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Transformers: The Album

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{{disambig2|the album of contemporary hard rock music.|the album of orchestrated music actually in the movie|Transformers: The Score}}
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|caption=You got the TOUCH! You got the POWAAAAH!
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|releasedate=[[June 26]], [[2007]] (Download) [[July 3]], 2007 (CD)
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'''''Transformers: The Album''''' is an album containing songs from or inspired by the live-action ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' film. It was released on Warner Brothers Records on July 3, 2007, in conjunction with the film's release. The songs are, by and large, contemporary alternative rock tracks.

The album does not include any of the actual source music from the film (primarily the vintage Top 40 pop tracks that [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] plays on his radio).

==Tracks==
#"[[What I've Done]]" — [[Linkin Park]]
#:Heard several times:
#*As Sam and Ronald arrive at the car dealership
#*As Sam drops off Mikaela at her house
#*Over the closing montage, as Optimus Prime narrates.
#*During the credits
#"[[Doomsday Clock]]" — [[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkins]]
#:Heard twice:
#*As Mikaela drives the tow truck toward Brawl, with Bumblebee hitched to the back.
#*During the closing credits
#"[[This Moment]]" — [[Disturbed]]
#:Heard twice:
#*Briefly from Bumblebee's radio as he pulled into Bobby Bolivia's car dealership.
#*During the credits.
#"[[Before It's Too Late]] (Sam and Mikaela's [[theme song|Theme]])" — [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
#:Heard as Bumblebee transforms back to car mode after defeating Barricade. "Don't you want to say you had the guts to get in the car?"
#"[[Pretty Handsome Awkward]]" — [[The Used]]
#:Heard as Barricade pursues Bumblebee and the two humans.
#"[[Passion's Killing Floor]]" — [[HIM]]
#:Briefly played by Bumblebee in Sam's room before car is stolen for second time.
#"[[What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?]]" — [[Taking Back Sunday]]
#:Not used in the film.
#"[[Second to None]]" — [[Styles of Beyond]] featuring [[Mike Shinoda]]
#:Briefly played by Bumblebee as Optimus introduces him to Sam and Mikaela.
#"[[End of the World]]" — [[Armor for Sleep]]
#:Not used in the film.
#"[[Retina and the Sky]]" — [[Idiot Pilot]]
#:Not used in the film.
#"[[Technical Difficulties]]" — [[Julien-K]]
#:During the credits
#"[[Transformers Theme (MuteMath)|Transformers Theme]]" — [[MuteMath]]
#:Not used in the film.

==Notes==
*The songs used by Bumblebee in the film, but not included on the album, are:
**"[[Baby Come Back]]" by [[Player]]
**"[[Drive]]" by [[The Cars]]
**"[[Sexual Healing]]" by [[Marvin Gaye]]
**"[[I Got You]]" by [[James Brown (musican)|James Brown]]
**"[[Battle Without Honor or Humanity]] by [[Tomoyasu Hotei]]

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Main Page/schedule

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* '''[[September 20|Sep 20]] —''' ''[[G.I. Joe: First Strike]]'' and ''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' [[Wrath of Karza issue 5|#5]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 23|Sep 23]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Prepare for Departure]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[September 27|Sep 27]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 4|#4]], ''{{i|Micronauts: First Strike}}'', ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' [[Revolutionaries issue 8|#8]] and ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 3|#3]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 30|Sep 30]] —''' A ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode premieres on [[Cartoon Network]]. Maybe. Look, talk to Cartoon Network about updating their schedule. [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Sharkticon (G1)#Legends|LG-44 Sharktron]] and [[Sweep (G1)#Legends|Sweeps]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-45 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]] (with [[Firebolt (G1)#Legends|Firebolt]]), and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-46 Targetmaster Chear]] (with [[Recoil (G1)#Legends|Recoil]]).

* '''[[October 11|Oct 11]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 5|#5]], ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 9|#9]] and ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 11|#11]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 18|Oct 18]] —''' ''[[M.A.S.K.: First Strike]]''. ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 12|#12]], ''[[Optimus Prime: First Strike]]'', ''{{i|ROM: First Strike}}'', ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 4|#4]], ''[[Transformers: First Strike]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 10|#10]], ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 11|#11]] and ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 25|Oct 25]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 6|#6]], ''[[Aw Yeah Revolution!|Hasbro Aw Yeah]]'' HC and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' Vol. 1 TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 28|Oct 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Kickback (G1)#Legends|LG-47 Kickback]] & [[Clouder#Legends|Clouder]], [[Brawn (G1)/toys#LG48|LG-48 Gong]] & [[Repugnus (G1)#Legends|Repug]], and [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Legends|LG-49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy]] (with [[Blowpipe (G1)#Legends|Blowpipe]]).

* '''[[November 15|Nov 15]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 13|#13]], ''[[Revolutionaries]], Volume 2: Power and Glory'' TPB and ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection]]'' HC are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[November 22|Nov 22]] —''' ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 5|#5]] and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 12|#12]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[November 24|Nov 24]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#MP12+|MP-12+ Lambor]].
* '''[[November 25|Nov 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Sixshot#Legends|LG-50 Sixshot]], [[Doublecross#Legends|LG-51 Targetmaster Doublecross]] (with [[Haywire#Legends|Haywire]]), [[Misfire (G1)#Legends|LG-52 Targetmaster Misfire]] (with [[Aimless (G1)#Legends|Aimless]]), and [[Broadside (G1)#Legends|LG-53 Broadside]].

* '''[[December 13|Dec 13]] —''' ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' Vol. 2 TPB and ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[December 20|Dec 20]] —''' ''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' TPB is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[December 22|Dec 22]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|MP-39 Sunstreaker]].
* '''[[December 30|Dec 30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-54 Bumble]] & [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Legends|Excel Suit Spike]], [[Slugslinger (G1)#Legends|LG-55 Targetmaster Slugslinger]] (with [[Caliburst (G1)#Legends|Caliburst]]), [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-56 Perceptor]] (with [[Ramhorn (G1)#Legends|Ramhorn]]), and [[Octane#Legends|LG-57 Octone]] (with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Legends|Ghost Starscream]]).
* '''[[December 31|Dec 31]] —''' Last day the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] is scheduled to be available for download.
===2018===

* '''[[January 10|Jan 10]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy]]'' TPB and ''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Classics UK Volume 6]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[January 28|Jan 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Fastlane#Legends|LG-58 Clone]][[Cloudraker (G1)#Legends|bots]], [[Blitzwing (G1)#Legends|LG-59 Blitzwing]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Legends|LG-60 Overlord]].

* '''[[February 24|Feb 24]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#MP40|MP-40 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]] and ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Pounce#Legends|LG-61 Clone]][[Wingspan#Legends|trons]], [[Windblade (G1)#LG62|LG-62 Targetmaster Windblade]] (with [[Pinpointer (G1)#Legends|Pointech]]) and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#LG63|LG-63 G2 Megatron]].

* '''[[December 21|Dec 21]] —''' ''[[Transformers Universe: Bumblebee]]'', otherwise known as the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] movie, is currently scheduled to release.

===2019===
* '''[[June 28|Jun 28]] —''' ''[[Transformers 7]]'' is currently scheduled to release.

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Micronauts: Wrath of Karza

2017-09-20T13:41:51Z

StarWars Jedi:

[[File:WOK 1 regcvr.jpg|thumb|right|250px|THIS IS CETI ALPHA V!]]
'''''Micronauts: Wrath of Karza''''' is a 5-issue comic mini-series released by [[IDW Publishing]] in [[2017]]. Continuing the story of the ''{{i|Micronauts (comic)|Micronauts}}'' series (cancelled after issue #11), ''Wrath of Karza'' follows [[Baron Karza]]'s efforts to conquer [[Earth]] and turn it into a new home for the inhabitants of [[Microspace]].

{{chapters|style=3|title=''Micronauts: Wrath of Karza'' issues:|prev=idwhasbro:Micronauts (comic)|next=idwhasbro:Rom and the Micronauts|content=
*[[Wrath of Karza issue 1|#1]]
*{{i|Wrath of Karza issue 2|#2}}
*{{i|Wrath of Karza issue 3|#3}}
*[[Wrath of Karza issue 4|#4]]
*[[Wrath of Karza issue 5|#5]]
*{{i|Micronauts: First Strike|First Strike}}
}}
{{note|TFWiki.net only covers the ''Transformers'' elements of ''Wrath of Karza''. For full issue summaries, see ''{{i|Micronauts: Wrath of Karza}}'' on the IDW Hasbro Wiki.}}

==Overview==
Baron Karza was [[Valley Forge|foiled by an alliance of hero factions]] in collecting [[Ore-13]] from [[Earth]] to stop the [[entropy storm]]. Now recovered, Karza has conceived a new idea for the survival of Microspace's inhabitants: wholesale migration to Earth. For this to happen, the self-proclaimed savior of Microspace must first annihilate any potential opposition in the new homeland. Leading the upgraded forces of the [[Ministry of Defense]], Karza will stop at nothing and crush anyone who stands against his goals. His priority target is the ragtag band of adventurers who have interfered with his plans time and time again: the [[Micronaut]]s.

==Creative team==
The series is co-written by [[Cullen Bunn]] and [[Jimmy Johnston]], with art by [[Andrew Griffith]].

==Collections==
* '''''Micronauts: Wrath of Karza''''' TPB ([[December 20]], [[2017]] **scheduled**) ISBN 168405060X / ISBN 978-1684050604
:*Collects issues #1–5.
:*Bonus material UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

==External links==
*{{i|Micronauts: Wrath of Karza}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Micronauts properties]]

Main Page/featured-series

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[[File:Transformers RID 2015 logo.png|200px|link=Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)]] 
[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Cartoon]]: "[[Breathing Room]]" 
[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (Signature Publishing)|Signature Publishing comic]]: [[Signature Robots in Disguise issue 14|Issue #14]] 
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'''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|''Transformers: The Last Knight'']]''' 
"[[A New Friend]]" 
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''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 3|#3]] 
''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|OP]]'' #10: "[[Origin Myths]]" 
''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|LL]]'' #9: "[[Chasing the Infinite]]" 
''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|TAAO]]'' #12: "[[Your First Mistake]]" 
''[[Revolutionaries]]'' #7: "[[When Eagles Scream]]" 
''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor|Rom vs. Transformers]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 2|#2]] 
''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]: [[G.I. Joe: First Strike|First Strike]]'' 
''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' [[Wrath of Karza issue 5|#5]] 
''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|#3]] 
''[[Aw Yeah Revolution!]]'' [[Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 3|#3]] }}
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''[[When Worlds Collide]]''
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Scarlett's Strike Force

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'''''Scarlett's Strike Force''''' (formerly known as '''''G.I. Joe: Unmasked''''') is an upcoming comic series from [[IDW Publishing]]. Set to debut in November 2017 in the wake of ''[[First Strike]]'', the series will integrate ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' with ''{{i|M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand|M.A.S.K.}}''

Puzzled as to ''why'' there's an article for this ''G.I. Joe''/''M.A.S.K.'' comic here on TFWiki? Because believe it or not, [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] is a member of the Joe team and will appear in this series!

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*[[G.I. Joe: Unmasked issue 1|#1]]
}}

==Overview==
[[Miles Mayhem]]'s [[V.E.N.O.M.]] has joined forces with [[Cobra]], and in response [[M.A.S.K.]] is integrated with international military force [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] to hunt their ruthless enemies.

==Creative team==
The series will be written by returning ''Joe'' writer [[Aubrey Sitterson]].

==Collections==
*TBA

[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:G.I. Joe]]
[[Category:M.A.S.K.]]

G.I. Joe: Unmasked

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Scarlett's Strike Force

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'''''G.I. Joe: Unmasked''''' is an upcoming comic series from [[IDW Publishing]]. Set to debut in November 2017 in the wake of ''[[First Strike]]'', the series will integrate ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' with ''{{i|M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand|M.A.S.K.}}''

Puzzled as to ''why'' there's an article for this ''G.I. Joe''/''M.A.S.K.'' comic here on TFWiki? Because believe it or not, [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] is a member of the Joe team and will appear in this series!

{{chapters|title=''G.I. Joe: Unmasked'' issues:|style=3|prev=G.I. Joe vol. 5|prev2=M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand|content=
*[[G.I. Joe: Unmasked issue 1|#1]]
}}

==Overview==
[[Miles Mayhem]]'s [[V.E.N.O.M.]] has joined forces with [[Cobra]], and in response [[M.A.S.K.]] is integrated with international military force [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] to hunt their ruthless enemies.

==Creative team==
The series will be written by returning ''Joe'' writer [[Aubrey Sitterson]].

==Collections==
*TBA

[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:G.I. Joe]]
[[Category:M.A.S.K.]]

Mr. Monopoly

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: ''Mr. Monopoly is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].

The fabulously wealthy '''Mr. Monopoly''' is armed with a working knowledge of the streets of Atlantic City. He has the power to send individuals to jail.

==Fiction==
===''When Worlds Collide''===
When trying to retrieve the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] joined forces with Mr. Monopoly, along with several other heroes. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}

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Zartan

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{{factions|cobra}}
:''Zartan is an affiliate of [[Cobra]] from the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:GIJoevsTF4 Zartan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''And in the end, do I really have any friends? / Who love me for being Zartan? Who love me for being...me?'']]
'''Zartan''' is the leader of the [[Dreadnok]]s, the mercenary biker gang often employed by Cobra. He is also a master of disguise and occasionally a ninja. [[Destro]] considers him uncouth and thus hates his guts.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''====
[[File:Cobra Commander and Zartan-Blood on the Tracks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7]]
[[Cobra Commander]] berated Zartan after his Dreadnoks jumped the gun and attacked [[Power Station Alpha]] too soon. Zartan was ordered to have [[Zarana]] pick up Torch, Ripper, and Buzzer, which she did. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} Later, Zartan accompanied Serpentor and Dr. Mindbender to a meeting with Cobra’s newly found Decepticon allies. Though both sides maintained a facade of camaraderie, they had already begun plotting betraying one another. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} Later still, Zartan was briefly seen inside the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] after [[Serpentor]] formed an alliance with the [[Autobot]]s and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] against the [[Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}
{{-}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:90s Zartan.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|The Time That Taste Forgot.]]
When [[Destro]] and [[Baroness]], escaping from [[Cobra Commander]] to the abandoned [[Cobra Island]], they found the Commander awaiting them, but he was really Zartan in disguise. Destro and Baroness didn't recognise Zartan, who had a new appearance with a leather jacket and an orange mohawk. He resumed his original appearance for brief seconds to allow them recognise him; Destro was happy to see him, as he'd helped save the Baroness some time before. The three former Cobra members and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] found that [[Doctor Mindbender]]'s cloning chamber had been taken away, and deducted that it was likely as part of a plan to revive the doctor. {{storylink|Realignments}} Zartan next helped Destro recover his castle in Trans-Carpathia, currently occupied by Cobra Commander's forces. After triggering an alarm to have the troops within swarm to him, he tricked the Vipers into thinking he was Cobra Commander, back from Canada for a surprise inspecting, thanks to his shape-shifting powers. "Cobra Commander" ordered them to drop their weapons, before returning to his true form, and holding the Vipers at gun=point alongside Destro and the Baroness. The trio could now retake the castle with minimal resistance. {{storylink|Goin' South}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Zartan GIJoevsTFs3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
Zartan and [[Firefly]] were hired by [[Destro]] to participate in Cobra's attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]], during which Zartan would infiltrate the complex and steal a module necessary to control the [[SPS Satellite]]. Using stolen [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] cloaking technology, he turned himself and his [[Flight Pod]] invisible and sneaked into the facility, where he knocked out [[Quick Kick]], [[Mutt]] and [[Junkyard (G.I. Joe)|Junkyard]] and got his hands on the module. When Quick Kick and Mutt woke up and chased after Zartan, he sicked [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] at them and escaped in an air vent. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} He returned to [[Cobra Island]] and asked for the second half of his payment, only to be attacked by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] when Cobra's captured [[Transformer]]s were suddenly freed from their reprogramming. After getting chased across the island by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], Zartan and Destro were saved by the [[Baroness]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} The Cobra group was later attacked by a group of [[Autobot]]s, but it is unknown what Zartan did about the situation. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

Two years later, Zartan was among the Cobras and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by a malfunctioning wormhole computer connected to [[Teletran 3]]. It soon turned out that malfunction had also sent various Cybertronians to different points in Earth's timeline, and if they weren't retrieved, time travel "feedback" would cause the destruction of Earth. Zartan formed a rescue team with [[Storm Shadow]], [[Snake-Eyes]] and [[Lady Jaye]], but he was ''not'' happy about having to experience the 1970s again. Although Lady Jaye didn't agree with his suggested methods (killing people), Zartan helped track down the three time-lost Transformers in [[San Francisco]] and returned with them to the present. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

[[File:Serpentor tentacle attack AoW1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
During [[Cobra Commander]]'s attack on [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], Zartan reminded his leader that there was no need to deliver rousing speeches to a bunch of [[Battle Android Trooper|mindless robotic soldiers]], and also ordered the formation of [[Cobratron]]. He and Cobra Commander then used a [[Buzz Boar]] to infiltrate the complex, where Zartan joined his sister [[Zarana]] in killing the guards inside before defeating [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] with an electromagnetic scrambler. The three activated the sentient bioweapon [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who sadly had no intention of serving Cobra, and attacked them. Zartan managed to plant a control device on Serpent O.R.'s neck, but it had no apparent effect, and he was knocked into a wall and fell unconscious. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} By the time he woke up, a team of Autobots and G.I. Joes arrived and captured the Cobra members. Fortunately, Serpent O.R. attacked the heroes, allowing Zartan and the others to escape in the confusion. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} After returning to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]] in [[Siberia]], Zartan got curious about Cobra Commander and [[Knox|Doctor Knox]] shutting themselves inside a tech room for days on an end. He attempted to spy on them, and made a deal with the Baroness to tell her anything he found out. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

Several months later, Zartan was on G.I. Joe's list of Cobra members who were still eluding capture. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|Black Horizon, Part 1}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Zartan-Trial by Fire.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
When [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and the [[Autobot]]s attacked Cobra's [[Terrordrome|headquarters]] on the [[Fera Islands]] in [[1939]], [[Cobra Commander]] sent out Zartan on a special mission. {{storylink|Transformed}} Sneaking up on [[Breaker]], Zartan murdered the Joe and stole his identity in order to infiltrate [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]]'s squad and find out about their battle plan. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} His disguise and acting were flawless, but unfortunately, Flint recognized that the radio "Breaker" was operating wasn't one of theirs. Revealing his true face, Zartan fought with Flint, while simultaneously observing his every move and learning how to act like him. After figuring that he had learned enough, he ordered [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]—disguised as the radio—to capture Flint and take them both back to headquarters. After all, there was no need to infiltrate the enemy if they could just torture their battle plan out of Flint. {{storylink|Wolves}}

Disguising himself as Flint, Zartan went to greet [[Lady Jaye]] and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] when they reached the shores near the Cobra base. As he stopped Lady Jaye from killing [[Major Bludd]] (punching him out personally instead), he claimed to have escaped from Cobra's captivity. Unfortunately, Lady Jaye saw straight through his disguise, saying that the real Flint would've happily let her kill Bludd. Before Zartan could process this, Lady Jaye killed him with a makeshift javelin. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
Zartan's grinning face was part of the logo for the band [[Cold Slither (band)|Cold Slither]]. {{storylink|The Desert Heat!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Under the guise of a badly injured [[Wild Bill]], Zartan stumbled to the Joes' base camp after they (rightfully) believed Bill had died in a kamikaze attack. He collapsed into the arms of [[Snow Job]] and [[Scarlett]], warning them that [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] had followed him to the camp. This proved not to be a problem for the Joes, as the Autobot triggered a perimeter trap and became their first P.O.W. in the inter-planetary war. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} After the Autobots and the Joes formed an alliance and stationed themselves within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Zartan used his disguise to let Decepticobra troops into the mobile city. He then abandoned his disguise and scurried away from the battlefield. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Several Joes and Autobots were captured in the battle's aftermath. Destro and Zartan used Cobra's technology in consciousness-mapping to control several of their prisoners in fighting one-another for their amusement. Zartan made a bet with Destro over which one could beat the other's "toy-soldier," but he called it off when it was revealed that his plaything, the Autobot [[Galen Kord|Galen]], was in fact a human in disguise! {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Using his Wild Bill disguise, Zartan infiltrated the [[T.H.E. P.I.T.|Pit]] established on Cybertron by the Joes. His cover was blown when the body of the real Wild Bill was discovered, prompting him to get in a [[Dragonfly]] and use its rotors to attack the Joes, mowing down several of them before being sniped and killed by [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

==Notes==
*His trademark hood, as it appears in his original animation model, looks rather like hair, to the confusion of many over the years.
*The 1993 Zartan from ''Generation 2'' made a cameo as an opponent of [[Team Extreme]] and 90s [[Action Man]] in "[[When Eagles Scream]]" but is ''probably'' not him.

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/zartan.shtml Zartan at Yojoe.com]
*{{i|Zartan}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Main Page/schedule

2017-09-08T16:22:28Z

StarWars Jedi:

* '''[[September 8|Sep 8]] —''' First day of [[HasCon 2017]] in Providence, [[Rhode Island]].
* '''[[September 13|Sep 13]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 3|#3]] and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 8|#9]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 16|Sep 16]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Breathing Room]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[September 20|Sep 20]] —''' ''[[G.I. Joe: First Strike]]'' and ''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' [[Wrath of Karza issue 5|#5]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 23|Sep 23]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Prepare for Departure]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[September 27|Sep 27]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 4|#4]], ''[[Optimus Prime: First Strike]]'', ''{{i|Micronauts: First Strike}}'', ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' [[Revolutionaries issue 8|#8]] and ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 3|#3]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 30|Sep 30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Sharkticon (G1)#Legends|LG-44 Sharktron]] and [[Sweep (G1)#Legends|Sweeps]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-45 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]] (with [[Firebolt (G1)#Legends|Firebolt]]), and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-46 Targetmaster Chear]] (with [[Recoil (G1)#Legends|Recoil]].

* '''[[October 4|Oct 4]] — ''' ''{{i|ROM: First Strike}}'' is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 11|Oct 11]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 5|#5]] and ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 11|#11]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 18|Oct 18]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 12|#12]], ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 4|#4]], ''[[Transformers: First Strike]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 10|#10]], ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 11|#11]] and ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 25|Oct 25]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 6|#6]], ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 9|#9]], ''[[Aw Yeah Revolution!|Hasbro Aw Yeah]]'' HC and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' Vol. 1 TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 28|Oct 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Kickback (G1)#Legends|LG-47 Kickback]] & [[Clouder#Legends|Clouder]], [[Brawn (G1)/toys#LG48|LG-48 Gong]] & [[Repugnus (G1)#Legends|Repug]], and [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Legends|LG-49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy]] (with [[Blowpipe (G1)#Legends|Blowpipe]].

* '''[[November 15|Nov 15]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 13|#13]], ''[[Revolutionaries]], Volume 2: Power and Glory'' TPB and ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection]]'' HC are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[November 22|Nov 22]] —''' ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 5|#5]] and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 12|#12]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[November 24|Nov 24]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#MP12+|MP-12+ Lambor]].
* '''[[November 25|Nov 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Sixshot#Legends|LG-50 Sixshot]], [[Doublecross#Legends|LG-51 Targetmaster Doublecross]] (with [[Haywire#Legends|Haywire]]), [[Misfire (G1)#Legends|LG-52 Targetmaster Misfire]] (with [[Aimless (G1)#Legends|Aimless]]), and [[Broadside (G1)#Legends|LG-53 Broadside]].

* '''[[December 13|Dec 13]] —''' ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' Vol. 2 TPB and ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[December 20|Dec 20]] —''' ''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' TPB is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[December 22|Dec 22]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|MP-39 Sunstreaker]].
* '''[[December 30|Dec 30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-54 Bumble]] & [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Legends|Excel Suit Spike]], [[Slugslinger (G1)#Legends|LG-55 Targetmaster Slugslinger]] (with [[Caliburst (G1)#Legends|Caliburst]]), [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-56 Perceptor]] (with [[Ramhorn (G1)#Legends|Ramhorn]]), and [[Octane#Legends|LG-57 Octone]] (with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Legends|Ghost Starscream]]).
* '''[[December 31|Dec 31]] —''' Last day the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] is scheduled to be available for download.
===2018===

* '''[[January 10|Jan 10]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy]]'' TPB and ''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Classics UK Volume 6]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[January 28|Jan 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Fastlane#Legends|LG-58 Clone]][[Cloudraker (G1)#Legends|bots]], [[Blitzwing (G1)#Legends|LG-59 Blitzwing]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Legends|LG-60 Overlord]].

* '''[[February 25|Feb 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#MP40|MP-40 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]].

* '''[[December 21|Dec 21]] —''' ''[[Transformers Universe: Bumblebee]]'', otherwise known as the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] movie, is currently scheduled to release.

===2019===
* '''[[June 28|Jun 28]] —''' ''[[Transformers 7]]'' is currently scheduled to release.

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Main Page/schedule

2017-09-08T08:17:54Z

StarWars Jedi:

* '''[[September 8|Sep 8]] —''' First day of [[HasCon 2017]] in Providence, [[Rhode Island]].
* '''[[September 13|Sep 13]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 3|#3]] and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 8|#9]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 16|Sep 16]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Breathing Room]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[September 20|Sep 20]] —''' ''[[G.I. Joe: First Strike]]'' and ''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' [[Wrath of Karza issue 5|#5]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 23|Sep 23]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Prepare for Departure]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[September 27|Sep 27]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 4|#4]], ''[[Optimus Prime: First Strike]]'', ''{{i|Micronauts: First Strike}}'', ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' [[Revolutionaries issue 8|#8]] and ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 3|#3]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[September 30|Sep 30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Sharkticon (G1)#Legends|LG-44 Sharktron]] and [[Sweep (G1)#Legends|Sweeps]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-45 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]] (with [[Firebolt (G1)#Legends|Firebolt]]), and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-46 Targetmaster Chear]] (with [[Recoil (G1)#Legends|Recoil]].

* '''[[October 4|Oct 4]] — ''' ''{{i|ROM: First Strike}}''
* '''[[October 11|Oct 11]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 5|#5]] and ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 11|#11]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 18|Oct 18]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 12|#12]], ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 4|#4]], ''[[Transformers: First Strike]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 10|#10]], ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 11|#11]] and ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6]]'' are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 25|Oct 25]] —''' ''[[First Strike]]'' [[First Strike issue 6|#6]], ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' [[G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 9|#9]], ''[[Aw Yeah Revolution!|Hasbro Aw Yeah]]'' HC and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' Vol. 1 TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[October 28|Oct 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Kickback (G1)#Legends|LG-47 Kickback]] & [[Clouder#Legends|Clouder]], [[Brawn (G1)/toys#LG48|LG-48 Gong]] & [[Repugnus (G1)#Legends|Repug]], and [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Legends|LG-49 Targetmaster Triggerhappy]] (with [[Blowpipe (G1)#Legends|Blowpipe]].

* '''[[November 15|Nov 15]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 13|#13]], ''[[Revolutionaries]], Volume 2: Power and Glory'' TPB and ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection]]'' HC are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[November 22|Nov 22]] —''' ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' [[Shining Armor issue 5|#5]] and ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 12|#12]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[November 24|Nov 24]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#MP12+|MP-12+ Lambor]].
* '''[[November 25|Nov 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Sixshot#Legends|LG-50 Sixshot]], [[Doublecross#Legends|LG-51 Targetmaster Doublecross]] (with [[Haywire#Legends|Haywire]]), [[Misfire (G1)#Legends|LG-52 Targetmaster Misfire]] (with [[Aimless (G1)#Legends|Aimless]]), and [[Broadside (G1)#Legends|LG-53 Broadside]].

* '''[[December 13|Dec 13]] —''' ''[[G.I. Joe vol. 5|G.I. Joe]]'' Vol. 2 TPB and ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[December 20|Dec 20]] —''' ''[[Micronauts: Wrath of Karza]]'' TPB is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[December 22|Dec 22]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|MP-39 Sunstreaker]].
* '''[[December 30|Dec 30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-54 Bumble]] & [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Legends|Excel Suit Spike]], [[Slugslinger (G1)#Legends|LG-55 Targetmaster Slugslinger]] (with [[Caliburst (G1)#Legends|Caliburst]]), [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Legends|LG-56 Perceptor]] (with [[Ramhorn (G1)#Legends|Ramhorn]]), and [[Octane#Legends|LG-57 Octone]] (with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Legends|Ghost Starscream]]).
* '''[[December 31|Dec 31]] —''' Last day the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] is scheduled to be available for download.
===2018===

* '''[[January 10|Jan 10]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy]]'' TPB and ''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Classics UK Volume 6]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[January 28|Jan 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Fastlane#Legends|LG-58 Clone]][[Cloudraker (G1)#Legends|bots]], [[Blitzwing (G1)#Legends|LG-59 Blitzwing]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)#Legends|LG-60 Overlord]].

* '''[[February 25|Feb 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#MP40|MP-40 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]].

* '''[[December 21|Dec 21]] —''' ''[[Transformers Universe: Bumblebee]]'', otherwise known as the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] movie, is currently scheduled to release.

===2019===
* '''[[June 28|Jun 28]] —''' ''[[Transformers 7]]'' is currently scheduled to release.

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Miles Mayhem

2017-09-08T08:09:05Z

StarWars Jedi: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

{{faction|adventureteam|mask|venom}}
:''Miles Mayhem is a [[V.E.N.O.M.]]-aligned [[human]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:OShipOfState-MilesMayhem.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|Getting Allstate will NOT protect you from Mayhem, like him.]]

General '''Miles "Mayhem" Manheim''' is a military man through and through. From his earliest days on [[Joe Colton]]'s [[Adventure Team (G.I. Joe)|Adventure Team]], Miles has developed a talent for spreading chaos, disruption, and destruction when the need arises. When the [[Transformer]]s returned to Earth, poised to reignite their violent civil war, Miles had already begun to consolidate a military program of his own—the [[M.A.S.K.|Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]. But just like the shapeshifting vehicles he pilots, notably the [[Switchblade (M.A.S.K.)|Switchblade]], Manheim's affable façade conceals the mind of a brutal dictator willing to sacrifice innocent lives in pursuit of personal wealth and power.

To Miles Mayhem, the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s are both hostile alien threats to be eliminated with extreme prejudice, clearing the way so that he can reshape the Earth to align with his own ideals of power and stability.

{{quote|Cry me a river, Trakker! But make sure it is a river of our enemies' blood.|Miles Mayhem is totally a good guy|"[[The New Colossus]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:NGMilesMayhem.jpg|left|thumb|200px|But does he get Switchblade as a final smash?]]

Miles Mayhem could be selected as a playable character in the video game ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II}}

{{--}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Image:Adventure Team Revolution.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Only Miles Mayhem is silly enough or ballsy enough to ride an ATV golf cart into battle.]]
{{mainIDW|Miles Mayhem}}
Miles Manheim grew up in a tough working-class [[Philadelphia]] neighborhood before eventually enlisting in the [[United States Army]]. There, he put his talents for espionage and black-ops to good use; his disregard for civilian lives or collateral damage in the pursuit of his goals made him an ideal fit for the ruthless [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]] military complex. Because of his abilities to disrupt and create conflict, his commanders eventually nicknamed him "Miles Mayhem." {{storylink|O Ship of State|Miles Mayhem profile in Revolution #3}}

[[File:SecretOfTheMummysTomb-YoungMilesMayhem.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Miles Manheim joined the [[Adventure Team (G.I. Joe)|Adventure Team]] alongside [[Joe Colton]], and over the course of their escapades they encountered {{i|Action Man (1960s)|a holder}} of the [[Action Man]] title. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} On one mission in the 1980s, the team travelled to [[Egypt]] in response to an emergency beacon sent by the missing [[Garrison Kreiger]]. There, they encountered an army of [[IRON Trooper|robotic mummies]]. While their super-powered assets [[Bulletman]] and [[Atomic Man]] fought off that menace Mayhem and Joe Colton headed deeper into the pyramid, where they encountered the Decepticon [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] and a mysterious [[Talisman]]. Though the Adventure Team managed to rescue Kreiger, secure the Talisman, and see off Soundwave, the mission marked the beginning of the end for the Adventure Team: faced with an increasing number of supernatural threats, ordinary humans like Miles and Joe couldn't keep up with the likes of the Atomic Man, who were better suited to face the rapidly changing world. {{storylink|The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb}}

A few years later, the Adventure Team took part in a battle to rescue [[Emil Burkhart]] from more IRON Troopers, but failed to rescue him in time. Atomic Man, stricken by his failure, struck up a partnership with Kreiger and disappeared. {{storylink|Power and Glory}} By [[1994]], Joe Colton had taken control and reshaped it into "Adventure Force", who eventually stormed Kreiger's [[Project Iceman|Project: Iceman]] bunker to rescue the missing Power. They arrived too late, and Power was assumed dead. {{storylink|When Eagles Scream}}

[[Image:why you called me MILES MAYHEM.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mayhem evilly forces Blitzwing to actually watch ''M.A.S.K.'']]

After the Adventure Force was finally mothballed, rumors swirled that Manheim had quietly assembled a cartel of illegal arms dealers to agitate unstable political regions. Miles soon became one of the youngest generals ever to serve in the armed forces, and supervised numerous classified operations.

At some point after the creation of the [[Earth Defense Command]], Manheim participated in a joint project between the EDC, the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], and [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency|DARPA]] on "[[Project Spectrum]]", an initiative aimed at creating anti-[[Transformer]] weaponry in the wake of the [[Surge (event)|devastating Decepticon invasion]]. Fellow Spectrum researcher [[Cornelius Trakker]] was mysteriously murdered, so wasn't it convenient that Miles was right there to step up and take over? Shortly afterwards, he recruited Cornelius's delinquent son [[Matt Trakker]] into the operation at the behest of Cornelius's widow. {{storylink|O Ship of State|Miles Mayhem profile in Revolution #3}}

When [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s splinter group of Decepticons returned to Earth to propose an alliance with the EDC, Manheim was present for their meeting at the [[Antarctica|South Pole]] and watched as [[Marissa Faireborn]] ratified the agreement. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} Unbeknownst to the EDC, Mayhem had cut a side deal with an entirely ''different'' group of extraterrestrials—the villainous shape-shifters known as the [[Dire Wraith]]s. In exchange for the Earth's ample supplies of [[Ore-13]], which they would split between themselves and the extradimensional warlord [[Baron Karza]], they would allow Mayhem dominion over the Earth. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

[[File:TheDivineSourceOfLiberty-milesandscarlett.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s controversial choice to annex [[Earth]] into the Cybertronian [[Council of Worlds]], Manheim met with [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] to discuss the history of Transformers on Earth and their plans for the future. He interjected during Colton's rant to point out Optimus had come back to save them from the Decepticons and help them rebuild, but he was pretty dismissive of G.I. Joe. Eventually Colton revealed Manheim was there because [[Ore-13]] was going critical and was likely to devastate the planet, and he was hoping Manheim could reverse-engineer something to help them fight from a captive, still conscious [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

[[File:TheDivineSourceOfLiberty-milesmayhem.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

As his investigations of his Cybertronian captive continued apace, Manheim took [[Scarlett]] on a tour of his growing enterprise beneath [[Governor's Island]], where he introduced her to the operatives of his new [[M.A.S.K.|Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]] and their shape-shifting vehicles perfected by studying Blitzwing's [[Triple Changer]] physiology. Miles wasn't particularly concerned for Blizwing's well-being, even when Scarlett wondered if his prisoner could feel pain. Believing that the Transformers were behind the recent explosion of [[Mount Olympus]] in [[Greece]], Manheim ordered his team to mobilize in the hopes of catching the Cybertronians unaware when they inevitably returned to "the scene of the crime". The team got the jump on [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] and [[Aileron]] in a nearby city; behind the wheel of his new [[Switchblade (M.A.S.K.)|Switchblade]], Miles was able to take out Kup while Aileron made a break for it. When Matt wondered why their targets weren't acting like the unfeeling machines they believed them to be, Miles revealed that the Transformers were living beings—and that M.A.S.K. was at war with these alien lifeforms. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}}

Back on Governor's Island, Mayhem and Trakker continued to debate whether or not the Transformers were truly alive. When [[Action Man]] breached the facility to figure out what was going on, Mayhem told Tracker to trust him the same way his father had, cough, cough, then oversaw the defense of his Cybertronian assets... including quietly instructing his underlings [[Sly Rax]] and [[Vanessa Warfield]] to make sure none of the Joes found out about Kup. Action Man sprang Kup from his restraints and the two made a run for it, blowing Mayhem's secret to the Joes. Mayhem tried to go after Kup in the Switchblade, but broke off after [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] ran interference by calling down a low-power orbital strike to distract M.A.S.K. {{storylink|The Modern World}}

[[File:TheNewColossus-milesmayhemisevil.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Soon after, G.I. Joe infiltrated [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Autobot City]], but Mayhem ignored [[Snake-Eyes]]' distress call in favor of checking in with his alien collaborators. Trakker was left confused by the brief snippets of conversation that he'd overheard, but Mayhem simply instructed him to prepare the team for an all-out invasion. Once they'd arrived, Miles pressured Trakker into attacking the [[combiner]] [[Victorion]], seconds before the Dire Wraiths arrived ''en masse'' and made a beeline for the Ore-13 beneath the city. With his allies empowered, Mayhem gloated about his evil plan to rule Earth to the other [[M.A.S.K.]] team members... only for Wraith leader [[Caleb Awan]] to smack him out of the sky after he had fulfilled his purpose. Mayhem wasn't out of the game yet, though, and used the Cybertronian technology within the Switchblade to activate Metrotitan's [[space bridge|spacebridge]] and summon Baron Karza, who transformed himself into a monstrous fusion of Cybertronian, Wraith, and [[Microspace]] technology. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

Realizing that his allies had betrayed him, Mayhem–an Earth patriot first and foremost–opted to make a surprise sacrifice on the part of the human race by ramming the Switchblade into the Baron's gigantic body and freeing Optimus from its grasp. When the threat had passed, Matt Trakker discovered a note from Mayhem on the windshield of the [[Thunderhawk]], revealing that Miles had staged his own death and was still at large. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}
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==Notes==
*Miles Mayhem was never an Adventure Team member in the ''M.A.S.K.'' toyline (nor in the ''Joe'' line). He was added to the crew by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] in order to tie the ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'' comic to ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and made into the IDW version of the Sea Adventurer figure.
*Prior to this, the only time Miles Mayhem was associated with the ''G.I. Joe'' franchise was in the bio card for [[Matt Trakker|Specialist Trakker]], which stated that Mayhem's organization [[V.E.N.O.M.]] was in fact a sub-division of [[Cobra]] (which seems obvious in retrospect).<ref>http://www.parrygamepreserve.com/toys/giJoe/modernEra/figuresWave4/mattTrakker.php</ref>
*Mayhem was involved in the founding of M.A.S.K. and the murder of a Trakker in the 1980s comics.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{i|Miles Mayhem}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Duke (G.I. Joe)

2017-09-08T08:08:27Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Aw Yeah Revolution! */

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{{disambig2|the G.I. Joe team leader|the planet from the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon|Duke (planet)}}
{{disambig2|the G.I. Joe team leader|his ''Shattered Glass'' counterpart who's the Secretary of Defense|Hauser}}
:''Duke is a [[human]] from the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:GIJoeVsTF6 Duke.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hi kids. BLAAAAH'm Crack Stuntman. I'm the voice of the gun-shaver on Cheat Commandos, here with an important rap song about safety and spring break. Bust it!]]
'''Duke''', real name '''Conrad S. Hauser''', is a member of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] often serving as the team leader whenever [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] is somewhere else. With his blond hair, blue eyes, and cleft chin, he really sports that whole "real American Hero" thing. That he's got the skills and combat history to back it all up doesn't hurt, either.

==Fiction==
===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Duke GIJoevsTFs5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
In response to the forming of the terrorist organization [[Cobra]] and its commandeered Transformers, the United States government assembled a strike team dubbed [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Duke was amongst its earliest recruits, and helped track down Cobra's money trail to narrow down where to look for the terrorists. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} He later helped defend the [[SPS Research Facility]] from a [[Cobra]] attack, and dramatically escaped through a window when the place was blown up. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} He was later present when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] helped free several Transformers from Cobra's programming by hacking into the terrorist organization's network. The Autobot also managed to pinpoint the location of Cobra Island, enabling G.I. Joe to launch a counter-attack against their enemy. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers #4}} En route, Duke made small-talk with Hawk, discussing how they’d probably all get court-martialed if they managed to survive their mission. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers #5}} During G.I. Joe's assault on [[Cobra Island]], Duke ordered his squadron to fire on [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. After the battle was won, the [[Autobot]]s gave Duke a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] battle mech as a thank you for helping them defeat the [[Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:GI Joe vs Transformers V2 Duke.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|...Christopher Pike?!]]
In a far future, where Decepticons had conquered Earth and turned the world into something that looks like it's out of ''The Terminator'', a one armed, no legged, wheelchair-bound Duke that's missing a hunk of his face led the [[Dreadnok]]s as part of the human resistance. When a small group of Joes and Cobras arrived from the past in search of time-lost Transformers, Duke was uninterested in their mission and ordered them to join his resistance group. When [[Barbecue]] refused on the grounds that they could simply "undo" this future if they succeeded, Duke called them cowards and told them to get the hell out of his face. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}

As the Decepticon invasion was successfully prevented, Duke got to keep his limbs and face. Back in the regular timeline, he was part of a team of Joes preparing to warp to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and help defeat [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} Upon arrival, they joined up with the local Autobot forces and won against Serpent O.R.'s Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

A few months later, Duke and a few other Joes went to [[Cuba]] to stop [[Destro]]'s illegal arms dealing. When they arrived, a team of Autobots had already dealt with it, although Destro had gotten away. While complaining about this, Duke was contacted by [[Firewall]], who told him that [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] was in trouble in [[Tibet]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} Duke promptly lead a team of Joes to Tibet, where they fought their way past [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] and into [[Cobra-La]]. There Duke met his idol, [[Joe Colton]], and together they gunned down various mutants and defeated Cobra-La. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Duke-The Line.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
Duke was among the founding members of G.I. Joe in [[1939]]. During the team's first meeting, he spotted and opened fire on [[Laserbeak (G1)|a spy]], only to be disarmed when the infiltrator pierced his hand with a laser. Along with [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], Duke later led an attack on [[Cobra]]'s base on the [[Fera Islands]]. {{storylink|The Line}} He was in charge of Strike Team One, whose task was to take out the shore defenses so Flint's team could call in the fleet. During their mission, the team accidentally reactivated several [[Autobot]]s buried on the island. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] told Duke about the Autobots' long war with the [[Decepticon]]s, and offered to help the Joes with their own mission. {{storylink|Transformed}}

[[File:Transformers GI Joe 5 Duke.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Always bet on Duke!]]
With the Autobots help, Duke's troops fought their way across the island, eventually making contact with [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], who Duke thought had died in battle. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} After thinking up a way to counter [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s earthquakes, he figured that with the Autobots' help, they didn't really need the fleet after all. {{storylink|Wolves}} However, as the Joes approached the [[Terrordrome]], Optimus Prime started regretting getting involved in their war, and told Duke that the Autobots would not aid them any longer. Duke managed to jumpstart Prime's resolve by telling him about the horrors that Cobra had done to their fellow humans, and would keep doing if they weren't stopped. {{storylink|Trenches}} Upon reaching the Terrordrome, Duke bore witness to [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s activation and subsequent rampage. In the end, the Autobots were forced to sacrifice themselves to destroy the giant. Duke reflected on this, telling his fellow Joes that "There's a fine line between being a hero and being a memory." {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Cobra survived, however, and Duke continued to fight them for the next fifty years. By [[1988]], he had risen to the rank of commander of G.I. Joe, and listened to [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] apologize for a failed attempt to capture [[Destro]]. He responded that Flint's father, [[Nathaniel Faireborn|Nathaniel]], never gave apologies, only results. A short while later, G.I. Joe uncovered [[Blaster (G1)|two]] [[Perceptor (G1)|new]] Autobots who had crashed on Earth, and Duke decided to tell the new recruits exactly what they had found. Together with Stalker and [[Scarlett]], he showed Flint and [[Spirit]] footage of Optimus Prime's battle with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on the Fera Islands. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}
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===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Joes in action so that her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Duke could be seen charging into action alongside Scralett and Roadblock on one of Synergy's view-screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:DetentionEscape Duke and Snake-Eyes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Duke and Snake-Eyes were stuck in detention by [[Dr. Mayhem]]. They attempted to escape by parachuting out of the window, but were caught and returned to detention. The pair were finally freed when fellow captive [[Spock]] had Mayhem transported to an alien planet. {{storylink|Detention Escape}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Growing up, Duke argued with his step-father frequently. He was also none too keen on [[Falcon (G.I. Joe)|his half-brother]]. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Duke was part of a G.I. Joe strike force that stormed a Cobra hideout housing deadly [[G.I.Rocket|Creeper bombs]]. As his squad were air-dropped into the field, Duke attempted to persuade [[Scarlett]] to go on a date with him. Scarlett rebuked his advances, but told him that she would marry the Joe who brought her [[Cobra Commander]]'s helmet. Both Duke and fellow Joe [[Snake-Eyes]] accepted her challenge. As the Joes swept across the Cobra base, disabling and capturing many operatives as they went, Duke witnessed Cobra Commander and the [[Baroness]] fleeing the scene in a [[Rattler]]. Commandeering another plane, and with Scarlet as his gunner, Duke pursued the terrorists. Pandemonium broke out as the Transformers [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] joined the fight. The battle ultimately culminated in Cobra Commander's plane being destroyed by a payload of Creeper vines, and Duke and Scarlet rescuing Snake-Eyes from the explosion after his face had been blasted by the head of Cobra.

