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Transformers History of Music 1984-1990

2015-08-10T22:40:36Z

Spork: /* Disc 05 */ Fixed small mistransliteration in track 7 of disc 5

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'''''Transformers History of Music 1984-1990''''' is a soundtrack collection released in Japan by [[Columbia Music Entertainment]] in March 2004. It contains virtually every piece of original music composed for the Japanese Transformers series between the 1984 and 1990, spanning the entirely of the Generation 1 animated series: [[Japanese themes|theme songs]], background music, karaoke, image music and more. Although the producers wanted to include the background music composed for the American series by [[Johnny Douglas]] and [[Robert J. Walsh]] (which was retained in the Japanese dubs of those episodes), as well as the soundtrack from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', they were not able to clear the rights.

The set comprises five discs, each contained in a slim-line CD case with a card insert depicting one of various pieces of mural artwork from the toy packaging. Each disc, in turn, is illustrated with a line-art image of an important [[Autobot]] character from the era depicted in the mural artwork (regardless of any relevance or not to the actual content of the disc). The set also includes a booklet with an introduction, track listing and lyrics, and everything is contained in a stiff cardboard sleeve covered with images of every Autobot leader from 1984 to 1990 ([[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]], [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]], [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] and [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]).

==Track listing==
===Disc 01===
This disc contains music from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' and ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers 2010]]'', the Japanese dubs of Seasons 1-3 of the American G1 cartoon. No new music was actually written for these episodes, but composer [[Shirō Sagisu]] did create fourteen new instrumental pieces "inspired" by the series, which were released in 1985 as the ''[[Original Soundtrack: Music Book|Original Soundtrack <Music Book>]]'' album, and form the lion's share of this disc. Also included are TV-size and full-length versions of the ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform'' opening and closing themes ("TRANSFORMER" and "Peace Again"); notable by their absence are full-length lyrical versions of the 2010 themes ("TRANSFORMER 2010" and "WHAT'S YOU"), although TV-size versions and full-length karaoke versions are included. The two "Ultra Magnus no Kashō Shidō" tracks are not songs, but short speeches from Magnus.

The disc is illustrated with an image of Optimus Prime, and its case bears the 1984 packaging mural.

'''From ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] — [[Original Soundtrack: Music Book|<Music Book>]]''''' (【戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー<音楽編>】より)
:01. "4TH DIMENSION" (フォース・ディメンション)
:02. "GRUESOME WARS" (グレーサム・ウォーズ)
:01. "[[Transformer (song)|TRANSFORMER]]" (トランスフォーマー) by [[Satoko Shimonari]]
:04. "CAR WALKIN'" (カー・ウォーキン)
:05. "CYBERTRON I" (サイバトロンI)
:06. "PEACE OF MIND" (ピース・オブ・マインド)
:07. "SPINNIN'" (スピニン)
:08. "CYBERTRON II" (サイバトロンII)
:09. "YOU CAN FIGHT" (ユー・キャン・ファイト)
:10. "MECHANICAL VOICE" (メカニカル・ボイス)
:11. "BATTLE" (バトル)
:12. "WHO'S GOD" (フーズ・ゴッド)
:13. "CHASE" (チェイス)
:14. "DESTRON" (デストロン)
:15. "[[Peace Again|PEACE AGAIN]]" (ピース・アゲン) by Satoko Shimonari
:16. "FUTURIST'S DREAM" (フィチャー・リスト・ドリーム)
'''From ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''''' (【戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー】より)
:17. "TRANSFORMER (TV SIZE)"
:18. "Peace Again (TV SIZE)"
:19. "TRANSFORMER (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:20. "Peace Again (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
'''From ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: 2010]]''''' (【戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー2010】より)
:21. "[[Transformer 2010|TRANSFORMER2010 (TV SIZE)]]" by [[Shō Hirose]]
:22. "[[Ultra Magnus no Kashō Shidō]] 1" (ウルトラマグナスの歌唱指導1, "Ultra Magnus' Song of Leadership 1")
:23. "TRANSFORMER2010 (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:24. [[What's You|WHAT'S YOU (TV SIZE)]]" by Shō Hirose
:25. "Ultra Magnus no Kashō Shidō 2" (ウルトラマグナスの歌唱指導2, "Ultra Magnus' Song of Leadership 2")
:26. "WHAT'S YOU (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"

===Disc 02===
This disc contains the theme and insert songs from ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', as well as several songs that do not appear in the animated series. It is illustrated with an image of Ultra Magnus, and its case bears the 1986 Hasbro packaging mural (as opposed to the different illustration used by Takara).

'''From ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]] — [[The Headmasters Hit Song Collection|Hit Song Collection]]''''' (【トランスフォーマーザ★ヘッドマスターズヒット曲集】より)
:01. "[[The Headmasters (song)|The Headmasters]]" (ザ・ヘッドマスターズ) by [[Hironobu Kageyama]]
:02. "[[Bokura no Headmaster]]" (僕等のヘッドマスター, "Our Headmasters") by the [[Morinoki Children's Chorus]]
:03. "[[Transform!|TRANSFORM!]]" by Hironobu Kageyama
:04. "[[Okubyōmono Dōmei]]" (臆病者同盟, "Coward Alliance") by Hironobu Kageyama
:05. "[[Senshi no Kyūsoku]]" (戦士の休息, "Soldiers' Relaxation") by Hironobu Kageyama
:06. "[[Tate! Ikari no Headmasters]]" (立て!怒りのヘッドマスター, "Rise! Angry Headmasters") by Hironobu Kageyama
:07. "[[Uchū ni wa Kokkyō ga Nai]]" (宇宙には国境がない, "No Borders in the Universe") by Hironobu Kageyama
:08. "[[Destron Sanka]]" (デストロン讃歌, "Destron Song of Praise") by Hironobu Kageyama
:09. "[[Uchū ni Kakaru Niji]]" (宇宙に架かる虹, "The Rainbow That Spans the Universe") by Hironobu Kageyama
:10. "[[Kimi wa Transformer]]" (君はトランスフォーマー, "You Are a Transformer") by Hironobu Kageyama
:11. "The Headmasters (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:12. "TRANSFORM! (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:13. "Okubyōmono Dōmei (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:14. "Senshi no Kyūsoku (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:15. "Tate! Ikari no Headmasters (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:16. "Uchū ni wa Kokkyō ga Nai (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:17. "Destron Sanka (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:18. "Uchū ni Kakaru Niji (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:19. "Kimi wa Transformer (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"

===Disc 03===
This disc contains the theme and insert songs from ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', as well as several songs that do not appear in the animated series. It is illustrated with an image of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], and its case bears the 1987 packaging mural (both of which would have been a heck of a lot more fitting for the previous disc).

'''From ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers: Super God Masterforce]] — [[Super-God Masterforce Hit Song Collection|Hit Song Collection]]''''' (【トランスフォーマー超神マスターフォースヒット曲集】より)
:01. "[[Chōjin Masterforce no Theme]]" (超神マスターフォースのテーマ, "Theme of Super-God Masterforce") by [[Toshiya Igarashi]]
:02. "[[Susume! Chōjin Masterforce]]" (進め!超神マスターフォース, "Push On! Super-God Masterforce") by Toshiya Igarashi
:03. "[[Kiseki no Transformer]]" (奇跡のトランスフォーマー, "Miracle Transformer") by Toshiya Igarashi
:04. "[[Henshin! Godmaster]]" (変身!ゴッドマスター, "Transform! Godmaster") by Toshiya Igarashi
:05. "[[Chīsana Yūshi: Headmaster JR no Theme|Chīsana Yūshi ~Headmaster JR no Theme~]]" (小さな勇士~ヘッドマスターJRのテーマ~, "Brave Little Warriors ~Theme of the Headmaster Juniors~") by [[Hiroko Emori]], [[Yumi Tōma]] and [[Yuriko Yamamoto]]
:06. "[[Super Ginrai no Theme]]" (スーパージンライのテーマ, "Super Ginrai's Theme") by Toshiya Igarashi
:07. "[[See See Seacons]]" (See See シーコンズ) by [[Masato Hirano]]
:08. "[[Uchū no Shihaisha - Devil Z]]" (宇宙の支配者・デビルZ, "Ruler of the Universe - Devil Z") by Toshiya Igarashi
:09. "[[We Believe Tomorrow|WE BELIEVE TOMORROW]]" by Toshiya Igarashi
:10. "[[Moero! Transformer]]" (燃えろ!トランスフォーマー, "Burn! Transformers") by Toshiya Igarashi
:11. "Chōjin Masterforce no Theme (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:12. "Susume! Chōjin Masterforce (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:13. "Kiseki no Transformer (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:14. "Henshin! Godmaster (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:15. "Chīsana Yūshi ~Headmaster JR no Theme~ (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:16. "Super Ginrai no Theme (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:17. "See See Seacons (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:18. "Uchū no Shihaisha - Devil Z (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:19. "WE BELIEVE TOMORROW (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:20. "Moero! Transformer (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"

===Disc 04===
This disc primarily contains the background score for ''The Headmasters'' and ''Super-God Masterforce'', with several pieces of music being grouped together on single tracks, occasionally named after episodes of the cartoon. Additionally, the disc includes TV-size versions of their opening and closings, and any instrumental versions of theme or insert songs. It is decorated with an image of God Ginrai, and its case bears the 1988 packaging mural (which, again, would have been infinitely more fitting on the previous disc).

'''''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Music Collection''' (【トランスフォーマーザ★ヘッドマスターズ】音楽集)
:01. "The Headmasters" (TV SIZE)
:02. "Seireki 2011 Nen" (西暦2011年, "The Year 2011 AD")
:03. "Matrix wo Sagase!" (マトリクスを探せ!, "Find the Matrix!")
:04. "Yume no Double Convoy Tanjō" (夢のダブルコンボイ誕生, "[[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime]]")
:05. "Head On!! Fortress Maximus" (ヘッドオン!!フォートレスマキシマス, "[[Head On!! Fortress Maximus]]")
:06. "The Headmasters (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:07. "Tatakae! Fortress Maximus" (戦え!フォートレスマキシマス, "Fight! Fortress Maximus")
:08. "Kimi wa Transformer (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:09. "Destron Saishū Keikaku Hatsudō" (デストロン最終計画発動, "Final Decepticon Plan Underway")
:10. "Saigo no Chikyū Daikessen" (最後の地球大決戦, "The Last Decisive Battle")
:11. "Yokokuhen yō Ongaku" (予告編用音楽, "Music from Previews")
:12. "Kimi wa Transformer (TV SIZE)"
'''''Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' Music Collection''' (【トランスフォーマー超神マスターフォース】音楽集)
:13. "Chōjin Masterforce no Theme (TV SIZE)"
:14. "Destron Fukkatsu" (デストロン復活, "Destron Revival")
:15. "Moero! Transformer (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:16. "Tate!! Pretender" (立て!!プリテンダー, "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]")
:17. "Chōjin Masterforce no Theme (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:18. "Sono Na wa Ginrai" (その名はジンライ, "[[A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai|His Name is Ginrai]]")
:19. "Ginrai Ikari no God On!!" (ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!, "[[Ginrai: God On of Rage!!]]")
:20. "Getsumen no Shitō" (月面の死闘, "[[God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon|Showdown on the Surface of the Moon]]")
:21. "Kiseki no Transformer (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:22. "God Ginrai no Kikan" (ゴッドジンライの帰還, "Return of God Ginrai")
:23. "Sentō... Soshite" (戦闘…そして, "[[A Battle... and Then...]]")
:24. "Susume! Chōjin Masterforce (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:25. "Final Fire Guts!" (ファイナルファイヤーガッツ!)
:26. "Yokokuhen yō Ongaku" (予告編用音楽, "Music from Previews")
:27. "Moero! Transformer (TV SIZE)"

===Disc 05===
The fifth and final disc in the collection essentially contains "everything else," but primarily consists of the openings, closings and background score from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' and ''[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Zone]]'' (neither series included any insert songs). As on disc one, full lyrical versions of the opening and closing for each series are absent, although full-length karaoke and instrumental versions, as well as lyrical TV size versions, are present.

The disc also includes a "bonus" section, featuring four performances of the classic American Transformers theme tune – the version from season 1, the version from season 2, and two versions used in TV advertisements. Finally, and rather arbitrarily, there is "SURVIVAL" by [[Psychic Lover]] a song from the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Micron Legend]]'' soundtrack, presumably included to advertise it.

The disc is decorated with an image of Victory Saber and Dai Atlas, and its case features the Takara-exclusive packaging mural artwork from 1989.

'''''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]'' Music Collection''' (【戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーV】音楽集)
:01. "[[Transformer V|Transformer V (TV SIZE)]]" (トランスフォーマーV) by [[Kōji Kaya]] and the Morinoki Children's Chorus
:02. "Uchū no Yūsha・Star Saber" (宇宙の勇者・スターセイバー, "[[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber]]")
:03. "Victory Sensō Kaishi!" (ビクトリー戦争開始!, "Victory War Start!")
:04. "Micro Hoshi・Nazo no Senshi" (マイクロ星・謎の戦士, "[[Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior]]")
:05. "Gattai! Liokaiser" (合体!ライオカイザー, "[[Unite! Liokaiser]]")
:06. "Victory Leo Tanjō" (ビクトリーレオ誕生, "[[Awaken! Victory Leo]]")
:07. "Gyakuten! Hissatsu no Victory Gattai" (逆転!必殺のビクトリー合体, "[[The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification]]")
:08. "Destron Kyōdai Yōsai" (デストロン巨大要塞, "Giant Decepticon Fortress")
:09. "Star Saber vs Deathsaurus" (スターセイバーVSデスザラス)
:10. "Transformer V (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:11. "Cybertron Banzai (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:12. "Shōri no Star Saber" (勝利のスターセイバー, "Victorious Star Saber")
:13. "[[Cybertron Banzai|Cybertron Banzai (TV SIZE)]]" (サイバトロンばんざい, "Hooray for the Autobots") by [[Korogi '73]]
:14. "Transformer V (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:15. "Cybertron Banzai (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
'''From ''[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers: Zone]]''''' (【トランスフォーマーZ】より)
:16. "[[Transformer Z no Theme|Transformer Z no Theme (ONE CHORUS VERSION)]]" (トランスフォーマーZのテーマ, "Theme of Transformers: Zone") by [[Ichirō Mizuki]]
:17. "[[Ashita no Kimi e|Ashita no Kimi e (ONE CHORUS VERSION)]]" (未来の君へ, "For the You of Tomorrow") by Ichirō Mizuki
:18. "Transformer Z no Theme (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:19. "Ashita no Kimi e (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)"
:20. "Transformer Z no Theme (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
:21. "Ashita no Kimi e (OFF VOCAL VERSION)"
;<big>BONUS TRACK</big>
'''From ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|THE TRANSFORMERS]]''''' (【THE TRANSFORMERS】より)
:22. "[[Theme song|THE TRANSFORMERS]] (VERSION 1)"
:23. "THE TRANSFORMERS (VERSION 2)"
:24. "TVCF yō Ongaku (VERSION 1)" (TVCF用音楽, "Music from [[Commercial|TV Commercials]]")
:25. "TVCF yō Ongaku (VERSION 2)"
'''From ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Transformers: Micron Legend]]''''' (【トランスフォーマーマイクロン伝説】より)
:26. "[[Survival|SURVIVAL]]" by Psychic Lover

==Notes==
*The katakana for the track "FUTURIST'S DREAM" splits the title into three words, effectively making it "Future Wrist Dream", or maybe "Future List Dream".
*If you were wondering where the missing mural and Supreme Commander are – the booklet features line art of Rodimus as its cover, and the Takara version of the 1985 packaging mural on the back.

