modes, the butt-end of the blue-colored frame (the one that holds the wheels) can hinder the full rotation of the golden Super Mode hands.

: He was officially revealed on the [[April 4]] [[Hasbro Pulse]] Fanstream, and went up for pre-order on [[April 18]].

: The Japanese release of this figure comes in an additional outer sleeve that features the Hasbro version's package art with the Japanese ''Legacy: Evolution'' logo and the toy's Japanese name on the front, and a modified reprint of the package art for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Super Base|the original Super Base]] toy on the back of the box. Inside the sleeve, however, is the normal Hasbro version's packaging with additional stickers in Japanese.

: ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime was reissued in mid-2024 with preorders listed on April of that year.

:*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr2DhHyscWT/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Armada Optimus Prime (and the above prototype) from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
[[File:MonsterConvoy.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]
* The first test shots of Superbase Optimus Prime had a [http://www.behindthetoys.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7661 molded and recessed Autobot insignia] on the chest button rather than a flat surface with a tampographed symbol. It is unknown why this change was made.
* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK.
* Pre-dating Powerlinx Optimus Prime, designer Aaron Archer asked fans on the TFW2005 forums what they'd want out of a redeco of the large toy—throwing out ideas such as a Scourge deco, a modified vehicle mode, new SFX, a transparent trailer, an added sword accessory, and the remote possibility of a new Mini-Con!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Okay I give. If we did redeco the Elec. Optimus item as is (no new tools) what would you like to see to make you buy it again? Deco excatlly like Scourge? or another ? VM? New sound FX? New Mini-con probably wouldn't happen but what would be a good Vh for a evil Optimus? Clear trailer? Added Sword weapon? Keep this orderly and helpful, I have timing and cost issues to deal with so if you want to complain about next getting a new trailer and that we are killing you with cost them I understand but keep it to yourself. If you want to help make this worth rebuying them let me hear it...!|name=Aaron Archer|site=TFW2005|year=circa 2002}}</ref> In the end, Prime's Mini-Con was in fact retooled into the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]-like Corona Sparkplug.
* ''Energon'' Optimus Prime's combination with the Prime Force is...well, it's pretty much as close to a Sentai Robo that ''Transformers'' has ever gotten. It's also highly reminiscent of Voltron, as noted by our captions for that toy's image. That being said, Transformers characters who combine with non-sentient drones have become more common in the years since ''Energon'', so it seems less unusual now than when it was new.
*Under his various Japanese names, Optimus was ''three'' candidates in [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Fan polls#Masterpiece Fan's Choice|''Masterpiece'' Fan's Choice]] poll, which asked fans to determine which Autobot/Maximal leader from the franchise's then-30 year history should receive a new toy in the prestigious ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' line. ''Armada'' Optimus placed second (with 24.3% of the votes), ''Energon'' Optimus placed tenth (with 1.5%), and ''Cybertron'' Optimus placed seventh (2.5%).
* Though not marketed as ''Energon'' Optimus Prime, several major details of that figure would be homaged in the 2015 ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline's two [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime]] releases and a [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|third deco]] in ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]''. Unlike "Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime" above, we're not putting either of them on this page because the influence is largely confined to the Combiner torso mode. None has a totally accurate deco, though [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] is the combined form of a [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|largely white release]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|limbs]] [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|that]] [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|roughly]] [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|match]] the [[Prime Force]] in color, while Takara's [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Convoy Grand Prime]] splits the difference with an Energon-accurate combined mode deco with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Unite Warriors/Legends|G1 cartoon-based]] individual modes.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]

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Optimus Maximus (G1)

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

Though born under [[Optimus Maximus & Bruticus Saga|utilitarian]], [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|desp]][[Slugslinger's Ambition|erate]], [[To sell toys|or]] [[You, Me, and the Universe|just plain dirty]] circumstances, the mighty combiner '''Optimus Maximus''' manages to tower above the imperfections of the world around them—both literally and metaphorically.

As a beacon of hope and inspiration, he<ref name="blue-helmet-no-pronouns">* Throughout their various appearances in ''Transformers'' fiction, Optimus Maximus has almost never been referred to with gendered pronouns. The single instance we've been able to find was in ''Transformers: Earth Wars'', where Grimlock [[Source:Transformers: Earth Wars/2017#What Doesn't Kill You...|boasted that he could topple the Combiner alone]]... but we'll note that he seemed to be confusing the Combiner for just an upgraded form of Optimus Prime, so whether it's an accurate description or an unreliable interpretation remains unclear. On the other hand, their dialogue after their personality coheres consistently uses "we", implying a collective intelligence is at play (think [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]], not the [[British monarchy|Queen of England]]) and "they" best describes how there's five or six guys on the team. We've elected to use both through this article to cover both their internal psychology and his perception by others.</ref> represents the truth that [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|courage truly is stronger when combined]]. Powerful in words and deeds, this larger-than-life hero builds upon the already nigh-mythological [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] with the perspectives and strengths of his long-time brothers-in-arms... even if there's something deeply suspect about giving [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] access to the inside of the Autobot commander's head.

Optimus Maximus is the combined form of several [[Autobot]]s, sometimes grouped together as the [[Sentinel (TCG)|Sentinels]], though the precise limb configuration is variable. They each bring some of their own unique traits to the picture:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s courage
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s strategic genius
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s cloaking powers
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s dependability
*and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s... good looks.

[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] is sometimes included as Optimus Maximus' chest piece. [[Ultra Prime]] is a less refined form of Optimus Maximus, created by Optimus Prime failing to harness the full power of his Combiner upgrade (or with a random assortment of [[Transformer]]s).

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

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Optimusmaximus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|'Til all are one.]]
After [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s first two attempts at stopping [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] ended in his arrest, he fell back on his contingency plan: roping [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] into stealing the [[Enigma of Combination]] and delivering it to his cell—just as [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], [[Mirage (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Mirage]], and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] arrived to meet with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Although Optimus tried to stop Rattrap, he activated the Enigma. The five Autobots were exposed to its energy, merging them into a new, combined form. With Prowl in control, the new combiner headed through the unstable [[space bridge]] portal, vowing to end the conflict once and for all. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

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

[[File:opmaxdefender.jpg|thumb|right|300px|This moment was the culmination of years and years and ''years'' of polycule drama.]]

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

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

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

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

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

Eventually, Optimus Prime and Ironhide both died in the final battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], so Optimus Maximus would never form again. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
{{note|The Autobots that form this combiner aren't exactly a specific ''team'' in this microcontinuity. Despite this, their subgroup is consistently given as "Optimus Maximus", so we've taken the liberty of documenting their lives outside of forming this heroic warrior here as well.}}

Before the war, [[Mirage (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Mirage]] was very wealthy. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}}

Orion Pax was upgraded with increased strength and size by [[Wheeljack (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Wheeljack]], traits that would serve the future [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Optimus Prime]] well. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}}

From the very start of the war, [[Ironhide (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Ironhide]] fought on the front line for the Autobots. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Ironhide's bio}} Optimus Prime wouldn't rise to become Autobot commander {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime's bio}} and lead the Autobot forces until ''after'' this point. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}

At some later point, but still millions of years before the present day, Mirage also became a soldier on the front line. While loyal to the Autobot cause, he developed a bit of a reputation for challenging Autobot authority in public - both over the purpose of warfare, and whether there were better ways to resolve the conflict with the Decepticons. As a result, Mirage became a bit of an outsider among his peers. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}}

[[Prowl (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Prowl]] had the most complex and comprehensive analytical mind on record, capable of tracking the position of 8 ''million'' objects in motion and predicting their future locations. It was this nature that served him well first as an analyst for the Iaconian Police Force's [[Iaconian Mechaforensic Division|Mechaforensics Division]], then as military strategist and counsel to [[Autobot High Command]]. Despite his outsized strategetic acumen, [[Rung (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rung]] noted his fellow Autobots didn't always follow his plans closely. Despite this, they were often still successful - much to Prowl's confusion and [[Prowl (G1)/2005_IDW_continuity|table-flipping anger]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}

[[Sunstreaker (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Sunstreaker]] has a twin brother, Sideswipe. The self-professed "good-looking one" of the pair volunteered to serve on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}} alongside Optimus Prime {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}} and Mirage, {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}} which subsequently crash-landed on Earth. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Autobot Hound's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Wheeljack's bio}} Despite this rocky arrival, Sunstreaker came to enjoy the planet and especially the attention of humans. Rung noted that he was a complicated character, having both detonated a bridge alone to allow his teammates to escape, and crashed a shuttle because... he was distracted by his own reflection. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}

Prowl subsequently spent many years on Earth, but was disquieted by the moral ambiguity of the planet. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}

Sunstreaker was also part of the initial crew of the [[Lost Light]], though by the present day he had returned to Earth. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}

[[Hot Rod (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rodimus]], though brash, was considered to have the makings of a skilled leader and honorable commander. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Rodimus' bio}}

Optimus Prime was upgraded with the ability to combine. This initially produced [[Ultra Prime]], who could be made with any arbitrary set of warriors {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime's bio}} and probably fought on Cybertron, {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Skydive's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Firefly's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Alpha Bravo's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Dragstrip's bio}} but the existential threat of Decepticon combiners in the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] pushed Optimus to master this power and form Optimus Maximus {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|Battle Core Optimus Prime's bio}} to protect Earth. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Mirage's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Ironhide's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Prowl's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Sunstreaker's bio}}

===''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''===
[[File:ConvoyGrandPrime-MegatroniaChapter.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"Protect the environment, or I'll slagging kill you!"]]
Inspired by a [[Masquerade|previous incident]] in which several Autobots combined, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Mirage (G1)#Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] initiated the "Masquerade Project" in the late 1980s, modifying their [[transformation cog]]s to adopt new combiner modes. Though the process was imperfect and unstable, they managed to combine into Optimus Maximus and defeat [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] during the battle for the [[Transform Super Cog]]. The combiner was then split apart when hit by an energy shockwave emitted by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

In [[2021]] on Cybertron, Optimus Prime was temporarily resurrected in a new body and joined with the other four to form Optimus Maximus in response to the intervention of [[Megaempress]] and her [[4 Guards]]. Optimus Maximus proceeded to struggle against the mighty Decepticon combiner, whose onslaught prompted Optimus Maximus to shield [[Marissa Faireborn]] and [[Sue Faireborn|Sue]] from falling debris. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Their duel was interrupted by the arrival of [[Unicron]]'s head, prompting Optimus Maximus to disengage and separate into his components for the battle with Unicron's [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]]. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}}When Unicron attempted to make Cybertron his new body, the Autobots reformed Optimus Maximus and fought the dark god directly until they were blown apart by his eye beams. Undaunted, Optimus Prime accepted [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] as his new right arm and became "Optimus Maximus Roller Edition", who punched Unicron's head so hard it was sent to the [[Triple Z Point]]. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

==Games==
===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:Optimusmaximusbird.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Bird up.]]
{{main|Red (AB)#As Optimus Maximus}}
Optimus Maximus appears as the fourth unlockable Combiner. His head is Red's. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
[[File:Devastation-OptimusMaximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|And just wait until you see all the add-ons!]]
After the incident with the [[Ferrotaxis]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] mused to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] about ending the war once and for all. They then both looked at a set of Combiner schematics on a computer screen, depicting Optimus Maximus. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Maximus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.33|See! Optimus Maximus at max level. Genius.]]
Optimus Maximus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all six of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:OptimusMaximus-EarthWars.jpg|thumb|250px| [[wikia:voltron:Voltron: Legendary Defender|I shall purge the darkness of the Galra with the power of FRIEN...]]*cough* Wait, wrong line.]]

When Optimus was in need of a new combiner to ease the burden of [[Superion (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Superion]], he requested Prowl rally the research team to look into viable candidates. With the assistance of Teletraan, Prowl identified five viable candidates - Sunstreaker (who'd previously volunteered), Ironhide, himself (with [[Ratchet (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Ratchet]] verifying that he didn't tamper with the results), Mirage, and finally Optimus Prime (firmly insisted upon by the Autobot supercomputer).

When Prowl suggested a name for the incoming Combiner was needed, Mirage considered it good manners that the gestalt be named after the Autobot commander. Ironhide combined (heh) that recommendation with an egotistical comment by Sunstreaker to come up with "Optimus Maximus", and Optimus Prime didn't believe he had any grounds to object.

When Optimus Maximus was first formed thanks to the technology of the [[Combiner Labs]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tried to figure out who was in him, with the former asking if he was Optimus or Prowl. Optimus Maximus replied that five had become one, and avoided answering to any of his component identities. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Earth Wars/2017#Optimus Maximus & Bruticus Saga|Optimus Maximus & Bruticus Saga}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:Optimus Maximus, Ultimate Defender's artwork is reused from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Optimus Maximus packaging art.
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==Notes==
*In his first comic appearance, Optimus Maximus appears with the red and blue torso colors of the original ''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Prime toy. The subsequent issue, meanwhile, swaps out the blue for Battle Core Optimus's white and gold parts whilst retaining all the red, presumably as a compromise to promote the new toy whilst not completely ignoring the previous installment.
*Maximus's limbs call to mind [[:File:TwoHeros optimus supermode.jpg |''Energon'' Optimus Prime's super-mode]], with a white limb (Prowl), a yellow limb (Sunstreaker), a blue limb (Mirage), and an orange limb (Ironhide... kinda). [[TakaraTomy]] would take advantage of this when releasing their "Convoy Grand Prime" set, putting the limbs in the standard configuration of the [[Prime Force]] drones for art and stock photos.
*The limbs for Optimus Maximus were also advertised as components of [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]], though we'll note that the bio for [[Scattershot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Scattershot]] suggests this is but one possible roster.
*Ultra Prime and Optimus Maximus being two ''Combiner Wars''-style Combiners with the same torso mirrors both [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]] versus [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Elita-Infin1te]] versus [[Orthia]].
*The Japanese name "Convoy Grand Prime" has also been mirrored by [[Grand Scourge|Scourge Grand Prime]] and [[White Gallant Convoy|White Convoy Grand Prime]].

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

Talk:Starscream Combiner

2025-07-16T12:04:02Z

Sky Shadow: /* Move proposal to "Ultimate Starscream" */ Developmetal connection identified!

"This lacks any official name or designation" but like it calls him Megascream like halfway down the page --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 00:12, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
:I'm not quite sure how to classify ''Deviations'' in that regard. "Megascream" is the new name Starscream himself takes on, with no supplementary designated name for his Combiner form. It's like if ''Unite Warriors'' Convoy Grand Prime was just called "Convoy" to reflect that it doesn't have an independent consciousness. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 00:28, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
::Maybe if we retool the intro a bit to talk about how Starscream's a combiner sometimes and some iterations are called Megascream and others don't have a proper name. Then add a notes section where we explain how Megascream and the POTP combiner are just two separate executions of the concept of Starscream as a combiner and that while one isn't strictly a toy of the other, we're keeping them on the same page for reader convenience because it's the best way to present the information. (And maybe put a mention somewhere of the bit in the Machinma combiner wars cartoon where starscream combines with combiners or whatever it was that happened, idk).
::'''TL;DR:''' I think we should keep them on the same page while also pointing that they're separate but related things, and also make it explicitly clear that the POTP toy is not named Megascream. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 04:07, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
:::I think the page is mostly fine as=is, though it could probably stand to clarify a bit that Megascream is the new name Starscream takes on after getting upgraded by Unicron and not the name of the combiner. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 04:30, 24 September 2018 (EDT)

Gonna be honest, I think having Megascream and the Combiner Wars...thing on here is a mistake. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 15:03, 11 April 2021 (EDT)
:Starscream combiners is the same, imo, but maybe more people feel otherwise...?—[[User:The Wadapan|The Wadapan]] ([[User talk:The Wadapan|talk]]) 19:32, 11 April 2021 (EDT)

==Move proposal to "Ultimate Starscream"==
This page was originally created with the belief that the POTP Starscream combiner had its own identity like Optimus Maximus and Sky Reign, but a re-inspection of the POTP material makes it clear that Starscream is the dominant force in his hunger for power - much like the previously existing Combiner Wars cartoon, which is in the same sub-continuity family and features a Starscream combiner who's largely just more him. I'd also like to draw attention to the fact that the POTP toy was *surely* in development at the same time as the web series, and was possibly a tie-in. See the live intro for how much it gels together.

I think therefore that while Ultimate Starscream is not actually a confirmed *name* it *is* an official descriptor that merits a ''noname-designation'' tag (which should trump a ''noname-nickname'' situation).

Pre-empting a possible counterproposal: I also don't think it's worth merging into Starscream's main article, despite the effective confirmation that it's the same identity all the way through, because of the fact that his control over others *can* break in this state.

I'd appreciate feedback on this, thanks! I have been enjoying becoming the preeminent expert on original PWT combiners but need to make sure I'm not going off half-cocked on things like this. [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] ([[User talk:Sky Shadow|talk]]) 11:51, 30 June 2025 (EDT)

:Sorry, I think the current page name is fine. Ultimate Starscream from the Combiner Wars cartoon is developmentally unrelated to the Power of the Primes toy. Megascream is completely unrelated. "Starscream Combiner" covers all of these cases succinctly. Personally I could see an argument to merge them all into Starscream's page, but it's convenient to have a page just for this broad concept. —[[User:The Wadapan|wadapan]] ([[User talk:The Wadapan|talk]]) 12:01, 30 June 2025 (EDT)

::Generally reasonable, but just to clarify - I'm thinking in terms of "the giant Starscream combiner showed up in the show because John Warden possibly talked about a Starscream combiner in a development meeting", not "the giant Starscream combiner resulted in the development of the POTP product" [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] ([[User talk:Sky Shadow|talk]]) 12:37, 30 June 2025 (EDT)

:::Agreed with Wada, sorry. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 19:35, 2 July 2025 (EDT)

: Just realised a proper developmental connection. Fun Pub straight up told us there *was* a Combiner Wars [[Starscream Combiner#Notes|Starscream torso developed]] - it was just only released as [[Galvatronus (CW)#Toys|Galvatronus]]. And ''Power of the Primes'' Inferno was reused CW tooling, per the same source (Randy running his insider knowledge mouth on the long-lost Allspark thread history). If Warden and gang showed that concept to the <s>Game of Thrones</s> go90 show team, and then PoTP Starscream was a second pass on the same core concept from the toy design angle knowing that a Starscream Combiner was in the show... Is this something? Is it too tenuous? There's certainly the *possibility* of a developmentally connected thread here, though I don't know how willing others would be to chase it alongside me [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] ([[User talk:Sky Shadow|talk]]) 08:04, 16 July 2025 (EDT)

Starscream Combiner

2025-07-16T11:54:13Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Improve "King Starscream" note.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Starscream Combiner is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-StarscreamCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|"Get on with the docking sequence!"]]

Usually when a new Combiner is brought into the world, it's an equal meeting of the minds in the form of an awesome super robot. Not so with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], whose selfishness and [[Transformers: Deviations|lust for power]] run so deep that other bots could drown in it. Desperate to [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|claw every scrap of strength and control he can from every possible source]], it's the ultimate tragedy that the already powerful Air Commander will learn nothing from those taken into the "'''Starscream Combiner'''", who seems to be just more of the same unsatisfiable warrior - but this is lost on him. All that matters is the power that is rightfully his.

So bottomless is his need to dominate the universe that, if allowed to, he will [[A War of Giants|gobble up entirely seperate Combiners]] in his pursuit of fulfilment. But this is Starscream we're talking about - the ambitions that got him this far will ''always'' exceed his grasp of the situation. The more he consumes, the more likely it is that the control he imposes over everyone else inside his combination will shatter, laying bare [[Darkest Hour (CW)|the pain at its core]].

It's not impossible for Starscream to let go of his ego and work with others, but it usually requires [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors|an even stronger will]] to keep him in line.

==Fiction==
===''Deviations''===
[[File:TF-Deviations-Megascream-Combiner.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|"My fellow arms and legs, as your new torso, I..."]]

In a reality wherein [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] killed [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] in [[2005]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] ascended to [[Decepticon leader]]ship and thus was present to strike a deal with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The Chaos Bringer upgraded Starscream into Megascream in exchange for the promised destruction of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

Soon thereafter, when Optimus spearheaded the Autobot attack on Unicron's surface, he was met by the new Decepticon leader, who demanded that Prime turn over the Matrix so that Megascream could destroy Unicron himself. A brawl ensued; Megascream revealed the full extent of his upgrades by [[combiner|combining]] with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to form a gigantic warrior. The gestalt Megascream easily crushed and injured Optimus beneath his fist before seizing the Matrix. At the last moment, the stowaway [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] intervened, snatching the Matrix away from the Decepticon leader and opening it. The ensuing explosion destroyed Unicron, with Megascream, his underlings, and Hot Rod all lost in the blast. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
[[File:AWarOfGiants Starscream plus combiners.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|How it started.]]
[[File:DarkestHour-starcloud.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|How it's going.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}

As part of a bid for power, Starscream staged an elaborate scheme that ended with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], and [[Victorion|Victorion]] attacking him and the other members of Cybertron's ruling council, prompting the [[Mistress of Flame]] to hand over the [[Enigma of Combination]] so he could stop them. Instead, he used the relic's power to merge himself with the two combiners, along with the already dead [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], becoming '''Ultimate Starscream'''. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} However, the power proved too much for him to control, and his form distorted into little more than a giant screaming ball of energy. No longer in his right mind, Ultimate Starscream began to attack the city, with the Mistress, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attempting to fend him off. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} Ultimately, Windblade managed to awaken [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to restrain Ultimate Starscream, allowing Optimus and Megatron to finish him off. Starscream's body was disintegrated by the blast, and the other combiners were revived and released from his control. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The scheming Decepticon air commander [[Starscream (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Starscream]] could wield powers of the [[Thirteen|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Starscream packaging bio}} As "Nexus Starscream" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selfishly, combining with any and every warrior who could give him a leg up with his insatiable lust for power. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Starscream card}}
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==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-POTP-Starscream-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|<center><big>"[[Jazz_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|Who]] [[Slag_(G1)#Power_of_the_Primes|dis]][[Swoop_(G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|rupts]] my '''''combination'''''!?"</big>]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager Class, [[2017]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Starscream]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Starscream Combiner's chest, hands, or feet, such as the "Seeker Enigma" that comes packed with Starscream.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfish warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Decepticon]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Starscream's/Dreadwind's<ref>Despite precedent, the side of Blackwing's package depicted the [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] superjet combination instead.</ref> packaging art
!Starscream's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Darkwing (G1)#Generations|Blackwing]]
*[[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|Dreadwind]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Blot]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Swoop]]
*Dreadwind
|}
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==Notes==
[[File:Machinima-CW-Ultimate Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Tsarscream" was ''right there'', y'all.]]
*The situation with the Starscream Combiner's name is a thorny one. You'd be forgiven for assuming its name is "[[#Deviations|Megascream]]" or "[[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Nexus Starscream]]" from the write-ups above, but those are actually names given to two different upgrades that ''permit'' Starscream to dominate others by combining with them. Only "[[#Prime Wars Trilogy cartoons|Ultimate Starscream]]" directly applies to the combiner itself... and that was never actually ''given'' in the ''Combiner Wars'' series itself, instead coming from an official render of the character. Considering that it's a plot point that bonding directly with the Enigma and using entire Combiners recursively makes him the "ultimate Combiner", it's sadly a little too specific (without a second use; help us, [[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]]!) to be the name of this page.
*Similar examples of a central component taking complete control include the back-of-the-box bio for [[Cyclonus (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Cyclonus]] (while forming [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]]) and the e-HOBBY handling of [[Grand Scourge#Legends/Unite Warriors|Scourge Grand Prime]] stealing [[Menasor (G1)#e-HOBBY comics|Menasor]]'s limbs.
*The ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline was the introduction of "pretooled" alternate heads across all figures, and Starscream was lucky enough to recieve two. One on [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Combiner Wars|Skydive]]'s body was [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|released]] [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Golden Lagoon|twice]] by [[TakaraTomy]], but ex-[[Fun Publications]] people attested there was also one sculpted for the [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Cyclonus]] mold. If released, the [[Galvatronus (CW)#Combiner Wars|Galvatronus]] torso mode would have been decoed up as "King Starscream", though this ultimately never came to pass. Interestingly enough, the same line that foreclosed on the Cyclonus retool also ended up releasing [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]]'s similarily pretooled head [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Inferno]]. Was there a world where, like the [[Inferno Combiner]], this super robot was repurposed ''Combiner Wars'' sculpting?

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930306317266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging line art by Robby Musso]

==References==
<references />

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[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

Inferno Combiner

2025-07-16T11:35:30Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Funnier phrasing

{{faction|autobot}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Inferno Combiner is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-InfernoCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''When he hears that fire-bell chime / Inferno's got [[Nexus Prime]] Putting on his legs and arms / to be sure they're safe from harm'']]

[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] may be bold and bombastic in a firefight, but as a firefight''er'' he instinctively understands the value of life and how essential it is to stand up for it. It's this quieter, nobler trait that comes to the forefront when the "'''Inferno Combiner'''" is formed. Whether it's rescuing wounded Autobots from hazardous environments by [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|literally ''making them its limbs'']] or stepping up when [[#Of Masters and Mayhem|beloved heroes go missing]], all else is secondary in service of others' survival.

While the ''motivation'' to form this Combiner is plain as day, who it (he? they?) becomes as a gestalt consciousness – if they even become one – is less obvious. It's likely Inferno is in the driver's seat if he considers it reliable enough to swap in and out components in the middle of an active crisis, but this may also be a testament to the good-natured [[Autobot]] spirit of collaboration and teamwork.

Not that [[Bluestreak (G1)#Of Masters and Mayhem|everyone]] is quite so compatible or open-minded, of course, but that's why firefighting is often volunteer work!

==Fiction==
===Of Masters and Mayhem===
'''Project: [[Firestormer]]''' was a program to create a new Combiner after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went missing. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] wanted [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to join them in the initiative, but Bluestreak did not like the idea of becoming part of a Combiner. Ultimately, Project: Firestormer was never completed, presumably due to [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The Autobot [[Inferno (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Inferno]] could enhance his firefighting skills by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Inferno packaging bio}} As "Nexus Inferno" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selflessly, combining with damaged bots to get them moving and out of danger. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Inferno card}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-Inferno-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|''He's always on the scene / In-fer-no And his leg is minty green / In-fer-no'']]
*'''Inferno''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|Inferno]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed Combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Inferno Combiner's hands or feet, such as the "Autobot Enigma" that comes packed with Inferno. They cannot be installed in the Combiner's chest as the [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] tooling Inferno is built from pre-dates this gimmick entirely.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfless warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Autobot]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Inferno's/Wreck-Gar's<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-transformers-power-of-the-primes-wreckgar/41754/ Seibertron photo review of ''Power of the Primes'' Wreck-Gar, 31 July 2018]</ref> packaging art
!Inferno's instructions
!Wreck-Gar's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*''[[Firestar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Novastar]]/[[Moonracer (G1)#Power of the Primes|Moonracer]]?''<ref name="probablynovastar">The Inferno Combiner's right arm is obscured out of view on its packaging art, but line-artist [[Robby Musso]] eventually posted an uncropped view depicting the Moonracer mold as the drawn limb in question. As this part of the artwork was never publicised in color we can't be ''certain'' which deco was intended... though Novastar DOES have a [[The Search for Alpha Trion|pre-existing connection]] with Inferno, and was similiarly released towards the tail-end of the line. Wreck-Gar's release takes advantage of this missing portion of the art to imply that he was there all along instead!</ref>
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations|Cutthroat]]
*Moonracer
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|Sinnertwin]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations|Rippersnapper]]
*Blot
*Sinnertwin
|}

==Notes==
*Much like the similar ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner [[Starscream Combiner|formed around Starscream]], this (non)specific super robot isn't the first time Inferno has been a combiner component—[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'' #12]] has him as one of the [[Rescuebot]]s who form that series' version of [[Defensor (G1)#Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Defensor]].
*The characters involved in ''Project: Firestormer'' all use ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs. [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ratchet]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] were produced by [[Fun Publications]] at the time, while Hoist and Inferno were sly references to pretooled heads for [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] (the latter eventually released in ''Power of the Primes'', hence sharing this page!) respectively. Finally, Sideswipe was a [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|proposed]] - but not pursued - "virtual redeco" of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|Breakdown]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930303402266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging art by Robby Musso on Facebook]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Combiners]]

Inferno Combiner

2025-07-16T11:34:25Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Inferno Combiner is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-InfernoCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''When he hears that fire-bell chime / Inferno's got [[Nexus Prime]] Putting on his legs and arms / to be sure they're safe from harm'']]

[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] may be bold and bombastic in a firefight, but as a firefight''er'' he instinctively understands the value of life and how essential it is to stand up for it. It's this quieter, nobler trait that comes to the forefront when the "'''Inferno Combiner'''" is formed. Whether it's rescuing wounded Autobots from hazardous environments by [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|literally ''making them its limbs'']] or stepping up when [[#Of Masters and Mayhem|beloved heroes go missing]], all else is secondary in service of others' survival.

While the ''motivation'' to form this Combiner is plain as day, who it (he? they?) becomes as a gestalt consciousness – if they even become one – is less obvious. It's likely Inferno is in the driver's seat if he considers it reliable enough to swap in and out components in the middle of an active crisis, but this may also be a testament to the good-natured [[Autobot]] spirit of collaboration and teamwork.

Not that [[Bluestreak (G1)#Of Masters and Mayhem|everyone]] is quite so compatible or open-minded, of course, but that's why firefighting is often volunteer work!

==Fiction==
===Of Masters and Mayhem===
'''Project: [[Firestormer]]''' was a program to create a new Combiner after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went missing. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] wanted [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to join them in the initiative, but Bluestreak did not like the idea of becoming part of a Combiner. Ultimately, Project: Firestormer was never completed, presumably due to [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The Autobot [[Inferno (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Inferno]] could enhance his firefighting skills by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Inferno packaging bio}} As "Nexus Inferno" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selflessly, combining with damaged bots to get them moving and out of danger. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Inferno card}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-Inferno-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|''He's always on the scene / In-fer-no And his leg is minty green / In-fer-no'']]
*'''Inferno''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|Inferno]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed Combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Inferno Combiner's hands or feet, such as the "Autobot Enigma" that comes packed with Inferno. They cannot be installed in the Combiner's chest as the [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] tooling Inferno is built from pre-dates this gimmick entirely.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfless warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Autobot]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Inferno's/Wreck-Gar's<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-transformers-power-of-the-primes-wreckgar/41754/ Seibertron photo review of ''Power of the Primes'' Wreck-Gar, 31 July 2018]</ref> packaging art
!Inferno's instructions
!Wreck-Gar's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*''[[Firestar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Novastar]]/[[Moonracer (G1)#Power of the Primes|Moonracer]]?''<ref name="probablynovastar">The Inferno Combiner's right arm is obscured out of view on its packaging art, but line-artist [[Robby Musso]] eventually posted an uncropped view depicting the Moonracer mold as the drawn limb in question. As this part of the artwork was never publicised in color we can't be ''certain'' which deco was intended... though Novastar DOES have a [[The Search for Alpha Trion|pre-existing connection]] with Inferno, and was similiarly released towards the tail-end of the line. Wreck-Gar's release takes advantage of this missing portion of the art to imply that he was there all along instead!</ref>
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations|Cutthroat]]
*Moonracer
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|Sinnertwin]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations|Rippersnapper]]
*Blot
*Sinnertwin
|}

==Notes==
*Much like the similar ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner [[Starscream Combiner|formed around Starscream]], this specific super robot isn't the first time Inferno has been a combiner component—[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'' #12]] has him as one of the [[Rescuebot]]s who form that series' version of [[Defensor (G1)#Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Defensor]].
*The characters involved in ''Project: Firestormer'' all use ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs. [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ratchet]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] were produced by [[Fun Publications]] at the time, while Hoist and Inferno were sly references to pretooled heads for [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] (the latter eventually released in ''Power of the Primes'', hence sharing this page!) respectively. Finally, Sideswipe was a [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|proposed]] - but not pursued - "virtual redeco" of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|Breakdown]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930303402266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging art by Robby Musso on Facebook]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Combiners]]

Inferno Combiner

2025-07-16T11:24:54Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Copy across Firestormer CW sculpt note.

{{faction|autobot}}
{{noname-nickname}}
:''The Inferno Combiner is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:PowerOfThePrimes-InfernoCombiner-Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''When he hears that fire-bell chime / Inferno's got [[Nexus Prime]] Putting on his legs and arms / to be sure they're safe from harm'']]

[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] may be bold and bombastic in a firefight, but as a firefight''er'' he instinctively understands the value of life and how essential it is to stand up for it. It's this quieter, nobler trait that comes to the forefront when the "'''Inferno Combiner'''" is formed. Whether it's rescuing wounded Autobots from hazardous environments by [[#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|literally ''making them its limbs'']] or stepping up when [[#Of Masters and Mayhem|beloved heroes go missing]], all else is secondary in service of others' survival.

While the ''motivation'' to form this Combiner is plain as day, who it (he? they?) becomes as a gestalt consciousness – if they even become one – is less obvious. It's likely Inferno is in the driver's seat if he considers it reliable enough to swap in and out components in the middle of an active crisis, but this may also be a testament to the good-natured [[Autobot]] spirit of collaboration and teamwork.

Not that [[Bluestreak (G1)#Of Masters and Mayhem|everyone]] is quite so compatible or open-minded, of course, but that's why firefighting is often volunteer work!

==Fiction==
===Of Masters and Mayhem===
'''Project: [[Firestormer]]''' was a program to create a new Combiner after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went missing. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] wanted [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to join them in the initiative, but Bluestreak did not like the idea of becoming part of a Combiner. Ultimately, Project: Firestormer was never completed, presumably due to [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The Autobot [[Inferno (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Inferno]] could enhance his firefighting skills by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Inferno packaging bio}} As "Nexus Inferno" he would wield the enigmatic power of [[Nexus Prime]] selflessly, combining with damaged bots to get them moving and out of danger. {{storylink|Prime Master/Combinations|''Power of the Primes'' Nexus Inferno card}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-Inferno-Combiner.jpg|thumb|250px|''He's always on the scene / In-fer-no And his leg is minty green / In-fer-no'']]
*'''Inferno''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]])
*4 x compatible Deluxe Class figures
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|Inferno]] can be linked with any four compatible ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style Deluxe Class figures to form an unnamed Combiner.

:As a ''Power of the Primes'' Combiner, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma]] can be installed within the Inferno Combiner's hands or feet, such as the "Autobot Enigma" that comes packed with Inferno. They cannot be installed in the Combiner's chest as the [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] tooling Inferno is built from pre-dates this gimmick entirely.

{{note|''Power of the Primes'' was notoriously muddy on information about "intended" layouts for Combiner teams. While the [[Volcanicus (POTP)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] and [[Abominus (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcons]] were pre-established teams who received complete coverage, no such luck exists for this selfless warrior! The following is a summary of every recorded configuration... though we'll note that while the instructions are largely arbitrary, the packaging art components are all [[Autobot]]s.}}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.5em 0 1.5em 0;"
!
!Inferno's/Wreck-Gar's<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-transformers-power-of-the-primes-wreckgar/41754/ Seibertron photo review of ''Power of the Primes'' Wreck-Gar, 31 July 2018]</ref> packaging art
!Inferno's instructions
!Wreck-Gar's instructions
|-
| valign="top"|
*Left arm
*Right arm
*Left leg
*Right leg
| valign="top"|
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]]
*''[[Firestar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Novastar]]/[[Moonracer (G1)#Power of the Primes|Moonracer]]?''<ref name="probablynovastar">The Inferno Combiner's right arm is obscured out of view on its packaging art, but line-artist [[Robby Musso]] eventually posted an uncropped view depicting the Moonracer mold as the drawn limb in question. As this part of the artwork was never publicised in color we can't be ''certain'' which deco was intended... though Novastar DOES have a [[The Search for Alpha Trion|pre-existing connection]] with Inferno, and was similiarly released towards the tail-end of the line. Wreck-Gar's release takes advantage of this missing portion of the art to imply that he was there all along instead!</ref>
*[[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|Slug]]
*[[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Blot (G1)#Generations|Blot]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations|Cutthroat]]
*Moonracer
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|Sinnertwin]]
| valign="top"|
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Power of the Primes|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations|Rippersnapper]]
*Blot
*Sinnertwin
|}

==Notes==
*The unnamed ''Power of the Primes'' Inferno Combiner isn't the first time Inferno has been a combiner component—[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe'' #12]] has him as one of the [[Rescuebot]]s who form that series' version of [[Defensor (G1)#Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Defensor]].
*The characters involved in ''Project: Firestormer'' all use ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs. [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ratchet]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] were produced by [[Fun Publications]] at the time, while Hoist and Inferno were sly references to pretooled heads for [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] (the latter eventually released in ''Power of the Primes'', hence this page!) respectively. Finally, Sideswipe was a [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|proposed]] - but not pursued - "virtual redeco" of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|Breakdown]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157930303402266&set=a.10156303508002266 Clearer view of ''Power of the Primes'' packaging art by Robby Musso on Facebook]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Combiners]]

Firestormer

2025-07-16T11:23:38Z

Sky Shadow: /* Notes */ Rewrite Firestormer CW sculpt note.

{{faction|autobotg2|autobot}}
:''The Firestormers are an irritation from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:WarWithoutEnd-Firestormers.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|These are the good guys! 'Cuz it's the Nineties.]]
Ain't it annoying? You go through all the trouble of conquering star systems, wiping out their inhabitants, and [[cyberforming]] their planets, but then these friggin' '''Firestormers''' show up outta nowhere and ruin everything. It's such a pain.

If that ain't bad enough, sometimes they go by the excessively long name '''Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce'''. ''Sheesh, what a mouthful''.

The Firestormers are:

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!Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic
!''Timelines''
!''War for Cybertron Trilogy''
|-
| valign="top"|
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (possibly)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (possibly)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (possibly)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (possibly)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (possibly)
| valign="top"|
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] (leader)
*[[Hound (G1)#TransTech|Sergeant Hound]] (reconnaissance)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (operations specialist)
| valign="top"|
*[[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] (Ground Command Recon /Intelligence Sergeant)
*[[Sideswipe (G2)|Covert Clone Sideswipe]] (Ground Command Special Ops Private)
*[[Trenchfoot]] (Ground Command Artillery Private)
|}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[File:Blades1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|They'll shoot you in the back while you're upside-down!]]
If you don't like Firestormers, then you don't want to be in the [[Outpost B-67 exo-structuring party]] on [[Nexus Seven]]. Though if you were, you're probably too dead to read this article. {{storylink|War Without End!}} [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] didn't like them either, but he liked them even less when they weren't around. Because if they weren't attacking his troops, he couldn't tell what they were up to. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]], [[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]], [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] fought as the newly-reconstituted Firestormer Squadron during the final battle of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]], which concluded in an Autobot victory, though Optimus and Hound were blown into [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] by a massive explosion. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime's profile card}} {{storylink|Hound (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sgt. Hound's profile card}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
In post-Great War [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], the Firestormers were one of many criminal organizations which purchased the services of [[Hotwire (G1)|Hotwire]]. The [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] knew them to be led by [[Ptero]]. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}} Their [[Electronic paint job|e-paint]] tags covered a number of dingy bars in Iacon. {{storylink|Identity Politics}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
'''Project: Firestormer''' was a program to create [[Inferno Combiner|a new Combiner]] after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went missing. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] wanted [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to join them in the initiative, but Bluestreak did not like the idea of becoming part of a Combiner. Ultimately, Project: Firestormer was never completed, presumably due to [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:Siege-Autobot-Alphastrike-Counterforce-box-art.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
At some point during the war for Cybertron, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] was used as a template for a clone to be built for covert operations. [[Sideswipe (G2)|Covert Clone Sideswipe]] was made a member of the '''Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce''', alongside [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] and [[Trenchfoot]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege#Exclusives|Final Strike Figure Series marketing material}}<ref name=Amazon>[https://www.amazon.com.au/TRANSFORMERS-Generations-War-Cybertron-Siege/dp/B07NZ7W14Z Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce on Amazon Australia]</ref>

After [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] scouted out the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] for a place to set up a possible safe zone, the Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce made themselves at home inside an [[Underground Safe Zone|underground base]] on the outer edge of the Sea of Rust that shielded them from the toxic atmosphere. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}} While there, Alphastrike analyzed the [[Phantomstrike Squadron|Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron]]'s attack patterns to anticipate their next strike on key Autobot positions. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege#Exclusives|Final Strike Figure Series marketing material}}<ref name=Amazon/>

While the Phantomstrike Squadron was positioned at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], south-east of Alphastrike's position,<ref>[[:File:WFC-Siege-CybertronMap.jpeg|Map of Cybertron released as part of the online ''Siege'' bonus content.]]</ref> [[Greenlight]]—who had been tracking the Phantomstrike Squadron from her drop point in a nearby deserted Decepticon zone—attempted to transmit the all-clear for the attack to commence, but her transmission was discovered by the Phantomstrike Squadron who corrupted its signal. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] attempted to retrieve the full transmission from the Decepticons to gather the location data needed to assess the threat. Following this, a battle ensued between both strike teams. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}
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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:WFC-Siege-Firestormers-Pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce''' (multi-pack, [[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-S26'''
**''Hidden message code'': '''GRANDRAIN'''

:The ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' "Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce" pack includes a redecoed version of ''Siege'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#S26|Sideswipe]] in his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 2|his ''Generation 2'']] color scheme called "[[Sideswipe (G2)|Covert Clone Sideswipe]]", a head-retool of ''Siege'' [[Flywheels#War for Cybertron: Siege|Skytread]] as [[Slamdance (G1)#Generations|Slamdance]], and [[Trenchfoot#Generations|Trenchfoot]], a [[Battle Master]] redecoed from [[Caliburst_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|Caliburst]]. This set is paired up with the "Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron".

:A preliminary name for this pack was "Firestormer Battle Pack", which showed up in several online listings, and also on Hasbro shipping cases for the set. The set was an [[Amazon]] exclusive in North America, which also label the set as "Final Strike Figure Series: Part 1." In Europe, it was ''supposed'' to be an Amazon exclusive as well, but was unfortunately never stocked.

:The package art forms a complete mural with that of the [[Phantomstrike Squadron|Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron]].
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==Notes==
*Within the narrative of the ''Generation 2'' comic, it's unsure what exactly a "Firestormer" is. Only [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] use the term, and it might just be their catch-all terminology for folks who show up in [[Hub (G2)|their conquered land]], shoot up all [[Cybertronian (faction)|their guys]] and mess up all [[cyberforming|their hard work]]. Jhiaxus also once mentioned "'''Blitzgangs'''" in the same breath as the Firestormers, but they're never mentioned again.
*Since Rook only notes four Firestormers, it's uncertain whether the Dinobots count amongst the Firestormers' ranks: maybe they don't, or maybe he's just telling the story sequentially and hasn't gotten around to mentioning the subsequent five additional Firestormers.
*All of the guys on the team are known sociopaths or seasoned warriors, except Hound. What the heck is he doing there? (Answer: Being the obligatory member to tell everyone that they're being too brutal.)
*General Optimus Prime's profile card says that he leads the '''Firestorm''er'' Squadron''', but his profile in the Diamond Edition of "[[Cybertron's Most Wanted]]" calls it the '''Autobot Firestorm Squadron'''.
*The characters involved in ''Project: Firestormer'' all use ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs. [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ratchet]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] were produced by [[Fun Publications]] at the time, while Hoist and Inferno were sly references to pretooled heads for [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]] (the latter eventually [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|released]] in ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'') respectively. Finally, Sideswipe was a [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|proposed]] - but not pursued - "virtual redeco" of [[Breakdown (G1)#Combiner Wars|Breakdown]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising subgroups]]
[[Category:Criminal organizations]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege subgroups]]

Detritus (G1)

2025-07-14T17:26:20Z

Sky Shadow: /* Legacy */ Mention Fisitron, since he's a direct descendant.

{{factions|junkion|autobot|decepticon|mercenary}}
{{disambigm|Detritus (Prime)|Roadmaster}}
:''Detritus is a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] of variable allegiance from the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Detritus-card.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Three easy payments, an offer you can't refuse.]]

Leaving his homeworld of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] behind, '''Detritus''' (デトライタス ''Detoraitasu'') has become a mercenary, selling his services to either side of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict. Rumor has it that his appearance on the battlefield turns the tide of victory to the side that employs him... when in reality, Detritus simply bides his time until he is positive which side is likely to win anyway, then offers to join that side. Like all Junkions, Detritus is capable of repairing heavy damage to himself with whatever scrap metal he can get a hold of.

Detritus's ultimate goal is to use his earnings to build his own army and overthrow [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] as the leader of the Junkions.<ref>''Collector's Edition'' Detritus bio</ref> At one point, he had hooked up with the Decepticons under the alias '''Roadmaster''' to make use of their stolen [[Power Core Combination]] technology.

==Fiction==
===''United EX''===
[[File:UnitedEX6 destruction regeneration.jpg|thumb|left|I live! I die! I live again!]]
Hired by the Decepticons to join the forces of their new [[Master Chaos]] sub-group, Detritus was upgraded into a new form with enhanced regenerative capabilities that allowed him to draw the scrap material his race could use to repair themselves to his body through magnetism, and supplied with the first team of Decepticon-created [[Power Core Combination|Power Core]] drones, the Road Drones.

Lurking in a landfill, the newly dubbed "'''Roadmaster'''" (ロードマスター ''Rōdomasutā'') ambushed [[Tread Bolt|Jetmaster]] and [[Kakuryu (G1)|Grimmaster]] as the two Autobots returned to their headquarters from [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. Focusing his attention on Grimmaster, he halfheartedly tried to talk the former Decepticon into returning to the fold, but, upon being rebuffed, was all too happy to demonstrate his new drone force and improved regeneration abilities. {{storylink|Destruction and Regeneration}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:UnstoppedAndUnstoppable-DetritusAndWreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Getting a head start.]]

Detritus served as Wreck-Gar's valet, carrying the Junkion leader's detached head around via chain looped around Detritus's neck, wearing Wreck-Gar's noggin like an amulet as they met with visitors to [[Little Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}
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==Toys==
===''Collector's Edition''===
{{anchor|Exclusive}}
[[File:G1-toy Detritus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|When Mr. Safety Catch Is Not On, Mr. Missile Launcher Is Not Your Friend.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Detritus''' ([[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''77'''
:*''Accessories'': "Phase Disruptor" rifle, "Beam Machinegun", missile launcher, 3 "armor-piercing rockets", spare tire, spare tank
:*''Known designers'': [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (deco, Takara)

: A [[redeco]] of the [[Hound (G1)/toys#Toys|original Hound toy]] with the retooling from ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' release, ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]'' Detritus transforms into a Mitsubishi J59 off-road vehicle. He came with an entirely new [[sticker|decal]] sheet to make him fit the Junkion aesthetic better, which also includes both Autobot and Decepticon faction sigils. He also lacks most of the chrome of the original version, retaining only the chrome on his headlamps. As a Japanese release, his spring-loaded missile launcher is fully operational. He was only available through online retailers [[e-HOBBY]]. The toy features [[facial hair]]; though hard to see, his face has a small, painted goatee.

: The decals for this set are printed on glossy paper rather than foil, with a fairly weak adhesive. As such, the decals designed to fold around corners do not like to ''stay'' folded. Glue may be necessary. Furthermore, the troublesome sticker #10 from Hound's original sheet is similarly given as a long strip here, rather than as the two separate stickers intended to go on either side of his waist.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Interestingly, the Detritus sticker that corresponds to this, the one also not mentioned in the Detritus sticker application map, is actually one long strip. I had to manually split it in two in order to apply one half to the left side of his waist, and one to the right. Amazing how one small oversight by the producers of Hound’s booklet over 30 years ago could have led to similar confusion and misinformation – and even sticker-cutting errors – on a toy released 2 decades after it.|link=https://tfsource.com/blog/2018/05/13/news-to-me-2018-edition/|name=Maz|site=TFsource|title=News to Me – 2018 Edition|year=2018|month=05|day=13}}</ref> You can cut it in half yourself if you like! Like with Hound, the instructions also incorrectly swap stickers #14 and #15 across the arms, so they don't fit properly.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=My incorrect assumption was that it was just an error for the Detritus stickersheet, but I see now on this reissue TFC Hound that it too has a single piece sticker for #10, it too was left unsplit! I don't believe the vintage Hound sticker #10 is split either, which once more explains why so many vintage Hounds simply do not have that correctly applied, or applied at all! But, sticker #10 on the Diaclone stickersheet... is split! [...] The sticker on the side of the waist is hard to see at the best of times, but it consists of 4 yellow/black rectangles and a red capsule shape, all in a row. The Transformers instructions show the red capsule being placed nearest the front of the waist, but all the Diaclone literature and art show it being the 4 rectangles that are closer to the front of the waist, and the red capsule shape being towards the back of the waist. [...] Stickers #14 and #15 go on Hound's forearms/wrists, but both the vintage and reissue Transformers instructions tell you to put #14 on his right forearm, and #15 on the left. This is incorrect, and will end up causing those L-shaped stickers to sit in a way that does not cover the length of the forearm, as well as causing an ill fit around the wrist. Detritus has the same issue, too, by the way.|link=https://tfsquareone.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mysterious-g1-hound-stickers.html|name=Maz|site=TFsquareone|title=The Mysterious G1 Hound Stickers|year=2023|month=03|day=11}}</ref>

: Detritus's instruction sheet uses photos of the normal Hound toy for the step-by-step instructions. The "main" picture and decal application photos, however, use Detritus.

: This toy shipped out in August of 2004.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/Detritus/detritus.htm More information on Detritus at TFU.info]''
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===''United EX''===
[[File:UEX-toy Roadmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Amazing t'ing, trouble. Always I go lookin' for trouble, an' when I find it people say it ain't dere."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Roadmaster Prime Mode''' ([[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EX 03'''
:*''Release date'': [[October 27]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Junker Drone, Trasher Drone, Waster Drone, Scrapper Drone

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers United|United EX]]'' product (the eighth wave of ''United'' product in total), Roadmaster is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Mudslinger (PCC)#Toys|Mudslinger]] toy, transforming into a monster truck of indeterminate model. He also has a "Prime Mode" where he becomes the torso of a super robot, capable of using any auto-transforming Power Core Combiner drone-machine molds for limbs.

: He comes with four color-coordinated "wasteland" vehicle drone-limbs, redecos of the [[Destructicon (PCC)|Destructicon]]s. Each one has a square socket for a Power Core Combiner connection; when attached via the blue plugs on a Commander figure, the vehicles automatically transform into a super-robot limb, and snap back to vehicle mode when disconnected. Despite the universal connector, each drone can only form one limb type (but can be swapped from left to right):

:*'''Junker Drone'''—Leg (Roadmaster's left)
:*'''Trasher Drone'''—Leg (Roadmaster's right)
:*'''Waster Drone'''—Arm (Roadmaster's left)
:*'''Scrapper Drone'''—Arm (Roadmaster's right)

: The drones are likely named after terms related to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].

: Care needs to be taken when transforming or even just moving Roadmaster's legs, as the tolerances are a bit too tight, leaving the thighs prone to breaking at the knee-socket due to thinner walls there. Though not shown in the instructions, his thighs need to be turned around completely so the small tabs on his outer thighs are repositioned inward for vehicle mode; leaving them out pushes out on the truck cab portions, keeping the truck mode from tabbing together securely. These issues affect all versions of this mold.

: The back of the box accidentally labels Roadmaster as his wave-mate "[[Onslaught (G1)#United EX 2|Combatmaster]]" in English, but he's correctly attributed in Japanese.

: Roadmaster's core mold was also used to make [[Salvage (Movie)#Power Core Combiners|Salvage]]. The Junker and Trasher Drones were also used to make two of the ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Stunticon (PCC)|Stunticon]] drones.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy-toy Detritus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|“SYK: JUS’ SAY ‘AARRGHAARRGHPLEEASSENNONONOUGH.’”]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Detritus''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-54'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 24]], [[2024]]
:*''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, rocket, pistol
:*''Known designers'': [[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro)<ref>[[June 20]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjLY0uamTKM Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], and [[Rich Pellegrino]]</ref>

: Part of the seventh wave of ''Legacy'' Deluxes, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' Detritus is a <s>straight redeco of ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Hound]]</s> heavy [[retool]]ing of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Hound]], transforming into an unlicensed approximation of a Jeep. To reflect his status as an arms dealer, Detritus has both Autobot and Decepticon insignia printed on him, with only one being prominently visible in each mode: the Autobot symbol on his left shoulder, the Decepticon symbol on the hood of his vehicle mode. The toy's deco takes advantage of the shape of Hound's chin to create the impression of a small molded goatee, though his [[package art]] does not reflect this. His [[Evo-Fusion]] capability is combining his blasters to form a larger one, although all three weapons are clear plastic painted over, so this can cause sticking issues.

: This tooling was also used to make ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Hound]] and retooled further into ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' "Wreck 'n Doom Collection" [[Ironfist (G1)#Age of the Primes|Fisitron]], and the rocket launcher and pistol accessories were previously used with ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]] Toxitron Collection'' "[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Legacy|G2 Universe Autobot Jazz]]".
{{WFCSiegeHoundMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W4Detritus.jpg|thumb|”duh-trai-tuhs”]]
*'''Detritus, Arms Dealer''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T05/T52'''
**''Stars: ''11

:Detritus, Arms Dealer is one of 52 character cards released in Wave 4 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege II. Neither Autobot nor Decepticon, this Detritus is a member of the [[Mercenary]] faction introduced in the set.

:The card features original artwork for both modes, with lines by [[Andrew Griffith]] and colors by [[María Ana Paolo]].
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==Notes==
* The ''United EX'' story does not explicitly say that Roadmaster is Detritus, but that's about the only way it doesn't connect the two.

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

==External links==
* [http://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue_frame.php?art=Detritus e-HOBBY Detritus toy article at TF-1.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054823/http://www.allspark.com/content/view/10766/37/ Roadmaster's box-back translated at Allspark.com (via the Internet Archive)]

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Ironfist (G1)

2025-07-14T17:19:40Z

Sky Shadow: /* Age of the Primes */ Clear up lineage of toy. I have both Houndpax and Detritus, and Fisitron is exclusively based off the latter.

{{factions|autobot|autobotg2|wreckers|eliteguard}}
{{disambig3|Ironfist}}
:''Ironfist is an [[Autobot]] [[Lightformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Ironfist-WoHprofile.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You wait seventeen years for a personality and then ''two'' come along at once!]]
For '''Ironfist''', there is no greater work of art than an ingenious piece of weaponry. Others can have their metamorphic rock sculptures of unclothed [[human]] males or oil-based images of smiling females, but a tracer cannon that can take out a [[Decepticon]] battalion a [[Units of length|hic]] away is (almost) all that Ironfist admires. Unsurprisingly, this Autobot gun nut gets into the thick of a battle, no matter what the terrain, so long as the action is fast and furious. However, Ironfist still finds the time to silently regard the weapons of war.<ref>Generation 1 Ironfist packaging bio</ref>

In datanet circles, Ironfist is known by his user-name '''[[Fisitron (G1)|Fisitron]]'''. Fisitron is a dedicated [[Wreckers]] fan-boy and writer of the ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' datalogs, an in-depth chronicle of their many dangerous adventures. They're his heroes. Ironfist hopes his passion for weaponry attracts their attention, but if he were ever to meet them, he'd probably faint from over-excitement.<ref>Depiction in the 2005-2018 IDW comics</ref>

Sometimes he sounds like he's from [[Nebulos]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]}}

{{bigquote|I fought my first campaign in the Manganese Mountains, where I spoke to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] for the first and last time. He mistook me for somebody else.|Ironfist|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]]}}

[[File:IntimateBeheading-Ironfist.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I <3 Delta Magnus! :)]]
Ironfist was [[Reproduction|constructed cold]] before the war began {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} and took a job in the Ballistics department of the [[Iaconian Mechaforensic Division]]. An enthusiastic but naive nerd, he didn't even know what a Decepticon was ''during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]''. As well as his ballistics skills, he was famed for his nerdy love for [[Delta Magnus]] and the [[Primal Vanguard]]: buying any relic they ever touched, using Delta's catchphrase "glorious" all the time, and building a life-size model of Delta. ([[Flatfoot (G1)|Flatfoot]] confiscated it.) Most of his workmates made fun of him, so [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Tumbler]] decided to be nice and pretend he shared Ironfist's hobby; Ironfist would then spend ages talking poor Tumbler's ear off about the bloody Vanguard. This hobby ''did'' come in useful though, when Tumbler needed a replica Matrix for a heist and Ironfist just happened to have one. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-CONverttoday.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He only got the [[mouthplate]] to cover up his bad acne.]]
Later, he finally laid eyes on the Decepticon badge just three days before [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] was killed. He took his first life before the war ''officially'' started and his next after [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] activated the [[Nightmare Engine]]. Sometime after this, he also altered his head's design to look like a Primal Vanguard helmet. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} After joining the Autobots, he apprenticed under [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] before heading to the [[Manganese Mountains]] on his first campaign. It was there he designed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s signature [[ion blaster|laser rifle]], although Optimus thought Ironfist's chief rival [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]] was responsible.

