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Dare

2024-12-16T16:15:10Z

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{{song
|title=Dare
|image=TFTM Dare.jpg
|caption=
|series=[[The Transformers: The Movie]]
|position=insert song
|genre=Hard Rock
|performer=[[Stan Bush]]
|written by=[[Vince DiCola]] and [[Scott Shelly]]
|production=Vince Dicola and [[Richie Wise]]
|arrangement=Vince DiCola
}}
"'''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 (G1)/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 Decepticons 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 ''{{w|Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God}}'' song "Ai o 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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLvI30CKPXc listen to it] and tell us otherwise!

*The song was recently used in the 2024 movie Get Fast where it was played twice

[[Category:Generation 1 songs]]

Brian Goldner

2024-09-19T18:52:31Z

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{{disambig3|Brian}}
[[File:Briangoldner.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The CGI summer blockbuster "[[Jenga]]" gets greenlit in 5, 4, 3... ]]

'''Brian Goldner''' ([[April 21]], [[1963]] – [[October 12]], [[2021]]) was the chief executive officer at [[Hasbro]]. He joined the company in 2000 from rival [[Bandai]], to help lead the company to refocus on its core brands such as ''Monopoly'' and ''Transformers'', after a disastrous year where Hasbro lost $144 million, costing hundreds of jobs and the closure of the former [[Kenner]] Cincinnati offices. The strategy was successful, and in 2006 Goldner was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer. On February 11, 2008, it was announced that Goldner was to replace [[Alfred J. Verrecchia]] as chief executive officer of Hasbro, effective May 22, 2008. Oddly enough, Goldner also sat on the board of Molson Coors.

On October 10, 2021, Goldner stepped down from his position to take medical leave for treatment of prostate cancer, with Rich Stoddart taking over as interim CEO. He passed away two days later.<ref>"[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hasbro-ceo-brian-goldner-to-take-medical-leave-01633910486 Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner to take medical leave]" from ''MarketWatch'', 10 October 2021</ref><ref>"[https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-announces-passing-beloved-leader-and-longtime-chairman Hasbro Announces the Passing of Beloved Leader and Longtime Chairman & CEO Brian D. Goldner]" from Hasbro, 12 October 2021</ref>

==Involvement in ''Transformers Armada''==
Goldner was behind [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|''Armada'']]{{'}}s 'back to basics' cars-Autobots-versus-Decepticons format and the addition of the 'collectible play' pattern that was common in toylines in [[Japan]]. Before being promoted to CEO, Goldner had been involved in the market-devouring ''Tamagotchi'' franchise. He also decided to bring back co-development with [[TakaraTomy]], which had dropped for years, to share the burden and make a line that would be big for both companies; they brought in a lot of toy concepts that would shape ''Armada''.<ref>"So that was also a transition time of leadership, and Brian Goldner came on, and he kind of wanted to reinvest in Hasbro's brands [...] versus always relying on the big licenses [...] so why not develop our in-house things a little stronger with a little more directness? So that doomed ''Beast Machines'' and ''Transtech'' because that whole plan wanted to get back to basics, then. And that's really where this story starts: how do we get back to basics? And what were basics to us then [...] was getting back to vehicles that looked like vehicles [...] and get back to a more traditional Autobot/Decepticon type of storyline."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgWvNmMJfE&t=385s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2021/12/14]</ref><ref>"Brian Goldner wanted to get back to basics, and he wanted a 'collectible' kind of concept. He was familiar with what was happening in Japan prior with various types of collectible play, small play, micro play, things that- years before anything like that came to the western markets. [...] So he understood the potential, and to that end I'll just say, he put a lot of trust in me to make this happen—tremendous amount of trust, when you think about what he was trying to do, because it was really a very small group of us and I was really the only designer that made this happen at the time. So his goal was to have the collectibility, that presented Takara the opportunity to pitch a lot of different ideas that they have had over the years, they were very much happy to- well, let me take a half step back. What Brian also wanted was to bring back was that co-development. [...] For a few years, they were kind of like a partner-vendor; we would come up with ideas and what they would want for the ''Beast Wars'' stuff, and Takara would kind of make that happen, even though it wasn't necessarily an item they were going to sell in their market. [...] So they were eager to get a better partnership, we were eager to get a better partnership, just to make better overall product: co-develop the animation, co-develop the products, co-develop all of it."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgWvNmMJfE&t=620 Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2021/12/14]</ref>

==Involvement in the ''Transformers'' films==
[[File:HasbroCEO.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]

In [[2003]], Goldner, who was at that point head of Hasbro's toy group, learned that [[Hollywood]] producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] was planning a military-themed movie. Goldner convinced Di Bonaventura to turn his film project into a licensed movie based on Hasbro's ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' line.<ref name="marketwatch">"[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/goldner-scripts-a-blockbuster-as-hasbros-chief-transformer Hasbro's chief transformer]" from ''MarketWatch'', 04 December 2008</ref>

Following the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, however, a movie named "G.I. Joe" was no longer considered viable, so it was decided to change the project into a [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'' movie]] instead.<ref name="murphylatino">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20091012224415/http://www.latinoreview.com/news/on-set-interview-producer-don-murphy-on-transformers-1502 On Set Interview: Producer Don Murphy On Transformers]" from ''Latino Review,'' 21 February 2007 (Wayback link)</ref> A ''G.I. Joe'' movie was ultimately produced several years later. For the ''Transformers'' movie, Goldner also helped bring together [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[DreamWorks]] along with [[Steven Spielberg]]. Goldner is officially credited as executive producer for the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie and its sequels through to ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', as well as producing the ''G.I. Joe'' movies and other adaptations of different brands. He also appeared in several interviews for the movie and the associated toys and video games.
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==Films executive produced==
*''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''
*''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]''
*''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]''
*''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''
*''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' (Posthumous credit)

==Notes==
*He was the father of [[Brooke Goldner]], the voice of [[Cyberwarp (RID)|Cyberwarp]] in ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''.
*The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' series premiere, "[[Secret Legacy, Part 1]]" , ''Rise of the Beasts'' , and ''One'' feature dedications to Goldner in the credits.

==External links==
*[http://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-goldner/ Profile on Forbes.com]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2131060/ Brian Goldner on the Internet Movie Database]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9ibZPdiMak Hasbro's in memoriam video]
*[https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/0L9RXr0c Brian Goldner's Kudoboard page]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldner, Brian}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Executives]]
[[Category:Hasbro personnel]]

Brian Goldner

2024-09-19T18:32:10Z

TFboi:

{{disambig3|Brian}}
[[File:Briangoldner.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The CGI summer blockbuster "[[Jenga]]" gets greenlit in 5, 4, 3... ]]

'''Brian Goldner''' ([[April 21]], [[1963]] – [[October 12]], [[2021]]) was the chief executive officer at [[Hasbro]]. He joined the company in 2000 from rival [[Bandai]], to help lead the company to refocus on its core brands such as ''Monopoly'' and ''Transformers'', after a disastrous year where Hasbro lost $144 million, costing hundreds of jobs and the closure of the former [[Kenner]] Cincinnati offices. The strategy was successful, and in 2006 Goldner was promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer. On February 11, 2008, it was announced that Goldner was to replace [[Alfred J. Verrecchia]] as chief executive officer of Hasbro, effective May 22, 2008. Oddly enough, Goldner also sat on the board of Molson Coors.

On October 10, 2021, Goldner stepped down from his position to take medical leave for treatment of prostate cancer, with Rich Stoddart taking over as interim CEO. He passed away two days later.<ref>"[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hasbro-ceo-brian-goldner-to-take-medical-leave-01633910486 Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner to take medical leave]" from ''MarketWatch'', 10 October 2021</ref><ref>"[https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-announces-passing-beloved-leader-and-longtime-chairman Hasbro Announces the Passing of Beloved Leader and Longtime Chairman & CEO Brian D. Goldner]" from Hasbro, 12 October 2021</ref>

==Involvement in ''Transformers Armada''==
Goldner was behind [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|''Armada'']]{{'}}s 'back to basics' cars-Autobots-versus-Decepticons format and the addition of the 'collectible play' pattern that was common in toylines in [[Japan]]. Before being promoted to CEO, Goldner had been involved in the market-devouring ''Tamagotchi'' franchise. He also decided to bring back co-development with [[TakaraTomy]], which had dropped for years, to share the burden and make a line that would be big for both companies; they brought in a lot of toy concepts that would shape ''Armada''.<ref>"So that was also a transition time of leadership, and Brian Goldner came on, and he kind of wanted to reinvest in Hasbro's brands [...] versus always relying on the big licenses [...] so why not develop our in-house things a little stronger with a little more directness? So that doomed ''Beast Machines'' and ''Transtech'' because that whole plan wanted to get back to basics, then. And that's really where this story starts: how do we get back to basics? And what were basics to us then [...] was getting back to vehicles that looked like vehicles [...] and get back to a more traditional Autobot/Decepticon type of storyline."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgWvNmMJfE&t=385s Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2021/12/14]</ref><ref>"Brian Goldner wanted to get back to basics, and he wanted a 'collectible' kind of concept. He was familiar with what was happening in Japan prior with various types of collectible play, small play, micro play, things that- years before anything like that came to the western markets. [...] So he understood the potential, and to that end I'll just say, he put a lot of trust in me to make this happen—tremendous amount of trust, when you think about what he was trying to do, because it was really a very small group of us and I was really the only designer that made this happen at the time. So his goal was to have the collectibility, that presented Takara the opportunity to pitch a lot of different ideas that they have had over the years, they were very much happy to- well, let me take a half step back. What Brian also wanted was to bring back was that co-development. [...] For a few years, they were kind of like a partner-vendor; we would come up with ideas and what they would want for the ''Beast Wars'' stuff, and Takara would kind of make that happen, even though it wasn't necessarily an item they were going to sell in their market. [...] So they were eager to get a better partnership, we were eager to get a better partnership, just to make better overall product: co-develop the animation, co-develop the products, co-develop all of it."—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgWvNmMJfE&t=620 Aaron Archer on ''The Toy Armada'', 2021/12/14]</ref>

==Involvement in the ''Transformers'' films==
[[File:HasbroCEO.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]

In [[2003]], Goldner, who was at that point head of Hasbro's toy group, learned that [[Hollywood]] producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] was planning a military-themed movie. Goldner convinced Di Bonaventura to turn his film project into a licensed movie based on Hasbro's ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' line.<ref name="marketwatch">"[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/goldner-scripts-a-blockbuster-as-hasbros-chief-transformer Hasbro's chief transformer]" from ''MarketWatch'', 04 December 2008</ref>

Following the US invasion of Iraq in March 2003, however, a movie named "G.I. Joe" was no longer considered viable, so it was decided to change the project into a [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'' movie]] instead.<ref name="murphylatino">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20091012224415/http://www.latinoreview.com/news/on-set-interview-producer-don-murphy-on-transformers-1502 On Set Interview: Producer Don Murphy On Transformers]" from ''Latino Review,'' 21 February 2007 (Wayback link)</ref> A ''G.I. Joe'' movie was ultimately produced several years later. For the ''Transformers'' movie, Goldner also helped bring together [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[DreamWorks]] along with [[Steven Spielberg]]. Goldner is officially credited as executive producer for the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie and its sequels through to ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', as well as producing the ''G.I. Joe'' movies and other adaptations of different brands. He also appeared in several interviews for the movie and the associated toys and video games.
{{-}}

==Films executive produced==
*''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''
*''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]''
*''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]''
*''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''
*''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' (Posthumous credit)

==Notes==
*He was the father of [[Brooke Goldner]], the voice of [[Cyberwarp (RID)|Cyberwarp]] in ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]''.
*The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' series premiere, "[[Secret Legacy, Part 1]]" , ''Rise of the Beasts'', and ''One'' feature dedications to Goldner in the credits.

==External links==
*[http://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-goldner/ Profile on Forbes.com]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2131060/ Brian Goldner on the Internet Movie Database]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9ibZPdiMak Hasbro's in memoriam video]
*[https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/0L9RXr0c Brian Goldner's Kudoboard page]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldner, Brian}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Executives]]
[[Category:Hasbro personnel]]

Brian Goldner

2024-09-19T18:30:35Z

TFboi:

September 12

2024-08-09T18:13:36Z

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* '''[[1952]] —''' [[Yukitoshi Hori]] (voice of some minor characters in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'') is born.
* '''[[1967]] —''' [[Lorenzo Beteta]] (Castilian Spanish voice of [[Megatron_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_marketing_material|Predacon Megatron]] in [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]) is born.
* '''[[1976]] —''' [[Marie Nonnenmacher]] (French voice of [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]], [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] and [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] in ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition|EarthSpark - Expedition]]'') is born.
* '''[[1986]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' episode "[[War Dawn (episode)|Caused War]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''1986 —''' [[Alfie Allen]] (voice of [[Tarantulas (ES)|Tarantulas]]) is born.
* '''[[1989]] —''' The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' episode "[[Crisis! Ambush in the Desert]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1997]] —''' [[Claster Television|Claster]] powers down the [[Power Block]] syndication block, which includes ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
* '''1997 —''' [[Shunsuke Takeuchi]] (Japanese voice of [[Wheeljack (ROTB)|Wheeljack]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]) is born.
* '''[[1998]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Before the Storm]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''[[2001]] —''' The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)]] episode "[[Bullet Train to the Rescue]]" premieres in the [[United States of America|US]].
* '''[[2003]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]'' episode "[[Mars (episode)|火星 (しょうとつ) - Mars]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2005]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' is released on UMD in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] by [[Metrodome]].
* '''[[2006]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Warp]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2007]] —''' ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' [[Man and Machine, Part Three|#3]] is released by [[Marvel Comics]] and [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2007 —''' [[The Transformers: Best of UK: Dinobots|''Best of UK: Dinobots'' #1]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2011]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]" premieres in the UK on [[Cartoon Network]] and sister channel, Cartoon Network TOO.
* '''2011 —''' The [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]] episode [[Darkness Rising, Part 5]] premieres in [[South Korea]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|Annual 2012]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2012 —''' ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers Prime]] Volume 3 — Alien Threat'' is released on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia and New Zealand by [[Madman Entertainment]].
* '''2012 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episodes "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]" and "[[Con Job]]" premiere in [[Indonesia]].
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Evolution]]" premieres in [[Hungary]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Battlegrounds, Part 2]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]] in the USA.
* '''[[2016]] —''' Final day of the [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|''Angry Birds Transformers'' mobile game's]] "Flight of the [[Chuck (AB)|Bumblebee]]" Challenge Event.
* '''[[2017]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers Prime]]'' compilation DVD "Ultimate Rivals" is released in the US by [[Shout! Factory]].
* '''2017''' — [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)/home video|Transformers: The Last Knight]] is released on digital.
* '''2017''' — The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Arrivals]]" and "[[Plus One (RB)|Plus One]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''2017 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[The Golden Knight]]" premieres in [[France]]
* '''[[2018]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare]]'' TPB and reprints of ''[[Transformers: Unicron]]'' [[Last Stand (Unicron)|#1]] and [[Stranger Eons|#2]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2020]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' episode "[[Battle For Cybertron III]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' On this Transformers Tuesday, [[Hasbro]] announces a reissue of the [[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and pre-orders go up.
* '''[[2024]] —'''

Main Page/schedule

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* '''[[August 14|Aug 14]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Transformers (2023) issue 11|#11]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[August 20|Aug 20]] —''' ''[[Transformers One (books)|Transformers One]]: Movie Novelization'', ''Destined for Greatness!'' & ''Finding the Spark'' are released by [[Simon & Schuster]].
* '''[[August 21|Aug 21]] —''' ''[[Destro (comic)|Destro]]'' [[Destro issue 3|#3]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[August 23|Aug 23]] —''' [[Hasbro]] releases the ''[[Hasbro Presents: The Transformers: Beast Wars Original Soundtrack|Beast Wars Original Soundtrack]]''.
* '''[[August 28|Aug 28]] —''' ''[[Void Rivals]]'' [[Void Rivals issue 12|#12]] and ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers]]'' [[The Transformers (issue)|#1]] 40th Anniversary Edition are released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[August 31|Aug 31]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases the TL-70 [[Tidal Wave (Armada)#Legacy|Tidal Wave]] and SS-128 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SSCore|Starscream]].
* '''[[September 4|Sep 4]] —''' ''[[Scarlett (comic)|Scarlett]]'' [[Scarlett issue 4|#4]] and ''[[Void Rivals]] Volume 2: Hunted Across the Wasteland'' TPB is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[September 11|Sep 11]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Transformers (2023) issue 12|#12]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[September 12|Sep 12]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases the ''[[Transformers One (toyline)|Transformers One]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BraveCommander|Brave Commander Optimus Prime]].
* '''Sep 12 —''' ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' is theatrically released in [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]].
* '''[[September 13|Sep 13]] —''' [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2024]] takes place.
* '''[[September 18|Sep 18]] —''' ''[[Destro (comic)|Destro]]'' [[Destro issue 4|#4]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[September 19|Sep 19]] —''' ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' is theatrically released in [[Australia]].
* '''[[September 20|Sep 20]] —''' ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' is theatrically released in [[Canada]], [[Japan]] and the [[United States of America|U.S.]]
* '''[[September 24|Sep 24]] —''' ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' is theatrically released in [[Mexico]].
* '''[[September 28|Sep 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] officially releases ''[[The Transformers: MPG|MPG]]'' MPG-07 [[Ginou]].
* '''[[October 2|Oct 2]] —''' ''[[Scarlett (comic)|Scarlett]]'' [[Scarlett issue 5|#5]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[October 9|Oct 9]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Transformers (2023) issue 13|#13]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[October 11|Oct 11]] —''' ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' is theatrically released in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].
* '''Oct 11 —''' ''[[Transformers: Galactic Trials]]'' is released for game consoles and PC.
* '''[[October 16|Oct 16]] —''' ''[[Destro (comic)|Destro]]'' [[Destro issue 5|#5]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[October 23|Oct 23]] —''' ''[[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]]'' is theatrically released in [[France]].
* '''Oct 23 —''' ''[[Void Rivals]]'' [[Void Rivals issue 13|#13]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[October 26|Oct 26]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] officially releases ''[[The Transformers: MPG|MPG]]'' MPG-08 [[Yamabuki]].
* '''[[November 13|Nov 13]] —''' ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[G.I. Joe (2024) issue 1|#1]] and ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[Transformers (2023) issue 14|#14]] are released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[November 20|Nov 20]] —''' ''[[Scarlett (comic)|Scarlett]] Volume 1: Special Mission'' TPB is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[November 27|Nov 27]] —''' ''[[Void Rivals]]'' [[Void Rivals issue 14|#14]] and ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]] Volume 2: Transport to Oblivion'' TPB are released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[December 4|Dec 4]] —''' ''[[Destro (comic)|Destro]] Volume 1: The Enemy'' TPB is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[December 26|Dec 26]] —''' ''[[Void Rivals]]'' [[Void Rivals issue 15|#15]] is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[December 28|Dec 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Bingo Sports|Bingo Sports Optimus Prime]], [[Combat Deck (G1)#Collaborative|Volvo VNR 300 Optimus Prime]], [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|MP-60]] [[Ginrai (human)#Masterpiece|Ginrai]] and [[The Transformers: MPG|MPG-09]] [[Ginrai (human)#MPG|Super Ginrai]].

==2025==
* '''[[February 22|Feb 22]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: MPG|MPG]]'' MPG-10 [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#MPG|Lift-Ticket]] and MPG-11 [[DK-2 Guard#MPG|DK-2 Guard]].
* '''[[March 29|Mar 29]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases Transformers 40th Selection [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#40th Selection|Bumblebee]], ''[[The Transformers: MPG|MPG]]'' MPG-12 [[Optimus Prime (SG)#MPG|Shattered Glass Optimus Prime]] and MPG-13 [[Jetfire (SG)#MPG|Shattered Glass Jetfire]]
* '''[[April 9|Apr 9]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] Compendium Volume 1'' TPB is released by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].
* '''[[April 22|Apr 22]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] Compendium Volume 1'' is released digitally by [[Image Comics]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]].

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Netflix

2024-06-21T14:31:33Z

TFboi: /* Transformers films — Available 2024 */

[[Image:Netflix.jpg|right|300px|]]
'''Netflix''' is a United States based multinational home entertainment company. While beginning solely as a mail-order DVD rental service in the United States, it primarily operates as an online video streaming service featuring films and television series available in numerous countries across the globe. Netflix also hosts its own original content not found on any other network or service, including the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]'' animated series.

In 2012, [[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]] signed a 10-year deal with Netflix allowing series from the Hasbro library to be included on Netflix's online streaming service.<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/10/netflix-signs-multi-year-deal-with-hasbro-and-knowing-is-half/ Netflix signs multi-year deal with Hasbro -- and knowing is half the battle]</ref> In addition to legacy content, programs from [[Hub Network|The Hub]]/[[Discovery Family]] were included in the deal, with episodes premiering on the service after their broadcast seasons have ended. While multiple Transformers series were added to the service as a result of this, half of them were delisted in 2015, while the other half were reduced to only their first seasons in 2018. This deal expired in February 2022, leading to nearly every ''Transformers'' cartoon being delisted from the service over the following year in most regions, save for the United States. Pursuant to Netflix's deal with pay channel {{w|Epix (TV channel)|Epix}}, films from the [[Paramount Pictures]] library were made available on the service several months after their original cable broadcast, though subsequent films like ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' now skip Netflix entirely and go straight to [[Paramount+]].

In addition to video streaming, Netflix also has a presence in the mobile gaming space, with several mobile game releases that can only be played by those with an active Netflix subscription.

Currently, Netflix's streaming service is almost available worldwide, but their available catalog varies significantly from region to region (with the exception of Netflix originals, which are generally available in all regions), and content is constantly phased in and out depending on distribution agreements with the original rights holders. As a result, the lists below may be out of date at the time you're reading this, and are frequently subject to change:

==Transformers TV series — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' (Seasons 3–4)
! ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''
! ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]''
! ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' (Season 1)
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes*
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes*
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes2
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only includes Episodes 1-18 
2 Season 2 only

==Transformers films — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''
! ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''
! ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}

==Transformers mobile games==
* ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight]]''

==Discontinued Transformers TV series and movies==
* ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' — Seasons 2–3 and ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'' removed in 2018
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' — Season 1 removed in 2022, Season 2 removed in 2023 (except Russia)
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' — Removed in 2024

==Notes==
* Notably, other services that carry ''Prime'', ''Rescue Bots'' or ''Robots in Disguise'' (such as [[Tubi]] or [[Hasbro#Streaming video|Roku]]) are missing their first seasons, presumably due to Netflix locking up exclusivity as a result of the aforementioned deal with Hasbro.
* Shortly after the launch of ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', Netflix added eight characters from the series as selectable profile icons, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
* In 2022, [[Scanline]], a visual effects studio who worked on the [[Live-action film series]], would be purchased by Netflix. While becoming the service's in-house effects studio, the deal between the two parties still has Scanline remain an independent company and free to work for other producers, similar to [[Industrial Light & Magic]]'s deal with [[Disney]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.netflix.com Netflix website]
* {{w|Netflix|Netflix on Wikipedia}}

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[[Category:Streaming platforms]]
[[Category:Video game companies]]

Netflix

2024-06-09T20:08:23Z

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[[Image:Netflix.jpg|right|300px|]]
'''Netflix''' is a United States based multinational home entertainment company. While beginning solely as a mail-order DVD rental service in the United States, it primarily operates as an online video streaming service featuring films and television series available in numerous countries across the globe. Netflix also hosts its own original content not found on any other network or service, including the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]'' animated series.

In 2012, [[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]] signed a 10-year deal with Netflix allowing series from the Hasbro library to be included on Netflix's online streaming service.<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/10/netflix-signs-multi-year-deal-with-hasbro-and-knowing-is-half/ Netflix signs multi-year deal with Hasbro -- and knowing is half the battle]</ref> In addition to legacy content, programs from [[Hub Network|The Hub]]/[[Discovery Family]] were included in the deal, with episodes premiering on the service after their broadcast seasons have ended. While multiple Transformers series were added to the service as a result of this, half of them were delisted in 2015, while the other half were reduced to only their first seasons in 2018. This deal expired in February 2022, leading to nearly every ''Transformers'' cartoon being delisted from the service over the following year in most regions, save for the United States. Pursuant to Netflix's deal with pay channel {{w|Epix (TV channel)|Epix}}, films from the [[Paramount Pictures]] library were made available on the service several months after their original cable broadcast, though subsequent films like ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' now skip Netflix entirely and go straight to [[Paramount+]].

In addition to video streaming, Netflix also has a presence in the mobile gaming space, with several mobile game releases that can only be played by those with an active Netflix subscription.

Currently, Netflix's streaming service is almost available worldwide, but their available catalog varies significantly from region to region (with the exception of Netflix originals, which are generally available in all regions), and content is constantly phased in and out depending on distribution agreements with the original rights holders. As a result, the lists below may be out of date at the time you're reading this, and are frequently subject to change:

==Transformers TV series — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' (Seasons 3–4)
! ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''
! ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]''
! ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes*
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes2
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only includes Episodes 1-10 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Only includes Episodes 1-18 
2 Season 2 only

==Transformers films — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''
! ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''
! ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}

==Transformers mobile games==
* ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight]]''

==Discontinued Transformers TV series and movies==
* ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' — Seasons 2–3 and ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'' removed in 2018
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' — Season 1 removed in 2022, Season 2 removed in 2023 (except Russia)
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' — Removed in 2024

==Notes==
* Notably, other services that carry ''Prime'', ''Rescue Bots'' or ''Robots in Disguise'' (such as [[Tubi]] or [[Hasbro#Streaming video|Roku]]) are missing their first seasons, presumably due to Netflix locking up exclusivity as a result of the aforementioned deal with Hasbro.
* Shortly after the launch of ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', Netflix added eight characters from the series as selectable profile icons, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
* In 2022, [[Scanline]], a visual effects studio who worked on the [[Live-action film series]], would be purchased by Netflix. While becoming the service's in-house effects studio, the deal between the two parties still has Scanline remain an independent company and free to work for other producers, similar to [[Industrial Light & Magic]]'s deal with [[Disney]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.netflix.com Netflix website]
* {{w|Netflix|Netflix on Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Streaming platforms]]
[[Category:Video game companies]]

Netflix

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[[Image:Netflix.jpg|right|300px|]]
'''Netflix''' is a United States based multinational home entertainment company. While beginning solely as a mail-order DVD rental service in the United States, it primarily operates as an online video streaming service featuring films and television series available in numerous countries across the globe. Netflix also hosts its own original content not found on any other network or service, including the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]'' animated series.

In 2012, [[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]] signed a 10-year deal with Netflix allowing series from the Hasbro library to be included on Netflix's online streaming service.<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/10/netflix-signs-multi-year-deal-with-hasbro-and-knowing-is-half/ Netflix signs multi-year deal with Hasbro -- and knowing is half the battle]</ref> In addition to legacy content, programs from [[Hub Network|The Hub]]/[[Discovery Family]] were included in the deal, with episodes premiering on the service after their broadcast seasons have ended. While multiple Transformers series were added to the service as a result of this, half of them were delisted in 2015, while the other half were reduced to only their first seasons in 2018. This deal expired in February 2022, leading to nearly every ''Transformers'' cartoon being delisted from the service over the following year in most regions, save for the United States. Pursuant to Netflix's deal with pay channel {{w|Epix (TV channel)|Epix}}, films from the [[Paramount Pictures]] library were made available on the service several months after their original cable broadcast, though subsequent films like ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' now skip Netflix entirely and go straight to [[Paramount+]].

In addition to video streaming, Netflix also has a presence in the mobile gaming space, with several mobile game releases that can only be played by those with an active Netflix subscription.

Currently, Netflix's streaming service is almost available worldwide, but their available catalog varies significantly from region to region (with the exception of Netflix originals, which are generally available in all regions), and content is constantly phased in and out depending on distribution agreements with the original rights holders. As a result, the lists below may be out of date at the time you're reading this, and are frequently subject to change:

==Transformers TV series — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' (Seasons 3–4)
! ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''
! ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]''
! ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes*
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes2
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only includes Episodes 1-10 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Only includes Episodes 1-18 
2 Season 2 only

==Transformers films — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''
! ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''
! ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
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==Transformers mobile games==
* ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight]]''

==Discontinued Transformers TV series and movies==
* ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' — Seasons 2–3 and ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'' removed in 2018
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' — Season 1 removed in 2022, Season 2 removed in 2023 (except Russia)
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' — Removed in 2024

==Notes==
* Notably, other services that carry ''Prime'', ''Rescue Bots'' or ''Robots in Disguise'' (such as [[Tubi]] or [[Hasbro#Streaming video|Roku]]) are missing their first seasons, presumably due to Netflix locking up exclusivity as a result of the aforementioned deal with Hasbro.
* Shortly after the launch of ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', Netflix added eight characters from the series as selectable profile icons, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
* In 2022, [[Scanline]], a visual effects studio who worked on the [[Live-action film series]], would be purchased by Netflix. While becoming the service's in-house effects studio, the deal between the two parties still has Scanline remain an independent company and free to work for other producers, similar to [[Industrial Light & Magic]]'s deal with [[Disney]].

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{w|Netflix|Netflix on Wikipedia}}

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Grimlock (RID 2015)

2024-05-22T15:40:38Z

TFboi:

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

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

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

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

Sometimes he works with the [[Mini-Con]] [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]]. He can also combine with either [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to form [[Primelock]] or with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to form [[Bumblegrim]], and he can combine even further with the rest of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] to form [[Ultra Bee]], though he wishes he wasn't always stuck being the combiner's legs.

In the years since his adventures with the Bee Team, he's found himself a new role as a teacher at the [[Rescue Bot Training Center|Rescue Bot Training Academy]], giving special attention to his young mentee [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]].

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

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (roar sound effect), [[Masaomi Yamahashi]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Sergio Romanò]] (Italian), [[Marco Kröger]] (German), [[Yasser Azzat]] (Arabic), [[Aku Laitinen]] (Finnish), [[Pierre Bodson]] (French), [[Andrés García]] (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1 & 2), [[Leonardo García]] (Latin-American Spanish, season 3), [[Cássius Romero]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Adam Bauman]] (Polish)}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

With the Decepticon threat now finally dealt with, several Autobots decided to head back to their homeworld. Grimlock was not among them, choosing instead to stay behind with Bumblebee on Earth to set up a permanent base of operations, should any more peril befall the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} When news of the Bee Team's exploits reached Cybertron, Grimlock became one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

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

[[File:TRID S2 E16 PL MSS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Lobster Mobster strikes again.]]
After one too many accidents, Grimlock was disgruntled when Bumblebee only assigned him one mission in the search for Cybertronian relics. During his mission, he encountered Brother [[Gunter]], who set about teaching him patience via the medium of pretzel manufacture. [[Thermidor]] and [[Tricerashot]] turned up at the monastery, resulting in Grimlock calling in the rest of the team, however ultimately it was the patience he'd learned that allowed Grimlock to defeat the scavenger. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

When Team Bee found a [[high energy pulse generator]] in [[Egypt]], Grimlock carried it back to the scrapyard using his crane mode, however the device was destroyed anyway when it threatened to fry their brains. Following an invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the team lost both their own Mini-Cons and their leader, after they were abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Joined by Optimus, the team split up to search for Starscream. Grimlock was first on the scene when Strongarm and Sideswipe ran into the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, but the ensuing hostilities ended when the Mini-Cons recognized Optimus, and the two groups teamed up. A short time later, they ran into the Scavengers, and then during the fight with them, the Mini-Cons were captured by Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} [[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Say hello to his little friend!]] Grimlock linked with Tricerashot, who'd avoided being captured, and took out the Scavengers. He and the rest of the team located Starscream's ship, and during the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, they were knocked out by Starscream. They eventually managed to defeat Starscream, despite him successfully merging with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, by dragging him down into range of Fixit's signal so he could be de-merged. After farewelling Optimus and the Mini-Cons, Team Bee split up to search more Cybertronian sites. {{storylink|Worthy}}

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

[[File:TRID S3 E3 D SC 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|How To Train Your Dinobot.]]
Impressed by the abilities of Drift's pupils, Grimlock decided to become Drift's "poodle" too. As the team attempted to capture [[Crustacion]] in [[Antarctica]], Grimlock's attempts to put Drift's teachings into practice were surprisingly successful, and he was instrumental in capturing the 'Con. {{storylink|Defrosted}} Grimlock and the rest of the team joined up with the [[Rescue Bot]] [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] as they attempted to recapture [[Ragebyte]]. {{storylink|Blurred}}

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

During another attempt to capture Drag Strip, a methane explosion caused the team to again merge into a giant robot, though Grimlock was disappointed to find he was the legs. Afterwards, the team had to cope with having two Sideswipes as they continued to try to get back the relic Drag Strip had stolen. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} Grimlock and the rest of the team captured three Decepticon brothers as a result of Strongarm employing her detective skills. {{storylink|Get a Clue}}

[[File:RiD2015 Out of the Shadows Sidelock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"The bottom. AGAIN."]]
Grimlock and Sideswipe were temporarily [[Sidelock|fused together]] during another of Fixit's combiner experiments. They and the rest of the team helped Drift recover his two Mini-Cons students after they were kidnapped by the Decepticon [[Shadow Raker]]. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Another of Fixit's combiner experiments led to the Autobots temporarily switching bodies. Grimlock reveled in having Drift's vehicle mode, and gleefully took part in a road race in an attempt to stop the Stunticons, though he had difficulty working with Drift's Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

The team attempted to help Strongarm's friend [[Nightra]] after she turned up apparently being pursued by [[Blastwave]], only to discover that Nightra was the criminal being hunted while Blastwave an Autobot bounty hunter. When the deception was exposed aboard [[Blastwave's ship]], Grimlock put his all into hanging onto the rest of the team as they were nearly blown out of a cargo bay, before he managed to close the bay door. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}} Grimlock developed an interest in art and started off by making a sculpture of Strongarm. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

[[File:TRID S3 E13 TFA MSS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|WOAH-OHHHH!]]
After allowing Fixit to experiment on him, Grimlock developed uncontrollable super speed. Despite Bumblebee restricting him to base, Grimlock - inspired by Russell's reading a ''[[Captain Plasma Beam]]'' comic to him - believed he could be an effective superhero and joined in on a mission to recapture Simacore. This didn't go well, but he did eventually successfully defeat the Con, and he took pride in Simacore's having declared him to be the Orangucon's "greatest foe". {{storylink|The Fastest Bot Alive!}}

Grimlock, no longer with the aid of super-speed, took part in a mission to prevent the Stunticons from stealing the power source for a high-speed maglev train. {{storylink|Railroad Rage}} Grimlock and the rest of the team finally managed to combine into [[Ultra Bee]] during another mission against the Stunticons. {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}} A message from Windblade sent the team to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they again combined and managed to defeat the Stunticons once and for all. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

[[File:TRID E 63 Grimlock with rocks.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Me Grimlock love to smash rocks.]]
Russell and Grimlock began making video diaries to keep the absent Drift up-to-date. Their latest effort was interrupted by an attack which drove the Autobots from the scrapyard and forced them to seek refuge in the nearby cave system. Decepticon signals led them to the culprits—Steeljaw and his pack, and the ensuring battle endangered Crown River Dam. {{storylink|Exiles}} With the Autobots finding the cramped quarters of the caves inconvenient, Denny and Russell got Grimlock to enlarge it using his rock-smashing skills. {{Storylink|Breathing Room}} Left on monitor duty, Grimlock was distracted and missed the detection of some Decepticon signals. As a result, he became hyper-sensitive about remaining professional and not having fun on the job, which almost resulted in the Decepticons getting away with some nuclear waste until Sideswipe snapped him out of it. {{storylink|Prepare for Departure}} Grimlock took part in a mission which resulted in the defeat and capture of (most of) Steeljaw's pack at the nuclear plant. {{storylink|Prisoner Principles}}

{{bigquote|Good call, Bulkhead. Smashing stuff really does relax me.|Grimlock|[[Sick as a Bot]]}}
[[File:SickAsABot Grimlock thinking.jpg|thumb|250px|right|All his plans are ''smashing!'']]
Grimlock took part in the defeat of Soundwave, preventing the Decepticon from irradiating the entire planet. He later dressed up as "the monster from Dimension Aaargh" for Sideswipe's performance of ''[[Showcase of Shivers]]''. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}} The Autobots returned to the scrapyard and Grimlock was tasked with securing the prisoners, only to let Underbite escape. He and the other Autobots were forced to chase the 'Con, who randomly teleported thanks to a chunk of space bridge he'd eaten. {{storylink|Something He Ate}} After Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe were infected with a nanovirus, Grimlock rushed off to try to capture the Decepticon. He only succeeded once the newly arrived [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] helped him slow down and come up with a plan. {{storylink|Sick as a Bot}}

During a pursuit of Steeljaw, Grimlock and the others found themselves arrested by [[Dropforge]]. They were able to escape with Denny and Russell's help and both foiled Steeljaw's plan, and freed Dropforge from the mind control signal he was being controlled by. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} Optimus arrived once more, sending Grimlock and the rest of the team to Cybertron where the Autobot council were using mind control on the population. On arrival, the Autobots were surrounded by security, {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} however with the help of Dropforge and Steeljaw, they were able to gain entry to the [[High Council Tower]]. After they discovered the council were actually Decepticons, Grimlock decided the best way to eliminate the mind control was to smash everything. He then took on [[Treadshock]] and managed to knock him out with a tail smash. A battle ensued with the Autobots and Decepticons taking on their [[Galvatronus (RID)|combined forms]] for a last ditch struggle for Cybertron, and the Bee Team eventually prevailed. In the aftermath, Grimlock and the others returned to Earth as newly appointed ambassadors and ended up chasing after Steeljaw again. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
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====''Robots In Disguise'' shorts====
After accidentally stomping on Fixit several times during the day, Grimlock somehow got the Mini-Con stuck to his foot.
{{Storylink|Fixit Jam}} Grimlock was lent a [[Decepticon Hunter]] so he could find his signature weapon, his own fist. {{Storylink|Perfect}}