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[[Category:Armada media]]
[[Category:Generation 1 albums]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce media]]
[[Category:The Headmasters media]]
[[Category:Victory media]]
[[Category:Zone media]]

Talk:Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)

2015-08-10T20:00:12Z

Spork: who composed the score?

So how are we handling Headmasters-as-a-sub-frnachise? Or, more specificlaly, characters unique to it? There's not many, but they exist. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:05, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Would anybody mind terribly if I reinstated the "ass" where it says how Sixshot is a "bad***"? [[User:Barutazaru|Thew]] 12:35, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
:Yeah, I think that's probably needed. I spent a few minutes looking for a footnote until I realised those asterisks didn't actually signify one. [[User:Jeep!|Jeep!]] 18:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

== Origin of the dub ==

"Though these episodes never aired in the United States, a version was dubbed into English overseas. Variously referred to as 'the Singapore dub' or 'the Star TV dub' (though in fact originating from RTM in Malaysia)"

Source for the last bit?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 22:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

:I was told of this by Jon Talpur, a chap who knows of that sort of thing. Couldn't say where HE knows it from, though, but a quick glance at ATT notes that this nugget goes back at least five years, with the specific note that they aired on that channel with their original openings and closing, rather than the Victory title dealie. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 22:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
::Calling it the "RTM dub" originates from the fan Ratbat, who I was told did the proper research. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

==Episode Numbers for Dub Quotes?==
As a random owner of the recent DVD release in the UK which has the dub available on it, I would like to ask the following. Can someone put which Episode each of those hilarious dub quotes are from? As I would seriously like to hear them, but watching the entire series all over again would be painful (it was funny the first time round, but pretty long, and also very bad)? I'm specially interested in the Zarak one at the end, since it seems to contradict the character renaming....
Thanks! [[User:Shadow Mask Prime|Shadow Mask Prime]] 12:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Well the Zarak quote can be found in [[I_Risk_My_Life_for_Earth|Life Can Be Sacrificed for Peace on Earth]] according to the [[Omni Productions]] page. Its years since I've seen it though so I can't verify that. - [[User:Omnisvalidus|Omnisvalidus]] 12:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

== Page move ==
Ugh... Do we really want to be putting stuff like "the" in titles of franchises, cartoons, etc.? For some reason that really bugs me. I like the idea of making an epiosde or comic issue title exact, including punctuation and such, but for something like this I really think the shorter and very easy to remember "Headmasters (cartoon)" is preferable. I similarly prefer Masterforce and its stuff to be where they are now, just at "Masterforce", without a "Super-God" or "Chojin". For example, if we insist on being precise about titles of franchises and TV shows, we have to change Beast Machines to ''Beast Machines: Transformers'', include "super life-form" in most of the Japanese titles, decide arbitrarily where to put colons, etc.. It is a huge can of worms that I think we should just avoid by using simple, easily-understood names. The [[Help:Contents|help pages]] currently say that franchise and series articles should be written "without redundancies". To me, that includes the word "the". --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:21, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

:I'd have to say that in the interests of accuracy, I'd ''really'' like to see "The Headmasters" and "Super-God Masterforce" in use. "Transformers", I can't say I'm bothered about, as it's decidedly on the redundant side, given where we are. In these two particular cases, though, all I can see it as is propogating ignorance. ''Very'' few people actually realise that ''Headmasters'' is called ''The Headmasters'' - it's logo is even specially designed around the fact that it's a two-worder, with a little star between the "the" and "Headmasters." And yeah, okay, that's only a "the," so I can see how it seems a bit pointless, but... ''Super-God Masterforce'' is the ''name of the show''. That's like... calling "Desperate Housewives" just "Housewives."

:(Oh, and as a sidebar, HM, MF and Zone all omit the "Super-robot-life" bit. Only the dub of the US show and Victory include that tag.) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

::I strongly agree with Chris. The "Housewives" comparison is apt. -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 23:55, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

:::We're talking about using the leading The on the cartoon pages, not the franchise pages, right? I'm down with that. If we use The in comic book stories that start with it-- dude,, it's the actual title of the series.
:::The franchise pages, OTOH, are somethign we made to guide people. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

::::I agree with Chris. Personally, I'd have liked it to be "Transformers: The Headmasters", but removing words from the subtitle (for lack of a better term) has the same logic as turning "Beast Wars" into "Wars". The only difference is that "Headmasters" and "Masterforce" are more unique words than "Wars". [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 21:49, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

::I, too, agree with Chris.
::Incidentally, I think this logic should also apply to "[[The Fallen]]" and "[[The One]]," which are also more titles than names. Just thought I'd throw that out there. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 21:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

== Spoilerz ==

FYI: There are quite a few spoilery items in the "Notes" sections of the episode articles. I don't know if this is OK or not, but it makes it risky to read the articles alongside watching the show for the first time. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:54, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
:Same thing goes for every show we cover--just look at [[Sari Sumdac]]. Our spoiler period for broadcast media is 1 week, not 21 years. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 12:01, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
::That is a character article. I don't know that episode or issue articles should routinely spoil future episodes/issues. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:06, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
:::I don't recall seeing anything too spoilery anyway, other than some "this thing will be explained in this episode" type stuff. -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 12:09, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
::::I don't know of any specific existing instances, but I actually ''like'' the idea of spoilers in the Notes. I think it's valuable to document exactly when and how plot points get resolved. That having been said, I also think Starfield has a point. If I were watching a series for the first time, it would be hard to resist looking at the wiki as I went along, but I'd prefer to be able to preserve any suspense that I could. So how about we make a section called "Future episodes" or something, and put all such notes there? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 12:51, 26 August 2009 (EDT)

::::The value of "protecting" hypothetical first-time viewers of an old show is far outweighed by the ability to actually discuss the show's plot as a whole, rather than in bits and pieces. Can you imagine the Star Wars wiki trying to spoiler protect the identity of Darth Vader? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 15:47, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
:::::"''[[Ultra Magnus Dies!!#Transformers references|This is]] probably the most important evolution of the Headmasters' powering-up abilities, as it is this specific version of the formation that will prove key in the final episode of the series.''" Oh, OK, thanks. Maybe it is just me, but I wouldn't write that on the episode 24 out of 35 page. It belongs on the [[Head Formation]] page, sure. BTW, I'm not hypothetical. I've never sat down and watched the whole thing before. Just sayin'. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:20, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
::::::Okay, the example you gave is a good example of notes who NEVER should be made.Wile forshadowing is okay in older shows, it is realy bad to actualy state how the show wil end halfway into it. I think we sould weed those out of the articles.--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 16:30, 26 August 2009 (EDT)

As the guy responsible for this, I'm sticking to my guns. I am ''all'' for episode articles including call-forwards to later episodes, be they shows old or new, once they've aired. In this case, the show's twenty-two years old - I'm sure if we look, there are plenty of G1 and Beast Era episode articles that make references to future episodes, because they're written in retrospect. In the cited example, I made a point when I was writing the articles of charting the (ridiculous) conceptual evolution of the Head Formation in a literal, out-of-universe way. We're not in the business of shielding readers from decades-old spoilers - we're trying to spread information. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:49, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
:Besides, the statue of limitation on spoilers for these guys has already more than expired (in a sense). --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 19:25, 26 August 2009 (EDT)
::"we're trying to spread information". Thiiiiiiiiiiis. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:22, 26 August 2009 (EDT)

This has been released in the US now, correct? If so, the page should reflect that. [[Special:Contributions/64.134.169.139|64.134.169.139]] 16:53, 26 July 2011 (EDT)
:So, who's gonna take on the job of adding the US home video release to every single episode page? [[User:Takeshi357|Takeshi357]] 04:01, 18 May 2013 (EDT)

Do we have any idea who composed the score for this or any of the japanese g1 series? [[User:Spork|Spork]] ([[User talk:Spork|talk]]) 16:00, 10 August 2015 (EDT)

IDW Publishing

2013-10-25T03:53:35Z

Spork: plural

[[Image:IDW_Logo2.svg|thumb|right]]
'''Idea and Design Works, LLC''' currently owns the [[Transformers brand|Transformers]] [[Comics|comic book]] license as of May [[2005]], following the financial collapse of the previous license holder, [[Dreamwave Productions]], at the tail-end of 2004.

IDW's flagship storyline is a [[IDW timeline|rebooted Generation 1 continuity]], which started out being written by longtime Transformers scribe [[Simon Furman]] and told through a succession of mini-series and one-shot [[The Transformers: Spotlight|''Spotlight''s]], before finally producing a monthly comic in [[2009]]. IDW has also been authorized to re-release trade paperbacks published by [[Dreamwave Productions]], such as the ''[[War and Peace]]'' mini-series and ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' and ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]''. In May 2008, IDW's relationship with [[Hasbro]] proved to be quite healthy indeed as they snapped up the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' comic book license as well, and in 2010 obtained the license to ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Then in 2012 they started publishing ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'' comics. Hasbro definitely seems to like them.

IDW used to mock your nerdy belief that writers and editors should be able to remember things that happened in previous issues, but then they hired [[John Barber]].

==Series published==
=== G1 rebooted ===
Initial ideas for IDW's Transformer line included a ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''-style story crossing over with the new [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toyline]], starting ongoings in both G1 and ''Cybertron'' continuity. The G1 cast would suffer Cybertron's destruction and learn [[Unicron]]'s death had destabilized the entire [[omniverse]], forcing them to try and assemble an artifact called the "Decepticon Matrix" in order to ''resurrect'' Unicron. This would parallel with the ''Cybertron'' plot, in which the Autobots seek out the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to revive [[Primus]], and [[Vector Prime]] would have appeared as a guide in both series. It seems that series would then have come together with the concurrent ''Cybertron'' comic as Transformers from across the [[multiverse]] were brought together for a final, epic clash.<ref>Pitch printed in ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman]]''</ref>

This was considered too confusing for new readers, however, and dropped for a [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|continuity reboot of ''Generation 1'']]. Furman mostly oversaw this, creating a more sophisticated universe around the familiar characters and tropes: Marvel Comics' ''Ultimate'' line was the inspiration, and Furman deliberately borrowed the more leisurely pacing of Ultimate Marvel.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSyBtqe67uk Moonbase 2m AA2010 interview]</ref>

Instead of an ongoing civil war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] which spills over to [[Earth]] by accident, Furman presented us with an interstellar war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, a war of [[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]] and alt-form-and-dagger covert operations, with [[energon]] the prize and whole planets at stake. A surprising development on Earth heats up the war and turns our planet from just another proxy battleground into the ultimate prize.

This slow, measured storyline was eventually abandoned in an attempt to bring in more casual fans with a more G1 Cartoon-inspired revamp in ''All Hail Megatron''. This failed to have the desired effect both in terms of sales and fan-response, so ''another'' revamp was attempted with the start of ''The Transformers'' ongoing series. It was met with sharp fan criticism as well. Yet '''another''' revamp was attempted with two concurrent ongoing series, ''More Than Meets The Eye'' and ''Robots In Disguise''. Positive fan response came at last.

The general order of publications to date is as follows:

* ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration]]'' ([[2005]]–[[2006]]) Establishes the presence of the Transformers on modern-day Earth and re-establishes the theme of "robots in disguise" as central to the new continuity; a seven-issue story arc (issues #0 to #6).
* ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' (2006–present) Series of one-shot stories focusing on a single Transformer per issue; this series has no fixed publication format and is ongoing. It went on hiatus after "[[Spotlight: Metroplex]]" while the new ongoing series was getting established, but has since returned, although at a greatly reduced pace.
* ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer]]'' (2006) A four-issue miniseries tie-in to ''Infiltration'', establishing Cybertron's current situation in the re-boot and focusing squarely on the Transformers.
* ''[[The Transformers: Escalation]]'' (2006–[[2007]]) Sequel to ''Infiltration''; a six-issue story arc detailing a conflict with the Decepticons in [[Brasnya]] and the abduction of [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Hunter O'Nion]].
* ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' (2007) A collaboration between [[Marvel Comics]] and IDW featuring the first ever crossover between the Transformers and New [[Avengers]]. Though it has minimal effects on the overall universe, it was specifically designed to fit into continuity between ''Infiltration'' and ''Escalation''.
* ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin]]'' (2007) A four-issue story arc detailing the events surrounding [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s rise to power and the founding of the Decepticon faction.
* ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]'' (2007–[[2008]]) Sequel to ''Escalation''; a six-issue story arc following up on what happened to Sunstreaker, as well as the Decepticons' battle with the [[Reaper]]s and seeds are planted for the upcoming [[Dead Universe]] arc.
* ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' (2008) Sequel to ''Devastation''; composed of 4 ''Spotlight''s; [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Doubledealer]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. This series wraps up the first set of [[Dead Universe]]-related events.
{{note|The sequel to ''Revelation'' at one point was to be titled '''Expansion''', but it was canceled in favor of ''All Hail Megatron''. However, Furman stated that some of the ideas from the series may pop up in other series.}}
* ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]'' (2008–[[2009]]) A twelve-issue maxi-series, extended to sixteen to include the ''All Hail Megatron Coda'' series. It chronicles the aftermath of the defeat of the Autobots and the Decepticon conquest of Earth. The publication schedule overlaps with ''Revelation'' and ''Maximum Dinobots''. Issues 13–16 each consist of two 11-page stories that help strengthen the flaws in ''All Hail Megatron'' and tie into the ongoing series.
* ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots]]'' (2008–2009) A five-issue which takes place chronologically between ''Revelation'' and ''All Hail Megatron'' (which it was published concurrently with). The series wraps up Furman's story arcs with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]], Sunstreaker, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], [[Skywatch]] and the [[Machination]].
* ''[[The Transformers Continuum]]'' (2009) — A one-shot intended as a 'catch-up' for new readers, ahead of the new ongoing series.
* ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' (2009–[[2011]]) An ongoing series which began in November 2009 [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/idw/guide.php?s=ongoing]. The series is penned by [[Mike Costa]] with art on the first arc by [[Don Figueroa]]. Different artists have contributed as well.
* ''[[The Transformers: Bumblebee]]'' (2009–[[2010]]) A four-issue miniseries chronicling Bumblebee's journey on Earth after the events of ''All Hail Megatron'', focusing on the conflicts and decisions 'Bee makes (sort of like a ''Spotlight''). It began in December 2009, written by [[Zander Cannon]] with art by [[Chee Yang Ong]] (the team that worked on the second story of [[All Hail Megatron issue 16|''All Hail Megatron'' #16]]).
* ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' (2010) A five-issue miniseries which began in January 2010, written by [[Nick Roche]] and [[James Roberts]] and drawn by Roche with colors by [[Josh Burcham]]. It chronicles the actions of the [[Wrecker]]s in deep space after ''All Hail Megatron''.
* ''[[The Transformers: Ironhide]]'' (2010) A four-issue miniseries covering Ironhide, with story by Mike Costa and art by [[Casey Coller]]. It was published from May through August, 2010.
* ''[[The Transformers: Drift]]'' (2010) A four-issue miniseries that chronicles [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]'s origins as the Decepticon Deadlock to becoming an Autobot. It's written by Shane McCarthy, with art by Alex Milne and colors by Josh Perez. It was released bi-weekly in September, 2010.
* ''[[Infestation (IDW)|The Transformers: Infestation]]'' (2011) A two-issue story set within the larger ''Infestation'', a cross-over in which zombies invade multiple IDW properties. In addition to ''Transformers'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''Ghostbusters'' are all invaded by the cross-dimensional zombies. The Transformers segment involves the Autobots teaming up with [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron's]] crew to stop the menace. It is written by [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]], with art by Nick Roche and colors by Joana Lafuente and Josh Perez. The entire series was released weekly over 10 weeks, starting in February, 2011.
* ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness]]'' (2011) A four-issue miniseries featuring Galvatron and crew, following the events in ''Infestation''. It's written by Abnett and Lanning, with art by [[Ulises Farinas]]. Released March through June, 2011.
* ''[[Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' ([[2011]]) IDW #125 written by James Roberts and John Barber, with art by Nick Roche.
* ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' ([[2012]]–present) An new ongoing written by James Roberts, with art by Alex Milne.
* ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy]]'' (2012) A twelve-issue digital comic starring Orion Pax and featuring his transformation into Optimus Prime. It's written by [[Flint Dille]] and [[Chris Metzen]], with art by [[Livio Ramondelli]], and was released bi-weekly from January to June, 2012.
* ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2012–present) Another new ongoing written by [[John Barber]], with art by [[Andrew Griffith]].
* ''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity]]'' (2013) The sequel to ''Autocracy'' by the same creative team.

