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SOCCENT Forward Operations Base

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Tina Russell: /* External links */ Fixed broken link

[[Image:Movie SOCCENTQatar sign.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Where [[Mahfouz|young Arab boys]] may walk around unescorted.]]

'''SOCCENT Forward Operations Base''' is a [[United States military|United States Military]] base located in [[Qatar]], under the command of [[Sharp|Colonel Sharp]] and subordinate of the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM). As part of SOCCENT (Special Operations Command, Central), it is home to soldiers belonging to various spec-ops military branches, such as the U.S. Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, Marine Corps, U.S. Navy SEALS and pilots of the U.S. Air Force. The base is equipped with a variety of hardware including tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, jets, airplanes, and inflatable toys.

More accurately, it was these things until an unfortunate encounter with a [[Decepticon|hostile alien being]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' film===
On the same evening that [[William Lennox|Captain William Lennox]] and his team of Rangers returned from a mission behind enemy lines, a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low helicopter]] flew into the airspace of SOCCENT Qatar. Colonel Sharp ordered the unknown bird to Squawk Ident (identify itself) and leave his airspace. When the helicopter did not respond nor comply with the orders to turn back, Sharp dispatched two F-22 Raptors to intercept and escort the helicopter to the base, ordering the helicopter to follow under threat of deadly force.

When they got within range, one of the Raptor pilots identified the helicopter as designation 4500X, a confirmed casualty in Afghanistan three months prior. The Raptors escorted the Pave Low in, allowing the bogey to land on deck at the base as soldiers immediately formed a security perimeter around it. When radar crew in Operations reported that the helicopter was jamming their radar, the power suddenly blinked out and back in. Colonel Sharp attempted radio communications again, ordering the Pave Low pilot to power down and have his crew step out or be killed.

The Pave Low stopped its main rotor, but [[Transformation|what followed]] was not quite what Sharp had in mind.

The "helicopter" killed soldiers attempting to flee before unleashing a shockwave that severely damaged the air control tower. Shrugging off weapons fire directed at it, the robot tossed aside tanks and aircraft with ease while destroying whatever was in its way. Locating the main computer server, it began hacking the U.S. Military intranet, achieving record download speeds as it assimilated terabytes of classified information before Colonel Sharp physically severed the core's network hardlines with a fire axe.

With its primarily objective a failure, the giant robot proceeded to destroy what remained of the base as well as nearly everyone in it.

The next day, in an emergency session at the [[Pentagon]], Secretary of Defense [[John Keller (Movie)|John Keller]] personally headed the investigation into the base attack, initially announcing that there did not appear to be any survivors. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

==Notes==
* {{w|Holloman Air Force Base}} in [[New Mexico]] served as the primary shooting location for the SOCCENT Qatar base.
*SOCCENT Qatar Air Base was mentioned in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of The Fallen]]'' while Lennox fooled [[Theodore Galloway|Galloway]].
*SOCCENT Foward Operations Base appears to be based upon the real world {{w|Al Udeid Air Base}} which is jointly operated by Qatari, US, British and other coalition forces.

==External links==
*[https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/130805/movie-project-transforms-holloman/ Official US Air Force news article on Holloman AFB's role in the movie.]

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Talk:Gold Plastic Syndrome

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Tina Russell: /* The SCP link */ new section

About TM megs, I think the plastic used has some form of GPScombined with problems with stress. From what I've found, the ''Beast Wars Metals'' Metals Megatron does not have the problems Hasbro's TM megatron has, nor does ''Armada'' Predacon. That, and the post common breaking points on toys with GPS are stressed areas like joints, pegs, and fist holes. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 15:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I've been talking with Kyde, and he says that ABS plastic is the kind that GPS affects. (Versus PVC or nylon). I'll bug 'im to research it a bit more. You know, find out what causes the "swirlies." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:24, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

:Might not be the right answer, but my hypothesis is that the fillers and paint added to the plastic don't mix entirely right, like oil and water, and over time either chemically seperate or oxidize, leaving behind a messy gold powder and broken childhood memories. [[User:70.161.57.72|70.161.57.72]] 03:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Having talked with a few people who have snapped Megatrons, the breaks on that toy all sound very clean to me, and sound liek a "Gradual pressure" situation. As such, I can only conclude that the original TM Megatrons simply had the wrong kind of plastic for that joint, one that would not stand up to the constant pressure applied in transformation, not "bad" plastic. And as the article notes, GPS breaks are anything but clean... I've got a few toys that suffer from it... virtually all of them were like-new (being either purchased in sealed bubbles or were obvious display pieces), and they CRUMBLED near-instantly. There was no give, no pressure, just *turn * *CRUNCH* *flinders*. I'll be taking pictures of my GPS-affected Roadblock to illustrate. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

:Will one of those pictures be used to illustrate this article? (I suppose for aesteric purposes, it should be a picture of Electro...)-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 06:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

::No, I thought I'd just let it sit on my hard drive and I'd never show anyone. What the fuck do you THINK I even brought it UP for? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:::Hey, I take notes and snap all sorts of TF related stuff and just have it sit on my hard drive. Mostly out of laziness for actualyl doing anythign with it. The Wiki is funt hat way- it's so much less WORK to put it up someplace... -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 12:00, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

RE: Joes: I clearly remember seeing posts in the Joe fandom, I forget where, though, that Serpentor suffered from GPS, and that one guy had Serpentor's entire thigh assembly collapse into dust and shards. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 23:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

== Skyquake ==

Does anyone know if the Predator Skyquake (aside from the missile launcher) suffers from GPS? I've been wanting to get all of the Predators and Turbomasters, but since I like to play with my TFs, I don't want to spend a lot of money on one who will crumble apart when I pick it up. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

:Skyquake isn't actually gold. That deeper bronzey color plastic is not at all known for disintegrating, although Skyquake IS notable for breaking off Predator gun handles because of his giant deep fists and overall mass going up against the same tiny pegs his little friends have.

(It is HILARIOUS that Siph hasn't actually uploaded those pictures of Roadblock ten months later.) -[[User:LV|LV]] 16:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
: Thanks. Do you know if the Predator launchers get GPS? The launcher from my Stalker broke at the trigger, but I'm not sure if it was GPS or just because it was old hard plastic that really should have had a hinge to push the trigger. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 21:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

::"That deeper bronzey color plastic is not at all known for disintegrating" - I appreciate it was said two years ago, but *what*? Skyquake's supersight contraption breaks ludicrously easily, without warning or stress marks.--[[User:PTX-015R|PTX-015R]] 11:34, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Couple'a questions... ==

With the new Movie figures coming out, I've noticed Starscream has the characteristic streaks of color that are evident in toys that suffer from GPS. So what I'm wondering is a) do the swirls only appear in the ABS grade plastics, or so they appear in PVC as well? and b) What is the general life-span of a toy that suffers this lamentable condition? [[User:Dracokanji|Dracokanji]] 12:51, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I forgot to mention in the above post that I noticed Energon Starscream's transparent green wings seem to suffer from GPS. I myself rarely used the hinge on the wings used for the missile launchers (considering I LOST one of the missiles... ) but one day I noticed a break in the plastic around where the pin that holds it in place was situated. It didn't look like a stress fracture, but more like plastic rot. If anyone else has noticed this, maybe it should be added to the main article.

:There's already been one reported case of a Protoform Starscream suffering from a GPS-like disintegration, but that user added extra paint details using some kind of paint markers, which may have accelerated or enhanced the process. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 17:47, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

::Yeah. Enamel paints can have odd chemical effects on certain TF plastics. I painted an old Tracks black about a decade back, and the paint made the blue car-panel parts all gummy. I'm disinclined to think Protoscream will have issues unless you start adding chemicals into his mix. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

::I forgot to mention one last thing. Is there any way to prevent the plastic from deteriorating? I don't do custom painting, so that won't be a problem. What I am worried about is if oxidation has something to do with it, and how long older figures (g1, beast wars, etc.) lasted before turning to powder. [[User:Dracokanji|Dracokanji]] 01:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

==Thunder Clash==
Okay, I see Thunder Clash got pulled off the list, but I'm going to dispute that one. Mine in particular, which I keep in the box 95% of the time, cleanly (no whiteness) snapped off both ratchet tabs within the feet a couple years back. A year after the right fist split cleanly on the inside (also without whiteness). I'm terrified to touch the handgun. This sure as hell sounds like GPS to me, don't you think?--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 07:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

:Yeah, TC is a textbook example of GPS. That's the whole reason why his gun is impossible to find. I don't remember anyone's lasting more than a few months "back in the day". The missile launcher bays are also known to just fall apart, as well as the tabs inside his feet.. --[[User:PTX-015R|PTX-015R]] 11:34, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Seibertron's Slingshot gallery ==

Seibertron's G2 Slingshot gallery has come pics of a very broken one. We might want to use one of those for the main pic. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 03:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

== Variants==
Can a similar form of GPS happen to Alternators? My Rarley played with Hound Alternator is showing MAJOR signs of stress all over, especially on the shiny green areas. He is one of my favorite figures, I really don't want him to break :([[User:AutobotFreak643|AutobotFreak643]] 19:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
:GPS breaks don't show stress marks.--[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
::Worth noting though that it's only called "Gold Plastic Syndrome" because that's the most common plastic to show the classic symptoms. It's really a problem with ''any'' swirly/metallic plastic.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
:::That's something else - other shiny/metallic plastic is more prone to *breaking* due to stress, yes. Looking at you, TM Megatron, but it's not the sort of "randomly crumble into flinders/dust out of nowhere" behavior that GPS specifically refers to. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 19:25, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Right. GPS is CRUMBLING like dried-out clay, not snapping. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