====''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Terrence Flint]] (English)|[[Pierre Bodson]] (French)}}
[[File:BuddyCop camo Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Grimlock was once a major [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] star under the name '''Steelwall'''. During his career as a player, he won MVP at the 217th Cybertron All-Bot Bowl. {{storylink|Trouble Cubed}} [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] once bet Grimlock couldn't eat thirty seven rocks, but Grimlock ate forty of them. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}}

Grimlock joined the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] as a new teacher, though as a result they started going through the gym equipment a lot faster. Unlike the other recruits, [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] was initially terrified of the Dinobot, skipping out on the class; however, when he later realized Grimlock was afraid of [[Mister Pettypaws]], he overcame his own fear. {{storylink|Tyrannosaurus Wrecked}}

Grimlock later took the recruits (minus Hoist) to [[Wayward Island|Dino Island]]. However, the group accidentally let a triceratops back through the [[GroundBridge]]. They were forced to return the hard way, with [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] towing Grimlock on some improvised water skis, but Hoist had already overcome his fear of dinosaurs and dealt with the situation by the time they got back. {{storylink|Dino Hard}}

After catching [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] sneaking in late to class, Chase elected to have the recruits participate in stealth training, pairing the partner-less Hot Shot with Grimlock. Hot Shot was skeptical of Grimlock's methods and doubted the large Dinobot could be at all stealthy, leading him to ditch the professor early on. However, Grimlock proved him wrong by completing the exercise while successfully evading Chase's optics, earning Hot Shot's respect. {{storylink|Buddy Cop}}

Heatwave later had the Dinobot fill in for him at the desk while he was away, though begrudgingly, he had to reveal himself in public to fool the witnesses of Medix's confused mishaps.{{storylink|Monster Savings}}

As part of the recruits' final test, Grimlock was picked to be the rescue victim whom the teachers had to carry in a relay race. His size resulted in several unfortunate mishaps, though in the final round it was Hot Shot exploiting his Gatophobia that lost the teachers their victory. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 1}}

For year two, Grimlock was selected to mentor Hoist, though his expression of joy at the news sent the recruit scurrying away in fear. {{storylink|Back to School}} Hoist did his best to avoid Grimlock, but when they were assigned a mission together, Grimlock tracked him down. They joined Grimlock's old friends [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] and [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] aiming to retrieve a crashed spacecraft. When the three Dinobots' efforts threatened to bring a cliff down on a nearby town, Hoist came up with an alternate plan, and Grimlock realized he'd learned something from the student. {{storylink|Mission Dinobot}} He had Hoist undergo Dinobot sensitivity training and undertook a mission to rescue kittens from a mine. {{storylink|In Training}}

Heatwave had Grimlock cover for him for a few days, and so Grimlock moved a bunch of his stuff into the office. This included a classic Cube from Grimlock's Cube playing days, which Hot Shot promptly borrowed without permission. The recruits managed to lose the Cube in [[Milford]], forcing them to come to Grimlock for help, and once the Cube was safely recaptured, he promised to tell them all about his Cube days while Hot Shot did chores as punishment. {{Storylink|Trouble Cubed}} Grimlock found coming up with activities a struggle, however when Hoist discovered an old newspaper article that pointed to an energon cache in an old mine, he got Heatwave to approve a field trip to investigate. Grimlock called in Sludge and Snarl to help search, however though the Dinobots located the energon, they also caused the mine to cave in, and they had to follow Hoist's plan to extract themselves. {{storylink|The Great Energon Rush}}

Grimlock took part in the rescue of Doc Greene and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] when a force field dome trapped the two humans in the lab. {{storylink|Partners (RBA)|Partners}} Hoist consulted Grimlock when he was trying to decide on a new alternate mode, which unsurprisingly resulted in Hoist picking a dinosaur mode. {{storylink|Big Wheels}} Grimlock took part in a "rescue-athon" paired with Hoist. {{storylink|First Responder}}

When a sandstone butte was in danger of falling on a tree on Dino Island, Grimlock had the recruits called in to help him, Sludge and Snarl deal with the problem. They were able to safely topple the butte away from the tree. {{storylink|Bot Blog}} When Hoist accused Snarl and Sludge of messing up the Academy, Grimlock sentenced them to guard assignment on a distant gas giant, though it later turned out they were innocent. {{storylink|Things That Go Bot In The Night}} Grimlock spotted Hoist as the latter lifted weights. When Whirl needed a spotter for her trip to the [[Amazon]], Grimlock set her up with tracker [[Slash (RBA)|Slash]]. {{storylink|The Tracker}}

Grimlock joined Heatwave and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in helping with an imminent meteor strike on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]]. {{storylink|Dino-mite Duo}} When the recruits were being too quiet to be effective during their rescues, Grimlock encouraged them to be more assertive and took them on a trip to the planet [[Krimol]]... where they discovered that being loud aggravated the local wildlife. {{storylink|Don't Be Alarmed}}

Grimlock was among the observers as the recruits undertook their final test of year two. He promised the "dance off to end all dance offs" would take place during the party aboard [[Citadel Secundus]], however he was put into stasis lock when an asteroid hit the Titan and created an anti-energon field. {{storylink|Space Party}} He and the rest of the teaching staff were revived after Secundus was landed safely on Earth, and attended the recruits' graduation ceremony. {{storylink|Crash Of The Titan}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===''TransTech''===
Grimlock prowled about the streets of the Under City in Axiom Nexus, in a crowd of countless off-worlders. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
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|Starter
|500
|10
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|Titan Guardian
|1000
|20
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|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|One-Step
|2000
|40
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|One-Step Gold
|2000
|40
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|Titan Hero
|3000
|60
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|Warrior
|4000
|80
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|Warrior Gold
|4000
|80
|-
|Warrior Asia
|4000
|80
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|Battlepack
|4000
|80
|-
|Hero
|6000
|120
|-
|Hero Stealthasaurus
|6000
|120
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|Stomp ‘N Chomp
|10000
|160
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

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

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

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

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

====Legion Class====
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:RID2015LegendsGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm gonna burst outta your pocket in a minute!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Legends Class, 2015–2016)}}</ul>

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Legion|Legion Class]] line, Grimlock is a tiny, simple toy that transforms into a robots ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. His robot arms/dino-legs each have two 3mm ports for mounting accessories: one on each fist, and one in the elbow/knee joint. In dino mode, his shoulders are also compatible with [[5 mm post]]s.

: His robot mode head is sculpted with his battle mask up... although it's painted with his unmasked face's color. Oh, well.

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

: This figure was first released in late 2014/early 2015 the original ''Robots in Disguise'' packaging design, and then again in late 2016 in the ''Combiner Force'' [[subline imprint]] packaging refresh. And due to one of the mobile game's many updates, "unlocking" Grimlock was rendered useless by that point.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/LegGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Legion-Class Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID15-toy Grimlock ClearVer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock Clear Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': July ?? 2015

: A [[redeco]] of Legion Class Grimlock in mostly clear plastic (the black nylon parts remaining opaque due to structural needs), "Grimlock Clear Ver." was [[campaign item|given away free]] at EDION toy department and Bic Camera stores in Japan, from July 2015 to customers who spent ¥3000 or more on ''Adventure'' product.

: Like most of the clear colored ''Adventure'' Legion Class exclusives, Grimlock has no paint operations save for his face and his ''T. rex'' head. He also lacks a scan-badge sticker, instead coming with a tiny card with his checklist scan-badge printed on it.

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[[File:TAV-35-EZ-Collection-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Inconceivable!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Autobot VS Decepticon Set''' (Multi-pack, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''ID Number'': '''TAV35'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 19]], 2015

: Takara's "normal" version of Legion-class Grimlock is a redeco of the original Legion Class toy, this time extensively painted to make him as show-model-accurate as possible at this scale. Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy does not have a scan-badges sticker; instead the badge was printed on a small card along with the badges for the other toys in the set.

: Grimlock was only available as an ''[[EZ Collection]]'' four-pack along with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV35|Optimus Prime]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#TAV35|Steeljaw]], and [[Underbite#TAV35|Underbite]].

: Like the rest of the ''Adventure'' EZ Collection sets, some online retailers like Amazon Japan were still selling it 2 years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).
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====One-Step Changers====
{{anchor|OneStep}}
[[File:RID20151StepGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''Roll back the rock!'' ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TED-09'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 27]], 2015

: Part of the second wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#One-Step Changers|One-Step changers]], Grimlock transforms from robot to ''T. rex'' and back in just one easy step... well, there is a ''tiny'' bit more than one step. One needs to turn his dino-toes into the proper "robot hand" or "dino foot" positions.

[[File:TED-09-One-Step-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1|left|thumb|''Turn back the clock!'' ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]

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

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

: The TakaraTomy release of One-Step Changer Grimlock, released in the fourth wave of the "Easy Dynamic Series" line of toys meant for the younger set, features extensive paint applications to more closely resemble his cartoon appearance. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' arm. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/OSCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on One-Step Changer Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Roll back the rock to the dawn of time'' ''And sing this song with me!'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)}}</ul>

: This redeco of One-Step Grimlock, released in the fifth wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' One-Step Changers, has the deco of his [[Grimlock (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]].

: Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex'' mode, on his left shoulder. The badge is nearly impossible to scan while in robot mode, since his shoulder parts cover it.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changers-Collection-6-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (Multi-pack, 2015)}}</ul>

: The original Grimlock One-Step Changer was also released, without notable changes, in a store-exclusive six-pack of figures.

: This set also included unchanged One-Step figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Bumblebee]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#RIDCollection|Steeljaw]], [[Sideswipe (RID)#RIDCollection|Sideswipe]], and [[Underbite#RIDCollection|Underbite]], plus an entirely new One-Step [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Optimus Prime]] figure available only in this set.

: This set was exclusive to [[Target]] stores in the United States, and to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Canada.

: Sideswipe, Steeljaw, Underbite, and Bumblebee's badges are all scannable in-package.
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====Warrior Class====
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[[File:RID15-toy Grimlock Warrior.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Green and black, man! You got a problem with that? ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2014–2017)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TAV-02'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 21]], 2015

: First released as part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Warrior-Class figures, Grimlock transforms into a green and black ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Unusual for a Warrior-Class toy in this line, he comes packaged with no accessories whatsoever. In dinosaur mode, a switch atop his head moves his jaw up and down. Grimlock's right robot mode leg also features a sculpted [[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|fake tail]], to symmetrically match his left leg, where his ''T. rex'' mode tail had stored with. Please take note that Grimlock's hands can't grip some weapons due to his ''T. rex'' feet being in the way.

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

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

:[[File:RID Warrior Grimlock Packaging Comparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1|left|Shelf life of a 1980s figure.]][[File:Takaratomy-tav-02-grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]

: Despite being succeeded by the [[#GoldArmor|"Gold Armor" redeco]] in wave 4 (see below), the original green and black deco of the figure made a comeback in subsequent waves, in two different packaging [[variant]]s as part of the "Mini-Con Weaponizers" and "Combiner Force" [[subline imprint]]s. It is unknown whether these re-releases use the modified pseudo-ratchet joint seen on the redeco. Take note that the re-releases' badges only unlocks Energon Currency instead of the character.

: The TakaraTomy release of Grimlock, naturally part of the first wave of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#TakaraTomy Adventure toyline|Adventure]]'' toyline, uses a slightly brighter green plastic and paint, and features extra paint applications, mostly for his alt mode's toes, and his eyebrows. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, right of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

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

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[[File:TAVVS02-Grimlock-VS-Gregevor-Boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Grimlock VS Greejeeber''' (VS set, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TAV VS-02'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 21]], 2015

: The TakaraTomy release of Warrior Class Grimlock was also available in a boxed two-pack with the Decepticon [[Greejeeber#Toys|Greejeeber]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Dumb stubbies! Yellow not same color as gold!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2015)}}</ul>

: A [[redeco]] and new-head [[retool]] of the Warrior Class Grimlock toy, "Gold Armor Grimlock" features a new coloration and a battle-masked head, both inspired by his [[Grimlock (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]]. The joints in his dino-legs/robot-arms have been slightly modified to prevent stress and breakage.

: His stock photography (shown at right) features yellow paint applications, rather than orange as seen in the final product.

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/GAGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Warrior-Class Gold Armor Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class====
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[[File:TAV30-Battle-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Do not say Yoshi.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Battle Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TAV30'''
:*''Release date'': [[October 24]], 2015
:*''Accessories'': Sword, shield
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

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

: His scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' leg/right robot mode arm. Scanning this in the ''[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Transformers Chronicle]]'' mobile app unlocks the toy in the app's collection checklist.

: This toy can be armored up with Mini-Con [[Divebomb (RID)#Robots in Disguise|Divebomb]], despite being a differing faction. Divebomb's armor may be connected to Battle Grimlock in either mode. Divebomb himself may be stored on Grimlock's robot shoulders or in his dinosaur undercarriage.{{Fact}}
{{GenerationsFOCGrimlockMold}}
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====Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changers====
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[[File:RID15-toy Grimlock 3step.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock have feet for hands and hands on feet! ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Takaratomy-ted-02-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Big Grimlock'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TED-02'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 21]], 2015

: Part of the first wave of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Three-Step Changers|''Robots in Disguise'' Three-Step Changers]], this roughly Voyager-sized Grimlock transforms from robot to ''T. rex'' in just three easy steps, with some partial [[autotransformation]] when his torso is twisted around. His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. However the badge ''cannot'' be scanned while he's in ''T. rex'' mode.

: Although the toy is listed as a "3-Step Changer", there are actually two more optional steps: pulling the tail off before transformation (then reinserting it after), and positioning the ''T. rex'' arms out of the way. However, it's possible to transform Grimlock with the tail installed anyway, and really that dino-arms one is kind of a stretch to call it a "step", but hey.

: Three-Step Grimlock does not have [[5 mm post]]-compatible hands, but does feature said ports on his front ''T. rex'' legs instead, placing them on his forearms behind his (hidden) fists. Thanks to the dino-toes on his arms, giving him weapons (or Mini-Con Weaponizers) to wield can be awkward.

: The TakaraTomy ''Adventure'' version of this toy, released in the the fourth wave of the "Easy Dynamic Series" (basically all the simplified 1- to 3-step toys) features quite a lot more paint, making him much more show-accurate. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy in the app's collection list. Unlike the American release, '''Big Grimlock''' is packaged in a windowed box, instead of an an open package.

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[[File:RID2015-Three-Step-Stealthasaurus-Rex-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblelock?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Stealthasaurus Rex Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2016)}}</ul>

: This Grimlock is a redeco of the 3-Step Changer above, with some of his green plastic replaced with black (mainly his dino-legs/robot-arms), and all of his green paint removed and replaced with yellow paint in different layouts.

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

: For unknown reasons, the 3-Step Changer assortment was halted in the United States for the better part of a year, which resulted in Stealthasaurus Rex Grimlock not appearing at US retail until ''nine months'' after he had been released in Australia. Afterwards, the assortment continued at a normal pace.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Combiner-Force-3-Step Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I have fist-balls of steel!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (3-Step Changer, 2017)}}</ul>

: Released in the eleventh wave of 3-Step Changers under the "[[Combiner Force]]" subline, "Hyper-Swoop" Grimlock is an entirely a new mold with a completely different transformation scheme, which actually results in fairly show-accurate robot and ''T. rex'' modes.

: Due to his transformation scheme, he ends up having two ''T. rex'' toes on his ''T. rex''/robot mode legs.
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====Stomp & Chomp====
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[[File:RID2015-Stomp-and-Chomp-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Yo Bee, you remember that I used to transform into a mechanical mess of a ''T. rex''?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2015)}}</ul>

: Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Grimlock (AOE)#Stomp&Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], minus his sword (and bonus [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Stomp&Chomp|OPtimus Prime figure]]), transforming from a robotic ''T. rex'' to a 22-inch-tall robot by pulling the trigger on the handle in his back and pulling back, which also activates the classic transformation sound.

: In robot mode, his electronics are triggered by the dino-teeth, which end up behind his robot head. Pressing them makes his eyes light up and cycles through various guttural growls and gravelly speech snippets, mainly variations of "GRIMLOCK DESTROY!".

: In dino mode, pushing his head downward opens his jaw and makes his eyes light up yellow, with electronic roaring sounds. When his upper teeth are pushed in, like by say making him chomp down on an unlucky Decepticon toy, he makes a "chomping" sound. He also has a pair of pop-out (non-firing) weapons in his sides, which are deployed by small buttons under flip-out panels on his back just in front of them. The short cannon makes his eyes light up red, and the long gun makes them light up green. The activation buttons were originally designed to be pressed by placing any ''Age of Extinction'' One-Step Changer or Power Attacker figure's magnetic feet in those revealed compartments, and while some ''Robots in Disguise'' One-Step Changers ''can'' fit there to ride the mighty dino, they weren't designed to actually trigger those gimmicks, so they don't.{{fact}}

: All of his electronics can be turned on and off with a simple switch on his back; if left in the "on" position, the electronics will just keep going. The "Demo" setting will turn them off after a period of inactivity. They are also all the same sounds as found in the ''Age of Extinction'' release, which just adds to the "yeah this don't feel very ''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock" vibe.

: Grimlock comes partially disassembled in-package, with his right leg and tail needing to be attached to complete him. His scannable Autobot insignia is in his handlebar.

: Like the original mold, Stomp & Chomp Grimlock ended up being a [[shelfwarmer]].
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====Mini-Con Battle Packs====
[[File:RID2015-Minicon-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock feel excellent, [[Megatron (BW)|yeeeess]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Decepticon Hunter Grimlock with Mini-Con Decepticon Back ''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Helmet/chest armor, left & right breastplates, left & right shoulder armor, left & right saw-blades

: Part of the second wave of Hasbro Mini-Con Battle Packs, "Decepticon Hunter Grimlock" is similar in size of a Scout Class figure (in Grimlock's case, the size of ''Cyberverse'' Commander figure), with its transformation engineering borrowed from the [[Grimlock (WFC)#Warrior Class|Warrior]] class figure. He comes with multiple transparent-plastic armor pieces, which could come in either yellow or orange. The armor pieces can be combined into a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head that can fit over his beast mode head like a helmet, giving him a hilarious giant transparent ''Tyrannosaurus'' head over his actual ''Tyrannosaurus'' head. As an undocumented feature, the ''T. rex'' head can be used as a hand-held weapon (well, technically, an arm-mounted weapon via a pair of tabs, but it looks hand-held). His scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex''/Robot chest, accessible in robot mode and in-package.

: There are a few minor construction issues with this toy. Depending on how tight the shoulder ball joints are, the tabs that connect his shoulders and the upper body had a tendency to get undone easily with little handling force, but it can be partially amended by adding the armor pieces 3 & 4 onto the chest. The 5mm hexagonal peg-holes on his dino legs/robot arms (depending on which piece of course) also have a tendency to develop some stress marks due to not being properly molded. This can be fixed by [[Customizing|widening the hole with a 5mm drill bit]], though this results in a circular peghole instead.

: Grimlock was sold in a two-pack with the Decepticon Mini-Con [[Back#Toys|Decepticon Back]].

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[[File:TF-Adventure-Mini-Con-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Volcano Armor in red, Supreme Armor in blue.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Volcano & Grimlock Volcano Armor''' (Multi-pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TAV42'''
:*''Release date'': [[April 23]], 2016
:*''Accessories'': Volcano Armor pieces (helmet/chest armor, left & right breastplates, left & right shoulder armor, left & right saw-blades)

: The TakaraTomy version of Battle Pack Grimlock was released in the fourteenth wave of the ''Adventure'' toyline, under the ''Prime of Micron'' [[subline imprint]]. While largely identical to the Hasbro version, he has some more paint applications to more closely resemble his appearances in the cartoon, though the ''T. rex'' arms & hips/robot shoulders are not painted due to being molded with [[unpaintable plastic]]. His armor pieces, now dubbed the "Volcano Armor", are cast in clear-red plastic.

: This time he comes with the Autobot-aligned Mini-Con [[Volcano (RID)|Volcano]].

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock Supreme Armor set''' (Multi-pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''TAV45'''
:*''Release date'': [[April 23]], 2016
:*''Accessories'': Supreme Armor pieces (helmet/chest armor, left & right breastplates, left & right shoulder armor, left & right saw-blades)

: Grimlock was also released in a multi-pack in the same wave as his "individual" release. The base toy is identical, even having the same ''[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Chronicle]]'' app sticker, but now his "Supreme Armor" parts are cast in clear-blue, and his partner Mini-Con "Supreme Power" Volcano now sports a matching green-and-black coloration.

: This set also includes similarly-"Supreme" versions of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV45|Optimus Prime]] and his Mini-Con partner [[Gravity#TAV45|Gravity]].
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====Team Combiners====
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[[File:TF-RID2015-Team-Combiner-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Gabu Gaburincho; Grimlock!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Bee''' (Team Combiner, 2017)}}</ul>

: This small, ultra-simple version of Grimlock transforms from ''T. rex'' into robot. He is also designed to combine with the other toys in his set ([[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Team Combiners|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (RID)#Team Combiners|Sideswipe]] and [[Strongarm (RID)#Team Combiners|Strongarm]]), forming the waist and legs to the super robot [[Ultra Bee#Toys|Ultra Bee]]. As with all Team Combiner torsos, Grimlock's combined mode has his hip swivels molded together, meaning the front-to-back movement is in tandem.

: Unfortunately, due to his transformation, his dino mode ends up having an unambiguous pair of robot legs sticking out of its butt in place of an actual tail. The set's instructions say that the included [[Drift (RID)#Team Combiners|sword accessory]] can somehow attach to his ''T. rex'' mode to sort-of disguise/compensate for this, but exactly how isn't clearly illustrated and there are no clips that hold it securely in place.

: Each toy in this set uses the same universal combination joint as the other Team Combiners and [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some... ''interesting'' combinations, given that most robots form very specific body parts when combined. Mixing Crash Combiners with Team Combiners leads to some ''especially'' weird results.
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====Crash Combiners====
[[File:TF-RID2015-Crash-Combiner-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Dynasaur Combination!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock / Optimus Prime''' (Crash Combiners, 2018)}}</ul>

: Part of the fourth and final wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' Crash Combiners, this roughly Scout-sized version of Grimlock changes from a (front-heavy) ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' into a robot in a moderate eight steps, deviating from the other Crash Combiners' simplified transformations. He can also spread his legs for a more dramatic pose thanks to his combined form's transformation scheme. Unlike most of the Crash Combiner components, Grimlock features swiveling joints on his arms ''and'' 3mm compatible hands. He also has a little green arrow above the connector on the rear section (which is covered by his tail/gestalt kneecaps) indicating where to crash him to combine with other figures. A [[5 mm post]] hole on top of his ''T. rex'' back can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Mini-Con, though he cannot use it in his individual robot mode's 3mm hands.

: Grimlock comes packaged with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Primelock|Optimus Prime]], and is intended to combine with him to form [[Primelock]]'s lower torso. Connecting them to each other will activate Optimus Prime's automatic transformation, while Grimlock must be converted manually. And due to Grimlock's unique added transformation steps, Optimus Prime (and the other torso bots) ''cannot'' directly crash and combine with Grimlock unless his tail is moved out of the way. Grimlock can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner (or weird monstrosity if you combine him with a not-an-upper-torso robot).

: This two-pack was a very late addition to the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, with a Hasbro product code number in the same region as the first-wave [[Prime Master]]s from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''. Thus, it really didn't get a lot of distribution.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy GrimlockCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Ah! It's Big Green!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': B1235
:*''Pieces'': 23
:*''Accessories'': Parts rack, extra clear body parts (torso, helmet, left & right legs, left & right arms), buildable ax, sword

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

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

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

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Armor Up Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''Set Number'': B5711
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Blizzard Strike Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, <s>2017</s>)}}</ul>
:*''Set Number'': ??
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Night Strike Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, <s>2017</s>)}}</ul>
:*''Set Number'': ??
:*''Pieces'': 28
:*''Accessories'': Left & right leg extensions, left & right arm extensions, chest armor, buildable pick axe-hammer

: Another series released without any prior announcement from Hasbro, this new Custom Kreon Grimlock set features extension parts for the arms and legs used for the Kreons included in the China exclusive ''Armor Hero Captor'' sets. On the other hand, the Kreon can be displayed without adding any armor parts.

: Grimlock was advertised as coming in three different color versions: the standard-colors "Armor-Up", white-themed "Blizzard Strike", and black-themed "Night Strike" (the only redeco to feature a show-accurate helmet color). The building sets saw release through Dollar General alongside several other "exclusive" ''Kre-O'' sets, but ''only'' the normal "Armor Up" coloration for Grimlock has ever been found; it's likely "wave 2" of the assortment was never actually produced.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:RID2015-Platinum-Edition-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Namekian Goku, Namekian.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee & Grimlock''' (Platinum Edition 2-pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Energo Sword", shield

: The Hasbro ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of the TakaraTomy [[#Adventure|''Adventure'' Battle Grimlock]] toy (itself a redeco/retool of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager-class [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations|Grimlock]] toy). ''Platinum Edition'' Grimlock replaces his black paint with gunmetal, and features other minor deco differences on some of his parts.

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

: His [[stock photography]] (at right) depicts a mistransformed robot mode, failing to properly extend his robot-mode legs.

: Grimlock was bundled with a redecoed [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#PlatinumBeeGrimlock|Warrior Class Bumblebee]]. In the United States, this set was [[exclusive]]ly available via online retailer [[Entertainment Earth]], although it was also stocked by several smaller US-based online retailers who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was released in Singapore, as a [[Walmart]] exclusive in Canada, and sold at Ripley stores in Chile.

: This figure was listed as "Warrior Asia Grimlock" in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game.
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===''Rescue Bots Academy''===
[[File:RBA-toy Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Ready for his role in ''{{w|Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch}}.'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-rb|'''Grimlock''' (Rescan, [[2019]])}}</ul>

: Part of the first(?) wave of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|Rescue Bots Academy]]''-branded-packaging "Rescan"-scale toys, Grimlock is an ''adorable'' happy little robotic t-rex, in [[Grimlock (G1)|traditional Grimlock-ey gray and gold deco]], who transforms into his motorcycle vehicle mode in two "Easy 2 Do" steps. Something he probably [[Impounded|wishes he could've done sooner]].

: Did we mention he's ''adorable''? He is.
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:Buzzworthy_Crash_Combiner_Bumblegrim.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Bumblegrim" may not be a great name, but at least it wasn't "Bumlock". There's medications for that.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock / Bumblebee''' (Crash & Combine, [[2021]])}}</ul>

: ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' Crash & Combine Grimlock is a mostly gray and yellow redeco of [[#Crash Combiners|Crash Combiners Grimlock]]. He comes packaged with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Bumblebee]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Bumblegrim]]'s lower torso.

: The packaging features new, ''Robots in Disguise''-styled art of Bumblegrim, though curiously Grimlock and Bumblebee are individually represented by "[[Evergreen]]" character art.

: This set, as well as the one listed below, were released without any prior announcement from Hasbro or [[Target]] (the store chain that exclusively carried the ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' line in the US), catching many fans by surprise. The actual price tag for these sets also could vary from store to store, unfortunately.

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[[File:Buzzworthy_Crash_Combiner_Primelock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Locktimus Prime? ...no]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Grimlock / Optimus Prime''' (Crash & Combine, 2021)}}</ul>

: A second ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' Crash & Combine Grimlock, a gray and blue redeco of the mold above, was also released without prior announcement at the same time as the Grimlock/Bumblebee set.

: Just like the original release of the mold, this version comes with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Optimus Prime]] (though in a different deco this time), and is intended to combine with him to form [[Primelock]]'s lower torso.

: Just like the set above, the packaging shows Primelock rendered in ''Robots in Disguise'' styling, but uses the painted-look "Evergreen" art for Grimlock and Optimus's individual portraits.
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===''Dinobot Adventures''===
[[File:Dinobot Adventures Squad Grimlock toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Predaking / Grimlock / Dinobot Snarl''' (Dinobot Squad 3-pack, 2021)
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (Packaging artist)}}<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I have worked on all those packages ;).|link=https://twitter.com/marcelomatere/status/1671915603337306112|site=Twitter|name=Marcelo Matere|year=2023|month=6|day=22}}</ref>

: ''[[Transformers: Dinobot Adventures|Dinobot Adventures]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Rescue Bots Academy'' motorcycle Grimlock in colors that much more closely resemble his original Generation 1 incarnation, with the red stripes on his ribs and etc.

:Grimlock is only available in a "Dinobot Squad" three-pack, alongside [[Predaking (Prime)#Dinobot Adventures|Predaking]] and [[Snarl (FOC)#DinoSquad3pack|Dinobot Snarl]].
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-1-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb|Me Grimlock is sick of your stupid comments!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''2/12'''

:Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Grimlock is a very small, soft-plastic figure of in [[beast mode]], spitting fire out of his mouth like he never did.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-4-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb|If your left hand tempts you, cut it off, please!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''4'''
**''Number'': '''11/12'''

:Part of the fourth assortment of ''Tiny Titans'', this version of Grimlock is now molded in robot mode, brandishing a shield and tail-sword that he never used in the cartoon.

:As per usual, he includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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===McDonald's===
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*'''Grimlock''' (2015)
**''McNumber'': '''2'''
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*'''Grimlock Transforming Mask / Grimlock Mask''' (2016/2017)
[[File:Grimlock McDonalds Mask.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33]]
:Part of the third [[McDonald's]] Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fourth globally), this mask features a light-up Autobot insignia and two small mandibles that can be flipped out to simulate Grimlock's toothy jaw.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of masks was first released in Asian markets in early 2016. In October 2017, the four masks were matched with four figures from the early-2017 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.
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[[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|upright=1.33]]
*'''Grimlock / Grimlock Figure''' (2017)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, missile

:Part of the third McDonald's Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fifth globally), this Grimlock is a non-transforming action figure with articulation at the neck and shoulders. His oversized missile launcher accessory uses a [[5 mm post]] for its handle, making him compatible with most other "modern" ''Transformers'' accessories. He features a port on his back as well as appropriately-sized open hands.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" mobile app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of toys was first released in European markets in early 2017. In October 2017, four of the five figures were matched with the masks from the 2016 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2015)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' series, this buildable Grimlock mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He is unique as his cog is mounted sideways instead of facing forward like the other figures from the line.
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===''Titan Heroes''===
[[File:RID2015-Titan-Heroes-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Heroes, 2016)
:A 12-inch, simplified non-transforming statue of ''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock with five points of articulation.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Hero Grimlock figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.
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===''Transformers Adventure Gum''===
[[File:Kabaya rid grimlock alt robot1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sometimes compromises have to be made, and sometimes the compromises give ''T. rex''es a red mullet.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2016)
:Part of the ''Adventure'' Shokugan series, this Grimlock is a snap-fit kit molded in black, blue, and red plastic with detailing from stickers. The kit can convert into a ''T. rex'' when finished. Its transformation engineering is borrowed from the Legion and Warrior class figures. Grimlock requires to have his ''T. rex'' legs/robot arms and tail panels removed and swapped to "[[Partformer|transform]]" his robot mode.

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

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

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===Dickie Toys===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Dickie-Toys-Robot-Warrior-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|The closest you'll get to an homage of his "I'm a truck!" scene from the cartoon.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Robot Warrior, 2017)

:Manufactured by Dickie Toys, this Grimlock is a customized hot rod (what?) which also transforms (if by transform, we mean lifting the car up) into a 2-wheeled ''T. rex'' (yeahbutwha?) in just one simple step. He can also activate lights & sounds by pressing the rear left button in his vehicle mode. The light-up gimmick is featured on his transparent nose and the underneath of the "feet" section. Batteries included.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Dickie-Toys-RC-Rumble-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Also reminding us of Zod from the original Go-Bots line.]]
*'''RC Rumble Grimlock''' (1/16 Scale Remote Controlled, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Remote Control, 3 Batteries, battery box, USB cord
:The 1/16 scale version of Grimlock ''also'' transforms from the same customized car into a ''T. rex'' with the included remote control. He also comes with an additional USB cord, presumably meant for recharging.

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====Die-cast Cars====
*'''Grimlock''' (Single Pack, 2017)
:Released as part of the Single Pack assortment, Grimlock is a non-transforming die-cast vehicle which is entirely based on his "Robot Warrior" hot rod toy.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Power-up, 2017)
:The single-packed Bumblebee is redecoed with metallic-blue paint.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Neon, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a brighter hue of green.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Cybertron, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a gray scale redeco.

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*'''Grimlock''' (Energon, 2017)
:This Grimlock features a shiny metallic redeco!

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*'''Robots in Disguise 5-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 8-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 11-pack''' (2017)

:A small, non-transforming yet show-accurate figurine of Grimlock is released in either of the sets above.

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==Notes==
*Grimlock speaks normally in ''Robots in Disguise'', making him the first animated depiction of the character to do so on a regular basis. He still refers to himself in the third person a fair bit but when it happens it's more intentional than a display of any lower intelligence.
*He is also the first version of the character to not be the leader of the Dinobots. (The exception to both of these is of course the [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' version of Grimlock]], who was the only holder of the name thus far to not be a Dinobot.) The ''Rescue Bots Academy'' episode "The Great Energon" rush would later assert the opposite, however.
*This version of Grimlock serves as a demonstration of the choice that is required to join a faction in a ''Transformers'' series. Although he is labeled as a Decepticon by Autobot authorities, he displays on two separate occasions that, inherently, he more aligns with Autobot beliefs as his hesitancy to deliberately harm innocent humans in his interactions with both [[Minitron]] and [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] prove.
*Grimlock's design in the ''Rescue Bots Academy'' series more closely resembles the distinct [[Grimlock (WFC)|''Fall of Cybertron'' character]], though this is largely due to Hasbro's use of the [[evergreen]] designs rather than any intentional reference. Notably, he never transforms into his robot mode for the entire run of the series.

===Two Grimlocks?===
[[File:RobotsInDisguise-stegosaurconceptart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|If this guy made it in, we probably would have had this same argument about [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] instead.]]
For years, the "Aligned" continuity was meant to be one big ongoing timeline with a bit of squinting: the ''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave was the ''Prime'' Soundwave etc. Grimlock's debut in ''Robots in Disguise'' was initially the focal point of discussion amongst fans, with a great deal of debate about whether or not this jovial take on the character was intended to be the same guy who appeared in the ''Fall of Cybertron'' video game and tie-in comics. Some of the discrepancy in Grimlock's characterization and origin story in ''Robots in Disguise'' can be attributed to the fact that Grimlock was not originally slated to be a member of the cast, with his role originally filled by a new Transformer who would have become a red ''Stegosaurus''. This character was scrapped in favour of Grimlock at Hasbro's request, intended to capitalize on the [[2014]] debut of his [[Grimlock (AOE)|live-action counterpart]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''.

Series writer [[Mairghread Scott]] clarified that the producers had subsequently discussed attempting to work ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock's origin story into ''Robots in Disguise'', but abandoned the idea after the writers decided that the "other" Grimlock's origin story would be at odds with the largely upbeat tone of the show. The writers ultimately decided to focus on staying in canon with the ''Prime'' television show, while ignoring other works of Aligned fiction such as the video games, in regards to Grimlock. Scott declined to discuss if this meant that there were two Grimlocks in the continuity.<ref>{{Citesocial|link=http://mscottwrites.tumblr.com/post/117608543176/answering-some-asks|quote=There was some discussion at one point of whether or not we could translate the character, but TFPBH Grimlock was too dark to gel properly with RID's group of young recruits and the more uplifting tone we were going for. Whether that means the comics got cut out of canon or there is another Grimlock out there isn't something I can answer just yet.|name=Mairghread Scott|website=Tumblr|year=2015|month=04|day=28}}</ref> Series producer Adam Beechen later weighed in with the answer that “Grimlock might be a common name among dinos”, and stated that the writers consider Grimlock a separate character to the individual who appeared in ''Fall of Cybertron''.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Yes. Grimlock might be a common name among Dinos. But ours is one of a kind!|link=https://twitter.com/sonnova/status/606586570980749312|name=Adam Beechen|site=Twitter|year=2015|month=06|day=04|(defunct=)}}</ref> Barring a dramatic reorganization of continuity, we now consider these two Grimlocks as separate entities.

When this Grimlock appeared in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'', his backstory was fleshed out further, revealing that he previously went by the name '''Steelwall''' before he went by Grimlock, distinguishing him from the other Grimlock even more.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grimlock''' (グリムロック ''Gurimurokku'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mogorva''' ("Grim"),<ref>''Robots in Disguise'' game, ''Rescue Bots Academy''</ref> '''Zordzár''' ("Zordlock")<ref>''Rescue Bots Academy'' occasionally</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāng Sǔo''' (钢锁, "Steel Lock")
*''Russian:'' '''Smel'chak''' (Смельчак, "Daredevil")

==References==
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May 19

2024-05-19T06:29:49Z

TFboi:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|5|19}}</noinclude>
* '''[[1954]] —''' [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese voice of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Ranger]], [[Guyhawk]] and more) is born.
* '''[[1956]] —''' [[Steven Ford]] ("Four Star General" in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'') is born to Gerald and Betty Ford. No, really!
* '''[[1959]] —''' [[Jim Ward]] (voice of [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] from ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'') is born as the tallest newscaster at 11:00 P.M.
* '''[[1962]] —''' [[Yoshikazu Iwanami]] (Japanese localization and dialogue director for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'') is borm.
* '''[[1965]] —''' Actress [[Maile Flanagan]] ([[Accuretta Systems|Accuretta]] worker in [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]) is born, BELIEVE IT!
* '''[[1967]] —''' Comic artist [[Steve Leiber]] is born in Pennsylvania.
* '''[[1977]] —''' [[Kelly Sheridan]] (voice of [[Amphitrite]]) is born.
* '''[[1984]] —''' [[Takuya Satō]] (Japanese voice of [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]) is born.
* '''[[1989]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''[[1991]] —''' The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' episode "[[Attack! Leozack|Leozack Attacks]]" premieres in Malaysia.
* '''[[1993]] —''' [[Miguel de León]] (Mexican voice of [[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]] and [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]) is born.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' episode "[[Planet of the Ultimate Weapon]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2004]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]—[[Interchannel#DVDs|Volume 001]]'' is released on DVD in Japan by [[Interchannel]].
* '''2004 —''' [[What Lies Beneath, Part Four|''Transformers Energon'' #23]] is released by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''[[2005]] —''' The Hasbro Property Group announces the awarding of the ''Transformers'' comic license to [[IDW Publishing]], with an “issue 0” hitting in October 2005 before the full launch in January 2006.
* '''[[2009]] —''' The [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' novelization]] is released in the US.
* '''[[2010]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|#5]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]" and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episodes "[[The Other Doctor]]" and "[[The Reign of Morocco]]" premiere on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
* '''2012 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]" premieres in Spain.
* '''[[2011]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[2015]]''' — The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''[[2016]]''' — The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2021]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[War World: Titans|#29]], [[War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|#30]] and ''[[Transformers: Escape|Escape]]'' [[Escape Part Three|#3]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' [[Tobe Nwigwe]]'s single "[[On My Soul]]" is released.