He was subsequently stationed at the [[Kimia Facility]], where he worked as a weapons designer and engineer. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Ironfist's psyche profile}} Experimental weapons he created were widely used throughout the war, and while Ironfist enjoyed his work, he'd never allow himself to feel pride for causing the deaths of thousands. Over the course of the war, he lost his eleven closest friends, including [[Nautilus]], and developed a deep hatred for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

When not designing weapons, Ironfist would spend most of his time in front of a computer screen. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Ironfist's psyche profile}}

One big defining moment in his time was briefly seeing [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] in action, raiding the Vosian Citadel. ''That'' drove him towards a deep, abiding fandom for the [[Wreckers]] {{storylink|Bullets}} and he became known online as their unofficial historian. Under the sobriquet "Fisitron", he cataloged, disseminated, and glorified their exploits through a series of 331 datalogs that became known as the ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' series. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Ironfist's psyche profile}} They're very popular, though people have noticed he tends to repeat some phrases over and over (which fans call "[[Fisitronism]]s".) {{storylink|Bullets}}

He helped Skyfall get a job at Kimia and even let him use his workshop, and the two became friends. Strangely, sometime after Skyfall came along, Ironfist's invention [[Gideon's Glue]] (so horrifying that Ironfist himself destroyed it) ended up in Decepticon hands and suspicion briefly landed on ''him''! Ironfist was exonerated though. Later, he used his influence to get Skyfall out of a [[Garrus-9]] posting so he could keep enjoying his friend's company: he even promised him he could have his workshop if he ever died. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-KimiaWeaponsFacility.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|That's a can of Bawls, isn't it?]]
Shortly after that promise, in a [[Skyfall (G1)|horrible twist of fate]], {{storylink|Bullets}} a lab accident embedded a prototype [[cerebro-sensitive bullet]] in Ironfist's skull, which began slowly edging towards his brain, leaving him with only a short time to live. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Just to make things worse, the [[Ethics Committee]] ''banned'' these bullets under Protocol III of the [[Non-Conventional Weapons Act]], and use of them in future would be deemed a war crime under the [[Tyrest Accord]]. Committee member [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] openly expressed his disapproval of Ironfist for creating such weapons. {{storylink|Bullets}}

He would have lived out the rest of his life holed up in his lab until [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] contacted him one day. Prowl had been keeping tabs on Ironfist and had read all the material he had written as Fisitron. Prowl informed Ironfist that [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] was forming a new Wreckers team, and that there was a space available on it if Ironfist wanted it ''badly'' enough. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} Prowl had believed that since Ironfist knew he was going to die, he would make a good potential candidate to bypass suicide lock of [[Aequitas]], the infallible guilt-determining supercomputer that was the heart of Garrus-9's justice system; the suicide lock meant that, if security was compromised, a volunteer would have to give up their life to get past its security codes. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Prowl pulled strings and as a result, Ironfist got to the front of the queue. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}} {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Ironfist's psyche profile}}

[[File:Dead Men's Boots Ironfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Please ignore the Secret Motivating Tragic Backstory on the screen behind me.]]
Ironfist was personally approached by Springer, via hologram, for recruitment into the Wreckers (he briefly thought he was seeing the [[Shimmer]], the legendary being that heralded your death). {{storylink|Bullets}} However, Ironfist embarrassed himself when he started babbling on about what he thought the survival rate of the Wreckers really was, if one considered [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] a single robot. {{storylink|Dead Men's Boots}}

Before his deployment, [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] found out that Ironfist's cerebro-gun had been tampered with. Ironfist realized that Skyfall had done it and began to realize how many other things the bot had done, but departed Kimia without confronting his "friend". Instead, he set things up so that the instant he died, a recorded message containing proof of Skyfall's crimes would be sent to ''everyone'' following the Declassified feed. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Shortly thereafter, Ironfist found himself waiting with [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]], [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], and [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] to be inducted into the Wreckers from an outpost on the [[Igue-Moor Fuel Depot]], Ironfist thought he'd test-run his new [[lightformer cannon]]. Unfortunately, he blew up one of the [[Autobot]]s' local reconstruction projects, causing its overseer [[Dipstick]] to throw a fit.

[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s ship landed shortly, and Ironfist and the other inductees were greeted by several famous members of the Wreckers. Ironfist was practically beside himself when he identified [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], but [[Verity Carlo]] noted that Kup "changes his oil like everyone else." And while Springer began to brief them, Ironfist fainted.

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers1-Ironfist.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|You should see my Wreckers bedsheets!]]
Eventually Ironfist's systems rebooted, and he immediately tried to downplay his reaction. But after some prodding from Guzzle, Ironfist resigned himself to an explanation. He revealed himself as Fisitron, the famous Wreckers historian and fanboy. As Ironfist began rambling, [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]] were amused to hear that their files were classified. Ironfist was understandably embarrassed and excused himself. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

On the way to [[Garrus-9]], the ship encountered Impactor, who had just escaped from the prison. Ironfist and the other new recruits were forced to wait around in another room as Springer and Ultra Magnus questioned the Wreckers' former leader. They passed the time speculating on why Impactor was kicked out of the Wreckers and locked-up after a certain incident on [[Pova]]. Ironfist deeply believed that the "official" reason given for Impactor's incarceration was a cover-up, but he couldn't speculate on what had actually occurred. Later on, Ironfist was tasked with replacing Impactor's missing right hand. He rigged-up a [[harpoon]]-launching substitute for the former leader of the Wreckers, but decided not to take the opportunity to question Impactor on the real reason he was imprisoned. Soon thereafter, Springer held a briefing and revealed that [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] had taken over Garrus-9 and was using it as his personal playground. In addition to liberating the place from Overlord and rescuing the Autobot prisoners still trapped within, Springer also announced a secondary objective. That was to secure something code-named "[[Aequitas]]", which was secreted somewhere deep within Garrus-9.

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers2- Fanboy Ironfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Oh dear lord, he's ''[[Fandom|us!]]'']]
Once the plan to breach Garrus-9's defenses had been finalized, Ironfist gifted Guzzle and Pyro with cerebro-sensitive bullets he had brought along, much to Guzzle's delight. Ultra Magnus and Springer reviewed the security logs and noted Ironfist's previous blackout with some concern. Upon arriving at their destination, the Wreckers were split between two entry pods and launched from Ultra Magnus' ship. Ironfist's group consisted of [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], Topspin, Pyro, Rotorstorm, and Verity, who had stowed away without anyone's knowledge. The pods breached Garrus-9's defenses and the pod containing Ironfist landed smack-dab in the middle of the "Pit"—Overlord's makeshift arena. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

Ironfist and the others found themselves surrounded by dozens of Decepticons and Overlord himself. Rotorstorm tried to make light of the tense situation with a little joke, which no one save Overlord laughed at. Unfortunately, Overlord then showed his "appreciation" for Rotorstorm's sense of humor by blowing a hole in the Autobot's head. Perceptor ordered Pyro to protect Verity as he, Ironfist, and Topspin lunged for Overlord, but the three Wreckers were completely physically outmatched by the Decepticon powerhouse.

Upon hearing from [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]] that there were Wreckers in another part of Garrus-9 as well, Overlord broadcast a message across the entire prison, saying that any Decepticon that brought him the head of a Wrecker would be allowed to leave. It was apparently a very enticing offer, as the mob of Decepticons that had been watching nearby surged towards Ironfist and company. Perceptor managed to delay their advance by sniping a spare fuel tank they had brought along, and the Wreckers took the opportunity to dash away.

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers3 - Ironfist breakdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Apparently, the Wreckers have a very misleading brochure.]]
Once there was a bit of distance between them and the Decepticons, Ironfist sagged against a wall, head in his hands. The shock of Rotorstorm's death was setting in, and Perceptor tried to calmly urge him on. But Ironfist's illusions of being a Wrecker had been shattered by what he had witnessed just minutes before. He was in it for the dramatic heroics and adventures-he hadn't expected such a display of raw violence and gore. Topspin angrily slammed him against a wall and pointed out that while Guzzle, Pyro, and Rotorstorm were all officially voted into the Wreckers, there had been no such distinction for Ironfist. Topspin labeled him a glorified tag-along and told him that "people die in stupid, pointless ways. Deal with it." Ironfist snapped out of his funk and furiously told Topspin not to lecture ''him'' about death. Perceptor broke it up and told them they couldn't afford to get personal at the moment.

Soon, they found the chamber in which Aequitas was stored. Perceptor ordered Ironfist to stand guard as he attempted to breach the door. The stripped-down and ravaged form of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] was discovered plugged into it. While Pyro and Topspin disconnected Maximus from the door, Perceptor entered the proper codes to open the chamber. Ironfist quickly caught up with them to warn that the Decepticons were close to breaching the outer doors, but the Aequitas chamber had been opened by this point. The Wreckers walked in as Perceptor revealed Aequitas to them {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}} and revealed their mission was to download all the information stored within its hard drive and make sure the Decepticons didn't get their hands on it.

[[File:LSOTW4 Ironfiststoryteller.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|'''<?>''' ''Your relationship with Verity has changed.'']]
When Topspin complained about this, Ironfist abruptly agreed and started to claim they should go. At that moment, Topspin began suffering the effects of vicarious perception, as his sibling Twin Twist was being tortured somewhere else in Garrus-9. Perceptor told Ironfist and Verity to watch over Topspin as he and Pyro worked on finding an access port for Aequitas.

Hearing the Decepticons still trying to breach the door from outside, Verity asked Ironfist to talk to her about something- anything to keep her mind off their predicament. Ironfist complied, telling her what he'd read about the Wreckers' showdown on Pova with [[Squadron X]]. Perceptor called for everyone to gather by the Aequitas console, informing them of the supercomputer's "suicide lock" and how it could only be bypassed by someone willingly offering up their own spark to the machine. Through process of elimination, Ironfist glumly realized it could only be himself or Pyro, the "second-stringers". Pyro adamantly refused to be the sacrifice, claiming that his life was ultimately the more valuable. Verity angrily told Pyro that Ironfist had as much right to live as he did. Ironfist lost his temper, but after a moment, he decided he was ready to die after all, just as he'd agreed with Prowl. But before Ironfist could do so, Topspin stepped up to the console and plugged himself in, killing both Jumpstarters and allowing Perceptor to log in.

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4- IronfistAequitasupload.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I see the light and it ''burns.'']]
Ironfist was selected by Perceptor to receive the contents of Aequitas' hard drive for safekeeping. Now having access to all of Aequitas' prisoner files, the full extent of Impactor's crime was revealed to Ironfist. As the Decepticons outside had almost breached the door, Perceptor revealed he could use Aequitas to activate the deterrence chips in the ex-prisoners' heads to kill them all. Pyro pointed out that this would also trigger the chip in Impactor's head. Perceptor put it to a vote, with Pyro voting against. Ironfist, the truth revealed to him, threw his vote in with Perceptor. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

Verity made an impassioned plea to Ironfist and Perceptor, pointing out that no matter what Impactor did, the Wreckers as chronicled by Fisitron's datalogs would never take this course of action. Perceptor decided Verity was right and they would do things "the old fashioned way". Pyro volunteered to hold the mob of Decepticons off while the others escaped. Ironfist and Pyro shared a moment of understanding before they left him to his fate.

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers5- Ironfist Perceptor Verity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ironfist's new Heroes For Hire team didn't last for very long.]]
Ironfist told Perceptor that they had to stop by Garrus-9's weapon stores before joining the others, as he had a good idea. Verity asked Ironfist if Pyro could hold out for long, and Ironfist assured her that he would put up a good fight. Verity then asked Ironfist what he had learned about Impactor from the Aequitas download. Ironfist told her the truth about Pova, and Impactor's crimes.

They arrived at the battle just in time to save Springer from Overlord. Ironfist tossed Springer a giant gun procured from the weapon stores, and Springer emptied it into Overlord. Overlord promptly ripped Springer's face off and followed by blasting Perceptor, leaving just Ironfist and Verity. Ironfist warned the Decepticon to stay back; He had loaded the Gatling gun given to Springer with deterrence chips, which had now all been injected into Overlord. Since he had the whole of Aequitas in his head, he could remotely control all deterrence chips with his mind. With a mental command, Ironfist detonated the chips in Overlord, but suddenly clutched his head in pain and collapsed, suffering another blackout.

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers5- Ironfistaneurism.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Faneurysm.]]
Ironfist came back online to find Overlord defeated, with Verity promising to fill him in later. Unfortunately, Ironfist died en route to [[Earth]] from a mechanical aneurysm. He managed to make a copy of the Aequitas data stored in a [[data slug]], which Ultra Magnus eventually passed on to Prowl. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Unbeknownst to the Autobots, he also left a backup slug with Verity. {{storylink|In Word and Deed}}

At Kimia, Ironfist's recorded message ensured Skyfall was revealed as the amoral monster he was. {{storylink|Bullets}} His body was interred in the Zone of Remembrance at ''[[Debris]]'', the Wreckers' home base. {{storylink|Zero Point}} On Earth, a mournful Verity wrote the last Wreckers datalog as "Fisitron", chronicling "The Wreckers' Last Stand". {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}

Some time later, Ironfist's old workshop was offered to his mentor Wheeljack by Xaaron. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory #1}} A statue to him was erected within Kimia, though it suffered some damage during an attack by the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} and was presumably destroyed with the rest of Kimia when it was later detonated by [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]].

[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], a subscriber to Ironfist's ''Wreckers Declassified'' datalogs, would later use the [[unspace|subspace]] network formerly used to send Ironfist's datalogs to subscribers to transmit [[Delphi]]'s patient survival statistics to its subscribers as a cry for help of sorts. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] and First Aid would bond over their love for Ironfist's writing and how both think a lot about how they could have saved his life. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

[[File:SOTW5 Ironfistcorpse.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Damn you, Netflix!]]
[[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] would later use [[mnemosurgery]] to change Overlord's memories of his defeat at Ironfist's hands, causing him to believe Ironfist had said "[['Til all are one]]" before detonating the deterrence chips. This phrase was added to all of Overlord's memories of being defeated in order to insert [[Trepan's Trigger]] in his subconscious. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

When he left the ''Lost Light'' aboard the ''[[O Fortuna]]'', First Aid's leaving present from [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] contained a photograph of Swerve and Ironfist. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

After Impactor crashed the ''Debris'' directly into [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s [[Noisemaze (dimension)|Noisemaze]], Ironfist's casket was one of the many that spilled out of the damaged space station. It crashed to the ground and revealed its late occupant, horrifying the nearby Verity. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 5|Sins of the Wreckers #5}}

Some time later on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], Red Alert misremembered Ironfist queuing to join the crew of the ''Lost Light'' alongside other incongruous characters, such as First Aid, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Ambulon]]. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Before the war, Ironfist was a mere factory worker assigned simple tasks, but a defect in his construction had installed an unnecessary second data processor. In his spare time, Ironfist filled this processor with every minutia about munitions he could get his hands on. When [[Magnum]] stumbled across him during an unscheduled review of his factory, Ironfist was trying to put together a replica of the astoundingly complex [[BAMF-12602]]. Ironfist was fast-tracked to the [[Elite Guard]] and put on [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]'s team. Now a trained munitions expert, he proved skilled with explosives, though his simple beginnings kept him from grasping even the basic tenants of battlefield strategy. Without supervision, Ironfist was likely to dart into battle unorchestrated, guns blazing. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 36|Ironfist's profile in Club magazine #36}}

[[File:ComingStorm2-Ironfist.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|So [[Pete Sinclair]] says, "No WAY someone else is gonna use Ironfist this year!"]]
Metalhawk's team partnered with [[Thunder Clash]]'s team to face a plague of [[Virulent Clone]]s. Ironfist's explosives were particularly effective against their foes, though his fellow Elite Guardsman [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] was often covered in Insecticon goo as a result. He liked to call Dion "sailor," even though Dion kept reminding him that prior to the war he worked on the docks, not the ships. Ultimately, the Elite Guard was victorious over the Virulent Clones.

The two squads relaxed for a moment until Thunder Clash received a call from [[Magnum]], ordering Metalhawk's squad to ferry Thunder Clash's to [[Space Port Bravo]]. The two squads then packed their gear onto the ''[[Hawk's Claw]]'' and headed out. Once at the spaceport, the two squads said their goodbyes, with Ironfist getting all emotional and foggy-opticed.

Afterward, [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]] wondered out loud to the rest of the squad where they'd end up next. When Dion commented that he was eager to beat up some Decepticons, Over-Run asked chastisingly if Dion had ever seen a Decepticon up close before. Both Over-Run and Ironfist were puzzled by Dion stalking off angrily in response, with Ironfist wondering out loud if Dion ''had'' seen one before.

The squad soon re-boarded their ship and headed to Elite Guard HQ, where they found out that their next assignment was going to involve Magnum's [[Combaticon (G1)|newest special ops group]]. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}

These "Combaticons" joined Ironfist's group for debriefing on their trek to [[Median]]. It sounded like a boring mission, basically a peace exercise to placate the civilian council. Ironfist stopped paying attention during the discussion of Median's purpose, something about "deectology", but perked up suddenly when the topic of mining with explosives was broached.

Luckily(?), Median turned out to be more the Elite Guard's sort of mission than they originally thought. One of the relics uncovered in the dig was an urn containing the so-called "[[Heart of the Dragon]]". Based on the tech-specs recovered along with the urn, it apparently contained the [[laser core]] for a living weapon of ultimate potential, and had already come to the attention of some renegade Decepticons known as the [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s, who were caught casing the joint a few cycles earlier.

The Guardsmechs set up a perimeter in preparation for enemy invasion, and split into two squads to engage the intruders. Ironfist was teamed with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Combaticons, along with their security liaison, [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. They secured [[Roadgrabber]], the advance guard, but [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] and his Stormtroopers got past Metalhawk's Squad B, so Ironfist's squad prepared to repel them. Once they got in visible range, however, only half the Stormtroopers were present—they were using [[sensor ghost]]s to fool the Elite Guards ranged scans. With two Decepticons unaccounted for, Onslaught dispatched Ironfist and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] back to the urn chamber as a rear guard. The urn chamber was already raided, however, and Ironfist was caught off-guard by [[Aquablast]]'s chemical cannon, and sent into temporary [[stasis lock]] for the duration of the battle.

After he recovered, the Autobots set off across the landscape to catch up with the Stormtroopers. They made their way inside the [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], Rage's mobile fortress, only to be confronted by a creature known as [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]]. Rage had transplanted the laser-core into a small exo-frame for testing, creating a tiny dragon whose bite WAS bigger than his bark, and could decouple atoms to boot. The Elite Guard commenced a tactical advance to the rear with all due haste. Despite the urgency of the situation, Ironfist gleefully responded when Onslaught issued the greatest order he'd ever heard: ''"Ironfist, get all of your explosives ready."'' Several pretty colors and one large boom later, though, Brimstone was slightly charred, significantly angrier, but otherwise no worse for the wear. Ironfist and the others eventually escaped the Metrotitan only with the assistance of [[Drench (G1)|Drench]], one of the Stormtroopers who wanted out, just before Brimstone's power overloaded completely, destroying the Metrotitan.

Following the mission, Magnum was comparing incident reports back at base and noted that Ironfist's contained only a single sentence. (Likely submission: ''"Thee explosion could've beeeen biggah."'') {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

Ironfist's team and the Combaticons continued working together over the following weeks, and Ironfist got another chance to blast off his arsenal during the mission against [[Shadowcaster]]. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}} Immediately the Combaticons disappeared, and Ironfist's team was ordered to try to hunt them down wherever they may be. Their search took them into some very unglamorous places, where the team was approached by a demented Empty which spoke cryptically of a "coming storm" where "rain will fall down" and the "thunder will deafen you" and where the "lightning will burn." After a bit of this, Ironfist's team grew weary of the Empty and left him.

[[File:ComingStorm6-buggah.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Ironfist has learned an Aussie-ism. Just one, and he's gonna keep using it until he learns a second.]]
But the Empty spoke true. Sentinel Major sent their team a distress call, as their Elite Guard headquarters was under attack. Metalhawk ordered his team back to base, where they met up with [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] on the outer skirts of the battle. He showed them a video feed of the battle's epicenter, where, bogglingly, the Combaticons had switched their allegiance to the Decepticons and had sieged the Elite Guard. Something about the Combaticons looked a little different than before, and, sure enough, the reason for this was revealed when the five of them combined for the first time into the super robot [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], crushing Sentinel Major to death in his mighty fist. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

Metalhawk led Iron and the others deep into the battle to assist the dwindling members of the Elite Guard. Ironfist broke ranks and plunged ahead, weapons blazing, despite Metalhawk's pleas. No matter what the odds, Bruticus was going to pay for murdering Ironfist's friends, some of whom he even liked! In [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], he ramped up an inclined piece of debris into the super robot's chest, knocking the monster down. But Bruticus was quicker than Ironfist reckoned, and his giant fist closed in on the Autobot before he could flee. Ironfist was granted a temporary reprieve from death when Over-Run and his remote helicopter drone distracted Bruticus, but Ironfist refused to retreat to safety, believing his [[lightformer cannon]] had been granted an opening to fire on their huge opponent. However, both he and Over-Run were crushed when Bruticus grabbed the helicopter drone and flung it into them. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

[[File:BattleLines4-Ironfist.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|He's not very good at sounding Australian, but to be fair this was 9 million years ago.]]
Ironfist managed to survive and was eventually repaired. He, [[Big Bang (G1)|Big Bang]], [[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]], and [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]] caught up with [[Magnum]]'s team in time for Ironfist to stop the Combaticons from forming Bruticus again. The quartet joined in the battle against [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and at one point Ironfist thought they might just be winning, until Starscream clobbered him. The Autobots did eventually triumph, though Deathsaurus and Starscream both got away. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}} A week after the battle, he was part of the Autobot forces at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s city walls as the Decepticons broke through with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Fisitron anonymously uploaded countless stories of the Wreckers' exploits for Autobots and Decepticons alike to read, until [[Thunder Mayhem]] annihilated the whole team, save [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 68|Impactor's profile in Club magazine #68}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] considered Ironfist to be a trusted ally and included him in a list of potential recruits for a new team of Wreckers. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Ironfist was an imaginative Autobot. {{storylink|Field Guide to Action and Adventure}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1-toy-Ironfist.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[[Luke Cage|Luke who]]? Never heard of him.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Ironfist''' (Lightformer, [[1993]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Gun emplacement
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[The Transformers (European toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Ironfist transforms into an AM General M998 Humvee military off-road vehicle. Mounted on his roof is an ENORMOUS repeater cannon turret that can rotate 360° and pivot upwards at its base. This weapon uses a combination of the [[light-piping]] and gear-wheel [[gimmick]]s so that when you look through the "viewscope" and rapidly push the spring-loaded post at the rear of the turret, the gold cannon will slide back and forth, the grey "ammo" drum on top will rotate while the view from the scope makes it look like twin beams of laser-fire are striking your selected target. The cannon turret has a fold-down stand to become a gun emplacement for Ironfist to man in [[robot mode]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Autobot/Ironfist/ironfist.htm More information on Ironfist at TFU.info]''

===''Generation 2''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Ironfist''' (Lightformer, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Gun emplacement

:This release is identical to his 1993 release, but in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' packaging, and was on a blister card instead of in a box.

===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-AOTP-Deluxe-Fisitron.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|his Euro G1 neon pink swag- gone.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-wrmas|'''Carnivac vs. Fisitron''' (Multi-pack, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 3-part gun
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viJopRdWtZA ''Transformers'' panel] at [[Megacon Orlando#2025|Megacon Orlando 2025]] with [[Emily Bader]] and [[Evan Brooks]], recorded at the "V-man" YouTube channel.</ref>|[[Amy Bence]] (packaging)<ref>[[June 10]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEAkXHAU034 Transformers Fanstream | June 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Nate Purswell]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>}}

:''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Fisitron ([[trademark]] and marketing reasons) is a heavy [[retool]]ing of <s>''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Hound]]</s> ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' [[Detritus (G1)#Legacy|Detritus]], and transforms into an armored truck with Jeep-like and Humvee-like elements. His design melds his original and IDW appearances, with the alt-mode of the original toy and the colors of his IDW incarnation. This hybridization continues to his head, which sports the details of his IDW incarnation's but is proportioned more similarly to his original toy or ''Wings Universe'' design. He comes with a downsized version of his original toy's Lightformer cannon, which can separate into a gun, shield, and... backpack?

:Fisitron was released in a two-pack with [[Carnivac (G1)#Age of the Primes|Carnivac]], as part of the "Wreck 'n Doom Collection", which was exclusive to [[Amazon]] in the US and available in limited quantities on [[Hasbro Pulse]]. The set was teased at Megacon Orlando 2025 before being officially revealed at that year's [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair]].
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==Notes==
[[File:CombinerWarsIronclad.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
*Lightformer Ironfist's gun-gimmick simulates twin beams of laser fire striking his target... but the gun only has one barrel. Hmm.
*In a French [[Commercial/International|commercial]] that featured Ironfist, his voice was performed as a generic 1950s robot monotone. So was Pyro's. It must be a thing. [http://www.ina.fr/pub/culture-et-loisirs/video/PUB3774423048/hasbro-transformers-jouet.fr.html]
*Independently, both [[Fun Publications]] and [[IDW Publishing]] chose to use Ironfist in their stories for [[2010]], mostly because nobody'd ever done anything with him before and nobody'd be likely to! Ha ha ha ha ha whoops. Unsurprisingly, this has led to Ironfist being perhaps one of the first characters in a non-[[Simon Furman|Furman]] story to receive "the [[Bludgeon effect]]" whereby, much like [[Razorbeast#Notes|Razorbeast]] in ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', popular new fiction has suddenly caused his previously insignificant toy to rocket in value on the secondary market many years after its release.
*Unlike his fellow Lightformer [[Deftwing]] and their opponents, [[Trakkon]]s [[Fearswoop (G1)|Fearswoop]] and [[Calcar]], Ironfist sported the same name on both [[multilingual packaging|bilingual]] European packaging [[variant]]s (English/Spanish and French/Dutch).
*Unused concepts for a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Ironfist toy birthed the new character [[Ironclad]], who went on to be mentioned in the ''Of Masters and Mayhem'' prose story "[[Lively Pursuit]]" alongside the separate IDW-inspired Fisitron.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=They are separate... but both inspired by different Ironfists. Fisitron as inspired by IDW's take, while Ironclad was inspired by the G1 bio/Wingsverse version of the character|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1691536886651650048|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=08|day=15}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironfist''' (アイアンフィスト ''Aianfisuto'')

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

[[Category:Age of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Elite Guard]]
[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Detritus (G1)

2025-07-14T17:17:35Z

Sky Shadow: /* Legacy */ Make clear the direct lineage of toy.

{{factions|junkion|autobot|decepticon|mercenary}}
{{disambigm|Detritus (Prime)|Roadmaster}}
:''Detritus is a [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] of variable allegiance from the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Detritus-card.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Three easy payments, an offer you can't refuse.]]

Leaving his homeworld of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] behind, '''Detritus''' (デトライタス ''Detoraitasu'') has become a mercenary, selling his services to either side of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict. Rumor has it that his appearance on the battlefield turns the tide of victory to the side that employs him... when in reality, Detritus simply bides his time until he is positive which side is likely to win anyway, then offers to join that side. Like all Junkions, Detritus is capable of repairing heavy damage to himself with whatever scrap metal he can get a hold of.

Detritus's ultimate goal is to use his earnings to build his own army and overthrow [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] as the leader of the Junkions.<ref>''Collector's Edition'' Detritus bio</ref> At one point, he had hooked up with the Decepticons under the alias '''Roadmaster''' to make use of their stolen [[Power Core Combination]] technology.

==Fiction==
===''United EX''===
[[File:UnitedEX6 destruction regeneration.jpg|thumb|left|I live! I die! I live again!]]
Hired by the Decepticons to join the forces of their new [[Master Chaos]] sub-group, Detritus was upgraded into a new form with enhanced regenerative capabilities that allowed him to draw the scrap material his race could use to repair themselves to his body through magnetism, and supplied with the first team of Decepticon-created [[Power Core Combination|Power Core]] drones, the Road Drones.

Lurking in a landfill, the newly dubbed "'''Roadmaster'''" (ロードマスター ''Rōdomasutā'') ambushed [[Tread Bolt|Jetmaster]] and [[Kakuryu (G1)|Grimmaster]] as the two Autobots returned to their headquarters from [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. Focusing his attention on Grimmaster, he halfheartedly tried to talk the former Decepticon into returning to the fold, but, upon being rebuffed, was all too happy to demonstrate his new drone force and improved regeneration abilities. {{storylink|Destruction and Regeneration}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:UnstoppedAndUnstoppable-DetritusAndWreckGar.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Getting a head start.]]

Detritus served as Wreck-Gar's valet, carrying the Junkion leader's detached head around via chain looped around Detritus's neck, wearing Wreck-Gar's noggin like an amulet as they met with visitors to [[Little Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}
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==Toys==
===''Collector's Edition''===
{{anchor|Exclusive}}
[[File:G1-toy Detritus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|When Mr. Safety Catch Is Not On, Mr. Missile Launcher Is Not Your Friend.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Detritus''' ([[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''77'''
:*''Accessories'': "Phase Disruptor" rifle, "Beam Machinegun", missile launcher, 3 "armor-piercing rockets", spare tire, spare tank
:*''Known designers'': [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (deco, Takara)

: A [[redeco]] of the [[Hound (G1)/toys#Toys|original Hound toy]] with the retooling from ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' release, ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]'' Detritus transforms into a Mitsubishi J59 off-road vehicle. He came with an entirely new [[sticker|decal]] sheet to make him fit the Junkion aesthetic better, which also includes both Autobot and Decepticon faction sigils. He also lacks most of the chrome of the original version, retaining only the chrome on his headlamps. As a Japanese release, his spring-loaded missile launcher is fully operational. He was only available through online retailers [[e-HOBBY]]. The toy features [[facial hair]]; though hard to see, his face has a small, painted goatee.

: The decals for this set are printed on glossy paper rather than foil, with a fairly weak adhesive. As such, the decals designed to fold around corners do not like to ''stay'' folded. Glue may be necessary. Furthermore, the troublesome sticker #10 from Hound's original sheet is similarly given as a long strip here, rather than as the two separate stickers intended to go on either side of his waist.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Interestingly, the Detritus sticker that corresponds to this, the one also not mentioned in the Detritus sticker application map, is actually one long strip. I had to manually split it in two in order to apply one half to the left side of his waist, and one to the right. Amazing how one small oversight by the producers of Hound’s booklet over 30 years ago could have led to similar confusion and misinformation – and even sticker-cutting errors – on a toy released 2 decades after it.|link=https://tfsource.com/blog/2018/05/13/news-to-me-2018-edition/|name=Maz|site=TFsource|title=News to Me – 2018 Edition|year=2018|month=05|day=13}}</ref> You can cut it in half yourself if you like! Like with Hound, the instructions also incorrectly swap stickers #14 and #15 across the arms, so they don't fit properly.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=My incorrect assumption was that it was just an error for the Detritus stickersheet, but I see now on this reissue TFC Hound that it too has a single piece sticker for #10, it too was left unsplit! I don't believe the vintage Hound sticker #10 is split either, which once more explains why so many vintage Hounds simply do not have that correctly applied, or applied at all! But, sticker #10 on the Diaclone stickersheet... is split! [...] The sticker on the side of the waist is hard to see at the best of times, but it consists of 4 yellow/black rectangles and a red capsule shape, all in a row. The Transformers instructions show the red capsule being placed nearest the front of the waist, but all the Diaclone literature and art show it being the 4 rectangles that are closer to the front of the waist, and the red capsule shape being towards the back of the waist. [...] Stickers #14 and #15 go on Hound's forearms/wrists, but both the vintage and reissue Transformers instructions tell you to put #14 on his right forearm, and #15 on the left. This is incorrect, and will end up causing those L-shaped stickers to sit in a way that does not cover the length of the forearm, as well as causing an ill fit around the wrist. Detritus has the same issue, too, by the way.|link=https://tfsquareone.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-mysterious-g1-hound-stickers.html|name=Maz|site=TFsquareone|title=The Mysterious G1 Hound Stickers|year=2023|month=03|day=11}}</ref>

: Detritus's instruction sheet uses photos of the normal Hound toy for the step-by-step instructions. The "main" picture and decal application photos, however, use Detritus.

: This toy shipped out in August of 2004.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/Detritus/detritus.htm More information on Detritus at TFU.info]''
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===''United EX''===
[[File:UEX-toy Roadmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Amazing t'ing, trouble. Always I go lookin' for trouble, an' when I find it people say it ain't dere."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Roadmaster Prime Mode''' ([[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EX 03'''
:*''Release date'': [[October 27]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Junker Drone, Trasher Drone, Waster Drone, Scrapper Drone

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers United|United EX]]'' product (the eighth wave of ''United'' product in total), Roadmaster is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Mudslinger (PCC)#Toys|Mudslinger]] toy, transforming into a monster truck of indeterminate model. He also has a "Prime Mode" where he becomes the torso of a super robot, capable of using any auto-transforming Power Core Combiner drone-machine molds for limbs.

: He comes with four color-coordinated "wasteland" vehicle drone-limbs, redecos of the [[Destructicon (PCC)|Destructicon]]s. Each one has a square socket for a Power Core Combiner connection; when attached via the blue plugs on a Commander figure, the vehicles automatically transform into a super-robot limb, and snap back to vehicle mode when disconnected. Despite the universal connector, each drone can only form one limb type (but can be swapped from left to right):

:*'''Junker Drone'''—Leg (Roadmaster's left)
:*'''Trasher Drone'''—Leg (Roadmaster's right)
:*'''Waster Drone'''—Arm (Roadmaster's left)
:*'''Scrapper Drone'''—Arm (Roadmaster's right)

: The drones are likely named after terms related to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]].

: Care needs to be taken when transforming or even just moving Roadmaster's legs, as the tolerances are a bit too tight, leaving the thighs prone to breaking at the knee-socket due to thinner walls there. Though not shown in the instructions, his thighs need to be turned around completely so the small tabs on his outer thighs are repositioned inward for vehicle mode; leaving them out pushes out on the truck cab portions, keeping the truck mode from tabbing together securely. These issues affect all versions of this mold.

: The back of the box accidentally labels Roadmaster as his wave-mate "[[Onslaught (G1)#United EX 2|Combatmaster]]" in English, but he's correctly attributed in Japanese.

: Roadmaster's core mold was also used to make [[Salvage (Movie)#Power Core Combiners|Salvage]]. The Junker and Trasher Drones were also used to make two of the ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Stunticon (PCC)|Stunticon]] drones.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy-toy Detritus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|“SYK: JUS’ SAY ‘AARRGHAARRGHPLEEASSENNONONOUGH.’”]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Detritus''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-54'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 24]], [[2024]]
:*''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, rocket, pistol
:*''Known designers'': [[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro)<ref>[[June 20]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjLY0uamTKM Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], and [[Rich Pellegrino]]</ref>

: Part of the seventh wave of ''Legacy'' Deluxes, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' Detritus is a <s>straight redeco of ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Hound]]</s> heavy [[retool]]ing of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Hound]], transforming into an unlicensed approximation of a Jeep. To reflect his status as an arms dealer, Detritus has both Autobot and Decepticon insignia printed on him, with only one being prominently visible in each mode: the Autobot symbol on his left shoulder, the Decepticon symbol on the hood of his vehicle mode. The toy's deco takes advantage of the shape of Hound's chin to create the impression of a small molded goatee, though his [[package art]] does not reflect this. His [[Evo-Fusion]] capability is combining his blasters to form a larger one, although all three weapons are clear plastic painted over, so this can cause sticking issues.

: This tooling was also used to make ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Hound]], and the rocket launcher and pistol accessories were previously used with ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]] Toxitron Collection'' "[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Legacy|G2 Universe Autobot Jazz]]".
{{WFCSiegeHoundMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W4Detritus.jpg|thumb|”duh-trai-tuhs”]]
*'''Detritus, Arms Dealer''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T05/T52'''
**''Stars: ''11

:Detritus, Arms Dealer is one of 52 character cards released in Wave 4 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege II. Neither Autobot nor Decepticon, this Detritus is a member of the [[Mercenary]] faction introduced in the set.

:The card features original artwork for both modes, with lines by [[Andrew Griffith]] and colors by [[María Ana Paolo]].
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==Notes==
* The ''United EX'' story does not explicitly say that Roadmaster is Detritus, but that's about the only way it doesn't connect the two.

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

==External links==
* [http://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue_frame.php?art=Detritus e-HOBBY Detritus toy article at TF-1.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054823/http://www.allspark.com/content/view/10766/37/ Roadmaster's box-back translated at Allspark.com (via the Internet Archive)]

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[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Mercenaries]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) aliens]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Junkions]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:United EX Decepticons]]

Talk:Generation 1 (Japanese toyline)

2025-07-13T19:30:57Z

Sky Shadow: /* ??? */

==???==
I honestly don't quite get the purpose of this page: like, sure, there are multiple franchises contained within the Japanese G1 umbrella, and so my first thought seeing this was that each link would lead to individual pages for those toylines... But then they all lead to the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)]] page, which is just a large list with every Japanese toyline in ''one'' page, as with the European and South American ones. Isn't this page, then, kinda redundant, considering it almost entirely just features the same content as that other page but abridged? Personally, I feel like this should be replaced with a redirect to that page instead, so that it doesn't break everything else that links to it. ([[User:FortressMaxxing|FortressMaxxing]] ([[User talk:FortressMaxxing|talk]]) 12:33, 13 July 2025 (EDT))
:Looking over at the history of the aforementioned larger page, it appears that it was in fact originally only about the first year of the G1 Japanese toyline before it was divided into multiple franchises, until everything else was merged with it in 2018 - thus; I suppose that this page once served a legitimate purpose, but nowadays it feels pretty pointless. I have therefore tagged it with the "move" tag. ([[User:FortressMaxxing|FortressMaxxing]] ([[User talk:FortressMaxxing|talk]]) 12:40, 13 July 2025 (EDT))
::Hm. Redundancy is a fair concern. Revisiting these two articles, I cannot help but notice that now that the dust has settled from the giga-merge:
:::1) This page has indeed mutated into an overview of the contents of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' page.
:::2) The ''F!SRLT'' page *lacks* a dedicated overview section (litany of vestigial headers labeled "overview" for each individual year notwithstanding) due to being cobbled together from the smaller pages.
::Perhaps the most straightforward thing would be to merge them rather than overwriting this page outright, with its content going to the top of the ''F!SRLT'' page when this namespace becomes a redirect?--[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 13:47, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::Wahey and there go those vestigial headers. I have updated the flag to a merge accordingly.--[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 13:59, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::I am in favor of the merger. [[User:MrRald|MrRald]] ([[User talk:MrRald|talk]]) 14:59, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::Seems like a merger would be a net improvement for the FSRLTF toyline article as well as wiki navigation. - [[User:Archforce|Archforce]] ([[User talk:Archforce|talk]]) 15:19, 13 July 2025 (EDT)
:::Also in favour, good eye [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] ([[User talk:Sky Shadow|talk]]) 15:30, 13 July 2025 (EDT)

Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity

2025-07-12T10:28:15Z

Sky Shadow: /* Deviations */ Link to Starscream Combiner, just for documentation's sake.

{{factions|decepticon|decepticong2|unicron}}
{{suite}}

[[File:Tud3 starscream smirkiest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why do they call me Star''Scream''? I'm Star''Smile'', you see...]]

10: Try to overthrow Megatron 
20: Fail 
30: GOTO 10 

{{bigquote|Where is your courage, Megatron?|Starscream|"[[Quest for Survival]]"}}

==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Latta]] (English), [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese)|[[Frank Todaro]] (English, "[[Transformers 40th Anniversary Event]]"), [[Li Danqing]] (Chinese), [[Jean-Louis Millette]] (Canadian French), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (European French, 1st season and part of 2nd season), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Autobot Run", "The Core" & "Microbots", then regular voice from "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" onwards), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court", "The God Gambit", "Cosmic Rust" & "Starscream's Ghost"), Unknown (European French, "Autobot Spike" & "The Immobilizer"), [[Michel Bedetti]] (European French, "Countdown to Extinction"), [[Frédéric Cerdal]] (European French, "Child's Play"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Hoist goes Hollywood"), [[Marie Vergracht]] (French, ''The Movie''), [[José Sant'anna]] (Portuguese), [[Alfredo Martins]] (Portuguese, "Changing Gears"), [[César Marchetti]] (Portuguese, DVD dub), [[Luiz Carlos de Moraes]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Portuguese, "Generation 2", Audio News Dub), [[Ronaldo Júlio]] (Portuguese, "Generation 2", Audio News Dub first line only), [[Bernd Simon]] (German), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, Generation 2 Part of Season 2), Robin Brosch (German, "[[Transformers 40th Anniversary Event]]"), [[Vadim Gushchin]] (Russian), [[Claudio De Davide]] (Italian, first dub, season 1 and part of season 2), [[Leo Valeriano]] (Italian, first dub, remainder of season 2 and season 3), [[Massimo Corizza]] (Italian, first dub, ''The Movie'' and "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Marco Mori]] (Italian, second dub, ''The Movie''), [[Alberto Bognanni]] (Italian, second dub, seasons 1-2), [[Mirko Rizzi]] (Italian, second dub, season 3), [[Raffaele Palmieri]] (Italian, ''40th Anniversary Event'' dub), [[Lucas Cisneros]] (Spain Spanish, TV series), [[Dani Albiac]] (Spain Spanish, ''The Movie''), [[Pau Ferrer]] (Spain Spanish, ''40th Anniversary Event'' dub), [[Carlos Nieto]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pedro Ruiz]] (Latin-American Spanish, ''40th Anniversary Event'' dub), [[Ljubiša Bačić]] (Serbian), [[Dick Eriksson]] (Swedish, Generation 2), [[Gyula Szersén]] (Hungarian, "The Movie" 1st dub (most lines)), [[Ladislav Běhůnek]] (Czech), [[Jang Kwang]] (Korean, ''The Movie'', KBS dub), [[Yu Hae-mu]] (Korean, ''The Movie'', Iljin Video)}}

[[File:G1toon starscream bawled out.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Look at me when I'm threatening you!"]]
Shortly before the outbreak of the Autobot-Decepticon war nine million years ago, Starscream was not a warrior, but rather a scientist. He and his colleague and friend [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] were exploring an unnamed planet—the ancient [[Earth]]—when severe atmospheric conditions separated the two friends. Starscream circled the globe looking for Skyfire, but never found him. Upon his return to Cybertron, Starscream mostly abandoned his scientific pursuits, deciding that a career as a warrior would be much more exciting, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} and instead enrolled in the [[Cybertron War Academy]], of which he would later profess to be the pride. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

Starscream rose through the ranks of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s Decepticons until he reached the position of [[second-in-command]], but even this was not enough: Starscream saw Megatron as old and soft, and after five million years of war drained Cybertron of all its energy, Starscream came to believe that the Decepticons would have won the conflict eons beforehand if he had been in charge. Starscream was never afraid to let Megatron know this, but Megatron was always ready with a disparaging comeback, and the constant belief that while Starscream had the ambition, he did not have the ability to lead.

{{quote|My time will come, Megatron.|Not in ''this'' universe, Starscream. "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"}}

Starscream was among Megatron's forces aboard the [[Nemesis (G1)|space cruiser]] that pursued the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|ship]] when it departed Cybertron to search for new energy sources on other planets. The Decepticons boarded the Autobot craft, and it subsequently crashed on Earth, entombing its occupants in stasis for four million years. When a volcanic eruption reawakened the ship's computer, [[Teletraan I]], in 1984, it indiscriminately brought the Decepticons back online, rebuilding their bodies to transform into contemporary Earth machines. Now outfitted with an F-15 [[alternate mode]], Starscream's first act on Earth was one of spitefulness, as he delivered a parting laser blast to the buried Autobot ship. The blast caused a tremor that inadvertently knocked [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] into the path of Teletraan I's restoration beam, and before long, all the Autobots were operational once more and ready to continue the war on Earth. Four million years of sleep hadn't improved Starscream's disposition any, as his thoughts immediately turned to leadership once more, and he discussed them with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] when he and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] accompanied him on a mission to find materials to construct a temporary base. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[File:G1toon starscream laser turret.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my leg."]]
The Decepticons quickly began gathering energy to build and fuel a [[Victory (G1)|new space cruiser]] that could return them to Cybertron. The work proceeded apace with the Autobots unable to do much to stop the villains, but Starscream wound up costing them time when he decided to test a clutch of [[energon cube]]s by powering a laser turret with them, thereby using them up and necessitating another energy raid. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} A little later, when Megatron subjected Starscream to another bout of berating, the [[Air Commander]] decided he had had enough, and tried to shoot Megatron in the back. At Soundwave's warning, Megatron blocked the beam and returned fire with his [[fusion cannon]], bringing Starscream to his knees, quite literally begging for mercy. Luckily for him, he got it, but he didn't learn his lesson, since the first thing he did once the space cruiser was completed and airborne was to try for another coup. As it turned out, he only wound up distracting all the other Decepticons, allowing Autobot stowaway [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] to cripple the cruiser and send it crashing back to Earth. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

{{quote|Megatron is dead! I'm the leader now. Follow me!|Starscream, "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]"}}

[[File:DivideandConquer Starscreampowerfist.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Now stranded on Earth and using the crashed hulk of their spaceship as [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|headquarters]], the Decepticons created a [[space bridge]] to transport energy back to Cybertron. When Megatron was apparently lost in an early test of the device, {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}} Starscream leapt at the chance to take leadership, and led [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] and Soundwave in an attack on a munitions plant. Unfortunately for Starscream, it soon transpired that Megatron had survived the space bridge journey, when he contacted Starscream from Cybertron and re-established his leadership. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Starscream was demoted to grunt work for his next mission, shipping energon cubes over the space bridge, but his merciless selection of a hapless warrior to pilot the craft on the dangerous journey proved to be a good one. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and skyfire.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|The fire is in the sky... but the heat is down here, baby.]]

{{quote|Megatron has fallen! I, Starscream, am now your leader. Decepticons, follow me!|Starscream, "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"}}

When the Decepticons began drilling in the North Pole in order to tap the energy of the [[Earth's core]], the excavation wound up unearthing the frozen body of Starscream's old friend, Skyfire. Starscream talked his friend into joining the Decepticons, but Skyfire could not put aside his peaceful scientific ways aside like Starscream had, and their friendship ended when he defected to the Autobots. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} After a battle with the Autobots' newest warriors, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], including yet another failed attempt and taking leadership when Megatron fell (fell ''down'', that is). {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[File:G1 FireontheMountain SS chestmissiles.jpg|thumb|left|200px|My nipples explode with delight!]]
Starscream met up with Skyfire again when the Autobot returned to stop a Decepticon plot in Peru. In the process, Starscream found himself on the other side of treachery, when he overheard Thundercracker contemplating letting Skyfire destroy the Decepticons' new weapon, in the hope that Megatron would blame Starscream himself. Starscream tried to shoot Thundercracker but missed and took out Skyfire, then blackmailed Thundercracker into obeying his every command with the threat of revealing his treachery to Megatron. Unsurprisingly, the whole scheme didn't really work. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Strangling Starscream.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Be careful not to ''choke'' on your aspirations, Starscream.]]

Not long after that Starscream proved he ''did'' still have some scientific leanings, as he was the only Decepticon who urged caution when Megatron pillaged energy from an unstable meteor. Starscream was ultimately correct about the volatile nature of the energy, and the resulting explosion nearly killed a number of Transformers, including Optimus Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and arkeville.jpg|upright=1.2|left|thumb|"Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at home! I learned it at hooome!"]]

{{quote|Megatron IS no more! I now lead the Decepticons.|Including those you left to die on Earth, Starscream? "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]"}}

After the Decepticons used a colossal space bridge to pull Cybertron into Earth's orbit in order to generate vast amounts of energy, {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Starscream took every opportunity he could to try and make it seem like the plan wasn't working. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} When the Decepticons' human ally [[Doctor Arkeville]] was abandoned by Megatron, Starscream abducted the scientist and made the rather outlandish attempt to create energon cubes by drawing on his mental energy. When Megatron caught him in the act, Starscream fled with Arkeville {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} back to the human's secret laboratory. There, Starscream discovered an [[Exponential Generator]] and destabilized it with the intent of creating an explosion powerful enough to destroy the Earth. Starscream withdrew to Cybertron to watch the cosmic fireworks, but unbeknownst to him, Megatron and Optimus Prime had joined forces to launch the exponential generator into space. When the Earth failed to explode on schedule, Starscream headed back to the planet to investigate, but was knocked out of the sky by the passage of the exponential generator and crashed, right at the feet of a vengeful Megatron. [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] then wagered the Autobots had seen the last of Starscream for a while, {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} and he was right: Starscream was indeed nowhere to be seen during the Decepticons' next villainous escapade. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

[[File:Heavy Metal War Decepticons beat.JPG|upright=1.2|thumb]]

Whatever revenge Megatron may have reaped on Starscream, the Air Commander survived the experience, and was seen again when he and the other Decepticons bestowed their [[power chip rectifier]]s upon Megatron. This process gave Megatron access to all the Decepticons' special powers, including Starscream's [[null-ray]]s and [[cluster bomb]]s, so he could easily defeat Optimus Prime in a one-on-one battle. Starscream pointed out the sheer illegality of this scheme, but Megatron was above caring. As it turned out, Starscream was right again: although Megatron defeated Prime, when the Autobots discovered his breach of the rules, their revenge was swift. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

[[File:G1toon screamer megs invisible.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those hard-to-reach cracks and crevices.]]

Starscream eagerly took to action in the Decepticons' next battle, {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} but was somewhat more reserved in regards to Megatron' new [[Solar Needle]] weapon, fearing that it would destabilize the Earth. Told by Megatron not to concern himself with matters he did not understand, he instead passed the time threatening and bossing around the captive [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]. {{storylink|Changing Gears}} Later, when Megatron had the Decepticons transform New York into [[New Cybertron]], Starscream had to admit that he was impressed by the scheme despite himself. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

{{quote|Never! Now I, Starscream, lead. And I say attack!|Starscream|"[[The Immobilizer]]"}}

Starscream helped Megatron implant a [[Personality destabilizer device]] in the Autobots' [[recharging chamber]]s by using [[invisibility spray]], {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}} and then joined in the theft of [[electro-cell]]s from a human laboratory, only to wind up embarrassing himself by rushing to use them to create energon cubes, which exploded due to the cells' instability. {{storylink|Traitor (episode)|Traitor}} Starscream was later part of the Decepticon team that stole the Autobots' [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]] weapon, and briefly tried to seize leadership when Megatron was felled by Optimus Prime during the Autobots' attempt to reclaim the device. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and nergill.jpg|thumb|"So....I'm guessing you DIDN'T have fun on your vacation in [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]]..."]]
After serving as Megatron's unwilling guinea pig in the first test of the transformation-freezing [[Transfixatron]], {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} Starscream's cautious side came to the fore again when the Decepticons allied themselves with the fish-people of [[Sub-Atlantica]]. Starscream did not trust the sub-aquatic kingdom's boastful leader [[Nergill]], and his suspicions were proven correct when Nergill shot him with an [[Magnetic dysfunction ray|anti-Transformer disruptor ray]]. Starscream recovered in time to save Megatron from a blast of the ray, but Megatron did not believe Starscream's accusation of treachery until the fish-king went off the deep end and tried to destroy the Transformers, Sub-Atlantica and himself by detonating the city's energy stockpile. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

[[File:Starscream clone G1.jpg|thumb|200px|left|True love at last.]]
Starscream was less than impressed with Megatron's decision to steal the Earth-made robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], but when Megatron threatened to replace the Air Commander with the femme-bot, Starscream helped the Autobots take her down with a blast of his null ray. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} Soon after, when Megatron sought to dupe the Autobots with a [[Optimus Prime clone|clone of Optimus Prime]], his plan necessitated the creation of a [[Starscream clone (G1)|Starscream clone]], so that the Prime copy could convince the Autobots that it was the genuine article by destroying it. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

The scientist in Starscream saw danger in Megatron's plan to drill to the Earth's core, but Megatron placated him by revealing an emergency space bridge that could whisk them off to Cybertron if things went wrong. They never got the chance, though, as the Autobots destroyed the bridge, forcing the Decepticons to work with them to halt the drill and save the planet. {{storylink|The Core}}

[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Seekers cerebroshells.jpg|200px|thumb]]
Following a brief stint as a mind-controlled minion of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} Starscream accompanied the Decepticons to the mysterious [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], where the strange waves of chronal energy surrounding the prehistoric paradise gave him cause for concern. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Starscream theorized that draining the delicate energies of the island could disrupt the fabric of time, and he was right: time warps began appearing all across the world, and the Autobots sprang into action to stop the Decepticons' scheme. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and redalert.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"Uh, what's with the eyeliner?" "Inferno says it brings out my eyes." "...uh huh...just press the button".]]
After shooting down [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and accusing the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] of treachery, {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} Starscream proved just how much of a case of the pot calling the kettle black that was when he tricked the mentally-addled Autobot [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] into giving him access to the Autobots' new [[Negavator]] tank. Starscream planned to use the weapon to take control of the Decepticons, but when Megatron rumbled his scheme, he claimed that he had only been stealing the weapon for his leader. Realizing that Starscream meant to take the Negavator from him, Red Alert turned on him, and Starscream shot him with his null rays, which wound up stabilizing his logic circuits. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

[[File:G1toon snakes on a plane.jpg|thumb|Starscream has had it with this motherf@!king snake on him.]]
Starscream had a nasty encounter with a snake in the jungles of [[South America]] when the Decepticons were searching for their lost original space cruiser and its power core, the [[Heart of Cybertron]], but his spirits were put right by a good bout of over-energizing with the other Decepticons that evening. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[File:G1toon starscream prime cosplay.jpg|thumb|left|Starscream learned the true meaning of Halloween that night - sweets, and plenty of them.]]
Later, Starscream donned an Optimus Prime costume as part of a plan to frame the Autobots for energy theft, which successfully resulted in the heroic robots being forced off Earth by humankind. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} In the Autobots' absence, the Decepticons conquered [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], and Starscream led the Decepticon jets in easily fending off attempted human military intervention, before the Autobots returned to clear their names and put things right. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

{{quote|Too bad! He's blown his vocal components. I guess that makes me the new leader!|Starscream never gives up on his dreams, "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]"}}
[[File:G1toon Starscream Attack.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Seeking to sabotage the creation of [[Greene|Professor Greene]]'s [[Ultra Plane]], Starscream suggested blasting the new device out of the sky. Megatron advocated discretion, and instead had Starscream perform a fly-over and surreptitiously drop a small explosive on the Ultra Plane. Starscream, Megatron and Soundwave then attempted to steal the plans for the Ultra Plane, but Starscream and Soundwave were tricked into retreating when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] projected a hologram of Megatron fleeing. Soon after, [[cybertonium]] degradation began to impair the Decepticons' functionality, and before he succumbed to it, Starscream took another grab for leadership when Megatron's vocal circuits were scrambled by the condition. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} After the Decepticons recovered, Starscream helped steal the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:G1toon starscream king of the castle.jpg|upright=1.3|left|thumb|"Who put that caption down there?!"]]
While on a mission in [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], Starscream found himself low on energy and with Autobots on all sides. Retreating into a cave with Rumble, Ravage and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] at his side, Starscream discovered that the cave was, in fact, a mystical time travel device, which thrust them back through the ages to 543 AD, with Autobots [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] hot on their heels. Seeing a primitive world that he could easily conquer laid out before him, Starscream allied himself with local ne'er-do-well Sir [[Wigend of Blackthorn]], but soon double-crossed him and took control of his castle and army. Starscream dismissed the chivalry of the age and abducted [[Nimue]], daughter of neighboring ruler Sir [[Aetheling the Red]], demanding that he surrender his kingdom in return for his progeny's safety. All the Transformers were low on energy, so Starscream put his scientific skills to use creating gunpowder and primitive electric dynamo, giving the Decepticons the ability to fight back against the Autobots and Sir Aetheling's armies when they marshalled against him. With aid from the wizard [[Beorht]], Hoist and Warpath overpowered Starscream and hauled him back to the present, where Starscream gleefully greeted Megatron by pouncing on top of him, ruining the shot he had lined up. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

[[File:G1toon starscream electrum.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Sadly, Starscream had never heard of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]...]]
Starscream was the first Decepticon to test out a mysterious golden lagoon of [[electrum]] discovered on Earth, and was made invulnerable by the powerful alloy. The Decepticons were easily able to defeat the Autobots in battle thanks to their new invincible coating, but Megatron was not impressed when Starscream had captives [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] fight gladiator-style. As punishment, he had Starscream lead an attack on the giant Autobot Omega Supreme—a task Starscream was terrified at the prospect of, even with his newfound invulnerability. The attack succeeded, but when Starscream was left in charge of the prisoners, they escaped, and in the battle that resulted, the electrum effect wore off the Decepticons, and they were defeated. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

[[File:Gambitastrotrain&scream.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
When Starscream, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] pursued [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to [[Saturn]]'s moon of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], Starscream was less than impressed when [[Titan (species)|the natives]] began worshipping Astrotrain as their supreme god. {{storylink|The God Gambit}} Starscream later encountered Cosmos again, along with Powerglide, in New York, inadvertently revealing the location of the Decepticons' new base in the New Jersey Pine Barrens to the Autobots. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[File:G1toon starscream and aron.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Aron always wanted a Revoltech...but this one won't shut its mouth.]]
Starscream was among a small group of Autobots and Decepticons who were transported to an alien world of giants by a malfunctioning space bridge. Starscream was nearly dissected for study by the authorities of this planet, and when Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] cobbled together a makeshift space bridge to send them home, he and the Decepticons were only too happy to make the trip back to Earth. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} After returning, Starscream was caught up in the menace of the [[morphobot]]s {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}, a plot to mine energy rich ore from an asteroid (which accidentally unleashed [[asteroid scorpion|a monster]]) {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}, then helped operate the Decepticons' new "[[energy magnet]]". {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

Conspiring with Astrotrain and Blitzwing to overthrow Megatron by freezing him in a subterranean chamber full of absolute zero degree molecules, Starscream found himself betrayed by the two [[Triple Changer]]s and frozen in the chamber along with Megatron. Blitzwing and Astrotrain's subsequent rampage caused a tidal wave (among many other things) that freed the two frozen Decepticons, and Starscream pleaded ignorance of the betrayal. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} Later, when eccentric big game hunter [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] began targeting the Autobots, Starscream smirkingly pointed out that he had achieved more in two days than Megatron had in two years. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

[[File:G1toon starscream dancitron.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|The name's Mix Master Festus, fool!]]
Using the [[Dancitron]] dance club, Starscream and Soundwave used hypnotic music signals to brainwash human beings into helping them build a new Decepticon headquarters in the heart of New York, but they were stopped by [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and the [[Bop Crew]]. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}} Later, he returned to Cybertron to aid Shockwave in the capture of Autobot resistance leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], holding her to ransom to lure Optimus Prime into Decepticon clutches. The plan succeeded, but when Starscream attempted to melt Optimus Prime down, Elita used her time-freezing powers to save the Autobot leader. When time unfroze, Starscream believed that Prime had been destroyed, so when the Autobot leader return to aid his troops in battle, Starscream was badly thrown and called retreat right away. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

[[File:G1toon starscream thrashed.jpg|thumb|Hands! HANDS!!!]]
When Dirge crashed in a movie studio back lot while returning to the Decepticon base with a [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|secret cargo]], Starscream was charged with recovering footage of the secret cargo that the filmmakers on-site had captured. Unfortunately for Starscream, Megatron was not in a forgiving mood that day, so when he neglected to steal the negatives as well, the Decepticon leader seized him, held him above his head, slammed him off a wall and tore a handful of wires out of his chest, knocking Starscream offline. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

When Starscream, [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] and Thundercracker's aerial skills wowed the impressionable new Autobots, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], Starscream used their naivete to lure them into a trap set by Megatron that temporarily sent them nine million years back in time. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Later, Starscream accompanied Megatron, Astrotrain and Rumble on a mission to the planet [[Antilla]], during which Megatron was struck by a small asteroid that lodged itself in his armor. Starscream yanked the asteroid out of Megatron's shoulder, but too late: the Decepticon leader was already infected by [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]], necessitating the capture of Perceptor to find a cure. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[File:Starscreams brigade 5 letsgo.jpg|left|upright=2.2|thumb|To infinity... and beyond!]]