The Joes later reconvened in [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]], where Duke voiced his grievances to [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]; their triumph over Cobra felt like a Pyrrhic victory, in light of the trauma they had all gone through. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}}

[[Image:tfvsjoe Duke forgets money.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]

On his next mission, Duke helped round up many Cobra operatives in the town of [[Springfield (G.I. Joe)|Springfield]]. Afterwards, he was recalled to T.H.E. P.I.T. once again. There, he learned that the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was heading for Earth, and that Scarlett had returned to active duty, though Snake-Eyes had not. Duke and [[Ace (G.I. Joe)|Ace]] patrolled the skies when representatives from the planet Cybertron came to demand the Earth's unconditional surrender. Having none of that, Duke faced off against Starscream, though [[General Flagg]] ordered him to retreat, lest he be caught in the blast of the [[Coltonbolt]] fired down from orbit. Duke stuck around long enough to rescue [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], [[Lady Jaye]] and [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]] from [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], and managed to just make it out of the defense satellite's blast range when it fired. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

Aboard the ''[[USS Flagg]]'', Duke took part in General Hawk's mock-funeral, an elaborate set-up meant to draw Cobra into the open. The plan worked, though the Joes were faced with not only their human enemies, but the combined might of the Decepticobra alliance! Duke, Hawk and Jaye took on Starscream during the battle. But the fight was in truth a ruse within a ruse; as Cobra troops were forced to retreat, a disguised Duke sneaked in among their ranks. At the enemy base of [[Decepticobropolis]], Duke noted that Snake-Eyes stood alongside [[Destro]], confirming his fears that the ninja had turned traitor. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

Despite his disguise, Duke was soon found out by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who presented the captive Joe to [[Big Boa]]. Duke managed to stuff a bomb in Rumble's mouth, killing him, before taking on Big Boa and a handful of Cobra Troopers by himself. Once they had been dealt with, Duke confronted Snake-Eyes about his betrayal, and went toe-to-toe with the ninja. During their fight, the pair tumbled into the nearby [[M.A.S.S. Device|M.A.S.S. transfer device]]. In the void between dimensions, the two combatants came upon the lost leader of the Autobots: [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]! {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} The three of them were then ensnared by the [[Quintesson]]s. Recognizing that these "robothulhus" presented a more pressing matter than his beef with Snake-Eyes, Duke nominated they work together to deal with them. Though the Quintessons managed to invade their memories, the trio slipped through their grasp and high-tailed back to normal space. Duke and Snake-Eyes arrived on Cybertron just in time to join Scarlett and repel a Decepticobra assault on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. The villains were forced to slink away, but they took many prisoners with them. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} With the enemy forces driven off, [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]] showed Duke, [[Cover Girl]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] some elaborate scribbles he had created while in a mystical trance; a map to the chamber of [[Primus]]. The six of them were joined by [[Tripwire (G.I. Joe)|Tripwire]] and followed the map to an underground chamber containing the face of the Transformers' creator-god... as well as Decepticobra guards! {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{mainIDW|Duke}}
Duke was among a select few chosen to form the elite U.S. military force [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], meeting their namesake General [[Joe Colton]] upon their formation. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty|Scarlett profile in Revolution #2}}

[[Ayana Jones|Ayana "Mayday" Jones]] served under Colonel Hauser during the [[Nanzhao]] conflict. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}}

At the time of the [[Revolution]] incident, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] last knew that [[Big Ben]] was running missions in Eastern Europe with Colonel Hauser. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}}

The [[Decepticon]] [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] believed from outdated information that Duke was the leader of G.I. Joe. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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===''When Worlds Collide''===
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==Notes==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/japanese/pioneer/SDLDpostmovie.jpg A group shot] drawn by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] as cover art for [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]]'s ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' [[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]] set mistakenly features Duke as a flag-waving incidental character in the crowd rather than [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] who ''did'' appear in the series. The reproduction of the piece's lineart in ''[[Transformers Visualworks]]'' deleted Duke from the image.
*The resemblance of Duke and his role in a military organization fighting a reptilian-themed enemy, and the title character of the [[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|2006 TV show]] ''[[Space-Age Jack]]'', is purely coincidental. Both characters being voiced by [[Michael Bell]] was, also, most assuredly a coincidence.
*[[Buzz Dixon]], a writer for the ''G.I. Joe'' cartoon, revealed in an interview that Duke was indirectly responsible for the first death of Optimus Prime, who in turn was indirectly responsible for saving Duke's life. The writers of ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'' asked Hasbro for permission to kill Duke off, and Hasbro not only granted it, they thought it was a great idea and way to [[To sell toys|clear out older characters in favour of new ones]], so they instructed the writers of the upcoming [[The Transformers: The Movie|''Transformers'' movie]] to kill off most of the original cast of the cartoon series. The Transformers movie ended up being released first, but fan (and parent) reactions to all of the character deaths, especially that of Optimus Prime, were overwhelmingly negative, to the point where a spooked Hasbro changed their minds and ordered the Joe writers to spare Duke. This led to awkward new dialogue in the G.I. Joe movie stating that the clearly killed Duke had merely fallen into a coma, along with an inserted line at the end saying that he had awakened and was going to recover.<ref>[http://www.joeheadquarters.com/interviews_dixon.shtml G.I. Joe Interview - Buzz Dixon]</ref>
*Duke has been voiced by a few ''Transformers'' voice actors over the years: [[Michael Bell]] in the original [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] cartoon and ''G.I. Joe: The Movie'', [[Steve Blum]] in ''G.I. Joe: Resolute'', and [[Jason Marsden]] in ''G.I. Joe: Renegades''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grant''' or '''Grunt''' (グラント ''Guranto'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/83/duke.shtml Duke at YoJoe.com]
*[http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/characters/duke.html Duke page on Myuseless Knowledge]
*{{i|Duke}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Cobra Commander

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StarWars Jedi: /* Aw Yeah Revolution! */

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[[File:CobraCommander-150.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Oh yeah. I went there.]]

Whether he's the scion of [[Cobra-La|a bizarre ancient civilization]], a former used car salesman driven to the brink of insanity, or a renegade European scientist, '''Cobra Commander''' ''really'' hates [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. As the leader of the ruthless terrorist organization [[Cobra]], he frequently tries (and fails) to take over the world.

No matter what maniacal scheme he comes up with, be it raising an island from the sea to form his own independent nation, editing elementary school textbooks to read pro-Cobra or ''etching his face onto the moon with a laser'', G.I. Joe is there to try and stop him.

When fallen on hard times, he goes by the alias '''"Old Snake"'''.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Latta]] (English), [[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)|[[Bernd Simon]] (German)}}

[[File:CC-OldSnake01.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Urban Cowboy/Terrorist]]
By the year [[2006]], the once mighty Cobra organization had apparently been defeated. Cobra Commander, now going by the alias "'''Old Snake'''", was left with little to do to pass the time but hire out his services as an independent contractor—''of terror''!

A mob boss named [[Victor Drath]] had hired Old Snake once in the past, and decided to hire him again to learn the secret of [[synthoid]] technology so that he might use it against the [[Autobot]]s. Snake took the job and used the synthoid technology to craft "human" bodies for [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], then somehow transferred their minds inside them. Drath planned to then destroy the Autobots' now mindless robot bodies, but Old Snake dissuaded him, noting what excellent weapons they would make.

Eventually, the Autobots managed to return to their original Cybertronian bodies and Victor Drath and his gang were arrested. However, Snake managed to escape capture.

[[File:CC-OldSnake02.jpg|thumb|They don't make lozenges like they used to, either.]]
After watching Drath and his gang get hauled away, Old Snake walked into the sunset. He mused to himself that "they just don't make terrorists like they used to", and began shouting the old Cobra battlecry to the heavens, perhaps for old times' sake.

He was, unfortunately, cut short by a coughing fit. {{storylink|Only Human|Only Human}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Finding that the fire in his belly had been reignited by his encounter with the Autobots, "Old Snake" decided to revive an old Cobra program to engineer the ultimate warrior by combining the greatest military leaders in Earth history into one being. Seeking to create a mechanical warrior rather than the organic one Cobra's last effort had produced, Old Snake located the discarded body of a deactivated Decepticon [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] to use for the project, but just as he got things underway, the [[Earth Defense Command]] disrupted the proceedings. Nevertheless, the project was success, and [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] was born—though he was not the loyal Cobra warrior Old Snake had hoped for, as EDC General [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] had inadvertently had a scan of his brainwaves added to the mix, making Serpent O.R. sympathetic to their cause. {{storylink|A Common Foe|''Wings Universe'' Serpent O.R. profile}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 1185.04 Alpha]], Cobra Commander led Cobra to the successful conquest of Earth by 1984. When the Transformers awoke and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] tried to conquer Earth as well, Cobra thwarted him at every turn with the [[M.A.S.S. Device]]. Eventually, Megatron forged an alliance with the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, but they betrayed and turned him over to Cobra when Cobra threatened to invade Sub-Atlantica with genetically-modified aquatic soldiers. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] subsequently took command of the Decepticon forces and abandoned Earth while Megatron, [[stasis lock]]ed into his gun alt-mode, became a trophy for Cobra Commander. The [[Alternity]] kept watch on this universe for a while due to the presence of a Cybertronian in human hands, but with multiple other areas of interest available, Cobra Commander was content to simply display Megatron as a trophy. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/13}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''====
[[File:Cobra Commander and Zartan-Blood on the Tracks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|WE'LL BLOW UP THE OCEAN!]]
On [[Cobra Island]], Cobra Commander berated [[Zartan]] for the careless actions of his [[Dreadnok]]s, which had revealed Cobra's interest in [[Power Station Alpha]] to G.I. Joe, and ordered him to send [[Zarana]] to retrieve the uncouth mercenaries. He feared that the incident had left him vulnerable to the manipulations of his would-be usurper, [[Serpentor]]. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} He was right to be concerned, as he was apparently deposed soon after by Serpentor, who took command of Cobra. {{storylink|Power Struggle}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:ZaranaCommander FinalTransformations.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|No it isn't!]]

Years later, Cobra Commander was back in charge of Cobra and had killed many potential traitors on [[Cobra Island]]. This left him with a staffing issue: [[Zarana]] was now the ''de facto'' second-in-command and he had to bring [[Doctor Mindbender]] ''back'' from the dead after killing him the first time. {{storylink|Realignments}} He had a very large vocabulary and loves insulting people, ''especially'' if they were Zarana! For all his alleged smarts, he was honestly surprised to learn [[Scarlett|long-standing G.I. Joe members]] aren't really defecting but just pretending so they can spy on him. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

While the Commander was taking over [[Destro]]'s [[Silent Castle|shape-shifting castle]], a half-scrap [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] appeared (believing it was a Transformer). {{storylink|Unfoldings!}} Cobra Commander offered him a deal. Megatron shot up his castle. Cobra Commander then offered a ''better'' deal: a new body made by Doctor [[Sidney Biggles-Jones]] in exchange for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] technology. Megatron agreed {{storylink|Realignments}} and led him to the ''Ark'', which was transferred to [[Milleville]]. The partnership, however, was pretty crap from the Commander's point of view as Megatron cared barely a jot for things like secrecy and helping out against a G.I. Joe raid. Cobra Commander complained about this but had his hands full bringing [[Doctor Mindbender]] back from the dead to work for him again and then dealing with the aforementioned Joes. {{storylink|Goin' South}} {{storylink|Sucker Punch}}

He was unknowingly betrayed by both Biggles-Jones ''and'' Megatron: she secretly infected Megatron's new [[rail gun]] with a computer virus to disable it, and he discovered it, removed it and transferred it to the Cybertronian technology he gave to Cobra. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

Not knowing about the virus, Cobra Commander tried to transfer all that junk back to base anyway.

[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] found out about this, and couldn't let the technology fall into Cobra hands just in case they ''could'' get something out of it, so he attacked the Cobra convoy. With all the equipment destroyed, an angry Cobra Commander ordered his men to capture and dissect the Autobot as a replacement. Having taken heavy damage from Cobra Detonators and unable to keep fighting, Hot Spot chose to self-destruct rather than let his body fall into the clutches of Cobra. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoevsTF1 CobraCommander.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Ooooh...shiny!]]
Following directions from [[Destro]], Cobra Commander and the [[Baroness]] unearthed an [[Ark (G1)|alien spaceship]] in 2003, before Cobra had made itself known to the world. Finding the ship full of [[Transformer|giant deactivated robots]], Cobra Commander ordered his troops to haul the aliens away and re-seal the craft. Cobra's scientists soon managed to reprogram the robots to be under their control, except for the one known as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who was merely locked into the form of a gun and held at Cobra Commander's side. Cobra revealed themselves to the world some time later, when Cobra Commander led an attack on a peace summit in [[Washington, D.C.]] using his new "[[Battle Android Trooper]]s". {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}}

After the attack, the commander returned to [[Cobra Island]], where he forced Megatron to give him information on [[energon]] and noted a breach in Cobra's network security. He also greeted Destro when the arms dealer came to check up on Cobra's progress in reverse-engineering the alien technology. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Cobra Commander was less than pleased when Destro decided to muscle in on things and take the upcoming attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]] into his own hands. He soon had other things to worry about, however, as the Battle Android Troopers broke out of Cobra's reprogramming and the commander found himself face-to-face with a very unhappy [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

[[File:Megatronddjoe.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|And what do we learn out of this? Don't F**K with MEGATRON!]]
Cobra Commander tried to defend himself using Megatron, who strictly refused to fight unless he was restored to his normal self. Realizing he had no other choice, the commander released Megatron and ran away while the [[Decepticon]] clashed with Optimus Prime. He made it to the island's shore, only to have [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] blow up his escape ship and attempt to capture him. Luckily, he was saved by [[Storm Shadow]] and his [[S.N.A.K.E.]] mech. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} The S.N.A.K.E. squad protecting Cobra Commander was then discovered and defeated by a different group of Autobots, forcing him to flee on foot while grumbling that he was going to need a new ninja. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} Eventually, he stumbled across [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], immobilized and with a grenade about to detonate in his eye socket. The robot struck a deal with Cobra Commander: If the human removed the grenade, Starscream would in turn take him off the island. The commander accepted his offer, and the two began a grudging partnership as they escaped to [[Florida]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:GIJoevsTFII 1 shutyourdamnmouth.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"With all due respect, shut your damn mouth." "And how much respect is that?" "Very little, actually."]]
Two years later, Cobra Commander had somehow turned this grudging partnership into something more pleasing for himself, as Starscream was now happily following his orders. After learning about the supercomputer [[Teletran 3]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], connected to Earth via a strange wormhole, Cobra Commander figured that the computer's [[teleportation]] technology would be invaluable to Cobra. He then traveled to [[Portugal]], where he convinced Destro to provide him with the financial support needed to hack the computer. When Cobra Commander and Destro were overseeing the process in their [[Boston]] facility the following day, they came under attack by G.I. Joe, and were suddenly sent to Cybertron when Cobra's wormhole computer malfunctioned. Cobra Commander wasted no time in ordering his troops to kill the Joes and steal Teletran 3, but was interrupted by the arrival of several Autobots and Decepticons. He mostly faded into the background after [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] called him imperious and Destro told him to shut up. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} When the whole affair was over, Cobra Commander argued with Destro some more and noticed that Starscream had fled, but he didn't really care about that. As it turned out, he had lined the jet's hull with plastic explosives, which later blew up as Starscream returned to the current Decepticon leader, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], killing them both. As a result, Cobra Commander finally brought peace back to Cybertron, a fact which probably would've annoyed the heck out of him if he had been aware. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

[[File:ArtofWar2 CobraCommander Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Oh yeah. Hitting a giant alien robot in the face with an ineffective weapon. There's no way this will end horribly.]]
Thanks to [[Zarana]] infiltrating [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], Cobra Commander learned that US government had used Megatron's remains to create the "[[Serpentor|Serpent Organic Robot]]", a biological android imbued with the experience of the world's greatest tacticians and warriors. Cobra Commander naturally wanted Serpent O.R. on his side, and staged a massive attack on Area 52, distracting its defenses with an army of new Battle Android Troopers while he and [[Zartan]] sneaked in on a [[Buzz Boar]]. [[File:JoeTFDrKnox.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|DERP.]] After incapacitating [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], they freed Serpent O.R., only to learn that the android had retained some of Megatron's unpleasant memories of Cobra Commander, and definitely had no intention of being anyone's servant. While the commander had Zartan place a device on Serpent O.R.'s neck, they were quickly knocked out by his tentacles. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} After recovering, Cobra Commander cursed the day he found the Transformers, and was about to smash Bumblebee's face in with a lead pipe when G.I. Joe and some Autobots arrived and demanded answers. He briefly explained to them what he had come for, but was interrupted when Serpent O.R. reappeared and attacked everyone. While the Autobots and Joes were busy fighting back, Cobra Commander escaped with Zartan and Zarana. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

After returning to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]] in [[Siberia]], Cobra Commander worked with [[Knox|Doctor Knox]] to take control of Serpent O.R. using the device Zartan had planted on him. He happily claimed that with the power of a god, he wouldn't need any of his old underlings. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} The perfect chance soon came, as Serpent O.R. defeated Optimus Prime and stole the [[Matrix of Leadership]], transforming himself into the mighty "Serpentor Prime". Possessing the android's body, Cobra Commander killed two of his lieutenants, [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], while laughing at Serpent O.R. for being willing to give his power up. He soon came under attack by the Autobots and G.I. Joes he had met at Area 52, but took most of them out using Serpent O.R.'s tentacles, all the while bragging that he would conquer everything from the comfort of his lab and only regretting that he couldn't kill Megatron and Starscream personally. However, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] managed to rip his chestplate off, allowing [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to absorb the power of the Matrix out of him. The power feedback reduced Serpentor Prime to a smoldering wreck and fried Cobra Commander's brain, leaving him an unresponsive vegetable in his control chair on Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:DWTFJoe3 cobra commander matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I have the magical light ball of doom!]]
In [[1938]], Cobra Commander learned that an "ultimate weapon" was hidden on the [[Fera Islands]], and ordered [[Major Bludd]] to retrieve it. When the major returned with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and a number of [[Decepticon]]s in tow, Cobra Commander started wearing the relic on his person and allied himself with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], leader of the Decepticons. By the summer of [[1939]], Cobra and the Decepticons had conquered several [[Europe]]an nations, and the commander anticipated that the [[United States of America]] would soon make their move. [[Destro]] suggested that they withdraw a third of their forces to defend their headquarters on the Fera Islands, but Cobra Commander angrily dismissed his idea, as the US troops didn't even know where Cobra's base was located. {{storylink|The Line}}

A few hours later, a US [[G.I. Joe (team)|strike force]] airdropped near the Cobra base while Cobra Commander was busy inspecting his jewelry. After verbally assaulting Destro for practically everything he said, the commander dispatched [[Zartan]] and a squadron of [[Rattler]]s to deal with the attackers. {{storylink|Transformed}} Shortly afterwards, Megatron that the Decepticon-Cobra allliance was no longer of use to him, and tried to attack Cobra Commander. In response, the commander revealed that he could use the Matrix to harm Megatron, bringing the Decepticon leader to his knees. While he decided to spare Megatron for now, Cobra Commander warned him that if he ever rebelled again, he wouldn't be so lucky. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}}

[[File:Cobra Commander and Megatron-The Iron Fist.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Is it suicide if you use ''someone'' as the weapon?]]
As the enemy troops, now allied with the [[Autobot]]s, closed in on the Cobra [[Terrordrome]], Cobra Commander ordered Major Bludd to take the civilians and slaves in the area and use them as a human defense line. With the enemy unable to attack innocent people, the commander was free to pick them off using [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s cannon mode. As Shockwave fired on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Cobra Commander held a dramatic speech about how people once saw him as a madman just because he saw his own destiny as future ruler of the world... but now, anyone who stood against him would burn! {{storylink|Trenches}}

However, despite Cobra Commander's efforts, the enemy continued to advance. His troops were scattered, his slaves were rescued, and Shockwave broke down from overuse. When he tried to get Megatron's help, the Decepticon leader only mocked him. Shortly thereafter, Cobra Commander was caught in a rockslide caused by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], which crushed his legs. His pleas for help were ignored by Megatron, who instead transformed into gun mode and offered Cobra Commander a quick and easy way to end it all. The commander held Megatron to his head, but ultimately threw him away, unable to kill himself. The gun was quickly picked back up by [[Baroness]], who told Cobra Commander that while he had always loved power, he had never known what to do with it. She then finished the job by executing him. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Some fifty years later, in 1986, Cobra Commander was back in action. On his base on [[Cobra Island]], he learned that an alien craft had crashlanded near [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], and dispatched a squad to retrieve it for Cobra. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

{{note|Due to [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s closure, its ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' series ended prematurely. The following would have taken place in unreleased issues:}}
Cobra Commander sent out his assassin, [[Firefly]], to track down and eliminate Snake-Eyes. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front #3}} At some point, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] found out about a "terrible secret" buried beneath Cobra Island, and threatened Cobra Commander's life in order to gain access to it. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front #5}}

{{note|The Cobra Commander seen in [[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]] is most likely a different person behind the mask, but as Dreamwave folded after only the first issue was published, any details remain unknown.}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Cobra Commander popped into a theatre to ask [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] if they wanted to do a cross-over. Unfortunately, the Decepticons were watching "[[w:Snakes on a Plane|Snakes on a Plane]]," and Cobra Commander's sudden appearance spooked them good. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
[[File:AAII mount rushmore.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Is that Cobra or a Pac Man ghost?]]
By the 22nd century, Cobra Commander's face (or, rather, the visage of his mask) had been added to [[Mount Rushmore]]. We ''hope'' that doesn't mean he was a President. {{Storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} His likeness was used as a [[Halloween]] costume by a child in [[Detroit]]. {{Storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
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===''Kre-O cartoon''===
[[File:Kreo cobracommander.jpg|right|thumb]]
Cobra Commander helpfully pointed viewers to Kre-O's website. {{storylink|Carnival Face Off}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreoComic7 swindle hydra oldsnake.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Old Snake and [[Hydra (Animated)|Hydra]] bought bricks from [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|New Military Unit Combaticon! Bruticus, Combine!}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:FCBD Once a man.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.0]]
Once, Cobra Commander was a man. He left behind his wife and [[Billy (G.I. Joe)|son]] for reasons unknown to become a terrorist mastermind. {{storylink|FCBD Funnies}} At the end of the 20th century, he recruited [[Destro]] into the ranks of Cobra by offering him a mountain of money and bespectacled babes. In exchange, Destro provided Cobra with exclusive access to cutting-edge weapons technology. {{storylink|Stick To Your Guns}} In his long history of global snake-themed terrorism, Cobra Commander was responsible for killing the parents of G.I. Joe markswoman [[Scarlett]], and the sister of Joe commando [[Snake-Eyes]]. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} A wildly materialistic man, the Commander's private pursuits included completing a vast collection of every make of automobile known to man, which he kept in Cobra's temple base of [[Koh-Buru-Lah]].

[[File:TFvsJoe0 cobracommander and snakeyes.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1]]
This base was also home to Cobra's [[G.I.Rocket|Project Creeper]], which had just reached completion and was on the verge of being deployed when G.I. Joe arrived to crash Cobra's party. Mowing down Joes [[Zap (G.I. Joe)|Zap]], [[Short-Fuze]], and [[Shooter]], Cobra Commander boarded a [[Rattler]] piloted by the [[Baroness]] and took off to drop the plane's payload of "creeper bombs" on a major American city. Their escape was foiled when a revenge-hungry Scarlett crippled the Rattler with one of Cobra's own creeper grenades, entangling it in fast-growing vegetable matter, at which point Snake-Eyes, eager to win Scarlett's heart by claiming revenge for her, used a jetpack to land on the stricken plane. Just as Snake-Eyes sank his blade into the villain's heart, the Commander discharged his gun directly into Snake-Eyes's face. The plane was subsequently consumed in the detonation of its creeper bomb cargo, and Cobra Commander and the Baroness were believed dead by the Joes. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}}

In actuality, both survived the blast, though the Baroness was left heavily scarred, and Cobra Commander was rendered comatose, kept alive only by machines. Refashioning herself with the new identity of the "Serpentress", the Baroness worked with [[Destro]] to keep Cobra together, enshrining Cobra Commander's body and using it as a symbol to rally Cobra loyalists under her leadership. After a time, the pair grew fearful that he might one day awaken and their new positions of power would be lost to them, and resolved to use an extraterrestrial gun gifted to them by the alien god-king [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to kill the Commander for good. Upon removing his hood, however, they discovered that the body was merely one of his "Fred" body-doubles, and that the real Cobra Commander was still at large...
[[Image:Pax Megatronus cobra's last supper.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|Ain't no last supper like a Cobra last supper!]]

Hey, do you think that was him who broke some prisoners out of [[Blackwater Prison]]? You do? Okay. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

That <s>unidenfitied</s> Commander went with his freed allies to the Arctic, where the mercenary [[Kwinn]] led them to the resting place of the monstrous [[Koh-Buru-Lah]], god of the Cobra cult! Lamenting that Cobra was working with the Transformers, the villain woke the beast up in the hope of turning things around. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} As an extra treat, his long-abandoned son Billy showed up with a half-dead Snake-Eyes to kill! The Commander was pleased with that, but let Koh-Buru-Lah kill Billy anyway since he had the "stink" of Transformers on him. It turned out Snake-Eyes was playing possum and sprang to life before his mask could be removed. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{MainIDW|Cobra Commander|Krake|Tomax Paoli}}
[[File:StrangeVisitors-TheNewMe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1]]

In the aftermath of [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|Megatron's invasion of Earth]], [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] became aware of the existence of Cobra Commander and his terrorist organization, Cobra. The Joes battled them in secret, leading to the destruction of the country of [[Nanzhao]], an act only second to [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s invasion, and the Joes' existence being made public. By the time [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] had annexed Earth, Cobra had been defeated and Cobra Commander was largely forgotten. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

Following the [[Ore-13]] crisis, [[Tomax and Xamot|Tomax Paoli]] briefly donned his old suit at the behest of [[Garrison Kreiger]], and retook the mantle of "Cobra Commander" during a battle against the "Revolutionaries". {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}

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===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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===''When Worlds Collide''===
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Hub-CobraPaloozaMegatronAThon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Next week, [[Batman]] is coming. Prepare for his downfall.]]
While promoting repeat marathons of their television series, Cobra Commander and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] carried on an argument regarding world domination. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Cobra-palooza Megatron-A-Thon}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:Only Human Old Snake Card.jpg|thumb|left|220px|He's no hero. Never was. Never will be.]]

Old Snake came to Victor Drath's assistance, using technology to trap four Autobots in synthoid bodies, and using the discarded shells in an attempt to destroy Autobot City. Though the plan was foiled, Old Snake managed to make an escape, though his attempt at his old battle cry was cut short by a coughing fit. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}
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==Toys==
===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
{{anchor|G.I. Joe and the Transformers 2}}
[[File:StarscreamSkystriker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Starscream Skystriker with Cobra Commander''' (2011)
**''Accessories:'' Megatron gun

: An [[exclusive]] release for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011, this flight-suited Cobra Commander action figure is included with a [[redeco]]ed [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]] meant to represent [[Starscream (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Starscream]]. He can pilot Starscream and comes with a tiny gun-mode [[Megatron (G1)/toys#G.I. Joe and the Transformers|Megatron]] which he can wield.

: Cobra Commander has, of course, had [http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/cobracommander.shtml many many other toys] in the G.I. Joe line, but this was the first to have anything to do with Transformers.
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[[File:Oldsnake Bat Pack TFCCPhoto.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Old Snake with Advanced Stealth B.A.T. Duo''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, backpack, 2 energon cubes, display stand, 2 Nightshriek drones.

:Released as an exclusive yet again, this time to both the Transformers and G.I. Joe Collectors Clubs, Old Snake is a figure based on his appearance in the original Transformers cartoon. His figure is actually composed of an amalgam of repainted parts from other G.I. Joe figures, however his hat is new. He comes packed with a pair [[Battle Android Trooper|Advanced Stealth B.A.T]]'s.

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==Notes==
[[File:OnlyHumanJap1.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]

*Cobra Commander has been played by several ''Transformers'' voice actors, including [[Chris Latta]], [[Michael Dobson]], [[Charlie Adler]] (all of whom have played versions of [[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]]), and [[Scott McNeil]].
*In publicity artwork for the episode "[[Only Human]]" published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'', "Old Snake" can be seen ominously commanding several Cobra [[Rattler]]s and F.A.N.G.s. However, such vehicles do not appear in the actual episode.
*As "Old Snake", Cobra Commander appears in a [[super deformed]] [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/japanese/pioneer/SDLDpostmovie.jpg cross-faction art piece] by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]], packaged with [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]]'s LaserDisc collection of ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]''.
*[http://www.joeheadquarters.com/interviews_dille.shtml When interviewed by G. I. Joe fansite Joe Headquarters,] [[Flint Dille]] was asked about the relationship between Old Snake and Cobra Commander. In his response, he explained:

:''"That was after my time, but I believe they were trying to discontinue the Cobra Commander character. One of the interesting things about working on shows in the 'toy' era was that characters would come and go based on marketing decisions. Cobra Commander had probably been around too long, so they decided to update him."''

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Snake''' (スネーク ''Sunēku''), '''Cobra Commander''' (コブラコマンダー ''Kobura Komandā'')

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/cobracommander.shtml Cobra Commander at Yojoe.com]
*{{i|Commander}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Biotron

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:''Biotrons are machines, typically allied with the [[Micronaut]]s from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]''
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The '''Biotrons''' are massive, powerful robots that, when bonded with a biological interface, allow for full functionality.

Don't confuse them with [[Robotman]].

==Fiction==
===''Unit:E'' comic===
A Biotron was present when [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] awoke from cryogenic sleep during his journey to Earth. As [[Synergy]] showed Acroyear his potential allies, Biotron was quick to jump in with quips at his young sire's expense. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{mainIDW|Biotron (Micronaut)|Biotron}}
While [[Scarlett]] expressed her worry about what other forces could appear on Earth following [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Optimus Prime's activities]], Biotron and the other Micronauts were in the middle of a battle. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

After flying into the [[entropy storm]] in an attempt to both save their universe and escape [[Baron Karza]], the Micronauts were attacked by {{i|Repto}}s, a race of beings previously thought destroyed by the cloud. [[Microtron]] sent Biotron out to repair the ship. [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] and Biotron continued to fight until the crew was saved by the mysterious Time Traveler.

Several days into their journey, while tracking a mysterious energy source, the Micronauts received a message from Baron Karza. Karza told them that though it had only been a few days for them inside the storm, years had passed for him after he followed them into the cloud. The Micronauts soon arrived at the location of the energy source, or as Karza called it, the birthplace of Microspace: the body of [[Micronus Prime]]. {{Istorylink|Micronauts: Revolution}}

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===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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===''When Worlds Collide''===
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==Notes==
*The Biotrons are machines from IDW's ''[[Micronauts]]'' comic, based on the toy from the original ''Micronauts'' toyline, an import of the ''[[Microman]]'' figure [[Robotman]].

==External links==
*[http://www.innerspaceonline.com/bio.htm Biotron at Inner Space Online]

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Baron Karza

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{{disambig2|the Micronauts villain|the other evil, caped space warlord with a black suit of armor|Darth Vader}}

:''Baron Karza is an [[alien]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]''

[[File:TheNewColossus-BaronKarza.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."]]

A ruthless tactician and would-be universal conqueror from a [[Microspace|distant dimension]], few have underestimated Baron '''Hraal Karza''' and lived to regret their mistake. His ability to [[Enerchange]] makes him a formidable and unpredictable foe; his gadget-laden suit of shapeshifting armor only adds to his fearsome reputation among his allies ''and'' enemies. Karza sees himself as the only individual capable of saving the Microverse from itself, hoping to rule over the realm with his own iron fist. There's only one thing that stands between him and total subjugation over his home—the heroic [[Micronaut]]s.

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==Fiction==
===''Unit:E'' comic===
While discussing the heroes of [[Earth]], [[Synergy]] warned the young [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] that he wouldn't be able to stop Baron Karza without allies. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{mainIDW|Baron Karza}}
[[File:Informed-Karza.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"No, no, no. Go past this. Pass this part. In fact, never play this again."]]

Hraal Karza was born on the desert world of {{i|Aegis-6}} and was trained by the {{i|Sandmen}} at an early age. The Empire contracted the Sandmen to suppress a rebellion when the planet {{i|Kronos}} revolted against the empire. Karza served them well and eventually became a guardsman for the planet's emperor, and eventually rose to become the planet's Minister of Defesnse. He genetically re-engineered his Sandmen colleagues into the elite {{i|Acroyear (soldier type)|Acroyear}} warriors.

During this time, Karza met [[Shazraella]], who would become his future wife—after the two colluded to assassinate her betrothed, the Emperor's son the {{i|Red Falcon}}. When the Emperor succumbed to grief-induced madness, which grew worse when a destructive [[entropy cloud]] began expanding from the very heart of Microspace. Karza, Shazraella, and {{i|Baron Daegon|Daegon}} placed the Emperor in stasis while the trio ruled the empire. The entropy storm continued to worsen, sparking a schism between Karza and Daegon which grew into a civil war. Karza's suspicions about the entropy cloud proved correct when he discovered an aged version of his own helmet, and he deduced that the storm was a rift in ''time'' rather than ''space''. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

In the midst of his war against Daegon, Karza and his crew briefly took on a strange castaway—the [[Transformer]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], who had had her consciousness cast across time and space to learn about the crisis that threatened this universe. Shazraella interrogated the Cybertronian for a while before Windblade could make her escape. {{storylink|Informed}}

After the [[Micronaut]]s fled into the [[entropy storm]], Baron Karza decided to follow them, in a last ditch effort to save billions of lives. However, whereas only a few days passed for the Micronauts, Karza ended up spending years within the cloud, making numerous discoveries which warped his mind. No longer content just to save his people, he now hoped to shepherd them into a new age of prosperity. Upon detecting the ''Heliopolis'', Karza hailed the ship and spoke to [[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]], reflecting on how long it's been, much to [[Phenolo-Phi]]'s confusion. [[Microtron]] informed Oz that Karza's signal was coming from the same source as the energy they were following. Karza welcomed the Micronauts to the birthplace of Microspace and the grave of their progenitor: the body of [[Micronus Prime]]. {{istorylink|Micronauts: Revolution}}

[[File:OShipOfState-BaronKarza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"There's only one man who would ''dare'' give me the raspberry: Lone Star!"]]

Karza had spent many years examining the workings of the comparatively colossal mechanoid, eventually discovering the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] technology embedded in the giant and attempting to open communication with other realities—hoping to refine the cloud into a weapon he could use to conquer his universe. {{storylink|The New Colossus}} As he learned more about this distant dimension, he cut a deal with the [[human]] military leader [[Miles Mayhem|Miles "Mayhem" Manheim]] and the alien [[Dire Wraith]]s: Mayhem would give them control over Earth's ample supplies of [[Ore-13]], which they would split between themselves, and in return Mayhem would receive dominion over [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

While [[Scarlett]] expressed her worry about [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Optimus Prime's annexation]] of Earth making a target for invaders, Baron Karza looked upon a holographic projection of the planet. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

Using the spacebridge located within Micronus's body, {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Karza began transporting Ore-13 from Earth into Microspace. He was displeased that he only managed to get 60% of the Energon he had locked onto. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} Although Miles warned him that his actions were putting Earth in danger of destruction, Karza ignored his requests to stop and reactivated the spacebridge... only for huge chunks of Ore-13 to [[Rom|suddenly emerge]] from the portal and begin detonating. He was displeased at this development. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Shortly afterwards, Karza discovered a massive cache of Ore-13 beneath [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Mayhem suggested that the time had come to drop the illusion and go in for an all-out assault. Then Wraith leader [[Caleb Awan]] betrayed Miles Mayhem, forcing the human to summon Karza through the Cybertronian technology within [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s spacebridge portal. Though Awan initially scoffed at the diminuitive warlord, Karza soon got the upper hand by Enerchanging with the Dire Wraiths and transforming into a gigantic, monstrous fusion of Microspace, Transformer, and Dire Wraith. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

[[File:ValleyForge-MonsterKarza.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes! Keep firing, assholes!"]]

Baron Karza unleashed his full power on the assembled heroes and villains, taking advantage of Mayhem's continued attempts to mislead the forces of [[M.A.S.K.]] into attacking the Transformers while absorbing the powerful Ore-13. When the combatants realized that Karza was the true enemy behind the madness, they refocused on Karza. The colossal Baron slugged it out with [[Victorion]], only to overwhelm her by unleashing several Wraiths from within his chest. [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] ordered Metrotitan into the air, but Karza managed to grab [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] in his hand before the Prime could be airlifted to safety. Realizing that he'd been betrayed, Mayhem rammed his [[Switchblade (M.A.S.K.)|Switchblade]] into the monster, loosening Karza's grip on the Autobot. Karza tumbled to the ground, where [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]], [[Rom]], the [[Micronaut]]s, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], and [[Matt Trakker]] used the spacebridge to send the defeated villain back into Microspace. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

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===''When Worlds Collide''===
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==External links==
*[http://www.innerspaceonline.com/bk.htm Baron Karza at Inner Space Online]

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Acroyear (Micronaut)

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:''Acroyear is a [[Micronaut]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]''

[[File:RoadToRevolutionPromo_Acroyear.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|(Not drawn to scale)]]

'''Acroyear''' is one of many genetically engineered super-warriors. Part of the "first generation," he escaped destruction, unlike the rest of his ilk, with the help of [[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]] and joined his crew of [[Micronaut]]s. Acroyear is able to summon a powerful sword from subspace, as well as activate turbine-powered wings.

In [[Unit:E (issue)|some universes]], Acroyear is actually a title passed down to a prince in ancient armor.

==Fiction==
===''Unit:E'' comic===
After being sent out into space by his father and slumbering for most of his journey, Acroyear was awakened from cryogenic sleep by [[Biotron]] and [[Synergy]]. Though confused at first, Acroyear was reminded that he was searching for allies against Baron Karza, which Synergy believed she had found on the planet [[Earth]]. Though Acroyear scoffed at many of the potential candidates Synergy presented to him as viable allies, Synergy insisted on their abilities, noting that if he did his work right, the mysterious [[Unit:E]] would find him. While he still believed Earth's heroes to be too frail, Acroyear remembered his father's urgings to embrace his role and donned his armor, declaring they had "heroes to gather!" {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:Revolution4 ArceeSnakeEyesAcroyear.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|]]
While [[Scarlett]] expressed her worry about what other forces could appear on Earth following [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Optimus Prime's activities]], Acroyear and the Micronauts were in the middle of a battle. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

After flying into the [[entropy storm]] in an attempt to both save their universe and escape Baron Karza, the Micronauts were attacked by Reptos, a race of beings previously thought destroyed by the cloud. [[Microtron]] sent Acroyear out to fight off the Reptos while [[Biotron]] repaired the ship. Acroyear and Biotron continued to fight until the crew was saved by the mysterious Time Traveler.

Several days into their journey, while tracking a mysterious energy source, the Micronauts received a message from [[Baron Karza]]. Karza told them that though it had only been a few days for them inside the storm, years had passed for him after he followed them into the cloud. The Micronauts soon arrived at the location of the energy source, or as Karza called it, the birthplace of Microspace: the body of [[Micronus Prime]]. {{istorylink|Micronauts: Revolution}}
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===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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===''When Worlds Collide''===
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==Notes==
*His name is pronounced "A-KROY-er," not "Acro-year."
*The Acroyear shown in the ''Unit:E'' comic resembles the [[wikipedia:Micronauts (comics)|Marvel Comics incarnation of the character]], being alien royalty clad in armor.
*The IDW Acroyear being a mass-produced warrior for [[Baron Karza]] is a reference to the original ''Micronauts'' toy being the enemy of the Micronauts.

==External links==
* [http://www.innerspaceonline.com/acro.htm Acroyear at Inner Space Online]

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Scarlett

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:''Scarlett is a [[human]] from the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Scarlett.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|SWF, looking for SBM (Single Black-wearing Male), must be ninja, mute is a plus.]]
'''Shana O'Hara''', aka '''Scarlett''', a crossbow-toting southern belle with a history in martial arts, is a prominent member of the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team. She has a thing for [[Snake-Eyes]].

When [[binary bonding|binary-bonded]] with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], she takes on the name '''Zkarlett'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''====
[[File:Scarlettmarvel.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Not the safest place to keep a grappling hook.]]
Scarlett and several other Joes were overseeing a test of [[Power Station Alpha]], which was interrupted by the appearance of a giant transforming robot. After [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|the Transformer]] was destroyed, it was followed by a much larger robot which called itself [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} G.I. Joe's forces were overwhelmed by Superion, so Scarlett called for backup. {{storylink|Power Struggle}}

The Transformer they destroyed was eventually determined to be their friend! Scarlett stood nearby while [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] attempted to rebuild him. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} As the [[Autobot]] [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] arrived to help, it was announced that [[Cobra]] would be teaming up with G.I. Joe and the Autobots against the [[Decepticon]]s to keep them from destroying the world with Power Station Alpha. The newly rebuilt Transformer, now named [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], escorted Scarlett and the [[Baroness]] to Power Station Alpha with the intention of placing detonators inside. Without G.I. Joe's consent, Baroness set the timers prematurely, much to Scarlett's frustration. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Scarlettg2.jpg|100px|thumb|"...Got to stop pretending this is a ninja outfit..."]]
While Scarlett was pretending to have defected to [[Cobra]], she had to fire on [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]]. Shortly after that, she and fellow new Cobra [[Sidney Biggles-Jones|Doctor Biggles-Jones]], a weapons scientist, hunted down [[Destro]] and the [[Baroness]]. Snake-Eyes was forced to stab her to convince the terrorist organization of her new allegiance. {{storylink|Unfoldings!}} None of her vitals were damaged, which made her new "comrade" [[Slice (Cobra)|Slice]] suspicious. She was nevertheless hospitalized from this {{storylink|Realignments}} [[File:Scarlett slices suckerpunch.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0]] and brought to the hospital at Cobra-controlled [[Milleville]], where Biggles-Jones confronted her about her true intentions. All the while this was going on, Cobra was engaged in a trade deal with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] but Scarlett was too injured to have an impact on things. {{storylink|Goin' South}}

Just as Biggles-Jones had revealed that she too was a double agent, Megatron snatched her away, wishing to experiment on the scientist's brain. Scarlett, despite her wounds, fought her way out of the Cobra compound (battering Slice in the process) and confronted Megatron. {{storylink|Sucker Punch}} Her audacious ultimatum was cut short when a small group of Autobots sent by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] ([[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Chase (G1)|Chase]], [[Override (G1)|Override]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]) arrived to attack Megatron. While the large-scale battle raged, Scarlett used the opportunity to attack [[Cobra Commander]] and [[Zarana]]. A save by Snake-Eyes reunited the pair.

With most of the Autobots destroyed, Megatron stole the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' with Biggles-Jones in tow. {{storylink|Final Transformations}} It was Skydive and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] who managed to sneak aboard and bring the doctor home, though at the expense of Witwicky's life. Returned to safety, Biggles-Jones greeted Scarlett with a much-needed hug. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}
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===Marvel UK ''The Transformers'' comic===
[[File:Susan scarlett.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Scarlett loses friends in the sewers all the time and you don't hear her complaining.]]
One of [[Action Force (team)|Action Force]]'s American operatives [http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/comics/maf/001/013.html], Scarlett's spent several missions with the European group. She was part of the team that went under [[London]] to locate the monster that had killed [[Susan Hoffman]]'s team. Scarlett openly thought this was a waste of their time and Susan was talking crap, until the Transformers turned up and the monster was revealed to be the monstrous [[Straxus (G1)|(copy of) Megatron]]!