====See also====
* [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
* [[IDW timeline]]

===''Beast Wars''===
Taking place within the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon universe, this line eschews the previous [[3H Productions]] fan club comics that previously continued the show's story to strike out in a new direction, focusing mainly on the non-show toy characters.

* ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]]'' (2006) A four-issue mini-series marking the 10th anniversary of the ''Beast Wars'' franchise.
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending]]'' (2007–08) A four-issue sequel to ''The Gathering'' that began publication in October 2007.
*''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' (2007) profile series of the Beast Era.
====See also====
* [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)]]

===''Evolutions''===
Intended to be a series of [[wikipedia:Elseworlds|Elseworlds]]-like stories that exist in their own separate continuities, each taking different takes on Transformers. Only one has so-far been produced. (Reportedly, Hasbro has asked IDW to hold back on ''Evolutions'' as to not confuse customers looking for merchandise based on the 2007 film.){{fact}} [[Chris Ryall]] stated that with the Movie and ''Animated'' series, it is unlikely we will see any more of these series.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=3845&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30 Post by Chris Ryall at IDW's forums]</ref>

* ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' (2006) Places the Generation 1 Transformers in the American West during the Industrial Revolution.
* ''[[Infestation 2]]'' (2012) The sequel to ''Infestation''. This time, it's Lovecraftian demons that invade the various licensed properties. The Transformers-specific issues take place in the ''Hearts of Steel'' universe.

===Live-action film series===
* ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel]]'' (2007) A four-part series detailing the lead-up to the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' movie]].
* "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]" and "[[Interlude]]" (2007) [[Target]] [[exclusive]] prequel comics for the 2007 film.
* ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' (2007) A four-part comic adaptation of the film, released weekly in June 2007.
* ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream]]'' (2008) IDW's official sequel to the 2007 film, continuing where the ''Movie Adaptation'' left off. It began in May 2008.
* ''[[Transformers: Saga of the Allspark]]'' (2008) Reprinting the [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|UK Movie comics]] from Titan Magazine.
* ''[[Transformers: Destiny]]'' (2008–2009) The 2-miniseries prequel to ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''.
** ''[[Transformers: Alliance]]'' (2008-2009) A 4-issue prequel to ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''.
** ''[[Transformers: Defiance]]'' (2008–2009) A 4-issue prequel to ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
* ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]'' (2009) A four-part comic adaptation of the film, released weekly in May and June 2009.
* ''[[Transformers: Tales of the Fallen]]'' (2009–2010) A series of spotlights for six ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' characters.
* ''[[Transformers: Nefarious]]'' (2010) A 6-issue sequel to ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''.
* ''[[Transformers: Sector 7]]'' (2010-2011) A 5-issue series telling the history of Sector 7. The first prequel to ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Foundation]]'' (2011) A 4-issue series telling the history of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] on Cybertron. Second prequel to ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''.
* ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' (2011) A 4-issue series. Third prequel to ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''.
* ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]'' (2011) A four-part comic adaptation of the film released in July 2011.
** ''[[Transformers: Convergence]]'' (2011) A prose story published in the adaptation's individual issues.

===''Transformers Animated''===
* ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Transformers Animated]]'' (2008) — An ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' cartoon adaptation series with screenshots from the series.
* ''[[Transformers Animated: The Arrival]]'' (2008) — A six-issue mini-series set in the same continuity as the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' cartoon.
* ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]'' (2009) — Covers ''The Arrival'' and seasons 1 and 2 of the cartoon.
* ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' (2010) — Covers season 3 of the cartoon and other information.

===''Regeneration One''===
* ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' (2012–2013) — A limited series set in the main [[Marvel Comics continuity]] that continues on from the [[End of the Road! (US)|final issue]] of the Marvel's original ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers]]'' series 21 years later, ignoring the events of both of the Marvel UK material and the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comics.

===Aligned continuity family===
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' (2010) — A partial adaptation of the novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime]]'' (2010) — A graphic novel prequel to the television series, later released as four issues.
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (comic series)|Transformers: Prime]]'' (2011) — A ''Prime'' cartoon adaptation series with screenshots from the series.
* ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'' (2012) — A digital-first prequel/tie-in to the video game, focusing on the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]].
* ''[[Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots]]'' (2012-2013) — A four-part mini-series which continues the Dinobots' story and leads into the television series' third season.
* ''[[Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters (comic)|Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' (2013) — An ongoing series depicting the Dinobots' efforts to survive on a desolate Cybertron.

===Reprint series===
* ''[[The Transformers: Generations]]'' — Reprints old [[Marvel Comics]] issues, specifically ones that did not feature Marvel-owned characters such as [[Circuit Breaker]].
* ''[[The Transformers: Target: 2006]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Transformers: Magazine]] (2007)'' — Reprints three comics per issue from the Marvel, [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]], and IDW runs.
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Dinobots]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Space Pirates]]'' (2008)
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Classic Transformers]]'' (2008) — Collects old [[Marvel Comics]] issues in trade paperback format, starting with [[The Transformers (issue)|Transformers #1]] and summarizing those featuring Marvel-owned characters such as [[Spider-Man]] and [[Circuit Breaker]] (until Volume 5, by which point the Marvel-owned characters are allowed).
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: City of Fear]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Prey]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Transformers Classics]]'' (2011) - Second run of Classic Transformers with the missing issues restored
* ''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1]]'' (hardcover, 2010), (paperback, 2013)
* ''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 2]]'' (hardcover, 2010), (paperback, 2013)

===Others===
* ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' (2006) A four-issue adaptation of the original ''Transformers'' film, 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''; marks the film's 20th anniversary and new DVD release.
* ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Don Figueroa]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Art of IDW's Transformers]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection#Volume 1|The Transformers: The Premiere Collection, Volume 1]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Transformers: Greatest Battles of Optimus Prime and Megatron]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]'' (2007) — A Complete Compendium Of Transformers Animation Models
* ''[[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Transformers: The Ark II]]'' (2008) — A Compendium of Japanese Character Designs
* ''[[Transformers: War Within Omnibus]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection#Volume 2|The Transformers: The Premiere Collection, Volume 2]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Transformers: The Complete Ark]]'' (2009) — Combines the first and second volumes.
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of Megatron]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of Grimlock]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Transformers: Best of Starscream]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Alex Milne Sketchbook: The Transformers]]'' (2011)
* ''[[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'' (2012)

==External links==
*[http://www.idwpublishing.com/ IDW Publishing]
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/idw/guide.php?s=ongoing TF Archive's guide to the Ongoing ''Transformers'' comic]

==Footnotes==
<references />

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The Transformers Classics, Vol. 6

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'''''The Transformers Classics, Vol. 6''''', the sixth in [[IDW Publishing]]'s reprint series, reprints [[Marvel Comics]] ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' issues 65–76.

==Issue manifest==
===="[[Dark Creation]]"====
Original date: February 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Geoff Senior

===="[[All Fall Down]]"====
Original date: March 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Geoff Senior

===="[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]"====
Original date: April 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Human Factor!]]"====
Original date: May 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: [[Dwayne Turner]]

===="[[Eye of the Storm]]"====
Original date: June 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: [[Andrew Wildman]]

===="[[The Pri¢e of Life!]]"====
Original date: July 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Andrew Wildman

===="[[Surrender!]]"====
Original date: August 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Andrew Wildman

===="[[...All This and Civil War 2]]"====
Original date: September 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Andrew Wildman

===="[[Out of Time!]]"====
Original date: October 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Andrew Wildman

===="[[The Void! (US)|The Void!]]"====
Original date: November 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Andrew Wildman

===="[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]"====
Original date: December 1990 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Geoff Senior

===="[[Still Life!]]"====
Original date: January 1991 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: Andrew Wildman

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John Turturro

2013-10-10T04:41:49Z

Spork: the quote from m. bay on the simmons page stated this was at petra, not the pyramids

{{disambig3|John}}
[[Image:Turturroheadshot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nobody f***s with the Jesus.]]

'''John Turturro''' (born [[February 28]], [[1957]]) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring appearances in films directed by [[wikipedia:Spike_Lee|Spike Lee]] and the [[wikipedia:Coen_Brothers|Coen Brothers]]. He is also known for being urinated upon by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|giant robots]] and being [[wikipedia:Adrian_Monk|Adrian Monk]]'s brother, [[wikipedia:Ambrose_Monk|Ambrose]].

==Roles==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
*[[Seymour Simmons]]

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
*Seymour Simmons

===''Dark of the Moon''===
*Seymour Simmons

==Notes==
* Turturro based his portrayal of Simmons on director [[Michael Bay]].
* While filming, Turturro apparently started to weep while filming at Petra. He was apparently overwhelmed with the beautiful structures, and how his career had brought him there.

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:John Turturro|John Turturro]] at Wikipedia
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001806/ John Turturro] on the Internet Movie Database

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User talk:Jimsorenson

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Spork: follow-up question

== Downtimes ==

Hey, Jim. I moved your comment [[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal/Leaving2#Site-up_issues|here]] to join its friends.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 17:34, 5 May 2009 (EDT)

== BW Models ==

Finished the scanning tonight. Expect an e-mail some time tomorrow. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:17, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well, awesome! Thank you, I'm looking forward to seeing the models. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 10:06, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Cybertronix alphabets ==

Can I ask how you made the [[:Image:Maximal Language.jpg]] and [[:Image:Predacon Language.jpg]] pics? They might [[:wikipedia:Template:BadJPEG|be better off without JPEG compression]], if possible... --[[User:Fleb|fleb]] 17:53, 8 June 2009 (EDT)
: I think I just typed them out and took a screen capture. You're welcome to grab the fonts and take a better pic. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 18:09, 8 June 2009 (EDT)

== Letters Page ==

Hey Jim, you've researched the UK letters pages since I love my notes on them... do you remember whereabout they talk about the US timeline, Time Wars etc being a new universe? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:16, 20 June 2009 (EDT)
:Oh, geeze. Ummm ... very late in the game, from what I recall. Dreadwing probably, not quite Blaster yet. Beyond that, I don't think I can help you. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 17:24, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

::Hrm...
::Also I ''might'' be wrong on this... but I think that the BK Transformers site is using your fonts. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:45, 22 June 2009 (EDT)
:::They sure are! Awesomesauce! Thanks for the heads up. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 11:58, 22 June 2009 (EDT)

== [[Cyberglyphics]] ==
[[Image:B4tasv2 numerals.png|right|]]
[[Image:Allspark chars.jpg|thumb|left]]
Hey, just wondered if you'd be interested in helping on the article. I'm going to have a bunch of time over the holiday weekend, so I hope to get most of the character set transcribed and uploaded as a PDF file. I can also shoot you the Illustrator file when I'm done if you'd like. With a little luck, maybe we can make sense of this and turn it into a good resource for the wiki. --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:13, 30 June 2009 (EDT)
:Happily. Cyberglyphics are beautiful, and I'd love to see them get some love. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 14:16, 30 June 2009 (EDT)
::PDF now uploaded [[:Image:Cyberglyphics reference.pdf|here]]. Those are all the glyphs I've found so far. Lemme know if you need the original Illustrator file.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:57, 4 July 2009 (EDT)
:::Some of the glyphs have also been associated with numbers, and a handful of them are used for an (incomplete) substitution-cipher in a coloring book. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:59, 4 July 2009 (EDT)
::::If there are more I don't have in that file, I'd love to see examples so I can add them in.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:02, 4 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::I should dig out the coloring book too... -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 23:55, 4 July 2009 (EDT)
::::::Aha! I ''knew'' there had to be more than just the ten of these things. I'll get those integrated tomorrow.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 00:02, 5 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::::And added to the PDF. Oh, how I wish they didn't put that inane effect on them to make them look "ancient." It makes them harder to eyeball.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:18, 5 July 2009 (EDT)
::::::::Yet more. ;-) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:37, 5 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::Hmm. ''Some'' of those are new, yet some of them are repeats. I have to wonder how many symbols we'll have when we've catalogued them all.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:43, 5 July 2009 (EDT)
Actually, I just realized that an NDA I signed makes me working on these a dicey proposition at best. Better for me to err on the safe side and bow out. I'm still quite keen to see what you guys make of them, but I don't think I can be involved.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 23:06, 4 July 2009 (EDT)
:That's fair enough, Jim. Thanks for the consideration, at least!--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:07, 4 July 2009 (EDT)

== More Fonts ==

Thought you might want to know-- Decepticon Regular shows up in the Revenge of the Fallen X-Box/PS3 game. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:59, 14 July 2009 (EDT)

:Awesome! I'm everywhere I want to be! --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 18:41, 14 July 2009 (EDT)

== Quiz ==

Just goofing around - [http://apps.facebook.com/flixster/quiz/results?q=1472784&lsrc=ntqofb&flow=quiz Transformers quiz]. Probably easysauce for anyone here though.