{{quote|I am now the leader of all Decepticons!|Starscream is actually right... for about five seconds. "[[Starscream's Brigade]]"}}

Starscream's next attempt at a coup was the last straw for Megatron. After Starscream attempted to shoot him in the back yet again, Megatron downed the Air Commander with a blast of his fusion cannon and banished him from the Decepticons, instructing [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] to drop him on the island of [[Guadalcanal]]. Discovering the ruined hulks of several [[World War II]] vehicles on the island, Starscream was struck with the idea to create troops for himself. Overpowering Thundercracker and Skywarp, he hijacked the space bridge and liberated the [[personality component]]s of a group of dissident "[[Renegade Decepticon]]s" from the [[Decepticon Detention Center|detention center]] on Cybertron, which he placed into the war vehicles, creating the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Starscream ensured the loyalty of the Combaticons by neglecting to install [[energy absorber]]s in their new bodies, meaning that they had to help him capture several Transformers so they could take theirs for their own. In a showdown with the Decepticon forces, Starscream's Combaticons combined into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] to overpower [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]], and the giant robot then seized Megatron, as Starscream forced him to hand leadership over to him. Suddenly, Bruticus was ambushed by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and defeated, leaving Starscream without troops and at Megatron's mercy. Megatron had Astrotrain dump Starscream and the Combaticons on an asteroid, declaring them exiled from Earth forever. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:G1toon starscream asteroid.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|What did I do to deserve this?!... Oh yeah, the whole "kill leader to take his place" thing.]]
Unable to stand his imprisonment, Starscream eventually transformed to jet mode and flew off into space, despite not having enough power to make it back to Earth. The Combaticons, meanwhile, towed the asteroid to Cybertron, where they promptly overthrew Shockwave and took control of the planet. Shockwave was sent tumbling off into space and collided with Starscream, tipping the Seeker off to the fact that he was close to Cybertron. The pair returned to Cybertron, where they attempted to fool the Combaticons with holograms, but were ultimately captured and imprisoned. It took the team-up of Megatron and Optimus Prime's forces to save them and stop Bruticus. Starscream used the hologram projector to deceive the Autobots into thinking that Megatron had destroyed Bruticus, but in reality, the combiner survived and was reprogrammed by Megatron to serve him. For supplying him with this mighty new soldier, Megatron welcomed Starscream back into the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

In his last recorded adventures in the 1980s, Starscream was his old snarky self, pouring doubt and scorn on Megatron's plans to have the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] steal the components to create a powerful laser weapon, {{storylink|Masquerade}} and to use a gravity-alerting device to blast the moon out of orbit. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:TFTM Starscream Jet.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"I look expensive!"]]
Over the next twenty years, the Decepticons focused their efforts on conquering Cybertron entirely, driving the Autobots off the planet. In 2005, learning that the Autobots were readying for a major strike to take back the planet, Starscream accompanied Megatron and the Decepticons on a raid on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth (although Starscream himself advocated hitting the Autobots' bases on Cybertron's moons first). During the [[Battle of Autobot City|battle]], Starscream narrowly avoided being crushed by the transforming city, and was the one to call retreat when Optimus Prime grievously wounded Megatron in a one-on-one duel. On the return flight to Cybertron, the Decepticons found it necessary to reduce their mass so that Astrotrain could successfully make it back to the planet, and they chose to jettison the damaged passengers. Starscream, of course, wasted no time in setting Megatron adrift, grinning victoriously as his former leader screamed his name as he was swept off on the solar winds.

{{quote|Well. As Megatron has, how shall we say, ''departed'', I nominate ''myself'' as the new leader!|Starscream, ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}
[[File:G1toon starscream coronation.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare that you are all idiots!]]
Fighting immediately broke out amongst the Decepticons over who would become leader now, but Starscream eventually won out. Upon reaching Cybertron, he quickly arranged for a prodigious coronation ceremony complete with [[Constructicon (G1)|trumpeters]] and a [[Transformer clothing|crown]]. Starscream could not have known, of course, that Megatron would be found and reshaped by the godlike planet Transformer [[Unicron]], who recreated him as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]].

[[File:SSBQ.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|And then he died, and Megatron lived happily ever after. '''OR DID HE?''']]

The reborn Megatron arrived on Cybertron in the midst of Starscream's coronation, declaring the whole affair "bad comedy". Starscream had barely a moment to realize that the being in front of him was Megatron before Galvatron transformed to cannon mode and killed him with a single blast. Frozen for a moment as his body crackled, blackened and fractured, Starscream crumbled to ash, and was seemingly no more. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Starscream’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:G1toon starscreams ghost.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|"Starscream?! I thought Megatron killed you?"
"Me? No, that was my....twin brother, Screamstar. Yeah. The sparkles are because I'm super-powerful now."]]
In truth, however, this was not the end for Starscream. When the turncoat Decepticon [[Octane]] was pursued by the revenge-seeking [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, he took refuge in the [[Decepticon Crypt]] in the lower levels of Cybertron, where Starscream was apparently honored by [[:File:StarscreamCryptMarker1.jpg|a statue that was only a set of legs]]. In the Crypt, Octane was confronted by the spectral form of Starscream, who had transcended death as a shimmering, ethereal "ghost". Starscream's ghost possessed Cyclonus, and he and Octane conspired to hand Galvatron over to Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. Galvatron was able to escape the trap, and returned to the Decepticon base on [[Chaar]] in a state of unadulterated fury. He shot his second-in-command, not realizing Cyclonus had not been himself, but Starscream silently leapt into the body of a nearby Sweep, and began planning for the future. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

[[File:G1toon starscreams last appearance.jpg|upright=1.2|left|thumb|In space, no one can hear you, 'scream.]]
Seeking to reactivate Unicron in the hope that the omnipotent being could restore his body, Starscream possessed Scourge and had him open fire on Galvatron, so that he would be branded a traitor and would have no option but to help him. Scourge was successfully able to bring Unicron's disembodied head back online, and the chaos-bringer gave Starscream three tasks he would have to complete in order to obtain his desire. Starscream was ordered by Unicron to steal the eyes of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the [[transformation cog]] of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Due to a mishap with one of Metroplex's eyes he ended up having to substitute one of Trypticon's eyes in its place. After he completed the task with the aid of Scourge, Scourge fled and Starscream was directed to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself so the planet could become his new body. Left without any hosts to possess, Starscream demanded that Unicron give him back his body so that he could complete the necessary connections... but as soon as the dark god complied, Starscream double-crossed him and tossed the cables to the ground, telling Unicron to do it himself! Just then, a payload of explosives planted by the Autobots went off, hurling both Starscream and Unicron's head off into space. Starscream was last seen soaring off through the cosmic void, out of control, as Galvatron fired upon him, and Cyclonus wondered how a ghost could tumble through space like that. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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==Japanese cartoon continuity==
{{note|The events of the American animated series occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that the events of Season 3, which took place in 2006 in America, were moved back to 2010. Japanese animated continuity inserts a large number of additional storylines, told through various different media, into the timeline, as detailed below.}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' cartoon===
{{main|Starscream (G1)#Beast Wars cartoon}}

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages===
Starscream was one of the Decepticons who attacked New York City early in their conflict with the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 1|Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers}}

===Scramble City: Mobilization===
{{voiceactor|[[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Scramble city seekers.jpg|left|thumb|Somehow I feel like we've seen this before...]]
When the Decepticons succeeded in locating the construction site of the Autobots' [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project, Starscream stepped forward to lead Thundercracker, Skywarp and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] in an attack on the hidden facility. They were met by an Autobot contingent led by Optimus Prime and a firefight ensued, at which point Starscream instructed the Constructicons to combine. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] soon arrived to back up Prime's team, and a barrage of fire from them sent Starscream tumbling from his perch atop a cliff. Although Starscream tried to continue the fight, the Decepticons were badly outnumbered, and he eventually called retreat. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

===''Legends'' comic===
At some point in the early days of the Transformers' war on Earth, Starscream was alongside Megatron and Soundwave taking part in a battle against the Autobots. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}} During an attack on the Autobot base, Starscream was annoyed that Megatron considered appointing [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] the new [[Air Commander]] and protested that he was superior, but this only got him blasted in the back by Slugslinger. Following a failed attempt by Slugslinger at overthrowing Megatron, Starscream took his revenge by ordering the Decepticons to hunt down and punish the traitor. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}} He was part of a group of Decepticons who fell in a pitfall trap prepared by [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]], but being Decepticons, they simply flew back out. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#Operation: Destroy the Decepticons|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

===''The Battle of the Star Gate''===
[[File:Stargatebattles starscream and his ghost.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Me and my shadow.]]
In the late 1990s, Starscream was among the Decepticons who attacked the human-built interstellar teleport system known as the ''[[Trigger]]''. The sole survivor of their attack on the space station, [[Makoto (Star Gate)|Makoto]], was able to activate the teleport system and send the Decepticons hurtling towards the portal, but Megatron blasted the portal and knocked it offline just as Starscream was about to fly through it. The Autobots soon arrived to stop the Decepticons, {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}} but Megatron still had his sights set on the ''Trigger'', and was content to wait until it was repaired so that he could make another play for it. Starscream advocated destroying the ''Trigger'' completely to stop the Autobots from using it, but Megatron dismissed the idea, mockingly suggesting that Starscream's passage through the ''Trigger'' had devolved him to its primitive level. Starscream stalked away, infuriated, and stared angrily at his own reflection... but while Megatron's assessment may not have been accurate, something clearly ''had'' happened, since Starscream's reflection was ''talking'' to him... {{storylink|Divided Views}}

Soon after, Starscream concocted a plan of his own to gather more energy, establishing a protection-racket style scam with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising no attacks against his country in return for free reign to gather energy. Of course, Starscream had a double-cross in play, as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were secretly creating earthquakes in Japan that the Decepticon could tap for energy, while the Japanese government was left to believe they were simply natural disasters. The Autobots soon got wise to the villain's schemes and headed for Japan to stop the Decepticons, but when a team of flying Autobots pursued the fleeing Starscream out over the ocean, none of them could have suspected that the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s warp gate would suddenly burst out of the sea below them, accompanied by a mysterious ''second'' Starscream! {{storylink|Activation}}

[[File:Stargatebattles starscream trigger.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Starscream auditions for the final boss of ''Final Fantasy XIII''.]]
This second Starscream spirited the original, along with the energy he had gathered from Japan, back to the ''Trigger'' out in space, where the original Starscream demanded to know the identity of the strange, phantasmal doppelganger. The second Starscream revealed that he was, in fact, the ghost of Starscream's own future self, who had inadvertently been transported back in time by the ''Trigger'' after he was destroyed in the future. Both the Decepticons and Autobots soon tracked down the Starscreams to the ''Trigger'', but before they could act, Starscream's ghost, determined to alter history and ensure his own survival, used the purloined energy to fuse both present and future Starscreams together with the ''Trigger''. The space station transformed into a monstrous, misshapen robot of mammoth proportions, which tore through the Autobot and Decepticon ranks, until the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s human staff—including Makoto—activated a system purge, disconnecting most of the armored hull from Starscream's new ''Trigger''-body. Megatron exploited this vulnerability to cripple Starscream with a point-blank cannon blast, but Starscream had one last trick up his sleeve, twisting the remains of his body into a giant warp gate and threatening to suck all the Transformers into a [[black hole]] in the depths of space. It took the combination of Optimus Prime and Megatron's power to finally destroy Starscream. The ''Trigger'' was obliterated, and the fate of Starscream's ghost was unrevealed, but the present-day Starscream survived. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

===''Story of Binaltech''===
In 2004, while the majority of the Decepticon forces under Megatron's command were focusing their attention on finally taking over all of Cybertron, Starscream was appointed leader of the small remaining Decepticon force operating within Earth's solar system. Exploiting the Autobots' lowered guard, the Decepticons struck with a plague of Cosmic Rust, disabling many of their foes and leaving Earth open to attack. However, with the aid of the [[Earth Defense Command]] and many of Earth's automotive companies, the Autobots were saved and rebuilt with powerful new "[[Binaltech (technology)|Binaltech]]" bodies. {{storylink|Binaltech Is... (Chapter 1)|Binaltech Is...}} With the strength of these new forms, the Autobots forced Starscream's Decepticons off Earth, {{storylink|Binaltech Is... (Chapter 2)|Binaltech Is...}} but Starscream did not take the defeat lying down, and got back in touch with his old ally, Doctor Arkeville. Bribing Arkeville with the offer of access to [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s mind-controlling [[cerebro-shell]] technology, Starscream had the doctor combine his old [[hypno-chip]] designs with the shells, which were then used to take control of several of the Binaltech Project's human workers. With these humans under their sway, Starscream and Arkeville began co-opting Binaltech technology to rebuild the Decepticons into Binaltech forms. {{storylink|Arise! Evil Binaltechs}}

====BT World====
Now fighting the Autobots on more even footing, the Decepticons were nonetheless thrown into disarray when the time-tossed Decepticon [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] used the [[Kronosphere]] time machine to alter the flow of history by teleporting Megatron and most of the Decepticons outside of time. {{storylink|Changing Lanes}} Spared of this fate, Starscream initiated a rebellion against [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]]'s Earthbound forces. The fighting, however, was quelled by the two Autobot Binaltech units hijacked by [[Unicron]] for [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Decepticharge]]. The servants of Unicron informed the Decepticons that Unicron was displeased with their infighting and commanded the Decepticons to destroy Optimus Prime and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Widow's Edge}}

The Decepticons were mostly defeated when the Autobots activated the [[Quintesson]]s' [[large switch|kill switch]], and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] took leadership of those that remained. {{storylink|Kill Switch}} However, Starscream was able to avoid the deactivation effect of the switch, and was among the Decepticons present when Nemesis Prime tried to create a synthetic Matrix using the human population of an Australian town. When the Autobots stopped Nemesis Prime's plan and destroyed him, Starscream led the retreat as he and all the remaining flying Decepticons made good their escape. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

===''Robotmasters'' comic===
[[File:Robotmasters starscream arsenalforce.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|Double, double, toil and trouble...]]

In the year [[2004]], Megatron had vanished and the Autobots joined with the [[United Nations]] to initiate the [[Autobot City (G1)|Scramble City]] project. In the confusion, [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]] traveled back in time via the [[Blastizone]] and seized command of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The New Battle Begins!}} When Starscream dared to challenge Beast Megatron's bid for leadership, he was promptly blasted through a wall. {{storylink|Change in Command: The Usurper Decepticon}}

Seeking a means to dethrone this new leader, Starscream turned his attention to manipulating solitarium, and forged four weapons from the new mineral, which could be combined to create the "[[Arsenal Force]]" super-weapon. Starscream combined the weapons and unleashed the power of the Arsenal Force on Megatron... which, despite some impressive pyrotechnics, completely failed to injure him. Starscream had his right arm blown off in retribution. {{storylink|Starscream Grins 3 Times...}}

During a later battle, when [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] was attempting to go to the aid of [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], Starscream appeared with [[Air Hunter]] and [[Wingstun]] to block his way. Fortunately, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Bound Rogue]] leapt into the fray to keep the Decepticons busy while Leo carried on with his mission. {{storylink|Bonds Stronger than Steel}}

From his secret base in darkest [[Idaho]], Starscream used [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] to spy on the Autobots as they developed the new [[Black body (technology)|black body]] technology. Using is scientific skills, Starscream replaced their data with a flawed formula of his own design. With the data switched, Optimus Prime became infected and was forced to go into quarantine in a remote cave.

At Decepticon HQ, Starscream tried to repeat his success on his new leader, Beast Megatron, only for his plan to backfire. Beast Megatron's Predacon physiology accepted the tainted data and gave him a true black body. Frustrated, Starscream returned to his base and applied the complete black body data to himself. He launched an attack on Optimus Prime, but an earthquake buried him in the canyon where Prime was quarantined. Meanwhile, Beast Megatron attacked the Ark all while mumbling that Starscream finally did something useful. Hearing this, and realizing Starscream would never willingly help a Megatron, Optimus Primal applied the tainted black body data to himself. He then located Prime with a [[Sky Spy]] and used his complete black body data to "cure" Prime. The two then returned to the Ark and defeated Beast Megatron, damaging his black body chip and returning their enemy to normal.

Infuriated, and having built up a tolerance to the black body data leaving him unable to assume it a second time, Beast Megatron tracked down Starscream's secret base and destroyed his black body data. Starscream dug himself out (his black body upgrade having worn off) and returned to his base to only find one black body chip left. He inserted the chip, unaware that it was actually the tainted black body data of his own design... {{storylink|Black Body (prose)|Black Body}}

Starscream, Wingstun, and new recruit [[X-Gunner]] later approached Optimus Primal, [[R-Blade]] and [[Delta Seeker]] while they were on patrol, and challenged them to a test of air-speed. The Decepticons took the lead, but R-Blade soon got ahead and blinded them with a smokescreen, allowing Delta Seeker to knock Starscream and the others out of the sky. {{storylink|Through Sea and Sky: The World's Fastest Race}}

The original Megatron returned soon after, in the guise of "[[Reverse Convoy]]", {{storylink|Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior}} and joined back up with the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Dark Emperor of Destruction, Reborn}} Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and the two Megatrons then engaged Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, Victory Saber, and [[Lio Convoy]] in a mighty battle, but the heroes ultimately prevailed. {{storylink|And Then}}
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===e-HOBBY comics===
[[File:Ehobby dead starscreams.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|These ''Marvel Zombies'' variant covers are getting out of hand.]]

Immediately after being killed by Galvatron at his own coronation in 2005, Starscream's spark found its way to the twilight realm of [[Limbo]], somewhere on the edge of life and death. He soon discovered that he was not alone: the sparks of many deceased Starscreams from all across the multiverse were also there. Sharing the stories of their deaths with one another, they formulated a plan to restore themselves to life, each one all the while secretly willing to sacrifice the others if it would benefit him. The scientific skills of several of the Starscreams were used to create a kind of crystal they termed a "[[flip-soul]]" that would enable their spirits to retake physical form in the real world—but predictably enough, all the Starscreams then began fighting for possession of the crystal. The primary Starscream was able to triumph over the others and took off with the crystal in hand, but was then seized about the legs by the other Starscreams before he could get away.

The victorious Starscream ingested the crystal, and in a flash, all the Starscreams disappeared from Limbo, and he reappeared in the material realm. However, he now found himself in the future, somewhere beyond the year [[2025]], floating in space near Earth. But where there had once been many Starscreams, now there was only one, giant Starscream, a fusion of all the different versions of the duplicitous Air Commander from throughout time and space. The fusion was not a complete one, however; each Starscream had left small fragments of themselves in Limbo, resulting in a giant Starscream who was not quite "complete", but more of a towering transparent "ghost". As Starscream ruminated on this, he spotted a team of Autobot warriors cruising the ocean waves nearby, and promptly launched an attack. {{storylink|MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.}}

{{note|This story is also related through the bio of the toy the comic was included with, Masterpiece Starscream Ghost Ver. In the bio's telling of events, there is not one crystal, but many, which the Starscreams argue over portions of, and the giant ghost Starscream appears in a city on Earth, rather than in space. In either version, it seems to be attempting to explain why Starscream became a ghost after his death in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', expanding on the "mutant spark" explanation from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.}}

How that battle wound up going, we may never know. Starscream's ghost eventually returned to the present or thereabouts and became aware of the dark thoughts forming in the mind of the new Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. Starscream's ghost influenced Rodimus into finding an old Decepticon base on Earth and activating the [[clone synthesizer]] within. The darkness within Rodimus Prime gave life to the clone now known as [[Black Rodimus Convoy]]. {{storylink|Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
{{main|Starscream (G1)#Beast Wars cartoon}}

===''15 Go! Go!''===
[[File:Starscream teletraan15.jpg|thumb|left|"I'm Starscream's girlfriend. Seriously." [[Lunaclub|I'll kill 'er!]]]]
Dispatched on a mission through time and space to discover the identity of a mysterious saboteur who damaged [[Teletraan I]], the humanoid robot [[Teletraan 15]] was possessed by Starscream's ghost when the spectral Decepticon invaded her [[Transwarp cruiser]] in 2006. Starscream crashed the cruiser into the artificial satellite [[Nana]], where 15's superiors [[Teletraan 10]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Black Panther Man]] were stationed, and emerged from the wreckage to seize 10 around the throat. He introduced himself as the Decepticon Air Commander, prompting a shocked Black Panther Man to realize the true identity of the force possessing Teletraan 15. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume}} Teletraan 10 tried fighting back in true slapstick anime style, but Starscream just blasted her with eyebeams. As it happened, Starscream didn't hang around for long; learning of the super-powered [[Kiss Player]]s that were currently operating on Earth, Starscream left Teletraan 15's body, and departed for [[Earth Defense Command]] Headquarters on Earth. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume 2}}

[[File:Atariscream2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous.]]
The first Kiss Player Starscream discovered in the EDC headquarters was the young [[Atari Hitotonari]], who was using the ladies' room at the time. Starscream promptly possessed the girl, turning her EDC uniform black, but he couldn't understand why the giggling Kiss Players wouldn't take "Atari-scream"'s demands and threats seriously, even after he pulled a gun on them and fired into the air. The reason soon became apparent: unfortunately for the Air Commander, he had neglected to pull Atari's underwear back up when leaving the bathroom. {{storylink|Starscream? Volume 3}}

===''Kiss Players'' radio drama===
Still possessing Atari, Starscream found himself unable to possess other Transformers that possessed [[spark]]s, and forced her to seek out his old ally, the cybernetic scientist Doctor Arkeville. Arkeville built a [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|new body]] for Starscream converted from a stolen fighter jet, into which Atari transferred his spirit with a kiss. Starscream was reborn... for a couple of minutes, until a squad of [[Autorooper]]s arrived to blow up his new body and send his ghost flying back into space. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players radio drama #27}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' comic===
[[File:Henkei starscreams ghost.jpg|left|thumb| I think I'll possess that [[Drift (G1)|sword guy]] next...]]

His errant spark still wandering throughout time and space, Starscream's ghost found his way into a [[Primax 209.20 Gamma|parallel universe]], where he immediately began sowing his usual brand of terror. Possessing this new world's native Octane, he attacked [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], but was taken down by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. Undeterred, Starscream's ghost simply departed the fallen Decepticon's body and contemplated which Autobot to possess next. {{storylink|Mirage's Activity}}

After defeating Mirage, however, Starscream discarded the notion of possessing an Autobot, and decided to turn his attention to taking out this world's Megatron instead. Pulling his old coronation cape and [[Transformer clothing|crown]] out of nowhere, he took off for the Decepticon base, but was immediately blasted through the chest by Megatron as soon as he arrived. Naturally, the blast had no effect on his ghostly form, greatly intriguing Megatron. {{storylink|Starscream's Ambition}}

Megatron quickly deduced that this was not his world's Starscream, and sent Astrotrain and Onslaught against him, but Starscream's ghost simply possessed Onslaught and began rampaging. Mirage and Ironhide arrived in the middle of the battle to try and help take out Starscream, but then, while Starscream was in the midst of ranting about possessing the body of this world's Starscream, a portal opened above the combatants and disgorged [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Screech (Generations)|Screech]], a pair of dimension-hopping "Quantum Operatives" from Starscream's home universe, who had come to take him back there. While these two newcomers were keeping Starscream distracted, Mirage used his illusion-casting powers to create a hologram of Galvatron, terrifying the spectral Decepticon and causing him to flee the universe. {{storylink|Starscream's New Body}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
In a flashback to the good ol' days of Megatron, Starscream joined the other Decepticons in an assault on the Ark and the Autobots defending it. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}
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===''Legends''/''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:Legends EX StarWasp.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7]]
Upon meeting [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Starscream]] in the [[Legends World]], G1 Megatron was shocked at his presence, explaining to [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]] about how his Starscream was a devious traitor. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter|The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter}}

After a long series of adventures as a ghost, Starscream concluded that the best body he'd ever possessed was Waspinator's. He followed the Predacon to the Legends World and possessed him again, using his body to try to take over [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition EX Waspinator}} Starscream defeated [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the two [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattraps]] defending the city-bot, but was in turn exorcised and defeated by the similarly ghostly [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. Reduced to the form of a spark, Starscream fled, swearing revenge. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition EX Rhinox}}

[[File:StarscreamNewBody-GrandGalvatronChapter.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
In [[2021]], Starscream's ghost stumbled upon Cyclonus and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] striking a deal with the crippled Unicron within the [[Triple Z Point]]. Unicron had agreed to summon Transformers from throughout the multiverse to combine them into a new "[[Grand Galvatron]]" body for the Decepticon leader. In exchange, the Decepticons would leave Unicron's own body untouched. After [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], [[Roller (G1)|Roller]], and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] had been summoned forth to combine with Cyclonus, Starscream made his presence known, and asked for a new body to join them in their gestalt form. Unicron partially granted his wish, bestowing onto Starscream a semi-corporeal body. Starscream was miffed, but Unicron explained that he knew that Starscream was too treacherous to be given any more in the way of a body. Unicron further stated that Starscream should be grateful, as his new form allowed him to retain all of the abilities he had access to as a ghost. The Transformers then combined into Grand Galvatron, who took off towards Cybertron while plotting to conquer it for himself. {{storylink|Grand Galvatron Chapter}}

Cyclonus had the group undergo training by exposing them to the lava pools of [[Thrull]], which Starscream didn't enjoy one bit. He tried to sneak away, only to be caught in the attempt by Doctor Arkeville, who'd been charged with keeping an eye on him. {{storylink|Special Training in the Lava Baths of Planet Thrull!}}

[[File:LunacloverStarscream MegatroniaChapter.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]
When Grand Galvatron attacked Cybertron, Starscream and the other limb components were removed from Cyclonus by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. As they continued the battle on foot, Starscream was confident that [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]]'s [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer V2]] wouldn't affect his semi-corporeal body, only to be quickly proven wrong when the weapon froze him regardless. After he'd recovered, the team re-combined into Grand Galvatron to fight [[Sky Reign]]. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} Upon the arrival of [[Megaempress]] and her [[4 Guards]], Grand Galvatron's components quickly scrambled in fear of the powerful Decepticon empress. Starscream was tackled by his old fan Lunaclub, who immediately begged him to possess her body and become the new Decepticon leader. Irritated, Starscream explained that in his current half-ghost body, he could only jump dimensions and not possess people, which prompted Lunaclub to strangle him in an attempt to make him dead again. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} He was still stuck in Lunaclub's embrace when Unicron himself showed up to make Cybertron his new body. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}} Though Galvatron's spirit had left his body, Cyclonus convinced Starscream and the others to combine with him one last time for the sake of defeating Unicron. Once the battle was won, Starscream flew into space to get far, far away from Lunaclub. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

[[File:Legends 57 Headmaster Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7]]
Lunaclub would catch up with Starscream in [[2022]], decapitating the half-ghost and letting the body be destroyed by a meteoroid. Uninterested in Lunaclub's affection, Starscream sought to get back to the Legends World so that he could become a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], a desire which [[Moonheart]] offered her assistance for. Once there, Moonheart and Lunaclub attacked [[Octane]]'s [[transtector]], while the now-Headmaster Starscream snuck aboard and took control. With the transtector, Starscream boasted that he would take over from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mayor Megatron]], but it turned out that Octane had built a device within the transtector for situations such as this and activated it, shocking and expelling Starscream from the body. True to self, the defeated Starscream begged Megatron for mercy; he was punished by being forced to appear in one of Octane's videos with Lunaclub, but its sales proved to be dismal. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 57|Bonus Edition Vol. 57}}

Starscream then began working under Megatron at his mayor's office. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}} When [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]] attacked them, he was shocked by Megatron's insistence on settling things peacefully rather than just killing the intruder. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} Starscream was allowed to borrow Octane's transtector to help defend the city from [[Majin Zarak]]'s attack, {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} and was hugged by Lunaclub during the victory celebrations. He then returned to his own dimension alongside everyone else when the Legends World was destroyed. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}} He reemerged as a ghost in [[2035]], prompting the [[Powered Master]]s to discuss any possible relation between him and [[Violengiguar]]'s ghostly origins. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}}
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===Hero Set===
[[File:Legends Hero Set Starscream box art.jpg|thumb|It's all fun and games until Starscream screws everything up.]]

In the year 2025, Starscream, in his new corporeal body, battled [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] in the far reaches of space.<ref>Packaging blurb for the Japanese-exclusive "Hero Set" release of the [[Classic Pretender|Pretender Classic]] versions of Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock, and Starscream, confirmed to be part of cartoon continuity by Takara's [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline|2007 timeline]].</ref> {{storylink|Source:Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)#After 2025|Kiss Players timeline}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Starscream's [[Pretender]] battles against Jazz, Grimlock, and Bumblebee went very poorly and continued to soil his image in the eyes of the revived (and now peace-hungry) Megatron. Hoping to shatter the [[Cybertron Alliance]], Starscream tricked one of Megatron's oldest friends, the peaceful [[Kiloton]], into visiting the unfriendly territory of [[Moscow]] on [[Earth]]. Kiloton, who thought he would be anticipated as a diplomat, was instead seen as an invader and killed by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] soldiers. Enraged, Megatron dissolved the Alliance in retaliation; all according to Starscream's plans. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/29}}

===e-HOBBY toy bios===
Starscream adopted [[Starscream (G1)/toys#BlackStarscream|a new black chassis]] in the wake of the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#BlackStarscream|Starscream Black Version bio}}

===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
In the [[Precursor World]], [[Primus]] remarked upon the power of [[Angolmois Energy]] and how it could even resurrect the dead, such as Starscream. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

==''TV Magazine'' comic continuity==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic===
[[File:Starscream smokescreen manga.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Ow, don't punch a man in the chest!]]
In the late 1980s, Megatron began focusing the Decepticons' attacks on [[Japan]], rather than America. Starscream led the Decepticon jets' first attack on the country, although he wasn't happy about the fact that Megatron was commanding from afar while they did all the actual work. When the Autobots arrived to confront them, Starscream summoned up the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], who combined into [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. With the aid of a local boy named [[Kenji]], the Autobots were able to use a broken freeway ramp to launch themselves into the air and take the Decepticon down. [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] scored the hit that brought down Starscream. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1}}

Starscream later joined in an attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} then teamed up with Megatron and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to terrorize [[Tokyo]], only to be defeated by a "Prime-Magnus Double Cross Kick" from Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

Starscream was among the Decepticons who witnessed the test launch of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] on a peaceful island. When the Autobots arrived and defeated Trypticon with a [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] hologram, Starscream was first to retreat, suggesting the other Decepticons follow his lead. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

When Megatron instructed the Combaticons to hunt down a seemingly harmless [[Battle Dog|dog]], Starscream inquired why the animal was so important. Megatron explained that the dog had been augmented through Decepticon experimentation, and they couldn't allow its power to be used against them. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

===''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''===
[[File:StarscreamGhost.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Th-That's obvious!]]
In 2010, Starscream's ghost teamed up with the [[Quintesson]]s, who built him a powerful new body. This new body, equipped with attacks such as "Right Arm Decepticon Gun" and the "Revolver Laser", was created using a combination of Optimus Prime's and Megatron's designs. The result was [[Gilthor]].

Gilthor joined the Decepticons and quickly became Galvatron's right-hand man (literally—in, like, 5 seconds). Galvatron tricked Rodimus Prime into engaging him in a one-on-one battle in which Gilthor faked defeat. When Rodimus least suspected it, Gilthor attacked and laid the smackdown. Galvatron complimented Gilthor on his power and loyalty, and instinctively, Gilthor beat the crap out of Galvatron and declared his ambition to take over the Decepticons. Rodimus Prime and Galvatron called a truce and joined forces to defeat Gilthor. They wrecked him something fierce, destroying his body and forcing out Starscream's ghost. They then ended the truce and went about their business. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
Out of the blue, Starscream appeared alongside numerous "legendary Decepticons" (including Galvatron) to menace [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] and the Autobots! In the end, it turned out that it wasn't the real Starscream at all, but a hologram projected by [[Turtler]] to confuse and intimidate the Autobots. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}
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==Full Throttle Scramble Power!==
[[File:StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb|One wouldn't normally assume solid metal to be suitable for cuddling, but what do we know?]]
To counter [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s latest evil scheme, a giant death-ray called the [[Omega Wave Cannon]], the Autobots dispatched [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Tōru]] and [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]] to search for the Decepticons' hidden base. They found it, but were immediately captured by Starscream. Trapped within an energy cage, they were forced to watch as Megatron prepared to send his Decepticons out to plunder Earth's energy... some more.

Jenny hatched a clever plan and disassembled her communicator. This caught Starscream's attention and he plucked her out of the cage, violently threatening her. Turning on her feminine charms, Jenny begged for Starscream's mercy, giving him a big snuggly hug. As Starscream gleefully accepted, Jenny slyly slapped a device she had fashioned from her communicator onto Starscream's back. Content with a good hug, Starscream returned Jenny to her cage.

Jenny immediately activated the device, an override machine which she used to control Starscream's motor functions. Unloading Starscream's chest missiles, Jenny destroyed the Omega Wave Cannon and most of the Decepticon base. Starscream quickly recovered, unaware of what he'd just done, and was yelled at by Megatron. Almost immediately afterward, Starscream and all the other Decepticons fled when [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived alongside the entire Autobot army. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}
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==''Robotmasters'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Kunihiro Kawamoto]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Starscream robotmasterscartoon.jpg|thumb|How Galaxy Force-esque.]]
Starscream attacked Star Saber when the Autobot ventured out on a solo mission to investigate a mysterious explosion, striking him with a sneak attack from behind and easily avoiding his return fire. Even when Star Saber summoned Victory Leo and the pair combined into Victory Saber, Starscream reigned supreme in the fight, until Optimus Prime arrived and blasted him out of the sky. As Starscream plummeted towards the ground, he was snatched out of the air by Megatron, who arrived riding atop [[Gigant Bomb]]. Megatron dismissed Starscream as useless, and tossed him away before turning his attention to Prime. {{storylink|Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!}}

Later, Beast Megatron discovered a large deposit of solitarium beneath a human city and ordered the Decepticons to tear the place apart. Starscream, [[Smokesniper]], [[Gigant Bomb]], and [[Wingstun]] did just that, blowing up buildings and razing a good portion of the city. Starscream was then shot out of the sky by another time-displaced Autobot, Reverse Convoy. Reverse Convoy quickly gained the trust of the other Autobots after being seen blasting Starscream, only to reveal that he was, in fact, the original Megatron in disguise. {{storylink|Lio Convoy Storms In (episode)|Lio Convoy Storms In}}
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==''Robotmasters'' 3D diorama manga==
Starscream was building a Decepticon base in the [[Congo]], but was foiled by [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 2}}

Later, Starscream chased after [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Reverse Convoy]], who had intelligence on a secret Decepticon base. The Autobots came to Reverse Convoy's rescue, and it was Reverse Convoy himself who got the last shot in, sending Starscream fleeing. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 9}} This turned out to be a pretense to get the Autobots to trust Reverse Convoy, who was in actuality the original Megatron reborn. The secret base turned out to be a trap that drained the Autobots of energy, and Starscream gloated along with Reverse Convoy and other Decepticons. But the Autobots were rescued by [[Lio Convoy]] and a new [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Starscream found himself blasted away along with the other Decepticons by the combined energies of the Autobot commanders. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 11}}

==''Transformers Legends'' anthology==
After a particularly harrowing fight with Megatron, Starscream went mountain climbing, and accidentally fell on his head. In this injured state, he was found by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], who took him back to the Ark. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] made repairs, having persuaded Prime to let them fiddle with Starscream's logic circuits if they found anything wrong. Starscream woke with amnesia.

As he slowly learned about the war and experienced the welcoming and forgiving nature of the Autobots, he found himself siding with his former foes. When Megatron turned up to reclaim his former lieutenant, Starscream refused to go, and was surprised when Optimus and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] moved to protect him. Despite all this, the sight of [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] finally restored his memory, and he returned to the Decepticons, claiming that he had been faking amnesia as a ruse to gain access to the Autobot base. He later reflected that he had learned something from the Autobots—that a leader like Prime who could pull together the Decepticons as a team could lead more effectively than Megatron had, and Starscream could be that leader. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

==''Wings Universe''==
Starscream originally studied at Cybertron's [[Science and Exploration Academy]]. There, he rose at the top of his class by sabotaging his colleagues' works and conspiring against them. Upon graduating, he became friends with [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] and traveled off-world, finding adventure on their scientific investigations. Starscream's career as a scientist was promptly abandoned when the war broke out on Cybertron. He enlisted in [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s army hoping to attain fame and recognition. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 37|Starscream's ''Wings of Honor'' profile}}

Starscream was the captain of Deathsaurus's Skyraider-Seeker Brigade until Deathsaurus used [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]] to assassinate most of the other Warlords by suicide bomb. With the new opening, Starscream was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. {{storylink|A Team Effort}} He led Deathsaurus's forces in a strike against the Elite Guard, along with the newly recruited Combaticons. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

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Starscream was happy to report the success of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s' success against the [[Elite Guard]] with their new form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. He warned Deathsaurus that the five ex-Autobots were likely stab him in the back, but Deathsaurus told Starscream that it was ambition that made them the perfect Decepticons, and instructed him to tell [[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]] to ready the medibay for their return. Starscream passed on the message, and noted that Lyzack seemed overly formal, suggesting he would be able to get her out of her timid shell. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}}

As that repairs on the Combaticons proceeded, Starscream admired Deathsaurus's foresight in adding an override control to Bruticus, but admitted he bore bad news: Elite Guard forces were closing in on their base. Deathsaurus instructed him to deploy the troops. ''All'' of the troops. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} Starscream led the initial wave of defenders, shooting [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] out of the sky. While he was still ranting at the barrage of missiles unleashed by [[Flak (G1)|Flak]], he was cut off mid-sentence by a missile strike which struck him square on. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} When more Autobot reinforcements showed up, one of Starscream's subordinates asked if they should retreat, and Starscream's response was an emphatic order to counterattack. After belting [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], he was distracted by the sight of Lyzack savagely dealing to Magnum with a huge sword and could only stare open-mouthed. Starscream came to his senses after she was belted by [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], but he was too late to avoid being blasted by [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

When Starscream arrived back at base to find [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had taken over, he readily switched allegiances, though he vowed under his breath that he would someday take his place as rightful heir to Deathsaurus. Megatron sent him with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to retrieve the data on the [[Combiner]] process that Deathsaurus had perfected. A week later, Starscream was part of the Decepticon forces who broke through [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s outer walls, thanks to [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} He was still by Megatron's side when Devastator fell and took part in the subsequent retreat. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

Circa [[2013]], [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] leader [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] cloned Starscream to create [[Starscream (MW)|a clone commander]] and [[Starscream drone|clone drone]]s of him. {{storylink|Termination}}

[[File:StarscreampossessesCannonball-TPJ.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|I'm just going to hijack your body and you can't do anything about it. That alright with you? ''Great''!]]
Some time before [[2984]], Starscream's immortal disembodied spark ended up in a prison on a [[Shut-Up-Tornado-I'm-Trying-To-Think|planetoid]] surrounded by black holes near former [[Quintesson]] space. Also with Starscream's immortal spark was a Quintesson who Starscream apparently had dealings with and had died by 2984. Breaking out of custody after their capture by the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, the pirate crew known as the [[Star Seeker]]s sought Starscream's immortal spark as their next prize, following a map drawn by [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]. When Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s crew got inside Starscream's prison, they only found the Quintesson, whose corpse Starscream possessed to use as a Trojan horse. The apparent Quintesson negotiated passage off the planetoid in exchange for supposedly telling all that he knew of Starscream's last location. Once aboard the ''[[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]]'', Starscream abandoned the Quintesson body and went around possessing various crew members, searching for a suitable host. While in [[Lockpick]]'s body, Starscream forged an alliance with the female Decepticon [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], whose life goal was to restore the [[Decepticon Empire]]. Together, they entered the ''Tidal Wave''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge and executed a coup. Starscream's spark knocked out all of the bridge crew members except [[Tornado]] and after Flamewar threw a vial of [[forestonite]] at Cannonball, Starscream's spark entered the pirate captain's chassis. With the added edge of the forestonite, Starscream expelled Cannonball's spark and then [[reformatting|remade]] the captain's chassis into a body resembling his old one. Flamewar and Starscream then gathered the remaining Star Seekers and gave them three choices: join Flamewar's Decepticon cause, remain marooned with Cannonball's spark on the planetoid, or die. A third of the crew remained loyal to Cannonball to the end. Afterwards, the ''Tidal Wave'', its engines supercharged with forestonite by [[Ferak]], escaped the planetoid. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}} After entreating Captain Flamewar to his presence for a short time, {{storylink|Legacy (issue)|Legacy}} Starscream flew off the parts unknown, promising to repay his debt to her. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

==''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''==
[[File:Mars Attacks The Transformers - Not the face!.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|'''*girly scream*''' ''NOT THE FACE, NOT THE FACE!'']]
After a particularly harrowing defeat at the hands of the Autobots, the Decepticons found themselves in the middle of a [[Martian]] invasion. They attempted to team up with the invaders, only to be double crossed and trapped in a force field with the Autobots. After the Martians shrunk Megatron to the size of a toy, Starscream saw his opportunity to become the new Decepticon leader, however Megatron launched himself at Starscream's face and Starscream could only run around in panic. Things went back to normal once the Martians were repelled. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}
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==''Cloud''==
Starscream and his fellow Decepticons were reluctantly forced to side with the Autobots in a battle against "[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cloud Megatron]]". This alternate reality Megatron proved too powerful to overcome, but luckily [[SARA]] was able to teleport him away, leaving Starscream and his teammates dazed and confused. {{storylink|Rampage (Cloud)|Rampage}}

==Ask Vector Prime==
[[File:StarscreamMW Genesis.jpg|thumb|"Well, well, well, how the turntables."]]

In [[Primax 1185.04 Alpha]], Starscream was part of Megatron's forces who awoke in 1984 on a [[Cobra]]-controlled Earth. After repeatedly being foiled by Cobra in plundering Earth, Megatron was defeated and captured. Starscream took this opportunity to seize control of the Decepticons. Realizing that Cobra completely outmatched them, Starscream gathered what little energon Megatron's schemes had produced and withdrew his forces to Cybertron, self-destructing the space bridge behind them. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/13}}

In [[Primax 903.0-M Lambda]], the ghost of Starscream possessed the corpse of [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] to get revenge on [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] during the [[Golden Age|New Golden Age]], initiating the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/27}}

In one particularly weird universe that incorporated the [[GoBot]]s, Starscream killed [[Ace (GoBots)|Ace]], [[Royal-T]], and [[Spy-Eye (GoBots)|Spy-Eye]] when the Decepticons besieged [[Autobot City (G1)|Guardian City]], retreating after Megatron suffered critical injuries. After history blipped again, Starscream was replaced by [[Zero]] as the usurper lieutenant of Megatron. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}
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==''Deviations''==
[[File:TF-Deviations-Megascream-Combiner.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"and tell him, 'Who's laughing now?'"]]
In an alternate timeline where [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] survived the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and killed [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], Starscream recovered his former leader's fusion cannon as proof that Megatron had finally fallen. Predictably, Starscream nominated himself as leader, and after returning to Cybertron Starscream held a coronation for himself. Unfortunately, Unicron crashed the ceremony. Soundwave suggested that Starscream make first contact with the entity; Starscream agreed to serve Unicron and destroy the Matrix in exchange for his own life. In return, however, the Air Commander requested an upgrade for himself and his cohorts.

Now calling himself '''Megascream''', the Decepticon leader took [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] to Earth, where he led the Decepticons in an attack on Optimus Prime's convoy of shuttles. Although the Seekers succeeded in crippling the ships, they had to abandon the assault early after [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reported that Unicron had attacked Moonbase One. Megascream confronted Unicron over this apparent betrayal, but Unicron, tired of his whiny underling, ignored Megascream and began his final assault on Cybertron. Optimus spearheaded the attack on Unicron's surface... only to be met by Megascream, who demanded that Prime turn over the Matrix so that Megascream could destroy Unicron himself. Another battle ensued; Megascream revealed the full extent of his upgrades by [[combiner|combining]] with Soundwave, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to form [[Starscream Combiner|a gigantic warrior]]. Megascream easily crushed and injured Optimus beneath his fist before seizing the Matrix. At the last moment, the stowaway Hot Rod intervened, snatching the Matrix away from the Decepticon leader and opening it. The ensuing explosion destroyed Unicron, with Megascream, his underlings, and Hot Rod all lost in the blast. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations}}
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==Notes==
*In the French dub of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Starscream (along with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]) inexplicably became a female. This change, however, was only for the movie, as it used a different dubbing team from the television show. Most likely, the movie's French dubbing team mistook Starscream's rather high-pitched voice for a woman's voice.
*The Generation 1 executive script consultant, [[Flint Dille]], has claimed in personal interviews that [[Chris Latta]] frequently had to be bailed out of "the Hollywood jail" by members of the production staff. This apparently caused so much annoyance that it was a major factor in phasing Starscream out of the series.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Transformers'', Starscream's voice (originally provided by [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]]) lacks [[Chris Latta]]'s raspy, outrageous tone. Rather, he has a smoother, foppish pretty-boy demeanor. All subsequent performances of the character in those territories borrow from these respective portrayals.

==References==
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[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Alternity Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cloud Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Seekers]]
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kiss Players Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Machine Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robotmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]
[[Category:Variable gender characters]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity

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[[File:Ratchetg1cartoon.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Ruh-roh. Rooby-rooby-roo!]]
'''Ratchet'''. The friendly robot doctor from your favorite childhood TV series.

==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Don Messick]] (English), [[Wally Burr]] (English, "[[Masquerade]]"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)| [[Paul Eiding]] (English, "[[Transformers 40th Anniversary Event]]"), [[Zhang Bin]] (Chinese), [[Garcia Neto]] (Portuguese), [[Darcy Pedrosa]] (Portuguese, "Microbots"), [[Mauro Eduardo Lima]] (Portuguese, DVD dub), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American, unknown episodes), [[Juan Cuadra]] (Latin American, unknown episodes), [[Boris Sanz]] (Spain Spanish, ''40th Anniversary Event'' dub), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Transport to Oblivion"), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, "Roll for It" and "The Autobot Run"), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"), [[Christian Weygand]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "More Than Meets The Eye, Part 3", "S.O.S. Dinobots", "Heavy Metal War", "The Autobot Run", "Dinobot Island, Part 1", and "Dinobot Island, Part 2"), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1"), [[Kai Taschner]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Masquerade", "Transport to Oblivion", and "Roll for It"), [[Emiliano Reggente]] (Italian, second dub), [[Guido Sagliocca]] (Italian, ''40th Anniversary Event'' dub), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[Jean Roche]] (European French, "More than Meets the Eye" episodes, "Transport to Oblivion" and "Roll for It"), [[Michel Bedetti]] (European French, "Divide and Conquer", "Fire in the Sky" and "The Ultimate Doom" episodes), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (European French, "City of Steel", "Enter the Nightbird", "A Prime Problem", "The Insecticon Syndrome" and "Dinobot Island" episodes), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French, "Autobot Spike", "Attack of the Autobots", "Traitor" and "The Immobilizer"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "Changing Gears" and "Microbots"), [[Gérard Hernandez]] (European French, "Changing Gears", one line), [[Nada Blam]] (Serbian), [[Gunnar Ernblad]] (Swedish), [[Karel Mišurec]] (Czech)}}

[[File:MTMtE Part3 PushingPrimeupright.jpg|thumb|left]]
Ratchet served as chief medical officer of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on its mission to seek out new energy sources to fuel the [[Autobot]] struggle against the [[Decepticon]]s. When the Ark was boarded by the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', Ratchet attempted to defend his ship by attacking [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], but was thrown into a computer console for his trouble. Ratchet and the other Transformers were forced into emergency [[stasis lock]] when the out-of-control Ark crashed into a volcano on a [[Earth|primitive planet]]. [[File:G1 Transport RatchetSparkplug fixingIronhide.jpg|thumb|"Dammit, Sparkplug. I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!"]] Four million years later, the volcano erupted, activating [[Teletraan I]] to rebuild the Autobots and Decepticons. Ratchet was rebuilt into a human-scaled ambulance. After [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'s failed scouting mission ended in a counterattack by [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]], Ratchet arrived with [[Hauler]] to pull the damaged Hound out of a ravine. Once he finished repairing Hound, Ratchet was part of the battlegroup sent to stop the Decepticons stealing the [[oil]] from an off-shore [[oil rig]]. However, he did not fare well in this battle. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

After the Autobots saved their new human friends, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], from the oil rig fire, Ratchet repaired [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'s damaged arm in the repair bay outside the Ark. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was caught in the explosion of the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]], Ratchet helped the Autobot leader recover, but evidently his skills as a medic were not required, as Prime was totally fine after transforming back into [[robot mode]]. Soon afterwards, [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] was shot by [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]], so Ratchet carried the old-timer back to base for repairs. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

During an ill-fated Autobot attempt to defend the local solar power plant, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] managed to shoot the guns out of Ratchet and [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]]'s hands. Smarting from the concussion blast, Ratchet called for the Autobots to fall back. However, Ironhide once again managed to get himself damaged while saving Optimus Prime. Ironhide objected to Ratchet and Sparkplug's diagnosis of his damage, but Ratchet warned him against backtalk or the medic would short out Ironhide's mouth circuit. To prevent further argument, he shut down Ironhide, cutting off the warrior in mid-sentence. After the Autobots were led into a trap by a reprogrammed [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], Ratchet discovered the tampering done by the Decepticons and restored the little Autobot. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

[[File:DivideandConquer Ratchet at work.jpg|thumb|left]]
Ratchet patched up the Autobots quick smart after they were caught in an explosion at a hi-tech lab. Of course, he immediately afterwards had to alert them to incoming Decepticons, and probably had to put them back together again after the ensuing battle. {{storylink|Roll for It}} With Optimus critically injured after a Decepticon attack, Ratchet and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] worked to repair their leader, only for Laserbeak to sneak into the base and inflict more damage on Optimus. Ratchet and Wheeljack continued to work, eventually succeeding in saving Prime's life using a [[Cosmitron]] retrieved from Cybertron by [[Chip Chase]] and a team of Autobots. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

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A group of Autobots including Ratchet enjoyed hijinks in the snow when abnormal weather conditions were caused by the Decepticons tapping a crystal in the [[Arctic]]. The Autobots went to the Arctic, where Ratchet was part of Ironhide's team, which was separated from the main Autobot force and captured by the Decepticons. After the group faked their own destruction, Ratchet repaired [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], who had been shot by Starscream after refusing to terminate the Autobots. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} Inspired by the discovery of dinosaur bones, Ratchet and Wheeljack designed and built the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Unfortunately the new warriors were difficult to control, and Ratchet was soon patching up [[Teletraan I]]. After the rest of the Autobots fell foul of the Decepticons, Wheeljack had the idea of reactivating the Dinobots, and he and Ratchet installed new brain modules, allowing the Dinobots to be successfully used in battle. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

Ratchet was one of the Autobots who went to [[Peru]] when the Decepticons discovered the [[Crystal of Power]] there, and built a cannon to utilise it. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}} Ratchet was on hand for the impact of [[Meteorini Chipperoni]] and Optimus subsequently ordered him and Wheeljack to construct two more Dinobots to bolster the Autobots' ranks. Once [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] were constructed, Ratchet and Wheeljack held a demonstration. The two new additions quickly proved themselves and were dispatched to aid Optimus Prime, who'd run afoul of the other three Dinobots after [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] turned them against the Autobots. By the time Ratchet and the other Autobots got there, Optimus had persuaded [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to defect back. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Autobot volcano.jpg|thumb|left]]
Following a rescue mission to retrieve Sparkplug from the Decepticon base, Ratchet was again repairing the Autobots when Sparkplug started trying to repair him, despite him being undamaged. Sparkplug then started working on Prime, despite Ratchet pointing out that Prime had already been fixed. Sparkplug was under the control of the Decepticons, and had sabotaged the Autobots weapons and Teletraan I, so the Decepticons could attack. After the attack was repelled, Ratchet repaired Teletraan I, which alerted the Autobots to the giant [[space bridge]] which the Decepticons were building. The Autobots rolled out, but were unable to prevent Cybertron being dragged into [[Earth]]'s orbit. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}}

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Retreating to headquarters, the Autobots sent out the Dinobots to battle the disasters caused by the nearby Cybertron. The [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] which the Ark was embedded in became active, erupting and spewing Ratchet, [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] and Huffer into the air, necessitating a rescue on the part of Skyfire. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} Ratchet surfed with Optimus Prime and the others to where the Decepticons were building a generator, though they were unable to prevent the Decepticons getting away with a shuttle full of energon and saved a bunch of humans instead. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}}

Once Cybertron was blasted out of orbit, Ratchet and the other Autobots set about repairing the devastation it had wrought on Earth. They were subsequently occupied preventing Starscream's plan to destroy the planet using an [[Exponential Generator]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} After Megatron challenged Optimus to a one-on-one duel, the Autobots watched in horror as the Autobot leader was defeated. They later discovered that Megatron had cheated, rendering the results of the contest void, and allowed them to legally blast the Decepticons into a lava-filled crevasse. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

After Spike was injured during a battle with the Decepticons, Ratchet carried their injured human friend to the metro hospital. While Spike's mind was transferred into the [[Autobot X (G1)|Autobot X]] experimental body Sparkplug had made earlier, Ratchet repaired the battle-damaged Bumblebee, but was forced to cut short his repairs after Spike went on a rampage in his new body. After Spike's mind was returned to his real body, Ratchet theorised that he could probably fix the problems in the mind-transfer process, but thought it was better left alone. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} When Megatron captured [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and unwittingly threatened the destruction of the Earth with his [[Solar Needle]], Ratchet totally fly-kicked Thundercracker. After the Decepticons retreated, Ratchet and Wheeljack argued over which wire they had to disconnect to stabilize the [[Sun]]. However, nobody seemed to notice that he and Gears sounded exactly the same. {{storylink|Changing Gears}}

[[File:G1 ChangingGears Ratchet karate.jpg|left|thumb|Now COUGH!]]