In the battle itself, Scarlett mostly stood on the sidelines, at one point trying to get [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] to ''not'' send in the Mauler tanks to get stepped on. {{storylink|Ancient Relics!}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Scarlett GIJoevsTFs3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left]]
When [[Cobra]] unearthed and reprogrammed the dormant Transformers aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' and used them to take over the world, Scarlett was among the first members of G.I. Joe, the anti-terrorist force created to stop them. After hearing from [[Doc (G.I. Joe)|Doc]] how [[Snake-Eyes]] had lost his voice, face and family in Cobra's initial attack, Scarlett wondered how the ninja could go on after suffering through so much in one day. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Her first duty as part of G.I. Joe was to guard the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]] from an attack by Cobra's commandeered Transformers. The attack came, overwhelming and surrounding Scarlett's group until they were rescued by the free agents [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} Scarlett was later part of the forces preparing for G.I. Joe's final raid on [[Cobra Island]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Despite some opposition from the US government, who would rather nuke the island, the Joes left to battle Cobra in person. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} As part of [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]]'s team, she defended the [[SPS Satellite]]'s controls from [[Storm Shadow]] and [[Firefly]], taking out the latter with a kick to the head. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:Scarlett GIJoevsTFsII1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Two years later, Scarlett was part of a G.I. Joe assault team attempting to stop an international arms ring affiliated with the [[Dreadnok]]s from selling Cybertronian technology on the black market. Together with [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] and [[Beachhead]], she attacked the Dreadnoks in [[Boston]] and easily took out [[Dreadnok|Ripper, Torch, and Buzzer]] despite their new cybernetic attack limbs. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} She later ended up on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] alongside several other Joes and Cobra members. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

When the [[Autobot]]s and G.I. Joe made an agreement to decommission all Cybertronian technology on Earth, Scarlett wanted to take [[G.I. Joe battle mech|her giant battle mech]] out for one last spin, and offered Snake-Eyes a round of robo-tag. The game never came to pass, as [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] was attacked by Cobra and Scarlett had to help fight off their [[Battle Android Trooper]]s. They were aided by a team of Autobots, and Scarlett was surprised to see a [[Arcee (G1)|female robot]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} She left her mech after the team found [[Cobra Commander]] lurking around inside Area 52, but this proved to be a mistake when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] attacked them. Scarlett was believed to have died when the android brought the roof crashing down on everyone, but she soon reappeared and chastised her friends for thinking she'd die so easily. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

[[File:Scarlett and Snake Eyes AoW4.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
After learning that Serpent O.R. had taken a warpgate to Cybertron, Scarlett and the other followed him. After a brief run-in with [[cannibalizer]]s, they found Serpent O.R., who promptly captured them with help from his new Decepticon friends. While imprisoned in the Decepticon base, she had a romantic moment with Snake-Eyes, making out with him even after seeing his horribly scarred face. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They later managed to escape when Snake-Eyes hypnotized a [[Breakdown (G1)|guard]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} After freeing the Autobots, the Joes fought their way through the base and into Serpent O.R.'s control room, where [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was being held. Upon arriving, they found Serpent O.R. under control of Cobra Commander, and Scarlett was quickly knocked out by his robotic tentacles. After the commander was defeated by [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], Scarlett met with Snake-Eyes, who offered to continue their game of tag without mechs. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

A few months later, Scarlett was part of a team of Joes sent to [[Tibet]] to aid Hawk, [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and Optimus Prime in the fight against [[Cobra-La]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Scarlett-The Line.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
In [[1939]], Scarlett and [[Lady Jaye]] were part of a team of intelligence agents sent to continental [[Europe]] to investigate [[Cobra]]'s ongoing conquest. They were the only members of the team to return to America alive, where they helped found [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. She spent some time checking out [[Snake-Eyes]] before the Joes were all sent to assault Cobra's base on the [[Fera Islands]]. {{storylink|The Line}} As part of Strike Force One, Scarlett stumbled upon the dormant [[Autobot]]s, who were promptly reactivated. When [[Leatherneck]] opened fire on [[Ironhide (G1)|one of them]], Scarlett was almost hit by ricocheting bullets, but was saved by the Autobot. {{storylink|Transformed}}

The Autobots agreed to help G.I. Joe with their mission, allowing them to get rid of Cobra's [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|air forces]]. Scarlett was distraught to learn that Snake-Eyes had gone missing in the early stages of the battle, but [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] tried to comfort her. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} When the Autobots were stopped in their tracks by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s earthquakes, Scarlett commandeered Bumblebee's motorcycle form, noting how "sweet" it was that he had "never been driven before". Using Bumblebee, Scarlett jumped above Rumble and dropped a grenade in his face, destroying him. An impressed Bumblebee told her she could drive him any time she wanted to. {{storylink|Wolves}}

[[File:Scarlett-Trenches.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.0]]
As the Joes approached the [[Terrordrome]], Scarlett started thinking about Snake-Eyes again, only to find that he had returned, with his face horribly scarred. She asked the ninja what had happened, but he merely left again, not wanting Scarlett to see his injuries. {{storylink|Trenches}} In spite of this, the two ended up infiltrating the Terrordrome together. As the duo searched for the enemy's [[Shockwave (G1)|rail gun]], they ended up staring right in the face of the gigantic [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. After locating and arresting [[Destro]] and the [[Baroness]] for crimes against humanity, Scarlett learned that the Autobots had sacrificed themselves in order to destroy Bruticus. Embracing Snake-Eyes, she reflected on [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] saying that there's a fine line between being a hero and being a memory. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

A long time later, in [[1985]], the latest incarnation of G.I. Joe discovered [[Blaster (G1)|two]] [[Perceptor (G1)|new]] Autobots. Along with Duke and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], a retired Scarlett figured it was time to tell the new guys about their adventure with the Transformers. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Joes in action so that her crewmate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Scarlett could be seen charging into action alongside Duke and Roadblock on one of Synergy's viewscreens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[Image:tfvsgi GI JUMP.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3]]

Scarlett's parents were murdered by [[Cobra Commander]]. She dedicated her life to G.I. Joe, and vowed not get distracted by mundane activities that "normal" people did until the terrorist was brought down. She was part of a G.I. Joe strike force that stormed a Cobra hideout housing deadly [[G.I.Rocket|Creeper bombs]], where she announced that she would marry whichever Joe would bring her the helmet of Cobra Commander. Both Snake-Eyes and Duke accepted her challenge. The squad then apprehended [[Doctor Venom]], who informed the Joes that Cobra Commander was already on his way out of the base. The Joes split up to track down the head of Cobra before he escaped them once more.

Scarlet and Duke came upon Cobra Commander taking off in a Cobra [[Rattler]], and commandeered another of the planes to pursue him. Things were further complicated when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] joined the fight, but Scarlet managed to get a shot off on Cobra Commander's plane with a Creeper arrow, allowing Snake-Eyes to stab the terrorist through the chest. Cobra Commander also managed to get a shot off, however, and Snake-Eyes was disfigured. Scarlett and Duke managed to rescue Snake-Eyes just as Cobra Commander's Rattler was blown out of the air, and brought their wounded comrade back to [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]]. Scarlett visited Snake-Eyes as he recovered, Cobra Commander's helm in hand. She asked Snake-Eyes if he was ready to set a date for their wedding, but Snake-Eyes was unresponsive. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}}

Snake-Eyes then left G.I. Joe, leaving Scarlett distraught. She nonetheless went back on active duty after a brief leave of absence, and met with other Joes to plan out a defense plan when it became known that the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was heading for the Earth. After war was declared between the two planets, Scarlett was assigned to lead a mission to Cybertron with the intent of invading it. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

[[Image:tfvsgi green bombs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]

The Joes began their attack on Cybertron by sending down "green bombs" from the air. Unfortunately, when Scarlett targeted [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], she found it protected by a forcefield. The Joes' attempt to bomb the mobile city provoked a counter-attack from the Decepticons, with both Trypticon and the giant [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] gunning for the humans. Though Scarlett managed to hold her own during the fight, it was [[Wild Bill]] that brought the confrontation to an end by crashing his helicopter into the [[Combiner|gestalt]]. Scarlett then led her remaining troops back to Green Zone 0-8-6, the Joes' temporary base on the alien world. In the dead of night, Scarlett and [[Snow Job]] found the badly-injured Wild Bill stumbling into the camp. The wounded Joe was closely followed by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], who triggered a perimeter trap, becoming the Joes' first P.O.W. in the inter-planetary war. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}}

Scarlett then spearheaded a vivisection of their captive, believing the giant to be little more than an unfeeling machine. She changed her mind when Wheeljack began relaying snippets from a presidential speech. She ordered her Joes to put the Cybertronian together just as Wheeljack's friends stumbled onto the scene and launched an attack on the camp. The Joes returned fire, until blasts from both sides rendered all combatants unconscious. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

Scarlett was stirred from her slumber by [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]], with the rest of the combatant soon following suit. Both teams readied to take up arms once more when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] showed up, accompanied by [[Breaker]], [[Jinx]], [[Cover Girl]] and [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]]. Grimlock declared a truce between the Joes and the Autobots had been reached, and both factions partied together to cement their alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Henceforth, the Joes stationed themselves within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the mobile Autobot city. Scarlett was posted as a lookout atop its central tower when she spotted Trypticon stomping towards them. Legions of Cobra troops burst forth from the titanic Decepticon, many of which were felled by Scarlett. Just as she was about to be overwhelmed by the enemy's sheer numbers, Duke and Snake-Eyes materialized seemingly out of nowhere. The "three amigos" took care of the remaining Cobra soldiers until their attack eventually subsided. Scarlett then turned to Snake-Eyes to embrace him, but the ninja rebuffed her advances and departed. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

In an offensive action, Scarlett slipped onboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|the Astrotrain]] in order to infiltrate a Decepticon base. She reached [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]...

[[Image:tfvsgi headmasters scarlett's hallucination.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|''THIS IS MY SERMON THIS IS MY SERMON THIS IS MY SERMON'']]

...and woke up in the psychiatric ward of a hospital. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

[[Doctor Mindbender|Dr Mindelbender]] and his staff showed her that the "Transformers" and "Joes" were just 1980s children's toys and cartoons, made into part of an elaborate fantasy she'd constructed. She pretended to be 'cured' and recognising her delusions, and was released back to her husband Fred and their two children... but all the while, visions and the voices of the Neb'los clashed throughout her mind and intruded on her day-to-day life, to extent of thinking she had an implant in her head. Friends at her welcome home party looked just like the Joes in her mind. In the end, to "escape" what must be a villainous plot, she killed her family.

Good thing that ''was'' a big trick.

Scarlett helped other captive Joes bust out of the town of "Springfield"—really part of Scorponok—but returned herself to seek brutal revenge of Dr Mindbender. After a swift interrogation (and fighting her robot "children" and herself) to learn Megatron was trying to study how human brains ticked, she killed Mindbender after strapping him inside his own [[Brainwave Scanner]]. The Neb’los—beings who once lived on the same site before “Springfield” was built—implored her to kill Scorponok's controller [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], which Scarlett obliged. Taking control of the city herself, she returned Bumblebee's still-living head to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}}

Scorponok (and presumably Scarlett) were present when Prime resurrected Bumblebee {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} and when Cybertron transformed into the body of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}}

Scarlett took on the name '''Zkarlett''', and she and Scorponok met up with Fortress Maximus, who was now controlled by Snake Eyes. Sharing an emotional moment with Snake Eyes, she encouraged him to trust her—trust he demonstrated by showing her his scarred face.

Zkarlett/Scorponok and Fortress Maximus encouraged Metroplex to transform into robot mode and stand with the Jotobots against the Decepticon horde. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

During the ensuing battle, Zkarlett used the Brainwave Scanner to venture into the Matrix and retrieve the spirit of Optimus Prime. Zkarlett was also present when Snake Eyes killed Cobra Commander, and was one of a group of Joes who attempted to return the Matrix of Leadership to the reborn Optimus Prime.

When the battle was over, and Prime had healed Snake Eyes's face, Zkarlett asked whether the ninja was now truly happy. Snake Eyes finally accepted her marriage proposal, and the two embraced.

Returning to Earth, Scarlett attended Hawk's funeral in Arlington. Later still, she and Snake Eyes (now going by Francis Witwicky) retired to a little log cabin atop Scorponok's tail, where they looked after the also-retired [[U.S.7]]. The pair were invited to the wedding of Brawn and Covergirl, and Scarlett became godmother to the wedded couple's child. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Image:Revolution Joe and the Joes.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Back in the day.]]
{{MainIDW|Scarlett}}

'''Shana M. "Scarlett" O'Hara''' was one of the earliest recruits to G.I. Joe, the American goverment's top-secret military agency. They fought a secret war against Cobra for years until, to Scarlett's dismay, the conflict went nuclear and attempts to keep the Joes going fell apart. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

She was called back to action when [[Joe Colton]] took command of the [[Earth Defense Command]]. Scarlett and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] were tasked with escorting [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] to a classified location when their military convoy was attacked. Their incendiary rounds were ineffective against [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], whose head had taken control of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s body and then kidnapped Blackrock. {{storylink|White Light}}

Scarlett later met up with [[Joe Colton (Dire Wrath)|Colton]] (now replaced by a [[Dire Wraith]] impostor) and [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] to discuss the history of [[Transformer]] activity on Earth. Scarlett also lamented the trouble [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] faced in their war against [[Cobra]] after the Transformers left, with Manheim pointing out that America no longer trusts the Joes. While Colton and Manheim discussed [[Rom|a silver alien]] in [[California]], Scarlett expressed worry about [[Micronaut|alien]] [[Baron Karza|threats]] they are not yet aware of. Colton and Scarlett then revealed to Manheim that the worldwide deposits of Cybertronian super-fuel [[Ore-13]] were destabilizing, and on the verge of destructive nuclear fission. Believing this to be Optimus Prime’s doing, they tasked Mannheim with using the technology of a captive and tortured [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to disrupt Prime’s plans. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

[[File:Revolution 1 Wraith Colton dies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]

G.I. Joe was later assigned to engage the Cybertronians in the city of [[Portland]] after the Ore-13 beneath [[Mount Olympus]] detonated. Scarlett gave [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] the order to fire missiles at [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] which brought [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] to the G.I. Joe who began slicing the human war machines with ease. Scarlett noted how Arcee alone was overpowering G.I. Joe and that she needed to be taken down before she summoned reinforcements. Arcee already had called for reinforcements and Scarlett assumed Optimus Prime was trying to force G.I. Joe into surrendering. [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] then fired an EMP to force the humans to listen leaving Scarlett and Joe Colton to nearly be crushed by falling planes before [[Victorion]] intervened. What Scarlett assumed was [[Rom|a new Cybertronian]] arrived quickly atomized Joe Colton and three more Joes before it flew off just as suddenly. Scarlett took command of the squad and swore revenge on the Cybertronians for the death of their friends. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}} In the aftermath, Mainframe and [[Agent Helix]] pointed out the inconsistencies between the actions of the silver human sized alien (how it only opened fire on four Joes and no one else) and the Cybertronians to Scarlett but she refused to hear it, determined to kill the Cybertronians.

Back at G.I. Joe headquarters, she learned that [[Doc (Carla Greer)|Doc]] also suspected the new alien wasn't connected to Optimus Prime. She later met with [[Miles Mayhem]] who introduced her to [[Matt Trakker]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], who begged to be killed. She began to feel sympathy for the Decepticon before Miles forced her away and showed her the specialized [[M.A.S.K.]] vehicles that would engage the Autobots in Greece. Scarlett noted that the instant they were deployed the Cybertronians would find a way to track them in the future but Mayhem brushed those concerns aside. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} She was later confronted by an angry Matt Trakker as she'd withheld that the Cybertronians were living beings from him. She was later approached by Doc with the data that four Joes killed by the silver alien had non-human DNA. Realizing that the entire chain of command could be compromised, she put out a call to [[Snake-Eyes]] to infiltrate Autobot City. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} She later launched an all-out attack on the EDC's [[Bikini Atoll]] facility to fight off the Dire Wraiths there much to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s frustration. {{storylink|Thundercracker & Buster Save the World}} On the mission, her team discovered the damaged [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]], who had been left behind by the EDC when they had abandoned the base. {{storylink|D.T.A.}}

Returning to [[Governor's Island]] with her team, Scarlett found that [[Action Man]] had broken in and liberated [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] who was being held in the base on the orders of [[Miles Mayhem]]. The Joes then discovered that all the [[M.A.S.K.]] forces had launched an attack on [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Autobot City]]. Without access to the M.A.S.K. technology, all G.I. Joe had was integrated network gear that Soundwave could easily shut down. Scarlett was prepared to throw in the towel before Mainframe revealed the classic G.I. Joe vehicles which were too low tech for Soundwave to hack. Striking a pose, Scarlett ordered her team into action. {{storylink|The New Colossus}} Scarlett led the charge into [[Monument Valley]] and deployed G.I. Joe's combined firepower against the monstrous [[Baron Karza]]. When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] ordered Metrotitan to lift off, Scarlett evacuated along with her teammates, and rescued Rom and [[Matt Trakker]] from a massive Ore-13 explosion. Though it appeared that Mainframe had perished in the explosion, he had survived inside [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]'s chest, much to her relief. Back at Governor's Island, Scarlett and Matt had a chat about what the future held for both of them now that G.I. Joe was no longer part of the US government. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

WIth G.I. Joe now an international peacekeeping group, Scarlett relocated their headquarters to the sunken wreck of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', which G.I. Joe rechristened the ''Lemuria''. With Skywarp now a member of the team, Scarlett supervised numerous missions across the world, battling foes such as the [[Red Shadows]] and [[Dreadnok]]s. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 1}} {{storylink|G.I. Joe vol. 5 issue 2}}

Following the arrival of the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s on Earth and the threat of a worldwide [[Sharkticon]] invasion, Scarlett coordinated reinforcements to the [[Matterhorn]], where Optimus Prime's team battled the brunt of the Junkions. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

{{-}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}}}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}

==Notes==
*Her ''Action Force'' toy gives her birthplace as [[Belgium]] [http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/toys/003/af/031/index.html], though this wasn't canon in Marvel's ''Action Force'' comic due to its reprinting the ''G.I. Joe'' comic where she's American. Then, a few years later, the ''unrelated'' US group G.I. Joe merged with Action Force. Feel free to feel confused.

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/scarlett.shtml Scarlett at YoJoe.com]
*{{i|Scarlett}} at The IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Jem

2017-09-08T08:05:01Z

StarWars Jedi: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

{{disambig2|the truly outrageous musician|the premium currency from Angry Birds Transformers|Gem}}
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|300px|Hydra prefers The Misfits. Their songs are better.]]

'''''Jem''''' is a television program. Any connection to [[Jerrica Benton]], [[Synergy]], or Dr. [[Emmett Benton]] would be speculative at best.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{note|In ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [[Ask Vector Prime|Vector Prime states]] that the events of ''Jem and the Holograms'' are [[canon]] for [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Primax 984.17 Alpha]].}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon===
A poster advertised ''Jem'' in the lobby at [[CNM TV]] where [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] met with [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Before joining [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Rock 'n Roll]] worked as roadie for Jem and the Holograms band. {{storylink|Revolution Humble Bundle trading cards}} {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}

==Notes==
[[File:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]

*Character models for main characters from ''Jem'' were recycled to make [[:Image:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|crowd fillers]] in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".
*The same scripts that were used for the ''Transformers'' [[public service announcement]]s were recycled for several ''Jem'' PSAs (the scripts were originally used for ''G.I. Joe'' PSAs, in fact).
*''Jem'' and ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' share the character of [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]].
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] starred in [[Commercial/Prime#2011|a commercial]] that featured clips of various shows airing on [[Hub Network|The Hub]], including the original ''Jem'' cartoon.
*Speaking of ''Prime'', an aborted plan was to do a [[Unit:E]] crossover off the back of it that would include (and relaunch) Jem.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-robots-disguise-prime-discussion/1053596-aligned-continuity-panel-tf-con-charlotte-4.html#post13037062 TF2005.com] "More tidbits from a friend of mine who took notes at the panel: ... ''TFP'' was going to lead into a massive Avengers style Unit: E crossover to jumpstart the other brands participating. Ratchet and Fowler from ''TFP''; Duke from ''GI Joe''; Synergy from ''Jem and the Holograms''; Princess Lollipop from ''Candyland''; also characters from ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Stretch Armstrong'', ''[[Micronauts]]'', ''Sectaurs'', ''Primordia'' (the renamed ''Inhumanoids''), and more."</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Jem (TV series)|''Jem'']] at Wikipedia
*[http://www.rockjem.com/ Rock Jem]
*{{i|Jem and the Holograms (franchise)}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
*{{i|Jem and the Holograms (band)}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Mr. Potato Head

2017-09-08T08:04:14Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Fiction */

{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}
:''Mr. Potato Head is a potato probably from the [[Iocus]] universal cluster.''

[[File:MPH Tf Promo Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|]]
'''Mr. Potato Head''' is not your ordinary Earth tuber. He can adopt a menagerie of disguises and has taken the form of several [[Transformer|Transformers]]!

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] vouched for the character of Optimash Prime, noting that he would always listen to anyone and that he was to look out for. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[Mr. Potato Head]] was tuning up a [[Optimus Prime (G1)|familiar-looking truck]] in his garage when a transmission came over the radio, telling all Autobots to roll out. In response, the truck split into piece, and combined with Mr. Potato Head to form Optimash Prime! He got a bit more "mashed-up" winding up with a [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] helmet and a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] chest plating. When he was finally ready to go, his "Optimus Prime" legs sped off without him! {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Mixable, Mashable Heroes commercial}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Optimash Prime''' (2007)
:Optimash Prime is an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]-themed version of [[Hasbro]]'s famous [[wikipedia:Mr. Potato Head|Mr. Potato Head]] toy released as part of the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie's]] merchandise line, although Optimash himself actually bears the likeness of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Prime]] rather than [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autotot/OptimashPrime/optimashprime.htm More information on Optimash Prime at TFU.info]''

*'''Bumble Spud''' (2009)
:Bumble Spud's toy is the traditional Mr. Potato Head toy with accoutrements resembling pieces of [[Live-action film series|live-action movie]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] such as his face and door [[kibble]]. The toy also includes the stock Mr. Potato Head mouth, nose and ears. All pieces seem to be compatible with other Mr. Potato Head toys.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Taterbot/BumbleSpud/bumblespud.htm More information on Bumble Spud at TFU.info]

===Rescue Bots===
===Mixable, Mashable Heroes===
[[File:Tf potato Op2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Optimus Prime''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, cab cover, truck wheel undercarriage, smokestacks, helmet, arms/torso, feet.

:Part of the first wave of Deluxe Mixable, Mashable Heroes figures, Mr. Potato Head is a small potato which can be configured as either the robot or truck form of Optimus Prime with the use of parts-swapping.

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[[File:Tf potato screamer pckg2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Starscream''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, jet canopy, fuselage, rockets/tailfins, helmet/wings , arms/torso, feet.

:Part of the first wave of Deluxe Mixable, Mashable Heroes figures, Mr. Potato Head is a small potato which can be configured as either the robot or jet form of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with the use of parts-swapping.

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[[File:Tf mph opgl.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Optimus Prime and Grimlock''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Small potato body, large potato body, Optimus helmet, arms/torso, feet, sword, shield, Grimlock head, legs, saddle, tail.

:Released in the first wave of larger Mixable, Mashable Heroes figures, this larger set includes a slight repaint of the original release of the small Optimus potato who now includes shield and sword accessories but lacks all of his vehicle mode parts. As a tie-in to the concurrently released ''Age of Extinction'' film, the main part of the set is the larger spud which comes with parts to create a [[Grimlock (G1)|G1 Grimlock]]-themed potato head which the Optimus can ride if you remove his legs. The sword can be inserted into Grimlock's mouth to represent fire breath.

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[[File:Tf mph singleOP.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Optimus Prime''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, helmet, arms/torso, feet.

:Part of the first wave of single release Mixable, Mashable Heroes figures, this release of Mr. Potato Head as Optimus Prime is done up in translucent colors. He doesn't come with any accessories from his previous releases.

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[[File:Potato bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Bumblebee''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, helmet, arms/torso, feet.

:Part of the first wave of individual release Mixable, Mashable Heroes figures, Mr. Potato Head this time takes the appearance of [[Bumblebee (G1)|G1 Bumblebee]]. He features no accessories. As with each release in this series, the base potato body has unique face sculpted on it.

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[[File:Tf grimlock mph2png.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Grimtot.]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Grimlock''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, helmet, arms/torso, feet.

:Released in the initial wave of single Mixable, Mashable Heroes toys, Mr. Potato Head takes the form of a short and stubby dinosaur-mode [[Grimlock (G1)|G1 Grimlock]].

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[[File:Rb mph heatwave.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Heatwave the Fire-Bot''' (2016)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, cab cover, truck wheel undercarriage, ladder, helmet, arms/torso, feet.

:Part of the second wave of deluxe Mixable, Mashable Heroes figures, Mr. Potato Head can take forms based on either the robot or fire truck modes of [[Heatwave (RB)|Rescue Bots Heatwave]].

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[[File:Rb mph tfboulder.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as Boulder the Construction-Bot''' (2016)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, dozer canopy, dozer treads/ shovel, smokestacks, helmet, arms/torso/wings, feet.

:Part of the second wave of Deluxe Mixable, Mashable Heroes figures, Mr. Potato Head can now adopt the robot and construction vehicle forms of [[Boulder|Rescue Bots Boulder]].

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[[File:S-l300.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''Mr. Potato Head as High Tide''' (2016)
**''Accessories:'' Potato body, helmet, arms/torso, turbines, feet.

:Released in the second wave of single Mixable, Mashable Heroes toys, Mr. Potato Head takes the form of new Rescue Bot character [[High Tide]].
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==See also==
* [[Bumble Spud]]
* [[Optimash Prime]]

==References==
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Rom

2017-09-08T08:03:59Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Aw Yeah Revolution! */

:''Rom is an [[alien]] [[Space Knight]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Revolution2 Romprofile.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|"You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity."]]

'''Rom K'atsema''' is a [[Space Knight]], Lord of the [[Solstar Order]]. One of their most powerful Knights, the evil [[Dire Wraith]]s fear him more than all others, earning him the nickname "Wraithslayer". He has hounded them and kept them underground for centuries. He alone could wipe them off the face of existence. He is Rom, Lord of the Solstar Order! Rom, the Wraithslayer! Rom, the Space Knight!

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] got into a pick-up game of [[Basketrek]] with an [[Iocus]]-cluster space knight. As he had underwent the [[Silver Knight (AOE)|Silver Modification]] process, he had quite a jump shot. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/27}}

===Island Revolutions===
According to [[Mark Weber]], Rom rescued [[Sidney Biggles-Jones|Dr. Biggles-Jones]] from the Cobra Island lab explosion. Rom then restored [[Air Raid (G.I. Joe)|Air Raid]] to his proper age. {{storylink|Island Revolutions}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{MainIDW|Rom}}
[[File:RomVsTF02-RomAndStardrive.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"Uh, ma - ma'am? I, uh, um, well, I just wanted to say you're a bright young woman with a beautiful helmet full of circuitry. A circuitry full of helmet. It's ah... um... I must go."]]
Two hundred years ago, Rom's homeworld of [[Elonia]] was invaded by Dire Wraiths. Rom became the first to join the Space Knights that would beat the Wraiths out of Elonia and fight them across the galaxy. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}} Once the Wraith homeworld had been destroyed, Rom would spend the next two centuries endlessly pursuing their foes across the galaxy.

In the mid-19th century, Rom was patrolling the [[Gray Area]] when he witnessed a starship be struck down by a [[Galactic Council]] warship. Placing himself between the wreckage and the aggressor, Rom demanded that the Council explain themselves only for them to warp away the instant he was distracted. Dismissing them as cowards, Rom flew to the wreckage where he discovered a lone [[Protoform|protoform]] and took it back to Elonia to be healed. Rom later flew back to the crash site to collect [[Energon]] to help the protoform who soon grew into a female Cybertronian who would call herself [[Stardrive]]. After saving her life (again) on a field trip on [[Mato Grosso (planet)|Mato Grosso]], the young bot would come to see Rom as her hero and joined the order of Space Knights to emulate him.

Five years later, Rom and Livia led a training cruise to [[Mining Colony 25-6-41]] in the Farouko Cluster. While there Rom and Livia engaged several Wraiths in battle before Stardrive (who'd been lying in wait for a week) dispatched the last few. Rom later agreed with Stardrive that the colony did not have to be destroyed before the group left. While in flight, Rom and Livia argued over Stardrive with Rom stating that Livia was letting her bloodlust overpower her mercy. The ship docked at [[Orchid Crossing|a space station]] orbiting [[Xetaxxis]] where Rom and Livia explained to Stardrive why the Solstar Order needed her to be present to show to the Galactic Council the Order could control Cybertronians. While Livia was brusque, Rom offerred her words of kindness stating she always had a home with them.

[[File:RomVsTF02-RomShootsUltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"I just want you to know that even though you tried to terminate me, revenge is not an idea we promote on my planet. But we're not ''on'' my planet. ''Are we?''"]]

Negotiations got off to a poor start as not only was the Council representative a bit of an arse, he was actually [[Vekktral|a Dire Wraith]] co-leading a [[Decepticon]]/Dire Wraith alliance. No sooner had the ambassador of the Solstar Order been slain did the Decepticons break into the station and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], the other co-leader, corner Stardrive to try and recruit her. Rom tried to aid the cadet only to receive a [[Null-ray|null-ray]] to the chest and sent to the floor where he commented on Starscream's power. By the time Rom had recovered, Starscream had found the Solstar Order's [[energon synthesizer]], only to be cornered by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] while Rom weakly tried to get the Cybertronians to stand down saying that this was supposed to be a mission of peace but he was ignored, {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} so he made himself known by shooting Ultra Magnus in the arm. When Bumblebee made no hostile moves however, Rom gambled that the [[Autobot]]s and Space Knights might yet be on the same side...

...before Magnus shot him (and Stardrive and Starscream) through a wall for being annoying and talking too much. Back in the chaos of battle, a horrified Rom watched as a Dire Wraith merged with [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]] commenting that such a thing should have been impossible. He bravely engaged the brute (and Livia's sarcasm) saying he and his fellow Knights had to buy time for the crew of the station to evacuate. The hybrid refused to fall however and Ultra Magnus disabled the station's forcefield sending it plummeting into Xetaxxis' atmosphere. Rom called out for Stardrive to come with them but she helped her fellow Cybertronians off. In the skies of Xetaxxis, Rom and Livia argued about whether Stardrive had fully defected or not before he shot Magnus in the chest saying organics weren't as frail as Magnus thought and gave Bumblebee the chance to surrender. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

[[File:TheDivineSourceOfLiberty-romvsoptimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"Don't talk to me about importance! Because of *you*, the future of this entire universe is in jeopardy!"]]

Circa [[2016]], Rom came to [[Earth]] to eradicate the Dire Wraiths that had hidden themselves among its populace. He landed in Northern [[California]], where his elimination of several Wraiths caught the attention of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} Learning that the Joe ranks had been infiltrated by Wraiths, Rom intervened in a battle between the Joes and the forces of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] in [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], where he slew the four Wraiths posing as the Joes [[Red Zone]], [[Hi-Tech]], [[Wreckage (G.I. Joe)|Wreckage]], and team leader General [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]]. Believing he had just killed their human teammates, the other Joes opened fire on him, but Rom refused to counterattack and flew off. Unfortunately, Rom's mechanical armor led the Joes to believe he was a Cybertronian, forcing Optimus Prime's team to pursue him so they could get some answers and clear their names. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}} Prime's team chased Rom to the [[Umpqua National Forest]] and fought him. Rom was initially able to out-maneuver Prime, but—outnumbered by the Cybertronians—was soon defeated and "urged" to explain himself. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}}

Making peace with the Cybertronians, Rom was brought to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] where he glimpsed the darker aspects of the legacy of the [[Prime (rank)|Primes]]. {{storylink|Informed}} Later on he gave his information on the Wraiths' interest in [[Ore-13]] comparing it to [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade's]] data on [[Micronus Prime]]'s [[Microspace|universe]] before admiring the nearby [[Space bridge|spacebridge]]. Somehow, Rom's armor resonated with both the bridge and the Ore-13 deposit and when the bridge became active he exploited this to send the Ore-13 into Microspace before Optimus made him realize he was allowing his desire to defeat the Wraiths to blind his reason and logic. Rom was then placed in [[Stasis cuffs|stasis cuffs]] by Soundwave who sympathized with what he did. {{storylink|O Ship of State}}

[[File:TheNewColossus-thisendsnow.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|"Keep your accessories with you at all times. Spare parts, batteries, anything you need for an orderly transition."]]

When the ''[[Heliopolis]]'' and [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] were discovered within the city, Rom and Windblade deduced the crew of the former were the natives of Micronus's universe. Despite the [[Micronaut]]s being unable to understand him, he offered a heartfelt apology to them for endangering their universe before Optimus Prime rallied everyone together to form a defence against the Dire Wraiths. Rom's Analyzers soon detected a massive army of Wraiths bearing down on Autobot City backed up by [[M.A.S.K.]] forces. Rom joined the others in fighting them off and defending both the spacebridge and the Ore-13 personally, engaging the [[Caleb Awan|lead Wraith]] in combat. The Wraiths outnumbered them however and were enhanced by the Ore-13 managing to breach Rom's armor. Things only became worse when [[Baron Karza]] emerged from the spacebridge and merged with the Wraiths becoming a fusion of Cybertronian, Wraith, and Microspace power. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

[[File:ValleyForge-TheTeamup.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"Don't worry, Soundwave. In just a few hours you'll be sitting around a campfire with Matt making delicious hot Schmoes."]]

Rom found himself engaged in combat with Snake Eyes, even as Optimus tried to rally everyone to fight Karza. Along with Snake Eyes and Acroyear, he was forcibly grabbed by Optimus and strapped into the Autobot's seats so the Autobot leader could explain that Karza was their true foe. Karza proved too powerful however, so Rom, Soundwave, the Micronauts, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] and [[Matt Trakker|Trakker]] concocted an alternate strategy. Rom's armor acted as a buffer between the nearby spacebridge and the Micronauts' "Enerchange" ability while Trakker would use his helmet to beam a counter-frequency that Soundwave had calculated. The plan, while having defeating Karza, destroyed the Space Bridge but Rom managed to fly Trakker to safety. On solid ground, he offered his apologies to [[Scarlett]] for all the trouble he'd caused her team before he flew off in somber silence. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

Later on, he tracked a large Wraith presence to the country of [[Schleteva]] where he encountered a G.I. Joe unit led by [[Ayana Jones|Mayday]] and joined forces with them. He informed them however, that the creatures were ''not'' true Dire Wraiths, but humans mutated with Wraith genetics. Using his Neutralizer to stun the creatures, Rom followed the Joes to the source of the mysterious transformation. Once there, the group discovered the human [[Action Man]] engaged in battle with the Cybertronian [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] over the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] that had caused the mutations. Before Blackrock could slay Action Man, Rom intervened which allowed Mayday to talk down Blackrock. When the [[Oktober Guard]] attacked, Rom informed Blackrock he was not a Cybertronian before the two attacked the Guard. The obelisk was triggered in the fight however forcing Rom to use his Neutralizer to create a forcefield to shield Action Man and Mayday. [[Major Bludd]] attempted to flee but was thwarted by [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] who expressed surprise at seeing Rom. Rom then tried to use his Analyzer to gleam the obelisk's origin before Bludd suddenly teleported away with Action Man. When the group was still without an answer hours later, Rom had to take his leave to fight off the true Wraiths. Blackrock seemed glad to have him leave. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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===''When Worlds Collide''===
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==Toys==
===Bot Shots===
[[File:ToyFair2013-BSRomTheSpaceKnight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"One minute you're defending the whole galaxy, and, suddenly, you find yourself sucking down Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette... and her little sister."]]
*'''Rom the Space Knight''' (2013?)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''B007'''
***''Fist strength'': ''' '''
***''Blaster strength'': ''' '''
***''Sword strength'': ''' '''
:Presumably intended as part of a Series 2 single-pack assortment, ''[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]]'' Jump Shot Rom the Space Knight is a [[redeco]] of [[Cindersaur (G1)#Bot Shots|Cindersaur]] (which was itself originally based on ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' [[Skystalker (Prime)|Skystalker]]). He transforms into a beaky-looking reptile thing on wheels. An impact to the front of his [[beast mode]] causes him to spring up and [[Autotransformation|autotransform]] into a robot armed with a pistol. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels.

:This mold was also used to make [[Skystalker (Prime)#Bot Shots|Skystalker]] and the similarly-canceled [[Buzzclaw (BS)#Bot Shots|Buzzclaw]].

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===Revolution===
[[File:SDCC 2017 Rom Stock.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|"I've set my Neutralizer from stun... to kill."]]

*'''Revolution Set''' (SDCC Gift Set, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Neutralizer
:Released as part of a San Diego Comic-Con 2017 exclusive set, Rom the Space Knight is an action figure based on the character's original [[Marvel Comics]] appearance, made up of redecoed parts from various [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] action figures with a new head, torso and weapon. He was packed with several other [[Hasbro Universe]] action figures: [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Revolution|Jetfire]], [[Matt Trakker]] of ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', [[Action Man]], ''[[Visionaries]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Leoric, [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', a [[Dire Wraith]], and 9 ''[[Micronauts]]'' mini-figurines.
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==Notes==
[[File:Rom and his Camien chums.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Spare me your lies, temptress! Your emperor's defeated, and I'm immune to your bewitching good looks!"]]
*Rom was originally a toy released by [[Parker Brothers]] in 1979. One of the great predecessors of the "toys-to-cartoons" media boom of the 1980s that Transformers are a prime example of, Rom would almost certainly have been forgotten by history had he not been the star of a successful and fondly-remembered comic book tie-in series from [[Marvel Comics]] (which was actually presented as part of the "Marvel Universe" and had many crossovers with the company's superheroes, unlike the Transformers). Parker Brothers merged with [[Kenner]] in 1985, who were bought by [[Tonka]] in 1987, who were in turn bought by Hasbro in 1991, placing the character under Hasbro ownership—but aside from Rom himself and a few pieces of relevant terminology, that appears to be ''all'' Hasbro owns, as his villains, setting, and supporting cast were all created and owned by Marvel and have been periodically used by them ever since. In 2016, [[IDW Publishing]] launched a revived version of Rom, stripped of all Marvel elements, co-written by IDW Editor-In-Chief [[Chris Ryall]], as part of their ''[[Revolution]]'' event, crossing over several of IDW's Hasbro titles. To celebrate, all of IDW's Hasbro comics, including the ''Transformers'' titles, received variant covers featuring Rom.
*Prior to his IDW revival, Rom was almost featured in the ''Bot Shots'' toyline, as seen above. The silver and red redeco of the Bot Shot mold based on ''Prime'' Skystalker was first shown at [[Toy Fair 2013]] amongst [[:File:ToyFair2013-BSGroup.jpg|a pile of other Bot Shots]], but due to a lack of name placards at the event, the identities of those toys were unknown at the time. Even after the names of other Bot Shots shown at Toy Fair were revealed, the silver Skystalker remained unidentified until a massive product listing leak from the Hasbro Customer Service website landed in the fandom's lap in late October/early November 2013. Among those Customer Service listings was "TRA BOT SHOTS ROM THE SPACE KNIGHT A2587," and Rom's classic silver color scheme clearly marked him as the Skystalker redeco. ''Why'' there was going to be a Bot Shot of Rom the Space Knight is anyone's guess—possibly to secure a [[trademark]]—but the intent is clear. It's not known what faction ''Bot Shots'' Rom would have been released under, but it can at least be assumed that this ID number is "B007," as there was no Series 2 figured with this number.
*In Spain, Rom's relation to Transformers went a bit further, as Comics Forum (the Spanish editorial that had the Marvel rights in the 80s) had Rom as the back-up feature of the Transformers comic book.
*In the U.K., Rom was released under the toyline of fellow ''[[Revolution]]'' star [[Action Man]].<ref>http://www.toysyouhad.com/Rom.htm</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://bugeyedmonster.com/rom-the-space-knight/ Rom at BugEyedMonster.com]
*{{i|Rom}} on the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Snake-Eyes

2017-09-08T08:03:34Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Aw Yeah Revolution! */

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:''Snake-Eyes is a [[human]] member of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] from the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:OptimusSnakeEyes.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Your fans are [[Ruined FOREVER|bitching]] about your live-action mouth too?" "...." "I hear you, brother."]]
'''Snake-Eyes''' is a ninja. As such, he has been known to flip out and kill people. He doesn't talk much and it's not clear what his face looks like under his mask, but at least [[Scarlett|one woman]] thinks he's pretty darn cool.

Sometimes his moniker is spelled '''Snake Eyes''', and sometimes his real name is '''Francis Witwicky'''.<ref>Francis Witwicky is his personal name revealed in the ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' finale, "[[The War Never Ends]]". It is the first and thus far only time in all of ''Joe'' history that Snake-Eyes's real name has been revealed.</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''====
[[File:Snake-Eyes-Blood on the Tracks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Snake-Eyes was one of the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] stationed at [[Fort Lewis]] in [[Seattle]] to guard [[Power Station Alpha]], the world's first mobile solar/nuclear power station. The base was attacked by the [[Dreadnok]]s and also investigated by the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s. Snake-Eyes managed to shut down Alpha after it was set moving by the Decepticon [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} then was part of the team who tried to deal with the angry Autobot [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Power Struggle}} Snake-Eyes remained stationed at Fort Lewis and subsequently had to work in an alliance with [[Cobra]] against the Decepticons. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:SnakeeyesinG2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Cobra Viper]]'s blood supplied by Super Nintendo!]]
Years later, Snake-Eyes was part of [[Ninja Force]], a team of, er, ninjas. Unfortunately for him, around this time he had to stab fellow Ninja Force member [[Scarlett]], a spy within Cobra, to preserve her cover. {{storylink|Unfoldings!}} The Joes fled to the abandoned [[Cobra Island]] after this took place. While Snake-Eyes was ruminating over his decision, [[Destro]] approached him to assure he had made the right call. Snake-Eyes only gave the former Cobra associate a death glare before walking away. {{storylink|Realignments}} When Cobra upgraded [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and transported the captured [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] to [[Milleville]], Snake-Eyes and his team were sent in to raid the facility. {{storylink|Goin' South}} [[File:Snake eyes suckerpunch.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]] Finding Scarlett recovering in a hospital bed, Snake-Eyes and his team had to fend off a team of Night-Creeper ninjas who found them out. Though the rest of the Ninja Force was called away to assist a secondary infiltration team, Snake-Eyes stayed behind to fight the [[Night Creeper Leader]]. Snake-Eyes emerged from the fight victorious, and doubled back to retrieve Scarlett. However, she had already fled her hospital room to accost Megatron himself. {{storylink|Sucker Punch}} Snake-Eyes made his way to Scarlett, dealing with several Cobra Alley-Vipers along the way. Both Joes then retrieved Doctor [[Sidney Biggles-Jones]] from Megatron while he was busy fighting the Autobots. The trio was picked up by [[Spirit]] and [[Storm Shadow]], who had commandeered a Cobra transport, but Megatron crushed the Autobots that had challenged him and resumed his pursuit. Dr. Biggles-Jones allowed herself to be recaptured by the tyrant so that the rest of the group could safely escape Milleville. {{Storylink|Final Transformations}}

Later, Snake-Eyes and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] tried to help [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] in destroying the alien technology Cobra had obtained, but Hot Spot was wounded and chose to activate his self-destruct rather than risk being captured. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Hawk and Snake Eyes GIJoevsTFs2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
The [[United States military|soldier]] nicknamed "Snake-Eyes" enjoyed a reputation among his military comrades for being incredibly talkative, enough so that the other soldiers bet on how long he could shut up during a mission to [[Washington, D.C.]] When the city was attacked by Cobra's [[Transformer|giant robots]], Snake-Eyes opened fire on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who in turn blasted him with a giant laser. While Snake-Eyes survived, his face was hideously scarred and he lost his ability to speak. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} It later turned out that Snake-Eyes's parents and twin sister had been killed in the same attack, and with nothing to live for but revenge, Snake-Eyes got [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to pull some strings and let him join [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. After donning a ninja outfit, he impressed the rest of the Joes by defeating both [[Quick Kick]] and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] during a sparring session. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}}

[[File:Starscream snakeeyes eye gouge.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|left|Relax Starscream, it could be [[Starscream (Movie)#Dark of the Moon film|worse]].]]

