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Thundertron

2024-05-12T15:53:42Z

ThePuff09: /* Legacy */ added info about the slots on his shoulders.

{{faction|starseeker}}
:''Thundertron is a [[Star Seeker]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Thundertronpackagingart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|"Do you fear [[death]]? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare, all your sins punished?"]]
[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and its inhabitants will tremble, for they will hear the massive clang of steel amidst the sound of leonine growls, and fall before the might of '''Thundertron'''! The massive, peg-legged leader of the Star Seekers and Captain of the ''[[Tidal Wave (Prime)|Tidal Wave]]'', Thundertron claims to be "the mightiest freebooter on the spaceways". Aside from being a merciless pirate, the inadvertent destruction of his home-world by Cybertronian neglect has given him an unquenchable hatred and a desire for revenge. He vows to hunt down and slaughter any who come from Cybertron, and is equally brutal with anyone else who would get in his way.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
During Cybertron's [[Golden Age]], when the [[Transformer]]s [[Cybertronian colonies|colonized other worlds]], Thundertron's colony loyally served the Cybertronian Empire. When the space bridge network collapsed and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] turned its attentions inward, Thundertron and his fellow colonists were left to fend for themselves, dying by the millions. The survivors became the core of the [[Star Seeker]]s, and Thundertron emerged as their leader. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

Upon sensing the energy trail of a [[Ark (WFC)|Cybertronian ship]], Thundertron had his ship land on [[Velocitron]]. He quickly questioned [[Override (Prime)|the planet's leader]] if there were any Cybertronians there. She said there were none, but the leader's refusal to divulge where they were, her insolence in asking the fault of being Cybertronian, and [[Ransack (Prime)|her rival]]'s insistence that she was Cybertronian quickly made Thundertron lose his temper and ordered his crew to attack.

Following the energy trail, they traveled through a [[space bridge]] to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where he found not only the Cybertronian ship, but [[Trypticon (WFC)|another]]. While the Cybertronians were fighting each other, Thundertron met with the [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|leader]] of the [[Junkion (species)|locals]]. He quickly forced the Junkions to repair his ship and attach a space bridge to it. He had [[Cannonball (Prime)|two]] [[Brimstone (Prime)|crew members]] show the Junkions they meant business by killing [[Arclight (Junkion)|one of them]]. As soon as the space bridge was attached, Thundertron ordered the Star Seekers to attack the Cybertronians. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Some time after the battle on Junkion, Thundertron and the Star Seekers engineered a ruse to trap the Decepticons and destroy the ''Nemesis'' with the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. While the trap was sprung, the more nimble ''Nemesis'' was able to exploit the Requiem Blaster's high energy demands, forcing the pirates to detach the weapon after an ineffective blast had been fired off. Furious, Thundertron engaged Megatron in personal combat on an asteroid. Though the pirate's savage might proved an equal match for the Decepticon leader, he opted for a retreat when the ''Nemesis'' began overpowering the ''Tidal Wave''. Speaking to his foe one last time, Thundertron swore to face Megatron once again, an opinion that the Decepticon did not share, his speech allowing Megatron to deduce that Thundertron had not killed Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Earth Protection Taskforce]] unsuccessfully attempted to capture [[Starquest]] and Thundertron. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/17}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers Online (2012 video game)|Transformers Online}}}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
[[File:Prime voyager Thundertron.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! Thundertron, Ho!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-ss|'''Thundertron''' (Voyager Class, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / number'': '''1 / 008'''
:*''Accessories'': Claw/Battle sword, claw/right foot
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] and [[Bill Rawley]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtNaT7h6Fh4 HasCon 2017 - EXCLUSIVE Interview With Rik Alvarez (Formally With Hasbro)]</ref> (Hasbro)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist), [[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

:Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#RID|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Voyager Class toys, Thundertron converts from a robotic lion to a peg-legged space pirate and back! He features an incredibly long [[Facial hair|beard]] and looks like he's [[Transformer clothing|wearing a long-coat]], with the latter being due to the [[beast mode]] "wings" on his robot waist and the coattail-shaped panel on his back. He also features translucent plastic, such as his back and forearms/beast mode forelegs, to accommodate his weapon's light-up [[gimmick]].

:For accessories, he has a short-bladed claw which is pegged (via [[5 mm post|5 mm peg-hole]]) into his peg-leg, and serves as his right [[robot mode]] and rear-right beast mode foot. He also has a long-bladed claw that transforms into a "Battle sword", the LED in the weapon illuminating the sword blade as a sort of "[[Energon]] glow". Either accessory can peg into his hands, forearms, robot and beast back, and into either side of his "wings". Additionally, the light-up weapon features a peg-hole on either side of the lever.

:In order for him to fit in the box, he is often mis-transformed in-[[Packaging|package]], with his chest panels not being opened, and his crest, "coattail", and pelvis being left in their beast mode positions. His package-back also features a call-out to his static snap-on claw/right foot accessory, but it incorrectly points to his ''claw/sword'' accessory instead. Additionally, his [[stock photography]] depicts additional [[paint operation]]s not present in the final product, such as silver paint for most of his robot feet/beast hind-feet, and gold paint for the lower half of his peg-leg. Finally, his [[instructions]] forget to mention that the spurs on the sides of his rear feet have to be swung up and angled for lion mode, as shown in his [[package art]] and stock photos.

:He was later redecoed into [[Lio Convoy#Prime|Leo Prime]], ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' [[Go Prime#Toys|Go Prime]], and [[BotCon 2014]] [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BotCon2014|Alpha Trizer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/StarSeeker/Thundertron/thundertron.htm More information on Thundertron at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Voyager-Thundertron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He stole [[Ben MacCrae|Bmac's]] Beard!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-ss|'''Prime Universe Thundertron''' (Voyager Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Sword, detachable foot
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)<ref name ="Pulsecon23">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CxzALp2MvRS/ Design notes on ''Legacy'' Thundertron] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>}}

: Released in the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Voyagers, ''Legacy: United'' "Prime Universe Thundertron" transforms into a robotic lion (with noted heavy ''[[Zoids]]'' inspiration).<ref name = "Pulsecon23"/> He includes a sword, as well as the original toy's peg leg feature (at the cost losing of ankle tilt in the right foot).

: Hasbro marketer [[Ben MacCrae]] and designer [[Mark Maher]] lampshaded the ''Zoids'' influence that went into Thundertron's revamped beast mode by offering that the pirate had [[Scanning|scanned]] one of the ''Zoids'' franchise's trademark mecha-ligers after crash landing on the Zoids{{'}} home planet.<ref name = "Pulsecon23"/><ref>{{cite social|quote=Crash landing at planet z did ol thunder knucks alot of good in my eyes. We got some serious possibility and just a fierce looking alt mode which will scare any cybertronian off the tidal plank.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CxzALp2MvRS/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=09|day=29}}</ref> Maher further noted that the toy was initially planned to have sculpted [[space barnacle]] details, but they ultimately didn't quite fit with the vibe he wanted, so it was changed in favor of some scars and battle damage.<ref>{{cite social|quote=I did plan on adding some space barnacles but after they were sculpted they didn’t give the proper vibe, so I put my energon towards some scars and battle damage throughout the sculpt cause this star seeker has seen some serious battles.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CxzALp2MvRS/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=09|day=29}}</ref> Thundertron's left shoulder has two slots, which fit Earthrise Ratbat's legs.

: Thundertron was revealed alongside the rest of ''United''{{'}}s first wave, and went up for pre-order shortly afterwards.

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CxzALp2MvRS/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Thundertron from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
*Thundertron was designed by [[Emiliano Santalucia]].<ref>http://santalux.blogspot.it/2012/11/thundetron-concept-sketches.html</ref>
*According to former Hasbro creative director [[Rik Alvarez]], Thundertron's name is a portmanteau of ''ThunderCats'' and ''Voltron''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHvPXWmSi8&t=275 Panel at TFCon 2018]</ref>
*The original concept of the Star Seekers was that each of its 13 members was from a different Cybertronian colony.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHvPXWmSi8&t=21 Panel at TFCon 2018]</ref> To date, Thundertron's colony of origin is unknown.
*Thundertron's status as a captain of an independent ship, his apparent peg leg, and his unending quest for vengeance harken back to Captain Ahab from the classic novel, ''Moby-Dick''.
*Thundertron and the Star Seekers were at one point planned for inclusion in whatever TV project followed the third season of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' (either a fourth season of ''Prime'', or a new show entirely), prompting Thundertron's toy and the seeds of their backstory being incorporated into the Aligned novels.<ref>Former Hasbro employee [[Rik Alvarez]] in 2015</ref> The dissolution of HasLab and their big vision for the Aligned continuity put an end to that.
*A catalogue that comes with the [[Lio Convoy#Prime|Leo Prime]] version of the mold erroneously labels the figure "Thundertron" (サンダートロン ''Sandātoron'').

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Thundertron''' (サンダートロン ''Sandātoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pò Tiān Léi''' (China, 破天雷, "Heaven Breaking Thunder")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Legacy Star Raiders]]
[[Category:Prime Star Seekers]]
[[Category:Transformers Online characters]]

Blurr (G1)/toys

2023-07-01T01:46:23Z

ThePuff09: /* Studio Series */

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[[File:G1 boxart Blurr.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]

All toys of '''Blurr''' are fast!

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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1 Blurr toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Cybertron's zippiest doorstop wedge.]]
*'''Blurr''' (Autobot Car, 1986)
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-79'''
**''Accessories'': "Electro-laser" rifle, vehicle nose/shield

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Blurr transforms into a blue [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Hovercar|Cybertronic hovercar]]. As his type of vehicle didn't have traditional rubber-tired wheels, he instead had small plastic wheels on his robot legs, which were tucked underneath the length of the hovercar mode. The nose portion of the vehicle detaches to serve as a shield in [[robot mode]].

:The initial releases of this toy have decals on the side of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] pontoons that are cut in a "V" shape. Later releases made the decals a simpler four-sided shape with a darker blue in the former empty part of the "V", matching the plastic color beneath. There is also a variation to his rifle; the main body of the rifle has three small holes in the rectangular indent just over the hand-peg, but only on ''one side''. Samples with the holes on either side of the rifle have been found. The large circular indent at the back of the rifle body, a detail that appears on both sides of the gun, is also deeper on the side that the three holes appear on.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on Blurr at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.toyteardown.co.uk/?p=130 Blurr G1 teardown at toyteardown.co.uk]''

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[[File:G1-toy BlurrTargetmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blurr''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
**''Accessories'': Haywire Targetmaster, vehicle nose/shield

:A [[retool]] of the previous year's toy, Blurr was adapted to be able to hold his Nebulan/weapon [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], replacing his pistol from the previous release. His fist-holes were widened to accommodate Haywire's [[5 mm post|5mm post]], plus a weapon-mount point was added to his midsection/vehicle-hood. Thanks to the wider fist-holes, the peg for Blurr's shield was also expanded.

:This toy uses the "full" variant of the original toy's pontoon decals, as well as using a darker aqua-blue paint for the front tips of the pontoons. His shield has also been painted with this shade of aqua, an inexplicable ''addition'' to the toy's [[paint operation]]s.

:Unlike most of the 1987 Autobot Targetmasters, this version of the toy was not released in Japan.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on Targetmaster Blurr at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Blurr.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He brought guns to a [[sword]]-toy.]]
*'''Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)
**''Accessories'': Sniper rifle, left & right pistols
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Blurr is a [[retool]] of [[Drift (G1)#Toys|Drift]], transforming into a cross between a {{w|Nissan Silvia#S15|Nissan Silvia S15}} and a {{w|Mitsubishi FTO}}. Tooling changes involve a new head, a less prominent spoiler, a large sniper rifle to replace Drift's long sword, two smaller handguns to replace the smaller swords and modified inside panels of the doors to accommodate said handguns. The head sculpt is influenced by [[Guido Guidi]]'s Blurr redesign from ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''. The sniper rifle has a pivoting handle in the middle so that Blurr can hold the rifle easily with both fists, while the two handguns can plug into the end of the barrel, forming a bipod, or if you feel like it, a crazy (but awesome) THREE-barreled rifle.

:For some reason, the ankle strut, molded of clear plastic, is ''completely'' painted over.

:The original version of this sculpt, though with Blurr's handguns also being included, was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Drift (SG)#Toys|Drift]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on ''Generations'' Blurr at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:United-AutobotBlurr-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Blurr, wearing his rarely seen nighty-nite pajamas.]]
*'''Autobot Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, [[February 26]], [[2011]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-16'''
**''Accessories:'' "Blaster rifle", left & right "laser blaster guns"

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toys, "Autobot Blurr" is a [[redeco]] of ''Generations'' Blurr, being heavily inspired by the [[2005 IDW continuity]] rendition of the character that the toy is based upon. Among other deco changes, he has been redecoed into multiple, less-contrasting shades of light blue, his torso and crotch have been painted silver, and his ''entire'' vehicle mode has been slathered in paint, including painting his vehicle sides in metallic blue, and painting his rear grille in silver.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-BlurrDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|I tell you, I'd lose my head if it didn't follow me around!]]
*'''Hyperfire & Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': "Hyperfire" Titan Master, "Electro-laser" rifle, shield/hood
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Blurr transforms into a futuristic hovercar based on his original alternate mode. He possesses a set of small wheels that allow him to roll on any hard surface. Blurr comes with his Titan Master partner [[Haywire (Targetmaster)#Titans Return|Hyperfire]], who fits into his vehicle mode cockpit and transforms into his robot mode head. In his vehicle mode, Blurr can accommodate up to two additional Titan Masters via a pair of smaller pegs that allow other Titan Master figures to stand on him. Compared to most other figures in the toyline, Blurr features very minimal paint apps, creating a nearly monochromatic color scheme in robot mode.

: In his robot mode, Blurr can use the hood of his vehicle mode as a shield, which plugs into his forearm via a 5 mm port. The shield can deploy a sort of skid and seat one Titan Master, serving as... a tiny hovercraft? Some kind of toboggan? (We're not entirely sure.) As with every other ''Titans Return'' toy, Blurr can accommodate any Titan Master figure in both robot and vehicle mode.

: Blurr, along with his fellow sparsely-detailed blue-colored wavemate [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Scourge]], was a strong [[shelfwarmer]] in the ''Titans Return'' toyline.

:Blurr was retooled and recolored into ''Titans Return'' [[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|Brainstorm]], [[Nautica (G1)#Generations|Nautica]], and [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Arcee]]. His rifle is shared not only by his retools, but also with ''Titans Return'' [[Chromedome (G1)#Generations|Chromedome]] and his retool [[Getaway#Generations|Breakaway]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRBlurr/blurr.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Blurr at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG25-Blurr.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Blurr''' ([[August 27]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG25'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, Headmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Blurr is a redeco of [[#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class Blurr]] colored in accordance to his cartoon appearance. Compared to the Hasbro release, this figure features a large amount of paint, which is reportedly easily succeptable to scratch damage due to the the transformation engineering causing friction between parts.

:Takara later advertised that LG25 Blurr could be partnered up with the [[Haywire (Targetmaster)#Legends|Haywire]] figure which was released a year later with LG51 [[Doublecross#Legends|Targetmaster Doublecross]]. Unfortunately there is no place to mount Haywire or any other weapons without a 5mm peghole on the vehicle mode.

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2671.html Legends Blurr at Alfes's Blog]''

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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Platinum-Edition-Autobot-Heroes-Blurr.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Heroes''' (5-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Springer's weapons (dual missile launcher, two missiles, rotor blades/sword), Arcee's weapons (2 swords), Kup's "laser musket" rifle/exhaust pipe, Ultra Magnus's 2 guns, Blurr's weapons (Sniper rifle, left & right pistols), Minimus Ambus figure

:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Blurr is a more "[[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]]" redeco of his [[#Generations|''Generations'' Deluxe Class toy]], with his primary plastic color being cast in a more vibrant shade of blue, and featuring additonal new paint operations (including painted rims), with the end result looking similar, but not identical to his ''United'' version.

:Blurr was released as part of 5-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Ultra Magnus]] (including [[Minimus Ambus#Platinum Edition|Minimus Ambus]]), [[Springer (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Autobot Springer]], [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Arcee]], and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Sergeant Kup]]. The set also included a recreation of the theatrical poster for the 1986 movie. In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, but was only available via the company's website, never sold in stores. It was also released in Singapore, although it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not. In Canada, it was available via the Canadian [[Walmart]] website but never found in stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was available via the UK [[Toys"R"Us]] website and also sold in stores. In Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiaries of both [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and Carrefour, as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés, supposedly also only available online. In Germany, it was available via retailer Real and specialty store Rappelkiste Ahlen, also only available online.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-86-Blurr.jpg|thumb|300px|Newtoynewtoynewtoy'''NEWTOY!!!''']]
*'''Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-03'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-63'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], [[2021]]
**''Accessories'': Blaster, spark welding arm, "[[Battle of Autobot City]]" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Blurr is accurate to his appearance in the Generation 1 cartoon. In addition to his usual weapon, this figure also includes the welding tool that we saw him use during the Planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] scenes. The back of his head is cast in translucent plastic to enable the [[Light-piping|light-piping feature]] in his eyes.

:Unlike the vast majority of Blurr's toys that have included wheels for the figure to move around on in hovercar mode, this one opts for a more accurate, wheel-less design. His transformation has been designed so his vehicle mode rests on his robot mode feet, which form the bottom of his undercarriage, and stick out far enough to create the illusion of him floating. The nose of the vehicle mode is held in by a friction hinge and can be easily removed, but it's not intended to be used as a shield like with previous toys, and there isn't any way for him to hold it. A darker paint application on the end of this vehicle nose is based not on Blurr's appearance in the movie, but on his pre-final character model (or [[Miscolorings based on the Generation 1 cartoon|the fan-colored models]] floating around online).

:If one chooses, ''Studio Series'' Blurr can accommodate with the [[Haywire (Targetmaster)#Legends|Haywire]] Targetmaster included in the former's ''Legends'' counterpart, though there is ''no'' possible way to mount him onto the car mode.

:Like all ''Studio Series'' figures, the interior of the package forms a display scene for the toy. In this case, it is the area of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] where Blurr received his battle orders from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

:Due to being reissued some time between late 2021- early 2022, him and his wave mate [[Kup (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Kup]] could be found [[shelfwarmer|shelfwarming]] in mass ''two years'' after being initially released.

:While never confirmed, Blurr seems to be a retool of, or at least share engineering with, Titans Return Brainstorm, having nearly a identical leg and arm transformation, and similar torso transformations. They even have the same weak arm kibble storage!

:This figure was retooled with a new head into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Blurr (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Blurr]] and similarly retooled into ''Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' Blurr (below). He was more heavily retooled into ''Legacy Evolution'' [[Devcon (G1)#Legacy|Devcon]].
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Velocitron-Speedia-500-Blurr.jpg|thumb|300px|Wait, [[Impactor_(G1)#Legacy|you too?]]]]
*'''Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL EX-01'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January]], [[2023]]
**''Accessories'': Blaster, energon canteen/spark welder
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)}}

: [[Transformers: Legacy|''Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'']] Blurr is a [[retool]] of the ''[[Studio Series]]'' 86 Blurr that resembles his appearance in the [[IDW Publishing|IDW Comics]], specifically ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''. Although the front end of the alt mode has been retooled, the figure’s transformation remains identical to past uses of the mold. The newly molded black wheels on the vehicle mode's front are molded directly onto the struts and cannot roll. (In fact, they don't even touch the ground.) He retains the blaster and spark welder accessories from his ''Studio Series'' release, this time cast in blue plastic. However, the official listings refer to the spark welder as an "[[energon]] canteen", apparently choosing to [[repurpose]] the hooked tip of the welder as a straw to sip energon from. Both accessories can be stored together on the alt mode’s retooled front end. They are packaged together in a small paper bag at the bottom of his box, so be sure not to accidentally throw them away.

:Unlike the original ''Studio Series'' release, this Blurr's [[instructions]] fail to mention that the panel behind his windshield in vehicle mode can be flipped up to form a driver's seat. However, the renders on the back of his box show the seat properly flipped up.

: The ''Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the US, with [[Hasbro Pulse]] receiving limited quantities of the figure. The series went up for pre-order on [[July 21]]st 2022, and started arriving in stores by [[August 1]]st. The series was a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive in Japan, and a Farmers department store exclusive in New Zealand.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans-Series6-Blurr.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Blurr''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number'': '''6/12'''

: Part of the sixth assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Blurr is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in his robot mode from the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics.

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card 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.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2Blurr.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blurr, Fastest Bot in the Galaxy''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T11/T46'''
**''Stars: ''12

:Blurr, Fastest Bot in the Galaxy is one of forty character cards released in Wave 2 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Rise of the Combiners.

:The artwork for the card is reused from the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]] mobile game, and is based on the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Transformers: Generations]] Blurr figure.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1toy-Blurrprotohead.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|I used to have a huge zit on my forehead unsightly unsightly unsightly!]]
*So an early version of Blurr was pretty different, huh? Weird.

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Autobots]]
[[Category:United Autobots]]

Blurr (G1)/toys

2023-07-01T01:45:57Z

ThePuff09: /* Studio Series */ Need somebody to add links, and please note this is just a theory, though it has VERY strong evidence.

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[[File:G1 boxart Blurr.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]

All toys of '''Blurr''' are fast!

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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:G1 Blurr toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Cybertron's zippiest doorstop wedge.]]
*'''Blurr''' (Autobot Car, 1986)
**''Takara ID number'': '''C-79'''
**''Accessories'': "Electro-laser" rifle, vehicle nose/shield

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Blurr transforms into a blue [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Hovercar|Cybertronic hovercar]]. As his type of vehicle didn't have traditional rubber-tired wheels, he instead had small plastic wheels on his robot legs, which were tucked underneath the length of the hovercar mode. The nose portion of the vehicle detaches to serve as a shield in [[robot mode]].

:The initial releases of this toy have decals on the side of his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] pontoons that are cut in a "V" shape. Later releases made the decals a simpler four-sided shape with a darker blue in the former empty part of the "V", matching the plastic color beneath. There is also a variation to his rifle; the main body of the rifle has three small holes in the rectangular indent just over the hand-peg, but only on ''one side''. Samples with the holes on either side of the rifle have been found. The large circular indent at the back of the rifle body, a detail that appears on both sides of the gun, is also deeper on the side that the three holes appear on.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on Blurr at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.toyteardown.co.uk/?p=130 Blurr G1 teardown at toyteardown.co.uk]''

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[[File:G1-toy BlurrTargetmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blurr''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
**''Accessories'': Haywire Targetmaster, vehicle nose/shield

:A [[retool]] of the previous year's toy, Blurr was adapted to be able to hold his Nebulan/weapon [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], replacing his pistol from the previous release. His fist-holes were widened to accommodate Haywire's [[5 mm post|5mm post]], plus a weapon-mount point was added to his midsection/vehicle-hood. Thanks to the wider fist-holes, the peg for Blurr's shield was also expanded.

:This toy uses the "full" variant of the original toy's pontoon decals, as well as using a darker aqua-blue paint for the front tips of the pontoons. His shield has also been painted with this shade of aqua, an inexplicable ''addition'' to the toy's [[paint operation]]s.

:Unlike most of the 1987 Autobot Targetmasters, this version of the toy was not released in Japan.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on Targetmaster Blurr at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Blurr.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He brought guns to a [[sword]]-toy.]]
*'''Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)
**''Accessories'': Sniper rifle, left & right pistols
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Blurr is a [[retool]] of [[Drift (G1)#Toys|Drift]], transforming into a cross between a {{w|Nissan Silvia#S15|Nissan Silvia S15}} and a {{w|Mitsubishi FTO}}. Tooling changes involve a new head, a less prominent spoiler, a large sniper rifle to replace Drift's long sword, two smaller handguns to replace the smaller swords and modified inside panels of the doors to accommodate said handguns. The head sculpt is influenced by [[Guido Guidi]]'s Blurr redesign from ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''. The sniper rifle has a pivoting handle in the middle so that Blurr can hold the rifle easily with both fists, while the two handguns can plug into the end of the barrel, forming a bipod, or if you feel like it, a crazy (but awesome) THREE-barreled rifle.

:For some reason, the ankle strut, molded of clear plastic, is ''completely'' painted over.

:The original version of this sculpt, though with Blurr's handguns also being included, was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Drift (SG)#Toys|Drift]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on ''Generations'' Blurr at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:United-AutobotBlurr-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Blurr, wearing his rarely seen nighty-nite pajamas.]]
*'''Autobot Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, [[February 26]], [[2011]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-16'''
**''Accessories:'' "Blaster rifle", left & right "laser blaster guns"

:Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' toys, "Autobot Blurr" is a [[redeco]] of ''Generations'' Blurr, being heavily inspired by the [[2005 IDW continuity]] rendition of the character that the toy is based upon. Among other deco changes, he has been redecoed into multiple, less-contrasting shades of light blue, his torso and crotch have been painted silver, and his ''entire'' vehicle mode has been slathered in paint, including painting his vehicle sides in metallic blue, and painting his rear grille in silver.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-BlurrDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|I tell you, I'd lose my head if it didn't follow me around!]]
*'''Hyperfire & Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': "Hyperfire" Titan Master, "Electro-laser" rifle, shield/hood
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Blurr transforms into a futuristic hovercar based on his original alternate mode. He possesses a set of small wheels that allow him to roll on any hard surface. Blurr comes with his Titan Master partner [[Haywire (Targetmaster)#Titans Return|Hyperfire]], who fits into his vehicle mode cockpit and transforms into his robot mode head. In his vehicle mode, Blurr can accommodate up to two additional Titan Masters via a pair of smaller pegs that allow other Titan Master figures to stand on him. Compared to most other figures in the toyline, Blurr features very minimal paint apps, creating a nearly monochromatic color scheme in robot mode.

: In his robot mode, Blurr can use the hood of his vehicle mode as a shield, which plugs into his forearm via a 5 mm port. The shield can deploy a sort of skid and seat one Titan Master, serving as... a tiny hovercraft? Some kind of toboggan? (We're not entirely sure.) As with every other ''Titans Return'' toy, Blurr can accommodate any Titan Master figure in both robot and vehicle mode.