Part of a mission to [[New York City]] to investigate the disappearance of the [[Empire State Building]], Ratchet joined Spike, Hound, Bumblebee and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] in entering the city via the sewers in an attempt to recover Optimus Prime. When they finally found their leader, he had been disassembled by [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], and Ratchet had a heck of a job putting him back together again, including having to wrangle an [[alligaticon]]. During a battle on the streets of the city, Ratchet and Ironhide ended up in the Decepticon's new skyscraper, and were again able to rescue Prime from a nasty fall. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

[[File:AttackoftheAutobots Prime and Ratchet on rocket.jpg|thumb|"I can see my house from here!"]]

Ratchet was one of the Autobots affected by Megatron's [[personality destabilizer device]] and was compelled to attempt to get some blueprints from [[Harding|Doctor Harding]]. After being de-evilled by one of Sparkplug's [[attitude exchanger]]s, Ratchet and Optimus jumped aboard a rocket in mid-air and Ratchet detached a solar satellite even as the rocket blasted towards space. The pair were able to get the satellite into space on Skyfire's back. Afterwards, Ratchet and Sparkplug realised they had to repair all of the jets the Autobots had trashed while under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}} He patched up Mirage after another battle, and told the other Autobot to rest, but Mirage instead rushed off to prove he wasn't a traitor as Cliffjumper had suggested. After Mirage led the Autobots into a trap, Ratchet found one of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s [[cerebro-shell]]s on Mirage's forehead. After the inevitable battle, Ratchet patched Mirage up once more. {{storylink|Traitor (episode)|Traitor}}

Ratchet attended the demonstration of Wheeljack's latest invention, the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]]. It didn't go well, with Wheeljack being accidentally immobilized and the Decepticons stealing his device. Wheeljack was loaded into the back of Ratchet's ambulance mode, and they returned to base where Ratchet repaired Ironhide, telling him to STFU when he blamed himself for the attack. The Autobots were eventually able to get the Immobilizer back. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} Ratchet was one of those who didn't take part in a charity race and was thus spared from being affected by the Decepticon's [[Transfixatron]] ray and captured. He and Wheeljack constructed an [[anti-transfixation grenade]] and mounted an attack with a small group to rescue the other Autobots. Afterwards, Ratchet realised that he was going to be repairing for days. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

[[File:Immobilizer Ratchet ambulance mode.jpg|thumb|left]]

He took part in the defence of [[Washington, D.C.]] against the combined forces of the Decepticons and [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} Ordered to guard [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], he an Wheeljack cracked jokes at the robot's expense, until Optimus told them off. They were unable to prevent the robot's capture by the Decepticons and returned to base, where Ratchet repaired [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. A stealth attack by the reprogrammed ninja resulted in the loss of power to the base, and Ratchet soon discovered that the [[World Energy Chip]] had been stolen. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Ratchet, like the other Autobots, was taken in by Megatron's [[Optimus Prime clone]], at least until Windcharger revealed the truth. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} He also took part in an attempt to stop one of Megatron's plans using [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]], {{storylink|The Core}} and helped Wheeljack whipped up an antidote to prevent the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] exploding after they consumed the [[Nova Power Core]]. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} After another Dinobot rampage at Autobot Headquarters, Ratchet sighed and started the repairs once again. The Dinobots were subsequently banished to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], no doubt to his relief. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} With Sparkplug's help, repairs were soon complete. When Teletraan I detected a disturbance near the library Spike was visiting, Ratchet reassured Sparkplug as the rest of the Autobots rolled out. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:Dinobotislandratch&spark.jpg|thumb]]

When Megatron found the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Ratchet was among the group of Autobots who were first to feel his wrath and had to limp back to base. While [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] put a bizarre plan into operation, Ratchet and Wheeljack set up a forcefield to hold back the Decepticon leader until Perceptor's plan could succeed. {{storylink|Microbots}} Ratchet attended the [[Autobot Day]] celebration, during which Megatron managed to frame the Autobots. The Autobots were subsequently banished from Earth. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} They almost perished in the [[Sun]], but made it back to Earth in time to overthrow the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

After the Dinobots were damaged in a Decepticon attack, Ratchet repaired them, only for them to desert the Autobot forces. There's gratitude for you. A short time later, the Autobots were all disabled by [[Cybertonium]] depletion. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} With Spike and [[Carly]]'s help, the Dinobot retrieved more Cybertonium from Cybertron, and the Autobots were able to repair themselves. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} Ratchet was among the Autobots who turned up too late to prevent Megatron from stealing the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. After the Decepticons used it to jam Earth's radio signals, Ratchet helped some humans who'd become trapped in a blizzard. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} He was also part of the group who coated themselves in [[electrum]] to defeat the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

[[File:Kremzeek! Ratchet with Kremzeek.jpg|thumb|left]]
While defending New York against Decepticons drones, Ratchet realised that the drones didn't have brains, meaning they were remote controlled. Once [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] had broadcast a jamming signal, the Autobots were able to attack the Decepticon base in the [[Pine Barrens]]. Ratchet, Wheeljack and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] joined Sparkplug and [[Raoul]] in turning the drones back into cars. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} After Optimus Prime's team of Autobots went missing, Ratchet and the others attempted fruitlessly to find out where they'd gone. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} Ratchet also took part in the operation to rescue [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] from a horde of [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} He was one of the first Autobots to be disabled by [[Kremzeek]], which didn't bode well for the Autobots' chances of getting repaired. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

After Optimus beat [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]'s death traps, Ratchet and the other Autobots provided Prime with reinforcements. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}} He and Wheeljack picked up [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] after the Autobot plane was defeated by the [[Conehead]]s. Ratchet started patching him up, but Powerglide refused further treatment until he could rescue [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz|Astoria]], the spunky heiress he'd been charged with protecting. Once Astoria was safe, Powerglide returned for more repairs, and Ratchet joined in mocking him for his apparent [[Transformer romance|romantic feelings]] for the girl. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

[[File:KeyVectorSigma1 Ratchet thoughtful.jpg|thumb|Did I prescribe him a soporific or purgative? Or both?]]
Although Ratchet was puzzled by Megatron's sudden interest in stealing cars, Optimus knew what the Decepticons were up to, and led a team, including Ratchet, to Cybertron. There, they found [[Alpha Trion]] badly damaged. Once Ratchet and Wheeljack had repaired him, he explained that Megatron had taken the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], and the Autobots journeyed underground. Encountering [[Centurion droid|Centurions]] left by Megatron to guard the way, Ratchet and Wheeljack repaired Maintenance drones to send against them in battle. Unfortunately they reached [[Vector Sigma]] too late, and Optimus ordered that some shuttles be rebuilt into the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} The Autobots returned to Earth with the new additions, and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] promptly blew up on landing, resulting in Ratchet, Wheeljack and Sparkplug working feverishly to save the giant Autobot's life and repair his body. They ultimately succeeded. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[File:CosmicRust Ratchet and Blaster infected.jpg|thumb|left|'Cause this is thriller, thriller night!]]
The Aerialbots, much to Ratchet's disgust, seemed to admire the Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. When the Autobot team was plunged millions of years back in time Ratchet worked with Wheeljack to repair the Decepticon time machine to get them back. They managed to, but wouldn't tell Ratchet what had happened, leaving the story telling to Optimus. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Ratchet helped apply [[corrostop]] to the [[Statue of Liberty]], and was later affected by the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] that Megatron brought back from space. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] and Cliffjumper were kidnapped by Starscream and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to provide [[energy absorber]]s, the Autobots launched an attack while the Combaticons were busy fighting Megatron's forces. Ratchet and Grapple managed to rescue the two prisoners during the distraction. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Ratchet was also a part of the team which came to the Aerialbots' aid, after they fell into a trap laid by the Combaticons. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}} During another of Megatron's plans, the Autobots captured the Stunticons, and Ratchet customised some of the Autobots using [[camouflage paint]] to disguise them as the Decepticon team. Somehow this worked, and after Megatron's plan was foiled, Ratchet and the rest of the Autobots provided reinforcements. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[File:TFTM Ratchet dies.jpg|thumb|Seen here suffering from a unique condition known as "Dying Ratchet Syndrome".]]
In the year [[2005]], while on a secret mission to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in order to gather a stockpile of [[energon]] from Earth, Ratchet and his crewmates were attacked by Megatron, Starscream and the Constructicons. After Brawn and Prowl fell to the Decepticons' firepower, Ratchet and Ironhide returned fire, and were able to get the bulk of the invading Decepticons to withdrawal. However, Starscream was able to get [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] to resume firing at the Autobots with him, and they were able to get a shot at Ironhide. With his attention briefly turned to his injured comrade, Ratchet left himself open to attack, and was soon taken down by Starscream. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ratchet’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]."}}
Ratchet's body was evidently recovered for interment, as his grave was housed in the interstellar [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. Sadly, it was not Ratchet's fate to rest in peace; along with the mausoleum itself, Ratchet's remains were later plunged into a star as a side-effect of a [[Quintesson]] plot. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

==Japanese cartoon continuity==
===''Generations Selects Special Comic (1)''===
Four million years ago, Ratchet was one of the Autobots on the bridge of the ''Ark'' before it was attacked by the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' cartoon===
{{main|Ratchet (G1)#Beast Wars cartoon}}

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages===
Ratchet was a participant in a battle in New York City, early in the Autobot/Decepticon war taking place on Earth. The Autobots were victorious that day. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers}}

===Full Throttle Scramble Power!===
Ratchet was one of about a kajillion Autobots who arrived on Metroplex to provide reinforcements for Optimus Prime after the Decepticon's [[Omega Wave Cannon]] was destroyed. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

===''The Battle of the Star Gate''===
[[File:Stargatebattles ratchet.jpg|thumb|...We can get blotto like nobody's business!]]
In the 1990s, Ratchet used Cybertronian technology to save the lives of human scientist [[Felix Adle|Professor Adle]] and his daughter [[Katua Adle|Katua]] when they were both badly injured in an explosion during a field test of one of the professor's creations. The professor's right arm was blown off and Katua lost her right leg, but Ratchet was able to fit them with cybernetic prosthetics so advanced that they were even able to experience pain and warmth through them as if they were their real limbs. This convinced Professor Adle of the Autobots' nobility, while Katua developed a fondness for Ratchet. {{storylink|Divided Views}}

About six months later, Ratchet was part of a delegation of Autobots who accompanied Optimus Prime to a press conference in America. The conference announced the construction of the ''[[Trigger]]'', an interstellar teleportation system jointly developed between the Autobots and the United States government, and Ratchet helped Wheeljack write the speech that Prime proceeded to recite to the assembled human masses. Ignoring [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]'s attempts to keep them quiet while the conference was going on, Ratchet and Wheeljack muttered to each other that they didn't like the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s gun-shaped design, as it reminded them entirely too much of Megatron. {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}}

A little later, when human protesters gathered to object to the presence of the Autobots on Earth, Katua Adle was able to prove that they were not emotionless metal monsters by revealing her prosthetic leg to the irate crowd and explained that she could feel through it. After all, how could Ratchet have replicated those sensations if he did not know them himself? The shamed crowd relented, and Optimus Prime told Katua that he would pass her kind words on to Ratchet himself. {{storylink|Divided Views}}

===''Unite Warriors/Legends''===
Ratchet participated in the battle for the [[Transform Super Cog]] and watched Megatron escape in the aftermath. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}} He was impressed by Optimus Prime's suggestion about how to turn [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]]'s drilling obsession into a good thing. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#Operation: Destroy the Decepticons|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

Ratchet was present for the inauguration of the new [[Wreckers]] unit in [[2004]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 7|Bonus Edition Vol. 7}}

Having come back to life through events yet unknown, Ratchet was part of the [[Disaster Relief Team]] sent to Cybertron following its devastation in [[2011]]. As he was treating survivors, the team uncovered [[Vector Sigma]], which [[reformatting|reformatted]] them into new bodies with enhanced powers and the ability to combine into [[Sky Reign]]. Ratchet was granted a repair unit capable of healing Transformers with a healing beam, which also gave Sky Reign the ability to rapidly recover from even nigh-fatal injuries. With their powers, the team spent the next decade restoring Cybertron to a habitable state until [[Grand Galvatron]] attacked in [[2021]]. At the time, Ratchet was working with his repair unit and Vector Sigma in an attempt to resurrect Optimus Prime, but was interrupted when [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] showed up and blasted him. He then combined with the others to do battle with Grand Galvatron, {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} only for Sky Reign to be disassembled by [[Megaempress]]. Ratchet and the others were then pacified by [[Moonheart]], who amputated their combiner joints to gain access to their [[joint energon]]. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}}

Shortly afterwards, the Autobots had to roll out to protect Cybertron from [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and his [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]]. They didn't fare well, and Ratchet had hide from [[Movor|Shuttler]]'s blasts behind Trailbreaker's force field. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}} After the Combatrons turned on Unicron, Vector Sigma restored the Disaster Relief Team's combiner joints, allowing them to reform Sky Reign and help defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}} In the peace that followed, the team decided to set up a stage musical in which Ratchet played the damsel in distress. {{storylink|Invitation to the Dress Rehearsal!}}

The Disaster Relief Team was summoned to the [[Legends World]] by [[Alpha Trion]] to help rebuild [[Akihabara]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} After [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] attacked the city and converted a number of citizens into clones of himself, Ratchet used his repair unit to restore them. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 47|Bonus Edition Vol. 47}} He took refuge behind Trailbreaker's force field when three mutant [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] went berserk and started burning the city down. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 62|Bonus Edition Vol. 62}}

In the 2030s, Ratchet was part of a team of Autobots charging into battle against the Decepticons when the dimensional intruder [[Grand Scourge]] dropped in through a rip in space-time. Ratchet noted that the new arrival bore a resemblance to Optimus before Grand Scourge disassembled Menasor and forcefully combined with the Decepticons that had formed the gestalt's limbs. {{storylink|Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge}}

===''Generations Selects Special Comic (2)''===
By [[2050]], Ratchet used [[Angolmois Energy]] to help restore Wheeljack's missing memories. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} In flashbacks, it was revealed that Wheeljack and Ratchet installed a safety device in the Dinobots as they were built, preventing them from taking a life. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

As Angolmois Energy ran wild on Earth, eruptions from under the surface struck Ratchet and several Cybertronians, leaving them corrupted. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

===BT World===
Circa 2005 of [[BT World|a divergent timeline]], Ratchet, along with [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]], helped implant [[Chip Chase]]'s consciousness into the lifeless [[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl 2]] shell when Prowl's spark was lost in [[unspace|subspace]]. {{storylink|Prowl & Chase}}

==''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic==
Amidst a massive battle against the Decepticons at the Autobot base in [[Arizona]], Ratchet was one of the first to notice that [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his cassette forces were nowhere to be found. Now suspicious, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] immediately alerted all his units in Japan to be on the lookout for the Decepticon. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Later, as [[Kenji]] was enjoying a tour of a secret Autobot facility in Japan, Ratchet was alerted to an attack by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in Yokohama. The Autobots immediately rolled out to meet the threat. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

==''Transformers Legends'' anthology==
Ratchet was happy enough to repair a badly-damaged Starscream, when the latter was brought in to the Ark. He agreed with Wheeljack that they should take the opportunity to take a look at Starscream's logic circuits, and maybe see if there was anything untoward which was making him such a disagreeable fellow, and Optimus was eventually talked around. It wasn't long before Ratchet had Starscream back online, amnesiac and surprisingly benign (it didn't last). {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

==''Wings Universe''==
{{Wingsnote}}
Ratchet and a [[Paradron Medic]] tended to [[Dion (G1)|Dion]]'s injuries following [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} As casualties continued to mount, he and the other medics lamented that they were running out of space to put the patients. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

==''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''==
Ratchet took part in a battle which resulted in the Decepticons being defeated and captured. When the city was attacked by [[Martian]]s, he and the other Autobots were forced to make a temporary alliance with the Decepticons to destroy the invaders. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}

==''Cloud''==
The Ratchet of "OG001 Spacetime" was among the Autobots who came upon the displaced and damaged [[Optimus Prime (Cloud)|Optimus Prime]] of the [[Cloud World]] thanks to the help of a [[SARA|mysterious robotic girl]]. Unsure if the stranger could understand him, Ratchet tried the [[universal greeting]] before taking a look at his injuries. He didn't get to do much before [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] came flying in, having detected a large energy reading at the Autobots' position. The Autobots fought back until the colliding blasts of both Optimuses and Megatron's weapons-fire toppled all of the combatants over. {{storylink|Leap}} When the [[Megatron (Cloud)|Megatron]] of the Cloud World showed up as well, Ratchet joined everybody else present to try to control the rampaging Decepticon. {{storylink|TFC-A01}}

==Ask Vector Prime==
In a [[Primax]] reality which was tuned with [[Gargent 186.0 Gamma|a Gargent reality]] on the eve of [[The Transformers: The Movie|events of cosmic significance]], Ratchet and several compatriots were killed or captured by [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] and his [[Renegade]]s while piloting a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] to Earth. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

==Grim Grams==
Grimlock is sad that Ratchet never got to meet his 'grandchildren', the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and hopes he and Wheeljack would be proud that Grimlock made such important Autobots. (Fanart of him telling the 'bots about Ratchet made him sad) {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Grim Grams|Grim Grams, 2015/10/03}}

==Notes==
* [[Hasbro]] presumably having learned that the red crosses were [[trademark]]ed by… well, [[Red Cross]], both Ratchet's [[character model]]s and [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#The Transformers|toys]] saw a running change that removed his red crosses. While it can be harder to pinpoint when exactly the change was implemented on his toys, the cartoon at least shows that the removal took place somewhere after the first half of season 2 ([[1985]]). Despite this, they still appeared in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', though, this was likely due to the change being implemented to the cartoon during the movie's production.

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Enigma of Combination

2025-07-12T10:19:02Z

Sky Shadow: Timelines is not a continuity family! And how on earth did y'all get "cartoon continuity" from this, the same bio is for cartoon and Marvel decoes

{{disambig2|the mystical artifact|the sourcebook for the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] named for it|The Enigma of Combination}}
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[[File:Galaxies Enigma of Combination.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"A riddle, wrapped in a mystery..."]]

The '''Enigma of Combination''' is one of the [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifacts]] of the [[Thirteen]]. Possessed by [[Nexus Prime]], it is not only capable of fostering unity and cooperation of the minds of sentient creatures in its proximity, but also of bestowing one of the greatest abilities known to [[Transformer|Cybertronians]]—that of [[combiner|combination]]. This ancient tool can instantaneously merge any Cybertronians together into a combiner, enhance the power and mental stability of pre-existing combiners, or integrate new components into pre-existing combiner teams.

{{quote|They say that the Enigma was made for Nexus Prime. And they say that his purpose—its purpose—the intent that prompted Primus to bring him and it into being... was to inject some fragment of change, of unpredictability, of chaos, into a world that otherwise would be forever ordered.|[[Termagax]]|[[Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic]]}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
In ancient times, Nexus Prime wielded the Enigma of Combination, which contained a fraction of his own combinational powers. Much like its owner, the Enigma frequently changed size and shape, making it impossible to predict or keep track of. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Generation 1 continuity family===
====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:RID34 enigma of combination.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Hey! Listen!]]
The Enigma of Combination was created by [[Solus Prime]], sometime before the unification of the Thirteen. {{storylink|Transformers: Historia|Historia}} {{storylink|The Nothing Man}} [[Alpha Trion]] would come to regard the Enigma, and the other [[Artifacts of the Primes]], as "metaphors made real;" {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} by channeling a primal force of the universe. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} For reasons unknown, [[Nexus Prime]] chose to conceal the artifact's physical nature, with even his closest allies believing the "enigma" in question was a puzzle whose solution allowed for [[Combiner|combination]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

During the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], Nexus Prime and his [[Thirteen Tribes|tribe]] allied with [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]], and the pair used the Enigma to create the first [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] by combining humanoid Transformers with Onyx's [[Maximal|bestial followers]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} The [[Darklands|Darklander]] warrior [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] was of the opinion that Onyx only tolerated Nexus due to the fact that the latter owned the Enigma; {{storylink|The Crucible}} sickened by the "abominations" that the Enigma produced, Galvatron waged a bloody crusade in the name of Cybertronian "purity" and slaughtered the Headmasters to the last 'bot {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} before killing Nexus and taking the Enigma. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

[[File:TheCrucible-TheDawnOfMan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Not shown: Gregorian choir.]]

In the age that followed, Galvatron would partner with [[Nova Prime]], who, to accomplish his dream of an interstellar "[[expansion]]," sought to use combiners as a weapon of conquest. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Galvatron lied and claimed that Nexus had fled the planet and took the Enigma with him. Alpha Trion could detect the falsehood in Galvatron's words — none had ever known whether or not the Enigma was anything more than a ''concept'', but Galvatron clearly knew it to be a physical object. Realizing that he had accidentally tipped his hand, Galvatron shot the Enigma into space to put it beyond anyone's reach, {{storylink|The Crucible}} hoping that the Enigma would crash and burn up in a distant star. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}}

While stories of the Enigma's capabilities survived into the modern era of Cybertron, most Cybertronians dismissed the artifact as a myth. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Different groups of Transformers would infrequently attempt to recreate the "lost art" of combination, but what few successful combiners they produced were brutish and imperfect. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} {{storylink|The Crucible}}

After drifting in space for millennia, the Enigma fell to [[Earth]] seven to eight million years ago in the region that would one day become {{w|Mesopotamia}}. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}}

Eventually, Onyx Prime — who had fled Cybertron at the conclusion of the First Cybertronian Civil War — became aware that the Enigma still existed in the universe and sent [[Domitius Major]] and the crew of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' to find and retrieve it for him though this may have been a ruse so that the ''Axalon'' crew could play their role in the ontological paradox that the younger Shockwave had set in motion. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Centurion profile}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} {{storylink|Our Finest}}

When the ''Axalon'' failed to return, Onyx sent another one of his servants to Earth in the form of the [[Titan Master]] [[Sovereign]]. Disguised as a human and extensively conditioned with false memories, Sovereign — who would come to take up the identity of "[[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]]," — was sent to find the Enigma and summon his master when he did so. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 3: Helden|Helden}}

[[File:OnOffOn-EnigmaOfCombination.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

It is unknown how long Sovereign was active on Earth for; as "Blackrock," he claimed that the Enigma was first discovered by primitive humans some six thousand years ago at the intersection of the {{w|Tigris}} and {{w|Euphrates}} rivers. Its energies supposedly "combined" the thoughts and ideas of these early tribes, and the ancient warrior [[Gilgamesh]] would raise the city of [[Uruk]] to protect it. According to Blackrock, Gilgamesh passed the artifact to his children, and, over the centuries, this lineage—from which Blackrock supposedly took his surname — would use the Enigma to unite great minds in times of need, leading to breakthroughs such as the atomic bomb and the [[internet]]. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} Owing to Sovereign's jumbled state of mind, the veracity of these statements are unclear. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

What is known is that, sometime prior to 2012, Blackrock came into possession of the Enigma while scouring the earth for Cybertronian artifacts. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} Unaware of his "Sovereign" persona and the original reason why he had been sent to Earth, {{storylink|Conquerors Part 3: Helden|Helden}} Blackrock deduced that the artifact was of Cybertronian origin and used it to jumpstart the lucrative [[Onyx]] corporation, tapping its quantum source code to develop miraculous new breakthroughs in interlinked software and robotics. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls and Marches}} {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} Over the next three years, Blackrock would use it to engineer his army of reverse-engineered [[Seeker clone]]s into combiners, {{storylink|The Nothing Man}} translate the Cybertronian language, {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} and eventually develop the cutting-edge [[Onyx Interface]]: an all-encompassing software suite that connected every piece of Onyx tech to each other through the Enigma source code.{{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls and Marches}}

Ex-[[Skywatch]] agent [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]] became aware of Blackrock's possession of the Enigma; hoping that the relic would provide a clue as to ''why'' the Transformers had constantly interfered with Earth's development, he planned to steal it from the [[Wanmu]] warehouse where Blackrock stored his extraterrestrial curios. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}

Around 2012, Alpha Trion deduced the location of the Engima and set out to Earth to retrieve it. He left his travelling companion [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] in the care of the Camien [[cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and cryptically informed her and her friends that he was hunting for "the holy grail". {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}}

[[File:TheObliterati-mine.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"This mailbox is..."]]
After rescuing Trion from [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] custody, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] learned of the Enigma's existence from Alpha Trion and ordered his lieutenant [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] to search for it while he returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Both Prowl and Galvatron — now leader of the [[Decepticon]]s — realized that Spike likely had some information about the Enigma's whereabouts, and both attempted to hunt him down. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Galvatron managed to convince his sibling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] to temporarily put aside their differences so that they could destroy the Enigma once and for all, but Prowl and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s allied with Spike and beat them to the punch, using [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to attack the Onyx facility. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}}

Despite Blackrock's best efforts to put the Enigma beyond his reach, Devastator easily captured the artifact but quickly went berserk at the sight of Spike. When Galvatron's forces arrived to try and seize the Enigma, the enraged Devastator hurled it at Arcee in fury. In the chaos, Galvatron's underling [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] — in reality, a secret mole for Cybertron's leader [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] — absconded with the Enigma and flew off to deliver the artifact to his boss, {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}} who was hoping to obtain a combiner of his own. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} Galvatron grimly predicted that this would soon mean the end of Cybertronian society. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

Having recovered the comatose body of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Starscream recruited [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] to use the Enigma to rebuild the combiner, drafting [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Alpha Bravo]] to serve as replacement team members. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} As first contact with the Cybertronian colony world of [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] approached, Starscream devised a plan to win the adoration of the Camiens by first using the Enigma to recreate [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] as an out-of-control monster; when [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and Menasor attacked Caminus, the [[Caminus (Titan)|eponymous Titan]] detected the Enigma's energy within the rogue combiner and tried to alert his [[cityspeaker]]s, but they were unable to properly interpret his warnings before Superion arrived to save the day. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}

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Starscream used the Enigma to reinvigorate the Aerialbots after Devastator began attacking Caminus's spacebridge, but after realizing that Superion couldn't do it alone, he used the Enigma on a group of bystanders to create [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} With Devastator defeated, Starscream sought to turn Devastator's power to his advantage and did so by using the Enigma on Scoop, turning him into a new leg for Devastator while ensuring that his devotion to the "Chosen One" meant that Devastator would obey Starscream's orders. Shortly afterwards, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], acting on Prowl's orders, was able to steal the Enigma and deliver it to the captive Autobot, who used it on himself, Optimus, and some other Autobots to create [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

At the conclusion of the "[[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner War]]", the newly formed [[Council of Worlds]] put the Enigma under [[Badgeless]] security so that nobody could abuse its power. Not long afterwards, however, Arcee stole it with the intent to destroy it: she wanted to be ensure that Starscream didn't turn people into combiners against their will. [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] gave chase into the [[Rust Sea]] where the Camien [[Torchbearer]]s, who saw destroying a Primal relic as blasphemy, intervened to help Windblade and inadvertently became a combiner, [[Victorion]], themselves! Eventually Windblade managed to convince Arcee to return the relic, so as to make sure Starscream had no excuse for military action. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

[[File:TheNothingMan-EnigmaCode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Ones and zeros everywhere! And I thought I saw a two!"]]

While courting the favor of the five [[Titan (group)|Titan]] colonies, Starscream used the Enigma as a means to convince the inhabitants of planet [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], the colony of Nexus, to join the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

On Earth, the Autobots aboard the ''Ark-7'' began investigating the source code behind the Onyx operating system; they discovered that every device utilized a highly adaptable code that could "correct" itself and instantaneously pass those changes along to every other Onyx device on Earth. Blackrock himself was aware of this property, and discovered that he could use the data on his Onyx systems to effectively see into the "souls" of every human on Earth... but received his first hint that he himself was not human when he discovered that he couldn't see his ''own'' soul. Blackrock was able to use the Onyx source code to take control of the ''[[Ark-7]]'' after the Autobots brought one of his devices onto their ship, and granted him the ability to shut down most of the ship's systems. {{storylink|The Nothing Man}}

[[File:ItsBeginningToAndBackAgain-EarthEnigma.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it.]]

By the time that Blackrock had been fully unmasked as a Cybertronian imposter, Optimus Prime led a team to storm Galvatron's [[Nemesis (G1)|underwater base]] and Galvatron revealed the full extent of the Enigma's power. With billions of interlinked Onyx devices scattered across Earth, their combined power created a gigantic Enigma of Combination, and a force that that Galvatron could control to his own benefit. He did just that, first breaking Victorion apart and then mish-mashing some of the combatants together to create [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]] and [[Sky Reign]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}

The power of the Enigma was resisted by Superion, who hadn't been created through its energies, and he ultimately found a way to nullify its power. By hacking into the Onyx Interface, copying part of its workings into his neocortex, and splitting into the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s as he did so, he "erased" a vital part of the code, nullifying the power of the Earth-Enigma so long as he never reformed. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above... So Below}}

Determined to discover the information that the brain-dead Swindle had on Starscream, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] ordered Rattrap to bring him the Enigma so the Combaticons could see inside Swindle's mind, {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} uniting the five into the destructive [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}} In the aftermath, [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] demanded that Starscream turn over the Enigma to him, noting it had wandered off too many times to cause mayhem. Starscream was hesitant about parting with his most powerful weapon but the conversation was interrupted before the two could continue. {{storylink|Ping}}

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When [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] arrived at Cybertron, a desperate [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] sought out the Enigma and proposed combining the entirety of Cybertron's population with their planet to fight off the Chaos Bringer. [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] overruled the idea however, noting that, even with the full might of the Enigma's mass-displacement abilities, the result would be too small to properly fight off their foe. {{storylink|Our Finest}}

When Cybertron was evacuated, {{storylink|Road's End}} Soundwave brought the Enigma with him to Earth. As part of the plan to defeat Unicron, Superion reformed, the Earth Enigma's energies surging throughout the planet once again, which Soundwave used in concert with the physical Enigma to make contact with the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. Via [[Stardrive]], the spirits of the dead were psychically linked to Optimus Prime in [[infraspace]] allowing him to make peace with [[Unicron's creator]]. As a side-effect, the energies of the Enigmas repaired the badly damaged [[Victorion]], with [[Slide]] functioning as the combiner's new leg. The strain of the act proved too much for both Soundwave and the physical Enigma, however, and both crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
When asked if the [[Infinite Combinatoric]] and the Enigma of Combination were connected, [[Vector Prime]] cryptically asked the questioner if there was "a connection between Jupiter and Odin and Ahura Mazda and Zeus and Marduk". {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime 16/7/2015}}

====''Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material''====
[[Ratchet (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Ratchet]] was exposed to an "ancient artifact", giving him the power to combine. {{storylink|Ratchet (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Customization class G1 Ratchet bio}}

====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
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Created eons ago by [[Solus Prime]], the Enigma of Combination was responsible for the creation of many new Combiners on Cybertron during the later years of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], leading to the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] that followed. The [[Council of Worlds]] came into possession of the Enigma and considered using it to stem the conflict, either by creating more Combiners or destroying the existing ones. {{storylink|The Council}} [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] each learned of this and formed an alliance to stop the council's plans. {{storylink|The Fall}} {{storylink|The Duel}} {{storylink|Unforgotten}} As the council debated using the Enigma to control the Combiners, Optimus's team arrived and attacked, followed shortly thereafter by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}} Devastator attempted to claim the Enigma for himself, battling the others and the newly arrived [[Victorion]] for it. With seemingly no choice left, the Council ordered Starscream to use the Enigma to take control of the combatants. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} Instead, he used it to merge himself with Devastator, Victorion, and the bodies of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], becoming an unstable super-Combiner. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} Upon Starscream's defeat, Megatron retrieved the Enigma and gave it to Windblade, who opted to leave it in Victorion's possession, claiming it rightfully belonged to the Combiners. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}
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While leaving Metroplex City, Optimus received a vision of the Enigma of Combination from the [[Matrix of Leadership]], leaving him to ponder things to come. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} To combat the attacking [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], [[Victorion]] used the Enigma to merge with Computron, Devastator and Menasor, becoming a super-Combiner. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}} Ultimately, they were forced to separate again after taking too much damage from Trypticon. {{storylink|In Good Hands}} Sensing the Enigma in her possession, Trypticon swallowed Victorion and absorbed the Enigma's power, giving him immense strength and new abilities, such as the power to control Combiners. {{storylink|Consumed}} When Trypticon attempted to do the same with the Matrix, it rejected him, forcing him to release it and everything else he had swallowed, including the Enigma. Before Victorion could reclaim it, however, [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] appeared and surrounded them with a barrier of flame. After killing Optimus, Megatronus took the Enigma and Matrix for his own and departed in search of the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

As Megatron's group searched for the Blaster in [[Primal Swamp]], they ran afoul of [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], who demanded the Enigma from Victorion and attacked when she failed to produce it. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}} Believing it would help him survive the apocalypse, it took Megatron himself pointing the Requiem Blaster at his face to convince him Victorion didn't have it, though the former Decepticon leader promised they would inform him if they found it. {{storylink|Primal (POTP)|Primal}} Elsewhere, in the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]], Megatronus installed the Enigma and the Matrix into an unknown device. {{storylink|Without Warning}} Megatron eventually realized that Megatronus's plan was to use the Enigma to merge the Matrix and the Blaster into a single all-powerful weapon. {{storylink|Consequences}} Returning to the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]], Megatronus installed the Blaster into his doomsday weapon and began siphoning the life force from every Transformer's spark. Perceptor attempted to remove the Enigma and the other relics, but his efforts proved unsuccessful as Solus Prime began to return. {{storylink|Collision Course}} A concentrated attack by [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and Windblade led to the Enigma and Blaster finally being released from the machine. Megatronus attempted to grab them, but was tackled by the heroes. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} Predaking arrived soon after, still seeking the Enigma, but was quickly and violently dispatched by Megatronus. In the battle's aftermath, Perceptor took possession of the Enigma, studying and protecting it in his lab. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
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One of the [[Artifacts of the Primes]], {{storylink|Light/Star}} the Enigma of Combination was said to be made for Nexus Prime, an extension of his Primus given function to introduce necessary chaos into Cybertronian society to bring about change and prevent stagnation. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}} When the Enigma came into proximity to a group of Cybertronians who were united in a purpose, it fostered their feelings of cooperation before allowing for physical [[Combiner|combination]]. In days long past, [[Terrorcon (G1)|a group of Cybertronians]] used the Enigma to turn themselves into a combiner. Lacking any unity or common goal however, [[Abominus (G1)|their combined form]] was an uncontrollable savage, governed only by the basest impulses of its components, rampaging across Cybertron before being felled at [[Rivets Field]].

Following the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] discovered the Enigma buried beneath Rivets Field, [[Termagax]] suspecting it had been buried when the unstable combiner had been defeated, with the visionary pushing the six to become [[Devastator (G1)|a combiner]]. Years later, when the Constructicons had been exiled to [[Mayalx]], they reflected on their history with the Enigma, wondering if its code continued to influence their behaviour even now. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} Subsequently, the Enigma was entrusted to Termagax's care. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

[[File:Enigmatic SkytreadEnigmaEaten.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|Hopefully they don't combine into a Worm That Walks.]]
When the Constructicons were goaded by the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] to turn their combined form on Mayalx, [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] wondered if they could do so without the Enigma, only for [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] to point out that they'd only needed it the first time they combined, opining that all it had done was impart the code for combination onto them. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

After [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] conquered Iacon, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to barter information on the Enigma to the [[Decepticon leader]]. After Soundwave engaged in aggressive negotiations, {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} Starscream revealed that the Enigma was in Termagax's care, Megatron dispatching the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] to find his [[mentor]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} When word of the hunt eventually trickled down to the lower ranks, who drunkenly discussed it at [[Swindle's]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] convinced Swindle to ensure word of the Enigma and the hunt reached Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Swindle's II|Swindle's II}}

Off in space, the amoral [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] conspired to forge their own versions of the Artifacts of the Primes aboard the colony of [[Hexagon]]. The Enigma's powers were replicated by Airachid's [[Combination Core]] which fused [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and his [[Technobot (G1)|team]] into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Light/Star}}

When a Seeker patrol and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] both found Termagax, they respectively called in the [[Insecticon swarm]] and the Autobots to [[House (building)|House]] in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} As fighting consumed the area, Termagax prepared to eject the Enigma away from anyone before [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] simply teleported into House and claimed the artifact. As he monologued about this victory, Jumpstream teleported in to steal it, leading to a teleport duel before the Enigma fell into [[Flywheels|Skytread]]'s hands. It was then that the landscape caved in, sending Skytread and the Enigma into the rust. Though Skytread was quickly devoured by the [[rust worm]]s, Termagax was confident that the Enigma had survived, with the Autobots worryingly noting that [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]], if she was still alive, was likely capable of retrieving it. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
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The artifact of Nexus Prime, the Enigma of Combination was buried with its master when he passed. The artifact passed into legend, though records of its abilities were preserved in [[Witwiki]]. When [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] and [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]] grave-robbed the Tomb of Nexus Prime, the Enigma was among the treasures they stole, only to be left in their shuttle when they returned to Cybertron to find it time locked by the [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]]. When Grimlock used the shuttle to evacuate himself and his newly formed [[Dinobot (Cyberverse)|Dinobots]], the vessel being shaken about activated the Enigma, which combined the five into [[Volcanicus (Cyberverse)|Volcanicus]]. {{storylink|The Immobilizers}}
==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Traditional Cybertronian folklore holds that the Enigma of Combination was passed from Primus to Nexus Prime in ancient times; religious texts such as the [[Covenant of Primus]] sometimes offered contradictory explanations regarding its origins, and some Transformers believe that the Enigma was instead created by [[Solus Prime]].

The Enigma has no set physical appearance; at different times, it has manifested as an orb, a chalice, a staff, and various other geometric shapes. The Enigma contained the concentrated essence of cooperation in the same way that the [[Matrix of Leadership]] held the accumulated wisdom and valor of ages past; merely being exposed to its energies can spontaneously reconfigure the [[transformation cog]]s of Cybertronians into "C-State" cogs that allow them to combine with others. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
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*'''Autobot Ratchet''' ([[2016]])
{{toydesigner|[[Myu]]}}

:Class participants who finished creating their Ratchet toy in-class were given an exclusive Enigma of Combination accessory. As with the previous year's [[Covenant of Primus]], it was handcrafted by [[Myu]] who offered the accessory to class participants, but without any official Hasbro endorsements.

:This accessory can be held by any toy with 5mm ports; more interestingly, it can be used with the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations_toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Prime]] toy, plugging into the combined form's chest plate. Naturally, this means that, if you so desire, you can give the Enigma to [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], or worse, [[Grand Scourge]]... but that would be ''evil'', and you'll have to spend the rest of your life living with the knowledge that you've disgraced the legacy of the Thirteen to achieve your own twisted, selfish ends.
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===''Power of the Primes''===
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*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Dinobot Grimlock]] (Voyager Class, 2017) - '''Dinobot Enigma'''
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Starscream]] (Voyager Class, 2017) - '''Seeker Enigma'''
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Power of the Primes|Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr]] (Voyager Class, 2018) - '''Terrorcon Enigma'''
*[[Elita One (G1)#Power of the Primes|Elita-1]] (Voyager Class, 2018) - '''Autobot Enigma'''
*[[Inferno (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Inferno]] (Voyager Class, 2018) - '''Autobot Enigma'''
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Robby Musso]], [[Emiliano Santalucia]] and [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept art), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Each ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class figure comes with an Enigma of Combination. These are shaped like [[Titan Master]]s and [[Prime Master]]s, but are single-mold pieces and therefore can't transform into a robot or provide neck articulation if used as a head. They can interact with the Voyager Class figures by either attaching to their Prime Armor or attaching to their combined mode chest (excluding Inferno). They could also attach to Deluxe Class figures' Prime Armor, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] frames or the head sockets of ''Titans Return'' figures.

:Each of the Enigmas has a different sculpt and color scheme, excluding Inferno's and Hun-Gurrr's, which share the same mold. Grimlock's "Dinobot Enigma" is the only one modeled after the artifact's standard design in fiction.
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==Notes==
*When listing a handful of the artifacts of the Primes, the novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' mentions the [[Infinite Combinatoric]]. Given the abilities its name implies, this ''might'' have been an early name for the Enigma. It wouldn't be the only point of confusing discontinuity between artifacts in ''Exiles''.
*Some combiners created or enhanced by the Enigma display unusual powers: Superion was able to split his body apart at will and swap legs into arms almost instantaneously, while Defensor was able to detach entire limbs and use them as rocket-propelled projectiles.
*Blackrock mentions that the Enigma can tap into the "primal force" of the universe to alter the mass of any given target, providing a tongue-in-cheek explanation for why [[Scale#Combiner characters|combiners tend to be several times the size of their components]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Enigma''' (エニグマ ''Eniguma'')

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First Aid (G1)

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:''First Aid is an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TFU First Aid.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a pacifist!]]
'''First Aid''' is one of the most empathic and compassionate beings you'll ever meet. He cares deeply about all living things. Heck, he even cares deeply about the "pain" of inanimate objects. A broken or malfunctioning can-opener will earn just as much sympathy and attention as a fellow Autobot. Otherwise, First Aid is a soft-spoken and sometimes overly cautious sort (especially when it comes to the well-being of a fellow Autobot). Still, all the Autobots know he will work long and hard to do his best for them and that their well-being matters to him more than anything, and those are quite comforting thoughts.

First Aid combines with his fellow Protectobots to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Gaia Guardian]], or [[God Guardian]].

{{bigquote|Where there's life, there's hope.|First Aid|"[[Funeral for a Friend!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese)|[[Massimo Corizza]] (Italian), [[Michael Rüth]] (German, "The Ultimate Weapon" & "The Big Broadcast of 2006"), [[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, "Surprise Party"), [[Franz Rudnick]] (German, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"), Unknown (European French, "Surprise Party"), [[Lauro Fabiano]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:TUW first aid fullbody.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The shiniest doctor around.]]
First Aid was an avowed pacifist. When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. First Aid helped an injured man discovered by Streetwise. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], First Aid brought civilians to a meat locker that [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and Streetwise had commandeered to help the [[human]]s cool down. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

First Aid, as part of Defensor, was the arm that wielded the rifle which totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper. Later still, First Aid and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:Firstaidfixesmultramagnus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Well... a little clyster with the fresh machine oil... and your constipation will pass off!]]
In the year [[2005]], First Aid was among the Autobots stationed at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when the Autobot city came under attack from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} Later, in 2006, he was on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for the planet's first peace conference. He participated in a surprise birthday party for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] along with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], Groove and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. The Combaticons then attacked a nearby shuttle bay, hoping to scrap the ships which would be used to ferry delegates to the conference. First Aid happily blasted away at the Combaticons. After the battle, First Aid was tending to a serious wound Magnus suffered on his back, when he used his own body to shield Wheelie from a Decepticon attack. When attention turned to the damaged shuttle, Ultra Magnus insisted First Aid repair the ship first and deal with his injuries later. Guess he forgot First Aid was a doctor, not a mechanic! (Ol' [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] sure wouldn't have taken no lip—he would have disconnected the patient's vocal processor first.) {{storylink|Surprise Party}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were part of the Autobot unit that travelled to the planet [[Eurythma]], forming Defensor to battle Decepticons there. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} Later, when [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] took heavy fire over the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] brought him back to Cybertron for repairs. First Aid arrived and began patching up the super-robot. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
[[File:TUD firstaid.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"This isn't a war. It's a murder." [switch flipped] "This isn't a war, it's a moider!"]]
When the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels, First Aid bemoaned the whole situation, wondering why humans were always fighting amongst themselves. After the human aggressors were dispersed, a Decepticon sneak attack knocked [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] out of the sky, and First Aid carried him back to Metroplex for repairs. No sooner was the operation complete than an intruder alert within the city drew the medic's attention, and he found the Decepticon Swindle stealing Metroplex's [[transformation cog]]. First Aid attempted to talk the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] into handing the cog over, but Swindle laughed in his face, and was easily able make off with his loot because First Aid's pacifism meant that he refused to fight back. Despite [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s attempts to convince First Aid that they didn't expect him to compromise his beliefs, the medic felt he was a liability to the Autobots and left, taking up residence in a junk yard and helping its custodian [[NUL-A]] chug down some oil and repair some refrigerators. In time, First Aid was approached by [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], who brought dire news that the immobilized Metroplex was under attack from Trypticon. Only the skilled First Aid could properly align Metroplex's new transforming cog, and the medic was convinced to lend his aid. [[File:RoOP1 firstaid altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The devil is in the detailing... or maybe the lack thereof.]] While Trypticon and the half-transformed Metroplex fought it out, First Aid bravely entered the Autobot giant and re-aligned the cog, allowing the Autobot city to transform fully and defeat Trypticon. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

When [[Jessica Morgan]] was injured in a Decepticon attack on her [[Mark Morgan|father]]'s laboratory, First Aid was summoned to transport her to County General Hospital. First Aid helped to restore the paralyzed Jessica's ability to walk with an exo-skeleton, but his efforts were met only with hatred from her father, who loathed the Transformers. Subsequently, when news reached the Autobots that Optimus Prime's body was being kept at Morgan's lab, First Aid and the Protectobots were part of the battle unit that returned there, merged as Defensor. Like most present, they succumbed to the madness of the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

In [[2007]], First Aid and the Protectobots were among those who defended Cybertron against a major Decepticon attack, only to fall before the power of the new Decepticon [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}} Some time later, at [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, First Aid, among other Autobots, presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
First Aid and the other Protectobots made their dramatic debut when they formed Defensor to defeat both Menasor and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 12|Story page #12}}

=====Scramble City=====
First Aid and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. First Aid and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masaharu Satō]] (Japanese)}}
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In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. First Aid and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} after which they were reassigned to Earth to help keep the Decepticons busy while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s searched for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and the two teams quickly combined to battle as Bruticus and Defensor. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:JHeadmasters09Tracks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Just what the doctor ordered!]]
When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], First Aid and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. As he helped defend the planet, First Aid was seen delivering a mighty kick to the face of... er, his fellow Autobot [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked first by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots stepped in to occupy, then by the Decepticon Headmasters. True to his devout pacifism, First Aid was not seen engaging in battle until the Protectobots formed Defensor. In the combined form, however, the team were vulnerable to [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force First Aid and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

First Aid and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Later, when the Autobots' attempts to provide energy aid to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] were disrupted by the Decepticons, First Aid and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. First Aid and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, First Aid and the Protectobots assisted Spike in ridding the planet of all traces of their departed foes, starting with the Decepticons' abandoned Earth base. Combined as Defensor, the team joined Raiden and Computron in obliterating the base. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched First Aid and the Protectobots to Canberra, [[Australia]] to confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus, and First Aid was even knocked out of the arm socket. Using Scramble Power, Defensor switched Streetwise up to his shoulder and reattached First Aid as a leg, still carrying his fireball cannon. Despite this cunning(?) trick, Defensor was defeated by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, First Aid participated in the Autobots' final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''Unite Warriors''=====
In [[2021]] when his old friend NUL-A's birthday came around, First Aid got the other Protectobots to play a baseball game in his honor. {{storylink|Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!}}

=====Wars comics=====
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First Aid was stationed at [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] while it was under reconstruction after an attack from [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]]. When Metrotitan and the Decepticons attacked again, the reborn Metroplex transformed and First Aid helped [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] man one of Metroplex's cannons. With Metroplex's firepower, the Decepticons were sent retreating. {{Storylink|Metrowars}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
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When the Decepticon combiners attacked a baseball stadium in [[Japan]], the Protectobots and Aerialbots raced to the rescue. After attending to the blaze created by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'s destruction, First Aid and his team combined into Defensor. However, Defensor's central component was damaged battling Bruticus; with Hot Spot out of action, the Protectobots could not maintain their super-robot form. Getting an idea, the Autobots' human friend [[Kenji]] told [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to shoot out the legs of the Decepticon super-robots. With their legs damaged, Menasor and Bruticus were left open for First Aid and the other small Protectobots to link up as their new legs, taking over the Decepticons' locomotion, sending them out to sea. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

Later, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were paving over a natural island paradise, and the Autobots sent a rescue party to save the wildlife and their friends on the island. Due to the medical needs of the mission, First Aid replaced [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] with the Aerialbots to form Superion. Even linked together, First Aid and the Aerialbots were outclassed against both [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], until [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] generated a hologram of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to distract the dino-base Decepticon, sending him over a cliff. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' =====
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In [[2010]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] kidnapped the scientist [[Dalton]] in order to upgrade his combiner warriors. First Aid and the Protectobots joined forces with the Aerialbots to rescue Dalton from inside Trypticon. Superion was heavily damaged in the first strike run, however, and Hot Spot needed time in his repair bay mode to bring the Aerialbots back to fighting strength. While Blades snuck into Trypticon alone to rescue Dalton, First Aid, Streetwise and Groove defended Hot Spot against both Menasor and Bruticus. They held out long enough for the Aerialbots to be revived. After the Aerialbots distracted the Decepticons, Blades completed his mission and the Autobots rolled out for Scramble City with Dalton in tow. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
After Cybertron entered its new Golden Age, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons still raged in space and on Earth. First Aid perished along with most of the rest of Defensor in battle with their nemesis, Menasor. Only Streetwise and Breakdown survived. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
The Protectobots once lived on the colony world of [[Archon]], but as the colony slowly began to fail they succumbed to [[stasis lock]]. They remained that way until [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] chanced across the ruins of the planet and brought them back to Earth. The only way to revive them was through an [[energon]] infusion; the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s volunteered for the process. The Protectobots made a complete recovery and then some: the transfusion had given them the ability to combine! Optimus Prime gave them [[Protectobots' headquarters|their own headquarters]] in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], hoping that city life would help them acclimatize to life on Earth while also providing the metropolis with an extra degree of protection. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/21}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:SecondGeneration protectobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|First Aid's faceplate and visor are at the dry cleaners.]]
''When their human ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] began suffering from a series of troubling dreams, the Autobots peered inside his mind in an attempt to understand. There, they saw a vision of a team of new robots, the Protectobots—First Aid among them—being ordered to guard the [[Pullen Power Plant]] against Decepticon attack. Attacked by the Stunticons and Combaticons, the team did the incredible, merging their bodies to become Defensor. Realizing that they were being sent a message about the future of Transformer evolution by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] itself, the Autobots determined to make this vision a reality and set about building the new robots they had seen.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

Having learned of a Decepticon plot to acquire the human-made [[hydrothermocline]], Optimus Prime brought the Protectobots with him to [[Energy Futures Industries]] in order to guard the device. After [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] arrived ready for a fight, the Transformers allowed themselves to be convinced of a better solution by [[Ethan Zachary]], an employee of EFI. Zachary would upload their minds into a video simulation program known as [[Multi-World]], allowing the Transformers to do battle without damaging the hydrothermocline or the surrounding area. Inside the game world, First Aid and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] were exploring Vineland when their path was blocked by a web of thick vines. [[File:Firstaid-g1issue26.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|I'd have helped, but I only do hands.]] First Aid wanted to blast through, but Streetwise thought better of it and merely lifted the vines out of their way. They were caught off-guard by the Combaticons [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but were then miraculously saved by the living vines they had refrained from destroying moments ago. First Aid then used his [[decrystallizer cannon]] on the Decepticons, making them brittle enough for Streetwise to shatter with a burst from his [[Compression cannon|compressed air cannon]]. Ultimately, Optimus Prime declared himself the loser, and so First Aid and the other Protectobots watched their leader detonate before their eyes. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

First Aid later attempted to console a despondent [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] after the death of Optimus Prime, teaching him that it was best to worry more about the patients he could save rather than the patients he could not. Returning to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] after attending Prime's funeral, First Aid and the other Autobots came under attack from the vessel's defense systems, control of which had been seized by the human criminal [[Mechanic|The Mechanic]]. Ratchet defeated the human, and he and First Aid tended to the wounded. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

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''When the freelance peacekeeping agent [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] travelled back in time from the future, First Aid was temporarily mass-displaced to [[Limbo]] to make room for the bounty hunter right before [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]'s eyes.'' {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

After [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] abandoned the Autobots due to their disagreements with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s leadership, Grimlock tasked the Protectobots with finding the deserters and returning them to the Ark. First Aid and the others found them (and the [[Throttlebot]]s) hiding at [[Big Steve's Used Cars]], where the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s had already arrived. As the two teams battled each other, individually First Aid squared off with [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], and both sides were so blinded by their battle that they didn't notice [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] making away with Goldbug and the Throttlebots. With the Combaticons deterred, however, the Protectobots still had Blaster to bring back to Grimlock... for trial and execution. {{storylink|Used Autobots}}

[[File:ChildsPlay-FirstAidGroove.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|<obligatory Scale article link>]] Blaster was mode-locked into stereo mode, clamped to [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and also carried inside First Aid for travel back to the Ark, but the Protectobots met up with the Combaticons again within a sprawling trainyard. After the Combaticons merged into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and laid into First Aid and the others, they were forced to set Blaster aside and merge into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to counter. Blaster, released from mode-lock by some errant children, came to Defensor's rescue, and ultimately First Aid and the others decided Blaster shouldn't stand trial, and he was set free. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} After First Aid returned to the Ark, the humans were recaptured and Grimlock ordered them to be executed. First Aid and the other Autobots were upset, though they didn't know Grimlock was bluffing in order to draw Blaster into his custody. They begged Blaster to usurp leadership of the Autobots, but Blaster was forced to surrender himself in order to assure the children's safety. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Following Optimus Prime's return to life, First Aid and the Protectobots were assigned to guard the backup copy of the [[floppy disk]] that had enabled his resurrection, stored at an [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]] warehouse. Alerted to Combaticon activity at [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]], the team was relieved by the Autobot [[Powermaster]]s so they could go and deal with their old rivals. Unfortunately, they were too late to stop the Combaticons' theft of military technology; worse yet, upon their return to the warehouse, they discovered that the Decepticon Powermasters had stolen the disk in their absence. Combining into Defensor, they tried to stop the villains from escaping, but a barrage of fire from the underhanded Combaticons knocked the giant over. With the villains gone, Defensor split back into his components, and First Aid tended to the Autobot Powermasters' wounds.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

First Aid and several other Autobots helped Blaster train. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''Soon after, First Aid was among the Transformers deactivated in the battle with the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and was put in a life support capsule. A couple of years later, Optimus Prime briefly considered using a Matrix fragment to revive him after Ratchet's disappearance.'' {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
At the raw oil harbor of [[Rotterdam]], First Aid and the other Protectobots combined into Defensor to battle [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Ultimately, the Decepticons would retreat, as Powermaster Optimus Prime had predicted! {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
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When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including First Aid. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, First Aid went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Sometime later, First Aid was working with a science team alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. They attempted to find out what had devastated the population of [[J'asik]], down to the cellular level. Samples taken from the bodies helped the team identify the killer, known as the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], as an offshoot of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
{{note|There are two different microcontinuities in ancillary Combiner Wars fiction that involve First Aid. For the one mostly published on the back of retail boxes and [[Combiner Wars (comic)|pack-in comic books]], see [[#PWTG1|below]].}}
First Aid contracted [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|GPS]] during the war against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. The disease prevented him from properly combining into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]].