Whilst defending the [[SPS Research Facility]] from a Cobra attack, Snake-Eyes decapitated [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] with his sword. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} Along with the other Joes, he later boarded a plane to [[Cobra Island]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} After airdropping onto the island with a hang-glider, Snake-Eyes met his former attacker, Starscream. While the [[Decepticon]] was busy taunting him, the ninja sliced open his eye and shoved a grenade in it, thereby getting his revenge. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} Snake-Eyes later helped fight [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] by throwing something at his leg. When Cobra and the Decepticons were defeated, the [[Autobot]]s thanked them for their help by providing Snake-Eyes and a few others with [[G.I. Joe battle mech|battle mechs]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

G.I. Joe continued to hunt down stray Cobra members, and two years later, Snake-Eyes helped stop the [[Dreadnok]]s from trading [[Cybertronian]] technology in [[Boston]] by using his mech suit to rip the turret off a Cobra vehicle. Without the mech, he later participated in an attack on a different Cobra project, and ended up being teleported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when Cobra's wormhole technology malfunctioned. The Joes and Cobras stuck on the planet learned that [[Teletran 3]] had placed [[Earth]] in severe danger, and that they only way to save their planet was by retrieving several Transformers that had been lost in different points Earth's timeline. Together with [[Lady Jaye]], [[Zartan]] and enemy ninja [[Storm Shadow]], Snake-Eyes traveled to 1970s [[San Francisco]] and disguised himself with a hat that handily shadowed his face at all times. After locating four time-lost Transformers, the team returned to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Snake-Eyes silently looked on as Lady Jaye and Roadblock offered to sneak past [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and save the day, and later returned to Earth along with everyone else. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

[[File:Snake Eyes AoW2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
After the time travel issues, it was decided that humans probably shouldn't have access to Cybertronian technology after all, and Snake-Eyes's mech suit was set to be decommissioned. At [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], [[Scarlett]] offered to play a final game of "robo-tag" with Snake-Eyes before they got rid of their mechs, but they were interrupted when the facility was attacked by Cobra. With help from a visiting team of Autobots, the Joes fought back against Cobra's [[Battle Android Trooper]]s. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} They later met the powerhungry biological android [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who took control of Snake-Eyes's mech and forced it to fire on Scarlett. In the aftermath, the ninja was devastated when Scarlett was nowhere to be found, but she quickly turned out to be okay. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

Together with Scarlett, [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], Roadblock and the Autobot team, Snake-Eyes followed Serpent O.R. to Cybertron, where his firepower proved completely useless against a [[cannibalizer]]. By the time the group found Serpent O.R., the android had already recruited dozens of Decepticons for his cause, and Snake-Eyes and the others were captured. In captivity, he and Scarlett shared a tender moment, as she saw past his damaged face and kissed him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} After that, Snake-Eyes just sat down and stared blankly into a wall, attracting the attention of their guard, [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]. When Breakdown looked in his eyes, Snake-Eyes used an Arashikage hypnotism technique on the Decepticon to force him into breaking them out of jail. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

After freeing the other prisoners, Snake-Eyes fought his way through the Decepticon base, at one point stabbing [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] through the eyes to save Hawk. As Overkill let it slip that Serpent O.R. had captured [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the Joes and Autobots went to save him. When they arrived in Serpent O.R.'s control room, they found that [[Cobra Commander]] had taken control of Serpent O.R.'s body; he used its tentacles to simultaneously knock out Snake-Eyes and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. After Hawk managed to defeat Serpent O.R., Snake-Eyes continued his game of tag with Scarlett, only this time without giant mechs. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

A few months later, Snake-Eyes was part of a team of Joes sent to stop [[Destro]] from selling [[S.N.A.K.E.]]'s in [[Cuba]], but found that the Autobots had already dealt with it before they arrived. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} The Joes were later sent to [[Tibet]], where Snake-Eyes fought against [[Cobra-La]]'s [[Royal Guard]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Snake-Eyes Storm Shadow flashback-Wolves.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
In his youth, Snake-Eyes was part of the Arashikage clan alongside [[Storm Shadow|Stormshadow]] {{sic}}, but one day, he somehow ashamed Stormshadow before the clan. He left the clan in an attempt to spare Stormshadow further shame, but the enraged ninja took revenge on Snake-Eyes by taking away his ability to speak. {{storylink|Wolves}}

[[File:Snake-Eyes-Trenches.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left]]
Snake-Eyes grew up, and in [[1939]], he enlisted with the newly formed [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] was not amused when the ninja identified himself by throwing dice at him. During his first day with the Joes, Snake-Eyes pointed out to [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] that they were being [[Laserbeak (G1)|spied on]], and started watching [[Scarlett]] from the shadows. The very next day, they were sent to attack [[Cobra]]'s headquarters on the [[Fera Islands]], where Snake-Eyes was reunited with Stormshadow, who wouldn't mind some more revenge. {{storylink|The Line}} Snake-Eyes attacked his old comrade, but was blinded and repeatedly cut in the face. Stormshadow was chased off by [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], but Snake-Eyes refused to come back with him for medical care—their medic was Scarlett, and he didn't want her to see his injured face. Chasing after Stormshadow, he found and killed several Cobra troops, and used their ammunition to cauterize his wounds using fire. While this stopped the blood loss, it scarred his face even further. After grabbed a sword and a helmet from an old suit of armor, he confronted Stormshadow again, only to be attacked by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. {{storylink|Transformed}}

Snake-Eyes bested the robotic cat and the Cobra soldiers sent his way, finally getting into an honorable fistfight with Stormshadow. He was victorious, but Stormshadow ran off again. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} He soon reappeared and attacked Snake-Eyes with a halberd, causing both of them to fall off a cliff into the ocean. As Snake-Eyes struggled with Stormshadow and reminisced about how they were once brothers, a giant shark appeared and attacked them. {{storylink|Wolves}} Snake-Eyes survived and carried the fatally injured Stormshadow out of the water, where he realized the error of his ways before passing away. Making his way back to the other Joes, Snake-Eyes was attacked by Ravage again, but killed him easily. Upon reuniting with the team, he refused to talk to Scarlett, still not wanting her to see his face. {{storylink|Trenches}}

[[File:Snake-Eyes-The Iron Fist.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
However, he soon got over it, and swam to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]] alongside Scarlett. Snake-Eyes planned to take out the enemy's [[Shockwave (G1)|main cannon]], but instead found [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Dodging the giant's destruction, the two made their way to his creators, [[Destro]] and the [[Baroness]], and captured them. Next, Snake-Eyes took the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Cobra Commander]]'s corpse, only to be attacked by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for it. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] came to his rescue, keeping Megatron busy and ordering the ninja to smash the Matrix in an attempt to destroy the unstoppable Bruticus. Snake-Eyes complied, tossing the artifact at Bruticus's swinging fists and causing a flash of light that deactivated all the Transformers. As the other Joes reflected on Prime's sacrifice, Snake-Eyes embraced Scarlett. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Over five decades later, Snake-Eyes participated in an attack on a Cobra smuggling facility in [[New York City]], and was sent running for his life when Cobra defended themselves using [[Flight Pod]]s. A while later, he and several other Joes were sent to investigate a mysterious crash site in [[Oregon]]. They found that Cobra troopers were already there stealing stuff, so Snake-Eyes helped take out a few of them. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

{{note|Due to [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s closure, its ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' series ended prematurely. The following would have taken place in unreleased issues:}}
[[Cobra Commander]] sent out his assassin, [[Firefly]], to track down and eliminate Snake-Eyes. Snake-Eyes was forced to overcome his rival in order to help his teammates retrieve stolen Transformers technology. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front #3}} Snake-Eyes's rivalry against Firefly threatened to compromise him when the Joes launched an assault on Cobra Island. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front #5}}

{{note|Much like [[Destro]], it's entirely possible the Snake-Eyes in ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'' was not the ninja we know and love, but perhaps somebody else was under the mask acting in the same role. As Dreamwave went bankrupt after the first issue, we'll never know for sure.}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:SnakeEyes-Infestation2.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
{{mainIDW|Snake Eyes}}
A young boy named [[Jimmy (G1)|Jimmy]] was busy playing with a Snake-Eyes action figure when [[Ravage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ravage]] suddenly broke into his room. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

In another reality, Snake-Eyes fought against the [[Elder God]]s and their scions when they broke loose of their eons-old prison. {{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

He was remembered by [[Scarlett]] as one the key members of G.I. Joe when she and [[Joe Colton]] and [[Miles Mayhem]] remembered the team as they discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

Out of touch with his fellow Joes for some time, he was contacted by Scarlett, who believed the Cybertronians had somehow infiltrated the military chain of command, to infiltrate [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Using his small size, he managed to avoid both [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] and [[Victorion]] before he was confronted by the ''[[Heliopolis]]''. Believing it to be a security drone, he engaged it attracting the attention of [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]], whose optic he managed to damage before she pushed him off, leaving him open to be stabbed by [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]]. The fight was broken up [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] and Snake-Eyes activated his distress signal. As it went unanswered, he played dead for a while before the Cybertronians made it clear they knew he was alive. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] appealed to him, making him see that the Cybertronians were acting in Earth's best interest. Agreeing to aid Optimus, Snake-Eyes offered his communicator to contact his superiors for aid in defending Earth. Given a new Cybertronian sword, he stood by his new allies as they fought off the combined force of the [[Dire Wraith]]s and [[M.A.S.K.]]. He assisted [[Rom]] in fighting off the Wraiths, slicing through their flesh with his sword before [[Baron Karza]] emerged from the nearby [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] and merged with all the Wraiths becoming a towering colossus of power. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

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===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Joes in action so that her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Snake-Eyes could be seen fighting another ninja on one of Synergy's view-screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''Kre-O''===
[[File:DetentionEscape Duke and Snake-Eyes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Duke and Snake-Eyes were stuck in detention by [[Dr. Mayhem]]. They attempted to escape by parachuting out of the window, but were caught and returned to detention. The pair were finally freed when fellow captive [[Spock]] had Mayhem transported to an alien planet. {{storylink|Detention Escape}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[Image:golden boys handsome snakeyes.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.9|AIII! What happened to his FACE?! It's---it's horrible!]]

In his youth, Snake-Eyes studied under both the [[Soft Master]] and the [[Hard Master]], who taught him to both be kind and ruthless on the battlefield. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} He also trained under the [[Blind Master]], who taught him further on how a ninja should live and fight. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Snake-Eyes and Duke were romantic rivals, both vying for Scarlett's affections. All three were part of a G.I. Joe strike force that stormed a Cobra hideout housing deadly [[G.I.Rocket|Creeper bombs]]. During the raid, Scarlett announced that she would marry whichever Joe would bring her the helmet of Cobra Commander. Both Snake-Eyes and Duke accepted her challenge. The squad then apprehended [[Doctor Venom]], who informed the Joes that Cobra Commander was already on his way out of the base. The Joes split up to track down the head of Cobra before he escaped them once more.

Snake-Eyes found his way into Cobra Commander's private automobile collection, where he encountered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Mistaking the Cybertronian for a Cobra drone, Snake-Eyes attempted to destroy him with a grenade, only for Starscream to swat it back towards him. Snake-Eyes only survived thanks to the timely intervention of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], disguised as one of the many cars in the room. Bumblebee drove Snake-Eyes out of the hide-out, with Starscream pursuing them. Outside, they happened upon the other Joes giving chase to Snake-Eyes in mid-air. Using his jet-pack, Snake-Eyes leapt out of Bumblebee and flew atop of Cobra Commander's [[Rattler]], despite Hawk ordering him to stay back. There, he managed to stab Snake-Eyes through the chest, though the terrorist got a shot off simultaneously, disfiguring Snake-Eyes. He was rescued by both Scarlett and Duke as the Rattler was blown-up in mid-air, and brought back to [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]]. Scarlett visited him as he recovered, Cobra Commander's helm in hand. She asked Snake-Eyes if he was ready to set a date for their wedding, but Snake-Eyes was unresponsive. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}}

[[Image:saw three ships flagg recruits snake-eyes.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]

As it turns out, Snake-Eyes stopped talking altogether and took off from G.I. Joe. He found himself an isolated cabin, where he stayed to brood with his pet wolf [[Timber]], until [[General Flagg]] came to find him. Whatever Flagg told him got Snake-Eyes to end his self-imposed exile, though he did not return to active duty. When several Cybertronians, Starscream among them, came to Earth to demand the humans' unconditional surrender, Snake-Eyes came upon the confrontation via glider and shot at Duke, wounding his arm. This triggered an all-out battle between the Joes and the Decepticons. During the scuffle, Snake-Eyes swooped down and blew off a portion of Starscream's face, taking revenge for his own disfigurement. Snake-Eyes then glided away, avoiding both the [[Coltonbolt]] shot down from orbit to destroy [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], and the Cobra ship that flew in to pick up [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

After Duke infiltrated Cobra, he saw Snake-Eyes standing side-by-side with [[Destro]], and grew enraged over what he saw as confirmation that Snake-Eyes had turned traitor. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Duke soon discarded his disguise and confronted Snake-Eyes about his betrayal. Snake-Eyes remained ever silent, even as his fight with Duke sent both men tumbling through a nearby [[M.A.S.S. Device|M.A.S.S. transfer device gate]], and into the void between dimensions. There, they encountered the long-lost leader of the Autobots, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]! {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

Snake-Eyes and Duke put aside their differences to concentrate on escaping from the snare of the [[Quintesson]]s, who had taken an interest in both of them and Optimus. After breaking free from the extra-dimensional beings' mind-probes, the trio made their way to normal space. Snake-Eyes and Duke appeared on Cybertron just in time to help Scarlett fend off a horde of Cobra Troopers. In the calm after the battle, Scarlett turned to Snake-Eyes for an embrace... But Snake-Eyes instead took off, fading into the night. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} He made his way to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's Lubricarium]] and instigated a bar fight among its sozzled patrons. During the brawl, Snake-Eyes skewered one of the 'bots with his multiple swords. Blinded and helpless, his victim offered whatever the ninja wanted, be it information, fuel, or guns. But Snake-Eyes showed no sign that he wanted to do anything more than inflict pain. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Snake-Eyes crossed paths with [[Billy (G.I. Joe)|Billy]], son of Cobra Commander, atop of the city-bot [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. The boy challenged Snake-Eyes to a duel, which ended with Snake-Eyes victorious and Billy short an arm and leg. {{storylink|FCBD Funnies}} Billy later returned, this time augmented by a cybernetic arm and leg, and managed to bloody up Snake-Eyes some before bringing him before Cobra Commander (who was not-as-dead as the Joes had previously thought). When Cobra Commander attempted to peel off Snake-Eyes's mask, the ninja sprung back to his feet and stood at the readied to fight his way out. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} {{storylink|Black Cybertron}} {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}} {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 2|Aw Yeah Revolution! #2}} {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 3|Aw Yeah Revolution! #3}}}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}

==Merchandise==
[[File:SnakeEyes OptimusPrime statue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains.]]
*'''Snake-Eyes & Optimus Prime Statue''' (2007)

:First revealed at the 2006 UK Toy Fair, [[First 4 Figures]] produced a statue based on the cover of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|issue 1]] of ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers]]'', featuring Snake-Eyes standing in the palm of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in his [[HISS tank]] body.
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==Notes==
[[File:WhereIsThySting-NinjaGladiatorAntronSnakeEyes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

*Snake-Eyes was (and is) a ''hugely'' popular character in the ''G.I. Joe'' comics. By the time the G2 crossover took place, he'd usurped the cover box and the cover title read "G.I. Joe Featuring '''SNAKE-EYES'''".

*Snake-Eyes was a video game character in ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'', a fighting game enjoyed by ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] in "[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]".

*If Snake-Eyes' face hasn't already been disfigured before the start of a particular ''Transformers'' crossover, he's guaranteed to receive a facial injury at some point. He actually did get reconstructive surgery in the Marvel series between the two crossovers, only to get hot coals thrown in his face by a Cobra interrogator soon afterward. Dude just can't catch a break.

*Speaking of which, [[Mark Bright]] was the first artist to depict Snake-Eyes' scarred face in full.

*Snake-Eyes' head was featured, along with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s, in the cover box for the ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' miniseries. The art for the head was modified from the cover for ''G.I. Joe'' [http://www.yojoe.com/comics/joe/joe53.shtml issue #53], which like the cover of [[Heavy Traffic!|issue #22]] of ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'', celebrated Marvel's 25th anniversary. Unlike [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], who made his comic debut in ''his'' issue, Snake-Eyes did ''not'' actually appear within the issue that featured his cover.

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/82/snakeeyes.shtml Snake Eyes at Yojoe.com]
*[http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=F4F10016&mode=retail Snake-Eyes & Optimus Prime Statue order page (sold out)]
*{{i|Snake Eyes}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Matt Trakker

2017-09-08T08:02:27Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Fiction */

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{{disambig3|Matthew}}
:''Matt Trakker is a [[M.A.S.K.]]-aligned [[human]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:OShipOfState-MattTrakker.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Trakker, Spectrum Ranger.]]

'''Matthew "Matt" Trakker''', codenamed '''Spectrum''', is the leader of the [[M.A.S.K.|Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]. He is the primary pilot of the [[Thunderhawk]] and wears the powerful Spectrum Mask. He has a personal history with [[Miles Mayhem]].

He is sometimes referred to as '''Specialist Trakker'''.

==Fiction==
===''Unit:E'' comic===
Matt Trakker was a policeman in [[Detroit]] before the city fell into chaos. Matt, along with several other rescue workers, found the workshop of the League of Ancient Wheelmen. They used the workshop's advanced technology to upgrade their equipment and protected the streets of Detroit as M.A.S.K. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===Island Revolutions===
Specialist Trakker lent the Thunderhawk to [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] member [[Sky Mate]] for a mission on [[Cobra]] Island. {{storylink|Island Revolutions}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:TheDivineSourceOfLiberty-MASKgarage.jpg|thumb|left|300px|This is why you take mech class, not [[MECH]] class.]]
{{mainIDW|Matt Trakker}}
Born to [[Cornelius Trakker|Cornelius]] and [[Alessandra Trakker]], Matt was a child prodigy who idolized his equally brilliant father. While Cornelius was away working on secret government research, Matt passed the time by building a wide variety of gadgets to help his mother's marketing company. When Cornelius was mysteriously murdered, Matt took the loss hard, turning to illegal street racing as an outlet for his grief. His mechanical aptitude gave him an edge on the underground circuits, and over time he used his engineering skills to illegally tamper with city infrastructure to help those without.

Trakker's disregard for the law landed him on several most wanted lists, so his mother reached out to family friend [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] to see if the military general could rehabilitate her prodigal son. Faced between working for Manheim or a lengthy prison sentence, Matt Trakker opted to join Manheim's newest initiative—the [[M.A.S.K.|Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]], a secret team wielding technology designed to hunt down the [[Transformer]]s. {{storylink|O Ship of State|Matt Trakker profile in Revolution #3}}

[[File:TheDivineSourceOfLiberty-awhell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"And if it's a sentient being, that means..."]]

While working on the [[Thunderhawk]] at [[Governor's Island]], Matt was introduced to [[Scarlett]]. When asked what M.A.S.K. does, Matt replied that they solve problems. Matt was then deployed along with the rest of the M.A.S.K. team to [[Greece]], where they were tasked with neutralizing [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] and [[Aileron]]. Matt was confused as to why the [[Autobot]]s weren't acting like machines. Mayhem told Trakker to use his Spectrum mask to jam Aileron's communications with [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], forcing Aileron to retreat and leave behind the wounded Kup. After the battle, Matt saw Kup in pain, revealing to him that the Transformers were living beings. Mayhem just told him that this was war, and war means people—and things—get hurt. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}}

Back on Governor's Island, Matt confronted Scarlett about her unwillingness to divulge the true nature of the Transformers. Before he could get anywhere, Manheim led Matt away to talk to him in private. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Mayhem reminded Trakker that M.A.S.K. was humanity's only defense against the extraterrestrial menace - and that he should trust him like his father did. {{storylink|The Modern World}}

Following [[Action Man]]'s daring heist on the island and Kup's subsequent escape, Trakker walked in on Miles as the military leader met with his "reinforcements"–[[Baron Karza]] and the [[Dire Wraith]]s–and discussed his plans to storm [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and loot their supplies of [[Ore-13]]. When the time came to attack, Matt voiced his misgivings about the plan, but Trakker goaded him into attacking [[Victorion]] and overran the Autobot cordon with his Wraith reinforcements. A horrified Trakker maintained that this wasn't what he had signed up for, shortly before the Wraiths turned on their human allies and shot down the Thunderhawk. Though Matt was infuriated by this turn of events, Miles revealed that he was only just beginning, and used the Cybertronian technology in his [[Switchblade (M.A.S.K.)|Switchblade]] to activate [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] to summon Baron Karza from [[Microspace]]. Baron Karza used his [[Enerchange]] powers to combine the Dire Wraiths and M.A.S.K. tech to become a monstrous fusion. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

[[File:ValleyForge-spectrum.jpg|thumb|left|300px|You might even say he has [[The Touch|the power]].]]

A horrified Matt blamed Mayhem for unleashing the monster, even as his commanding offier denied his role in the atrocity. As the factions became increasingly muddled, [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] broke through the Thunderhawk's windshield even as [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] protected the M.A.S.K. pilot from [[Rom]]. It took [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership to force the combatants to put their differences aside and focus on the true threat: Karza. Matt ordered the other members of M.A.S.K. to concentrate their fire on the Baron, but was soon shot down after Karza sliced the Thunderhawk in half. Though grounded, Trakker teamed up with Rom, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], [[Oziron Rael]], and [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]. Matt's Spectrum mask was able to create the proper counter-resonance to the Ore-13, and the others used Metrotitan's spacebridge to send a defeated Karza back to Microspace. Rom carried Matt to safety as the spacebridge exploded; in the aftermath, Scarlett assured Trakker that Miles Mayhem and several members of M.A.S.K. were nowhere to be seen.

But back on Governor's Island, Matt discovered a note on the remains of his Thunderhawk from Miles Mayhem, which confirmed that he had faked his death and was still at large. Trakker remarked that life would remain exciting from now on... {{storylink|Valley Forge|Valley Forge}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Power and Glory}}}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Revolution===
[[File:SDCC 2017 Matt Trakker Stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Compared to his last figure, he's lost 25 years and gained a better set of legs.]]

*'''Revolution Set''' (SDCC Gift Set, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Helmet, armor, gun
:Released as part of a San Diego Comic-Con 2017 exclusive set, Matt Trakker is an action figure made up of redecoed parts from various [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] action figures (primarily 2008's [http://www.parrygamepreserve.com/toys/giJoe/modernEra/figuresWave4/mattTrakker.php Specialist Trakker]), with a new head based on IDW's version of the character. He was packed with several other [[Hasbro Universe]] action figures: [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Revolution|Jetfire]], [[Action Man]], ''[[Visionaries]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Leoric, [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', [[Rom]] & a [[Dire Wraith]], and 9 ''[[Micronauts]]'' mini-figurines. He does not, tragically, come with a [[Thunderhawk]], transforming-into-a-robot or otherwise.
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==Notes==
*While the original 80s version of Trakker was white, the IDW take is African-American. (The ''Unit:E'' variant on the character was not glimpsed out of his mask, so it's not certain what ethnicity he was.)

*Prior to his inclusion in ''Unit:E'', Trakker was introduced into ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' continuity as "Specialist Trakker". M.A.S.K. and its opponent [[V.E.N.O.M.]] were mentioned to be sub-divisions of Joe and Cobra, respectively.<ref>http://www.parrygamepreserve.com/toys/giJoe/modernEra/figuresWave4/mattTrakker.php</ref> The JoeCon story "[[Island Revolutions]]" later used this designation.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{i|Matt Trakker}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Rainbow Dash

2017-09-08T08:01:14Z

StarWars Jedi: /* When Worlds Collide */

:''Rainbow Dash is a pony from the [[My Little Pony]] [[continuity family]].
[[File:MLP issue 19 Con Exclusive Cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|This is a pony! A baby horse girl toy! Why is it so awesome?!]]

'''Rainbow Dash''' is a small, multicolored horse with wings.

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
[[File:Rainbow Dash Age of Extinction.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The biggest [[To sell toys|missed opportunity]] Hasbro has ever had.]]

While trying to evacuate the [[Seed]] from [[Hong Kong]], [[Joshua Joyce]] called his lab techs to find out the estimated blast radius of the weapon of mass destruction, interrupting them in the middle of a vital experiment—changing a [[Transformium]]-made Rainbow Dash doll into a machine gun. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}

==Commercial appearances==
Rainbow Dash apparently studied at Hub High School, as she peeked through a wall made by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], who was in detention for anger issues. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Detention|Hub Detention Hall}}

She also attended a movie theater with [[Pinkie Pie]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Family Movie|Hub Family Movie}}

==External links==
*[[Wikia:c:mlp:Rainbow Dash|Rainbow Dash]] at the My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Wiki

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Pinkie Pie

2017-09-08T08:00:23Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Fiction */

:''Pinkie Pie is a pony from the [[My Little Pony]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MLP micro05-coverRE-Botcon.jpg|thumb|250px|Pinkie cosplays as [[Along Came a Spider|Sari Sumdac]].]]

'''Pinkie Pie''' is some form of deformed and miscolored horse.

==Fiction==
====2007 ''Transformers'' film====
[[File:Movie littlegirl.jpg|left|thumb]]
When a hopeful [[little girl (Movie)|little girl]] encountered what she thought was the [[Ironhide (Movie)|Tooth Fairy]] climbing out of her family's swimming pool, she took her ''My Little Pony'' Pinkie Pie plushie with her. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}}}
{{--}}

===Commercial appearances===
{{voiceactor|Andrea Libman}}
Pinkie Pie, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and [[wikipedia:Dan Vs.|Dan]] sang a song about the summer together. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub summer promo 2011}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
The [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] of [[Primax 613.28 Lambda]] once encountered Pinkie Pie. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 15/5/2015}}

==External links==
*[[Wikia:c:mlp:Pinkie Pie| Pinkie Pie]] at the My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Wiki

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Rainbow Dash

2017-09-08T07:59:04Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Age of Extinction film */

:''Rainbow Dash is a pony from the [[My Little Pony]] [[continuity family]].
[[File:MLP issue 19 Con Exclusive Cover.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|This is a pony! A baby horse girl toy! Why is it so awesome?!]]

'''Rainbow Dash''' is a small, multicolored horse with wings.

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
[[File:Rainbow Dash Age of Extinction.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The biggest [[To sell toys|missed opportunity]] Hasbro has ever had.]]

While trying to evacuate the [[Seed]] from [[Hong Kong]], [[Joshua Joyce]] called his lab techs to find out the estimated blast radius of the weapon of mass destruction, interrupting them in the middle of a vital experiment—changing a [[Transformium]]-made Rainbow Dash doll into a machine gun. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Stub}}{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}
{{--}}

==Commercial appearances==
Rainbow Dash apparently studied at Hub High School, as she peeked through a wall made by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], who was in detention for anger issues. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Detention|Hub Detention Hall}}

She also attended a movie theater with [[Pinkie Pie]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Family Movie|Hub Family Movie}}

==External links==
*[[Wikia:c:mlp:Rainbow Dash|Rainbow Dash]] at the My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Wiki

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My Little Pony

2017-09-08T07:56:59Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Transformers vs. G.I. Joe */

[[File:MLP micro05-coverRE-Botcon.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Only the dead can know peace from this evil.]]

'''''My Little Pony''''' is a girl's toy brand, involving representations of cartoon horses.

==Fiction==
===Live-action film series===
====''Transformers'' film====
[[File:Movie littlegirl.jpg|left|thumb|Don't go looking for the Tooth Fairy without it!]]

When a hopeful [[little girl (Movie)|little girl]] encountered what she thought was the [[Ironhide (Movie)|Tooth Fairy]] climbing out of her family's swimming pool, she took her ''My Little Pony'' [[Pinkie Pie]] plushie with her. {{storylink|Transformers (film)}}
{{--}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
[[File:Rainbow Dash Age of Extinction.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Firearms are Magic.]]

While trying to evacuate the [[Seed]] from [[Hong Kong]], [[Joshua Joyce]] called his lab techs to find out the estimated blast radius of the weapon of mass destruction, interrupting them in the middle of a vital experiment—changing a [[Transformium]]-made [[Rainbow Dash]] doll into a machine gun. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

{{--}}

====''Transformers: The Movie Storybook''====
{{note|This is a leftover from the original artwork, where artist [[Marcelo Matere]] was under the impression that Glen was a girl. Though Glen was eventually redrawn to be a boy, the Pony remained.}}

[[File:StorybookGlen.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Dwayne Johnson|Just bring it, Ja-Brony!]]]]

As [[Maggie Madsen]] and [[Glen Whitmann]] crack the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] code, a small ''My Little Pony'' Minty figure can be seen sitting atop Glen's computer. {{storylink|Transformers: The Movie Storybook|Transformers: The Movie Storybook}}

{{-}}

===''Animated''===
====''The Complete AllSpark Almanac''====
[[Discord (animal)|Discord]], the Equestrian embodiment of chaos, can be seen as one of the personalities pictured on a menu for ''[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Shattered Glass Animated''===
====''The AllSpark Almanac Addendum''====
In a page from her diary, [[Sari Sumdac (SG Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] sketched a pony labeled "Rainbow Dark" and a "Poison Apple" cutie mark. {{storylink|The AllSpark Almanac Addendum}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''Robots in Disguise''====

While demonstrating a magic trick, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] wears a sorcerer's outfit modeled after the one worn by [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Swirl_the_Bearded Star Swirl the Bearded]. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]], during one of his scavenging runs looks at the list of objects he's collected.
One of the items is a My Little Pony toy to which he openly states of how he "Needs It!"
{{storylink|Metal Meltdown}}

====Commercial appearances====
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5sDdEvLGVk First] has a My Little Pony named [[Pinkie Pie]] sharing the spotlight with [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and a guy named [[wikipedia:Dan Vs.|Dan]] to sing a cheery song about summertime. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Summer|The Hub summer promo 2011}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaTL4akk9F4 Second] has another My Little Pony, Rainbow Dash, apparently studying at Hub High School, as she peeked out of a wall created by Megatron, who was in detention for anger issues. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Detention|Hub Detention Hall}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN4sZcUMuss Third] has Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and a third pony named Applejack, joining Megatron and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in scatting "[[wikipedia:Deck the Halls|Deck the Halls]]". {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0LVdEnB9jQ Fourth] has these ponies and Transformers sing "[[wikipedia:Jingle Bells|Jingle Bells]]", before an interrupting [[Joker]] steals their thunder, much to Pinkie's annoyance. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers2|The Hub Carolers (Second spot)}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXj9_JnLbw Fifth] has [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] joining Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie at a movie theater to watch family-friendly fare. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Family Movie|Hub Family Movie}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZEL1hda9K8 Sixth] has [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron's]] favorite song being the [[theme song]] to ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Song|Megatron's Favorite Song}}

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgRMjad0QM Seventh] has Megatron, answering fan mail, reply that his favorite thing to do on vacation is journey to the dark side of Pluto so that he can focus on his favorite hobby: Drawing water color Rainbow Dash fanart. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron: Vacation}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] cannot easily travel to Equestria, as its inhabitants are fictional characters in many universal streams, particularly in the [[Tyran|Tyran Cluster]]. Vector Prime recognizes the few realities where Cybertronians and Equestrians can briefly meet, such as [[Primax 613.28 Lambda]] (where [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was vexed by [[Pinkie Pie]]). {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/15}} VP later 'misheard' a question about Alicorns as one about [[Allicon]]s. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/25}} He also considered [[Tirac]] to be one of the most evil creatures he knew of. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12}}

Known liar [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] claims he once drank [[Discord (animal)|Discord]] under the table. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Sideways, 2015/07/03}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Pony Megatron Taste Test.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Lower... ''Lower...'']]

[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], trapped in the core of [[Earth]]'s [[sun]], attempted to escape by using his black hole manipulation powers to teleport to safety. All this accomplished was shunting his charred body across time and space, where it landed in a world populated by intelligent ponies. A world where "friendship is [[magic]]". {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''When Worlds Collide''===
{{Stub}}{{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}
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==IDW crossover cover series==
As exclusives to various conventions, [[IDW Publishing]] has released a number of covers and lithographs crossing over ''Transformers'' and ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' characters.

<center><gallery>
File:MLP micro05-coverRE-Botcon.jpg|2013 conventions exclusive, sold at [[BotCon 2013]] among other venues. 
File:MLP issue 19 Con Exclusive Cover.jpg|2014 conventions exclusive, sold at [[BotCon 2014]] among other venues. 
File:MTMTE30 cvrREA.jpg| 
File:MTMTE30 cvrREB.jpg|[[BotCon 2014]] exclusive, available only from the Toy Federation. 
File:Megatron Nightmare Moon BotCon 2014 Lithograph.jpg|[[BotCon 2014]] exclusive lithograph. 
</gallery></center>

===Notes===
*The covers were all adapted into officially licensed t-shirts from [[We Love Fine]] by artist [[Ninjaink]]:
**[http://www.welovefine.com/pinkieprime-5736/ Til All Are Fun!] (Pinkie/[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]])
**[http://www.welovefine.com/thrillseeker-9169/ Thrill Seeker] (Rainbow Dash/[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]])
**[http://www.welovefine.com/raisethehoof-9174/ Operation: Raise Da Hoof!] ([[wikia:c:mlp:DJ Pon-3|DJ Pon-3]]/[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]])
**[http://www.welovefine.com/friendshipthroughtyranny-9173/ Friendship Through Tyranny] ([[wikia:c:mlp:Princess Luna#Nightmare Moon|Nightmare Moon]]/[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]])

==Merchandise==
===International Day of Friendship===
[[File:MLP_BFFs_-_Transformers.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''You're the best friend That I ever had'']]
On [[July 30]], [[2015]], [[Hasbro]] announced that they had made custom pony versions of "best friends" [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] along with [[Wikipedia:Sesame Street|characters]] [[Wikipedia:Clueless (film)|from]] [[Wikipedia:I Love Lucy|other]] [[Wikipedia:Laverne & Shirley|franchises]] in honor of the International Day of Friendship. These ponies will reportedly be made for sale as convention exclusives at some point.

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==Games==
===''The Fabulous Ponymaker''===
[[File:PonyMakerOptimus01.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|And thus the fandom was presented with a new argument: "[[Trukk not munky|Trukk not Pone!]]"]]

Available as an online game on Hub Network's website beginning in summer of 2012, ''[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlpfim-ponymaker The Fabulous Ponymaker]'' allows you to "build your own custom pony" based on the series ''[[Wikipedia:My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''. One of the options allows you to build a pony using [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]-styled parts like a helmet, chestplate and boots. (Despite the presence of [[wikipedia:The Aquabats|The Aquabats]]' logo in the cutie marks, there is no [[Autobot]] symbol. Sad.)

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==Notes==
[[File:MLPtrollOptimusDoll.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]

* Many veteran ''Transformers'' voice actors from numerous series have lent their voices to many different generations of ''My Little Pony'' cartoons, including [[Frank Welker]], [[Susan Blu]], [[Charlie Adler]], [[Victor Caroli]], [[Peter Cullen]], [[Richard Newman]], [[Venus Terzo]], [[Brian Drummond]], [[Tabitha St. Germain]], [[Tara Strong]] and even [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].

*[http://joeguide.com/interviews/buzzdixon.shtml In an interview], [[Buzz Dixon]] claimed that his initial "punch-up" of the script for ''My Little Ponies: The Movie'' would have featured the ponies encountering characters from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', among other Hasbro franchises.

:''At one point one of the Little Ponies had to go looking for...something or someone, I forget. I suggested she encounter some of the Transformers and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] in her search, specifically, a scene where she flies up to [[Shipwreck]] who is drinking some amber fluid from a bottle.''

:''Shipwreck would just stare at her in bug-eyed disbelief and she’d fly on, then Shipwreck would smash the bottle, take his cap off his head, put his left hand over his heart and raise his right hand in an oath, muttering frantically under his breath. [[Hasbro]] said, "Very funny. No."''

*[http://buzzdixon.com/media/the-many-faces-of-hector-ramirez/ In another interview], Dixon revealed that the globetrotting pony would have encountered [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] before meeting the drunken Shipwreck.

:''I suggested one of the Ponies go look for help against the menace facing them. The first person she would have asked would have been [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], the second would have been Shipwreck (who would assume he was suffering from DTs & pour out the beer he was drinking).''

:''Alas, <s>humorless spoilsports</s> cooler heads prevailed and those scenes were never animated…''

* According to [[Aaron Archer]] at the [[BotCon 2008]] Hasbro Commentary viewing of the live-action ''Transformers'' film, the ''My Little Pony'' prop carried by the little girl had to come from the personal collection of a Hasbro employee, as that particular style of figure ceased production prior to the beginning of the movie's filming. She never got it back, as it was later auctioned for charity, and whether she was ever able to replace it is uncertain.

* In ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', [[Professor Princess]]'s flying [[unicorn]] doll [[Powdered Sugar]] is an [[homage]] to ''My Little Pony'' toys.

* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] made an [[easter egg]] appearance in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' #2 as the possession of a Cave Troll.

* The [[media:Tf sound.ogg|transformation noise]] can be heard in the early minutes of the ''My Little Pony'' feature film ''[[wikipedia:My Little Pony: Equestria Girls|Equestria Girls]]'', as Pinkie Pie unfolds herself in a manner similar to a transformation. The sound was lifted from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]], as the sound of metal feet hitting the ground is heard.

* For [[Christmas]] [[2013]], [[Hub Network]] aired a special ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' video yule log. This hour-long special consisted of music and cameo appearances by several characters or pieces from Hub properties in addition to the ponies themselves. Among the characters who made cameos were [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Beast Hunters Bumblebee]] (who beeped as he drove across the screen), [[Blades (RB)|Rescue Bots Blades]] (who stumbled onto the screen before being pulled back off), Strawberry Shortcake, Lil' Bat (mascot for The Aquabats), a ''Sorry!'' game piece (from the Hasbro game show ''Family Game Night''), a character from ''Pound Puppies'', the main lead from ''SheZow!'', and several characters from the ''Littlest Pet Shop'' cartoon. This special was aired back-to-back for four hours on Christmas morning, possibly as a means of giving the bulk of the network staff a chance to spend Christmas morning with their families.

*The [[BotCon 2014]] retrospective panel revealed a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Battle Unicorn]] based on the ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' character [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_Sparkle Twilight Sparkle], aptly named "Twilight Sparkle Prime", as one of several concepts proposed but unrealized by [[Fun Publications]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/480568121011351552 Tweet by Benson Yee, 2014/06/22]</ref><ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report by griffin]</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Transformers names in other Hasbro lines]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mylittlepony.com/ Official website]
* [[Wikipedia:My Little Pony|My Little Pony on Wikipedia]]

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[[Category:Other Hasbro properties]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude

2017-09-06T11:40:39Z

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'''Joe Colton brings some of his closest associates together to discuss the danger that Cybertronians pose to Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
In a mothballed government facility, General [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] brings together his old [[Adventure Team (G.I. Joe)|Adventure Team]] comrade [[Miles Mayhem|Miles Manheim]] and [[Scarlett]] from the now-defunct special mission force that bore his name, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Colton and Manheim reminisce about their old adventuring days and the time they met British hero [[Action Man]], from before their team was shut down and replaced with G.I. Joe, but Manheim is eager to get the point of their meeting: discussion of the [[Transformer]]s, and their years-long presence on [[Earth]]. Colton recounts how the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s initially hid from humanity during their search for Earth's super-powerful [[Ore-13]], then bitterly recalls how [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] abandoned the planet, allowing it to be conquered by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] and leading to massive loss of life. Manheim points out that the Autobots ''did'' eventually return to rout the Decepticons and ally with humanity to help them rebuild, but Colton merely grumbles that they never shared their technology.

Scarlett notes that by the time the Transformers eventually left Earth, G.I. Joe was occupied battling the ruthless terrorist organization [[Cobra]], but Colton reminds her that that the war between the two groups resulted in the nuclear devastation of the country of [[Nanzhao]], a destructive act second only to the Decepticon invasion in all of Earth history. Scarlett laments the disaster, and how it spelled the beginning of the end for G.I. Joe; as Manheim is quick to point out, America no longer had any trust in the Joes and they were soon shut down. Manheim is interrupted by a weak voice from an unseen speaker, begging to be released, but he pays it no heed and continues talking. He describes how he was present when [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] recently arrived on Earth and forged an alliance with the [[Earth Defense Command]], prompting Scarlett to angrily remember how Galvatron proceeded to betray them. Worse yet, Optimus Prime soon after unilaterally annexed Earth into the Cybertronian [[Council of Worlds]] and raised a [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Titan]] from beneath the planet's surface, enshrining himself as what Colton calls a "robot messiah".

Manheim begins to realize the reason Colton has called on him, remarking that the world is getting stranger every day. He has heard about [[Action Man|Ian Noble]], the new inheritor of the "Action Man" code-name, and about a supposedly top-secret situation involving a [[Rom|strange silver alien]] in [[California]]. Colton doubts this alien activity is random, but Scarlett's worries are more focused on the threats they are ''not'' yet aware of, like the many [[Micronaut|alien eyes]] that are now focused on Earth thanks to Prime's actions. As if all that wasn't bad enough, Colton reveals one final problem when he opens his briefcase to show Manheim a chunk of Ore-13. Scarlett explains that the ore deposits around Earth are becoming unstable, apparently as a result of the Autobots' recent activity, and will detonate within a matter of weeks, consuming the Earth in nuclear fire. ''This'' is why Colton has brought Manheim in and given him "the asset" recovered from the Decepticons' recent defeat: the unseen speaker in the room, the [[Triple Changer]] [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], who now hangs suspended from the ceiling, partially disassembled, begging to be killed. Colton hopes Manheim can use Blitzwing to reverse-engineer something to disrupt the Autobots' activities, thereby stopping Ore-13's degradation. Disruption, Manheim remarks with a grin, is his specialty... after all, that's why Colton nicknamed him "Miles Mayhem".

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (17)
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (21)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] (22)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (23)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] (24)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] (25)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (54)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (55)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (56)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (57)

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*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (13)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (18)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (19)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (20)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] (26)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] (27)
*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (28)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] (29)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (30)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (40)

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*[[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] (4, see 'Errors')
*[[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] (7)
*[[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] (8)
*[[Heavy Duty]] (9)
*[[Scarlett]] (10)
*[[Rock 'n Roll]] (11)
*[[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] (12)
*[[Agent Helix]] (39)

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*[[Tomax and Xamot|Tomax Paoli]] (31)
*[[Storm Shadow]] (32)
*[[Major Bludd]] (33)
*[[Baroness]] (34)
*[[Cobra Commander]] (35)
*[[Destro]] (36)
*{{i|Krake}} (37)
*[[Firefly]] (38)

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*[[Atomic Man]] (1)
*[[Bulletman]] (2)
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (3)
*"[[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]]" (5)
*{{i|Action Man (1960s)|1980s Action Man}} (6)
*[[Verity Carlo]] (14)
*[[Hunter O'Nion]] (15)
*[[Jimmy Pink]] (16)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky|Daniel Witwicky]] (41)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (42)
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*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] (43)
*Ian Noble [[Action Man]] (44)
*[[Dire Wraith]]s (45)
*[[Rom]] (46)
*[[Biotron]] (47)
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (48)
*[[Larissa]] (49)
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (50)
*[[Microtron]] (51)
*[[Oziron Rael]] (52)
*[[Baron Karza]] (53)
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==Quotes==
"Optimus Prime and his so-called 'heroic' ''Autobots''. They said they were here to ''defend'' us against ''Megatron'' and his 'evil' ''Decepticons''. But Optimus Prime didn't come as an ''ally''. He's ''never'' considered us ''equal''."
:—'''Colton'''

"Too bad America is ''done'' with ''G.I. Joe''."
:—'''Miles Manheim''' has seen the sales figures

==Notes==
This eight-page story is the prequel to September's ''[[Revolution]]'' event, a crossover between the Transformers and multiple other [[Hasbro]]-brand IDW comic books, establishing a [[Hasbro Universe|shared universe]] between them. It was serialized in two four-page segments included as back-up strips in IDW's July and August 2016 titles, with the first part debuting in [[Applicable Skills|''Till All Are One'' #2]]. Before the second serialized part was released, the complete story was published in both a free ''Revolution: Prelude'' #0 issue given away by IDW at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] (in which it was first given its title), and as a back-up in the ''[[The Last Autobot|Titans Return]]'' one-shot. Finally, it was reprinted in its entirety in [[Concorde Hymn|''Revolution'' #1]].

===IDW continuity notes===
*The flashback to G.I. Joe's founding includes a guy who ''looks'' like [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], but thanks to some continuity funny-business, it's actually his cousin [[Heavy Duty]]. In the early ''{{i|G.I. Joe: Origins}}'' series, which the panel hearkens back to, Roadblock was referred to as "Heavy Duty" (a codename belonging to another Joe) because "Roadblock" was, according to editor [[Andy Schmidt]], "off the table" at the time. In later years, the character was quietly restored to his original name, with no comment passed on it in-universe. ''However'', {{i|Roadblock (issue)|an even later issue}} would then go on to depict Heavy Duty as an early member of G.I. Joe whose cousin Roadblock later also joined the team, essentially retconning Roadblock's early appearances under that alternate name into being a separate individual. It's weird, we know.
*Colton's recap of Cybertronian history on Earth goes right back to the very first IDW ''Transformers'' comics, ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'', with flashbacks showing Ratchet battling the [[Battlecharger]]s and Starscream powering himself up with Ore-13, the superfuel that was the MacGuffin at the heart of the story. Art for these sequences faithfully renders the characters in their [[E. J. Su]]-designed "-ations" era bodies, though the "team line-up" shots are figurative, rather than literal—Ironhide and Hot Rod were not active side-by-side on Earth, nor was Soundwave part of Megatron's unit at the time.
*Colton also recaps how the Autobots abandoned Earth in ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', leading to ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. Scenes are included showing the Decepticons' attack on New York from [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|issue #1]], and Optimus Prime defeating Megatron in battle from [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|issue #12]].
*Manheim brings up how the Autobots worked with humanity and helped them rebuild, during the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]]. Another flashback shows an Autobot shuttle taking off to illustrate the Transformers leaving Earth after all this was over; taken as literal, this must logically be the departure of [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]], and the handful of other Transformers who remained on Earth for the "Police Action" storyline at the tail end of the series, by which time the other Autobots had returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to take part in the "[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]" event.
*IDW's ''G.I. Joe'' and ''Transformers'' series were never written with the intent that they existed in the same universe. Indeed, 2010's ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'' crossover event explicitly stated that both worlds existed in separate timelines. As such, reconciling the irrevocably-world-altering history of IDW's ''Transformers'' books—including the deaths of a ''billion'' people in the Decepticon invasion of Earth—with the ''Joe'' storyline requires a... ''ceeeertain'' amount of squinting and looking the other way. The answer this story apparently offers is that ''all'' of IDW's ''Joe'' output has taken place ''after'' the events of ''All Hail Megatron''. Those stories took place over a ~7 year span in total, which just about fits into the time that's passed for the ''Transformers'' books since ''All Hail''.
*The devastation of the country of Nanzhao occurred during the "{{i|Cobra Command}}" storyline that took place in IDW's ''Joe'' books in early 2012. As Scarlett summarizes, the story concluded with the until-then secret G.I. Joe being revealed to the public. Two more attempts by IDW to relaunch their ''G.I. Joe'' books followed the end of this volume, but neither achieved much success, as alluded to by Scarlett's remark that Joe "tried to carry on..." ({{i|G.I. Joe vol. 4|Volume four}} was cancelled at {{i|The Fall of G.I. Joe Conclusion|#8}} of a ''twelve'' issue story, with the kill order coming in when writer Karen Traviss had already finished {{i|The Fall of G.I. Joe Part Seven|#7}}).<ref>[http://www.karentraviss.com/styled-16/styled/index.html Karen Traviss' website: " issue 8 is the last one in this run, alas. I'd planned 12, but IDW cancelled the series at very short notice (when I'd finished issue 7) so I had to wrap it up prematurely in one final issue. It's not quite the story I wanted to tell, obviously, because that would have taken all twelve issues, so the end isn't quite as I envisaged it a few issues earlier"]</ref> Volume 4 had run a plot that G.I. Joe were in danger of being shut down as unnecessary and while it ended with the implication it wouldn't happen, evidently the U.S. government stuck to its guns.
*The Adventure Team were introduced as the Joes' forerunners (and famous enough that Colton had action figures!) in the short-lived {{i|G.I. Joe vol. 3|third volume}}.
*Manheim reveals he was present when Galvatron and Soundwave approached the [[Earth Defense Command]] with an offer of alliance, as seen in flashback in [[Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|''The Transformers'' #29]], which is recreated in a this issue. Scarlett notes that the Decepticons would subsequently betray the EDC, as seen in the "Conquerors" story arc that ran in issues [[Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|#46]]-[[Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|#49]] of the series, culminating in Optimus Prime's annexation of the planet.
*Colton recounts how the Autobots have aided humanity recently by bringing food to famine-stricken deserts; this occurred in [[All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|''The Transformers'' #51]].
*Blitzwing was captured by the EDC/G.I. Joe in [[White Heat|''The Transformers'' #57]], which had yet to be released when this story first came out.

===Transformers references===
*The ship that is shown taking the Autobots off of Earth is an all-grey version of the [[Autobot shuttle]] design from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Joe Colton briefly wonders what might have been had G.I. Joe teamed up with the Transformers, seemingly referencing the many, many, prior crossovers between the two franchises.