== Thanks ==

I just wanted to say thank you for the kind words you send us the seibs News Crew per e-mail! Your updates are very much appreciated.[[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 08:06, 29 July 2009 (EDT)

:Well, I appreciate the traffic you throw my way, and the good job you guys do of keeping me up to date. I've got your RSS feed up on my blog so that I can stay abreast of the latest TF news. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 13:19, 29 July 2009 (EDT)
::One hand washes the other. :D[[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 13:29, 29 July 2009 (EDT)

== Thanks ==

Thank you for telling me this. I just ran across the Star Wars pages and wanted to add the species. I didn't know that that was against the outside sources policy. I think General Grievous is still marked as a Kaleesh however. {{unsigned|Kaymac192}}
:No problem. I just didn't want you to think that people were picking on you because you were new or anything like that. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 14:56, 19 August 2009 (EDT)

== This must be made ==

If IDW is up to it, it would be awesome if you and bill could put together an Ark-like tome of boxart, especially the stuff from G1 to Beast Wars. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 21:32, 27 August 2009 (EDT)
:All things are possible ... -[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 21:49, 27 August 2009 (EDT)

== Harrier Starscream ==

Damn. True. Forgot about it. Anyway, sorry for being so fussy, but there should be capital "H". "jump jet" (= Harrier) - lowcase, "Harrier" - uppercase.

Seems like Starscream's certainly not an expert when it comes to human technology... -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 09:45, 6 September 2009 (EDT)

== WOW ==

omg, i cant believe Jim Sorenson has an account here! Im such a huge fan! right now im saving up to buy the allspark almanac at The Forbidden Planet! --[[Special:Contributions/92.238.160.72|92.238.160.72]] 14:27, 14 September 2009 (EDT)
:Well, I hope you enjoy it! --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 14:38, 14 September 2009 (EDT)

Oh I Bet i will! Its basically the ark, only coloured in and animated! --[[Special:Contributions/92.238.160.72|92.238.160.72]] 14:40, 14 September 2009 (EDT)

== Cybertron caps ==

Are these [[:Image:Cyb13 telemetry1.jpg|the]] [[:Image:Cyb13 telemetry2.jpg|two]] you're after? I'm afraid they're not particularly clear - this is as big as they get. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:16, 19 September 2009 (EDT)
:Yup, those're the two. Thanks! --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 20:22, 19 September 2009 (EDT)

== Revenge ==

Since I don't have [[Transformers: The Complete Ark|The Complete Ark]], can you confirm [[Revenge (G1)|this]] for me and a few other editors? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:12, 10 October 2009 (EDT)
:Yes, that's in there. It came from one of the original designers. I asked if the ship (and the ship at the end of MtMtE) had a name in the original model sheets. It didn't, but he spoke about what he would have called it if it were up to him. I figured that was good enough to mention in the book. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 19:29, 10 October 2009 (EDT)

==Greetingz-z-z-z!==
Waz-z-z-zpinator greetz-z-z! I'm glad to find z-z-z-zo much comradez-z-z-z here! Well, your questionz-z-z - my answerz-z-z (or vice verz-z-za) on every theme!--[[User:He-l-en1959|He-l-en1959]] 15:50, 30 November 2009 (EST)
== Quez-z-ztion ==
I pray, can you write the whole text of "The Tranz-z-zformerz-z-z" z-z-zong ("Transformers, robots in disguise…") to me? Or tell me where can I find the text, pleaz-z-ze!--[[User:He-l-en1959|Waz-z-z-zpinator59]] 12:25, 25 November 2010 (EST)

==Seeker==

Does Ramjet using the term Seeker in the Almanac mean the group is technically referred to as such? [[User:Eire]] 01.15 Jan 04 2010 (UTC)
: You probably want his user page, not his article. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:02, 3 January 2010 (EST)
::I'll leave that as an exercise to the readers. What he says is "[Thundercracker is] the original Starscream. All of us seekers were cloned from him."--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 21:22, 3 January 2010 (EST)
:::Well, he's a liar, so. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:36, 3 January 2010 (EST)

== Lion's share ==

In the source fable, the lion took all of the available food; thus the "lion's share" means ALL of something. However, it is often misused to mean the greatest part. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:10, 23 February 2010 (EST)
:You say ''mis''used, I say used. Language is an evolving shared construct, and that today the meaning has changed. However, you're absolutely right about the historic origins of the phrase.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 14:28, 23 February 2010 (EST)

==Sentinel Prime==
{{note|This conversation was moved to [[Talk:Sentinel Prime (G1)#Sentinel Prime]].}}

== Anagrams ==

I was just looking at the Almanac Annotations, and saw a section labeled "Unsolved Anagrams" with a listing for a "Baron Ye Gult". I don't know if the list has been updated lately or if this anagram has been solved, but I was wondering if it was perhaps supposed to be "Tonya Bulger"? Don't know who she is, but it seems a possible name. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:06, 27 July 2010 (EDT)
:You'd have to ask Bill, those were his. He does have a [http://www.formspring.me/BillForster Formspring], though. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 13:08, 27 July 2010 (EDT)
::Sorry, looked at the note wrong. Thanks for the help. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:12, 27 July 2010 (EDT)

== Dalek ==

About the Dalek thing, I was hoping to add it on because that what a Dalek is. I thought we didn't have to not "know" what a Dalek is, and we can tell someone who doesn't know what a Dalek is what it is. That was for people who just saw the picture of the Dalek next to "Go" should I just leave that stuff for the original wikipedia?[[User:LordDalek|LordDalek]] 19:54, 5 September 2010 (EDT)

==Junkion name request==
I've been trying to write/writing several pages for the various Junkion characters, but since I don't own a copy of ''The Complete Ark'', I have no clue what name belongs to what model. I was hoping someone would move them for me, but since that's not happening auto, I am asking around for someone to be so kind. So, would you be so kind to move those pages to their proper title for me?
Which reminds me, there's certain information I'd like to see added to the Character model page or ''The Ark'' pages I figure only you could add. How are character model sheets treated during the (post-)production process? Where do they go once they aren't needed anymore. Is there any reason to why some "get lost" and others don't? How come they apparently had access to Lithone models from the movie to fill up the BBo2006 Junkion crowd, but not to Junkion models? Pretty much the technical lifestory of character model sheets. I would like to learn more about that, and I think it would be interesting to others too. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 16:32, 17 November 2010 (EST)

== Animated Arcee's Season 3 models ==

Do you have larger versions of Arcee's season three models? The front and back ones in the Almanac 2 are pretty small, and I can't find her altmode anywhere. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 01:04, 25 November 2010 (EST)
:What do you need them for? Also, there is no altmode model for her. She never transformed in the show, so they never drew one.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 10:30, 25 November 2010 (EST)
::I don't really need them, but was just wanting a better look at them. (Possibly as an extra on your blog :P) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 15:30, 25 November 2010 (EST)

== Almanac ==

Where do you buy the Almanacs?--[[User:TOM|TOM]] 16:53, 24 March 2011 (EDT)
:Amazon, I believe. There's a link on his user page. -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 17:07, 24 March 2011 (EDT)
::Or any bookstore or comic book shop that's willing to order it. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:42, 24 March 2011 (EDT)

== Pictures on [[army-building]] ==

The photos on the army building page which you added back in 2008, did you take those yourself or were they sourced from somewhere? I'm just looking to retag some of them with descriptions, since the original descriptions were lost in the bookworm crash. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:49, 9 February 2012 (EST)
:I took them myself. I'm big into army-building.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 19:00, 9 February 2012 (EST)
::Groovy, thanks! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:04, 9 February 2012 (EST)

== TFA Optimus Prime ==

So you shan't reveal whether or not he was to become supreme commander in the end, hmm?--[[User:Autotrooper42|Autotrooper42]] 18:15, 2 March 2012 (EST)
: I shared what Marty & Matt & Derrick shared with me. I don't know what they intended to be the secret of Sari or the ultimate disposition of Optimus & Sentinel and it isn't my place to make up an answer.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 18:41, 2 March 2012 (EST)
::That place belongs to FunPub! -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:30, 2 March 2012 (EST)

== Alt2day.com ==

For the past year, I haven't got the site to work for me, any idea why? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] 22:57, 25 June 2013 (EDT)
:Well, it was a little viral marketing site for a book that's been out for several years now. A friend was hosting it for me... it's possible he stopped devoting the bandwidth for it.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 23:28, 25 June 2013 (EDT)
::It was the dynyds version, and it did that once before, from January to August of 2011. It's been out now for so long. Maybe you can talk to this friend of your's? Just asking, that's all. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] 23:33, 25 June 2013 (EDT)

== Box art book? ==

haven't heard about this for a while; is it still a thing, or did it fizzle out? [[User:Spork|Spork]] 18:42, 20 August 2013 (EDT)
:Still a thing. It's looking like mid 2014, to tie in with the movie. It's a big subject matter, with appropriately large physical dimensions including pagecount. That means a high price tag. To mitigate that risk, IDW is timing it to maximize sales. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 18:45, 20 August 2013 (EDT)
:::Cool! By the way, is it g1/g2 only, or more comprehensive than that? Now if IDW would just put out an officially translated set of the Japanese g1 comics, I can die in peace...

User talk:Jimsorenson

2013-08-20T22:42:06Z

Spork: question for jim re: boxart book

The Transformers Classics, Vol. 5

2013-08-16T05:51:43Z

Spork: updated release date

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'''''The Transformers Classics, Vol. 5''''', the fifth in [[IDW Publishing]]'s reprint series, reprints [[Marvel Comics]] ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' issues 51–62.

==Issue manifest==
===="[[The Man in the Machine!]]"====
Original date: April 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?]]"====
Original date: May 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Recipe for Disaster!]]"====
Original date: June 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[King Con!]]"====
Original date: July 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!]]"====
Original date: August 1989 
Story by: Bob Budiansky 
Pencils by: [[Jim Fern]]

===="[[Back from the Dead]]"====
Original date: September 1989 
Story by: [[Simon Furman]] 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Resurrection Gambit!]]"====
Original date: October 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[All the Familiar Faces!]]"====
Original date: November 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Skin Deep]]"====
Original date: Mid November 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[Yesterday's Heroes!]]"====
Original date: December 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Pencils by: José Delbo

===="[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]"====
Original date: Mid December 1989 
Story by: Simon Furman 
Art by: [[Geoff Senior]]

===="[[Bird of Prey!]]"====
Original date: November 1989 
Story by: [[Simon Furman]] 
Pencils by: [[Geoff Senior]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Classics, Vol. 5}}
[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]

Talk:Innermost energon

2013-08-07T02:39:46Z

Spork: different colors? need a mention?

so is tailgate's green inner energon significant? could this be a clue he is a one per center?[[User:Spork|Spork]] 22:39, 6 August 2013 (EDT)

Talk:Prime Spark (story)

2013-08-05T04:28:13Z

Spork: megatron: autobot?

A few things:

* Beast Machines Optimus Primal is described as huge and hulking, larger than Armada's Tidal Wave— the author was going by the toy, not realising the character was suppsoed to be much smaller than Optimus Prime.

Wasn't there some discussion somewhere suggesting that BM Primal's huge appearance was more likely based on what Primal looked like while dead and inside the Oracle on the show, or something along those lines?

* Two of the four Megatrons lack equivilant deaths for their meeting. This is glossed over.

I took the appearance of the Megatrons as purely symbolic, myself. I didn't think any of them were actually, literally ''there'' during death as the Prime/als were.

* The author's command of Transformers lore does not run deep enough to pull off the story's premise. The result is... shallow.

Do we actually know how deep the author's command of Transformers lore runs? Is the "shallow" comment appropriate? I mean, I ''agree'' with it, but I'm not sure it belongs here. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 06:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that seems like a fairly biased remark. More opinion than fact, I'd say, and while possibly valid it's probably not appropriate. --[[User:Dark_T_Zeratul|DTZ]]

:Indeed. There were positive reactions to "Prime Spark", after all. I would think Derik of all people would [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/47f644967b5f3c4f?hl=en& know that.] Heh. ;) --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 08:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

::It re-reads poorly. Frankly, he didn't know hie TF enough to carry a premise that ambiitious off. Nothign HAPPENS. Primal describes himself as leader of the Maximals (a really oddd thign in context, because to ANYONE not from his timeframe, it sounds liek he's claiming leadership of all Maximals.) Just- it was 31 pages and '''nothing happened'''. What a waste.
::Change it if you want.-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
:::If the story was widely panned by fans, go ahead and say that; but it really does just reek of personal opinion to have comments like that. The former gives a good idea of the reception that the story got, whereas the latter doesn't really tell the reader anything. I'd change it myself, but I know nothing of either the story or the fandom when it came out. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 23:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
==Names==
So what nicknames were used for the Optimi? I find that to be a glaring omission given the comment in trivia, but I haven't read the story to be able to correct it.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 09:00, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

== Featured characters list ==

{{featuredcharacters
|h1=Good Guys|c1=
'''''Armada''''' cartoon continuity '''[[Autobot]]s'''
* [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Sideswipe]] (1)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
'''Generation 1 Autobots'''
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
'''[[Maximal]]s'''
* Beast Wars-era [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (8)
* Beast Machines-era Optimus Primal (9)
|h2=Bad Guys|c2=
'''''Armada''''' cartoon continuity '''[[Decepticon]]s'''
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (14)
'''Generation 1 Decepticons'''
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
'''[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s'''
* Beast Wars-era [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
'''[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s'''
* Beast Machines-era Megatron
|h3=Others|c4=
'''[[Neutral]]s'''
* [[Maccadam's bartenders|Maccadam's bartender]] (7)
'''[[Human]]s'''
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (3)
* [[Rad White|Rad]] (4)
}}

The current list really needs some reworking, but I'd first like to find out if this is okay before I do anything else. Any suggestions/modifications? --[[User:Inkblot|Inkblot]] 09:38, 25 June 2013 (EDT)

I don't know the best way to organize it, but those megatrons probably shouldn't be listed as autobots... [[User:Spork|Spork]] 00:28, 5 August 2013 (EDT)

Electro-sword

2013-03-26T04:09:48Z

Spork: comma use

[[Image:Tantrum boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]

Like the rest of his sword-wielding [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] teammates, [[Tantrum]] also carries a sword. In his case, it's an '''electro-sword''', which is perpetually sheathed in a web of powerful electric bolts that can disable his prey in addition to being sharp and pointy. Owie.

Insecticon overkill extraordinaire [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] also packs an electro-sword of his own. He mostly just uses it to hack your body into itty-bitty pieces after he’s shot you in the face five times.

[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] has an '''electron scimitar''', a weapon that's been in use since ancient Cybertronian times. The neomaximal [[CatSCAN]] is also equipped with a pair of these weapons.

Finally, [[Splashdown]] favors an electron sword as well.

==See also==
* [[Energo-sword]]
* [[Lightning whip]]

[[Category:Blades]]
[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]

Talk:Tantrum (G1)

2013-03-26T03:56:08Z

Spork: tantrum is a buffalo?

Pete from the club said that this Tantrum is dead in the Timelines comic, and the Tantrum we see is a "descendent", so don't we need a seperate page for him? This page treats them as one character. [[Special:Contributions/68.61.240.172|68.61.240.172]] 21:41, 22 November 2009 (EST)

== IDW ==
I have the BW omnibus, and i can't find that symbol that's supposed to be on the wall with the other four predacon faces. Was that changed in the omnibus for some reason?--[[Special:Contributions/67.142.174.22|67.142.174.22]] 22:53, 27 September 2010 (EDT)

This note... is tantrum really a buffalo? I thought he was a regular bull steer... it has been a while since I've seen buffalo though.[[User:Spork|Spork]] 23:56, 25 March 2013 (EDT)

Talk:Prey!