May 19

2024-05-19T06:28:55Z

TFboi:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|5|19}}</noinclude>
* '''[[1954]] —''' [[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese voice of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Ranger]], [[Guyhawk]] and more) is born.
* '''[[1956]] —''' [[Steven Ford]] ("Four Star General" in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'') is born to Gerald and Betty Ford. No, really!
* '''[[1959]] —''' [[Jim Ward]] (voice of [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] from ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'') is born as the tallest newscaster at 11:00 P.M.
* '''[[1962]] —''' [[Yoshikazu Iwanami]] (Japanese localization and dialogue director for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'') is borm.
* '''[[1965]] —''' Actress [[Maile Flanagan]] ([[Accuretta Systems|Accuretta]] worker in [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]) is born, BELIEVE IT!
* '''[[1967]] —''' Comic artist [[Steve Leiber]] is born in Pennsylvania.
* '''[[1977]] —''' [[Kelly Sheridan]] (voice of [[Amphitrite]]) is born.
* '''[[1984]] —''' [[Takuya Satō]] (Japanese voice of [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]) is born.
* '''[[1989]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' episode "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''[[1991]] —''' The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' episode "[[Attack! Leozack|Leozack Attacks]]" premieres in Malaysia.
* '''[[1993]] —''' [[Miguel de León]] (Mexican voice of [[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]] and [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]) is born.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' episode "[[Planet of the Ultimate Weapon]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2004]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]—[[Interchannel#DVDs|Volume 001]]'' is released on DVD in Japan by [[Interchannel]].
* '''2004 —''' [[What Lies Beneath, Part Four|''Transformers Energon'' #23]] is released by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''[[2005]] —''' The Hasbro Property Group announces the awarding of the ''Transformers'' comic license to [[IDW Publishing]], with an “issue 0” hitting in October 2005 before the full launch in January 2006.
* '''[[2009]] —''' The [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' novelization]] is released in the US.
* '''[[2010]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|#5]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]" and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episodes "[[The Other Doctor]]" and "[[The Reign of Morocco]]" premiere on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
* '''2012 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]" premieres in Spain.
* '''[[2011]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[2015]]''' — The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''[[2016]]''' — The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episodes "[[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2021]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[War World: Titans|#29]], [[War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|#30]] and ''[[Transformers: Escape|Escape]]'' [[Escape Part Three|#3]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' [[Tobe Nwigwe]]'s single "[[On My Soul]]" is released.

May 17

2024-05-18T14:22:48Z

TFboi:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|5|17}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1941]] —''' Lyricist [[Kōnosuke Fuji]] is born.
* '''[[1970]] —''' [[Alessandro Quarta]] (Italian voice of [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]) is born.
* '''1970 —''' [[Daniela Calò]] (Italian voice of [[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]]) is born.
* '''[[1988]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' episode "[[Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2000]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Car Robots]]'' episode "[[Sideburn's Obsession|Speedbreaker's In Danger]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2006]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]'' #3 is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2007]] —''' The theatrical trailer for ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' is released online.
* '''[[2008]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]" premieres in Canada.
* '''2008 —''' The ''Transformers Animated'' episode "[[Velocity (episode)|Velocity]]" premieres in the US.
* '''2008 —''' [[Kids' WB]] has its final broadcast, the following weekend it would be rebranded into ''The CW4Kids''.
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Project Predacon]]" premieres on the [[Hub Network]].
* '''2013 —''' Final day of voting in the second of two online polls in [[Hasbro]]'s "[[Fan polls|Fan Built Bot]]" program, which would ultimately produce [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]].
* '''[[2014]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Island of Misfit Tech]]" premieres on [[Hub Network]].
* '''[[2015]]''' — The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' The first teaser trailer for [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]] is released.
* '''2016 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Portals]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2017]] —''' ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' [[The Iron Klaw|#4]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2017 —''' ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 31: The Iron Fist]]'' is released by [[Hachette|Hachette Partworks]].
* '''[[2020]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' episode "[[Wild Wild Wheel]]" premieres in the [[United States|U.S.]]
* '''[[2021]]''' — [[TakaraTomy|TakaraTomy A.R.T.S.]] announces the discontinuation of the [[Toy Clash! Roboca Battle]] arcade game.
* '''[[2023]]''' — First day to pre-order the [[3A|ThreeZero]] MDLX [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]].
* '''[[2024]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[The Battle of Witwicky]]" premieres on [[YTV]] in [[Canada]].
* '''2024 —''' [[Hasbro]] releases the [[Hasbro Presents: The Transformers: Beast Machines Original Soundtrack|Beast Machines Original Soundtrack]] to streaming platforms Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube.

May 17

2024-05-18T14:22:12Z

TFboi:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|5|17}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1941]] —''' Lyricist [[Kōnosuke Fuji]] is born.
* '''[[1970]] —''' [[Alessandro Quarta]] (Italian voice of [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]) is born.
* '''1970 —''' [[Daniela Calò]] (Italian voice of [[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]]) is born.
* '''[[1988]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' episode "[[Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2000]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Car Robots]]'' episode "[[Sideburn's Obsession|Speedbreaker's In Danger]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2006]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]'' #3 is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2007]] —''' The theatrical trailer for ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' is released online.
* '''[[2008]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]" premieres in Canada.
* '''2008 —''' The ''Transformers Animated'' episode "[[Velocity (episode)|Velocity]]" premieres in the US.
* '''2008 —''' [[Kids' WB]] has its final broadcast, the following weekend it would be rebranded into ''The CW4Kids''.
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Project Predacon]]" premieres on the [[Hub Network]].
* '''2013 —''' Final day of voting in the second of two online polls in [[Hasbro]]'s "[[Fan polls|Fan Built Bot]]" program, which would ultimately produce [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]].
* '''[[2014]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Island of Misfit Tech]]" premieres on [[Hub Network]].
* '''[[2015]]''' — The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Rumble in the Jungle]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' The first teaser trailer for [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]] is released.
* '''2016 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Portals]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2017]] —''' ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' [[The Iron Klaw|#4]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2017 —''' ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 31: The Iron Fist]]'' is released by [[Hachette|Hachette Partworks]].
* '''[[2020]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' episode "[[Wild Wild Wheel]]" premieres in the [[United States|U.S.]]
* '''[[2021]]''' — [[TakaraTomy|TakaraTomy A.R.T.S.]] announces the discontinuation the [[Toy Clash! Roboca Battle]] arcade game.
* '''[[2023]]''' — First day to pre-order the [[3A|ThreeZero]] MDLX [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]].
* '''[[2024]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[The Battle of Witwicky]]" premieres on [[YTV]] in [[Canada]].
* '''2024 —''' [[Hasbro]] releases the [[Hasbro Presents: The Transformers: Beast Machines Original Soundtrack|Beast Machines Original Soundtrack]] to streaming platforms Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube.

Life Finds a Way

2024-05-13T08:04:08Z

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|next=The Toxic Transformer
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|caption= "I don't control the raptors. It's a relationship. It's based on mutual respect."
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|title="Life Finds a Way"
|publisher=[[Transformers Collectors' Club]] (online exclusive)
|date=[[May 13]], [[2016]]
|by=[[Matt Frank]]
|illustrations by=[[Matt Frank]]
|colors by=[[Gonçalo Lopes]]
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'''Marooned on a planet with hostile inhabitants, Fractyl falls in with a strange group of Transformers, who might be the only other Cybertronians left...'''

==Synopsis==
On a [[Chicxulania|distant planet]], [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] geochemist [[Fractyl]] wakes up inside a [[stasis pod]] to the damaged capsule's computer screaming in his auditory circuits, warning him about the build-up of [[energon]] radiation. As he comes to, Fractyl remembers what happened: when something or some''one'' named [[Thunder Mayhem]] attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], annihilating it. Fractyl had managed to get into a stasis pod onboard one of the evacuating ships during the cataclysm, but was jettisoned into space after the destruction of the ship, causing him to crash into this unfamiliar place. The Predacon reads out the information on the planet's surroundings given to him by the pod; with the presence of energon, he figures it must have had some contact with Cybertronians. Unfortunately, there readout doesn't give him much aside from warning him about the dangerous amounts of energon, and all his own scanners can tell him is that there's a massive presence of organic life. As energon radiation begins to seep through the damaged pod, Fractyl has the pod activate stasis lock so he can compensate his circuits for energon radiation. And as he goes under, he watches as dark, unfamiliar shapes gather around the pod...

When Fractyl wakes back up, he finds himself restrained, the prisoner of a group of large insectoids. The leader of the group, the "shaman," begins a speech towards his fellow insectoids; Fractyl's onboard translation software struggles with the language, but he can tell that they are preparing to kill him, and that they seem to have encountered Cybertronians before. The shaman is handed a green crystal by one of his attendants, and he holds it up towards Fractyl, ready for the kill. Fortunately for Fractyl, the ceremony is soon interrupted when a loud shriek distracts the insectoids, followed by several of them being rushed and dismembered. Fractyl can only watch as the insectoids arm themselves, as three strange reptilian-avian creatures take down the tribe non-lethally. Eventually, only the shaman and his attendants are left; the shaman moves behind Fractyl, holding the green crystal up to where his [[spark]] chamber would be, causing the three to pause. Luckily for Fractyl, there's evidently more than just these three to save him, as a shot rings out from the forest, disarming the shaman. The three allow the insectoids to escape, and the seeming leader of the pack frees Fractyl from his restraints. Initially confused, Fractyl is amazed when these three seeming-organics speak Cybertronian—because they are fellow Transformers! The Predacon tries to ask them questions, but the largest of the group silences him with a loud roar, as the sniper rejoins the rest of them. With all of them there, the leader of the group, [[Thrashclaw]], introduces herself and the others: the smallest of the group, the excitable [[Shred]]; the stern, untrusting sniper [[Slice (G1)|Slice]], who quickly deduces that Fractyl is a Decepticon of some kind; and the muscle of the group, the taciturn and loyal [[Gnash]]. Fractyl takes an interest in Gnash, noticing the damage to her exterior, with Thrashclaw noting that her missing skin is the least of what's happened to her. Fractyl peacefully surrenders, noting to himself that without a Cybertron left, there's little need for factions, but the amused Thrashclaw tells him that they can talk about it on the way back to their ship, before the insectoids—or [[Vespoid]]s, as they call them—come back in force. Besides, they're not Autobots or Decepticons; they're ''[[Raptoricon]]s!''

On the way back, Shred happily fills Fractyl in on their personal history. Back in the war, Shred was a former Autobot who monitored Decepticon frequencies while stationed in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], and heard about the exploits of Thrashclaw and Slice, twin Decepticon mercenaries. Enamored, she tracked them down and begged to join the two. She and the others are much less willing to talk about Gnash's origin, however. Shred also explains that they came out to this planet during the exploratory push—something that Fractyl doesn't quite believe, soured on the concept of trust by his time with the cons—and found the strange bio-technology that allowed for them to adopt these bestial forms, using DNA scanners to replicate some of the predators on this word, which shields them from the energon radiation. Nowadays, they spend more time in beast mode than not. The avian-reptiles, however, don't appear to be native; the planet seems to have served as some kind of alien research facility, seeded with energon and having 400-plus species imported here, all for some unknown purpose—and whoever these aliens were, they're long gone now. The Vespoids, meanwhile, are natives-empathic insects who had encountered Cybertronians even before the Raptoricons, one that clearly didn't go well. Shred pesters Fractyl about his origins too, and while he shares much of his past, he consistently avoids talking about Cybertron, unwilling to tell possibly the only remaining members of his people that their homeworld is gone. Eventually arriving back at the Raptoricons' ship ''[[Velocity (ship)|Velocity]]''. On board, Fractyl takes a moment to rest, but as it turns out, he isn't the only one with suspicions—Thrashclaw quickly begins questioning what happened to Fractyl's ship, knowing that he's hiding something. Fractyl doesn't get a chance to answer, however, as the ships computer alerts that the Vespoids have burrowed their way under the ship, ready to attack! Slice is quick to blame Fractyl for the ambush, but Thrashclaw orders her to stand down...even though she finds it suspicious as well. Ready for action, Thrashclaw orders the others out, and tells Fractyl that if he knows whats best for him, he'll help too.

Rushing outside, the Raptoricons convert to robot mode with a shout of "fossilize," and Fractyl watches as the powerful four take on the Vespoids. In particular, he takes an interest in Gnash, his sensors finding that she's both brimming with excess energon and...something else. As the Vespoids begin hurling red ember-like bombs, Thrashclaw orders Fractyl to the take off the Vespoids on the ships. The Predacon takes to the skies, and although the Vespoids can't feel pain (much to his relief), he quickly manages to take out most of them. Fractyl is quickly distracted once more, however, when his scanners notice that Gnash's previously high energy readings are rapidly fading, collapsing from a lack of energy. Both Shred and Fractyl go to assist the fallen Raptoricon, but both are quickly taken out by three larger, winged Vespoid warriors. Grabbing Gnash, the three insects fly off with her, and the rest begin to retreat, having apparently succeeded. Having stayed long enough in robot mode for the energon radiation to overtake them, the 4 convert back to their alternative forms. Thrashclaw orders Shred to go to the restoration chamber, and tells Fractyl that he'll be accompanying her and Slice on the rescue mission for Gnash. However, the geochemist finally begins to piece together what's bothered him about Gnash; taking out the green crystal weapon the shaman tried to use on him earlier, the now-confident Predacon demands for more information on Gnash's background, and for access to any lab equipment—while they go to rescue Gnash, he wants to confirm a theory he believes could help them all. Thrashclaw demands to know why they should trust him, and Fractyl, no longer able to hide it, reveals that Cybertron has been destroyed. The three are distraught, but Shred, quickly realizing that they may very well be the only Cybertronians left, stands up for Fractyl, offering her help. With little over choice, the two Raptoricons reluctantly leave him behind, off to save their sister.

Inside the ''Velocity'', Fractyl studies over the shards of green crystal, along with a Vespoid limb and the [[CR chamber|restoration chamber]]'s log. Fractyl deduces that Gnash was damaged in the [[protoform]] stage, hence her odd energy readings, and points out that she uses the restoration chamber more than the other Raptoricons. Realizing that the energon they gave her wasn't doing enough, Shred sheepishly tells Fractyl the truth: they weren't here as part of an exploratory mission, but rather to track down a powerful energy signature for their contractors in the [[Kolkular|Kolkular Powerbase]]. However, when they found Gnash's protoform inside the laboratory, she came online, and Shred, wanting to protect her, convinced the others (already growing weary of their mercenary jobs) to stay and protect her on this planet, believing they could eventually return to Cybertron one day. Fractyl tries to console Shred, but is interrupted when he energizes some natural energon, causing a reaction within the green crystal-for it is also energon! Shred notes that it grows around the natural energon crystals, and that for whatever reasons, the Vespoids use it for materials and for food. Scanning the Vespoid limb, Fractyl finds another revelation: the "[[greenergon]]" is a part of the insectoids DNA! Shred wonders what this has to do with Gnash, but as it dawns on her, Fractyl tells her to scan the area for the greenergon frequency, believing he has a solution...

Outside the Vespoid hive, a city made of gigantic trees surrounding a sinkhole, Thrashclaw and Slice observe the insects, figuring that Gnash must be in the pit. Both of them know that no matter what they do, the Vespoids will likely overrun them—but if they don't try, they'll never see their sister again. The two old soldiers take a moment to nuzzle up against one another...and explode out of the jungle, letting the Vespoids know they're ready. Quickly converting to robot form as the Vespoids attack, the two manage to make their way through much of the group, though Thrashclaw notes that the bombardiers are holding back. When she reaches the sinkhole, she quickly realizes why—as thousands upon thousands of Vespoids stare at her, ready to come to the surface. Surrounded, Thrashclaw and Slice are prepared to make one final stand...when suddenly, both they and the Vespoids are distracted by a loud shriek. Up in the sky, a group of the flying reptiles carry a net full of the greenergon crystals, upon which Shred rides. Landing, Shred offers the crystals to the Vespoids as a peace offering, which the insectoids gladly accept. Shred quickly explains to her shocked comrades that the crystals are a form of energon that the Vespoids live off of, and that the ''Velocity'' had landed on a the largest natural vein of the crystals, hence the Vespoids' hostility. Pulling a salvage net out of storage, she and Fractyl went to the flying reptiles—one of which actually is Fractyl, much to their shock! He explains that he used the DNA scanner to give himself a beast form and communicate with the animals, promising them food in exchange for their help. Thrashclaw is amazed, but quickly remembers about Gnash, and prepares to fight once more...only for the missing Raptoricon to greet her sisters, none the worse for wear. Fractyl explains to Thrashclaw and Slice that her systems couldn't properly synthesize natural energon, and that she required greenergon—the Predacon theorizes that she wasn't damaged as a protoform, but rather, experimented upon. The Vespoids, as it turns out, were attracted to her because she gave off the same frequency as the greenergon, seemingly considering her one of their own. Gnash happily explains the bugs helped her feel better by giving her the greenergon she needed. The relieved Thrashclaw thanks Fractyl for what he's done, and makes peace with the Vespoids, offering them one of the crystals. Fractyl is proud that he managed to put an end to the conflict, having done something good for the first time in a forever. Finally beginning to feel at home, Fractyl's thoughts are interrupted as a giant ship lights up the sky, landing in the valley. Both the Raptoricons and the Vespoids gather as the ship's hull opens...from which the leader of the [[Wreckers]], [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], emerges!

Having followed Fractyl here from the distress signal let out by his stasis pod, Impactor is able to provide better communication between the Raptoricons and the Vespoids, with the more advanced translation software obtained on [[Paradron]] . Gathered before the queen, the two groups make a truce, promising to provide the Vespoids access to the greenergon mines in exchange for some of it to be given to Gnash for fuel, along with a small amount for Fracytl's research. Fractyl elects to join Impactor and [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] on their search for other survivors, and asks the Raptoricons if they want to come along. Appreciative of their new friend, the Raptoricons politely decline, knowing that they're now truly at home here, and bids the Predacon farewell. On board the ship, Impactor has Fractyl report to the ships onboard reformatting chamber, returning him to a fully mechanical form. As Counterpunch inputs the ships navigation with another set of coordinates leading to a Cybertronian signal, Impactor explains to the nervous geochemist that they need him and any others they can find, to take down their greatest enemy...Thunder Mayhem.

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*[[Thrashclaw]] (3)
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
*Characters who are mentioned but not seen include: [[Thunder Mayhem]], [[Primus]], [[Vice Grip]], the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]], Thrashclaw's [[Dinobot (BW)|mentor]], a "[[Megatron (BW)|purple lunatic]]", and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]].

===Continuity notes===
* Fractyl is specifically said to be a Predacon of the ''Beast Wars'' type, something that makes him distinct from the normal variety of Decepticon. Both this story and a few of the following ones seem to imply that Predacons (and [[Maximal]]s) were created as subgroups of the Decepticons and Autobots in the ''Of Masters and Mayhem'' timeline, rather than the post-war descendants of the two factions.
* Impactor picked up a more advanced universal translator on [[Paradron]]; he took Counterpunch there to be repaired, as seen in the ''Of Masters and Mayhem'' comic storyline chapter "[[Insight]]", and the previous prose story "[[The Truth We Make]]".

===Transformers references===
* Author Matt Frank is a huge fan of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', and as such, there's plenty of references to be found in this story beyond just the protagonist, Fractyl, including
** Stasis pods, stasis lock, and excess [[energon radiation]] are all concepts from the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. The Raptoricons have employed the same measures as [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s Maximals and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Predacons to shield themselves from the energon radiation; by using DNA scanners to replicate the local lifeforms, with the organic skin protecting them from the radiation. Notably, unlike the Maximals and Predacons, they didn't already have this technology, but picked it up on this world, with it being seemingly alien in origin. With the mention of the Vespoids having seemingly encountered Cybertronians, it might hint at just where this technology came from. Both the tech and the forms it creates are referred to as "beast warrior" technology, which is a very obvious reference.
** Fractyl hopes that Vice Grip (one of the [[BotCon 1998]] exclusive toys, a Predacon earwig redecoed from the retail figure [[Powerpinch]]) was one of the ones who were able to escape Thunder Mayhem's onslaught; the two were shown to be friends in the BotCon 1998 script reading, "[[Visitations]]".
** The presence of natural energon and strange biotechnology seems to hint that the [[Vok]], highly evolved aliens from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, are the ones responsible for the strange technology and energon anomalies on the planet, as well as the biological preserves. In the cartoon, they seeded Earth with natural energon and sent several strange artifacts to Earth, all part of some mysterious plan.
** The [[Pit (BW)|Pit]], the Cybertronian equivalent of hell first mentioned in ''Beast Wars'', is sworn by several times throughout the story.
** The beast modes allows for both the Raptoricons and Fractyl to access the instincts of their chosen forms, and in the latter's case, even communicate with animals of the same species. This merging of animal instincts with a Transformers' mind was seen throughout ''Beast Wars'' and its sequel series, ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
** Thrashclaw claims that the ''Velocity'' was part of the "big expedition push" a few megacycles back; the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the ship crewed by Optimus Primal and his Maximals, was initially on an exploration mission before being assigned to go after Megatron's Predacons.
** Like the Maximals and Predacons, the Raptoricons have an [[activation code]] for transforming into robot form: "fossilize". Furthering the homage, Shred is said to have "maximized" into robot mode, after the Maximals' activation code. See "real-world references" below for more information.
** The layout of Thrashclaw's robot mode (beast mode head as right arm, beast mode tail as left arm) seems to be inspired by ''Beast Wars'' Megatron's first, fully-organic ''Tyrannosaurus'' robot form.
** Fractyl wonders if Gnash was damaged as a protoform, noting that he's seen the destructive effects those who were damaged at that stage can cause. Thus, it seems obvious that Gnash's distended limbs and her ability to generate blasts from her mouth are inspired by the character of [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]], a Maximal protoform who was damaged before being brought online, without a beast mode but with powerful psychic powers.
** The Raptoricons have a "restoration chamber" on board the ''Velocity'', another term for a CR chamber, the restoration device used by the Transformers in ''Beast Wars'' to repair damage.
** Fractyl has [[furmanite]]-infused armor; he created the substance as a way to repel energon radiation in the [[BotCon 1997]]-exclusive comic, "[[Ground Zero]]".
** Slice swears by the Covenant, a group of robots created by Primus as precursors to the Transformer race, seen in the BotCon "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]" storyline.
** Thrashclaw thinks of her mentor while battling the Vespoids; a brown and blue, honorable bot (if somewhat thickheaded), who fell in with a "purple lunatic." This is obviously ''Beast Wars'' Dinobot, who served under Megatron before defecting to Primal's Maximals on prehistoric Earth.
** Fractyl briefly reformat into his original BotCon 1997 toy form, before switching back to an upgraded version of his original form at the end of the story-that being his new [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] toy, allowing him to combine.
* Fractyl swears by "Primus below" several times throughout the story, and equivalent phrase to "Heavens above"; Primus was shown to be resting at the core of Cybertron in the Marvel ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' comics.
* While restrained, Fractyl is said to be "strung up like an insecticon about to be pinned into a giant glass display case," referencing both a form of studying insects in real life and the [[Insecticon (disambiguation)|Insecticons]].
* Fractyl's has trouble getting rid of his nervous ticks, noting that they stay around "like [[scraplet]]s on an old [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] ship," referencing the metal-eating parasites from the Marvel ''The Transformers'' comic and the refuse-based robots introduced in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* While on the way back to the ''Velocity'', Gnash picks up a stick and begins "gnawing on it like a [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]", in reference to the bestial robotic servants of the [[Quintesson]]s.
* The Raptoricons were sent to the Vespoid planet as part of an assignment from the Kolkular Powerbase; [[Kolkular]] was the capitol of the Cybertronian city-state [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], introduced alongside the city-state in [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' mini-series.
* The Raptoricons refer to the flock of ''Pteranodon'' as "swoopers," in reference to the most famous Transformer with a ''Pteranodon'' alternate mode, ''Generation 1'' [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. See "real-world references" below for more information.
* Gnash speaks in the same way the ''Generation 1'' Dinobots did in the original ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon, referring to herself in the third person.
* After exiting his ship, Impactor greets the Vespoids and the Raptoricons by using the [[universal greeting]], from ''The Transformers: The Movie''.

===Real world references===
* The story's title is directly taken of one of Dr. Ian Malcom's lines in the 1993 science fiction/adventure movie, ''[[Jurassic Park]]''; the quote is later paraphrased in the story by Counterpunch. There's plenty of references to both the original film and its sequels throughout the story:
** The concept of a pack of four female ''Velociraptors'' led by a (mostly) blue leader is likely in homage to the Raptor Squad from the 2015 film, ''{{w|Jurassic World}}''. The four represent the way that ''Velociraptors'' have been reconstructed over the years as paleontologists' understanding of the animals grew: Gnash represents the scaly, lizard-like ''Velociraptors'' as seen in ''Jurassic Park''; Thrashclaw represents the early attempts at reconstructing feathered ''Velociraptors'', mostly scaly with ridges of feathers on various pars of the body, similar to the animals as seen in ''{{w|Jurassic Park III}}''; Slice represents the "coolified" version of feathered dinosaurs, still quite large but now covered in feathers; and Shred represents the most up to date image of the ''Velociraptor'', small and feathery.
** The dinosaurs are noted to have been imported to this planet, sharing no commonality with the native fauna, apparently as some part of a nature preserve, presumably taken there by the aliens before the {{w|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}}. Slice notes that there seems to have once been grid patterns to keep the animals apart, but when the planet was abandoned, the animals ran wild; obviously in reference to the parks from the ''Jurassic Park'' films. Thrashclaw has nicknamed it "Bird-Lizard Park"—a bit on the nose, as far as Slice is concerned.
** As the Vespoids surround them, Thrashclaw tells Slice to "hold on to [her] butt," the catchphrase of Ray Arnold from ''Jurassic Park''.
* The Vespoids take their name from the taxonomic family that wasps belong to, ''{{w|Vespidae}}''.
* Thrashclaw orders the others to transform by shouting "Time to FOSSILIZE these chumps!"; the activation code seems to be in reference to the 1997 cartoon based on a Mattel toyline, ''{{w|Extreme Dinosaurs}}'' (a spin-off of their equally ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''-inspired ''{{w|Street Sharks}}'' series), where the main characters had the catchphrase of "let's fossilize 'em!"
* Aside from the aforementioned "swoopers", other names given to the dinosaurs by the Raptoricons include "tri-horns" (for ''Triceratops'') and "long-tails" (presumably for some kind of sauropod). This, in turn, appears to be in reference to the names given to the dinosaurs in the 1988 animated film ''{{w|The Land Before Time (film)|The Land Before Time}}''; ''Pteranodon'' were called "flyers," ''Triceratops'' were known as "threehorns," and ''Apatosaurus'' were known as "longnecks".
* Before heading into the Vespoid nest, Thrashclaw tells Slice "half as long," prompting Slice to respond with "twice as bright." This is a paraphrased quote from [[Sun Tzu]]'s ''{{w|The Art of War}}'' ("the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long"), but the specific phrasing used by the story appears to be in reference to the 2011 video game, ''{{w|Infamous 2}}''. A general audience might know the phrase better from its usage in the 1982 science fiction film, ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''.
* Fractyl tells Thrashclaw that he didn't think "the odds would ever be in your favor" when she and Slice went off to confront the Vespoids, paraphrasing a line from the series of young adult novels, ''{{w|The Hunger Games}}''.

===Errors===
* Gonçalo Lopes's surname is misspelled on the cover as Lope'''z''', probably because of its phonetic similarity with the Spanish equivalent.
* On page 1, Fractyl's name is mispelt as "Fractyll" ("Fractyll struggled to recall what had happened before he went into stasis").
* On Page 12, a line reads as "Next thing he knew, all 5 of them we bursting out of the main hangar." The "we" should be "were".
* On page 15, Shred is accidentally referred to as a "former [[Maximal]]" instead of a former Autobot, as she is consistently referred to throughout the rest of the story.
* On Page 17, a line reads as "...as he broken down the..." which ought to read as "...as he broke down the..."
* On Page 18, Shred's line of "I had to convince Thrash and Shred to bring her on," should instead read as "Thrash and Slice".
* Likewise, on Page 18, Fractyl's line of "“I take it Thrash and Shred..." should instead read as "Thrash and Slice" since he's talking to Shred.
* On page 21, the third-person narration of Thrashclaw's thoughts mentions that the dinosaurs on the mysterious planet came from Earth; Earth doesn't have a name in this continuity, since it was never inhabited by humans; it would appear that Matt Frank did not know that when writing this story. Otherwise, the dinosaurs are simply noted to be non-native to the planet, with no mention of where they've come from.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190312114647if_/http://transformersclub.com/prose/life_finds_a_way.pdf "Life Finds A Way"] at The Official Transformers Collectors' Club

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Joshua Joyce

2024-05-11T06:48:20Z

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[[File:AOE-JoshuaJoyce.jpg|thumb|300px|Probably didn't get along too well with Steve Jobs.]]
:''Joshua Joyce is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

The technologies industry attracts, and indeed would not exist in the first place without, brilliant and determined inventors. However, the cutthroat forces of the modern world economy often push these geniuses into a state of narrow focus, trying to develop the next big thing without properly considering consequences or moral and ethical ramifications. '''Joshua Joyce''', head of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]], is one of those who fell into this trap in his quest to create a line of human-made remote-controlled Transformers. But underneath, there may still be some good in him.

{{quote|Maybe all [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|he]] wants to hear you say is that some things should never be invented.|[[Cade Yeager]]|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Stanley Tucci]]
{{voiceactor|[[Hideyuki Umezu]] (Japanese dub)|[[Óscar Gómez]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[Pep Antón Muñoz]] (Castilian Spanish dub), [[Bernard Alane]] (European French dub), [[Jacques Lavallée]] (Canadian French dub), [[Lutz Mackensy]] (German dub), [[Antonio Sanna]] (Italian dub), [[Jorge Lucas]] (Portuguese dub), [[İsmail Yıldız]] (Turkish), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish, teaser trailer)}}
[[File:Joshua Joyce Transformium Experiment AOE.jpg|thumb|right|300px|You just gotta love the new inventions the Capitol churns out, ladies and gentlemen!]]
To fulfill his childhood dream of making the world a better place, Joyce partnered his KSI with [[Harold Attinger]]'s [[Cemetery Wind]] CIA unit to create a line of man-made [[Transformer]]s to serve the United States and the rest of the world. Following the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]], Cemetery Wind began hunting down all Earth-bound Transformers, donating their remains to Joyce for his company to melt down and use as raw materials to make their own drones. However, Cemetery Wind was also slaughtering the heroic [[Autobot]]s, apparently knowing this and caring little, Joyce told his employees that the remains they received were those of the evil [[Decepticon]]s. To further aid in the operation, Joyce came to rely on [[Brains]] to help with the construction of the drones, treating the diminutive Autobot as a slave, and callously torturing him whenever he spoke out against his captor.

It was during this time that Joyce "cracked the code" of the Transformers' primal metals, dubbing it "[[Living metal#Live-action film series|Transformium]]". However, with Earth's limited supplies of the element running low and the demand for Transformium in the labs outgrowing the input from Cemetery Wind's hunts, Joyce and Attinger entered a deal with the non-aligned Cybertronian bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], who in exchange for Attinger's help finding [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], would hand over a [[Seed]], which upon detonation would produce enough Transformium to last Joyce a century. Among Joyce's smaller operations were attempts to build improved counterparts of Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], though to his dismay, the intended doppelgänger of Optimus, a military prototype, kept resembling [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with each iteration.

[[File:AOE-OptimusJoyceConfrontation.jpg|left||thumb|300px|Optimus just never gets through to the [[Seymour Simmons|well]]-[[Theodore Galloway|dressed]]-[[Charlotte Mearing|higher-up]] type.]]
However, Joyce's plans began to fall through, as did his alliance with Attinger, when [[Cade Yeager]], an ally of the Autobots, infiltrated KSI's headquarters in [[Chicago]]. Yeager was apprehended and delivered to Attinger for interrogation, but Yeager was soon rescued when the Autobots stormed the facility, having learned of the demise of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and the desecration of not only his corpse but of all other Cybertronian victims of Cemetery Wind. Joyce personally confronted Optimus, and despite being intimidated by the Autobots' rage and firepower (much to the freed Brains' pleasure), kept his composure and smugly informed the Autobots that the world would approve of what he had done for the sake of technology. Joyce further explained that humanity could now produce their own Transformers, rendering the Autobots obsolete. A disgusted Optimus led the Autobots in a retreat, and it was at that moment Attinger ordered Joyce to send Galvatron and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] after the Autobot leader, declaring the raid a terrorist attack and worthy of a CIA op in retaliation. Joyce reluctantly consented, and his reluctance proved well-founded, as Galvatron not only opened fire on civilians without an order, but he ''spoke'', a function he was never programmed to do. To his immense disgust, Joyce found opposition from Attinger when he declared Galvatron a failure and scrambled paramedics to the prototype's casualties, who dismissed the damage since innocents died every day. To Joyce's surprise, Lockdown arrived on the scene and apprehended Prime before Galvatron could finish the fight.

In the wake of the destructive Autobot raid and Galvatron's unsuccessful field test, Joyce ordered all prototypes moved to their facilities in [[China]]. [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] intercepted this information and provided Cade with Joyce's phone number. Cade warned Joyce that his prototypes had minds of their own, and tried to appeal to his conscience as an inventor. Though Joyce put up a facade, he heeded Cade's warning and ordered additional security around Galvatron. Attinger soon delivered the Seed to Joyce, but Joyce, disillusioned with his ally for his callousness during the field test and remembering Cade's warning, tried to decline the Seed. Attinger aggressively warned him to not back out, but it was at that moment that Galvatron activated on his own and breathed life into the other fifty KSI drones, taking them as his own Decepticon army. As the drones destroyed the lab, Joyce evacuated the scene with his associates [[Darcy Tirrel]] and [[Su Yueming]] and the Seed in tow.

The next day, he and Su found themselves hunted by Cemetery Wind through Hong Kong, which was when Joyce learned, much to his dismay, that the Seed had the blast radius of a tactical nuclear weapon (LOL!). Joyce called in Cade and the Autobots to deliver the Seed to, but Galvatron's army attacked, trapping Joyce with them in the streets of Hong Kong. As they came under attack from the Decepticons and [[James Savoy]] (who Cade ended up killing), Joyce became openly critical of the group's chances for survival, even with [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], Cade, and Bumblebee's efforts to fend off their assailants. Luckily, Optimus arrived with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]] as reinforcements, saving them in the nick of time. However, Joyce found himself berated by Optimus once again, now riding the colossal [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]. Despite his terror at apparently nearly being eaten, Joyce joined in the attempt to move the Seed to safety. Lockdown appeared and wreaked havoc upon Hong Kong with his ship's colossal magnet, but luckily [[Shane Dyson]]'s exemplary driving and Optimus' intervention saved them from the bounty hunter. Joyce and the Seed were escorted by the majority of the Autobot forces over a nearby bridge until Optimus killed Lockdown and the remainder of the KSI drones. With the battle over, Joyce found himself redeemed and accepted into Cade's family, and in exchange, promised to provide them with a new home, and subsequently watched Optimus Prime depart Earth with the Seed. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Notes==
*In the months leading up to ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]]'', Stanley Tucci was revealed as part of the film's cast to reprise his role as Joshua Joyce. This ultimately turned out not to be the case, with Tucci being recast as a [[Merlin|new character]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese'': '''Joshua Joyce''' (ジョシュア・ジョイス ''Joshua Joisu'')

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Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity

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{{suite}}[[File:UltraMagnus-G1cartooncontinuity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Autobots? Chap with horns: five rounds, rapid."]]

Can '''Ultra Magnus''' deal with an entire page dedicated solely to his role in the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]? Let's find out!