Optimus Prime discovered the body of his old friend [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Ratchet]], and ordered [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] and First Aid to attempt a full-body spark transplant. It went successfully, and gave Ratchet a combiner upgrade that allowed First Aid to be relieved from Defensor. {{storylink|Ratchet (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Customization class Generation 2 Ratchet's bio}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
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In [[2012]] First Aid travelled to a devastated Earth with Optimus Prime and a group of other Autobots to confront Megatron. After fighting his way through Megatron's lobotomised [[zombie]] army, the medic attended to [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and injected him with an anti-toxin that would hopefully regress the [[Scraplet]] infection the captive [[Wreckers|Wrecker]] had been infected with. When he was sufficiently recovered, Kup took First Aid's gun and used it to kill Ratchet, in turn killing Megatron through the link he and the doctor shared. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} In the aftermath, First Aid delivered a casualty report to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Following the foiling of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] scheme, First Aid sat in on a meeting of Autobot high command to discuss the lingering after-effects on Cybertronian society of the Decepticon warmonger's plan. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} This was soon followed by an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons, which was put down by a team of Autobots led by Blaster; in the aftermath, First Aid tended [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s wounds. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

First Aid was on hand to help treat the wounded after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Warworld]] attacked Cybertron, and was seen carrying such an unfortunate on a stretcher with help from [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Soon after, when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his [[Primum Fugae]] caused havoc, First Aid repaired [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s injuries. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

===The Special Teams===
Optimus Prime assigned First Aid and the other Protectobots to defend the [[Pullen Power Plant]], where they combined into Defensor to battle [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Thankfully, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] arrived to even the odds, and ultimately the Decepticons were repelled. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
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Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s resurrection, First Aid and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] bugged him to come in for a full checkup, which [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] believed was just their way of saying that it was good to have the Autobot leader back. The checkup was interrupted by an alarm, which First Aid announced indicated a Decepticon attack. He took part in the effort to repel [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s forces, only for them to retreat on their own, when Prime realised it was just a diversion while Galvatron attacked the Energon plant. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
[[File:Decoycomic firstaid.jpg|left|thumb|The first, but not the last time First Aid would resemble Ratchet.]]
When the Decepticons stole the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], <s>Ratchet</s> First Aid built an army of Autobot [[Decoy (G1)|decoy]]s to distract the Decepticons while the real Autobots attempted to retrieve their missing artifact. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Firstaid-warwithin.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|In his younger years, First Aid wore a stylish hoodie.]]
Following the disappearance of Optimus Prime and Megatron in a [[space bridge]] accident, the Autobots and Decepticons splintered into multiple separate factions. In compliance with the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], First Aid and the other Protectobots declared themselves unaligned to any of the groups, and elected to continue operating as an independent team, rather than go their separate ways. When word reached them that the Constructicons had broken the accord by siding with the [[Ultracon]]s, however, First Aid and his comrades knew that they had to take a stand themselves, and decided to aid the [[Wreckers]] in battle against the Decepticon giant. {{storylink|Escalation}} When Defensor began prioritizing Devastator's destruction over preventing collateral damage, Wreckers leader Springer had to talk the Protectobots into separating, after which they were able to use their individual smarts to bring the Constructicon combiner down: First Aid had Hot Spot lift him up on his ladder so he could plug a power cable into a port on Devastator's body, overloading Devastator and forcing him to separate. In the battle's aftermath, First Aid thanked Springer for talking them down, realizing they still had a lot to learn about their combined self. {{storylink|Devastation}} The team subsequently returned to their home base to analyze what had gone wrong with their combination, though First Aid had to convince Hot Spot to let it go when he started to become obsessive. But just as the Protectobots were preparing to take some downtime, they were attacked by the [[Chaos Trinity]], who kidnapped Hot Spot for use in [[The Fallen]]'s scheme. In the scuffle, First Aid was taken out by teammate Streetwise, who had been hypnotized by Mindwipe. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

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Roughly 6.5 million years later, the Protectobots battled Menasor as Defensor when the Stunticons escaped from a penal facility... and lost, big time. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Soon after, the team aided in the Autobot insurrection against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} After the Autobots regained power, First Aid and the Protectobots searched Shockwave's clone lab, finding [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] barely alive, having been attacked by [[Sunstorm (G1)|an unknown assailant]]. First Aid was seen administering medical help to the heavily damaged [[Battlecharger]]s. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Jazz]]; [[Bullets]] (modern era, text); [[Life After the Big Bang|''Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye'' #4]] (on panel)

First Aid was born [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|forged]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

In the early days of the war, First Aid was part of an extraction team who located the damaged pair of [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] following their skirmish with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. He performed initial repairs on both of them, bringing Tracks back online. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}} About four million years ago, he was seen chatting with his comrades [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] during a victory celebration. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[File:MTMTE4 a passing interest.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Well, a doctor cures people. A medic just makes them more comfortable.. while they die.]]
First Aid was eventually assigned to [[Delphi]], an Autobot emergency medical facility on [[Messatine]]. Like any emergency room, Delphi experienced brief flurries of activity followed by long cycles of nothing but routine patient care and waiting for the next disaster. While passing the time First Aid became an avid subscriber to ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'', the adventures of the Autobots' most elite strike team compiled by their unofficial biographer, [[Ironfist (G1)|Fisitron]]. He often found himself reading (and re-reading) [[Pova|Datalog 113: Showdown at Pova]] whenever his work lagged. Five years into his tour at Delphi, while attending a medical conference on the [[Kimia Facility]], First Aid had his own brush with the Wreckers when their leader [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] approached him with a rather unique request. Springer had a mole deep within the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] known only as [[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]], who had a highly unusual means of delivering messages to his Autobot contacts: In battle, he would ''shoot'' a fellow Autobot with pinpoint accuracy through the right "eye" of their faction symbol with a bullet containing a data-chip with his report inside. First Aid was one of several medics secretly recruited by Springer to always be on the lookout for Agent 113's calling card. First Aid eagerly accepted the "secret mission" and checked over the insignia of every patient that came through his emergency room doors from then on. Not the subtlest of Autobots, First Aid developed a reputation for being fixated on insignias, and was even referred to Autobot psycho-analyst [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], who diagnosed him with "obsessive compulsive tendencies" that forced First Aid's boss [[Ambulon]] to demote him to nurse. But First Aid's attention to his secret duty paid off: one night after the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], when he was giving the once over to [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]]'s recon team after a skirmish with the DJD, First Aid finally discovered one of Agent 113's bullets. The encoded information he delivered to Springer led to the Wreckers' ill-fated mission on [[Garrus-9]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:first-aid-jumpstart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|"Have you any idea how many [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]s I had to buy to make these jump leads?" "Yes honey,four..." "it was worth it...Now I can finally say 'Say hello to my little friend!'"]]
When the [[Red Rust]] virus broke out in Delphi, First Aid, Ambulon, and [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]]'s efforts to treat it seemed to be in vain, forcing First Aid to call for help by transmitting the facility's patient survival statistics through the [[unspace|subspace]] network once used to distribute the ''Wreckers: Declassified'' datalogs. This attracted the attention of [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]], who brought [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] to Delphi where First Aid told them about the outbreak. Using "jump-starting", a new method of [[spark]] resuscitation he had invented himself, he later used his own spark to revitalize a comatose [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] just in time to save the others from a pair of [[Genericon]]s believed to have spread the virus. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} After Fortress Maximus killed the Genericons, it was discovered that Pharma was the culprit behind the virus, a fact that First Aid had long suspected. In the chaos that followed, First Aid took charge to save the patients around him. [[File:MTMTE5 firstaid takes charge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|OBJECTION!!!!!]] After Pharma was defeated and Ratchet used the villain's vaccine to cure Delphi of its virus, First Aid returned to the ''[[Lost Light]]'' with Ratchet. Ratchet promised to promote the nurse to Chief Medical Officer in place of himself after witnessing his actions. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} To First Aid's silent annoyance, however, Ratchet showed no signs of relinquishing the title any time soon, leaving him Chief Medical Officer-in-training. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

While visiting the [[Swerve's|ship's bar]], First Aid was asked by Ambulon to keep his fellow medic's embarrassing alt-mode a secret, though the request was in vain as [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] promptly triggered Ambulon's transformation anyway. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} First Aid was repairing a dismembered [[Dipstick]] when he and much of the crew were frozen in place by one of [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]'s experimental weapons. {{storylink|The Reluctant Specialist}} After Fortress Maximus went on a small shooting spree inside the Lost Light, First Aid helped Ratchet treat the victims. He failed to notice the pattern Ratchet saw in them: they all resembled [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Interiors}} That escapade concluded with Swerve accidentally shooting Rung in the head; First Aid, Ambulon, and Ratchet were instrumental in saving Rung's life {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} and First Aid took the lead on his aftercare, helping him re-learn how to distinguish people from their surroundings. {{storylink|Signal to Noise}}

First Aid was among the crew members that had been shrunken by Brainstorm's mass-displacement cannon and sent to destroy some [[Nanocon]]s inside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] that had been mysteriously revived. First Aid was resized after the Nanocons were destroyed and attended [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]'s Autobot Initiation Ceremony and asked [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] what he had graffitied inside Ultra Magnus' body but the ceremony began before Whirl could make a full answer. First Aid then told [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] that Ambulon was handling some offline crew members that had suddenly came back to life. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} After the situation was handled, First Aid joined a few Autobots for movie night in [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]]'s hab-suite where they watched "[[Proteus's Promise]]". {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Patternism-FirstAid.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Hey honey! Sorry, but some guy got his head cut off at work today, so I'm gonna need to stay late.]]
When someone tried to kill [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], First Aid and Ambulon went to work fixing him up. In the process, First Aid discovered the truth, {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} that Red Alert's injuries were self-inflicted, though [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] didn't take the news well. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Following the return of the ''[[Leading Light]]'' from [[Temptoria]], First Aid tended to the rapidly-fading Rewind and talked [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] into giving the small Autobot a jumpstart. Unfortunately he had to break the news that it hadn't worked. As it turned out, Whirl also had a compatible [[spark]], and First Aid successfully carried out the procedure with him. {{storylink|Before & After}} First Aid later helped Tailgate throw an "alt mode party" in an attempt to get Rung to transform, and appeared in one of Rewind's documentaries to explain how the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' worked. {{storylink|Little Victories}} When Overlord was let loose on the ''Lost Light'' and stabbed Ultra Magnus through the spark, First Aid rushed to his aid but sadly recognized the injury to be fatal. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

When Ultra Magnus's body got up and floated away under mysterious circumstances, First Aid gathered with the rest of the crew to gawp at a huge portal the ''Lost Light'' had followed Magnus's trail to. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} After the ship went through the portal, First Aid and Ambulon were in the medbay when the [[Legislator]]s invaded the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}} Alas, the ship was soon overrun, and both 'bots found themselves teleported to Pharma's new lab on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. First Aid had to witness Ambulon being horrifically sawn in half, ''lengthwise'' as part of a twisted competition between Ratchet and Pharma. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} When Ratchet refused the younger medic's help, First Aid was infuriated by his attitude and accused him of being unable to let go of his reputation as "best medic" out of a belief that no one else could ever match his expertise. While Ratchet then revealed that the reason he couldn't help was that Ambulon was already dead, he saw the truth in First Aid's words and promised to officially hand over the title of Chief Medical Officer once they'd caught Pharma. First Aid, however, saw no reason to show the corrupt medic any mercy. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:ThisCalamitousLife-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Not amused]]
First Aid was soon able to confront Pharma, and was enraged that rather than show remorse for his murders of patients or Ambulon, the rogue medic was ''amused'' by what he'd done. When he went so far as to laugh at Ambulon's death, the younger medic snapped and executed him on the spot, then realized what he'd done and broke down. He was comforted by Rung, but on returning to the ''Lost Light'' he shut himself in and refused to talk to anyone. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} The crew eventually convinced him to come out and perform an autopsy on a the corpse of a mysterious ''second'' Rodimus, hoping some work would help rehabilitate him. First Aid deduced from the body's [[innermost energon]] that it was an alternate Rodimus and not some kind of copy. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

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As it transpired, the second Rodimus was a quantum duplicate, which began the slow quantum erasure of the ''Lost Light'' and its crew. First Aid abandoned ship, but soon, his shuttle disappeared around him, as did crewmates [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] and [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]—only [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and First Aid were left, floating in space, because they weren't members of the ship's original crew. Once the situation had been put to rights, everyone reappeared, and First Aid's group set down on the planet [[Ofsted XVII]] for a momentary breather. First Aid went off to explore the area, and found a gravely-wounded Transformer of unclear affiliation in a nearby lecture theatre. A quick examination proved he was a Decepticon, but First Aid kept this fact from his crewmates as he called upon them to donate some of their [[innermost energon]] to help the 'bot survive. Recognizing the 'bots true allegiance, Mainframe and Bluestreak refused; Trailcutter agreed, but just as he was about to start the process, First Aid recognized the mantra the delirious patient was chanting as the motto of the Decepticon Justice Division. Refusing to heal one of ''those'' monsters under any circumstances, First Aid tried to talk Trailcutter out of helping him, to no avail—and unfortunately, First Aid's fears proved true as the 'bot, [[Vos (G1)|Vos]], attacked Trailcutter as soon as he had been re-powered. While Trailcutter protected himself with his forcefield, First Aid sped off to get the others, but when they returned, they were horrified to discover that Trailcutter had trapped a second, hidden DJD member, [[Kaon (G1)|Kaon]], inside his field with him, who had torn him to pieces. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}} The remaining trio tried to escape in their shuttle, but it was blown up before it could take off as a parting gesture from the DJD. Fortunately, First Aid and his friends survived. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}

[[File:OurStepsWillAlwaysRhyme FirstAidContactInfo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|right|Whoo-hoo, promotion!]]
After Ratchet had several crewmembers tested for "super-[[scraplet]]s", First Aid recognized it as a complete fabrication and an excuse for the senior doctor to talk to his friends in private. As it turned out, Ratchet had been tying up some loose ends before leaving the ''Lost Light'': when First Aid next came to see him, all he found was a method of contacting him and a note officially promoting First Aid to Chief Medical Officer. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

When the ''Lost Light'' met with the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' for a pre-wake party for the near-death [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], First Aid and [[Minimus Ambus]] met with ''Vis Vitalis'' chief medical officer [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]]. While Velocity showed Minimus the supposed map to [[Cyberutopia]] that Thunderclash had drawn on the wall, First Aid examined Thunderclash. To First Aid's surprise, however, Thunderclash was ''not'' dying of his old war wound, which had miraculously been healed six months prior. As Velocity could not come up with any information about the "passing healer", First Aid opened up Thunderclash's trailer to examine, finding it empty. Then, Thunderclash started manipulating his own systems to make the life sign monitor display a message: "You're all blind, you're all dead". They then heard a knocking coming from his trailer. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} First Aid, Minimus, and Velocity came under attack by strange creatures. [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] and [[Skystriker (G1)|Skystriker]] arrived in response to the noise only for the creatures to tear Skystriker to shreds. In an act of supreme heroism, Thunderclash himself transformed to hold the creatures off. The group from the medbay then fled with others to the danceroom. There, it was determined that the beasts were [[personality tick]]s, picked up by the [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] crewmembers from [[Marasma]]. They had healed Thunderclash's wound so that they could continue feeding on his charisma and were now visible because their perception-based cloaking was down. Just as all hope seemed lost, the ticks suddenly all died, having overdosed on Rodimus and Megatron's combined charisma. First Aid later attended a party to celebrate the day's successes at [[Swerve's]] aboard the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}}

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Some time later, when [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] was due to return to Cybertron to represent the ''Lost Light'' in the first meeting between Cybertron and Caminus, First Aid chose to come with as his acting doctor, worried about the "visions" his patient had been experiencing. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} As he was accepting a goodbye present from Tailgate and setting Velocity up to take care of things during his absence, a comatose Swerve was brought before First Aid, but he was unable to locate the problem without surgery and the patient was much too weak to survive being opened up. He had to leave before the other crew members solved the mystery, but on learning from Velocity that the injury had been in Swerve's shoulder and seeing an old picture of him with an insignia on that same shoulder, First Aid realized the damage must have be caused by one of Agent 113's data bullets and asked Velocity to retrieve it. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}} They were accompanied by [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]: their mission to protect Mirage led to Streetwise jokingly dubbing the group the "Protectobots". {{storylink|The Possible Light}}

On arrival, they came with Mirage as he sought out [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], leading to their getting caught up in a [[combiner]] duel between [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] recognized the Protectobots as another potential combiner for his side and, before First Aid could protest that they weren't even a proper team, used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to merge them into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who bested Devastator soon after coming online. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} Optimus Prime found it worrying that none of Defensor's components had reverted to their normal forms since becoming a combiner; Prowl noted that it was difficult for combiner teams to stay separate for long. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} Once the whole Caminus mess was over, First Aid and the others managed to separate and left Cybertron to return to the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

Some time later, Red Alert misremembered First Aid queuing to join the crew of the ''Lost Light'' alongside other incongruous characters, such as Ambulon, Ironfist, and [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

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The shuttle eventually caught up with the ''Lost Light'', making a violent (yet smart) crash landing into shuttlebay four. As First Aid crawled out of the shuttle, a security team headed by [[Powerflash]] aimed their weapons at him before [[Getaway]] diffused the tension, offering some evasive statements to explain the ship's radio silence and the change in command before he directed First Aid to take [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] to the med-bay. While there, the two discussed their missing crewmates and possible theories on what had happened before he ran a Spark check, noting the large drop in the total number of Sparks and one behind a large, locked door. Attempting to cut through it, Getaway popped in and merrily unlocked it, revealing the comatose [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. After some disturbing gallows humour, First Aid demanded Getaway tell him what had happened to Rodimus and Megatron. Getaway claimed that [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Team Rodimus]] had abandoned ship, believing they could make better progress without the larger crew, before insisting First Aid speak to Hoist about Thunderclash. First Aid found the substitute medic in [["Visages"]] where he caught up with the crew over several overpriced drinks and learned of the many changes aboard ship.

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His suspicions mounting, First Aid called a meeting for the Protectobots and Mirage in the abandoned [[Swerve's]], noting that twenty-five members of the crew were unaccounted for. As they traded theories and accusations, Mirage and First Aid referenced being asked by Getaway and Atomizer if they would support a mutiny against Megatron, a conversation First Aid confessed to regretting. [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] took that as his cue to enter and revealed the truth behind the mutiny and Thunderclash's condition. Getaway's inner circle then entered and the escapeologist revealed that Thunderclash was in a memory loop. [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] then found the lights, revealing the horrific sight of [[brain module]]s still attached to their spinal columns, pocked with ''teeth-marks'' and suspended in [[engex]]. A running firefight soon broke out as the Protectobots scrambled back to their shuttle to notify [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. The group managed to board a shuttle before it was struck by a [[proton missile]] and towed in with a tractor beam, after which they were all placed in a memory loop. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|Full Circle}} First Aid had a narrow brush with death when Getaway ordered [[Atomizer]] to shoot one of the Protectobots, but was spared when he chose [[Rook (CW)|Rook]] instead. Awakened from his memory loop by Riptide, he and the Protectobots stormed the shuttle bay as Defensor after taking a detour to retrieve [[Ambulon]]'s corpse as a substitute leg for the combiner. However, Defensor was soon cut down and the Protectobots gunned to pieces by Getaway's "new hire", [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]. First Aid, seemingly the sole surviving Protectobot, only escaped his second brush with death and escaped aboard a shuttle with Thunderclash and Riptide thanks to Atomizer having a change of heart and jumping Star Saber. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

[[File:ADanceBeforeDying ThunderclashRecovered.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0]]
After escaping from the ''Lost Light'', First Aid and the other escapees found a distress signal from [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], adrift in space, and took him on their shuttle to [[Troja Major]]. There, the motley crew bought [[Wipe-Out's ship|a new ship]] from [[Wipe-Out]], capable of [[quantum generator|quantum jumping]]. Tracking the ''Lost Light'' via hidden homing beacon, First Aid's ragtag group found the ship on [[Mederi]], just in time to save Team Rodimus and the [[Scavengers (G1)|Scavengers]] from hungry [[sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] made from the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s remaining crew. After he and his group explained how they got to Mederi, First Aid brought Rodimus up to speed on the grisly crimes Getaway had committed during his self-appointed tenure as captain. While Rodimus took a team aboard Wipe-Out's ship to reclaim the ''Lost Light'', the rest of the group barricaded themselves in Mederi's Ward Zero to try and cure the crew. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} Hacking the patient files, First Aid learned of concussive medicine, essentially punching the sparkeaters back to health. After the crew had been brought inside for treatment, the organic telepaths began counting down from 1000, at which a point a massive tear opened in nearby space. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}

With the ''Lost Light'' reclaimed, the group loaded the crew and the organics aboard but failed to escape the gravity of the rift, emerging in the [[Benzene Cluster]], the region now populated by five duplicates of Cybertron. Exploring the surface of one, the crew was taken prisoner by the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]'s forces. When [[Froid]] and [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] were thrown in, they explained that the Architect sought to use the [[God Gun]] to banish a great threat into another universe. When the Gun fired, it opened a portal through which Megatron's ''[[Last Light (ship)|Last Light]]'' sailed through, {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}} followed by the Cybertron of the [[Functionist Universe]], now transformed into a [[robot mode]] in the likeness of Primus.

As the Architect's and the Functionists' fleets came to blows, Megatron freed most of the prisoners, bringing them aboard the ''Last Light'' where First Aid diagnosed Drift with a [[zero point]]. Though First Aid only asked for a medical bay, Megatron, having gained skills as a medic, quickly healed the Autobot. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

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After Rodimus' group reunited with the others, and revealed that Rung was the true Primus, the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] announced that Rung should make duplicates of the Matrix of Leadership to exploit [[Rossum's Trinity]] on the false Primus. Since this plan would kill all the innocents on Cybertron, the group began brainstorming an alternative, First Aid chiming in that exploiting the [[Hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spots]] would be akin to exploiting a nervous system. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Sacrificially, Rung produced twelve Matrices, one for each hot spot. Given one and escorted by [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]], First Aid was sent to open it at the [[Pious Pools]], managing to do so after being rallied by Rodimus. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark among Embers}}

New Cybertron, as it came to be known, was soon visited by Prowl, who decided to decommission the ''Lost Light'' so its quantum engines could be used to double the planet's energon reserves but allowed the crew the luxury of a victory lap. Before jumping back home, however, the crew decided to recreate the quantum explosion that marked the beginning of their voyage in the hopes that they could once again duplicate themselves, so that their adventures would never end. Although the crew of the ''Lost Light'' would never truly know if their experiment worked, their duplicates did indeed materialize in an alternate universe, eager to continue their adventures.

In the primary universe, First Aid listened to Ultra Magnus's celebratory toast before the ship was torn apart, later going off with Brainstorm but promising to keep in touch with [[Anode]] and [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]]. Centuries later, First Aid attended Ratchet's funeral with his fellow Protectobots, sadly lamenting how he could have prevented the his friend's fatal spark burnout had he diagnosed it sooner. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
After being injured in a fight while protecting humans, First Aid doubted his effectiveness in combat. [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] tried to cheer him up by insisting on how valuable First Aid was to the Protectobots. Sure enough, First Aid soon had the opportunity to lead the Protectobots in a search for [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s stolen transforming cog. In the aftermath of a battle between [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and Defensor, First Aid remained true to himself by even treating the injured [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}

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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
{{note|There are two different microcontinuities in ancillary Combiner Wars fiction that involve First Aid. For the one that broadly aligns with the Marvel Generation 2 comic, see [[#PWTG2|above]].}}
First Aid was a neutral medic for a significant portion of the four-million-year war – running his own clinic, he saw to a great number of wounded individuals until the emotional wear got to him. Motivated to end the violence once and for all, he chose to enlist as an Autobot and subsequently became a [[Protectobot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Protectobot]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot First Aid's bio}}

Upon arriving on Earth,{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Blades' bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Streetwise's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot First Aid's bio}} the protection of humanity - not just from Cybertronian threats, but from ''all'' sources of danger - {{storylink|Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Protectobot Hot Spot's bio}} became the Protectobots' highest priority. {{storylink|Medix (G1)#Toys|Customization class Medix bio}}

When [[Rook (CW)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Rook]] graduated from the [[Cybertronian Military Academy]] and joined the Protectobots, he built a complementary relationship with First Aid. The new member's hydraulic claw and heavy armor made him a good fit to rescue wounded Autobots from the front lines, while the once-neutral medic was well-suited to repair them once they'd been taken to safety. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Rook's bio}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
First Aid was presumably present as part of Defensor during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]] in [[Primax 096.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Following the example of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], First Aid and the rest of the Protectobots downsized into [[Micromaster]]s in order to conserve fuel on an energy-starved post-[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] Cybertron.

After a break-in into the [[Forever Vaults]] left one of its guards, [[Cop-Tur (G1)|Cop-Tur]], injured but alive, he was placed under the care of First Aid and [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] in [[Micropolis]]. Cop-Tur's condition baffled both doctors, as unbeknownst to them, he had been infected by the [[G-Virus]]: an artificial plague that would replicate the process that had turned [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Either Fixit or First Aid was blasted by [[Galvatron (BW)|their patient]] after he had undergone his transformation. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
First Aid was among the Autobot troops who bore witness to a pivotal duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, one meant to end the war before the never-ending arms race between the two factions spiralled further out of control. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
At some point, First Aid posed in a group photo with many Cybertronians, including [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. {{storylink|Open Comms}}

==Commercial appearances==
*First Aid and the rest of the Protectobots rushed the Decepticon fortress [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], undaunted by its enormous size. When Trypticon assumed its battle station mode, the Protectobots merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to better fight back. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
*First Aid and the Protectobots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Protectobots combined into Defensor to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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First Aid participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character available as reward in the "Defensor Safeguard" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:First-Aid-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|300px| The Poor man's Ratchet.]]

Highly empathetic, First Aid really feels for those he treats, and so works tirelessly to repair the seemingly endless damage caused by war.
That laudable character trait makes First Aid slightly reticent in battle - as he hesitates to inflict that kind of pain on others.
But he knows that in the end if the Autobots don't fight - and win - the hurting will never stop for anyone, and so he struggles on. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|First Aid Bio}}

First Aid volunteered to head to Project Nova research site and check its status. He reported that everything was calm, but then he spotted Spectro sneaking through the back door of the facility. Not waiting for backup, he went after him to investigate. [[Reflector (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Reflector]] was running toward him and shoved him aside, and First Aid also proceeded to evacuate when he heard a noise, and his transmission was severed. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Project Supernova}}

With First Aid missing, Optimus gave [[Smokescreen (G1)#Transformers Earth Wars|Smokescreen]], who was also at the research site, the task to find him. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Bit of a Longshot}}

First Aid reestablished commmunications, but he was in circuit shock, leaking lubricants, and exposed to the Nova Core's exotic particles. He harnessed his medi-bots to shield him so he could repair himself faster. Optimus also told him to keep his head low while Smokescreen was in battle with Brake-Neck. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Battle Hardened}}

Fully repaired, he helped in the evacuation and protection of the humans from the site, but couldn't let them out of his sight while Brake-Neck was around. He sent his two medi-bots to secure the Nova Core. As they were making their way back, Reflector yanked it from their grasps and took the core for themselves, but Spyglass accidentally dropped the core into water. First Aid convinced the trio to help him shield the core or else everyone would die. Afterwards, he headed out with Smokescreen. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events| Big Bang!}}

When First Aid arrived, Hot Spot was glad to see another Protectobot on Earth. Ratchet and Wheeljack also affirmed their medical assistance. Just then Wheeljack's unstable plasma caster exploded, which Bumblebee thought was a Decepticon diversion. First Aid told him not to worry and lead him to the lab.

At some point Bumblebee asked about First Aid's red medi-bots. He explained his Shield Drones were Build Bots he found in an abandoned base, and refitted with shielding tech and reprogrammed to prevent Autobots from being hurt in the first place. That said, he resumed Bumblebee's dentist appointment, with Hot Spot next.

First Aid was fixing a part in a struggling patient when Ratchet reminded him he could turn his Energon mixer off before fixing it, but First Aid considered it cruel. They turned their attention to another patient in stasis mode who had sustained beam laser damage and mortar shrapnel. Ratchet stated the vulgar reality of war stripped of pomp and ceremony, but First Aid was optimistic; where there's life, there's hope.

*'''Class:''' Medic
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' First Aid uses a medi-gun that shoots out health bombs, instead of one continuous stream. His Medibots both use healing beams and provide 40-45% resistant shields.
*'''Ability: Deploy Medibots''' - Deploys 2 Medibots, each with an ability to shield friendly bots blocking 40/45% of incoming damage.
**'''Cost''': 4 ability points +2 cost increase.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:first-aid First Aid at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
First Aid was the Protectobot medic. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1toy FirstAid.jpg|thumb|“These weapons are, uh, tools for healing! Promise!”|upright=1.67]]
*'''First Aid''' (Protectobot, [[1986]][[1987|–87]], [[1992]])
**''Team ID number'': '''P4'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-75'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Photon pistol]]", "dual-barrelled [[decrystallizer cannon]]", cannon connector

:First Aid transforms into a Datsun Vanette C120 ambulance (distinguishable from the Nissan version by its twin headlamps), model year 1980 or later. As a small, simple toy, there are some significant compromises in the appearance of the vehicle to facilitate transformation, such as the rather visible hinge joints for the front end and the big gap in the back of the ambulance to facilitate his knee joint. In [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], First Aid can be equipped with his large decrystallizer cannon via a connector piece that plugs into the 5mm peg hole on his rear, while in [[robot mode]], he is armed with a small photon pistol. The card instructions for this toy incorrectly show Groove's photon pistol instead of First Aid's weapon. Similarly, Streetwise's connector is shown instead of the connector for First Aid's decrystallizer cannon.

:First Aid combines with his fellow Protectobots to form Defensor, taking the nominal position of left arm. As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style robot, however, he can form any limb for the robot, and can interact with all other combiner teams built with the same design.

:The initial release of First Aid had a [[die-cast]] metal chest, but like several other 1986 toys, later releases replaced this with red plastic. In 1987, he came packaged with a random Autobot [[Decoy]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed as [[Safety]] from the [[Guard City]] giftset in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|''Operation Combination'' toyline]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/FirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on First Aid at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Defensor}}
[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Defensor''' (giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-76'''
**''Accessories:'' Photon pistol, dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon, cannon connector

:All five Protectobots were made available in many markets as a complete [[giftset]] as well as on individual cards/boxes. It is unknown which versions of the toys are in the multipack, metal parts or plastic.

: In 1988, [[GiG]] also re-released the Defensor set in [[Italy]], with five random "Exogini Transformers" ([[Decoy]]s) added.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Defensor/defensor.htm More information on Defensor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy_Classics_FirstAid.JPG|thumb]]
*'''First Aid''' ([[1991]])
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", "dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon", cannon connector
:First Aid and the other Protectobots were re-released in 1991 as part of the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|They didn't change me much.]]
*'''First Aid''' (Protectobot, unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P2'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", "dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon", cannon connector
:The Protectobots were to be released as part of the second wave of combiners in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''. However, this entire wave was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons. First Aid was to be off-white with seafoam-green robot chest, [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|swirly metallic gold]] robot parts and a different rescue/ambulance deco. Vanishingly few samples—less than a dozen—of this item made their way outside [[Hasbro]], including some on-card samples, which give him the unit number "P2".
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''First Aid''' (Micromaster Protectobot, [[2004]])
**''Accessories'': Defensor right foot
{{note|The ''Universe'' [[First Aid (Universe)#Universe (2003)|First Aid]] toy was utilized as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of First Aid.}}

:An [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores, First Aid is mostly-identical to the ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster]]'' version of [[Sireen#Micromaster 2|Sireen]], transforming into an ambulance of undetermined model. The only difference between the two is that First Aid has gray-plastic thighs whereas Sireen has black. He can also form any other part of the combined Defensor robot, but he's extremely awkward at best as anything other than a leg; his normal placement is as the right leg.

:The toy's larger connector socket is approximately 5mm wide, making First Aid compatible with [[Powerlinx]] ports.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/MMFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on First Aid at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[Image:BotShots FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|First Aid? More like [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Ratchet]].]]
*'''Protectobots''' (Multi-pack, 2013?)
**''Number'': '''T0??'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}
***''Fist strength'':
***''Blaster strength'': '''487'''
***''Sword strength'':
:A redeco of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Autobot Ratchet]], "Protectobot First Aid" automatically transforms from emergency-response SUV to robot when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was to be sold in a five-pack with [[Hot Spot (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Hot Spot]], [[Blades (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Blades]], [[Groove (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Groove]] and [[Streetwise (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Streetsmart]], but this never saw release.

:Many of his parts originally came from [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Ironhide]] and were also used for [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)#Bot Shots|Super Bot Dirt Boss]], [[Hound (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Blitz Shot Autobot Hound]] and [[Swindle (G1)#Bot Shots|Swindle]].

{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Kre-O''===
[[FIle:KreO-Toy First Aid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|First Aid superior, Protectobots inferior.]]
*'''Defensor''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, [[2013]])
**''Set number'': '''A4474'''
**''Pieces'': '''85'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:First Aid comes as part of the Defensor [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set alongside [[Blades (G1)#Kre-O|Blades]], [[Hot Spot (G1)#Kre-O|Hot Spot]], and [[Streetwise (G1)#Kre-O|Streetsmart]], and can be rebuilt from his robot mode into an ambulance. He can also contribute his bricks to form Defensor. His helmet was originally created for [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Soundwave]] (can you tell?) and his gun used to be [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-OFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on First Aid at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2014)===
[[File:ProtectobotsEmergencyResponse-FirstAid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|You better snap this one up, 'cuz they're definitely not gonna make a real First Aid any time... uh...]]
*'''Protectobots Emergency Response''' (Three-pack, [[2014]])
:''[[Transformers (2014 toyline)|Transformers]]'' "Protectobot First Aid" is a minor redeco of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class [[Ratchet (WFC)#Prime|Autobot Ratchet]], with altered paint applications (now predominantly blue) and a lighter shade of gray plastic. He also has a "dramatic head reveal" [[gimmick]], with his [[robot mode]] head being spring-loaded to pop up once his "backpack" is pulled down. He features [[5 mm post|5 mm peg-holes]] for his hands, a pair on his front bumpers/shins, and a pair on his vehicle roof.

:First Aid also comes with a pair of battle blades that can mount/be held via 5mm post, and his hands can be swung down at the wrist to give the appearance of the blades sprouting out of his wrists. The blades can mount into the peg-holes on his front bumper, creating a battle mode, and the blades can store on tabs underneath his vehicle.

:First Aid is only available in three-pack with [[Streetwise (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Streetsmart]] and [[Groove (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Groove]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.

:This mold was retooled into [[BotCon 2014]] [[Cannonball (G1)#Timelines|Cannonball]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/AKDFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on 2014 First Aid at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:Generationstoy-FirstAid.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|...any time soon. ''Huh.'']]
*'''Protectobot First Aid''' (Deluxe Class, [[2015]])
**'''4 of 5: [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'''
**Accessories: Axe, double-barrelled gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline imprint of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'', First Aid is an extensive retool of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Decepticon Offroad]]. He transforms into either an {{w|Advanced life support|Advanced Life Support (ALS) vehicle}} that most closely resembles a Terrier LT-79, or a limb for any combiner in the same subline or any ''Unite Warriors'' Voyager class figure or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, although he officially forms the right leg of [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]]. He has a tab on the roof of his vehicle mode that fits into a slot on his fist/foot accessory, allowing it to serve as a gun. He is the only Deluxe Class Protectobot whose instructions actually show him using the gun in this manner. While the front hood/windshields are needed to be folded as kneecaps for his leg mode, the piece also had a tendency to dislodge if he collides to Hot Spot's (or his redecoes/retools) protruding foot while the legs are being swiveled in his standing position, unless the leg joints are bent down to lessen the problem.

:First Aid comes with a copy of "''Combiner Wars'' #12" (actually [[Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|''The Transformers'' #36]]). In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, the comic is omitted and replaced with a collector card featuring the figure's [[package art]].

:As a part of the third and fourth wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, First Aid was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/28/transformers-combiner-wars-sticker-sheet-for-wave-3-and-4-figures-300471 Protectobot and Optimus Maximus sticker promotion on TFW2005]</ref>

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|TFSS]] [[Ruckus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Grabuge]] and ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Breakdown (WFC)#Unite Warriors 2|Zombie War Breakdown]], and was differently retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Ironhide]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Trailbreaker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWFirstAid/firstaid.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' First Aid at TFU.info]''
{{CWOffroadMold}}
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW03-First-Aid.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So ehm...what is the axe for ?]]
*'''Guardian''' (giftset, [[December 12]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-03'''
**''English name:'' '''Defensor'''
**''Accessories:'' Axe, double-barrelled gun/fist/foot

:Takara's iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Defensor is sold in a gift set including the five original Protectobots, with Groove (as a new Deluxe-sized mold) included instead of [[Rook (CW)#Toys|Rook]]. First Aid features deco changes that evoke his original toy, such as a triangle symbol and thin red stripe alongside his vehicle mode side and an Autobot insignia on his left foot, and a painted rear window absent on the Hasbro release.

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Guardian was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, rather than as a regular release. Preorders were open from May 25 to July 6, and it was shipped in December 2015.
{{CWOffroadMold}}

==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
[[File:G1merch tfgum firstaid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Groove and First Aid''' (1987)
**''Accessories'': Photon pistol, dual-barrelled decrystallizer cannon

:Released in the fourth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, this incarnation of First Aid is a snap-together model kit constructed of white, red and black plastic. Available only in a two-pack with Groove (and a stick of gum), First Aid has no paint applications, but features some stickers for decoration. He retains all the features and functionality of his larger toy, and combines with the other ''Transformers Gum'' Protectobots, all available in the same wave, to form Defensor.

::*''[http://bowbowdaijin.blog96.fc2.com/blog-entry-13.html More information on Transformers Gum First Aid at a Japanese fan blog]''
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===G Guardian===
[[File:GGuardian firstaid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''First Aid''' (Candy toy, [[2012]])
**''ID number:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' Photon pistol
:First Aid is a snap-together candy toy model kit produced by Kabaya for their ''[[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]]'' series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. Made up of red and white plastic with ''lots'' of stickers for detail, he can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]], able to become either an arm or a leg for the super-robot in the style of his Generation 1 figure. Similarly, he can also combine in the traditional manner with ''G Guardian'' Groove, Streetwise & Blades and Kabaya's 2012 ''Transformers Gum'' Hot Spot to form Defensor. ''G Guardian'' [[Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather]] attach to Defensor to create [[God Guardian]].

:Like most of his ''G Guardian'' teammates, First Aid manages to avoid the [[Partformer|partforming]] that's commonly associated with Kabaya kits, being able to fully transform from robot to ambulance and back without requiring any disassembly.
::*''[http://d.hatena.ne.jp/nagano07/20120420/1334943000 More information on the G Guardian Protectobots at a Japanese blog]''
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], First Aid, [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (with ''his'' components [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#71|Translation of Defensor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
*First Aid is often characterized broadly in the fandom as a pacifist, but this attribute was only demonstrated in [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]—his fellow Protectobot [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] was indicated to be the pacifist Protectobot in the original Tech Spec profiles. In First Aid's other appearances, he seems to have little problem fighting his enemies. His [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]] profile attempts to reconcile these characterizations by stating that he agrees with Groove's pacifism but has overcome his reluctance to fight.
*Although the Protectobots in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]] are assumed to have been built on Earth (explicitly so in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]]), his advice in "[[Afterdeath!]]" to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|death]] sounds like words of experience.
*In the Italian dub, First Aid speaks with a cadence resembling an ambulance siren.
*For First Aid's [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW continuity]] debut in [[Life After the Big Bang|''More than Meets the Eye'' #4]], [[Alex Milne]] somewhat merged First Aid's toy and cartoon designs.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=first aid was a lot of fun to design. i was looking over his toy and cartoon models as a base for his look here, but i was also came up with some differences to match his personality for this story. i wanted him to be very slender. i felt he wouldn't be the heavy combat type, but more the thinker. at times he had to look a bit timid due to things which were going on in the story and with his character, so that played into my design. overall i like what i came up with.|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20120513124218/http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/mtmte-designs-3764/|name=Alex Milne|site=Full Metal Hero|year=2012|month=05|day=08}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''First Aid''' (ファーストエイド ''Fāsuto Eido'')
*''French:'' '''Ambulo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Sirena'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jíjiùyuán''' (急救员, "First Responder")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Primeiro Socorro''' (Portugal Comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Verstak''' (Верстак, "Joiner's Bench"), '''Sanitar''' (Санитар, "Male Nurse")
*''Polish:'' '''Pierwsza Pomoc''' (TM Semic Comic, "First Aid")
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
G2FirstAidArt.jpg|Unused ''Generation 2'' packaging art
File:Dreamwave-The War Within-Blades First Aid-Figueroa.jpg|Dreamwave ''The War Within'' Cybertronian design
File:First Aid-Alex Milne-MtMtE.jpg|IDW robot mode concept art
File:CW First Aid.jpg
File:EW-skin-First Aid-G2.jpg|''Earth Wars'' ''Generation 2''-themed skin
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Protectobots]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

Deceptigod

2025-07-11T11:45:12Z

Sky Shadow: /* Fiction */ Mirror AVP Galvatronus to this page.

:''The Deceptigod is a [[combiner]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Deceptigod Chaos part3 Kings.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|The new [[IDW]] Deceptigod, now containing a negligible amount of actual Decepticons!]]
An extension of the [[D-Void]]'s will, the so-called '''"Deceptigod"''' is a monstrous, gigantic creature formed from the combined bodies of dozens of [[Decepticon]]s and innumerable [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. It only appears capable of simple notions... like "DESTROY!"

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
At the height of conflict with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s forces on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces and Galvatron's Sweeps suddenly became entranced by the D-Void and abruptly ceased conflict. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} By manipulating a mysterious energy found naturally on Cybertron, {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} the D-Void forced the legions of warriors to combine, with the end result being the monstrosity known only as the Deceptigod. Megatron's iron will and the unity of the Decepticon cause worked against them in this instance, as the D-Void manipulated that unity as a trigger for the massive combination. Only Megatron's self-determination and Shockwave's emotionless autonomy kept them from joining the merger. {{storylink|Shockpoint}}

The Deceptigod advanced on the Autobot position and destroyed [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s rocket section with a single swipe of its massive arm. More resistant to the phenomenon that had enslaved his troops, Megatron vowed to hold the creature off while [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] attempted to halt Galvatron's plans. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Megatron did indeed hold the line against the colossus, withstanding the attempts of the D-Void to overcome his will and striking back against the entity. The Deceptigod apparently lost cohesion after being hit with a massive blast of energy from Megatron. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

Megatron would later learn the nature of the Deceptigod's creation, and used the [[Space bridge|unusual]] [[Ore-13|properties]] of his recently upgraded body to tap the same energy for his own purposes. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Pulled from a [[Dead Universe]] by [[Violengiguar|Bio Ranger Iga]], [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]] was appointed the leader of the [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals]], where he was the "Deceptigod Emperor General". {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/27}}

==Notes==
*"Deceptigod" is really more of a silly-fun production name for this creature, used in the solicitations for issue #28 and mentioned again in a September 2011 IDW press conference. It was never referred to by any name in the comic issues themselves, though [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] would later refer to it after the fact as the "all-who-are-one."
*The concept was invented by either [[Dan Abnett]] or [[Andy Lanning]].<ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/webpage/the-underbase-reviews-ongoing-31 Moonbase 2 interview with Mike Costa ("Special Guest")]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]

Firestormer

2025-07-11T11:36:57Z

Sky Shadow: /* Of Masters and Mayhem */ Match Inferno Combiner page re the reason for Project Firestormer

{{faction|autobotg2|autobot}}
:''The Firestormers are an irritation from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:WarWithoutEnd-Firestormers.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|These are the good guys! 'Cuz it's the Nineties.]]
Ain't it annoying? You go through all the trouble of conquering star systems, wiping out their inhabitants, and [[cyberforming]] their planets, but then these friggin' '''Firestormers''' show up outta nowhere and ruin everything. It's such a pain.

If that ain't bad enough, sometimes they go by the excessively long name '''Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce'''. ''Sheesh, what a mouthful''.

The Firestormers are:

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*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (possibly)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (possibly)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (possibly)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (possibly)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (possibly)
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] (leader)
*[[Hound (G1)#TransTech|Sergeant Hound]] (reconnaissance)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (operations specialist)
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*[[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] (Ground Command Recon /Intelligence Sergeant)
*[[Sideswipe (G2)|Covert Clone Sideswipe]] (Ground Command Special Ops Private)
*[[Trenchfoot]] (Ground Command Artillery Private)
|}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[File:Blades1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|They'll shoot you in the back while you're upside-down!]]
If you don't like Firestormers, then you don't want to be in the [[Outpost B-67 exo-structuring party]] on [[Nexus Seven]]. Though if you were, you're probably too dead to read this article. {{storylink|War Without End!}} [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] didn't like them either, but he liked them even less when they weren't around. Because if they weren't attacking his troops, he couldn't tell what they were up to. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]], [[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]], [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] fought as the newly-reconstituted Firestormer Squadron during the final battle of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]], which concluded in an Autobot victory, though Optimus and Hound were blown into [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] by a massive explosion. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime's profile card}} {{storylink|Hound (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sgt. Hound's profile card}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
In post-Great War [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], the Firestormers were one of many criminal organizations which purchased the services of [[Hotwire (G1)|Hotwire]]. The [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] knew them to be led by [[Ptero]]. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}} Their [[Electronic paint job|e-paint]] tags covered a number of dingy bars in Iacon. {{storylink|Identity Politics}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
'''Project: Firestormer''' was a program to create [[Inferno Combiner|a new Combiner]] after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went missing. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] wanted [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to join them in the initiative, but Bluestreak did not like the idea of becoming part of a Combiner. Ultimately, Project: Firestormer was never completed, presumably due to [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:Siege-Autobot-Alphastrike-Counterforce-box-art.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
At some point during the war for Cybertron, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] was used as a template for a clone to be built for covert operations. [[Sideswipe (G2)|Covert Clone Sideswipe]] was made a member of the '''Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce''', alongside [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] and [[Trenchfoot]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege#Exclusives|Final Strike Figure Series marketing material}}<ref name=Amazon>[https://www.amazon.com.au/TRANSFORMERS-Generations-War-Cybertron-Siege/dp/B07NZ7W14Z Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce on Amazon Australia]</ref>

After [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] scouted out the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] for a place to set up a possible safe zone, the Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce made themselves at home inside an [[Underground Safe Zone|underground base]] on the outer edge of the Sea of Rust that shielded them from the toxic atmosphere. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}} While there, Alphastrike analyzed the [[Phantomstrike Squadron|Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron]]'s attack patterns to anticipate their next strike on key Autobot positions. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege#Exclusives|Final Strike Figure Series marketing material}}<ref name=Amazon/>

While the Phantomstrike Squadron was positioned at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], south-east of Alphastrike's position,<ref>[[:File:WFC-Siege-CybertronMap.jpeg|Map of Cybertron released as part of the online ''Siege'' bonus content.]]</ref> [[Greenlight]]—who had been tracking the Phantomstrike Squadron from her drop point in a nearby deserted Decepticon zone—attempted to transmit the all-clear for the attack to commence, but her transmission was discovered by the Phantomstrike Squadron who corrupted its signal. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] attempted to retrieve the full transmission from the Decepticons to gather the location data needed to assess the threat. Following this, a battle ensued between both strike teams. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}
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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:WFC-Siege-Firestormers-Pack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce''' (multi-pack, [[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-S26'''
**''Hidden message code'': '''GRANDRAIN'''

:The ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' "Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce" pack includes a redecoed version of ''Siege'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#S26|Sideswipe]] in his [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 2|his ''Generation 2'']] color scheme called "[[Sideswipe (G2)|Covert Clone Sideswipe]]", a head-retool of ''Siege'' [[Flywheels#War for Cybertron: Siege|Skytread]] as [[Slamdance (G1)#Generations|Slamdance]], and [[Trenchfoot#Generations|Trenchfoot]], a [[Battle Master]] redecoed from [[Caliburst_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|Caliburst]]. This set is paired up with the "Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron".

:A preliminary name for this pack was "Firestormer Battle Pack", which showed up in several online listings, and also on Hasbro shipping cases for the set. The set was an [[Amazon]] exclusive in North America, which also label the set as "Final Strike Figure Series: Part 1." In Europe, it was ''supposed'' to be an Amazon exclusive as well, but was unfortunately never stocked.

:The package art forms a complete mural with that of the [[Phantomstrike Squadron|Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron]].
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==Notes==
*Within the narrative of the ''Generation 2'' comic, it's unsure what exactly a "Firestormer" is. Only [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] use the term, and it might just be their catch-all terminology for folks who show up in [[Hub (G2)|their conquered land]], shoot up all [[Cybertronian (faction)|their guys]] and mess up all [[cyberforming|their hard work]]. Jhiaxus also once mentioned "'''Blitzgangs'''" in the same breath as the Firestormers, but they're never mentioned again.
*Since Rook only notes four Firestormers, it's uncertain whether the Dinobots count amongst the Firestormers' ranks: maybe they don't, or maybe he's just telling the story sequentially and hasn't gotten around to mentioning the subsequent five additional Firestormers.
*All of the guys on the team are known sociopaths or seasoned warriors, except Hound. What the heck is he doing there? (Answer: Being the obligatory member to tell everyone that they're being too brutal.)
*General Optimus Prime's profile card says that he leads the '''Firestorm''er'' Squadron''', but his profile in the Diamond Edition of "[[Cybertron's Most Wanted]]" calls it the '''Autobot Firestorm Squadron'''.
*The characters involved in Project: Firestormer use ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs. [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ratchet]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Bluestreak]] were produced by [[Fun Publications]] as toys while [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generations|Inferno]] was eventually released in the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' line. Meanwhile Hoist is a "virtual retool" of [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] (utilizing an unused pretooled head) while Sideswipe is a straight "virtual redeco" of [[Breakdown (G1)#Generations|Breakdown]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising subgroups]]
[[Category:Criminal organizations]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege subgroups]]

Starscream (G1)

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Starscreamg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle.]]
'''Starscream''' is the treacherous Decepticon [[Air Commander]] and the deadliest of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. The self-proclaimed pride of the [[Cybertron War Academy]], he's famous not only for his incredible skill, but also for his limitless (and troublesome) ambition. Starscream believes that he is more suited for command than [[Decepticon leader]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], his motive depending on the universe, from simply wanting the title to stroke his ego to having genuine (and often completely-valid) concerns with how Megatron is running things.

Thankfully for Megatron, Starscream's mutinous, power-grabbing plots are almost always transparent, and he can never muster up enough patience to complete a grandiose power play. Even on the few times he has taken command of the Decepticons, he quickly loses control of a situation, but is too arrogant to realize when he's in over his head. He never learns from his mistakes... but then again, Megatron doesn't either, seeing as how he's never turned Starscream into [[Slag (slang)|slag]]. Despite his constant failures, Starscream believes it is only a matter of time before he prevails—his destiny is inevitable.

Starscream's never-give-up attitude extends even to the afterlife: unlike most Transformers, he has a mutant, indestructible [[spark]]. His life-force cannot be destroyed and can persist even without a body to contain it. However, there is no indication that Starscream (or anybody else) was aware of this fact prior to his destruction.

Don't give him the secret of [[Combiner|combination]]; that's [[Starscream's Brigade|usually]] [[Combiner Wars (event)|really]] [[Speed Masters|bad]] [[Starscream Combiner|news]]. The only way it doesn't collapse into complete chaos is if [[Grand Galvatron#Unite Warriors|somebody else]] is keeping him in line.

{{bigquote|''Why?'' That's what they ''all'' asked me. Why him... why ''Starscream''? Why, of all the Decepticons, did I decide to revitalize the one whose record of deceit and betrayal is ''legend''? Because I'm an ''idiot'', that's why!|Megatron on Starscream|"[[Total War!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:ClubCon flyme.jpg|left|thumb|Quickly! To the traitor-mobile!]]
{{Main|Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
Formally the political figurehead of the city-state of [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], Starscream sat ill in his position in the Decepticon ranks, but never posed a real threat to [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in their early days, delivering only the occasional snipe or criticism that the Decepticon leader would be quick to put down with a show of force. Deactivated following a battle with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], Starscream spent several years in stasis, but once reactivated, he quickly ingratiated himself with the new Decepticon leader [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and through information gained from him was able to obtain the cosmic power of the [[Underbase]]. After going on a legendary rampage across Earth and slaying dozens of Transformers, Starscream himself was destroyed by the Underbase's unstoppable energies, but his corpse was recovered and brought back to life by Megatron as a mindless [[Pretender]]. Regaining his faculties thanks to [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]]'s sabotage, Starscream joined [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticon cell on Earth, but his new powers led him to be feared and hated by his fellow Decepticons, even more than usual, and he proceeded to break away and help [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] start a [[Decepticon Civil War]]. Teleported to Cybertron to face the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], Starscream fled the planet aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and was knocked offline again when it crashed to [[Earth]] for a second time. Years later, Megatron defied common sense by once more reactivating him to join in his attempt to retake command of the Decepticons, and unsurprisingly, Starscream betrayed Megatron to [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] in order to briefly gain control of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. The scamp!
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Tud3 starscream smirkiest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"So if I beat [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|you]], will I become the chief Decepticon?"
"More people have said that and were sent offline than there are Energon decay products."]]
{{main|Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
{{quote|He never knows when to quit.|Dead End|"[[Starscream's Brigade]]"}}

A former scientist who joined the Decepticons with gusto after the loss of his friend [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], Starscream quickly decided that [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s leadership was old and outdated, and that he was the one who should be in charge. Cue nine million years of backstabbing, treachery, cowardice, coups and general disobedience, which continued when the war moved from Cybertron to Earth. In fact, it was Starscream's refusal to listen to Megatron that kept the war going, when a petty parting blast that he delivered to the Autobot's crashed starship jostled the body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] into the path of [[Teletraan I]]'s restoration beam. Starscream's scheming was a constant throughout the Earth conflict, and it culminated in his expulsion from the Decepticon ranks, following which he created the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to serve as his personal army, only to have them turn on him, forcing him to rejoin Megatron's ranks.