2013-03-15T03:11:38Z

Spork: error?

that error really doesn't seem like an error. improbable? sure, but not really an error, more of a note. [[User:Spork|Spork]] 23:11, 14 March 2013 (EDT)

Jhiaxus (G2)

2012-02-07T21:59:24Z

Spork: fixed my link from my last edit

{{factions|cybEmpireG2|decepticon|unicron}}
{{featured}}
{{disambigr|Jhiaxus|the TransTech character|Jhiaxus (TransTech)}}

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

[[Image:Jhiaxusg2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Seeker on steroids.]]
'''Jhiaxus''' is no ordinary Decepticon. He and his faction left Cybertron eons ago and formed the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] of [[Eco-structuring|cyberformed planets]]. He views the original Autobots and Decepticons as evolutionary throwbacks, simple animals, insults to his race's memory which must be wiped out. But his ice-cold demeanor of control and amoral objectivity is merely a facade. It is only a mask, a face he wears to forget the mad tyrant he once was. He has been repressing this side of himself, burying it, for millennia. Unfortunately, recent encounters with Autobots and Decepticons have been testing his resolve...

Jhiaxus is not one for improvisation. He has been denying his impulses for so long, it has weakened his ability to think on his feet in many situations. Once Jhiaxus has set a course of action, it is tough for him to diverge from his strategy.<ref name="UniProf">[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus's ''Universe'' profile]]</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel'' Generation 2'' comic===
{{bigquote|We had ''order''. Structure. A perfect, faultless mechanism that was destined to re-shape the galaxy. Then ''you'' came! Old, ''flawed''... an evolutionary stage we had risen far beyond. A reminder of every ''primal'' instinct we had ''buried''.|Jhiaxus doesn't like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] very much|"[[A Rage in Heaven!]]"}}

[[Image:G2issue5-PowerandtheGlory-BuddingSteps.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Whozh a baby? Whozh a baby? Ish it you? Yesh you is! Yesh you is!]]

Millions of years ago, some time after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] left Cybertron and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus was born through the long-forgotten "budding" means of [[reproduction]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} At first a cruel and petty tyrant ruled by his irrational desires, Jhiaxus learned slowly to bury this part of himself beneath layers of icy control. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Tired of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict, Jhiaxus left with his budded brethren into space, determined to begin a new [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] free of the war waged by those he deemed "evolutionary throwbacks". {{storylink|War Without End!}} He was anointed the rank [[Liege Centuro]] of this new Cybertronian faction by the [[Liege Maximo]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}} and Jhiaxus began to wipe out what he considered to be inferior life and terraform their conquered worlds.

[[Image:Jhiaxuswarwithoutend.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wonder where he keeps the remote.]]

A decade after Optimus Prime and Megatron's war had restarted on Earth, Prime and his Autobots found out about this empire while pursuing the remnants of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons across the universe. Quickly thereafter, Jhiaxus's ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'', abducted them and delighted in telling Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] that for his side of the universe, the war had been over for millions of years and that Prime and his adversaries were embarrassments to him. Jhiaxus hoped that Prime would see the error of his ways, but he escaped in a stolen ship with his fellow Autobots. However, Jhiaxus had launched a ship of his own to follow them. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Jhiaxus traced the Autobots to the [[K'tord Nebula]], and his Cybertronians battled Prime's bitterly on the surface of one of its planets. [[Shadow parasite|Parasitic creatures]] on the planet began to feed on the hate and fury buried in the minds of both sides, which caused Jhiaxus to revert back to the barbaric version of himself he thought he'd long buried. Despite Prime's own problems with the parasites' induced rage, he was able to convince Jhiaxus and their respective warriors to stop fighting and go their separate ways. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Jhiaxus retreated to his flagship, and thanked the [[Primus|maker]] that, as far as he knew, there were no Decepticons left of the original generation to cause him further conflict. Sadly, he was misinformed. {{storylink|Primal Fear!#"Old Evils"|Old Evils}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusaltmodetotalwar.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Basically, Jhiaxus's limbs detach and his torso flies around.]]
When Grimlock and a bloodthirsty group of Autobots tried to sneak a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] on board the ''Twilight'', Jhiaxus easily saw through their ruse. He shipped the survivors in a prison ship to be examined by the Liege Maximo, but the ship was intercepted by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, Jhiaxus made a visit to [[Outpost D-109]], a recently conquered planet the Cybertronians were busy [[eco-structuring]] into a Cybertron-like world. Though the process was ahead of schedule, Jhiaxus was still disappointed. The Autobots had mysteriously halted their attacks on his troops, and their absence worried him. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

One of his teams crossed paths with the original-generation Decepticons, and the incident ended badly. Jhiaxus decided to make his move, and ordered a full-scale attack on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Warworld]] near [[Tykos]]. This altercation resulted in casualties in Megatron's forces while Jhiaxus battled Megatron himself in orbit. Jhiaxus relished condescending to his opponent, an act reinforced by his superior might. He shot Megatron out of orbit, leaving him for dead on the moon's surface. {{storylink|New Dawn}} However, Megatron miraculously survived, and his Decepticons and the Autobots forged an uneasy alliance against the Cybertronians. Increasingly frustrated, he vowed to escalate his galactic efforts, ordering that every planet be stripped of life. He hoped to force the hand of the original generation Transformers and overwhelm them, a plan that nearly worked on [[Ethos]] against the Autobots until Decepticon reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Indeed, the battle there decimated [[Ethos raiding party|the best of Jhiaxus's forces]]. But Jhiaxus soon gained an unexpected advantage—[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sold out the location of the original generation's base of operations in exchange for a high-ranking position. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|right|150px|thumb|What good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?]]
Jhiaxus attacked the base on Earth. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Tales of Earth Part Six}} The headquarters itself was quickly destroyed, but Optimus and Megatron's troops fought back strongly and met the challenge equally. Jhiaxus wanted to end the conflict here and then, so he called for reinforcements from every corner of his empire. {{storylink|Total War!}} Adding insult to injury, Jhiaxus was informed that his troops had lost the Warworld to the backstabbing Starscream. Jhiaxus lost his composure, and when he tossed his subordinate, [[Rook (G2)|Rook]], in anger, Rook arranged a trip to the Liege Maximo. Jhiaxus returned to the ''Twilight'', and upon receiving a transmission from Optimus Prime onboard the Warworld, he acted upon his anger by targeting a [[San Francisco|random spot on the Earth]] with nuclear weapons. Before Jhiaxus could order another shot, the ''Twilight'' was knocked away by a blast from the Warworld and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] arrived. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

Despite [[Crushable Cybertronian soldier|his officers]]' pleas to withdraw, Jhiaxus's troops were ordered to stay their ground even as the Swarm ate its way through them effortlessly. Optimus Prime, ever trying to reach a solution, arrived on the ''Twilight'' to talk, but Jhiaxus would not have it. He threw Prime around, powered by his increasing rage, and blamed him for how his life, his empire, had disintegrated. Before he could strike the final blow, however, the Swarm broke through the bridge of the ''Twilight'', and Jhiaxus challenged it. Jhiaxus was consumed. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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===''Universe'' comic===
[[Image:Jhiaxustfu.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Nothing to fear but me myself."]]
[[Unicron]] abducted Jhiaxus's [[spark]] and stripped him of his rank and power. Though he once again wore the brand of an ordinary Decepticon, he still nursed a hatred towards Autobot and Decepticon alike. They were all, of course, unevolved, inferior throw-backs. This bias forced him to work alone.<ref name="UniProf" />

While still abducted by Unicron, Jhiaxus was kept locked inside one of the chambers within the [[Cauldron]] and periodically forced to combat other Transformers so that Unicron could feed on the loser's Spark. He was freed along with countless others when [[Optimus Primal]] orchestrated a prison break. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}

{{note|In ''Universe'' #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original ''Generation 2'' body, but he is seen in his ''Robots in Disguise'' body during a flashback in the [[Escape (issue)|following issue]]. It's possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron (which is not impossible), or there were two Jhiaxuses (which is also not impossible).}}
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===IDW Generation 1 comics===
{{note|IDW's Jhiaxus has a much different origin than the original. Though he is still a high-ranking member of a long-lost race of Transformers, this Jhiaxus seems first and foremost a twisted scientist. [[Simon Furman]] has stated that Arcee, the combiners, and the [[Micromaster]]s are all attempts by him to force Transformer evolution. <ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/another-quick-qa/ Simon Furman Q&A blog post]</ref>}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusnemesisprimedevastation.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Yeeesss, maaaasssster!]]

Jhiaxus was [[Nova Prime]]'s chief theoretical strategist and pioneer of attempts to push forward the Transformer race, as well as a mentor to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

He pioneered [[Combiner|gestalt]] technology, bonding [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] into [[Monstructor (G1)|one combined entity]] to create an ultimate Transformer—resulting in an insane murdering monster that eventually was imprisoned in a dimensional prison by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Jhiaxus also was behind the introduction of gender to the Cybertronian genome, produced by his tampering with the [[CNA]] of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. This had the slight side effect of turning ''her'' into an insane murdering monster. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Despite this slight pattern to his results, he remained in Nova Prime's inner circle and was part of the crew aboard the original [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'' spacecraft]], which was subsequently was lost in the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. Now stuck in the [[Dead Universe]] (only able to leave for brief periods before dying), Jhiaxus became a confidant for the rechristened ''Nemesis'' Prime and plotted on a plan to merge the Dead Universe with the regular one, allowing them to go home ''and'' gain power over the combined reality.

Jhiaxus began prepping [[Nega-Core]]s on three worlds, which would enable this universal "[[Expansion]]". {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} He also set up an underground base on [[Gorlam Prime]], where a large portal to/from the Dead Universe resided; he then began poking Gorlam Prime's evolution with a stick, accelerating the development to an advanced technological race with the end result of turning them into [[Micromaster|tiny Transformers]]. These were the template for what all life would be turned into to survive the Expansion, and the first few batches served as guards and general minions. (Shockingly, while murderous and with monstrous origins, they ''weren't'' insane.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

On the eve of the Expansion, Jhiaxus told Nemesis Prime that he suspected [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] of having his own agenda. The point would become moot, however, once their plans unfurled. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6}} After [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] secured the Nega-Core and activated [[Thunderwing (G1)|its guardian]], Jhiaxus initiated the Expansion with Nemesis Prime and the rest of the [[Dead Universe]] crew. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Jhiaxus was in mental control of [[Thunderwing (G1)|the]] [[Monstructor (G1)|three]] [[Sixshot|guardians]] of the Nega-Cores, {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and also took mental control over Nightbeat and sent in hordes of Micromasters when the Autobot, alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], began investigating on Gorlam Prime. Unfortunately, his intricate and long-plotted strategy was undermined by Hardhead's "shoot people in the head" plan. The Autobot then leapt into the Dead Universe portal. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

He also monitored the Autobots' efforts to withstand their attacks. When he noticed [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] preparing to disrupt his mental control over the guardians, he took mental control of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to defend the project. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[Image:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|300px|thumb|What did I do to deserve this?? ...Oh right.]]

Unfortunately, as Jetfire pointed out, the Autobots were quickly destroying all his hard work, and his attention was divided. So much so that he not only was frozen and distracted from offing Jetfire, he didn't realise someone was in his control room until they sliced off his arm. Turning round, he was faced with a gleeful Arcee.

Making a run for it, and using his Micromasters to keep Arcee busy, he made his escape through the portal... or he would have if an undead Hardhead hadn't popped up, slowing Jhiaxus down enough for Arcee to stab him and cut off his head. But, in the realm between the living and dead universes, Jhiaxus was practically immortal. Which meant Arcee could keep killing him for as long as she liked. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Helpless, Jhiaxus spent several years being repeatedly killed by Arcee over and over again, until one day when the portal to the Dead Universe suddenly began to act strangely and lure people into mindlessly wandering into it. The entire Micromaster population of Gorlam Prime disappeared into the Dead Universe, and though Jhiaxus was also tempted, he was seemingly too damaged to follow them. Arcee and Hardhead subsequently left him to investigate the matter. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}} Eventually, his broken body was discovered by Galvatron, who had earlier betrayed Nemesis Prime and stolen the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] from him. Jhiaxus was restored by the power of the Darkness, though he was disoriented and couldn't explain where everyone on the planet had gone to. He led Galvatron and his men to the Dead Universe portal, which had now turned from a pool into a large sphere. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}}

At the portal's location, Arcee and Hardhead returned and attacked them. Filled with terror upon seeing his tormentor again, Jhiaxus tried to fight back against her, with little success. Galvatron managed to chase Arcee off and read Hardhead's memories to learn what happened on Gorlam Prime, eventually learning of the "[[D-Void]]", a major threat to all Transformers. He subsequently took Jhiaxus with him to raise an army capable of opposing this entity. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}}

Jhiaxus quickly got to work rebuilding the [[space bridge]] network, based out of Gorlam Prime, allowing Galvatron to travel the galaxy and recruit soldiers for his army. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} Later, after Galvatron's ship was infested by [[zombie]]s and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus put up a space bridge portal that allowed the crew to leave. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|The Transformers: Infestation #2}} Jhiaxus found the zombie virus very intriguing, especially its ability to infect both organic and robotic lifeforms, but Galvatron dismissed it as irrelevant and inefficient. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}}

After using the [[Kimia Facility]] to blow a large hole in Cybertron's surface, Galvatron took Jhiaxus with him to the blast crater. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}} Their goal was to reach and destroy the planet's core, though they were briefly hindered by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}} When they located [[Vector Sigma]], Galvatron inserted the Heart of Darkness into it in the hopes that this would stop the D-Void. Then Optimus Prime caught up and fired on them, and Jhiaxus wasn't seen again during the events that followed. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis}}
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===Theft of the Golden Disk===
A statue of Jhiaxus was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

===Wings Universe===
Jhiaxus listened to details about and leading up to the final battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron as told by Runabout and Runamuk. He then declared his intentions to rekindle the Cybertronian Empire. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 1}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
* '''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, 2003)

[[Image:RIDtoy-Jhiaxus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Surprise, I'm me!]]
: Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]] of the deluxe-sized [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] toy in orange and gray. His jet-mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at the neck to "search" for targets. Both jet and robot modes feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" and reveals jet thrusters. Jhiaxus was available [[exclusive]]ly at [[KB Toys]] stores.

:Although most previous versions of the mold have the wingtips swept forward in vehicle mode, Jhiaxus was packaged and depicted in his instructions with the wingtips swept back. His toy art and instructions also show the robot-mode wingtips swept forward, as shown here; this contrasts with the ''Universe'' art above.

: This mold was also used for [[Aero Drone|Sonic Attack Jet]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]], and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Jhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Jhiaxus at TFU.info.]''