===G.I. Joe references===
*Joe Colton has appeared in several ''Transformers'' crossover stories at this point, but hey, this ain't a ''Joe'' wiki, so we'll tell you again that he's a character based on the original 1960s 12-inch ''G.I. Joe'' action figure, for whom the G.I. Joe team is named in-universe.
*Seen in the single flashback panel that opens the story is Joe Colton's [[Adventure Team (G.I. Joe)|Adventure Team]], the 1970s range of ''G.I. Joe'' figures from after military dolls went out of fashion, but before ''A Real American Hero'' revitalized the brand. Members include the cyborg [[Atomic Man|Mike Power, the Atomic Man]] (who previously appeared in ''Transformers'' fiction before in the [[Devil's Due Press]] crossover, ''[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: Black Horizon|Black Horizon]]''), [[Bulletman|Bulletman, the Human Bullet]], and an African-American member based on the unnamed "Adventurer" figure from the Adventure Team toy range (while the 70s Adventurer figure was named "Tom Stone", [[The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb|''Revolutionaries'' #3]] would later establish that in this continuity, he is a younger version of the G.I. Joe [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]]). Manheim, meanwhile, is based on the "Sea Adventurer" figure, sporting a blue uniform and red hair—though he has only a mustache, rather than the figure's full beard, to make him match better with Manheim's more well-known appearance (see below).
*In that same flashback, the team are driving real vehicles from the toyline: Colton is at the wheel of the "Adventure Team Vehicle", while the rest of the group are in the "Big Trapper".
*Colton remarks that the Adventure Team used to "fight intruders", an allusion to the enemy characters from the ''Adventure Team'' toyline, "The [[Intruder]]s, strongmen from another world."
*An "Agent Dubosky" reported to Colton about the alien goings-on in California – this is the G.I. Joe [[Countdown (G.I. Joe)|Countdown]], currently appearing in the ''{{i|ROM (comic)|ROM}}'' comic (see below). Unaddressed here is the fact that Countdown has been replaced by one of the [[Dire Wraith]]s, Rom's shape-shifting enemies.

===Other franchise references===
*Kept in shadow and referred to only by his surname until the end of the story, Miles "Mayhem" Manheim is the mustachioed chief villain of the 1980s [[Kenner]] toyline, ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]''. This series became a Hasbro property following the company's purchase of Kenner in 1991; Hasbro explored some potential ways of relaunching it in the early 2010s via the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon and ''[[Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E]]'' crossover project, but these didn't amount to anything until ''Revolution'' came along. Mayhem has always worn a decorated military uniform, so his portrayal as a member of Colton's Adventure Team here fits with that. It's logical that a Triple Changer like Blitzwing should be the source of the technology that will lead to the creation of M.A.S.K.'s vehicles, as they could switch between two vehicular forms just like him. The story's title, "Secret Raiders", is a reference to a lyric from the opening theme of the ''M.A.S.K.'' cartoon, which referred to the team as such.
*Action Man (the greatest hero of them all!) was the United Kingdom's counterpart to ''G.I. Joe'' back in the 1960s. His franchise evolved in a different way over the years, enjoying significant popularity as an extreme-sports-style action adventurer in the late 1990s and early 2000s (indeed, [[Mainframe Entertainment]] produced a {{w|Action Man (2000 TV series)|CG cartoon}} based on the concept that aired alongside ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' on the [[Fox Kids]] lineup), but the version seen in Colton and Manheim's flashback is based on the original military incarnation of the figure, while the current holder of the name, Ian Noble, is the star of IDW's newly launched ''{{i|Action Man (comic)|Action Man}}'' comic book.
*As Manheim tries to recall Action Man's name, he initially thinks he might have been named "Captain..." something. This seems to be a reference to the Ideal Toy Company action figure {{w|Captain Action}}, another 1960s counterpart to G.I. Joe, lacking Joe's military theme. It's just a cute outside reference, though—Dynamite Entertainment owns the comics license to Captain Action, so don't expect him to show up in ''Revolution''!
*The "situation in northern California" is not expanded on by any of the characters; it shows a scene from {{i|Earthfall: Prelude|''ROM'' #0}}, given away a few months earlier on [[Free Comic Book Day]] 2016, in which the titular Space Knight confronts two Dire Wraiths. An electronic action figure from Parker Brothers who preceded the boom of toys-to-cartoons that ''Transformers'', ''Joe'', and ''M.A.S.K.'' were part of, Rom would have been forgotten by history had he not been the star of a successful and fondly-remembered series by [[Marvel Comics]]. Marvel's ownership of most elements of Rom's story has kept him from returning to new media until IDW's launch of their own new ''ROM'' series, released in July 2016.
*The characters used to illustrate the "alien eyes" now on Earth are the [[Micronaut]]s, from a toyline produced by the Mego toy company in the 1970s. Like Rom, they too preceded toys-to-cartoons era and gained their popularity from their successful Marvel series, and have recently been revived by IDW. The Micronauts are actually one of the indirect ancestors of the Transformers; their toyline was an American import version of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Microman]]'' series, which ultimately birthed the ''[[Micro Change]]'' sub-line and many of the transforming robot toys who would be imported by Hasbro to become the earliest Transformers.

===Errors===
*The group shot of the early G.I. Joe team draws the Joes exactly as they appeared in the debut arc of the ''G.I. Joe: Origins'' series, making it apparent that the man with a mustache and beret must be Stalker, miscolored with a Caucasian skin tone, since he's the only person in that story with those features.
*Starscream's jet mode appears mostly red in the ''All Hail Megatron'' flashback.

===Other notes===
*When initially released, the digital version of ''Till All Are One'' #2 included a five-page preview of {{i|Earthfall: Part One|the first issue of ''ROM''}} instead of the first part of this story, but this was corrected within the day.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Revolution issues]]

Concorde Hymn

2017-09-06T11:39:47Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Featured characters */

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|title=Revolution Chapter 1: "Concorde Hymn"
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 21]], [[2016]] 
[[October 26]] (2nd printing)
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|written by=[[John Barber]] and [[Cullen Bunn]]
|art by=[[Fico Ossio]]
|colors by=[[Sebastian Cheng]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]
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'''Evidence of a conspiracy to frame G.I. Joe emerges, just as a case of mistaken identity results in the organization pitting itself against the Transformers.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Revolution 1 Action Man Ore-13.jpg|thumb|left||upright=1.0|]]

In the skies over [[Mount Olympus]], [[Greece]], British super-agent Ian Noble, the [[Action Man]], and fellow operative [[Terrence Salmons]] arrive in response to a distress beacon. While Salmons remains at their aircraft's controls, Ian flies down to the mountain in a wingsuit, where he discovers a crevice packed with [[Ore-13]]. Ian finds a slew of bodies impaled on the crystals, and the sender of the beacon: the fatally-wounded ex-[[Special Air Service (UK)|S.A.S.]]-officer-turned-mercenary, [[Big Ben]]. Ben weakly explains that he and his team were killed by a squad of mysterious covert agents they had tracked to the mountain, who were attempting to mine the Ore-13. He has only one clue as to their identities: a set of U.S. military dog tags taken from one of them, issued by Ben's old team, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Suddenly, the Ore-13 begins to surge with energy, and Salmons is forced to reel Action Man's skyhook back in, pulling him out of the crevice. With the last of his strength, Big Ben urges Ian to alert the authorities to the importance of the crystals, then bids farewell to a picture of his daughter, before the Ore-13 detonates with nuclear force and Mount Olympus is left a smoking crater.

Action Man's intel is quickly passed to G.I. Joe in [[United States of America|America]], and taken by team leader [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] to the [[President of the United States]]. Colton explains that Ore-13 is a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] creation, and that deposits of it all around the globe are destabilizing, but stresses that he cannot be sure whether or not this is a deliberate action taken by the [[Transformer]]s. The President urges Colton to take action against the Transformers, and Colton's second-in-command [[Scarlett]] agrees: it's time to take the fight to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]].

At [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[Monument Valley]], Optimus Prime discusses the explosion on Olympus with [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]] and the recently-arrived [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. Prime's reason for concern is twofold: firstly, Autobot City itself is sitting on a huge Ore-13 deposit and would be wiped out in the event of a second explosion, but secondly, and of greater sociopolitical concern, Optimus knows humanity is sure to blame his team for the destruction in Greece. With most of the [[Autobot]]s spread around the world on humanitarian missions, Optimus contacts [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] to recall him from an assignment in [[Germany]]. Kup has suspicions of his own: could the explosion have been a frame-up by humans as a way to convince the Transformers to leave [[Earth]]?

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In [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] and [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] are helping in the aftermath of recent flooding. From a nearby staging point, the forces of G.I. Joe (backed up by the mecha of the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]]) use a drone to observe their actions; Scarlett is hesitant when she observes the robots doing good, but Colton is sure they must have ulterior motives and orders action. A precision missile strike from the drone nails Jazz, and gives Arcee the excuse she's been waiting for: as she comes running, the Joe ground forces open fire on her, though their weapons do little to stop her from slicing up their vehicles. Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Windblade, and [[Victorion]] all soon arrive, and Prime calls for everyone to lay down their arms so they can talk like rational beings, but the hot-blooded Joes interpret this as an order to surrender and continue to press their (ineffective) attack. [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] prepares to unleash his souped-up version of the [[Earth Defense Command|E.D.C.]]'s anti-Transformer neural weapon, which he has magnified to lethal proportions, intending to kill Soundwave in revenge for the lives lost during the Decepticon invasion of Earth. Fellow Joe Mayday—former E.D.C. agent [[Ayana Jones]]—tries to get him to stop, aware of the significance of Soundwave's alliance with Optimus, but in the end, Soundwave himself takes care of the threat, hitting the Joes with a targeted electronic attack that blows out not just the neural weapon, but all their equipment. Joe vehicles begin falling out of the sky, but Victorion continues trying to prove the Autobots' goodwill by catching them and safely setting them down.

[[File:Revolution 1 Wraith Colton dies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]
Prime tries again to talk the Joes down, but gets a bazooka-blast from [[Beachhead|Beach Head]] to the face for his troubles, as the humans refuse to let up. Suddenly, a new player comes streaking onto the scene: [[Rom|Rom the Space Knight]], a metallic silver alien unknown to either the Transformers or the Joes, but who the Joes immediately assume is another Cybertronian. Colton is visibly alarmed by Rom's appearance and orders all the Joes to focus their fire on him... seconds before Rom unleashes his own energy weapon on Colton and reduces him to a melted corpse! With targeted precision, Rom kills three more Joes—[[Red Zone]], [[Hi-Tech]], and [[Wreckage (G.I. Joe)|Wreckage]]—but refrains from attacking any others, even as they harmlessly empty their weapon clips against his armored hide. Realizing that the humans are going to blame Rom's actions on the Cybertronians, Jazz tries to tackle the smaller alien, but [[Rock 'n Roll]] misinterprets his movement as an attempt to go to Rom's aid and hits Jazz with a bazooka round. Rom promptly departs, and, knowing there is nothing they can do to help that will be accepted by the Joes, Optimus orders his troops to follow the space knight. As Victorion levitates them all out of the combat arena, Soundwave restores the Joes' communications so they can call for assistance. Mainframe prepares to radio for evac, but Scarlett orders otherwise, insisting he call for ''reinforcements'' instead. Thanks to Rom's actions, she believes the Transformers have just declared war on G.I. Joe and on Earth, and declares that it's time to fight back.

===Back matter===
A typed prose transcript recounts how Action Man contacts G.I. Joe to let them know what he discovered on Mount Olympus, using an old contact number provided by Mainframe when he met him several years prior at a conference. Mainframe takes a moment to remember Ian, as he wasn't Action Man back then. Ian shows him the dog tags, revealed to belong to Joe member [[Countdown (G.I. Joe)|Countdown]]; Mainframe has spoken to Countdown only moments ago, and so believes that the tags were left at the site in order to frame G.I. Joe. Upon hearing that Mainframe is preparing to deploy to confront the Transformers in Portland, Action Man cautions him: if the Transformers are somehow posing as human beings to incriminate Joes, he needs to be sure that all his teammates are who they claim they are.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (10)
*[[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] (11)
*[[Aileron]] (12)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (13)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (14)
*[[Victorion]] (20)

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*[[Big Ben]] (3)
*"[[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]]" (5)
*[[Scarlett]] (6)
*[[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] (15)
*[[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] (16)
*[[Grunt]] (17)
*[[Agent Helix]] (18)
*[[Rock 'n Roll]] (19)
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*[[Ayana Jones|Mayday]] (21)
*[[Slip-Stream|Slip Stream]] (22)
*[[Beachhead|Beach Head]] (23)
*[[Short-Fuze]] (24)
*[[Red Zone]] (26)
*[[Hi-Tech]] (27)
*[[Wreckage (G.I. Joe)|Wreckage]] (28)
*[[Breaker]] (29)
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*[[Action Man]] (1)
*[[Terrence Salmons]] (2)

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*[[President of the United States]] (4)
*[[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] (7)
*[[Rom]] (25)
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==Quotes==
"Hand to my heart, I honestly didn't think this was a real thing."
:—'''Action Man''' and his opinion on Mount Olympus

"Consider yourselves '''lucky''', Earthlings. Weeks ago, I would not have thought it worth the '''effort''' to spare your '''lives.'''"
:—'''Soundwave''' could still stand to work on his banter

"Hey '''Big Red,''' 'bout time you learned—there's a '''new sheriff''' in town." 
''(Beach Head unloads a bazooka into Optimus Prime's face. Optimus is unharmed and glares down at him.)'' 
"Hey... no '''hard feelings''', right?"
:—'''Beach Head'''

"They killed our '''friends.''' They killed '''Joe Colton.''' After what they've done to us, this fight only ends '''one way. Optimus Prime''' and the '''Transformers''' just declared '''war''' on '''planet Earth'''. And it's down to '''G.I. Joe''' to '''win''' it."
:—'''Scarlett'''

==Notes==
===IDW continuity notes===
*The president states that it has been "months" since the events of "All Hail Optimus", in which Optimus "declared dominion" (as she puts it) over the Earth, as seen in ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]'' [[Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|#49]]-[[All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|55]]. This story arc features the setup for the Transformers' status quo as ''Revolution'' begins, including Optimus Prime's Autobots allying with Soundwave and his peaceful Decepticons, and the establishment of Autobot City in Monument Valley. Rom's {{i|Field Test|''Revolution'' one-shot}} (released on the same day as this issue) offers the more specific timeframe of six months between those earlier events in Monument Valley and the start of this crossover.
*Optimus Prime notes that Autobot City is sitting atop a huge cache of Ore-13, as was discovered in [[White Light|''The Transformers'' #56]].
*In terms of publication, Windblade was last seen on Cybertron in [[The Line Between Us|''Till All Are One'' #4]], released on the same day as this issue. The rampage of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], as seen in that issue, is presumably the cause for the "relief efforts" occupying most of Optimus's off-page team in this issue. The story of how Windblade came to Earth to take part in this crossover would be detailed in November's ''[[Informed|Till All Are One: Revolution]]'' one-shot.
*The holographic display indicates [[Aileron]] is currently aboard [[Sanctuary Station]], the [[Jupiter]]-orbiting home of Soundwave's [[Decepticon]] faction.
*Mainframe refers to a past relationship with Scarlett. This storyline unfolded over the course of Chuck Dixon's time as writer on the IDW [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|''G.I. Joe'']] series.
*Jazz's introductory caption notes he would "rather be playing [[Aghartan electro-bass]]". Jazz was established to play this instrument (named in reference to the Miles Davis jazz album ''Agharta'') in [[Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|''Robots in Disguise'' #31]].
*Ayana Jones has been a prominent member of the human supporting cast of ''The Transformers'' for the last two years or so. She has now joined the revived G.I. Joe under the code name "Mayday" (see "G.I. Joe references", below).
*The E.D.C's neural weapon (colloquially, their "mindbomb") was first deployed in [[Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|''Robots in Disguise'' #31]].
*Mainframe recalls Soundwave's prominent role in the Decepticon invasion of Earth, as seen in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''.
*Beach Head's appearance in this issue is a question that needs resolving: when last seen, at {{i|Ambushed|the climax}} of ''{{i|G.I. Joe: Special Missions}}'' in 2014 (over seven years ago, in-universe time), he was captured by Cobra and spirited away to parts unknown.
*Rom's appearance in this issue flows directly out of his own {{i|Field Test|''Revolution'' tie-in one-shot}}. None of the other characters in this story know it, but readers of Rom's comic book will be aware that he's not indiscriminately slaughtering; in his one-shot, he learned that Colton was secretly a [[Dire Wraith]], one of the evil shape-shifting alien wizards who are Rom's sworn enemy, and who have been in hiding among the human race for many years. Colton clearly recognizes Rom and orders everyone to focus their fire on him, tipping his hand. If Rom has killed them, that means that Red Zone, Hi-Tech, and Wreckage were all Wraiths too, and we know from Rom's book that they are not the only ones in the Joe ranks; Joe member [[Countdown (G.I. Joe)|Countdown]] has also been replaced, and it is ''his'' dog tags that are found at Mount Olympus and given to Action Man by Big Ben. The Wraiths clearly have an interest in Ore-13, and are shown to have some in their possession in ''ROM: Revolution''.
*Breaker appears, when he was killed by [[Steeler]] (a Cobra double-agent in this continuity) in {{i|Cobra vol. 2 issue 4|''Cobra'' vol. 2 #4}}. John Barber clarified that the Breaker in this story is a different individual who succeeded his predecessor in the codename.<ref>[https://m.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/540ch7/we_are_john_barber_cullen_bunn_fico_ossio_chris/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=true John Barber AMA on Reddit]</ref>
*Mainframe and Action Man speak briefly about [[Doctor X|Mercy Gale]]; Action Man says it's a "long story." He's not kidding—Gale is a character from Action Man's {{i|Action Man (comic)|own book}}, a former agent who worked alongside him and who turned out, in fact, to secretly be his nemesis, [[Doctor X]].
*Mainframe tells Action Man that Cybertronians are sometimes human sized; presumably Mainframe is referring to [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock/Sovereign]], whom G.I. Joe was recently escorting.
*Mainframe starts to say "the Biki--" before cutting himself off and simply saying "another facility"; he's referring to the former Earth Defense Command base at [[Bikini Atoll]], seen throughout the last two years of ''The Transformers''.
*Reference is made to Big Ben "running missions in Eastern Europe with Colonel Hauser." Hauser is Ben's fellow ex-Joe [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], and the pair were indeed working together in Europe during {{w|Karen Traviss}}'s {{i|G.I. Joe vol. 4|''G.I. Joe'' run}}, the last prior to the release of ''Revolution''.

===Transformers references===
*This issue being set in Portland, Oregon is, of course, a reference to the city and adjacent area being the primary setting of the early [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel ''Transformers'' comic book]].

===G.I. Joe references===
*Ayana Jones has become the IDW incarnation of Mayday, a Joe originally created for the 1990s ''G.I. Joe Extreme'' range, who also appeared in the [[Devil's Due Press]] ''Joe'' comics (where her real name was "Paige Adams"). [[Crisis Intervention|''Revolutionaries'' #1]] and [[The Iron Klaw|#4]] would further retcon that in-universe she was a pre-existing Joe who had been transferred to the EDC when G.I. Joe went public and stayed on when Joe was shuttered but has since become part of Joe's reactivation.
*Hey, don't feel too bad if you don't know who the heck Red Zone, Hi-Tech, and Wreckage are—they ''are'' all pre-existing Joes, but ones from the early 2000s who nobody cares about. Bye, guys!
*The transcript of Mainframe and Action Man's communication includes mention of the "sound of popping bubblegum" when Breaker speaks. Constantly chewing gum is one of Breaker's most notable characteristics.

===Other franchise references===
*When greeting Mainframe, Action Man introduces himself as "The greatest hero of them all." This was the advertising slogan (and commercial jingle!) for the ''Action Man'' toyline in the United Kingdom in the 1990s and early 2000s, and was part of the lyrics to the theme of the 2000 [[Mainframe Entertainment]] cartoon.

===Real-life references===
*Action Man mentions that he thinks he saw Mount Olympus "in a cartoon or something". He's probably remembering {{w|Hercules (1997 film)|Disney's ''Hercules''}}, which Ian is the right age to have seen as a kid.
*This issue's title is taken from {{w|Concord Hymn|the poem of the same name}} by {{w|Ralph Waldo Emerson}}.
* The splash panel introducing the situation in Portland includes the city's {{w|Marquam Bridge}} and a passably accurate rendition of its skyline, though their relative locations are a bit fudged.
*When Mainframe calls himself a "miracle worker," Scarlett replies that he is a "real {{w|Anne Sullivan}}," referring to the real-life teacher who was the central character of the play, ''{{w|The Miracle Worker (play)|The Miracle Worker}}''.

===Errors===
* Rock 'n Roll's surname is misspelled "McConel" instead of "McConnel". This is not a deliberate change; his surname would be correctly presented in [[Wrath of Karza issue 1|''Wrath of Karza'' #1]].

===Other trivia===
*This oversize 40-page issue features 23 main story pages, plus the 2-page back matter "transcript", and also includes the complete 8-page [[Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|''Revolution Prelude'']] story that sets the stage for the crossover, previously published on its own and also serialized across multiple IDW titles in the last two months.
*Though her character design does not include any Autobot [[insignia]], formerly unaffiliated [[Caminus|Camien]] Aileron has been following Optimus Prime for most of the last year of ''The Transformers''. With the establishment of ''Autobot'' City and the time-gap that follows between that and ''Revolution'', and her continued loyalty to Optimus and his cause, we're henceforth categorizing her as an Autobot in the character lists on our articles.
*IDW has been inconsistent over the years on whether to spell Beach Head's codename as one word (the original 80s way) or two. Given that two words is the style consistently utilized in 2016's ''Revolution''-associated stories, this wiki will go with that style for the IDW incarnation of Beach Head.
*Hi-Tech's real name is spelled "David Lewinsk'''y'''" while his original ''Joe'' file card gave his name as "David P. Lewinsk'''i'''", spelled with an "i". It is unclear if this is a deliberate change or not.

===Covers (20)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Optimus Prime, Rom, [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], Action Man, and Scarlett, by [[Tradd Moore]] and [[Felipe Subreiro]]
*'''Subscription cover A:''' Scarlett, Optimus Prime, Rom, [[Baron Karza]], [[Matt Trakker]], and Action Man, by [[Brandon Peterson]]
*'''Subscription cover B:''' Wraparound cover of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], Arcee, Kup, Optimus Prime, [[Lady Jaye]], [[Brad Turner]], [[Cobra Commander]], [[Doctor X|Mercy Gale]], [[Larissa|Orbital Defender]], Scarlett, [[Lifeline (G.I. Joe)|Lifeline]], and [[Phenolo-Phi|Space Glider]] charging into action, by [[John Byrne]] and [[Len O'Grady]]; first in a series of interlinking covers that homage Byrne's original covers to the ''{{w|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe|Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition}}'' from the late 1980s.
*'''Subscription cover C:''' Propaganda poster of Scarlett, by [[James Biggie]]
*'''Subscription cover D:''' Optimus Prime and Scarlett action figures, by [[Adam Riches]]; first in a series of "action figure" variant covers by Riches.

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*'''Subscription cover E:''' Blank cover for sketches
*'''Convention exclusive cover:''' Black-and-white lineart version of Tradd Moore's regular cover, available exclusively from the IDW booth at conventions.
*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Victorion, [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]], Arcee, Jazz, Matt Trakker, [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]], Baron Karza, and Optimus Prime, by [[Ken Christiansen]]; first half of a two-part image.
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' Optimus Prime and Megatron, redesigned with military vehicle alternate modes, battle it out as Scarlett, Snake Eyes, and Colton watch, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Retailer incentive cover C:''' Arcee, Soundwave, Optimus Prime, Mainframe, and Roadblock, by [[Art Baltazar]]; first in a series of interlinking covers.

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*'''Retailer incentive cover D:''' Blank cover for unique sketches by [[Drew Rausch]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover E:''' Blank cover for unique sketches by [[Sal Buscema]]
*'''New York Comic Con exclusive cover:''' Black-and-white lineart of Optimus Prime versus Snake Eyes, Acroyear, and Matt Trakker, by [[Fico Ossio]]; available exclusively at New York Comic Con 2016.
*'''Diamond Retailer Summit exclusive cover:''' Moore's regular cover with new colors by [[Sebastian Cheng]]; offered exclusively in a gift pack given to retailers who attended the 2016 Diamond Retailer Summit.
*'''Nerdblock exclusive cover:''' Ossio's NYCC exclusive cover with colours by [[Thomas Deer]]; available exclusively through [https://www.nerdblock.com Nerd Block] in their New York Comic Con 2016 box.

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*'''Tampa Bay Toy Expo exclusive cover:''' Our heroes and villains duke it out, by [[Matin Dunn]], [[Javier Lugo]], and [[Aly Dunn]]; available exclusively from [https://www.facebook.com/readmorecomics/ Read More Comics] at the [http://tampabaytoyexpo.com/ Tampa Bay Toy Expo].
*'''Sharper Collectibles exclusive cover:''' Victorion by [[Livio Ramondelli]], Matt Trakker by [[Sajad Shah]], Snake Eyes by [[Marat Michaels]], and Rom by [[Eddie Nunez]], all with colors by Nunez; available exclusively through [http://www.imgrum.net/user/sharpercollectibles/3462688364 Sharper Collectibles].
*'''Granite State Comic Con exclusive cover:''' Soundwave, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Zartan]], and the forces of [[VENOM]], by [[Ben Bishop]]; available exclusively from [http://www.dmcomics.com/ Double Midnight Comics] at the [http://www.granitecon.com/ Granite State Comic Con].
*'''Indonesia Comic Con exclusive cover:''' [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Miles Mayhem]], Baron Karza, and a [[Cobra Viper]] battle Victorion, Rom, Matt Trakker, and Snake Eyes at the {{w|Selamat Datang Monument}} in Jakarta, Indonesia, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]; available exclusively from [http://www.reedpop.com/ ReedPOP] at the [http://www.indonesiacomiccon.com/ Indonesia Comic Con].
*'''Second printing cover:''' TBD

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==References==
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==External links==
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Wrath of Karza issue 4

2017-08-24T12:28:29Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Featured characters */

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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 16]], [[2017]]
|coverdate=July 2017
|written by=[[Cullen Bunn]] and [[Jimmy Johnston]]
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]] (pg 1–5, 8–20) and [[Ron Joseph]] (pg 6–7)
|colors by=[[David Garcia Cruz]]
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|assistant editor=[[David Mariotte]]
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era]] ([[2017]])
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'''Baron Karza has almost won, but can the Micronauts turn the tide with the help of the Transformers?'''

==Synopsis==
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (19)
*[[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] (20)
*[[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] (21)
{{!}}}

|h4=[[Micronaut]]s|c4=
*{{i|Tron|Gammatron}} (2)
*[[Microtron]] (3)
*[[Oziron Rael]] (4)
*[[Phenolo-Phi]] (5)
*{{i|Tron|Betatron}} (6)
*[[Larissa]] (7)
*[[Biotron]] (8)
*{{i|Tron|Omegatron}} (17)
*{{i|Tron|Alphatron}} (18)
*[[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] (24)

|h5=[[Ministry of Defense|Ministry of War]]|c5=
*{{i|Membros}} (1)
*[[Baron Karza]] (9)
*[[Raith|Commander Raith]] (10)
*[[Shazraella]] (11)
*[[Micronus Prime|Karza-Micronus]] (11)
*{{i|Antron}} (13)
*{{i|Lobros}} (14)
*{{i|Centaurus}} (15)
*{{i|Kronos}} (16)
*{{i|New Acroyear}}s (22)
*{{i|Giant Acroyear}}s (23)

|h6=Others|c6=
*[[Time Traveller]] (unseen) (12)
}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Baron Karza first used his hand-launching power in {{i|Micronauts issue 3|issue #3}}; it was established as being thanks to his [[Enerchange]] abilities in his ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' profile.
===Micronauts references===
===Errors===
===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Acroyear vs a swarm of New Acroyears, by [[Alex Ronald]].
*'''Subscription cover:''' Baron Karza, by [[Tom Whalen]]; part of IDW's [http://www.idwpublishing.com/july-is-tom-whalen-cover-month/ July series of Tom Whalen covers].
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Baron Karza triumphant, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Thomas Deer]].

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===Advertisements===
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==External links==
{{i|Wrath of Karza issue 4}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki.

[[Category:Wrath of Karza issues]]

Baron Karza

2017-08-24T12:13:55Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Aw Yeah Revolution! */

{{disambig2|the Micronauts villain|the other evil, caped space warlord with a black suit of armor|Darth Vader}}

:''Baron Karza is an [[alien]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]''

[[File:TheNewColossus-BaronKarza.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."]]

A ruthless tactician and would-be universal conqueror from a [[Microspace|distant dimension]], few have underestimated Baron '''Hraal Karza''' and lived to regret their mistake. His ability to [[Enerchange]] makes him a formidable and unpredictable foe; his gadget-laden suit of shapeshifting armor only adds to his fearsome reputation among his allies ''and'' enemies. Karza sees himself as the only individual capable of saving the Microverse from itself, hoping to rule over the realm with his own iron fist. There's only one thing that stands between him and total subjugation over his home—the heroic [[Micronaut]]s.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Unit:E'' comic===
While discussing the heroes of [[Earth]], [[Synergy]] warned the young [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] that he wouldn't be able to stop Baron Karza without allies. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{mainIDW|Baron Karza}}
[[File:Informed-Karza.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"No, no, no. Go past this. Pass this part. In fact, never play this again."]]

Hraal Karza was born on the desert world of {{i|Aegis-6}} and was trained by the {{i|Sandmen}} at an early age. The Empire contracted the Sandmen to suppress a rebellion when the planet {{i|Kronos}} revolted against the empire. Karza served them well and eventually became a guardsman for the planet's emperor, and eventually rose to become the planet's Minister of Defesnse. He genetically re-engineered his Sandmen colleagues into the elite {{i|Acroyear (soldier type)|Acroyear}} warriors.

During this time, Karza met [[Shazraella]], who would become his future wife—after the two colluded to assassinate her betrothed, the Emperor's son the {{i|Red Falcon}}. When the Emperor succumbed to grief-induced madness, which grew worse when a destructive [[entropy cloud]] began expanding from the very heart of Microspace. Karza, Shazraella, and {{i|Baron Daegon|Daegon}} placed the Emperor in stasis while the trio ruled the empire. The entropy storm continued to worsen, sparking a schism between Karza and Daegon which grew into a civil war. Karza's suspicions about the entropy cloud proved correct when he discovered an aged version of his own helmet, and he deduced that the storm was a rift in ''time'' rather than ''space''. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

In the midst of his war against Daegon, Karza and his crew briefly took on a strange castaway—the [[Transformer]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], who had had her consciousness cast across time and space to learn about the crisis that threatened this universe. Shazraella interrogated the Cybertronian for a while before Windblade could make her escape. {{storylink|Informed}}

After the [[Micronaut]]s fled into the [[entropy storm]], Baron Karza decided to follow them, in a last ditch effort to save billions of lives. However, whereas only a few days passed for the Micronauts, Karza ended up spending years within the cloud, making numerous discoveries which warped his mind. No longer content just to save his people, he now hoped to shepherd them into a new age of prosperity. Upon detecting the ''Heliopolis'', Karza hailed the ship and spoke to [[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]], reflecting on how long it's been, much to [[Phenolo-Phi]]'s confusion. [[Microtron]] informed Oz that Karza's signal was coming from the same source as the energy they were following. Karza welcomed the Micronauts to the birthplace of Microspace and the grave of their progenitor: the body of [[Micronus Prime]]. {{istorylink|Micronauts: Revolution}}

[[File:OShipOfState-BaronKarza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"There's only one man who would ''dare'' give me the raspberry: Lone Star!"]]

Karza had spent many years examining the workings of the comparatively colossal mechanoid, eventually discovering the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] technology embedded in the giant and attempting to open communication with other realities—hoping to refine the cloud into a weapon he could use to conquer his universe. {{storylink|The New Colossus}} As he learned more about this distant dimension, he cut a deal with the [[human]] military leader [[Miles Mayhem|Miles "Mayhem" Manheim]] and the alien [[Dire Wraith]]s: Mayhem would give them control over Earth's ample supplies of [[Ore-13]], which they would split between themselves, and in return Mayhem would receive dominion over [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

While [[Scarlett]] expressed her worry about [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Optimus Prime's annexation]] of Earth making a target for invaders, Baron Karza looked upon a holographic projection of the planet. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

Using the spacebridge located within Micronus's body, {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Karza began transporting Ore-13 from Earth into Microspace. He was displeased that he only managed to get 60% of the Energon he had locked onto. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} Although Miles warned him that his actions were putting Earth in danger of destruction, Karza ignored his requests to stop and reactivated the spacebridge... only for huge chunks of Ore-13 to [[Rom|suddenly emerge]] from the portal and begin detonating. He was displeased at this development. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Shortly afterwards, Karza discovered a massive cache of Ore-13 beneath [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Mayhem suggested that the time had come to drop the illusion and go in for an all-out assault. Then Wraith leader [[Caleb Awan]] betrayed Miles Mayhem, forcing the human to summon Karza through the Cybertronian technology within [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s spacebridge portal. Though Awan initially scoffed at the diminuitive warlord, Karza soon got the upper hand by Enerchanging with the Dire Wraiths and transforming into a gigantic, monstrous fusion of Microspace, Transformer, and Dire Wraith. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

[[File:ValleyForge-MonsterKarza.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes! Keep firing, assholes!"]]

Baron Karza unleashed his full power on the assembled heroes and villains, taking advantage of Mayhem's continued attempts to mislead the forces of [[M.A.S.K.]] into attacking the Transformers while absorbing the powerful Ore-13. When the combatants realized that Karza was the true enemy behind the madness, they refocused on Karza. The colossal Baron slugged it out with [[Victorion]], only to overwhelm her by unleashing several Wraiths from within his chest. [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] ordered Metrotitan into the air, but Karza managed to grab [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] in his hand before the Prime could be airlifted to safety. Realizing that he'd been betrayed, Mayhem rammed his [[Switchblade (M.A.S.K.)|Switchblade]] into the monster, loosening Karza's grip on the Autobot. Karza tumbled to the ground, where [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]], [[Rom]], the [[Micronaut]]s, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], and [[Matt Trakker]] used the spacebridge to send the defeated villain back into Microspace. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 1|Wrath of Karza #1}} {{istorylink|Wrath of Karza issue 2|Wrath of Karza #2}} {{istorylink|Wrath of Karza issue 3|Wrath of Karza #3}} {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 4|Wrath of Karza #4}}}}

{{-}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}} {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 2|Aw Yeah Revolution! #2}} {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 3|Aw Yeah Revolution! #3}}}}

==External links==
*[http://www.innerspaceonline.com/bk.htm Baron Karza at Inner Space Online]

[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Micronauts properties]]

Baron Karza

2017-08-24T12:12:35Z

StarWars Jedi: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

{{disambig2|the Micronauts villain|the other evil, caped space warlord with a black suit of armor|Darth Vader}}

:''Baron Karza is an [[alien]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]''

[[File:TheNewColossus-BaronKarza.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."]]

A ruthless tactician and would-be universal conqueror from a [[Microspace|distant dimension]], few have underestimated Baron '''Hraal Karza''' and lived to regret their mistake. His ability to [[Enerchange]] makes him a formidable and unpredictable foe; his gadget-laden suit of shapeshifting armor only adds to his fearsome reputation among his allies ''and'' enemies. Karza sees himself as the only individual capable of saving the Microverse from itself, hoping to rule over the realm with his own iron fist. There's only one thing that stands between him and total subjugation over his home—the heroic [[Micronaut]]s.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Unit:E'' comic===
While discussing the heroes of [[Earth]], [[Synergy]] warned the young [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] that he wouldn't be able to stop Baron Karza without allies. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{mainIDW|Baron Karza}}
[[File:Informed-Karza.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"No, no, no. Go past this. Pass this part. In fact, never play this again."]]

Hraal Karza was born on the desert world of {{i|Aegis-6}} and was trained by the {{i|Sandmen}} at an early age. The Empire contracted the Sandmen to suppress a rebellion when the planet {{i|Kronos}} revolted against the empire. Karza served them well and eventually became a guardsman for the planet's emperor, and eventually rose to become the planet's Minister of Defesnse. He genetically re-engineered his Sandmen colleagues into the elite {{i|Acroyear (soldier type)|Acroyear}} warriors.

During this time, Karza met [[Shazraella]], who would become his future wife—after the two colluded to assassinate her betrothed, the Emperor's son the {{i|Red Falcon}}. When the Emperor succumbed to grief-induced madness, which grew worse when a destructive [[entropy cloud]] began expanding from the very heart of Microspace. Karza, Shazraella, and {{i|Baron Daegon|Daegon}} placed the Emperor in stasis while the trio ruled the empire. The entropy storm continued to worsen, sparking a schism between Karza and Daegon which grew into a civil war. Karza's suspicions about the entropy cloud proved correct when he discovered an aged version of his own helmet, and he deduced that the storm was a rift in ''time'' rather than ''space''. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

In the midst of his war against Daegon, Karza and his crew briefly took on a strange castaway—the [[Transformer]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], who had had her consciousness cast across time and space to learn about the crisis that threatened this universe. Shazraella interrogated the Cybertronian for a while before Windblade could make her escape. {{storylink|Informed}}

After the [[Micronaut]]s fled into the [[entropy storm]], Baron Karza decided to follow them, in a last ditch effort to save billions of lives. However, whereas only a few days passed for the Micronauts, Karza ended up spending years within the cloud, making numerous discoveries which warped his mind. No longer content just to save his people, he now hoped to shepherd them into a new age of prosperity. Upon detecting the ''Heliopolis'', Karza hailed the ship and spoke to [[Oziron Rael|Oz Rael]], reflecting on how long it's been, much to [[Phenolo-Phi]]'s confusion. [[Microtron]] informed Oz that Karza's signal was coming from the same source as the energy they were following. Karza welcomed the Micronauts to the birthplace of Microspace and the grave of their progenitor: the body of [[Micronus Prime]]. {{istorylink|Micronauts: Revolution}}

[[File:OShipOfState-BaronKarza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"There's only one man who would ''dare'' give me the raspberry: Lone Star!"]]

Karza had spent many years examining the workings of the comparatively colossal mechanoid, eventually discovering the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] technology embedded in the giant and attempting to open communication with other realities—hoping to refine the cloud into a weapon he could use to conquer his universe. {{storylink|The New Colossus}} As he learned more about this distant dimension, he cut a deal with the [[human]] military leader [[Miles Mayhem|Miles "Mayhem" Manheim]] and the alien [[Dire Wraith]]s: Mayhem would give them control over Earth's ample supplies of [[Ore-13]], which they would split between themselves, and in return Mayhem would receive dominion over [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

While [[Scarlett]] expressed her worry about [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Optimus Prime's annexation]] of Earth making a target for invaders, Baron Karza looked upon a holographic projection of the planet. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

Using the spacebridge located within Micronus's body, {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Karza began transporting Ore-13 from Earth into Microspace. He was displeased that he only managed to get 60% of the Energon he had locked onto. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} Although Miles warned him that his actions were putting Earth in danger of destruction, Karza ignored his requests to stop and reactivated the spacebridge... only for huge chunks of Ore-13 to [[Rom|suddenly emerge]] from the portal and begin detonating. He was displeased at this development. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} Shortly afterwards, Karza discovered a massive cache of Ore-13 beneath [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Mayhem suggested that the time had come to drop the illusion and go in for an all-out assault. Then Wraith leader [[Caleb Awan]] betrayed Miles Mayhem, forcing the human to summon Karza through the Cybertronian technology within [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]'s spacebridge portal. Though Awan initially scoffed at the diminuitive warlord, Karza soon got the upper hand by Enerchanging with the Dire Wraiths and transforming into a gigantic, monstrous fusion of Microspace, Transformer, and Dire Wraith. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

[[File:ValleyForge-MonsterKarza.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes! Keep firing, assholes!"]]

Baron Karza unleashed his full power on the assembled heroes and villains, taking advantage of Mayhem's continued attempts to mislead the forces of [[M.A.S.K.]] into attacking the Transformers while absorbing the powerful Ore-13. When the combatants realized that Karza was the true enemy behind the madness, they refocused on Karza. The colossal Baron slugged it out with [[Victorion]], only to overwhelm her by unleashing several Wraiths from within his chest. [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] ordered Metrotitan into the air, but Karza managed to grab [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] in his hand before the Prime could be airlifted to safety. Realizing that he'd been betrayed, Mayhem rammed his [[Switchblade (M.A.S.K.)|Switchblade]] into the monster, loosening Karza's grip on the Autobot. Karza tumbled to the ground, where [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]], [[Rom]], the [[Micronaut]]s, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], and [[Matt Trakker]] used the spacebridge to send the defeated villain back into Microspace. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 1|Wrath of Karza #1}} {{istorylink|Wrath of Karza issue 2|Wrath of Karza #2}} {{istorylink|Wrath of Karza issue 3|Wrath of Karza #3}} {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 4|Wrath of Karza #4}}}}

{{-}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}} {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 2|Aw Yeah Revolution! #2}}}}

==External links==
*[http://www.innerspaceonline.com/bk.htm Baron Karza at Inner Space Online]

[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Micronauts properties]]

Shazraella

2017-08-24T12:09:17Z

StarWars Jedi: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

:''Lady Shazraella is an [[alien]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Informed-WindbladeLadyShazraella.jpg|thumb|right|200pxx|Shazbot!]]

Lady '''Shazraella''' is an alien from [[Microspace]] and the wife of [[Baron Karza|Hraal Karza]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{MainIDW|Lady Shazraella}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Informed}} {{storylink|The New Colossus}} {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 1|Wrath of Karza #1}} {{istorylink|Wrath of Karza issue 2|Wrath of Karza #2}} {{istorylink|Wrath of Karza issue 3|Wrath of Karza #3}} {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 4|Wrath of Karza #4}} {{storylink|First Strike issue 0|First Strike #0}} {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}}}}

==External links==
*{{i|Lady Shazraella|Lady Shazraella}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Micronauts properties]]

Stardrive

2017-08-23T07:55:41Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Notes */

:''Stardrive is a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Space Knight]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Shining armor 1 spaceknight stardrive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|She came first in the "most generic car Transformer name" contest.]]

'''Stardrive''' knows that she's not like her fellow members of the [[Solstar Order]]. Orphaned as a [[protoform]] after her ship ran afoul of the [[Galactic Council]], she was rescued by [[Rom]] and raised in isolation from the rest of her species, growing up amongst the myriad organics under the protection of the Order. Eventually, Stardrive rose to become one of the many [[Space Knight]]s of the Solstar Order, dedicating the rest of her life to battling the malicious [[Dire Wraith]]s that plague the galaxy.

But although she's a competent, dedicated warrior, Stardrive struggles under the burden of her Cybertronian heritage in a civilization of carbon-based lifeforms. Having grown up hearing the horror stories of the Cybertronian [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Stardrive is aware just ''why'' her comrades are prone to view her with such mistrust. Should the destructive Autobot/Decepticon war reach Solstar shores, Stardrive will have to decide where her true loyalties lie...

{{quote|I'm only '''alive''' because Rom gave me a chance. I became a knight to give '''everybody''' one.|Stardrive|[[Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Shining armor 1 baby stardrive.jpg|thumb|left|140px|"I'm just a baby. Baby baby baby. I'm a baby! I'm zero years old!"]]
The [[Caminus|Camien]] vessel that contained Stardrive's [[protoform]] was fleeing a [[Galactic Council]] warship, who managed to shoot it down in the [[Gray Area]] that bordered their empire and that of the [[Solstar Order]]. Passing Space Knight [[Rom]] intercepted the vessel and investigated the wreckage of the ship, discovering Stardrive's newborn protoform. Rom brought the protoform to Solstar space, where doctors repaired the protoform and built an [[energon synthesizer]] to nourish it, based off a sample of [[energon]] recovered from the ship's wreckage.

Dubbed "Gray Area Anomaly," the young Transformer was raised amongst other alien youngsters and soon discovered her ability to [[transformation|transform]] into a car, from which her classmates nicknamed her "Stardrive." In her classes, she learned about the long and destructive history of her species–and the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] that had wrought devastation on the galaxy. On a graduation field trip to [[Mato Grosso (planet)|Mato Grosso]], Stardrive was attacked by the [[Dire Wraith]] [[Vekktral]]. She was saved by Rom and a group of Space Knights, but the experience was enough to convince Stardrive to join the Space Knights. She trained at the Academy, where she was bonded to a suit of crystalline armor and received a [[Neutralizer]], hallmarks of the Space Knights.

Five years afterwards, Stardrive was deployed to [[Mining Colony 25-6-41]] in the [[Farouko Cluster]], which was compromised by Wraiths. Stardrive used her [[alternate mode]] to masquerade as a normal car for over a week and spring a trap for the Wraiths. When Rom, [[Auxin]], and [[Sata]] arrived, they unmasked several Wraiths, and Stardrive revealed herself to save Auxin from a Wraith ambush. Auxin was furious at losing his first kill, and Stardrive's situation didn't improve when she argued against [[Livia]]'s proposal to exterminate the entire colony. Rom agreed with Stardrive's assessment, and the Knights–most of them still resentful of Stardrive–left for their next mission: negotiations with the Galactic Council regarding the containment of the Dire Wraiths.