==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Robert Stack]] (English, ''The Movie''), [[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese), [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Liu Jiazhen]] (Chinese), [[François Leccia]] (French, ''The Movie''), [[Mario Desmarais]] (Canadian French), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French, 7 episodes), [[Philippe Roullier]] (European French, "The Dweller in the Depths" & "Only Human"), [[Frédéric Cerdal]] (European French, "The Face of the Nijika"), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, 11 episodes), [[Fritz von Hardenberg]] (German, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' + 9 episodes), [[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, "The Return of Optimus Prime pt. 1" and "The Rebirth pt. 1"), [[Ricky Coello]] (Spain-Spanish, ''The Movie''), [[Ramón Rocabayera]] (Spain-Spanish, TV series), [[Hannibal Brown]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Gabriele Carrara]] (Italian, season 3), [[Fabrizio Pucci]] (Italian, movie second dub), [[Sergio Di Giulio]] (Italian, movie second dub, only for a line), [[Júlio César]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Ricardo Sawaya]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Júlio Chaves]] (Portuguese, season 3), [[Frank Röth]] (German, "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Gyula Szersén]] (Hungarian, "The Movie" 1st dub (most lines))}}

[[File:TFTM UltraMagnus pointy.jpg|left|upright=1.22|thumb|"Uncle Prime wants you!" "Me?" "No, not you, the other guy."]]
Serving as commander of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], Ultra Magnus directed the Autobots’ counter-offensive when the city came under [[Battle of Autobot City|attack]] from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Decepticon]]s in the year 2005. After directing [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] to transform the city into battle station mode, he and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] alerted the rest of the city's occupants to the attack, but they were only able to hold the Decepticons off for so long. During the battle, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was mortally wounded, and, on his deathbed, passed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on to Ultra Magnus. Despite his own misgivings, Magnus took possession of Matrix and became the new leader of the Autobots.

[[File:TFTM UltraMagnus dies.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb|AGGHHHH—I've been dealt with!]]
Magnus's leadership did not get off to an easy start, when reports came in from the Autobots stationed on Cybertron's moons of [[Unicron]], a monster planet that was in the process of consuming them. Magnus quickly arranged for the Autobots to head to Cybertron aboard two shuttles, but as they were preparing to depart, they were attacked by Decepticon forces led by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], the upgraded form of Megatron. The Autobots fled into space and were pursued by Galvatron's troops. In a last-ditch effort to lose the Decepticons, Magnus ordered an emergency separation of the shuttle. After Galvatron destroyed the jettisoned portion of the vessel (and declared the Matrix destroyed), Magnus and his crew landed their craft on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] for repairs. Facing Galvatron solo, Magnus attempted to open the Matrix, but the talisman did not respond, and Magnus was blown to pieces by the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s. Thankfully, Ultra Magnus was soon repaired by the native [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] after they befriended the Autobots. Magnus joined the other Autobots in the battle with Unicron on Cybertron and helped drive the last of the Decepticons from their home planet. In the course of the final battle with Unicron, the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] opened the Matrix to destroy the planet-eater, becoming Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|Ultra Magnus’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

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Rodimus subsequently took over as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] from Magnus, and Magnus returned to his much more comfortable role of soldier, operating as Rodimus's [[second-in-command]], regularly giving advice to the inexperienced new leader and trying to draw him out from under the shadow of Optimus Prime.

[[File:UltraMagnusG1cartoonvehiclemode.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|When the Masterpiece toy came out, everyone only then learned that his front bumper was red.]]

When the [[Quintesson]]s attacked the first [[Galactic Olympics]], Ultra Magnus, [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] were kidnapped and taken to [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], where they were found guilty in one of the Quintessons’ twisted trials. Dropped into the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] pit, they were quickly rescued by their fellow Autobots, but the whole team was then set adrift in space when the Quintessons blew up their planet in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. They eventually made it back to Cybertron, only for their homeworld itself to come under attack by a united Quintesson-Decepticon alliance. Ultra Magnus held off the attackers long enough for Rodimus and the others to make it to cover, dispatching [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] before being faced with Galvatron, who took a few shots at him before deciding he had more important things to deal with. When the Quintessons betrayed Galvatron in order to achieve their true goals, he turned on the aliens, and the invasion of Cybertron was repelled. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:G1 FFODPart5 UltraMagnus punch Dirge.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|"Death comes to he who cannot deal with me, Magnus." "Oh, fine, I'll deal with you, Dirge." "AAAAAHHHHH!"]]
One evening, Ultra Magnus was contemplating the stars when the Quintessons impersonated [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in order to abduct him. Having recently renewed contact with their ancient creations, the Quintesson scientists intended to test the Transformers. To that end, Ultra Magnus was forced into a Danger Room scenario, battling a hard-light illusion of Rodimus Prime. He was soon introduced to the other test subjects, [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Marissa Faireborn]]. Ultra Magnus overloaded the electron bars of their cells with his own body, freeing the captives. A chaotic melee erupted, and Ultra Magnus and Cyclonus began grappling for the right to bring the Quintesson ship to their respective leader, but before the issue could be resolved the craft began plummeting into a [[black hole]]. During a fight for the last escape pod, Magnus was drawn out into space. Astonishingly, it was Cyclonus who saved Ultra Magnus from the void, for it would have been dishonorable to allow such a proud warrior to die anywhere else but on the battle field. Unfortunately, this only delayed the inevitable, as the ship ultimately plunged into the black hole and emerged on the other side in a [[negative universe]]. Only by working together were they able to return through the white hole to their own universe. Magnus and Cyclonus acknowledged their mutual, grudging respect for each other as warriors, but vowed that when they met again, it would be as enemies. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}}

[[File:KillingJar negative Magnus Marissa.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I lay down to take a nap and woke up as anti-matter!]]

Later, Ultra Magnus was on a pleasure flight with Rodimus, Kup, Arcee and the Witwickys when a Decepticon attack forced them to land the ship's lifepod on a remote Autobot funeral barge, launched into space at the end of the war with the deactivated bodies of lost Autobot warriors. The tomb of Optimus Prime was empty, but Optimus Prime himself was miraculously alive. It soon became clear, however, that Prime was not in his right mind, as he fired on Magnus and the others, leaving them to die as the barge began plummeting into a sun. They managed to escape, but barely – the makeshift repairs to their ship led to a crashlanding back on Cybertron. Ultra Magnus and the others soon learned that Optimus Prime had mobilized the entire Autobot fleet to go after the Quintessons and "avenge" their deaths. They caught up to Prime's fleet, and against Prime's orders, Magnus and friends were brought on board. The Quintesson ploy was uncovered, and Optimus Prime regained his senses long enough to spring their trap away from the other Autobots, allowing Magnus and the others to flee to safety. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

[[File:DarkAwakening Magnus hands.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Optimus, I know you're upset I gave the Matrix to Hot Rod. But that's no reason to turn into a zombie."]]

After a lost Autobot named [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus and the others learned of a Transformer colony world named [[Paradron]] on the other side of a vortex. Its pacifistic people had recently come under Decepticon attack after [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Cyclonus accidentally discovered the planet. Working with Rodimus, Ultra Magnus assembled an Autobot strike force to liberate the Paradronians and prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the world's vast energon supply. Ultra Magnus took charge of the second mission with back-up from Blurr and Wheelie, but they ran into heavy resistance fire. This forced them to go to Plan 'B' – blow up the planet's energon core, and the entire planet with it. The [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] attempted to stop Magnus and Sandstorm from reaching the core with a seek-and-destroy missile, but Ultra Magnus simply grabbed the missile out of mid-air and threw it back at their attackers. Inside the core, Ultra Magnus took a moment to explore his sensitive side.

{{bigquote|I've never seen anything this beautiful in the entire galaxy. All right, give me the bomb.}}

[[File:Fightorflee Ultramagnus Sandstorm bomb.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Just read the quote. Nothing can top the actual quote.]]
After setting the charges, Ultra Magnus informed Sandstorm that they had only five minutes to evacuate the planet. They breezed by Galvatron on their way out and evacuated to a nearby moon to observe the destruction. With the total annihilation of their planet, Rodimus and Ultra Magnus offered Sandstorm and the Paradronians a home back on Cybertron. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

When dictator [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]] manipulated Trypticon into plundering the Earth for him, Ultra Magnus joined Metroplex and many other Autobots in defeating the Decepticon city and putting Fakkadi in his place. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

One night, while observing the security monitors, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime and Kup were greeted with the startling sight of Cyclonus and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s flying away from Cybertron with the former Decepticon [[Octane]] in tow. Since Octane had become an independent contractor working with the Autobots, Magnus and the others flew out with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to intercept the Decepticon raiding party. They forced the enemy back down to the surface, but let them go after Octane and his secret partner "Cyclonus" let them in on a double-cross. Cyclonus was actually possessed by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s ghost and, after returning to Charr, they manipulated Galvatron into travelling to Cybertron alone, where he was ambushed and nearly captured by Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

[[File:SurpriseParty Magnus smiling.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Why is this 'Bot smiling? He just farted. And blamed [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]].]]
Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots took a relaxing break from preparations for the first Cybertronian peace conference to prepare a surprise birthday party for their human friend, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. The party was interrupted, however, when the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] staged an assault on the Autobot shuttle bay, hoping to destroy the craft being prepped for the conference's delegates. During the battle, Wheelie took a glancing blow from [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and was left shaken and disoriented right smack in the middle of the firefight. With no regard to his own safety, Magnus rushed out into the line of fire and took several hits to the back from [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] while shielding the fallen Wheelie with his own body. The Combaticons were driven off, but not before they did some damage to the shuttles. In the aftermath, Ultra Magnus insisted [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] attend to the shuttle first before working on Magnus's own injuries. His demonstrations of bravery and self-sacrifice gave Daniel and Wheelie the idea of planning a surprise party for Ultra Magnus on HIS birthday. Their only question was WHEN exactly the date was. Their search for answers led to the [[Lost Cybertronian Storage Asteroid|Autobot Records Asteroid]]... and trouble. They were taken hostage by Cyclonus and the Decepticons, who set the asteroid on a collision course with the peace conference. Daniel and Wheelie served as living shields to prevent the Autobot defense from blasting the asteroid out of the sky. Instead, Ultra Magnus enlisted Sky Lynx for a raid on the space rock to rescue their friends. They sent the Sweeps packing, and Ultra Magnus went after Cyclonus personally to reprogram the asteroid's flight path. With the Decepticon distracted, Wheelie triggered the self-destruct sequence and the Autobots made it to safety, saving the peace conference. Afterwards, Wheelie and Daniel explained what they had been doing, and the incredulous Ultra Magnus remarked that even he didn't know when his birthday was (apparently the Quintessons had never heard of the Gregorian calendar. Go figure). {{storylink|Surprise Party}}

During an ambassador reception on Cybertron, Daniel Witwicky went missing and couldn't be found. Rodimus assigned Ultra Magnus, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and the cassettes to look for him. [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]'s tracking senses helped unearth a lost Quintesson chamber where Daniel and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] had gone. Magnus and the others soon worked out that their missing friends had accidentally travelled to the dimension of [[Menonia]], thanks to an old Quintesson method of banishing criminals to other universes. While in Menonia, Ultra Magnus and the Autobots helped the local "Dragon of the Sun", the [[Golden One]], fight off his treacherous pupil, the exiled Quintesson known as [[Mara-Al-Utha]]. After restoring his kingdom to him, the Autobots were aided in returning to Cybertron by the Golden One. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[File:Bigmagnus tinyconst.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|It's not an animation error. They knew the [[Constructicon (Universe)|Micromaster Constructicons]] would be out by 2006.]]
When Galvatron and the Constructicons attempted to turn a moon-sized comet into a guided missile to destroy [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Ultra Magnus led a team of Autobots to intercept and stop their plans. This team consisted of Blaster, Perceptor, [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and maybe Grimlock. And maybe [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. At some times [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Also, several guys who looked disturbingly like [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the corpses of [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. All of whom could change size at will. Anyway, Ultra Magnus confronted Galvatron, who attempted to turn into cannon mode and blast the Autobot. Unfortunately, his character model sheet was drawn pointing off to the right, leaving him unable to turn and fire before Magnus jumped him. Still, Galvatron somehow managed to grapple and wrestle with Ultra Magnus in cannon mode, despite having no noticeable moving parts of any kind. An explosion at the artificial engines the Constructicons had been installing sent the comet hurtling towards a nearby world called [[Eurythma]]. Before it could strike, it was destroyed by an extraordinarily powerful sonic discharge, a [[harmony]] produced by the musical Renaissance [[Eurythman|elf people]] who lived on Eurhythma.

[[File:Carnage C-Minor Autobots harmonic attack.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.22|ssshh, this is just my model sheet pose, don't tell anybody]]

The mere backlash of the harmony was enough to knock all the Transformers out of space and down to the planet's surface. When Galvatron and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] went after the source of the harmony, Ultra Magnus grabbed Blaster and Broadside to help stop him. Lucky he did, because Blaster was the only one who could understand the harmonic speech of the Eurhythmians. Although he did do some ad-libbing... and sometimes Ultra Magnus explained things in Blaster's voice. ANYWAY, Galvatron and Soundwave managed to assemble the three parts of the harmony, and left for Earth to attack Metroplex with it. To counteract their harmonic weapon, Ultra Magnus brought along the Eurhythmian leaders to sing in [[anti-sound]] and cancel out the harmony. Yes, they sang ''anti-sound''. Then, Blaster successfully grabbed Soundwave's crotch, erasing his tapes of the harmony. The moral of this story is... the best way to win the day is through sexual assault and violating the laws of physics. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

[[File:Nightmare-planet-ultramagnus-rodimus-gardner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Ultra Magnus, Springer and Rodimus were exploring an electromagnetic anomaly in a remote part of Cybertron when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] staged an attack on the Autobots. Their fight with [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] was interrupted by a Quintesson experiment that turned the nightmares of Daniel Witwicky into substance, solid enough to do serious damage to the Transformers. The Autobots and Decepticons were forced into an alliance to try and escape the strange and ever-changing landscape. Ultra Magnus and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] were almost eaten by a giant, and they were all assaulted by a many-headed hydra. The Autobots eventually located Danny and freed him from the Quintessons' machines. {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}}

[[File:GhostMachine Magnus with hands on hips.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|"Pay attention to me! This is my important face."]]
After Scourge and the ghost of Starscream stole Metroplex's eyes and blew up his brain, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime put Cybertron on full alert in case a follow-up attack occurred. They eventually managed to suss out that the Decepticon duo were working for Unicron, after they noticed the Chaos-Bringer had his eyes back. Magnus assembled a small strike team of Springer, Hot Spot and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] aboard Sky Lynx to investigate the artificial "moon". The spy mission didn't go too well, however, as the repair work on Unicron had proceeded farther than they had expected: the Dark God expelled them from his head using a blast of electrical fire. Scourge soon alerted the Autobots to Unicron's plan after finding out the entity wanted Cybertron for his new body. Ultra Magnus and his strike team were prepared when Unicron's head touched down on Cybertron to make the connections, and set of a series of energon explosives at the base of Unicron, launching him back into orbit and without any new body to call his own. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:BigBroadcast Magnus generator.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Have you seen this new app. on my iPhone?"]]
One day on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus was jovially describing the ongoing construction work on the new [[hyper generator]] to Rodimus Prime...up until the point when he realized Rodimus wasn't listening to a word of it. After giving Rodimus a passionate speech about the mantle of leadership, Magnus was offered a good deal on a slightly used mantle. Luckily for Rodimus, a crisis soon broke out on the Planet of Junk. Ultra Magnus and Rodimus took several soldiers with them aboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to observe what was happening with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] first hand. They were shot down en route by Cyclonus and the Sweeps, but Ultra Magnus managed to repair the damage to Omega and they continued on to Junk. Chaos raged in the skies over the Junkion homeworld, due to a hypnotic signal arranged by the Quintessons which was stimulating xenophobia and hyper-aggression in all who were exposed to it. Magnus and Blaster located the source of the signal, and then used Blaster's tapedeck mode to broadcast a disruption signal to counter the Quintesson transmissions. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

During the peace conferences between [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] did their best to keep the two warring factions from tearing each other apart. Luckily for the Autobots, the two alien species were too busy hating each other to point out how unbelievably hypocritical it was for Cybertronians to be chiding them over centuries of warfare. Whose planet is occasionally blasted out of its own orbit by war, huh Transformer? {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

[[File:DwellerDepths Magnus packing heat.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I've never seen anything [[Dweller (G1)|this horrible]] in the entire galaxy. All right, give me the bomb. What? No bomb? Crap."]]
After unveiling a new [[power core]] on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus caught Galvatron and the Decepticons sneaking into an old utility tunnel. He and a squad of Autobots followed after them, only for both groups of Transformers to get caught in a battle with the Quintessons' old creations, the [[Trans-Organic]]s. These bio-mechanical creatures were dangerous enough individually, but the enormous [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]] was a threat to them all. It not only drained the power of any Transformer it touched, but also transformed them into energy vampires as well. Ultra Magnus was nearly drained of all his power several times by the creatures but was saved by his fellow Autobots. The monster tried twice to drain Magnus; the first time he was saved by Wreck-Gar; the second time, he fought his way free.

[[File:Dweller-in-the-depths-ultramagnus-rocketlaunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
Battling their way through the Dweller, its zombiefied victims, and Galvatron and his troops, Magnus and Arcee managed to escape to the surface, reporting back to Perceptor. The Autobot scientist conceived of a power surge method which restored the vampiric Transformers to full functionality, and the Dweller was disposed of by launching it and the power core deep into space. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

[[File:OnlyHuman human Ultra Magnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
The Autobots were helping The City of The Future deal with a crime wave, when they received a hot tip on where to find [[Victor Drath]], resident crime lord. Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, Springer and Arcee raced to Drath's mansion... and straight into a trap. Some impressive technology assembled by Drath's associate [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] robbed the four Autobots of their robot bodies and displaced them into synthoid human forms. Ultra Magnus found himself sporting some very distinguished gray temples, like [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] or {{w|Parallax (character)|Parallax}} {{w|Hal Jordan}}. Luckily, the Autobots each found a jumpsuit nearby, perfectly matching their robot color schemes. Tragically, Magnus apparently ignored the matching hat that came with his outfit. Very [[Robert Stack|Untouchables]]. {{storylink|Only Human}}

[[File:GalvatronUltraWebworld.jpg|thumb|upright=1.22]]

On an [[isidrite]] survey mission with Sky Lynx and the other Autobots, Ultra Magnus was attacked by an overly manic Galvatron and his soldiers. His frenzied state made Galvatron just as dangerous to his own men as the Autobots — he even batted away a Sweep who attempted to help him against Ultra Magnus. With the Decepticons so disorganized, Ultra Magnus was easily able to lead the Autobots in routing their opponents and making a clean getaway with the isidrite. {{storylink|Webworld}}

When Rodimus Prime was feeling down about his leadership skills, Ultra Magnus was forced to come up with an upbeat, cheery encouragement speech in the middle of a smouldering war zone. Tough job. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon|The Ultimate Weapon}}

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After plummeting through a Quintesson [[quadrant lock]], Ultra Magnus landed hard on the planet [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]] with Rodimus Prime, Blurr and Perceptor. The planet's remarkably high density made the simple, club-wielding natives far more of a threat than they ought to have been. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

Ultra Magnus officiated the unveiling of the Autobots' latest power generator on Cybertron, but, like many of their previous attempts at new energy sources, it was fraught with complications from the start. First, Grimlock nearly blew the entire system by throwing the wrong levers at the opening ceremony. Not long thereafter, Decepticon agents planted anti-electrons in the power generator, causing it to trigger malfunctions in all the Autobots. Magnus and a small group of Autobots had to travel deep underground to disable the power generator's dangerous broadcasting. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

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On a barren moon, Ultra Magnus was engaged in trench warfare with the Decepticons alongside Rodimus Prime, Springer and Blaster when their [[Primitive]] comrades began acting funny. Sky Lynx, the Dinobots, and other bestial Transformers on both sides suddenly abandoned the battlefield, answering a siren call only they could hear. Only moments later, the energy creature known as [[Tornedron]] struck the moon, draining away all of Ultra Magnus's energy and leaving all the Transformers lifeless and inactive. Only through the actions of Grimlock and the Primitives were they eventually reactivated. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

In Japan, Ultra Magnus was present when Hot Rod first recovered after losing the Matrix of Leadership to the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. For once (hah!), his destiny and honor speech did little to sway the "chosen one", who raced off on his own, glad to be free of the burden of responsibility. Roddy had to learn this lesson for himself. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

[[File:ReturnOptimusPrime1 hate-plague Magnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Pull my finger.]]
When the [[Hate Plague]] swept the universe, Ultra Magnus was one of the first infected and was transformed into a raving maniac with a fixation on exterminating Rodimus Prime. Magnus pursued Rodimus through Autobot City, but was subdued by Wreck-Gar, only to wind up infecting the Junkion, who in turn infected Rodimus. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Magnus and the rest of the universe were cured of the plague by the resurrected Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

In 2007, Ultra Magnus helped defend Autobot City from a massive Decepticon assault, which was actually a diversion for the theft of the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. Subsequently, Magnus accompanied Optimus Prime on a shuttle to Cybertron. After Prime got the answers he needed from [[Vector Sigma]], he decided to go to [[Nebulos]] and left Ultra Magnus in charge of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Magnus's tenure didn't go very well, as the selfsame massive Decepticon assault force was attacking the planet. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} Nonetheless, he and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] struck at Galvatron, and might well have done him in if [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok's]] reinforcements hadn't arrived. Magnus then ignominiously had his [[power pack]] torn out and slowly began to die from lack of energon. Still, he was able to relay Galvatron's crazed scheme to Optimus Prime and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] before blacking out.

When Ultra Magnus next awoke, the Golden Age of Cybertron had come anew, and the Decepticons were seemingly defeated once and for all. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

Sometime later, for [[Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Ultra Magnus and many other Autobots presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}
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==Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity==
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as described above, except that events following the movie are moved back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" does not occur. Japanese continuity proceeds to insert several new stories into the gaps in the timeline. Of particular note is Japanese fiction's adherence to Magnus's Tech Spec function of "City Commander"; he is always shown as being in charge of Autobot City on Earth, while the cartoon itself put Blaster in this role.}}

===Bios===
Before Ultra Magnus became a soldier, he was a civil servant who attended to areas of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] affected by the war.<ref>MP-22's instruction booklet</ref> His "inner robot" was known as simply "'''Magnus'''" (マグナス ''Magunasu'').<ref>[[e-HOBBY#Transformers Character Card|Transformers Character Card]] for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Transformers Character Card|Ultra Magnus]]</ref>

===Scramble City===
{{voiceactor|[[Banjō Ginga]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Prime magnus scramblecity.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"This is awkward, but have we ever actually, y'know, met?"]]

The Autobots' Scramble City project continued under Magnus’ direction, concealed within a cavern base. Unfortunately, Decepticon spy [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was able to penetrate the cavern and learn of the project, leading to a battle between [[combiner]]s from both factions as the Decepticons attempted to destroy the project. During the battle, Scramble City was completed and Magnus ordered it into battle, successfully winning the day. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages===
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Ultra Magnus, Commander of [[Autobot City (G1)|Scramble City]], joined Optimus Prime in a battle on the shoulder of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] against Megatron and his new lieutenant, [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. In the heat of battle, Magnus delivered a devastating jumpkick to Galvatron. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 9|Part 9}}

Ultra Magnus would face his new nemesis a second time, going one-on-one while Optimus dealt with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]. Magnus clobbered Galvatron and the Decepticon was taken into custody by the Autobots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 15|Part 15}}
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===''Story of Binaltech''===
While Optimus Prime was fighting the Decepticons on Cybertron in the early days of the 21st century, Magnus was charged with the protection of the Earth, leading to the construction of the full-fledged Autobot City {{storylink|Binaltech Is... (Chapter 1)|Binaltech Is...}} and coordinating supply runs to Cybertron. {{storylink|Reality Check}}

When [[Operation: Carwash]] successfully uncovered the designs of the [[Concurrence]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|D.R. Faireborn]] sought to contact Ultra Magnus to warn him against the organization's plot to turn the Earth's solar system into a robot-free zone. {{storylink|Expose All of Evil's Designs!}}

====BT World====
After the time-travelling [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] altered history by shunting the Decepticons out of time, the Autobots were left to face the threat of Unicron alone in 2005. {{storylink|Changing Lanes}} Magnus left Earth to join Prime in battling the chaos-bringer, before which he dispatched [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] into the past to restore the timeline. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (prose)|Darkest Hour}}

While battling Unicron, Optimus Prime was badly damaged and, fearing his own death, passed the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus. Shedding his armor, Magnus ventured inside of Unicron's body and petitioned the Matrix: he knew he was not the [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Chosen One]], but if the Matrix did not allow him to wield its power now, Unicron would destroy them all. The Matrix responded to his pleas, and its power was unleashed, destroying the chaos-bringer. The dimension-hopper [[Overdrive]] then revealed that, thanks to Skids's efforts, the Autobots were all now in an alternate splinter timeline from the "correct" timeline (known as the "BT World timeline"); in the "correct" timeline, it was [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] who received the Matrix and used it to defeat Unicron. Hot Rod said he liked the sound of that, while Magnus sternly told him not to get any ideas. Any revelry the Autobots might have indulged in at that point was cut short, however, as the Decepticon forces returned from their time-shunt. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

The fighting-fit Decepticons took control of Cybertron once more, but were subsequently defeated by the Autobots through the activation of the Quintesson [[large switch|killswitch]]. {{storylink|Kill Switch}} Several months after this victory, Ultra Magnus was stationed at Autobot City, when a time/space-hopping [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] arrived from the "correct" timeline to help save the fading spark of [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]]. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}}

Shortly following the fiasco involving the [[Timaeus Project]], Magnus was part of a team led by Optimus Prime into battle in [[Australia]] to stop the Decepticons' new leader [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] from creating a synthetic Matrix. When victory was won, Magnus joined the Autobots in rolling out into the sunset. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

After the defeat of Nemesis Prime, Ultra Magnus and the Autobots monitored the transfer of [[Alternium]] at the Earth Defense Command space center. They were attacked by evil Binaltech warriors created by Unicron, [[Decepticharge]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. They were intent on destroying the Matrix inside Magnus for their master, but ultimately failed. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

===''Kiss Players''===
[[File:Kiss players 15 go go ultra magnus.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Toy-accurate to a soulless-eyed fault!]]
When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] defeated [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] within Unicron in the year 2005, he hurled the Decepticon leader into space, only for him to wind up crashing into Earth, devastating [[Tokyo]]. Consumed by guilt, Rodimus returned the Matrix to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|A Big Catch Tonight?!}}

For a year, Transformer/human relations were so badly damaged by the Tokyo incident that Cybertronians were entirely forced off Earth by the [[Earth Defense Command]]. Thanks to the efforts of Hot Rod, a briefly-resurrected Optimus Prime and three human [[Kiss Player]]s, the corruption at the heart of the EDC was exposed, and the anti-electron field keeping Transformers off Earth was deactivated. The Autobots returned to the planet, and as his first initiative to try and improve human/Transformer public relations in this time of tentative stability, Ultra Magnus arranged the formation of a singing group made up of members of both species to tour the planet and promote good will and mutual understanding. With the help of [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] as the group's producer, the "[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]" were born. {{storylink|Kiss Players epsiode 39|Kiss Players #39}} When the human members of the group disappeared during their performance at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 1}} the three cassettes that made up the rest of the group returned to Metroplex to inform Magnus of the strange turn of events. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}}

Magnus continued to serve as Autobot leader over the next three years, until Hot Rod reclaimed the Matrix and resumed his post in 2010. {{storylink|Source:Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Kiss Players timeline}}

===Controverse===
After the trial of [[Primacron]], Ultra Magnus was present when the scientist was banished to another universe. {{storylink|Controverse}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)|[[Jack Murphy]] (English), [[Liu Jiazhen]] (Chinese), [[Juan Zadala]] (Latin American)}}
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By the year 2011, Magnus had taken over full-time command of Autobot City on Earth. A major Decepticon attack in the immediate vicinity of the city led Magnus to take all this troops into action, unaware that the battle was being staged as a distraction to keep the Earth-bound Autobots from reinforcing their fellows on Cybertron, which had simultaneously come under attack by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and his new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] warriors. During the battle, Ultra Magnus first crossed swords with his new opposite number: [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], the Decepticons' Ninja Commander, and head of their own Earth-based forces. The pair displayed their fighting styles for each other (Magnus's, apparently, was to shoot the ground ''around'' his enemy's feet, rather than the enemy themselves—great tactics, there, Magnus) and began grappling, until Metroplex and the [[Trainbot]]s arrived to disrupt the battle, allowing some of the Autobots to make it back to the city and on through the [[space bridge]] to the battle on Cybertron. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

After the Decepticons had been routed, Ultra Magnus helped co-ordinate the search on Earth for the missing Matrix of Leadership, which was required to bring the unstable Vector Sigma under control. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} While Hot Rod and the newly arrived Autobot Headmasters took the lead in the search, Magnus set up teams to run interference, keeping the Decepticons off their back. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

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Observing Trypticon apparently moving on an oil refinery, Ultra Magnus and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] directed Metroplex into action to stop him. They soon discovered that they had been lured into a trap when the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], paralyzed Metroplex with an electromagnetic attack. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} Magnus also witnessed the first attack of the next new Decepticon device, the metal-warping meteorite [[Metamorphose]], when it distorted a survey vessel he was in the process of receiving a report from. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Receiving word from one of the Autobots' Earth outposts about a new energy discovery, Rodimus Prime came to Earth to learn more. Ultra Magnus was puzzled by his arrival, having heard no such news, and the pair headed out to investigate, only to discover that the entire staff of the outpost had been massacred. The report had been a Decepticon distraction, to keep Rodimus and Magnus occupied while the Decepticon Headmasters sprang a trap for their Autobot counterparts on the planet [[Praum]]. Magnus remained on Earth while Rodimus headed off to aid their comrades. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Soon after, Magnus informed the Autobots on [[Athenia]] of a mysterious blackmailer who was extorting energy from Earth, {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} the eruption of a volcano {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} and the attack of [[buridanka|a carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

[[File:Sosfromsandra magnus pwns galvy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Whatchagonnado when Magnusmania runs wild on you?]]

When a team of Autobots discovered a Decepticon operation on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Ultra Magnus ordered the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] to head for the red planet and back them up. Trypticon appeared to stop the high-tech heroes from going far, so Magnus ordered Metroplex to step in a help. Unfortunately, Sixshot then added his firepower to the fight, and Magnus's troops were unable to break away. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} The Decepticons subsequently retreated from Mars, and Ultra Magnus sent [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] to snoop around the Decepticons' Earth base to see if he could find out why. He did not expect the answer to be that they had all left to watch the creation of a gigantic new [[Transtector]] for the Decepticon Headmaster leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Upon receiving a request for energy aid from the otherdimensional planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], the Autobots on Athenia had Ultra Magnus arrange for the transport of some of Earth's [[energon cube]] stockpile. A Decepticon attack prevented the Trainbots from taking off with the energon, so after he got done body-slamming Galvatron, Magnus informed Athenia of the raid, and they decided to send a portion of their own stockpiles instead while the Decepticons were occupied. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} Magnus remained stationed on Earth while the Headmasters and other assorted Autobots took off to pursue the Decepticons who were raiding planets of energy in deep space. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

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After the Decepticons were through plundering the universe, they returned to Earth with even greater plans for the planet – Galvatron intended to incorporate it [[Grand Galvatron|into his system]], and Sixshot dedicated himself to wiping out the Autobot resistance. Unwilling to burden the already-occupied Autobot commander [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] with this news, Ultra Magnus co-ordinated the response on his own, but soon came under direct attack from Sixshot himself. Struggling against the [[Six Changer]], he was convinced by the [[Trainbot]]s to inform Fortress, but before any reinforcements could arrive, Sixshot used his secret seventh "Wingwolf" mode to deliver the killing blow to Ultra Magnus, ending the City Commander's life.

[[File:Ultramagnusdies funeral.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Guys, I keep telling you, I'm fine! I didn't turn grey!"]]
After the furious Headmasters sent the Decepticons fleeing, Metroplex requested that, rather than be fired into space, Magnus’ body be buried on the Earth he had loved so much. In accordance with these wishes, Magnus’ body was loaded into a funeral bier and then submerged in a cave on the Japanese coastline. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

Sometime later, Sixshot challenged Chromedome to a duel to the death on [[Juno]]. Chromedome swore to defeat the killer for the memory of Ultra Magnus and all the others whom he had slain. Ultimately, machinations from Scorponok forced the pair to work together to escape certain death and save Daniel's life. Ultimately, this changed Sixshot's allegiances and Ultra Magnus was avenged, not by killing his executioner, but by, uh, "saving" him. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

===e-HOBBY toy bio===
As he had briefly held the Matrix, Ultra Magnus joined the ranks of the other Autobot leaders whose sparks retained their individuality within the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]], but he remained restless knowing that he didn't belong. Using the cosmic awareness that accompanies joining the Matrix to observe the mortal realm, Ultra Magnus learned, by chance, of the threat posed to the galaxy by [[Galvatron II]] and his massive [[Warworld|Mobile Battle Fortress]]. Determined to set things right, Magnus contacted Optimus Prime via their shared link to the Matrix, and resurrected himself using Prime's [[Reconfiguration Matrix]].<ref name="ehobby">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080117145649/http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/texts/e_gentei/ultramagnus_e.html Ultra Magnus's e-HOBBY toy bio] (archive)</ref>

===''Legends'' comic===
In response to the rise of Galvatron II, Battle Convoy saw the need to resurrect Ultra Magnus and tasked [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], whose spirit was intertwined with the Matrix, with locating Magnus within it. Having felt that Prime was in trouble, Magnus readily agreed to be revived and accepted Trion into his chest, allowing the sage's unique Matrix connection to act as a Reconfiguration Matrix that resurrected Magnus. He was less than thrilled to be resurrected inside a coffin on the ocean floor, however, and his first action back in the world of the living was to bitterly confront the Headmasters on the matter of his burial. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#Resurrection Chapter|Resurrection Chapter}}

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Alpha Trion later summoned Ultra Magnus to the [[Legends World]] to put a stop to the alliance between Megatron and [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]]. After being reassured that he no longer needed Trion's Reconfiguration Matrix within him but was free to rely on his own strength, Magnus joined the fight, rescuing [[T-AI|Ai]] from the terror of Armada Megatron and sending his own Megatron fleeing with an "Ultra Magnum" missile barrage. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14}} Ultra Magnus remained in the Legends World to help defend it from [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], another interdimensional intruder Alpha Trion was expecting. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}}

Ultra Magnus later wielded Alpha Trion's so-called "shield mode" when the Autobot elder wanted to prove he had a weapon mode. Unfortunately, Trion was much too small to actually shield Magnus from most attacks, and he ended up being gunned down and mistaken for dead. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Sequel#Alpha Trion Chapter|Alpha Trion Chapter}} Following his defeat at Magnus's hands, Armada Megatron bought a [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Legends|toy]] of the Autobot in order to discover his weaknesses. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Sequel#Armada Megatron Chapter|Armada Megatron Chapter}} When [[Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream]] attempted to sacrifice himself to save the Legends World, Ultra Magnus deduced from Armada Megatron's comments that Starscream was already dead but had reappeared as a ghost thanks to the Legends World's [[spirit energy]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}}

When [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was thinking back to how he and [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] had drifted apart, he remembered that over time she'd started spending more time with other people, like Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}} After both [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] crossed over to the Legends World, Ultra Magnus attempted to stop the Starscream-possessed Waspinator from capturing Metroplex, but was defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Ultra Magnus and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] were later tied up by [[Screech (Generations)|Screech]] during his mission to send all interdimensional visitors to the Legends World back to where they came from, though he eventually gave up and allowed them to stay. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20|Bonus Edition Vol. 20}} Magnus headed out when Megatron-turned-Galvatron was causing trouble, but was not seen to actually fight him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} When [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.]] purchased Metroplex, Ultra Magnus's pride as City Commander wouldn't let him leave the city-bot to his fate, and he instead joined the Decepticon company so he could remain with Metroplex. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

As part of Decepticon Tera-Kura Co., Ultra Magnus helpfully took it upon himself to transport cargo that his colleague [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] couldn't. Astrotrain didn't appreciate the gesture, though, believing Magnus was replacing him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} Ultra Magnus later attempted to stop [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]] from entering their offices, telling him the president was too busy for visitors. His job didn't stop him from trying to help Ginrai fight an evil [[Godbomber]], but he was defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} When the Decepticon Headmasters rebelled and attacked Tera-Kura Co., Ultra Magnus helped fight them only to be hypnotized by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} Injured during the battle, he had to wear a metallic cast over one arm and could do little to help when the Headmasters unleashed [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] on the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He was seen on the streets of [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]] after it was rebuilt in the wake of Trypticon's attack. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}}

Informed by the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] that Sixshot had broken the criminal [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] out of jail and was harboring him in the Legends World, Ultra Magnus borrowed some [[Tank Drone]]s and confronted his old nemesis. Confident that he could win with Alpha Trion's Matrix powers on his side, Magnus fought him and countered the Wingwolf attack that had once killed him, but was ultimately defeated again in a head-on collision. However, Sixshot was seemingly assassinated by [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] and bid farewell to Ultra Magnus, who was then approached by Daniel who explained that Sixshot had been innocent and Star Saber had been framed. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 50|Bonus Edition Vol. 50}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
[[File:GalvatronII-LaserMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|I'm kinda the buttmonkey of this franchise, aren't I?]]
During the battles with Galvatron II, Ultra Magnus used the power of the Reconfiguration Matrix to take on a body similar to Battle Convoy's. In this new form Ultra Magnus became able to switch between various body types (including his original) at will, similar to Optimus Prime, thanks to his contact with the Reconfiguration Matrix. In addition, he became able to tap into his [[laser core]] to power his blaster and sword.<ref name="ehobby"/>

Ultra Magnus immediately set out to counter Galvatron II's invasion and started raising forces of his own. On at least one occasion Ultra Magnus was so thoroughly trounced by Galvatron and his endless puns that he required saving by Optimus Prime in his new [[Black body (technology)|Black body]]. {{storylink|Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version}}

Later, still with his mouthplate removed from his skirmish with Galvatron II, Magnus stood behind [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] with the rest of the Autobots as Optimus Prime told them of an attack on a [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombian]] cargo ship by a mysterious sea creature. {{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}

===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
In [[2050]], Megatron supported the uprising of a race of human-engineered robots named [[Selector]]s, who felt they were treated as slaves. Ultra Magnus was among the Autobots assembled at first by Optimus Prime to oppose the revolution, but the Autobots quickly realized Megatron and the Selectors were correct. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} Unfortunately, the Quintessons entered the fray on the side of Earth, unleashing their [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s to feed on the [[Angolmois Energy]] that powered the Selectors. The Terrorcons released a metal-eating gas based on anti-electrons, and Ultra Magnus was one of the many victims of the effect. {{storylink|Abominus comic 1}}
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==''TV Magazine'' comic continuity==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic===
[[File:FSRLIssue4Magnus01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it!]]