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==Notes==
* Jhiaxus's name is a pun on "gee, axe us", a phrase which expressed writer [[Simon Furman]]'s dread of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]]'s cancellation by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]].
* ''Generation 2'' Jhiaxus's robot mode design seems to be based loosely on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet engine (including [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
* Among the many, many toy ideas [[Glen Hallit]] suggested was a [[Redeco|repaint]] of ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]'' [[Aero-Bot]] as Jhiaxus. It was to be distributed as the Dinner Exclusive at [[OTFCC 2003]], but as with most of Hallit's toy proposals, it was not produced.<ref>[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/hce_2003/3h_tidbits.php 3H Collector's Event: Productions/BotCon Tidbits at ASM]</ref>
* In IDW continuity, Jhiaxus's obsession with improving the Cybertronian form has led to him altering even his own body. This has resulted in a chassis that strongly resembles [[Starscream (Movie)|an entirely different Starscream]].
* Jhiaxus's name is apparently very difficult for IDW's writers to spell. Known variations to date include "[[Spotlight: Metroplex|Jiaxus]]", "[[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|Jihaxus]]", and "[[Parasites|Jihauxus]]".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://seibertron.com/database/character.php?view=&char_id=2962 ''Robots in Disguise'' Jhiaxus's profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscomics/jhiaxus.htm Jhiaxus at the Obscure Transformers Website.]

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Jhiaxus (G2)

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

[[Image:Jhiaxusg2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Seeker on steroids.]]
'''Jhiaxus''' is no ordinary Decepticon. He and his faction left Cybertron eons ago and formed the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] of [[Eco-structuring|cyberformed planets]]. He views the original Autobots and Decepticons as evolutionary throwbacks, simple animals, insults to his race's memory which must be wiped out. But his ice-cold demeanor of control and amoral objectivity is merely a facade. It is only a mask, a face he wears to forget the mad tyrant he once was. He has been repressing this side of himself, burying it, for millennia. Unfortunately, recent encounters with Autobots and Decepticons have been testing his resolve...

Jhiaxus is not one for improvisation. He has been denying his impulses for so long, it has weakened his ability to think on his feet in many situations. Once Jhiaxus has set a course of action, it is tough for him to diverge from his strategy.<ref name="UniProf">[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus's ''Universe'' profile]]</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel'' Generation 2'' comic===
{{bigquote|We had ''order''. Structure. A perfect, faultless mechanism that was destined to re-shape the galaxy. Then ''you'' came! Old, ''flawed''... an evolutionary stage we had risen far beyond. A reminder of every ''primal'' instinct we had ''buried''.|Jhiaxus doesn't like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] very much|"[[A Rage in Heaven!]]"}}

[[Image:G2issue5-PowerandtheGlory-BuddingSteps.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Whozh a baby? Whozh a baby? Ish it you? Yesh you is! Yesh you is!]]

Millions of years ago, some time after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] left Cybertron and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus was born through the long-forgotten "budding" means of [[reproduction]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} At first a cruel and petty tyrant ruled by his irrational desires, Jhiaxus learned slowly to bury this part of himself beneath layers of icy control. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Tired of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict, Jhiaxus left with his budded brethren into space, determined to begin a new [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] free of the war waged by those he deemed "evolutionary throwbacks". {{storylink|War Without End!}} He was anointed the rank [[Liege Centuro]] of this new Cybertronian faction by the [[Liege Maximo]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}} and Jhiaxus began to wipe out what he considered to be inferior life and terraform their conquered worlds.

[[Image:Jhiaxuswarwithoutend.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wonder where he keeps the remote.]]

A decade after Optimus Prime and Megatron's war had restarted on Earth, Prime and his Autobots found out about this empire while pursuing the remnants of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons across the universe. Quickly thereafter, Jhiaxus's ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'', abducted them and delighted in telling Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] that for his side of the universe, the war had been over for millions of years and that Prime and his adversaries were embarrassments to him. Jhiaxus hoped that Prime would see the error of his ways, but he escaped in a stolen ship with his fellow Autobots. However, Jhiaxus had launched a ship of his own to follow them. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Jhiaxus traced the Autobots to the [[K'tord Nebula]], and his Cybertronians battled Prime's bitterly on the surface of one of its planets. [[Shadow parasite|Parasitic creatures]] on the planet began to feed on the hate and fury buried in the minds of both sides, which caused Jhiaxus to revert back to the barbaric version of himself he thought he'd long buried. Despite Prime's own problems with the parasites' induced rage, he was able to convince Jhiaxus and their respective warriors to stop fighting and go their separate ways. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Jhiaxus retreated to his flagship, and thanked the [[Primus|maker]] that, as far as he knew, there were no Decepticons left of the original generation to cause him further conflict. Sadly, he was misinformed. {{storylink|Primal Fear!#"Old Evils"|Old Evils}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusaltmodetotalwar.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Basically, Jhiaxus's limbs detach and his torso flies around.]]
When Grimlock and a bloodthirsty group of Autobots tried to sneak a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] on board the ''Twilight'', Jhiaxus easily saw through their ruse. He shipped the survivors in a prison ship to be examined by the Liege Maximo, but the ship was intercepted by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, Jhiaxus made a visit to [[Outpost D-109]], a recently conquered planet the Cybertronians were busy [[eco-structuring]] into a Cybertron-like world. Though the process was ahead of schedule, Jhiaxus was still disappointed. The Autobots had mysteriously halted their attacks on his troops, and their absence worried him. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

One of his teams crossed paths with the original-generation Decepticons, and the incident ended badly. Jhiaxus decided to make his move, and ordered a full-scale attack on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Warworld]] near [[Tykos]]. This altercation resulted in casualties in Megatron's forces while Jhiaxus battled Megatron himself in orbit. Jhiaxus relished condescending to his opponent, an act reinforced by his superior might. He shot Megatron out of orbit, leaving him for dead on the moon's surface. {{storylink|New Dawn}} However, Megatron miraculously survived, and his Decepticons and the Autobots forged an uneasy alliance against the Cybertronians. Increasingly frustrated, he vowed to escalate his galactic efforts, ordering that every planet be stripped of life. He hoped to force the hand of the original generation Transformers and overwhelm them, a plan that nearly worked on [[Ethos]] against the Autobots until Decepticon reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Indeed, the battle there decimated [[Ethos raiding party|the best of Jhiaxus's forces]]. But Jhiaxus soon gained an unexpected advantage—[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sold out the location of the original generation's base of operations in exchange for a high-ranking position. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|right|150px|thumb|What good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?]]
Jhiaxus attacked the base on Earth. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Tales of Earth Part Six}} The headquarters itself was quickly destroyed, but Optimus and Megatron's troops fought back strongly and met the challenge equally. Jhiaxus wanted to end the conflict here and then, so he called for reinforcements from every corner of his empire. {{storylink|Total War!}} Adding insult to injury, Jhiaxus was informed that his troops had lost the Warworld to the backstabbing Starscream. Jhiaxus lost his composure, and when he tossed his subordinate, [[Rook (G2)|Rook]], in anger, Rook arranged a trip to the Liege Maximo. Jhiaxus returned to the ''Twilight'', and upon receiving a transmission from Optimus Prime onboard the Warworld, he acted upon his anger by targeting a [[San Francisco|random spot on the Earth]] with nuclear weapons. Before Jhiaxus could order another shot, the ''Twilight'' was knocked away by a blast from the Warworld and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] arrived. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

Despite [[Crushable Cybertronian soldier|his officers]]' pleas to withdraw, Jhiaxus's troops were ordered to stay their ground even as the Swarm ate its way through them effortlessly. Optimus Prime, ever trying to reach a solution, arrived on the ''Twilight'' to talk, but Jhiaxus would not have it. He threw Prime around, powered by his increasing rage, and blamed him for how his life, his empire, had disintegrated. Before he could strike the final blow, however, the Swarm broke through the bridge of the ''Twilight'', and Jhiaxus challenged it. Jhiaxus was consumed. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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===''Universe'' comic===
[[Image:Jhiaxustfu.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Nothing to fear but me myself."]]
[[Unicron]] abducted Jhiaxus's [[spark]] and stripped him of his rank and power. Though he once again wore the brand of an ordinary Decepticon, he still nursed a hatred towards Autobot and Decepticon alike. They were all, of course, unevolved, inferior throw-backs. This bias forced him to work alone.<ref name="UniProf" />

While still abducted by Unicron, Jhiaxus was kept locked inside one of the chambers within the [[Cauldron]] and periodically forced to combat other Transformers so that Unicron could feed on the loser's Spark. He was freed along with countless others when [[Optimus Primal]] orchestrated a prison break. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}

{{note|In ''Universe'' #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original ''Generation 2'' body, but he is seen in his ''Robots in Disguise'' body during a flashback in the [[Escape (issue)|following issue]]. It's possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron (which is not impossible), or there were two Jhiaxuses (which is also not impossible).}}
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===IDW Generation 1 comics===
{{note|IDW's Jhiaxus has a much different origin than the original. Though he is still a high-ranking member of a long-lost race of Transformers, this Jhiaxus seems first and foremost a twisted scientist. [[Simon Furman]] has stated that Arcee, the combiners, and the [[Micromaster]]s are all attempts by him to force Transformer evolution. <ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/another-quick-qa/ Simon Furman Q&A blog post]</ref>}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusnemesisprimedevastation.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Yeeesss, maaaasssster!]]

Jhiaxus was [[Nova Prime]]'s chief theoretical strategist and pioneer of attempts to push forward the Transformer race, as well as a mentor to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

He pioneered [[Combiner|gestalt]] technology, bonding [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] into [[Monstructor (G1)|one combined entity]] to create an ultimate Transformer—resulting in an insane murdering monster that eventually was imprisoned in a dimensional prison by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Jhiaxus also was behind the introduction of gender to the Cybertronian genome, produced by his tampering with the [[CNA]] of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. This had the slight side effect of turning ''her'' into an insane murdering monster. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Despite this slight pattern to his results, he remained in Nova Prime's inner circle and was part of the crew aboard the original [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'' spacecraft]], which was subsequently was lost in the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. Now stuck in the [[Dead Universe]] (only able to leave for brief periods before dying), Jhiaxus became a confidant for the rechristened ''Nemesis'' Prime and plotted on a plan to merge the Dead Universe with the regular one, allowing them to go home ''and'' gain power over the combined reality.

Jhiaxus began prepping [[Nega-Core]]s on three worlds, which would enable this universal "[[Expansion]]". {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} He also set up an underground base on [[Gorlam Prime]], where a large portal to/from the Dead Universe resided; he then began poking Gorlam Prime's evolution with a stick, accelerating the development to an advanced technological race with the end result of turning them into [[Micromaster|tiny Transformers]]. These were the template for what all life would be turned into to survive the Expansion, and the first few batches served as guards and general minions. (Shockingly, while murderous and with monstrous origins, they ''weren't'' insane.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

On the eve of the Expansion, Jhiaxus told Nemesis Prime that he suspected [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] of having his own agenda. The point would become moot, however, once their plans unfurled. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6}} After [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] secured the Nega-Core and activated [[Thunderwing (G1)|its guardian]], Jhiaxus initiated the Expansion with Nemesis Prime and the rest of the [[Dead Universe]] crew. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Jhiaxus was in mental control of [[Thunderwing (G1)|the]] [[Monstructor (G1)|three]] [[Sixshot|guardians]] of the Nega-Cores, {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and also took mental control over Nightbeat and sent in hordes of Micromasters when the Autobot, alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], began investigating on Gorlam Prime. Unfortunately, his intricate and long-plotted strategy was undermined by Hardhead's "shoot people in the head" plan. The Autobot then leapt into the Dead Universe portal. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

He also monitored the Autobots' efforts to withstand their attacks. When he noticed [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] preparing to disrupt his mental control over the guardians, he took mental control of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to defend the project. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[Image:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|300px|thumb|What did I do to deserve this?? ...Oh right.]]

Unfortunately, as Jetfire pointed out, the Autobots were quickly destroying all his hard work, and his attention was divided. So much so that he not only was frozen and distracted from offing Jetfire, he didn't realise someone was in his control room until they sliced off his arm. Turning round, he was faced with a gleeful Arcee.

Making a run for it, and using his Micromasters to keep Arcee busy, he made his escape through the portal... or he would have if an undead Hardhead hadn't popped up, slowing Jhiaxus down enough for Arcee to stab him and cut off his head. But, in the realm between the living and dead universes, Jhiaxus was practically immortal. Which meant Arcee could keep killing him for as long as she liked. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Helpless, Jhiaxus spent several years being repeatedly killed by Arcee over and over again, until one day when the portal to the Dead Universe suddenly began to act strangely and lure people into mindlessly wandering into it. The entire Micromaster population of Gorlam Prime disappeared into the Dead Universe, and though Jhiaxus was also tempted, he was seemingly too damaged to follow them. Arcee and Hardhead subsequently left him to investigate the matter. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}} Eventually, his broken body was discovered by Galvatron, who had earlier betrayed Nemesis Prime and stolen the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] from him. Jhiaxus was restored by the power of the Darkness, though he was disoriented and couldn't explain where everyone on the planet had gone to. He led Galvatron and his men to the Dead Universe portal, which had now turned from a pool into a large sphere. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}}

At the portal's location, Arcee and Hardhead returned and attacked them. Filled with terror upon seeing his tormentor again, Jhiaxus tried to fight back against her, with little success. Galvatron managed to chase Arcee off and read Hardhead's memories to learn what happened on Gorlam Prime, eventually learning of the "[[D-Void]]", a major threat to all Transformers. He subsequently took Jhiaxus with him to raise an army capable of opposing this entity. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}}

Jhiaxus quickly got to work rebuilding the [[space bridge]] network, based out of Gorlam Prime, allowing Galvatron to travel the galaxy and recruit soldiers for his army. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} Later, after Galvatron's ship was infested by [[zombie]]s and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus put up a space bridge portal that allowed the crew to leave. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|The Transformers: Infestation #2}} Jhiaxus found the zombie virus very intriguing, especially its ability to infect both organic and robotic lifeforms, but Galvatron dismissed it as irrelevant and inefficient. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}}

After using the [[Kimia Facility]] to blow a large hole in Cybertron's surface, Galvatron took Jhiaxus with him to the blast crater. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}} Their goal was to reach and destroy the planet's core, though they were briefly hindered by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}} When they located [[Vector Sigma]], Galvatron inserted the Heart of Darkness into it in the hopes that this would stop the D-Void. Then Optimus Prime caught up and fired on them, and Jhiaxus wasn't seen again during the events that followed. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis}}
{{--}}

===Theft of the Golden Disk===
A statue of Jhiaxus was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

===Wings Universe===
Jhiaxus listened to details about and leading up to the final battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron as told by Runabout and Runamuk. He then declared his intentions to rekindle the Cybertronian Empire. {{storylink|Flash Forward, Part 1}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
* '''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, 2003)

[[Image:RIDtoy-Jhiaxus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Surprise, I'm me!]]
: Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]] of the deluxe-sized [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] toy in orange and gray. His jet-mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at the neck to "search" for targets. Both jet and robot modes feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" and reveals jet thrusters. Jhiaxus was available [[exclusive]]ly at [[KB Toys]] stores.

:Although most previous versions of the mold have the wingtips swept forward in vehicle mode, Jhiaxus was packaged and depicted in his instructions with the wingtips swept back. His toy art and instructions also show the robot-mode wingtips swept forward, as shown here; this contrasts with the ''Universe'' art above.

: This mold was also used for [[Aero Drone|Sonic Attack Jet]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]], and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Jhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Jhiaxus at TFU.info.]''