Even in death, Starscream was unstoppable. Following Megatron's climactic battle with Optimus Prime in [[2005]], Starscream set his commander's battered body adrift in space and promptly appointed himself the new Decepticon leader. In the midst of a grandiose coronation ceremony, however, Megatron returned, recreated as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] by the power of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], and promptly blasted Starscream to ashes. Surprisingly, Starscream's lifeforce persisted as a [[ghost]], which continued to bedevil the Transformers, even across the gulf of time.
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Catching the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] flying on route from the Antarctic towards the Autobots’ headquarters, Starscream and the rest of the Decepticon superjets attacked them in mid-air. After damaging [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], Starscream and the rest of the Decepticons broke off their attack. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Starscream and the other Decepticon jets took part in a series of hit-and-run attacks on Autobot superjet forces around the Pacific Rim to draw attention away from their operations on the island of [[Buru]]. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}

===Deadly Paradise===
[[File:DeadlyParadise Windcharger kills Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sy-Yjk-jtg YOU. SHOULD HAVE LET ME SLEEP!!]"]]
Starscream was stationed on [[Carob Island]], where the Decepticons had set up a mining and construction operation. Using a rare ore from the island, the Decepticons were building duplicate Autobots loyal only to Megatron. When a squad of captured Autobots escaped from their force cages, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and Starscream attempted to subdue them. Starscream was killed when [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] used his magnetic powers to pulverize Starscream's head into scrap. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
Starscream participated in a Decepticon assault on the Autobots, only to be once more beaten back. Under Megatron's orders, the Decepticons then lay low for several days, lulling the Autobots into a false sense of security. The Decepticons then stole the entirety of the Autobots’ fuel supply and attacked them once more. But Optimus, having anticipated a trick on the Decepticons’ part, arrived at the battlefield with a new supply of fuel for his troops. After sustaining too much damage, the Decepticons were forced to retreat once again. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons}}

Starscream attacked an Autobot construction site that Optimus and his troops were using to fix up a spaceship. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron (sticker book)|Return to Cybertron}}

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Starscream was one of Megatron's most vicious fighters. He was involved in Megatron's scheme to take over the Earth by holding millions of humans hostage. When Megatron feigned a friendly demeanor after the Autobots had invaded the Decepticon base, Starscream stood by his leader's side. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Starscream loved to follow Megatron's orders. (!) {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}} Megatron considered Starscream to be one of his "secret weapons" alongside Thundercracker. Starscream was in attendance at the Decepticons' latest meeting in their war room. There, Megatron explained his latest scheme; by salvaging sunken treasure in the waters near Alaska, the Decepticons would finance factories that would build a Decepticon army. Starscream and Thundercracker maintained a high altitude above the other Decepticons as they retrieved the treasure. Megatron called upon them when a squad of Autobots attempted to ambush the Decepticons. The Decepticons were ultimately defeated when one of Rumble's earthquakes backfired, and swallowed up all of the Decepticons (yes, even the flying ones...) {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

After Megatron has constructed his own prison for the Autobots, Starscream and the other Decepticons were tasked with rounding their enemies up. He and Thundercracker employed [[Sleep Net]]s to capture Bluestreak and Sideswipe. As the Decepticons incarcerated the Autobots, Starscream expressed concerned that they had missed one; Bumblebee was nowhere to be found. Megatron dismissed Starscream's concerns, stating that Bumblebee was too small to cause any trouble. Then Bumblebee tricked all of the Decepticons in leaving the prison unattended, and freed his comrades. Starscream and Thundercracker were shot out of the sky by Sideswipe and Bluestreak upon the Autobots' escape. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Megatron ordered Starscream to patrol "every inch of the Earth" in order to find a factory suitable for constructing a Decepticon army. Starscream wound up in orbit, and found no factories, only a few communication satellites. Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp then happened upon an "Autobot Factory," and began attacking it. After repeatedly bombing the factory yielded no results, an enraged Megatron led his troops to tare the factory down with their bare hands. As it turns out, the factory had been a hologram all along, and the Decepticons barely avoided tumbling down the hole it concealed when Ravage attacked Mirage, who was projecting the illusion. The Decepticons then battled the Autobots, and Starscream was caught in Huffer's crushing grip. He surrendered to the Autobot immediately. {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}}

Decepticons was one of the many Decepticons who attempted to harm Buster and Sparkplug Witwicky, only to be repelled by the Autobots when the Decepticons began running low on fuel. He later joined his fellow Decepticons on their attack on the Hoover Dam. They were repelled once more by the heroic robots. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Upon spotting a convoy of Autobots moving towards the Decepticons stronghold, Starscream and two other seekers mobilized themselves and attacked them. Huffer attempted to attack Starscream, but the Decepticon air commander was too fast for the land-bound Autobot... That is, until Windcharger stepped in and used his magnetic powers to pull Starscream within easy reach. Starscream and the rest of the Decepticons were forced to abandon their stronghold when the Autobots used their own [[Molecular transfer device]] against them, draining the Decepticons of their fuel in the process. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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The urge to build a Decepticon factory came upon Megatron once more, and he ordered Starscream to clear a forest of its "stupid trees" to make room for one. Coincidently, the Autobots were vacationing in that very same forest, and confronted the Decepticons on their deforestation. Starscream took to the air to better fight against the Autobots, but was driven away by Optimus's Combat Deck. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}} {{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}}}}

Starscream joined Galvatron in a mission to steal oil from [[Oil Valley]]. Once they were in the oil drilling area however, Soundwave informed them that he had detected Autobot activity nearby. Hoping to take their enemies by surprise, Starscream and Dirge took to the air. Starscream and Dirge then encountered the Dinobots and fought against them. Starscream was taken out of the fight when Grimlock grabbed him out of the sky. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Starscream fought the Autobots over possession of it. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Starscream was part of the ambush party that boarded the Ark during the Cretaceous period, which led to Optimus Prime crashing his ship in a volcano and shutting everyone on board offline. When the Decepticons reawakened, they attempted to destroy the Ark, only for its automatic defences to deflect their firepower. The Decepticons then raided a nearby nuclear power to gain the additional power necessary to destroy the Autobots. When the Decepticons returned only to find the Ark deserted, Megatron became suspicious and split his troops into two attack squads. Starscream was part of the second squad, which attacked the Autobots after the first. Starscream delivered the most damage on the Decepticons’ side, short-circuiting Optimus with his null-rays. With the Decepticons running low on fuel once more, they were forced to retreat, vowing that the battle had just begun {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

[[File:DecepticonsCarShow.jpg|thumb|I have no idea what colors I am!]]
Starscream and his fellow Seekers performed a threatening flyby over the Autobots' headquarters in order to distract the heroic robots while the other Decepticons stole a tanker of [[oil]] that would give them the power to rule the world. Thanks to [[Shooting Star]], the Autobots got wise to the Decepticons' tactics and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] blew up the villains by dropping missiles on them. Starscream arrived on the scene to spitefully blow up the [[oil tanker]] so that no one could have it, then he and his fellow airborne Decepticons carried off the remains of their fallen comrades. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

Starscream was part of the battle that resulted when the Autobots came to rescue the mind-controlled [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] from the Decepticons' clutches. When Grapple was freed from the effects of the [[cerebro-shell]] controlling him, he kicked Megatron over on top of Starscream and Skywarp, winning the day. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

At some point in the future, when Galvatron had taken leadership of the Decepticons, Starscream suggested to his leader that he create a city of his own to gather energy, as the Autobots did with their Autobot City. Galvatron decided to go about it in the most circular way possible, by stealing a robot car on display at a car show that night and duplicating its circuitry to create an army of drones to build said city. While investigating the Decepticons' presence at the show, Kup was captured by Starscream. When the Autobots arrived in response, Starscream threatened Kup's life to stay their hands, but luckily, Hot Rod soon saved Kup, and the Decepticons were defeated. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:Starscream ladybird books.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Toy-accurate art makes Starscream ANGRY!]]
A brash and aggressive character, Starscream was constantly running up against the older, smarter Megatron. He once convinced Rumble to help him attack and destroy an Autobot tower (believed to be for communications) against Megatron's orders. In the process, he caused Megatron and the other Decepticons to come get him back. (They arrived ''just'' as he was slagging off Megatron.) Since that tower was actually used for channeling lightning storms into power, the entire Decepticon team was viciously injured by an electric surge due to his disobedience. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Starscream later tried to overthrow Megatron when the commander was off on a mission and requested the other Decepticons rendezvous with him. Starscream's act of rebellion was to blow up the building he thought Megatron was in and declare himself leader. Megatron turned out to be standing behind him, and he gave Starscream a valuable lesson on leadership (i.e., told him how dumb that was whilst punching him). {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Starscream grew frustrated with Megatron constantly testing out new technology instead of implementing it. He complained that if the Decepticons were under his command, they would have already completed the construction of their ship and be on their way back to Cybertron. His argument with Megatron was interrupted when it was discovered that Bumblebee was spying on them. Some time later, Starscream was one of the Decepticons assembling their ion drive when their assembly lab was discovered by the Autobots once more. Starscream was knocked away when Jazz pushed a train cart through the construction site. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

When Megatron was bemoaning the fact that time and again the Autobots had foiled his plans, Starscream pointed out to him that every enemy had a weak spot that could be exploited. Megatron agreed, and posited that the Autobots' human friend was their weakness. Starscream volunteered to exterminate the fleshling, but Megatron tasked Laserbeak with studying mankind instead. Starscream laughed at his leader's decision, declaring that Megatron had grown soft in his old age. Megatron assured his subordinate that he was old because he was ''hard''. During his investigation, Laserbeak was disabled by flying headlong into electrical cables, baffling Starscream over how the humans could have built such a devastating "zero magnetism energy mechanism." He, Soundwave and Megatron headed out to rescue Laserbeak, now "captive" in his cassette form to a human child. Laserbeak escaped on his own and rejoined his teammates, with an angry mob on his trail. Starscream was gung-ho to slaughter the humans en masse, but Megatron had him stay his hand once again. The Decepticons were soon distracted by the Autobots, and due to a series of misunderstandings, came to believe that a windmill was some sort of advanced weapon. They destroyed the windmill, but were buried in its rubble as it collapsed. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] time-travelled to the 20th Century and took command, Starscream served under him. He'd learnt his lesson since the early days, not trying to overthrow his commander ''once''. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}
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===The Special Teams===
Starscream was equipped with an [[Electronic Pulse Gun]]. Starscream participated in a battle against the Autobots in the [[Burma ruby mines]], where he was able to squirrel away a stash of Energon cubes during the confusion.

The Decepticons' war efforts on Earth suffered greatly due to Starscream's self-interest and childish behaviour, despite Megatron's frequent reprimands. He once attempted to assassinate Megatron, but was met with failure. Starscream was sent by Megatron to fetch the Stunticons from Cybertron in order to counter the Aerialbots, but failed to report back after accomplishing his task. While the Stunticons had rejoined the main Decepticon forces, Starscream had taken off towards the Pacific. There, he mulled over his failure to take over the Decepticons. Starscream landed on a remote Pacific island, only to discover several military vehicles in the island's forest. Using his stash of Energon cubes, he transformed these military vehicles into the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. Now ready to implement his latest coup, Starscream came into communication with Megatron, who ordered him to rendez-vous near a human power plant, as the Decepticons were preparing to raid it. Starscream did not meet with Megatron, but instead sent in the Combaticons ahead of himself. As they merged into Bruticus to take on the Autobots gestalts guarding the place, Starscream watched from afar. He ordered Bruticus to concentrate on Defensor, only for the Decepticon gestalt to be subsequently defeated by his opponent. Starscream then began bombarding Defensor with his artillery. The Aerialbots then separated to give chase after Starscream while Defensor took over the fight against Menasor. Outnumbered, Starscream took off. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
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Starscream was annoyed when Megatron called off the attack on the Autobots which he was leading, and instead instructed him to scout out Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]]'s solar plant. So annoyed was Starscream, that when he got to the plant and saw the Autobots there, he attacked them anyway. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] wounded him before an enraged Megatron ordered him to call off the attack, and Starscream and his fellow seekers retired to a location a mile away. Megatron told him off for endangering the solar plant and ordered him to stay there while the other Decepticons went to secure the plant. Partway through the battle, Starscream pointed out to Megatron that the reactor had become too damaged to use, and he should probably retreat. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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Megatron worked out a plan to abduct human air travelers by disguising the jets as commercial airliners. Starscream requested he lead the mission to [[Phoenix International]], and was duly welded into a fake airliner body. When he, Skywarp and Bombshell reached the airport, they found it completely empty, so they headed for the warehouse where the previously obtained hostages were being held, only to find that there was an Autobot welcoming committee waiting for them. Starscream soon discovered that he was welded too securely into the fake airliner body and was unable to transform or use his weapons. The Decepticon squad was forced to retreat. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
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{{quote|You are a born leader, Starscream; Not only handsome, but clever.|Starscream|[[Espionage!!!!!]]}}
Starscream was one of the group of Decepticons who followed the Autobots to [[South America]], and undermined Megatron's leadership whenever possible. The Decepticons attempted to attack the Autobots as the latter were examining [[Mount Sheelah]], only for the volcano to erupt, trapping them with lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} Starscream took part in the kidnapping on [[human]]s for use as slave labor. When [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] stole the Decepticons' [[global crystal]], Starscream pursued him, but failed to locate the Autobot, and the Decepticons were forced to release their slaves. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Flying over the [[Scranner Mountain Range]], Starscream's patrol spotted [[Stanley Lake]] dam, prompting the Decepticons to take it over. Their invasion was again foiled by the Autobots who used the power of the dam against them. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}}

During a meeting of the high-ranked Decepticons, Starscream volunteered to infiltrate the Autobots as a spy. His story about Megatron having a list of Decepticons to bump off after victory was achieved appeared to work, and Starscream was accepted into the Autobot ranks. They even showed him the [[Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System]] they'd developed, which would be hidden on [[Mount Levram]]. After Starscream reported back to the Decepticons by radio, he found himself being placed under the guard—the Autobots hadn't been taken in at all, and when the Decepticons all went to level Mount Levram, the Autobots destroyed their base. Starscream was let go afterwards, but faced a difficult time explaining how he'd been duped. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Peril from the Stars===
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Behind the backs of the other Decepticons, Starscream recruited [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to help him capture the [[Los Palmos observatory]] and its staff [[Jack Richards|Jack]] and [[Sue Richards]] in order to track a weapons pod that had been launched from Cybertron. These weapons woud allow Starscream to defeat the other Transformers and conquer the Earth. It was only thanks to the intervention of the Autobot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (with [[you]]r help) that his plans for global domination were thwarted. {{storylink|Peril from the Stars}}

{{note|As "Peril from the Stars" is a [[multipath adventure]], Starscream's plans are not necessarily thwarted. If you choose the wrong path through the book you and Jazz could end up being killed by Bombshell, and Starscream presumably then goes on to conquer the world.}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
Starscream was one of many Decepticons at a somewhat premature victory bonfire celebration atop [[Mount Lomas]] after four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s had joined their forces, courtesy of Bombshells [[cerebro-shell]]s, and ''reportedly'' crippled the Autobot ranks, assuring the success of Operation Black Coral. Suddenly, their new recruits turned against them, prompting Starscream to fire his laser at [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], which merely bounced the beam straight back and melted his gun. The Autobots emerged victorious that evening, though Starscream's fate is unclear.

Apparently he should have used his cluster-bombs instead, since an alternate path in that same micro-continuity nexus led him to blow [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] to smithereens with just one of them, ensuring Operation Black Coral's success. That's more impressive than it sounds, since Seaspray was a huge destroyer with at least two passengers at the time. Seriously, he was! {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
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Starscream and Blitzwing had been instructed by Megatron to wreak havoc and destroy the humans' wheat and corn farmland. They were meant to let the Autobots overhear that the Decepticons were planning to force the humans into starvation if they did not become Decepticon slaves, their true plan was a much more practical one. The two jets were to lure the Autobots into the open country, where they would have no cover against the flying Decepticons, and thus would be easy pickings.

In one possible sequence of events, Bumblebee happened upon the duo, and was able to take out Blitzwing with a sucker punch. Not having seen Blitzwing being taken out when it happened, Starscream panicked and pleaded for reinforcements over the radio, only to have his bravado returned to him when spotting the lone little Autobot. Laughing at his foe, Starscream dropped a barrage of [[cluster bomb]]s onto Bumblebee before nearly downed himself when the Autobot flung a bail of hay into one of Starscream's engines. At that moment, Starscream's reinforcements arrived in the form of Bombshell, and Bumblebee was forced to retreat.

If Bumblebee attempted to escape through the burning cornfield nearby, Starscream manages to stun him with his null rays, leaving the little Autobot to his mercies.

If Bumblebee fled back to a nearby town, the Autobot would manage to evade Starscream and Bombshell by ducking into a smokescreen emanating from a nearby burning field. Starscream wasn't able to spot Bumblebee hiding in the used-car parking lot nearby, but nonetheless transformed to [[robot mode]] and loudly had a conversation over his radio with Megatron, discussing their "plan" to force the humans into slavery or starvation. His ruse worked, as Bumblebee was within earshot.

In the event that the Autobots never showed up to stop the Decepticons, Starscream continued to burn acres of farmland.

If events unfolded a certain way, the Decepticons would learn that Sparkplug had discovered a fatal flaw in Decepticon circuitry, and Starscream would join the bulk of the Decepticon forces in hunting down the human to a cave in the mountains. At this point, Swoop was able to sneak up on the Decepticons while they were focused on the cave's entrance, and the Dinobot blasted Starscream out of the sky, and sent him crashing into the side of a mountain. Starscream survived the impact and remained with the Decepticon squadron. In one possible turn of events, Optimus and the Autobot cavalry arrived on-scene and forced the Decepticons to flee.

In a completely different possible series of events, Starscream was amongst a vast army of Decepticons that attacked Optimus's small squadron of Autobots, who had been lured into open farmland by Megatron's ploy.

In the event that Optimus separated from his squadron to provide cover fire, Starscream was one of the ten Decepticons who ganged up on the Autobot leader. If Jazz returned to rescue his commanding officer, Starscream was blasted away by a shot of Optimus's [[laser rifle]]. The Autobots managed to get away in the end however.

In many other versions of these events, Starscream was presumably amongst the immense Decepticon forces who managed to destroy the Autobots without much fanfare. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Attack of the Insecticons====
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When Kickback spied Autobot activities in an underground cave and came to know of the Sun-Pak, an energy device created by the Autobots' human ally Sparkplug, he opened communications with Decepticon headquarters to inform Megatron of his findings, only to be answered by Starscream. Convincing the Insecticon to relay his findings to him, Starscream saw the Sun-Pak as an opportunity to take control of the Decepticons from Megatron. Leading a squadron of Decepticons to Kickback's location, Starscream began attacking the Autobots, demanding their surrender lest he and his Decepticons bury the Autobots underneath the crumbling cave's rubble. He was met with different fates depending on how Optimus Prime responded to his threats.

In the event that the Autobots decided to stand their ground and fight, Optimus noted Starscream's difficulty in flying in the small underground cave. This in turn would open two possibilities for the Autobot leader; order his Autobots to concentrate their firepower on Starscream or continue fighting all of the Decepticons Starscream brought into the fray equally.

If Starscream suddenly found himself the sole target of the Autobots' weapons, the Decepticon began to panic, and became unable to relay orders to the troops under his command. Under constant fire, Starscreams began to beg for mercy from his opponents.

If Optimus accepted Starscream's surrender, this only led to Starscream dying at Thundercracker's hand, as Thundercracker derided Starscream for his cowardice, and blasted him to death. If, however, Optimus continued to attack Starscream despite his pleas, Starscream owed his survival to Thundercracker's action, as a sonic boom from his subordinate allowed Starscream the opening to kidnap Sparkplug, and order a retreat from his Decepticons, all the while gloating that he would take control of the Decepticons for himself. Hiding out in a plane museum while in his [[alternate mode]], Starscream awaited the cover of night to attempt coercing Sparkplug into building a Sun-Pak for the Decepticons. Calling on Bombshell, Starscream informed the human that he would build the energy device either of his own volition, or thanks to the mind-controlling abilities of Bombshell's Cerebro-Shells.

In the event that Blaster and Buster, who had tracked down Starscream unbeknownst to him, had traded to Megatron an audio-clip of Starscream's gloats, revealing Starscream's plan to overthrow his leader, Megatron arrived on scene and berated the seeker for his clandestine activities. Starscream attempts to lie his way out of the situation, explaining that he only ever planned to use the Sun-Pak to benefit Megatron himself. Bombshell does not corroborate Starscream's story, leaving Megatron to give Starscream an ultimatum; either face the full force of the Decepticon army by himself, or return to Decepticon headquarters for reprogramming. Starscream chooses the later.

If Blaster and Buster did not complete an agreement with Megatron, the Decepticon leader arrives on-scene nonetheless, but allows Starscream to go through with his plan of mind-controlling Sparkplug. All of his machinations are for nought, however, as the Cerebro-Shell inadvertently damages Sparkplug's memory, making it impossible for him to produce the device for the Decepticons.

If Buster, Blaster and Bumblebee formulate a plan together to snatch Sparkplug from the Decepticons' clutches, it is Starscream himself who falls prey to the Cerebro-Shell. Hit by Blaster's Electro-Scrambler, Bombshell misses his mark, and Starscream becomes a mentally malleable moron. Convinced by Blaster that the Autobots are his masters, Starscream releases his captive, and allows the humans and Autobots to escape while an infuriated Bombshell attempts to convince Starscream of his true allegiance. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
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True to form, Starscream schemed to overthrow Megatron in the middle of the Decepticon leader's latest attempt at destroying the human race. This time around, he had convinced Soundwave to join in his insurrection, promising that the two of them would lead the Decepticons jointly. Unbeknownst to Starscream, the Autobot Cosmos was spying upon them, and learned all about Starscream's plot.

In the event that Cosmos relayed this information to Megatron, the Decepticon leader became enraged and confronted the pair. The Decepticons subsequently began fighting amongst themselves, leaving the Autobots to their own devices.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, Megatron, Starscream, Thrust and Dirge captured Beachcomber and Buster as the pair were frantically searching the Decepticons’ base for the captured human Jessie. The prisoners were then taken to Megatron's lab so that the Decepticon leader could torture the pair by showing them the destruction of Center City via a view screen.

In another possible turn of events, where the human Jessie was brainwashed into being loyal to the Decepticons, Starscream had the honour of playing jailor to the heroic robots, after the girl had lured them into a trap. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
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In one possible sequence of events, Starscream accompanied Megatron in order to take out the recently poisoned Autobots. They found themselves fighting against the now-cured Autobots, but gained the upper hand early in the fight nonetheless. They were nonetheless force into a retreat when Optimus led a second squad of Autobots into battle.

In another possible scenario, Megatron and his Decepticon squad were tricked into thinking that the Autobots were already dead, and strode into the Autobots’ base. The Decepticons lay down their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots’ "corpses," but were ambushed once they had disarmed themselves. Starscream and the others were then quickly defeated.

In another possible scenario, Starscream was led by Ramjet in a full-scale Decepticon assault. The Autobots, having miscalculated on how much antidote they had taken to cure themselves of the Decepticons’ poison, found themselves falling apart, leading to an easy victory for the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots managed to weaponize the tainted fuel, and ignited it before their base, catching Starscream in the toxic smoke that billowed out. Starscream then crashed close to the raging inferno bellow, and begun to melt into a putrid puddle of metal.

In completely different possible series of events, Ramjet and Starscream had the bad habit of loudly gloating about the Decepticons’ plan to enslave the human race, unawares that there might be Autobot spies lurking in the shadows nearby. He also took amusement in kicking around the mutated rats that scuttled about the Decepticons’ poison lab.

If the Autobots snuck up on the two Decepticons, Starscream and Ramjet were quickly overpowered and forced to watch as the Autobots destroyed the lab. Optimus then gloated to the pair, telling them that the Autobots would soon be back in full fighting force, before driving off.

In a possible later scenario, Starscream was one of the many Decepticons present at the water supply facility, about to poison it when the Autobots arrived on-scene. In one possible scenario that followed, he was shot down by the Autobots, creating his own grave in the charred earth bellow. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Starscream took part in a Decepticon mission to take over Earth's communication satellites. He was aboard Astrotrain when the Decepticon shuttle was performing an ammunitions delivery to the Decepticons’ ship out in Earth orbit.

If Bumblebee and Hot Rod had infiltrated Astrotrain, Starscream happened upon the pair, but was fooled by their disguises, as the two Autobots were garbed in Decepticon space gear. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

====The Invisibility Factor====
In one possible scenario, Starscream accompanied Galvatron on a patrol in a desert at night. Upon spotting a spaceship that flickered in-and-out of sight, the patrol investigated. Finding the Autobots Kup and Hot Rod conversing with a woman at the ship's landing site, Starscream and the others fired upon them, causing them to scramble away. Galvatron then ordered his troops to stay and scrutinize the spaceship instead of pursuing the Autobots.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, the Autobots were easily defeated and destroyed by the Starscream and the other Decepticons.

If Hot Rod and Kup silently followed the Decepticons back to their hide-out in a nearby canyon, they managed to tricked Starscream and the others into thinking that they were being ambushed by a whole squadron of Autobots. Panicking, the Decepticons attempted to retaliate by firing in all directions. Amidst the confusion, Starscream took to the air to better assess the situation.

If Hot Rod attempted to attack Galvatron as this was happening, Starscream spotted the young Autobot, and dispatched him before he could reach his target.

If Hot Rod snuck down and successfully snatched the Invisibility Device from Shockwave, the Decepticons gave chase to the young Autobot. They were unable to catch him before Kup fired down onto the canyon's walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks.

In an alternate scenario, Starscream and the other Decepticons decided to take off into space in [[Sarah Sanders]]'s ship after acquiring the Invisibility Device. Whether the Decepticons succeeded in mastering the Invisibility Device and subsequently destroyed the Autobots, or were destroyed or defeated themselves depended on what choices the Autobots made from this point on.

In another possible scenario, Starscream was part of a Decepticon assault on Metroplex. The Decepticons, having pilfered the secrets of Sarah Sanders's Invisibility Device though themselves guaranteed a victory. Unfortunately for them, the Autobots had in their possession an [[Invisibility Scrambler]], which they used to defeat the Decepticons. Starscream was taken prisoner in the aftermath of the battle.

In another possible scenario, Shockwave and the other Decepticons happened upon Sarah Sanders's ship before any Autobots had come in contact with her. While Scavenger held the woman captive, Starscream and the other Decepticons dragged the ship itself to a hidden location. In whichever scenario that followed, the Autobots managed to steal the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons, either dazzling Starscream and the others with their headlights while Hot Rod took the device right out of their hands, or tricking him into leaving the spaceship behind while he pursued the young Autobot on a wild goose chase.

In one possible version of the events that followed, Hot Rod managed to shoot Starscream out of the sky. The injured Starscream was retrieved by a Decepticon hidden in a nearby secret base, who unwittingly revealed the location of the Decepticons’ stronghold, and caused it to fall to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

===Beehive Books continuity===
Starscream, one of Megatron's most loyal Decepticons, was one of many to participate in the battle at [[Castle Decepticon]]. When Ultra Magnus was able to find his shuttle, which had been previously shot down by the Decepticons' defenses, Starscream squared off against the Autobot. Ultra Magnus's shuttle had been repaired by the Decepticons'automated robots, who had mistook it for one of their own. The advantage lay with either Starscream or Ultra Magnus depending on what changes the drones had implemented in the shuttle.
{{note|At this point in the book, the narrative is overtaken by a game of chance. The game determines which of the following outcomes plays out.}}
*Ultra Magnus managed to escape Starscream in his shuttle, ''or''
*Starscream managed to vaporize Magnus before the Autobot could escape in his shuttle, ''or
*Starscream managed to wing Ultra Magnus, forcing the Autobot to stop and blow Starscream out of the sky before proceeding in his shuttle, ''or''
*Unable to take off in the reprogrammed shuttle, Ultra Magnus was forced to stay and fight Starscream, who vaporized the Autobot, ''or''
*Unable to take off in the reprogrammed shuttle, Ultra Magnus was forced to fight his way out and blew Starscream away.
{{Storylink|Transformers Pop-Up Book}}

===Frito-Lay posters===
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Starscream was amongst a squad of Decepticons who attempted to get to the power source within [[Sherman Dam|Boulder Dam]]. While Megatron dueled Optimus, Starscream joined Ravage, Buzzsaw and Soundwave in an attack formation. There might have been two of him... But no number of Starscreams was enough, and the Decepticons were ultimately unsuccessful in gathering the data they were after. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Starscream and Devastator attacked some power-lines, only to be thwarted by Optimus Prime. Even after the Autobot leader had toppled Devastator by himself, Starscream tried to gun him down. He received a laser-blast to his nosecone for his efforts. Later, Starscream came across Grimlock, Slag, and Snarl while flying over a desert. He assumed his robot form to face Grimlock in one-on-one combat. {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}

===''PDTF Comic''===
[[File:Starscream pd type.jpg|left|upright=1.05|thumb|HaHA! I have caught the Golden Snitch!]]
As various [[Decepticon]]s from across the timestream joined forces to track down the all-powerful [[Black ball]]s, Starscream proved most effective at the hunt. Discovering a Black ball, he immediately carried it over to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for some praise. Unfortunately, the "Black ball" turned out to be a cartoon bomb, which promptly exploded in their faces. From a distance, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] were astounded that their plan actually worked. Inside the smoking crater, a badly singed Megatron strangled Starscream, frustrated at his consistent failures. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##3 "Don't Cry! Megatron!!"|Don't Cry! Megatron!!}}

Later, Starscream uncovered another Black ball. For a moment he considered giving it to Megatron, but then decided that if he kept it for himself, he could use the power to seize command of the Decepticons. He then immediately became suspicious that the Black ball might be another bomb, but dismissed the suspicion just as quickly. Then it exploded. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##10 "Good Luck! Starscream!!"|Good Luck! Starscream!!}}

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===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
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Back on Cybertron, Starscream was the leader of the Decepticons' air forces. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Starscreams's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} After the Transformers arrived on Earth, the Decepticons and Autobots became locked in a stalemate that lasted many years.

While on patrol, Starscream crossed some Autobots in the [[Nevada]] desert. Eavesdropping, he learned that they had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship in [[Africa]], with a starmap within that pointed the way back to Cybertron. He then sped back to Decepticon headquarters to report his findings. Though he tried to embelish his tale, pausing dramatically at several points, Megatron and the others soon lost patience with Starscream, and forced him to blurt out what he had uncovered all at once. The Decepticons headed out immediately afterwards to seize the ship for themselves. Sending the Autobots into a retreat and capturing the ship proved surprisingly easy. Once inside the vessel, the Decepticons learned why; it was a trap! They were locked within with no control over the ship as it shot up blindly into space. Though the Autobots knew this wouldn't get rid of the Decepticons permanently, they were happy enough to have them out of their hair for a while. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

Megatron brought Starscream along to ambush Optimus and a couple of his soldiers while they were investigating Transformer power emissions in [[Brazil]]. Starscream had the honor of firing the first shot in the attack. After he had thrown Optimus off-balance, Megatron was able to knock out most of the Autobots with a single blast. But the two unidentified Transformers turned out to be the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and once they were shocked out of their primitive animal instincts, they turned their weapons on the Decepticons. Starscream chose to flee along with the rest of his team rather than face the Dinobots' awesome power. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Kazuki Yao]] (Japanese)|[[Michel Vigné]] (French), [[Diego Sabre]] (Italian), [[Alfonso Obregon]] (Latin American Spanish), [[José Padilla]] (Castilian Spanish)}}
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After the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crashed on [[Earth]], Starscream's body lay in [[stasis lock]] next to his [[Megatron (G1)|leader]], along with [[Soundwave (G1)|the other]] [[Skywarp (G1)|Decepticons]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} Into the Great War, Starscream was killed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] for being a traitor. {{storylink|Possession}}

[[File:Starscream ghost BW.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|EBENEZER SCROOGE...!]]
Little was known about Starscream among the [[Maximal]]s, as the [[Maximal Elder]]s had classified most of his information. At some point in time, Maximal scientists had attempted to duplicate Starscream's mutant indestructible spark effect, which led to the origin of the monstrous [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]]. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], a student of military history, was familiar with Starscream's record of deceit and betrayal. It is possible that Megatron was also aware of his history, as he ordered [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] to keep an eye on Starscream when he arrived on Earth.

Starscream's ghost traveled through time and space to the prehistoric Earth of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], where he possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s body during an electrical storm. He ingratiated himself with Megatron, claiming that he had been destroyed by [[Unicron]] while protecting [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. After leading a successful raid on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', he was left in command of the captured Maximal ship, along with Scorponok and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]—the latter having sufficiently impressed Starscream by seeing through his historical deception that he took her on as a "protégé". When the defeated Maximals surrendered to him, he took Dinobot and [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] hostage and ordered the remaining Maximals to attack the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Scorponok objected, but he was very forcefully overruled. Shortly after the attack began, the two captive Maximals broke out and drove the Predacons out of the ''Axalon''. Starscream fled, pursued by Primal, and abandoned Blackarachnia to her fate. After a spirited chase, Primal cornered Starscream at an [[energon]] deposit, paralyzing him. As he tried to bargain his way out of his predicament, his vengeful ex-partner Blackarachnia detonated the energon, blowing Waspinator to scrap and forcing Starscream's spark out of his body. Waspinator was restored back to normal by Megatron, and Blackarachnia explained her betrayal as an attempt to find Starscream's true motives, and at that point, Megatron pardoned her.

Adrift in space once more, Starscream's ghost screamed vengeance into the void. {{storylink|Possession}}

A gray model of Starscream's head was a part of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s personal belongings. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}
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====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
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As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Starscream possessing the body of Waspinator. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After his defeat at the hands of the Maximals, Starscream's immortal spark wandered through space and time, until it found [[Primax 208.06 Zeta|an alternate timeline]] with another Waspinator to possess. Starscream was somehow able to influence Waspinator's metamorphosis, giving him a third fighter jet mode resembling Starscream's own old alternate form.

Although the two of them bickered over control of the body constantly, their two separate voices audible to whoever hears them argue, Waspinator secretly enjoyed the enhanced skills Starscream granted him. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}} Afterward, Starscream's whereabouts were reportedly unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Glossary}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In actuality, having been armed with the knowledge of Optimus Primal's gambit, Starscream permanently fused himself into Waspinator's body and killed all the Maximals before staging a coup against Megatron. The [[Vok]] intervened by activating their [[Planet Buster]]; Blackarachnia managed to disarm it but the quantum surge [[Transmetal]]lized some of the combatants, and Waspinator's body gained a jet mode.

Now calling himself "Waspscream", his new crew recruited [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] and commandeered a shuttle from the Ark. Waspscream headed home to Cybertron, intending to take over the [[Tripredacus Council]]. Along for the ride were their prisoners: Megatron, his loyalists Inferno and Scorponok, and the independent agent [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]].

However, as in [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], Megatron escaped in transit and arrived ahead of Waspscream's crew on Cybertron. He created a [[transformation virus]] to capture the sparks of Cybertron's populace and converted their sparkless bodies into [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s. When Waspscream's crew arrived, those with Transmetal forms managed to escape the virus and stay mobile. Waspscream and his surviving Predacons were drawn to the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], who [[Reformatting|reformat]]ted them into [[technorganic]] bodies that were immune from the virus. Waspscream proceeded to wage a valiant [[Spark War]] against Megatron, liberating Silverbolt and prompting Megatron to unleash a new general: the former Autobot military genius [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. Obsidian, however, conspired with Tankor to assassinate Megatron. Inferno thus defected to Waspscream's Predacons, desiring revenge against the usurper of his queen. Waspscream continued to fight against Obsidian and Tankor, who were waging an increasingly brutal campaign against the Predacons and other resistance groups on the planet. [[Unicron]] eventually intervened by scooping up all three Vehicon generals to serve him in the [[Cauldron]].

With their leaders gone, the remaining Vehicons proved easy to dispatch. In the relative peace that followed, Waspscream joined forces with fellow resistance leaders [[Rodimus Primal]], [[Magmatron]], and [[Icebird]] to create a new High Council, in the hopes of bringing peace to Cybertron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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While Starscream lay [[stasis lock]]ed in the Ark, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] broke in and implanted a fraction of the original Megatron's spark into the Air Commander, allowing the two Megatron's to control him. The Decepticon leader, whose spark had been implanted into Megatron, attempted to use Starscream to return to his own body, but was subdued in a battle of wills with beast Megatron. Starscream's services ultimately went unused until the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] ended, at which point the [[Maximal]]s were able to extract the spark fragment. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

When the Autobots deployed the [[Sky Spy]] to counteract a weather machine Megatron was using to unleash a hurricane on the Gulf Coast, Starscream blasted the Autobot device, rendering it inoperative. {{storylink|Healers, Fighters, and Transformers}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Starscreamwarwithin.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|left|Smirkier-than-thou.]]
''Hailing from the city of [[Centurion (polity)|Centurion]]'', {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} Starscream was an explorer and a scientist with many friends from the future Autobots, such as Jetfire and Grimlock. Albeit he was a known bully and manipulator, nobody who knew him predicted the atrocities he would eventually come to commit. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Titanium Series Starscream toy bio}}

At some point, Starscream became a competitor in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s underground gladiatorial matches, the breeding ground for what would eventually become the Decepticons. He enjoyed baiting his fellow combatant, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]; in fact, he was a master at it, once goading the big brute into using excessive force to pummel fellow combatant [[Maul]] in the arena, simply for a lark. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}}

When Optimus Prime was first inaugurated as leader of the Autobots and bestowed the Matrix of Leadership, he was bestowed visions of the many enemies he would one day face. Among the images he saw was Starscream's smirking faceplate. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} As Megatron planed out a major offensive against the newly appointed Prime, Starscream urged his leader to strike at the Autobots as they were readying to evacuate Cybertron, pointing out that they could eliminate all of their enemies in one fell swoop. Telling his subordinate to leave the thinking to him, Megatron assured Starscream that the Autobots wouldn't be going anywhere. Megatron then sent Starscream out, alongside Thundercracker and Skywarp, to take out several Autobot outposts in sector zero-six, a tactically significant area. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During this mission, Starscream came across Grimlock, and decided to once more taunt his old friend, hoping to turn him to the Decepticons. He told Grimlock of his target, and gave him a choice: Grimlock could either forewarn the Autobots that they were coming, or join him and help pick off whatever stragglers would be left after the attack. Starscream's plan backfired as Grimlock remained with the Autobots, alerted the outposts about the Decepticons' attack, and left a massive bomb behind to blow up upon Starscream's arrival. Starscream's life was saved only by the fast action of Skywarp. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}}

With his mission failed, Starscream was quick to blame Megatron, and waxed on how his leader only sought to control him through exercises in pain. Skywarp rightly pointed out that Starscream was solely to blame for his own failure, and then left with Thundercracker, disgusted with Starscream's ineptitude. Returning to [[Kolkular]], Starscream learned that Megatron had dispatched an full-scale assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in his absence, a "tactical no-no" in his opinion. Megatron revealed to Starscream that the attack was merely part of a diversion tactic, and that his true goal was to power up Cybertron's planetary engine, using the Matrix of Leadership as a battery. Starscream ridiculed Megatron over this, calling the Matrix a "ceremonial bauble," earning him a swift back-hand blow to the face. Megatron warned Starscream never to question him again, and then left to meet Optimus in Cybertron's underground. The two faction leaders met atop of a bridge, and Starscream took this opportunity to strike, destroying the bridge and sending both Optimus and Megatron plummeting down into the pit bellow the overpass. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}}

[[File:WarWithin6 StarscreamTransforms.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"I'm off to [[Starscream_(Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Transformers: Cybertron]]!"]]
With Megatron lost deep within the bowels of Cybertron, Starscream assumed command of the attack on the Autobot stronghold from the control room in the [[Kolkular|Cradle]]. Shockwave was less than thrilled to be taking command from him however, and claimed he would... "review the situation" once he had completed the taking of Iacon. Dismissing Shockwave's threat, Starscream had [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] forcefully extract data from within [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to uncover the true extent of Megatron's plans. Uncovering information that would allow him to initiate the planet's mechaforming sub-structure, Starscream decided to activate it immediately to better allow him to "start fresh" with Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} He instructed [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] to carry this procedure out, hoping Megatron would be crushed in the planet's transformation sequence. Scrapper warned him against rushing the process, but Starscream simply didn't care about the Constructicon's misgivings. He gave Scrapper an ultimatum: he had a choice between beginning the mechaforming process immediately, or be himself be "mechaformed" by Starscream's enforcer, Motormaster. A group of Autobots were then discovered spying on the scene, and a firefight began between them and the Decepticons present. At this time, deep inside Cybertron, Optimus and Megatron were being fed visions of the future by the Matrix. In one of these visions, they saw Starscream participating in an attack on a hydro-electric dam on Earth. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Meanwhile, in reality, Starscream continued to pressure Scrapper into activating Cybertron's engine, even as they came under heavy fire. Optimus, fresh from his victory against Megatron, soon joined the fight, and proceeded to beat down the bulk of the Decepticons stationed to guard the engines. With the odds turned against him, Starscream chose to flee, and the engines were destroyed after his departure. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

A few millennia later, after the apparent death of Megatron, Starscream created a splinter group of Decepticons called [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to recruit many intellectuals to his faction, leaving him with the likes of [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Octane]] to command. One of the group's attempt to secure a plenty of energon was foiled by the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], led by Grimlock, who managed to distract Starscream and his troops long enough to swipe their goods and make a quick getaway with them in hand. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|My... people.]]
Over time, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobot forces once more, allowing them to take control of a significant portion of Cybertron's territories and resources. The Autobots gained enough power that both the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave's Decepticons felt it necessary to sign a peace treaty, ceding the Autobots victory in the war and putting an end to hostilities between factions. But Starscream refused to do so, and led his Predacons on an attack on the treaty. While he personally assassinated the newly reassembled High Council, Starscream had Motormaster and the bulk of his forces attack the faction leaders themselves at the signing. But Starscream's coup was interrupted by the return of Megatron, now heading an army of [[Air Warrior]]s. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} Starscream thought his massacre of the High Council would make him the stuff of legend, and so allowed [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] to walk away from the scene to tell the tale of how it transpired. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}} But Megatron was none too pleased that Starscream had robbed him of his vengeance against the council in his absence. While the Decepticon leader used his new troops to take over the planet, he angrily confronted Starscream for hijacking his plans. Though Starscream claimed he was merely following orders in spirit, Megatron grappled his underling by the throat, and made it clear through threats that Starscream shouldn't presume his own autonomy; he was to follow his orders to the ''letter'', and nothing else. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}} To punish his treacherous subordinate, and to entertain himself, Megatron locked Starscream up inside a tank with a swarm of [[Piranacon (Quintesson)|Piranacons]], allowing the critters to slowly gnaw at the captive Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Starscream escaped from his confinement thanks to a rampaging Grimlock. He then unwittingly foiled the Quintessons' attempt to extract Cybertron's core, thinking the whole thing was Megatron's doing and wanting payback against the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

[[File:DWG13 seekers new toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|PURE EDGE.]]
Starscream was among the Decepticon boarding party that attacked the Autobot flagship Ark, causing its crash-landing on Earth and putting all Autobots and Decepticons alike in emergency stasis. In 1984 a volcanic eruption awakened the Ark's computer, Teletraan-I, and it repaired all on board. Starscream's actions over the next fifteen years are largely unrecorded, but he probably did what he did best: strafe the Autobots and fleshlings and attempt to betray Megatron, smirking all the while. In 1998, the combined forces of the Autobots and Earth defeated and captured the Decepticons. Starscream was secured on board the ''[[Ark II]]'' along with the other Decepticons when the ship exploded, killing the human crew and scattering the Transformers across the ocean. Arms dealer Adam Rook (a.k.a. [[Lazarus]]) recovered several of the Autobots and Decepticons and used them as a reprogrammed weapons for hire for terrorists and despots. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} As part of a demonstration to prospective buyers, Rook had Starscream join an assault against the Smitco Oil Refinery alongside half a dozen Transformers. When Megatron eventually broke free of Rook's control, he freed the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}

The reactivated Starscream, along with his Seeker brothers Thundercracker and Skywarp, took a particular pleasure in dismantling the Autobot Minicars. When Megatron complained that he didn't rewire them so they could sit around and do nothing, Starscream playfully said they were only having some fun with their new "toys". Megatron ordered the three Decepticons to follow him, and when Skywarp asked Starscream what their leader's plan was this time, the air commander casually tossed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s head over his shoulder and said that he didn't care, as it was going to be evil, and evil is ''always'' fun. Soon afterwards, the Autobots arrived and attacked. As Starscream attempted to choke [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] paid him back with a nice throat punch. All the combatants were then bombed by rogue members of the U.S. military. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

[[File:PrimeDirective6 AirRaid punches Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Starscream rejects Air Raid's application to be a Seeker.]]
But the bomb's blast was absorbed by a cyber-forming virus previously unleashed by the Decepticons. Instead of being destroyed, all of the Transformer combatants were encased in a metallic dome. After extricating themselves from it, the Decepticons attacked [[San Francisco]]. When [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] appeared to stop [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Starscream led the other Seekers in bombing the Autobot giant, forcing the Aerialbots into their component team member forms and putting them at the mercy of Devastator. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} Starscream and the other Decepticons secured the Autobots after Optimus Prime defeated Devastator. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} The Autobot leader managed to free his comrades after humans distracted the Decepticons, and the battle started anew. Fellow F-15 [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] punched Starscream in the face, repaying him for the earlier defeat. After the Aerialbots, as Superion, sacrificed their lives to save San Francisco from [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]]'s unauthorized nuclear strike, Starscream and the other Decepticons escaped. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

''After the destruction of Devastator in [[California]], Starscream covertly recovered his pieces to rebuild the Combiner, ensuring the loyalty of the Constructicons and making him a secret weapon to help him overthrow Megatron when the time came. ''

''That time was when Megatron, Optimus Prime and some Autobot cannon fodder were kidnapped into space by the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]]. Seizing the opportunity, Starscream brought the Constructicons out of hiding and declared himself ruler of the Decepticons. He acquired the services of Soundwave and most of the remaining Decepticons on Earth for a scheme to take over the human city of [[Las Vegas]]. Redubbing it New Centurion, Starscream's insidious plan was to coerce the locals into accepting Decepticon rule by appealing to their vanity and greed, playing it off like a reality TV show where the humans could sell their stories and profit from the occupation. To maintain control, he had [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the Constructicons drive back the few humans who accepted the chance to leave of their own free will, tricking the humans into believing they were in danger and the Decepticons were protecting them.''

''Starscream's rule obviously came to the attention of the American government, who arranged for an unmarked and official denied strike force from the Armed Forces to join up with the rogue Cybertronian, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Grimlock in turn recruited [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to assault "New Centurion" in an effort to reclaim the city.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

''During the battle for Las Vegas, Megatron and the Autobots returned, but brought their captors, the Keepers, with them. Megatron was weakened by his ordeal, and Starscream took the opportunity to consolidate his power by defeating Megatron in combat. Megatron lost, and was forced to officially cede leadership of the Decepticons to Starscream. The victory turned sour, however, when Soundwave and several Megatron loyalists renounced their ties to the Decepticon army and left with Megatron, costing Starscream roughly half his forces. He retained the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], Devastator, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] and about half the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Recordicons]].''

''Starscream's reign continued to crumble when he was confronted by the Keepers, all-but-unknowable cosmic level creatures who had already killed and possessed the Autobot [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]. Starscream also fell before their power, and was seemingly killed to become the second Cybertronian host body for their might. His Decepticons were defeated and detained behind a powerful force field. Unknown to all, Starscream's mind still existed, hidden deep down inside his stolen body.''

''The Autobots and Megatron's ex-Decepticons joined forces to stop the Keepers, leading the formless entities to merge their two Cybertronian hosts, mixing Bluestreak and Starscream together into a nightmarish super mode. This proved to be their undoing. Alone, Starscream and Bluestreak were not strong enough to overcome the Keepers' control, but by merging bodies the Keepers also connected the two Cybertronians' minds. Together, the Autobot and the Decepticon fought back against the Keepers, forcing them out and restoring their independence. Optimus Prime ultimately ended the threat of the Keepers with the Matrix.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}

''The chaos caused by the Keepers cost Starscream his city and his reign. Megatron reclaimed leadership of the Decepticons and, to add insult to injury, named Skywarp his aerospace commander and second-in-command, forcing Starscream to answer to him.''

''Unfortunately, the Keepers survived in an extra-dimensional realm. Their human agent, [[Franklin Townsend]], managed to retake control of Starscream (and Bluestreak) forcing them to work towards the Keepers' release. This continued until Franklin unleashed his plan to open a hole into the Void and allow the Keepers back to Earth. Starscream regained control of his senses while Franklin and the Keepers were focused elsewhere, although this didn't stop him from making another attempt on Megatron's life before being beaten down again. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}

[[File:Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|Holy crap! Expressions!]]
In the middle of a battle against Optimus's forces, Starscream and the rest of the Decepticons were approached by Shockwave and his followers, newly arrived from Cybertron. Shockwave claimed that Cybertron was now at peace under his unified ruled, and demanded the Earthbound Transformers surrender to him. Though they tried to fight back, Shockwave had altered his troops, making them much more powerful than both Megatron and Optimus's followers. With Megatron crushed beneath Shockwave's heal, Starscream led the Decepticons in joining Shockwave's Cybertronians. As they boarded his ship, Shockwave instructed the Decepticons to enter [[CR chamber|CR Chambers]] to have themselves repaired, but Starscream guessed that the chambers had mind-altering devices incorporated within them. Starscream escaped his CR chambers long enough to jettison Megatron out of the ship, and into the void of space. {{storylink|New World Order}} Shockwave soon found about Starscream's clandestine actions, and set about disciplining him. But punishment didn't deter him, and Starscream continued plotting against Shockwave. Once on Cybertron, he set about disabling Soundwave, who had since worked himself in Shockwave's good graces. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

He continued creating a small sect of separatist Decepticons on Cybertron, next approaching Rumble and Frenzy after they had been ordered to release the psychotic Stunticons from incarceration, in order to distract Ultra Magnus from Shockwave's true motives. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He used the cover of Menasor's release to steal the incapacitated Combaticons from the same prison wing. As the Autobots began openly rebelling against Shockwave's regime, Starscream crippled Shockwave's surveillance systems by assassinating the Reflector trio posted in his base's monitor womb. In thanks for his aid in delaying video footage throughout Shockwave's network, allowing Starscream to go about scheming freely, Starscream gave Soundwave a present: [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. He then invited the two of them to "enjoy the show" with him, and sat back to watch the Autobots tear down Shockwave's government. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} As the insurgence was nearing its end, Starscream opted to abscond from Cybertron with his small cadre of followers, and the inactive Combaticons. Unfortunately for him, the shuttle he attempted to hijack to this end turned out to be [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who took off on his own volition, with the Decepticons trapped within him. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:Starscreamdaydream.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|There but for the grace of a fusion cannon go I.]]
Despite this setback, Starscream and his soldiers managed to get back to Earth, and implement their plans there. Starscream first made his way to the ''Nemesis'', but found the ship in worst condition than anticipated. After bestowing the Combaticons with military alternate modes, scanned from an abandoned military testing ground, he set out to repair the Decepticon vessel. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} To this end, he set his sights on the ''Ark'', and unleashed the Decepticons on the Autobots under the leadership of [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. His first wave of soldiers were captured, though Starscream had only sent them forth as a distraction; his real attack came in the form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], the combined form of the Combaticons. With this mighty soldier at his side, Starscream managed to beat down all of the Autobots, save two: [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Pursuing them back to the ''Ark'', Starscream instructed Bruticus to retrieve the two runaways, but to keep the ship intact. But as Bruticus encroached on his prey, the Autobots engaged the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s self-destruct mechanism. Though all of his troops were freed, Starscream was robbed of his means to get to the ''Nemesis'' back in working order. To complicate matters further, Starscream's clone, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], then arrived on Earth, babbling about some bizarre mission. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

[[File:BlackSunshine-SunstormStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|[[Sunstorm (Animated)|You handsome blasphemer, you]].]]
The Decepticons turned their weapons on the new arrival, only for their shots to prove ineffective against him. Using his "divine light," Sunstorm deactivated all of the other Decepticons, forcing Starscream to flee the scene. Sunstorm pursued, eventually confronting his template within the Decepticon's base. Starscream demanded to know what Sunstorm wanted out of him, only for his clone to spew out more religious babble. Sunstorm then demanded that Starscream join him in his crusade, but Starscream declined, and instead distracted Sunstorm long enough for Jetfire to sneak up on him. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Jetfire was able to disable Sunstorm, only to discover that the clone had rapid regenerative abilities. Out of options, both he and Starscream absconded from the ''Nemesis'', and went to find the Autobots once more. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Starscream was forced to ally himself with his hated enemies in exchange for getting his forces freed. The Autobots then pooled their knowledge with Jetfire's in order to formulate a battle plan against Sunstorm. While they implemented it, Starscream was left under Jetfire's watchful eye. But the attempt against Sunstorm quickly turned sour for the Autobots, forcing Jetfire to abandon his post. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} This allowed Starscream to disable to rest of the ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew wit his null-rays, and fly off on his own to a hideout in Alaska. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

By the time Sunstorm tracked Starscream down once more, the Autobots had attached an energy siphon to the clone, severely weakening him. Sunstorm begged Starscream for his help, but Starscream refused by back-handing his "brother." {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} Then, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] came bearing down on the both of them. Finding himself incapable of defeating this much bigger opponent alone, Starscream destroyed the energy-siphon attached to Sunstorm. The clone reawakened, and though Omega Supreme put up a good fight, Sunstorm defeated him using both his radiation powers and his guile. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

[[File:Atonement StarscreamSavesBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"I hope this doesn't come back to [[2005 IDW continuity|haunt me later]]."]]
Starscream was then taken to a concealed mechanical door, which Sunstorm uncovered using his radiant powers. Claiming he was the "chosen one," Sunstorm ordered Starscream to open the seal. Starscream complied just as Jetfire and Bumblebee came bearing down upon them. Despite the Autobots' best efforts, they were unable to stop the Decepticons from entering the underground chamber, but soon caught up to them. Jetfire was able to quickly subdue Starscream, only to be left in a stand-off against Sunstorm, who held Bumblebee in his irradiated grip. Unexpectedly, Starscream turned on Sunstorm and used his recently modified null-rays to blast his clone. After disabling Jetfire as well, Starscream kicked Sunstorm away, sending him tumbling down a nearby chasm. {{storylink|Original Sin}}

Starscream then took to mocking Bumblebee at gunpoint, proclaiming that the young Autobot was completely clueless to the events unfolding around him... until Sunstorm returned, the energies within him now erupting more violently than ever. Having grown tired of his "brother's" constant betrayals, Sunstorm denounced Starscream, claiming that he had corrupted his divine mission through his perverse desires. But as Sunstorm turned to Bumblebee, claiming that ''he'' was now the recipient of divine favor, an eruption tore through his arm... from within! With a meltdown of his frame inevitably forthcoming, Sunstorm lashed out violently to everything surrounding him. Jetfire tackled Starscream out of the way of one of Sunstorm's energy arcs, and after telling the Decepticon he owed him one, flew the clone up into Earth's orbit. Starscream begrudgingly returned the favor by carrying Bumblebee to the surface. Bumblebee then pleaded Starscream to help Jetfire, only for Starscream to counter that he wasn't looking to help anyone beyond himself. Starscream flew away, leaving Jetfire to be destroyed. {{storylink|Atonement}}

[[File:DWMTMEPretenderStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Read about my adventures in [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics]], kids!]]
Despite his words, Starscream had been thoroughly shaken by his ordeal. He was still trying to straighten out his thoughts when he arrived at the Decepticons' headquarters, where he was greeted by Frenzy. Brushing the little Decepticon away, Starscream made his way to Soundwave, who he found suspiciously shutting off a monitor as soon as he entered the room. Annoyed that his compatriots didn't seem all-too-pleased by his return, he demanded to know what they were all up to. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}}

Dissatisfied with their previous lackluster performances in combat, Starscream took the Combaticons for some practice against the captive Sky Lynx. This also ended in disaster, for [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] soon arrived, and Starscream discovered that Soundwave, his cassettes, and the other Seekers had allied with Predaking's master... Megatron! Starscream was again forced into a subservient position, with Megatron preparing to lead the Decepticons in the conquest of Earth... {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

As Starscream became more competent all around as time went on, the Decepticons that once laughed at him started taking his aspirations of leadership more seriously, and with the upgrade accompanying his [[Pretender]] shell, he became more powerful than ever. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue #7|Pretender Starscream's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:JoeVsTF1 Starscream transforms.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he still manages to smirk.]]
When the nascent terrorist organization known as [[Cobra]] uncovered the buried hulk of the Ark, they removed the bodies of numerous Transformers with the intention of using them as weapons of war to threaten America. Cobra scientist [[Doctor Mindbender]] hacked the brain functions of the captive Transformers, reducing them to the level of remote-controlled drones, and dubbed them "[[Battle Android Trooper]]s". Starscream was reconfigured to transform into a jet plane known as a "Night Raven", and was selected for use by the [[Cobra Commander]] as his personal aircraft.

Starscream was among the Transformers deployed during Cobra's opening attack on world freedom, when they targeted the [[United Nations]] Headquarters. Starscream transformed to [[robot mode]] and was punching his way through the building when a U.S. Military soldier code-named [[Snake-Eyes]] opened fire on him with a machine gun. Although unharmed by the attack, Starscream returned fire with his lasers, blowing up the missile tank upon which the soldier was perched and horribly scarring his face. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Returning to Cobra's island base, Cobra Commander began his meeting with [[Destro]] by having Starscream dramatically fly by overhead and transform, for no reason other than to impress the arms dealer. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}}

Meanwhile, Autobot scientist Wheeljack had been able to avoid capture by Cobra, and had allied himself with America's newly formed special mission force [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Hacking into Cobra's system, he was able to shut off the terrorists' control of the Transformers, liberating their minds and bodies. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} Naturally, the first thing Starscream did once he was free was to interrupt a battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron by shooting Megatron in the chest in a bid for leadership. Megatron returned the sentiment, blasting him with his fusion cannon, and Starscream slunk away as Megatron returned to more important matters. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

[[File:Starscream snakeeyes eye gouge.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|left|"You've got something in your eye. Let me get it out."]]
Lurking in the island's jungle, Starscream crossed paths with Snake-Eyes, who took revenge for his disfigurement by shattering the unsuspecting Starscream's eye with his [[sword]] and shoving a grenade into the socket. Clawing at his face, Starscream tumbled over a cliff and was badly damaged in the fall. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} His still-operational body was soon happened across by Cobra Commander, who was attempting to flee the escalating battle between the Autobots, Decepticons, Joes and Cobras that was engulfing the island, and Starscream made the human proposition: help him remove the grenade, and he would get him off the island. Naturally, the commander agreed. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:Starscream gijoe energyropes.jpg|thumb|Starscream is allergic to glow stick ropes.]]
Starscream and Cobra Commander resurfaced two years later, when Cobra Commander learned that human scientists had created an interstellar wormhole to Cybertron. With Starscream forced to do his bidding (via unspecified means), he used the portal to travel to Cybertron with the intention of gaining control of the wormhole technology by stealing the super-computer [[Teletran 3]]. However, a G.I. Joe ambush that struck just as they were carrying out their plan caused a catastrophic malfunction in Teletran 3, scattering numerous Transformers through the wormhole network across space and time. Starscream was not among those scattered, but he was promptly bound with [[energon chain]]s by Perceptor and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] while they assessed the severity of the situation. It transpired that the chronal disruption caused by the time-lost Transformers would destroy the Earth, and teams of Joes and Cobras were soon dispatched through the timestream to retrieve the robots and save the planet. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

While the Joes and Cobras were off on their time-tossed mission, the forcefield protecting Magnus, Perceptor and Teletran 3 collapsed, at which point Decepticon commander Shockwave struck. Shockwave freed Starscream and reprogrammed Teletran 3 to prevent Transformers from being able to return to their proper times, so that Earth would be destroyed and he could invade it, as he had always planned to—it was Shockwave who had leaked the wormhole technology to humans in the first place. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}} When a small team of Joes and Cobras that remained on Cybertron tried to undo his programming, Starscream spotted [[Lady Jaye]] modifying Teletran 3 and shouted a warning, but it came too late. The Transformers were returned, and Starscream escaped in the midst of the chaotic battle that resulted.

In the aftermath of the battle, Shockwave accused Starscream of deliberately trying to foil his scheme by trying to steal Teletran 3. Starscream denied any treacherousness on his part, and Shockwave was just starting to come around when a recording Cobra Commander had programmed into Starscream began to play, informing the Decepticon leader of Starscream's general uselessness. At that point, Starscream promptly exploded, taking out the Decepticon headquarters in the process, courtesy of forty-five pounds of plastic explosives that Cobra Commander had lined his housing with, in case the Decepticon had ever escaped his clutches. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Starscream gijoe ww2.jpg|thumb|left|"Pathetic fools! There's no escape!"]]
When the foundling terrorist organization known as Cobra discovered the Ark buried in the [[Fera Islands]] in [[1938]], they inadvertently awoke the Decepticons from their stasis. The evil robots entered into an alliance with the organization's leader, Cobra Commander, to conquer the world and strip it of its energy, but Megatron's true goal was to take the Matrix of Leadership—stolen from the body of Optimus Prime—from around Cobra Commander's neck. Starscream adopted the [[alternate mode|alternate form]] of a P-51 Mustang aeroplane.