: Blurr, along with his fellow sparsely-detailed blue-colored wavemate [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Scourge]], was a strong [[shelfwarmer]] in the ''Titans Return'' toyline.

:Blurr was retooled and recolored into ''Titans Return'' [[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|Brainstorm]], [[Nautica (G1)#Generations|Nautica]], and [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Arcee]]. His rifle is shared not only by his retools, but also with ''Titans Return'' [[Chromedome (G1)#Generations|Chromedome]] and his retool [[Getaway#Generations|Breakaway]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRBlurr/blurr.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Blurr at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG25-Blurr.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Blurr''' ([[August 27]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG25'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, Headmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Blurr is a redeco of [[#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class Blurr]] colored in accordance to his cartoon appearance. Compared to the Hasbro release, this figure features a large amount of paint, which is reportedly easily succeptable to scratch damage due to the the transformation engineering causing friction between parts.

:Takara later advertised that LG25 Blurr could be partnered up with the [[Haywire (Targetmaster)#Legends|Haywire]] figure which was released a year later with LG51 [[Doublecross#Legends|Targetmaster Doublecross]]. Unfortunately there is no place to mount Haywire or any other weapons without a 5mm peghole on the vehicle mode.

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2671.html Legends Blurr at Alfes's Blog]''

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===''Platinum Edition''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Platinum-Edition-Autobot-Heroes-Blurr.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Heroes''' (5-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Springer's weapons (dual missile launcher, two missiles, rotor blades/sword), Arcee's weapons (2 swords), Kup's "laser musket" rifle/exhaust pipe, Ultra Magnus's 2 guns, Blurr's weapons (Sniper rifle, left & right pistols), Minimus Ambus figure

:Part of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' offerings for 2016 intended to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Blurr is a more "[[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]]" redeco of his [[#Generations|''Generations'' Deluxe Class toy]], with his primary plastic color being cast in a more vibrant shade of blue, and featuring additonal new paint operations (including painted rims), with the end result looking similar, but not identical to his ''United'' version.

:Blurr was released as part of 5-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Ultra Magnus]] (including [[Minimus Ambus#Platinum Edition|Minimus Ambus]]), [[Springer (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Autobot Springer]], [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Arcee]], and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Sergeant Kup]]. The set also included a recreation of the theatrical poster for the 1986 movie. In the United States, this set was officially a [[Target]] exclusive, but was only available via the company's website, never sold in stores. It was also released in Singapore, although it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not. In Canada, it was available via the Canadian [[Walmart]] website but never found in stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was available via the UK [[Toys"R"Us]] website and also sold in stores. In Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiaries of both [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and Carrefour, as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés, supposedly also only available online. In Germany, it was available via retailer Real and specialty store Rappelkiste Ahlen, also only available online.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-86-Blurr.jpg|thumb|300px|Newtoynewtoynewtoy'''NEWTOY!!!''']]
*'''Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-03'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-63'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 29]], [[2021]]
**''Accessories'': Blaster, spark welding arm, "[[Battle of Autobot City]]" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Blurr is accurate to his appearance in the Generation 1 cartoon. In addition to his usual weapon, this figure also includes the welding tool that we saw him use during the Planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] scenes. The back of his head is cast in translucent plastic to enable the [[Light-piping|light-piping feature]] in his eyes.

:Unlike the vast majority of Blurr's toys that have included wheels for the figure to move around on in hovercar mode, this one opts for a more accurate, wheel-less design. His transformation has been designed so his vehicle mode rests on his robot mode feet, which form the bottom of his undercarriage, and stick out far enough to create the illusion of him floating. The nose of the vehicle mode is held in by a friction hinge and can be easily removed, but it's not intended to be used as a shield like with previous toys, and there isn't any way for him to hold it. A darker paint application on the end of this vehicle nose is based not on Blurr's appearance in the movie, but on his pre-final character model (or [[Miscolorings based on the Generation 1 cartoon|the fan-colored models]] floating around online).

:If one chooses, ''Studio Series'' Blurr can accommodate with the [[Haywire (Targetmaster)#Legends|Haywire]] Targetmaster included in the former's ''Legends'' counterpart, though there is ''no'' possible way to mount him onto the car mode.

:Like all ''Studio Series'' figures, the interior of the package forms a display scene for the toy. In this case, it is the area of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] where Blurr received his battle orders from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

:Due to being reissued some time between late 2021- early 2022, him and his wave mate [[Kup (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Kup]] could be found [[shelfwarmer|shelfwarming]] in mass ''two years'' after being initially released.

While never confirmed, Blurr seems to be a retool of, or at least share engineering with, Titans Return Brainstorm, having nearly a identical leg and arm transformation, and similar torso transformations. They even have the same weak arm kibble storage!

:This figure was retooled with a new head into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Blurr (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Blurr]] and similarly retooled into ''Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' Blurr (below). He was more heavily retooled into ''Legacy Evolution'' [[Devcon (G1)#Legacy|Devcon]].
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Velocitron-Speedia-500-Blurr.jpg|thumb|300px|Wait, [[Impactor_(G1)#Legacy|you too?]]]]
*'''Blurr''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL EX-01'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January]], [[2023]]
**''Accessories'': Blaster, energon canteen/spark welder
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)}}

: [[Transformers: Legacy|''Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'']] Blurr is a [[retool]] of the ''[[Studio Series]]'' 86 Blurr that resembles his appearance in the [[IDW Publishing|IDW Comics]], specifically ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''. Although the front end of the alt mode has been retooled, the figure’s transformation remains identical to past uses of the mold. The newly molded black wheels on the vehicle mode's front are molded directly onto the struts and cannot roll. (In fact, they don't even touch the ground.) He retains the blaster and spark welder accessories from his ''Studio Series'' release, this time cast in blue plastic. However, the official listings refer to the spark welder as an "[[energon]] canteen", apparently choosing to [[repurpose]] the hooked tip of the welder as a straw to sip energon from. Both accessories can be stored together on the alt mode’s retooled front end. They are packaged together in a small paper bag at the bottom of his box, so be sure not to accidentally throw them away.

:Unlike the original ''Studio Series'' release, this Blurr's [[instructions]] fail to mention that the panel behind his windshield in vehicle mode can be flipped up to form a driver's seat. However, the renders on the back of his box show the seat properly flipped up.

: The ''Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the US, with [[Hasbro Pulse]] receiving limited quantities of the figure. The series went up for pre-order on [[July 21]]st 2022, and started arriving in stores by [[August 1]]st. The series was a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive in Japan, and a Farmers department store exclusive in New Zealand.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans-Series6-Blurr.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Blurr''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number'': '''6/12'''

: Part of the sixth assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Blurr is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in his robot mode from the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics.

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card 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.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2Blurr.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blurr, Fastest Bot in the Galaxy''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T11/T46'''
**''Stars: ''12

:Blurr, Fastest Bot in the Galaxy is one of forty character cards released in Wave 2 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Rise of the Combiners.

:The artwork for the card is reused from the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]] mobile game, and is based on the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Transformers: Generations]] Blurr figure.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1toy-Blurrprotohead.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|I used to have a huge zit on my forehead unsightly unsightly unsightly!]]
*So an early version of Blurr was pretty different, huh? Weird.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Autobots]]
[[Category:United Autobots]]

User:ThePuff09

2023-06-21T10:50:43Z

ThePuff09: /* INFO */

=='''INFO'''==
* Favorite concept: Shattered Glass Ravage
* Species: Actually a Jigglypuff
* Favorite Comic Idea: Heart's of Steal
* Favorite Continuity: 2005 IDW Comics
* Talking like: Grandus
* Favorite Figures I currently Own: TR/PW Repugnus and Legacy Evo! Tarn
* Currently researching: What the fuck IDW Shockwave was smoking the day he decided to ruin the world

=='''OPINIONS'''==
* Igglybuff is stupid
* [[Slash (POTP)]] and [[Lunaclub]] are best girls
* Volcanicus isn't that bad as a concept
* The Titans Return Titian Master weapon sled things are cool
* [[Legacy Evolution]] Nemesis should be a [[Trypticon (WFC)]]
* MORE COMBINERS AND HEAD/TITAN MASTERS PLEASE
* They should remold Primus again. Give us more Primus.
* MORE ACCESSORY PACKS PLEASE
* Wow this is really just becoming a wishlist huh. One more... Maybe.
* GIVE US HEADM/TITAN MASTER BLIND BAGS
* Removing the Crane/Hook of Legacy Evolution [[Scraphook]] to either make better accessories or better QC would be worth it

Repugnus (G1)

2023-06-21T10:48:40Z

ThePuff09: /* Titans Return */ Added a warning about the instructions being incorrect.

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{{disambig3|Repugnus}}
:''Repugnus is an [[Autobot]] [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Repugnus boxart.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|There's ugly, pug-ugly, fugly, pug-fugly...and then below all those there's ''Repugnus''-ugly.]]
Never a [[Decepticon]], '''Repugnus''' is not always an Autobot. No, sometimes he's a former Autobot who has been discharged for insubordination or just plain nastiness, but he always gets called back to perform some mission too unsavory for anybody else. Though he doesn't give a slag for authority or decency, Repugnus always does his job well.

Man, does he love his job. He'll describe with relish how he clawed an enemy within an inch of his life, then beat the bastard's head into a fuel-soaked wad of scrap metal with his own torn-off leg unit. He'll also add plenty of profanities and colorful idioms to the story. His friends would find this disturbing, if he had any.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Brothersinarmor-repugnus-morethanwords.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|right|Obviously, that whole "quest for peace" thing worked out pretty well for him.]]
Repugnus decided to join [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] in abandoning the war and settling down for a peaceful, quiet life on the verdant paradise of [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

After Decepticon treachery turned the locals against the Autobots, Repugnus and the other Monsterbots attempted to defend the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]] from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s forces. Repugnus fought ferociously, blasting his enemies with optic lasers while trash-talking the Decepticon leader, and was outraged when Grotusque, realizing the gardens were being destroyed by the battle, ordered a retreat.

Repugnus and rest of Fortress Maximus's troops then left Nebulos for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} They made a stop on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to meet the Earth-stationed Autobots and to observe [[Code of Combat|a ritual battle]] between [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] for overall leadership of the Autobot forces. Repugnus never got to see the result of the duel, as the proceedings were interrupted by a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
Repugnus was offlined during the Underbase fiasco and kept in stasis aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. His body was reanimated and lobotomised by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and pressed into service as part of a [[zombie]] army used to devastate the Earth. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} When Megatron was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], all his inactive zombies were gathered up by the Autobots, thrown into a huge pit, and vaporized from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Legends'' comic (1)====
The Monsterbots were created by [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] in 2011 and programmed with low intelligence to keep them from rampaging like some other beast-type Transformers. Their strange personalities made them unsuitable to be placed on the frontlines, leading to their being stationed on Beast where they were treated as equals by the Beastformers and eventually developed more advanced intelligence. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michitaka Kobayashi]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:RebellionBeest Repugnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|At least Japan cares about me. ''sobs'']]
Repugnus and his fellow Monsterbots were sent to the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], as a fair number of the planet's natives had been enslaved by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. While rescuing some slaves from the Decepticon base, Repugnus found some sort of blueprint attached to a wall, and decided to take it with him. After Autobots had driven the Decepticon forces off the planet, the blueprint turned out to depict a component of [[Transtector|some kind of giant machine]]. Rodimus Prime subsequently ordered the Monsterbots to stay on Beast and protect it against any future Decepticon assaults. Repugnus was fine with this, replying that it seemed like a nice planet to stay on. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

The Monsterbots were later called away from Beast to assist [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] during a battle on the planet [[Paradise]]. Repugnus and his comrades attacked [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] with their fire-breath, and some stray flames served to destroy the [[energon cube]]s that the Decepticons had amassed. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

====''Beastformers'' catalog====
When [[Devilbat]] scanned the secret of [[White Leo]]'s Burstsun power and produced a Secret Photo of it, Repugnus spotted the whole event and gave chase. Devilbat dropped the Secret Photo into Beast's greatest forest during the pursuit. {{storylink|Beastformers catalog|Series 2 catalog}}

====''Legends'' comic (2)====
At one point, the Monsterbots returned to Beast to aid the Beastformers in their war against the [[Laser Beast]]s. However, their heads were torn off when the Laser Beasts took control of the [[Head Hunter]]s. {{storylink|LG51 Doublecross Prologue}}

By [[2021]], Repugnus had rescaled as a Cyberdroid and ended up on the Legends World with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s crew. He had taken to mooching off of [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] where he went unemployed and lived on Brawn's salary. When Brawn acquired a larger pilotable body in order to impress [[Scylla]] only to fall ill on the day of their date, he pressured Repugnus into getting in the mech and going in his stead. Things went alright until Scylla opened up the mech's car mode and discovered Repugnus, after which she took out her anger on both him and Brawn. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 48|Bonus Edition Vol. 48}} As thanks for helping out, Brawn then got Repugnus a mech suit of his own. When Doublecross showed up under the control of the evil [[Tigerburn]], Repugnus was confused that his old Monsterbot friend was an enemy now. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}} Repugnus and Brawn later offered [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] use of their armor suits to defeat [[Thrust (Armada)|Armada Thrust]], and he was able to pilot an enlarged duplicate of the [[Repug Armor]] created using [[Blowpipe (G1)|Blowpipe]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 53|Bonus Edition Vol. 53}}

Following the destruction of the Legends World, Repugnus emerged from a portal over planet Beast with the Battleship Maximus and his friends. They intervened on the side of the Beastformers to help Doublecross and [[White Leo]] against Tigerburn and the Laser Beasts. [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] used water from the [[Well of Transformation]] to separate the Laser Beasts from their stolen Headmaster bodies, allowing Repugnus to reclaim his original Monsterbot form as a Headmaster himself. Tigerburn then unleashed the Battle Bases on the Beastformers. Grotusque/[[Platinum Tiger]] and Doublecross/White Leo stood up to this new attack, and Repugnus lamented that he needed the power of teamwork as well. [[Hedgehog]] had acquired [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s old exo-suit, and offered to merge with Repugnus. They became a new Headmaster combination, but were almost immediately struck by the [[Shocking Shark]]. Repugnus repaired Hedgehog's head armor into a copy of his own head, and began using his Legends drone armor as a handheld weapon. The Battle Bases were defeated, and the final battle came down to White Leo and Tigerburn, who locked themselves into a crystal form, finally bringing peace to Beast. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

In [[2038]], the Monsterbots greeted Legends [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] when he ended up on Beast {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}} and got him up to speed on things. The destruction of the Legends World had cast the residents to different time periods, and so while Rattrap had only seen Repugnus hours earlier, it was fifteen years later for the Monsterbot. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

As the Monsterbots and Beastformers met with the new arrivals, [[Galvatron II]] brought the Decepticons and his base-ship [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] to attack Beast. Repugnus had mass-produced his mini-me drone armor, and he and Hedgehog launched the drones at ''Nemesis'', only for many to be shot down by Galvatron. The Emperor of Destruction was too powerful for the Monsterbots, and he prepared to execute them. Repugnus and his friends tried to save their comrades by separating from their Headmasters before the final blow. This drew out the [[Three Wise Ones]] from their Gems, impressed by the Monsterbots' compassion. They fashioned themselves into mechanical head modules and merged with the Monsterbots, filling them with [[Beast Power]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

Through the power of the Gem of Earth, Repugnus recombined with Hedgehog as a [[Getmaster]] in his chest. This Beastformer configuration enabled him to drive off the Decepticons using explosive needle attacks and defended Rattrap using his [[MVP Weapon]], the Double Jungle Swords. Doublecross was not as fortunate, however, and lost the Gem of Fire to Galvatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Repugnus)|Repugnus Chapter}} Still, Grotusque and Platinum Tiger were able to tap into their Getmaster mode, and Galvatron was defeated and driven off of Beast. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grotusque)|Grotusque Chapter}}

Repugnus later appeared at the [[Zone Base]] with Rattrap and his Legends refugees and they prepared to reconstruct the Legends World. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The three Monsterbots and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] composed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The group ended up on a desolate moon, confronted by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. Although Repugnus was keen to fight "the ugly ones", Ultra Magnus insisted they continue with their mission. They flew down to the planet below, only to find it under attack by the [[Destructon]]s. Repugnus was batted aside by [[Bruton]]'s Confusion Club, and the Autobots beat a hasty retreat back to the moon. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===3H comics===
Less than three [[Units of time|deca-cycles]] after the [[reformatting]] of Cybertron into a [[technorganic]] wonderland, Repugnus and his fellow Monsterbots (apparently all having undergone the [[Great Upgrade|Maximal Upgrade]] downsizing) were seen exiting a bar at [[Spaceport CSSB-16]], soused out of their minds (Repugnus especially so, as he was half carried by [[Doublecross]]) on some high-quality [[energon]]. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

===Fun Publications comics===
[[Image:Repugnus-TFUart.jpg|left|thumb|I am the Frito Bandito...]]
A [[Maximal]] Repugnus from [[Primax 1104.30-TW Zeta]] {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/02}} was one of the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] involved in the final battle of the [[Universe War]] on the surface of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}} With the disappearance of Unicron beneath him, he apparently ended up at [[Axiom Nexus]] and was "processed". {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Arcee]] (spark only); [[Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Transformers: Maximum Dinobots #2]] (full appearance)
[[File:MaximumDinobots3 RepugnusBeastMode.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Aw... wook at da cute widdle Monsterbot. Here, boy! Kootchie, kootchie... AUGH! AUGH! IT'S RIPPING MY ARM OFF!"]]
In the era of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], Repugnus was seen among the crowd of protesters rallying against the [[Outback (G1)|Autobot cop]] who reportedly killed an unarmed [[Hefter|Decepticon agitator]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

Repugnus, apparent leader of the Monsterbots, was held as a prisoner in the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary complex overseen by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]], stripped down to his [[spark]] and held in a tiny box for an as-of-yet unknown crime or offense. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

He has apparently served out his sentence, as he showed up on Earth with the other Monsterbots to bail out [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} He merrily directed his team to mass-murder the [[Sunstreaker clone]]s, while threatening that Grimlock ''better'' have something to make his trip worthwhile—both Monsterbot and [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobot]] may be outcasts, but he doesn't do things [[Death's Head (G1)|for free, yes?]] {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

[[File:Repugnus MaximumDinobots4.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|Do you think I care that this is your series? Give me my damn money!]]
Later, aboard the Monsterbots' ship, Repugnus and his cohorts had a little sit-down with Grimlock. Repugnus wasn't particularly happy with Grimlock remaining mum on their payment, and not-so subtly hinted that they'd have to resort to violent methods (perish the thought, of course!) in order to extract their due. Grimlock calmly explained that they'd be given payment in the form of whatever information the Dynobots took from [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s ship [[Spotlight: Shockwave|before they destroyed it]]. Repugnus seemed satisfied enough by this.

The Monsterbots dropped the Dynobots off at [[Machination]] HQ, and even laid down a suppressive bombardment to knock out the anti-air defenses, but that was the extent of their help. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

When the battle largely went south, Repugnus and crew were summoned again for evac. [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] showed up and Repugnus noted that they'd be good fits for his team, being interested only in themselves. This remark didn't appear to sit too well with the three Dynobots and they decided to return to help Grimlock battle Shockwave. The Monsterbots presumably lit out of there in a hurry before [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] caught sight of them. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

Years later, Repugnus had apparently rejoined the Autobot cause proper as a crew member of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} When the ''Lost Light'' began to rapidly disappear, Repugnus evacuated the ship along with the rest of the crew. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} After the ordeal had been dealt with, Repugnus was having a drink at [[Swerve's]] before being knocked out when [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] spiked the drinks. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}} Repugnus, along with [[Doublecross]] fell on top of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], trapping him. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}

[[File:Repugnus_Doublecross_prewake_adobespark.jpeg|right|upright=1.7|thumb|Bug off!]]
Repugnus was one of the Autobots who was there when [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] gave news of [[Thunder Clash]]'s prewake. As the speech was happening, [[Doublecross]] seemed to annoy him.{{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}}

Repugnus became a member of the security team for the ''Lost Light'' after supporting [[Getaway]]'s mutiny. Like all of the crew, he was subjected to [[mnemosurgery]] that made him forget the mutiny and believe [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]], and Ultra Magnus left of their own accord, abandoning the rest of the crew. He was subjected to additional reprogramming as a member of the security team, causing him to unquestioningly accept Getaway's orders, and believe anyone who opposed Getaway was a Decepticon traitor. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|Full Circle}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
Repugnus was interviewed by [[Bishop (Autobot)|Bishop]] to give an expert entomologist opinion on a recent [[Virulent Clone|bug invasion]]. After Repugnus explained that he liked raising the cute little bug larvae to become massive horrible killers to sic on intruders, he then confirmed that not only was he not an entomologist, he didn't even know what that meant. {{storylink|Around Cybertron issue 10|Around Cybertron #10}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Repugnus is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Commercial appearances==
Repugnus and the Monsterbots were created accidentally during an attempt to create new Autobots. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] raced to warn [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] of the accident as the wild Monsterbots trashed the lab where they were born. Thankfully the [[Decepticon]]s attacked just then, and the Monsterbots burst out of the building through the wall to fight them. Repugnus, sweet guy that he is, gave [[Octane]] a great big hug. Rodimus expressed relief that, though they were monsters, at least they were Autobot monsters. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Monsterbots|Monsterbots commercial}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:G1Repugnus toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Moonlights as a tin of baked beans.]]
*'''Repugnus''' (Monsterbot, 1987/1988)
**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-98'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Venom laser|Venom Laser]]" gun

:Released in the fourth year of the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' toyline, Repugnus transforms from robot to bizarre bug-thing and back. His toy can shoot [[sparking gimmick|"cold" sparks]] from his bug-mode mouth by pressing down on a geared button on his bug-skull. This mechanism also makes his mandibles open and close automatically.

:In Japan, Repugnus was never made available as part of the normal retail line. Instead, he was first offered as a mail-away contest prize in the second and third waves of the ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'' sub-line, a potential prize by sending in five filled-in survey forms from ''Beastformers'' toys. After that, he was a normal mail-order item during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', costing 2500 yen (200 yen more than the other two Monsterbots) and five [[Robot Point]]s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Repugnus/repugnus.htm More info on Repugnus at TFU.info.]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe Repugnus toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Overbite with Repugnus''' (Ultra Class two-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Pincer-pack, tail-shield

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Fuzor]] [[Buzzclaw (BW)#Toys|Buzzclaw]] toy in translucent red and yellow, Repugnus transforms into a praying mantis/lizard monster, with massive hooked claws and enormous mandibles. Pressing a grip on the creature's back causes the claws to swing outwards. This assembly can be used as a hand-held weapon in robot mode, while his tail becomes a forearm-mounted shield.

: He was only available in a box set with [[Overbite (G1)#Universe (2003)|''Universe'' Overbite]] which had been originally intended for normal retail release, but with the cancellation of the ''Universe'' line at retail, was eventually released as a Target [[exclusive]]. Repugnus is an Autobot according to the [[Insignia|faction sigil]] stamped on him, though the packaging labels him a [[Decepticon]].

: The same mold was used to create ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]], [[Dirge (Timelines)|Dirge]], and the [[Virulent Clone]]s. Like those figures, Repugnus came [[Misassembly|misassembled]], with his creature mode mandibles angled perpendicular to the beast head as opposed to their proper parallel position. This does not hamper his robot mode in any way, however.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/UniRepugnus/repugnus.htm More information on ''Universe'' Repugnus at TFU.info]''

===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Titan-Master-Repugnus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Busy suffering the slings and arrows of [https://www.youtube.com/c/GavinSpenceTRDQ outrageous Scotsmen.]]]
*'''Repugnus''' (Titan Master, 2017)
**''Accessories'': Insect/jet/blade-weapon vehicle
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Titan Master figures, Repugnus transforms from robot based on his original toy to a head based on his design in ''The Headmasters'' cartoon, and he's compatible as a head with any Deluxe-or-larger ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' figure. He gives his partner the power to steal data.

:Included with him is a shell that he can combine with to resemble his original toy's beast mode. His shell can become a bladed non-firing double-barreled blaster, or a jet-like vehicle with four thrusters molded into the legs. Repugnus fits inside the beast and weapon modes as a folded-up component, but "pilots" the jet mode as a robot.

:The two pegs at the bottom front of his beast shell can be used to connect his feet, though none of his modes use them in this way. In an undocumented or possibly unintended feature, moving the beast head forward and inserting the Titan Master behind it with arms raised allows the feet to peg firmly here, creating a "rider" mode. The notch in the back of the neck strut is just wide enough to accommodate the waist of the Titan Master.

:Like his wavemate Shuffler, Repugnus never saw wide release in Malaysia, due to [[Shelfwarmer|shelfwarming]] in the first and second waves.

:His head was later redecoed for the ''Legends'' line (see below), while his insect/jet/blade-weapon vehicle was redecoed as [[Broadside (G1)#Legends|''Legends'' Broadside]]'s [[Repug Armor]] accessory.

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[[File:TF-Generations-TR-Deluxe-Class-Repugnus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you want me to have eyes, you have to buy me again. Sort of.]]
*'''Repugnus''' (Special Edition, [[2018]])
**''Accessories'': Two swords, "[[Dastard]]" [[Titan Master]], "[[Solus Prime#Titans Return|Solus Prime]]" [[Prime Master]]

:''Titans Return'' Special Edition Repugnus is a very extensive [[retool]] of Deluxe Class [[Doublecross#Generations|Twinferno]], transforming into his traditional robot and bug-monster modes. The robot's swords plug into the back in both creature and robot modes to give the appearance of an insect's curved carapace or combine together to create a sled that Dastard or any other Titan Master can ride. They can also be clipped together onto his arm in robot mode, creating what is apparently supposed to be a bladed gauntlet of some kind. The sled can also be mounted on Repugnus's bug mode shoulder. Titan Master Dastard gives Repugnus a head sculpt very much based on the G1 toy, unlike the animation-based Repugnus Titan Master listed above. For an unknown reason, the instructions skip a step; the robot mode legs have to be tilted backwards once they form the abdomen, without doing this the Titan Master door cannot be opened. Despite this, the instructions show the incorrect allignment in step 18, and then in step 19 the legs are correct. Unlike standard toys from the ''Titans Return'' toyline, Repugnus does not come with a card showing his stats.