== UT Optimus Prime ==

You haven't really specified ''which'' UT Optimus Prime has GPS. You say "Leader Class," but there isn't a toy from that entire franchise family that has metallic plastic for its fists. Can you be more specific?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 15:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
:Of course, the simple answer is that none of them have GPS, unless the K-Mart super base version's cab starts exploding.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 13:55, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
::Armada leader prime,his arms suffer from GPS. Who keeps removing the info about protoform starscream? [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 22:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Armada leader prime had no gold plastic on him, just gold paint applications.. Even the K-Mart super base version didn't have any on the ''arms''. As for Starscream, the only confirmed cases of him showing symptoms are on custom figures who have been repainted.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:33, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
::::His cab's arms crumbled on mine for no reason. :-(. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 22:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::Superbase Prime does indeed have gold plastic, most notably the cab elbow joints, supermode "ears" and minicon-activated blasters, but he does not suffer from GPS. GPS breaks are uneven and leave plastic dust and plastic shards. They also do not leave white marks on the plastic since GPS isn't a stress fracture. I don't have my Superbase Prime in front of me, but I'm pretty sure his gold plastic is unpaintable, meaning it isn't the type of plactic that can be affected. Also, there has been exactly ONE case of Protoform Starscream disintegrating, and it was a figure the owner had painted. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 22:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::My prime did not have stressmarks either,it just shattered for no reason. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 08:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Yeaaaaaaah, i can add my Armada super base 'Prime to it, one of the arms turned to dust, without stressmarks with a bit of dust(ON the arm joint).--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 15:03, 6 September 2009 (EDT)
::::::::Talked to two people about the figure on a Convention today. Both of them had their figures succumb to GPS as well. So he definitely, '''definitely''' suffers from it.--[[Special:Contributions/86.87.28.191|86.87.28.191]] 15:32, 13 June 2010 (EDT)
:::::::::This needs investigation, since that'd be the first case of nylon-based gold(ish) plastic having GPS. I basically don't believe these were cases other than stress wearing out the joints in the elbows until I see otherwise. Considering this is five years later and there haven't been any widespread reports seems particularly against it being GPS.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] ([[User talk:MCRG|talk]]) 16:36, 3 February 2015 (EST)
::::::::::The case of Armada Super Base Optimus is more likely a result of the susceptibility of metallic plastics being more easily broken, rather than deterioration. The most common point of failure is a stress fracture that appears to run through where the rivet if positioned in the elbow. The thing is, brittle plastic will most likely NOT show stress marks - it's not "plasticy" enough to deform in a way that would produce stress marks. The problem is, the elbow used an octagonal lower piece that required a significant amount of force to make it rotate against the flat section of the bicep that holds it in position. Slowly turning the arm shows that the whole elbow section would warp to allow the bicep to reposition, and in the process it would damage the forearm joint. It was basically causing the swivel to ratchet itself apart slowly. Having the corners of the octagonal section be rounder could have potentially solved the issue. This is a case of manufacturers relying too much on the physical properties of the material to compensate for a lack of mechanical parts. --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 15:26, 22 April 2016 (EDT)
::::::::::: Minor correction here. The LOWER elbow breaks more often than the upper joint, but it's still due to the upper joint being shaped the way it is as well as the force needed to move the piece. Because of the shape and position of the elbow, the easiest spot to hold while turning it is the forearm, which puts pressure on the hole that the pin is running through. That's why basically ever Armada Optimus breaks in the exact same way - a crack running straight through that same pinhole. --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 15:30, 29 April 2016 (EDT)

== Torca & Killbison ==

Does he actually have GPS? All I've seen are ones with a snapped tail joint. Also, I've heard varying reports on whether Killbison actually has GPS or not. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:06, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

== Your toy is DOOMED! DOOOOOOOMED!!! ==

I was under the impression that GPS is not universal across the board, even in toys where it's common. Something about how some plastic batches weren't mixed well, but some were. Am I just confused and clinging to foolish hope? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 10:59, 28 June 2009 (EDT)
:I dunno. My Skyquake seems fine. My Electro hasn't disintegrated. I dunno about G2 Slingshot yet; I'll be getting to G2 after the Micromaster pictures, I think. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 12:00, 28 June 2009 (EDT)
::My Japanese Electro shows no sign of it, and so does my Skyquake--apart from the highly disturbing "birth" of a few little gold fragments the first time I folded his scope into his torso, but never again mind you. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 17:19, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

==De-snarking?==

While the new information here certainly is welcome, where did all this talk about 'snapping like your grandma's ankles' and, worse yet, 'like a tight virgin in prison' come from? Way too many jokes are getting in the way of the facts here, I think. [[Special:Contributions/200.3.177.134|200.3.177.134]] 14:24, 15 July 2009 (EDT)

==Hasbro's Q&A session about GPS==

http://www.transformerland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3481

It was noted here that hasbro is awere of the problem, and has done everything they could so that this might never happen again.(Hopefully this will save Protoform Starscream)--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 15:16, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

== Movie Legends Scorponok ==

I've seen many reports that the tip of Legends Scorponok's tail (originally made out of soft rubbery plastic) has a tendency to harden and then break. My Scorponok's tail appears to be very hard now, and I don't even DARE trying to apply force to it to see if it will break. Is this related to GPS? Should it be mentioned here? It seems to be a common problem, not a few isolated incidents.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 11:38, 20 September 2009 (EDT)

== Animated Arcee ==

Of course she isn't GPS, but she is so #$%& fragile. I believe she needs to be covered in this section. Specially her thumb (Arcee Thumbs Syndrome)_--[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 21:44, 5 March 2010 (EST)
:We're not going to include every toy that breaks into this article. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 23:48, 5 March 2010 (EST)
:Maybe, but her pink glittery plastic is kind of GPS to me, because of the nature of the plastic.--[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 01:14, 6 March 2010 (EST)
:With Arcee, the common complaint is the stress marks on the thumbs, with them actually breaking being a secondary issue. The article repeatedly states that GPS does not have stress marks. Stress marks are a warning and a luxury where this particular thing is concerned. Since Arcee shows stress, she's not a case of GPS... just bad engineering/weak plastic. She doesn't belong here. [[User:Luke|Luke]] 18:33, 2 April 2011 (EDT)

== Universe 1.0/Cybertron (Europe) Micromaster Superion ==

[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/300674-warning-universe-micromaster-superion-suffers-gold-plastic-syndrome.html] There's also talks about Movie Protoform Starscream, but reports on him seem to be 50/50 (mine was fine a week ago) suggesting that he came out in a transitional period when Hasbro fixed the problem.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 18:03, 16 December 2010 (EST)

== Youtube video for GPS ==

claywyatt1982 has uploaded a video demonstrating Gold Plastic Syndrome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjAUN5Ssj8

How about linking it on the page? I think it would be great to show people the fragility in action. [[User:Fiction Alchemist|C. V. Reynolds]] 05:35, 21 April 2011 (EDT)
:I WILL CRUSH YOU WITH MY BARE HANDS indeed.
:I don't think there would be a problem with putting it in the "External Links" session--we have several instances of linking to 'net fan reviews of, say, the release of Marvel #1, or MOSC rubber rot on the Pretender Monsters. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 08:16, 21 April 2011 (EDT)

== Transmetal Megatron ==

So is [[Megatron (BW)/toys#MegaTransmetal|Transmetal Megatron]] GPS or not? According to this page it is, according to his page it isn't clear what is the cause of his fragility. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:48, 22 September 2011 (EDT)
: In short, no. TM Megs has the problem of metallic plastic being more susceptible to stress, but doesn't just spontaneously disintegrate. --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] 15:57, 10 November 2011 (EST)

== Cybertron Repugnus ==

I think [[Repugnus (Cybertron)|Cybertron Repugnus]] suffers from GPS, specifically at the lower jaws, which easily break when you try yo make him hold his tail/flail.
:That sounds more like a stress fracture than GPS. Remember, just because it breaks doesn't mean it is GPS. GPS is crumbling for no reason, not snapping when things are forced into tight spaces. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:02, 18 October 2011 (EDT)
::It did not snap : it crumbled. First the peg, then the whole jaw. Looks like GPS to me, but I could be wrong. Just wanted to know if anybody else experimented this.[[Special:Contributions/82.238.12.114|82.238.12.114]] 08:48, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

== 10th Anniversary Dinobot ==

Dinobot's beast mode toes have crumbled on me for no reason. Has anyone else had this happen to them? [[User:Tom Servo the Great|Tom Servo the Great]] 14:16, 18 October 2011 (EDT)
:I had the entire right shoulder assembly on mine just snap right off, apropos of nothing. I'd say that's GPS, all right. --[[User:AutoFire|AutoFire]] 17:40, 29 October 2013 (EDT)

== Ultimate movieverse Optimus ==

A gentle toss to the floor tore the cab's arm off. i had bought it not even half a day ago, i think it might be GPS. the symptoms matched up, but either way, i returned it, so i cannot check again. (sorry for the wording.) [[User:CrowBuster|CrowBuster]] 17:15, 3 January 2012 (EST)CrowBuster

:No way, even if that figure did have GPS, it's way too soon for that to be the cause of yours breaking. Your "gentle toss" was probably not as gentle as you think.--[[Special:Contributions/76.226.102.10|76.226.102.10]] 17:27, 15 April 2012 (EDT)

== Remove mention of TM Megatron? ==

Given that [[Megatron_(BW)/toys#MegaTransmetal|TM Megs's own writeup]] says he DOESN'T actually suffer from GPS, shouldn't that toy's mention on this page be removed? --[[User:AutoFire|AutoFire]] 23:41, 1 November 2013 (EDT)

== TF only? ==
Is GPS something that only affects Transformers, or has it been noted in various toylines in general? Cuz for whatever reason the way I'm seeing the article written, it seems like it's a problem specific to the transformers brand. {{unsigned|BlackStarscream}}
:G.I. Joe has [[Serpentor]], who's listed on the page as suffering from it. I did a quick Google or two and couldn't find any mention of other toylines having a big problem with gold plastic. I saw someone ask about it on a Lego site, but none of the people there reported any problems with Lego products containing gold plastic. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:51, 28 January 2014 (EST)
::Supposedly some Visionaries figures also suffer from it, but I'm not sure which ones. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 01:39, 28 January 2014 (EST)
:::Definitely other lines have it. Snizzard Lips, a gold and green snake monster from the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Evil Space Aliens line (1993) has GPS. It's very hard to find one whose tail has not partially crumbled. Related is "Popy disease", sparkly blue plastic that tends to shatter just like GPS. Notable examples from Popy's Chogokin line are Gordion (released as Gardian in the Godaikin line in the US) whose knees notoriously shatter and Albegas Beta (the blue Voltron II robot in the Voltron line) whose legs and other blue plastic body parts like to shatter. In fact, even the Diaclone F-15 Robo predecessor to Thundercracker's sparkly blue plastic wings crumbled on me (that was pretty heartbreaking) and my friend's Microman Microchange Browning (the blue one) had a waist that just crumbled even though he was extremely careful with it. --[[User:Ginrai|Ginrai]]
:::Probably the strangest one: you know how Zelda games tend to come in gold cartridges or disks? Well, the Majora's Mask one is made of metallic gold plastic. Needless to say, the first image result for "Majora's Mask cartridge broken" is a picture of one with a massive piece sheared right off and no visible bends or stress marks, and there's a whole lot of other pictures that seem to show the same problem. Even found a video of a guy describing how his copy basically shattered after it fell off the shelf.[[User:MBG|MBG]] ([[User talk:MBG|talk]]) 16:31, 21 October 2018 (EDT)