{{--}}

==Notes==
* Jhiaxus's name is a pun on "gee, axe us", a phrase which expressed writer [[Simon Furman]]'s dread of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]]'s cancellation by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]].
* ''Generation 2'' Jhiaxus's robot mode design seems to be based loosely on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet engine (including [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
* Among the many, many toy ideas [[Glen Hallit]] suggested was a [[Redeco|repaint]] of ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]'' [[Aero-Bot]] as Jhiaxus. It was to be distributed as the Dinner Exclusive at [[OTFCC 2003]], but as with most of Hallit's toy proposals, it was not produced.<ref>[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/hce_2003/3h_tidbits.php 3H Collector's Event: Productions/BotCon Tidbits at ASM]</ref>
* In IDW continuity, Jhiaxus's obsession with improving the Cybertronian form has led to him altering even his own body. This has resulted in a chassis that strongly resembles [[Starscream (Movie)|an entirely different Starscream]].
* Jhiaxus's name is apparently very difficult for IDW's writers to spell. Known variations to date include "[[Spotlight: Metroplex|Jiaxus]]", "[[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|Jihaxus]]", and "[[Parasites|Jihauxus]]".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://seibertron.com/database/character.php?view=&char_id=2962 ''Robots in Disguise'' Jhiaxus's profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscomics/jhiaxus.htm Jhiaxus at the Obscure Transformers Website.]

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A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai

2012-02-05T23:32:51Z

Spork: added coloring error: red ginrai head

{{episode|
|series=masterforce
|ep=10
|title="A Hero Is Chosen—His Name Is Ginrai"
|japanese=選ばれたヒーロー・その名はジンライ
|romaji=Erabareta Hīrō—Sono Na wa Ginrai
|image=Aheroischosen.jpg
|caption=[[Trukk not munky|猿じゃなくて、トラックだぞ]]!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 14|14 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''On the day that he discovers a mysterious truck, a young man named Ginrai suddenly finds himself caught up in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
In the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Base|base]], [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] reveal a secret that they have hidden from [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]—they are not the only [[Godmaster]]s on Earth. The other Godmasters, however, are incomplete beings, lacking a human component, and Giga fears that they could wind up bonded to human beings that would sympathize with the [[Autobot]]s. He and Mega enigmatically refer to the other Godmasters as their "children", and refuse to permit such a fate to befall them, so Hydra and Buster are dispatched to begin searching the world for the remaining Godmasters.

[[Image:HeroisChosen Ginrai and owner inspect truck.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"I dunno, it's a bit G1. Do you have anything in a fire truck or maybe a gorilla?"]]
At the [[Ocean Research Institute of California]], [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] is on the telephone with the [[Baney Aquarium director|director]] of [[Baney Aquarium]], who has arranged for a sick dolphin to be delivered to the institute so that Diver can take care of it. The dolphin has not yet arrived, however, and Diver soon receives a call from the trucker making the delivery—a young Japanese man named [[Ginrai]]—who explains that his truck broke down along the way. He has stopped at a rental shop, where the [[Rent-a-car seller|owner]] informs him that it will take two or three days to replace his cab, but Ginrai explains that he needs it right away. Cautiously, the owner explains that he does have one cab that will do the job, but that previous owners have reported strange, vaguely supernatural phenomena while driving it. Ginrai is unfazed, and the owner offers to sell it to him; Ginrai decides to complete his delivery as a test drive to see if it's worth the purchase.

[[Image:HeroisChosen Diver spots the bracelets.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Ginrai soon arrives at the Ocean Research Institute, and busies himself washing the cab as the dolphin is unloaded. Lost in thought, he is unable to stop [[forklift laborer|a forklift]] from pranging the truck, denting its fender. Soon, he moves on to cleaning out the interior, and discovers a metal sphere in the glove box, which splits open to reveal a pair of golden bracelets. He slips the bracelets on his wrists, but, looking at his reflection in the rear view mirror, decides they don't suit him... only to discover that he is unable to remove them. As he struggles with them, Diver approaches the cab, and is shocked to see the Autobot [[insignia]] glowing on the bracelets. Diver demands to know where he got them from, and Ginrai explains; Diver requests that he take him to the rental shop. As the two talk on the drive, Ginrai reveals that he has no idea what Decepticons are, and relates the notion of trying to stand up to such powerful beings to the time that he saw an escaped buffalo raging in a city and kept his distance. When Diver explains that his bracelets will allow him to become just as powerful, however, Ginrai nearly runs over another [[driver]] in shock.

[[Image:HeroisChosen truck railing.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Meanwhile, Hydra and Buster's search has brought them to America, the continent where they were merged with their [[Transtector]]s. They meet with the [[Headmaster Junior]]s, who tell them about a strange rumor going around about a dented truck which fixed itself, and are able to identify the rental shop which loaned the truck out. The two Godmasters immediately head out on the truck's trail...

Ginrai and Diver continue their discussion about the bracelets and the strange phenomena, until suddenly, the truck begins to surge with energy, and begins veering across the road. The dent in the fender slowly begins to disappear, but the truck itself goes crashing off a cliff; Diver leaps free in mid-air and transforms into robot mode, but Ginrai is trapped inside the cab as it lands at the foot of the cliff with the trailer crashing on top of it. As Diver hauls the trailer off, Hydra and Buster appear in the sky overhead and transform to robot mode, intending to take the truck for themselves. Diver tries to fend off the two Godmasters while, inside the cab, the injured, bloodied Ginrai struggles to reach for the door handle. He collapses halfway, and his arms drop, allowing the two bracelets to touch—and in an explosion of light, Ginrai is instantly healed when a suit of armor materializes around his body.

[[Image:Chokonpower.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
The Transformers outside react in shock as the truck itself begins to heal, its crippled and buckled frame springing back into shape perfectly. But the shocks are not over yet—Ginrai bursts through the roof in a flare of energy, and with a cry of "God On", combines with the truck, which transforms into a battle-primed robot! Ginrai himself is suitably shocked by the experience, not to mention the realisation that the robot trying to help him is Diver, and when he learns that Buster and Hydra are Decepticons, his anger activates his [[Chōkon Power]], which he uses to send the two brothers fleeing.

Diver and Ginrai return to their human forms as the sun sets, and Ginrai explains that he left Japan because of the country's stifling atmosphere and came to America as a freelance trucker to enjoy the freedom of the open road, but now he is not sure who he is. Whatever questions Ginrai may have about his identity, though, Diver is sure of one thing—he is the first Autobot Godmaster!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (6)
'''Human Autobots'''
* [[Ginrai]] (9)

|c2=
* [[Devil Z]] (3)
'''Human Decepticons'''
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)
* [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (13)
* [[Bullhorn]] (14)
* [[Wilder]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Baney Aquarium director|Director]] (7)
* [[Ocean Research Institute operator|Operator]] (8)
* [[Rent-a-car seller]] (10)
* [[Forklift laborer|Laborer]] (11)
* [[Driver]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"The only thing you've been granted is power, but you haven't been given hearts. As long as you are heartless, you cannot surpass humans!"
:—'''Diver''' on the Godmaster brothers.

==Note==
===Animation and technical errors===
*This episode corrects the error from the previous two, in which the parts of Hydra's robot mode which should be red were colored grey-white.
*In a wide shot right after his first connection with his transtector, Ginrai's head is red where it should be blue.

===Continuity notes===
*The explanation behind Mega and Giga's strange reference to the Godmasters as their children is... a bit on the complicated side. The story behind this unusual claim is expanded on in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]"—see that article for more details.
*When Ginrai first put on his Master-Braces, it didn't automatically trigger his Master Suit. Instead, his Master Suit was triggered when he accidentally touched the braces together. This is different than how the Master Braces initially worked for the other three Autobot Godmasters, which are all different from each other.
*Boy, Ginrai sure does look a lot like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], doesn't he? Not once during all of ''Super-God Masterforce'''s broadcast run is this strange similarity addressed—it was eventually explained in "[[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]" that he looks that way because his Transtector was originally intended for use by Prime.

===Foreign dubbing===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Appointed Hero'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Real-world references===
* The rental shop is an [[Esso]] store. However, it is an anachronism, as the "Esso" brand name in the United States was replaced by "Exxon" in 1972.

===Trivia===
*It's not immediately clear, but since the dent that the truck receives when it's under Ginrai's care doesn't heal until ''after'' the Headmaster Juniors tell Buster and Hydra about the rumor, presumably the rumor resulted from the same thing happening when it was being driven by someone else—that being one of the "mysterious phenomena" said to surround the truck.
* A segment of this episode was included on the [[Kid Rhino]] release of season 1 of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the Sunbow cartoon]] as "Japanese scene clip". It featured the Omni Productions dub soundtrack and covered the truck breaking through the railing, Diver's transformation, and the truck's impact.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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Athenia

2012-02-02T07:55:22Z

Spork:

[[Image:Athenia us.jpg|right|250px|thumb|That is not a planet; it's a piece of stale cheese... in outer space... somehow?]]
The planet '''Athenia''' (アセニア ''Asenia'') was first seen as an unusual, irregular planetary body, resembling nothing so much as a chunk of rock. By the year 2010, however, it had been completely terraformed into a spherical world. It possesses no particularly strange or unusual geographical features, decorated with grassy fields, rivers and mountains, though after terraforming, its sky is a reddish-purple. It does not appear to have any sentient native lifeforms.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Athenia played home to the first [[Galactic Olympics]] in the year 2005, with many visiting humans, Transformers and alien races of all shapes and sizes in attendance. Unfortunately, the peaceful event was interrupted by an attack by the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], who kidnapped [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
[[Image:Athenia.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Ahhh... Now that is more like it.]]
Following the extermination of the [[Hate Plague]] and the disappearance into hiding of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], the [[Autobot]]s were able to turn their attention to spreading their peaceful influence through space. The first planet they colonised was Athenia, establishing it as a secondary defense headquarters, with the intent of terraforming it into a second [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. By the year 2011, the planet had been reconstructed from its original form into a spherical body, with two metallic moons, and was part of a [[space bridge]] network linked to Cybertron and [[Earth]]. The sudden reappearance of the Decepticons put further refurbishments to the planet on hold, and Athenia became a major base of operations in the ensuing conflict. Although the majority of their early campaigns targeted Cybertron, the Decepticons also recognised the importance of Athenia to the Autobot cause, and at one point attempted to destroy the planet with a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteor]].

[[Image:Athenia base.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The Autobot base amidst the landscape of Athenia.]]
Following the decimation of Cybertron in a [[plasma energy]] explosion, Athenia became the main headquarters for the Autobot resistance, now led by [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] commander [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]. It proved particularly safe against Decepticon attacks, and was left largely unmolested for the remainder of the Headmasters' conflict, although its connection to Earth was severed when [[Sixshot]] destroyed the space bridge on Earth, causing feedback that blew up the receptor on Athenia.

====''Super-God Masterforce Master File''====
With the final defeat of the Decepticons on Earth, the war shifted into a space-based conflict, involving exchanges between the Autobots on Athenia and the Decepticons on [[Chaar]]. These battles became known as the [[Master Wars]], so named for the important role the super-science of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] played in them. With the space bridge destroyed, transit between Athenia and Earth was highly limited, necessitating the employment of humans as [[Godmaster]]s and [[Headmaster Junior]]s on Earth. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
In the midst of the [[Masterforce War]] on Earth, the Trainbots arrived to transport the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors to Athenia, where Fortress handed the mantle of [[Supreme Commander]] over to [[Ginrai]], and the Earth and space-based Autobots established a "united universe federation". During the ceremony, the combined forces of the Earth and space’s Decepticons attacked, but were repelled by the power of Super Ginrai. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

===''Animated''===
Athenia is part of the [[Autobot Commonwealth]]. [[Team Athenia]] might be stationed there. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===''Alternity''===

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] successfully shattered the gestalt higher-dimensional entities the Autobots had begun, the Autobots went on a counter-offensive that resulted in Megatron's defeat and the ascension of the [[Planicron]]s in place of the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]. However, this sadly meant that the members of the now defunct Alternity had to return to their own worlds to watch for any further troubles. The place chosen for their final meeting was Athenia, where [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (one of them, anyway) gave a stirring speech to look forward to the future. {{storylink|Alternation}}

==Notes==
*Athenia was not named in the original episode of the English series. Its name was created for the Japanese dub of the episode—the Olympics... Greece... Athens... Athenia, y'get it?

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Sydneya''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)

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I Risk My Life for Earth

2012-01-30T08:19:59Z

Spork:

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=26
|image=Risklife.jpg
|caption=Crazy Japanese text says what?!
|title="I Risk My Life for Earth"
|japanese=地球に賭けるこの命
|romaji=Chikyū ni Kakeru Kono Inochi
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[February 5|5 February]] 1988
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''With Scorponok established as leader of the Decepticons once more and Spike on the verge of death, the fate of Earth hangs in the balance, and only Chromedome can save the day by discovering Scorponok's secret weak spot!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:HM26 Shoki prods Spike.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Following [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s demise, Scorponok once again seizes control of the Decepticon forces, and appoints himself the [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor of Terror]]. Keeping [[Sixshot]] occupied by instructing him to continue the attack against Earth's [[Autobot|Autobots]], Scorponok and the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] resume their original plan for the destruction of Earth.

On [[Athenia]], the Autobots study the Decepticons' recent movements, noting that the northern hemisphere has seen a lot of activity of late. Chromedome prepares to head to Earth to help reinforce the defenses of that area when Spike announces that he will be going to the planet too, to attend [[Earth Summit|a summit]] concerning Earth's volcanoes. Specifically, the meeting is about drilling into Earth's mantle, but Spike's studies reveal an unexpected coincidence: All of Scorponok's movements have been centered on the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]], the largest concentration of volcanoes on Earth, which runs from Alaska to the South Pole. Back in [[Autobot City]], Spike explains that he thinks the Decepticons are targeting the spot where Earth's crust is weakest, but in the midst of his talk, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacks. [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] holds him off, but Sixshot then arrives, and Chromedome, recalling the death of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] at the ninja's hands, engages him in battle. Metroplex is distracted by this, and as Trypticon bears down on him, Spike steps out from his cover to shout a warning to the [[city-bot]], only to be struck by a stray laser blast. Metroplex repels the Decepticons, but Spike is critically wounded and transported by to Athenia for urgent medical attention.

[[Image:IRiskMyLifeForEarth-Letgoofme.jpg|thumb|right|Looks like a case for Sexual harassment Panda!]]
Chromedome blames himself for allowing Spike to get injured, and although [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] is understanding, Wheelie is not so forgiving. Just then, Fortress enters to inform everyone on Spike's condition: A small piece of shrapnel has become embedded in one of his arteries and cannot be removed by surgery. His guilt mounting, Chromedome turns on Fortress, blaming Spike's injuries on his passive strategies. Once he's restrained and calmed down by his fellow Headmasters, the group then debate Scorponok's strategy, with [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] speculating that he is attempting to make the Earth combust into a new sun. At that point, a report is beamed in from [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] that the Decepticons are active on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], another portion of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Fortress forbids Chromedome from participating in the attack, and he remains on Athenia while the others head for Earth.

[[Image:HM26 real men don't cry.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Spike and Daniel share a tearful moment in the medical bay, with Spike telling Daniel that regardless of what happens to him, he must remain strong. Thankfully, Fortress has the answer that will save Spike's life. Putting his Master-born psychic powers to work, he telekinetically purges the shrapnel from Spike's body. Unfortunately, this drains all of his energy, and with Scorponok on the way to Earth, he will be unable to transform into Fortress Maximus to combat him.