One year later, in [[1939]], the American military formed a special mission force to counter the Cobra-Decepticon alliance named "G.I. Joe". Laserbeak spied upon the first meeting of this team and reported the information to Cobra; Starscream stood nearby as Cobra Commander vowed to kill the Joes, and opined that heroes were ''born'' to die. G.I. Joe's first attack came soon after, and Starscream distracted their aircraft in his jet mode while Megatron attacked them from above and downed them. {{storylink|The Line}} As it happened, the Joes bailed out and landed near to the buried Ark, where they wound up awakening the Autobots within the craft. Starscream watched as the ship sent out a repair drone to scan for alternate modes, aware of what it meant and seeing it as a threat to Megatron's leadership that he could exploit. Megatron happened upon Starscream as he was monologuing about taking the power of the Matrix for himself, and witnessed the drone going about its business. Knowing he would need the scheming Starscream for the coming battle, he ordered the Air Commander to help him move their stockpiled energon cubes to safer location. {{storylink|Transformed}}

Megatron proceeded to mass the Decepticons for a major battle with the Autobots, save for Starscream, who was left to languish within their base. Unfortunately for Megatron, this merely left Starscream with an opportunity to conspire with Cobra Commander's own traitorous second, [[Destro]], and together the pair prepared to unleash the newly constructed giant robot, Bruticus, upon everyone. {{storylink|Wolves}}

[[File:Starscream gijoe ww2 weakspot.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I...will...keep reaching...uuuhh."]]
Even this conspiracy proved to be a deception on Destro's part, however, when he had his lover, the [[Baroness]], shoot Starscream in his weak spot: an inch below his right ear, just behind his jaw hinge. Starscream's head flared with electricity and he collapsed, while Destro loosed Bruticus upon all his assembled enemies. G.I. Joe member Snake-Eyes ended the threat when he plucked the Matrix from Cobra Commander's clutches, and at Optimus Prime's direction, hurled it at Bruticus. The resultant explosion of creation energy destroyed Bruticus, but apparently killed all the Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Forty-six years later, in [[1985]], Starscream was revealed to have survived his injuries and the destruction of the Matrix through unexplained means. Discarding his archaic alternate mode for the form of an F-15, Starscream was performing a flyby over Cobra Island, seeking a means to return to Cybertron, when he intercepted a communication about an alien starship (actually a Cybertronian craft containing Blaster and Perceptor) crashing in [[Oregon]]. Starscream saw the craft as his ticket home, and while he was too low on energon to claim the ship for himself, he was content to let Cobra take it and then steal it from them later. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

{{Unreleased TFGJ comic}}
When the Joes attacked Cobra's secret base in the Arctic, only to be met by Destro's COBRA/Decepticon hybrid warriors, Starscream waited on the sidelines to pick up the pieces in the battle's aftermath. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Divided Front #3}} At some point, Starscream and Soundwave uncovered information about a "terrible secret" buried beneath Cobra Island, and set out to destroy Cobra Commander should the terrorist refuse to allow them access to it. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Divided Front #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Starscream participated in an all-out Decepticon offensive, beating down Autobots at Soundwave's side. He cheered on when Predaking clashed with [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ merged form, but it did little good in helping the Decepticon gestalt. Starscream then joined several other flying Decepticons in a direct assault against The Beast, to little avail. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Another Con''===
After Megatron had been transformed into a {{w|Pikachu|small electrical rodent}}, Starscream sarcastically assured him that the Autobots would find him much more intimidating in his new form. {{storylink|Another Con}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Starscream proclaimed his greatness, warning those who opposed him to tremble before his might... only for the cashier of the burger place he was in to insist that the price of his meal still added up to $1.36. A cent short, Starscream cursed the inventor of the penny for his misfortune.

Later, Starscream participated in an infiltration of [[BotCon]] to track down next year's toy designs, and use them to conquer the Autobots once and for all!

On Megatron's birthday, Starscream concealed a bomb in Megatron's cake... though he did a poor job of it, leading Megatron to wonder whether Starscream was putting any efforts in his schemes anymore. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Starscream got his mitts on a treasure map, and became convinced that by using it is, he could usurp Megatron... somehow. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
Starscream was one of the many Cybertronians caught up in a civil war that emerged due to greed, corruption and malice emerging in their planet's halls of power. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
[[File:StarscreamIDWF22-Infiltration4cvrA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|left|"A man may fight for many things: his country, his principles, his friends, the glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock, and a sack of French porn!"]]
Starscream and his comrades, [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], were recruited by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] when [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] requested fliers. After recruiting [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] and murdering the [[Senate]], he led the Seekers as air support in the overthrow of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] before, after a spell as recruitment agent, becoming Megatron's personal bodyguard, warning him about the power of the [[Phase Sixer]] [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], to which Megatron dismissed his concerns. During this time, he appeared to let his ambition rest, mostly out of fear of his leader.

Many years later, as leader of an [[Infiltration protocol|Infiltration unit]] on [[Earth]], he discovered an [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] seam and saw in it his chance to finally overpower and defeat Megatron. His breach of protocol in pursuit of this drew Megatron to Earth personally, and despite Starscream's enhanced power, he easily defeated the treacherous Seeker and blew a hole in his chest. After a spell in a CR chamber, however, he was revived by his unit, worried about Megatron's seeming instability, and ultimately accepted back into the Decepticon army by Megatron after helping to defeat a rebellious Sixshot and the [[Reaper]]s.

He then did a deal with the mentally-damaged [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] ostensibly to help overthrow Megatron, before double-crossing him, leaving the Autobots at the point of total defeat. Ultimately, this period ended with Megatron comatose and Starscream in charge of the Decepticons... an opportunity he completely squandered, "leading" the Decepticons to rack and ruin on a remote asteroid. On revival, Megatron was not happy at the complete destruction of the Decepticon infrastructure, but let him live due to the lack of able-bodied soldiers.

After the Chaos War, he placed himself as a repentant soul, trying to do his best to help the vastly-expanded [[NAIL|neutral population]] on a reborn Cybertron. This, combined with the apparent blessing of [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], left him placed after a Decepticon uprising to kill his "friend", neutral leader [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], and use his death as a tool to evict both factions from [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and seize the leadership of the city.
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:Starscream HOS.jpg|thumb|Ye olde Tyme treacherie.]]
Starscream was one of the many Decepticons who fought the Autobots on prehistoric Earth, taking on the [[beast mode]] of a reptilian flying creature before the ice age forced both factions into prolonged hibernation. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}

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Starscream was later the nominal leader of the Decepticons on 19th-century Earth, while Megatron slept in [[stasis lock]]. He decided to conquer the Earth in this time, and to use that power to overthrow Megatron when he should wake. Posing as a benefactor to humanity, he enlisted the help of inventor [[Tobias Muldoon]] to design new [[Alternate mode|altmodes]] for the Decepticons. Starscream also commissioned Tobias to build the Decepticons a new base of operations, though he insisted that its location to be some place remote, away from prying eyes. All the while, he sent the Decepticons under his command to "appropriate" funds to finance the operation as a whole. Thanks to the Decepticons' tireless efforts, Starscream's machinations advanced at full speed. Tobias Muldoon eventually learned of Starscream's evil intentions for the Earth when he overheard Starscream gloating that he would soon subjugate the human race. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Starscream built (or reformatted) [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] for an assault on [[New York City]], and the new electrical generators there. As the preparations for Astrotrain were being finalized, another human by the name of [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] came to meet with Starscream. Starscream accepted Bonaventure's proposal for a partnership, stating that he still had use for an intermediary. While Bonaventure and his accomplice [[Vanflint]] were marveling at the Decepticons' efficiency, the two of them mentioned a "little yellow locomotive," piquing Starscream's interest. Starscream quickly deduced that the locomotive was indeed [[Bumblebee (G1)#Hearts of Steel|Bumblebee]], concluding that the Autobots had also reactivated themselves. Starscream then ordered [[Squawkbox]] to spread the word among the Decepticons, so as to prepare them for combat. Without further delay, the attack on New York City was put underway. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} When the Autobots moved to intercept Astrotrain, Starscream oversaw the blasting of a tunnel, cutting off the Autobots in turn. Confident that the Autobots could no longer interfere with his plans after a few more artillery volleys in their direction, Starscream boarded Astrotrain, and resumed travel towards New York. It all ended badly for him, as Bumblebee managed to make his way in front of the Decepticons, and literally derailed them off of a cliff. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

{{IDW HOS}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
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Starscream was among the Decepticons who joined [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Megatron]] in attacking the Earth in the 21st century. During an attack on Tokyo, Starscream got the drop on some human military operatives who were observing a fight between Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Optimus Prime]], but before he could take them out, [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Bumblebee]] got the drop on ''him'', spraying him with a fire engine's hose. This gave [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Grimlock]] the opening he needed to lash Starscream with his tail and send him crashing into Megatron, prompting the villains to retreat. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1|Henkei! Henkei! #1}}

Starscream later concocted a plan to have [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Astrotrain]] keep the Autobots busy while the Decepticons raided a power plant, but he had not factored in the Autobots' newest warrior, [[Hot Rod (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Hot Rod]], who took them by surprise and blasted Starscream in the back. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2|Henkei! Henkei! #2}} Seeking revenge, Starscream tried to return the favor, only for Hot Rod to dodge the blast, and cause Starscream to shoot Megatron instead! {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3|Henkei! Henkei! #3}}

Knowing that his friend [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Skyfire]] had been stranded on Earth tens of thousands of years ago, Starscream had [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Ramjet]] search for his body, which was eventually located frozen in a glacier. Starscream thawed out Skyfire and placed a mind-controlling helmet on him, to ensure that his kind-hearted old friend would serve the destructive Decepticon cause. Together, they attacked a power plant, but while they fought off the plant's Autobot defenders, Skyfire began to struggle against the helmet's influence, eventually overpowering it and turning on Starscream. Realizing he was outnumbered, Starscream fled, as Skyfire called after him to remind him that even thousands of years ago, they'd never gotten along that well anyway... {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4|Henkei! Henkei! #4}}

Following Megatron's use of energon cubes to power himself up into [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Galvatron]], Starscream attempted to repeat the process on himself, and had [[Ravage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Ravage]] steal a sack of cubes for him. Before he could put them to use, however, he was ambushed by [[Cheetor (BW)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Cheetor]], who defeated him and reclaimed the cubes. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 8|Henkei! Henkei! #8}} Later, Starscream was led by [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Cyclonus]] to a volcanic field, where Megatron was in the process of using the magma to again power up into Galvatron. Seething over his own inability to obtain the power Galvatron wielded, Starscream thought his chance to lead had finally come when a team of Autobots arrive and collapsed the volcano on top of Galvatron. His gloating was short lived, however, as Galvatron burst out from under the rubble, and, entirely unaware that a fight had even gone on, began berating Starscream and Cyclonus for being lazy idiots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9|Henkei! Henkei! #9}}

When [[Ratchet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Ratchet]] was trying to take a human girl to the hospital, Starscream arrived to take potshots at him. Ratchet's comrade [[Inferno (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Inferno]] blocked Starscream's shots, and the enabled Ratchet to escape by blinding Starscream with a blast from his water cannon. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 10|Henkei! Henkei! #10}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' comic===
Starscream was part of the Decepticons. When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the ghost of Starscream]] from [[G1 World|another universe]] met the native [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], he clarified that he was not the Starscream that Megatron was familiar with. {{Storylink|Starscream's New Body}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' BunBun comic===
[[File:Henkei1 enter starscream.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Hello, Tumblr...]]
Years ago on Cybertron, Starscream was a scientist and explorer. Together with his friend [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Skyfire]], he embarked on a search for energy on other planets, but when the duo visited Earth, Skyfire was caught in a blizzard and frozen in ice. Starscream subsequently returned to Cybertron and became a warrior, joining up with [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Megatron]]'s Decepticons. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} Untold years later, when the legendary power source known as the [[Energon cube]] was lost to the reaches of space, Starscream was among a small team of Decepticons who departed Cybertron in pursuit of it. The Cube crash-landed on Earth in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]] and shattered into fragments, so Starscream and the other Decepticons took on the forms of local vehicles and machinery to remain hidden while searching for the shards. [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots had also followed the Cube to Earth, and so the Transformers' war continued in secret on this new world. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

Eleven years after arriving on Earth, Starscream and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] tracked Prime's Autobots to the human building known built over the Cube's impact crater called the [[Star Dome]], and launched an attack. Starscream was surprised to find a human boy, [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]], caught in the middle of the conflict, but gave the fleshling little thought and aimed his gun to destroy it. The human, however, had a protector: the littlest Autobot, [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Bumblebee]] came bursting out of nowhere to nail Starscream with a flying kick and save the boy. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} Starscream didn't take kindly to this insult upon his person, and pinned Bumblebee beneath his foot, but before he could finish him off, Wataru blinded the Air Commander with a fire extinguisher! Unfortunately for Starscream, it was at that point that Megatron himself chose to arrive, and he violently berated Starscream for going behind his back, throttling him and using him as a shield to block Optimus Prime's fire. After some further shots were exchanged, Megatron's attention was piqued by Wataru, and he decided to call retreat. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}} Back at the Decepticons' underwater base, Starscream opined that Megatron was growing old, but Megatron simply replied with equal sarcasm that the weakest dog barks the loudest. Starscream stalked off, vowing to himself that he would be leader of the Decepticons, then summoned Ramjet to join him on a personal mission to the Arctic. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

[[File:Henkei4 starscream and skyfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|*cue "ScreamerxSkyfire OTP" squeals*]]
Starscream and Ramjet located the glacier that Skyfire's body was trapped in, and released him from his frozen sleep. Skyfire was happy to see Starscream again, but Starscream soon proved how much he had changed when he sent a watching group of humans to their deaths by shooting the ice out from under them. Just as Skyfire demanded an explanation for his actions, Starscream slapped a helmet onto his head that took over his mind and co-opted him into the Decepticon ranks. Starscream proceeded to lead the brainwashed Skyfire in an attack on a power plant back in Hoshinochō, but through it all, Skyfire refrained from outright killing any human workers. Displeased with Skyfire's resistance to the helmet's control, Starscream set an example by opening fire indiscriminately. Just before he shot Wataru, who happened to be visiting the plant, Skyfire seized his arm at the last second, insisting they were researchers, not murderers. Luckily, this was enough of a delay to save Wataru's life, as Optimus Prime's Autobots then came blasting into the plant. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} In the battle that followed, Skyfire continued to struggle against the helmet, shielding Wataru and Bumblebee from Starscream's attacks. Starscream was shocked to learn that Wataru was a "[[Booster]]", a being born with the ability to control energon, when Wataru used his powers to liberate Skyfire from the control helmet. Skyfire turned his guns on Starscream, blowing off his left null ray cannon, then informed him of one important fact he had remembered: they never actually got along that well in the first place. With no options left, Starscream was forced to retreat. {{storylink|Wataru's Power}}

When both Optimus Prime and Megatron were left badly damaged after a fierce battle, Starscream, Ramjet and [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Astrotrain]] exploited the Autobots' reduced manpower by raiding a hydroelectric power plant. Together, they made short work of the Autobots who did turn up to fight them, but just as they were preparing to leave with a haul of Energon cubes, the revitalized Optimus Prime came speeding onto the scene. The three Decepticons beat a hasty retreat, but only Starscream got away, the other two taken down by a powered-up blast from Prime's [[ion blaster]]. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} With nothing to show for his efforts, Starscream returned to the volcanic caves were Megatron was recuperating from his injuries, bathing in a "bath" of molten energon cubes. Deeming it a waste of their energon resources, Starscream saw his chance when Optimus Prime and Bumblebee arrived in the caves, the Autobots having received a message that gave Megatron's location. Starscream greeted the two Autobots and gleefully led them to the chamber Megatron was in, serving them up the Decepticon leader in the hopes that they would destroy him and leave his throne free to be usurped. Starscream kept Megatron's newest soldier, [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Cyclonus]], busy so Prime could deliver the killing strike, but against everyone's expectations, Megatron did not die from Prime's sword slash, and was instead transformed by the power of energon into the deranged [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Galvatron]]! {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}}

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Galvatron immediately attacked Optimus Prime, and Starscream exploited the opened, attacking his former leader from above. Galvatron proved able to shrug his shots off, and destroyed the rocky outcrop on which Starscream was standing, bringing him tumbling into Galvatron's clutches. After being slammed around a bit, Starscream fired his jets and blasted from Galvatron's grip, looping back around to deliver a jet-powered kick, but the attack accomplished little other than to thoroughly tax Galvatron's patience. Powering up his cannon, Galvatron unleashed a single earth-shattering blast that appeared to reduce Starscream to atoms. {{storylink|The Threat of Galvatron}}

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Starscream proved hardier than Galvatron expected, though: after Galvatron had torn his way through the assembled Autobots, Starscream re-appeared, broken and crippled, but nonetheless determined to bring Galvatron down. His weapons still proved ineffective, however, and so Starscream demanded that Wataru use his powers to give him a boost. Naturally, Wataru was hesitant, but saw the logic in Starscream's plan and acquiesced, providing the Decepticon with a forcefield and a powered-up gun. Starscream was only able to get off one shot before Galvatron destroyed the field and his cannon, but the blast successfully reopened the original wound Optimus Prime had torn in Galvatron's armor. Taking the opening, Prime repeated the tactic and plunged his energon sword into the gash, ripping Galvatron open. A catastrophic release of energy from Galvatron's body ensued, which began to the collapse the cavern. The Autobots raced for the exit, but Starscream did not move, and Wataru could only look back to see a smile form upon the Air Commander's lips as he watched Galvatron's defeat, seconds before he too disappeared beneath the tumbling rocks. {{storylink|Revenge (Henkei)|Revenge}}

Later, as Prime's Autobots prepared to return to Cybertron, Skyfire announced that he would be staying on Earth in order to search for Starscream, indicating that he believed his old friend was still alive. {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===Alternity===
[[File:Alternity starscream boxart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Carscream"? Really, that's the best [[Fandom|you]] could come up with?]]
A Starscream from an unidentified [[universal stream]] was selected by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Megatron]] to become the leader of his team of cross-dimensional [[Questor]]s. Imbued with a small portion of the incredible powers over space and time that his leader had acquired from the god-beast [[Hytherion]], Starscream became incredibly powerful, equipped with an uncharacteristic sports car alternate mode, a [[Timaeus drive]] that allowed him to travel through dimensions, a "Retroactive Nullifer" capable of erasing victims from history, and four "Evil Optics" that can send an enemy into [[stasis lock]] with only a look. Despite all the new powers that this infusion of Hytherion power conveyed about him, Starscream was wary, wondering why Megatron would so empower him given his record of deceit. Despite fears that he might be the subject of some strange cosmic experiment that Megatron was conducting, Starscream still took to his new role with glee, seeking ways to put his new power to use overthrowing Megatron.

On a mission to Earth, Starscream confronted one of [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[auto-avatar]]s. Surprising Prime with his sports car form, Starscream scored a hit with his Nullifer, which slowly began killing the Autobot. Starscream had heard other species call the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]] "gods", but taunted Prime by telling him that any story of gods must end with a Ragnarök. However, Starscream did not expect Prime to tell him that the Alternity were already well aware of the time and circumstances of their prophesied end, and were already prepared. {{storylink|Foreshadows}}

Learning that Megatron intended to use a magic tablet to seize control of the all-powerful [[Planicron]]s of [[Flatworld]], Starscream made his inevitable power play, hunting out a tablet of his own and mastering its abilities. Just as Megatron was in the process of taking control of the Planicrons, Starscream stepped in, paralysing his fellow Questors with his Evil Optics and using his tablet in an attempt to collapse Flatworld in on itself. It came as a rude shock, then, to find that Megatron had anticipated his treachery and was able to override his tablet's control of the Planicrons. Megatron explained that the only reason Starscream had been chosen to be a Questor at all was so that he would have a test subject to see if it was possible to kill a being infused with Alternium—and as it turned out, it was, as Megatron had the Planicrons enter Starscream's body and cause the Alternium within him to multiply rapidly, exploding his body from the inside out.

Of course, that was not quite the end for Starscream, who naturally survived as a ghost, like so many other versions of himself throughout the multiverse. Megatron was subsequently defeated by the Alternity when Thundercracker freed the Planicrons from his control, and Starscream's ghost appeared before his fellow Questor after the battle was done to taunt him with the fact he would never be forgiven for his betrayal. Though unclear, it seems possible Starscream may have actually possessed Thundercracker and caused him to free the Planicrons in the first place. {{storylink|Alternation}}

At some point, [[Cloud World]]'s [[Wreckers]] battled Starscream. {{storylink|TFC-A04}}
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===Robot Heroes===
Starscream was one of the "pretty tough" soldiers in Megatron's army. He and the other 'bots serving Megatron traveled to Earth to gather energon, only to run afoul of the Autobots. Starscream was tackled out of the air by Arcee, and then shoved into a river by Drift! He then sulked over it. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''United''===
After Megatron believed Optimus to have been forever vanquished, he proclaimed himself Cybertron's "Emperor of Destruction", and turned to Starscream for an update on a mysterious "item". Starscream only bitterly responded that the object in question would serve them better if he were to wield it. The conversation was cut short by the timely arrival of the still-living Optimus Prime and his troops! Upon their entry on the scene, Starscream goaded Megatron into battling the Autobot commander, and Megatron readily gave in to his urge to do so. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:starscreamkreo-wallpaper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Renegade for life.]]
After [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] managed to best [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the Decepticon leader tagged in Starscream. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}} Starscream entered a dance competition, where his quiet, peaceful interpretive performance was roundly booed by the audience. He finished his piece by falling over and disintegrating. The judges ([[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]) nonetheless gave him ludicrously high marks. Score one for nepotism. (Decepotism?) {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

Starscream and his pilot pulled up beside Bumblebee, just after the Autobot had finished impressing another driver with his moves. {{storylink|My Ride Is Better than Your Ride}} When Megatron took part in a race, Starscream attempted to aid his leader by dropping a boulder onto Bumblebee. Unfortunately, the boulder hit Megatron instead. {{storylink|The Big Race}} During the holiday season, Starscream was unwrapping his presents when Optimus Prime and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] looked ominously in through the window. {{storylink|A Gift For Megatron}}

Starscream helped Megatron train to defeat the Autobots after his leader became annoyed at their constant losses. {{storylink|Megatron's Revenge}}

Starscream participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots... until Optimus Prime began talking about the plot of the [[live-action film series]] to the audience. Starscream directed the "recap" segments from a director's chair until [[Grimlock (Kre-O)|Grimlock]]'s attempt to order a pizza on the phone started bleeping out Optimus's lines. {{storylink|Take Us to the Movies}}

===Titan ''Kre-O'' comic===
Starscream was with Megatron when the Decepticon leader proclaimed that the alien world they were on was his. His attempt to amend Megatron's statements to "theirs" were ignored, as were his warnings about the approaching Optimus Prime. He transformed and left while Megatron was trampled on. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Kre-O Transformers}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Reunion and Parting}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===Starscream's New Power===
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Using a cloaking device to infiltrate [[Shockwave's Tower|Shockwave's lab]], Starscream managed to swipe a couple of weapons, and fended off the Decepticons that attempted to apprehend him. He boasted that soon the Decepticons would kneel before him as their true leader, unaware of Megatron sneaking up behind him... {{storylink|Starscream's New Power}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
Starscream was one of the [[Decepticon]]s who joined [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] in the ''[[Nemesis (Kre-O)|Nemesis]]'' to chase the [[Autobot]]s in the ''[[Ark (Kre-O)|Ark]]''. After they boarded the ''Ark'', it crashed to [[Earth]] and the [[Transformer]]s fell to a four million year-long sleep. After waking up, Starscream was strangled by Megatron for not setting the alarm. {{storylink|Kreon Story}}

Starscream was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

Starscream formed the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to help him overthrow Megatron, only for the team to become base guards and leave him at Megatron's mercy. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}} He was among the Decepticons present during Megatron's brief takeover of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}} When Megatron wanted to place a giant golden replica of his head on top of his new [[Solar Tower]], Starscream refused to help fly it up there as it was just too heavy. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}} Starscream stayed up all night building a big statue of himself only to have [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] show up and wreck it during the unveiling. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

Starscream was charmed by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] into cleaning the Decepticon base for her, {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}} and later attended Megatron's hanami party together with the spider. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}} He was among the Decepticons accidentally sent to a world of giants, where they battled the Autobot until Megatron realized his underlings back home would forget about him unless they went back quickly. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise! The Transformers Are by Your Side!?}}

===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
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Starscream was playing cards with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] when [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] attacked their base. Megatron used a nearby Construct-Bots computer terminal and upgraded him using [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s blasters and wings, much to the spying Autobot's ire. He cringed when Megatron fell after slipping on some gumballs. {{storylink|Intro!}} He was later seen preening in front of a mirror (to the amusement of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and Bumblebee, who were spying on him) when Predaking flew by in dragon mode and smashed into him, scattering his pieces. As he reattached his pieces, Bumblebee switched his wings with wheels, and when he attempted to transform and fly away, he fell quite a nasty drop. {{storylink|Take Flight!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Seeking to ascend towards the Decepticon Elite in Megatron's army, Starscream devised a means to lure the legendary Optimus Prime out of hiding. To do so, he attempted to capture Bumblebee as the Autobot fled into outer space. The chase led Starscream to [[Cobra Commander]]'s private storage room on planet Earth, where he lost his quarry among the multitude of vehicles in the terrorist's collection. As Starscream rummaged about, he encountered [[Snake-Eyes]], who mistook him for a [[Cobra]] drone unit. Though Snake-Eyes's attempt to harm Starscream proved pitiful, the human escaped in the newly disguised Bumblebee, and Starscream resumed his chase.

Despite getting embroiled in a battle between [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and Cobra, and getting one of his wings torn off by [[G.I.Rocket|Creeper vines]] along the way, Starscream managed to rip off Bumblebee's head and return to Cybertron with his prize in-hand. Starscream prostrated himself before his king as Megatron promised him a place in the highest echelon of his new order. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}}

Starscream later returned to Earth, this time accompanied by Soundwave and Shockwave, to demand the humans surrender to Megatron. While Ravage discussed their terms with their G.I. Joe welcomers, Starscream adopted an Earth alternate mode, based on [[Ace (G.I. Joe)|Ace]]'s [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]. The meeting soon escalated into a skirmish between the two teams, with Starscream getting half of his face melted off by [[Snake-Eyes]] by the end of it. The Decepticons were defeated and forced to retreat. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

The Decepticons allied themselves with Cobra, forming the "Decepticobra" alliance. Starscream was fitted with a partial face-plate to cover his wounded face, and participated on an attack on the [[USS Flagg|USS ''Flagg'']] in order to retrieve the body of Soundwave, killed in their previous encounter with the Joes. Discovering that the Decepticon's body was not being held there, and facing considerable resistance from the Joes, Starscream and the others retreated. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

Some time afterwards, Starscream served as the [[Baroness|Serpentress]]<nowiki>'</nowiki>s transport to the United Nations when she tried to strong-arm the Earth's leaders into submitting to Megatron's rule. Her speech was interrupted by the arrival of Optimus Prime, grappling with G.I. Joe forces outside. With the "ultimate prize" seemingly within his grasp, Starscream joined the fight and tried to slay Optimus. Unfortunately, Shockwave was too distracted by the sight of his brother's body being used as a robotic suit by [[Doctor Venom]] to assist him much. The battle became even more chaotic when [[Koh-Buru-Lah (creature)|Koh-Buru-Lah]], among others, joined the fray, allowing Optimus to escape Starscream. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Later, Starscream and [[Viper (CW)|Viper]] attacked a Joe convoy, only to be ensnared in the road-coils of the disguised [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

During the final battle over the Sun, Starscream found himself briefly saddled by [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], who hitched a ride up to the top of Megatron's head. After Megatron fell into the Sun, Starscream managed to snatch the Matrix from his fallen leader... only for it, in turn, to be grabbed out of his hand by Laserbeak. When the Matrix was returned to Optimus, Starscream petulantly mumbled that he intended to return the talisman to the Prime. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Transformers × Evangelion''===
[[File:Transformers Mode Eva ch 1.jpg|thumb|Get in the robot, Optimus, or [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] will have to pilot it again.]]
His body destroyed during the war with [[Unicron]], Starscream wandered the universe as a ghost until arriving on an [[Earth]] under attack from [[Angel]]s. He proceeded to possess one of the creatures, becoming the monstrous "Angel"-scream, and attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots. {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 2}} By scanning the human weapon [[Evangelion Unit-01|Eva-01]], Prime was able to grow greatly in size and battle "Angel"-scream, {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 3}} who repelled him using an impenetrable [[Absolute Terror Field|A.T. Field]] granted to him by the Angel's body. Tempted to use this newfound power against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], he first decided to get rid of Prime once and for all, but was distracted by trying to catch the tiny [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] while [[Tokyo-3]] was simultaneously shifting around him. This gave Optimus Prime the opportunity to slice through the A.T. Field and into the Angel's core with his [[energon-axe]], destroying the Angel and exorcising Starscream's ghost back into space. {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 4}}

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
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Starscream participated in the attack on the Autobot shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]], but broke ranks to get his own mitts on the relic, intending to conquer the universe for himself. He chased down and cornered [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the carrier of the AllSpark, but accidentally blasted open a window while firing on the Autobot, causing the AllSpark to be sucked out into space and down a [[unspace|quantum tunnel]]. Crestfallen, Starscream bemoaned his lost opportunity as Bumblebee took him into captivity. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the Great War, Starscream posed a challenge to Megatron's leadership position. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}} Once the war was restarted in 1984, Starscream lead an attack on the [[British Museum]] to claim a statue of [[Amenhotep III]] to try and gain the supposed [[magic]]al powers within to crush the Autobots. Even though the Autobot Minibots showed up, the Decepticons got away with the statue and [[Rosetta Stone|some useless stone]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] was the result of experiments aimed at achieving immortality by mimicking Starscream's immortal spark. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 55|Rampage's profile in Club magazine #55}}

[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, be they good or evil, were long gone by the time Cybertron was controlled by the [[Builder Assembly]], naming Starscream as an example of the evil ones. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''Timelines''===
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In [[Primax 096.0 Beta|one universe]], [[Megatron (G1)#Timelines|Megatron]] upgraded himself with flight capability and the ability to combine with Starscream during the latter days of the [[Great War (G1)|third Cybertronian war]]. In response, [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] upgraded himself with heavier armor and weaponry. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}} During the obligatory Battle for [[Sherman Dam]], [[Hound (G1)#TransTech|Sergeant Hound]] kept Lieutenant Starscream from interfering in the fight between Megatron and General Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 6, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 06/09/2015}} At the war's final battle on [[Mirtonia]], the Autobots emerged victorious in routing the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]] when Decepticons accidentally blew up an experimental energon refinery and themselves along with it. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}}

===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Tomokazu Sugita]] (Japanese)}}
Starscream was a fan of the anime ''Dream Soldier Wing-Man''. {{storylink|The Road to Small and Cute Transformers}} The news that the Autobots were discussing a way to make ''Q-Transformers'' more popular led Megatron to decide the Decepticons should do the same. Starscream was skeptical that they could achieve it with a five minute cartoon, and went off on a rant about [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s original alternate modes. When Megatron insisted they stay on topic, Starscream suggested they add "wife" to the end of their sentences as a verbal tick to draw in attractive housewives. {{storylink|The Road to More Popularity than Autobots}} Starscream was doubtful that following the Autobots' lead of examining the old shows would help, believing they'd only find animation errors and attempts to sell toys. Shockwave brought up ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' an Starscream found the entire premise insane. He was sent flying by Megatron after Soundwave revealed that he was the only one of them who appeared in ''Kiss Players''. Megatron wanted them to discuss ways to make ''Transformers'' appeal to adults, so Starscream suggested they consider places adults go... such as funeral homes. He also came up with the idea of a hearse Transformer which Megatron thought would be depressing. {{storylink|The Road to Transformers for Adults}}

Starscream remained skeptical about Megatron's determination to examine previous ''Transformers'' lines, lamenting that the previous toy lines that Shockwave listed made ''Q-Transformers'' looks like it was ripping them off. During the conversation that followed, Starscream recalled ''Wing-Man'' and a particular episode featuring an enemy who drew power from women's underwear. {{storylink|The Road to Small and Cute Transformers}} Hearing that it was a popular hangout for attractive wives, Starscream hauled [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] along to [[Sanrio Puroland]], only to run into [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], whom Starscream thought shouldn't be there as they weren't Sanrio designs. Starscream challenged the pair to see which side could become more popular, and Bumblebee suggested they should come up with a concept for a ''Q-Transformers'' theme park. Starscream's idea was one that was for kids by day, but transformed to be for adults by night. {{storylink|The Road to Q-Transformers Land Which Won't Lose to Puroland}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[File:Of Masters and Mayhem flashback.jpeg|thumb|left|250px]]

Decepticon Aerospace Commander Starscream left Cybertron during the Great War to seek out the power of the [[Underbase]]. Allying with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]'s squadron, Starscream found the cosmic power he sought and turned it on the Autobots only for its power to ultimately overwhelm him, melting him from the inside out. Impactor later revealed that this mission had been part of a plan to upgrade [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Starscream having been but an unwitting pawn. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

When Megatron met the Autobot [[Pretender]]s on Earth, he informed them of how the Great War had transpired in this reality, remembering Starscream as one of the key Decepticons. {{storylink|History}}

===When Worlds Collide===
When Megatron and Cobra Commander stole the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Starscream flew by in jet mode. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}
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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity===
====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}
[[File:PreludeToCombinerWarsStarscream.jpg|thumb|Look Mom, I'm in 3D!|upright=1.4]]

Starscream was among the Decepticon troops who bore witness to a pivotal duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, one meant to end the war before the never-ending arms race between the two factions spiralled further out of control. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}} Following the end of the war, Starscream found a role on Cybertron's new ruling council alongside Rodimus Prime and [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]'s [[Mistress of Flame]]. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}} {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade}} Although he claimed that his old backstabbing had given way to a newfound sense of responsibility, in reality he was just playing a long game to get his hands on the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|A War of Giants}} {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}}

[[File:AWarOfGiants Starscream plus combiners.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|This isn't even my final form.]]

To contain Menasor, Starscream ordered the Council agent [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] to stop the Decepticon combiner, sparking a fight that spilled over to Caminus. Following the destruction, Starscream met with the Council to discuss the growing combiner threat, but no-one could come to a meaningful agreement. {{storylink|The Council}}

The Council examined the two dead combiners, Starscream regretting sending Computron on his suicide mission. When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Megatron, and Optimus Prime attacked the Council building, the trio opted to face the intruders without the aid of the Enigma. Starscream failed to convince Megatron of his good intentions, and the former Decepticon leader fired on his old second-in-command, triggering the turrets. Then Devastator showed up out of nowhere, ripping off one of Rodimus's arms and turning the tide in favor of the combiners. {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}} When [[Victorion]] also showed up out of nowhere, the Mistress of Flame argued in favor of using the Enigma to control the combiners, a plan of action Starscream agreed with - as he touched the Enigma, Megatron realized that this was all Starscream's long con, and he had gotten all the players in his scheme right where he wanted them. Starscream, energized by the Enigma, absorbed the four combiners to become Ultimate Starscream... {{storylink|A War of Giants}}

[[File:DarkestHour-starcloud.jpg|thumb|Incoming barrage from the Big Giant Head!|upright=1.4]]

...and, after monologuing about his evil scheme for a while, the energies of the Enigma imploded on him, turning him into a giant, screaming head. Starscream threw around the interlopers for a while before knocking Windblade unconscious. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} Windblade gained a second wind, however, and on regaining consciousness she had Metroplex reach out and crush whatever Starscream had become, killing him. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

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Studying his body afterwards, Perceptor discovered that its consistency had changed as a result of his attempt at combination, taking on properties similar to the Enigma and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} Despite his death, Starscream's spark endured and was left to drift through space as he cursed at whatever higher power had left him in this predicament. His fortune shifted, however, when his spark was unexpectedly pulled into the body of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], resurrecting the [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} As the Autobots battled Trypticon, Starscream's latent personality would occasionally emerge, projected via dark smoke emerging from Trypticon's mouth, though his mind seemed to be addled as a result of his possession. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}} {{storylink|At the Last Second}} {{storylink|Run for Our Lives}} Ultimately, Trypticon was defeated by the power of the Matrix, freeing Starscream's spirit from within. The deceased Decepticon laughed, feeling reborn, as his spirit vanished into the air. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

In the aftermath of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimal Optimus]]'s rise to power, neither he nor Optimus Prime noticed Starscream's ghost watching them, cackling that he wouldn't be leaving any time soon. {{storylink|Saga's End}}
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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
The scheming Decepticon air commander Starscream could wield powers of the [[Thirteen|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Starscream packaging bio}}

*'''Prima'''—Learns great power is best used wisely.
*'''Vector'''—Alters the past to turn his failures into victories.
*'''Alpha Trion'''—Catalogs the weaknesses of every Decepticon.
*'''Solus'''—Boosts his [[null-ray]] power to unfathomable levels.
*'''Micronus'''—Links with others to learn how to blackmail them.
*'''Alchemist'''—Distorts the atoms of his foes with magnetic wind.
*'''Nexus'''—[[Starscream Combiner|Combines with any bot who will make him more powerful.]]
*'''Onyx'''—Gains the patience of a vulture.
*'''Amalgamous'''—Mimics the forms of others in order to deceive.
*'''Quintus'''—Gives life to an army of his own.
*'''Liege Maximo'''—Twists the words of those around him.
*'''Megatronus'''—Relentlessly seeks vengeance on any who wrong him.
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Starscream, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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===Transformers social media content===
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Starscream, aka LOOKING4LOVE84, had an online Dating Profile.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/videos/1625292087540979/ Dating Profiles]</ref>

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===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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When [[World War III]] consumed [[Earth]], the [[Decepticon]]s fled the blighted planet aboard [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], trailing the Autobots aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. When the two [[Titan (group)|Titans]] reached [[Cygnus Seven]], the Decepticons attacked, the battle sending Maximus hurtling into the moon and causing everyone to fall into [[stasis lock]]. Eventually, the [[Federation]] moved onto Cygnus Seven with a survey team accidentally rousing Maximus's autonomic systems. By random chance, the repair beam first struck [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who proceeded to revive the other Decepticons and lead an attack on the surface. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} The attack brought the attention of the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']], with the Decepticons managing to corner the away team sent by the human ship only for [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] to scare the Decepticons away with a [[photon torpedo]] barrage. Retreating to a nearby moon, the Decepticons found Trypticon with [[Klingon]]s occupying his city mode. When [[Kuri]] demanded the Decepticons identify themselves, Airachnid grumbled about all the organics pointing weapons at them. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

Though Megatron was initially intrigued by the human hating aliens, Starscream's pessimism about their usefulness soon spread to his leader before Kuri revealed the existence of the Klingon cloaking device. Taking advantage of the Klingon dedication to victory at any cost, Starscream smooth talked the commander into having one such device installed within his own chassis. After Trypticon had disabled the ''Enterprise'', Starscream led the attack on the surface of Cygnus Seven, pinning down Optimus Prime outside the mine shaft that led to Maximus. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

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As Starscream laughed at the humans' screams, Optimus Prime and Commander [[Spock]] of the ''Enterprise'' offered themselves as prisoners in exchange for the miners' safety. Contemptuous of the humans ever since the 20th century, Starscream instead prepared to slay Optimus before Fortress Maximus burst free from the moon's crust, now reformatted into a copy of the ''Enterprise''. As Starscream and Kuri pointed fingers, Maximus, or "Fortress Tiberius" as he now called himself, began to duel Trypticon. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}} Opting for the better part of valour, Starscream cloaked himself and absconded to the [[dilithium]] processing centre, noting that the fuel, while not [[energon]], would serve his needs nicely. Starscream then set off to conquer the Klingon homeworld, [[Kronos]], unaware that Megatron had already taken note of Starscream's desertion. Starscream blatantly violated the [[Neutral Zone]] and landed beyond the First City. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Taking a second to learn Klingonese (which he loved), Starscream burst into the chambers of the [[Klingon High Council]] and fashioned a makeshift throne out of rubble, declaring himself the new emperor. When the Chancellor [[Gorkon]] scoffed at this, Starscream responded with his [[null-ray]]. No sooner had the councillors whipped out their disruptors did an orbital bombardment commence. Much to Starscream's horror, Megatron descended and promptly downed him. In stasis, Starscream played no role in the subsequent battle for Kronos and was taken into custody by the Klingons once the Decepticons had been defeated. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

===''Bumblebee'' graphic novels===
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Eager to seize a volatile [[Cybertonium]] meteorite, Starscream press-ganged [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s into helping him retrieve the mineral, but the mission soon became a skirmish against Optimus Prime and the Autobots. In between barking orders at his fellow Decepticons, Starscream traded fire with Prime before the meteor threatened to explode; when the impending detonation sent the Autobots scattering, Starscream grabbed a fragment of the meteor and prepared to retreat... but reckoned without Bumblebee, whose midair tackle threatened to overload his meteor fragment. Starscream's self-preservation instincts promptly led him to drop the meteorite and escape aboard Astrotrain with the defeated Constructicons. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Go For the Gold|Go for the Gold}}

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===''Go-Bots'' comic===
[[File:IDW go-bots starscream.jpeg|thumb|250px|So apparently, combining the corpses of two fascist despots, one of them mentally unstable, creates Starscream. Seems about right.]]
After much consideration, [[Road Ranger]] decided to use the remains of the deceased [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] to create a new [[GoBot|Go-Bot]], one that looks eerily familiar.... {{Storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}

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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
[[File:MazingerVsTransformers-Mazinscream.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A final boss form for Starscream that's ''not'' a giant screaming head? Blasphemy!]]
During a battle between the Decepticons and Autobots on Earth, Starscream wound up clipping his own wing when his shots reflected off [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and sent him hurtling into a nearby [[space bridge]]. The subsequent surge of energy had the unexpected side-effect of briefly opening up a portal to another dimension, and both Autobots and Decepticons wound up in the Japan of an alternate universe. A still-wounded Starscream and the other members of Megatron's team wound up outside the [[Photonic Power Laboratory]] and planned to attack this facility in the hopes of harnessing its miraculous energy source—but the Autobots, who had been mislead by the villainous [[Doctor Hell]] and [[Baron Ashura]] into joining their evil [[Mechanical Beast]]s attacked first, and tangled with [[Kōji Kabuto]] and his powerful [[Mazinger Z]] super robot.

Realizing that they had a potential ally, Megatron's forces teamed up with Doctor Hell, and launched a second attack on the Photonic Power Laboratory; Starscream attacked from the air, and initially held the upper hand against the Mazinger until Optimus Prime, riding atop the [[Jet Scrander]], provided some air support for his new friends and shot the Seeker out of the sky. As the evil alliance lost ground, Starscream displayed the ability to absorb both Photon Power and Mazinger Z's spare parts, transforming him into the gigantic, out-of-control "'''Mazinscream'''". Mimicking some of Mazinger's own powers, such as the ability to fire powerful rocket punches, Mazinscream cut a swathe through friends and foes alike, melting legions of Mechanical Beasts with his superheated "Null Fire" blasts and even blasting Megatron himself in a demented bid for leadership. Only a three-way alliance susccessfully put Mazinscream down for good: Kōji deployed the Mazinger's rocket punch attack, which hurtled Optimus Prime and Megatron towards their mutual foe, and a blast of photonic power from Megatron's gun mode blew the Air Commander apart. The resulting explosion teleported the remaining Autobots and Decepticons back to their world, unaware that a council of [[Go Nagai|mysterious figures]] had masterminded the entire dimensional overlap, and witnessed Starscream's demise, for their own purposes. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
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{{bigquote|Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies.}}

Starscream rose to prominence in [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], the home of the Decepticon Air Command, becoming the Air Commander of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}} During the war for Cybertron, Starscream was the [[Cybertronian military insignia|Air Force Infantry Captain]], whose function served as the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' webpage]</ref>

With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. During this period, Starscream's primary objective was to gain power, and his primary weapons were his Null Rays. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' webpage]</ref>

Closer than ever to reaching the Allspark, the Decepticons awakened after crash-landing on pre-[[Ice Age]] [[Earth]]. While battling the Autobots, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies.

During this period, Starscream's function was second-in-command, and he [[trans-scan]]ned into a jet. His Null Rays and speed were his powers and weapons, and his core traits were his scheming, ambition, and relentlessness. Starscream's message from the future was that as [[Megatron (G1)|old]] alliances are tested, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|new]] alliances will be forged. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

During the collective battle, Starscream teamed up with Predacons [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] in pursuit of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and the Maximal [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Battle Across Time Collection marketing material}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TM6TDF7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Battle Across Time Collection on Amazon]</ref>
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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English), [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese)|[[Boris Rehlinger]] (French), [[Santiago Ziesmer]] (German), [[Simone Crisari]] (Italian), [[Rodrigo Oliveira]] (Portuguese), [[Jesús Maniega]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Irwin Daayán]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Samay Thakkar]] (Hindi)}}

{{bigquote|You like the sound of your own voice... ''don't you?''|[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] first meeting Starscream, [[Kingdom episode 1]]}}

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Second-in-command of the Seekers, Starscream was part of the unit that cornered Bumblebee and Wheeljack at a Space Bridge only for Jetfire to cut his hand off for insubordination. After the Autobots had escaped, Starscream got a new hand and stood behind Megatron at a rally. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} As he and Jetfire had their ideas shot down by Megatron, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] surrendered himself to the Decepticons for good faith negotiations. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}}

When Megatron announced his plan to use the Allspark to reformat the Autobots into Decepticons, Starscream aired his grievances about this to his fellow Seekers in a courtyard before Jetfire arrived and sent him on patrol. He was later approached by the fatally damaged Skywarp who managed to pass on the news of Jetfire's betrayal before he perished. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}}

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Armed with this information, Starscream confronted Jetfire at [[Tarn-Hauser Gate]], exposing him as a traitor to Megatron, the tyrant ordering Starscream to kill the traitor. Despite losses to the Seekers, Starscream managed to shoot Jetfire down, proudly reporting this to Megatron who promoted him to commander of the Seekers. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}} Soon afterwards, he was reporting to Megatron on the Seekers' observations of Autobot activity near the disused Space Bridge when Shockwave and Soundwave announced that Autobot Command had been located. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

When Jetfire was found to be alive and had defected, Starscream duelled the traitor before he received priority orders to withdraw and destroy the Space Bridge. Reluctantly following, Starscream led his troops to Sector Seven and began an aerial attack where he claimed [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]'s life before [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] arrived to attack the Decepticons. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

After Optimus and his Autobots fled Cybertron, Starscream and the other Decepticons stayed behind, struggling to keep their civilization running while also dealing with the remaining Autobots who hadn't left the planet with their leader. Using [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]'s corpse, Starscream baited [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] and her team of rebels into a trap, {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}} and brought them before [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who'd launched "Project Nemesis" as a way to harvest the lifeblood of both Autobots and Deceptions. However, when the low-ranking Decepticon [[Scrapface]] helped the Autobots escape, Megatron blamed Starscream for the loss—but when the Decepticons picked up a signal from the ''Ark'', all other concerns were swept aside when Megatron ordered the activation of "Project Nemesis", the construction of a [[Nemesis (G1)|massive warship]] that would take them off-planet in pursuit of their old foes. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

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Some time later, Starscream sent an air patrol to flush out Elita's unit, but eventually left with the other high-ranking Decepticons in the newly constructed ''Nemesis''. When the Decepticons caught up with their old foes at [[Nebulon Station]] thanks to a tipoff from the crew of the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'', Starscream joined the boarding party. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}} However, the Decepticons encountered the gigantic [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]; when an explosion separated the feuding warriors from their respective leaders, Starscream announced that Megatron had died and he now led the Decepticons. His reign proved short-lived—when Megatron and Optimus limped back to the main antechamber, Starscream accused him of collaborating with the Autobots before Megatron blasted him in the chest. Amidst the chaos of battle, the Autobots took the opportunity to escape by disabling the station's gravity, and by the time that Starscream returned to the ''Nemesis'' ahead of Megatron the Autobots had already warmed up their ship's warp drive. Starscream lied that Megatron was dead and ordered [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] to fire on the station; when Barricade refused to follow his orders, however, Starscream did it himself and annihilated the space station. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

The explosion blew open a rift to the extradimensional [[Dead Universe]], but Megatron had survived his assassination attempt, and after a brief beating, banished Starscream from the bridge. The Decepticons followed the ''Ark'' through the Dead Universe, gaining a mysterious [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|golden disk]] with the power to change history in the process, and caught up with the Autobots over prehistoric [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} The Decepticons boarded their ship, but had to contend with both an ambush and [[Deseeus]]'s remaining Mercenaries, intent on destroying both factions. The battle destroyed the ''Fool's Fortune'' but left the remaining ships drifting into Earth's gravity well, and ended with both sides hurtling toward the primordial jungle. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

[[File:KingdomEp3-StarscreamVsDinobot.jpg|thumb|300px|"You! Your beast mode should have feathers!"]]

After crash-landing, Starscream and Megatron discovered that they were not the only Cybertronians on this planet: a group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, time-travelling Cybertronians from the future led by [[Megatron (BW)|their own Megatron]], had witnessed their descent. Annoyed by this new "Megatron" and his sycophantic appreciation toward his Decepticon namesake, the treacherous Predacon [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] proposed a secret alliance with the Seeker leader. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Fellow Predacon [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] soon caught wind of their treachery, but before he could intervene, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] informed them that they'd captured [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], a Maximal spy. Later, Starscream spied on the two Megatrons as they enthused over over the Golden Disk and reported his findings to Blackarachnia. Again, Dinobot ambushed the pair—not to attack them, however, but to join forces: together, they could seize the Allspark and use its power to end the war. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}}

The three stole a shuttle to search for the Allspark, but interference caused their shuttle to crash in the Allspark's mystical "cyber-forest". When the artifact trapped both Starscream and Blackarachnia in illusory scenarios, Dinobot snapped them both back to reality. Disgusted by his selfishness and cowardice, Dinobot accused Starscream of using his past traumas as justification to hurt others—the remark caused Starscream to snap and throw the Predacon warrior off a nearby cliff. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}} With nowhere else to go, Starscream considered returning to Megatron's side until Blackarachnia convinced him to seize command through force. Using a cloaking chip, Starscream attempted to stealthily offline the Decepticon leader... but thanks to the Golden Disk's infallible knowledge of future events, he was able to take out the invisible Decepticon and steal his cloaking chip. With [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] trapped outside the temple the Allspark created for itself, Starscream and Blackarachnia arrived, trailed by "Beast" Megatron; furious at the idea of his subordinates for conspiring with a Maximal, the Predacon leader swatted the pair aside. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 4}}

[[File:KingdomEp5-Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Starscream plays the Golden Disk backwards and discovers that John Lennon actually did bury Paul.]]

Using a sample of Megatron's [[energon]], Blackarachnia and Starscream jury-rigged a device capable of reading the Golden Disk, which they'd seized amidst the battle—in doing so, however, Starscream realized that Blackarachnia had manipulated him into picking an unwinnable fight with Megatron to get her hands on that energon. Starscream attacked Blackarachnia, then absconded with both the disk and its reader. The artifact chronicled a dark timeline, one where [[Unicron]] had corrupted Megatron into becoming [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]... and, somehow, Unicron's dark influence was able to reach backwards in time to show Starscsream a vision of a Unicron-dominated future. When Blackarachnia finally caught up with him, Starscream tersely informed her that they needed to warn Optimus and Megatron immediately.

The pair made it to the repaired ''Ark'' just as the Autobots prepared for takeoff; when Optimus gave the two a chance to explain themselves, a terrified Starscream babbled that Unicron had deliberately manipulated the history of the Cybertronian race and, unable to bear its burden, entrusted the disk to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]—who promptly shattered the artifact. When he rejoined the ''Nemesis'' during its final attack on the ''Ark'', Starscream tried to warn his Megatron that his current path would lead them all to ruin; to ensure that this future would not come to pass, Starscream tried and failed to kill Megatron by knocking him off the ship's ramp. Although the battle ended with all of the Decepticons captured and imprisoned, Starscream was unconcerned by this: he was more worried about the fact that the ''Ark'' would take them back to Cybertron—exactly what Unicron wanted. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}

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As the ''Ark'' flew through space, Starscream tried to convince the Autobots of what he'd seen and heard before the ship's [[stasis field]] temporarily incapacitated him. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream's worst fears were seemingly confirmed when Galvatron and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]—the two corrupted alter egos of the Autobot and Decepticon leaders—reached backwards in time to attack the Cybertronians. However, Starscream and Optimus Prime's impassioned encouragement to fight for the future of Cybertron inspired Megatron to turn on his future self, and the united factions bought just enough time for Bumblebee to implant the Allspark, reactivate Cybertron, and banish the two malevolent time-travellers. With the crisis having forced both sides together, Megatron agreed to a ceasefire, and Starscream was one of the many Decepticons who attended the peace ceremony. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part Four|''Transformers'' issue #4]] (mentioned), [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four|''Transformers'' issue #10]] (full depiction)}}

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Starscream was forged at some point before the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. His [[mentor]] [[Cryak]] brought the young Starscream along on her expeditions, and their adventures in the Cybertronian wilderness opened Starscream's eyes to the beauty of his homeworld. Eventually, however, Cryak suffered a debilitating accident on one of her expeditions and chose to go [[immersant]]. {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}}

After the eccentric genius [[Termagax]] abandoned her political ambitions to her mentee [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and retired to a life of seclusion, Starscream occasionally showed up to bother her. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}}

During the reign of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Starscream caught wind of a conspiracy in the uppermost echelons of the Cybertronian government: to uphold the terms of the [[Nominus Edict]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] had diverted multiple [[Spark|Titansparks]] and stored them underneath the [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]] instead of bringing them to term. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} In exchange for his silence, Sentinel Prime promoted him to Head of Cybertronian Intelligence and removed [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] from the position. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} As Head of Intelligence, Starscream delivered reports on potential threats like rogue [[Mini-Cassette|infiltration trooper]]s {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}} and kept abreast of interspecies politics, including spying on the secretive and hostile [[Thraal]] empire that bordered Cybertronian space. {{storylink|Nautica: Home}}

[[File:G1StarscreamMocksOrionIDW2019.jpg|thumb|250px|Gottem.]]

Off the books, Starscream began building a private spy network for his own benefit: handpicked moles like the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s right-hand 'bot [[Trickdiamond]] {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} fed him a constant stream of intel; by only telling Sentinel Prime what ''he'' wanted the Autobot leader to know, his opportunism afforded the ambitious [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] a near-total monopoly on information. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} Whether through his repeated encounters with Termagax or through his myriad contacts, Starscream eventually deduced that she'd been entrusted with the mythical [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}}

As a member of Sentinel Prime's inner retinue, Starscream joined his leader and other high-ranking government operatives for a tour of the [[Cybertronian colonies]] aboard the Titan [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], secure that his various moles on Cybertron would fill him in when he returned. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} While in orbit around [[Hexagon]], Sentinel received word that both [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Rubble]] had been murdered, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} and informed his staff that they would be returning to Cybertron ahead of schedule. Starscream, after making some mildly racist remarks about a recently murdered [[Voin]], showed [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] that his team had finally cracked the Thraal's anti-security measures and gained security footage of the organics. When he showed footage of the visiting delegation leaving, the Head of Xeno-Relations, realising that the Thraal were plotting something, hurried away. {{storylink|Nautica: Home}}

When the group returned home, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} they made their way to the [[Senate]], where Sentinel found little concrete progress had been made and barked a few orders before stomping off. Following the Prime, Starscream sarcastically praised [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] for keeping the peace so effectively. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

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When [[Security Operations]] besieged four members of [[The Rise]] in an [[immersant]] Titan, Starscream arrived, claiming that he'd simply come to observe the standoff. In reality, however, he had come to receive a report from his mole in the Ascenticon Guard, [[Reflector (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Refraktor]]. Chromia was simply glad that Soundwave was out of sight due to their history. As Refraktor finished his report, Starscream spotted Soundwave and his guards, and chastised his agent for not telling him the most significant news—that [[Bumblebee (G1)#2019 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] had joined the Ascenticon Guard. Before Refraktor could respond, however, the Titan suddenly exploded, forcing Starscream to cover his audio sensors. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}}

Starscream learned from his contacts that Sentinel Prime intended to arrest Soundwave for suspected collaboration with the Rise, and after the Reversionist senator [[Heretech]] warned Megatron of the plot, Starscream made contact with the leader of the Ascenticon movement too. Although he freely admitted he was still hedging his bets between the Autobots and Ascenticons, Starscream did give Megatron one tip for free—Bumblebee was deeply loyal to Orion Pax and likely the mole in the Ascenticon Guard who had alerted the Autobots to Soundwave's activities. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

After Bumblebee had been arrested for murdering [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], Starscream paid him a visit. Confident that his various connections would allow him to safely ride out Megatron's impending uprising, Starscream offered to ally with Bumblebee but left when the yellow bot offered him no answer. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} Indeed, when Megatron dropped all pretenses of civility and overthrew the Senate, Starscream had already fled the Senate and abandoned Sentinel to his fate. When the [[Rainmaker]]s slew Sentinel Prime not long afterwards, Sentinel, aware that Starscream intended to stand with Megatron, ordered his successor Orion to find and kill Starscream before he could reveal the secret of the Pyramid to the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

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A few days later, as Megatron consolidated his power over Iacon, Starscream came out of hiding to meet with the new leaders of the city, confident that his connections and secret knowledge would give him an edge in the new hierarchy to come. However, his smug attitude quickly eroded any goodwill; Soundwave, still nursing a grudge against his old rival, blasted him with his sonic cannon. When Megatron threatened to turn his [[fusion cannon]] on Starscream, the Seeker quickly revealed that he had information on both Titansparks and the Enigma of Combination. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} While recuperating from his injuries, Starscream ordered Refraktor to pass along information about the Titansparks to the Autobots—Megatron had gotten this far by holding all the cards, but now it was time for the Decepticon leader to face his first real test. As he was to be transferred to [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]]'s care, Starscream, aware that Megatron would have him watched, ordered Refraktor to volunteer for that role. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Acting on Starscream's intelligence, both sides converged on the Pyramid for the Titan sparks at the same time, sparking a brawl that ended in the destruction of the facility and almost all of the sparks. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} Finding Starscream to still be of use, Megatron promoted the Seeker into his inner circle and gave orders for Soundwave to not kill him. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

[[File:IHaveNoMouthAndIMustStarscream-excuseme.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Osmosis Scream?]]