== TM2 Megatron? ==

While, at this point, it is quite obvious that Transmetal Megatron is NOT in any way afflicted by plastic degradation, I've noticed that the lower leg pivots on my Transmetal 2 Megatron are starting to splinter and flake away from the joint rather distressingly. It leaves the same sort of ragged edges, dust, and splinters that GPS typically results in. I'm not really sure how many others have noticed a similar situation. Indeed, I only realized that the plastic fragments were coming from that particular figure on close examination, since they were falling off of an otherwise obscured part. Can anyone confirm whether or not this is actually the case? --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:11, 28 December 2015 (EST)
:I came on here to find this exact issue since I couldn't find any mention of it anywhere else, mine was also suffering from the flaking issue on his lower leg, and then finally snapped this past week just sitting around. I don't know if it's a design flaw or an issue with the red plastic, but the other leg is disintegrating and flaking as well. [[User:Aphelion05|Aphelion05]] ([[User talk:Aphelion05|talk]]) 01:28, 23 June 2019 (EDT)

== Terradive's trident? ==

Should we add HFTD Terradive's trident right in where Movie Scorponok is placed? The trident is made out of metallic gold plastic but it doesn't crumble into pieces but rather snap right at the hinge. --[[User:Wildstreak|Wildstreak]] ([[User talk:Wildstreak|talk]]) 20:53, 5 December 2019 (EST)
:If it's snapping at a stress point, that may be a design flaw but it's explicitly not GPS. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 18:58, 5 December 2019 (EST)

== The SCP link ==

There's [http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4496 an article on the SCP Foundation wiki] about Gold Plastic Syndrome and it's pretty well-written, so I added it to the external links. (For those who don't know, the SCP wiki is a weird collaborative amateur-horror site, spinning tales of mysterious objects with anomalous properties—in this case, a [[Randy (BWN)|Randy]] that *doesn't* suffer from GPS, and be careful what you wish for.)
The black boxes/[DATA EXPUNGED]/etc is an SCP joke; I figured the link needed a joke so that nobody would mistake it for a real-world article, but please feel free to edit the link text to improve the formatting and/or make it funnier. [[User:Tina Russell|Tina Russell]] ([[User talk:Tina Russell|talk]]) 23:34, 31 January 2020 (EST)

Gold Plastic Syndrome

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[[File:Electrogoldplasticsyndrome.jpg|right|upright=2.5|thumb|Ouch.]]
'''Gold Plastic Syndrome''' (commonly shorthanded to '''GPS''') is fandom terminology used to describe the phenomenon of a toy's [[plastic]] decomposing and becoming brittle to the point of shattering or crumbling under minimal-stress conditions. In the most extreme cases, toys have been reported to spontaneously crumble to small bits without any applied force at all, even if they're fresh out of their [[Mint in sealed box|unopened package]].

This breakage is different from the relatively more common stress-fracture type of plastic breakage that can occur in some [[Toy|Transformers toys]]; while normal stress fractures are universally heralded by stress marks on the toy, GPS breakage doesn't have that sign; it simply crumbles to pieces. The condition takes its name from the gold plastics of late Generation 1 through to ''Beast Wars'' that have proved the most prone to this sort of breakage. Despite the name, Gold Plastic Syndrome has been known to affect other types of plastic—most of them noted for a pretty metallic swirl in the plastic; the reason it has the GPS moniker is because gold plastic was the first one observed to have this horrific phenomenon.

==Etymology==
The term was coined in an [[alt.toys.transformers]] post made by user Sky Shadow in September 2002.<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/2b3d532961b2c2dc</ref> A post by [[Dave Edwards|Dave "Zobovor" Edwards]], meanwhile, made in June of the previous year,<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/6ed7e0f3586f37e4</ref> is the earliest identifiable acknowledgment of the widespread nature of the phenomenon within the Transformers fan community.

Completing the journey from fan term to official term, "Gold Plastic Syndrome" was used by Hasbro designer [[John Warden]] at the ''Transformers Generations'' panel at Comic-Con International 2015 to describe exactly what would not happen to ''Combiner Wars'' G2-style [[Slingshot (G1)#Combiner_Wars|Quickslinger]].

==Notability==
GPS is widespread among toys made in the tail-end of [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]], typically the second year of [[Pretender]]s and even some European-market exclusives, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' and the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' series, but examples have surfaced from lines as recent as [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' (2003)]], the ''[[Star Wars Transformers (2005)|Star Wars Transformers]]'' and the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 movie]]. Transformers toys are not the only ones to suffer from this; there have been reports of ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Visionaries]]'' toys' gold plastics also crumbling seemingly of their own accord; even some ''Super Sentai'' and ''Power Rangers'' toys have been known to suffer. Probably the strangest is accounts of retro game collectors finding ''Majora's Mask'' cartridges shatter under minimal stress. Other retro robot toy collectors have referred to it as "Popy disease", after the metallic blue plastic favored by the company Popy that led to the demise of many a Dairugger / Vehicle Team Voltron.

The toys most likely to suffer from Gold Plastic Syndrome are those with gold or bronze plastic with a metallic swirl to it. There are other known cases with different colors of plastic—though usually there is a tell-tale swirl in the plastic.

===Cause===
[[File:GPSSkyquakescopeclose.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|right|Nooo!]]
Because this is not exactly an area of scientific notability there aren't any full studies into Gold Plastic Syndrome that we know about. Basically, it is thought that certain plastics weren't mixed as well as others, possibly because of the metallic pigment or colouring, so they break down more quickly.

It's not much of a theory, really; think more a hypothesis. Here's a more detailed attempt:

{{bigquote|The problem likely arises, as with many composites, when the bonding between the polymer and the dye/particles breaks down. This could occur do to a natural chemical/phase change of the plastic, due to oxidation, for example, or by another mechanism, say the forces incurred by the toy being played with, or more likely, due to some combination thereof. In any case, when the bonds between the particles and the polymers break down, you would get small voids in the plastic structure. If this occurs frequently enough, the structure would become effectively porous (that is, it would be filled with lots of tiny voids/cracks where the polymers and particles have come apart). With even a slight amount of force, some of these cracks/voids could expand, even slightly, to the point where they intersect another void and join, making an even bigger crack. Once a critical crack length is reached, the sample fractures.

So effectively, the plastic becomes more brittle, and this would also explain it "crumbling" as well as cracking.}}
:-Aernaroth suggests a cause for GPS [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=57191&view=findpost&p=1174876 on the Allspark]

So what it amounts to is: "The plastic crumbles a'cause it ain't very good."

Hasbro have attributed it to "the amount of gold fleck included in the plastic", and have apparently reduced the amount in similar plastics of more recent vintage to prevent further occurrences.<ref name="hasbrogps">[http://www.transformerland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3481 Hasbro Transformersland.com Q&A, August 2009:] "When we used gold metallic plastic in the past we discovered, along with many of you, that it becomes brittle over time. As we became aware of this situation, we took the necessary steps to reduce the amount of gold fleck included in the plastic to eliminate this issue. Ultimately, this should no longer be an issue due to these corrective steps that we have taken."</ref> Later Hasbro said that they believe they've "alleviated the issues associated with the 'gold' plastic issue" through "trial and error." <ref>http://www.toyark.com/news/transformers-toy-news-2/hasbro-transformers-june-2010-qna-2867/</ref>

All in all, the actual causes of Gold Plastic Syndrome aren't a very big deal to Transformers fans—it's really pretty academic. Of more concern is the ''RESULTS'' (i.e., poor Electro crumbling to bits like an Oreo left in milk too long), and what to look out for. There's no certain cure here, no fix. If a toy has GPS, it '''will''' die... maybe. See below for a potential solution, at least a temporary one, to GPS.

Seibertron.com has reported that Ace Hardware's "Lub-E" product may prevent GPS breakage, having applied it to an Electro pre-photo-shoot. How true this is still needs some pretty extensive testing, as it may very well be a coincidence that ''that'' specific Electro did not break. Because [[#GPS misconceptions|as noted below]], which toys snap and when (and where) is not exactly consistent...

===The Symptoms===
[[File:SkyquakeGPSback.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Gleargh]]
Gold Plastic Syndrome usually has a few clear signs. Knowing how to tell the difference between Gold Plastic Syndrome and normal plastic breakage is very important for a Transformers fan who is collecting vintage toys. It's the difference between giving up on that toy completely (since if it has GPS so will any other sample of the toy) and buying a new copy.
*GPS usually takes place in metallic-coloured plastics, most notably gold plastic and bronze plastic.
*GPS breaks are NOT accompanied by stress fractures. There is usually NOT any visible wear before the breakage. This is really important. Plastic breaks. This is a reality of toy collecting, plastic gets old and it breaks. Gold plastic syndrome is breakage without warning.
*GPS breaks often leave a powdery residue and shards of plastic (though not always), the result of the plastic actually physically crumbling. Take a look at the picture of Skyquake's scope—okay, the bits of his scope—to the right. You can actually see some of the left-over shards of plastic. Keep in mind this picture was taken years after the break actually occurred—these are new shards of plastic which came off these pieces of scope during the process of moving the parts around for photography. Plastic should '''not''' be that brittle or delicate.
*GPS breakages don't need to involve any excess stress or force on a toy—simply handling a toy can cause the breakage. Looking at it funny sometimes does it. Spitting on it, maybe. Opening its box. ''Anything.'' If your toy breaks despite careful handling it's more likely to be GPS.
*GPS breaks often have rough, uneven edges with no stress lines around them. This is important—usually when plastic snaps it snaps cleanly (as is common with clear plastic), or it bends first (leaving a torn-off piece, or clear stresses around the break). If a break is uneven, with different colours and textures in it, yet there are no stress fractures around the wound, and especially if it leaves a powdery residue as well, it's almost certainly a GPS break. Take a look at the photo of Skyquake to the right for a good example of the ragged break. Okay... not good. What's the other word that's LIKE "good", but not actually good? Oh yeah. Horrifying. A HORRIFYING example.
*GPS plastics will sometimes feel brittle to the touch, sometimes making cracking noises as they're handled.

A really easy test to tell if you have GPS breakage is this—if a piece breaks off, try snapping it again. If it's normal plastic breakage, the broken piece should bend or bow instead of just snapping like dry wood; there should be some give in the plastic, even if it's a brittle, clear plastic—so you should be able to glue it back into place, or at least get a replacement part. On the other hand, if the broken piece snaps like your grandmother's ankles in a rugby match, then you've almost definitely got Gold Plastic Syndrome.