:Some specimens have red paint on both of the robot pectoral plates, while others have it only on one. It is unknown which version is more common.

:The picture on the back of the box shows the toy stretching its bug forelimbs out to the sides, though this is not possible on the final toy without [[customizing|filing down the elbow joint]].

:This "Special Edition" set, celebrating the ''Titans Return'' portion of the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'', was an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon.com]] exclusive in the U.S., first revealed via preorder listing without any official announcement from Hasbro. It was also available at general retail in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:LG48-Repug.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Does not shoot sparks when installed on Brawn.]]
*'''Gong & Repug''' ('''Brawn & Repugnus''')<ref>The packaging says "ゴング&リパッグ" (Gong & Repug) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is "Brawn & Repugnus".</ref> ([[October 28]], 2017)
**''ID number'': '''LG48'''
:Included with [[Brawn (G1)/toys#LG48|Gong]], ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Repug is a redeco of ''Titans Return'' Repugnus, with the colors based on his animated appearance in ''The Headmasters''. Though he lacks the insect/jet/blade-weapon vehicle accessory of the Hasbro release, he is compatible with the redeco of said accessory included with [[Broadside (G1)#Legends|Broadside]].

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[[File:Lgex_repug_grotes_inbox.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Repug & Grotes''' ('''Repugnus & Grotusque''') ([[January 26]], 2019)
**''ID number'': '''LGEX'''
**''Accessories'': Repug's two swords, [[Hedgehog#Legends|Hedgehog]] Headmaster, Grotes's left and right guns, [[Platinum Tiger#Legends|Platinum Tiger]] Headmaster
:This EX version of Repug is a re-release of the ''Prime Wars Trilogy'' Special Edition figure, sans Prime Master. The Takara release is very slightly different, utilizing a glossy paint finish and black screws in contrast to a matte finish and silver screws of the Hasbro release.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
*'''Repugnus''' (Tiny Titan, 2015)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Number: '''2/12'''

: Part of the third assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', Repugnus is a lightly-painted PVC figurine of the Monsterbot in insect-monster mode, one of only two Tiny Titans to not be in "robot" mode (the other being the [[Sharkticon (species)#Tiny Titans|Sharkticon]]).

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card 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.
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==Notes==
*The instructions for the original Repugnus and [[Doublecross]] toys depict Repugnus with Doublecross's Rust Ray and Doublecross with Repugnus's venom laser.
*The box photography for G1 Repugnus features his robot mode incorrectly transformed, with his bug mode claws hanging above his robot mode shoulders instead of folded across his robot mode chest.
*Repugnus was one of [[Glen Hallit]]'s last contributions to the ''Universe'' line, as the [[redeco]] was his brainchild. It's likely that if the ''Universe'' comic had continued, Repugnus would have been indicated to be the Generation 1 character, a favorite of Hallit's. [[Ask Vector Prime]] would [[Canonizing|canonize]] this idea years later, albeit as a Maximal.
*In one of the extras in ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]'' trade paperback, [[Grotusque]] is listed as a member of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s evil [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction. This seems at odds with what we know of Grotusque's personality, plus he never actually appeared in the comic at Starscream's side. It's possible this is a mistake, and it was meant to be his more unstable Monsterbot colleague, Repugnus.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Repug''' (リパッグ ''Ripaggu'')
*''French:'' '''Répugnus''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Undor''' ("Abomination")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bàoluàn Shòu''' (China, 暴乱兽, "Riot Beast")

==References==
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[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:Regeneration One zombies]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
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[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Autobots]]
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User:ThePuff09

2023-02-21T18:06:08Z

ThePuff09: /* OPINIONS */

=='''INFO'''==
* Favorite concept: Shattered Glass Ravage
* Species: Actually a Jigglypuff
* Favorite Comic Idea: Heart's of Steal
* Favorite Continuity: 2005 IDW Comics
* Talking like: Grandus
* Trying to find: Both TR Repugnus and POTP Repugnus
* Looking for them because of TRDQ: ''Noooooooo...''
* Favorite Toy I currently Own: Either Gigawatt or POTP Optimus
* Currently researching: What the fuck IDW Shockwave was smoking the day he decided to ruin the world
* Currently wondering: What if Pre-Shockwave IDW Cybertron was actually the Functionalist universe?

=='''OPINIONS'''==
* Igglybuff is stupid
* [[Slash (POTP)]] and [[Lunaclub]] are best girls
* Volcanicus isn't that bad as a concept
* The Titans Return Titian Master weapon sled things are cool
* [[Legacy Evolution]] Nemesis should be a [[Trypticon (WFC)]]
* MORE COMBINERS AND HEAD/TITAN MASTERS PLEASE
* They should remold Primus again. Give us more Primus.
* MORE ACCESSORY PACKS PLEASE
* Wow this is really just becoming a wishlist huh. One more... Maybe.
* GIVE US HEADM/TITAN MASTER BLIND BAGS
* Removing the Crane/Hook of Legacy Evolution [[Scraphook]] to either make better accessories or better QC would be worth it

User:ThePuff09

2023-02-21T18:04:22Z

ThePuff09: /* OPINIONS */

=='''INFO'''==
* Favorite concept: Shattered Glass Ravage
* Species: Actually a Jigglypuff
* Favorite Comic Idea: Heart's of Steal
* Favorite Continuity: 2005 IDW Comics
* Talking like: Grandus
* Trying to find: Both TR Repugnus and POTP Repugnus
* Looking for them because of TRDQ: ''Noooooooo...''
* Favorite Toy I currently Own: Either Gigawatt or POTP Optimus
* Currently researching: What the fuck IDW Shockwave was smoking the day he decided to ruin the world
* Currently wondering: What if Pre-Shockwave IDW Cybertron was actually the Functionalist universe?

=='''OPINIONS'''==
* Igglybuff is stupid
* [[Slash (POTP)]] and [[Lunaclub]] are best girls
* Volcanicus isn't that bad as a concept
* The Titans Return Titian Master weapon sled things are cool
* [[Legacy Evolution]] Nemesis should be a [[Trypticon (WFC)]]
* MORE COMBINERS AND HEAD/TITAN MASTERS PLEASE
* They should remold Primus again. Give us more Primus.
* MORE ACCESSORY PACKS PLEASE
* Wow this is really just becoming a wishlist huh. One more... Maybe.
* GIVE US HEADM/TITAN MASTER BLIND BAGS

User:ThePuff09

2023-02-21T17:55:06Z

ThePuff09: /* INFO */

Chromia (G1)

2023-02-05T03:19:48Z

ThePuff09: /* Legends */

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:''Chromia is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Chromiamodelsheet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"At least our animated character models didn't have [[Heel struts|high heels]]."]]
'''Chromia''' is a seasoned, tough-as-nails infiltrator who's adept at unflinching sabotage. Bluntly honest and a little married to her job, she doesn't make an ideal friend, but she can nevertheless be fiercely protective, a quality which also makes her an exceptional bodyguard. Her rough edges often find her a kinship with other like-minded security officers such as [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. More diplomatic peers such as [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] have attempted to socialize her, but beware—she might "arrange" an exit out of an overwhelming interpersonal situation with a quietly-placed detonator.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|? (English); [[Masako Katsuki]] (Japanese)|[[Yu Hong]] (Chinese), [[Esperanza Gracia]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Adalmária Mesquita]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Femaleautobots.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Okay, Firestar, you go out long, Greenlight, you keep back for defense, and Moonracer, try not to trip or something."]]
Four million years ago, Chromia tried to board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], while it was being attacked, with the rest of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s team. The plan failed though, and she and the others appeared to be destroyed.

[[File:TSFAT Chromia vehicle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Cybertronic soccer mom.]]
Chromia led a mission to steal [[energon cube]]s from [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]]. When [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] got trapped after disobeying orders, Chromia confronted the alerted Shockwave and managed to trick him into freeing Moonracer.

Shortly thereafter, a team of [[Decepticon]]s from [[Earth]] came to capture Elita One. In doing so, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] destroyed the Female Autobots' underground base, trapping them inside. When they managed to free themselves, Chromia took charge of the search for their missing leader. On their way, they met up with a group of Earth-stationed Autobots who had come looking for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and Chromia was reunited with [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]]. The two teams together fought the Decepticons, eventually winning when Optimus and Elita returned. Given a new base by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], Chromia stayed with Elita's squad on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when Optimus' team returned to Earth. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====MC Axis comics=====
[[File:Elita One MC Axis Comic Prease.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Chromia and the rest of the team defeated a gigantic Decepticon. Chromia and her compatriots seemed confident that they could retake Cybertron on their own, though Elita One insisted that Optimus Prime was still their last hope to win the war. {{storylink|The Transformers (MC Axis manga)#Elita One|The Transformers: Elita One}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[File:TFLegendsAutobotsHalloweenCostumes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Little known fact: Chromia is [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]]'s great-aunt.]]
[[Tigatron]] of the [[Legends World]] had a dream in which Chromia appeared before him and warned him he was in danger, soon followed by all kinds of heroic female Transformers. Sure enough, a group of evil female Transformers then showed up to kidnap Tigatron, but Chromia picked him up and kept him safe during the ensuing battle. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}

During [[Halloween]], Alpha Trion summoned the real Chromia into the Legends Universe to help stop [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s latest grab for energy. Dressed up as a bunny girl, she confronted Megatron and his underlings alongside Arcee and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], though she was confused and embarrassed as to why it being Halloween meant she had to dress like that. The three were then defeated and tied up by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], but it turned out the Decepticons hadn't gotten any energy anyway. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}} Tigatron later had another dream of Chromia in which she explained that her new body was the result of changing armor parts, displayed her new altmode and ability to fly, and traded armors with Arcee. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends: Chromia Chapter|Chromia Chapter}} Chromia later swooned over the [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] from her home universe when he crossed over to the Legends Universe. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}} Chromia and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] were tied up by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] during his mission to send all interdimensional visitors to the Legends Universe 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}}

While acting as cheerleaders at a soccer game for whatever reason, Chromia and the other girls found themselves being harassed by [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}} After [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was sold off to the [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.]], Chromia joined the Decepticon organization so that she could remain with the city-bot. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}} As Alpha Trion had done the same, she was near him when he was looking for his [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 33|Bonus Edition Vol. 33}} As an office worker she wore a snazzy suit, though [[Apeface]] ripped it to pieces while displaying his telekinetic powers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}} She later started taking [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s new commuter service to work, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} and was exasperated with Alpha Trion when he lost his drill again. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

When the Decepticon Headmasters turned on Tera-Kura Co. and came to steal Metroplex's transformation cog, Chromia was defeated by [[Trickdiamond]]'s earthquake powers. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} She hung back at the office while the cog was used to rebuild [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], then cheered Metroplex on when he defeated the beast. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} She was later among those pestered by [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and his clone army. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 47|Bonus Edition Vol. 47}}

As [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s obsession with plasma energy threatened the entire Legends World, Chromia and Alpha Trion worked with the [[Jumpstarter]]s to begin opening dimensional portals, evacuating the population. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Targetmaster Chapter Finale Part Two}} Chromia and her Autobot allies returned to Cybertron of 2039. They faced the [[Powered Master]]s, corrupted and possessed by the spirits of [[Violengiguar]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}} By 2039, peace reigned on Earth and on Cybertron between the Autobots and Decepticons. Metroplex and Trypticon became sister cities on the planet Earth, and Chromia was on hand as a law enforcer, keeping an eye out for the few remaining criminal elements. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Chromia and the Autobots supported the [[Selector]]s' revolution on Earth. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
[[File:Battlelines6-femaleautobotsandsideburn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Welp, got left behind, time for a nap.]]
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To gather energy for the energy-sapped Autobots, a crew was formed to pilot the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Chromia was to be part of the crew, but a Decepticon attack blocked her and others from reaching the ship before it departed. Soon after, as their current reserve of energies was dangerously low, Chromia joined her comrades still on the planet in stasis hibernation as an energy-saving measure. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}

Chromia was a member of an elite squad of five warriors under the command of the [[Quintesson]]s. [[The Route of All Evil|Following a report]] from their Autobot sleeper agent, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], that the awaited situation to commence their mission had come, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] used a [[space bridge]] to get to the [[Autobase]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Chromia and the others waited patiently for her to signal that they could follow. Chromia joined her commander soon after it came. With only [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] still to get through the portal, the group was attacked by [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], but [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] and Elita One took care of that. While the rest of the team went further into the Autobot facility, Chromia was sent back to [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with an unconscious [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Chromia-DIE.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|Just off-panel: Virulent Clone with apple on head.]]
Chromia and her ward [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] were part of an Autobot strike force tasked with destroying the [[Decepticon]] general [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]' cloning lab on [[Ceti Alpha Seven]]. Although the pair had handily beaten Deathsaurus's [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] underling [[Buzzclaw (G1)|Buzzclaw]] on [[Regulon Four]] some time previous, they were taken by surprise by the first production run of clones. Although Chromia fought effectively against the clones, she was no match for Deathsaurus himself when he entered the battle personally. Falling before the general's might, she was taken captive.

Chromia, along with her teammates ''and'' the backup team of Ironhide and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], was ultimately rescued when [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]], who had evaded capture, came to the rescue of the entire Autobot party. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Megatron Origin issue 3|''Megatron Origin'' #3]] (apocryphal); [[The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|''Robots in Disguise'' #25]]

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One erroneous account presented Chromia as a Cybertronian, who was among those attended [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]]'s funeral. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} However, every other account shows that Chromia was born from the hot spot contained in the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Caminus (Titan)|Caminus]], who founded [[Caminus (planet)|a distant colony in his name]] that was cut off from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] long before the war and whose citizens retained differentiated genders. Her people's isolation ended with the arrival of [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], who had come seeking help from a [[Cityspeaker]] in order to aid [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. The chosen Cityspeaker, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], needed a bodyguard, however, and so Chromia (and [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]]) were enlisted. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City|A Bot and Her City}} {{storylink|If I Know You}} The three joined the crew of the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' shortly before it crossed paths with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. The legendary Autobot was preoccupied with an important quest, so the three volunteered to watch after Metroplex for him and keep him alive. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Under their watch, Metroplex's insides were besieged with invaders, so Chromia and Nautica hunted them down to confront them and fight them off, if necessary. They found a small group of robots and Chromia threatened to put the hurt down on them. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}

Their adversaries turned out to be fellow Autobots from the ''[[Lost Light]]'' who were battling an army of angered [[Ammonite]]s. Chromia and Nautica led them back to their boss, Windblade, who explained their mission, and subsequently the ''Lost Light'' was able to give Metroplex a jump, allowing him to [[space bridge|spacebridge]] back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} On arrival, they couldn't do much but hang on tight within Metroplex as the city-bot did battle with the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} Following Metroplex's victory, Chromia and her pals got to mingle with the locals, including another female Autobot named [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} When [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s army of Ammonites invaded Cybertron, the three Camiens returned to Metroplex to convince him to fight the invaders. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Toward the end of the battle, [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] contacted Chromia to let them to know the ''Lost Light'' was about to ram [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], though she got frustrated by the vague, dramatic way he phrased it. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Chromia accompanied Nautica to her audition to join the crew of the ''Lost Light'', helping out by keeping her friend's rambling to a minimum. Chromia and Windblade later attended [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s trial. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} The pair went to find cover when a group of Decepticons disrupted proceedings with the intent to rescue the defendant. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

[[File:BotAndHerCity-nottechnicallydawn.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]
Six months later, Chromia had stayed behind on Cybertron in order to protect and train Windblade as she performed her role as Metroplex's Cityspeaker. She was highly untrusting of Cybertron's elected ruler, [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], though Windblade preferred to give him the benefit of the doubt. When Windblade sought advice on how to best interact with Starscream, Chromia scoffed at Windblade's choice of talking to the "mopey" [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], but was visibly upset when Windblade teased her about telling Ironhide she described him as such. Later, Chromia accompanied Windblade as the pair investigated an area of the city that might reveal why Metroplex was suffering blackouts, and at the end of the day Chromia insisted they not over-exert themselves and reconvene in the morning. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} Chromia planted a bomb near where they'd be, in an attempt to make Windblade return to Caminus. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} In the morning, when she and Windblade returned to the area, the bomb exploded, damaging Windblade. Chromia dragged her to medical care. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}}

[[File:Windblade3-altmodes.jpg|left|thumb|No, it's true, they actually elected Starscream.]]
Chromia was guarding Windblade when Starscream paid her a visit, and afterwards encouraged Windblade to pursue the idea that Starscream was behind the bomb. Enlisting Ironhide's help, they followed up a lead in the form of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] whom Chromia had to physically tackle when he tried to run. Chromia stayed in [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s bar while Windblade went with Waspinator. After Windblade discovered Starscream was trying to mine ore from Metroplex, Chromia joined a team that went down to investigate. {{storylink|A Long Way Down}} They were attacked by the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and Chromia went instinctively to Windblade's aid, eventually managing to avoid being arrested when Starscream and Rattrap arrived. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} She arranged for Metroplex's spacebridge to activate, {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}} and organized a jail break, successfully springing Windblade and the others. As they headed for Metroplex, Windblade revealed that she believed Starscream wasn't behind the bomb. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}}

The pair rushed to Metroplex, where Chromia insisted Windblade merge with the Titan's mind. She fought with Starscream when he arrived, but he managed to injure Windblade and sliced off Chromia's right arm. Windblade, merged with Metroplex, was able to subdue him with the Titan's internal defenses and revealed she'd discovered Chromia was behind the bomb. Though Chromia encouraged Windblade to make Metroplex jump back to Caminus, Windblade instead opted to shut the spacebridge down in favor of making a deal with Starscream. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}

She was among the group present when [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] was brought back online, though she wasn't as enthusiastic about the event when she observed how happy Starscream was. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} Chromia then participated in the violent arrest of the [[Firecon]]s, primary suspects in a series of murders, {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} and was present when they were locked up. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}}

[[File:AllThatRemains-ChromiaHasHadEnough.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Chromia and Ironhide found Windblade and Optimus Prime being attacked by Decepticons and Chromia managed to stop the fight through sheer force of intimidation. They retired to Metroplex to contemplate the spacebridge, now linked to Caminus. Optimus ordered Chromia and Ironhide to guard the portal; however they were unable to prevent [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] from taking [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] through. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} They headed through the portal with Starscream's forces and attacked Menasor. The giant briefly held Chromia in his fist until she broke free. In the end, the battle was decided when [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] joined in. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Chromia was taking part in the subsequent cleanup on Caminus when [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] arrived and started smashing more things. As the giant started trying to smash the spacebridge, Chromia rallied those present to fight him until Superion and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] defeated him. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} As Starscream returned to Cybertron, Chromia went with him to make sure no one started shooting. She was later back on Caminus when Menasor again went through the spacebridge and started fighting with the combiners already there. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} As a combiner incorporating Optimus joined the fight, Chromia led a group back through to Cybertron to help prevent the Decepticons there from attacking Caminus. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

[[File:AnUneventfulNight-ChromiaVsArcee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|''Prime'' Arcee vs. G1 Arcee.]]
Windblade and Chromia were returning to Cybertron through the spacebridge while Optimus communicated with [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}} To celebrate the union between Cybertron and Caminus, the Mistress of Flame declared an official holiday that saw Chromia temporarily don some Cityspeaker-style face paint for the occasion. While she was guarding the [[Enigma of Combination]] with a [[Badgeless]], Arcee stole the artifact. Chromia and Windblade pursued her into the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] where their confrontation was interrupted by the [[Torchbearer]]s. After the Torchbearers were merged into [[Victorion]], the trio fought to survive the giant's onslaught until Windblade managed to talk the giant into separating. Chromia later returned the Enigma and resumed guarding it. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

She and Windblade interceded in a quarrel between visiting Camiens and Decepticons, though Chromia was a little too aggressive with the Decepticons. Windblade left her to finish sorting things out. She later joined Windblade, Ironhide, and Blurr for a trip to [[Velocitron]], where they found themselves in the path of [[Delta]], a city fleeing a wall of fire. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}} Chromia managed to encourage Ironhide into safely making it onto the city by staying by his side. She accompanied Windblade and [[Clocker (G1)|Clocker]] to inspect [[Navitas]], the Titan on which the city was built, and stood by as Windblade talked to the Titan directly. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}}

[[File:TheWillOfTheFew-secondchances.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
When Windblade returned disappointed from [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] following the death of [[Chela]], Chromia believed she'd done her best to save the Titan. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} Following the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]], Starscream declared [[Chosen One Day]], a new holiday. Windblade hugged Chromia and forgave her for past discretions... if only for a night. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

Chromia, Ironhide, and Windblade helped re-secure the spacebridge nexus after a gaggle of Decepticons stormed it. Chromia was present when Optimus Prime used the bridge to go to Earth and annex it in advance of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s invasion. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} Shortly after taking this drastic step, Optimus had a nightmare where he saw Windblade and Chromia bowing down before him. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} The real Chromia, meanwhile, had gone off to attend an emergency Council meeting to discuss this problem. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}

[[File:TheLineBetweenUs-ChromiaGoesToJail.jpg|thumb|left|Kinky, but at least buy her dinner first!]]

The uneasy peace on Cybertron was growing increasingly threatened by the distrust of the Badgeless, and compounded by a spree of [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] attacks on several Decepticons within Iacon, including a supplier of parts to [[Vigilem|Carcer]]. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the issue. When the meeting was adjourned, Chromia went off to spar with [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. {{storylink|07:00:00}} Tensions boiled over after the suspicious death of [[Drunkatron|a disgruntled Decepticon]], and Chromia participated in a Council meeting that saw Ironhide step up as the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}}

Shortly after [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] reawoke, Chromia was walking around in the Decepticon ghetto outside of Metroplex. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} On learning that Windblade was being forced to help Starscream because he knew of Chromia's actions in bombing Acrolight, Chromia took over decoding security footage related to Swindle's death and discovered the Decepticon's body had been taken by Wheeljack and Rattrap. She visited Wheeljack, only for the pair of them to be taken prisoner by the rest of the Combaticons, who forced Wheeljack to lead them to Swindle's brain-dead body. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} After the Combaticons used the Enigma to merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], Chromia worked with Windblade to talk the Combaticons down, however Ironhide took matters into his own hands and blasted Bruticus. In the aftermath, Chromia coopted [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]]'s broadcast to make a public confession of her actions in Acrolight, and was arrested by Ironhide. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

[[File:Rubicon ChromiaHoldsWindblade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right|]]
Chromia being in prison was later one of the factors Windblade mentioned that had demoralized her. {{storylink|Ping}} When a fleet of undead Titans arrived to destroy Cybertron (as they do), Chromia was marched onto a prison ship when Starscream gave the evacuation order. She broke the prison line to speak to Ironhide about Metroplex being felled and urged him to help Windblade who was doubtlessly with the Titan. Ironhide said Windblade was at the [[Spire]] (and he was right) and there was no need to worry but Chromia was convinced that without Ironhide, Windblade would do something stupid (she was also right). {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Said stupid thing turned out to be releasing [[Vigilem|Carcer]]. When the evil Titan made planetfall, Chromia rushed back to Ironhide to try and find Windblade, only for the irritable warden to grab her and stuff her in a prison cell to be killed by the undead. However, Metroplex managed to release her and direct her to Windblade's location with Carcer so she could free her friend. Chromia rushed to the Titan and scaled up his body, breaching his body and arriving at his [[brain module]] just as [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] had blown it into chunks, seemingly killing Windblade. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

Chromia was subsequently put back into prison and set to be tried for crimes against Cybertron. The [[Mistress of Flame]] attempted to get Starscream to turn Chromia over to her but when Starscream refused, she demanded Swindle and Menasor in exchange. The ghost of Bumblebee urged Starscream to hand over Chromia. Starscream instead opted to free Chromia and turn her into a hit-bot to hunt down and kill [[Liege Maximo]], offering her a pardon in exchange, as well as saying he'd lost his own chance to be better, telling Chromia not to waste hers. {{storylink|Heavy}} Starscream and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] provided Chromia with the ''[[Sabre]]'', with [[Greenlight]] and [[Lancer]] as her crew, while the Camien herself recorded a goodbye message for Windblade, encouraging her friend to stay strong while she was away. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

[[File:StrangerEons CaptainChromia.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|]]
Shortly after setting out, however, the crew ran afoul of the [[Maximal]]s. Though they managed to triumph over their foes, the Maximals had damaged the ''Sabre''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s long-range communication, leaving them unable to contact [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} When Liege Maximo returned to Cybertron as a prisoner of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]], Windblade asked whether the bestial Prime had encountered Chromia or her team. Onyx chose to ignore the question and grill [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] instead. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}}

When the ''Sabre'' finally repaired its communications, the crew had caught up with the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]] facing off against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in [[G Nebula 89]]. Calling Cybertron, Chromia was quickly caught up on the recent political changes before she reported that, despite their incredible firepower, the Decepticons were failing to damage the Chaos Bringer. Unicron unleashing the Maximals on the Decepticons was enough incentive for Chromia to order a quantum jump back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

The ''Sabre'' arrived back home to find Unicron had beaten them there and assumed a robot mode to attack the planet while having warped the DVD into his service. Acting as a battlefield coordinator, Chromia tried to deter [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] from charging head-on to no success, the Carcerian confident in her plan. {{storylink|Our Finest}} As the [[Autobot fleet]] fell and Unicron began physically tearing into Cybertron, Windblade called upon the [[Spectral Knight]]s to use their [[magic]] to teleport Cybertron's populace to safety. Noticing this, Unicron returned his attention to the fleet, preventing them from reaching the magic before Elita One defiantly slammed Carcer into Unicron's face, distracting him just long enough for the magical ribbon to reach the fleet and teleport them to Earth. {{storylink|Road's End}}