Unbeknownst to Stardrive, the Knights had deliberately brought her along as proof that the Order was capable of keeping Cybertronians "in their place." The meeting went poorly, as the Council reacted badly to the presence of a Cybertronian. Before long, the Council representatives revealed themselves as [[Dire Wraith]]s in disguise–and their ship transformed into [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], vanguard for a larger Decepticon insurgency led by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], who had formed an alliance with [[Vekktral]] to steal the Order's [[energon synthesizer]]. Stardrive refused to join the Decepticons, and the battle was soon compounded when [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] joined the battle. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}}}

Sometime afterwards, Stardrive had left the order of Space Knights. Her status by 2017 was unknown. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2}}

==Notes==
* Stardrive developing from a forged protoform and being female of course means her ship could not have been from Cybertron circa. 200 years ago. Author [[John Barber]] would later clarify on twitter that the ship was of [[Caminus|Caminen]] origin. In-story, this is backed up by her possessing blue energon rather than the usual purple, which was an evolutionary trait established in [[The Last Autobot|the ''Titans Return'' one-shot comic]]. <ref> [https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/887466438033686528 John Barber on Twitter, 2017/07/19] </ref>

==External links==
*{{i|Stardrive}} on the IDW Hasbro Wiki

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformers]]
[[Category:Solstar Order]]

The Touch

2017-08-23T07:54:20Z

StarWars Jedi:

{{song
|title=The Touch
|image=Tftm1986e.jpg
|caption=If you don't know this song by heart, what the hell are you doing on this wiki?
|series=[[The Transformers: The Movie]]
|position=insert song
|genre=Hard Rock
|performer=[[Stan Bush]]
|written by=Stan Bush and [[Lenny Macaluso]]
|production=[[Richie Wise]]
|arrangement=
}}

"'''The Touch'''" is a song by [[Stan Bush]], featured on the 1986 album ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''. It is <s>possibly the pinnacle of human achievement</s> fondly remembered by many fans for being featured in two climactic battles in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

"The Touch" is first featured in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], having just arrived to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], takes on several of the Decepticon forces by himself. It plays again, near the end of the feature, as [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] opens the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. The song was used again during the climactic scene of the cartoon episode "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[image:StanBushTheTouchMusicVideoRecordLabelNotes.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

At an undetermined time period following the creation of the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s and the seeming defeat of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], [[Powermaster]] Optimus Prime spent a good deal of time relating Transformers stories to the human schoolboy [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]].

After a series of stories wherein he described the events of the battle with [[Unicron]], Optimus Prime had to depart to attend an interstellar peace conference in the midst of a barrage of questions from Tommy. As he was blasting off, Prime declared "But until I return, I leave you with 'The Touch'!"

Following this, the music video for "The Touch" began, although how Tommy was able to view it in the barren wasteland where his meetings with Prime typically took place is unknown. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie#Day Five|Season 5: Movie, Day Five}}

{{note|As Stan Bush could not have written the song for the 1986 theatrical ''The Transformers: The Movie'' within the context of the cartoon timeline (as the events of the movie had not happened at that point in continuity), it is possible that the song was simply a general release that Prime was personally fond of.

Another possibility is that a fictionalized film account of the events surrounding the battle with Unicron was created sometime after the year 2005, and that Stan Bush's music video was produced to accompany that feature. This theory is not out of the realm of plausibility; in the UK comics, resident letter answerer [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] reviewed a Transformers film in an article entitled ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Film 2006 With Grimlock]]''. The movie was also mentioned as being a product of the Autobots in the [[S.T.A.R.S. continuity]] flyer ''[[The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:]]''.}}

===''War for Cybertron''===
Before the war spread to [[Earth]], and seemingly millions of years before Stan Bush would have even been born, the Decepticons were fighting the Autobots on Cybertron. [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] asked [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to transform into his stationary music-playing mode and play a recording of "The Touch". The inspirational anthem emboldened Shockwave in battle, but annoyed [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Shockwave informed Starscream that the Air Commander could select the music when his hit percentage exceeded Shockwave's. {{storylink|Commercial#War for Cybertron|GameStop's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive}} {{-}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===

While riding in his car on the way to a military base, [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] passed the time by listening to an instrumental version of "The Touch" and humming along to it. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

===''Fall of Cybertron''===
After the battles are fought and the credits roll, "The Touch (Power Mix)" is played until it abruptly ends and is replaced by the 2007 version. During which, the Autobots and Decepticons alike begin breakdancing and a forever alone [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]] plays with his Transformers toys. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

==Single releases==
;7" single
#"The Touch"
#"[[Dare to Be Stupid]]"

'''Release date:''' August, [[1986]] 
'''Labels:''' [[Scotti Bros. Records]] (US/Canada), [[Epic Records]] (UK) 
'''Prod. codes:''' 7464-06207-7 (US), ZS4-06207 (Canada), A-7318 (UK)
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;12" picture disc
#"The Touch"
#"Dare to Be Stupid"
#"[[The Transformers (Theme)]]"

'''Release date:''' 
'''Labels:''' [[Scotti Bros. Records]] (Germany), [[Epic Records]] (UK) 
'''Prod. codes:''' Int127.311 (Germany), WA-7318 (UK)
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;"The Touch" - Sam's Theme
#"The Touch" - Sam's Theme

'''Release date:''' [[2009]] 
'''Labels:''' 
'''Prod. codes:''' Unknown (digital release via iTunes)

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;"The Touch" (Power Mix) Single
#"The Touch" (Power Mix)
#"The Touch" (Epic Guitar Remix)

'''Release date:''' [[September 15]], [[2012]] 
'''Labels:''' self-released 
'''Prod. codes:''' Unknown (digital release via iTunes)

Note that although the Transformers franchise is not mentioned by name, the cover artwork [http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/activision/high-moon/transformers/fallofcybertron/gami_223_cov_front_v2.jpg is an early promotional image] for the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]] game.

===Album releases===
*1986 — ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' ([[Scotti Bros. Records]])
*1987 — Stan Bush: ''Stan Bush & Barrage'' (Scotti Bros. Records)
*1997 — Stan Bush: ''[['Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola|Call to Action]]'' (LA Records/[[3H Productions]]) — 1997 Remix version.
*1998 — ''[[BotCon '97 - The Concert]]'' (3H Productions) — Live with [[Vince DiCola]].
*2007 — Stan Bush: ''In This Life'' (Frontiers Records) — New recording.
*2007 — ''The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 20th Anniversary Edition'' ([[Legacy Recordings]])

===Merchandise===
*2009 — ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' — Bumblebee Plasma Cannon
:A role-playing toy based on [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s fist, transforming into a plasma cannon. When the Autobot insignia on the side of the cannon is pressed while the blaster is in its "Try Me" setting, the toy plays various sounds, including short clips from "The Touch".

==Notes==
{{quote|As [Prime] battles his way through the Decepticons, we HEAR an inspiring anthem of courage, strength and triumph, like "Eye of the Tiger". This theme will reprise during the film when the Autobots are battling at impossible odds.|The original movie script's request for the song that would be "The Touch".}}
*"The Touch" was originally written for the 1986 Sylvester Stallone movie ''[[Wikipedia:Cobra (1986 film)|Cobra]]'', but the record company decided to switch it to the Transformers movie instead.<ref>http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/4062-stan-bush-still-got-the-touch</ref>
*In 2007, Bush recorded a new, updated version of "The Touch" together with "[[Till All Are One (Transformers Theme)|Till All Are One]]" in a bid to get them onto the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]]'s soundtrack. [[Transformers: The Album|It didn't work]], but Bush released them both as bonus tracks on his own album ''In This Life''.
*In 2008, Bush launched a campaign to have the song included on one of the ''Guitar Hero'' or ''Rock Band'' games.<ref>http://kotaku.com/5059337/stan-bush-wants-the-touch-in-guitar-hero-rock-band</ref> It wasn't long before he announced the campaign's success, with the 2007 version of "The Touch" hitting ''[[Wikipedia:Guitar Hero: World Tour a|Guitar Hero: World Tour]]'' as free downloadable content and Stan put the song into Rock Band himself through [[wikipedia:Rock Band Network|Rock Band Network]] in 2010.<ref>http://kotaku.com/5173693/stan-bush-thanks-kotaku-readers-for-their-support</ref>
*As part of the media hype building up to the release of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', Bush released another reworked version of the song, this time with a more contemporary [[Linkin Park]]-inspired sound, renamed "The Touch: Sam's Theme". This is notable because, while completely unsanctioned or unrequested by Hasbro or DreamWorks, it is [[Holger Fath|totally hilarious]].
*In 2010, Bush released his 11th album, 'Dream the Dream', which featured the song "Sam's Theme (The Touch)", a rap-less version of "The Touch: Sam's Theme".
*"The Touch" has reappeared in numerous non-''Transformers'' productions over the years, including the film ''[[Wikipedia:Boogie Nights|Boogie Nights]]'' (starring [[Mark Wahlberg]]), the television series ''[[wikia:c:chuck-nbc:Episode 205: Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer|Chuck]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:The Goldbergs (TV series)|The Goldbergs]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:American Dad!|American Dad!]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Regular Show|Regular Show]]'', the video games ''[[Wikipedia:Shadow Warrior (2013 video game)|Shadow Warrior]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Saints Row IV|Saints Row IV]]'' (which, depending on your choice, can have [[Troy Baker]], [[Robin Atkin Downes]], [[Sumalee Montano]] or [[Nolan North]] directly quoting ''The Transformers: The Movie'' opposite [[JB Blanc]] during its use) and even ''[[Wikipedia:WWE Raw|WWE Monday Night Raw]]''.

===Foreign names===

:''Japanese:'' '''ザ・タッチ''' ("The Touch")

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKpByV5764 Video for "The Touch"]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_EXxwDpq0 Video for the 2009 remake of "The Touch"]
*[http://www.destructoid.com/amazing-war-for-cybertron-gamestop-commercial-is-amazing-175137.phtml Gamestop's ''WFC'' ad that includes "The Touch"]

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Dare

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"'''Dare'''" is a song by [[Stan Bush]], featured on the 1986 album ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''. Along with "[[The Touch]]", it is one of two songs performed by Stan Bush included in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

It plays early in the movie; after [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and a moody [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] have a brief conversation concerning [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]'s prolonged absence, Daniel receives a signal indicating that an Autobot shuttle is about to land nearby. As his spirits are raised by these news, "Dare" begins to play, accompanying the duo's race to "[[Lookout Mountain|lookout mountain]]", until Hot Rod notices a group of Decepticon using the Shuttle as a means to ambush Autobot City. It reprises later when the Autobots storm [[Unicron]], crashing through his eye.

==Album releases==
*1986 — ''[[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' ([[Scotti Bros. Records]])
*1997 — Stan Bush: ''[['Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola|Call to Action]]'' (LA Records/[[3H Productions]]) — 1997 Remix version.
*1998 — ''[[BotCon '97 - The Concert]]'' (3H Productions) — Extended version, live with [[Vince DiCola]].
*2001 — ''[[Vince DiCola Presents: The Protoform Sessions]]'' (3H Productions) — Demo version, performed by [[Gary Falcone]].
*2001 — ''[[Artistic Transformations: Themes and Variations]]'' (3H Productions) — Solo piano arrangement, performed by Vince DiCola.
*2007 — ''The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: 20th Anniversary Edition'' ([[Legacy Recordings]])

==Notes==
* The ''[[Wikipedia:Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God|Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God]]'' song "Ai wo Shitta Yajuu No You Ni" from the 1987 album [http://homepage1.nifty.com/dancouga/goods/goods3.html Songs for Dancougar] features some startling similarties to ''Dare'', including an absolutely identical intro and middle eight, among other things. No comment... except maybe to say that it wouldn't be the first time a Vince DiCola song [[Escape (song)|turned up somewhere else without credit]]. We dare (tee-hee!) you to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sOJyzzyQF4 listen to it] and tell us otherwise!

[[Category:Generation 1 songs]]

Stardrive

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:''Stardrive is a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] [[Space Knight]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Shining armor 1 spaceknight stardrive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|She came first in the "most generic car Transformer name" contest.]]

'''Stardrive''' knows that she's not like her fellow members of the [[Solstar Order]]. Orphaned as a [[protoform]] after her ship ran afoul of the [[Galactic Council]], she was rescued by [[Rom]] and raised in isolation from the rest of her species, growing up amongst the myriad organics under the protection of the Order. Eventually, Stardrive rose to become one of the many [[Space Knight]]s of the Solstar Order, dedicating the rest of her life to battling the malicious [[Dire Wraith]]s that plague the galaxy.

But although she's a competent, dedicated warrior, Stardrive struggles under the burden of her Cybertronian heritage in a civilization of carbon-based lifeforms. Having grown up hearing the horror stories of the Cybertronian [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Stardrive is aware just ''why'' her comrades are prone to view her with such mistrust. Should the destructive Autobot/Decepticon war reach Solstar shores, Stardrive will have to decide where her true loyalties lie...

{{quote|I'm only '''alive''' because Rom gave me a chance. I became a knight to give '''everybody''' one.|Stardrive|[[Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Shining armor 1 baby stardrive.jpg|thumb|left|140px|"I'm just a baby. Baby baby baby. I'm a baby! I'm zero years old!"]]
The [[Caminus|Camien]] vessel that contained Stardrive's [[protoform]] was fleeing a [[Galactic Council]] warship, who managed to shoot it down in the [[Gray Area]] that bordered their empire and that of the [[Solstar Order]]. Passing Space Knight [[Rom]] intercepted the vessel and investigated the wreckage of the ship, discovering Stardrive's newborn protoform. Rom brought the protoform to Solstar space, where doctors repaired the protoform and built an [[energon synthesizer]] to nourish it, based off a sample of [[energon]] recovered from the ship's wreckage.

Dubbed "Gray Area Anomaly," the young Transformer was raised amongst other alien youngsters and soon discovered her ability to [[transformation|transform]] into a car, from which her classmates nicknamed her "Stardrive." In her classes, she learned about the long and destructive history of her species–and the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] that had wrought devastation on the galaxy. On a graduation field trip to [[Mato Grosso (planet)|Mato Grosso]], Stardrive was attacked by the [[Dire Wraith]] [[Vekktral]]. She was saved by Rom and a group of Space Knights, but the experience was enough to convince Stardrive to join the Space Knights. She trained at the Academy, where she was bonded to a suit of crystalline armor and received a [[Neutralizer]], hallmarks of the Space Knights.

Five years afterwards, Stardrive was deployed to [[Mining Colony 25-6-41]] in the [[Farouko Cluster]], which was compromised by Wraiths. Stardrive used her [[alternate mode]] to masquerade as a normal car for over a week and spring a trap for the Wraiths. When Rom, [[Auxin]], and [[Sata]] arrived, they unmasked several Wraiths, and Stardrive revealed herself to save Auxin from a Wraith ambush. Auxin was furious at losing his first kill, and Stardrive's situation didn't improve when she argued against [[Livia]]'s proposal to exterminate the entire colony. Rom agreed with Stardrive's assessment, and the Knights–most of them still resentful of Stardrive–left for their next mission: negotiations with the Galactic Council regarding the containment of the Dire Wraiths.

Unbeknownst to Stardrive, the Knights had deliberately brought her along as proof that the Order was capable of keeping Cybertronians "in their place." The meeting went poorly, as the Council reacted badly to the presence of a Cybertronian. Before long, the Council representatives revealed themselves as [[Dire Wraith]]s in disguise–and their ship transformed into [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], vanguard for a larger Decepticon insurgency led by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]], who had formed an alliance with [[Vekktral]] to steal the Order's [[energon synthesizer]]. Stardrive refused to join the Decepticons, and the battle was soon compounded when [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] joined the battle. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}}}

Sometime afterwards, Stardrive had left the order of Space Knights. Her status by 2017 was unknown. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #2}}

==Notes==
* Stardrive developing from a forged protoform and being female of course means her ship could not have been from Cybertron circa. 200 years ago. Author [[John Barber]] would later clarify on twitter that the ship was of [[Caminus|Caminen]] origin. In-story, this is backed up by her possessing blue energon rather than the usual purple, which was an evolutionary trait established in [[The Last Autobot|the ''Titans Return'' one-shot comic]]. <ref> [https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/887466438033686528 John Barber on Twitter, 2017/07/19] </ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Transformers]]
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[[File:OptimusPrime-OriginalIDWTransformersPromo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Meet the cop that can't be stopped.]]
Born as '''Orion Pax''', the robot eventually known as '''Optimus Prime''' would rise slowly but surely to fame–first as a law officer unafraid to stand up for justice, then as a great and powerful military leader who held the line against Megatron's Decepticons on Cybertron and across the galaxy. As the first legitimate Prime in many ages, heir to the Matrix of Leadership, Optimus Prime is revered by many and reviled by some, but always a powerful presence, in or out of battle.

{{bigquote|What Prime had... what made him great, it wasn't that he was so strong — even though he was — it was that he could '''talk'''... and what he said, it made you feel as strong as he was.|[[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]]|[[Pax Cybertronia (issue)|Pax Cybertronia]]}}
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==IDW Generation 1 continuity==
{{ongoing}}
===Orion Pax: Supercop===
[[File:ChaosTheory2 sorry bunch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.45|My name's Orion Pax, and I'm here to make Robocop look like a bitch!]]
Optimus Prime was forged under the name '''Orion Pax of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'''. He excelled in intellectual pursuits, graduating from the [[Institute for Higher Programming]] and enrolling in the [[Academy of Science and Technology]], while in the religious quarter he proved a skeptic, doubting the existence of the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2|Chaos Theory #2}} {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} He went on to become a rising star in Cybertron's police force who served as an inspiration to his fellow officers, eventually becoming captain of the [[Rodion]] police force. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1|Chaos Theory #1}} He was notably liberal in his duties, even convincing his old Academy friend [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] to run a free clinic in the city's [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

[[File:ChaosTheory2 orion addresses senate.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"I see you've already arrested the whole planet." "...Not exactly."]]
When the manual class miner [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was arrested for assault, Orion was intrigued by his treatise on non-violent resistance. After doing some investigation and discovering he wasn't guilty, Orion had Megatron released and told him that he had read his work and to keep working for change. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} In addition, Orion had his officer [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] locked up for abusing Megatron while he was in jail—an action that made the [[Senate]] ''very'' unhappy, as they had actually orchestrated Megatron's arrest in order to silence his voice of dissent. A gang of Senate thugs tried to coerce Orion into releasing Whirl, and when he refused, they returned to break Whirl out and kill Orion. Convinced now that Megatron's belief in the corruption of the Senate was true, Orion took his attackers down with a mix of righteous fury and tactical skills, and then forced his way into the [[Grand Imperium]]. There, he made a defiant speech to the Senate, saying his eyes had been opened by Megatron, only to be forcibly removed from the building. But Orion's speech had succeeded in reaching one of the Senate's members: [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Senator Shockwave]], who had for some time been searching for prospective new candidates to help free Cybertron from the Senate's corrupt stranglehold. Arranging for Orion's release, Shockwave had his injuries repaired and a cavity for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] added to his body, and the pair began working together in secret. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

[[File:Shadowplay2 no frikkin way.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"You. Are ''over''. The ''SPEED LIMIT.'' NOW '''PULL OVER!'''"]]
In the dark times that followed, as the Senate initiated the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], and the [[Decepticon]] movement inspired by Megatron's writings grew in strength, Orion continued to do his duties the best he could. After saving the derelict [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] from some thugs and delivering him to Ratchet's clinic, Pax witnessed a news report on the death of the current Matrix bearer [[Nominus Prime]], allegedly the victim of a rust infection. Calling a meeting with Shockwave, Orion learned from him that the Senate were truly responsible for Nominus's death, and that a plan involving the Decepticons was currently in motion. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} With Decepticon sympathizer [[Sherma|Senator Sherma]] having recently been murdered, Shockwave feared that fellow sympathizer [[Momus]] was in danger, and Pax rushed into action. Unfortunately, he arrived too late, and found Momus dead and officers [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] and [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Tumbler]] fighting his [[Streaker|murderer]]. Pax took out the killer, and upon discovering that he had been using a borrowed body from a [[Relinquishment Clinic]], sent the other two officers to follow the lead. Pax himself, meanwhile, responded to a summons from [[Garrus-1]], where an imprisoned Whirl, seeking revenge against the Senate that had abandoned him, informed Orion of a bombing plot [[Proteus|Senator Proteus]] was masterminding. Regrouping with Prowl and Tumbler—who had discovered the [[Institute]] that the Senate was using to brainwash troublemakers—Pax and his allies realised that the Senate had planted a bomb inside Nominus Prime's corpse, intending to blame the destruction on the Decepticons, thereby allowing the Senate to send them all to The Institute to be corrected. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}
[[File:Shadowplay3 pax saves shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He likes to make an entrance...through your '''TORSO'''.]]
Recruiting some super-powered "[[Outlier]]s" from Shockwave's [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology|Academy of Advanced Technology]] to lend their powers to the effort, Pax led his team in removing the bomb—hidden in the form of a fake Matrix—from Nominus's body as it lay in state, though Pax had to defer to Ratchet in the actual bomb removal, which was wired in with complex locks. The theft successfully completed, the team departed, but, having not been contacted by [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] at the appointed time, Pax sped on ahead to investigate, returning just in time to find that Senate thugs [[Kroma]], [[Macabre]] and the [[Heavies]] had attacked their safehouse to capture Shockwave. Pax took out one of the Heavies, but Shockwave agreed to surrender when Kroma threatened Roller's life. The remaining Heavy, Anvil, stayed behind to finish off Pax, but Pax used the Matrix-bomb to destroy his attacker. Believing that Shockwave would have been taken to the Institute, Pax had Tumbler lead him there, but they discovered the facility deserted: merely one of many Institutes, with no way of knowing in which Shockwave was being held. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} When next Orion saw Shockwave, he had undergone not only [[empurata]], but a complex form of [[Shadowplay]] that stripped him of his emotions. Though Pax believed that Shockwave could overcome what had been done to him, the "new" Shockwave told him that he was not the same 'bot who had befriended him, and to give up on him. It would take some time for the truth to sink in that Shockwave really didn't care any more. {{storylink|Shockwaves}}

===Orion and Zeta===
[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], the Senate's chief enforcer and part of the senatorial faction who'd whacked Nominus, wanted Orion Pax dead for interfering. Pax, Roller, and the outliers went on the run. Luckily, he'd made contact with one of Shockwave's other allies and disciples: [[Zeta Prime|Zeta of Sistex]], who became his newest mentor and backer. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}} {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

In 1st cycle 502, Zeta and Pax got wind of a new [[reproduction|spark "hot spot"]] in the [[Alyon]] region: one the Senate were keeping secret as it was in the shape of a [[Guiding Hand|''hand'']], the mythical digits of [[Primus]] pressing the planet into shape. Rather than allow the religious [[Functionist Council]] to use that for a power grab, the Senate were likely to kill the newborns. Pax and his crew fought to stop that, beating the snot out of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] troops Sentinel kept sending. He requested reinforcements from Zeta and got... well, [[time travel]]ers pretending to be Zeta's men. In the process, Orion found himself unwittingly talking to a future Megatron. He was confused by the maudlin talk and, when asked why he didn't try to tear down the Senate he knew was corrupt, he told Megatron he believed reform was the answer of revolution: they needed to course-correct. (Megatron found that very funny)

Pax's "reinforcements" informed him that a Senate ship was bombarding the hot spot with radiation as part of an experiment (one that would kill many sparks). His team went out to prevent that and secretly transport the sparks to somewhere safe. In the process, Roller was badly wounded and MIA. An enraged Pax ended the threat by having Trailbreaker put a forcefield round him and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''throw him'' at the Senate ship. Unfortunately, when the time travelers erased everyone's short term memories to cover their tracks Pax forgot that Roller had gone missing. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

[[File:AHM13 let him speak.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|You start wearing the blue and brown You're working for the clampdown!]]
After the Decepticons killed Sentinel and most of the Senate with him {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}, Zeta became Zeta Prime and formed the New Senate. Orion Pax stood by him as a friend and loyal soldier: he believed things were slowly changing for the better under Zeta. Together, they reformed the former senate's security forces into an army to combat the Decepticon insurgency; Orion named them the "[[Autobot]]s", having previously decided to "reclaim" this pejorative term that other alien races used refer to Cybertronians. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} While reviewing new recruits gathered for the Autobot forces by [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]], Orion was called out by an ornery veteran civil militia soldier named [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]], who didn't believe that a highly decorated police officer knew anything of ''real'' warfare, and had no business leading an army. Pax invited the old warhorse to teach him. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}}

[[File:SLOrionPax new body.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|"My face feels so... naked."]]
When Ratchet was captured by the Decepticons, Zeta had Orion upgraded into a new body so that he could carry out a prisoner exchange, though he lamented the loss of his [[mouthplate|lucky faceplate]]. Guided to the exchange point in the [[Rust Sea|Rust Spot]] by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], Pax and hostage negotiator [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] fended off an attack by the [[Slicer (group)|Slicer]]s; the battle broke Pax's trailer open, revealing that the hostages they were carrying were two grunts named [[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack and Ruin]], who Orion encouraged to abandon the Decepticon cause. Proceeding to the Decepticon base, the team discovered that the whole exchange had been a ruse by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to capture Alpha Trion. Pax fought back long enough for to allow the others to escape, and as punishment, Bludgeon strapped him to a shuttle and launched it at the nearest population center. Orion improvised by using an "instantaneous transformation" trick picked up from Rack and Ruin to break his bonds, allowing him to take control of the shuttle and crash it into an unpopulated area. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} Despite Orion foiling their plot, the Decepticons did get something out of the whole ordeal; confirmation through Alpha Trion that the ancient Titans were real. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

Some time later, still in his upgraded form, Orion Pax, Kup, Ironhide and their team were on a mission to thwart an assassination attempt on Zeta Prime. Disenchanted racer [[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] stumbled into the midst of a firefight between the two units; as the Decepticon unit pulled out to continue its mission, Orion petitioned Blurr for help, asking him to use his speed to get word to Zeta before it was too late. The former celebrity balked, but ultimately the young soldier helped Blurr find what really drove him to race, and thus recruited him to the Autobot cause. Curiously, Kup was heard to refer to Orion as "Optimus" during this adventure. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

Back in his original body, Orion would be approached by [[Tappet]] over the alleged killing of [[Hefter]] by [[Outback (G1)|Outback]]. While Orion assured Tappet that the investigation would run its course and adhere to the law, the civilian disagreed. Orion was then approached by Zeta Prime and the two's subsequent discussion led Orion to wonder if Zeta was any different a Prime than his predecessors. Orion later confronted Outback in a bar which produced no meaningful leads on the case. Orion then took Hefter's body to the [[Ultirex]] Technoversity for Ratchet to perform an examination where the medic found that the corpse's injuries did not match the official report. When Ratchet introduced Pax to [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]], the jet attacked Pax who quickly subdued him while revealing his Decepticon badge. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} Promptly arresting the scientist, Orion took him to [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] for an interrogation. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} The trio went to see the one who had recruited Jetfire into the Decepticons: [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]. The Outlier refuted Pax's allegations and claimed that the Decepticons had made moral compromises for their goals but were not involved with off-world weapon imports. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Orion later watched a PSA with Zeta regarding the integrity of the police force reaffirming Orion's doubt about his friend who claimed Orion might one day bear the Matrix. Orion later met Prowl and Jetfire at the [[Cosmic Carnival]] where the latter gave Orion the weapon that ended Hefter's life and revealed he knew when the next shipment of guns would arrive from off-world. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} Fitting Jetfire with a wire, Pax and Prowl sent him on his way to gather the evidence they needed. Upon learning that Soundwave had lied to him, all sympathy Orion had for the Decepticons evaporated and he swore to bring them down. Whatever the cost. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} The two cops broke in on the weapons trade with Orion killing one of the Decepticons before all the weapons were remotely detonated by [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. Orion and Prowl cordoned off the crime scene only to be joined by Outback whom Jetfire tried to attack before Orion stopped him. Jetfire then renounced his allegiance to the Decepticons and Orion invited him to join the police in stopping them. Jetfire declined saying that not everything the Decepticons did was bad. Orion disagreed and felt violence was the only way to stop them, something which would leave a profound impact on Jetfire for years to come. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}} Orion later spoke to an angry Jetfire about the Decepticon philosophy and whether or not violence was a legitimate means of achieving change. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}}

The trio was soon approached by [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] who confessed to bombing the Tygun factory after being assaulted by voices in his head. Jetfire discovered that a foreign signal was entering Bumblebee's processor and causing his dreams. Orion and Prowl tracked it to its source, followed by Bumblebee. The signal was the work of [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] who was using Soundwave's abilities to carry out his hypnotic signals. Though the Decepticons escaped, Orion was impressed by Bumblebee's bravery. The young bot then requested to join Orion's unit. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}
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===Becoming Prime===
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Orion soon became the commander of his own six-bot counter-insurgency unit working directly under Zeta Prime, though he had grown angry and detached from his experiences. During a mission to arrest the arms dealer [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in [[Nyon]], he lost his temper and almost beat the Decepticon to death in front of horrified onlookers. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} He later admitted to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] that he was frustrated with his own failures and uncertain if they were really on the right side, since so many civilians seemed to hate them and the government. {{storylink|Parasites}} Dispatched by Zeta Prime to hunt down the spy [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], Orion succeeded in defeating the Decepticon in spite of [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'s attempts to turn the fear and paranoia of bystanders against him. Before he could capture him, however, several other Decepticons arrived, taking his subordinate [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] hostage and telling him Megatron wanted an audience with him. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} Brought to a [[Jump Joint|bar]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], Orion listened as Megatron tried to talk him into siding with the Decepticons, claiming that Zeta was planning to drain energon from civilians, and had only sent Orion's team into Nyon in the hopes that they would die, giving him an official reason to attack the city. Orion stalled the conversation long enough that his allies could break in and rescue him and Bumblebee, then returned to Iacon and confronted Zeta with Megatron's claims. Zeta only told him not to question his motives before sending him on his next mission to capture the insurgent [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}}

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Tracking Hot Rod to the [[Acropolex]] in Nyon, Orion Pax and his men followed him into the depths of the building, where they discovered tanks of energon drained from the city's population by Zeta Prime, just as Megatron had claimed. Having seen the truth with his own eyes, Orion decided to turn on the corrupt government just as Zeta began attacking Nyon with his [[Guardian robot|Omega Destructor]]s. {{storylink|Ruins}} Leaving Hot Rod to evacuate the city, he and his unit tried and failed to defeat one of the Destructors. As they tried to escape, Nyon began to explode, and Orion realized that Zeta had set everything up to force Hot Rod's insurgents into self-destructing their own city. As Zeta arrived in person, Orion tried to fight him but was quickly dispatched by his [[vamparc ribbon]]. {{storylink|Purge}} Before Zeta could execute them, Orion and his team were saved by none other than Megatron and his Decepticons, who brought them back to Kaon for repairs. Though he still didn't trust Megatron, Orion Pax now knew he had told the truth about Zeta and agreed to join forces against him. {{storylink|Choices}}

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As their soldiers invaded Zeta Prime's [[Citadel]], Orion Pax and Megatron were air-dropped into his [[Primacy Auditorium|chamber]] and confronted him in person. Though Orion lost an arm in the battle, he managed to destroy Zeta's weapon, and the corrupt Prime was finally killed by Megatron. As soon as everything was over, however, Megatron betrayed the Autobots and shot Orion in the back, casting him into the [[Undergrid]] beneath the citadel. {{storylink|Overthrown}} Left for dead, Orion was drawn towards a distant light which turned out to be the hiding place of the long-missing Matrix of Leadership. As a voice called out for him to take the artifact, he did so and was suddenly overcome with the pain, fear, and loneliness felt by all living Cybertronians. Imbued with new clarity and wisdom, he realized that the Autobots were not meant to fight for unity—since in the eyes of the Matrix, [['Til all are one|all were one]]—but rather for the freedom of all sapient beings. As the Matrix repaired his body, Orion Pax declared that he was giving up his identity for his people: he was now Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} Guided by the Matrix back to the ruins of Nyon, Optimus reunited with his allies amidst the wreckage. Revealing the Matrix and his new goals and desires to his friends, he then used talisman to awaken an ancient, slumbering life force he could sense beneath the city: [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Rise}} {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

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To raise the army he needed to defeat Megatron—who had seized control of Cybertron in his absence—Optimus recruited the aid of news broadcaster [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who put out a rallying call for aid across [[Iaconian Newsfeed Service]]. Joined by thousands of freedom-seeking Transformers, Prime marched on Iacon. {{storylink|Broadcast}} While Metroplex handled Megatron's "vamparc annihilator" weapon, Optimus engaged Megatron himself in a [[The Transformers: The Movie|duel]] and emerged victorious with some timely aid from Hot Rod, though Megatron escaped with the vow that the war was just beginning. Vowing not to make the same mistakes as Zeta, Prime ordered a cache of illegal weapons discovered in the Undergrid destroyed, and thanked Hot Rod for his help. The younger 'bot was unsure if he deserved the gratitude, given his destruction of Nyon, but Prime assured him of his heroism, speculating that even he could bear the Matrix one day. {{storylink|Endgame}}

In the wake of the Decepticons' defeat, Optimus Prime inaugurated the [[Grand Convocation]], calling on representatives of all the planet's various guilds and groups to work together toward peace. Former senator [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] loudly objected to his leadership based on his past as a combatant, and a weary Optimus conferred with Alpha Trion on how best to proceed. {{storylink|Derelicts}} Pax called Dai Atlas to a private meeting to hash out their differences, {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} but news of an attack on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]] interrupted their discussion, and both 'bots responded to the alarm. At the refinery, they discovered [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]]'s [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] facing off against the Decepticons, now under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Losing control of his monstrous [[alternate mode]], Grimlock was ready to blow the entire refinery to destroy himself and all present, but Optimus was able to talk him down, only for Scorponok to trigger the explosion instead. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}}

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Though Prime and his men survived the refinery explosion, thousands died in the blast. Prime delivered a eulogy for the fallen, but the catastrophe was a turning point for Cybertron, as, under Dai Atlas's leadership, huge portions of the planet's population evacuated to seek new worlds. Optimus refused to abandoned his homeworld, and sent a science team to explore the refinery blast crater in hopes of finding a new [[energon]] source. {{storylink|Fallout (issue)|Fallout}} Prime himself then called Kup in for information on the Dynobots, reviewing classified files that revealed that, on their last missions, they had adopted monstrous new alternate modes based on creatures they discovered in the caverns beneath Toraxxis. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} The science team soon returned to report their own meeting with these beasts, along with a reservoir of tainted energon and a [[Trypticon (G1)|colossal reptilian Transformer]] guarding it. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} Prime presented these findings to the Grand Convocation upon their next meeting, they were not enough to sway Dai Atlas from his course. To make matters worse, a riot erupted amongst the evacuating civilians at [[Starsreach Spaceport]] that Prime had to quell in person; no sooner had he done so, and the exodus resumed, than the Decepticons launched an attack. {{storylink|Massacre}} The attack caused Grimlock, who had come to turn himself in to Prime, to loose control and adopt his feral beast form; after he drove the Decepticons back, Optimus calmed the Dinobot down and got him under control. The Dinobots were impressed with Optimus, but despite his pleas, they still insisted on leaving the planet. {{storylink|Unleashed}}

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Returning to his quarters to vent some of his anger, Optimus was soon summoned by Bumblebee with more bad news: the Decepticons had activated the giant beast from Toraxxis. Prime asked Metroplex for his aid, but the city-bot had become so long on energy that he could not transform, and could merely offer Prime information, such as the beast's name: Trypticon. Prime organized a heavy weapons assault against Trypticon, {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} but the barrage failed, and when Prime tried to intimidate the giant with the sight of the Matrix itself, it simply stomped on him. As Prime watched, however, the Dynobots came dropping out of the sky to join the battle, followed quickly by Megatron, returning from a recent off-planet escapade of his own. Prime passed out before he could see Megatron and Grimlock be swallowed by Trypticon, {{storylink|Annihilation}} and so did not witness them deactivating it from within. During the battle, Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus went to Prime's aid, replacing the Matrix—knocked from him by Trypticon's attack—in his chest. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}}

Taking advantage of a temporary lull in the war, Optimus Prime took a brief sabbatical and travelled to the Grav-Haraan glacier with Ironhide. They eventually picked up an unusual energy signature, and discovered that it belonged to an [[Guardian robot#IDW Generation 1 continuity|Omega Sentinel]], who claimed to be awaiting the return of Nova Prime. Optimus revealed that Nova had long since vanished and that he now bore the Matrix. Although saddened, the Sentinel offered to carry the two Autobots back to civilization, and introduced himself as [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} Prime informed Alpha Trion about his discovery, but Trion warned him that Omega Supreme might feel out of place after spending so much time in isolation. Things took a turn for the worse after Optimus and the Autobots detected a mysterious object approaching Cybertron, which turned out to be a reinvigorated Trypticon, heading straight for Metroplex! Optimus ordered an evacuation and then commanded Metroplex to transform, so as to meet Trypticon head on. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}} Although Metroplex was able to outfight Trypticon, the other Autobots were unprepared for the army of Junkions and a sudden flood of coolant, turning the battleground into a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]-infested deathtrap. Optimus ordered Omega Supreme into battle; the Sentinel revealed that he was waiting to kill Nova Prime for disgracing the legacy of the Primes, but confided to Optimus that would stand alongside Optimus. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}} Optimus rolled out to take on Megatron, and easily ran Motormaster off the road along the way. He finally confronted Megatron, who begged Optimus to kill him so as to spare him the mental torture of [[Pentius]], the Quintesson who had fused his spark to Megatron's. Optimus instead used the Matrix to purify Megatron's spark and destroy the Quintesson presence. Megatron swore that he still hated Prime even after the Autobot leader saved his life, forcing the saddened Autobot leader to knock out Megatron with a single punch. Megatron was left imprisoned and Optimus broadcast the news across Cybertron, calling for an end to the fighting and promising to hunt down the surviving Decepticon troops. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

===War without end===
Megatron would later incorrectly claim that his and Prime's first meeting took place during the [[Rorsha Campaign]], when they battled on [[Sherma Bridge]]. Prime's side lost 5000 men but he sliced off the tyrant's cannon arm with his energon axe before he lost and got thrown off the bridge. Every Autobot and Decepticon stopped fighting to witness their duel. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

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As the war bore on, Optimus and Ironhide's student-and-teacher relationship evolved. Prime grew willing to go against Ironhide's counsel, once doing so to save the Autobots from Trypticon waiting in ambush, while also learning the benefit of sticking to your guns like the stubborn old soldier did, once insisting on saving Ironhide's life after a booby-trap left them badly damaged and hanging over a cliff-edge. Down the years, Ironhide developed a respect and awe for his protege, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}} eventually taking on the position of his official bodyguard. It was in this capacity, four million years ago, that Ironhide saved Optimus when he was ambushed by Soundwave and his cassettes while attempting to stop a Decepticon energon convoy. With Ironhide covering him from afar, Prime then proceeded to talk the convoy into surrendering without having to fire a single shot. During a party to celebrate this win, Prime declined Prowl's request to address the troops, and went out to converse with Kup and Ironhide, privately confiding in them that he foresaw the war going on without end. As the party continued, Decepticon assassin [[Axer (G1)|Axer]] made an attempt on Prime's life, but Ironhide saved him, throwing himself in the path of the blast. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

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Prime's actions during the long course of the war were many. As the conflict spread across the galaxy, he commanded the Autobot armed forced from the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. {{Storylink|The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer}} He was part of the [[113th Battalion]] when they battled [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} During the [[Simanzi Massacre]], he prevented over a thousand Autobots and neutrals from falling into [[Crucible|The Crucible]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Pyro's Autopedia entry}} He was also involved in preventing the [[Black Epoch]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} At some point, Optimus had to berate Grimlock personally, insisting that the Dynobot let go of a grudge he had against Shockwave after the later botched one of Grimlock's energon-gathering missions. Grimlock didn't listen. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}} Optimus battled Megatron many times, on multiple worlds: he lost half his face to Megatron's [[energon mace]] during the Battle for [[Hell's Point]] and retaliated by using [[Tremorcon]]s' [[Geo-Scoop]] to drop a city block on his opponent, and he was nearly destroyed during the Siege of [[Siege of Massunstrad|Massunstrad]] when Megatron trapped him in an anti-matter chamber. Optimus would get in his licks too, however; during the [[Vorsk Offensive]], he nearly sliced Megatron in half; at [[Rada Mor]], Prime nearly destroyed Megatron while defending some "sentient explosives". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} At the war's zenith, Optimus sealed himself in an [[Omniglobe]] to absorb the relentless flood of data coming in from countless fronts. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

Some of Prime's other accomplishments of note throughout the war included battling shards of living rage, exorcising the [[Demonicon]]s, and performing Hot Rod's rite of the Autobrand. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} During Earth's ice age a transmission of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee was intercepted by the Eukarian starship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' which served as the proximate cause for Shockwave rebuilding the ship's crew as Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Iron Klaw}}

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700 stellar cycles ago, Prime and Megatron joined forces to battle [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. Driven by his belief that the already badly-degenerated Cybertron would soon become completely uninhabitable, Thunderwing had, through [[Pretender|polydermal grafting]], inadvertently turned himself into a monster whose subsequent rampage only accelerated the planet's collapse. In a final, futile stand at [[Thunderhead Pass]], Optimus could only watch as Cybertron itself swallowed Thunderwing. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Although this ultimately brought the planet to a point of no return, forcing all the Transformers to leave their world behind, Prime refused to allow Megatron to go through with his plan to destroy Cybertron itself to ensure Thunderwing was no more. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

In 2005, while on the Orbital Command Hub, Prime received a communication from Ironhide, presently stationed on the planet [[Earth]] as part of a unit led by Prowl. Ironhide's message warned the local Decepticon infiltration cell under [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] had broken their infiltration methods and enacted [[Infiltration protocol|siege mode]] prematurely, and Prime ordered the situation to be monitored. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}}{{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Soon afterward, when the Autobot science vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'' sent a distress signal from above Thunderhead Pass, Prime decided to investigate personally, upgrading himself additional armor and armaments and ordering the [[Wrecker]]s to meet him on Cybertron. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Venturing into the planet's depths, Prime's team discovered that Thunderwing had been restored by Bludgeon and his followers. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}} Faced with the planet-ravaging monster once again, Prime found himself willing to succumb to Megatron's way of thinking this time, and considered destroying Cybertron to remove the threat. Fortunately, it did not come to that: studying Bludgeon's files, [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] discovered that he had reanimated Thunderwing with an exceptionally powerful "[[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]]" that would burn out in short order. His conscience still guilty over the past, Prime took on Thunderwing personally for the final exchange of the battle, unleashing massive amounts of firepower at monster, forcing it to exhaust its power reserves and ultimately, its life. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}
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===Earth and back again===
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Continuing to investigate Bludgeon's files, Jetfire learned that the mysterious new Energon used to revive Thunderwing had originated on Earth. Linking this to Ironhide's message, Prime headed straight for the planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}} He arrived while most of Prowl's unit were out on a mission, and when they returned, they were met by their leader, freshly reformatted with a new Earth truck body. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} After ordering that Ironhide and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]] return the humans the Autobots had befriended to their homes, Prime took some time to take in reports from other Autobots elsewhere in the galaxy, and was beamed further findings by Jetfire that worryingly indicated Decepticons had been active on Earth for many years. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}}

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It became apparent that the Decepticons had initiated Phase Two of their infiltration protocol when news reached Prime and the Autobots of suddenly accelerated unrest between the small European nations of [[Latveria]] and [[Symkaria]]. Tracing the cause to Decepticon array that was broadcasting an aggression-enhancing signal, Prime took his team into action, only to have them run into the superhero team known as the [[Avengers]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} With the human heroes also suffering the effects of the aggression wave, a short battle erupted between the two teams, which was halted by Ratchet and a quickly-created inhibitor device that brought the Avengers back to their senses. The united Autobot/Avenger team launched an attack on the array, but were soon met in combat by the Decepticons; Optimus was injured by a disproportionately powerful blast from [[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]], unaware that the Decepticons had boosted their powers using energy drawn from the captive [[Spider-Man]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} The super-charged Decepticons were beaten back when Prime, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] linked their systems to [[Iron Man]]'s Transformer-sized armor, giving him the power necessary to end the fight. Megatron attempted to force Prime to surrender by revealing that he had captured several of the Avengers, but Prime instead ordered a quick destruction of the array, prompting Megatron to emerge to join the battle. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The Decepticon leader refrained from engaging Prime directly, however, electing to save their conflict for a more personal moment; Prime instead joined his Autobots and the Avengers in bombarding Megatron with an overwhelming barrage of firepower, finally taking him down. Megatron teleported out, and Prime led his Autobots in withdrawing. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

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When word came in from Ironhide that Sunstreaker had been slain by an attack from an enigmatic human organization, Optimus Prime took Jazz and [[Wheeljack (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Wheeljack]] to recover their comrade's car-form remains from the civilian impound lot they were being held in. They arrived just as Sunstreaker's attackers were attempting to remove his body; their vehicle did not survive a head-on collision with Prime's shin. Subsequent examination of Sunstreaker's body by Ratchet proved that the remains were, in fact, ''not'' Sunstreaker, but rather a facsimile the humans had created to throw Prime's team off the trail. {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}} Ironhide was eager to hunt down Sunstreaker's attackers, but Prime refused to let him, instead calling in reinforcements in the form of Hot Rod, Nightbeat and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}}

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Soon after, Prowl discovered that the Decepticons were causing political instability in the breakaway Soviet state of [[Brasnya]] and Prime ordered the Autobots into action. {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}} While reconning the area, Prime left his [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]] to monitor the surroundings; it picked up [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], who thought he had got the drop on Prime, and [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] took out the unsuspecting Decepticon with a single shot. Megatron proceeded to [[orbital jump|orbital bounce]] directly into Prime's path, at last ready for them to battle one-on-one. {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}} The fight went well at first, with Prime blowing Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] clean off, but the increased strength and stamina granted the Decepticon by Earth's Ultra-Energon allowed him to prevail, actually punching through Prime's body and crushing his [[spark]] casing. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet}} Prime only managing to survive by transferring his consciousness into his trailer, leaving Megatron to believe him dead. Recalling the circumstances of Thunderwing's defeat, Prime directed his troops to bombard Megatron with a hail of firepower, then returned to his body in time to deliver the final, point-blank blast that drained the last of the Decepticon leader's power reserves. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