[[Image:Hm26 weak spot.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
On Kamchatka, the Autobots are meeting heavy Decepticon resistance, and Scorponok appears in the sky over the peninsula, patiently awaiting the arrival of Fortress. Soon enough, he gets his wish, and he transforms into robot mode to throw around the energy-deprived Battleship Maximus. Stuck on Athenia and feeling useless, Chromedome realises the key to winning the day: discovering the secret of Scorponok's long-searched-for weakness! Daniel and Wheelie aid him in his work, focusing their studies on the connection between his head and body, per notes left by Highbrow. As the battle on Earth worsens, they at last discover the Decepticon leader's weak spot: the Decepticon insignia on his chest! Chromedome races to Earth, arriving just as things seem their bleakest, as Scorponok hurls Battleship Maximus into the molten heart of a volcano. What Scorponok has failed to account for, however, is Fortress's ability to absorb the volcano's magma energy, re-energising him and allowing him to transform into Fortress Maximus! Chromedome informs him of the weak spot, and Fortress Maximus stabs Scorponok through the chest with the [[Master Sword]], causing the Decepticon to topple into the volcano. In a spray of molten rock, the crippled Scorponok bursts free and flees into the sky.

As the dust clears, Wheelie and the other Headmasters reconcile with Chromedome.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Punch (G1)|Punch/Counterpunch]] (3)
* [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (19)
* [[Brainstorm]] (20)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (21)
* [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (22)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (24)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress/Fortress Maximus]] (25)
* [[Shōki]] (26)
* [[Suiken]] (27)
* [[Getsuei]] (28)
* [[Seizan]] (29)
* [[Kaen]] (30)
* [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] (31)
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (33)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (35)
* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (37)
* [[Raiden]] (38)

|c2=
* [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (1)
* [[Hun-Gurrr]] (2)
* [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (4)
* [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (5)
* [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (6)
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (7)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (8)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (9)
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (10)
* [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (11)
* [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] (12)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (13)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (14)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (15)
* [[Sixshot]] (16)
* [[Skullcruncher]] (17)
* [[Weirdwolf]] (18)
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (32)
* [[Predaking]] (39)
* [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (40)

|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (23)
* [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (34)
* [[Carly|Carly Witwicky]] (36)
}}

==Quotes==
{{note|The following quotes were taken from the [[Omni Productions|English dub]].}}
"You're dead." 
"Not likely." 
"Chromedome, I'm going to send you ''to hell.''" 
"''No way!''"
:—'''Six Shot''' and '''Chromedome''' have witty repartee.

"''Oh no, watch out!''" 
"What?"
:—'''Sparkle''' fails to warn '''Philip'''.

'''Chromedome''': "I'm sorry that Sparkle has been hurt. It was all my fault, Danny!" 
'''Daniel''': "Don't blame yourself, Chromedome." 
'''Wheelie''': "But it ''is'' your fault, Chromedome! You shouldn't have let Sparkle join in the fight! You should have known that yourself!" 
'''Chromedome''': "You're right, Wheelie, it ''was'' all my fault." 
'''Wheelie''': "''It's too late for apologies.''" 
'''Highbrow''': "Wheelie, you can't blame Chromedome." 
'''Wheelie''': "But... but..."
:—Wheelie is a vindictive little bastard.

'''Sparkle''': "Danny, boys can cry, but not out loud. Men don't cry; they only get stronger." 
'''Danny''': ''[crying]'' "Father! Father!" 
'''Sparkle''': "Come on now, brave men don't cry, you know." 
'''Danny''': ''[crying]'' "I'm not crying, I won't cry, I won't!"
:—Spike emotionally cripples his son while dying on a hospital bed.

"Fortress Maximus has come himself. Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me, huh huh huh!"
:—'''Scorponok''' does not know what he is saying.

'''Chromedome''': "Commander, the symbol is the weak point on his chest!" 
'''Scorponok''': "Darn it. How'd he find out?" 
[''Autobots begin shooting''] 
'''Scorponok''': "Darn it!"
:—Scorponok is having a bad day.

"At last the battle is over. It's a miracle that Fortress Maximus survived. But will Scorponok return? Of ''course'' he will. We haven't seen the last of him, that's for sure."
:—The '''Narrator''' proves to be the best character in the series.

==Notes==
===Continuity errors===
*When Chromedome heads for Earth to spread the word on Scorponok's weak spot, Arcee informs him that he can't use the [[space bridge]]—obvious enough, since it was destroyed in "[[Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!]]". Chromedome, however, claims he will "find a way," and is next seen in mid-transit to Earth, flying through what appears to be, for all intents and purposes...a space bridge tunnel. What the ''hell''?

===Continuity notes===
*Galvatron met his end in "[[The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg]]". That episode also featured Scorponok's activities in Alaska, foreshadowing the involvement of the Pacific Ring of Fire in this episode.
*Ultra Magnus died in "[[Ultra Magnus Dies!!]]" Hard to believe, we know.
*Although earlier episodes have laid the seeds for it, it is this episode which really makes the viewer aware that Chromedome bears a vicious enmity towards Sixshot. Although this episode only specifically mentions the death of Ultra Magnus, recall that Sixshot was also responsible for killing Chromedome's best friend, [[Abel]], as seen in "[[Terror! The Six Shadows]]". Unfortunately for Chromedome, this is not the last time that one of his friends will lose his life thanks to Sixshot, and it sets the stage for a major confrontation between the two characters towards the end of the series.
*The Headmasters' psychic powers were properly established in "[[Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2]]". This is the first and only time that powers beyond telepathy are demonstrated.
*The long-standing mystery of Scorponok's weak spot first arose, naturally, in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]". Tied into this, in both "[[Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!]]" and "[[Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship]]", Scorponok took slashes to the chest and immediately retreated from battle. Now we know why: because his weak spot had been hit!

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Life Can Be Sacrificed for Peace on Earth'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
:**The battle against MegaZarak is described as happening in the "Kanto Prefecture".

:*''Title:'' "'''I Risk My Life for Earth'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*The review of the last episode shown before the title card is omitted.
::*Both "[[Pit]]" and "Inferno" are used as euphemisms for "hell".
::*"Spark" is used in place of "life".

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Borba za vyzhivanye'''" (Борьба за выживание, "The Quest for Survival")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Trivia===
*All the major plot threads established since Galvatron's return in "[[Return of the Immortal Emperor]]" have been wound up over the last few episodes, culminating in this episode, representing the end of the second "story arc" in ''The Headmasters'' and setting the stage for the third and final arc, beginning next episode.
*The [[Omni Productions|dub version]] of this episode is downright ''hilarious''.
*You'd think that Spike, a man that's been around Transformers and their battles for ''27 years'' now, would know better than to walk in the middle of a fight between any two of them, let alone ones as big as Trypticon and Metroplex, but apparently not. Especially stupid as all he says is 'look out'. Yeah, very helpful there, Spike.
*This episode is the second to feature an insert song, which plays as Chromedome joins the battle against Sixshot.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)

2012-01-30T08:13:07Z

Spork: the ultra magnus dies and I risk my life for earth episodes both had insert songs

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=27
|image=Miraclewarriors1.jpg
|caption=Straight pimpin'.
|title="Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)"
|japanese=奇跡の戦士ターゲットマスター (前編)
|romaji=Kiseki no Senshi Targetmasters (Zenpen)
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[February 12|12 February]] 1988
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Masao Itō]], [[Fumiji Kitazume]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''With the Decepticons having fled Earth, the Autobots begin the clean-up operation, but a discarded bomb threatens the planet's safety. Can the newest Autobot arrivals save the day? And what are the Decepticons planning now?'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:HM27 Chromedome saves Hardhead.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Impossible physics is your friend.]]
Following [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s defeat at the hands of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons have abandoned Earth, leaving the Autobots to pick up the pieces and eradicate all memory of the villains' presence from the planet. The four [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] are charged with locating and disposing of the [[plasma energy]] explosives that Scorponok had planted in various locations around the Earth, while Fortress arranges to help restore areas still suffering from damage caused by the Decepticons. He appoints [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] as head of the project, at which point [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] says that he will call on some of his friends to aid in the effort as well, although [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] is not convinced he ''has'' any.

[[Image:HM27 Chromedome activates bomb.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]
Meanwhile, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] have discovered a collection of five linked explosives in the heart of a volcano, and are in the process of carefully removing them when a volcanic tremor activates the timer. To deal with the situation as quickly as possible, the pair [[Head Formation|Cross-Head On]] and manage to escape from the cave with the explosives as lava laps at their heels.

On Earth, Spike and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] attend a conference at the [[United Nations]] in preparation for the clean-up operation. Daniel continues to poke fun at Wheelie due to the failure of his "friends" to appear—but just then, three Autobots—[[Pointblank]], [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]—swoop down out of the sky, land in front of the two youths and greet Wheelie. Daniel is genuinely impressed by these cool-looking warriors and compliments Wheelie on his friends, but Pointblank seems surprised to hear them referred to this way. Wheelie stutters and stumbles, but Pointblank cuts him off and asks to see Fortress; when Daniel moves off to lead the way for the new arrivals, Pointblank takes Wheelie aside and demands to know why Daniel thinks they are his friends. Wheelie apologizes—in fact, this trio are his superior officers!

[[Image:HM27 Fortress meets Targetmasters.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Meet the new guys!]]
Back at [[Autobot City]], Fortress attempts to figure out how to deal with the looming detonation of the bombs Chromedome and Hardhead discovered, but finds that there will be no time to defuse them. Just then, Wheelie and Daniel arrive with Pointblank, Sureshot and Crosshairs in tow. Famous amongst Autobots for their expertise in battles throughout the universe, Pointblank cautions Fortress that Earth will never truly be safe until the Decepticons are totally wiped out, but Fortress has more pressing concerns in the form of the impending explosion and invites the newly-arrived Autobots along as Battleship Maximus takes off.

[[Image:HM27 Fortress meets refugees.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Meet the other new guys!]]
Chromedome and Hardhead are still trying to escape the volcanic caverns, only to find themselves trapped by a rockslide. Battleship Maximus arrives in time to dig them out, and they bring the plasma bombs onboard, so that they may fly them out into space and allow them to harmlessly detonate in the void. While Spike is busy leading the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Trainbot|Trainbots]] in destroying the Decepticons' abandoned Earth headquarters, Battleship Maximus races to get to a safe distance. Pointblank and co. offer to fly ahead with them, tossing out a veiled insult at the Headmasters in the process by making it clear they are stronger and faster, but Fortress refuses. Soon, they reach the safety zone, and are about to release the explosives into space, when suddenly, a small craft appears on their radar, broadcasting an SOS. The ship is a refugee craft from the Headmasters' adopted homewold of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], carrying six escapees that are being pursued by [[Sixshot]] and a trio of Decepticons familiar to Pointblank and his team—[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], [[Misfire]] and [[Triggerhappy]]. While they engage them in battle, the refugee ship docks with Battleship Maximus, and [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] translates the escapees' words, revealing that the Decepticons have turned their attention to planet Master, returning there and attacking it. Eager to prove themselves the better of Pointblank's team, the Headmasters spring into action against Sixshot, but while they are dealing with him, the Master refugees try to do their part by bringing the explosives aboard their craft and flying them out into space. Slugslinger makes for their ship as it flies by overhead and Pointblank tackles him, but just then, the explosives go off, bathing Slugslinger, Pointblank and their teammates in a wave of plasma energy...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (1)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (3)
* [[Brainstorm]] (4)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (5)
* [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (6)
* [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (7)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] (8)
* [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] (9)
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] (10)
* [[Rewind]] (11)
* [[Eject]] (12)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (13)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (14)
* [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (17)
* [[Pointblank]] (18)
* [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (19)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] (20)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (21)
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (22)
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (23)
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (24)
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (25)
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (26)
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (27)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (28)
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (29)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (30)
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (31)
* [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] (32)
* [[Getsuei]] (33)
* [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] (34)
* [[Kaen]] (35)
* [[Seizan]] (36)
* [[Suiken]] (37)
* [[Shōki]] (38)
* [[Raiden]] (39)
* [[Spoil (Headmasters)|Spoil]] (42)
* [[Pointech]] (44)
* [[Peaceman (Headmasters)|Peaceman]] (45)
{{!}}}
|c2=
* [[Blowpipe (Headmasters)|Blowpipe]] (40)
* [[Aimless (Headmasters)|Aimless]] (41)
* [[Caliburst (Headmasters)|Caliburst]] (43)
* [[Misfire]] (46)
* [[Triggerhappy]] (47)
* [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (48)
* [[Sixshot]] (49)

|c3=
* [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (15)
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (16)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:Hmep27 ironhide undead.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*Appearing in an establishing crowd scene alongside Skyfire is [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]—who died in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Not that he's unique [[Windcharger (G1)|in]] [[Wheeljack (G1)|this]] [[Prowl (G1)|sort]] [[Brawn (G1)|of]] [[Huffer (G1)|thing]].
*Also appearing in the crowd scene is a blue and white [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].
*When Arcee shakes hands with Spike, she appears to be abnormally small. Not that this series is unique [[Scale|in that sort of thing]] either.
*When the Autobots receive the SOS transmission from the refugees, there's no sound.

===Continuity errors===
*For some unfathomable reason, the Master refugees speak only in unintelligible [[Mini-Con]]-style beeps and whistles in this and all subsequent episodes (they require Twincast to translate for them here, but when they become [[Targetmaster]]s, their partners are also able to understand them). This totally unexplained trait is limited purely to these six Master natives, with none of the Headmasters having this problem, nor any of the other robots from Master that we have met, or will meet, such as [[Abel]], [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]] or [[Kirk]].

===Continuity notes===
*Scorponok and the other Decepticons have fled Earth in between his defeat at the end of the previous episode, and the beginning of this one.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Miracle Warriors, Part 1'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

:*''Title:'' "'''The Miracle Warriors - The Targetmasters: Part One'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*Highbrow utters "Thank the [[AllSpark]] they failed." in response to the Decepticon bomb plot failing, in the first ever claim that the AllSpark exists in the Generation 1 continuity family.
::*Still, Twincast refers to his [[Mini-Cassette]]s as Deployers.
::*The [[Pit]] is again referred to.

===Trivia===
*The Targetmaster-partners-to-be are never referred to by name in ''The Headmasters''. This article lists them by their American names for clarity.
*This is the third episode of ''The Headmasters'' to feature an insert song; it features the debut of "[[Destron Sanka]]", and also features a reprise of the one insert song previously used in the series, "[[Tate! Ikari no Headmasters]]". These two songs are the only ones used in the series.
*Pointblank's rather dismissive attitude towards Wheelie (for which he can't really be blamed) is the start of a trend of him being something of a dick to most of the other Autobots. Why? Because he's a ''professional'' soldier.
*As the future Targetmasters fly to meet Wheelie, the Chrysler Building can be seen in the background. This is surprisingly geographically accurate, assuming they're coming down 1st Avenue.
*As Fortress works on the problem of the bombs, his screen displays what appears to be technical information for a computer processor, possibly generated by the [[Wikipedia:CP/M|CP/M]] operating system.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]