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Safe on the organic world, Chromia reunited with Windblade before Prowl arrived with information on Unicron's origins and inner workings. As part of the do-or-die attack on Unicron, Chromia joined in the diversionary attack on the DVD. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}} When Optimus Prime had successfully used the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] to collapse Unicron, Chromia pulled [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] out of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s burning corpse before Metroplex space bridged everyone back to Earth. {{storylink|Ceremony}} Chromia was one of the mourners present at Optimus's funeral, {{storylink|Post}} before she invited [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] to Earth so they could catch up. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:MegatronsRevenge Chromia's Pizza.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[Chromia's Pizza]] features a picture of Chromia on the box. A box of this pizza sat on the floor near [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] as he watched [[television]]. {{Storylink|Megatron's Revenge}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
[[File:Siege-Chromia-art.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.6]]
Chromia was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant]], whose function was Counter Intelligence. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref name=Siege>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' website]</ref> During the war for Cybertron Chromia was dispatched to locate a possible Autobot escape site located in the largest spaceport on Cybertron, the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. Anything else that may have been given to her as part of her mission's specifications, were classified. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}
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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Georgia Reed]] (English), [[Masami Katsuyama]] (Japanese)|[[Amanda Manso]] (Portuguese), [[Christèle Billault]] (French), [[Cornelia Waibel]] (German), [[Margot Lago]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Rommy Mendoza]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
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{{charstubfiction|''Siege'', ''Earthrise''}}
When the AllSpark was returned to the [[Temple of the Allspark]] on Cybertron by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Chromia was among the Transformer spirits who witnessed [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] strike down [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] before finally reuniting with the Allspark. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
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Chromia was the head of [[Security Operations]], a position she attained at least partly due to Prowl's unsociability. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} After [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] returned from [[Probat (planet)|Probat]] with no energon and a comatose [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]], Chromia briefly questioned the minibot but eventually let him go. {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}}

Along with Prowl, Chromia was called to [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s [[energon transmission station]] when the scientist was found to have been murdered. After getting statements from Windblade and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Chromia asked [[Rubble]], a newborn, to not consider the murder indicative of Cybertronian society. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}}

After [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] created the [[Ascenticon Guard]], with the notable inclusion of [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], Chromia briefed [[Senate|Senator]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] on the actions of [[The Rise]] before [[Froid]] stole the Senator away for a private word. Chromia later made her way to Rubble's apartment, along with [[Geomotus]], so she could borrow Windblade. Before leaving, Chromia linked her and Prowl's communicators' to Rubble's but, much to Windblade's disapproval, added a tracer, albeit an inactive one in the code. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

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As the trio made their way back into the wilderness, Windblade and Chromia compared stories about Brainstorm, trying to find something nice to say, before they ran across [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Though the veteran initially tried to avoid their questions, he revealed that he'd seen a blue Cybertronian near the transmission station on the night of the murder. Unsatisfied, Chromia gave him one cycle to present himself to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] for further questioning. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} As she drove back into Iacon, Chromia was hailed by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] who revealed that, while several high ranking Rise members had gone into hiding, a total of ''two hundred'' Cybertronians had mysteriously dropped off the grid since the night of the murder. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}}

Tragedy soon struck again when Rubble was found dead in the [[Xeno-Quarter]] along with the missing [[Voin]] scavenger. Chromia largely kept to herself in the autopsy only speaking up to have [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] recite his analysis of Rubble's corpse. After seeing off [[Greenlight]], Chromia assured Prowl that Rubble's death was not his fault. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}}

[[File:TheCracksBeneathYourFeetPart3-Chromiavssixshot.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Alongside Prowl, Chromia was questioning Froid about Quake's psychology before Cyclonus crashed into the interrogation room, telling Chromia that he'd found the missing people beneath the [[Memorial Crater]], hoarding an armory's worth of weapons. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}}

Breaking open their own armory, Chromia led [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and Windblade to the base, entering with the latter only to find that the place had been picked clean. As Chromia tried to salvage data from an [[energon station]], she was attacked by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. Though proving nimble enough to evade the hexa-changer, Chromia failed to detain him. She returned to the surface in time to see the base detonate, Windblade's broken body being spat out of the explosion. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three}}

After [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had returned to Cybertron, Chromia briefed the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] on what he'd missed before she passed her confirmed list of Risers onto Orion. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} While visiting Windblade in the hospital, Chromia was called away to a stand-off in the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. Before she left, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] suggested that [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] had been Brainstorm's killer. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

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Meeting up with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], Chromia attempted negotiation before [[Javelin]] was shot in the head. Ordering her troops into action, Chromia failed to smoke out the terrorists before the [[Ascenticon Guard]] arrived, Senator [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] entering the immersant [[Titan (group)|Titan]] to conduct negotiations personally. Shortly after Soundwave returned, the Titan's corpse violently exploded. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} Managing to capture two of [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]]'s cell, albeit in stasis, Chromia checked in with Orion and Bumblebee, revealing their suspicions to the yellow bot that Quake had killed Rubble, before she and Orion came before Sentinel. In light of their findings, Sentinel agreed to bend the Nominus Edict but also made several other changes to their operating procedures, diverting some of Chromia's authority in Security Operations to Colonial Security. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

[[File:AllFallDown-Chromia.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]

Soon afterwards, disaster struck when the Rise caused the [[Tether]] to collapse, the space elevator devastating Iacon. In the midst of all this, Chromia received a distress call from Bumblebee, who'd begun to fear for his life among the Guard, and arrived in time to save him from [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] and [[Catgut]]. After confirming Bumblebee's suspicions, Chromia relieved him of his mission and thanked him for his services. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} Despite Bumblebee's report, hundreds of Ascenticons began to blockade the faction's headquarters, leaving Chromia and Sec-Ops unable to reach or interview Soundwave. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} Chromia reported her failed attempts to Orion Pax, but remained confident her people had gathered enough evidence to pursue the Ascenticons for crimes in a court of law. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}}

She was wrong. Or, rather, her efforts were moot as Megatron and Soundwave led a full uprising against the elected government, capturing the Senate building and the senators inside, including Sentinel Prime and Orion Pax. Chromia joined with Ironhide, Hound, and Novastar to plan taking back their people and their government. Chromia accompanied Ironhide and the Senate Guard as they drilled into the Senate building's under-passages. Ironhide freed the rest of his Guard to retake the building, while Chromia found Orion and Sentinel to take them to safety. Once they exited the tunnels, however, the infuriated Sentinel Prime took off ahead of his escorts towards their south tower base. The First Senator intended to address his people as soon as possible about the uprising, but Chromia had no air support to provide protection for Sentinel's vehicle mode. He was intercepted by the [[Rainmaker]]s and mortally wounded before Chromia and Orion Pax caught up with him. Before the optics of Chromia and the Guard, Sentinel Prime died and the Matrix emerged from his chest, bonding with Orion Pax. After receiving a vision from the Allspark, Pax stepped up to become what times required of him, declaring himself Optimus Prime. {{storylink|War World: Prime}}

[[File:DarknessOnceGazedUponPart2 ChromiaKick.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|Chromia Van Damme]]
At Optimus Prime's direction, Chromia arranged for the release of [[Pyra Magna]], one of the [[Great General]]s of the [[War of the Threefold Spark]] who had been imprisoned ever since she continued fighting after the amnesty. It was a risky maneuver to gain credibility for the Autobots' opposition to the Decepticons, assuming Pyra Magna and her [[Companion]]s agreed with their cause. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} The street-fighting in Iacon continued until it became necessary to abandon the capital. Chromia lent security to a procession leading the Autobots away from Iacon to seek refuge in [[Crystal City]]. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}} Those opposing Megatron united under the Autobot faction. Even Chromia and previous unaligned Security Operations personnel underwent the Autobranding ceremony as a symbol of their cause's unity. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

When Ultra Magnus was captured and brought back to Iacon, Chromia assembled a small unit to bring him back. Her knowledge of the city as head of Security Operations was combined with Smokescreen's criminal contact Swindle to secure them an escape route. At the former Senate, they found Magnus imprisoned along with other political prisoners, Senators who refused to recognize Megatron's rule. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} Back at Swindle's, their escape brought heat down on the bar owner as Sixshot's Decepticons pursued Ultra Magnus. Chromia's team managed to escape through the underground tunnels, but they knew it was only a matter of time before the Decepticons followed them to Crystal City. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}}

[[File:ADustOfCrystals AutobotsRetreat.jpg|upright=1.6|left|thumb]]

As the siege of Crystal City began, Chromia coordinated their defenses with Streetwise and Novastar. The Autobots had all retreated back to a fortified bunker when the tide turned. The last Titan, [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], had come home. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}} With a new Combiner and a Titan as leverage, Optimus Prime negotiated a truce with Megatron. The Autobots gathered in a procession to make their way to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] and use the last ''Ark'' to leave Cybertron behind, in Decepticon hands. Megatron still wanted his enemies dead, and orchestrated an artillery bombardment to trap the Autobots between his firepower and the rust worms. Chromia tried to find a path beyond the bombardment, only to be blocked by the Seekers. {{storylink|Radical Time}} Unable to break their lines without more death, Chromia retreated back to Optimus and the main contingent. Fortunately, a plan was enacted that pitted the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s against the rust worms, dealing with both threats. {{storylink|End of Time}} The truce collapsed, and a final battle was held at Darkmount until Chromia and the Autobots finally escaped the occupied planet, but not before pledging to return. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Huh! Vehicle kibble!]]
Chromia was part of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita 1]]'s team which carried out a series of raids on Decepticon installations, until they were taken down in a trap planned by [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. {{storylink|Fatal Furies}}

Chromia was dispatched by Elita One in response to Flamewar's squad's retaliatory attacks on a number of Autobot bases. {{storylink|Fatal Furies: Flamewar's Revenge}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Stella (AB)#As Chromia}}
Chromia appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. She is portrayed by Stella and is a blue and red redeco of Arcee. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Chromia.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.2]]
Chromia participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She was a Super Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Heavy Metal''===
[[File:TFHeavyMetal Chromia.jpg|thumb|right|210px]]
Chromia was [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s bodyguard and a security and intel expert. As part of the [[Guardian Program]], she insisted on being paired with humans as a security check before they met Windblade. Though confused by earthling communications, especially emojis, she worked on learning to master it. {{storylink|Transformers: Heavy Metal}}

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==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:TL-toy Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|That's no Moon(racer)!]]
*'''Descent into Evil''' (BotCon 2005 boxset)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, scope, 2 tailpipes, energon chip

: Available only as part of [[BotCon 2005]]'s "Descent into Evil" set, ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Chromia is a new-head [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Energon Class [[Arcee (Energon)#Toys|Arcee]], transforming into a Cybertronic racing motorcycle. She has multiple clear-plastic "[[energon]]" parts that form side-thrusters in bike mode, and combine to form a massive compound bow with a spring-loaded missile.

: The toy was originally intended to be [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]], but [[Fun Publications]] could not secure the [[trademark]] on the name. As such, Chromia's toy is in Moonracer's teal and white colors and has a head that resembles Moonracer's. (Fun Publications' intent was for the head to be a compromise between the Moonracer and Firestar head designs.)<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/e39fbfb4b4bd2b3a alt.toys.transformers post] by [[Lanny Lathem]] explaining the Moonracer/Chromia SNAFU.</ref><ref>[http://www.bwtf.com/toyreviews/timelines/descent/chromia Chromia toy notes at BWTF.com]</ref> Later Fun Publications stories would [[repurposing|repurpose]] the Chromia toy as Moonracer.

: This set also includes [[Buzzclaw (G1)#Toys|Buzzclaw]], [[Deathsaurus (G1)#Timelines 2|Deathsaurus]], [[Dirge (Timelines)#Toys|Dirge]], [[Outback (G1)#Timelines|Fallback]], [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ironhide]], and [[Ricochet (Timelines)#Toys|Ricochet]].

: Her base mold is also used by [[Flamewar (G1)#Toys|Flamewar]] and the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|live-action movieverse]] [[Arcee (Movie)#Toys|Arcee]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)#Toys|Elita-One]], while the Chromia-retooled version is also used by [[Flareup (G1)#Toys|Flareup]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BCChromia/chromia.htm More information on Chromia at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformersclub.com/chromiapreview.cfm Chromia at TransformersClub.com]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Gen-toy Chromia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|STILL the fastest thing on the Grid.]]
*'''Chromia''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / #022'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle

:''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' Chromia is a heavy [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Arcee (WFC)#Robots in Disguise|Arcee]], transforming into a Cybertronian motorbike. Her blaster weapon can be mounted on the bottom of her bike mode. Originally scheduled for March 2014 along with [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Generations|Arcee]], Chromia was delayed to fall of that year and ultimately not released until December.

:Hasbro's [[:File:Generations Chromia stock photo edited.jpg|original stock photo for the figure]] depicting a hand-painted prototype (which is also featured on the back of the toy's packaging) showed her holding one of her [[wave]]-mate Arcee's guns along with her own. This was most certainly due to a mix-up error; the weapon's design, especially the size and shape of its handle and additional pegs (which are identical to those of Arcee's other weapon), make it very obvious that it was always intended to go with Arcee rather than Chromia. A [[:File:Generations Chromia Second Stock Photo.jpg|different version of the stock photo]] was released in November 2014 on the official ''Transformers'' Facebook page, with the extra gun edited out. Some specimens of Chromia also feature a sticker on the back of the packaging that says "Additional weapon not included."

:Due to the nature of her transformation, Chromia's paint is extremely prone to chipping, especially the white paint on her head. Caution and care is recommended when transforming her to avoid damaging her paint.

: The original version of this sculpt was also used to make [[BotCon 2014]] [[Flareup (G1)#BotCon2014|Flareup]], and was ''differently'' retooled to make ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' [[Arcee (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Arcee]]. This version of the mold served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Blackarachnia (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Blackarachnia]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenChromia/chromia.htm More information on ''Generations'' Chromia at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:Legends-toy Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Holding this figure makes me feel... dirty.]]
*'''Chromia''' ([[February 14]], 2015)
**''ID number:'' '''LG11'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Chromia is a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class Chromia, making use of lavender and white in place of sky blue in a bid to appear more cartoon-accurate. Her wheels feature more black and much of her bike kibble is coated in metallic blue paint, including the back half of her canopy, which is now cast in translucent blue. Her eyes are also painted blue. Chromia comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs, and the mini-manga ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11]].
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===''Combiner Wars''===
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[[File:Transformers-SDCC-Combiner-Hunters-Chromia.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|right|This is how Chromia auditions for a new ''Final Fantasy'' game.]]
*'''Combiner Hunters''' (Multi-pack, [[July 9]], 2015)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Primeon Blade sword

:The ''Combiner Hunters'' [[redeco]] of Chromia not only has many of her coloring details changed, but in fact mostly stands out for its new accessory: a huge [[Primeon Blade]] sword. The tooling for this weapon was originally used for the 16"-tall electronic version of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' ''[[Titan Heroes]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#ETitan|Optimus Prime]].

:This version of Chromia was only available in a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[giftset|gift set]] together with ''Combiner Hunters'' redecoes of ''Generations'' [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Arcee]] and [[Windblade (G1)#Combiner Wars|Windblade]], each with their own giant new melee weapons. In the U.S., this set was [[exclusive]] to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015. In Asia, it was also available at Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2015 and subsequently stocked by Toys"R"Us Hong Kong. Later, it was also available at The Falcon's Hangar booth at Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2015.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCChromia/chromia.htm More information on Combiner Hunter Chromia at TFU.info]''
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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:War-for-Cybertron-Siege-Deluxe-Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I'm in the same wave as Ironhide?!"]]
*'''Chromia''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-S20'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''SG-22'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' '''[[May 31]], 2019'''
**''Hidden message code'': '''SIIEXXXIITSFAT'''
**''Accessories:'' "RT-5 Anti-thermo Blaster," "SR Hushfuze," and 2 "EMP-Grenades"
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Gray]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Deluxe Class figures, Chromia transforms into a Cybertronian car, based on her original Sunbow animation model. She includes the "RT-5 Anti-thermo Blaster," a gun compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. Two "EMP-Grenades" can connect to the barrel, and the "SR Hushfuze" scope can be detached and can extend the barrel as well, allowing you to change the length of the barrel and/or scope. The grenades can also attach to the back of the vehicle, as if they are big exhaust pipes. As with all non-gimmick ''Siege'' figures, Chromia features "battle damage" paint applications on her vehicle mode front. She also features multiple hardpoints all over herself and her weapon to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions.

:Despite Chromia sharing a similar transformation scheme with the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]/[[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] mold, the Chromia mold is ''mostly'' unique, save for the wheels, thighs and hip [[ball joint]] sockets.

:Half of the official promotion pictures have the backpack wheels folded back in robot mode, and the head not visible on the back of the vehicle, the other half of the official promotional images have the backpack wheels splayed out to the sides and the robot head visible on the back of the vehicle.

:In a rather amusing design flaw, moving both her hips together at an angle may pop off her crotch piece.

:She is infamous for shelfwarming in multiple markets, and could still be found in plentiful numbers after the [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|next toyline]] began.

:This mold was redecoed into ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Netflix|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Chromia (below), and retooled into ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Nightbird (G1)#Generations|Nightbird]]. This toy also served as the model for [[Moonracer (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Moonracer]] in the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon.

::*''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAeN5YVhGqU Official conversion video at the TRANSFORMERS OFFICIAL YouTube channel]''
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:WFCNetflixtoy-Autobot Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Now covered in crap.]]
*'''Chromia''' (Deluxe Class, 2020)
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''WFC-03'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[October 23]], 2020'''
**''Accessories:'' "RT-5 Anti-thermo Blaster," "SR Hushfuze," and 2 "EMP-Grenades"
:Promoting the ''Siege'' season of the [[Netflix]]-exclusive [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]], this redeco of ''Siege'' Chromia slathers the Autobot in an ''extensive'' paint wash coating to represent accumulated grime and battle scars. Unlike the other ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toys, the battle-worn deco is not accurate to the cartoon.

:This release was exclusive to Walmart in the U.S. and Canada, and in Japan as a [[TakaraTomy]] Mall exclusive.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
*'''Chromia''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Number'': '''1/12'''

: Part of the fifth assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Chromia is a very small, soft-plastic figure of her in robot mode, based mainly on the original animation model.

: She includes a collectible card that renders her in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card 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.

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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W1Chromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Chromia, Special Ops''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T11/T40'''
**''Stars: ''8

:'''Chromia, Special Ops''' is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]].

:The artwork on the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile card game

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[[File:W3SergeantChromia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Sergeant Chromia, Special Ops-Counterintelligence''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T41/T48'''
**''Stars: ''7

:Sergeant Chromia, Special Ops-Counterintelligence is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Chromia toy, with the Bot Mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art, and with original Alt Mode artwork (line-art by [[Dan Khanna]]).
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==Notes==
[[File:Chromia-Saren Stone-WindbladeV1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
*Chromia holds the distinction of being the first [[female Transformer]] to appear in ANY media, being the first of the [[Female Autobots]] to appear on screen in "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]".
*Though the first to appear in any media, [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] was the first female Autobot to receive a toy, and [[Freezon]] the first female Transformer to receive one (though due to a retcon). Chromia finally got a toy as a Botcon exclusive 20 years after her debut, and a mass-released figure in the ''Generations'' line 29 years after her debut.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Chromia''' (クロミア ''Kuromia'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Krómia'''
*''Korean:'' '''Chromia''' (크로미아 ''Keuromia'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chroria''' (克劳莉娅 ''Kèláolìyà'')

==References==
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[[Category:Female Transformers]]
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Optimus Prime (Movie)

2023-02-04T14:48:51Z

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Movieprime meettheautobots.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hello, pretty bird. GIVE ME YOUR FACE.]]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s. Long ago, he was the humble leader of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s science division, which studied the [[AllSpark]], and were protected by [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s military. When Megatron was corrupted by [[The Fallen]], Optimus discovered that he was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], hidden away when The Fallen destroyed their lineage. In response to Megatron's attempts to seize the AllSpark and conquer other worlds, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and rallied the Autobots to stand against the [[Decepticon]]s.

As obsessively as Megatron strives to achieve his objective, Optimus is equally as dedicated to stopping him, even at the cost of his life, his world, and—if necessary—his own people. It was on his order that the AllSpark was jettisoned into space, dooming Cybertron to a slow death and his people to a nomadic life. The sacrifices he has made weigh heavily on his [[spark]], but they must be done, for there is no other choice. He knows the ambitions that lurk in Megatron's spark, and they must never see the light of day. Lives must be kept free from the threat of Megatron's tyranny, no matter the cost. This obsession with the defeat of Megatron has robbed Optimus of some of his early idealism. This has created a certain ruthlessness beneath his otherwise honest and caring personality. Prime is not one for second chances and is willing to consider any action that might lead to victory, short of directly sacrificing those he cares about.

{{bigquote|You just wanna die for the guy! That's leadership... or brainwashin', or somethin'.}}
{{bigquote|No... that's ''Optimus Prime.''|[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] on their leader|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The seven movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Zdeněk Maryška]] (Czech), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Tibor Kristóf]] (Hungarian), [[Thongchai Chanchamni]] (Thai), [[Ayhan Kahya]] (Turkish, theatrical and home media), [[Payidar Tüfekçioğlu]] (Turkish, VOD)}}

[[File:TF2007 optimus meets sam.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.85|"I will peer into your spark..." Wait wait wrong line. CUT, TAPE 4, ACTION... 
"I will peer into your aplahds" sorry sorry. CUT, read the script, you're supposed to say "I am Optimus Prime" "Okay okay I got it"...]]
Optimus Prime and his Autobots were forced to depart their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] thousands of years ago, after the life-giving [[AllSpark]] was lost to the far reaches of space. In the year 2007, having received word from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] that the AllSpark was on the planet [[Earth]], Optimus brought his troops to the small, blue world. After descending through Earth's atmosphere in his [[transition form]], Optimus [[Trans-scan|scanned]] a passing truck, then quickly learned the planet's languages via the [[internet]]. Meeting up with Bumblebee, Prime and his men were introduced to [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], with whom Prime shared their history and their reason for being on Earth.

[[File:TF2007 optimus truckmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Like a Boss.]]
Prime and the Autobots returned with Sam to his house, so that he could obtain for them [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses|a family heirloom]]: a pair of [[glasses]] belonging to his ancestor [[Archibald Witwicky]], which contained the location of the AllSpark encoded across its lenses. Prime had his troops wait outside while Sam and Mikaela searched for the glasses, but the Autobot leader's thunderous footsteps, clumsy attempts to hide, and general impatience made the whole experience quite a trial. Nevertheless, the Autobots managed to keep themselves hidden from Sam's parents long enough for Sam to find the glasses—at which point, the forces of [[Sector Seven]] arrived to take Sam and Mikaela into custody. Prime intercepted the S7 convoy, tearing the roof off the SUV containing the two kids and demanding that the organization's director [[Seymour Simmons]] release them. Sector Seven back-up soon arrived, however, forcing Prime to hide beneath a bridge, carrying Sam and Mikaela on his shoulders. When the humans slipped, Bumblebee was forced to break cover to rescue them, which resulted in all three of them being captured by S7. Now in possession of the glasses which could tell him the location of the AllSpark, Optimus remorsefully left Bumblebee in Sector Seven's hands despite protestations from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]; Prime was unwilling to employ the deadly force he knew would be required to save their teammate, as he knew humanity held the potential to be something great.

[[File:Movie2007 Prime sword.jpg|left|upright=1.85|thumb|Swiss army Prime.]]
Using the glasses to trace the AllSpark to the [[Hoover Dam]], Prime led his men there, but while they were en route, the [[Decepticon]]s who were also in hiding on the planet launched an attack on the facility. Sam, Mikaela, Bumblebee and the forces of Sector Seven met up with Prime and his team on the road, and they all headed for nearby [[Mission City]] to hide the AllSpark. On the way, Prime was attacked by [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]; a brief but brutal struggle followed, concluding when Prime succeeded in decapitating the hate-filled Decepticon. Joining his men in the streets of Mission City, Prime was met in battle by his ancient enemy Megatron, who quickly proved to be superior both in physical strength and in terms of firepower. [[File:TF2007 optimus vs megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.85|"You, Kakarot. I choose you to be the first of my victims."]] Realizing that there was only one way to end the fighting, Optimus instructed Sam to push the AllSpark into his chest if all hope seemed lost, which would merge the cube with his own [[spark]], destroying both it and himself. As it turned out, Sam did just the opposite, instead thrusting it into ''Megatron's'' chest, killing the Decepticon leader and destroying the AllSpark. Prime regretted the necessity of the action, but knew there had been no other choice.

Though the Decepticons were defeated and their bodies dumped in the [[Laurentian Abyss]] by the military, the loss of the AllSpark meant the Autobots were unable to use its power to restore their homeworld. Electing to remain on Earth, Prime sent a message into deep space to any surviving Autobots in the galaxy to come to join them there. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]," "[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]";
the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]," "[[Sam's New Car]]," "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]," "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]," "[[Meet the Autobots]]," "[[Meet the Decepticons]]," and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]." In the comic book and novel adaptations of the film, Prime also kills [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] after his altercation with Bonecrusher.}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Zdeněk Maryška]] (Czech), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Imre Szélyes]] (Hungarian), [[Thongchai Chanchamni]] (Thai), [[Ayhan Kahya]] (Turkish, theatrical and home media), [[Volkan Ateş Akyılmaz]] (Turkish, VOD)}}

[[File:ROTF optimus takes aim.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''My OptiPrime don't want none Unless he's got GUNS Hun'']]
In the two years which followed the events in Mission City, Optimus Prime and the Autobots—including a group of new arrivals who had responded to Prime's message—became part of a Transformer/human military group called [[NEST]]. Together, they hunted down the remaining Decepticons in hiding across Earth. After a destructive clash with [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[Shanghai]] went awry, Optimus was air-dropped onto a highway and crippled the Decepticon. Demolishor taunted Optimus about the mysterious force known as "[[The Fallen]]", who would rise again. Prime ensured that Demolishor would not be around to see it, as he unceremoniously executed him.