==GPS misconceptions==
'''ALL GOLD PLASTIC WILL DIE!'''
:Not true. It's only a specific composite of gold plastic only used during a specific era that will die, most prominently used from 1988 (second year Pretenders are notorious for it) and through to about the end of ''Beast Wars'' in 2000, although there are still a few rare cases of post-millennium figures with this issue up until 2007. As far as we know modern toys do not suffer from GPS due to a reduction in the amount of metallic flakes in similar, but more recent toys.<ref name="hasbrogps" /> Toys with flexible nylon-based gold plastics, such as [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Superbase Optimus Prime's]] elbows, are not susceptible to GPS supposedly because of the plastic's composition. Even on toys well known for GPS, some of their gold plastic is less prone to break. Gold plastic which is nice and thick is much less likely to snap than gold plastic which is thin. Gold plastic which is under constant stress—like that at a joint—is also more likely to break. That said, some really nice solid parts can shatter like eggshells if it's real GPS we're talkin' about.

:Furthermore, there are various examples of figures built between 1988 to 2007 molded in similar-looking gold or bronze swirly plastic that do not suffer from this issue, like [[Blaze Master]], [[Archadis]], [[San D-Go]] and perhaps most ironically, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Goldbug]]. Gold chrome, like that seen in [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|G2 Bumblebee]] and [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Transmetal Cheetor]], is also completely immune from GPS since it's merely painted rather than actually being gold plastic.

'''MY TOY BROKE, IT MUST BE GOLD PLASTIC SYNDROME!!!'''
:There are plenty of ways for plastic to break that aren't related to Gold Plastic Syndrome. Repeated stress on a plastic, dropping a toy, a toy with metal parts that damage the plastic parts, thin plastic, or simply the use of translucent plastic, which is more brittle. Just because a toy breaks doesn't mean it's Gold Plastic Syndrome. Look for the symptoms (listed above) and ask around before assuming that every single copy of this toy is destined to die a painful and horrible death.

'''ONLY GOLD PLASTIC GETS GOLD PLASTIC SYNDROME!'''
:Not ''quite'' true. Observations suggest that it should probably be called "Metallic Plastic Syndrome". It's those metallic plastics, most commonly the gold and bronze plastics used for almost ten years by Hasbro and Takara, from around 1989 to 1998. However, it's possible that any colour of plastic could be susceptible, given enough time. So keep a close eye on your Fire Convoy, kids; that pretty metallic swirl in his plastic isn't promising... maybe.

'''MY TOY IS DOOMED!'''
:Okay... not ''exactly'' a misconception. Your toy is ''probably'' doomed... but there is a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.

:You see, the thickness of the plastic seems to affect GPS. Also, the amount of stress on it affects it. While some toys are known for breaking just by having their packages opened—guys like Randy, Roadblock and ''Generation 2'' Slingshot—others, like Skyquake and Pyro, can remain intact if they are handled with extreme care (and never ever transformed, of course) because the parts that are made of GPS plastics are large and thick and otherwise robust. GPS is an inconsistent process—eventually your toy '''will''' crumble, but there's no telling how long it will take. With delicate handling (read: almost none) you can maintain a GPS-afflicted toy in your collection for quite some time.

:Also remember that the evidence for Gold Plastic Syndrome is ''completely'' observational. There seems to be some evidence that different plastic batches were less affected, that some releases of the toys were less affected. You might luck out and get an Electro that never crumbles to dust, or you might be really unlucky and get multiple Electros, all of which break horribly. This page is a caution more than anything else. Know what you're getting into when you buy a toy known to be afflicted by GPS.

==Toys commonly associated with Gold Plastic Syndrome==
====Generation 1====
*'''[[Scorponok (G1)/toys#BlackZarak|BlackZarak]]'''
:Rather depressingly, BlackZarak's feet and shield tend to shatter. Since both parts have to be under stress to function as intended, this particularly expensive toy is almost never intact. The Black Roritchi redeco of [[Fasttrack (Scorponok)|Fasttrack]] included with him is almost ''entirely'' made of gold plastic. Good luck...
*'''[[Bristleback#Toys|Bristleback]]'''
:Bristleback on his own isn't in ''too'' much danger, as he has a fairly minimal amount of moving parts. However, when combining with the other Monster Pretenders, sliding the Monstructor fist in place will usually be enough to create a large crack through his legs, sometimes even splitting them entirely. Watch out for his fist-holes as well, as the plastic is very thin around that area.
*'''[[Roadblock (G1)#Toys|Roadblock]]'''
:The innermost robot has three peg holes, two in the fists and one on his back, that are particularly susceptible to cracking and shattering, leaving many a Roadblock hand-less.
*'''[[Skyhammer (G1)#Toys|Skyhammer]]'''
:One of the most notorious toys. The entire bottom of his large vehicle shell is made of gold plastic and it is very prone to breakage. Not to mention how much gold plastic is on his inner shell and his [[robot mode]].
*'''[[Slog (G1)#Toys|Slog]]'''
:Slog is notable because his gimmick requires another toy (Birdbrain) to be inserted up inside his gold sections. His thin gold sides will crumble like a good fruit cake (just not as moist or delicious) if Birdbrain jostles around too much.
*'''[[Killbison#Toys|Killbison]]'''
:His arms and most of his torso (including the head, which you have to ''shove into the port'') are gold plastic. Considering how combiners worked in G1, this basically means that trying to combine a G1 Liokaiser is probably going to make you end up in tears as your Killbison shatters like a cheap knockoff toy.
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====Generation 1-2 Transitional Phase====
[[File:GPSSkyquakescope.jpg|thumb|Well, ''crap''.]]
*'''[[Skyquake (G1)#Toys|Skyquake]]'''
:Skyquake is another toy notable for having a gimmick which makes the whole thing worse. Skyquake actually has two colours of metallic plastic on him: One is a dark bronze, the other a light bronze. It is the light bronze plastic that is most likely to break. Unfortunately, the light bronze plastic also forms Skyquake's scope. You're supposed to put a Predator jet's scope slide into that part of him. But the union is not pleasant for the one on the receiving end. Take a look at the picture to the right. These are the parts left of Skyquake's scope after another Predator tried to unite with him. Actually... that's not even all the parts, that's just all that could be found.

:This is a gimmick which should never be used by modern collectors. Never, ever, ever, ever. Never transform him again either: the scope won't withstand being swung around and latched into position or having his stabilizer fins leveraged inside it. The moving plate over the [[light-piping|light piping]] on the back of his head is that brittle light bronze too.

*'''[[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] [[missile]] launchers'''
:The Predator launchers are made worse by their design. The pegs are ''tiny''; many other weapons with a similar peg have the same problem. However, the Predator launchers are worse off, as they are also used by larger figures like Skyquake. Also, the "trigger" has no hinge, relying on the plastic to bend to push the actual internal trigger. And guess what plastic with GPS doesn't do very well?

*'''[[Thunder_Clash#Toys|Thunder Clash]]'''
:Thunder Clash's problems are mildly less obnoxious than Skyquake's due to more judicious use of metallic plastics, but the toy's ankles ''will'' break extremely fast, as will the handgun peg if not handled with care.

*'''[[Pyro (G1)#Toys|Pyro]]'''
:Although Pyro's gold plastic parts are mostly thick enough that he can safely be moved in either mode, if you transform him you WILL crack him in half at the waist. Eventually, the elbow ratchets will also start to shatter from the constant spring stress. The rifle handle is also prone to sheering off.
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====Generation 2====
*'''[[Electro#Toys|Electro]]'''
[[File:Electrobrokenknee.jpg|thumb|Oh, God, my knee! MY KNEEEEEEE!!]]

:There's a ''reason'' that Electro sits up at the top of this page. Poor guy just can't catch a break, it seems.

:Wait... actually, no. That's the ''entire problem''. The poor guy totally ''can'' catch a break. All the time. Because he is ''designed to die''. Basically ''anything'' on Electro's body is susceptible to shattering like glass the ''second'' you touch it.

*'''[[Slingshot (G1)#Generation 2|Slingshot]]'''
:G2 Slingshot is ''infamous'' for being made almost entirely of gold plastic, and he has been reported to come apart straight out of the package.<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/2b8b3dec846e5479?hl=en</ref> Worse, he's known for being another toy whose gimmick will destroy him, like Killbison and Skyquake. Slingshot's head is a post which is designed to plug into [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (or any other Scramble City leader), so that Slingshot can form an arm or a leg. Doing this will destroy your Slingshot.

*'''[[First Aid (G1)#Generation 2|First Aid]]'''
:The last thing you'd want from a rare unreleased figure, one that can easily cost past four digits on the incredibly scarce occasions where it might appear for sale, is for it to crumble into dust right before your eyes. Sadly enough, this might be a reality for G2 First Aid, as his chest/combiner port and legs are entirely made out of the dreadful swirly gold plastic. Considering the historical value of this toy, as fewer than a dozen are estimated to exist, it is advised to never attempt combining it into Defensor, or (preferably) to never transform it in the first place.

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====Beast Wars====
[[File:Goldplasticgrimlock.jpg|thumb|A mighty Dinobot warrior... bested by his own crumbling joints.]]
[[File:Brownplasticsyndrome.jpg|thumb|The one part of Megatron's Movie Jazz cosplay he ''didn't'' want to recreate.]]
*'''[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Beast Wars|Grimlock]]'''
:Just... take a look at the picture to the right. Grimlock's gold plastic can break pretty damned hard. The fact that he uses a gold plastic ball joint for his hips is not really a good thing. Common breakages include the insides of his legs (where his chest pegs into them in [[beast mode]]) and his mutant face (which is very thin). Grimlock can survive for a while in a collection, though; the fact that most of his problems occur in robot mode means keeping him in beast mode can extend his lifespan a fair amount.
*'''[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#OptimalOptimus|Optimal Optimus]]'''
:The sparkly dark brown plastic used for his wheels and turrets suffer from this. The block that holds the batteries is the most likely to break, as the "soft" ratchet joint requires the affected plastic to bend.
*'''[[Randy (BWN)#Toys|Randy]]'''
:Poor, poor Randy. This is one of the ''legendary'' Gold Plastic Syndrome toys. Imagine, if you will, a toy with an entirely spring-loaded transformation... ''made entirely out of gold plastic''. Ouch, right? Well, don't worry. You'll never have to see what a mess that could be, because this toy will shatter into a million pieces the moment you open it. Ouch.
*'''[[Megatron (BW)/toys#MegaTransmetal|Transmetal Megatron]] (Hasbro version)'''
:He'll snap at the waist, the shoulders, the... well, anything that's made of that brown plastic. This is technically Brown Plastic Syndrome, but regardless of what you call it this toy will end in sadness. The Japanese ''Metals'' version uses black instead of the brown, so it seems to be immune. The fragility of the waist may be due to GPS, a [[design flaw]], or a combination of both; the Takara version's immunity to this issue (because its brown parts are black plastic) seems to suggest that GPS may have a role.
*'''[[Silverbolt (G1)#Beast Wars|Silverbolt]] ([[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] component)'''
:Despite having a ''dangerously'' large amount of bronze plastic, Magnaboss Silverbolt is... actually fairly stable. The main breakage point is where his tail connects to his body. As well, [[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]], his Japanese counterpart, is just as likely to suffer from this. That said, just... be careful, okay? Be careful.
*'''[[Soundwave (BW)#Toys|Soundwave]]'''
:His ''entire fraggin' body'' is composed of gold plastic, so it's a crapshoot. The places on his body where the sides hinge open as part of his transformation are the first to go, however.
*'''[[Torca (BW)#Toys|Torca]]'''
:His legs, tail hinge and sides are prone to Gold Plastic Syndrome.
*'''''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Dinobot]]'''
:Quite impressively, ''10th Anniversary'' Dinobot has ''two'' kinds of metallic swirled plastic, both of which seem to have hit their expiration dates around 2013. In other words, basically any part on him is highly fragile, although he's most likely to break at the neck, hips, and helmet. At this point, keeping the toy MISB is the best way to display him.
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====Beast Machines====
*'''[[Snarl (BM)#Toys|Snarl]]'''
:Like Randy, Snarl is an ''atrocious'' example of a victim to Gold Plastic Syndrome; it seems that the longer the figures are left in sealed packages, the more brittle they are upon opening said packages. All manner of extremities will simply snap off of Snarl's body, most easily among these being the ankles.