Ultra Magnus arrived on Earth at some point in the late 1980s, bringing with him a collection of new technological advancements. Magnus came up with the idea of the global underground transport system, the [[Autobot Road]], and was appointed commander of the Autobots' new [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project to create a new mobile battle fortress. He made his first actual appearance in the middle of battle to deliver Optimus Prime his freshly-upgraded trailer, now equipped with the "[[Scramble Power Buster]]" cannon. After using the weapon on the Decepticons, Prime and Magnus teamed up to defeat them with their "Double Cross Kick" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

When [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] was taken hostage on an island utopia, Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime rallied a rescue party to go help him. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

At one point, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s began a smear campaign against the Autobots by disguising themselves as their foes, destroying human cities and leaving behind signed Autobot calling cards. One such card was signed by Ultra Magnus (a forgery, of course). Magnus joined the Autobots in proving their good name, although he and Prime seemed helpeless before the combined might of [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'s "[[Decepticon Trailer Corps|Decepticon Great Wheel]]" attack. With a little help from [[Kenji]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], however, they were able to get the upper hand in the battle, and then promptly kicked the villains out to sea with their "Prime-Magnus Finish Double" technique, which was ''not at all'' identical to their "Double Cross Kick". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

===''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''===
[[File:2010manga tour guide magnus.jpg|left|thumb]]
Responding to an SOS from deep space, a team of Autobots including Ultra Magnus helped rescue a human spacecraft from the jaws of a spaceship-eating Decepticon vessel. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

Ultra Magnus continued to serve as Autobot [[City Commander]], at one point welcoming a group of school children on a field trip to visit the city. When the Autobot City was attacked by Galvatron and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Ultra Magnus commanded [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to fight off the fiend. Magnus's commands weren't achieving any results until [[Six-Gun]] came along and saved the day. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

===''The Great Transformer War''===
After the resurrection of Optimus Prime, Magnus continued in his duties on Earth, commanding Metroplex in battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}
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==Madman ''The Transformers'' comic==
In 2001, before evacuating Autobots from the Decepticon-held Cybertron, Optimus Prime met with Ultra Magnus to temporarily hide the Matrix of Leadership in a bunker on Earth. Their meeting was spied upon by Soundwave, who later attacked the bunker, while it was only defended by Hot Rod and Spike. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

==Rodimus vs. Cyclonus comic==
After killing Ultra Magnus on the Planet of Junk, Cyclonus and Scourge swore their allegiance to Galvatron, the new bearer of the Matrix. The Decepticons, emboldened by their victory over Magnus, then pressed their luck against the remaining Autobots and failed. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

==''Wings Universe''==
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:BattleLines6-UltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|Can't we just let Magnus be Magnus?]]

Nine million years ago, following the destruction of the Autobots [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] and [[Magnum]], only one of the two was able to be saved from death. The lucky survivor was rebuilt and renamed "Ultra Magnus" by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], and the unlucky one perished. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] greeted his old friend and congratulated him on his increase in size. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Ultra Magnus led a team which took down [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] after the Decepticon breached [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. They had to retreat when the Constructicons fought back. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In [[2012]], Magnus was in charge of Autobot City. As alien ambassadors arrived, he contacted [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to remind his fellow to go easy on the Autobots who had gained powers from exposure to [[forestonite]]. He also briefed [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]], [[Rapido]], and [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] on a break in at [[Quantum Laboratories|Quantum Labs]] and tasked them with tracking down the culprit. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} Pyro's team later returned with the rescued [[Hi-Q]] and the news that the blueprints had unfortunately been destroyed. Sizzle also broke the news to Magnus and everyone else that the "[[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]" were coming. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

After the conclusion of the Machine Wars, Ultra Magnus was present at the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

==Ask Vector Prime==
In a universe created by [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] and [[Renegade|Gong]] on a lark, Ultra Magnus was stationed at Autobot City when [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] and his [[Renegade]]s launched an assault on the Autobot fortress. Magnus took command and ordered the Autobots to transform the city into its defensive configuration.

Reality shifted again into a new configuration - one where the Decepticons were at war with the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, and Ultra Magnus was replaced with [[Guardian (GoBots)|Major Mo]]. When the universe started to destabilize further, Ultra Magnus and Major Mo swapped places several times before the Guardian overwrote his Autobot counterpart. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

==''Deviations''==
[[File:TF-Deviations-Ultra-Magnus-back-down-soldier.jpg|thumb|125px]]
In a world where Optimus survived his fateful encounter with Megatron, Ultra Magnus helped to secure the remains of Autobot City. On Prime's orders, the Autobots prepared a return to Cybertron, an Magnus and Hot Rod butted heads several times, especially when the Autobot leader informed Magnus that he would be responsible for looking after a certain young punk on the trip back to Cybertron.

On the way back to Cybertron, the Autobot convoy was attacked by "Megascream" – the new leader of the Decepticons, a reformatted Starscream now in service of Unicron. An explosion within the ship damaged Magnus, and Hot Rod impulsively decided to reverse the engines. His maneuver warped the ship to the [[Tyrolian Quadrant]], above the planet Junkion. Hot Rod and Daniel ejected aboard an escape pod, and the other members of the ship died when the shuttle exploded. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}
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==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneMagnusAnime1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
* It was speculated for several years by some fans that, in the animated continuity, Ultra Magnus may have been created from Orion Pax's friend [[Dion (G1)|Dion]], the same way and at the same time Prime and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] were rebuilt by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], though Hasbro later stated this was incorrect. For further elaboration, see "[[Dion (G1)#Who is Dion?|Who is Dion?]]".
* In the early [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]]/test footage for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Ultra Magnus can be seen in alternate [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] sequences in his toy's original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme, indicating the final coloration may have been a late change to the toy. Included in various ''Transformers'' DVDs over the years, this footage eventually inspired the ''Masterpiece'' storyline for [[Delta Magnus]].
* In the ''Binaltech'' timeline, Ultra Magnus appears as a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] bearer in his [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' MP-2 toy]] body. It is not clear if the Matrix transformed him à la Hot Rod into Rodimus Prime or if Magnus merely took off his figurative trench coat to look powerful.
* In the ''Wings Universe'' story "[[A Flash Forward]]", Ultra Magnus's role is directly taken from unused storyboards for the 1986 movie.
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===Character model===
[[File:Ultra-Magnus-revision-comparison.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
* Ultra Magnus has had four known [[character model]]s:
# The first was an early [[Floro Dery]]-esque design made by either himself or [[Marvel Productions]]. The colors of this model are currently unknown. [[Marvel Comics]] in the UK went on to use this older model for [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|their ''Transformers'' comics]].
# The second is an all-new model by (presumably) [[Toei Animation|Toei]], which notably utilizes the boxier hand design and the low-angled ¾ view—all of which are design elements that would be subsequently used in the final [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] models by Toei, and the Japanese-only characters of the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 sequel cartoons]]). This one is the first in a series of smaller design revisions that eventually lead on into the final model. The truck mode of this one is also considerably more toy-accurate, complete with the shoulder ratchet joint circles (colored to look like spare tires), and rocket launchers placed at the front of the trailer, rather than the sides (where the ratchet/"tire" details are), like the subsequent revisions. The robot mode model of this revision is the one [[AKOM]] and the other [[Unknown Generation 1 animation studios|unknown studios]] would often use, as evidenced by the larger head—hence why he always has such an abnormally large head in those episodes. This model is considered to be the "pre-final model".
# The third is the second Toei revision, and uses the ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Powered Convoy" color scheme. This one has a smaller head, and has a few minor details added to the overall design. The truck mode of this one also shifts the aforementioned rocket launchers to the sides of the trailer. This model was used in the promotional trailer for ''The Transformers: The Movie''. Why this one features the original ''Diaclone'' colors is anyone's guess.
# The fourth is his final model by Toei. This one is mostly the same as the one above, only it's colored in the final Ultra Magnus colors, and adds a couple of small lines to his mid-torso.

==References==
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[[Category:Kiss Players Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
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Vok

2024-04-11T07:18:35Z

TFboi:

[[File:Purple vok.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|These are the tales of the Skeleton Warriors!]]

The '''Vok''' are a mysterious race of energy-based [[alien]]s who transcend space and time, a highly-evolved species who reached an apex of technological sophistication as far beyond the [[Transformer]]s as the Transformers are to [[human]]ity. Vast, cool, unsympathetic, and firmly committed to their enigmatic agenda, the Vok use primitive worlds like [[Earth]] as enormous laboratories to conduct strange and sometimes contradictory terraforming experiments intended to accelerate and alter the development of sapient life. However, these lofty goals rarely survive contact with the warlike Cybertronians, whose careless blunderings invariably contaminate and jeopardize the Vok's long-term ambitions.

Although the Vok guard their secrets jealously, they rarely take direct action unless the situation calls for it. More often, the Vok will deploy autonomous weapons or a network of empowered proxies; in extreme situations, they may "sterilize" a failed experiment by deploying [[Planet Buster|planetary superweapons]].

{{bigquote|A simple name for so arrogant a race.|[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]|"[[Other Victories]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Blu Mankuma]] and [[Richard Newman]] (English), [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] and [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)|[[Carlos Campanile]] (Portuguese), [[Wolf Frass]] (German), [[Eduardo Borja]] and [[Luis Loria]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Michel Vigné]] (French)}}
[[File:VokUnicronHead.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|"You could not comprehend our floating head forms, so we shall address you in this floating head form."]]

Early into the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], the Vok were alerted to the Transformers' presence. They abducted and scanned [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], then returned him a day later, their business done. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}} Later, the destruction of [[Brigadoon]], the Vok's testing ground for any sentient life, sent a warning signal to them. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}} Tarantulas immediately started to work on a way to escape the planet, darkly warning that it was "doomed". {{storylink|Spider's Game}} The discovery of an alien Golden Disk would reveal he was right: The Vok were on their way ''and were not happy.'' {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

Once they arrived, they carried out further scans and briefly faced off with Optimus, taking the form of [[Unicron]] to do so; they claimed they had no physical form he could comprehend, and so were assuming the form of a "figure of authority" in his mind. They informed him that the Beast Wars had irreversibly contaminated their experiment and, due to unspecified danger if this was allowed to continue, they were going to cut their losses. The nature of the second moon was now revealed: It was an immense cannon designed to destroy the planet! {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} Optimus Primal sacrificed himself in order to destroy the [[Planet Buster]]. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

As a result of the Planet Buster's explosion, a [[quantum surge]] was released. The surge caused a mutation in several of the Transformers (notably, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]) turning them into [[Transmetal]]s. {{storylink|Aftermath}} The destruction of the Planet Buster also released a [[transwarp wavefront]] that traveled through space and time, eventually reaching [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the era from which the ''Axalon'' and ''Darksyde'' crews originated. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Playing head games.]]

Later, the Vok made another attempt to wipe out the Transformers. A second weapon, the [[Metal Hunter]], appeared on the planet to knock the Transformers unconscious, and the [[Maximal]]s [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Tigatron]] were abducted. Megatron and Tarantulas, meanwhile, had both gained knowledge about the aliens from the Vok Disk. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}} Megatron would go on to capture and alter an alien device he called the "[[Transmetal driver]]", which he used to create [[Transmetal#Transmetal 2|Transmetal 2's]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} It could also raise the dead somehow! {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

Near the end of the Beast Wars, the Vok sent an emissary, [[Tigerhawk]] (a newly created fusion of Airazor and Tigatron), to Earth to deal with Megatron's disruption of the timestream. Tigerhawk was able to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], but was eventually subdued and captured by Tarantulas. Tarantulas was able to draw the Vok out of Tigerhawk's frame and into his own, but this led to his own destruction. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

====3H comics====
[[File:Primal Prime Vok.jpg|thumb|left|Primal Prime's Punisher costume is rather minimal.]]

Established as the enlightened descendants of [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], the Vok's goal in guiding Earth's development was to atone for their shameful and destructive past. As servants of Primus, whom they knew as both the "Source" and the "Core", the Vok were tasked guarding their master's [[Grand Plan]] for "[['Til all are one|the one and the all]]." They had spread to many worlds in many dimensions, seeding each one (including the prehistoric Earth of the Beast Wars) with mysterious projects designed for the purpose of fulfilling Primus's vision of a completely harmonized and organized [[multiverse]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

Knowing that Tarantulas was reborn and had stolen their own power for his evil plans, the Vok turned to the Ark, creating [[Primal Prime]] (from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], a [[Transmetal driver|Datasphere]] and Quickstrike's control harness) and restoring the sparks of Airazor and Tigatron to separate Transmetal bodies, hoping they could defeat Tarantulas. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

Later, when they lost the Matrix to the zombified arachnid, the Vok merged themselves with Primal Prime in order to provide a temporary substitute for the Matrix. Primal Prime gained a snazzy new Vok-shaped breastplate out of the deal. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

Later still, when the Quintessons launched their invasion force on Cybertron, Tigatron called upon the power of the Vok to restore the critically injured [[Fractyl]]. In exchange for this boon, Tigatron agreed to release the Vok from the bind to his spark, and was left without their mystical might henceforth. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
While his spark was untethered from his body, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] bemoaned the organic infection he and the Maximals had brought back to Cybertron after fighting the Beast Wars on Earth. He posited that maybe the Vok had been involved in changing the Cybertronians from within to "infect" them with the biological contamination. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

====Razorclaw continuity====
In a splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], the Vok also abducted Airazor and Tigatron, the last two surviving Maximals, to create their emissary Tigerhawk to stop Megatron, whose machinations continued to threaten the Vok's presence on Earth. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 7, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 07/08/2015}} Corrupted by the Vok's influence, Tigerhawk succeeded in killing Megatron {{storylink|Abduction|''Universe'' Razorclaw profile}} but not before Megatron had absorbed the spark of his namesake, causing a [[timestorm]] which tore that reality apart. From the remains of Tigerhawk's reality, {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 7, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 07/08/2015}} [[Unicron]] would pluck Tigerhawk to serve as his final [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] general, [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. Razorclaw would actively utilize his Vok powers in service to the Chaos-Bringer. {{storylink|Abduction|''Universe'' Razorclaw profile}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
The Vok were the enlightened evolution of the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], a combination of [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]], [[human]], and mysterious lizard species life. Their aim is to find the optimal path of development for the sources of their components, especially Cybertronians.

After [[Tigerhawk]] was destroyed, the Vok granted [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] a [[Transmetal]] body using a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. [[Tigatron]] gained a new Transmetal body as well, and his experience with the Vok expanded his awareness of Nature to the entire Universe. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

[[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] was "reconstructed" by the Vok to act as a provocateur in whatever realities they toss her into, to test the upper limits of Cybertronians. Antagony, however, believed that she was from a future ruled by [[Shokaract]], and did work for him at one point. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

When [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] was close to death, a Transmetal "Vok alternate body" was created in [[null-space]]. When Blackarachnia lived, the body was sidelined. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

After [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s death as [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], the Vok took his spark from the [[Transformer afterlife|Matrix]], gave him a new body, and dropped him into different realities, supposedly to combat [[Unicron]]'s chaos, but really to manipulate Cybertronian history. Rhinox realizes this and does not trust the Vok, but, out of guilt for his actions as Tankor, still helps any Cybertronian he comes across. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #3}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], the machinations of the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] resulted in a decisive Predacon offensive against the Maximals. The Vok responded by trying to sterilize their experiment, but Megatron tricked Blackarachnia into destroying the Planet Buster. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 16, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 16/08/2015}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Vok Dark Nova.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]

====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (1)====
After the seven universes guarded by the [[Primus Vanguard]] were merged into one in an attempt to purify them of the [[Specter]]s that acted as shadows to their [[Star Power|Matrices' light]], the Specters evolved into the Vok. They made their return in front of [[Primus]] after his insane ravings caused the factions of the Primus Vanguard to scatter. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}}

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''See [[#Beast Wars cartoon]]''

====''Legends'' comic====
The Vok that seemingly perished in the confrontation between Tigerhawk and Tarantulas would recover and emerge millions of years later as two [[Dark Nova]]s to threaten the Maximals' and Predacons' ancestors to avert the Beast Wars. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (2)====
After they didn't succeed in the Beast Wars, the Vok and their [[Novaroid]] army attacked planets in [[Precursor World|the universe]] prior to the [[G1 World]] in an attempt to recreate the universe to their liking. The [[Primus Vanguard]] traced their origins to the future, so [[Primus]] used the [[Black Legendisc]] to peer into the next universe, where he discovered the origins of the Vok. Fearing that defeating them would just cause them to evolve again, Primus devised a complex plan {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} that brought in [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to defeat the Vok with the help of the [[Silver Matrix]]. He was able to do so and stop their attack on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]]. {{storylink|Star Convoy comic}} {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
The Vok are an alien race which hails from [[Nexus Zero]]. Little is known about them save that they've developed [[Negatronic force field]] emitters. According to [[Swindle (Animated)|a certain arms dealer]], they're "nice creatures". If you're ever in the Nexus Zero area, look them up—you won't be sorry. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:SGVokface.jpg|thumb|left|Great. You left your stuff behind for the ''original'' Megatron to find???]]

After the [[Thirteen]] hid the [[Origin Matrix]] on prehistoric Earth of [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]], [[Vector Prime]] placed a time lock on the local spacetime so that [[The Fallen|evil]] could not get their hands on the Matrix. The Vok, already present on Earth to conduct their experiments, were entrusted with guarding the Matrix. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 18, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 18/05/2015}}

While [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and his dimensionally-displaced Decepticons were fighting similarly displaced Autobots on prehistoric Primax -408.24 Epsilon, Megatron was knocked down into a ravine by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. After Megatron was dug out by his "Predacon" troops, he was then excited to find a giant Vok face carved into a rock. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} He utilized the equipment found inside the adjoining cave to build the [[Gigastorm Armor]], {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} which he then used to great effect in a battle against the "Maximals". {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

The [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] of [[Primax 209.0 Gamma]], having been sent by the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]s to keep the [[Origin Matrix]] out of evil hands, had some knowledge of the Vok, commenting during the hunt that "sneaky death-faced creeps" must have been involved in hiding the Origin Matrix. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] stated that the Vok created [[Megatron X (BW)|Megatron X]] as an emissary in [[Primax 1099.01-N6 Kappa]] and [[Primax 700.12-N4 Kappa]], enhancing him in the image of the [[Megatron (BW)|most potent spark]] in the conflict. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 15, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 15/05/2015}} He also noted that the Vok were uninterested in [[Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 13, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 13/08/2015}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
A decade after the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], the Vok showed up at [[Trypticon (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Dinosaur City]] on [[Metascan Omega]], to tell the inhabitants that mortals weren't allowed to live there (either unaware or uncaring that the [[Logicon|former occupants]] had said it was okay) and that in order to stay, they would have to prove their "cosmic worth". {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===2021 IDW ''Beast Wars'' comic===
At some indeterminate point in the past, a trio of Vok—[[Pakak]], [[Tonrar]], and [[Tikaani]]—used an uncharted planet as a testbed for multiple biological and geological experiments, which included seeding the planet with vast supplies of [[energon]], {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 2}} importing alien fauna like [[Ironwolf|ironwolves]], {{storylink|Thicker Skin}} and genetically altering other creatures while patiently observing the results from the extradimensional realm of [[unspace]]. {{storylink|Primal Rage}} As they had done before on other worlds, the three installed a [[reversion device]] as a failsafe. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}

Eventually, however, the starships ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' crashed on this pristine world, bringing with them two warring factions of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] lifeforms. Having never encountered Transformers before, Pakak was eager to study the Cybertronians, though Tonrar remained adamant that they could not be allowed to contaminate their long-term experiments; Tikaani proposed a compromise of observing the intruders until they proved too disruptive. Not long after the Vok returned to their own realm, [[Skold]] performed a scan of the ''Darksyde'' and accidentally picked up the unspace signatures that the Vok had left in their wake. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 2}}

After the Maximals and Predacons' initial battle, the Vok observed [[Razorbeast]]'s birth and the Maximal's friendship with [[Skold]], giving Tikaani an idea for an experiment. {{storylink|Thicker Skin}} However, the continued Cybertronian conflicts eventually eroded Pakak's goodwill towards the interlopers. Intruding into [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s mind, Pakak tricked the Maximal into revealing information on the [[protoform]]s. Though Pakak wiped Cheetor's mind to prevent him from warning the Maximals of the full plan, Cheetor managed to impart the aliens' name to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|The Speedway of Central Consciousness}}

Using Cheetor's knowledge, the Vok reprogrammed nineteen of the ''Axalon''{{'}}s protoforms as the "[[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]]", {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}} sending [[Polar Claw]] and [[Saberback]] to abduct the two leaders. {{storylink|Primal Rage}} When the two leaders managed to escape, Pakak and Tikanni decided to allow them to live, eager to see how the two rivals would work together, and sent the Children against them. After Megatron killed Polar Claw and Saberback, Pakak used the former's corpse as an avatar with which to speak to the Predacon only to be fired upon. Angered, the three Vok appeared in their true forms and were about to kill Megatron before Primal intervened, offering the three the chance to see how Maximal and Predacon would behave when faced with a common foe. Despite Tonar's protests, Pakak and Tikaani agreed to Primal's proposal and gave the Cybertronians seven cycles to prepare. {{storylink|Children of the Vok}}

As the Maximals and Predacons drew up battle plans, [[Skold]] and [[Nyx]] discovered the connection between the Vok and unspace energy. The Vok themselves contacted [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and offered him their knowledge if he destroyed the ''Darksyde''{{'}}s transwarp drive. After Tarantulas' deception had been discovered, {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}} he summoned the totality of the Children of the Vok to reinforce him against the Maximal-Predacon alliance.

Their attention drawn by the battle, the Vok trio materialized and decided that all Cybertronians were too disruptive, immobilizing them as they activated the reversion device. As the superweapon charged, the Vok were fired on by the ''Axalon''. With Rattrap and Waspinator having routed the energies of the ship's transwarp drive into its weapon systems, its unspace blasts dissipated the Vok's energy forms, ending their threat. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}
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==Games==

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
The Vok implanted secrets into Starscream's head. Optimus Primal believed that he would be critical in the coming months, and that the Maximals would need to know where to find him when that time came.{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|All Angles}}{{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Swarmoptimus.jpg|thumb|Basically, when a Mummy Matrix and a Daddy Swarm love each other very much...]]

In the course of writing the ''Beast Wars'' television show, the co-story editors had conflicting ideas on who the Vok were. [[Bob Forward]] liked to imagine the Vok as the evolutionary endpoint of all sentient life in the universe, shaping the development of other races in order to guide them eventually into becoming Vok themselves. [[Larry DiTillio]] wanted to link the Vok to the Swarm, who, in his version of the events of the ''Generation 2'' comic book, had completely wiped out humanity and wished to atone for their crimes. Neither origin made it into the television show before it completed.

Note that a Swarm-based origin raises continuity questions, as the Swarm were shown to have become enlightened only after an intervention of sorts from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] in "[[A Rage in Heaven!]]"...whom the Vok would have preemptively killed 4 million years earlier when their Planet Buster weapon destroyed prehistoric Earth (''but see below'').

Ultimately, the Swarm origin was published as backstory for 3H's "Primeval Dawn" storyline and IDW's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]''.

The ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' book, working off interviews and notes from the series writers, says that the Vok's experiments on Earth were part of an attempt to further evolve Humanity, as the Vok had destroyed the human race while existing as the Swarm, and they wished to rebuild all the races they'd destroyed. It states that the [[energon crystal]]s were seeded so that they would become [[energon cube]]s by the time Humanity came about. This would give them a reliable fuel source which wouldn't harm the environment, as energon actually provided nutrients to the soil of the planet and didn't harm its animals. The Vok also attempted to play the role of God for humans, intending to guide their development and reveal their true nature once the Vok felt the humans were ready. It also states that the Vok had been forced to destroy and recreate Earth several times before the events of "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]", all the while subtly manipulating the timestream after they did. Only contact with [[Tigatron]] made them unsure if this was a good idea.

One of their other motivations was to turn the Transformers into a smaller race that could better interact with organics, and therefore become the friends and protectors of the galaxy. To do this, they created [[protoform]]s and dumped them on Cybertron, forcing the evolution into Maximal and Predacon. Only high-ranking figures like the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] and Optimus Prime know that protoforms have an alien origin.<ref>[http://www.camphortree.net/tf/tidbits/vok.txt Translated section from Beast Wars universe]</ref> Another idea was that [[spark]]s are pieces of Vok—that the composite bits of the Vok want to be individuals, so they separate into good and evil sparks, entering newly built Transformers. Once the Transformer dies, their spark rejoins the Matrix, properly known as the Vok Nebula, and becomes a new, changed Vok. Obviously, this idea has been totally nullified by later Hasbro-published [[canon]], though the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] has some similarity to the Vok Nebula idea.

The canonicity of these claims is dubious at best, as they are basically all wish-lists of [[authorial intent]] published years after the fact in obscure, non-English media, they never appeared in any actual story material, and some items (such as the notion that the Vok created sparks too) were rendered flatly impossible by later in-fiction revelations. But one thing is for sure: Old habits die hard.
{{--}}

==Symbols==
[[File:Vok Golden Disk Symbols - Beast Wars.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|"It's Sumerian." "Can you read Sumerian?" "In my sleep, underwater and with the lights out. Of course I can read Sumerian."]]
The [[Golden Disk (Vok)|golden disk]] that the Vok left on prehistoric Earth displayed ten symbols at a time, five on each side. Symbols spontaneously changed from one to another; there were 15 unique symbols. The first four symbols on the upper left row each represented an alien artifact.

*The first symbol represented [[Brigadoon]] from "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]" and "[[The Trigger, Part 2|Part 2]]".
*The second symbol represented the [[Standing Stones]] from "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]".
*The third symbol represented the [[Planet Buster]] from "[[Other Voices, Part 1]]" and "[[Other Voices, Part 2|Part 2]]".
*The fourth symbol represented the [[Metal Hunter]] from "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" and "[[Other Visits (Part 2)|Part 2]]".

The fifth symbol on the top row was used to mark traps on Brigadoon. The meaning of the other ten symbols was not explained.

'''File'''
*[[:File:Vok Glyphs.TTF|Vok Symbols True Type Font]]
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==Notes==
*Most of the ''Beast Wars'' episodes involving the Vok begin with the word "Other", followed by a word starting with the letter V. See: "Other Voices" Parts [[Other Voices, Part 1|1]] and [[Other Voices, Part 2|2]], "Other Visits" (Parts [[Other Visits (Part 1)|1]] and [[Other Visits (Part 2)|2]]), and "[[Other Victories]]"; with "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]" and "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]" and "[[The Trigger, Part 2|Part 2]]" being the exceptions.
*The Vok claimed to possess a physical form no one could comprehend. This idea appears to have been dropped, as floating skulls aren't that incomprehensible. The idea of a greater danger coming from a contaminated experiment would also go unmentioned in later appearances.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Alien''' (エイリアン ''Eirian''), '''Voke''' (ボーク ''Bōku''), '''Vok''' (ヴォック ''Vokku'')<ref>"Vok" has two different pronunciations in Japanese media; those that hew closely to Hasbro material, such as ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'', rhyme it with "rock". The ''Beast Wars Metals'' dub and media following this, however, interpret the name to rhyme with "woke".</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Vok''' (Taiwan, 沃克 ''Wòkè'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Valk''' (America)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Alien species]]
[[Category:Animated species]]
[[Category:Beast Wars species]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass species]]
[[Category:Vok]]

April 4

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* '''[[1915]] —''' Director [[Bob Bemiller]] is born.
* '''[[1923]] —''' [[Warner Bros.]] is established.
* '''[[1945]] —''' [[Sergio Di Giulio]] (Italian voice of [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]) is born.
* '''[[1947]] —''' [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French voice of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in the [[Live-action film series]]) is born.
* '''[[1949]] —''' [[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German voice of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] from season 2 onwards) is born.
* '''1949 —''' [[NATO]] is formed as a counter to the [[Soviet Union]].
* '''[[1960]] —''' [[Hugo Weaving]] (voice of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in the [[Live-action film series]]) is born. Mr. Anderson.
* '''[[1964]] —''' [[Robbie Rist]] (voice of [[Swelter]] and [[Tricerashot]] on ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'') is born.
* '''[[1970]] —''' [[Renzo Jiménez]] (Latin-American Spanish voice of [[Cyclonus (Armada)#Energon cartoon|Cyclonus/Snow Cat]]) is born.
* '''[[1974]] —''' [[Masashi Endō]] (Japanese voice of [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorpos]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]) is born.
* '''[[1986]] —''' [[David Hernán]] (Castilian Spanish voice of [[Wheeljack_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_continuity|Wheeljack]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'') is born.
* '''[[1989]] —''' The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' episode "[[Attack! Leozack]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[1996]] —''' [[Shinba Tsuchiya]] (Japanese voice of [[Tripp Summers]]) is born.
* '''[[2001]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|Transformers: Car Robots]]—[[Pony Canyon#Releases|Vol. 10]]'' is released on [[Home video|DVD]] in Japan by [[Pony Canyon]].
* '''[[2003]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]'' episode "[[Swoop (episode)|聖剣 (つるぎ) - swoop]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2005]] —''' [[Universal]]/[[Right Entertainment|Right]] releases ''[[Universal#Armada|Transformers: Armada—Vol: 03]]'' on VHS and DVD in the UK... ''a year and a half'' after the previous volume's release.
* '''[[2006]] —''' [[Skydance Media]] is founded.
* '''[[2009]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' episode "[[Five Servos of Doom]]" premieres in the US.
* '''2009 —''' The'' [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' ''[[How to Draw Transformers Prime]]'' is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Reign of Morocco]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Trust Exercises]]" premieres on [[Cartoon Network]] in the USA.
* '''[[2018]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 3: Dinobot Hunt]]'' is released by [[Hachette|Hachette Partworks]].
* '''[[2019]] —''' [[Bumblebee's First Life on Earth]] [[Hiding in the Park!|#2]] is released.
* '''[[2020]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'' episodes "[[Robo-Cody]]" and "[[Heatwave's Shiny Coat]]" premiere on [[Discovery Family]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' [[Hasbro Pulse]] hosts a fan first stream revealing the third wave as well as the commander and titan class figures of [[Transformers: Legacy|Transformers:Legacy Evolution]] and pre-orders for that third wave go up.
* '''[[2024]] —''' Final day to preorder the [[Threezero]] DLX [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nemesis Prime]].

March 31

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* '''[[1925]] —''' [[Pierre Garin]] (alternative European French voice of [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and several other characters in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]]) is born.
* '''[[1937]] —''' [[Kid Stuff]] illustrator [[Pablo Marcos]] is born in Peru.
* '''[[1939]] —''' Lyricist [[Shinobu Urakawa]] is born.
* '''[[1946]] —''' Voice actor [[Gunnar Ernblad]] is born.
* '''[[1955]] —''' Voice actor [[Kwan-cheol Kim]] (Korean voice of [[Galvatron (BW)|Beast Wars II Galvatron]]) is born.
* '''1955 —''' [[Naiké Fauveau]] (French voice of [[Misha Miramond]], [[Sally Jones]] and [[Lori Jiménez]] in the ''Unicron Trilogy'') is born.
* '''[[1957]] —''' Voice actor and voice director [[Terry Klassen]] is born.
* '''[[1965]] —''' [[Affonso Amajones]] (Brazillian voice of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Transformers cartoon|Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime]], [[Depth Charge (BW)#Beast Wars cartoon|Depth Charge]], [[Megatron (Animated)#Animated cartoon|Megatron]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Prime cartoon|Bulkhead]]) is born.
* '''[[1966]] —''' [[Cezary Kwiecinski]] (Polish voice of [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus/Snow Cat]], [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]]) is born.
* '''[[1971]] —''' Artist [[Andres Ponce]] is born in Argentina.
* '''[[1981]] —''' [[Tatiane Keplmair]] (Brazilain voice of [[Sierra]] and [[Dani Burns]]) is born.
* '''[[1982]] —''' [[Brian Tyree Henry]] (voice of [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] in [[Transformers One]]) is born.
* '''[[1987]] —''' The [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s leave [[Earth]] (and their [[human]] [[S.T.A.R.S.]] allies) to fight a war in another universe. {{storylink|You Have Been Chosen.}}
* '''[[1991]] —''' The postmark deadline for Takara's mail-away offers for the ''[[Thunder Arrow#Toys|Thunder Arrow]]'' and [[Insecticon (G1)|Insectrons]] [[Bombshell (G1)#Toys|Bombshell]], [[Kickback (G1)#Toys|Kickback]] and [[Shrapnel (G1)#Toys|Sharpnel]].
*'''1991 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' episode "[[Autobots! Desperate Attack!!|The Battle for Survival]]" premieres in Malaysia.
* '''[[1996]] —''' [[Liza Koshy]] (voice of [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]'') is born.
* '''[[1997]] —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Other Voices, Part 1]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' episode "[[Sub-Commander Longrack]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2004]] —''' [[What Lies Beneath, Part Two|''Transformers Energon'' #21]] is released by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''2004 —''' ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]—[[Columbia Music Entertainment#Legends of the Microns 2|Volume 12]]'' is released on DVD in Japan by [[Columbia Music Entertainment]], coming with the "[[Linkage Part 12]]" mini-comic and [[exclusive]] [[Impulsor]] toy.
* '''[[2005]] —''' Takara releases ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' GD-09 [[Mudflap (Cybertron)#Toys|Demolishor]] and GX-01 [[Noisemaze (Cybertron)#Galaxy Force|Noisemaze]].
* '''[[2006]] —''' ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]—Season 1'' is released on DVD in New Zealand by [[Madman Entertainment]].
* '''2006 —''' [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] is founded.
* '''[[2009]] —''' The [[BotCon 2009]] promotional video "[[BotCon 2009: Join the Elite Guard!]]" debuts on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAulz0wVMlw YouTube] and [http://www.botconarchives.com/BotCon09/ BotCon.com].
* '''[[2010]] —''' ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' [[Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|#5]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire]]" premieres on the Hub.
* '''2012 —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases a boatload of product: ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#|AM-01 Optimus Prime]] & [[O.P.]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Prime|AM-02 Bumblebee]] & [[B.B. (Prime)|B.B.]], [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Prime|AM-03 Cliffjumper]] & [[C.L.]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#Prime|AM-04 Ratchet]] & [[R.A.]], [[Megatron (WFC)#JapanDeluxe|AM-05 Megatron]] & [[Gora]], [[Skywarp (WFC)#Toys|AM-06 Skywarp]] & [[Baro]], the ''[[EZ Collection]]'' releases of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (WFC)#Cyberverse|Megatron]], [[Starscream (WFC)#Cyberverse|Starscream]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Cyberverse|Cliffjumper]], [[Ratchet (WFC)#Cyberverse|Ratchet]], [[Vehicon (Prime)#Cyberverse|Vehicon]], and ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP-11|MP-11 Starscream]]. Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores offer the [[exclusive]] "[[Pinpointer (G1)|Autobot Pinpointer]]" [[Arms Micron]] with the purchase of 4000yen worth of ''Prime'' toys.
* '''[[2014]] —''' [[Pluto TV]] launches.
* '''[[2015]] —''' The [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (cartoon)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]" episode "[[Mystery of Return of Convoy]]" first premieres.
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Hunting Season]]" premieres in [[Hungary]] and [[Poland]].
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' series make its series premiere in Latin America and [[Brazil]] with the episodes "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]" and "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]".
* '''2015 —''' The first [[BotCon 2015]] box set exclusive [[Packrat]] is revealed.
* '''[[2016]] —''' ''[[Transformers Ultimate Allstars]]'' and ''[[Transformers Operation Omega]]'' are shut down.
* '''[[2017]] —''' TakaraTomy releases ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Ruination (RID)#Unite Warriors|UW-EX Baldigus]].
* '''2017 —''' [[IDW Publishing]] announces the ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' miniseries.
* '''[[2018]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Greatshot#Legends|LG-EX Greatshot]] and [[Grand Maximus#Legends|LG-EX Grand Maximus]].
* '''[[2019]] —''' The last day the programming block [[KidsClick]] was broadcast.
* '''[[2021]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[War World: Hunt|#28]] and ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2022]] —''' The original release date for [[Transformers Beyond Reality]], it was unfortunately delayed but they release a new gameplay video as compensation.
* '''[[2023]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[Decoy (episode)|Decoy]]" premieres on [[YTV]] in [[Canada]].
* '''[[2024]] —''' Final day of [[Monro]]'s "[[Optimize Your Ride]]" promotional tie in campaign with the 40th anniversary of the Transformers.

Maurice LaMarche

2024-03-30T06:43:48Z

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[[Image:GadgetMario.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Among many other talents, Maurice LaMarche can do [[Ernie Hudson|the]] [[Jim Ward|Mario]].]]
'''Maurice LaMarche''' (born [[March 30]], [[1958]]) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American voice actor and former comedian. Some of his most notable roles include (take a deep breath, everyone)...

[[Orson Welles|The Brain]] from ''Pinky and the Brain'' (opposite [[Rob Paulsen]]), Morbo, King Lrr, Kif Kroker, Calculon and others in ''Futurama'', Dizzy Devil in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Magneto in ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]: Super Hero Squad'', [[Destro]], [[Serpentor]] and many others in the DiC seasons of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', Chancellor Neighsay in ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight in ''The Tick'' (yeah, baby, yeah!), Mortimer Mouse in Disney's ''House of [[Mickey Mouse|Mouse]]'', Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'', Big Bob Pataki in ''Hey Arnold!'', [[Doctor Doom]] in ''Ultimate [[Spider-Man]]'', Toucan Sam in the ''Froot Loops'' commercials, Dr. [[Egon Spengler]] in ''The Real [[Ghostbusters]]'' and ''Extreme Ghostbusters'', Calendar Man and Mr. Freeze in ''[[Batman]]: Arkham City'', Father in ''Codename: Kids Next Door'', the former voice of Inspector Gadget, (one of) the current voice(s) of Yosemite Sam, and a bajillion other characters.