[[File:ROTF Prime blades.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Optimus' rampage through the Hundred Acre Wood left no survivors.]]
When the Decepticon [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] stole the remaining shard of the AllSpark from NEST's [[Diego Garcia]] base, Optimus Prime arranged a meeting with Sam Witwicky, who had since left home to go to college, hoping for the boy's help. Sam, unfortunately, was presently focused on having some semblance of a normal life, and was not receptive Optimus's pleas, but Optimus feared that the choice to be involved would soon be taken out of Sam's hands. This soon proved true when Megatron—resurrected by the AllSpark shard—abducted Sam to draw out the wisdom of the AllSpark that was hidden within the human's mind. Optimus and Bumblebee ambushed the Decepticons in the [[Broadwater Metal Works|abandoned industrial complex]] where Sam was being held and managed to whisk the boy away, but Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] gave chase, resulting in a ferocious three-on-one battle between Prime and the Decepticons in the depths of the nearby forest. Prime held his own, even managing to kill Grindor, but the underhanded Megatron was able to impale him on his pincer-blade and blast him open with point-blank shot. Although the rest of the Autobots soon arrived and drove off Megatron and Starscream, Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]].

[[File:ROTF optimus dead body.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|This is what happens when you get close to [[Stephanie Sheh|Nui Harime]].]]
Prime's body was brought back to Diego Garcia, but was soon covertly transported to [[Egypt]] by [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] when they got word from Sam that he had discovered a possible means of restoring the Autobot leader to life: the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. In the midst of a battle between the Autobots and The Fallen's Decepticons in the Egyptian desert, Sam plunged the Matrix into Optimus's chest, and his gamble proved successful, as Optimus Prime lived again. To help Prime defeat The Fallen and destroy his [[Star Harvester|sun-harvesting weapon]] hidden within the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], the turncoat Decepticon [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] sacrificed his life, entreating Prime to use his parts to gain "a power he had never known". [[File:ROTF movie Powered-Up Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I'm bringing sexy back.]] [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] transplanted Jetfire's remains onto Prime's body, upgrading him into a heavily armed, flight-capable powerhouse. Prime immediately took flight and disabled the harvester, after which he engaged The Fallen in battle. Megatron attempted to intervene, but Optimus overpowered his old enemy and used his own fusion cannon to shoot half his face off. Resuming his fight with The Fallen, Optimus tore the ancient Decepticon's face off, and when the villain attempted to flee, Prime punched through his abdomen and crushed his spark, finally killing him.

On the return voyage home, Optimus thanked Sam for saving his life, as the boy thanked the Autobot leader for believing in him. Following this, Optimus Prime sent another transmission into space, detailing recent events so that the pasts of both races would be remembered, and also declaring that Humanity and the Autobots would face the future together. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]," "[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Last Prime]]"; the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]]," "[[Operation Autobot]]," "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[When Robots Attack!]]," "[[Ratchet to the Rescue]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." The publications targeted at younger readers tending to downplay Optimus's ferocity—in several, he defeats The Fallen not by killing him, but by [[:File:TheFallen-thrownintospace.jpg|hurling him into space]]. In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of the film, Prime is not killed by Megatron's attack, but rather sent into [[stasis lock]], and would have stayed that way for years if not for Sam's intervention.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Zdeněk Maryška]] (Czech), [[Akshay Kumar]] (Hindi), [[Imre Szélyes]] (Hungarian), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Srinivasa Moorthy]] (Telugu), [[Thongchai Chanchamni]] (Thai), [[Ayhan Kahya]] (Turkish, theatrical and home media), [[Volkan Ateş Akyılmaz]] (Turkish, VOD)}}
[[File:DOTM optimus armored weapons platform.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Chevron seven locked.]]
Three years after the defeat of The Fallen, the Autobots and NEST took to dealing with human conflicts in the absence of the Decepticons. Optimus's vehicle mode was now complemented by a [[Armored Weapons Platform|large transformable trailer]], containing an armory of various weapons and flight equipment. While investigating a tip that a piece of Cybertronian technology could be found in the ruins of the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], Optimus and his NEST allies were attacked by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his pet [[Driller]], who attempted to steal the component. Optimus drove off Shockwave and his monstrous "pet", but was perturbed to discover that the recovered Cybertronian tech was a piece of the ancient Autobot spacecraft known as the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''—flagship of his mentor and predecessor, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and believed destroyed during the war on Cybertron millennia beforehand.
[[File:DOTM optimus with trailer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|"Callin' all trucks, this here's the duck. We're about to go a-huntin' bear."]]
Demanding an explanation from National Intelligence Director [[Charlotte Mearing]], Prime learned from both her and astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]] that humanity had discovered the ruins of the ''Ark'' on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in the 1960s. Travelling to the moon with Ratchet aboard the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Prime discovered the comatose form of Sentinel within the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash vault, along with a small fraction of the special cargo the ''Ark'' had been carrying—five [[pillar]]s capable of opening a [[space bridge]]. Optimus brought his old mentor back to Earth and used the Matrix of Leadership to reactivate him; showing him the peace and beauty of Earth, Optimus expressed his willingness to cede leadership back to Sentinel once more, but Sentinel refused.

[[File:DOTMSentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Sentinel, can you put that sword somewhere else so we can talk?]]
Unfortunately, it would soon transpire that Sentinel was in league with Megatron, when he murdered Ironhide and brought the pillars to [[Washington, D.C.]]. A shocked Optimus confronted his mentor at the National Mall reflecting pool, pleading with him to stop, but Sentinel was unmoved, and opened a space bridge through which at 200 Decepticon troops launched a vicious assault on the city. In the chaos that followed, Optimus tried to fight Sentinel; Sentinel defeated him, but spared his life in the belief he would come around to his side eventually. Naturally, Optimus refused, which led to Sentinel publicly denouncing him and his Autobots as rebels, falsely leading humanity to believe that their planet would be spared if they exiled Optimus's team into space aboard the ''Xantium''. Appearing to willingly comply, Optimus suspected Decepticon treachery—and he was right, as Starscream fired upon the ''Xantium'' soon after launch, destroying it. To all watching, it appeared Optimus and the Autobots had been destroyed, but in actuality, Prime had had his men hide within one of the ship's booster rockets, which had detached before the vessel's destruction.
[[File:DOTM optimus with flight tech.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|"That's my secret, Captain. I ''always'' want faces."]]
Optimus's team headed for [[Chicago]], which had been conquered by the Decepticons in their absence, and arrived just in time to rescue Sam, Epps and a team of former NEST soldiers from a Decepticon [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighter ship]]. Venturing into the heart of the city, the Autobots were ambushed by Shockwave and the Driller, and Prime was separated from his trailer in the brawl. Leaving his Autobots to battle on without him, Prime quickly recovered the trailer and donned the flight tech within, which he used to slay the Driller. Unfortunately, he was then blasted by Shockwave and wound up tangled in the cables of a construction crane, temporarily taking him out of the fight.

By the time the [[Wreckers]] cut Optimus free, Sentinel had activated his space bridge and begun teleporting Cybertron itself into Earth's [[Solar System]]. Prime went on a rampage, scything through the Decepticons on the main battlefield on his way to a final confrontation with Shockwave; after killing the cyclopean Decepticon, he used Shockwave's own cannon to blast the space bridge's control pillar, stalling Cybertron's transportation. [[File:DOTM optimus executes sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Hey, you guys remember when Optimus Prime used to crack jokes and play basketball? Good times.]] Optimus then demanded that Sentinel face him; his one-time mentor complied, and the pair engaged one another in a battle which Optimus initially dominated, but in which Sentinel eventually got the upper hand when he sliced off Prime's right arm. Before Sentinel could deliver a killing blow, however, Megatron himself intervened, attacking the elder Prime from behind and heavily damaging him. Megatron proposed a truce to Optimus, wishing only to be in charge of the Decepticons again; Optimus's response was to plunge his energon axe into Megatron's head and tear it from his shoulders, killing his eternal foe once more. The damaged and helpless Sentinel begged for mercy, claiming that all he ever wanted was their race's survival, but Optimus refused, claiming Sentinel didn't betray the Autobots, but rather ''himself.'' With bitter regret, Optimus executed his treacherous master with Megatron's shotgun. With Cybertron now apparently destroyed by the deactivation of the space bridge, Prime and the Autobots accepted Earth as their new home, and Optimus declared that the Autobots would never forsake the defense of the planet or its people. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]"; the "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[The Lost Autobot]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]." Numerous adaptations targeted at younger readers scaled back the film's violence. In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic book]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novel]] adaptations of the film, Optimus accepts Megatron's truce and allows him to leave, and he kills Sentinel not with Megatron's gun, but with Sentinel's own [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] cannon.}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Zdeněk Maryška]] (Czech), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Imre Szélyes]] (Hungarian), [[Sławomir Pacek]] (Polish), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Arun Alexander]] (Tamil), [[Srinivasa Moorthy]] (Telugu), [[Thongchai Chanchamni]] (Thai), [[Ayhan Kahya]] (Turkish)}}
[[File:AoE-junkeroptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Optimus' years of hard drinking and wild partying had finally caught up with him.]]
Following the battle in Chicago and the dissolution of NEST, the US government continued granting Optimus and the other Autobots asylum on Earth, in spite of the negative reputation the Autobots had gained. The White House believed that [[Harold Attinger]] was working alongside Optimus Prime to hunt down the last of the Decepticon fugitives; what the President didn't know was that Attinger's [[Cemetery Wind]] taskforce had began hunting down Autobots and terminating them. Learning of the betrayal, Optimus broadcast an urgent message to the Autobots on Earth, ordering his troops to cut off all contact with humans and go into hiding. Optimus successfully evaded Cemetery Wind for several years, but was eventually pinned down in [[Mexico]], caught in an ambush set by Attinger's lieutenant [[James Savoy]] and their Cybertronian ally, the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. Though badly wounded, Prime threw off his pursuers by scanning a dilapidated cab-over truck, and fled north to Paris, [[Texas]], where he hid in an abandoned movie theater and succumbed to stasis lock induced by his grevious injuries.

[[File:AOE-injuredoptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Cade Yeager was able to rebuild Optimus in a BARN! [[Iron Man|With a BOX OF SCRAPS!]]]]
Prime remained inert until aspiring roboticist [[Cade Yeager]] visited the theater for salvage. Hoping to strip the seemingly ordinary truck and sell the parts, he purchased Optimus and towed him home to his workshop, whereupon his examination of the truck's unusual inner workings led him to realize he had discovered a Transformer. Though Cade's daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and partner [[Lucas Flannery|Lucas]] wanted to turn Optimus in for a cash reward, Cade argued against it, wanting to increase his technical expertise by studying Optimus's systems further. To prove that the Transformer was "dead" and unable to retaliate, Cade opened the truck up and discovered a live missile from the truck's inner workings. When the missile was removed, Optimus suddenly awoke and transformed into robot mode. Confused and disoriented, Optimus threatened the humans, but Cade was able to calm him down, and offered to help repair him as best he could. Before he could get very far, Savoy's forces stormed the farm, forcing Optimus to hide underneath the barn, but when Savoy threatened Tessa's life, Optimus burst from concealment to aid his new human friends. A running battle with Lockdown ensued, culminating in an abandoned factory, where Prime regrouped with the Yaegers and Tessa's boyfriend [[Shane Dyson]] and escaped.

[[File:AOE optimus new altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Cemetery Wind would never think to go after a red and blue truck covered in flames!]]
After confirming that they had shaken their pursuers, Optimus summoned the surviving Autobots to a rendezvous point in the desert, scanning a passing truck on the way to adopt a new alternate mode and repair his injuries. Reuniting with Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], an angry and embittered Prime announced his intent to break his long-held vow and kill the humans responsible for the Autobots' suffering. With Cade's help, the Autobots learned that the bodies of their fallen comrades were being taken to [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] in [[Chicago]], where they were being melted down for [[Living metal|raw material]] to produce KSI's own Transformers. Enraged to learn that Ratchet had recently suffered this gruesome fate, Optimus led the Autobots in a furious attack on KSI, but stopped short of killing company head [[Joshua Joyce]] when the human shamed him by declaring the mankind had advanced past the Transformers. [[File:AOE optimus reformatted.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|I need a face. '''AND I'M LOOKIN' AT YOURS!''']] The Autobots pulled out, but Attinger ordered KSI creations "Galvatron" and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] to be sent after them; Optimus faced off against Galvatron, but before the battle could conclude, Lockdown shot down Optimus and dragged him away.

Imprisoned aboard Lockdown's ship, Optimus learned that the bounty hunter had been hired by the Transformers' mysterious [[Creator]]s to round up their renegade creations, starting with the ancient "knights" to whom the ship had once belonged, a group that Optimus himself had apparently once been part of. Optimus was soon rescued by his fellow Autobots, and they escaped by detaching the section of the ship they were in from the main body without Lockdown's notice. After the team regrouped, [[Brains]] revealed that Galvatron was, in fact, a rebuilt Megatron, and was planning to detonate a cyberforming [[seed]]—given to Attinger by Lockdown—in [[Hong Kong]]. Though Prime lacked a strong reason to defend humankind after his recent experiences, Cade petitioned him to have faith, in if not humanity itself, then in their potential to be better.

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I have a giant robot dinosaur. Your argument is invalid.]]
Arriving in Hong Kong, the Autobots' stolen ship was shot down by Galvatron's forces and crashed in the Wulong Valley. In need of reinforcements, Optimus took a shield and sword from the ship's armory and freed the other captive knights aboard the ship, the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], and proposed that they let him lead them into battle. Their leader [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was not receptive to this idea, and challenged Optimus, but the Autobot leader triumphed over him, and offered Grimlock freedom under his leadership, or death under his foot. Grimlock conceded defeat, and allowed Optimus to ride him into battle in his massive ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' mode. The Autobot-Dinobot alliance decimated Galvatron's army, forcing the Decepticon to retreat, but just when it seemed the day was won, Lockdown returned. Optimus disabled Lockdown's ship's tractor beam in order to allow his comrades to pull back while he faced the bounty hunter alone; during the course of their one-on-one fight, Optimus was forced to briefly break away to save Cade's life by shooting Attinger. [[File:OptimusPrimeleavesAOE.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| ''So if you care to find me'' ''Look to the western sky!'' ''As someone told me lately'' ''Everyone deserves a chance to fly!'']] Unfortunately, this distraction allowed Lockdown to impale Optimus on his own sword, immobilizing him, but Bumblebee and Cade intervened to hold off Lockdown while Shane and Tessa freed Optimus, enabling him to finally kill Lockdown. Optimus set off one of Lockdown's grenades to finish off Galvatron's remaining drones, and flew the humans to safety as it detonated.

After releasing the Dinobots from his command, Optimus prepared to depart into space, to both remove the seed from Earth, and to investigate the mystery of his creators, who still had a price on his head. His innate faith in humanity reignited by Cade and his family and friends, Optimus entreated the humans to think of one of the stars as his soul, and instructed the Autobots to guard the Yaegers, their allies, and all the humans they could.

As he left the planet, Optimus sent a message to the creators: leave Earth alone, because he was coming for them... {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Zdeněk Maryška]] (Czech), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Imre Szélyes]] (Hungarian), [[Sławomir Pacek]] (Polish), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Thongchai Chanchamni]] (Thai), [[Ayhan Kahya]] (Turkish)}}

[[File:TLK-history-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|If Prime was a redcoat in 1815, he probably didn't like Americans very much...]]
In 1815, Optimus Prime participated in the {{w|Battle of Waterloo}} during the {{w|Napoleonic Wars}}. His early presence on Earth was covered up by the [[Order of the Witwiccans]].

After the battle of Hong Kong, Optimus exhausted his Energon in the vicinity of [[Jupiter]] and fell into [[stasis lock]], drifting through space. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] entered the Sol system, its gravitational pull affected Optimus and caused him to crash land on his homeworld, its atmosphere reviving him. Optimus awoke and despaired at the state of Cybertron. It was at this point that [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] made herself known to Optimus, claiming to be his creator. Optimus cared very little for that and demanded to know what she'd done to Cybertron, trying to attack her when she refused to answer him, only to be overwhelmed by her powers and her [[Infernocon]]s. Quintessa accused Optimus of destroying Cybertron, but Optimus protested that Megatron had started the Great War. Quintessa however, retorted Optimus was responsible for Cybertron's state as he had been the one to launch the [[AllSpark]].

[[File:TLK Optimus chained.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Such folly and futility in the grand design.]]
With the Prime in chains, Quintessa explained her plan to him and why she needed him. She revealed to him that the Earth had formed around the body of [[Unicron]] and that she wanted Optimus to retrieve [[Staff of Merlin|her staff]] from the [[Guardian Knight|Knights of Iacon]] on Earth. With the staff, Quintessa would drain the life out of Unicron and use his energy to revive Cybertron. Brainwashing Optimus into "'''Nemesis Prime'''", she sent him back to Earth to complete the task.

[[File:TLK Optimus confronts Viviane.jpg|thumb|300px|Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I give you oblivion.]]
Nemesis Prime arrived back on Earth in the Knights' ship and slew two of their number before demanding that [[Viviane Wembly]] hand over the staff. His former ally Cade Yeager tried to reason with Optimus but Nemesis Prime reasserted his identity and claimed to fight only for Cybertron and its people. Once Viviane had handed over the staff, [[Santos]] (futilely) opened fire on Nemesis, who swatted the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] aside with his [[Quad Barrel Shotgun|shotgun]] and exited the ship. On the surface, Nemesis was assaulted by Bumblebee, whom the Prime easily bested in combat before the sound of Bumblebee's true voice allowed Optimus Prime to return.

[[File:TLKOptimusVsBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|300px|It was at this point that Optimus' obsession with faces went too far.]]
The moment was short lived, as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] flew in to steal the staff and the Knights arrived to slay Optimus for serving "Quintessa the Deceiver". While Optimus offered no resistance, viewing his execution as proper atonement, Cade managed to activate the [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]] and call off the Knights. Optimus then allied with the Knights and they flew off in the [[Knight Ship]] to confront Megatron and Quintessa on Cybertron. Arriving on [[Dragonstorm]], Optimus finally destroyed Infernocus by [[decapitation|decapitating]] all six Infernocons in a single mighty swing of his sword, reminding them that he is Optimus Prime. [[File:TLK Optimus decapitates Infernocons.jpg|thumb|300px|"Yeeart!"]]

In the [[ignition chamber]], Optimus engaged his old foe once again who tried to reignite their old friendship and offered Optimus the chance to stand beside them as they restored Cybertron. Optimus rebuked him, and was forced on the defensive before his fellow Autobots intervened and the Prime kicked Megatron out the side of the chamber.. Optimus then distracted Quintessa so Bumblebee could slay her when her defences were down as Vivian removed the staff, stopping Cybertron's destruction of Earth but leaving the two planets connected to one another. Optimus saved Cade and Vivian from falling to their death and, to the relief of their human allies, emerged from the destruction of the ignition chamber in his alternate mode with the two humans in his cab.

Despite the destruction of Earth being stopped, enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to Cybertron that it could again support its people. Optimus reflected that both humans and Cybertronians would have to work together to rebuild both their worlds before he sent out a call for all Autobots across the galaxy to return to Cybertron so they could begin rebuilding.
{{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Jon Bailey]] (English international trailers), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Zdeněk Maryška]] (Czech), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Imre Szélyes]] (Hungarian), [[Sławomir Pacek]] (Polish), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Thongchai Chanchamni]] (Thai), [[Ahyan Kahya]] (Turkish)}}
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released last. As such, it is placed at the bottom here.}}
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Bumblebee-Earth.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Wanna take our war here? Seems like it'd be fun."]]
Leader of the Autobot rebels during the war for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus Prime took part in the final battle for Cybertron against the Decepticons. Though he dispatched numerous [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s in the fight, he soon concluded that the Autobots were on the brink of being overrun by the Decepticon advance. As the Autobot rearguard battled [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], Optimus explained to his troops that they would need to abandon Cybertron and regroup elsewhere in the galaxy, and as they headed to a nearby launchpad. Prime explained to his scout, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], that he had selected [[Earth]] as the site of a new Autobot base, instructing him to reconnoiter the planet while he and the other refugees gathered Autobots throughout the galaxy to rendezvous at Earth.

As the other Autobots evacuated via escape pods, Optimus Prime stayed behind to delay any pursuit, leaping from the launchpad just as the Decepticons brought it down and fighting on alone. Soundwave confronted him, forcing Optimus to struggle briefly against Ravage. Though Optimus fought Ravage off, the distraction cost him his gun and allowed the Decepticons to surround him. Together, they advanced on the outnumbered and defenseless Autobot leader.

[[File:TF-BB-Optimus-Prime-and-Bumblebee-Earth-modes.jpg|thumb|300px|"Good work Bumblebee, I'm sure this mission won't result in a continuity nightmare."]]
Prime was somehow able to escape the Decepticons and leave Cybertron; at some point afterward, the Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] fruitlessly attempted to interrogate [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] about Prime's whereabouts. A memory-hazy B-127, while being repaired by [[Charlie Watson]] in a forest, unintentionally played a glitched hologram message from Optimus Prime, triggering a memory in the yellow soldier. Later the message played clearly, once again unintentionally by B-127 when he is beaten by Dropkick at [[Sector Seven]]. The message revealed to Shatter and Dropkick that Optimus and the Autobots were coming to join B-127 on Earth.

Prime adopted a cab-over truck mode as a terrestrial disguise, and met up with B-127—now calling himself "Bumblebee"—on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] after Bumblebee and Charlie parted ways. That night, Prime and Bumblebee took refuge in a nearby forest, with Optimus thanking the scout for his efforts and commending his bravery as they watched more Autobot escape crafts descend to Earth. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

====''Rise of the Beasts'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
{{comingsoon|when=June 9, 2023}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}
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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Before coming to Earth, Optimus Prime led the search for the AllSpark in the transport vessel, the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''. In 1969, Earth-time, in an abandoned solar system, Prime and the crew discovered [[Ghost 1|a vessel]] of strangely Cybertronian design, which they pursued to a nearby planet. Prime dispatched Bumblebee to the surface to investigate the ship while he and the other Autobots battled Decepticons from the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''; Prime personally took on and defeated [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. Contact having been lost with Bumblebee during the fight, Prime headed down to the planet to join him, where a joint attack by Starscream and the alien ship sent the two Autobots tumbling into a subterranean cavern network.

Fleeing an attack by [[Worm-thing|indigenous worm-creatures]], Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came across the alien vessel, which Prime deduced was trying to surrender. Lines of communication were opened, and Prime realized that Starscream had duped the little aliens into attacking him. However, the creatures, who called themselves "[[human]]s", explained that they held Megatron, whom they called the Ice Man, on their home world, [[Earth]]. Realizing the destruction Megatron would wreak upon the defenseless humans if he escaped, Prime vowed to see them return to their world to warn it.

Prime blasted a way out of the caverns, but on the way back to the ''Ark'', the Decepticons attacked again, and Prime found himself in the difficult position of fighting Starscream and protecting the human ship. Speared by Bonecrusher's tail, Optimus seemed doomed to perish at Starscream's hand until the humans interceded, opening fire on Starscream. The Decepticon destroyed the humans and their ship in retaliation, but Optimus Prime, inspired by their courage and sacrifice, resolved to locate Earth—and the AllSpark which he speculated had come to rest there—before the Decepticons did... and hopefully before Megatron came back online. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====
{{bigquote|I know Megatron. I know all of you. You would not have taken the AllSpark and left this world in peace. You would have subdued it and made slaves of its people. Even in the absence of the AllSpark, my conscience and that of my friends could not have allowed that.|Optimus Prime to [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]}}
Following the battle for the AllSpark in Mission City and the formation of NEST, Optimus and Lennox led a team of Autobots to investigate a Decepticon sighting in [[Zambia]]. They found a trap waiting for them, which resulted in Optimus being dragged over [[Victoria Falls]] by the Decepticon [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]; Prime saved himself by grabbing an outcropping and was hauled to safety by rookie Autobot [[Beachbreak]]'s tow line, but Starscream then killed Beachbreak in retaliation. Prime took the Autobot's death personally, regarding it as a failure of his leadership. The team proceeded to hunt down their Decepticons prey, and after a lengthy fight at the [[Kariba dam]], Optimus decapitated Macerator. The other Decepticons escaped however, and Optimus prevented Ironhide from firing after [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] for fear of harming nearby humans.

Another mission to [[Australia]] saw Optimus and his team spend days searching the outback for Decepticons, during which they discussed the possibility that the Decepticons might be hunting for energy to resurrect Megatron. Optimus doubted there was an energy source on the planet that could do so. They eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]], three [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s mining for minerals. Optimus found Kickback's sonic charge weapon to be a challenge, but with some help from Lennox, killed the Decepticon.