*'''[[Striker#Toys|Striker]]'''
:Striker has an entirely gold plastic dinosaur shell which relies on ball joints to move and shift. He also has gold plastic pegs that tab into gold plastic slots. Transforming Striker is a suicide mission... for him.
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====Robots in Disguise (2001)====
*'''[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal]]'''
:The sparkly brown plastic, like that on Optimal Optimus, can shatter. This condition most often results in the feet breaking.
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====Universe (2003)====
*'''[[Megabolt#Toys|Megabolt]]'''
:Having limbs cast primarily in gold plastic is ''not'' a good thing. Fracture points include his forearms, the holes that lock his arms in place in crawling head mode, lower legs near the knees, and his head.

*'''[[Micromaster]] [[Superion (Universe)#Toys|Superion]]'''
:Large parts of combiner [[kibble]] suffer from GPS, particularly the peg that connects [[Ro-Tor (Universe)|Ro-Tor]] to Superion's torso piece.<ref name="tfwsuper">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/300674-warning-universe-micromaster-superion-suffers-gold-plastic-syndrome.html TFW2005 thread about Micromaster Superion suffering from Gold Plastic Syndrome, with multiple reports]</ref> The white painted fists are also highly susceptible to breaking at the clips.
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====Energon====
*'''[[Scorponok (Energon)#Energon|Scorponok]]'''
:The pale gold plastic used in several parts of this toy seem to be prone, notably the (largely painted) front panels of the shoulders. The weight of the arms alone when in robot mode can be enough to cause the panels to break and tear in half.
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====Cybertron====
*'''[[Repugnus (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Repugnus]]'''
:Repugnus is a more recent victim of GPS. His thigh covers and robot mode "hands"/''Spinosaurus'' head are made of black-painted gold plastic. Insertion of his flail weapon into his hands can cause his thin jaw parts to break into pieces. His thigh covers are not affected due to their static position and lack of moving parts. There were several unaltered re-releases of the original figure up until 2010, making it not the last figure with GPS to be manufactured (see below) but technically the last one to be commercialized.
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====Star Wars: Transformers====
*'''[[Millennium Falcon]]/[[Han Solo]] & [[Chewbacca]]'''
:Particularly, the Chewbacca half suffers from GPS. His legs can lock up and ultimately snap off. His upper arms are also said to fall victim as well.<ref>http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=2481&size=0&start=101</ref>
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====Transformers (2007)====
*'''[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Protoform Starscream]]'''
:One of the latest sufferers of GPS. The plastic hinges that connect the two small wings to his body are especially brittle, because the plastic housing the joints is thin and gives way over time to a crumbly mess. The thumbs are also prone to break.
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====Revenge of the Fallen (2009)====
*'''[[Stratosphere#Toys|Stratosphere]]'''
:The latest known victim, Stratosphere suffers from GPS in his legs and shoulders.
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====Other notable instances====
*'''''[[Diaclone]]'' Powered Convoy'''
:The "[[Vacuum metallizing|chrome]]" version of the [[pre-Transformer]] version of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Notes|Ultra Magnus]] has this problem with its swirly ''blue'' plastic.
*'''[[Serpentor]]'''
:While not a Transformer, he is also known to suffer from this problem—especially through his hips, given the leg construction found on G.I. Joe toys of the era.
*'''''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Motormaster (G1)#Unite_Warriors|Motormaster]]'''
:As with Powered Convoy, the ''Unite Warriors'' release of Motormaster is prone to breakage on the waist due to his swirly gunmetal plastic.

==Toys often mistaken for having GPS==
A number of toys have gold parts that easily break not due to the plastic used, but due to structural problems with the part designs themselves.

*'''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2007)]] [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Scorponok (Movie)#Legends_Class_toys|Scorponok]]'''
:Legends Scorponok's tail stinger, originally soft and bendy, tends to harden after a while and then becomes prone to breaking. While the stinger ''is'' made of a golden plastic, the cause for this problem appears to be the use of an inferior plasticizer rather than traditional Gold Plastic Syndrome.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
At some point during the great war, a vaccine for Gold Plastic Syndrome was developed by [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} [[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle]] claimed to be the only licensee of the cure in the [[Nexus]] Cluster. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Swindle's Spiel, 2015/10/03}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 185.0 Beta]], the [[S.T.A.R.S.]] weaponized Gold Plastic Syndrome and invented the [[Photodegradation|Photo Degradation Protocol]] in a failed attempt to fight off [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron's]] mindless hordes of [[Decepto-Pack]]-enhanced human slaves. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04}}

===''Timelines''===
[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] contracted GPS during the war against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. The disease prevented him from properly combining into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Ratchet (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Customization class G2 Ratchet bio}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcjAUN5Ssj8 Demonstration of Gold Plastic Syndrome in effect at YouTube]
*[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4496 G███ P██████ S███████ at the SCP Founda][DATA EXPUNGED]user missing
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[[File:G1Megatron toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|In your dreams, American fans.]]
The United States is a very litigious society. If a child is injured or (heaven forbid) killed by use or abuse of a toy, that child's parents are very likely to sue the toy manufacturer. Plus there is the cavalcade of bad press and word-of-mouth that will accompany the suit, ruining a toymaker's reputation. On top of, of course, ''injured kid. That's bad.''

As such, [[Hasbro]] puts its toys through rigorous testing, '''for safety reasons'''. Sometimes, a [[Toy|Transformers toy]] has to be [[design change|altered from the original design]] in order to maintain safety standards, which vary from country to country.

==Safety testing==
[[File:DVD 20thPrime.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Stubbimus Prime]]
Hasbro has several tests that come up frequently. One of the more famous ones is the "drop test." As its name implies, this involves dropping a toy from great heights in order to ascertain whether or not said toy will break, and if any of the parts which may have broken loose could potentially injure a child (sharp edges, swallowable/chokeable bits, etc.). This is often cited as the reason [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] has not been reissued in the United States, as well as the reason for the shortened smokestacks on the shoulders of various [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime toys]] (it's a common mistake to assume this started in 1988 with the [[Powermaster]] version;<ref>For one thing the pegs on Powermaster Prime's shoulder-cannons were brittle as hell!</ref> however, it was actually the Japanese [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]] version that had the shorter stacks, not the Hasbro Optimus Prime version). This test is also used to determine the durability of a toy's packaging, making sure that ''only'' the packaging is damaged should it be dropped.

Other tests have similar goals, generally concerned with breakage issues. Hence, the Japanese version of [[Vector Prime]] has hard plastic wings, but the U.S. version uses a rubbery material less likely to accidentally snap off or gouge out the eye of a child (or a particularly clumsy adult). Even as early as 1985, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] were altered to have blunted nosecones, and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] jets had rubber nosecones instead of hard plastic. Again, this was likely to prevent trauma from a thrown or jabbed toy.

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==Safety standards==
[[File:G1Thunder clash toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm a choking hazard!]]
[[File:MachineWarsPrime.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|I'm not!]]
Besides the safety testing, Hasbro (and other toy manufacturers) try to make sure their products conform to certain standards. Some of these standards are self-imposed, while others are mandated at the state or national level. Most notably, these laws include choke laws, which are designed to prevent small parts (''especially'' projectiles) from being lodged in a child's windpipe, the use of toxic materials like lead-based paints (which ''was'' an issue with the short-lived [[The Transformers (toyline)#Mexican & South American Transformers|Mexican ''The Transformers'' line]])...

...Aaaaaand toy gun laws which are designed to prevent scenarios where police mistake a "realistic" toy gun, like say, [[Megatron (G1)/toys|the original Megatron]], as an actual firearm and shoot or arrest the person carrying it. U.S. law requires that toy guns have either an orange plug in the barrel, or a barrel made out of unpainted orange plastic.
[[File:TF-Commemorative-Series-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you thought orange plugs were bad enough, well...]]Some states have even more stringent laws, which require that toy guns must be brightly colored and must not resemble real-world firearms (such toy guns are almost exclusively water guns, Nerf products, or resemble real firearms but have [[Neon|neon]] colors and cartoonish proportions). Some retailers won't even carry realistic toy guns ''anyway'', so that's a double-whammy in some places. Which is why ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Sixshot#Generations|Sixshot]] doesn't have a "gun" mode, but he ''does'' have a "submarine" mode that ''totally isn't'' the exact same configuration just turned upside-down how could you even think that.

Note that the major federal toy gun law was enacted in 1988, and applies to all toy guns manufactured after May 1989. As such, it is entirely legal for dealers to sell original G1 Megatron figures, as they are grandfathered in; but any later American release of the toy WOULD have to meet these standards, hence the "Safety/Lava Bath Megatron" toy, which STILL failed to meet these guidelines, as the entire external surface was not (and likely could not be) made from a single color of plastic. As a result, an American reissue of G1 Megatron has never happened, yet he gets reissued like crazy in Japan, which has very different toy safety laws and doesn't have any restrictions on toy guns.

Also note that there's no size limitation anywhere in the legal regulations. As a consequence, even the recent [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] [[Legends Class]] [[Megatron (G1)/toys#2010Legend|Megatron]] has to sport an orange barrel, despite his tiny size.

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==Articulation and safety==
[[File:BW-toy Packrat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|Ball joints are safer?]]
During the time Hasbro started to make its own molds to represent characters as toys instead of importing from other toy lines, the company noticed that the safety standards of a toy had to withstand a pulling force of 20 pounds to deem them safe. Because most toys in those days had little to no outward movement in their legs or arms, they would rather quickly break with little force, so most figures were made with fused legs, preventing kids from pulling the legs apart. Because of this, most of the toys dropped articulation to make the figures stronger, turning a large amount of them into "[[Brick (term)|brick]]s". During the time [[Takio Ejima]] started working on the brand, he noted that they could make the toys safer by the use of [[ball joint]]s, making it easier for the toy to pass the test, and still have the full range of motion. This idea would even change the standard of articulation outside the Transformers brand.