After the Autobots withdrew from Iacon, Starscream eavesdropped on Megatron as the Decepticon leader considered putting Starscream in charge of a new public relations unit that would hunt down and flush out any Autobot stragglers. However, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], citing Starscream's selfishness, pressured Megatron into appointing Soundwave instead. A frustrated Starscream stormed out of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]] and ran into [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], who told him that they'd heard a ghost from Cybertronian mythology screaming somewhere out in the wilderness. Aware that Autobots could be using the ghost story as a cover to regroup, Starscream decided to investigate himself. When he tracked the noise to its source, however, he discovered that the "ghost" was a lost and confused Voin ape, tangled up in a glade of metallic flora. Starscream considered putting the creature out of its misery... but when his blade touched the metallic cable leeching [[energon]] directly from the planetary surface, a strange electrical reaction sucked out his [[spark]] and transplanted it into the body of the helpless Voin ape.

Upon reawakening in this fleshy form, Starscream briefly panicked... but soon realized that he was not the ''only'' Cybertronian inhabiting this body: this was the final resting place of his old mentor Cryak, who'd become trapped in this realm between life and death when the alien creature interrupted her return to the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]]. Although Cryak, now viciously insane after spending kilocycles in purgatory, intended to steal Starscream's body and use it to "free" dozens of Cybertronians from their physical forms, Starscream was able to stop her, and although he briefly contemplated trying to help his old mentor, eventually decided to simply keep her trapped in her predicament forever as punishment. {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}}

Some time later, Starscream was in Decepticon Headquarters when [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] brought [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] before the Decepticon leader for an interrogation. Although Magnus warned the Decepticons that [[Exarchon]], who'd kicked off the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], had returned, Megatron put no stock in these rumors and dismissed them. Starscream was curious by the specificity of his warnings, however, and Megatron grudgingly permitted him to investigate. Shortly afterwards, Starscream received a call from Trickdiamond, whom he'd once promised her everything if Swindle ever fell. When she informed him that her boss was voluntarily aiding the Autobots, Starscream passed the word along to Megatron and Sixshot. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}}

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As the Decepticons prepared to attack Crystal City, Cyclonus arrived, spouting more warnings about Exarchon, Starscream suggested to Megatron that, true or false, they spin the rumours to their advantage, painting the Decepticons as benevolent protectors against a foe to all of Cybertron. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} Starscream later tried to make peace with Soundwave before [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] teleported in, bringing confirmation that Exarchon had returned. When the three made for the throne room, Megatron was in the process of speaking with Optimus Prime. Given that the Autobots were the least of the threats facing the Decepticons, Starscream advised Megatron to agree to a temporary alliance, being supported by Soundwave. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

In the Decepticons' big push on [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], Starscream led the Seekers into battle against [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. After [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] had been felled, Starscream attempted to warn Megatron of the Autobots' imminent launch only for them to do so before he could even finish his sentence. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
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After the Decepticons won the Great War, the malevolent entity known as [[Gozer]] appeared on Cybertron. Though Starscream was quick to attack, Gozer simply reflected his weapon's power back at him before it was approached by the [[Decepticon leader]], offering Megatron the choice of which form it would assume to destroy Cybertron. In his arrogance, Starscream momentarily thought that only ''he'' was powerful enough to destroy Cybertron, and when Gozer picked up on this thought it reshaped itself into a monstrous parody of the Air Commander and began its attack. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

Though the Decepticons fought valiantly against the extradimensional menace, the invader proved too powerful, and the destruction of the [[Decepticon fleet]] and Megatron's pride meant that evacuation was not an option. As Megatron prepared to execute Starscream for giving Gozer a form, the energy being known as [[Kremzeek]] approached the members of [[Decepticon High Command]] and offered them a proposition: he would spare their lives by transforming them into [[ghost]]s... but once Megatron accepted the deal, he discovered that Kremzeek intended to use them to find the [[AllSpark]], which the Autobots had taken with them when they fled Cybertron, and seize it for his own ends. Megatron, Soundwave, and Shockwave refused, resulting in the Scavenger absorbing them into his being. Only Starscream chose to serve Kremzeek, and the energy creature sent him out into the galaxy to find the ''Ark'', and with it, the AllSpark. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

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One thousand years later, Starscream's ghost manifested on [[Earth]] and drew the attention of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew, who sent [[Ectotron|Ectronymous Diamatron]] to investigate. When he arrived at the Autobot's coordinates, Starscream asked the nearby [[Ghostbusters]] to leave, but the humans responded by trapping him in one of their [[ghost trap]]s. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} Ectronymous accidentally set Starscream free, who nearly turned his wrath on the organics before they restrained him with their [[proton pack]]s. Noticing Ectronymous' Autobot insignia, Starscream called a truce and told an edited version of his story, claiming that he needed the AllSpark in order to rebuild his physical body. When one of Kremzeek's children arrived, Starscream, ostensibly to win the humans' trust, instructed them on how to destroy it before the group returned to the [[Ghostbusters firehouse]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}}

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Loitering through the building, Starscream failed to kill a [[Slimer|a gluttonous ghost]], much to [[Peter Venkman]]'s amusement. While the human sympathized with the attempted murder, he wasn't fooled for a second by Starscream's act and activated a hidden ghost trap that kept the Seeker contained while Ectotron and the Ghostbusters went out on a call. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 3}} While the Ghostbusters took care of a local ghost, Kremzeek created a power surge that disabled the trap and set his servant free. Starscream fled to the [[Grosbeak Generating Station]] and set a trap for the Ghostbusters—once they'd captured him, he shrieked for his master to save him, prompting the arrival of Kremzeek. Though Starscream intended to use the Prime as a hostage for the AllSpark, Kremzeek had reached his limit with the Seeker's lack of results and absorbed him into his being. Starscream's imprisonment was a short-lived one, however, for [[Killerwatt|an electricity consuming ghost]] made physical contact with Kremzeek, dissipated the both of them and freed the Decepticon ghosts. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

As Megatron attacked Optimus Prime, Starscream tried to kill the distracted Peter Venkman only to be restrained once again by a proton stream. Salvation came when Shockwave, also restrained by such a stream, fired a round near Venkman and shattered his hold on the Seeker. Opting for the better part of valour, Starscream fled the planet and swore revenge on the Ghostbusters. When Ectotron left Earth in an [[Autobot shuttle]], intending to search for other Cybertronian ghosts across the galaxy, Starscream watched him leave with an opportunistic smirk. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}
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===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
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In the year [[1984]], Starscream and the other Decepticons awoke aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and killed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before the Autobot leader could awaken. Without their adversary to slow them down, the Decepticons promptly began a destructive campaign against humanity, and in spite of the Earthlings forming [[Skywatch]] to fight back, this genocidal war ended with humanity's complete extinction. Only Skywatch's [[Skynet]] supercomputer network survived, and, under the pretenses of surrender, marshaled its resources to construct a time machine in the hopes of changing history. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

In the year [[2029]], Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and the Insecticons led the final attack on Skynet's [[Omega Base]], destroying scores of [[T-800]] robots, but were too late to prevent Skynet from activating its [[time displacement device]] and sending one T-800 back to the year 1984. Unaware of this gambit, Starscream destroyed the machine that the android had used and ordered the artificial intelligence's execution. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part One}}

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The Terminator travelled back to 1984 and, after recruiting [[Sarah Connor]] into its mission of complete Cybertronian destruction, hightailed it to [[Mount St. Hilary]] and attacked the Decepticons before they could kill Optimus Prime. Smaller and more agile than its Decepticon foes, the Terminator withstood both Soundwave and Starscream's attacks long enough for Sarah to accidentally reactivate Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. Starscream panicked, assumed that ''all'' the Autobots were coming back online, and suggested a retreat. The Decepticons regrouped on an Oregon beach, where Starscream explained that the cyborg that had attacked them was ''not'' one of the native [[human]]s, but a cleverly disguised machine. Seeking power to fuel their invasion, the Decepticons then attacked the headquarters of [[Cyberdyne Systems]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

After the facility had been conquered, Starscream interrogated its scientists for information about the Terminator unit, even making attempts to bargain with the humans. By the time the Autobots arrived, the interrogation had allowed Starscream to work out the truth behind the Terminator's existence. After Refraktor had been killed, Starscream confronted the T-800 and offered to cut the android a deal, lest he exterminate his hostages and erase the android's timeline. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

Seeking to turn the android's anti-Cybertronian mission against Megatron before he destroyed it, unaware that it had already deemed his hostages as expendable, Starscream downed Soundwave with a missile barrage before he launched the T-800 at Megatron. Even at point blank range however, the android failed to breach the warlord's armor who promptly hurled it back at Starscream, sending the Seeker down into a crash landing. As the T-800 told [[Sarah Connor]] that it would complete its mission of Cybertronian destruction, Starscream reverted to robot mode, his transformation bisecting the time traveller, before he prepared to execute the Terminator. As he gloated about his plan to make a legion of slaves in the T-800's image, Starscream was shot in the side by Soundwave. Cursing his foes, Starscream flew off, content to let them kill each other. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:ShineLikeADiamond-Starscream.jpg|thumb|200px|"You're just jealous of my ''swish''."]]
Starscream was among the Decepticons battling for control over a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] (earning a hit to the face from a transformed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in the process) when it suddenly activated, transporting Autobots and Decepticons alike to the world of [[Equestria]]. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}} Upon his arrival, Starscream attacked the city of [[Manehattan]], forcing [[Rarity]] and her boutique staff to make him look presentable for his eventual conquest of this new world. Though Rarity tried to appease him, Starscream remained unconvinced of her sincerity, asserting that the ponies would serve him. His tirade was interrupted, however, by the arrival of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] who engaged him in battle. Enraged at the humiliation, Starscream fled vowing revenge. He returned with Skywarp and Thundercracker, though their attacks were hindered by Rarity conjuring a magical shield to defend Arcee. After Thundercracker was shot down, Rarity had Arcee force the remaining Seekers to fly closer together, allowing Rarity to use Starscream's own discarded cape to tangle him and Skywarp together. After a brief struggle, Skywarp teleported away, leaving Starscream to lose control and crash outside the city. {{storylink|Shine Like a Diamond}}

Starscream would later join the rest of the Decepticons and their new Changeling allies in an attack on the [[Crystal Empire]]. Eventually, Optimus Prime and [[Twilight Sparkle]] managed to combine the powers of friendship and the Matrix of Leadership to defeat the Decepticons and force them back through the reactivated spacebridge to Cybertron. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

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Following the Decepticons' construction of a new spacebridge, Starscream led the Seekers to the Equestrian city of [[Las Pegasus]] to claim magical artifacts only to run afoul of [[Twilight Sparkle]] and her friends once again. The Seekers fell back to Cybertron where a magical beam from Twilight struck one of the pilfered artifacts and unleashed [[King Sombra]] who proceeded to enthrall several Decepticons. When the Autobots arrived to investigate the commotion, the ponies claimed, much to Starscream's chagrin, that the Cybertronian race would have to unify to combat the [[unicorn]] tyrant. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

Starscream's mood only worsened when he found his Seekers allied with the [[Wonderbolt]]s. As he endured [[Rainbow Dash]]'s attitude, the fliers came under attack from the brainwashed Cybertronians. Though Starscream ordered an indiscriminate carpet bombing, the Wonderbolts instead created an atmospheric disturbance that instead allowed the Seekers to fire immobilizing nets at their kin. Landing, Starscream groused about the poor quality of opposition before launching into a speech that once he freed the rubes, they would pledge undying loyalty to him, a speech that no one heard as they were all too busy praising Rainbow Dash's plan. {{storylink|Stunt Flying}}

After [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Rarity had discovered how to free Sombra's thralls, Rainbow Dash was given a transformable [[exosuit]], turning into a handheld weapon for Starscream. When Optimus Prime confronted Megatron, Starscream eagerly jumped in to bludgeon his leader with his transformed ally, hoping that the surge of magical energy would kill his master but it simply freed the warlord instead. When Optimus Prime and Megatron stopped Sombra from getting control over [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Megatron revealed that the empathetic magic had made him aware of his second's treachery. As he dodged fire from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]], Starscream flew off, swearing revenge on Megatron and the ponies. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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Starscream was one of the many dormant Decepticons who had been entombed aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crash-landed on [[Earth]] millions of years in the past. In the year [[1984]], [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] reactivated the Decepticons ahead of schedule thanks to a time-travelling [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who had used [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine|DeLorean]] to travel back in time from [[2015]] and bring his comrades online. After executing the slumbering Autobots, the Decepticons quickly conquered Earth and enslaved the human race. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

When [[Hill Valley]] fell behind on its quota of [[energon cube]]s, Starscream was sent to investigate. As he humiliated Coordinator [[Biff Tannen]], [[Marty McFly]] lobbed a trash can lid at the Seeker's head, redirecting the SIC's anger. Starscream quickly cornered the youth but was prevented from executing him when the time travelling Autobot [[Gigawatt]] materialized and sent the Seeker tumbling into Jones Fertilizer. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}}

Hauling himself out of the excrement, Starscream attacked Gigawatt, briefly recognizing the turncoat, but was denied victory when the Autobot [[Skilz]] revealed himself, landing a kick to the Seeker's face that downed him long enough for Gigawatt to escape through time with Marty and Skilz. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

In 2015, Starscream made another visit to Hill Valley where he oversaw an execution of human rebels with four of the Constructicons. Before Biff Tannen could execute the humans, the Autobots and Marty McFly arrived. When McFly managed to use Brown's [[alpha-wave ionic nullifier]], Starscream shot him down only for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] to confront the Seeker and down him with a mighty left hook. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}}

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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

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[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] told the other Autobots that they needed to work together to get some [[energon]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] informed iher that he had an idea about where they can get it. However, they were interrupted shortly afterwards by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and Starscream, who wanted to steal the energon for themselves. {{storylink|Great Adventure on the Planet of Games!}}

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===''Last Bot Standing''===
Starscream was among the many Decepticons who fought against the Autobots as both sides drained the universe of its resources. {{Storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

===Energon Universe===
{{quote|Starscream had no vision, no plan. His shortsightedness was only outpaced by his mindless need for violence.|[[Soundwave (G1)#Energon Universe|Soundwave]]|"[[Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8]]"}}
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Long ago, Starscream was once called '''Ulchtar''', finding himself in the middle of a war, uncertain whether to join a side. One day, his friends, [[Jetfire (G1)#Energon Universe|Jetfire]] and [[Genvo]], urged Ulchtar to come witness an event that only occurred every two hundred years. Flying to [[Moonbase Two]], the trio discussed their plans for the future. Genvo had joined the fighting and reminisced about his leader, but Ulchtar said he and his brothers had refused to join a side. Jetfire said he planned to travel the stars to find a way to save the planet without the need for war. Just then, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] flew overhead, with Ulchtar marveling at the Guardian's massive size. Rushing to the nearby Cybertronian Defense Force stockpiles, Ulchtar detonated a bomb to catch Omega's attention, waving and shouting at the Guardian, who waved back. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], not amused by this, chased them from the area. As Jetfire departed for the stars, Genvo bid farewell to Ulchtar and left to join the fight.

Some time later, a massive explosion caught Ulchtar's attention. Running outside, he found himself in the middle of a battle and was hit in the back by a stray shot. Genvo noticed him and ushered him to safety, but was shot himself and died in Ulchtar's arms, telling his friend of how he had yelled at the gods and screamed the stars into noticing them. Just then, the source of the shots loomed into view, [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobots]]. After they had passed, Ulchtar cradled his friend's body, lamenting about what was left for him now. Just then, [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|Megatron]] emerged from the smoke, offering Ulchtar a chance to avenge his friend as part of the Decepticon order. Transforming into his gun [[alternate mode]], the Decepticon leader asked Ulchtar what his name was. Ulchtar responded, "Starscream". {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 13|Transformers #13}}

During the interrogation of several Autobot prisoners, Megatron offered them a chance to live if they joined him. When they refused, he transformed into gun mode and commanded Starscream to execute them. Though hesitant to harm prisoners of war, Starscream eventually gave in and executed them, egged on by the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 14|Transformers #14}} Starscream fought alongside the other Decepticons for 200 years, felling many Autobots such as [[Beachcomber (G1)#Energon Universe|Beachcomber]] {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}} as well as many unaligned Transformers such as [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Energon Universe|Cliffjumper]]'s clan. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}}

During the battle aboard the crashing ''[[Ark (G1)#Energon Universe|Ark]]'', Starscream watched as a damaged Megatron nearly fell out of the ship, clinging on with his remaining arm. Starscream seized the opportunity and fired on Megatron, sending the Decepticon leader plummeting to the planet below. {{storylink|Transformers Energon Universe Special story}}

[[File:TF2023 1 Starscream blasts Bumblebee.jpeg|thumb|225px|Say what you want about him, but he sure doesn't waste time.]]
Many years later, Starscream was one of many Decepticons lying dormant in the ''Ark'' when Jetfire unearthed the ship and attempted to use [[Teletraan One]] to reactivate and rebuild the Transformers aboard. Starscream was the first to be rebuilt, and began his new lease on life by thanking his old friend, then shooting a dormant [[Bumblebee (G1)#Energon Universe|Bumblebee]] in the face. When Jetfire confronted him, Starscream told him that the [[Decepticon|markings]] on his wings were because of the war that had been raging for the past hundred years, before also shooting Jetfire in the abdomen. Starscream took aim at the dormant [[Jazz (G1)#Energon Universe|Jazz]]'s face before he was attacked by the newly rebuilt Optimus Prime.

A fight ensued, and after taking a kick from the revived [[Ratchet (G1)#Energon Universe|Ratchet]], Starscream ordered [[Skywarp (G1)#Energon Universe|Skywarp]] to drag more Decepticon warriors to his posistion to be revived by Teletraan One. Starscream then caught Optimus off-guard as the Autobot leader discovered Bumblebee's body. He grappled Optimus from behind, berating him for mourning the weak Autobot before asking [[Soundwave (G1)#Energon Universe|Soundwave]] for assistance. Soundwave deployed [[Ravage (G1)#Energon Universe|Ravage]], whom Starscream ordered to rip out Optimus' eyes. However, humans [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Energon Universe|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Carly (G1)#Energon Universe|Carly]] helped Optimus grab his blaster in time, allowing him to shoot Ravage and knock off Starscream before destroying Teletraan One to prevent the computer from reviving more Decepticons.

[[File:TF2023 – Starscream Takes Out Jetfire.jpg|thumb|left|''He had it coming'',]]
''Mildly'' upset at the destruction of Teletraan One, Starscream, in jet mode, gave chase to Optimus and Ratchet alongside Skywarp, but the pair were shot at by a still-alive Jetfire. Starscream fired on his former friend, fatally wounding him. The two Decepticons were forced to give up the chase soon after, as Skywarp's energy levels were dangerously low.

Upon returning to the Ark, Starscream learned from Soundwave that Teletraan One was irreparable without more energy, and since Starscream had the most [[Energon]] reserves, he had to find some. Starscream begrudgingly agreed, but not before telling Soundwave to not say [[Megatron (G1)#Energon Universe|his]] name and asserting himself as leader of the Decepticons. Starscream traveled to a nearby power plant, where he crushed [[Davey|one of the human workers]] in his hand. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}}

[[File:TF2023 – Starscream slaps a jet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.225|''he had it coming,'']]
Starscream took enough energy back to power the other Decepticons, and later returned to the power plant with them in tow to collect even more energy with a converter. A fighter jet attempted to investigate, but Starscream intercepted the jet and quite literally slapped it out of the sky. Starscream then killed one of the pilots, only to be shot in the face with a flare gun as [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|the other pilot]] escaped. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}} He had no idea that this encounter would set the surviving pilot on a quest for vengeance {{storylink|Duke issue 1|Duke #1}} that would lead to the formation of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|Duke issue 5|Duke #5}}

The Decepticons returned to the ''Ark'', where Starscream expressed frustration at Soundwave's inability to repair Teletraan One due to the inadequacy of Earth's materials. Soundwave attempted to lament on what Megatron would have done, which earned him a swift slap from Starscream for mentioning that name. Just then, the Decepticons received a priority message from [[Laserbeak (G1)#Energon Universe|Laserbeak]] about an Autobot. As he was busy, Starscream sent Skywarp to deal with it. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 3|Transformers #3}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 4 – Prime Runs Over Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.225|''he only had himself to blame!'']]
Starscream arrived after the ensuing battle to find Skywarp beaten and in desperate need of repairs. Starscream asked his fallen comrade where the Autobots went and took off to pursue them. This led him into a chase with Optimus Prime, Starscream's fire interrupting a communication between the Autobot leader and Ratchet. Starscream transformed and landed in front of Optimus, intending to block his escape, only for Cliifjumper and Carly to sweep his legs out from under him and allow the Autobots to get away. Starscream would regroup with Soundwave and his cassettes at the local hospital, halting Soundwave from executing Optimus Prime. Starscream grew a smile as he realized the hospital was meant to fix the humans, gleefully mocking Optimus' pathetic empathy. To make Optimus' death more painful, Starscream opened fire on the building, damaging its generator. However, he was interrupted by the arrival of two new Autobots: Ratchet and [[Jazz (G1)#Energon Universe|Jazz]], the latter shooting Starscream in the shoulder. The Autobots rallied, prompting Starscream to order a retreat.

[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Starscream kicks Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.225|''If you'd have been there,'']]
As the Decepticons returned to the ''Ark'', Soundwave berated Starscream's single-minded penchant for destruction. Starscream deflected blame, asserting that their failures were due to Soundwave's inability to repair Teletraan One. Yet their arguing led to a realization: they ''did'' have the Cybertronian materials to repair the computer, and the two proceeded to tear Skywarp apart to get them. After the computer was repaired, Starscream watched on as it repaired [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], gloating that he was the Decepticon leader now and forever. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}} Soundwave was about to suggest that they use Teletraan One to repair Ravage, but Starscream was contemptuous of the idea of starting with the smallest of their number and punted the cassette away, instead picking [[Thundercracker (G1)#Energon Universe|Thundercracker]] as the next candidate for revival. Thundercracker was shocked to see what had become of Skywarp, but Starscream assured him that Skywarp had "volunteered his life for the greater Decepticon good." Soundwave then alerted Starscream that the Autobots had found a new source of energy at a power dam. Angry that the Autobots were stealing "their" energy, Starscream ordered an attack on them, to which a newly revived [[Frenzy (G1)#Energon Universe|Frenzy]] and Reflector volunteered. Reflector asked Starscream where Megatron was, but Starscream ordered him to shut up and stay focussed on the mission, and he and the Decepticons set out for the dam.


Once there, upon noticing that the Autobots were using power from the dam and a jerry-rigged turbine to revive their dormant comrades, Starscream and Thundercracker strafed the enemy, then deployed Reflector to attack, only for Reflector to be blown to bits by Optimus Prime, who had equipped himself with Megatron's arm and [[fusion cannon]]. Starscream took on Prime directly, scorning the Autobot Commander for using the "precious" weapon. Prime retorted by noting how much the cannon scared Starscream and how it reminded him of what he would never be. Enraged, Starscream managed to slip past Prime and severely damaged the turbine. Starscream gloated over his victory, and was shot by Optimus for his troubles, prompting him to order a retreat.

[[File:TF2023 no. 6 – "You Killed My Dad.".jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|''if you'd have heard it,'']]
The Autobots then launched a counteroffensive to retake the ''Ark'', but Starscream, having anticipated this, dispatched the freshly revived [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to intercept the Autobots, then ordered them to merge into [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}} Starscream was still kicked down by Optimus Prime and then accidentally slammed away by a raging Devastator. While clambering into the ''Ark'', Starscream encountered Cliffjumper and Carly trying to sneak in. Carly confronted him over the death of her father Davey, but Starscream didn't know what she was talking about. Starscream and Cliffjumper then grappled until Carly fired a discarded blaster at the Seeker. Cliffjumper then took aim and prepared to avenge his clan, but was unable to pull the trigger. Starscream then took advantage of his hesitation and grabbed Carly and prepared to crush the human. But it was then that Devastator, having been thrown over a cliff edge by Optimus Prime, slammed into Starscream, injuring them both and forcing the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}}

[[File:TF2023 №13 – Soundwave vs. Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|''I betcha you would have done the same!'']]
As they regrouped in the mountains, Soundwave gathered the other Decepticons and confronted Starscream over his continual failures, challenging him for Decepticon leadership. Despite Starscream's objections, he was pushed into the ring and Soundwave gave the Air Commander a merciless beatdown, even siccing Laserbeak on him at one point to rip out one of his optics. Starscream tried begging, bargaining, and cheap tricks against Soundwave, even offering him joint leadership, but Soundwave wouldn't relent until he finally ripped out Starscream's internal mechanisms and shoved him off a cliff. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}

Falling to the bottom of the volcanic chasm, Starscream's legs were burned away by the lava of the volcano and he eventually fell unconscious as he attempted to pull himself to safety. Just then, a squadron of [[M.A.R.S.]] operatives showed up, their leader, General Horton, ordering Starscream's body to be loaded up onto their tank. However, it proved to be too heavy for the chains holding it, falling to the ground at the enraged General's feet, who declared everything had changed for him after this discovery. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 13|Transformers #13}} The squad attached Starscream's comatose body to the top of their [[H.I.S.S. tank]], lacing him with explosives should he try to rebel. Awakening, Starscream angrily attacked before Horton revealed their failsafe. Low on energon, Starscream was left with no choice but to agree to an alliance.

Leading the M.A.R.S squad, Starscream eventually happened upon a chained up [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], who told of how Soundwave had freed him from the ''Nemesis'' and promised him revenge on Megatron. Starscream dismissed this as one of Soundwave's lies, reasoning that Soundwave would never let any harm befall his beloved leader. The Seeker promised Astrotrain a true chance at revenge, but just then, [[Transformers (2023) issue 12|a massive chunk of Cybertron fell into the nearby ocean]]. With the resulting tsunami putting them in imminent danger, Astrotrain transformed into space shuttle mode and the M.A.R.S squad, after some coaxing from Starscream, followed him onboard. As they flew away, Starscream spotted the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] floating in the ocean and had Astrotrain fly down to collect them. Growing ever more uneasy, Horton attempted to activate their failsafe, but a hit from a wave knocked him and the M.A.R.S crew unconscious.

Taking refuge in the the chunk of Cybertron, Astrotrain and the Combaticons pledged allegiance to Starscream before Horton awakened and attempted once more to blow them all sky high, only to find that Razz had removed the explosives from Starscream, who had promised to let them free in exchange. Now free, Starscream squashed all the members of the M.A.R.S squad, but spared Private Martin, as well as Private Razz's cat, to witness his rise to power. Swearing revenge on Soundwave, Starscream decleared that the Earth would be his. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 14|Transformers #14}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 15 - StarscreamArrives.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]
Starscream and his new team eventually tracked Soundwave's Decepticons to the dam they had attacked [[Transformers (2023) issue 5|previously]]. With the Autobots in the middle of the conflict, Starscream shouted that Soundwave would pay for his treachery and ordered the Combaticons to merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} As Bruticus grappled with Devastator, Soundwave took on Starscream, only to get slammed aside by Astrotrain. Thundercracker then approached his former leader, and Starscream called him out for betraying him to Soundwave, then taunted him by pointing out that Soundwave was complicit was in Skywarp's dismemberment. This, however, didn't stop Thundercracker from acquiring General Horton's remote and using it to drive Starscream backwards off a ledge, sending him tumbling into Astrotrain below. As he grappled with Soundwave again, Starscream refused Optimus Prime's offer to cease the battle, only for Prime to shoot a hole in the dam behind them, causing all the Decepticons to be caught in a flash flood. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}

The battle continued to [[Seattle]], where Starscream commanded his Decepticons from inside Astrotrain. As Devastator and Bruticus resumed their fight, Starscream was about to deliver a choice insult to Soundwave when an uppercut from Devastator knocked Astrotrain out of the sky. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}} Soundwave then ejected Rumble, who used his one remaining pildriver to destroy Astrotrain's right wing, sending him crashing to the ground. Though Starscream shouted for Bruticus to come to their aide, Devastator tackled the titan back to the ground in a chokehold. Soundwave proceeded to point out how pathetic Starscream truly was, to which the Seeker responded by tearing off Soundwave's chest door and extracting the comatose Ravage, preparing to offline him permanently. However, it was then that a heavily damaged Megatron arrived on the scene and put an end to the fight with only a single word. Backing away in horror, Starscream ordered Astrotrain to get him out there. However, the triple changer, filled with rage at seeing Megatron again, refused. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 20 - Starscream Restored.jpg|200px|thumb]]
To his horror, Starscream was separated from the H.I.S.S tank and dragged away by the Decepticons, all of whom chose to submit to Megatron's rule once more. Taken to the chunk of Cybertron, Starscream cried for mercy as Megatron had him placed into a contraption fuled by energy he had stored there long ago. To his surprise, however, the machine merely restored his body to full functionality. Groveling at Megatron's feet in thanks, Starscream's jubilation didn't last long; Megatron had restored him only have the full pleasure of beating the Seeker within an inch of his life once more. Once he had deemed Starscream's punishment sufficient, Megatron forced Starscream to use his gun mode to blow the traitorous Astrotrain to smithereens. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}}

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As the now-regrouped Decepticons prepared to march on the ''Ark'', Starscream criticized Megatron's plan, earning him a slap to the face for his troubles. After the ''Ark'' teleported away and Megatron reattached his fusion cannon arm, he had Starscream wield his gun mode again to shoot down [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 21|Transformers #21}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Starscreamg1early.jpg|thumb|I'm the black one! ...wait.]]
[[File:Commercial-PretenderStarscream.jpg|thumb|Way to leave your shell stranded on the top of a skyscraper.]]
[[File:Commercial-AMStarscreamsits.jpg|thumb|Where's our [[BotCon]] exclusive of ''this'' deco?]]
Starscream's [[commercial]] appearances with original footage include:
*An appearance in the first ''Transformers'' animation, a commercial for [[The Transformers (issue)|Issue #1]] of Marvel's ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' comic book. Alongside Thundercracker and Skywarp, Starscream attacked an Earth power plant, then defended himself against an Autobot counterattack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#The Transformers #1|''The Transformers'' #1 commercial}}
*Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp encountered the Autobots Jazz, Sideswipe and Prowl in the middle of the desert. They briefly scuffled. This was a toy commercial for all six featured characters. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon jets & Autobot cars|Decepticon jets & Autobot cars commercial}}
*Starscream and Thundercracker were strafing three Autobots, when their enemies unveiled their newest warrior, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]! No longer possessing the advantage of flight, the Decepticons retreated so that their own newest recruit, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] could deal with the flying Autobot. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Jetfire and Shockwave|Jetfire and Shockwave commercial}}
*Starscream led Thrust over the desert to attack the Autobots' new defense base, brushing off Thrust's concerns about the whereabouts of the Autobots themselves. He was caught off-guard when the base transformed into [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Good goin' there, Starscream. This was the only ad in which Starscream had a speaking part; he was given his usual cartoon voice. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Omega Supreme|Omega Supreme commercial}}
*Starscream, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] faced off against [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] until Autobot reinforcements showed up in the form of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
*He led an attack on the Autobots' launch site while Optimus was away on Cybertron. Ultra Magnus led the Autobots in a counter-attack against Starscream's team. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
*Starscream and Skywarp battled alongside Galvatron - yes, Galvatron! - when the three Decepticons encountered [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] driving down a highway. The two Decepticon jets strafed about as Galvatron bellowed that his first encounter with the Autobot city commander would be Ultra Magnus' doom. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus and Galvatron|Ultra Magnus and Galvatron commercial}}
*Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker found themselves on the wrong end of a beating when they came to blows with the Dinobots. Starscream was batted away by a swing of [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]'s tail. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}
*Starscream was lurking in the dark of an Earth city as Optimus Prime was reunited with Jazz and Bumblebee. (Narration from [[Victor Caroli]] led the viewer to believe that his lurking was quite evil.) Starscream emerged from his Pretender shell, and swooped down to attack the Autobots. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Classic Pretenders|Classic Pretenders commercial}}
*Still in his Pretender Classics body, Starscream was seen dunking [[Wildfly]], [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]], and [[Scowl (G1)|Scowl]] into colorful vats to create the [[Pretender Monster]]s. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretender Monsters|Pretender Monsters commercial}}
*Starscream was seen battling Prowl aboard his [[Turbo Jet]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Action Master vehicles|Action Master vehicles commercial}}
*His jet form was seen flying over a rocky landscape alongside Ramjet. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Jets and cars|Generation 2 jets and cars commercial}}

He also appeared in some online promotional videos:
*Starscream learned from eavesdropping on a conversation between Optimus and Megatron that [[BotCon 2009]] would have some sweet exclusive toys. He demanded that the Decepticons attend the convention, and was eager to be the first to get the "Wings of Honor" box set! {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
*Starscream gushed about his Botcon exclusive Kup toy when Megatron interrupted him, demanding to know if Starscream had completed the work on the Decepticons' anti-matter gun. When Starscream fumbled his words, Megatron caught on that Starscream hadn't done any work on the weapon whatsoever. Megatron was convinced to attend BotCon in the hopes of finding some new weapons there, and Starscream readied himself for the convention by putting on a kitty hat. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
*Megatron rode atop of Starscream's jet mode in outer space. {{storylink|Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like}}
*Starscream and Megatron visited Shockwave's lab on Cybertron. Despite being told off from touching Shockwave's newest creation, the "continuum transmorpher," Starscream did so anyways as soon as Megatron and Shockwave stepped out of the room. He then attempted to upload his toy review using Shockwave's computer, fumbling the transmorpher in the process. The device summoned Starscream's [[Starscream (Animated)|"Animated" counterpart]] to his reality. The two Starscreams then discussed how awesome BotCon was. They also teamed up to blast Megatron, but then argued over which one of them was now the new Decepticon leader. Not that it mattered, since Megatron was far from being defeated... {{storylink|Who is the Greatest Starscream Of All Time?}}
*Starscream nominated himself as the official reviewer for BotCon exclusive toys. He was about to reveal the first of the [[BotCon 2012]] exclusives when Megatron interrupted his video. While Starscream was distracted, Grimlock stepped in and revealed the [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] toy, spoiling the review. {{storylink|BotCon 2012: Figure Reveal!}}
*After a dance-off between Soundwave and Blaster, Starscream prepared to take the stage by first putting on a pair of sunglasses... {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}
*Starscream was part of an epic battle in a desert against the Autobots. He provided Megatron air support against Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee and Ratchet. Optimus managed to snag him out of the air by riding atop of Bumblebee. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O TRANSFORMERS Online Exclusive commercial}} When the narrator pointed out that the Transformers' battles had never been bigger, Bumblebee's Kreon pointed out that they never had been small either, and kicked Starscream's Kreon over, reducing him to pieces. {{storylink|Commercial#Kre-O|KRE-O TRANSFORMERS teaser trailer}}
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==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Starscream could hinder Optimus Prime's progress, pushing him back towards Optimus's point of origin in the Decepticon's maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Jetron MoCsprites.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Starscream was among the [[Decepticon]] troops who sought to destroy [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey, confronting him in the [[Temple Ruins]]... in theory. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|Starscream's supposed appearance in this game is from a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], calling him one of the "[[Seeker (body-type)|Jetron]]" foes. These enemies being copies of Starscream is... less dubious than all the other jets the video claims use the same sprite, since the sprite ''is'' in the right colors... but still.}}
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===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Merluzzi]]}}

While the Autobots were on their way to ELTA, Starscream appeared and told them to stop right where they were. Transforming to robot form, he announced that he would be their opponent. Optimus Prime asked him where he had been during the whole adventure, but Starscream just told him to shut up and warned him that his null ray was not like the others. Despite saying that he was going to shut Optimus' mouth forever, Starscream was defeated by the Autobots. Deciding to make a strategic withdraw and that discretion was the better part of valor, despite knowing that Megatron was going to chew him out, Starscream transformed to jet form and flew off. In the post credits Starscream was drained off all of energy and was helpless and drifted off into deep space. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64Starscream.jpg|thumb|Yes, that's Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream. No, that's not normal.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Alec Willows]] (English)}}

In an alternate timeline created when Megatron sent a message through Transwarp back to his past self, Starscream returned to the Beast Wars following the [[quantum surge]], which granted him a strange but powerful new [[Transmetal]] body. Fearing that the Beast Wars would alter history against his liking, Starscream set out to destroy any Maximal or Predacon that opposed him. After vanquishing his foes, Starscream entered the Ark and infused himself with the power of his old body, just as Megatron and Optimus Primal had increased their power. This fusion of old and new allowed Starscream to finally achieve his eons long goal of restoring his original body. Finally whole, Starscream undertook the long journey through transwarp back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals}}

{{BW fighter ending|Starscream|N64}}
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===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Starscream, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire and Optimus Prime, Starscream was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Starscream serves under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as one of his Decepticon soldiers, battling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}
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===Sector Seven Alternate Reality Game===
[[File:Starscream 1982.jpg|thumb|Masterpiece attack!]]
Disguised as an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, Starscream was active on Earth in [[1982]], with documented sightings of jets sporting his unique colors on several continents before he was caught on camera transforming to [[robot mode]] in California. This sighting (and its subsequent leak) was the direct impetus for [[Hungry Dragon|Hungry Dragon 1]].

Later, during late April/early May of [[2007]], [[Sector Seven]] intercepted two sound clips through Agent Cod3x and another source (currently unknown). Apparently, Starscream wanted to make his presence known and left a message announcing that he would have the All Spark, and that Agent Powers would be the one to hand it over. These messages were somewhat garbled, as they were apparently received over a SETI@home system. So far, only these two "blips" have been analyzed (the second still needing work), but more may come in the near future. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC)===
[[File:ROTF 360PS3PC DLC G1Starscream.jpg|thumb|"Why do I feel like [[Pat Lee]] designed me?"]]
{{voiceactor|[[Charlie Adler]] (English)}}

{{Note|Starting on [[August 27]], [[2009]], Starscream was made available as one of a handful of downloadable characters in a DLC pack for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3. }}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Starscream was among several warriors summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Starscream g1awakening stats.jpg|left|thumb]]
Starscream was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the ship crashed on [[Earth]], all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. Picking up [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], whom they tricked into becoming a Decepticon, Starscream took part in an attack on [[Dyson Dam]]. He was later present when the Decepticons trapped Optimus Prime's team on Cybertron, though he was unable to prevent the Autobots from subsequently escaping imprisonment. He returned to Earth where he picked a fight with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and was soundly defeated by the Dinobot. He also took part in Megatron's ill-fated assault on the Ark, and completely failed to stop the Autobots when they attacked the Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-starscream.jpg|thumb]]
Starscream participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Starscream were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Autobots! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Bumblebee Boulder Dash''===
Bumblebee was driving peacefully down a road when Starscream started making boulders roll along the road at him. {{storylink|Bumblebee Boulder Dash}}

===''Kreon Chaos''===
There were lots of Starscreams! They bedeviled the Autobots on their quest to retrieve the Optimus Prime Kre-O kit parts held within the Decepticons' base on Cybertron. {{storylink|Kreon Chaos}}
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===''Starscream Stand Off''===
Starscream engaged in aerial combat against the many units of the Autobot/Human Alliance Air Defence. {{storylink|Starscream Stand Off}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Once one of Cybertron's defenders, Starscream was stationed aboard an orbital station. The long isolation resulted in him becoming greedy and ambitious, and he eagerly took up Megatron's offer to lead troops in battle. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Starscream's card bio}}

Following the disappearance of Megatron, Starscream stole the [[Exponential Generator]] from [[Doctor Arkeville]] with the intention of using it to destroy [[Earth]] and harness the energy from the planet's destruction. Luckily the Autobots stopped him, firing the generator into orbit after a battle. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (Legends)|Countdown to Extinction}} Starscream was among the Decepticons who coated themselves in [[Electrum]] from a Golden Lagoon, though their campaign against the Autobots was halted when the Autobots found the lagoon, and the Electrum was destroyed in the ensuing battle. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}} After the Decepticons discovered a [[Crystal of Power]] in [[South America]], Starscream and Reflector were sent to steal materials for a cannon. They succeeded, despite Autobot interference, though the Autobots later managed to destroy the cannon anyway. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (Legends)|Fire on the Mountain}}

Starscream was among a group of Decepticons who accidentally time travelled back to the sixth century and ended up having to battle some similarly displaced Autobots using medieval technology. They lost, and returned to the present as prisoners of the Autobots. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} The Decepticons manage to drive the Autobots off Earth, and proceeded to set about conquering the planet. Unfortunately for them, the Autobots soon returned and succeeded in badly damaging Megatron, resulting in Starscream and the other Decepticons retreating with their wounded leader. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

Starscream took part in an all-out assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} Following Megatron's death, Starscream wrested control of the Decepticons. Despite resistance by Megatron loyalists, Starscream organized a coronation, however the event was gatecrashed by Galvatron, who blasted Starscream into dust. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

Reduced to an insubstantial ghost, Starscream sought the help of [[Unicron]] and was pressed into service as an instrument of Unicron's will, becoming an agent of chaos. During a period when the barrier between the physical and ethereal plane was weakened, Starscream enlisted [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to help him pass through the [[spirit portal]]. Thanks to the interference of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], he was unable to take physical form before the portal collapsed and was again left stuck on the ethereal plane. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}} Unicron again struck a deal with Starscream, who took control of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] to enact a plan to provide Unicron with a new body in the form of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Though the trio managed to steal one of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s eyes, they were intercepted by Autobots en route to Trypticon, and defeated. Though Starscream was forced to flee, he had regained corporeal form thanks to a new body supplied by Unicron. {{storylink|Unicron Returns}}

An ancient prophecy discovered by [[Scoop (G1)|Scoops]] appeared to name Starscream as the chosen one who would bring Cybertron to a new Golden Age, though Starscream himself was skeptical. He and the other Transformers attempted to make contact with the newly arrived [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]], only to find it had some connection with the [[Dead Universe]] and an annoying immunity to being attacked. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Minion Pig#As Starscream}}
Starscream appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by a Minion Pig. He also comes in an [[Minion Pig#As Energon Starscream|Energon version]], which one of the first unlockable characters in the game, and a [[Minion Pig#As Captain Starscream|Captain version]], which is part of War season 3. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Starscream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
*''Starscream'' - This Common character could be recruited by collecting 12 units of cybermetal.
*''Starscream'' - This Rare character could be recruited by collecting 160 units of cybermetal, 95 units of transmetal, and 90 exclusive cores.
*''Starscream (Gen)'' - This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the "Lord Starscream" event.
*''Starscream (G2)'' - This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Lord Starscream" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of cybermetal, 75 units of transmetal, 35 event cores, and 10 cores of this character.
*''Lord Starscream'' - This Epic character was available as a reward in the "Lord Starscream" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott Whyte]] (English)}}

After the ''[[Proudstar]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Plasma Core]] had been ejected from the ship, Starscream fought the Autobots at [[Liberty Bridge]] in an attempt to stop them from reaching the core only to be defeated. He recovered in time to steal the Core from under the Autobots' olfactory sensors and prevent them from launching off-planet. In his haste however, the Core had yet to be repaired, Megatron ordering that Starscream bring it to the space bridge so it could be repaired on Cybertron. Though Starscream made it back to [[New York City]], the weather, combined with the increasingly unstable Core, caused him to lose control of his flight and crash. He eventually made it back to the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s command tower as everyone was going through the space bridge, being ordered to guard the rear. Duelling the Autobots in [[unspace|transwarp]], Starscream was defeated once again and sent hurtling across the floor, asking Megatron to help him up. The Decepticon leader declined to do so.

When the Core was repaired and reinstalled, Starscream led his Seekers in defending the [[Ferrotaxis]] from the Autobots only for he and his troops to defeated. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:StarscreamEarthWars.jpg|upright=1.75|thumb|My Null Ray cannons will blast you into... wait what?]]

Vain, arrogant, ruthless and self-serving, Starscream believes he was made to rule, not to serve, and he'll stop at nothing to advance his own cause.
He'll betray anyone, ally or enemy - and that extends to his own leader, Megatron, whose tactics Starscream views as antiquated.
He believes conquest is made from the ashes of his enemies, and woe betide anyone who gets in his way. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Starscream Bio}}

Starscream was the first Decepticon to arrive on Earth. After Starscream established a base and took out [[Jetfire (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Jetfire]] by building an Auto Cannon, Luca advised Starscream bring [[Bludgeon (G1)|"the disturbing sword guy"]] through. Starscream is then contacted by Megatron, who commanded him to bring him to Earth, or be stuck on the dreary mudball forever. Seeing as Starscream did not want to be abandoned on a planet full of Autobots, he reluctantly brought Megatron though the Space Bridge after finding a [[Crystal (Earth Wars)|crystal]] powerful enough to bring their leader through. {{storylink|Get Optimus! / Get Megatron!|Get Megatron!}}

Starscream and Bludgeon attended a battle with Megatron where there were a few mortars around. Starscream, being the coward he was, tried to hide from the mortar fire. Megatron got irritated with the Decepticons cowardice and led a ''Rallying Charge'' and destroyed the mortars. He then lorded the victory over the rest of the decepticons. {{storylink|The Lost Map}}

After that whole endeavour, Starscream contacted his agent on Cybertron to get some inside information on the shards of the [[Fractal Map]], who just so happened to be [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. Swindle then got Starscream out of a sticky situation by dealing with some Mortars and Laser Turrets, but now he owed the swindler big time. {{storylink|Power Play (Earth Wars)|Power Play}}

Starscream then brought in [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] and another Decepticon recruit. With their help, Starscream tried to snag another piece of the Fractal Map, but was stopped by Bludgeon. Megatron then took control of the operation much to Starscreams chagrin. {{storylink|The Codex Showdown}}

Finally, Starscream witnessed along with Bludgeon, Megatron, Razorclaw, Kickback, and Shockwave the creation of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]! He watched in awe as Devastator destroyed many Autobot outposts. {{storylink|Combiner Wars (Earth Wars)|Combiner Wars}}

Upon [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s arrival to Earth, Starscream rudely questioned why another air bot was getting in his way. In response, Scourge warned Starscream to watch his mouth or else Hook would spend the weekend "assembling a 100 piece puzzle" with Starscream's name on it.

Starscream was present in almost all of the Decepticons' future exploits, hoping to use whatever was discovered to overthrow Megatron.

*'''Class:''' Air
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 1 star
*'''Weapons:''' Starscream shoots buildings with his null rays dealing a good amount of damage at a steady rate.
*'''Ability: Air Strike:''' Fires 4 powerful rockets at a target building dealing moderate damage.
**'''Cost:''' 4 ability points + 2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:staracream Starscream at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

Starscream's unique quotes when walking around the base:
* "Ha! Megatron will never see that coming..."
* "What's in it for me?"
* "Never let it be said... I don't look out for Number One."

;'''Cybertron Starscream'''
[[File:Cybertron_Starscream_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: ''' Cybertronian Laser - Fire laser dealing damage to regular buildings or double damage to Cybertron raid event buildings (except HQ).
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:cybertron-starscream Cybertron Starscream at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Starscream-Forged to Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now, fear the power of my nullifying Null Ray!]]
Starscream was one of the Decepticons pulled from [[The Transformers (franchise)|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around!
As a Tactician, his Null Rays literally Nullify any kind of buff.

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Starscream was flying around the area in a search pattern for Shockwave and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. After Shockwave was defeated, he stole his Aim Enhancer and Unstable Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|Shocking Revelation}}

Starscream with the Aim Enhancer repaired met up with Ramjet, but he considered him too treacherous to lead him, and had Bludgeon relieve him of the Aim Enhancer. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|Power Seeker - Brothers No More}}

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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOStarscream.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Starscream commands the twenty-fourth Decepticon Base to be bombarded by Autobot forces. He puts up a swift resistance utilizing his jet mode but is eventually defeated. Starscream will make his presence known once players reach a total of 627,000,000 points. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers: Heavy Metal''===
[[File:TFHeavyMetal Starscream.jpg|thumb|200px]]
With Megatron trapped in Cybertron, Starscream took control of the Decepticons and led them on an invasion of Earth in search of Energon. Despite losing at least one battle to Bumblebee, Starscream would occasionally contact the humans recruited into the [[Guardian Program]] and suggest they join the winning side represented by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Heavy Metal}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Starscream is the leader of the Seekers and Megatron's second in command. His boisterous ego is complimented by his skills as a warrior and flyer. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} His fickle and self-serving nature sometimes provided interesting interactions between himself, his fellow Decepticons, and the Autobots—be it a desperate call for aid, a greedy grab for power, a malevolent plot, or a mysterious conspiracy the finer details of which are only known to him.<ref>[https://renegadegamestudios.com/transformers-roleplaying-game-free-bonus-material Starscream's Self-Serving Scheming]</ref>

Along with his Seekers, Starscream assumed control of an Autobot Energon facility and launched an assault on [[Sherman Dam]] to attain even more power. His grip on the dam was loosened by a crew of rookie Autobots, but not before he managed to acquire enough Energon to overthrow Megatron once and for all. Where have we heard that one before? {{Storylink|Troubled Waters}}

In cahoots with Soundwave, Starscream then attempted to foil the Autobots attempts to establish a communications beacon in deep space. The terrible two's plot was once again halted by a few uppity Autobot recruits. {{Storylink|A Beacon of Hope}}

* '''Threat Level''' 17
* '''Health:''' 18
* '''Size:''' Large/Long
* '''Movement:''' 30 ft Ground/45 ft Aerial (Bot-Mode); 75 ft Aerial (Alt-Mode)
* '''Strength:''' 8 '''Toughness:''' 21
* '''Speed:''' 12 '''Evasion:''' 22
* '''Smarts:''' 9 '''Wilpower:''' 19
* '''Social:''' 11 ''' Cleverness:''' 21
* '''Specialized Skills'''
** Deception +d10
** Driving (Flying) +d10
** Persuasion (Scheming +d6
** Targeting +d8
** Languages: Cybertronian, English, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Junkion.
* '''Perks'''
** '''Aerial Superiority:''' Starscream gains an Edge as well as ↑1 on attacks when attacking from higher ground.
** '''Barrel Roll:''' Starscream can take the Defend action for 2 Free Actions instead of a Standard action, provided he moves using Aerial Movement on his turn.
** '''Earlier is Better Than Later:''' While in Alt Mode, Free Actions used for additional Movement adds 10 feet to Starscream's movement instead of 5 feet.
** '''Energon Hoarder:''' Starscream has access to 3 Energon Points at the beginning of any scene.
** '''Expert Swordsbot:''' Starscream gains Multiple Attack (2) when using any kind of one-handed blade.
* '''Powers'''
** '''Flak Pods:''' Starscream adds 1 damage to his Flyby attack and changes its damage type to Sharp.
** '''Mock Surrender:''' If Starscream starts his turn with 5 or fewer Health, he can use his Standard action to plead and fast-talk his way out of danger. Until his next turn, an enemy must succeed on an DIF20 Alertness Skill Tests to target Starscream with a Skill Test.
** '''Scramble:''' Starscream forces attacks to target his Evasion rather than any other defense. If an attack hits, the damage is reduced by 1 (minimum of 1).
* '''Armor:''' Heavy Armor Matrix (+3 Toughness)
* '''Weapons:''' Electronic Pulse Guns x2, Flak Pods, Focused Energon Blade, Missile Rack.
* '''Hangups'''
** '''All For Me:''' Starscream is unable to Lend Assistance in any capacity.
** '''I'll Get You Next Time!:''' If Starscream starts his turn with 3 or fewer Health, roll 1d4. If the result is higher than his current Health, he will attempt to escape the scene.

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==Toys==
{{main|Starscream (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:Ulchtar.jpg|thumb|Phew.]]
*In [[Jim Shooter]] and [[Denny O'Neil]]'s original ''Transformers'' treatment, Starscream was named "'''Ulchtar'''". Yes. When [[Bob Budiansky]] took over ''Transformers'' preproduction from them, he changed it to "Starscream".<ref>[http://transformers-advent.blogspot.com/2009/07/exclusive-interview-with-bob-budiansky.html Exclusive Interview with Bob Budiansky!]</ref> And "Starscream" was the name given to [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s bio, so who knows what else was going on. This may be related to a mix-up that involved all three jets' [[Tech Spec]] numbers being switched around (Starscream was given Skywarp's stats by mistake). Years later, it was established that some versions of [[Starscream (Armada)|Unicron Trilogy Starscream]] were named Ulchtar, but the name wouldn't make its way back to G1 Starscream until 2024, when it was revealed the [[Energon Universe]] incarnation of the character previously went by that moniker.
*An early ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Universe]]''-style character profile published in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]'' gave Starscream the smirk-worthy nickname of '''The Silver Snake'''. A second "alternate name" for Starscream shows up in Bob Budiansky's hand-written write-up of his bio, which is briefly visible in one of [[Shout! Factory]]'s DVD featurettes. In addition to "The Silver Snake", the hand-written bio gives Starscream the alternate name of '''Pretty Poison'''. Oookay then...
*An actor in a Starscream costume was among the "live" Transformers one could meet at the 1985 [[The Transformers Universal Studios Tour|Universal Studios Tour]].
*According to the line art of Starscream by Studio OX, each side of his chest has a turbine mounted on it. This concept has influenced his [[Action Master]], [[The Transformers: Masterpiece]], and [[Transformers: Classics|Classics]] toys and the [http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm art of the Robot Master version].<ref>[[Transformers Visualworks]]</ref>
[[File:StarscreamMW Genesis.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Bringing a [[Particle cannon|cannon]] to a [[canon]]-fight.]]
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Starscream the alternate French language name "Starscrim". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*In ''[[Genesis: The Art of Transformers]]'' is a picture by [[Matt Kuphaldt]] of ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' Starscream wearing a purple cape and brandishing [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s torn-off arm cannon. To date, this remains the only canonical appearance of Starscream in this body—so far as the canonicity of art books can be placed. The Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime]] would later [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Ask Vector Prime 2|elaborate]]<ref>[[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 27, 2015|Ask Vector Prime 27/08/2015]]</ref> on the nature of the scene being pictured in Matt Kuphaldt's illustration.
*Starscream appears in the DLC for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in his G1 appearance with quite a few new features, not the least of which is the fact that he can summon and fire [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s gun mode (despite the fact that Megatron is already playable as a separate downloadable character).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Astghagoch''' (Աստղագոչ, "Starscream")
*''Basque:'' '''Izaroihu'''
*''Cantonese:'' '''Seng Seng Giu''' (星星叫, "Star Shouting")
*''Czech:'' '''Hvězdolam''' ("Starbreak"), '''Křikloun''' ("Screamer")
*''French:'' '''Égo''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Koháv Tsoék''' (כוכב צועק, "Shouting Star")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Üstökös''' ("Comet")
*''Italian:'' '''Astrum''', '''Tornado''' ("Set Commandos" four-pack), '''Arcan''' (Action Master), '''Scintillor''' (''Beast Wars'')
*''Korean:'' '''Starscream''' (스타스크림 ''Seutaseukeurim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hǒu Hsīng''' (Taiwan, 吼星, "Roaring Star"), '''Hóng Zhīzhū''' (China, 红蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Polish:'' '''Gwiazdowrzask''' ("Starscream"), '''Gwiezdny Krzyk''' (''Beast Wars'', "Star Cry")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Estrela-Estridente''' (Portugal comics, "Shrill Star"), '''Cometa''' (Brazil comics, "Comet")
*''Russian:'' '''Skandalist''' (cartoon, Скандалист, "Brawler")
*''Spanish:'' '''Grito de Estrella''' ("Star Cry"), '''Destello''' (Latin America ''Beast Wars'', "Sparkle")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zorekryk''' (Зорекрик, "Starscream")

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