The narrow streets of [[Rome]] proved a challenge for Optimus's truck mode to navigate when NEST travelled there to hunt down [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]]. After [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knockout]] dealt to the two Decepticons, a furious Starscream challenged Optimus to one-on-one combat in the nearby [[Colosseum]]. Naturally it was a trap — Starscream had allied himself with a human, [[Bruno Carrera]], and together they trapped Optimus in a pit and set Barricade on him. With the help of four humans, Optimus broke free, threw Barricade into the pit and sealed him there. He then had only to show his face outside to where Starscream was fighting Ironhide, Ratchet and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]], and the would-be Decepticon leader fled. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified''====
[[File:Tfc-battlemountain.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
After the massive battle in Egypt and the defeat of The Fallen, NEST continued to hunt Decepticons around the Earth. When a trio of Decepticons
attacked the [[United States Air Force]] [[Nevada Test and Training Range]], Optimus Prime and Ironhide responded; Optimus attempted to talk [[Dropshot (Classified)|Dropshot]] into abandoning the Decepticon cause, but was forced to kill him when he attempted to kill some human soldiers. Likewise, when [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]] threatened to blow up some humans, Optimus and Ironhide took him down with a pincer movement they had practised during the war back on Cybertron, in the [[Battle of Polyhex]]. Returning to base, Optimus took part in a meeting of some generals, though he had to talk his way into doing so, as they were initially reluctant to include the aliens. Optimus disagreed that the Decepticons' target was [[Area 51]] and correctly deduced it to be [[Hawthorne Army Depot]]. When he arrived there with Ironhide, Bumblebee and Ratchet were already engaged in a battle with [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], however the Decepticon's personal [[force field]] made him impossible to hit and he did substantial damage to Prime. Once the shield was eliminated, Optimus defeated Reverb. Though Reverb asked Optimus to finish him off, Optimus instead took him prisoner. He also talked [[Marcus|General Marcus]] into allowing [[Kevin Bowman]] to join NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

After supervising a test of a prototype [[Hyperdynamix]] tank, Optimus returned to the [[NEST Rapid Response Base]] for a briefing on a new Cybertronian storehouse detected at [[Battle Mountain]]. Before they had a chance to investigate, Optimus was forced to go defend Hyperdynamix against Decepticon attackers and was kept busy there trying to find the three aggressors. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

During a visit to Hyperdynamix Aerospace to learn about the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station|HODDIS]] station intended to track incoming Cybertronians, and the satellite with which [[Alexander Porter|Dr. Porter]] intended to wipe out the Decepticons, incoming meteoroids were detected. Optimus and his team went to the crash site in [[Idaho]], and found themselves having to fight the giant [[robo-pede|robot centipedes]] which came out of the meteoroids. Despite suffering major damage, Optimus was able to dispatch two of them on his own. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation1 optimus and sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|'''Optimus:''' Hey Sentinel! Wouldn't it be funny if you died on a ship, came back to life using the Matrix, betrayed your own kin, aided Megatron and killed my right-hand man? '''Sentinel:''' Heh, heh, heh. That'll never happen!]]
Optimus Prime was the last surviving descendant of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], orphaned and hidden away to protect him from the evil of The Fallen. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} Optimus grew up with no knowledge of who he was, and was eventually found by Sentinel Prime, who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself. Joining Sentinel's tribe of "Autobots", Optimus worked with his teacher and other pupils Megatron and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] to restore order to an energy-starved Cybertron by helping to locate the lost AllSpark, buried far beneath Cybertron's surface. Re-energized by a star harnessed by the science of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]], the AllSpark restored life and energy to Cybertron, unifying the planet once more, but the old and weary Sentinel Prime had no desire to lead this new, united populace. At last, he revealed to Optimus the secret of his heritage, and that he, as "Optimus Prime", ought to succeed him as leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Unable to believe that he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus turned the role down, proposing instead that he investigate Cybertron's history, in an attempt to bring some of the good the Primes created back to the world. Accordingly, Sentinel redrew his plans for Cybertron, having Optimus lead the archaeological [[Science Division]], while placing Megatron in charge of Cybertron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Alas, neither Sentinel nor Optimus realized that Megatron had eavesdropped on their conversation. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Megatron was consumed with anger and jealousy at the knowledge that he was Sentinel's second choice, and further lost all respect for Prime because he had turned down an incredible birthright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Nevertheless, the pair were able to govern Cybertron together for two generations, their two personalities creating a balance; Prime was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity opposing Sentinel's order began escalating, however, Megatron intimidated Optimus into giving him supreme power in defense of the planet. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|upright=2|thumb|"Hey, I wanted a mouthplate!"]]
When ''Lord'' High Protector Megatron toured a Science Division excavation site near the AllSpark [[Simfur Temple|temple]] at [[Simfur]], he and Optimus clashed over several issues; all Megatron cared about was whether the site contained power similar to the AllSpark, while Optimus insisted on taking things slowly with the reminder that it was ''his'' division was in charge of the proceedings. Subsequently, after the dig uncovered a mysterious [[sarcophagus|relic]], Optimus and Megatron's argument over what should be done with it was interrupted by an attack from [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the neighbouring [[Eshems Nebula]]. Megatron ordered that the relic be taken to his personal quarters for protection during the battle, and Optimus could not argue. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} After the aliens were repelled, Optimus ordered his science teams to help the survivors of the attack while he went to confer with Megatron, only to nearly come to blows with the High Protector when he demanded that Optimus marshal the Science Division for war against the aliens. Fear that Megatron sought to divide Cybertron, Optimus called a meeting of the Science Division and appealed to all those who served under him not to join Megatron on his crusade, asking them instead to stay by his side and continue on with their mission of peaceful research. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} With help from closest confidants [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], Optimus broke into Megatron's quarters in search of some clue to his brother-in-arms' sudden compulsion towards war, but only had time to observe that the enigmatic relic had somehow been restored to pristine condition before he was forced to leave to avoid detection. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Defiance3 optimus cybertron alt mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Guys, stop look'n at me! I'm transforming here!]]
Returning to Science Division headquarters, Optimus was greeted with a stunning discovery: Ratchet, Elita-One and Arcee had uncovered other ancient artefacts, each of which bore a symbol that matched one on Optimus's helmet: a symbol that proved Optimus was indeed a descendant of the Dynasty of Primes. Prime went with Arcee and Ratchet to the excavation site, where they discussed the ramifications of this new information, only for the group to be apprehended for treason by an unwilling Prowl, forced to do so on the orders of Megatron. This turned out to be a trap, however: while they were being escorted to the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], Megatron's forces ambushed them with intent to kill. Optimus bested Starscream and collapsed [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]] on top of the attackers, {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} then raced back to the embattled excavation site to usher Elite-One, Sentinel Prime and Wheeljack to safety, with a little help from Elita's sister [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]. Optimus informed Sentinel of the marking on his head that proved his mentor had been right all along: now, he was Optimus ''Prime''. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} All those loyal to Optimus regrouped at [[Burthov]], where Optimus was recognized as the leader of the group, with Prowl serving as his lieutenant. [[File:Foundation1 optimus is mad.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3| If I had a face everytime I got angry, I'd be rich.]] Captain Ironhide—a former member of Megatron's Defense Force, who had now christened themselves the "Decepticons"—informed Optimus of the huge starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' that Megatron was building, and the newly christened Prime began working toward equipping his own side with similar vessels. Though the Autobots found themselves at an advantage when the ''Nemesis'' left Cybertron with the balance of the Decepticon forces, it was then that ''true'' war finally broke out between Optimus's and Megatron's forces. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

The war raged for thousands of years, with no end in sight until Sentinel came up with a solution: a "torch" that could bring the conflict to an end without the mass murder of the Decepticons. Contact with the AllSpark was required to activate it, so the Autobots made for Simfur Temple, {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} where Optimus held off Megatron so that Elita-One could activate the torch and deliver it to Sentinel. Sentinel loaded the torch aboard the Autobots' ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', but to Optimus and Megatron's disbelief, Starscream blew the ship out of the air. Consumed with grief and rage at the apparent death of his mentor, Optimus ordered Wheeljack to use the second, remaining ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to transport the AllSpark away Simfur, then declared he would be going on a suicide mission to kill Megatron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} Concerned for their friend, Ironhide and Elita-One stayed by Prime's side as he made his way through the soldiers guarding Megatron's [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Optimus demanded Megatron face him, but the Decepticon leader responded by dropping the [[smelting pool]] on him. Ironhide saved Prime from the fiery rain, and Optimus then entered Megatron's chamber alone, to discover his former ally surrounded by hungry [[hatchling]]s, confident that the "weak" Optimus would not harm the infants to get to him. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} At that point, Wheeljack's team removed the AllSpark from its temple, plunging Cybertron into darkness. Optimus escaped, leaving Megatron to fend off his ravenous hatchlings, and joined Ironhide in fending off Starscream and Shockwave. Returning to oversee the AllSpark's transportation, Optimus recognized that the drastic actions he had taken had forever fractured his relationship with Elita-One, and observed he still had a long way to go to being a great leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[File:Ark Bridge Defiance4.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Who ''are'' all you people?"]]
To put the AllSpark's power beyond Megatron's reach, Optimus Prime made preparations to send it off-planet. Allowing word to reach the Decepticons that the cube was being held at Simfur, Prime and the main force of his Autobots occupied their enemies in battle there, while a small team led by Bumblebee guarded the AllSpark's true hiding place, [[Tyger Pax]]. The cube was launched into space, and Megatron immediately gave chase. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Optimus was immediately regretful of his decision, feeling that in buying the Autobots some time in the war, he had sentenced their world to death, but Prowl insisted he had made the right choice, and that he had turned death into a fighting chance to live. Bolstered by Prowl's words, Prime and his Autobots took off after the AllSpark and Megatron aboard the ''Ark'', hopeful that they could defeat the Decepticon leader while he was alone, and bring the cube back to heal their homeworld. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:AllianceOptimusHoloDriver.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|[[Peter Cullen|Optimus Prime]] driving Optimus Prime! Sheer awesomeness!]]
Following Optimus and the Autobots' arrival on Earth, and the subsequent battle of [[Mission City]] and the destruction of Megatron and the AllSpark, {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}} Optimus Prime helped eliminate the remaining [[AllSpark Mutation]]s skittering around the city, then requested the help of William Lennox and his men in getting the Autobots out of the city before other, less trustworthy humans could arrive. They located a trailer that Prime could use to transport the deceased body of his first lieutenant [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], and, equipped with a hologrammatic driver to avoid suspicion on the road, Prime led his Autobots in rolling out. Sector Seven's Seymour Simmons would later exploit this friendship between Prime and Lennox when, a month later, he convinced Lennox to request assistance from Prime and the Autobots in transporting the Decepticons' remains. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Prime's team was to escort a Sector Seven convoy from their Nevada base to a naval base at [[California|San Diego, California]], from whence the Decepticons and Jazz's remains would be buried at sea. Before departing Nevada, he entrusted the remaining AllSpark fragment to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping, but had second thoughts soon after leaving, and ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to turn around and retrieve it. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} The two returned to discover that the base had been attacked in their absence by Decepticons [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream; Prime soon arrived back to retake ownership of the shard. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

[[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| Did I ever tell you about my unhealthy addiction?]]
Weeks later, following the aquatic interment of Jazz and the Decepticons, Optimus and Lennox agreed to a formal [[NEST|alliance between the Autobots and humans]] as the first line of offense and defense against the Decepticons. The team trained on the island of Diego Garcia, their mutual respect for one another growing, and soon word came in of new Decepticon sightings around Earth. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For their first mission, NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]] to take out the Decepticons Deadend and Swindle, the former of whom was quickly dispatched by Prime via a head-on collision. Swindle's last words caused Prime concern, as they suggested more Decepticons would soon be coming to search the Earth for something; Lennox feared it might be Sam Witwicky, and Prime, sadly convinced the boy was destined to be a part of the conflict, decided to send Bumblebee to resume his role as Sam's guardian. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Alliance4 Prime killingspree.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Freedom is the right of all '''non-Decepticon''' sentient beings.]]
Knowing that Lennox's superiors held little trust in the Autobots, Optimus Prime dedicated himself and his Autobots to working harder to prove their goodwill through continued success. NEST proceeded to hunt for Decepticons around the world over the next year, with Optimus Prime personally destroying [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]], [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]. NEST's ranks continued to grow, with Autobot refugees even arriving on Earth in response to the message Optimus had sent into space, including Prime's old friend Elita-One. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} One particular new arrival proved a little troublesome, however: in November 2008, [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] caused chaos in [[Uruguay]] when he recklessly pursued his old Decepticon foe [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] towards [[Buenos Aires]]. Prime assured [[Morshower|Admiral Morshower]] that they would forcibly bring Sideswipe in if necessary, but fortunately, Ironhide was able to calm the rampaging Autobot down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}} Demolishor escaped, but was tracked to Shanghai by NEST the following year, and Prime's team headed out to finally take the giant Decepticon down. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Nefarious2 Prime on Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|Ass-whooping. Noun. To have your posterior presented to you with overwhelming force.]]
After Optimus's death and rebirth during the conflict with The Fallen, {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation}} NEST resumed its day-to-day business of hunting down rogue Decepticons. Optimus was dissatisfied with their present reactive state, however, insisting that they begin proactively rooting out Decepticons before they struck. With NEST low on resources, Optimus deployed several new Autobot arrivals to deal with a Decepticon attack on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} The presence of [[Initiative|unknown humans]] at the petrochemical plant gave Prime and Lennox something to puzzle over, and soon after, when NEST was tipped off to Decepticon activity in [[Utah]], the pair believed things to be connected. Optimus went to Ironhide and Sideswipe's aid in Utah, besting [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and taking him into Autobot custody in order to learn everything he knew about the enigmatic human organization. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Optimus oversaw the preparations of the facilities for holding Soundwave, rather than face having to tell Major Lennox what they'd done, but this proved the wrong choice: when the plane carrying Soundwave was shot down by [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], Prime's off-the-record actions meant that Lennox was unable to call in any help. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

[[File:Nefarious6 Optimus must feed allspark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I hope [[Rubik's Cube#Revenge of the Fallen|this cube]] isn't like the ones you find in [[Walgreens]].]]
When [[Theodore Galloway]] got too close to discovering the actions of the [[Initiative]], the mysterious human group, they sent the mind-controlled Decepticon [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] to eliminate him. Optimus sent [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to help him, after which Soundwave returned and proposed an alliance between himself and the Autobots to stop the Initiative for good. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave led the Autobots to the location of the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]], but the mobile headquarters had moved on by the time they arrived. Following its trail to Utah, Optimus sensed the power of something very like the [[AllSpark]] upon approach, and began to realize what they were up against—though he did not expect that the Autobots would then find themselves facing brainwashed Transformers, including [[Armorhide (Movie)|some]] [[Blazemaster|of]] [[Brawn (ROTF)|their]] [[Smokescreen (Movie)|own]] comrades! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}

During the battle, Optimus demanded their foe surrender the [[Project Nefarious|artificial AllSpark]] they possessed, but [[Carter Newell]], head of the Initiative, responded by trying to use the artifact to terminate all Cybertronian life. An injury courtesy of [[Reedman]] aborted the attempt, and Newell tried to flee, forcing Optimus to ram the truck he was in. From the wreck, Optimus pulled the rapidly-destabilizing faux-AllSpark, and was ready to feed it his own [[spark]] to stop the deadly chain reaction building within it. Luckily that turned out to be unnecessary, as [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]]—a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] who had long been the Initiative's captive—took the AllSpark from him and carried it into space, where it exploded safely. In the aftermath, Optimus noted that the Initiative databanks had been picked clean by Soundwave, and feared the possibility that anyone else might attempt to recreate the AllSpark. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

[[File:RisingStorm1 ElitaandOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Optimus, you don't wanna know.]]
The Autobot refugees rescued from the Initiative were eager to get back in the field, but Optimus encouraged them to take more time to recuperate, as they were clearly not fully healed. The havoc the Initiative wrought had convinced Optimus that the Autobots had to refocus their efforts on a new objective: ensuring that no other humans could exploit Cybertronian technology. A team inducing Elita-One and her sisters was deployed to recover Cybertronian weapons from an arms dealer; upon their return to Diego Garcia, Prime shared a quiet moment with Elita, learning more about the new symbiotic bond that had recently been forged between her and her sisters, and growing fearful of the violent streak she had developed. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

When word reached NEST that Sam Witwicky had come under attack from Decepticons in [[Philadelphia]], Optimus mobilized the Autobots to respond. With Arcee having been injured on the previous mission, he initially wanted her and her sisters to stay behind, but they insisted on going. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

During the flight to Philadelphia, Optimus tried once more to have Arcee sit out of the mission, but Elita reinforced her need for revenge—a sentiment that only opened old wounds between her and Prime, reminding both of the time in the past when Prime let his rage get the better of him. Elita's anger over Prime's abandonment of her on Cybertron, and the fact that her death and reunion with him had only led to more fighting and killing, boiled over, and she and her sisters angrily departed on their own mission: to infiltrate what the Autobots believe to be the Decepticons' base of operations in upstate New York. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

[[File:RisingStorm4 shockers vs prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Shockwave threatens his face collection.]]
Optimus and the rest of the team proceeded on to Philadelphia, where they engaged and contained the Decepticons, but after a while, Elita reappeared, attempting to warn them that the whole thing was a trap laid by Shockwave. No sooner had she spoken his name, the cyclopean Decepticon himself rocketed down out of the air and crushed the life out of her. Driven into a rage by her death, Optimus Prime took Shockwave on one-on-one, and would have killed him had Shockwave's pet [[Driller]] not came to save his master. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

Shockwave had also ravaged the Diego Garcia base and killed all the Autobots stationed there, requiring it to be shut down and NEST operations moved to Washington, D.C. Optimus oversaw the decommissioning of the facility, {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}} which was soon followed by the return and betrayal of Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon adaptation}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
[[File:Optimusprimemovieprequel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Black and white is edgy and cool, so we use it Bumbles.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
Bumblebee remembered Optimus Prime's orders that they must launch the AllSpark into space, for it was better to lose it to the depths of space than allow Lord Megatron to corrupt it with his evil. For wherever there is hope, there is life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the events of the [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]], described in the above section.}}
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====''Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers''====
[[File:OptimusMegatronSchickComic.jpeg|thumb|300px|No Megatron! '''THAT FACE IS MINE!''']]
While searching for Decepticons, who had plans to build an Energon converter to create a massive army and enslave the Earth, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Hound came across [[Hydrobot (TLK)|Hydrobot]] and mistook him for a [[Decepticon]]. Before they could catch him, Hydrobot escaped from the Autobots' clutches. The trio started to realize that they might have judged the small 'bot wrongly when Hound found out that the [[H-Boostium|substance]] Hydrobot left behind was nothing like something a Decepticon would use. Optimus requested Hound to trace its source, which led the Autobots to a [[Schick]] R&D department. They gained access into it in vehicle mode by fooling the guard into believing that the vehicles modes they were using was ordered by the scientist Dr. [[Hiroshi Benson]] himself. Upon gaining access to the laboratory, they confronted Hiroshi in robot mode, which left the human scientist baffled.

Shortly after the scientist finished explaining the origin of the substance and Hydrobot, a squadron of Decepticons led by Megatron suddenly bursted through the wall, explaining their intent to use the devices inside Hiroshi's laboratory to build the Energon converter. Luckily, Hydrobot arrived at the scene to help the Autobots. Just before Megatron and Optimus could dish it out, Megatron grabbed a hold of Hiroshi but failed to stop the human from explaining how to use the [[Energy-field razor|control set]] against Decepticons. A surprise punch from Optimus staggered Megatron and gave Hydrobot enough time to snitch the device away and use it to release a shock burst through Bumblebee towards the Decepticons, prompting them to retreat. After all was said and done, Optimus apologised to Hydrobot for the misunderstanding. The trio and Hiroshi later realised that Hydrobot had forged a new life for himself. The trio then gave Hydrobot a lift and bid their farewells. {{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:OptimusMovie GeoffSenior.JPG|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Starting as he means to go on.]]
When war broke out, Optimus Prime studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find—he studied whole campaigns to desperate last stands, gaining a focused "playbook" of warfare strategy. He understands warfare on a practical and psychological level, and in desperate battles knows to show no mercy to opponents beyond a swift death. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Autobot VS Decepticon Smackdown!}}

While preparing to launch the AllSpark into space, Optimus hesitated before pressing the fateful button, fearful that he was condemning his world to a slow death. Before he could reach a conclusion, Prime came under attack from a drone sent by Megatron to kill him, and instructed his assistant [[Arctus]] to launch the AllSpark if he had not returned from the fight within ten cycles. When Prime's battle with the drone carried them both into the AllSpark chamber, the drone attempted to alert Megatron to the cube's location, forcing a desperate Prime to transform into his cometary protoform and cannonball directly into his opponent. The drone was successfully blown it pieces, but Prime was knocked out by the impact, and experienced a prophetic vision of [[Mission City|a battle on another world]]. Realizing that the AllSpark's ejection could spread the Transformers' war to other planets, Prime awoke too late to change the course of fate, and could only watch as the AllSpark rocketed off into the sky... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prelude: Optimus Prime}}

Prime and his Autobots pursued the AllSpark to Earth and battled the Decepticons for it. Almost immediately after triumphing over their foes, however, Optimus and his men had to face them ''again'' when they somehow rose as [[zombie]]s. Despite having no idea how they could be stopped and having had his power drained by fighting Megatron, Optimus continued to fight the monsters rather than let them run amok. Fortunately, Ratchet deduced that they had been reanimated by energies scavenged from the AllSpark by Starscream, enabling the Autobots to target their power sources and slay them once more. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

[[File:Titan5 Optimustwins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"Your slang is bad and you should ''feel'' bad!"]]
With the formation of NEST, Optimus found he had to strive daily to gain credibility with the human powers-that-be. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Working diligently to root out Decepticon threats around the globe, Prime was too busy to meet with new Autobot arrivals Skids and Mudflap, who claimed to have important information for him, though Ironhide noted that the twins had cried wolf so many times, even Optimus had trouble believing their stories these days. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} While in [[Australia]] on NEST business, Prime went into action alongside Arcee to apprehend [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]; the two Autobots found the terrain down under to be a challenge, while Sideways was in his element, so Prime elect to just ''blow up'' the terrain instead. Taking the captive Sideways back to Diego Garcia, Prime was greeted on arrival with the sight of Skids and Mudflap brawling on the runway. He bawled them out over improper conduct, but before he could go further, Scorponok made an attack. In the firefight that followed, Optimus tripped over Skids, and by the time he had righted himself, Scorponok and Sideways had both escaped. Knowing that the enemy could ''not'' have got this close without NEST security being compromised, Optimus was convinced by Sideswipe's argument that the twins had turned traitor and had them taken away for questioning. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

When the twins were sprung by Decepticons, Prime agreed with Theodore Galloway that the Autobots would make finding the twins a number one priority. However, Optimus was left suspicious when a [[Soundwave (ROTF)|mysterious "friend"]] tipped the Autobots off about the twins. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} [[File:Titan10 Optimusgetsout.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Never had a human face before. GIVE ME IT ANYWAY!]] Soon, it came out that the twins were being framed and by tracking the two, Optimus and his men found out about a Decepticon base near [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. Optimus led a raid on it, taking down the [[Purple generic drone|drone army]] stationed there. But he never did get to hear Skids and Mudflap's intel, about a mysterious threat known as The Fallen... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Following The Fallen's attack on Earth, Optimus continued operations against the Decepticons. [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt's]] over-enthusiasm began to muck that up, causing damage and getting NEST into trouble, despite Optimus's attempts to point this out to him. Optimus had to confine him to base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Soon after that, he was drawn out into a trap by [[Trophy White]] and the [[Free Men]], who wanted to take his head as a trophy. Optimus worked out their plan and allowed himself to be captured by the deranged hunter, in order to keep the fight away from civilians. He pretended to be securely chained down and listened to White's sociopathic ravings, before (at the moment he considered funniest) breaking free and taking White prisoner. Shockingly, he found keeping the severed heads of animals as trophies to be ''bad'', and destroyed Trophy's trophies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:DividedLoyalties prime striketeam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
When several Decepticons escaped from NEST's [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]] holding facility, Optimus ordered his men to let the prisoners flee: a battle outside [[World Cup|a major sports event]] would cause unacceptable civilian casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} This led to a major collapse in Autobot popularity, and open battles with Decepticons in cities were just risking further alienation. In response, Prime created a secret covert unit (even under NEST's radar) that would monitor the Decepticons, wait for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, and then hit hard and fast. While this worked, Optimus was left disquieted: the tactics he was using were too akin to the Decepticons, and a fine line was being walked. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}} Tracking the Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], to a base in [[Russia]], Optimus led a strike team in, unaware that [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had sold them all out to Bludgeon and that they were walking into an ambush. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} "Luckily," Megatron arrived to destroy Bludgeon in punishment for running a rival faction; rather than engage Optimus, Megatron departed with the ominous warning that a day of reckoning was coming soon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

[[File:Titan3-3 OpSoundwavefaceoff.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Sorry Soundwave, you're going to need braces."]]
When a relic of [[Ark (DOTM)|an unknown UFO]] was discovered in Fiesole, [[Italy]], Optimus led a NEST team to secure the find. Starscream launched a surprise attack to claim it: Optimus ordered the human archaeologist to keep digging and fought the Decepticon, taking two blows before overpowering and thrashing him. But Starscream kept fighting, asking Optimus if there were things worth dying for. Optimus agreed and said he was willing to die to save Earth from Decepticons... at which point Starscream suckerpunched him and stole the artifact. Optimus was left concerned about what the 'cons were up to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} but found himself distract by other plots hatched by Soundwave. After intel from Bumblebee led NEST to the Laguna De Guatavita, Optimus and Ratchet tracked down Soundwave working alongside the [[Tanto Gang]]. After the Decepticon and his allies had uncovered [[El Dorado]], Soundwave turned on the Tanto Gang, and the Autobots swooped in the middle of the carnage. Optimus beat down the Decepticon, and forced him to explain his motives: using El Dorado's gold, Soundwave planned on crashing the Earth's economy. Though the Autobots foiled the plot, both Soundwave and the Tanto Gang escaped when the latter triggered a bomb to cover their retreat. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Blood And Gold}} Optimus then encountered Soundwave in [[Spain]] after he'd drawn [[Robert Epps]] and Bumblebee into an ambush. With Bumblebee near death, Optimus agreed to fight Soundwave without weapons if it would mean his comrade's survived, and he was nearly sent plummeting off the mountaintop in the resulting fight. However, he managed to use Soundwave's sonic blasts and the local environment against his foe; by locating a fissure, he snuck behind Soundwave, and shoved him into an avalanche triggered by the Decepticon's attacks. Soundwave was swept away and Optimus emerged victorious. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

When Ratchet contacted NEST to let them know there was trouble at the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]], Optimus himself turned out to help chase off Starscream and Barricade. He later tried to convince the anti-[[Transformer|Cybertronian]] protesters that the Autobots were here to help, but Ratchet and Ironhide's actions during the fight had already convinced them of that, and their leader, [[Marcus Castor]], was already producing anti-Decepticon T-shirts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