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==Safety standards are still changing==
[[File:Megatronclassicstoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Acceptable in 2006... and not a day later.]]
Note that changes to previously released toys to conform to modern-day safety standards aren't limited to [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]] of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' toys: For the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' (2008)]]/''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] [[Superion (ROTF)|giftset]], Hasbro retooled the nosecone of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Treadshot (Energon)|Treadshot]]/[[Windrazor (Energon)|Windrazor]] sculpt to be less pointy—a sculpt that had originally been released a mere five years earlier.

Similarly, a Generation 1-era sculpt that could previously be reused in its original state may unexpectedly need to be changed within the space of a few years. [[Movor]]'s toy from 2001 is a redeco of [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], with no detectable physical changes, but in 2003 another redeco of the same sculpt had to be retooled to round off the nosecone.

''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Megatron]], released in 2006, turns into a weapon heavily inspired by a [[Nerf]] N-Strike Maverick blaster with a bright orange cap on the end of both the scope and the barrel. With Hasbro's ever-more-conservative legal department, even this deco was not deemed sufficient for long. This figure would not see release again in the U.S. for ''ten years'', and when it finally did come out again it was [[Megatron_(G1)/toys#Platinum_Edition|almost entirely stop-sign red]]. Considering [[wikia:nerf:N-Strike Elite#Blasters|what color schemes]] [[wikia:nerf:Elite_XD#Elite XD products|''actual'' Nerf blasters]] released at retail in the interim time have sported, how much of this is ''really'' due to genuine safety concerns and how much is just down to Hasbro's concern for the public perception of the ''Transformers'' brand is anyone's guess.

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==Safety standards in other countries==
The USA isn't the only country with rigid toy safety standards that affect Transformers. In fact, some countries have safety standards that are even ''more'' rigid than anything the USA has. Examples:

[[File:GiGmissiles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Awww ''come on'', Italy.]]
*In Italy's ''[[Trasformer]]'' {{sic}} line by [[GiG]], many toys' missile launchers didn't have their springs removed, but the missiles ''did'' have comically-huge giant rubber balls attached to the tips. Some of the subsequent, officially-licensed-by-Hasbro ''Transformers'' re-releases of those toys still featured the same kind of missiles. Makes those elongated [[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]] missiles seem not so bad after all, huh?
*Whereas European toy gun laws are more relaxed, hence making the import of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Generation 1 Megatron]] reissues and ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Megatron less of a legal hassle, Australia actually has ''harsher'' regulations than the US, officially classifying MP Megatron as a "firearm replica". Some Australian states even consider the ''possession'' of the toy ''illegal'', even if it was painted in bright orange or sported a permanently glued on orange plug. In the state of Queensland the only way to circumvent this problem requires joining some kind of registered ''firearms'' Collectors' Club.<ref>[http://www.csapo.com.au/ttf/TCTF_Club.htm Details about the legal situation concerning the import and possession of Masterpiece Megatron in Australia]</ref>
*Members of the European Union don't consider American safety regulations sufficient, but require their own safety tests, with the toys having to adhere to the European standard EN 71. As a consequence, toys that are perfectly fine to be released in the USA might occasionally not be considered suitable for the European market. And since Hasbro has long since abandoned producing international "variants" of toys beyond mere packaging differences, that would mean those toys simply won't come out in Europe at all. (However, while specific examples are unconfirmed, it's highly doubtful that this affects a large number of toys.)
*Conversely, Japan has comparatively ''lax'' toy safety regulations. The Japanese toy safety standard is called "ST", which can be applied to toys aimed at children under the age of 14; however, that doesn't mean that a toy ''can't'' be sold if it ''doesn't'' sport the "ST" seal. The only difference is that parents will receive a compensation if their child gets injured by playing with an "ST"-approved toy, therefore parents are more likely to buy toys that are "ST"-approved than toys that are not.
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==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|Yeah, if only..]]
*At one point Hasbro apparently considered selling the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' reissues as "adult collectables" to avoid having to adhere to US toy safety standards. [[Stock photography|Stock photos]] for the Series III figures [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]], [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]] and [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]] depict [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]] labeled as "adult collectable", as does a Toys"R"Us print ad published in [[The War Within issue 6|issue 6]] of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s first ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' mini-series<ref name="truad">[http://www.battlegrip.com/2003-toysrus-transformers-toy-reissue-advertisement/ 2003 ToysRUs Transformers Toy Reissue Advertisement] at Battlegrip.com.</ref>, while the final packaging has those labels covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*According to Hasbro, toys that represent flying characters are given more stringent drop tests and rounded/collapsible pointy-bits, as children (and the kind of adults who buy Transformers) are more prone to throwing these figures around or ramming them into things (or people).
*You know how the original Megatron turns into a realistic-looking handgun? And how there are various laws prohibiting the sale of realistic-looking toy handguns? [http://www.unicron.com/news_item/1877/ Yeah.] C'mon, you knew it was bound to happen sooner or later.
*The Generation 1-era [[sparking gimmick]] was assumed to be permanently abandoned after a Barbie doll with a similar action feature reportedly set a child's underwear on fire.<ref>No, seriously [http://diswww.mit.edu/tla/humor/442 Blading Barbie Sparks Up Hell On Wheels.]</ref> While sparking eventually returned in the form of the ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'' Dino Sparkers, those toys kept the sparks contained ''within'' the clear-plastic toys rather than spewed out, preventing possible pyrotechnics.

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==External links==
*[http://theswca.com/textf/toydeath.html Page featuring articles on the genesis of the choke-gate test, due to a missile-firing ''Battlestar Galactica'' toy.]
*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title15-vol3/xml/CFR-2011-title15-vol3-part1150.xml CFR Title 15, Part 1150, the official federal law on "realistic" toy guns and the markings thereof.]
*[http://www.btha.co.uk/toy-safety/btha-guidance-documents/toy-safety-directive/ Overview on toy safety standards in the UK]
*[http://www.cpsc.gov/PageFiles/102973/toypremguid04.pdf Pages five and six of this article give a brief summary of the federal safety guidelines regarding breakability testing.] (PDF format.)
*[https://www.theonion.com/fun-toy-banned-because-of-three-stupid-dead-kids-1819565691 ''The Onion'''s slightly snarkier take on the subject, for those who like their snarky snark snarkiness.]
*[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/leader-of-the-decepticons-yes-replica-firearm-no/article4222576/ Canadian ruling that Masterpiece Megatron does not constitute a "replica firearm" for importing purposes.]
*[http://www.mattmoylan.com/portfolio/comic/2006-11-20/ One comical way to get around customs as demonstrated by Lil Formers]

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==See also==
*[[Unpaintable plastic]]

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==Footnotes==
<references />

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James T. Kirk

2020-01-04T20:51:51Z

Tina Russell: /* Star Trek vs. Transformers */ "COOOOOON" -> "CONNNNN" (so nobody thinks Kirk is talking about raccoons)

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{{disambig3|Kirk}}
:''James Kirk is a [[Federation]]-aligned [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:STvT Kirk.jpg|thumb|225px|What does... [[Primus]]... need with a... starship?]]

Captain '''James Tiberius Kirk''' leads the crew of the starship ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' on their five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no man has gone before.

==Fiction==
===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:DetentionEscape Captain Kirk.jpg|thumb|left|100px|His hair is 100% plastic.]]

Kirk and [[Spock]] were trapped in detention by [[Dr. Mayhem]], along with a number of others. After witnessing a number of failed escape attempts on the part of their fellow captives, Kirk and Spock simply had Dr. Mayhem transported to an alien planet, and subsequently shared a victory high-five in the corridor outside the classroom. {{storylink|Detention Escape}}
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===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
[[File:PrimesDirectivePart1-Kirk.jpg|thumb|right|200px|DeceptiCONNNNN!]]
James Tiberius Kirk was born on [[Earth]] in the 23rd century in the town of Riverside, [[Iowa]] before he went on to attend [[Starfleet]] Academy. When he ascended to the rank of captain, Kirk was given the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] and took it upon himself to memorize his ship's blueprints. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

On stardate 5892.7, the ''Enterprise'' was called to [[Cygnus Seven]], a [[dilithium]] mining colony near the [[Neutral Zone|Klingon border]], only to find that communications were jammed, forcing a landing party to beam down. Placing [[Arex (Star Trek)|Arex]] in charge in his absence, Kirk took Spock, [[Sulu]], and [[M'Ress]] down with him where they found the mining facility under attack by [[Decepticon|unmanned 20th century vehicles]]. Unable to reach the ''Enterprise'', Kirk ordered the team to protect the miners, only to be saved from gunfire himself by the sudden arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|a large truck]]. Believing it to be a weapon remote-controlled by the [[Klingon]]s, Kirk blasted the truck with his [[Phaser (weapon)|phaser]], causing it to scream in pain as it transformed into a towering humanoid. The other archaic vehicles then approached to reveal themselves as Decepticons with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordering [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to slay the organics. Though the audio disruptor waves caused debilitating pain, they had disrupted the communications interference allowing Kirk to call in a [[photon torpedo]], scaring off the Decepticons. Believing the robots had exhibited actual consciousness, Kirk summoned [[Scotty]] and [[Doctor McCoy]] to repair the truck so they could learn more, despite McCoy's skepticism. When told by Spock of similar signals to the red robot's coming from a nearby mine shaft, Kirk led Sulu and M'Ress inside to investigate. The three eventually reached a large metal wall, which burst open as the [[Autobot]]s emerged and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] demanded to know what has happened to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

[[File:PrimesDirectivePart3-KirkRatchet.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Despite the away team's more nimble bodies, the Autobots proved better fighters, quickly capturing them all, forcing Kirk to attempt diplomacy. After Kirk realized that "Optimus Prime" was the robot he'd fired on, the captain assured Jazz that his leader was being tended to before asking who the Autobots were. At Jazz's order [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] recounted the events that led to the Cybertronians finding themselves on Cygnus Seven before the Decepticons attacked the surface once again, sealing them all underground. Seeing only one way out, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] decided [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] would need to be brought back online. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

The [[Titan (group)|Titan]]'s damaged state necessitated [[binary bonding]], and Kirk volunteered to have his brain scanned, his memories combined and uploaded into the Titan's to jump-start the mighty Autobot; in doing so, Maximus ultimately plucked the schematics of the ''Enterprise'' from Kirk's mind and used them to reconfigure his [[alternate mode]] into a Cybertronian-scaled copy of the vessel. In control of the Titan, Kirk guided him out of the moon and opened fire on the nearby [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbird]] which revealed itself to be [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. In response, Kirk had Maximus transform to robot mode, their shared mind now calling itself "Fortress Tiberius", to fight his opposite. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