''Phew!''

He is also the source of the ungodly belch heard in ''Elf'' and ''The Critic''.

==Voice roles==
===''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]''===
*[[Six-Gun]]

===''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]''===
{{collist|4|
*[[Bieber]]
*[[Charlie Burns]]
*[[Ghost Gangster]]
*[[Hunter (RB human)|Mr. Hunter]]
*[[Arthur Shaw|Captain Shaw]]
*[[MorBot]]
*''[[The Natives of Tatooie]]'' narrator
*''[[Crustaceans from the Cosmos]]'' narrator
}}

===[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)]]===
{{collist|2|
* [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]]
* [[Dragbreak]]
}}

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2013]]

==Notes==
*LaMarche was only in one episode of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'', when he played [[Six-Gun]] in the episode "[[Thief in the Night]]". In an interview with Quick Stop Entertainment, he describes the recording session for this episode as "the longest session of [his] life", due to [[Wally Burr]]'s "unusual directing style":
:''He line read you 72 times on each line. He just made you parrot back what he did into the microphone. And you always… in fact, that director is the reason there is now a four hour recording session rule in the SAG basic contract for animation. Because it used to be 8 hours. Now, nobody was there 8 hours, but that was the allowed minimum. {{sic}} Until this guy came along and started directing Transformers, and all of a sudden, you were there 8 hours. And the way voice actors make their money is volume. As my friend [[Rob Paulsen]] is fond of saying, "Volume baby. Volume." So even though you’re booked for four hours, if they know you’ve got a 2:00 and you’re in there at noon, they’ll get you out for 2:00 because they know you want to get on and make another session fee. The one thing that you’ll find in our business is most of us work for scale. The idea is how many times a day do you work for scale. But this one director...would just keep you there.''<ref>[http://www.asitecalledfred.com/2006/08/14/quick-stop-interview-maurice-lamarche/2/ Quick Stop Interview: Maurice LaMarche]</ref>
:At [[BotCon 2013]], Maurice read a prepared and lengthy apology for the interview, as Wally Burr was also in attendance. He said that while he stood by ''some'' things he said as far as directorial style, he took back much of it, especially apologizing for his tone. Of special note was his admission that if he was contracted for an 8 hour session, he should expect to work the full 8 hours. After the apology, Burr stood up, being in the crowd, and the two men shook hands.

*The one episode Maurice worked on was the one that [[Casey Kasem]] walked out on, so situations may have been unusually hurried and tense on that day.

*He is famous for his almost-flawless [[Orson Welles]] impression. Sadly, he never got to meet Welles; the closest he got being at the recording studio less than five minutes after Welles had left.

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005606/ Maurice LaMarche at the Internet Movie Database]

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March 28

2024-03-28T10:56:06Z

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<noinclude>{{cal-date|3|28}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1927]] —''' [[Jean Claudio]] (European French voice of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] in ''[[Webworld]]'' and ''[[Carnage in C-Minor]]'' only) is born.
* '''[[1946]] —''' Producer [[Margaret Loesch]] is born.
* '''1946 —''' [[Gabriel Pingarrón]] (Mexican voice of [[Sharp]], [[Brigham|Admiral Brigham]], [[The Fallen]] and [[Edmund Burton]]) is born.
* '''[[1957]] —''' [[Paul Eiding]] (voice of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]) is born.
* '''[[1974]] —''' [[Daisuke Kishio]] (Japanese voice of [[Kicker Jones]] in ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]'' and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] in ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'') is born.
* '''[[1975]] —''' [[Makoto Yasumura]] (Japanese voice of ''Super Link'' [[Prowl (Energon)|Red Alert]], [[Downshift (Energon)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus]]) is born.
* '''[[1979]] —''' [[Sector Seven]] (or its affiliates) attempt to extract a sample of [[AllSpark|Allspark]]'s sub-atomic matter, resulting in a meltdown at the [[Three Mile Island]] nuclear plant. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}
* '''[[1986]] —''' ''The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' episode "[[Kremzeek!|Panic The Kremzeek]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[1988]] —''' The final episode of ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', "[[The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)]]", premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1989]] —''' The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' episode "[[Sneak Attack! Dinoking]]" premieres in Japan.
* ''' [[1998]] —''' ''The [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon premieres in [[Germany]] with "[[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]".
* '''[[2003]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]'' episode "[[Prehistory|理由 (いきさつ) - prehistory]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''2003 —''' Director [[Bob Matz]] dies in Westchester, California at the age of 89.
* '''[[2007]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'' [[Escalation issue 5|#5]] and ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' TPB are released in the [[United States of America|US]] by [[IDW Publishing]]. ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]]'' is published by [[Del Rey Books]].
* '''[[2009]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' episode "[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]" premieres in the US. "[[Three's a Crowd]]" premiers in [[Canada]].
* '''2009 —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Sari, No One's Home]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Stick Together|#3]] and ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' [[Purge|#6]] (digital version) are published by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Return of the Dino Bot]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Hunting Season]]" premieres on Cartoon Network in Australia.
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' series make its series premiere in [[Germany]] with the episode "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Pirates Ahoy]]" premieres on [[Discovery Family]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' The ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]'' mobile game is shut down.
* '''2016 —''' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)/home video|"Transformers: Robots in Disguise — A New Mission"]] is released on home media by [[Primal Screen]].
* '''[[2018]] —''' ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' [[Good Men|#4]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2018 —''' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)/home video|"Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force - "King of the Hill"]] is released on home media by [[Beyond Home Entertainment]] in [[Australia]].
* '''[[2019]] —''' [[Mazinger Z versus Transformers]] is first published by [[Villagebooks]]
* '''[[2020]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#SS54|SS-46 Megatron]], [[Scavenger (ROTF)#Generations|SS-47 Decepticon Scavenger]], ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|SG-47 Astrotrain]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Nemesis Prime]]. [[TakaraTomy Mall]] releases ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Selects|Selects]]'' Seacons [[Overbite (Masterforce)#Generations|Overbite]] and [[Tentakil (Masterforce)#Generations|Tentakil]].
* '''2020 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'' episodes "[[In Training]]" and "[[Medix Steps Up To The Bat]]" premiere on [[Discovery Family]].
* '''[[2022]] —''' [[Paramount+]] launches in numerous Caribbean countries.

[[Category:Fictional events by day]]

March 17

2024-03-18T16:23:42Z

TFboi:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|3|17}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1945]] —''' Singer [[Douglas Meakin]] is born.
* '''[[1949]] —''' [[Orlando Viggiani]] (Brazilian voice of [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]) is born.
* '''[[1951]] —''' [[Xu Lin]] (Chinese voice of [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]] and [[Predacon computer]]) is born.
* '''[[1961]] —''' [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish voice of ''[[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]] [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]) is born.
* '''[[1963]] —''' [[Roberto Certomà]] (Italian voice of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity#Cybertron cartoon|''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime]]) is born.
* '''[[1978]] —''' [[Patrick Seitz]] (voice of [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)| War for Cybertron]]'' and [[Prime Wars Trilogy]] [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]) is born.
* '''[[1979]] —''' [[Samoa Joe]] (voice of [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] in ''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes]]'') is born. The wrestling world feels a strange disturbance.
* '''[[1983]] —''' [[Shingo Fujimori]] (Japanese voice of [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]) is born.
* '''[[1989]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' episode "[[The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform|The New Scorponok]]" premieres in Malaysia.
* '''[[1997]] —''' [[Toonami]] begins its run on [[Cartoon Network]].
* '''[[1999]] —''' The ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' episode "[[Duel in the Labyrinth]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2004]] —''' [[Confrontation (issue)|''War Within: The Dark Ages'' #5]] is released in the US by [[Dreamwave Productions]].
* '''2004 —''' The ''[[Transformers History of Music 1984-1990]]'' soundtrack album is released in Japan by [[Columbia Music Entertainment]].
* '''[[2005]] —''' Takara releases ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' GC-14 [[Snarl (Cybertron)#Toys|Fang Wolf]], GD-07 [[Scourge (Cybertron)#Toys|Flame Convoy]], and GD-08 [[Undermine (Cybertron)#Toys|Dino Shout]].
* '''[[2006]] —''' [[Bob Papenbrook]] (voice of [[Mega-Octane]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]) dies from a chronic lung condition at age 50.
* '''[[2010]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1]]'', ''[[Transformers: Nefarious|Nefarious]]'' [[Nefarious issue 1|#1]] and the Long Beach Comic Con exclusive cover of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 16|#16]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2012]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers Prime]]'' episode "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]" and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Cody on Patrol]]" premiere on [[Hub Network|The Hub]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (cartoon)|Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns]]" episode "[[Mystery of Convoy]]" first premieres.
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Hunting Season]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''2015''' — The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Collect 'Em All]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]" premieres in [[Hungary]] and [[Poland]].
* '''2015 —''' [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)/home video|Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters — Saison 3 Volume 1: Le règne de Mégatron]] is released to home media in [[France]] by [[Primal Screen]].
* '''[[2016]] —''' [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Combiner Wars|Terrorsaur]] is revealed as [[BotCon 2016]]'s attendee freebie figure.
* '''[[2021]] —''' ''[[Transformers/Back to the Future]]'' [[Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|#3]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2021 —''' [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French voice of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in the [[live-action film series]]) passes away.
* '''2021 —''' Hungarian voice actor [[Gyula Szersén]] dies at age 80.
* '''[[2023]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[Traditions]]" premieres on [[YTV]] in Canada.
* '''2023 —''' Last day of the Transformers Rise Of The Beasts [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] & [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] World Tour at SXSW 2023 in Austin, [[Texas]].
* '''2023 —''' [[Uwe Jellinek]] (German voice of [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]) dies at age 69.
* '''[[2024]]''' — The ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' episode "[[Outtakes|Good Luck Jawbreaker!]]" premieres in [[Japan]].

March 7

2024-03-07T14:17:26Z

TFboi:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|3|7}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1945]] —''' Actor [[Raymond Bouchard]] (Canadian French voice of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] in the [[live-action film series]]) is born.
* '''[[1946]] —''' [[Bert Franzke]] (German voice of [[The Fallen]]) is born.
* '''[[1959]] —''' Actor [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Castilian Spanish voice of [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|many]] [[Starscream (WFC)|versions]] [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|of]] Starscream) is born.
* '''[[1962]] —''' Voice actor [[John Nelson]] is born.
* '''1962 —''' Mexican voice actress [[Olga Hnidey]] is born.
* '''[[1973]] —''' [[Eiji Takemoto]] (voice of [[Dirge (BW)|Dirge/Dirgegun]], [[Rapid Run (RID)|J-7]] and [[Hot Shot (RID)|Art Fire]]) is born.
* '''[[1974]] —''' [[Krizz Kaliko]] (voice of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] in [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]) is born.
* '''[[1986]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1989]] —''' "[[You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform]]", a ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' clipshow, premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1993]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)|The Last Battle on Earth, Part 1]]" airs in Malaysia.
* '''[[2002]] —''' [[Ana Helena de Freitas]] (Brazilian voice of [[Izabella]]) is born.
* '''[[2003]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]'' episode "[[Confrontation (episode)|廃墟 (わな) - confrontation]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2004]] —''' The art/reference book ''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'' is released in Japan by {{w|lang=ja|ジャイブ|JIVE}}.
* '''[[2007]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]'' #12 and ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|#1]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2009]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Flobsters on Parade]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''2013 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Small Blessings]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[As the Kospego Commands!]]" premieres on Cartoon Network in Australia.
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' series make its televised series premiere in [[Italy]] with the episodes "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]" and "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]".
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Attack of Humungado]]" premieres on [[Discovery Family]].
* '''2015 —''' [[Shinji Ogawa]] (voice of [[Rhodan]]) dies at age 74 from a bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.
* '''[[2018]] —''' ''[[Scarlett's Strike Force]]'' [[Scarlett's Strike Force issue 3|#3]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2018 —''' ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 71: All Hail Optimus]]'' is released by [[Hachette|Hachette Partworks]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' On this Transformers Tuesday, [[Hasbro]] officially reveals the [[Studio Series]] [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Studio Series|Gamer Edition Bumblebee]], [[Barricade (WFC)#Studio Series|Barricade]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Studio Series|Optimus Prime]] and pre-orders for them go up.

March 7

2024-03-07T14:16:18Z

TFboi:

<noinclude>{{cal-date|3|7}}</noinclude>

* '''[[1945]] —''' Actor [[Raymond Bouchard]] (Canadian French voice of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] in the [[live-action film series]]) is born.
* '''[[1946]] —''' [[Bert Franzke]] (German voice of [[The Fallen]]) is born.
* '''[[1959]] —''' Actor [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Castilian Spanish voice of [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|many]] [[Starscream (WFC)|versions]] [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|of]] Starscream) is born.
* '''[[1962]] —''' Voice actor [[John Nelson]] is born.
* '''1962 —''' Mexican voice actress [[Olga Hnidey]] is born.
* '''[[1973]] —''' [[Eiji Takemoto]] (voice of [[Dirge (BW)|Dirge/Dirgegun]], [[Rapid Run (RID)|J-7]] and [[Hot Shot (RID)|Art Fire]]) is born.
* '''[[1974]] —''' [[Krizz Kaliko]] (voice of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] in [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]) is born.
* '''[[1986]] —''' The ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' episode "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1989]] —''' "[[You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform]]", a ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' clipshow, premieres in Japan.
* '''[[1993]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)|The Last Battle on Earth, Part 1]]" airs in Malaysia.
* '''[[2002]] —''' [[Ana Helena de Freitas]] (Brazilian voice of [[Izabella]]) is born.
* '''[[2003]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Legends of the Microns]]'' episode "[[Confrontation (episode)|廃墟 (わな) - confrontation]]" premieres in Japan.
* '''[[2004]] —''' The art/reference book ''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'' is released in Japan by {{w|lang=ja|ジャイブ|JIVE}}.
* '''[[2007]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Generations (comic)|Generations]]'' #12 and ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' [[Movie Prequel issue 1|#1]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2009]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Flobsters on Parade]]" premieres in [[Brazil]].
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Small Blessings]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[As the Kospego Commands!]]" premieres on Cartoon Network in Australia.
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' series make its televised series premiere in [[Italy]] with the episodes "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]" and "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]".
* '''2015 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[The Attack of Humungado]]" premieres on [[Discovery Family]].
* '''2015 —''' [[Shinji Ogawa]] (voice of [[Rhodan]]) dies at age 74 from a bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.
* '''[[2018]] —''' ''[[Scarlett's Strike Force]]'' [[Scarlett's Strike Force issue 3|#3]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2018 —''' ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 71: All Hail Optimus]]'' is released by [[Hachette|Hachette Partworks]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' On this Transformers Tuesday, [[Hasbro]] officially reveals the [[Studio Series]] [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Studio Series|Gamer Edition Bumblebee]], [[Barricade (WFC)#Studio Series|Barricade]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Studio Series|Optimus Prime]] and pre-orders for them go up.

Cody Burns

2024-02-18T12:25:26Z

TFboi: /* Rescue Bots cartoon */

{{disambig3|Cody}}
{{disambig3|Burns}}
:''Cody Burns is a [[human]] from the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Cody Burns profile.jpg|thumb|right|250px|And the fandom worried.]]
'''Cody Burns''' is the youngest of the Burns siblings. Despite still being in school, he's keen to take up the family mantle of becoming a rescue worker and driving an emergency vehicle around [[Griffin Rock]]. Now that he's discovered that the rescue vehicles can drive themselves and his dad, [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]], has relented and let him join the team, maybe he'll get that chance.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' pack-in storybooks===
[[File:PrimeAlert Cody Burns.jpg|thumb|left|200px|What? No mustache?]]
Cody turned up at [[Fire Station Prime|Prime Fire Station]] all ready for his new assignment, which he hoped was a daring rescue, but turned out to be giving [[Sparkplug (RB)|Sparkplug]] a bath. While doing so, Cody smelled fire and discovered that the fire house was on fire. After putting out some of the fire, Cody and Sparkplug dashed up to the roof to join Chief Charlie, and they activated the station's alert. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] made a rapid return from across town and rescued the trio, revealing his true nature as a [[Rescue Bot]] to Cody in the process. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] welcomed Cody to the team and gave him and Heatwave their first assignment together — giving Sparkplug another bath. {{storylink|Prime Alert}}

Cody was impressed when the next Rescue Bot, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] arrived. However, as he and the two Bots were sent out to fight a forest fire, they discovered Blades's radio was broken, making it hard to warn the helicopter that he was fanning the fire with his downdraft while Cody and Heatwave tried to put it out. He was eventually able to communicate that he had found some endangered humans, and Cody and Heatwave were able to lend a hand. The day saved, Cody and Heatwave returned to the station to officially welcome Blades and [[Sawyer Storm|Sawyer]] to the team. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Respond}} He was also literally on-hand when [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]] arrived with two more humans, [[Jack Tracker|Hunter]] and [[Walker Cleveland|Walker]] to join the team. {{storylink|Rapid Rescue}}
{{--}}
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Elán Garfias]] (English), [[Oliver Vaquer]] (English, "[[One for the Ages]]"), [[Imari Williams]] (English, "[[Switcheroo]]")|[[Brittany Lauda]] (English, ''[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Sky Forest Rescue|Sky Forest Rescue]]''/''[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Dino Island|Dino Island]]''), [[Angela Galuppo]] (English, "[[Transformers Rescue Bots: Hero Adventures|Hero Adventures]]"), [[Delphine Chauvier]] (French), [[Valéry Bendjilali]] (French, "One for the Ages"), [[Sebastian Fitzner]] (German), [[Gergő Bogdán]] (Hungarian), [[Jeremi Czyż]] (Polish, season 1), [[Jakub Jóźwik]] (Polish, season 2), [[Emilio Treviño]] (Latin American-Spanish, first voice), [[Ángel Rodríguez]] (Latin-American Spanish, second voice), [[Víctor Ugarte]] (Latin-American Spanish, "One for the Ages"), [[Antía Jiménez Álvarez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Matias Hangasmaa]] (Finnish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Henri Piispanen]] (Finnish, season 3), [[Hamdi Abbas]] (Arabic), [[Annalisa Longo]] (Italian, seasons 1-3), [[Simone Lupinacci]] (Italian, season 4), [[Vyni Takahashi]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[Image:FamilyOfHeroes Cody Burns.jpg|thumb|right|220px|"Chill, guys. I'm much more of a Sari than a Kicker."]]
Cody was cycling to school when Chief Burns stopped by to remind him to attend the dedication ceremony for the new emergency vehicles that afternoon. Cody went along, meeting his friend [[Frankie Greene]] there, but his suspicions were aroused when one of the new rescue robots moved on its own. He followed his family and their new robots to a fire at the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|museum]], and became even more suspicious when [[Heatwave (RB)|the fire engine]] saved his dad and brother [[Graham Burns|Graham]] from a falling dinosaur head. That night, he caught the four robots talking and discovered that they were, in fact, [[Autobot]]s from a distant world. He attempted to help them better act like Earth robots, taking them through one of the tunnels under the island. When they encountered a rogue robot ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', Cody contacted Chief Burns, only to find his father already knew the Autobots were aliens. After he helped stop the ''T. rex'' by consulting Frankie, Cody was welcomed onto the team. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

Cody continued to try and help the Autobots to work together with his siblings, even luring [[Kade Burns|Kade]], [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and Graham down to the bunker beneath the fire station for a bonding session. During a subsequent disaster with a volcano spewing lava onto the island, Cody was able to advise his family by radio and help them cooperate with the Rescue Bots. By the time the adventure was over, they even worked together to save Cody from the lava. {{storylink|Under Pressure}} When Dani attached a rescue claw to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and tempers started flaring in the team, Cody tried to ameliorate relations, only to be dismissed by both his siblings and the Rescue Bots. Despite this he went along with Dani and Blades as they went on patrol and was endangered when Blades was struck by lightning. {{storylink|Hotshots}}

After Heatwave nearly gave away the game, Cody gave the Rescue Bots a refresher course on behaving like robots. He went to the [[Lobster and Technology Festival]] with Frankie, and when the festival was attacked by flying lobsters, he dubbed them [[flobster]]s. He coordinated the Rescue Bot response to the threat and even helped rescue Frankie from a swarm of them. It was his idea to scare them using the giant lobster balloons that helped neutralize the flobster threat. {{storylink|Flobsters on Parade}} Cody subjected the Rescue Bots to a screening of ''[[The Natives of Tatooie]]''. When the power went out during an alien invasion panic, Cody used the tunnels to reach the [[Griffin Rock power plant|power plant]], and helped his family cover for the Rescue Bots when their secret was in danger of being exposed. {{storylink|The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}}

[[Image:CodyOnPatrol powering up.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
After a cat rescue, Cody visited [[Griffin Rock Zoo|the zoo]] as part of [[Earth Day]] celebrations. Unfortunately his photos of the animals and earlier talk of getting a pet resulted in Boulder letting loose a lion and some lemurs. Cody's thought up a way to get the lemurs back into their enclosure. {{storylink|Walk on the Wild Side}} Finding an old go-kart, Cody used it to save [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] and subsequently rebuilt it into [[Rolling Thunder (RB)|Rolling Thunder]]. Unfortunate its engine was still inadequate, so Cody borrowed nanites from Doc Greene's lab to soup it up. The nanites soon became out of control, and after being menaced by the [[Scrapmaster]], and having [[Boulder]] taken over by them, Cody came up with a plan to stop them using the power plant that ultimately succeeded. {{storylink|Cody on Patrol}}

In an attempt to convince Doc Greene that he was responsible enough to test-drive the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]], Cody volunteered to look after the [[Robo-Baby]] and roped the Rescue Bots into helping him. When the baby escaped from the fire station in the middle of an emergency, Cody tracked it down to the wind farm, where he and the Rescue Bots retrieved it from a windmill. Doc Greene was impressed enough with the data collected to allow Cody to be the Turbo Cycle tester. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}} Cody once borrowed [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s [[fusion powered water gun]]. It did not end well, though at least the town was a lot cleaner afterwards. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}} During a heatwave, Cody and Frankie sold lemonade from a stand. Boulder gave Cody the idea of trying to create a snowstorm, so he got Doc Greene to set up a weather machine in the town square. Their fun came to a halt when the machine went out of control, and Cody was under threat while sheltering in City Hall, as the roof almost collapsed under the weight of the snow. After a rescue from the rest of the team, Cody joined them in helping Frankie off her chunk of ice in the river. {{storylink|Christmas in July}}

[[Image:ReignOfMorocco Cody flies blimp.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
Unlike the rest of his siblings, Cody was happy to go on the annual family fishing trip, but when they encountered a [[shark submarine|giant mechanical shark]], Cody was left on the pier to monitor things from afar. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble}} When Cody discovered that the Greenes had reprogrammed the [[Trex|dinosaur from the museum]] as a butler, he wanted one too. He seemed less enthusiastic when it passed on a virus to the town's mainframe, and he had to help the rest of the team attend emergencies caused by out-of-control technology. His idea to stop Trex by giving it voice commands saved the dinosaur from being destroyed though. {{storylink|Return of the Dino Bot}} His journey to school was cut short when [[Blades (RB)|his ride]] had to attend an emergency. The unexpected arrival of [[Doctor Morocco]] and his [[MorBot]] resulted in the Rescue Bots being stood down, and Cody had to try and raise their spirits by relating the story of [[John Henry]]. A series of incidents got Cody suspicious of Morocco's motives. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}} When the little evidence he and Frankie had scrounged up was dismissed, he got Dani to take him up in Blades to try to spy on Morocco, and they were almost taken out by the MorBot. Undaunted, he and Frankie sneaked into the lab to access the computer. They were found by Morocco, but managed to escape to the doctor's airship, on which they found the proof they needed. Instructed by Dani, Cody managed to land the airship and the Rescue Bots trashed the pursuing MorBot. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

Cody visited the [[Hall of Inspiration]] with Graham and Boulder, and watched Doc Greene demonstrate the [[Minimizer]]. When there was a break-in at the Hall that night, the internal cameras were down and Cody was unable to see the device being used on Heatwave, Blades and Boulder. He only realized what had happened when Chase showed him a picture of the weapon, and subsequently got Doc Greene to fix the damaged Minimizer, so he could use it to return the three Rescue Bots to their normal size. {{storylink|Small Blessings}} After the rescue of [[Wild (RB)|Captain Wild]], Cody found a plate with an intriguing dragon design. With the help of Graham, Doc Greene and the Bots, he tracked down information on [[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]] and her attempt to investigate the [[Griffin Rock Triangle]]. This culminated in him joining a mission to the Triangle itself, where they found Baranova still living in the ''[[Midgard]]'', and Cody talked her into completing her original plan to seal the methane vent causing the ship disappearances. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Triangle}}

[[Image:TheLostBell Lad Pioneer Cody.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Chief Burns invited Cody along to do a security check on [[Griffin Crest]]. After a brief run-in with a bear, Cody made a brief garbled phone call back to base which resulted in the Rescue Bots racing to the crest. Cody and his dad were unable to render any assistance when the bots were immobilized by the [[Electromagnetic pulse|EM field]], but after the crisis was over, they continued with their camping. {{storylink|Rules and Regulations}} Cody's [[Lad Pioneer]] practice was interrupted by a storm hitting the town, during which he and the Rescue Bots were swept out to sea. They washed up on an uninhabited island, where Cody used his Lad Pioneer skills to survive, and they stumbled on the old pirate ship, the ''[[Oaken Crow]]''. They were thus able to return to Griffin Rock with the [[Settlers' Bell]], which had been stolen by pirates in the nineteenth century. {{storylink|The Lost Bell}}

While stargazing with the Bots, Cody spotted a meteor crashing on [[Wayward Island]], and accompanied the others out there the next day. When Heatwave, Boulder and Chase mysteriously seized up, Cody released that the meteorite was the common element, and the team, along with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] paid another visit to the island, though Cody was stuck monitoring things from the station. By the end of the adventure, he could even understand Bumblebee's beeping. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Doc Greene gave Cody some [[anti-gravity sneaker]]s to test, and Cody put them to good use cheating at [[basketball]]. Shortly after, Cody was called to the lab to help test [[Squilsh]], but when a sample came to life and started eating things, he alerted the rest of the team. After it was neutralized, Cody took a Squilsh-powered lava lamp back to the station to present to Graham. {{storylink|You've Been Squilshed}}

Cody worked with Frankie and the rest of the team to work out why the townspeople were disappearing. When they learned that [[Tracer (RB)|tracer]] bugs were teleporting people to an unknown location, he and Frankie went to the lab and learned that the target location was the largest cavern under Griffin Rock. Cody managed to get the information to Heatwave before he was teleported by the bugs, and the Rescue Bots subsequently rescued him and the rest of the townsfolk. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}} When a number of ghosts infested Griffin Rock, Cody researched the people who were appearing, and with the help of Frankie and Doc Greene, worked out that the ghosts were actually holograms. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}}

[[Image:RescueBoy Cody powers up.jpg|thumb|right|280px]]
When Chase and the Chief went missing, Cody helped the others track the pair to the lead mine, and spotted Chase's footprints at the bottom of a hole. He, Kade and Heatwave were able to locate the Chief in the rapidly-flooding mine and took part in the rescue. {{storylink|Little White Lies}} Cody found himself having to try to steer Frankie away from filming the Rescue Bots when she decided to make a film. When he was caught in an earthquake on [[Lake Street]], she even turned out to be nearby, and she and Cody were almost squished by a falling dish. {{storylink|Shake Up}} After Cody made an ill-advised rescue of [[Sharma|Mr. Sharma]] and got caught in an unstable building, Chief Burns wanted to restrict him to following rescues from the fire station. He and the bots tried to work out a solution, leading Cody to have Doc Greene create a [[repulsor badge]]. The badge's powers turned Cody into a superhero dubbed "Rescue Boy", but his misuse of it eventually caused it to overload, trapping him in a bubble of energy. With the Bots help, he got free and realized that he wasn't yet ready to be a rescue hero. {{storylink|Rescue Boy}}

Cody accidentally stumbled on a secret room under the lab containing a prototype time machine. During the first test, he, Frankie and the Rescue Bots were pulled to [[1939]] where they encountered Doctor Morocco and [[Elma Hendrickson]]. Escaping the doctor's clutches, they tracked down [[Dither]], whom they needed to operate the time machine to get them back, and mounted a rescue of the Rescue Bots, whom Morocco had as prisoners. With the help of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Bumblebee, the group escaped back to [[2012]], only to find Doctor Morocco was in charge. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} In the strange altered present, the two kids employed some detective work to find out they'd accidentally changed history by leaving Dither in the past. After an encounter with an alternate version of Cody's family, Cody, Frankie and the Bots returned to 1939 to retrieve Dither, and returned to a restored 2012. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

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With Doc Greene and Frankie in on the Rescue Bots' secret, Cody had trouble finding anyone to hang out with him, at least until he found himself transported around the island by Doc Greene's new [[Vacuum Accelerator]]. {{storylink|Road Trip}} When Cody learned about an invention competition, he tried to cooperate with Frankie on an entry, though after a disagreement, they opted to enter inventions separately. Cody created the [[sprinkler suit]], but ended up losing to Frankie's [[Sky Forest (structure)|Sky Forest]]. The sprinkler suit ended up being useful when it turned out salt water was the only thing that would stop the Sky Forest's out-of-control vines after a mishap with an experimental rapid growth formula. {{storylink|Sky Forest (episode)|Sky Forest}}

Cody was overjoyed when a lab accident aged him into a grown up as it meant he'd be able to go on rescue missions, however he soon found himself at odds with Kade, and began to realize that being an adult wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He and Kade were eventually able to get the stolen equipment back from Evan and Myles to return him to normal. {{storylink|One for the Ages}} Cody was on the [[Griffin Rock ferry|ferry]] during the discovery of an iceberg, which he, Dani and Blades later found to be the frozen ship [[S.S. Isolde]], on board which was the [[Sub-Zero Expander]], a device at imminent risk of causing a flash-freezing for five miles around it. Though Cody was left at base while the others attempted to destroy the device, he had to drive out on the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] to help when it eventually triggered. He and the rest of the Burns family were also rescued when their sinking boat was unexpectedly saved by Morocco. {{storylink|Tip of the Iceberg}}

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During a snow day, Cody took Blades to the Hall of Inspiration to try out Doc's newest virtual reality game, ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]] 1.0''. Cody taught Blades the ways of video games, such as special abilities, power-ups, and boss fights. After they defeated level 1, the game began to bug out and the bosses were able to hurt him and Blades. Despite the odds, Cody and Blades, with the help of Heatwave later on, defeated the game and were transported out safe and sound. {{storylink|A Virtual Disaster}} When most of the team were mesmerized by cellphones, Cody enlisted the help of Dani and Blades, however they were soon entranced as well. Cody found himself fleeing the mind-controlled townsfolk, until he and Boulder were able to take out the island's celltower, breaking the spell everyone was under. {{storylink|Spellbound}}

The rescue team was caught up in Huxley Prescott's reality show until they discovered that Huxley was creating disasters himself to spice things up. {{storylink|Prescott's Bots}} When Kade had problems with nightmares about [[gremlin]]s, resulting in a near-encounter with a wind turbine, Cody suggested he seek help from Doc Greene. Unfortunately Kade's session in the [[Nightmare Imaging Device]] resulted in a horde of gremlins being unleashed on Griffin Rock. {{storylink|Blame the Gremlins}} While doing his astronomy homework with the Bots, Cody photographed what he believed was the [[Maine Ridge Monster]]. Determined to convince his family, he and the bots tracked the beast to an old cannery but when Cody's camera was smashed, all they got was a clump of monster hair, which turned out to be fake. It later turned out that the "Magic Meat" [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] had been hawking was [[Fo-Foo]], an experimental substance with lycanthropic side-effects, and the team had to track down Luskey and Graham who were both affected. {{storylink|Feed the Beast}}

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When Uncle [[Woodrow Burns|Woodrow]] visited Griffin Rock with the intention of investigating evidence of aliens underground, Cody was accidentally taken with him on a ride underground. The rest of the team came to their aid when they were menaced by giant spiders. {{storylink|What Lies Below}} Cody, Chief, Chase and Woodrow were separated from the rest of the team, resulting in Cody mainly having to play mediator between his father and uncle. Once they were reunited with the rest of the team, they managed to escape underground by blasting themselves out of the top of Mount Magma. {{storylink|What Rises Above}}

Following the launch of the ''[[Asgard]]'', Cody, Frankie and the Bots watched the space elevator through a telescope and saw it being struck by an asteroid. Cody subsequently organized the team's response to debris raining down on the town, and accidentally ended up on the ''[[Sigma]]'' when he was putting a first aid kit on board. Safe inside Heatwave, he had front-row seats to the rescue of Doc Greene and Graham. {{storylink|Space Bots}} After the team took down a [[mechanical bull]], Cody was accidentally transported with it to the [[Island of Misfit Tech]]. He quickly found a way to use the bull to his advantage, and returned to Griffin Rock with the help of Heatwave and Kade. {{storylink|The Island of Misfit Tech}}

Cody nearly had an accident during a scooter race when a garbage truck strayed onto the track. The town's central computer was replaced by [[Vigil]], which soon decided that the best way to keep people safe was to keep them in their homes. Cody and the team had to break into Vigil's vault, and when Cody pointed out its defense measures were endangering humans, the computer suffered a meltdown. {{storylink|The Vigilant Town}} Going on the Lad Pioneer nature hike, Cody volunteered to test the [[Buddy Bracelet]]s, and as a result, when the keys to them were destroyed, he ended up buddied with Blades. He was therefore forced to accompany Blades when there was a snake infestation in Griffin Rock, and was almost eaten by a boa constrictor after it swallowed Blades's bracelet. {{storylink|Buddy System}}

While on a hike up Mount Griffin to earn his Lad Pioneer folklore badge, Cody and his friends had to dodge a falling car. Cody accompanied Graham and the Bots to Wayward Island, believing that there might be griffins there, but they found only a lodestone that was attracting metal objects to it. {{storylink|In Search of the Griffin's Nest}} Cody got the part of the villain, Bad News Bruce, in the school play, and suggested Chase watch some detective movies when the Rescue Bots was confused by the concept. When Chase later appeared to join Evan and Myles on a crime spree, Cody believed he was merely emulating the undercover detectives from those movies. {{storylink|Bots and Robbers}}

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After the team rescued a dog and were unable to find its owner, Cody dubbed him [[Noble (RB)|Noble]], and soon discovered that Noble was a capable rescue dog. Unfortunately it later turned out that Noble already had an owner, and Cody had to return him. {{storylink|Rescue Dog}} The team also had to tackle Doctor Morocco's weather machine. {{storylink|Changes}} Cody explained the significance of [[Midwinter Morning]] to the Rescue Bots, and later joined in delivering bread when it turned out that Mrs. Neederlander was the [[Rider of Midwinter]]. {{storylink|The Riders of Midwinter}}

When lightning struck the [[Power Planter]], causing it to run wild, the team had their work cut out cleaning up after it, but they were eventually able to lure it into a trap. {{storylink|Movers and Shakers}} While Chief was away, the team found itself under Woodrow's leadership, though Cody had to mediate between him and the rest of the team a few times. {{storylink|Chief Woodrow}} Cody got distracted testing Doc Greene's [[Ski-neakers]] and totally forgot to mail off Dani's pilot license renewal, resulting in her license being suspended. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}} When a new superhero turned up in town who resembled "Rescue Boy", Cody set about tracking them down, and eventually discovered that it was Frankie. She subsequently helped him and the Rescue Bots save the passengers on the [[Griffin Rock Express]] before it crashed. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Express}}

Following a game of [[Rescue Ball]], Cody joined in the rescue of the Mayor, who mistook him for Graham. He later found Blades was acting strangely when the Bot was disinterested in a pirate movie marathon. When all of the Bots began similarly acting oddly, the Burns family discovered that their friends had been replaced by fakes. They encountered the Rescue Bots again after a methane explosion at the port, only to find their friends believed them to be criminals. {{storylink|Double Villainy}}

After the amnesiac Rescue Bots instinctively saved the Burnses from a wave, the Burnses persuaded them to return to the fire house, where the Bots were soon convinced they were all on the same side. As the chain reaction set off by the explosion threatened to sink the island, the team borrowed some tech from the Greenes, and were able to save Griffin Rock by reinforcing the tunnel system with foam. They also arrested Doctor Morocco, who had wiped the Bots' memories. To Cody's disappointment, Morocco's attempt to reverse the mind wipe appeared to fail, but the Bots' memories returned during another game of Rescue Ball. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

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Cody attempted to decide on a Lad Pioneers merit project, failing to gain inspiration from the Bots. When the team ran into trouble investigating [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] on Wayward Island, Cody rode in Optimus to their aid, and got to see the Autobot leader take on a dinosaur alternate mode. Cody was able to help the dinosaur situation, and in the process decided to build a dinosaur for his project. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} When Optimus became feral during a race as a result of his new mode, Cody was trapped inside. The pair were abducted by big game hunter [[Quint Quarry]] who took Optimus to his island safari park and began hunting him. The rest of the team came to their rescue, and Quarry was eventually arrested, though he immediate escaped. {{storylink|Big Game}}