[[File:ThousandIslandFight prime shield.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
In the aftermath of the battle for Chicago, Optimus and Decepticon defector [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] were cleaning up ''Ark'' debris on the Moon. Optimus was bemused that Drift would rather be hunting down Decepticons instead, asking if he really wanted to fight his former allies, and pointing out this was necessary work. Soon after, Drift was horrified to find the corpse of his old comrade [[Knucklehead]]. He recounted a story involving them and the murderer, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], and Prime said he was sorry for the loss. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Space and Time}}

A while later, Optimus, Bumblebee, and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] engaged a trio of Decepticon survivors in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. When their charges retreated, Optimus suggested that the three Autobots follow together, but Crosshairs insisted that he go it alone. After giving permission for this action, Prime commanded Bumblebee to keep a watchful eye on the new arrival and relay any findings back to him. With the three Decepticons located and single-handedly defeated by Crosshairs on the island of [[Pulau Bidadari]], Optimus informed Crosshairs that he was more than combat ready, but he had the feeling that they may have missed [[Lockdown (ROTF)|something...]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}}

[[File:AcceptNoSubstitute prime vs stinger.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2]]
When [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] impersonated Bumblebee, Optimus found himself training his weapons on both of the 'bots, confident that the true Bumblebee would be able to prove his identity. He did not have long to wait, as Bumblebee saved a human who had fallen from a nearby burning building, and Optimus quickly overpowered Stinger and ordered him to get out of his sight, repulsed by his artificial nature. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Hearing a news report suggesting a potential Transformer threat in the town of [[Cullum]], Optimus Prime investigated alongside Crosshairs, and discovered that the area was being menaced by a powerful [[turbofox]]. Crosshairs had once lost an entire platoon to a pack of turbofoxes and struggled to overcome his fears in order to help Prime battle the creature, but fortunately, just as Prime was about to become fox-food, Crosshairs got his head in order and blasted the beast. Optimus congratulated him on conquering his fear, and hoped that humankind would be able to do the same and become allies of the Autobots' once again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}
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====Alternate timeline====
[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|The Prime Who Came In From The Cold]]
In a parallel universe, the battle of Mission City turned out very differently—Optimus was defeated and captured by Megatron, and the AllSpark fell into Decepticon hands. The Decepticons proceeded to conquer North America, and by the start of 2008, had begun a plan to cyberform the Earth using the AllSpark's energies. Working with Mikaela Banes and [[Tom Banachek]], the Autobots staged a plan to rescue Prime, who they knew was being held in Sector Seven's old Hoover Dam base, repurposed by the Decepticons as their new headquarters... but when Bumblebee and Mikaela infiltrated the base, they did not expect to find Prime frozen solid by the liquid nitrogen cooling system previously used to imprison Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} While Bumblebee distracted Megatron, Mikaela began her attempt to deactivate the system, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} but soon came under attack herself by [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} Fortunately, she was able to dupe Frenzy into rupturing the liquid nitrogen tanks with his blades, damaging the system to the point where Prime began to thaw out. The revived Prime challenged Megatron to a duel, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} but as they fought, Optimus learned that Megatron's link to the AllSpark allowed his old enemy to instantly heal any damage Prime managed to inflict. Luckily, Bumblebee and Mikaela saved the day, hitting the distracted Megatron with an old [[Sector Seven]] nanovirus, which destroyed him from within. Simultaneously, Autobots elsewhere destroyed the AllSpark to halt its cyberforming of Earth, but despite this success and the death of Megatron, Prime could take no satisfaction in victory: this battle was won, but the war remained... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

[[File:Aftermathpt2 prime attacked by NATO.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Proportions? Never heard of it!]]
Surveying the damage done to Earth, Prime became resigned to the fact that Humanity, battered by Decepticon occupation, would view both Autobot and Decepticon as hostile invaders. Worse yet, although a fragment of the AllSpark had survived the cube's destruction, Optimus feared its contact with Megatron had corrupted it beyond all hope. In spite of these concerns, Prime was quick to order his men to protect a human shelter against Decepticon attack, but the Autobots' defense was misinterpreted as hostile action, and they came under attack from a [[NATO]] unit. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Part 1}} Optimus refused to allow his men to return fire, but fortunately, the crisis soon passed when the human who had ordered the attack was freed from the Decepticon mind-control that had guided his actions. Optimus surrendered to the humans, beginning an alliance between the Autobots and the United States government. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

After examining a particularly volatile spot of geological flux brought on by the AllSpark's energy in [[Okeechobee]], [[Florida]] alongside Tom Banachek and recently appointed [[Theodore Allen|President Theodore Allen]], Optimus Prime returned to the Autobots' base in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], where he was shocked to discover that Ratchet had used the AllSpark fragment that Prime had entrusted to him to resurrect Jazz. Prime assigned Ratchet and Jazz to monitor the Okeechobee situation, but warned Ratchet to keep a close eye on Jazz, fearing what the potentially-tainted AllSpark had done to him. Unfortunately, Prime's fears proved true, and Jazz soon revealed himself to have been left corrupted and amoral by the shard's power. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:ReturntoCybertron optimus allies with stockade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"Don't worry, readers, I'll just leave him to starve to death in #25." "What was that?" "I SAID I'M GONNA KILL YA"]]
Optimus Prime soon worked out that while the AllSpark's transformation of Earth had been halted, the damage had been done: the infection had reached [[Earth's core|the planet's core]], and the organic Earth and the technological transformation were now fighting for supremacy, killing the planet in the process. While he arranged for a specialist team to investigate and limit the damage, Prime reported his findings to President Allen, but refrained from telling him of the back-up plan he was putting into action lest humanity's hopes be unduly raised: a team led by Ironhide was to retrieve [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] from the dead Cybertron in the hope it could be used to save Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Part 1}} Planetary surveyor [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]] was appalled when Prime revealed the plan to him, knowing how unstable Nucleon could be, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron, Part 2}} and the bad news continued to pour in when a distress call from Ironhide's team reported that a band of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] already had control of Cybertron's Nucleon. Optimus led the entirety of the Earth-bound Autobots (save Camshaft's team) to Cybertron as back-up, but was surprised to see Cybertron coming to ''them'', possessed by the evil entity [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron, Part 3}} Shot down by Unicron, Prime's team abandoned ship and made it to Cybertron using their cometary protoforms. Forming an alliance with Stockade, Prime formed a plan to drain off the Nucleon so Unicron couldn't use it as a power source, while the bulk of the Transformers provided a distraction by going underground and shooting up Unicron's body. The plan worked, Nucleon was secured for Earth, and Optimus extended an offer for Stockade to join them on Earth whenever he wished. Optimus was left optimistic that Autobots and Decepticons had come together in a common cause. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[File:Optimus Titan22.JPG|upright=1.6|left|thumb|Freedom is not dispensed here, sentient fools, only DEATH!]]
On returning to Earth, Prime found the Decepticons had seized the Autobot base and surrounding area; he made the decision to withdraw to [[Washington, D.C.]], knowing that this meant leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands. Upon landing at an air base, the Decepticon-controlled President Allen lured him into a trap, and he found himself fighting Jazz, now a Decepticon hired gun. Optimus lured him away from humans and prepared to engage him, but when a second assassin named [[Kullt]] turned up, Jazz gunned it down out of annoyance. Optimus had viewed Jazz as a lost cause but now stated there was still some Autobot in him: he ''could'' have let Kullt do the work for him and then killed him, but he saved Prime instead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Prime then took the Autobots to rescue Mikaela; he himself went first, launching himself in protoform mode to land in Savannah like a bomb and tearing his way through [[Swindle (Movie)|drone hordes]]. He was quickly gunned down by aerial units and about to be killed by Starscream, but this whole flashy attack had been a diversion—allowing other Autobots a chance to hit the distracted air forces and nab Mikaela. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

[[File:Revolutionpt3 optimus vs megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
Optimus seemed to quickly bond with [[Seward|General Seward]], his military liaison at Andrews Air Base, but that didn't help when the mind-controlled President Allen had the government order the Autobots out of America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part One}} However, having deduced that Allen was under Decepticon control following his clash with Jazz, Prime had anticipated this. As expected, Allen attempted to [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] the Autobots' ship as it departed, but he only succeeded in blowing up a decoy ship Prime had had Ironhide and Bumblebee prepare. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}} Believed dead, the Autobots went undercover on Cybertron, making another deal with Stockade to have his team protect Earth in their absence, kicking off a [[Decepticon Civil War]]. Optimus didn't trust Stockade to not renege on the deal and just take control of Earth for himself, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution, Part Two}} but he ensured the Decepticons were set up for the Autobot's final strike: forcibly teleporting all of the enemy to Cybertron via Unicron's leftover teleportational engines, then stranding Cybertron in a remote solar system. Optimus led the troops to Earth and witnessed Megatron's return from the dead, but this proved no impediment to the Autobots' plan: Prime briefly distracted Megatron so he could be tagged with a teleporter like the other Decepticons, and the next minute, both Megatron, Stockade, and their entire armies were all teleported away. This left the Autobots stranded on Earth and with a lot of clean-up to do... but at long last, Optimus Prime had finally brought the war to an end. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}}

===Toy bios===
[[File:FireBlastOptimusart.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Orion Pax used to be a humble data scientist, however, he would eventually receive the Matrix of Leadership and become the universe's greatest protector Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Tribute|Evolution Pack Optimus Prime & Orion Pax}}

The truck Optimus Prime [[trans-scan]]ned upon arrival on Earth was ''the coolest thing he ever saw''. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime}}

When the AllSpark was destroyed in Mission City, Optimus was bathed in its power and became a living receptacle: he could destroy or heal with the merest thought. He still remained dedicated to peace and altered his exterior decorations to match the ones he bore as a young leader, before the beginning of the war. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|First Strike Optimus Prime}} When Starscream came out of hiding, Prime teamed with Arcee to hunt him down. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Arcee, Starscream & Optimus Prime}}

However, as more Decepticons under Starscream's command began appearing on Earth, Prime had to use the AllSpark power within him to alter his body into a new sensor-transparent, super-silent form for stealth missions. Prime considered it dishonorable but knew had to be done. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime}} Unfortunately, Starscream followed his lead and also modified himself for stealth so he could target Prime personally. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}}

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Once the Decepticons were beaten on Earth, Optimus was provided with intelligence by [[Sector Seven]] about Decepticon bases on Mars. After assuming new colors, he headed to the red planet. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}} As it turned out, though, the Decepticons would soon strike at Earth again; Prime upgraded his sensor suite and trained with Ironhide to better track their enemies. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#ROTFvoyager|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager Optimus Prime}}

Following the battle with The Fallen in Egypt, Optimus made a particular point of tracking down Starscream, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#HFTDleader|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' Leader Optimus Prime}} and enhanced his arsenal with weapons designed to take on airborne Decepticons. Unfortunately, these new weapons were not a great help in battling hypnotic Decepticon [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]], who prevented Prime from opening fire by attacking him with mind-controlled humans. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VoyagerDefender|Defender Optimus Prime}}

Prime had more luck against [[Banzaitron (TF 2010)|Banzaitron]], who mistakenly believed that Optimus won his fights through raw power. In actuality, Prime's decades of training made him one of Cybertron's most skilled fighters, and Banzaitron held little of a challenge for him. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleBlades|Battle Blades Optimus Prime}}

Optimus was known to team up with [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]] for lunar missions. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Optimus Prime & Comettor}} It was on the lunar surface that lost Autobot leader Sentinel Prime was found, and the team-up of these two Primes meant the Decepticons didn't stand a chance! {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#walmartdlx|Walmart Deluxe Optimus Prime}}

Optimus continued to combat threats to the Autobots with various new upgrades like armor reinforced with [[Cybertanium]] {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lunarfire|Lunarfire Optimus Prime}} and [[Tritanium]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TritaniumPrime|Tritanium Optimus Prime}} He also got to use a variety of [[MechTech]] weapons, including a powerful Cybertanium battle axe {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMVoyFireburst|Fireburst Optimus Prime}} and the combining [[Mega Striker]] cannon, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StrikerOptimus|Striker Optimus}} and the incredible [[Omega Combat Armor]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#UltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime}}

Following the battle of Chicago, Optimus Prime was faced with a new kind of war, as once-strong alliances now stand in doubt. As Earth still needed him, Optimus altered his form so he could move around unrecognized and commit covert strikes on Decepticons. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
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Under mysterious circumstances, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Jazz, Ratchet, and Starscream were transported through a warp in space and time and deposited on the prehistoric Earth of another universe, smack into the middle of the [[Beast Wars (event)|"Beast Wars"]] between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s [[Maximal]]s and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Prime made fast friends with Primal; they joined their forces and double-teamed the injured [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who had just taken a blast to the face from [[Tigatron]]. The two Optimuses commemorated their accomplishment of teamwork by shaking hands, while the Maximals and Ratchet looked on in approval. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}}

Starscream allied with the Predacons, and was soon joined by Blackout, his own Megatron, {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}} and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] who all also travelled through the warp. The two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. Fortunately for the Autobots and Maximals, [[Motorarm (BW)|Motorarm]] arrived to assist. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. With [[Motorarm (BW)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===''The Real Effing Deal'' website===
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During the Mission City "incident", a huge robot with flames on it was photographed by an anonymous person, and the photograph was sent to the [[The Real Effing Deal]] website by a mysterious [[Agent X|X]] with a short message stating that the photo was taken on [[July]], [[2007]] and that it was legitimate.

On [[July 4]], [[2008]], [[Leo Spitz]] made a post on it titled "''PROOF!!!! EXCLUSIVE IMAGE EXPOSES THE LIES OF MISSION CITY!!!!''" proclaiming that it was indeed legit and that this was the proof for the alien robots' existence on Earth. He concluded that the robot was an intelligent being based on its position and/or motion in the picture (especially noting that "the ball thing" on top of the robot's head was looking right at the camera person) and held its flame deco as proof that it was alien instead of manmade, saying that the government wouldn't put flames on a robot. [http://web.archive.org/web/20111019021624/http://www.therealeffingdeal.com/blog/proof/] {{storylink|The Real Effing Deal}}

===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Edwards]] (English)|[[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Sérgio Fortuna]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:CyberMissions1 Optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Yes, I know, I'm scary.]]
During NEST's ongoing hunt for the Decepticons after the death of The Fallen, Optimus Prime recorded some information on the Autobot-Decepticon war for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]]. Bumblebee and Ironhide were reviewing the data when Bludgeon and Soundwave launched an attack on NEST command. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} The next morning, Optimus had been informed of the attack and Soundwave's capture, and he ordered Ironhide to wait for reinforcements to assist in pursuing Bludgeon. Bludgeon made that difficult for Ironhide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}} Later, Optimus contacted Ratchet to inform him that [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] was causing chaos in [[Mission City]], and he reminded the Autobot medic to be careful. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3}}

Optimus and Sideswipe tracked Megatron to a disused factory, but the Decepticon leader eluded them by cloaking his spark signature. The hidden Megatron ambushed the two Autobots, and Optimus brought his swords to bear in battle, though he tried appealing to Megatron to surrender. Megatron's response came in the form of a blast that brought the fatory's roof down on the two Autobots, and though Megatron escaped, Optimus promised that he would no longer be able to hide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

When Ironhide went missing after the incident with Bludgeon, Optimus searched for him, following directions from Bumblebee to a cave loaded with [[Energon]]. That cave turned out to be the hiding place of Decepticon hypnotist Mindwipe, who had Ironhide in his thrall, and tried to do the same to Optimus. The Autobot leader was able to resist Mindwipe's mesmerizing powers with a little help from his blaring truck horns, and defeated him, leaving a confused Ironhide to wonder what was going on. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}}

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Reports of [[Smolder (PCC)|Smolder]] attacking a building in [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]] resulted in Optimus dispatching Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate. He filled them in on the situation en route. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}} During another mission, Optimus warned Sideswipe and Ratchet that they were being tracked, moments before the pair were attacked by Starscream and Mindwipe. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

Bumblebee reported to Optimus that he'd managed to pinpoint the location where Megatron and Starscream were meeting, leading Optimus to confront the two Decepticons in an Arctic region. When Megatron expressed surprise that he'd come to fight them without backup, Optimus assured him that the Autobots were never far from their leader's side. While Starscream went to attack the others, Optimus and Megatron continued to fight, with Optimus emerging the eventual victor. As Megatron tried to goad him into finishing the fight, Optimus announced that the Autobots protected all sentient life, and that included the Decepticons. He subsequently allowed Megatron to flee. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

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{{quote|By showing even one such as him the power of mercy, Megatron might realize that we'll never give up, no matter the cost.|Optimus Prime|''Cyber Missions'' #12}}

Prime set up an elaborate trap involving a hologram of Soundwave to lure the Decepticons to a spot in the wilderness. The ploy worked, and Optimus attacked Megatron while his men attacked Megatron's troops. At one point during the battle, Megatron threw a train car at him, and he simply somersaulted along its length. Though Megatron boasted that the Decepticons would win through sheer determination, Optimus knocked him to the ground and gave a speech about building alliances, which was the cue for the [[human]]s to turn up in force and surround the Decepticons. Optimus informed Megatron that he could either leave the planet peacefully or be destroyed. Once the rest of the Decepticons fled, Megatron delivered a final threat before taking off. Prime celebrated with another speech, before admiring the huge Autobot [[insignia]] Bumblebee had stomped into the ground. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
During NEST's global hunt for Decepticons in the time period between the battle of Mission City and The Fallen's attack on Earth, an alert of Decepticon activity in [[Tokyo]] sent Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet and Sideswipe to investigate. Prime intervened in Sideswipe and Barricade's battle to lift the Decepticon into the air, only to find himself under attack by Grindor. Ordering Sideswipe and Ratchet to cover him, Optimus scaled the side of a nearby office block so he could punch the helicopter out of the air. Standing over the two Decepticons, Optimus was surprised when they informed him that they were simply providing a diversion. Optimus realised that Sam was in danger, and rushed back to America in time to find Starscream attempting to abduct the boy. He jumped on Starscream's back, causing the Decepticon to flee and saving Sam from a kidnapping. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''I Can Read!'' books===
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Optimus met up with Ironhide, Sideswipe and Bumblebee in a desert to train. He and Ironhide tackled a rough off-road trail, only for their training to be interrupted by a nearby dam bursting open. The two Autobots sealed up the dam using rocks from a nearby quarry. They met back up with Bumblebee and Sideswipe afterwards, who admitted to have encountered their own "natural disaster." The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Optimus and the others were able to send them running thanks to the training they had gone through that day. {{storylink|Training Day (book)|Training Day}}

[[File:OptimusKOsStarscream-BuddyBrawl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|And that's terrible]]
Optimus came upon Starscream attacking Sam and Mikaela, while Bumblebee and Wheelie argued with one another nearby on how to defeat the Decepticon. Optimus knocked out Starscream with a single punch before chastising both his subordinates for allowing their feelings get in the way of their mission to protect the humans. Sam and Mikaela attempted to have Wheelie and Bumblebee reconcile, but the two Autobots were too stubborn to apologize to one another. Optimus suggested that the humans give Bumblebee and Wheelie time to work things out. But Starscream suddenly regained consciousness, prompting Optimus to order Wheelie and Bumblebee to work together to defeat him while he protected the humans. The two Autobots managed to put their differences aside and accomplished their task. Optimus looked on with pride as the two friends thanked each other afterwards. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:OptimusgetsSamsmessage-PrimeTarget.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Optimus "likes" Sam's status before going back to looking at cat videos.]]
Optimus had assigned Skids and Mudflap to watch over Sam while Bumblebee was away on a mission. When he asked the Twins for their report on the situation, they informed him that they suspected the [[new lab assistant]] working at Sam's university to be a Decepticon spy. Optimus ordered the two Autobots to continue their vigil over Sam. The Twins' hunch turned out to be correct, and the Decepticon spy sent Optimus a false distress signal through Sam's computer. Optimus sped to meet Sam at his university, where he encountered Megatron. Using a supermagnet within the university lab, Megatron was able to lock Optimus in his vehicle mode. Megatron would have destroyed Optimus if not for Sam's timely intervention. Sam used the supermagnet on Megatron, allowing Optimus to escape, and get repaired by Ratchet. {{storylink|Prime Target (book)|Prime Target}}

[[File:AutobotsthankSam-SatelliteMeltdown.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|May I ''please'' take your face?]]
Optimus received word from human authorities that [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] were causing trouble. But thanks to Soundwave's tampering with communications, he and his Autobots wound up driving to an empty warehouse miles away instead of the location of the conflict. Upon arriving at the warehouse, Optimus and his troops quickly realized that they had been tricked. Thankfull, Sam and Bumblebee met them there, and led them to the correct location. Optimus took care of both Decepticons by himself, sending them fleeing. Optimus then met with the human military, and informed them of Soundwave in Earth orbit. Together, they managed to have the satellite to which Soundwave was attached to self-destruct, sending the Decepticon tumbling off into outer space. Sam later thanked Sam for his help in the mission. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}
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===''Spot the 'Bots''===
While on a mission to find Decepticons, Optimus found Megatron hiding behind a tree. Megatron tried to scamper away, but Optimus and his Autobots gave chase. A small group of both factions then met at an old warehouse, and they began to duke it out for the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
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In the wake of The Fallen's defeat, NEST initiated [[Project Unite]] to find a way of modifying Jetfire's parts so that Optimus could use them again. Unaware of the project's objective, but knowing that it held a great power, Starscream attacked the Unite facility to try stealing its fruits for himself, only to find a successfully powered-up Optimus Prime ready and waiting to take him on. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Starscream fled, but immediately began plotting on how he could take Optimus's new power for himself. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}

When word came in of another Starscream sighting on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of Delos, Optimus used his new abilities to fly there personally, where Sideswipe briefed him on what the Autobots had deduced: Starscream had managed to replicate the Unite process using the bodies of dead Decepticons, and was making a play for power. Knowing that Starscream did not have the necessary neural interface protocols to handle the Unite upgrade and would soon be driven mad, Optimus led the Autobots in tracking him to [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] for a confrontation... only for Megatron himself to show up, also dedicated to bring Starscream to heel! {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|On the Road of Destruction}} Tempting as it was to stand back and watch Megatron and Starscream duke it out, Optimus could not risk the Unite technology falling into Megatron's hands, and soon interceded in the Decepticons' battle. While Optimus kept Megatron busy, Ratchet hit Starscream with a scrambler weapon that burned out Starscream's new cyber-genetic sequencing, rending the Unite tech useless; Megatron departed, vowing vengeance. Optimus sadly reflected that in striving to create new and better weapons, the Autobots had almost handed the Decepticons victory, and swore that fortitude and valour would be the only weapons he relied on henceforth. {{storylink|The Strongest Weapon}}
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===The Creation Revoltech!===
[[File:The Creation Revoltech.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|From about this point on, things get progressively sillier. You've been warned.]]
At the mercy of Megatron and the powerful [[Revocube]], Optimus Prime, at Ratchet's urging, called upon the power of the [[Revoltech]] universal joint. As the Wreckers watched, Prime surged with energy—and guns!—and prepared to renew the fight. {{storylink|The Creation Revoltech!}}
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===''How to Ride Your Dinobot''===
====Cartoon====
[[File:Htryd-chapter-2-optimus-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|We all did this with our toys as kids. Now Optimus hates us for it.]]
Optimus found trying to ride [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was far from an easy task, which wasn't helped by his notably impatient attitude. First, Grimlock flung him into a wall when he first tried to get him to move. After [[Humanization|receiving a cast on his leg]] following the incident, he again lost his patience when trying to get his steed to move. However, it was all for naught, as now it was time for Grimlock to ride on Optimus's shoulders. Optimus could only groan in pain as he carried the massive Dinobot around, who was having a much better day than he was. {{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 2: How to Ride|How to Ride}}

====Comic====
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Intending to teach his Autobots the fine art of Dinobot-riding, Optimus Prime led his men through a Chinese forest to the Dinobots' stomping ground—though he refrained from ''telling'' the Autobots where he was taking them, so they couldn't say no! Hound and Bumblebee had little luck taming [[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] and [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], but when Drift and Crosshairs managed to saddle up atop [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Scorn]], Optimus cautioned them against overconfidence, but suggested they try practising combat scenario. It did not go well. Bruised and tired, Hound pointed out that Optimus hadn't done any riding, but Optimus professed that he didn't ''need'' to, since he was already an expert. Grimlock evidently didn't get the message, as he flipped the unsuspecting Optimus onto his back, then took off running. Optimus called to the Autobots that Grimlock had picked up the scent of Decepticons, and instructed them all to RIDE OUT! {{storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}
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===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===
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''Two'' versions of Optimus Prime were hanging out at the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[Yokohama]] at the same time—one in his original Earth body, the other in his ''Age of Extinction'' form—when the evil clone of a ''different'' Optimus Prime, [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]], came crashing into the building. The Primes attacked him alongside Bumblebee, at which point Nemesis was backed up by some of the other Expo attendees: a ''second'' [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)|Nemesis Prime]] (this one Optimus's ''own'' evil duplicate) and [[Nemesis Grimlock]]! They glared at each other a bit, until suddenly, the combined energies of the AllSpark, the Matrix of Leadership and the [[seed]]—all on display at the Expo, naturally—began reacting with the [[Dark Energon]] within the first Nemesis Prime. This was all part of a complicated plot by [[Unicron]], but fortunately, Nemesis resisted the dark urges within himself, and channelled all the Dark Energon into the stickers his creator [[Doctor Arkeville]] had used to make him evil. Nemesis ripped the stickers off and hurled them into the air, where all the Autobots and Decepticons—and even the Expo's human attendees, using their cell phones—blasted them and stopped the chain reaction.

It was a ''super'' weird day. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}
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===''Cheetos/Age of Extinction'' comic===
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Discovering that the Decepticons were increasing their strength through artifacts from the [[Cheetos (galaxy)|Cheetos galaxy]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots recruited [[you]]r help to acquire the power-enhancing objects. {{storylink|Cheetos/Transformers: Age of Extinction}}
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===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]] (Japanese)}}
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In this world, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Lockdown were aware that they were toys: specifically, ''Q-Transformers'', a new line of cute-looking ''Transformers'' merchandise produced to tie-in with the 30th anniversary of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]]. Optimus sometimes changed his look to match other Optimus Prime toys, but his "default" form was that of a toy based on his ''Age of Extinction'' look. They hanged out at different famous service areas on Japanese expressways, and talked about the ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' video game, and the remake produced as a tie-in with their toyline, ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Mystery of Convoy Returns]]''.