[[File:PrimesDirectivePart4-abiggerproblem.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

As the two Titans brawled, Kirk struggled to keep Maximus's desire for vengeance in check weighed against the temptation of the Autobot's awesome power. Though Maximus's anger nearly allowed Trypticon the edge in their duel, Kirk found the willpower to tame his comrade and downed Trypticon with a mighty left hook. As the Decepticons retreated, Kirk informed Optimus that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] was heading for the [[Klingon Empire]], no doubt to conquer it. Before pursuing the Decepticon, Kirk piloted Tiberius back to the original ''Enterprise'', disabled after a run-in with Trypticon, and beamed over the Autobots to speed along repairs. Even so, Kirk was unsure if they would have to ultimately invade the Klingon Empire, risking total war with their neighbors, in order to save it. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Though ideas were debated, the Autobots and Starfleet ultimately violated the borders of the Empire in pursuit of the hostiles. In a discussion with Optimus, Kirk was inspired to use the [[replicator]]s to create "[[Crewbot]]s" so the rest of the bridge crew could fight the Decepticons. Upon arrival at [[Kronos]] however, even with their might boosted by the released [[Kuri]] and his soldiers, the power of the Decepticons proved too much ultimately culminating in Soundwave again unleashing audio disruptor waves, bringing the Autobots and Starfleet to their knees. The Klingons however were unaffected by the frequency Soundwave used allowing them to summon a fleet of cloaked warbirds that defeated the Decepticons.

[[File:PrimesDirectivePart5-livelongandrollout.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

In the aftermath, Kirk negotiated a tentative peace with the [[Klingon High Council]], one that, to his dismay, meant leaving the Decepticons as Klingon prisoners, before he disconnected from Maximus. Though Kirk offered the Autobots safe refuge on Earth, Prime declined, confident that his people's destiny lay elsewhere, but swore to help his new friends should they ever need assistance before the two ships parted ways. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}
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==Notes==
*Like other ''[[Star Trek]]'' characters, Kirk took part in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'' crossover event, where he was responsible for defeating a version of [[Britt]].

==External links==
*[[memoryalpha:James T. Kirk|James T. Kirk]] (original) on Memory Alpha
*[[memoryalpha:James T. Kirk (alternate reality)|James T. Kirk]] (reboot version) on Memory Alpha
*{{w|James T. Kirk}} on Wikipedia

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[[Category:Starfleet]]

Prime Target (G1)

2019-12-11T08:52:29Z

Tina Russell: /* Quotes */ …I guess you lose “on” a game show, not “at”

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 episode|the live-action film series book|Prime Target (book)}}
{{episode
|image=Lord chumley plaque.jpg
|caption=...This pretty much speaks for itself.
|series=G1toon
|ep=51
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=51
|prev2=Blaster Blues
|next2=Auto-Bop
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=13
|prev3=The Golden Lagoon (episode)
|next3=War of the Dinobots
|title="Prime Target"
|written by=[[Flint Dille]] [[Buzz Dixon]]
|production code=700-50
|airdate=[[November 14]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The big-game hunter Lord Chumley begins hunting Autobots, and he's gunning for Optimus Prime.'''

==Synopsis==
Over the [[Arctic]], [[Daina|Oktober Guard One]] is flying an experimental jet, when it is suddenly speared by a submarine under the ice. She ejects, but the plane is captured. It turns out that the plane was stolen by [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]], a game hunter, who tells his manservant [[Dinsmoore]] that he needs one more thing to complete his collection... the head of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

[[File:Primetargetchumleydinsmore.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Dinsmoore, I believe the Autobots are about to suffer a series of unfortunate events!"]]
Heading into town, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] spot [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and head after them. However, it is actually a trap set by Chumley. Back at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Autobots are watching a soap opera which is interrupted by a news broadcast about the theft of the plane. Apparently, the [[Soviet Union]] is accusing the [[United States of America]] of the theft, which the United States denies, and the two countries are ready to go to [[World War III|war]]. Having not heard back from Bumblebee and Tracks, Prime orders the Autobots to search for their friends. However, Chumley has devised several traps for the Autobots and manages to capture [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], the latter of whom sends a message to Prime about the capture. Not wanting to risk the others, Prime orders the Autobots to return to base.

[[File:Primetargetbotsintraps.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And you thought Hasbro safety tests were tough.]]
While they regroup, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] sends a message to Prime, saying that he's found the missing bots, who are being held in (poorly designed) traps intended to prevent them from escaping. Chumley himself contacts Prime and requests his presence. Pissed at seeing his friends tortured, Prime overloads Chumley's screen and orders the Autobots to remain at the base.

However, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has been keeping an eye on the events and feels that Chumley, though a flesh creature, may be useful...especially since he's done more in two days than Megatron has done in two years, which [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] takes the time to point out. Unaware that Chumley is only after Prime, Megatron sends Blitzwing and Astrotrain (surprise, surprise) to make a deal between Chumley and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Arriving at Chumley's castle, Prime finds himself in a "well researched" mock-up of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He unleashes a [[Beast of Borneo|monster]] on Prime, but Prime is able to defeat it. Heading down a corridor, Prime finds a young woman imprisoned, but leaves. Blitzwing investigates, and gets trapped in a goo-net intended for Prime, much to Astrotrain's irritation. Finally, Chumley sends out a [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|mechanical scorpion]], but Prime is shot in the back by Astrotrain and apparently killed. Furious that his prize has been ruined, Chumley takes the Decepticons prisoner and defuses their energy weapons.

[[File:PrimetargetOPvsspider.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]]'s debut was not the most glamorous.]]
Knowing that Prime is alive, Bumblebee sends their coordinates to the Autobot leader, who enters the castle. A [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|mechanical spider]] is dispatched, but Prime destroys it and heads into Chumley's control room. Dinsmoore hides in a tank while Chumley frees the Decepticons on the promise that they'll fight the Autobot. Instead Astrotrain and Blitzwing go after Chumley to "See how he likes being hunted." The Autobots are freed by Prime, and Blitzwing and Astrotrain retreat after realizing that they are unarmed. Chumley is left at the mercy of Prime.

The Autobots return the plane to the Soviet Union, with Chumley strapped to its nose. The world thanks Optimus Prime for his efforts in solving the mystery.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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{{collist|2|
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (9)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (10)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (11)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (14)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (15)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (16)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (17)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (18)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (19)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (20)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (21)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (24)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (25)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (26)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (27)
}}
|c2=
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (7)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (8)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (22)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Daina|Oktober Guard One]] (1)
*[[Dinsmoore]] (2)
*[[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] (3)
*[[Hector Ramirez]] (6)
*Soviet sentry (28)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Lord chumley trophyroom.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|''Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?'']]
"She's a lovely specimen, Lord Chumley, but, there's a frightful international row brewing over it." 
"Ahhh. These things blow over... Remember the [[Boer War]]?" 
"Painfully, sir." 
"Oh, yes, well. Everybody else has forgotten it."
:—'''Dinsmoore''' and '''Chumley''' are older'n hell, apparently.

[[File:Kitchensinks-audience.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't ''you'' stand at attention when you're watching your stories?]]
'''News Announcer''': "We interrupt 'As the Kitchen Sinks' for this special news bulletin." 
'''Jazz, Blaster, Beachcomber''' and '''Grapple''' in unison: "Awwwwwwwww..."
:—The Autobots do not like to miss their soaps.

"Ah hah. Here comes the robot now. Dressed as a semi-truck. How very punctual!"
:—'''Chumley'''

"Amazing. A booby trap that actually catches boobies."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' says "boobies".

"Bah! Impenetrable! Blitzwing, how do you get into these messes?!"
:—'''Astrotrain''' vainly tries to free Blitzwing

"Decepticons! Trust them to spoil the hunt." 
"Yes, sir. Just like the Humane Society, in a way."
:—'''Chumley''' and '''Dinsmoore'''

"Smashing! Simply smashing!"
:—'''Chumley''' does his best Nigel Thornberry impression.

"Drat! Outsmarted by a lorry!"
:—'''Chumley''' loses on ''Are You Smarter Than a Tractor-Trailer?''

'''Chumley''': I say, old chaps. If I free you, will you fight Optimus Prime? 
'''Astrotrain''': Trust us! 
'''Chumley''': There he is, lads! Ha ha! Give him a good thrashing! 
[''Astrotrain immediately tries to stomp Chumley''] 
'''Astrotrain''': See how ''you'' like being hunted! 
'''Chumley''': But—you said— 
'''Blitzwing''': Never trust Decepticons, flesh creature!
:—Chumley gets a lesson in Decepticon ethics.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:HectorRamirezPrimeTarget1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Not afraid to interrupt the Autobots' soaps, even if means a [[variable voltage harness]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1KT1QoSCT8#t=01m07s to the face.] ]]
*The Oktober Guard are a Soviet special operations force from the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' cartoons and comics.
*The newscaster the Autobots observe on television is [[Hector Ramirez]], a crossover character who originated in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' and went on to appear in numerous other [[Hasbro]]/[[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] cartoons.
*Several of the Autobots are revealed to be fans of an Earth soap opera entitled ''[[As the Kitchen Sinks]]''. Clearly, they've been away from Cybertron too long. Even better, they all ''groan'' when it's interrupted.
*Beachcomber carries enough change with him to pay a tollbooth.
*Tracks and Bumblebee are on a "supply run". Sounds like they've ventured into [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]]!
*Points to this episode for keeping track of Optimus Prime's shoulder wounds–they appear very consistently after his battle with the dragon. They even become a plot point, as the robot scorpion uses them to grip Prime with its claws.
*Optimus Prime is quick to discount the possibility of the Decepticons being behind the theft of the experimental jet, despite them [[Blaster Blues|previously]] [[Traitor (episode)|stealing]] [[Enter the Nightbird|human]] [[Attack of the Autobots (episode)|tech]]. (And they [[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|would do]] [[Masquerade|so again]].)