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Prime's near-death experience left him somewhat unsettled; while his consciousness had been in transitional [[infraspace]] downloading to his trailer, he had sensed a presence of dread—the visage of his long-missing predecessor, [[Nova Prime]]. Looking for answers, Optimus Prime left Earth to visit Nova's contemporary, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. From Omega, he learned of Nova's belief that Transformers were a superior race that should remake the universe in their image, and he faced down the rampaging [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], a legacy of Nova's tenure seeking revenge against Omega Supreme for locking him away. Appalled at Omega's actions as much as he was Nova's, Prime attempted to appeal Monstructor, but the deranged beast refused to listen, and Prime took him down hard. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Devastation4 PrimeSixshot hyperbole.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.45|"And THAT'S for killing my brother in another timeline!"]]
After Prime returned to Earth, he organized the Autobots in proactive maneuvers against the [[Machination|mysterious human group]] that had been bedeviling them of late, permitting the relocation of their base the ''[[Ark-19]]'' and calling in further reinforcements from Cybertron in the form of a unit led by [[Hound (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hound]]. In mid-transit, however, the ''Ark-19'' was attacked by the latest addition to Megatron's forces, [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} Prime co-ordinated the evacuation of their human allies and the self-destruction of the craft to ensure it didn't fall into enemy hands, and while it appeared that he and his Autobots did not make it out of the ship before it blew {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}} they soon revealed they had survived and prepared to take on Sixshot. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} Optimus and the Autobots held Sixshot at bay, but battle ended in stalemate when both parties orbital jumped out to avoid an air strike from the U.S. military. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} {{Storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Regrouping on ''[[Ark-32]]'', Prime received a communication from Jetfire informing him that Monstructor had been liberated from the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary. Considering the threat he posed if unleashed greater than that posed to Earth by the Decepticons, Prime ordered the Autobots to depart the planet to deal with this new crisis, {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} redirecting Hound's unit to meet his team at Garrus-9. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}[[File:SLDDealer optimus vs nova.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]] Upon arrival at the prison, Prime and Prowl conferred with Jetfire and warden [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]], then received a worrying report from Ultra Magnus, who, along with Hound's crew, had encountered [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and Thunderwing on [[Corata-Vaz]]. Recalling his out-of-body experience in Brasnya, Prime realized that recent events were somehow connected to Nova Prime; {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}} a theory that gained traction as more information began to come in from Jetfire and Omega Supreme. Seeking information, Prime dispatched Hot Rod and [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] to recover the all-knowing [[Magnificence]] from [[Ki-Aleta]], {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} but in their absence, Prime's speculation was proven accurate when Nova Prime himself attacked Garrus-9. Optimus engaged his predecessor personally, discovering that he was now "Nemesis Prime", having been transformed into an undead monster by the power of the [[Dead Universe]] and its, "Anti-Matrix", the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} In the course of their battle, however, Nova's secret fear proved true: like the Matrix, the Darkness sought to pass onto the current Prime. Nova refused to let the Darkness leave him and savagely attacked Optimus, but, just as victory seemed within his grasp, he was shot in the back and killed by his treacherous comrade [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]. With Nova's death, the Darkness leapt into Optimus, who struggled against its evil emanations. Galvatron offered Optimus a choice: kill himself by plunging into the prison's [[solar pool]], or pass on the Darkness to Galvatron, who had coveted it for so long. Optimus seemed to choose the later, taking Galvatron's hand and passing the Darkness to him, but after doing so, he did not release his grip on the villain, instead hurling him into the solar pool to his apparent destruction. Concurrent with this, the other Autobots using the information gained from the Magnificence to thwart Nova's plan to merge the living and dead universes, and as Optimus gazed upon Nova's dead body, he told himself he could not mourn the elder Prime's death, as Nova had truly died long ago. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}} {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}}

When Ultra Magnus brought the human Hunter O'Nion and Sunstreak aboard the Ark-32 (as well as many other bots and humans enrolled in their recent adventures) Optimus was present to witness Ratchet giving O'Nion a clean bill of health. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}
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===Offline in exile===
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In the weeks and months that followed, Optimus Prime led a larger squad of Autobots back to Earth to deal with the Decepticon threat they had left behind. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in Its Right Place}} Upon their return, however, they discovered that while they had been away, the Decepticons had become splintered following an apparent power struggle between Megatron and Starscream. After a prolonged period of searching, Prime led the Autobots to a location where Starscream's "group" was, only to be ambushed by a unified Decepticon force, including a brand new [[combiner|gestalt]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The combiner sealed the Autobots' defeat, and Megatron tore the Matrix of Leadership from Prime's chest. The captured Autobots were led to a [[space bridge]] that would return to them to Cybertron, where they would be left to the mercies of the [[Insecticon swarm]] the Decepticons had populated the planet with. However, once his troops were through, Prime, last in line, quickly turned his weapons on the bridge machinery, destroying it. As the portal begin to close, Prime was hurled into it by a barrage of Decepticon fire, causing a catastrophic reaction that fried his circuits and knocked him offline. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} Left stranded on Cybertron with their leader comatose, the Autobots were forced to leave Earth to the Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

[[File:AHMPrimecritical.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb|So he's dying. [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|This shouldn't be a problem by now]].]]
One year after Nova Prime's defeat, Prime's unit were joined on Cybertron by a team led by Kup, who brought with them enough energon for Ratchet to restore Prime to full functionality. He awoke just as Sideswipe was chastizing the demoralized Autobots on the self-destructive nature of their war, and delivered a rousing speech affirming his pride in his warriors and his unfazed intent to win the war. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} Prime took a moment to reconnect in particular with his old teacher, Ironhide, who had been hit especially hard by his brush with death, and the reunited pair then joined the other Autobots in plunging into battle against the Insecticon swarm. The timely arrival of Omega Supreme saved the Autobots, and he then ferried them to Earth for a showdown with Megatron's forces. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

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The Autobots returned to an Earth than had been devastated by the Decepticons in their absence, arriving at [[New York City]] just as the Decepticons were fending off attacks from a European air squad. Prime and Megatron faced off with each other once again, but rather than immediately clash, Megatron was puzzled by his old enemy's actions; both leaders had always maintained a policy of acceptable losses, and Prime had already abandoned Earth once, proving he held the planet in no particular regard. Prime claimed he had changed; no more would he allow their cold war to endanger innocent lifeforms. Megatron merely scoffed, revealing that the "innocents" Prime wanted to protect were about to drop a nuclear bomb on the city. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} Battle then erupted between the two, with Megatron emerging victorious after a fierce exchange of blows, but just before he and the Decepticons departed, human soldier [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]] landed a critical shot with an experimental weapon [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|made from a Transformer]]. Prime finished the job by slamming Megatron in the head with his own [[fusion cannon]], taking him offline. The Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to face nuclear destruction, until the bomb was stopped by the disenchanted Thundercracker. Prime then met with Spike, and proposed that the Autobots and human military work together to repair the damage done to the Earth. Spike was not confident that such an alliance was possible. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

Some time later, Optimus met with Ironhide to discuss the elder Autobot's resignation from Prime's forces. Ironhide no longer trusted his own judgement following some bad decisions made during Prime's time offline, and Prime respected Ironhide too much to argue. Instead, the pair shared a drink and some reminiscence, and with some honest, emotional confession of much the Autobots needed him and how much he would personally miss him, Optimus convinced Ironhide to stay. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}}

Optimus later took a moment to lament the state in which their war left the City of New York, before deciding to protect the Earth while in disguise. {{storylink|Ride-Along}} When Bumblebee got separated from the rest of the Autobots in the ruins of New York, and subsequently outed himself by rescuing some humans in danger, Optimus and the rest of the Autobots retrieved him. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 16|Hidden}}
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===Leader no more===
[[File:Ongoing Issue 1-Optimus Surrenders.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|His attempt to start the wave was not going down well.]]
Unable to work directly with humankind, and with Omega Supreme too low on energy to take the Autobots off-world, Optimus Prime had the Autobots go into hiding for the next two years. Many Autobots chafed under this order, and eventually, things erupted in an angry Hot Rod accusing Prime of allowing both his guilt and his need to protect something to trap the Autobots on a world that didn't want them anymore. Unable to defend against the claims, Prime was forced to allow Hot Rod to lead a mission to rescue the captive Prowl from the clutches of [[Skywatch]]; the mission went catastrophically wrong, resulting in Ironhide's death. Forced by this disastrous turn of events of re-evaluate his leadership in recent years, Prime concluded that he had led the Autobots down a self-destructive path, resigned his post as Autobot leader, surrendered himself to Skywatch. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

Prime was brought to Skywatch's base by incredulous troopers and placed in transformation stasis, but was shortly freed by Spike Witwicky, who wished to talk with him. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Suspicious of the questions Spike asked about the other Autobots and his supposed desire to help them, Prime refused to divulge any information about his comrades and was moved to a holding cell. As leverage, Spike captured and brought in [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], suggesting that Prime start talking to help ''them'', if not to help himself. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}} [[File:IDWOngoing5 my greatest hope.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] Prime explained his motivations for abdicating as Autobot leader to the human, expressing his hope that, without him, his men would learn to evolve and move beyond his mistakes—something that he had observed humans possessed a much greater capacity for than Transformers. {{Storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}} Presently, news came in of a battle involving the other Autobots and the Decepticons' newest combiner, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Spike convinced Optimus to help Skywatch prevent loss of innocent lives, and Prime heroically battled Menasor. After the combiner was defeated, however, the Autobots looked to him for leadership, only for him to declare that he was not retaking command, but returning himself to Skywatch's custody. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

The Autobots—now under Bumblebee's command—and Skywatch began working together to hunt down the Decepticons remaining on Earth. Spike's father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|General Daniel Witwicky]], was skeptical of the plan, despite the thanks Optimus extended him for his work fighting the Decepticons three years prior. {{storylink|All His Engines}} In one of their earliest missions together, the united Autobot/Skywatch team responded to Transformer activity in [[Las Vegas]], discovering that Galvatron had returned, and had inadvertently brought an interdimensional zombie infestation with him. Prime had the Autobots seal off Las Vegas to prevent the spread of the plague, {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 1|The Transformers: Infestation #1}} but the zombie leader [[Britt]] then began infecting Prime and the others themselves with the zombie virus. It was through Kup's intervention that they were saved, as he dragged Britt through a portal to the Dead Universe. Galvatron then demanded the Autobots submit to his authority so they could ready for a coming battle against a much greater enemy; when they unsurprisingly refused, Galvatron departed, leaving Prime to worry about what was lurking in the future. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|The Transformers: Infestation #2}} {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}}
[[File:IDWongoing11 optimus decks onslaught.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|C'mon, Optimus! You could really [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|rip his face off]] if you tried.]]
A few months later, when the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] publicly allied themselves with [[North Korea]], Spike recruited Optimus and the Autobots to fight against them. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|The Land Ironclads}} Unfortunately due to an edict by the [[President of the United States]] forbidding any countries to collaborate with Cybertronians, the Transformers had to be transported to Korea in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], in shipping crates, so that their activities could remain hidden from the government. They even had to attempt battling the Combaticons in vehicle mode, which did not go well for them. {{storylink|International Incident Part 2: "Ranks of Bronze"|Ranks of Bronze}} After temporarily disabling the satellites watching the area, the Autobots were able to transform for their second engagement with the Combaticons, during which Prime smashed into Vortex and managed to bring the Combaticons' leader Onslaught to his knees. All was going well until the arrival of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who had fallen in with the [[China|People's Republic of China]]. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|Hawk among the Sparrows}} Prime tried the diplomatic approach, trying to convince the Predacons to stand down, and although they were insulted by his dismissive attitude towards their partnership with China, they agreed to move on... until Onslaught shot [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] in the back. A brawl between all parties ensued, but Prime took control of the situation by having Thundercracker, temporarily working with the Autobots again, destroy China and North Korea's energon production facilities, ensuring the Decepticons would have no reason to work with the humans any more. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|All My Sins Remembered}}
[[File:IDWongoing18 why cant you ever die.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Transformium|Nanomachines]], son!]]
While they were still overseas, word reached Prime's team of an assassination attempt on Bumblebee by a human wielding an advanced weapon. As they raced back to America aboard a Skywatch jet, Prime quieted arguments between the anxious Autobots and their human comrades, but remained quietly angry himself, insisting that there were endemic problems that needed to be addressed. Moments later, their jet was blown out of the sky, {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} but Prime and company survived the crash and completed the last leg of the journey home underwater in their vehicle modes. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}} The team soon received a transmission that revealed the author of their current woes: Megatron had returned. Tracing Megatron and Soundwave to [[Albuquerque]], Prime confronted his old enemy alone, only to find that one-on-one combat was not Megatron's plan: instead, he had dumped the captive Autobots in Albuquerque and flooded the city with an arsenal of Cybertronian weapons that controlled the minds of the humans wielding them. Prime was able to outsmart Megatron by deducing that Soundwave was linked to the weapons and shot him in the head to disable that connection. Megatron withdrew, {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}} but a tracking chip Ultra Magnus had planted on Soundwave allow Prime to follow them to their foxhole, air-dropping in and dramatically crashing through the roof. Prime proposed taking the fight outside as a means of allowing Skywatch to drop a [[kinetic harpoon]] on Megatron; alas, even this incredible weapon failed to do much damage to the Decepticon leader's powerful new body, and the resultant fistfight between the two ended badly for Prime, as Megatron incapacitated him and dumped him on the Autobots' doorstep. When Optimus awoke, however, it was to a surprising revelation: Megatron had surrendered himself to the Autobots' custody. Prime could fathom no reason for Megatron to have done this, and Megatron himself offered no answers, save for the taunting revelation that Spike Witwicky had secretly gone off-grid and executed [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. A shaken Prime charged Prowl with investigating this claim, then retreated into his private quarters to contemplate the chaos he found himself facing. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}
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A short time later, Hot Rod returned from a sojourn in space, during which he had finally recovered the Matrix of Leadership from Decepticon clutches. He returned the talisman to Optimus, who in return dubbed him "Rodimus" as a sign of his maturation. But Rodimus also brought dread tidings: through the ministrations of Alpha Trion, Cybertron had become habitable again, but was being used as a staging base by Galvatron and his army. Refusing to see his homeworld conquered by the madman, Optimus announced to the Autobots that he was returning to Cybertron, and invited any who wished to accompany him. Most of the Autobots chose to join him, and they soon left aboard Omega Supreme's rocket with Megatron aboard; {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} just before departing, Prime gave Prowl "five minutes" to interrogate Megatron for information on his investigation into Spike. {{storylink|Police Action: Prologue}}

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During their trip, Optimus questioned Megatron further about why he surrendered, even releasing him from his bonds and having a civil conversation with him recalling their many past encounters and dueling ideologies. The other Autobots were more concerned with coming to a decision on what to ''do'' with Megatron, and cast doubt on Optimus's ability to make the right choice after how "cozy" the pair had been during their talk. An angry Prime returned to speak to Megatron again, but this time, the Decepticon leader smugly goaded Prime into shocking him with the [[variable voltage harness]] he was strapped into. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} Disgusted by his own actions, Prime talked with Ratchet and Rodimus about the Matrix and the weight of expectation it placed upon him. To prove to himself that he still had the wisdom to make the right decision on his own, Prime removed the Matrix from his chest and left it in Ratchet's care so that he could reach his conclusion free of its influence. Prime decided to leave the choice between imprisonment or death up to Megatron himself; Megatron chose death. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

[[File:Chaos4 purifying vector sigma.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|"Now...light our [[Livio Ramondelli|Livio-est]] hour!"]]
Arriving on Cybertron, Prime left Megatron to stew in his cell while he took his men out to approach Galvatron peacefully. As before, Galvatron proposed they put themselves under his command to battle a mysterious coming enemy, and when Prime refused, battle promptly began. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} When Galvatron brought the captured [[Kimia Facility]] into play, turning its weapons on the planet from orbit, Prime flawlessly co-ordinated the Autobot response. When he realised that Galvatron was not shooting at the Autobots, but blasting a pathway ''into'' the planet, Prime rolled out to head him off at the pass. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}} Alongside Ironhide, Rodimus and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], Prime pursued Galvatron down into the planet's depths, but during the chase, the enemy Galvatron had warned of finally emerged: the Dead Universe entity known as the [[D-Void]]. This alien intelligence possessed Galvatron's army and the Decepticons (who had been teleported to Cybertron by Megatron, this being the reason he had surrendered) and merged them into a giant "[[Deceptigod]]". Galvatron intended to stop its emergence by feeding the Darkness into [[Vector Sigma]] and destroying the planet, {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} but upon doing so, discovered that he had been played by the D-Void all along—destroying Cybertron would allow it to ''complete'' its emergence into the living universe. Optimus Prime plunged himself into Vector Sigma and released the power of the Matrix of Leadership, purifying the mega-computer and stopping the D-Void in its tracks. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

===The return of Orion Pax===
[[File:DoOP matrix bequeathed.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|"And I won't come back until you two learn to share!"]]
Prime awoke in a barren wasteland, the Matrix lying before him, its crystal core split in two and its energies depleted. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}} After briefly believing that he had died and passed on to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]], Prime realised that he was on Cybertron, but a Cybertron surging with primordial energies. Trekking across the wilderness, Prime found a shanty town made of spaceships where Iacon should have been, where after an altercation with some unfamiliar Cybertronians, he was approached by Sideswipe and Whirl. The pair brought him to Rodimus and Bumblebee, who explained that the purification of Vector Sigma had "rebooted" Cybertron, reverting it to a primeval state and sending out a signal that summoned the many Cybertronians who had left the planet millions of years ago back home. Unfortunately, tensions were running high, as these so-called "[[NAIL]]s" look upon Prime and the Autobots as symbols of the war they had left the planet to escape. A full-blown riot soon consumed the city, which Prime quelled with a proclamation he delivered to the crowd: if the NAILs would allow the other Autobots to stay, he, the figurehead of the war, would leave the planet forever. Bestowing the two Matrix halves to Rodimus and Bumblebee, Prime departed at last truly feeling free and beholden to no-one. Optimus Prime was dead. Orion Pax was reborn. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}
[[File:Syndromica1 pax and crew.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Uh, Pax? As a former cop, shouldn't you make sure to throw out [[Wheelie (G1)|the minor]]?]]
After voyaging through space for some time, Orion was contacted by Hardhead with some strange news: a distress signal from the planet [[Arduria]] had awoken Hardhead's formerly-catatonic prisoner, Jhiaxus, who began screaming Orion's name. Investigating the Ardurian signal, Orion and Hardhead found that they had been lured into a Decepticon trap when they were attacked by Monstructor. His knowledge of the combiner from their past fight availed Orion little, as the monster's weak spot had been removed, and Monstructor was able to keep them busy long enough for his new master Bludgeon to free Jhiaxus. Realizing that Jhiaxus and Bludgeon were intending to hunt down all the planets that had been targeted by Shockwave's [[Regenesis]] program, Orion and Hardhead set course for the [[Lenocinium Velnero System]] and gave chase. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}
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Arriving in the LV system, Pax's ship crossed paths with a Decepticon vessel that crashed on the world of [[LV-117]], a planet unhinged from the flow of linear time by [[Ore-1]], a product of Shockwave's [[Regenesis]] program. Following it down to the planet's surface, Pax's team explored the ship and discovered a mysterious sphere in its hold. Little did Pax realise that this sphere was a time machine, which, when he reached out to touch it, sent him on a confusing journey through LV-117's past and future. After briefly jumping into the near future, where he witnessed Jhiaxus, Bludgeon and Monstructor stealing the Decepticon ship and escaping, Pax was hurled into LV-117's past and began moving forward, heading back to the present day, encountering Bludgeon in each time period he arrived in. Pax encountered the Decepticon warmonger [[Turmoil]] abducting many of the planet's natives and rescued one, named [[Varta]], and then found himself facing the end of LV-117 itself, destroyed by forces unknown. In this time period, he encountered [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and an older Varta, and realized that he had been encountering Bludgeon in reverse-order, with the Decepticon traveling in the opposite direction through time to him. This meant since he had already ''seen'' Bludgeon and his comrades escape the planet, then it had already ''happened'' for them, so Pax could not stop it. His time-shifting journey at an end, Prime reappeared in the relative "present" after the villains had already departed, and gathered up his crew to follow them toward [[Gorlam Prime]]. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}}
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===Lineage of the Primes===
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As they flew to Gorlam Prime, [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] was struck by a [[Universal killswitch|mysterious attack]]. Orion questioned what was happening but the attack halted soon enough.
{{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Pax's team appeared to beat Jhiaxus to Gorlam Prime, and they ventured underground to explore the caverns that had previously held a portal to the Dead Universe, also coming upon a mysterious ruined city. Returning to the surface, the team were approached by [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], who was being pursued by the Monstructor Six, and came to his aid. Waspinator explained that they were after the subterranean city, which was, in fact, one of Metroplex's [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] brethren. Pax awoke the [[Necrotitan|Titan]], but at that point, Waspinator revealed that he was actually ''working'' for Jhiaxus, and took control of the Titan, spiriting it away to Cybertron. Worse still, the giant's transformation had destabilized Gorlam Prime, causing the spread of the death-inducing [[Ore-2]] previously confined to the underground caverns. Their ship had been destroyed in the fight, seeming dooming Pax's team, but Pax revealed that his own ship, the ''[[Skyroller]]'', had been following in their wake all along. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} They quickly boarded the craft and blasted off, but seemed as though they would be unable to escape the gravity of the collapsing Gorlam Prime until the ''[[Lost Light]]'', the starship of misfits crewed by Rodimus, appeared to rescue them. Welcomed in eagerly, Pax was given a tour of the vessel, but arrived on the bridge just as bad news was coming in—Starscream, who had been elected leader of Cybertron in Pax's absence—reported that a portal to the Dead Universe was forming in the skies over their homeworld. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}}

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Realizing that they would have to venture into the Dead Universe themselves to investigate, Pax tasked [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] with jury-rigging a method of protecting themselves from its ravages while he shared a drink and a moment of dark reflection with Rodimus and Ultra Magnus. Shielded by forcefields of Brainstorm's design, Pax then led Rodimus, Hardhead and Cyclonus into the Dead Universe through the portal that Gorlam Prime had collapsed into, where they were immediately set upon by some native [[cyberwraith]]s. The creatures fled when Cyclonus, claimed by the Dead Universe again thanks to his forcefield generator breaking, moved to confront them, {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} but the stoic ancient Cybertronian refused Pax's offer of medical aid and insisted they continue on their mission to find the point that the Dead Universe was contracting towards. On the way, the team were unexpectedly met by Nightbeat, who had perished during the original Dead Universe incident, and was revealed to have been sustained by the undead realm's power. Nightbeat volunteered to lead the group to the Dead Universe's contraction point, {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} but it soon transpired that he had been brainwashed by Nova Prime, who had secretly survived his previous clash with Pax, and had led Orion's team into a trap. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} Sealed with a containment cube, Orion managed to crack their prison with a mighty punch, then pretended to lose his temper and staged a fight with Rodimus in order to distract Nightbeat from it. When Nova Prime subsequently arrived, Hardhead exploited the crack to smash his way out, but the cube re-sealed before Orion and the others could escape, and they could only watch as Nova destroyed Hardhead. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}}

[[File:RID26 my name is optimus prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Optimus! Stop hitting yourself!!"]]
Transported by Nova to his citadel, Orion's team discovered that the evil Prime had Kup captive, and was in the process of turning him into a space bridge to escape to the living universe. Nova intended to use Orion and the others' sparks to energize the bridge, but fortunately, Rodimus was able to break Nightbeat's brainwashing with some odd numbers engraved into his palm, and he set them free. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} As they set about liberating Kup, Rodimus explained the significance of the numbers to the perplexed Orion: they were the number of ''Lost Light'' crewmembers who had voted to have him removed from captaincy after recent catastrophic misdeeds. Orion surprised the younger 'bot with the angry declaration that Rodimus should have resigned outright, rather than take a vote. Any further discussion was halted when Nova appeared and challenged Orion to a final battle. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Nova taunted Pax psychologically by using his mastery of the Dead Universe to shape-shift into the forms of past Primes, before assuming the shape of Orion himself, professing to show him what he could become if he embraced the true legacy of the Primes. Orion was shaken, but a speech from Rodimus rallied him: though many had held the title before him, Orion had made the name of "Prime" synonymous with himself, and with goodness and decency, despite the evil actions of those who had come before him. Energized by Rodimus's words, Orion rechristened himself Optimus Prime once more, and slew Nova once and for all. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

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With the Dead Universe collapsing all around them, Optimus and his team were in dire need of a way out, and found one when they heard singing emerging from Nova Prime's corpse. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} Realizing that it was coming through from the living universe, they used Nova's technology to turn him into space bridge {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}} and travelled through it, back to Cybertron, emerging through the unsuspecting Brainstorm's chest. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} They arrived just in time to join the effort to stop Shockwave's plan to collapse all of reality into a black hole using his Regenesis ores; Optimus fought side-by-side with Megatron against the rogue scientist, and tried to reason with his old senator friend. His words had little effect, so Megatron opted for a more audacious method: recent experiences having opened his mind to a new way of thinking, he donned an Autobot insignia and declared that he was switching factions. Confused and distracted, Shockwave lost control of the time machine powering his plot, setting his mind adrift in time and causing his old pre-Shadowplay self to re-emerge. Horrified at what he had become, Senator Shockwave petitioned Optimus Prime to kill him, and Prime complied, with the vow to always remember his old friend as he had been. With Shockwave's death, the time machine collapsed into a singularity that threatened to consume them. Prime and Megatron made what appeared to be a hopeless dash for safety, but were rescued at the last moment by the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

===Retaking Command===
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Along with Jetfire, he bore witness to Megatron melting his iconic fusion cannon in a pit of acid to prove he had given up on the war. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}

In light of Megatron's defection to the Autobots, Optimus questioned what should be done with him and called Prowl, Magnus, Ratchet, Rodimus, and Starscream for advice. As leader of the NAILs, Starscream petitioned for a trial which Optimus agreed to. He also announced that he would be [[Chief Justice]] in the absence of [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] and subsequently appointed Prowl as prosecutor and Magnus as speaker for the defence. He then talked with Rodimus about his quest only to learn that the Matrix half he held had been destroyed and that they were seeking help from [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] or "The Greatest Autobot Ever". Knowing that the trial could theoretically last centuries and having urgent matters to attend to Optimus tried to talk Megatron into letting [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Chromedome]] extract memories to use as evidence and speed up the trial, which the former Decepticon refused. At the trial he heard Megatron quietly plead guilty to all the charges Prowl read against him. {{storylink| World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Optimus listened to [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]] give testimony regarding the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], following which Starscream spoke, not without grandstanding that Magnus and Prime reprimanded him for. Starscream stated that Megatron was an inept leader who started a revolution that he could not hope to control which devolved into a full blown war. The Cybertronian leader stated that Megatron did not deserve death but pity. Megatron then requested to speak to Magnus personally and Optimus allowed a thirty-minute recess. During this time [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] gave Optimus the news that Autobot approval ratings were way up due to the trial. When the trial resumed, Magnus informed Prime that Megatron now pleaded "not guilty". {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} According to Magnus, Megatron protested that an Autobot trial could not be a fair one, least of all if the defendant and judge were arch-rivals. After beating up a few loyal Decepticons who tried to free Megatron, the former Decepticon leader invoked his right to be tried by the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. Optimus arranged for Megatron to be made co-captain of the ''Lost Light'', which ticked off Rodimus. At the height of the trial, Megatron gave an impassioned speech denouncing the Decepticons and their ideals, up-holding his deal with Prime. Prime then visited Megatron in his cell and commended him on his change, noting that they could very well be trying to kill each other. As Optimus, left satisfied he failed to notice Megatron bury his head in his hands. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide| Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} In the aftermath, someone erected a statue of Optimus. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}}

Shortly after the trial concluded Optimus gathered a small group of Autobots to go back to Earth and find [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] following a message passed onto him by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. Before leaving he reminded Starscream that he ruled the people who lived in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and that Metroplex was himself an Autobot with the additional reminder that Ironhide and Windblade would be monitoring him {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World| Hello Cruel World}} He also told [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] to contact him immediately if Starscream started scheming during his absence. {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}} Prowl then raged at Optimus for the trial's outcome, only for Prime to make him realize he was angry because of Bumblebee's death and the fact that no-one noticed he was being controlled by Bombshell. He then invited Prowl to Earth, reminding him of his change on the planet. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} He then spoke to [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] about [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]'s death and that [[Nova Prime|his killer]] was dead. Arcee then asked to join him on Earth. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} Prime also invited his old friend Jazz to come along, saying he didn't hold Jazz's past on Earth against him. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}}

Arriving in Earth's orbit, the ''[[Ark-7]]'' was immediately attacked by Cybertronian-like weapons. Optimus opted to take a small force of Arcee, Kup, Jazz, and Sideswipe onto the planet leaving the ''Ark'' in orbit. The group found Thundercracker and after an information exchange, Decepticons led by [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] burst in and turned Prime over to the EDC. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}}. Attempts to reason with the EDC failed almost instantly and Prime gave the order for his men to attack the humans but not to inflect casualties while he fought Galvatron. When the battle was going south he ordered a retreat and went down Prowl's escape route. This led them into [[Poverty Flat]]. Surrounded by Decepticons, Prime suggested it was in the best interest of both parties to relocate the battle... only for a Prowl-controlled Devastator to jump into play. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}}

Mid-battle a "Mind Bomb" stunned all the Decepticons and the Autobots retreated to the ''Ark'' aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Optimus was ticked that Prowl had endangered humans and stunned to find that Prowl thought the EDC might kill the townsfolk to cover up Devastator. Prime refused to believe that humans were their enemies but Prowl and Jetfire showed him that the missiles that attacked ''Ark-7'' were based on Cybertronian ''biology'' specifically their neurology, leading Prowl to suspect that the EDC had Alpha Trion's brain for study. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}}

Having tracked the "Mind Bomb"'s signal, Prime ordered Jazz to scout the [[Marshall Islands]] and while he waited aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] reminded Prowl of the chain of command. Jazz reported in that he found Alpha Trion's shuttle proving Prowl's theory. Leaving Prowl on Sky Lynx after another chewing out, Prime led his troops through the EDC's defences and stormed the beach only for Galvatron's ship to appear above them.{{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} The Autobots were saved when Prowl interfaced with the EDC's defence grid and destroyed the Decepticon ship. Prime's group was soon rejoined by the Constructicons, Prowl, and Jazz, where Scavenger revealed he was a re-doubled agent feeding false data to Soundwave. While Devastator provided cover, Prime had his men retrieve Trion and quickly retreat aboard Sky Lynx. Once en route, Prime chewed out Prowl who countered with perfect logic. Prowl then showed Prime the data he had recovered from the EDC and that he knew just who to find if they were to solve the mystery of the EDC's actions. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}} Unknown to the Prime, Scoop transmitted images of the battle to Starscream back on Cybertron. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

Per Trion's request, Optimus took him to the lunar surface for a private discussion. Trion revealed that he was one of the Original Thirteen Primes of Cybertron and recounted the events that led to the end of the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. Optimus was enraged to find out that Trion had, not only allowed but, ''encouraged'' Nova to become a Prime which eventually led to [[functionism]] and the Second War. Trion was unfazed by these accusations and told Optimus that the other members of the Thirteen had fled Cybertron in fear because Galvatron had murdered Nexus Prime. He also knew that Galvatron had stolen Nexus's [[Enigma of Combination]] and launched it off world to Earth but didn't know whether Galvatron had intended to or not. Regardless, Shockwave had known where it had landed and planted Ore-13 there. Shockwave also knew where the other Primes had fled to and sent his other Ores there. Optimus pondered the full implications of the Enigma's power when Trion revealed the chilling information that the Prime Galvatron once served was named [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], prompting the two Primes to wonder if Cybertronian history was repeating itself. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Optimus searched Earth for weeks trying to find the Enigma but found nothing. He later spoke of this to Trion before having to leave to Cybertron. Officially he left to research the Enigma and check on Starscream but was actually going to celebrate his anniversary of becoming a Prime. Before leaving he chewed out Prowl once more and warned him not to take preemptive action against the Decepticons or the humans. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}}

Landing in Iacon, he was greeted by Starscream, Windblade and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. When the Dinobot mentioned murders, Optimus was intrigued with what was happening on Cybertron particularly due to the Decepticons' poor living conditions. A trip to the Decepticon ghetto only invited attack and necessitated saving by Starscream. {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} Briefly contemplating his distaste for flying under his own power, Optimus released himself from Starscream to pursue [[Heavy Barrel (G1)|Heavy Barrel]]. He caught up with the Decepticon in an alley in front of corpses. Assuming he was the killer, Optimus incapacitated him before someone else shot the Decepticon dead. Under the advice of [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]], Optimus and Windblade went to a bar where he found support for his investigation from [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and scorn from [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]. As Optimus conversed with Sandstorm, the bar went up in flames. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight of Flee}} Once Sandstorm had calmed down, he explained to Optimus that the found evidnece was an outlawed (and supposedly destroyed) [[Infernus bullet|infernus bullet]] and its properties...which was enough for an eavesdropping Starscream to lead a manhunt for the [[Firecon|Firecons]]. When the Autobots caught up with the ex-Decepticon, they discovered the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had nearly killed the Firecons. When Sandstorm was shot by a stray attack, Optimus scolded the Dinobots for their brutality. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} Optimus later offered comfort to Sandstorm which prompted commentary from Windblade about the hypocrisy the Autobots held towards war and their seeming desire to return to it. Optimus retorted that the Firecons were innocent as their natural pyrokinesis meant they had no need for infernus bullets. Optimus then met the Dinobots whom he accussed, [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] in particular, of being the worst Cybertronians as they lived for war and chaos. The discussion was halted by the murder of several Autobots which was all Starscream needed to murder all his former compatriots only for Barricade to refuse. Suspecting that the killer was only targeting those with high profile war crimes, Optimus loudly announced every bad thing the Dinobots had done. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} His trap worked and lured out the killer: Sandstorm. After shooting Prime with an infernus bullet (which Prime simply ripped out of his body), the Autobot broke down and confessed his reasoning for the murders stating that he could not allow those who had committed such acts to roam free. Optimus sympathized but placed Sandstorm under arrest. Optimus then travelled to the ruins of the [[Undergrid]] to commemorate the anniversary of his ascension to Primehood. He then revealed to Windblade that while it had been a ruse to draw out Sandstorm, he meant everything he said to the Dinobots but he still had hope that a new future could be built. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

===The Council of Worlds===
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While making their way through the Decepticon ghetto on the outskirts of Metroplex, Optimus and Windblade were accosted by a gang of disenfranchised Decepticons. fortunately, the intervention of Ironhide and Chromia were enough to disperse the Decepticons. Windblade asked to meet with the group in private, which turned out to be inside Metroplex's space bridge chamber. There, she explained that the Titan's spacebridge was now fully functional and ready to make contact with Windblade's homeworld of [[Caminus]] and the other lost colony planets. Knowing that Starscream could easily use his combiner [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to simply conquer the various worlds, Optimus appointed Chromia and Ironhide to guard the space bridge while he spoke to Starscream directly about the matter. The meeting didn't go particularly well; Starscream refused to open the space bridge until Superion was completely refitted, and accused Optimus of using Devastator for similarly destructive ends.

Optimus eventually suggested that Starscream ratify a constitution for Cybertron and establish an inter-planetary parliament so that every member planet could be fairly represented. Prime later called Rodimus aboard the ''Lost Light'', although Rodimus wasn't interested in attending the first contact ceremonies between Cybertron and Caminus. They eventually decided to send a small group of representatives home aboard one of the ship's shuttles. Before long, Windblade alerted Prime that someone had hijacked Metroplex's spacebridge! {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}

The "someone" turned out to be Swindle and Menasor, who were intent on looting the planet. A furious Optimus contacted Starscream, summoning him to the space bridge chamber. Although Optimus offered to join the fight against Menasor, Windblade insisted that he stay on Cybertron for the time being until she could explain more about Camien society. Instead, Optimus ordered Starscream to deploy the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], who combined into Superion and dispatched Menasor. Windblade explained to Optimus Prime about her religion, the [[Way of Flame]], and the fact that to the Camiens Optimus would be seen as a holy figure. Along with Windblade, Optimus travelled to Caminus, where he interrupted Starscream's meeting with the [[Forgefire Parliament]]. When the [[Mistress of Flame]] requested proof of his "divinity", he complied by opening his chest and revealing the Matrix of Leadership, impressing the audience of Camiens. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}

At the first press conference between the two planets, Optimus's presence bedazzled the Camiens and inadvertently overshadowed Starscream's opening remarks. The Mistress of Flame was not so impressed by Prime's willingness to accept Starscream's leadership of the planet, viewing it as borderline blasphemy. While cleaning up the rubble on Caminus, Optimus chatted with Superion about Starscream's political ambitions and what it was like to be a combiner; Superion was incapable of articulating his thoughts on the latter subject. Their discussion was interrupted by Prowl, who had gotten wind of Prime's recent adventures and was furious at the thought of Starscream taking control of the colonies. With no time to talk Prowl down, Optimus terminated the call. Windblade noted that Optimus had lied by omission, neglecting to tell Prowl about the Enigma of Combination. At the next conference, Prime once again upstaged Starscream by announcing that Starscream intended to form a [[Council of Worlds]], forcing him to follow through with this idea. {{storylink|The Possible Light}}

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Optimus took part in a summit on Cybertron with Starscream and some Camien representatives, although Starscream was less than enthused about having him on board. This was interrupted by [[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] and Chromia; the former told the group about a strange vision he had seen on his way back to Cybertron, while the latter informed them that Devastator was on the warpath. Opimus invited Mirage's escorts, the jokingly-named "[[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]", to accompany him to the spacebridge. After Devastator took out Superion, Optimus tried to reason with the giant combiner, to no avail. Starscream took matters into his own hands by forcing the Protectobots to fuse into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who teamed up with Superion. The two Autobot combiners stood triumphant, tearing Devastator back into his components. Starscream was ready to kill Prowl for his machinations, but Optimus managed to convince Starscream to arrest him instead. Optimus mused that Prowl's concerns were not misplaced, and worried that Starscream now had ''two'' combiners on his side. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

[[File:YouMeAndTheUniverse-Optimusgetszapped.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|You would think that with all their recent disagreements, Prowl wouldn't want Optimus in his combiner, but then we all know [[To sell toys|why this is happening]]]]
Prime later visited Prowl in prison to talk about recent events, including the fact that he and Windblade were putting systems in place to curb Starscream's political ambitions. Optimus tried to reach out to his old friend and sympathized with Prowl's long history of being betrayed. Prowl merely told him that Optimus had now betrayed him as well. As they talked, they were interrupted by Mirage, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker, who had talked and realized that they had somehow gained the ability to share "mindspace" with one another. Optimus was also joined by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who had gone behind Starscream's back and stolen the Enigma of Combination... all on Prowl's orders! With an angry Menasor on the loose and the other combiners reduced to infighting, Prowl ordered Rattrap to zap Optimus and his allies with the Enigma, turning them into a new combiner. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} Within the mind of his new gestalt, Optimus united their way of thinking—their belief in the strength of individuals, and their refusal to accept Prowl's numbers-and-statistics view of the world—to shut out Prowl's control of their merged form. Declaring themselves [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]], the combined Autobots subdued the renewed threat of Devastator—rebuilt by Starscream but now out of control—then separated so that Prowl could be arrested for his crimes. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

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In the aftermath, Optimus contacted Arcee to update her on the recent developments, before visiting the incarcerated Prowl again with the hope that he could talk some sense into his old ally. Prowl simply replied that he had no place for morality, and that spending time as Devastator meant that he could no longer tell the difference between himself and the Decepticons. The two former friends finally came to blows, although Prowl's knowledge that a part of him would always exist within Prime convinced the Autobot leader to spare his life. Unbeknownst to him, Rattrap had spirited Prowl away the moment Optimus had turned his back! {{storylink|Now and On Earth}}

At Metroplex's spaceport, Optimus was present with Tracks to see Mirage and the Protectobots off. Arcee soon arrived and confronted Optimus about his apparent unwillingness to thwart Starscream's growing ambition in creating an empire. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

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Optimus met with the Mistress of Flame on Caminus. Although Optimus tried to convince her that he was not a Prime in the Camien sense of the word, the Mistress insisted that he had been chosen by the Matrix for a reason. She also argued that Optimus should use his political clout to improve Earth's living conditions, just as Cybertron had reached out to the people of Caminus. On returning to Cybertron, Optimus met with Windblade to discuss the growing Council of Worlds. The duo intervened in a fight between Slug and some Camien proselytizers. there, he met [[Aileron]], a young and idealistic Camien who viewed Optimus as a living god. Optimus confided some his doubts in her, including the Mistress's criticism of his passivity. At his new confidant's suggestion, Optimus went off in search of the [[Torchbearer]]s. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} As the two travelled into the [[Rust Sea]], they stumbled across the [[Pyra Magna]]'s crew of Torchbearers. A brief scuffle ensued, which ended with Optimus pinned down beneath [[Victorion]]'s gravity powers. At the combiner's request, Optimus recited some of Cybertron's early mythology, including the story of the Matrix's creation. However, Prime stressed that he did not ascribe any supernatural importance to these devices, believing them to be simply advanced technology. Though disappointed in Prime's agnosticism, Victorion laid a claim on the Matrix of leadership and pledged that she would build Optimus up into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

===Optimus the Conqueror===
[[File:AHO-earthannexed.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Soon, you'll all be fighting for your planet. Many of you will be dying for your planet. A few of you will be put through a fine mesh screen for your planet. They will be the luckiest of all."]]

This chance came after a crisis at Iacon's spacebridge, where Windblade's team struggled against a mob of disenfranchised Decepticons seeking a new life on Earth. Optimus, Aileron, and [[Sterling]] rallied Superion and Victorion (and a reluctant Starscream), who quickly reclaimed control of the damaged bridge. While Wheeljack worked to bring it back online, Optimus realized the only way to permanently end the struggle for Earth. As soon as the bridge came back online, Optimus stepped through to confront Galvatron's forces... and laid claim to Earth and its people, declaring it the newest member of the Council of Worlds! {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}}

This naturally didn't sit well with Galvatron ''or'' the humans, and a chaotic fight soon ensued, with Optimus leading the charge- much to Aileron's admiration, noting that Optimus had begun acting like the Primes of legend. With the Decepticons incapacitated thanks to an EDC mindbomb, Optimus pushed their advantage, forcing Galvatron and his inner circle into a retreat. There was no time to rest, however, as [[China]]'s [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]] deployed a counterattack on the Cybertronians, blasting Sterling with an orbital killsat. Optimus deployed Aileron to take down the space-based weaponry while he coordinated the withdrawal effort on the ground. Aileron bridged back to Cybertron and returned with the ''Skyroller'', whereupon Optimus and Aileron flew the Autobots to safety.