The team had to contend with four temporary clones of Kades created by Doc Greene's Imaging Device, though the Kades did end up saving the team from a gas leak. {{storylink|Too Many Kades}} The team was sent ten years forward in time when they boarded the ''[[S.S. Phantom Voyager]]'', however Boulder and Graham were able to reverse the time machine stored in the ship's hold, returning them to present day. {{storylink|Phantom of the Sea}} After Heatwave related the story of how the Rescue Bots had failed to help a stricken spaceship before they came to Earth, Cody encouraged Chase to go complete the mission. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}

Cody, Graham, and Boulder retrieved a stabilizer from the Island of Misfit Tech, but unwittingly returned with Vigil's programming as well. Vigil took over the [[Mayor Luskey Dome]] and put most of the town to sleep, and Cody, Frankie and the Bots had to work together to defeat him. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}} Cody attempted to help Graham gain confidence to talk to [[Amy]]. He also coordinated rescue efforts when Doctor Morocco escaped, leaving the town with a mutant army ant problem. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}}

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Cody was disappointed when Boulder was too busy to build him a skate ramp. During a trip on the space elevator Asgard, he and Boulder swapped bodies, and Cody was able to build the ramp himself, though he then realized he was too big to skateboard on it. Fortunately they were later swapped back to their own bodies. {{storylink|Switcheroo}} When the rest of the team was miniaturized and sent inside Kade to round up some [[scrubmite]]s he'd accidentally eaten, Cody kept track of the team using the ComTab. {{storylink|Bot-Tastic Voyage}} When Quint Quarry abducted Professor Baranova, the Rescue Bots took on dinosaur alternate modes to supply him with the dinobots he wanted. Blades had trouble transforming, and while helping him, Cody ended up being taken along as well. On the island, he helped Doc Greene track down the missing Baranova, and rescue the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}}

Visiting Wayward Island in search of Energon, the team instead found a frozen caveman who turned out to be alive. Though they attempted to help him acclimate to modern life, ultimately they had to return him to the island. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}} After giant monsters from a movie were brought into the real world by a new projector, the team had to round them up so that Doc Greene could return them to the movie. {{storylink|The Attack of Humungado}} The Burns family went to be photographed for ''[[Emergency Response Illustrated]]'' off-island. On their way back, they were delayed by kelp and jellyfish, but finally returned to the island where they had to help foil Evan and Myles's latest plan to use souvenir Rescue Bots to rob the townsfolk. {{storylink|All Bots Great and Small}}

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After receiving a pocket watch from the lost and found, Cody found himself repeating an hour of time leading up to the new clock tower dedication. After looping a couple of times, he was able to stop the squirrel which was causing a power surge from the clock that was sending him back in time, and discovered that the previous owner of the watch had been Doctor Morocco. {{storylink|Time After Time}} When it was discovered that one of the Burns family ancestors was a pirate, the mayor suspended the whole team. A treasure map led Woodrow, Dani and Cody to explore a cave where they found a chest. The chest contained a clue that sent them to a nearby island where the team dug up the lost treasure and they were able to use it to help get themselves reinstated. {{storylink|Pirates Ahoy}}

Cody attempted to help [[High Tide]] acclimatize to Earth, only to find the old bot too grumpy for his liking. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}} When the rescue team were visited by [[Jules Verne]], and Cody saw how the author and his old friend Doctor Morocco had drifted apart, it motivated Cody to take a catch-up math course so he could attend science camp with Frankie. {{storylink|The Last of Morocco}} On a trip to Wayward Island, he, Frankie and Graham found a Cybertronian ship containing [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] and [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]]. When the Rescue Bots were assigned to train the pair, Cody took Salvage to the scrap yard to check out the trash there, and later stuck up for Blurr when it turned out the Autobot had been lying about his history. {{storylink|The New Recruits}}

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Seeing that Blurr was having trouble fitting in, Cody suggested that the Rescue Bots try more personal tutoring, and encouraged Heatwave to let Blurr and Salvage go on rescue missions. This still proved futile, and Cody found Blurr stealing the ''Sigma''. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Academy (episode)|Rescue Bots Academy}} Trapped under scaffolding, Cody was able to use Servo's dog whistle to call the rest of the team to save him. His continued faith in Blurr was rewarded when Blurr saved the town from a rogue satellite, though he was sad when Optimus reassigned both Blurr and Salvage elsewhere. {{storylink|A New Hero}} Cody and Boulder attempted to help Servo adapt to pretending to be a robot. When the robodog appeared to have gone on a rampage, Cody championed him and was proven right when it turned out Servo was actually helping. {{storylink|Four-Legged Hero}} After Boulder found [[Gold-Crested Woodpecker|endangered woodpeckers]] while on a birdspotting expedition with Cody and Frankie, the team attempted to protect the birds, only to have their actions backfire. {{storylink|Endangered Species}}

After Chase sustained an injury leaving him laid up, Cody let the Rescue Bot do his dispatch job, resulting in the team being sent on several false alarms. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RB)|More than Meets the Eye}} Cody, along with the rest of the team, was forced to sing instead of speak when Doc Greene's [[Tone-O-Tuner]] went out of control. {{storylink|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}} Cody helped Frankie film coverage of the opening of a time capsule, which resulted in the entire island being teleported to the [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Now and Then}} Cody came up with the idea of filling the town's forcefield dome with floatium, allowing them to get the island airborne and fly it back to [[Maine]], though the townspeople had to put in some hard work to keep it in the air. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

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Three years later, Cody and Frankie were working on a science project together and accidentally invited the [[Velgrox]] to Earth to eat everyone. Their work was able to be used to locate the Velgrox spaceship, though they were left looking after Frankie's new sister [[CeCe Greene|CeCe]] while the others rescued the townsfolk. {{storylink|New Normal}} While the townsfolk debated whether to keep the Rescue Bots' secret, Cody and Frankie took part in a test of the new [[GroundBridge]] with Heatwave and Chase, and temporarily ended up stranded in the [[Sahara]]. {{storylink|Bridge Building}}

Cody rode in Blades during a foot race which resulted in a near-disaster. He later helped Frankie take CeCe for a walk and was able to alert the rest of the team when the younger Greene went missing, leading them to encounter a new Rescue Bot, [[Quickshadow]]. {{storylink|Arrivals}} Cody suggested Quickshadow come up with a plan to transport [[Phodolite]] through town and monitored the operation with her from the command center. When the operation went wrong, he accompanied her to the lab to pick up a compound to neutralize the Phodolite. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

Following a mishap in which the town pool froze over, Cody accepted Frankie's invitation to check out some upgrades to ''Element Quest'', and persuaded Chief to join the fun. Unfortunately it turned out the upgrades included a [[Morocco virus]]. Though Cody and his dad defeated the virus in the virtual world, it escaped into the real world via 3D printing. {{storylink|Back to Virtual Reality}} Cody's feelings of invisibility around the rest of his family became real when he accidentally picked up some Velgrox metal from Doc Greene's lab. His antics resulted in him discovering that Madeline Pynch was behind a bid to open a resort on the island, and he alerted the rest of the team. {{storylink|Vanishing Returns}}

When Evan and Myles carjacked Quickshadow, Cody was trapped inside her vehicle mode until she could shake their control. The pair threatened to reveal the Rescue Bots' secret to the world, but Cody recalled listening to ''[[Crustaceans from the Cosmos]]'' for his history class and came up with a plan to make a fake film to discredit the pair's footage. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (RB)|Ghost in the Machine}} After Whiskers was abducted from the zoo, Cody's investigations resulted in him getting information out of Quint Quarry, and leading the team to arrest [[Thurston Chumley|Lord Chumley]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

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Cody suggested Chase run for mayor when Luskey managed to bungle the opening of his re-election campaign. Cody and Frankie acted as Chase's campaign team and managed to get the Rescue Bot elected, only to regret it when Chase was over enthusiastic in enforcing obscure laws. The pair eventually had to get Luskey to help prevent the destruction of the island as a result. {{storylink|Mayor May Not}} After being woken early-morning by Boulder celebrating [[All Spark Day (event)|All Spark Day]], the team had to deal with a marine rescue, and then CeCe Greene enlarged to giant size by the Minimizer. They later all celebrated All Spark Day with the help of the rest of town. {{storylink|All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day}}

When the town's communications tower required replacing, the team took on second jobs — Cody delivered newspapers, and became the moose mascot for Kade's [[Brash Ball]] team. The townsfolk later chipped in with enough cash to replace the tower. {{storylink|Part-Time Heroes}} Cody attended the opening of the mainland [[Rescue Bot Training Center]], only to become trapped there when the base's computer malfunctioned and put the base into lockdown. {{storylink|The More Things Change...}} He, Heatwave and Kade were assigned the task of repairing the cloaking device so that the center wouldn't be detected. In the process of doing so, Cody worked out that CeCe's security scan had been uploaded into the base's computer system, and the information helped Graham and Boulder work out the bugs. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

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Cody and Dani opted to keep quiet when they spotted Blurr gatecrashing a motor race. When a series of mishaps later befell the races, the team had to spring into action to prevent things going disastrously wrong. {{storylink|Hot Rod Bot}} After Boulder and Cody found a bottle containing a centuries-old proclamation, Cody eventually ended up being King of Griffin Rock once Kade and Graham had found they disliked the post. His reign was shortlived as Boulder found a document proving [[Horace Burns]] had stepped down as king. {{storylink|King Burns}} Cody started having trouble finding places to keep all his stuff, and ended up with it scattered over the fire house. During the Pizza Pi Party, the team had to deal with a huge out-of-control mound of pizza dough. {{storylink|Pizza Pi Party}}

During a surprise visit by Bumblebee to the training center, the human portion of the rescue team had to head back to Griffin Rock, but Cody opted to stay at the center with the Bots. He was trapped there with them when the center went into lockdown due to an [[energon eater]] having hitched a ride on Bumblebee's ship, but helped the Bots track the creature down. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}

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After obtaining the last badge he needed to upgrade to Teen Pioneer, Cody opted not to attend the ceremony when it turned out Blades wasn't going to be able to go. Graham provided a holographic disguise for the bot, allowing him and Cody to attend the ceremony, only for the trio to get mixed up in [[Chickadee]]'s plan to find some lost emeralds. They were able to escape the cave she trapped them in, and after the rest of the team apprehended her, Blades and Cody took part in the upgrade ceremony. {{storylink|Camp Cody}}

Cody, Heatwave and Kade accompanied Frankie into the woods to make a delivery to Mrs. Neederlander, only to find themselves having to search for her. After finding her and briefly being trapped in a cave, the group managed to meet up with the rest of the team. {{storylink|Once Upon a Time}} When the [[Mini-Con]] [[Bounce]] escaped to Griffin Rock, the team helped [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] recapture him. {{storylink|The Need for Speed}}

When Madeline Pynch got hold of a chunk of Energon, Cody (under the code name '''Ace''') and Quickshadow came up with a plan to infiltrate her compound and retrieve both the Energon and other tech she'd accumulated. Cody successfully coordinated the plan and the team successfully arrested Pynch. {{storylink|Cody's 11}} When Dani's test space mission ran into trouble, the rescue team used the ''[[Sigma]]'' to head to the rescue. {{storylink|To Infinity... And Back}}

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Cody struggled to work out which camp to sign up to for the Junior First Responder Jamboree, and everyone else in his family had their own ideas. After Chief risked his own life for townsfolk who had lost their homes, Cody decided he wanted to be like his father. {{storylink|Family Business}} Cody borrowed the library's copy of ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'' from Frankie. During [[Maven Danger]]'s visit to the island, Cody found himself being volunteered as a cameraman by Danger's agent, [[Skip Scobble]], only for it to turn out that it was to free Scobble up so he could try to steal the rare book. {{storylink|A Brush with Danger}}

Cody gave Frankie a laser necklace for her birthday, and was surprised when it turned out that there were people in [[China]] who knew all about the Rescue Bots. When the team went over there to deal with out-of-control [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]], Cody remained in Griffin Rock but was able to help when he was patched into the local cameras. Following the team's redeployment to protect the Scrubber Initiative, Cody went on patrol with Heatwave, and ended up caught up in the action when the [[Morocco virus]] made a return. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Cody, Kade and Heatwave discovered that Morocco had taken over the training center, and following their getaway, Morocco decided he needed a human partner to be as effective as the Rescue Bots, and settled on Cody. Despite the best efforts of the team, Morocco managed to abduct and hypnotize Cody, however Frankie succeeded in rescuing him. {{storylink|Transformations}}
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Years later, Cody had taken up a position at the Rescue Bot Training Academy helping the other Rescue Bots with training exercises for the new cadets. A dejected [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] encountered him after screwing up a rescue training mission, and Cody gave the young recruit some encouragement. {{storylink|Recruits Part I}} Cody later volunteered to be the "victim" for a cave rescue, but ended up trapped behind a cave-in after Hot Shot and [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] proved too competitive. He was impressed when the recruits successfully worked together to rescue him. {{storylink|Recruits Part II}}

Cody joined the recruits on a mission to deal with an overturned truck in Griffin Rock, giving them instructions as they intercepted the explosive cans that fell off. After two of the cans blew up on a nearby bridge, Cody called his father only to find the rescue team was busy elsewhere, however [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] successfully came up with a plan that saw them rescue some humans from a car on the bridge. {{storylink|Glitch (episode)|Glitch}} Cody successfully passed his EMT training course, and Heatwave and the recruits surprised him with the certificate. {{storylink|Medix Surprise}}

Cody and the recruits watched ''[[Skateboard Snakes II]]'' during movie night. When Hot Shot later admitted to Cody that he should have told the others he didn't know how to use a [[TX3000]], Cody told him the others would have understood. {{storylink|The TX3000}} Cody was talking with [[Wes]] on the phone when the latter accidentally got trapped in a cave in. Cody was thus able to alert the rest of the rescue team. {{storylink|Screen Time}}

Cody and Heatwave had to join the other Rescue Bots for an offworld mission. {{storylink|All Washed Up}} Cody and Heatwave took a turn as students when the recruits thought they'd make better teachers. {{storylink|Who's Teaching Who?}} The recruits contacted Cody when their attempt to retrieve a balloon from a tree somehow ended up with the tree stuck to a rocket flying through Milford. {{storylink|Balloon Up A Tree}}

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After educating the recruits about [[Halloween]], Cody took them trick or treating in Milford as they'd be mistaken for humans wearing costumes. {{storylink|Trick or Treat}} Cody's attempts to explain advertising to Medix were ultimately unsuccessful, as the Bot went to help someone whom he believed was being attacked by monsters. Cody subsequently had to participate in a cover-up. {{storylink|Monster Savings}} Cody and Heatwave were dealing with a crashed ice cream truck in Griffin Rock when they had to come to the assistance of Boulder and the recruits, who'd stumbled on a nest of [[Scraplet]]s. He later scared the others when they mistook his [[carrot]] crunching for Scraplets. {{storylink|Metal Munchers}} Cody and Boulder watched the recruits sorting their trash. {{storylink|Flying Hunk-A-Junk}}

Cody helped Heatwave conduct repairs as his hands were smaller, though they were interrupted by the recruits testing out a new comms system created by Hoist which was inaudible to [[human]]s. After the comms system turned out to disturb animals, Cody realized Hoist had based it on a dog whistle. {{storylink|Milford Goes To The Dogs}} Cody took part in the recruits' final test, a teachers vs students relay race. Unfortunately Cody's tow truck was unable to carry [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] fast enough (or even move the big lug, as a matter of fact), and he lost to Hoist. He was later on hand to farewell Hot Shot when the Bot opted to abandon his training and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 1}} Cody, Optimus, Heatwave and Chase were trapped in a slowly-expanding energon bubble as a result of the recruits tampering with the space bridge. They were eventually freed by the recruits. {{storylink|Best Bots Forever Part 2}}

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The recruits jumped to the conclusion that Cody was down because he wasn't a robot like them and couldn't join in the same activities. This resulted in the construction of a robotic suit which Cody found difficult to control, especially the rocket boosters, however he was eventually able to explain that he had just been missing hanging out with the recruits. {{storylink|Robo-Cody}} Cody volunteered to look after [[Heatwave (dog)|Heatwave]] while the dog's owners were away, though this meant he'd miss out on a trip to the aquarium. As it turned out, he got to go after all when Medix volunteered to mind the dog for him. {{storylink|Heatwave's Shiny Coat}}

When Frankie and her father were trapped in the lab surrounded by a slowly shrinking force field, she contacted Cody who mobilised the Rescue Bots. He was able to keep in contact with her while the team worked on rescuing everyone from the force field. {{Storylink|Partners (RBA)|Partners}} Cody had the recruits learn some ballet to make them lighter on their feet. {{storylink|Shall We Dance?}} Cody joined the recruits on a camping trip on [[Natura Island]], but failed to turn off the anti-technology measures, resulting in them being transported to a junk yard. They were fortunately rescued by Chase and Whirl, and Cody made sure the system was off. {{storylink|Five Little Rescue Bots}}

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Cody took the recruits on another camping trip, though his spooky tale of the [[Zombie Ghost Bear]] was too frightening for Hot Shot. {{storylink|Campfire Fright}} Cody and Wes invited Wedge to be the latter's partner during his first responder test, and later timed the pair as they successfully completed the course, breaking the record. {{storylink|First Responder}} Cody and Wes joined Heatwave in inviting the Rescue Teens to train as first responders. {{storylink|Rescue Teens}} While [[Finn O'Reilly]] joined the Rescue Bots in following a trail stored in a [[holokey]], Cody operated the GroundBridge to move them between locations. {{storylink|X Marks The Bot}}

Cody got Medix into electronic dance music artist DJ Mechmaster. {{storylink|Griffin Rock Rocks!}} When the recruits invited him to take part in a game of Cube, he pointed out it would be dangerous for him as a squishy human, and instead suggested [[Tough Luck Chuck]]. {{storylink|Bot Battle}} Cody was on a First Responder camp out {{storylink|Space Party}} and had to be fetched by [[Slash (RBA)|Slash]] so the recruits could use the encryption key he had to access Griffin Rock's new satellite dishes. He later attended the recruits' year two graduation. {{storylink|Crash Of The Titan}}
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==Toys==
===''Rescue Bots''===
[[Image:RescueBotstoy-CodyBurnsRescueHose.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The plastic adds a few years.]]
*'''Cody Burns & Rescue Hose''' (2011)
:Cody Burns comes packaged with the [[Rescue Hose]] [[Rescue Gear]].

:The Rescue Hose consists of a large water cannon mounted to a reverse tricycle chassis. The included Cody Burns figure can stand on the platform (there's a peg where his left foot would go); his arms are molded so that his left hand is reaching for the yellow lever on top and his right hand is secured on the handle bars.

:Pushing the yellow lever forward and letting it go will cause the blue water spray in front of the cannon to spin around, giving the appearance of the water actively being sprayed. Pressing down on the water cannon assembly will cause it to collapse and a handle to emerge from the bottom. The Rescue Bots can use this handle to wield the now-collapsed Rescue Hose like a water sprayer.

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[[Image:RescueBotstoy-CodyBurnsRescueAxe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|No one had the heart to tell him that the bright red boots were a serious fashion "don't".]]
*'''Cody Burns & Rescue Axe''' (2011)
:Cody Burns comes packaged with the [[Rescue Axe]] [[Rescue Gear]].

:A significant [[redeco]] of the original figure, this version of Cody Burns features a number of immediately visible differences from the original. The legs are molded using the same slightly darker red plastic as the rest of the figure and layered with black paint to represent his pants. His belt has been changed from black to white, the hem of his jacket is unpainted, his goggles are yellow instead of blue, and his complexion is distinctly darker. He is also missing the [[Autobot]] symbol from his hat.

:The Rescue Axe consists of a large axe mounted to a wheeled self-propelled platform. The included Cody Burns figure can stand on the platform (there's a peg where his left foot would go); both hands can wrap around the handlebars, but some squeezing of the figure is necessary to do so due to how wide the shoulders are.

:Pushing the yellow button down and letting it go will cause the axe head to move up and down in a "chopping" motion. Pressing down on the handlebars and front guard will cause it to collapse and a handle to emerge from the bottom. The Rescue Bots can use this handle to wield the now-collapsed Rescue Axe.

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*'''Fire Station Prime''' (playset 2011)
:A Cody Burns figure is included with the [[Fire Station Prime]] playset. A Walmart bonus pack version of the playset comes with an additional Cody Burns and Fire Hose Rescue Gear.
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[[File:RescueBotstoy Mobile HQ Cody Burns.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
*'''Electronic Rescue Bots Mobile Headquarters''' (playset 2012)
**''Accessories:'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], Cody Burns

:The Electronic Rescue Bots [[Mobile Headquarters]] includes a younger, [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] Cody Burns figure. Unlike the previous human figures, he has more childlike proportions, lacking the barrel chest.

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[[File:RescueBotstoy Optimus Prime Cody Burns twopack.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Energize Optimus Prime and Cody Burns''' (two-pack, 2013)

:This two-pack included another more-show accurate Cody, but using a completely different sculpt from the Mobile HQ version, now sporting the same proportions and barrel-chest as the other humans in the line. He's accompanied by Optimus Prime wielding an energize saw blade.

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[[File:RescueBotstoy rescan Heatwave Cody Burns twopack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|So here I am! Doing everything I can! 
Holding on to what I am! Pretending I'm a superman!]]
*'''Heatwave the Fire-Bot and Cody Burns''' (two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Hoverboard

:This two-pack contains yet another new-sculpt Cody Burns, this time wearing his superhero costume from "Rescue Boy". This version lacks any articulation and is molded in a dynamic pose. He's packaged with Heatwave, who resembles his speedboat rescan toy. The hoverboard is a separate accessory, rather than being permanently attached to Cody.

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*'''High Tide Rescue Rig''' (Playset, 2015)
[[File:RB HighTide CodyBurns Servo.jpg|thumb|300px|right|]]
:Cardboard standees of Cody Burns and [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] are included in the [[High Tide#Rescue Bots|High Tide Rescue Rig]] playset.

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[[File:RB-toy Cody-RockRescue.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Constantly picking bugs out of his teeth.]]
*'''Bumblebee Rock Rescue Team''' (Rescue Pack, 2017)

: Part of the first (and only) wave of Rescue Pack figures, this version of Cody is certainly happy! He's decked out in rock-climbing gear, as well as articulated arms (on a single axle so they both move at once) and wrist-swivels. His backpack has a [[5 mm post]]-compatible clip on it, particularly meant to hold the back and wings of fellow pack-in [[Talon (RB)|Talon the Eagle-Bot]], giving him a glider-pack.

: The set also includes a rock-climbing buggy version of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Rescue Packs|Bumblebee]], and [[Hunter (RB Mini-Con)|Hunter the Lion-Bot]].

:This set showed up in stores without ''any'' advance word from [[Hasbro]] whatsoever.

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==Notes==
*Concept art for Cody in ''Rescue Bots Academy'' showed four different versions of him in an adult-like stature.
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February 16

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* '''[[1947]] —''' [[Giorgio Lopez]] (Italian voice of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]) is born.
* '''[[1951]] —''' Voice actress [[Laurie O'Brien]] is born.
* '''[[1956]] —''' [[Sandro Larenas]] (Latin-American Spanish voice of [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]) is born.
* '''[[1957]] —''' [[LeVar Burton]] (voice of [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'') is born.
* '''[[1982]] —''' [[Chris Jai Alex]] ([[Drift (AOE)#Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark|Drift]] in the console version of [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]) is born.
* '''[[1984]] —''' Brazilian voice actor [[Fábio Lucindo]] is born.
* '''[[1988]] —''' Director [[Steven Caple Jr.]] is born.
* '''[[1990]] —''' [[Rafael Quelle]] (Brazilian voice of [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]) is born.
* '''[[2000]] —''' The [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'']] episode "[[Savage Noble]]" premieres in [[Canada]] on [[YTV]].
* '''2000 —''' The ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' episode "[[Go with the Flow|Zzzap! Tingly Tongly Too!]]" airs in Japan.
* '''[[2002]] —''' The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] episode "[[Maximus Emerges]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2004]] —''' [[Marvel Comics]] letterer [[Bill Oakley]] dies.
* '''[[2005]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]]'' — Volume 010 is released on DVD in Japan by [[Interchannel]].
* '''[[2008]] —''' The ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' episode "[[Along Came a Spider]]" premieres in the US.
* '''[[2009]] —''' Fans lose all rights to complain about [[BotCon|convention]]-[[exclusive]] toys as Pocket Card Co., Ltd opens its offer to obtain ''one'' of two ''Japanese Visa credit card exclusive'' [[Mini-Con]]s; new versions of [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. Yes, they offer two but you can only get ''one''.
* '''2009 —''' The "full" teaser trailer for ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' makes its television debut in a special segment on ''ET''.
* '''[[2011]] —''' ''[[Infestation (IDW)|The Transformers: Infestation]]'' [[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|#2]] and a new printing of the ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[2013]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' episode "[[Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble]]" premieres in [[Hungary]].
* '''2013 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[The Human Factor]]" premieres in [[Germany]].
* '''2013 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Patch (episode)|Patch]]" premieres in [[Italy]].
* '''2013 —''' The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Fight Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Legacy (episode)|Flash Transformation! Unleashed! The Legendary Sword]]" premieres in [[Japan]].
* '''[[2014]] —''' Final day of [[Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition]] in Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands in [[Malaysia]].
* '''[[2015]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[As the Kospego Commands!]]" premieres in [[France]].
* '''[[2019]] —''' The ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Rescue Bots Academy]]'' episodes "[[The TX3000]]" and "[[Little Bot Peep]]" premiere on [[Discovery Family]].
* '''2019 —''' First day of [[Toy Fair 2019]] in [[New York City]], USA.
* '''2019 —''' First day on [[Hasbro Pulse]] to order ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' WFC-GS01 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#GS01|Combat Megatron]].
* '''[[2022]] —''' ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' [[A Dust of Crystals|#40]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''2022 —''' Viacom changed its name to Paramount Global, after the [[Paramount Pictures|studio]].
* '''[[2023]] —''' [[Andrew Sorohan]] (One of former fan-artists who became official, and the webmaster of the Obscure Transformers Website) passes away.

Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity

2024-02-09T15:27:25Z

TFboi: /* The Transformers cartoon */

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[[File:Bee-GoldbugG1Cartoon.jpg||upright=1.66|thumb|You got to give it to the [[Bumble Spud|little spud]], he sure went places.]]
He's [[Kid-appeal character|kid-friendly]] with a capital B!

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==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Dan Gilvezan]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese), [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Zhang Anna]] (Chinese, Season 1), [[Xu Hong]] (Chinese, Season 2 & 3), [[Sandro Sardone]] (Italian, first dub), [[Francis Lax]] (European French), [[Bruno Magne]] (European French, "Child's Play"), [[Roger Lumont]] (French, ''The Movie''), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "The Rebirth"), [[Paulo Pinheiro]] (Portuguese), [[Dado Monteiro]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Germano Basile]] (Italian, second dub), [[János Bácskai]] (Hungarian, "The Movie", 2nd dub), [[Jordi Nogueras]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Claudi García]] (Spain-Spanish, ''The Movie''), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German), [[Ulf-Jürgen Wagner]] (German, Generation 2 Season 1), [[Christian Weygand]] (German, Generation 2, "Transport To Oblivion", "Roll For It", "Masquerade", "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Zdeněk Bureš]] (Czech)}}

[[File:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Bumblebee's Cybertronian form could give [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] a run for his money.]]
Four million years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bumblebee was part of the Autobot army, stationed out of the city-state of Iacon. The war effort was marked by dwindling energy resources on both sides, and the Autobots routinely sent out patrols to search for untapped sources of energy. On one such mission, Bumblebee and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] managed to scrounge up some [[conductor|energy conductors]], but not even enough to last a quartrex. Bumblebee's sunny disposition kept Wheeljack from getting too maudlin about their long-term survival, and the duo began rolling back to Iacon. They were interrupted by a group of Seekers and got into a firefight that turned literal when one Decepticon fired a ring of flame around their position. Wheeljack managed to blow a path through the opposition, but Bumblebee caught some stray fire in his rear axle and had to pull inside Wheeljack before he spun completely out of control. Still, they managed to reach the underground tunnels in time, which deterred their pursuers from following any further.

Despite Bumblebee and Wheeljack's success in procuring more energy for the Autobots, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] determined that it was time to take the Autobots' search to other planets. Bumblebee was among the Autobots who boarded the [[Ark (G1)|spacecraft]] for this mission, but it was attacked in mid-flight by the Decepticons and crash-landed on prehistoric [[Earth]]. All the Transformers aboard were knocked offline by the crash and lay dormant until 1984, when the ship's computer, [[Teletraan I]], was jarred back to life as the volcano into which the ship had crashed erupted. Bumblebee was rebuilt to transform into a Volkswagen Beetle. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} After befriending the humans [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] and his father [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] following a Decepticon attack on an oil rig, Bumblebee was part of the team of Autobots sent to stop [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the Decepticons from overpowering [[Sherman Dam]]. Bumblebee helped Ironhide carve out a new riverbed for the raging waters, saving a nearby neighborhood from being flooded. Such acts were some of the earliest that helped endear the Autobots to the humans.

[[File:MTMTE3 Bumblebee labcoat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The first attempts at "Robots in Disguise" were halfhearted, at best.]]
On their next mission, which was to the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]], Bumblebee and Sparkplug volunteered to sneak inside and plant Wheeljack's explosive device. On their way out after setting the explosive, they were stumbled upon by [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]], and so were still inside when the explosive went off. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} The pair fortunately survived the explosion and were retrieved from the rubble by the other Autobots. Bumblebee would later take part in a ploy to try and trick the Decepticons with a fake rocket base, dressing up in an oversized lab coat to pose as a human scientist. This was less than successful, and he and the other Autobots were forced to try and stop the Decepticons from taking off in their [[Victory (G1)|space cruiser]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[File:TransporttoOblivion Bumblebee rescues Spike.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Not Very Fast & Seldom Furious.]]
During the Decepticon development of their [[space bridge]] program, Bumblebee and Spike were spying on the enemy for Optimus Prime. They accidentally tumbled into the ravine where Megatron was launching his test flights for the bridge, and they were almost forced to act as test pilots before the window of operation closed. The two heroes briefly escaped but were recaptured, and Megatron altered a bank of Bumblebee's memory circuits to lure the Autobots into a trap. Bumblebee was injured during the Decepticon ambush, giving Ratchet a chance to examine his circuits and discover the altered portion of his memory. Bumblebee recovered in time to alert the Autobots to the true location of the space bridge and rescue Spike before he was sent on a one-way trip to Cybertron. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

Having bonded after their adventure with the space bridge, Bumblebee and Spike were virtually inseparable for the next 20-odd years. Bumblebee escorted Spike and his boy-genius friend [[Chip Chase]] to the laboratory where Chip was assisting [[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]] in developing his antimatter formula. On their way back, they were attacked by [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]], alerting them to the fact that the Decepticons were after the antimatter formula on which Chip had been working. After Chip was captured by the Decepticons, Bumblebee and Spike mounted a rescue with the help of [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] and [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]]. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

After Optimus Prime was dramatically injured by an explosion, Bumblebee volunteered with [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to take the Decepticon space bridge to Cybertron to retrieve a new [[cosmitron]]. Though they gained entrance to [[Wheeljack's workshop]] with Chip's help and retrieved the required component, the group was debilitated by the [[Rainmaker]]s' [[acid rain]]. After a pep talk from Chip, they were able to return to Earth through the space bridge, and Bumblebee rushed the cosmitron back to headquarters. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

[[File:FireInTheSky Bumblebee in cave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
A freak snowfall saw the Autobots enjoying a snowball fight, and Bumblebee managed to take out a whole group when a snowball he threw ended up growing to a huge size. Investigations of what was causing the freak weather took the Autobots to the Arctic Circle, where Spike and Sparkplug were captured by a new Decepticon, [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]. Bumblebee was part of the team who rescued the pair, and he caused a cave-in to prevent [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] from following them during their escape. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

When the newly built [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] ran amok in headquarters, Bumblebee tried unsuccessfully to prevent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] from wrecking [[Teletraan I]]. Subsequently, an attack on the [[Great Falls]] went unreported until Hound detected it, and Bumblebee was left back at base while the rest of the Autobots went to investigate. Luckily, he disobeyed Prime's orders and was able to pick up Spike after Megatron managed to defeat Optimus's group. Back at HQ, Wheeljack decided to reactivate the Dinobots, despite Bumblebee's protests. As it happened, the plan worked, and by the time Bumblebee, [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] and Spike arrived at the falls, the Decepticons had already been defeated. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[File:FireOnTheMountain Bumblebee fights Ravage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Biting the arm that feeds him.]]
Bumblebee was part of the team of Autobots who flew to [[Peru]] in the reactivated Skyfire to investigate Decepticon activity, helping Spike to rescue a native girl named [[Luisa]] during a pitched battle. The trio were able to locate Skyfire, who'd been captured by the Decepticons, and Bumblebee wrestled with Ravage while Spike struggled to reactivate the fallen warrior. After the expected defeat of the Decepticons, Luisa suggested they could introduce Bumblebee to her brother's convertible. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}}

Bumblebee was present at Autobot Headquarters when Sparkplug was kidnapped by Laserbeak, but was unable to stop the Decepticon. He later tried to comfort Spike and took part in a diversionary attack on the Decepticon base while a team broke Sparkplug out. They were all taken by surprise when Sparkplug subsequently let the Decepticons into HQ and went with them when they retreated, unaware he was under the influence of [[Doctor Arkeville]]'s [[hypno-chip]]. The Autobots attempted unsuccessfully to prevent Megatron's latest plan, and Cybertron was brought into close proximity to Earth. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} During the retreat through harsh conditions, Bumblebee was hampered by a flat tire, which Spike soon changed. The pair were caught in an earthquake before they could get underway, and with Spike snatched by Laserbeak, Bumblebee tumbled into an opening chasm. He was later fished out by [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], after Spike had been rescued and alerted the other Autobots to 'Bee's predicament.