Discussing the ins and outs of their cute designs, Optimus and his pals explained that they were created for the purpose of appealing to non-Transformers fans; Optimus suggested plush Transformers could be another way of tapping that market. {{storylink|Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise}} When the trio talked about and how terrible ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, Optimus huffed, insisting that, at the very least, it wasn't ''unbeatable''. Discussing traits that they thought made games bad, Optimus voiced a dislike for games without different difficulty settings. {{storylink|Mystery of Reliably Crappy Games}}

[[File:Qtransformers optimus on underwear.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|See? We weren't lying.]]
Lockdown suggested that re-releasing such a terrible game was like rubbing salt in a wound; Bumblebee didn't understand the expression, since, as Optimus pointed out, they were robots, and it didn't mean anything to them. While trying to come up with situations the phrase was applicable to, Lockdown suggested "accidentally sending your father an "I love you" text instead of your boyfriend or girlfriend"; the trio joked about what sort of response the father would send, and Optimus silenced everyone with the thoughtful answer: "I know". {{storylink|Mystery of Smearing Salt in the Open Wound}} The group then talked about the rubbish stage bosses in ''Mystery of Convoy'', particularly the [[Destron Mark|floating Decepticon insignia]], and wondered what sort of fictional scenarios it could be used in. {{storylink|Mystery of the Stage Bosses}}

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Prime and company began being joined by their friends to discuss facets of the game. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] participated in a talk about the differences between the original and the remake, {{storylink|Mystery of the Wittily Similar Circumstances}} while [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] highlighted the tonal "gap" between the cute character designs and the very ''un''-cute action in the game. Everyone tried to think of examples of similar "gaps": Optimus suggested a stylish young dude wearing unfashionable underwear, and started sweating when everyone laughed. {{storylink|Mystery of the Gap of Unpopular Men}} [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] joined them to talk about classic terrible games, which turned into a discussion about adventure and exploring, and the comforts an explorer might like to have with them on such a journey. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Explorer}} [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] also talked about some famously awful old games, seguing into a discussion about psychokinetic powers; Optimus remembered seeing a guy on TV who had the power to magnetize cutlery to his body. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}}

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When [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] came along to share his thoughts on points of commonality among famously awful games, the group talked about the technical advancements of video games, but when Optimus wanted to talk about motion capture technology, he got confused and mixed it up with a CAT scan! {{storylink|Mystery of Game Balance}} [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] also had some opinions on the common themes of bad games, but Bumblebee and Optimus's willingness to settle for less frustrated Lockdown. {{storylink|Mystery of the Lowest Possible Standards}}

[[File:Qtransformers g1 convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|You should give me your face, NOW]]
Optimus had changed his look to match that of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GTR|his ''Transformers GT'' incarnation]] when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] dropped in. They talked about the changing faces of Optimus Prime through history, and how he used to be called "Convoy" in Japan, then Lockdown compared "Optimus Prime" and "Convoy" to the Mario Brothers. Everyone had a good chuckle when Jazz specified that Optimus would be the "Luigi" of the pair. {{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} Bumblebee later told [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] about Optimus's fondness for ''Mystery of Convoy''. {{storylink|Mystery of Mystery of Convoy}}

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] turned up to join the argument over just how bad ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, the shocked Optimus quickly switched bodies, taking on the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 self]]. They argued back and forth for a bit, discussing other ways the game could have been remade, until Optimus proposed the most drastic rebranding he could think of: calling it "Mysteryvoy of Con". {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

Tiring of talking about ''Mystery of Convoy'', Optimus noted the unexpected popularity of ''Q-Transformers'' itself and steered the towards other ways to reach a wider audience for ''Transformers''. His own suggestion was to make the franchise more like ''[[w:Mito Kōmon|Mito Kōmon]]''. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}} The three decided to go over previous ''Transformers'' series to make sure they'd stay within established rules, but Optimus and Bumblebee immediately ran into an argument with Lockdown when they refused to acknowledge anything bad about [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]. Lockdown argued that it was hard to tell the difference between Autobots and Decepticons, so the three discussed ways of making it more obvious. {{storylink|The Road to Easy Identification}}

Introducing a new "Q-Transformers Radio" segment, the trio invited Tracks to talk about popularity, and he brought along [[Yukimura Sanada]] from ''[[w:Sengoku Basara|Sengoku Basara]]''. After interviewing their guest on his franchise of origin, they struck upon the idea of having Transformers appear in ''Basara'' games, and Optimus failed to impress by imagining his in-game super move would be a car horn. {{storylink|The Road to Borrowing Popularity from Sengoku Basara}}
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===Legends World===
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In the [[Legends World]], Optimus Prime was just a fictional character featured in a series of popular movies and toylines. When the newest film, ''Age of Extinction'' came out, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and the other employees of the [[Axalon Trading Company]] went crazy for the new toys. [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] got the Leader-class figure, {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 1|TF4 Toy Party Part 1}} while [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], being more of a fan of the Generation 1 series, instead opted for the "Evasion Mode" figure, with its Generation 1-inspired alternate mode. He was disgusted to discover that such a classic, '80s-looking toy transformed into Optimus's movie-based robot mode design, and was even more put out when Silverbolt had the figure ride the new Grimlock toy. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 2|TF4 Toy Party Part 2}}

A new Optimus Prime toy was on show when the Axalon gang went to the 2014 Tokyo Toy Show during the summer. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report#Part 2|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report Part 2}} Six months later, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] spent [[Christmas]] enjoying Prime's exploits in the new ''Age of Extinction'' DVD. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} When Rhinox turned into [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and tried to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, Rattrap attempted to stop him by singing the praises of modern-day Transformers, including the movie incarnation of Optimus. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

When [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] arrived in the Legends World and found that "Optimus Prime" was the English name of his enemy, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]], he sought to ruin his reputation by dressing up as the ''Age of Extinction'' version of the character. The masses of adoring young fans that showed up made Gelshark unable to bring himself to crush their dreams. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}}

At [[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2015]], [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] appeared and took down somebody in an Optimus Prime costume. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Black Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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===Bot on the Street===
Optimus was asked if Frenzy was red or blue, but as far as he was concerned, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] was silver. {{storylink|Bot on the Street}}

===''Timelines''===
In one reality, Megatron suddenly shifted position during the Battle of Chicago and thus took advantage of his mysteriously good luck to kill both Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime. Eventually, though, a new Prime arose, [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2015 Megatron profile card}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Megatron defeated [[The Fallen]] and returned to space to gather the Decepticon army, beginning new engagements which sent the Autobots on the defensive. Optimus Prime rose to the bait planted by Soundwave for Sam Witwicky and took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Backed into a corner by the Decepticon offensive, Optimus revived Sentinel on the lunar surface, and Sentinel helped Megatron capture Optimus. The Decepticons gained control of Earth and brought Cybertron to Earth orbit. Sentinel spent time unsuccessfully trying to turn Optimus over to his way of thinking.

Everything changed with the arrival of [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to Decepticon-controlled Earth. The bounty hunter demanded that Optimus be handed over to him; Megatron refused out of pride while Sentinel refused out of loyalty. While Sentinel debated over Lockdown's offer of a protomatter [[seed]], Optimus used the opportunity to reignite Sentinel's cold spark. Sentinel thus tricked Lockdown to seize control of [[Knight Ship|Lockdown's ship]]. Allying themselves with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s, Optimus and Sentinel waged a long guerrilla war against the Decepticons. After the long struggle, they managed to liberate Earth and revitalize Cybertron with the seed. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22}}

In [[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]], once [[Cade Yeager]] had revived Optimus Prime, Optimus put out the call to all surviving Autobots. Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]], and [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]] joined...and so did the desperate Decepticons [[Axor|Axel]] and [[Wild Rider]]! The Autobots were initially skeptical of them but learned to appreciate Wild Rider, who remained loyal even in the face of Megatron's return as Galvatron. Axel on the other hand attempted to sell out the Autobots to Lockdown only to be killed by Lockdown. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16}}

===''Age of Time''===
[[File:Prime1StudioSuperiorOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Like at least some of the other Transformers of his dimension, Optimus Prime was somehow amalgamated with his [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Age of Time|counterpart]] from an [[The Transformers (franchise)|alternate dimension]], who came to this dimension through a wormhole; together, they formed a superior version of themselves.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1395741837139121.1073741971.371066602939988 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF TIME - SUPERIOR OPTIMUS PRIME] by [[Prime 1 Studio]] on Facebook: "The story began when the Ark carrying G1 Optimus Prime and his fellow Autobots was attacked on their route to Earth from Cybertron by Megatron and his evil Decepticons. Both spaceships were sucked into a wormhole and ended up in an alternate dimension. This dimension is the cinematic Transformers universe. Different yet the same, both transformers from the different dimension amalgamated and formed the Superior version of their old self. Hence the New Generation Transformers was formed. To be continued..."</ref> {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Prime 1 Studio|Transformers: Age of Time statue bios}}

===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
While searching for the Creator, Optimus arrived on [[Paradron]] to refuel on Energon, but was denied by a [[Gyronian Sentry]] and his pet Guard Cats. Optimus explained his past to the Sentry, who was not impressed, demanding a passcode. The passcode was written in Old Cybertronian, but the gate didn't open even with a decoder. Prime and Sentry's egos clashed, causing a fight to break out. Optimus tried directly inserting the decoder into the door, with the passcode: "In Primus We Trust". The door opened, allowing Optimus to drink half of the Energon, giving the other half to Sentry. Optimus told Sentry he did a good job, relieved him of his guard duties, and flew off into space.
{{storylink|Mission to Cybertron}}
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===Gathering of the Strongest Robots DVD===
{{storylink|Gathering of the Strongest Robots}}

===''Bumblebee's First Life on Earth''===
[[File:TF-BB-Movie-Bumblebee's-First-Life-Episode-2.jpg|thumb|250px]]
A hologram of Optimus Prime made a brief appearance when [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] was learning how to transform, prompting Bumblebee's human friend [[Charlie Watson|Charlie]] to wonder who he was. {{storylink|Hiding in the Park!}}
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==Games==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/games}}

==Commercial appearances==
*As part of the hype buildup to the first movie's release, Optimus Prime made a brief cameo at the {{w|2007 MTV Movie Awards}}, interacting with host Sarah Silverman. The scene spliced Silverman into pre-existing movie footage, but featured new dialogue recorded for the event by Peter Cullen. Prime heavily hinted that he wanted to present an award, but was rejected for a regular MTV fan.
*According to a tie-in advertisement for [[Burger King]], Prime likes his Whoppers with no onions, no cheese, extra pickles, with a side of ????. However, due to a cruel twist of fate, he can never enjoy the sweet taste of beefy victory (and all because he needed a driver for him to receive his order). He saved the world from the Decepticons, and still he can't even have it his way? Where's the justice? {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#Burger King|Transformers Burger King tie-in commercial}}
*Optimus fell on some guy's car, smashing it to scrap. The car's owner was rather upset about this development, but Optimus could only respond with "My bad..." {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#General Motors|Transformers Chevy tie-in commercial}}
*Optimus Prime (in truck mode) made an appearance at [[BotCon 2007]], alongside the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. He was available for pictures all weekend. He made a second appearance at [[BotCon 2009]].
*Optimus was convinced that a man's new LG Versa was really a Decepticon in disguise. The phone's owner vehemently denied this, despite the phone demonstrating transformation capabilities. He laughed off Optimus's apparent fixation with Decepticons...until one dropped down behind him, sending him running. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#LG Versa|Revenge of the Fallen LG Versa tie-in commercial}}
*Optimus was tasked with delivering trailers of Strawberry and Peanut Butter [[M&M's]]. Instead of hauling them in his truck mode, he picked one up and threw it into the distance, clipping some power lines in the process. This earned him some sarcastic clapping from [[Red (M&M)|Red]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#M&Ms|Revenge of the Fallen M&Ms tie-in commercial}}
*Optimus was seen sporting an [[Robot Powered Machines|RPMs]] logo as a grill ornament. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#RPMs|Robot Powered Machines toy commercial}}
*During the 2009 NBA Finals, a commercial aired where [[The Master Builders (episode)|Optimus made a slam dunk]] and shattered the backboard.
*On [[July 6]], 2009, Optimus appeared on ''The {{w|Late Show With David Letterman}}'' to declare the "Top Ten Things That Sound Cool When Said By A Giant Robot". Optimus said it was nice to be there, although David was ''clearly'' concerned with having a 28-foot tall robot in the studio because of a bad history of robots messing up the place, and during the presentation Letterman decided there was something about Prime he didn't like. Anyway, the top ten was:
<ol>
<li value="10">"Jergens lotion leaves my hands silky smooth."</li>
<li value="9">"Do you have these khakis in a Size 114?"</li>
<li value="8">"My perfect night involves a pint of Häagen-Dazs and season three of ''Sex and the City''."</li>
<li value="7">"Man, do I love me some 'taters."</li>
<li value="6">"It was so hot in Central Park today, I saw a squirrel rubbing sunblock on his nuts."</li>
<li value="5">"You seemed a little pitchy, dawg."</li>
<li value="4">"Brody Jenner has added you as a friend on Facebook."</li>
<li value="3">"Live from New York...it's Saturday night!"</li>
<li value="2">"My parents wanted me to be a Rabbi."</li>
<li value="1">"All the slammin' shorties in the house say 'Yeah'!"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-P5x1Mp00 Archive video of Optimus's guest spot.]</ref></li>
</ol>
*To promote the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Paramount set up a website where US fans could request Optimus call up their friends, warning them of Starscream's attempts to recruit human civilian allies.
*In the Discovery Channel promo, "The World Is Just Awesome," Optimus made a brief cameo, singing the words "boom-de-ya-da, boom-de-ya-da."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0jZzBEKIMc Discovery commercial] on YouTube.</ref>
*Prime (voiced by Cullen, but not animated by ILM) appeared to promote a NASA competition to vote for videos made by children about NASA's impact on commonplace technology.<ref>[http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/optimus/ NASA Optimus Prime]</ref>
*Optimus appeared in truck mode at [[Toy Fair 2011]]. He got a $115 parking ticket.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357327/Transformers-truck-gets-parking-ticket-toy-fair.html ''Daily Mail'' article on Prime's fine.]</ref>
*Optimus duked it out with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in front of a [[Burger King]] restaurant, while some of the patrons inside were too enraptured with savoring their Bacon Cheddar Ranch Tendercrisp sandwiches to notice. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon Burger King tie-in commercial}}
*Optimus was seen firing a [[basketball]] from his blaster in an ESPN commercial with [[Mark Cuban]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon ESPN commercial}}
*Optimus Prime joined Bumblebee on the road as part of the "[[Win A Ride To School With The Autobots]]" contest. He also delivered $1000 worth of Transformers toys to a lucky winner. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Win A Ride|Win A Ride To School With The Autobots contest and commercial}}
*To promote Age Of Extinction, Optimus appeared on screen during the 2014 [[Nickelodeon]] Kids Choice Awards to warn Mark Wahlberg that he was in danger of being slimed.
*Both Optimus and Bumblebee could be seen driving around the [[Speed Stars]] logo in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Speed Stars|Speed Stars commercials}}
*Optimus acted as goalkeeper as Diego Poyet, Gor Grigoryan and Patrick Otte practiced for the World Cup. After stopping a goal, he deflated the ball with his hand and commented that Diego was "Not bad... for a human." {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#ESPN|"The Future of Soccer" Age of Extinction tie-in commercial}}
*After Optimus was injured by a shot, a little boy come over to him and offered him an Oreo cookie. The generous act somehow gave Optimus the strength to go on, and he thanked the child before running off to do whatever heroic thing he was in the middle of. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Oreo|Age of Extinction Oreo tie-in commercial}}
*Optimus happened upon an excavation site, where several children were unearthing Grimlock. Soon after his arrival, Grimlock awakened, prompting Prime to hop on his back and order his mount to "Roll Out!" {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Mega|Mega 1-Step Bumblebee toy commercial}}
*After helping some guy shave, Hydrobot immediately transformed to robot mode to fist bump Optimus, who destroyed the wall of the man's bathroom while trying to do so. Optimus then accidentally destroyed the man's daughter's personal playground, trying to use it as a stand. {{storylink|Commercial/The Last Knight#Schick|The Last Knight Schick commercial}}
*Optimus Prime's voice also narrated some commercials:
**A Revenge of the Fallen toy commercial for the figures of the main cast. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Movie Characters|Revenge of the Fallen movie characters toy commercial}}
**A [[Power Bots]] and [[Gravity Bot]]s toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Power Bots and Gravity Bots|Power Bots and Gravity Bots toy commercial}}
**The Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon|Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon commercial}}
**An ad for the Supreme [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] set. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Supreme Devastator|Supreme Devastator commercial}}
**The N.E.S.T. Global Alliance figures. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Global Alliance|N.E.S.T. Global Alliance toy commercial}}
**The Double Your Action Giveaway ad. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Double|Double Your Action Giveaway commercial}}
*During his time off, Optimus went on a road trip across the UK with a hitchhiker. {{storylink|Commercial/International#Live Action Movie Era|Direct Line commercial}}

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

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise}}

==Notes==
===''Transformers''===
[[File:Movie Primetruck before.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|8:30 pm: "Trick My Truck". Tonight's guest: [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]].]]
[[File:Movie OptimusPrime truckrear.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
[[File:Movie Prime Trucklogomistake.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|In the darkness, a PA will misread "Truck A" as "Truck B", and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth — Revelation 11:7.]]
[[File:MBMovieOptimusAttacks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*When Optimus's design was first revealed, [[GEEWUN|many fans of the Generation 1 series objected to the flames seen on Prime's body]]. When asked in an interview why he put the flames on, [[Michael Bay]] claimed he liked them because it was "cool". It was later revealed on a special featurette on the DVD that the flames were added because, apparently, red is not very good to film on camera, so Bay chose a blue truck but used the flames so that when Optimus transformed, the layout would result in maintaining his iconic red chest.
*In the director's commentary of the 2007 Transformers DVD, Michael Bay said that he had told the animators to seek inspiration from Liam Neeson in creating Optimus Prime's body language. ''Awesome.''
*Optimus Prime's truck mode is apparently intended to haul a flatbed trailer, based on the presence of the large silver "headache rack", a piece of optional equipment that protects the driver in case a flatbed load breaks free during braking. It is generally not installed on trucks hauling enclosed container trailers.
*[[TakaraTomy]] officially recognizes Optimus Prime's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as a Kenworth W900 truck, even though the vehicle used for filming was a modified Peterbilt 379, a different model from a different brand, although both are made by the PACCAR company.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070809065140/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424 Article at Edmunds.com on some of the vehicles used in the movie]</ref>
*When Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, which looks rather more like that of Peterbilt. Then, Prime has an Autobot sigil on his grill while driving to meet the other Autobots.
*According to the free trading cards from the Boston Globe, Optimus is 28 feet tall, weighs 4.3 metric tons, and his primary weapon is an [[ion blaster]]. (Considering Optimus's height, however, this weight would seem implausible. It's also roughly half of the actual weight of the truck he's based on.)
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts Prime with a unique a magnetic grapple attack, fired from the side of his arm. It also declares his forearm gun to be a chain gun (it's an ion blaster in other sources), and has him using a "judo kick", which... while it may not be out of the realm of plausibility for Prime to have learned an Earth martial art, judo does not actually '''use''' kicks, being focused on throwing moves. Oops.
*The Optimus Prime computer generated model consisted of 10,108 individual parts, 1,830,898 polygons, 27,744 rig nodes, and 2336 texture maps. The volume of all pieces combined came to 5445 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
*The [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|''Autobots'' DS game]] notes that Megatron killed Optimus's father. Considering several pieces of movie tie-in fiction treat Optimus and Megatron as brothers, it's entirely possible that he killed his ''own'' father too. ''Dark of the Moon'' may have unintentionally (given the obscurity of the four-year-old tie-in game) retconned this, as Optimus believed [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], the mentor figure to both of them, had perished during a Decepticon attack as he tried to escape from Cybertron.
*During Optimus Prime's transformation from vehicle into robot in Mission City, a piece of Chevrolet intake manifold can be seen on Optimus Prime's left collar.
* After he left the screen following ''Dark of the Moon'' and returned with a new form, the truck was sold at the Barret Jackson Auction in 2016 for $110,000. Another prop was kept around for attraction purposes, while another sold prop was converted into a tow truck.
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===Other films===
[[File:ROTF Optimus trailer super mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"One shall be scrawny...One shall be brawny"]]
*Optimus was supposed to combine with a trailer for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', something for which [[Ben Procter]] and [[Josh Nizzi]] drew up designs. In the end, Nizzi designed the combination with Jetfire. However, the idea of Optimus combining with his trailer was not forgotten, and showed up on screen in ''Dark of the Moon''.
*In ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', Optimus has ''[[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|Faux-parts]]'', when he transforms inside of the NEST base facing [[Charlotte Mearing|Mearing]] and [[William Lennox|Lennox]]. It is noticeable that the Optimus robot truck parts are not the same as that of the actual truck mode body parts (or at least not all of them). Notice the red chest panels are in fact hidden under the truck nose panels and his arm appears (God knows from where) already with its red/blue flames parts; meanwhile the rest of the front of the vehicle fragments and hides into the robot. This is the only Optimus transformation that occurs this way. In the other in-movie conversions some of his alternate mode's appearances seem to be absorbed into his body or outright disappear.
[[File:AOEOptimusComparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world, and you will all surrender to them. You pigs in human clothing!|left]]
*The overwhelming majority of ''Age of Extinction'' toys and promotional images for Optimus, not to mention his RotDS in-game model, are based on a preliminary design for the character, not used in the final film. The differences are most noticeable on the chest, although there are minor design variations across pretty much the entire body. [[TakaraTomy]]'s later release schedule for their version of the line allowed them to somewhat remedy this situation – their Battle Command Optimus Prime toy appears to have had its chest and feet retooled before release to match the newer design, and their 'Armor Knight' re-release of the Leader Class toy features extensive retooling to similar effect.
*Optimus's "evasion mode" body possesses one of the more cheatsy transformation schemes in the series. Not only does Optimus manage to turn into a fairly small truck while retaining his normal [[robot mode]] height and mass, his windows and grille rather conspicuously change size whenever he transforms. The paint job is still Optimus Prime as in the first three films, but heavily saturated in brown rust.
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-model.jpg|thumb|200px|Boxy and blocky is the new sexy.]]
*On [[September 30]], [[2014]], Optimus Prime was immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a cement printing ceremony outside [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]. In lieu of hand prints, Optimus provided tire prints. [[Peter Cullen]] was also in attendance and provided hand prints alongside his alter ego.
*The red "scar" on Optimus/Nemesis Prime's face in ''The Last Knight'' came about one day when Michael Bay went into [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]] and asked the animators to add red markings to Optimus Prime and Megatron's faces and come up with an explanation for them. Visual effects artist Chris Zammit came up with the idea that the markings were the use of [[Dark Energon]] due to its mind-control abilities and the presence of Unicron in the film.<ref name="MegatronScar">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mke7biooPA4&ab_channel=TFcon The Explanation for Megatron's Red Face Paint in Transformers The Last Knight Discussion at TFcon]</ref>
**In an early version of the fight between Nemesis Prime and Bumblebee, a canister filled with normal [[Energon]] (much like the jars Izabella used on the TRF Sentinels) could have been tossed onto Nemesis Prime to release him from Quintessa's control.<ref name="MegatronScar" /> The idea was scrapped, leaving the red markings as some kind of "paint" and Bumblebee's voice used as the device to restore Optimus Prime.
*Optimus Prime's design in ''Bumblebee'' is heavily influenced by his Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)|namesake]], which is especially seen with his Earth mode body. The truck used as Prime was actually a rental, but given a new coat of G1-influenced paint for the role.
*Optimus Prime was to have an extended role in the opening scene of ''Bumblebee'', having a Cybertronian vehicle mode, though it was cut for time. Concept art for a more Cybertronian robot mode and vehicle mode was created by [[Alex Jaeger]], though the film ultimately uses a model closer to his Earthen robot form.<ref>[https://www.ilm.com/art-department/bumblebee-developing-an-epic-set-piece/ BUMBLEBEE: DEVELOPING AN EPIC SET PIECE] at ILM</ref>
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===Other notes===
*According to [[TakaraTomy]] marketing director [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], for the Japanese dub of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', the [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] featured in that show would become a young version of this one. Ultimately, this didn't make it into the end product as the show went largely unchanged.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (ネメシスプライム ''Nemeshisu Puraimu''), '''Orion Pax''' (''Tribute'', オライオンパックス ''Oraion Pakkusu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''O Baak Man''' (Hong Kong, 柯柏文)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Optimus"), '''Nemezis Fővezér'''
*''Indonesian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' ('''Sang Ketujuh''' ("The Seventh") (In Indonesian Optimus is known as the seventh Prime) or '''Pemimpin Para Autobot''' ("The Leader of the Autobots")
*''Korean:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (옵티머스 프라임 ''Obtimeoseu Peulaim''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (네메시스프라임 ''Nemesisu Peulaim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kēbówén''' (Taiwan, 柯博文), '''Qíngtīanzhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Optimus Naikrashchiy''' (Оптимус Найкращий, "Optimus the Best")
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==References==
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:But is the image [[canon]]? I highly doubt so. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 16:42, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
:Can we please feed this pic to the Sharkticons? --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 15:43, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
:: No way! The Seacons blowing up a goddamn sailing ship as a group, while their combined form watches? That's metal. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 16:40, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
::No one will be deleting this image. It doesn't belong in any articles, but I'm totally fine with it being marked for deletion for perpetuity. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 16:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
:::I certainly hope so. The filename alone is against our good filename policy. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 23:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
::::Keeping this image is fine but I think the file name should be changed. --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 06:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
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