Optimus began to have second thoughts about his drastic actions while en route to the EDC's headquarters, although he knew that he couldn't go back. Once he had arrived at the Bikini Atoll, he rendezvoused with the original Earth team and Thundercracker, whom he formally inducted into the Autobots. While recharging, Prime was later plagued by a vision of the Dark Cybertron prophecy, although he was quick to shrug it off and supervise the renovation of Thundercracker's old home to support a temporary Space Bridge to Cybertron to extricate the wounded, although he had to put up with Alpha Trion's criticisms. Using the ''Skyroller''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s systems, Optimus broadcast a message to everyone on Earth and Cybertron, informing them that Earth was under his protection and that, above all, the Autobots were here to help humanity. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} At this time, the Cybertronian race received the final message from [[Team Rodimus]] saying that they would die in six hours and detailing how they would like to be buried. As the ''[[Lost Light]]'' was not answering any hails, Optimus ordered everyone into the [[Space bridge]] to save them only for Jetfire to inform him that the message had been sent three weeks ago. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

Under Optimus's supervision, the Autobots set about improving living conditions for humanity- planting crops, distributing technology to poor towns, and patrolling violence-stricken regions. Unfortunately, Prime was still plagued with nightmares regarding his perceived failures and poor judgment calls. Optimus apologized to Aileron for failing to live up to his godly reputation, although the Camien assured him that he had set the Autobots on the right course of action. On the ''Skyroller'', Prime requested that Tracks try to open a channel to his Decepticon brother [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], which set off an emotional chain recation that ended with Aileron storming off to confront the "ungrateful" humans. Optimus, Sunstreaker, and Victorion followed her to the lawn of the [[White House]], where they rescued her from a pair of [[Seeker clone]]s... although not without Optimus getting his arm blown off by another killsat. Back on the ''Skyroller'', Aileron continued to give Prime the cold shoulder, prompting the Autobot leader to finally open up communications with other major political players and discuss the next step. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

He first journeyed back to Cybertron to try and explain himself to the [[Council of Worlds]] only for them to condemn him. He then travelled to Caminus where he requested the [[Mistress of Flame]] divulge the knowledge she had regarding "The Arisen", the thirteenth of the [[Thirteen]]. The Mistress revealed she'd been studying the massive role Earth played in Cybertronian history, causing her to deduce that it was the lost thirteenth colony and that Optimus himself was The Arisen. Returning to [[Monument Valley]], he prepared to depart for [[Sanctuary Station]] only for Arcee to pull him aside, telling him that [[Horri-Bull]]'s [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chip]] had been detonated by Soundwave and not Bumblebee. Prime used this information to blackmail Soundwave into working together to defeat Galvatron and the humans. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} The combined Cybertronian force regrouped in Monument Valley where they formulated an attack plan on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. When the [[Earth Defense Command]] attacked them, Soundwave was eager to kill them but Optimus overruled him believing that the situation could be resolved peacefully.{{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} Soundwave, however, cared little for this and promptly opened fire on the humans backed up by [[Aileron]]. Since [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], had only cryptic riddles, Optimus encouraged Soundwave to try and attack the humans mentally to quickly end the fight. As Soundwave began to melt the human brains, he realized the wrongness of his prejudice against them and fully joined Optimus. This caused the EDC to surround the Cybertronians only for Optimus to fully realize the words of Alpha Trion. Kneeling down, he summoned the stasis-locked [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] to awaken causing the EDC to fly off with their tails between their legs. When he received word of Galvatron's escape, he ordered Arcee to pursue. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

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He and Soundwave caught up with Arcee as she was fighting the Decepticon in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. The ancient warrior held off all three easily before Soundwave shot him in the back, allowing Arcee to destroy his [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]], taking him out of the fight. Galvatron proceeded to mock them all before saying he would join them only because [[Onyx Prime]] was on his way to Earth. Optimus however, had never been after Galvatron's surrender and promptly shot him through the Spark, taking his head as proof that the threat had passed and presenting it to the President of the United States. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}} He later commanded Metrotitan to transform to city mode, a form he dubbed [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] to function as an embassy on the planet. Metrotitan then sent a pulse wave into space to inform everyone about Optimus's deeds, something which troubled both Soundwave and the Prime. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

His actions on Earth during the Great War and his subsequent annexation of Earth, were the focus point of [[Scarlett]] and [[Joe Colton]]'s discussion of the Cybertronian threat to Earth. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}

His fears about the datapulse proved true when his predecessor [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] not only showed up on Earth but revealed himself to be a [[Titan Master]] who hijacked Trion's body while leaving the Autobots to fight off his regular body. The fight led them to a large cache of [[Ore-13]]. Sentinel returned with [[G.B. Blackrock| Garrison Blackrock]], who revealed himself to be another Titan Master named [[Sovereign]]. The duo then tapped into Metrotitan's spacebridge, transporting them, Soundwave, and Optimus away from the city. {{storylink|White Light}} Optimus rebooted in the shadow of the deceased Titan [[Prion]] where Sentinel revealed himself to truly be [[Infinitus]] and the herald of [[Onyx Prime]]. He and Sovereign extended an invitation for Optimus to join them as the latter impaled Soundwave. Optimus managed to keep Sentinel talking long enough to bodyslam into Sovereign who Soundwave freed from Sentinel's control. The Titan Master duo then departed through a spacebridge before Optimus ordered Soundwave to use the portal to return them to Cybertron so as to get medical help for Alpha Trion. Before they returned to Earth, Soundwave spoke to Optimus of the compromises they'd made and how the Cybertronian race had to move past its feud and focus on rebuilding the future for the Decepticon feared something else from the ancient past might return. {{storylink|White Heat}}

===New world order===

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Months later when Metrotitan went silent, Optimus called in Windblade from Earth to diagnose what was wrong with the Titan. {{storylink|Informed}} Before she could, the Titan detected an explosion of [[Ore-13]] beneath Mount Olympus. Optimus was worried that this might happen to Autobot City (given that they were atop a much larger cache) or that the humans might view this as an act of war. As it turned out, the humans ''did'' view it as an act of war with [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] launching an attack on [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] and [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] in [[Portland]]. Heading to the city to back them up, the Cybertronians were confronted by the humans' harmless weapons before Soundwave destroyed all their electronics with a concentrated EMP attack. The Joe [[Beachhead|Beach Head]] then fired an RPG round in Prime's face doing absolutely no damage other than angering the Prime. Before anything else could happen, [[Rom|an unknown alien]] showed up and atomized four Joes. Recognizing that the Cybertronians would be blamed for this, Optimus ordered his forces to follow the alien. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}} The Cybertronians followed the alien, forcing it to make an emergency landing in [[Umpqua National Forest]] where Optimus shot it in the chest. The alien declared it was hunting beings known as [[Dire Wraith]]s before it used Prime's weight against him, flipping him over. Optimus' troops however managed to overpower the aggressive alien before Optimus himself slammed into it in vehicle mode. He then aimed his [[Ion blaster|ion blaster]] inches from the alien and politely asked it to repeat what it was saying earlier. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} The alien introduced itself as Rom of the [[Solstar Order]]. Making peace with him, the Cybertronians brought him back to Autobot City. Here Windblade deduced that Metrotitan was silent because he was trying to force Optimus to mind meld with him only for Windblade herself to have undergone the process. She revealed that [[Micronus Prime]] had communicated with her and asked her to ask Optimus to send Ore-13 into the subatomic realm of [[Microspace]]. Remembering the recent debacle with Sentinel and the ruins of the Mini-Con colony, Optimus was skeptical to trust another Prime and tabled the discussion until they'd dealt with the current crisis on Earth. {{storylink|Informed}}

[[File:TheNewColossus-thisendsnow.jpg|thumb|left|250px|As the main protagonist of the most popular line of books, Optimus gets centre stage in this heroic team-up shot.]]

The group retreated to the Ore-13 cache beneath the city to compare notes on the Dire Wraiths' interest in Ore-13 and Windblade's knowledge regarding Micronus Prime and Microspace. Optimus believed their main focus should be on solving the crisis with Ore-13 on Earth given their lack of knowledge on Microspace even as [[Aileron]] brought intel supporting that the Ore was disappearing into another universe. While the Cybertronians argued, the nearby Space Bridge came online which Rom used to send the Ore-13 into Microspace. Optimus made him see that his desire to defeat the Wraiths was putting an entire universe at risk and the Space Knight relented. Optimus assured him that they all wanted to save the Earth and no one had to shoulder the entire burden. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} They soon took note of both [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] and the ''Heliopolis'' with Rom and Windblade deducing the latter were the inhabitants of Micronus' universe. Optimus appealed to Snake-Eyes, making him see that [[M.A.S.K.]], [[Baron Karza]] and the [[Dire Wraith]]s were the real threats to Earth. Almost as soon as Snake-Eyes agreed to work with the Autobots, Optimus was forced to lead the last defence of the Ore-13 and the spacebridge against an army of Dire Wraiths and M.A.S.K. forces. During the battle, he totalled M.A.S.K.'s [[Rhino (M.A.S.K.)|Rhino]] vehicle with his left hand before a group of Wraiths began swarming him. The Wraiths then abandoned him in favour of putting [[Miles Mayhem]] in his place before the spacebridge opened to reveal Baron Karza, who merged with the Wraiths becoming a towering fusion of Wraith, Microspace and Cybertronian power. {{storylink|The New Colossus}}

When the Baron began using Wraith magic to funnel Ore-13 into Microspace, Optimus pieced everything together and tried to rally everyone to fight together to fight their true enemy but the organics were more interested in fighting one another. Optimus then grabbed Rom, Snake Eyes, and [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]] and transformed, trapping them in his cab as he explained the situation and charged Karza an act that convinced [[Matt Trakker]] and the recently arrived G.I. Joe of his intentions. Optimus led the attack on the Baron but even with reinforcements, he overpowered them until Soundwave hit on the plan to stop their foe and save Earth by forcing him back into Microspace. Optimus then roused Metrotitan to carry the Autobots to safety only to have his chest ripped open in a desperate escape attempt by Karza where he was saved by an unlikely Miles Mayhem. Once the crisis had passed, Optimus admitted to the humans that he was wrong to claim their world out of the belief only he could defend it inviting them all to work together. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

When Windblade returned to Cybertron after that mess had been sorted, she questioned whether or not Optimus, among others, was done listening to her. {{storylink|Ping}}

When [[Rom]] took his leave from Autobot City to fight Dire Wraiths elsewhere, Optimus commented that Rom was an odd being but without him the Wraiths would likely have ambushed Autobot City and conquered Earth via the Ore-13 deposit. Optimus decided against hunting down the Dire Wraiths in light of more immediate problems to attend to but was convinced Rom would contact them (one way or another) if the Wraiths ever grew beyond the Knight's ability to handle. The Joe [[Beachhead]] held Optimus responsible for the new status quo forced onto Earth. Rom later remembered his initial meeting with Optimus and wondered if one day he and the Prime would be enemies. {{istorylink|Reinforcements, Part 1}}

He later took [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] and [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] to investigate a Spacebridge fluctuation in [[Monument Valley]] where Optimus wondered if he'd brought hell to Earth by annexing it. After his subordinates had a "debate" about that, the three prepared to leave before a vengeful [[Baron Karza]] appeared wearing the body of [[Micronus Prime]] who swatted aside the three Autobots. {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 1|Wrath of Karza #1}} Surviving this, the three Autobots would soon be contacted by the [[Micronaut]]s in their search for allies against Karza's invasion. {{istorylink|Wrath of Karza issue 3|Wrath of Karza #3}}
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Some months later, several colonists had immigrated to Autobot City to witness Optimus in person. In [[Mexico City]], the Autobots responded to an anti-Cybertronian riot where [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] was injured by a weapon derived from Cybertronian technology. This prompted Optimus to head to the White House and warn the President about the dangers of breaching the [[Tyrest Accord]]. Before any real progress could be made, Soundwave informed Optimus of an alien spacecraft approaching Earth. The Autobots set out to meet it at the Matterhorn where [[Pyra Magna]] not-so-subtly indicated she felt Optimus was unworthy to have the Matrix. The spacecraft then arrived, burrowing into the Earth. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} The occupants revealed themselves to be [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] who had come to trade advanced technology for [[Ore-13]]. Before Optimus could fully respond, G.I. Joe showed up and opened fire on the Autobots ordering them to leave. This prompted the Junkions however to leave as well. Back aboard the Titan, Soundwave revealed to everyone the tale of the "Battle of Junkion" that ended with either Shockwave or Prowl destroying [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. Eager to make amends, Optimus invited them aboard though he himself felt the Cybertronians had no need for Junkion technology. He was proven wrong when they revealed a positron core that could potentially save [[Sideswipe (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sideswipe]]'s life. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}} Optimus then left for Cybertron to try to convince the [[Council of Worlds]] to allow trade with the Junkions. He found support from the [[Mistress of Flame]] but fierce resistance from [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] who noted that Earth was still technically unaffiliated and that Cybertron needed all its resources to rebuild after Sentinel Prime's Titan attack. Optimus then took his leave. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Back on Earth, Optimus ordered Jetfire to contact Soundwave to gather all the leaders of Earth. He then confided his plan in Aileron who, aside from finding it very risky, felt he was letting his Prime status go to his head. Optimus said that he didn't find the Matrix to be a religious artifact but said he was trying to build something out of the blind faith that many put into it. This statement displeased Pyra Magna but Optimus (after a punch in the faceplate) told her to gather everyone on the flight deck. When everyone was gathered, [[Rum-Maj]] unleashed her horde of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} The Junkions then rammed their ship into Metrotitan who Optimus roused (much to the colonists' awe) to destroy the ship. As usual, Pyra Magna had complaints. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} The fight seemed won when Soundwave turned the Sharkticons against the Junkions but when [[Slide]] encouraged Optimus to kill them all as he had Galvatron in revenge for [[Oiler|Oiler's]] death, he realized the precariousness of the situation and the parallels to pre-War Cybertron. When the positron core was destroyed by a stray shot, Optimus threw down his gun and opened his chest to reveal the Matrix. He invited everyone to stand down so they could build a new future together without any killing. His words won Rum-Maj over and Prime ordered Metrotitan to set the ship down. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

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Optimus later met with the President to discuss the Autobots' PR, specifically that Jazz (who was known for the killing of [[John Powell]]) was going to do a television interview. Optimus was willing to allow Jazz his freedom but the President feared about the political fallout that the interview would bring. {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}} As the discussion continued Optimus saw through the President's words that Jazz was walking into a G.I. Joe trap and sent him a text message telling him to flee. Optimus then approached Pyra Magna and asked her to speak with him in private on Cybertron. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}} While there, the two discussed the origins of both Bumblebee and Pyra, the latter story convincing Optimus that [[Onyx Prime]] was still alive and returning though Optimus himself found difficulty in accepting that Pyra's origins and ambitious nature was rooted in a poem and a dream. Nonetheless the two came to an uneasy peace. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

When Earth chose [[Marissa Faireborn]] to represent them on the [[Council of Worlds]], the events of Optimus annexing Earth were replayed on the news to set the stage for the induction ceremony. Optimus himself arrived flanked by Arcee and Pyra before an explosion sent the crowd into a panic. Telling Onslaught and Brawl to evacuate Starscream and Marissa, Optimus joined Ironhide in engaging the Red Shadows but unknown to him was being targeted by the humans behind this crisis. While [[Scarlett]] believed Optimus had only the best intentions for Earth, she remembered the devastation Optimus and Megatron's fighting had brought to Earth and wondered if Earth was truly ready to join the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}}
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===Possible future===
In a vision of the future seen by Ironhide and Jhiaxus during the reformatting of Cybertron, fifteen million years hence, Ironhide looked back on the war and wondered if Optimus Prime was still out there, and was assured by Alpha Trion that he was. {{storylink|Pax Cybertronia (issue)|Pax Cybertronia}} {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

===The Functionist Universe===

While organizing the defence of [[Kalis|Adaptica]], [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] compared [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron's]] leadership to Orion Pax's, something Megatron viewed as a compliment before the two pondered if the Orion of that universe still lived as he hadn't been answering Roller's calls. Megatron suspected Orion Pax had been conscripted into the [[Primal Vanguard]] and probably promoted to a high rank within it. However if Orion were back on Cybertron, Megatron felt would have certainly joined (and taken command of) the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] meaning Orion was either long dead or still off-world waiting for transport back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

After being stranded in the [[Functionist Universe]], Megatron's pondering of his new position leading the Anti-Vocationist League under the stars was interrupted by his communicator buzzing, as Orion finally returned Roller's calls, much to Megatron's delight. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}}

==''Spotlight: Mirage''==
[[File:SLMirage prime stabbed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Okay, now, ''when'' did this happen exactly?]]
In an unknown place and time, the self-serving mercenary Mirage dreamed of Optimus Prime and the Autobots being attacked en masse by the Decepticons, and of Starscream stabbing Prime through the chest with a metal pole. But Mirage knew that to be only a dream; in reality, Prime commanded one of the last remaining pockets of Autobot resistance, hiding out in the [[Pegasus Star Cluster]]. While awaiting the arrival of Bumblebee's team, he and Hound tried to work out how to convert [[Zodiac|Zodiac Energy]] for their consumption. "Bumblebee's" arrival proved to be their downfall, as it was really Mirage, who destroyed the bunker security systems, allowing the Decepticons inside. Optimus Prime refused to surrender during the ensuing struggle, until Mirage used the critically injured Jetfire as a hostage, forcing Prime to back down. When Megatron refused to pay Mirage unless he killed the Autobots, Prime tried to reason with the mercenary, appealing to his former friendship with Hound...until Mirage killed Hound in defiance. Furious, Optimus Prime broke free of his captors and tackled Mirage into the Zodiac Energy chamber.

But it was all Mirage's dream... or was it? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}
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==Notes==
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*[[Simon Furman]]'s original intent for IDW Optimus Prime was that he did ''not'' carry the [[Matrix of Leadership]], as the Matrix would have "been gone from the IDW/TF-verse for a long time".<ref name="IDWMatrixFurman">[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/another-quick-qa/ Simon Furman, Dec 2007:] Well, we’ve yet to actually meet the Matrix in the IDW/TF-verse. So we may be getting ahead of ourselves here. What do we know about it so far? Well, according to Spotlight Galvatron, the Matrix was (and maybe is) “carried” by Nova Prime, and he (Nova Prime) disappeared into the Dead Universe (along with the Matrix, we assume). Nova describes a bottomless well and a resonant tug on the Matrix. What happened next we don’t know (yet). But what is the Matrix (hm, that sounds familiar somehow)? Not telling. Not yet. But ’08 holds the answers: what it is, where it came from, what is does (then and now!). The Matrix (and what it’s become) will figure large in all that happens post-Devastation. The Matrix has been gone from the IDW/TF-verse for a long time, and its return will not necessarily be a thing of celebration.</ref> Instead, [[Nova Prime]] was to have taken it to the [[Dead Universe]] (as [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] appears to note in [[Spotlight: Galvatron|his titular ''Spotlight'']]), where it would have become corrupted with the rechristened "Nemesis Prime," and its' return would "not necessarily be a thing of celebration"<ref name=IDWMatrixFurman /> This changed as a result of [[Shane McCarthy]] being hired as lead writer and promptly establishing the war was "all about the Matrix", which Optimus had always carried, resulting in the creation of the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]] to fill the same role in Furman's truncated ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]''.
*Multiple writers have contributed details to Prime's backstory. This has led to a few glaring clashes, like Ironhide and Optimus meeting for the first time and the young Prime learning from him in [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|''Old Ways'']], while ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' has Ironhide as his happy subordinate in the pre-Prime days. But if you're not used to that by now, you've not read ''a'' comic. (The wiki has chosen to ignore one line of dialogue and just stick ''Old Ways'' before ''Autocracy'', screw you [[authorial intent]]!)
*According to [[E. J. Su]], Optimus Prime's [[Holomatter|Holomatter avatar]] is modeled after {{w|Ulysses S. Grant}}.<ref>[http://www.protodepot.com/archive/2007_11_01_archive.html Idea: Holomatter Projection]</ref>
*As of [[All Hail Megatron issue 13|All Hail Megatron #13]], Optimus has a mouth underneath that [[Mouthplate|faceplate]] of his.
*A robot clearly intended to be Orion Pax was drawn into [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]]'s funeral in [[Megatron Origin issue 3|''Megatron Origin'' #3]], but was retconned away years later when [[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|''More than Meets the Eye'' #36]] established Pax to be opposed to Sentinel Prime's forces at that time. He's not unique in this regard—see [[Chromia (G1)#Notes|Chromia]]'s appearance in the same scene.

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Image:Infestation2 issue1 eldergods.jpg|right|thumb|375px|''That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.'']]
The '''Elder Gods''' are a race of cold, alien, and evil intelligences that exist in the [[transwarp|non-spacetime of swirling anti-matter]] "outside" our universe. Possibly dwarfing even [[Unicron]] in terms of power, their limitless abilities are checked only by their inscrutable motivations and indifference to the affairs of lesser egregores that grow in the warm and wet hothouse of time and space we so arrogantly call "reality".

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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] was cast adrift between dimensions when [[Unicron]]'s form imploded into a black hole. He found himself in the realm of the "ancient gods" who repeatedly destroyed and re-created his body from the inside out while toying with his spark. Bored, they cast him back into the universe he had come from. {{Storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 5|Ramjet's profile in Club magazine #5}} Ramjet then sought out his fellow herald [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] and journeyed to the dimension in which Unicron was trapped. {{storylink|Balancing Act}}

As a result of his encounter with the ancient gods, Ramjet's body was now composed of [[antimatter]] held together by the force of his will, he had a permanent connection to non-space, and his body occasionally manifested little... tentacle-things.

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:ElderGodInfestation2-2.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|''I have seen the dark universe yawning/Where the black planets roll without aim,/Where they roll in their horror unheeded,/Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.'']]
Despite being trapped in their dimensional prison, the Elder Gods had the power to reach out to sensitive beings. Among them was Howard Lovecraft, who channeled the Elder Gods' call into horror prose. Despite the clandestine organization, Oblivion, succeeding at killing Lovecraft before his art could threaten to allow the Elder Gods into the universe, his stories spread into popular culture. This collective imagination, with the help of [[Artillica]], let loose the Elder Gods. Free and unencumbered, they rampaged along the [[multiverse]]. {{Storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

One of the universe in which the Elder Gods arose was one where the Transformers awoke in the 19th century. Through one's [[fish people]] servants, they took control of a populace of [[human]]s in [[Port Cenotaph]] and a band of [[Decepticon]]s. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ran into the god's servants and, realizing the forces at work here, warned the other [[Autobot]]s. However, he was pulled into the Elder God's thrall. In response to Ironhide's warning, the Autobots sought out their leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} The possessed populace united in a summoning call that brought the Elder God out of the depths of the ocean. Indeed, it had not seen the surface of the Earth since the [[Sun]] was young.

The spate of disappearing ships in the region prompted an international fleet to assemble and investigate. At the town, they battled the God's Decepticon servants, but found themselves helpless against the Elder God himself. Fortunately for all else involved, Optimus Prime attacked the Elder God so severely that it sank back to the abyss from whence it came, taking its fish people servants with it and releasing its hold on the minds of the humans and Transformers. Optimus Prime could not be certain it was dead, but promised to protect against it should it ever rise again. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}

Evidently, the eldritch horror hadn't resurfaced decades later, as Optimus Prime recounted this encounter as the last time he or his Autobots faced the Elder God. {{storylink|The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers|The X-Files: Conspiracy}}
{{-}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] feared the Elder Gods and the sinister [[Ebon Knights]] who served them. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/18}}

The [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] of [[Viron 102.0 Beta]] was able to successfully evade them aboard the ''[[Longbow (RID)|Longbow]]'' in the [[Dark Nebula]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/22}}
{{--}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{note|Events identical to those of ''[[Infestation 2]]'' occurred in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos deities|Cthulhu Mythos deities]] at Wikipedia
*{{i|Elder Gods}} on the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Crystal Ball

2017-08-15T07:33:35Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Transformers vs. G.I. Joe */

{{factions|cobra}}
:''Crystal Ball is a member of [[Cobra]] from the [[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
{{mainpic}}

'''Crystal Ball''' is a Cobra soothsayer.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Gazing into the [[Baroness|Serpentress]]'s future, Crystal Ball foresaw that her [[Serpentor|child]] with [[Cobra Commander]] would one day become the true emperor of Cobra. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{MainIDW|Crystal Ball}}
{{Charstubfiction}}

==External links==
*[http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=53 Crystal Ball at G. I. Joe Comics Homepage]

[[Category:Cobra]]
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]

Raptor (G.I. Joe)

2017-08-15T07:19:03Z

StarWars Jedi: /* External links */

{{factions|cobra}}
{{disambig2|the Cobra-aligned human from ''G.I. Joe''|the Autobot from Generation 1|Raptor (G1)}}
:''Raptor is a member of [[Cobra]] from the [[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]''.
{{mainpic}}

Once a financial consultant, '''Raptor''' now works for Cobra. He wears a bird-themed suit and specializes in falconry.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
After Cobra and the Decepticons had forged an alliance, Raptor was stationed on the aliens' homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He tended to the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] held captive within the mobile city [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], to whom he brought food and religious texts detailing the secret history of the world as taught in the Cobra cult. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} He also informed the prisoners that those among them with skills Cobra deemed useful would be put to work to "earn their keep." {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} Following the apparent destruction of Earth, Raptor attended a Cobra banquet to celebrate finding a new, superior home on Cybertron. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} He then swore allegiance to [[Cobra Commander]] when he arrived on Cybertron to take back control of Cobra. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} During the final battle between the Cobra-[[Decepticon]] alliance and the Joe-[[Autobot]] forces, Raptor and [[Nemesis Enforcer]] stole the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and tried to bring it to the [[Baroness|Serpentress]], only to have it taken from them by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. Having survived the war, Raptor went on to establish a tax haven for the newly rich on [[Mundilfari]] in the space age that followed. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/87/raptor.shtml Raptor at yojoe.com]
*{{i|Raptor}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

[[Category:Cobra]]
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]

Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor

2017-08-15T07:10:11Z

StarWars Jedi:

[[File:RomvsTF1 cvrA clean.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
'''''Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor''''' is an five-issue crossover comic series debuted in [[Calendar|July]] [[2017]]. It centers on characters from [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Transformers'' titles meeting characters from IDW's ''{{i|ROM (comic)|ROM}}''. The series take place in the little-explored post-ancient pre-modern era, after the {{i|Cold Fire|2017 ''ROM'' Annual}} but before ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]''.

{{chapters|title=''Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor'' issues|align=center|prev=|content=
*[[Shining Armor issue 1|#1]]
*[[Shining Armor issue 2|#2]]
*[[Shining Armor issue 3|#3]]
*[[Shining Armor issue 4|#4]]
*[[Shining Armor issue 5|#5]]
}}

==Overview==
During the mid-19th century, the [[Solstar Order]] has begun expanding outside their home territory in their ongoing war against the [[Dire Wraith]]s. Along the way, Space Knight [[Rom]] discovers and rescues an orphaned infant Cybertronian named [[Stardrive]], who is subsequently raised as a Space Knight. However, the Solstar Order comes into conflict with the Cybertronians when [[Decepticon]] officer [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] learns of Stardrive and desires to possess the Order's presumed [[energon]] source.

==Creative team==
[[John Barber]], writer of ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' and ''[[Revolutionaries]]'', and [[Christos Gage]], co-writer of ''ROM'', jointly write ''Shining Armor'' while [[Alex Milne]] does the art.<ref>[http://www.cbr.com/exclusive-transformers-rom-crossover-new-character-hasbro/ EXCL: IDW Introduces Hasbro’s First Transformers/Rom Hybrid Character]</ref>

==Collections==
*TBA

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Rom properties]]
[[Category:Shining Armor issues| ]]

Jem

2017-08-14T17:20:54Z

StarWars Jedi: /* External links */

{{disambig2|the truly outrageous musician|the premium currency from Angry Birds Transformers|Gem}}
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|300px|Hydra prefers The Misfits. Their songs are better.]]

'''''Jem''''' is a television program. Any connection to [[Jerrica Benton]], [[Synergy]], or Dr. [[Emmett Benton]] would be speculative at best.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{note|In ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [[Ask Vector Prime|Vector Prime states]] that the events of ''Jem and the Holograms'' are [[canon]] for [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Primax 984.17 Alpha]].}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon===
A poster advertised ''Jem'' in the lobby at [[CNM TV]] where [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] met with [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Before joining [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Rock 'n Roll]] worked as roadie for Jem and the Holograms band. {{storylink|Revolution Humble Bundle trading cards}} {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3}}

==Notes==
[[File:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]

*Character models for main characters from ''Jem'' were recycled to make [[:Image:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|crowd fillers]] in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".
*The same scripts that were used for the ''Transformers'' [[public service announcement]]s were recycled for several ''Jem'' PSAs (the scripts were originally used for ''G.I. Joe'' PSAs, in fact).
*''Jem'' and ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' share the character of [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]].
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] starred in [[Commercial/Prime#2011|a commercial]] that featured clips of various shows airing on [[Hub Network|The Hub]], including the original ''Jem'' cartoon.
*Speaking of ''Prime'', an aborted plan was to do a [[Unit:E]] crossover off the back of it that would include (and relaunch) Jem.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-robots-disguise-prime-discussion/1053596-aligned-continuity-panel-tf-con-charlotte-4.html#post13037062 TF2005.com] "More tidbits from a friend of mine who took notes at the panel: ... ''TFP'' was going to lead into a massive Avengers style Unit: E crossover to jumpstart the other brands participating. Ratchet and Fowler from ''TFP''; Duke from ''GI Joe''; Synergy from ''Jem and the Holograms''; Princess Lollipop from ''Candyland''; also characters from ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Stretch Armstrong'', ''[[Micronauts]]'', ''Sectaurs'', ''Primordia'' (the renamed ''Inhumanoids''), and more."</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Jem (TV series)|''Jem'']] at Wikipedia
*[http://www.rockjem.com/ Rock Jem]
*{{i|Jem and the Holograms (franchise)}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
*{{i|Jem and the Holograms (band)}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

[[Category:Other Hasbro properties]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce]]
[[Category:Television programs]]

Jerrica Benton

2017-08-14T17:08:11Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Notes */

{{faceless}}

'''Jerrica Benton''' works with hologram singers. She shares a last name with [[Synergy]] inventor [[Emmett Benton]], which may be meaningful.

==Fiction==
===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of Jerrica Benton to her crew-mate, the young [[Acroyear (Micronaut)|Acroyear]], so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Though Acroyear was unimpressed with the performer, Synergy assured him that Jerrica Benton had unseen potential, and would one day compose the "Music of the Spheres." {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''TransTech''===
An [[Offworlder]] in [[Axiom Nexus]], Benton spearheaded a campaign to obtain equal rights for non-Cybertronian organic hardlight changelings. Thanks to her efforts, including free concerts by her holoform, the Axiom Nexus government passed an amendment granting such beings equal access to Offworlder Zone facilities as their robotic counterparts. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/03/24}}

==Notes==
*Jerrica Benton, aka Jem, is the titular character of ''[[Jem]]''.

==External links==
*{{i|Jerrica Benton}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benton, Jerrica}}
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]
[[Category:Other Hasbro properties]]
[[Category:TransTech characters]]

Jem

2017-08-14T17:06:02Z

StarWars Jedi: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

{{disambig2|the truly outrageous musician|the premium currency from Angry Birds Transformers|Gem}}
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|300px|Hydra prefers The Misfits. Their songs are better.]]

'''''Jem''''' is a television program. Any connection to [[Jerrica Benton]], [[Synergy]], or Dr. [[Emmett Benton]] would be speculative at best.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{note|In ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [[Ask Vector Prime|Vector Prime states]] that the events of ''Jem and the Holograms'' are [[canon]] for [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Primax 984.17 Alpha]].}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon===
A poster advertised ''Jem'' in the lobby at [[CNM TV]] where [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] met with [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Before joining [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Rock 'n Roll]] worked as roadie for Jem and the Holograms band. {{storylink|Revolution Humble Bundle trading cards}} {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3}}

==Notes==
[[File:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]

*Character models for main characters from ''Jem'' were recycled to make [[:Image:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|crowd fillers]] in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".
*The same scripts that were used for the ''Transformers'' [[public service announcement]]s were recycled for several ''Jem'' PSAs (the scripts were originally used for ''G.I. Joe'' PSAs, in fact).
*''Jem'' and ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' share the character of [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]].
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] starred in [[Commercial/Prime#2011|a commercial]] that featured clips of various shows airing on [[Hub Network|The Hub]], including the original ''Jem'' cartoon.
*Speaking of ''Prime'', an aborted plan was to do a [[Unit:E]] crossover off the back of it that would include (and relaunch) Jem.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-robots-disguise-prime-discussion/1053596-aligned-continuity-panel-tf-con-charlotte-4.html#post13037062 TF2005.com] "More tidbits from a friend of mine who took notes at the panel: ... ''TFP'' was going to lead into a massive Avengers style Unit: E crossover to jumpstart the other brands participating. Ratchet and Fowler from ''TFP''; Duke from ''GI Joe''; Synergy from ''Jem and the Holograms''; Princess Lollipop from ''Candyland''; also characters from ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Stretch Armstrong'', ''[[Micronauts]]'', ''Sectaurs'', ''Primordia'' (the renamed ''Inhumanoids''), and more."</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Jem (TV series)|''Jem'']] at Wikipedia
*[http://www.rockjem.com/ Rock Jem]
*{{i|Jem and the Holograms (franchise)}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

[[Category:Other Hasbro properties]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce]]
[[Category:Television programs]]

Jem

2017-08-14T17:05:46Z

StarWars Jedi: /* Super-God Masterforce cartoon */

{{disambig2|the truly outrageous musician|the premium currency from Angry Birds Transformers|Gem}}
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|300px|Hydra prefers The Misfits. Their songs are better.]]

'''''Jem''''' is a television program. Any connection to [[Jerrica Benton]], [[Synergy]], or Dr. [[Emmett Benton]] would be speculative at best.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{note|In ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [[Ask Vector Prime|Vector Prime states]] that the events of ''Jem and the Holograms'' are [[canon]] for [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Primax 984.17 Alpha]].}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon===
A poster advertised ''Jem'' in the lobby at [[CNM TV]] where [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] met with [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Before joining [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Rock 'n Roll]] worked as roadie for Jem and the Holograms band. {{storylink|Revolution Humble Bundle trading cards}}{{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 3|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #3}}

==Notes==
[[File:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]

*Character models for main characters from ''Jem'' were recycled to make [[:Image:BOT-ModelReuse.jpg|crowd fillers]] in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".
*The same scripts that were used for the ''Transformers'' [[public service announcement]]s were recycled for several ''Jem'' PSAs (the scripts were originally used for ''G.I. Joe'' PSAs, in fact).
*''Jem'' and ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' share the character of [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]].
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] starred in [[Commercial/Prime#2011|a commercial]] that featured clips of various shows airing on [[Hub Network|The Hub]], including the original ''Jem'' cartoon.
*Speaking of ''Prime'', an aborted plan was to do a [[Unit:E]] crossover off the back of it that would include (and relaunch) Jem.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-robots-disguise-prime-discussion/1053596-aligned-continuity-panel-tf-con-charlotte-4.html#post13037062 TF2005.com] "More tidbits from a friend of mine who took notes at the panel: ... ''TFP'' was going to lead into a massive Avengers style Unit: E crossover to jumpstart the other brands participating. Ratchet and Fowler from ''TFP''; Duke from ''GI Joe''; Synergy from ''Jem and the Holograms''; Princess Lollipop from ''Candyland''; also characters from ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Stretch Armstrong'', ''[[Micronauts]]'', ''Sectaurs'', ''Primordia'' (the renamed ''Inhumanoids''), and more."</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Jem (TV series)|''Jem'']] at Wikipedia
*[http://www.rockjem.com/ Rock Jem]
*{{i|Jem and the Holograms (franchise)}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

[[Category:Other Hasbro properties]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce]]
[[Category:Television programs]]

Antagony (BW)

2017-08-14T17:01:01Z

StarWars Jedi: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

{{factions|predacon}}
{{disambig2|the ''Beast Wars'' Predacon|the ''Animated'' Decepticon|Antagony (Animated)}}
:''Antagony is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:BW Antagony boxart.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|A ''female'' worker ant? This is unheard of!]]
The mysterious future-Predacon '''Antagony''' is the [[Herald Maximo]] of the fearsome Predacon warlord [[Shokaract]], second only to Shokaract himself. She is utterly ruthless and without a shred of pity or mercy, and harbors a secret death-feud against the upstart Predacon [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] who threatens her position. Though utterly loyal to Shokaract, she will do anything short of open revolt to make sure she remains the Herald Maximo. Antagony's armor makes her virtually invulnerable to pain and it has been speculated that she enjoys inflicting it so much just so she can attempt to understand the utterly alien sensation.
{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
{{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] (English)}}

[[File:Herald Cataclysm's Ko-tu.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I. Am. VERY. Happy. For. You. Cataclysm.]]

In the 32nd century, Antagony rose to become one of the elite [[Herald of Shokaract|Heralds of Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Schism (story)|Schism}} One of her campaigns led to the conquest of the [[Kolar]]. {{storylink|Paradox}} Ambitious and coveting the title of [[Herald Maximo]], Antagony quickly forged a mutual hatred with her rival for the position, [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]]. Their private feuding nearly went public during the all-important [[Horus Campaign|campaign]] against [[Horus]], an immensely powerful warlord and self-proclaimed god who drew limitless power from the sun itself, and opposed Shokaract's expansion. Whereas Antagony committed her forces to an elaborate diversion in order to get in close and battle Horus face-to-face, Cataclysm simply blew up the sun. With his power source gone, Horus quickly fell before Antagony, but her personal victory was stolen from her, as Shokaract gave credit to both her and Cataclysm for the win. Antagony and Cataclysm continued their vendetta, with Antagony scoring several minor victories. First, she arranged for Cataclysm's favored [[Cub|fission-brother]] to be given a nearly impossible assassination before he could prove his worth as a potential Herald. She also exposed Cataclysm's fear of time travel, thus securing a prized mission for herself. {{storylink|Herald}}

Traveling back in time, Antagony was seeking to preserve the [[Dark Essence]]. The Maximals [[Packrat]] and [[Onyx Primal]] managed to temporarily divert her attention towards [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], but Megatron in turn painted the incoming [[Optimus Primal]] as his ally, leading Antagony to attack him. She was damaged in battle with Primal, and fell at Megatron's feet. Antagony described herself as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s doom, his destruction, and his worst enemy. Megatron naturally assumed this meant she was [[Raksha]]. She corrected this misunderstanding and attempted to take [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] hostage in order to make Megatron back off. It surprisingly worked for a few moments, but then a stray cloud of dust made her sneeze and blow Waspinator's head clean off. This last energy discharge consumed what was left of her energy, and she went into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Visitations}}

[[File:Antagony megatron.jpg|left|thumb|Antagony didn't last too long.]]

Megatron spent long hours in his torture chamber attempting to break Antagony and uncover her secrets. When conventional methods failed, he turned towards one of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s favorite toys—a [[mind-drill]] that employed invasive nano-probes. Antagony ultimately succumbed to the nano-invasion, but a failsafe device built into her skull by Shokaract utterly destroyed her mind before Megatron could retrieve any useful information. {{storylink|Herald}}

Antagony continued to serve Shokaract even after death. Once Shokaract himself traveled back in time to [[Point Omega]] in order to protect the Dark Essence, he was assaulted by the united Beast Warriors and [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]. To clear away the distractions, Shokaract retrieved Antagony and restored her mind. Alongside a similarly-revived Cataclysm, she was sent to destroy her master's foes while Shokaract himself defended the Dark Essence. Both eventually perished in battle, Antagony at the hands of Leonicus and Ariex. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}
{{-}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:BWAscending4 Antagony capsule.jpg|thumb|Hi, I'm here to make myself expensive again.]]
Antagony was not an agent of [[Shokaract]] from the future as she believes at all, but in reality was an experimental creation of the [[Vok]] sent through various realities by those enigmatic aliens to cause trouble and test the limits of the Cybertronian organism. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

Meanwhile, Antagony '''''is''''' a Herald of Shokaract and ultimately, [[Unicron]]. When the vessel for Unicron's return engaged the Maximals in battle, Antagony and the other Heralds distributed [[Angolmois]] energy capsules amongst Cybertron's population in an effort to sow dissent and chaos. The Heralds were defeated and ultimately fled when [[Magmatron]] pulled Shokaract into limbo and convinced him to destroy himself to prevent Unicron's victory. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
{{--}}

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

===''TransTech''===
Antagony scuttled about the Under City in [[Axiom Nexus]], in a crowd of countless off-worlders. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===

Antagony was a chief to [[Shokaract]], a warlord who seized power for himself in the region of [[Hyperious]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. After the war ended, Shokaract's reign was officially recognized and Hyperious was granted a seat in the new [[Cybertronian Parliament]]. At Shokaract's direction, Antagony battled her fellow [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] in the [[Hyperious Arena]] for the right to represent him. To the relief of many, this Game was not to the death, but Antagony claimed victory after seizing Cataclysm's tail-whip as a trophy. She took her place in the Parliament. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}}}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWtoy-Antagony.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|I like my Inferno redecoes like I like my coffee: black and $300 on the secondary market.]]
*'''Antagony''' (Mega, 1998)
**''Accessories:'' Mandible claw, missile launcher, 2 leg-segment missiles

: Antagony is a black and lavender [[redeco]] of the Predacon ant [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], one of two exclusive toys from the [[BotCon 1998]] convention in Anaheim, California. Her [[beast mode]] mandibles conceal a missile launcher weapon, plus her abdomen splits open to form spinning blades surrounding a quad-jet thruster. Only 600 pieces were made of her and [[Vice Grip]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Antagony/antagony.htm More information on Antagony at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
* The genesis of her name is unknown, but it contains several possible wordplays:
** It's a combination of "ant" (which relates to her alt-mode, just as Cataclysm's name refers to his cat alt-mode) and "agony" (evoking her character-defining relationship to pain and desire to inflict it on others), producing [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Antagony an archaic synonym for antagonism] (the literary function she serves in her stories).
** It's spelled and pronounced similarly to "[[wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(disambiguation)|Antigone]]", the name of three characters in Greek mythology and the title of numerous plays and operas. However, there is no known parallel between their attributes and hers.
** It's an inversion of [http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/agony-aunt "agony aunt,"] a British colloquial term for an advice columnist. Her introductory story ''was'' written by [[Simon Furman|an Englishman]], but it's unknown if he was actually involved in naming her. Also, the concept has no relation to her personality except through irony or comical literalism.

==External links==
*[http://botcon.com/archive/story/characters/antagony.html Antagony's BotCon: Beyond profile on the BotCon Online archives]

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Antagony (BW)

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{{disambig2|the ''Beast Wars'' Predacon|the ''Animated'' Decepticon|Antagony (Animated)}}
:''Antagony is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:BW Antagony boxart.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|A ''female'' worker ant? This is unheard of!]]
The mysterious future-Predacon '''Antagony''' is the [[Herald Maximo]] of the fearsome Predacon warlord [[Shokaract]], second only to Shokaract himself. She is utterly ruthless and without a shred of pity or mercy, and harbors a secret death-feud against the upstart Predacon [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] who threatens her position. Though utterly loyal to Shokaract, she will do anything short of open revolt to make sure she remains the Herald Maximo. Antagony's armor makes her virtually invulnerable to pain and it has been speculated that she enjoys inflicting it so much just so she can attempt to understand the utterly alien sensation.
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==Fiction==
===3H comics===
{{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] (English)}}

[[File:Herald Cataclysm's Ko-tu.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I. Am. VERY. Happy. For. You. Cataclysm.]]

In the 32nd century, Antagony rose to become one of the elite [[Herald of Shokaract|Heralds of Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Schism (story)|Schism}} One of her campaigns led to the conquest of the [[Kolar]]. {{storylink|Paradox}} Ambitious and coveting the title of [[Herald Maximo]], Antagony quickly forged a mutual hatred with her rival for the position, [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]]. Their private feuding nearly went public during the all-important [[Horus Campaign|campaign]] against [[Horus]], an immensely powerful warlord and self-proclaimed god who drew limitless power from the sun itself, and opposed Shokaract's expansion. Whereas Antagony committed her forces to an elaborate diversion in order to get in close and battle Horus face-to-face, Cataclysm simply blew up the sun. With his power source gone, Horus quickly fell before Antagony, but her personal victory was stolen from her, as Shokaract gave credit to both her and Cataclysm for the win. Antagony and Cataclysm continued their vendetta, with Antagony scoring several minor victories. First, she arranged for Cataclysm's favored [[Cub|fission-brother]] to be given a nearly impossible assassination before he could prove his worth as a potential Herald. She also exposed Cataclysm's fear of time travel, thus securing a prized mission for herself. {{storylink|Herald}}

Traveling back in time, Antagony was seeking to preserve the [[Dark Essence]]. The Maximals [[Packrat]] and [[Onyx Primal]] managed to temporarily divert her attention towards [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], but Megatron in turn painted the incoming [[Optimus Primal]] as his ally, leading Antagony to attack him. She was damaged in battle with Primal, and fell at Megatron's feet. Antagony described herself as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s doom, his destruction, and his worst enemy. Megatron naturally assumed this meant she was [[Raksha]]. She corrected this misunderstanding and attempted to take [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] hostage in order to make Megatron back off. It surprisingly worked for a few moments, but then a stray cloud of dust made her sneeze and blow Waspinator's head clean off. This last energy discharge consumed what was left of her energy, and she went into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Visitations}}

[[File:Antagony megatron.jpg|left|thumb|Antagony didn't last too long.]]

Megatron spent long hours in his torture chamber attempting to break Antagony and uncover her secrets. When conventional methods failed, he turned towards one of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s favorite toys—a [[mind-drill]] that employed invasive nano-probes. Antagony ultimately succumbed to the nano-invasion, but a failsafe device built into her skull by Shokaract utterly destroyed her mind before Megatron could retrieve any useful information. {{storylink|Herald}}

Antagony continued to serve Shokaract even after death. Once Shokaract himself traveled back in time to [[Point Omega]] in order to protect the Dark Essence, he was assaulted by the united Beast Warriors and [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]. To clear away the distractions, Shokaract retrieved Antagony and restored her mind. Alongside a similarly-revived Cataclysm, she was sent to destroy her master's foes while Shokaract himself defended the Dark Essence. Both eventually perished in battle, Antagony at the hands of Leonicus and Ariex. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:BWAscending4 Antagony capsule.jpg|thumb|Hi, I'm here to make myself expensive again.]]
Antagony was not an agent of [[Shokaract]] from the future as she believes at all, but in reality was an experimental creation of the [[Vok]] sent through various realities by those enigmatic aliens to cause trouble and test the limits of the Cybertronian organism. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

Meanwhile, Antagony '''''is''''' a Herald of Shokaract and ultimately, [[Unicron]]. When the vessel for Unicron's return engaged the Maximals in battle, Antagony and the other Heralds distributed [[Angolmois]] energy capsules amongst Cybertron's population in an effort to sow dissent and chaos. The Heralds were defeated and ultimately fled when [[Magmatron]] pulled Shokaract into limbo and convinced him to destroy himself to prevent Unicron's victory. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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===Theft of the Golden Disk===
A statue of Antagony was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

===''TransTech''===
Antagony scuttled about the Under City in [[Axiom Nexus]], in a crowd of countless off-worlders. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===

Antagony was a chief to [[Shokaract]], a warlord who seized power for himself in the region of [[Hyperious]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. After the war ended, Shokaract's reign was officially recognized and Hyperious was granted a seat in the new [[Cybertronian Parliament]]. At Shokaract's direction, Antagony battled her fellow [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] in the [[Hyperious Arena]] for the right to represent him. To the relief of many, this Game was not to the death, but Antagony claimed victory after seizing Cataclysm's tail-whip as a trophy. She took her place in the Parliament. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{Charstubfiction|{{stortlink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}}}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWtoy-Antagony.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|I like my Inferno redecoes like I like my coffee: black and $300 on the secondary market.]]
*'''Antagony''' (Mega, 1998)
**''Accessories:'' Mandible claw, missile launcher, 2 leg-segment missiles

: Antagony is a black and lavender [[redeco]] of the Predacon ant [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], one of two exclusive toys from the [[BotCon 1998]] convention in Anaheim, California. Her [[beast mode]] mandibles conceal a missile launcher weapon, plus her abdomen splits open to form spinning blades surrounding a quad-jet thruster. Only 600 pieces were made of her and [[Vice Grip]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Antagony/antagony.htm More information on Antagony at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* The genesis of her name is unknown, but it contains several possible wordplays:
** It's a combination of "ant" (which relates to her alt-mode, just as Cataclysm's name refers to his cat alt-mode) and "agony" (evoking her character-defining relationship to pain and desire to inflict it on others), producing [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Antagony an archaic synonym for antagonism] (the literary function she serves in her stories).
** It's spelled and pronounced similarly to "[[wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(disambiguation)|Antigone]]", the name of three characters in Greek mythology and the title of numerous plays and operas. However, there is no known parallel between their attributes and hers.
** It's an inversion of [http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/agony-aunt "agony aunt,"] a British colloquial term for an advice columnist. Her introductory story ''was'' written by [[Simon Furman|an Englishman]], but it's unknown if he was actually involved in naming her. Also, the concept has no relation to her personality except through irony or comical literalism.

==External links==
*[http://botcon.com/archive/story/characters/antagony.html Antagony's BotCon: Beyond profile on the BotCon Online archives]

[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Predacons]]
[[Category:BotCon exclusives]]
[[Category:Convention-original characters]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:TransTech Predacons]]
[[Category:Vok]]