[[File:Ultimate Doom 3 Bumblebee Tarzan.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|If George Lucas produced the ''Transformers'' movie instead of Spielberg, we would've had this scene.]]
Back at HQ, Bumblebee volunteered to be part of an expedition to Cybertron to try to save Sparkplug. There they learned about the hypno-chips, but were discovered by Sparkplug, who raised the alarm. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The group escaped to Wheeljack's shop. There Wheeljack created a counter-device for the hypno-chips, subsequently allowing them to rescue Sparkplug and take him back to Earth. During the inevitable battle, Bumblebee employed a Tarzan technique to avoid [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s pile drivers. He was disappointed when the wave created by Megatron's exploding spaceship dissipated before he could try out his boogie board. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}}

[[File:PlagueOfInsecticons Bumblebee and Spike hide.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Do they really think that nobody sees them?]]
During the aftermath of the chaos Cybertron had wreaked, Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were caught up in foiling [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s plan to destroy Earth using an [[Exponential Generator|exponential generator]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} Bumblebee, Windcharger and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] traveled on Skyfire to [[Bali]] to investigate reports of giant, mechanical insects and found themselves tangling with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Once the rest of the Autobots caught up, the Insecticons and Decepticons retreated to a nearby oil refinery, pursued by the Autobot forces. When [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] unleashed his ability to control lightning, Spike suggested Bumblebee transform to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], as his rubber tires would insulate him from the lightning bolts. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

During one Decepticon plot, Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a one-on-one contest, and all of the Autobots were on hand to cheer him on. Though Optimus lost, it turned out that Megatron had cheated, so the Autobots were free to blast the Decepticons into an open crevasse full of lava. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Bumblebee and Spike were on hand to watch the activation of Sparkplug's experiment, [[Autobot X (G1)|Autobot X]], and its total failure. When the pair were subsequently injured during a Decepticon attack on a rocket base, Spike's life-threatening injuries resulted in another experiment: transferring his mind into Autobot X. The process damaged Spike's psyche, and the boy fled headquarters. Bumblebee forwent further repairs on himself to go looking for Spike, and he found him... being conned by Megatron into joining the Decepticons. The diminutive Autobot sped back to find Optimus Prime, and the Autobots were able to talk Spike around. His mind was subsequently returned to his regular body. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}}

[[File:ChangingGears Gears Bee acrobatics.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Acrobots, Unite!]]
While the Autobots were gathering for another mission, Bumblebee teased [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] about the latter's grumpy demeanor. Despite this, when Gears was captured by the Decepticons, Bumblebee was as concerned as anyone for the Autobot's safety. Certain subtle clues led the Autobots to a Decepticon installation in [[Africa]], where they attempted to stop Megatron from destabilizing the sun. Bumblebee saved Gears's life during the battle by ramming Starscream from behind, and he ended up struggling with Ravage. When everything was wrapped up, Bumblebee and the others were keen to keep Gears's less abrasive personality, but Gears's wishes prevailed. {{storylink|Changing Gears}}

[[File:BumblebeelovesNY.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1 |Yeah, we love Neil Young, too.]]
Investigating reports that the Decepticons had made the [[Empire State Building]] disappear, Bumblebee was part of the contingent of Autobots who went to the city. He carried Spike on his shoulders as he, Mirage, Hound and Ratchet ventured into New York's scenic sewer system and were pursued by an [[alligaticon]]. As it turned out, the creature was build from Optimus Prime's parts, as the Decepticons had captured and disassembled him. After fighting [[battle taxi]]s, Bumblebee and Spike broke into the Decepticon control center and tricked Megatron into destroying the control device for Optimus Prime's arm, which had been attached to the top of a tower as a gun emplacement. Later, Bumblebee was seen sporting an "I &hearts; NY" license plate. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

A new Decepticon plan involved turning the Autobots evil by installing a [[personality destabilizer device]] in the Autobot [[recharging chamber]]. Luckily for Bumblebee, he was out messing around with [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], Spike and Sparkplug, and so was spared the treatment. When he returned to base, Bluestreak tried to force him into the recharging chamber, but Jazz intervened in time. While Sparkplug worked on a solution, Bumblebee tried to reason with the evilified Optimus Prime, only to be batted aside. Fortunately, Sparkplug's [[attitude exchanger]]s worked, and Bumblebee himself was able to bring Optimus back from the dark side, earning himself a hug. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}}

[[File:Arcade Hahaha.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|When even the arcade games laugh at you.]]
Spike and Bumblebee volunteered to go into town to get a new [[polarizer]] for Wheeljack's latest experiment, the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]]. While stopping off in a [[Robots Video Arcade|video arcade]], they encountered [[Carly]], who expressed her interest in the Autobot. Continuing on, they were attacked by Ravage, who planted a [[micro-bug]] on Bumblebee, allowing the Decepticons to spy on Wheeljack's demonstration and eventually steal the Immobilizer. Carly was also kidnapped by the Decepticons when she attempted to check out their base, and Spike and Bumblebee helped Ironhide mount a rescue mission. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

When Megatron's [[Transfixatron]] was used to lock the Autobots in their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s during a charity event, Bumblebee was the only one there not to be affected. He returned to base with Spike and Chip to raise the alarm, and once Ratchet and Wheeljack had come up with a device to counter the Transfixatron's effects, took part in the rescue mission. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

[[File:AtlantisArise Bumblebee spygear.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Bumblebee and his pretty little Bumblebeak.]]
Bumblebee took his life in his hands by joining the other Autobots in playing football against the Dinobots. Their match was interrupted by an alert which led them to find the Decepticons helping to raise the underwater city of [[Sub-Atlantica]]. The city moved to the coast off Washington, D.C. so the Sub-Atlanticans and Decepticons could invade America's capital. Bumblebee and Spike entered Sub-Atlantica to free Wheeljack, who'd been captured, and returned to Washington to help fight off the enemy forces. The trio tried to stop [[Nergill]] from destroying Sub-Atlantica, but failed and were only snatched away from certain destruction at the last moment by Optimus. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

Much like the other Autobots, Bumblebee was surprised when soon after one battle, a second Optimus Prime turned up at headquarters. He asked Teletraan I to scan both Optimuses, but the computer was unable to work out which was the real thing. Both Optimuses subsequently led the Autobot forces into battle against the Decepticons, but it was Bumblebee's query about Spike, disregarded by the fake, which finally proved which was which. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} When the Autobots later stopped Megatron from drilling into the center of the Earth, Bumblebee joined them in celebrating their victory. {{storylink|The Core}}

Checking out strange reports of chewed redwoods, Bumblebee, Hound, Beachcomber and Spike found the source of the problem: the Insecticons. Having avoided certain death in the form of a rolling log, the Autobots overheard the Insecticons discussing their plans with the Decepticons, and they radioed HQ. They joined the other Autobots at the [[Nova Power Plant]] a short time later, but were unable to prevent the Insecticons from devouring the power core. After discovering that the Insecticons were going to explode due to the energy they'd eaten, the Autobots traveled to [[Iron Mountain]], which the Decepticons were attacking, to try and prevent the disaster. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}

[[File:DinobotIsland1 jetpack Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Superbee... or rather Bumbleman]]
Teamed up with Powerglide, Bumblebee used a [[jet pack]] to keep up with his flighty comrade. The pair investigated some strange energy readings and discovered [[Dinobot Island (G1)|an island full of dinosaurs]]. After a close call with some hostile saurians, they retreated back to Headquarters to report on what they'd found and were in time to watch a demonstration of the Dinobots' skills go horribly wrong. Spike and Bumblebee visited a local library to check out some [[Ere Cenozoique Periode Tertiaire|dino-related books]], but were attacked by barbarians on [[mammoth]]s, who knocked a building over on them. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Fortunately, they were both OK, and the rest of the Autobots dug them out before dealing with the mammoths. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Strolling into the laboratory one day, Bumblebee was surprised to find Brawn badmouthing [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], and he defended the scientist. The altercation was interrupted by a mission to [[South America]], where the Autobots failed to stop Megatron retrieving the [[Heart of Cybertron]] and powering himself up to ridiculous levels. Perceptor came up with a cunning plan: He, Brawn and Bumblebee were miniaturized and inserted into Megatron, then managed to retrieve the Heart of Cybertron from inside him. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[File:MMP2 scorched Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Bumblebee, you're supposed to wash after you wipe!]]
After having helped foil an attack on a solar energy plant, Bumblebee took part in the [[Autobot Day]] parade, but things soon turned sour when Megatron's latest plan framed the Autobots. The humans turned against them, and the Autobots were soon all shot into space. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} They almost crashed into the Sun, but made it back to Earth safely and kicked the Decepticons back to their undersea base. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

On their way to pick up Sparkplug from the airport, Bumblebee, Spike and Carly stopped off at the [[Fun A Rama Park]], where Bumblebee couldn't see the point of the teacups ride until Carly disabled his [[equilibrium chip|equilibrium circuit]]. While at the airport, they spotted [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]], and the Dinobots were duly called in. Unfortunately, just as it seemed they'd won, Megatron triggered a huge explosion. Bumblebee shielded the humans, but the Dinobots were badly damaged.

Following repairs, the Dinobots stormed off, and the Autobots were subsequently left in the lurch when [[Cybertonium]] depletion disabled them. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Spike, Carly and the Dinobots were able to bring more Cybertonium back from Cybertron in time to repair all of the Autobots, including Bumblebee. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

Bumblebee was among the Autobots who went to [[Haley Observatory]] but arrived too late to prevent the Decepticons from stealing the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} He was also among the Autobots who coated themselves in [[electrum]] to battle the Decepticons, {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} and he battled drones in New York during a Decepticon plan to convert stolen cars into troops. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[File:ChildsPlay Bumblebee thumbsup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Cookies and Cream is my favorite!]]
A space bridge malfunction hurled Bumblebee, along with Optimus, Inferno, Perceptor, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and a group of Decepticons, across the galaxy to a planet where the local life forms were huge in comparison with the Transformers. After befriending a [[Aron|young boy]] and having a series of misadventures, the Autobots were ready to return home. However, the Decepticons took Bumblebee as a hostage, forcing Perceptor to use up the energon sending them home. Luckily, Perceptor's alternate plan to modify a toy rocket for space flight also worked. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} On the way back to Earth, the Autobots were intercepted by the bounty hunter [[Bosch]], and all of the Autobots bar Smokescreen were liberated of their free will and sold as slaves. Smokescreen was fortunately able to free them before they came to harm. {{storylink|The Gambler}}

Returning from a mission in [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to [[Floron III]] to find [[robotic insecticide]] for use against the Insecticon army, Bumblebee and Spike discovered that they had unexpected fellow passengers in the form of [[Morphobot]]s. Cosmos was overcome by the creatures and crashed on Earth, but not before ejecting his friends, who returned to Autobot HQ to get help. There, Bumblebee discovered that several of the Morphobots had attached themselves to his back, providing Perceptor with a sample to study. After being decontaminated, Bumblebee joined the expedition back to the crash site to retrieve Cosmos. A battle with the Decepticons destroyed the insecticide, and it looked like their mission had been rendered a failure until the Morphobots solved the Insecticon problem by eating the whole clone army. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

One of Megatron's wilder schemes involved inflicting a small energyvore named [[Kremzeek]] on the Autobots. Luckily for Bumblebee, he was one of the few Autobots to be protected by Sparkplug's insulating compound. After a chase in [[Japan]] which resulted in Kremzeek growing to giant size, the Autobots found a way to inflict him back on Megatron. Human scientist [[Sōji Yoshikawa|Doctor Yoshikawa]] came up with a way, much to Bumblebee's discomfort, to disperse the critter's energy. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[File:SeaChange Bumblebee wipeout.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Bumblebee is a real Circusbot!]]
After indulging in a spot of water skiing and stargazing with [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], Bumblebee and his comrade accompanied Perceptor and Cosmos to [[Tlalakan (planet)|the far-off world]] of the [[Tlalakan (species)|Tlalakans]] to investigate a distress signal. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a ''Decepticon'' distress signal, and Bumblebee was captured while trying to escape from Megatron's forces, who had also turned up to answer it. With the help of the shape-shifting Tlalakans, the other Autobots mounted a rescue, and Bumblebee was pressed into service defending the natives' city while they overthrew their Decepticon overlords. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

Bumblebee was once again abducted, this time by [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] while out on the town with [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]. Placed in specially constructed devices of torture along with other captured Autobots, Bumblebee was forced to transform back and forth continuously to avoid swinging axes. He was able to use his radio long enough to contact Optimus, but this was what Chumley wanted, as the big game hunter aimed to lure the Autobot leader to his compound and indulge in some sport. Optimus, of course, won and freed Bumblebee and his fellow captives. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

Despite being around in Autobot HQ when Ironhide gave the order to roll out for Cybertron, Bumblebee didn't go with him, possibly because he didn't have a girlfriend back on his home world. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} He was one of the Autobots who entered the [[Europa 2000]] after rumours that the Decepticons were after [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s super car. Augie's impolite driving habits at one point drove Bumblebee to yank the human from his car for a stern scolding.

[[File:BumblebeePearl.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|He's got the touch, he's got the...well you know the rest...]]
As it turned out, Megatron was after the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]], an ancient Cybertronian weather control power core in a containing shell. Bumblebee snatched the pearl from him, breaking it open and creating a huge vortex when he found the Autobots were outnumbered. To destroy it, he was forced to throw himself into the tornado, riding it until he was able to get a clear shot and blast the power core. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

After Perceptor used [[corrostop]] to cure a [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] brought to Earth by Megatron, the Autobots were able to defend the [[Statue of Liberty]] successfully from the Decepticons, a fact Bumblebee was particularly pleased with. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} After a bizarre attack on Autobot HQ which led to the Decepticons turning tail as soon as they'd arrived, Bumblebee wondered what the heck was going on. As it turned out, Starscream had built the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to try to usurp Megatron's leadership, and Bumblebee and the other Autobots used the battle between the two factions to rescue Jazz and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

The [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] began stealing components for Megatron's latest super weapon, and the Autobots set out to stop them. Bumblebee, Spike and [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] spectated as Optimus took down [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] himself. They put a counter-plan into effect, wherein the Stunticons would be held captive, while five Autobots would pose as them. However, Spike and Bumblebee discovered that the Decepticon group had escaped. After picking up their trampled comrades, they went to provide reinforcements for Optimus's group and arrived just in the nick of time. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

Sent with Ironhide and Gears to investigate an SOS from [[Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School]], Bumblebee met [[Martin and Roland|Martin, Roland]] and [[Elise Presser|Elise]] and chased around the [[B.O.T. (G1)|robot]] they'd built from [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]'s brain until [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] snatched it from under their noses. With [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] repaired, the Decepticons took their latest superweapon to Autobot headquarters. The obligatory battle ended with Elise using B.O.T. to destroy the cannon, leading Bumblebee to apologize for the loss of their robot. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:Spike ospit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Spike is about to corrupt Bumblebee's audio receptors forever...]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had retaken Cybertron. Spike and Bumblebee were stationed on [[Moonbase Two]] on one of the planet's moons when the huge, planet-devouring [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] appeared and made short work of the first moon. The pair rigged the second moon to explode and began to make their escape... but the explosion barely scratched Unicron, and their ship was sucked into his maw. Luckily, Unicron takes some time to digest things, and the two (as well as Jazz and Cliffjumper) were spared an acid-bath in Unicron's guts by the timely arrival of Spike's son, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. As Unicron began to explode, they were led to safety by new leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

For a short time after, peace reigned, and Bumblebee was stationed on Earth at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], apparently under Blaster's command. He and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] watched the broadcast of Rodimus opening the [[Galactic Olympics]], {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} and he was later seen running for battle stations as Blaster sounded an alert. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Bumblebee was part of a squad of Autobots who failed to defend Autobot headquarters against the giant Decepticon [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:Goldbugtroop1.jpg|thumb|135px|See? He still looks sorta friendly.]]

As chronal forces ripped across the galaxy, causing havoc, Bumblebee became trapped in a time loop while racing with Jazz and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

He was present in Autobot City when [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream's ghost]] came to attempt to steal the giant's eyes for Unicron. When the Decepticons' invasion set the city on red alert, Bumblebee and Spike teamed up to search the complex for the attackers, just like old times. Running across Scourge in Metroplex's brain, they managed a drive-by ramming that knocked the tracker off balance, but ended up crashing and locking themselves inside Metroplex's voice control room. Guess they were really out of practice with their teamwork. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:Goldbugtroop2.jpg|left|thumb|Eeeyeeaaggh!]]

He was stationed on Cybertron when the energy creature [[Tornedron]] attacked the planet. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

When the body of Optimus Prime was retrieved by [[Gregory Swofford]] and [[Jessica Morgan]], Rodimus Prime led a team that included Bumblebee to investigate. However, Bumblebee and his teammates were attacked by a [[Hate Plague]]-infested [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and heavily damaged. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} After Optimus Prime was rebuilt by [[Klementia|a Quintesson]], so too was Bumblebee into a more powerful but similar form. Bumblebee remarked that he now looked like a "gold bug". Optimus Prime decided this would be his new name.

[[File:TheRebirth1-Goldbug.jpg|thumb|Now you can call him Goldmug!]]

Goldbug journeyed with Optimus Prime and the other survivors to [[Chaar]] in search of a heat-resistant alloy that could insulate Prime from the Hate Plague. However, infected Decepticon forces attacked and contaminated Goldbug as well. Goldbug and all other contaminated beings were restored when Optimus Prime retrieved the Matrix and unleashed the remainder of its energy. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

While discussing the marked absence of the Decepticons over the last few months, Goldbug, [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] and [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] were alerted to an incoming incursion by their enemies. The [[Throttlebot]]s attempted to defend the city alongside the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], but failed to prevent the Decepticons from getting away with the key to the [[plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Goldbug was among the cheering crowds after the Plasma Energy Chamber ushered in a new Golden Age of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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==''The Transformers'' public service announcements==
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==Japanese cartoon continuity==
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Additionally, this continuity moves the events of 2006 forward to 2010, and inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening years.}}

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages===
Bumblebee was a participant in a battle in New York City, early in the Autobot/Decepticon war taking place on Earth. The Autobots were victorious that day. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers}}

===Scramble City===
[[File:Scramblecity spike and bee.jpg|thumb]]
{{voiceactor|[[Yoku Shioya]]}}

Bumblebee took part in the secret Scramble City project to construct Metroplex. His building efforts appeared to consist of lugging equipment around and suggesting to Spike that they should slack off. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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===Full Throttle Scramble Power!===
When the Decepticons threatened the world with the power of their [[Omega Wave Cannon]], Bumblebee and the entire Autobot army joined [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] in attacking their base to stop them. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

===''The Battle of the Star Gate''===
[[File:Bumblebee stargatebattles peace.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Anything for the ladies!]]

In the 1990s, Bumblebee was part of a delegation of Autobots who attended a press conference to announce the creation of the [[Warp gate|interstellar teleportation system]] known as the ''[[Trigger]]'' to the world. As Optimus Prime delivered his speech to the assembled masses, Bumblebee encouraged Jazz to lighten up and posed for his legions of swooning fangirls in the audience. A few days later, when the Decepticons attacked the ''Trigger'' in an attempt to take control of it, Bumblebee was among the Autobots who helped repel their assault. {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}}

[[File:Angry sgb bumblebee.jpg|135px|thumb|I Am Furious (Yellow)]]

Three months later, Bumblebee joined Optimus Prime, Wheeljack and Bluestreak at a military testing site, where Prime was to help the human scientist [[Felix Adle|Professor Adle]] test-drive his new invention, the drone [[C-X]]. The site, however, was besieged by protesters who objected to the presence of the Autobots and their war on Earth, and Bumblebee was particularly annoyed by the hateful slogans they shouted. Bumblebee had little to contribute once the test of C-X began, and when the robot ran amok during the trial, he was injured by its rampage. Prime was able to subdue the violent drone, but this display only added fuel to the protesters' fire, and Bumblebee was ready to snap until Bluestreak reined him in. {{storylink|Divided Views}}

Some time later, when the Decepticons staged another attack on the ''Trigger'', Bumblebee again tried to defend the installation. During the attack, Starscream fused himself with the ''Trigger'', transforming it into a massive, misshapen robot form for himself, and it took the combination of Optimus Prime and Megatron's power to destroy it. The backwash of the explosion was so great, however, that Bumblebee and the other Autobots and Decepticons were all caught in it and sent plummeting to Earth in free fall, burning up as they went. The Transformers were all badly injured and not seen on Earth for months. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}
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===''Legends'' comic (1)===
Sometime between 1985 and 2004 during the early days of the Transformers' war on Earth, Bumblebee was seen battling the Decepticons alongside Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Jazz. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}} When the Decepticons attacked the Ark to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]], Bumblebee reported their approach to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}} He later voiced his pleasure when Optimus Prime thought of a plan for dealing with the [[Jumpstarter]]s' mischief. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter}}

===''Alternity''===
In the year 2005, thanks to the efforts of the time- and space-bending entity known as the [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Protector]], a parallel universe was created that branched off from this one, creating a separate timeline in which Bumblebee never became Goldbug. Instead, this alternate world saw Bumblebee undergo a much more amazing transformation.

Through the incredible technological advancements the Autobots made under the Protector's direction, the Autobots evolved into the incredible cross-dimensional race of hyper-beings known as the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]. After 900,000 years of hard work, Bumblebee underwent this evolution with great pride, although some of his fellow Autobots felt that the majestic powers this transformation conveyed were too much for such a little guy. Ever the cheerful prankster, Bumblebee became regarded by the species of numerous lower dimensions as the most easily-befriend-able member of the Alternity.

[[File:Worldisflat alternity bumblebee.jpg|left|thumb]]

When Megatron gained similar powers to the Alternity and began attacking numerous different parallel universes, the Autobots soon realized that his raids were centered on the year 2009. Investigating the same time period in various universes for clues to what the Decepticon might be up to, Bumblebee and [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]] came to the conclusion that some new type of dimensional flux was going to occur, and that Megatron sought the technology for his own ends. While the pair were searching in [[universal stream]] [[Primax 905.0 Beta]], the flux suddenly hit, producing a bizarre effect: printed works of art all across the world began to warp and distort. Bumblebee and Elita quickly tracked down the effect to a mysterious tablet in the Otsuka Museum of Art, which was in the process of being stolen by [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]. Bumblebee easily overpowered the trio, snatching the tablet from them and using his powers to transform them into two-dimensional beings that immediately crumpled. From somewhere across reality, Megatron witnessed this display and attacked with his tesseractal swords, destroying the building and the tablet and wounding Bumblebee. By the time Bumblebee came to, Reflector had vanished, but Bumblebee had deduced the truth of what had happened: the tablet had been invented by beings from the two-dimensional universe known as [[Flatworld]], and had transformed two-dimensional artworks into gateways through which the "[[Planicron|Flatworlders]]" would have been able to pass. With the knowledge that ever lower dimensions were making technological leaps similar to those of the Alternity, Bumblebee resolved to be ready for the next invasion...but not before Elita made sure they had repaired all the damage done to the world they were in first. {{storylink|The World Is Flat!}}

Bumblebee helped provide cover fire for a cross-universal battle when he suddenly seized up alongside all other higher-dimensional beings in his squad. They all returned to normal momentarily, but had dreadful news for their Protector allies: the Alternity's aggregate had been sundered by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]! Though all individuals in the aggregate had survived, taking refuge in their respective Auto-Avatars, their power was now quickly ebbing away. The battle soon turned to the Autobots' favour when [[Thundercracker (G1)#Alternity|Thundercracker]], disgusted by the senseless loss of life the Planicrons suffered due to Megatron's exploitation of their power, released the lower dimensional beings from his leader's control. But to assure themselves a total victory, the Autobots still needed to find the correct spatial doorway for the Planicrons to emerge into three-dimensional space, allowing them to supersede the Alternity as multiversal defenders. Bumblebee quickly deduced that the correct path for the Planicrons' evolution was through the [[BT World]], and he set out with Elita Seven and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)#Alternity|Nemesis Prime]] to guide the Planicrons there.

Upon their arrival to their target world, they were greeted by [[Grimlock (G1)#Alternity|Grimlock]] and [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Primal]]. With their help, the group soon tracked down the schematics for the unfinished [[Critias Gate]]; a two-dimensional doorway for two-dimensional beings. Together, they then witnessed the Planicrons come forth through the gate. Though Megatron, barely holding on to a cohesive form as other agents were destroying his Auto-Avatars elsewhere, tried to abort the Planicrons' ascension, he was soundly defeated by his target. The Autobots cheered at the destruction of their long-time foe.

Afterwards, the former Alternity members met on planet [[Athenia]]. There, Bumblebee commented that as a super-being, Elita Seven had appeared more akin to an anatomical chart than a person standing before him, and added that he preferred to see Elita Seven as he did now. After some parting words from Optimus Prime, the Autobots then all returned to their proper place in the multiverse. {{storylink|Alternation}}

===Controverse===
When [[BT World]] [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] discovered they couldn't return to their home reality, Bumblebee was openly glad that at least some version of his friends would still be alive in the OG World. At the trial of [[Primacron]], Bumblebee helped [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] defeat the Decepticons who crashed into the courtroom. He later oversaw Primacron's banishment to another dimension. {{storylink|Controverse}}

===''Generations Selects'' Special Comic (1)===
At some point, Goldbug briefly reverted to being Bumblebee and wore a [[Pretender]] suit. In early [[2011]], Bumblebee was present with a joint Autobot-Decepticon force attempting to seal [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in the [[Triple Z Point]]. He was wearing his Pretender shell as Unicron reformed himself out of the mass of his disciples. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 1}} By the time Unicron was fully restored, Bumblebee was no longer wearing his shell. It's unknown what happened to it. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale Part 2}}

===''Kiss Players''===
[[File:KPPrimeGoldbug.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Sometimes, toy-accuracy is a strange, strange thing.]]
In the year 2011, after the resurrection of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee's transformation into Goldbug, the two Autobots traveled to the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] and rescued the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] and their partner [[Sparkbot]]s from the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] pit, also freeing their [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|spaceship]] from the Quintessons' trap. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)#Tokyo Toy Festival live performance|Kiss Players live performance}}

===''15 Go! Go!''===
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===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Michitaka Kobayashi]] (Japanese)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}

[[File:FourWarriors-GrimlockGoldbug.jpg|thumb|225px|Fools! Goldbug can be any size he wants!]]

Later in 2011, Goldbug and the Throttlebots were on Cybertron when [[Vector Sigma]] began to destabilize as a consequence of Optimus Prime releasing the Matrix's energy to cure the Hate Plague the previous year. The Decepticons soon invaded the planet in an attempt to take control of the computer, and Goldbug and the Throttlebots joined [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] in holding the line against them. Unfortunately, they were knocked unconscious by the hypnotic power of the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], but they had managed to delay the Decepticons long enough for the Autobot Headmasters to arrive and take up the fight. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

[[File:Hmep4 throttlebots.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Later, when the Decepticon Headmasters unleashed the [[Madmachine]] upon Cybertron, Goldbug and the Throttlebots helped the Autobot Headmasters battle the villains. Hit by a blast of the evil device's electromagnetic beams, the Throttlebots were left in convlusions, opening them up to an attack by the Decepticons. [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] and [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] were again affected by Mindwipe's hypnotism and were instructed to fight each other, but Goldbug was able to get between them and snap them out of it. Goldbug proceeded to get his team organized, and he and Rollbar took on Mindwipe, clinging on to him and preventing him from flying away as they beat him up. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:DemonMeteorite-Throttlebots.jpg|225px|thumb|It's so obvious he's gonna win!]]

Goldbug and the Throttlebots went up against the Decepticon Headmasters yet again in a later battle on Earth, but pretended to lose so that they would be left free to investigate the Decepticons' newest weapon: a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping]] meteror currently on collision course with [[Athenia]]. Disregarding [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s instructions to keep their distance, the Throttlebots believed they would be heroes if they could stop the meteror, but no sooner had they got within range of the space-rock than its gravity boosters began twisting and warping their ship and their bodies. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[File:TheFinalShowdown1-Goldbug.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Here I go, here I go, here I go again Girls, what is my weakness? Getting thrown by Predaking]]

The Throttlebots disappeared after this encounter, suggesting they might have been destroyed, but they eventually resurfaced months later as the Decepticons were carrying out their final plan to destroy the Earth. Goldbug and the Throttlebots teamed up with [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] to investigate the emergence of a "[[Death Tower]]" in Santiago, Chile, only to find [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] there waiting for them. Naturally, the small 'bots were no match for the powerful combiner, but they fought bravely, clinging onto his limbs before being hurled aside. Luckily, the Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] arrived in time to bail them out and take Predaking down. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}
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===''Legends'' comic (2)===
In [[2021]], Goldbug was the only one to figure out that Spike, now chairman of the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]], had been replaced with an [[Cobra Commander|evil fake]], and left the Throttlebots to protect the real Spike from the impostor's hitmen. He brought Spike to safety in the [[Legends World]] where he told his story to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s local contingency of Autobots, but sustained major injuries in the process and had to be repaired by Perceptor, who rebuilt him as Bumblebee to better suit his and Spike's renewed partnership. They were then attacked by the fake Spike, who tried to sic the Throttlebots on them, but Bumblebee knew his old team wouldn't follow orders so easily and sent the impostor fleeing. After securing Fortress's help for the upcoming final showdown with the fake Spike, Bumblebee and Spike set out to search the Legends World for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 54|Bonus Edition Vol. 54}} Once the truth was made public and the impostor defeated, Bumblebee and Spike safely returned to their own universe. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Greatshot)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

Bumblebee and Spike traveled to the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] in [[2023]], where they helped end the planet's civil war together with others who had just returned from the Legends World. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

===Hero Set===
In 2025, Bumblebee and his comrades Grimlock and Jazz battled Starscream in the far reaches of space.<ref>Packaging blurb for the Japanese-exclusive "Hero Set" release of the [[Classic Pretender]] versions of Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock, and Starscream, confirmed to be part of cartoon continuity by Takara's [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline|2007 timeline]].</ref>

===Ask Vector Prime===
The Autobots were victorious over Starscream. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 29/7/2015}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
In the 2030s, Bumblebee joined [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and several other Autobots at Autobot Headquarters for a briefing by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] regarding several missing [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombian]] freight transports. {{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.}}

===''Generations Selects'' Special Comic (2)===
In [[2050]], Bumblebee supported the [[Selector]]s' revolution on Earth. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

===''Cloud''===
In a divergent timeline known as [[15-OGSS Spacetime]], Bumblebee was at a shuttle base orbiting [[Earth]] when an incursion of Decepticons from [[Cloud World]] occurred. Bumblebee and his comrades tried to fend off the invaders, but ultimately, Autobots from Cloud World saved the day. {{storylink|Transformers Cloud Compilation Comic|Compilation Comic}}

==''TV Magazine'' comic continuity==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic===
[[File:Bumblebee and kenji.jpg|thumb|135px]]

In the late 1980s, the Autobots' and Decepticons' conflict expanded to include regular skirmishes in Japan. When the Decepticons staged a major attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], the absence of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his cassette minions made Optimus Prime suspicious, and he dispatched a unit including Bumblebee to search for them in Japan. While searching with [[Kenji]], the Autobots' newest human ally, Bumblebee was stopped by the police, who believed Kenji was driving while underage. After Bumblebee transformed for the officers, everyone had a good laugh at the misconception. After resuming their patrol, the human and Autobot were attacked by Ravage. Kenji told Bumblebee to transform, but 'Bee gently informed his passenger that Kenji wouldn't survive the process if he did. Luckily, Powerglide swooped in just in time to whisk Kenji to safety, but he also left Bumblebee behind to face Soundwave and his cassettes alone. Bumblebee had no fear, though—he unleashed the awesome and terrifying [[Bumble Kick]], destroying Soundwave's chest compartment. After the cassettes fruitlessly (and hilariously) bounced off Soundwave's chest while trying to hide from the arriving Autobot reinforcements, Bumblebee was congratulated for his victory. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Bumblebee was also present when Optimus Prime gave Kenji a tour of the Autobots' Japanese base. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

When Powerglide was trying to stop the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] from hunting down a [[Battle Dog|dog]] that had been experimented upon by the Decepticons, Bumblebee and the Minibots arrived to back him up. By harnessing the amazing energy of the super-advanced puppy, the Minibots gained Scramble Combination Power and power-drilled straight through [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. The puppy died, but, man—what a rush! {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

===''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''===
Bumblebee was stationed at Autobot City in 2010. He welcomed a group of children visiting the Autobot base as they were being shown around by Ultra Magnus. Metroplex came under attack [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], but Bumblebee reassured the children throughout the confrontation. Ultimately, Trypticon was driven off and the children cheered alongside their heroes. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

==''Transformers Legends'' anthology==
Bumblebee, Spike, and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] happened upon a badly damaged [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] while out racing. Bumblebee convinced the others to bring Starscream back to the Ark for repairs, under the rationale that while Starscream wouldn't have done the same for them, they weren't Decepticons. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

==Rodimus vs. Cyclonus==
After Unicron had devoured one of Cybertron's moon, Bumblebee wound up within the evil planet, being grappled by its internal defenses. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

==''Wings Universe''==
[[File:G2Redux-BeachcomberGoldbugpowers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
In [[2010]], Goldbug arrived with reinforcements from Autobot City to help [[Pyro (G1)|Spark]]’s team fight [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]], which had taken over the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in [[Switzerland]]. After being exposed to the [[forestonite]] gas, he became a gold version of his original Bumblebee body, though now with the added ability to float and generate electrical stings from his fists. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

In [[2012]], [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] created [[Bumblebee (G2)|a clone]] of Bumblebee/Goldbug. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}
{{--}}

==''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''==
[[File:Mars Attacks The Transformers - Bumblebee translates.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66]]
In the aftermath of another battle, Bumblebee sat on [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]. When the city was abruptly invaded by [[Martian]]s, he sought cover with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], but opted not to translate what the Martians were saying for his human friend. The Autobots and Decepticons formed an alliance to escape a Martian force field, during which Bumblebee suggested maybe Megatron could ease up on the attitude a tad. Once they'd seen off the Martian invaders, Bumblebee and the other Autobots quickly realized that the Decepticons regarded the truce as over. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}
{{--}}

==''Cloud''==
The Bumblebee of "OG001 Spacetime" was caught up in the tussle between the [[Optimus Prime (Cloud)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Cloud)|Megatron]] of [[Cloud World]] when they came to his spacetime. {{storylink|TFC-A01}}

==Ask Vector Prime==
In the year 2005, Bumblebee and Spike were stationed on Moonbase 1, preparing to take back Cybertron. Then reality started going screwy, thanks to the meddling of [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]]! In the new timeline, Bumblebee was replaced by the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]]. As the universe continued to destabilize, the two kid-appeal characters and their human companions oscillated back and forth. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

==''Deviations''==
Bumblebee was stationed on Moonbase Two being in attendance when Optimus Prime arrived from Earth and pledged to defeat Unicron. When Hot Rod sacrificed himself to save Cybertron, Bumblebee returned to Cybertron, where he attended Optimus’s speech commemorating the end of the Cybertronian wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

==Notes==
*Bumblebee's involvement in the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' were also adapted into the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Alternity Autobots]]
[[Category:Cloud Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]
[[Category:Kiss Players Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Mini Vehicles]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Throttlebots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

Netflix

2024-02-07T10:12:59Z

TFboi: /* Transformers films — Available 2023 */

[[Image:Netflix.jpg|right|300px|]]
'''Netflix''' is a United States based multinational home entertainment company. While beginning solely as a mail-order DVD rental service in the United States, it primarily operates as an online video streaming service featuring films and television series available in numerous countries across the globe. Netflix also hosts its own original content not found on any other network or service, including the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]'' animated series.

In 2012, [[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]] signed a 10-year deal with Netflix allowing series from the Hasbro library to be included on Netflix's online streaming service.<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/10/netflix-signs-multi-year-deal-with-hasbro-and-knowing-is-half/ Netflix signs multi-year deal with Hasbro -- and knowing is half the battle]</ref> In addition to legacy content, programs from [[Hub Network|The Hub]]/[[Discovery Family]] were included in the deal, with episodes premiering on the service after their broadcast seasons have ended. While multiple Transformers series were added to the service as a result of this, half of them were delisted in 2015, while the other half were reduced to only their first seasons in 2018. This deal expired in February 2022, leading to nearly every ''Transformers'' cartoon being delisted from the service over the following year in most regions, save for the United States. Pursuant to Netflix's deal with pay channel {{w|Epix (TV channel)|Epix}}, films from the [[Paramount Pictures]] library were made available on the service several months after their original cable broadcast, though subsequent films now skip Netflix entirely and go straight to [[Paramount+]].

In addition to video streaming, Netflix also has a presence in the mobile gaming space, with several mobile game releases that can only be played by those with an active Netflix subscription.

Currently, Netflix's streaming service is almost available worldwide, but their available catalog varies significantly from region to region (with the exception of Netflix originals, which are generally available in all regions), and content is constantly phased in and out depending on distribution agreements with the original rights holders. As a result, the lists below are frequently subject to change:

==Transformers TV series — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' (Seasons 3–4)
! ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''
! ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]''
! ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' (Episodes 1–18)
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes*
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only includes Season 2 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Only includes Episodes 1-10 

==Transformers films — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''
! ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''
! ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}

==Transformers mobile games==
* ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight]]''

==Discontinued Transformers TV series and movies==
* ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' — Seasons 2–3 and ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'' removed in 2018
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' — Season 1 removed in 2022, Season 2 removed in 2023 (except Russia)
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' — Removed in 2024

==Notes==
* Notably, other services that carry ''Prime'', ''Rescue Bots'' or ''Robots in Disguise'' (such as [[Tubi]] or [[Hasbro#Streaming video|Roku]]) are missing their first seasons, presumably due to Netflix locking up exclusivity as a result of the aforementioned deal with Hasbro.
* Shortly after the launch of ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', Netflix added eight characters from the series as selectable profile icons, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
* In 2022, [[Scanline]], a visual effects studio who worked on the [[Live-action film series]], would be purchased by Netflix. While becoming the service's in-house effects studio, the deal between the two parties still has Scanline remain an independent company and free to work for other producers, similar to [[Industrial Light & Magic]]'s deal with [[Disney]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.netflix.com Netflix website]
* {{w|Netflix|Netflix on Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Streaming platforms]]
[[Category:Video game companies]]

Netflix

2024-02-07T10:11:04Z

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[[Image:Netflix.jpg|right|300px|]]
'''Netflix''' is a United States based multinational home entertainment company. While beginning solely as a mail-order DVD rental service in the United States, it primarily operates as an online video streaming service featuring films and television series available in numerous countries across the globe. Netflix also hosts its own original content not found on any other network or service, including the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' and ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]'' animated series.

In 2012, [[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]] signed a 10-year deal with Netflix allowing series from the Hasbro library to be included on Netflix's online streaming service.<ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/10/netflix-signs-multi-year-deal-with-hasbro-and-knowing-is-half/ Netflix signs multi-year deal with Hasbro -- and knowing is half the battle]</ref> In addition to legacy content, programs from [[Hub Network|The Hub]]/[[Discovery Family]] were included in the deal, with episodes premiering on the service after their broadcast seasons have ended. While multiple Transformers series were added to the service as a result of this, half of them were delisted in 2015, while the other half were reduced to only their first seasons in 2018. This deal expired in February 2022, leading to nearly every ''Transformers'' cartoon being delisted from the service over the following year in most regions, save for the United States. Pursuant to Netflix's deal with pay channel {{w|Epix (TV channel)|Epix}}, films from the [[Paramount Pictures]] library were made available on the service several months after their original cable broadcast, though subsequent films now skip Netflix entirely and go straight to [[Paramount+]].

In addition to video streaming, Netflix also has a presence in the mobile gaming space, with several mobile game releases that can only be played by those with an active Netflix subscription.

Currently, Netflix's streaming service is almost available worldwide, but their available catalog varies significantly from region to region (with the exception of Netflix originals, which are generally available in all regions), and content is constantly phased in and out depending on distribution agreements with the original rights holders. As a result, the lists below are frequently subject to change:

==Transformers TV series — Available 2024==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' (Season 1)
! ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' (Seasons 3–4)
! ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''
! ''[[Transformers: BotBots (cartoon)|BotBots]]''
! ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|EarthSpark]]'' (Episodes 1–18)
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes**
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes*
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only includes Season 2 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> Only includes Episodes 1-10 

==Transformers films — Available 2023==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Country
! ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''
! ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''
! ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''
! ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Argentina
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Australia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Czech Republic
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|France
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Greece
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Hungary
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Iceland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|India
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Israel
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Italy
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Japan
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Netherlands
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|New Zealand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Portugal
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Romania
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Russia
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #D2FFD2" | Yes
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Slovakia
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Africa
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Spain
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Thailand
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Turkey
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|-
| style="text-align:left"|United States
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
| style="background: #FFD2D2" | No
|}

==Transformers mobile games==
* ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight]]''

==Discontinued Transformers TV series and movies==
* ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars: Transformers]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' — Removed in 2015
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' — Seasons 2–3 and ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]'' removed in 2018
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' — Seasons 2–4 removed in 2018, Season 1 removed in 2022 (except USA)
* ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' — Season 1 removed in 2022, Season 2 removed in 2023 (except Russia)
* ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' — Removed in 2024

==Notes==
* Notably, other services that carry ''Prime'', ''Rescue Bots'' or ''Robots in Disguise'' (such as [[Tubi]] or [[Hasbro#Streaming video|Roku]]) are missing their first seasons, presumably due to Netflix locking up exclusivity as a result of the aforementioned deal with Hasbro.
* Shortly after the launch of ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'', Netflix added eight characters from the series as selectable profile icons, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].
* In 2022, [[Scanline]], a visual effects studio who worked on the [[Live-action film series]], would be purchased by Netflix. While becoming the service's in-house effects studio, the deal between the two parties still has Scanline remain an independent company and free to work for other producers, similar to [[Industrial Light & Magic]]'s deal with [[Disney]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.netflix.com Netflix website]
* {{w|Netflix|Netflix on Wikipedia}}

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