===Real-world references===
[[File:Kitchensinks-show.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Using a hyper-advanced alien supercomputer to watch a soap opera may seem funny to you, but you're using more computing power than got us to the moon to look at ''this'' of all things.]]
*The plot of the episode appears to be loosely based on ''{{w|The Most Dangerous Game}}''.
*There was a 1914 silent film called ''{{w|Lord Chumley}}''. It probably didn't have Autobots in it.
*Dinsmoore was apparently alive for the {{w|Second Boer War}}. At least, we're assuming it's the second one, since the {{w|First Boer War|first one}} happened in the 1880s. If he was alive and could remember that one, he must be some sort of super human.
*Chumley boasts of having hunted {{w|Javan Tiger|Javanese tigers}}... which were actually hunted to extinction by the late 1970s. ''Bastard.''
*The show ''As The Kitchen Sinks'' the Autobots were watching is a reference to the show ''As The World Turns''.
*Chumley bears some resemblance to Major Minor from Snagglepuss cartoons (even down to having a head plaque ready for his next target), just ''hugely'' more resourceful and effective.
*The news report refers to the capturing of the Soviet jet as the highest point in US-Soviet tensions since the {{w|Cuban Missile Crisis}}.
[[File:Primetarget beast of borneo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Stop dragon my heart around.]]
*There is a real-world legend of a dragon that lives in Borneo.<ref>[http://www.amazingborneo.com/travel/myths-legends-of-mount-kinabalu "Myths & Legends" section of a Borneo tourism site]</ref> Specifically, it dwells on {{w|Mount Kinabalu}}... which seems to be referenced indirectly when Lord Chumley talks about having studied "the Kibularu tribe in lower Sontanga... or was it the Sontanga tribe in lower Kibularu?" ("Sontanga" is also suspiciously close to "{{w|Sintang Regency|Sintang}}", another part of Borneo.)
**Moreover, [[Flint Dille]], who co-wrote "Prime Target", had a large hand in the development of [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]]'s ''[[Inhumanoids]]'' series, which featured another reptilian monster from Borneo in the form of Sslither.<ref>[[wikia:villains:Sslither|Sslither on Villains Wiki]]</ref>
**There ''is'' an actual Bornean lizard species called the Kinabalu crested dragon,<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/mn72yqe Entry for Kinabalu crested dragon in ''A Field Guide To The Reptiles Of South-East Asia'']</ref> but it has never been known to reach [[Autobot]]-threatening sizes.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/65695019@N07/6737074543 Video of Kinabalu crested dragon]</ref>

===Animation and technical errors===
*A large number of sound effects are missing or oddly truncated throughout the episode. Inferno smashes his way into the burning building without any smashy-smashy-type noises, and a second later his wrist communicator is snipped off in total silence. Prime shoots a bear trap with only about a fourth of his usual blaster sound effect; a second later he throws open a castle gate, which only makes half of a clang.
*Likewise, there are a few lines of dialogue present in the episode's shooting script that are dropped from the final version. This in and of itself is hardly unusual, except in one instance, an odd technical glitch results. In the script, after Prime flattens Chumley's robotic scorpion, Chumley entreats Astrotrain to "help [his] machine to its feet," and Astrotrain replies "Certainly!" In the finished episode, however, Chumley's request is removed but Astrotrain's response is ''not'', leaving the Decepticon randomly saying "Certainly!" for no apparent reason.
*And finally, quite a bit of the scene editing is disjointed, cutting from place to place almost at random.
*Coloring errors:
**One of Tracks' missile launchers is blue instead of white as he and Bumblebee walk up to the crowd in the city.
**When Optimus Prime and the Autobots at HQ first transform, Optimus' headlights aren't colored white (they're the same red as his body).
**One of Jazz's fenders is blue instead of white after he's captured.
**Mirage's missile is colored black instead of white as he listens to Cosmos' broadcast.
**After he first lands at Chumley's castle, one side of Blitzwing's helmet is yellow and the other side is purple.
*The collective groans of the Autobots at their interrupted soap don't match any of their actual voices.
*A billboard urging viewers to "Don't drink and drive" has a second message to "Don't fly drive".
*When the fire hose/tentacle trap ensnares Inferno it's shown breaking off his wrist communicator twice.
*When Optimus signals the Autobots of the change in plans, his cab is shown to have rear windows (it's probably a layering error where the front windows got copied).
*During the scene when [[Chumley]] contacts Optimus at the Autobots headquarters, both [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] can be seen standing next to Optimus even though earlier, they got captured by Chumley.
*When Chumley watches Optimus through his telescope as he approaches the castle, it appears as if Optimus is "driving" through the in the sky. While it might seen that the error here is that no ground has been drawn in, if you look closely, Prime is actually "wearing" an Autobot jetpack, affixed to the top of his trailer, with jet-exhaust effects and all—he really is ''supposed'' to be flying in truck mode! The real error in this scene is the display of Prime on Chumley's monitor which has no sky or ground, and just show Optimus floating in a purple background—plus the absence of any scene that shows him landing, as the very next shot shows he has already done. In addition, the non-descript purple background on Chumley's large screen is shared by the sky outside the window, making it seem like the castle itself is moving.
*After Prime frees himself from the net, the net and chain both vanish between shots.
*Blitzwing and Astrotrain's mouths don't move as they speak their lines while approaching the beartrap.
*"Don't you know it's dangerous to play with poison, Mrs. Blackwidow?" Optimus Prime means [http://snakebuddies.net/2014/08/18/did-you-get-stung-by-a-poisonous-snake/ ''venom'', not poison].
*When Blitzwing says "Never trust Decepticons, flesh creature", Chumley mouths along. A few seconds later Blitzwing says "Look out, the Autobots are free!" in Astrotrain's voice.
*The Russian guard drops his rifle in surprised reaction to something in front of him... then turns around to find the missing jet ''behind'' him.

====Rhino DVD release====
*In the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] release of this episode, when Chumbley chides Optimus for changing the rules of his twisted game, Chumbley stands in place without stepping forward, with his mouth correctly animated to the entirety of his dialogue. In the broadcast master, Chumbley's mouth is not animated to move to the last part of his line, and he subsequently steps forward out of shot. This short sequence was not replaced with the as-broadcast footage for the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release.

===Continuity errors===
*Oktober Guard One received a sonar reading from beneath the ice while flying over in her jet. Sonar doesn't work that way.
*Any other cartoon (or real-life) jet would have completely exploded either upon being struck, or upon smashing nose-first into the ice.
*Why is footage of the "top secret Russian jet fighter" being shown on the American nightly news?
*The truck that Bumblebee pretty much just drives into has no roof. Couldn't he just transform and climb out? Unlike Tracks, he also doesn't seem to get zapped, so couldn't he also contact headquarters and activate the same homing signal he uses at the end of the episode?
*It looks like Blaster is simply "transformed" by the billboard hands (how they knew to do this to him specifically is a mystery; and how did they make him change ''size''?). Why doesn't he transform back when Chumley grabs him?
*Chumley's devices seem to change from "capture" to "kill" about the time Prime recalls the Autobots to base. Both Windcharger and Huffer narrowly escape traps that seem likely to inflict major damage, at the very least (an onrushing train and a drill descending from a streetlight, respectively).
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
**Jazz and Inferno are briefly seen at the Ark when they were actually captured by Lord Chumley. Jazz is Warpath's height.
**Some of the Autobots freed by Optimus Prime aren't the same ones that were captured: Ironhide, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Prowl, and Bluestreak bust into Chumley's control center along with Prime. Jazz and Bumblebee are there too (correctly), but what happened to the others who were captured (Tracks, Beachcomber, Grapple, Blaster and Inferno)?
*Both Tracks and Beachcomber seem to be in traps that they could easily escape from.
*Optimus Prime has spectacularly poor peripheral vision, failing to notice the giant monster right near him as he threatens that "you better hope I find ''them'' before I find ''you''."
*When Bumblebee radios Prime, the blades swinging at him conveniently disappear.
*Speaking of Bumblebee, the dialog implies that he and the others are running out of energy... yet they seem pretty lively when charging the Decepticons at the end!
*Optimus walks into a spiderweb ''that's right in front of him''.
*Because it's a crazy-huge castle, we can forgive some of the usual scale issues that let Transformers walk around inside human buildings–but Blitzwing and Astrotrain fly out of what must be one ''massive'' window opening.
*Though obviously scripted for comedic effect, it beggars belief that the Autobots were actually able to drop the jet off without the Russian soldier noticing.

===Trivia===
[[File:PrimeTarget scorpion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"You can pretend I'm [[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]! I've even got a little screen."]]
*Grapple's voice is much higher and more nasal than usual in this episode, presumably an attempt by Peter Renaday to distinguish him from Lord Chumley, whom he also voices.
*Chumley is one of the most outlandish characters in the entire series. He seems to be ''insanely'' rich, while having access to scads of ludicrous technology:
**He deploys some ''unfathomably'' improbable traps and devices. The most hilarious are a pair of giant hands that come to life from a billboard to fold up Blaster into his tape deck mode (somehow forcing him to shrink at the same time). The list also includes a [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|giant fully-animated mechanical scorpion]] that is impervious to Optimus Prime's laser fire, some sort of instant-hardening liquid which is ''also'' impervious to Astrotrain's blaster, a [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|giant mechanical black widow]], a self-animating energy net, a "holographic projection rifle" that projects fully-animated 3D images of Astrotrain and Blitzwing running through alleys and streets, complete with sound effects; giant mechanical tentacle arms (which can somehow be transported by a comparatively tiny forklift), a tube/hose/thing that is smart enough to wrap itself around Inferno ''and'' snip off his communicator, and a set of heavy steel girders which can assemble themselves into a cage while in freefall.
**Furthermore, he's somehow worked quite a few of his traps and gadgets right into publicly-owned infrastructure. A suction clamp comes snaking out of a toll booth; a giant drill comes out of a street lamp while clamps emerge from a manhole; and railroad crossing gates descend at his command.
**In addition to all the crazy technology he uses for recreational purposes, he's seen to own a submarine, a sprawling clifftop castle (with what looks like an abandoned [[oil]] refinery right next to it), a fully operational steam locomotive, a custom-modified car wash, an apartment building (which he casually burns), a veritable fleet of flatbed and other trucks, a heavy construction crane (and presumably the entire construction site where it's located), a taxi cab, a fire truck, and a barge.
**He also has the money to build a replica of part of Cybertron just to hunt Optimus in.
**Chumley's hunting and history includes:
***Hunting Javanese tigers
***Hunting a rhino in the veld
***Stalking a dragon-thing through the interior of Borneo
***Study of the "Kibularu tribe in lower Sontanga... or was it the Sontanga tribe in lower Kibularu?"
**Seriously. What does this guy ''do'' for a living??

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Jagd auf Prime'''" ("Hunt for Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 23]], [[1994]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il cacciatore'''" ("The Hunter")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Bersaglio Optimus'''" ("Target Optimus")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Target wa Convoy'''" (ターゲットはコンボイ, "The Target Is Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 4]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zhànlìpǐn Qíngtiānzhù '''" (战利品擎天柱, "Booty Optimus Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tsel nomer odin'''" (Цель номер один, "The Target Number One")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-33 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Inferno]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2016)'''
:Inferno comes with a firehose and a pair of wrist-mounted comunicators based on the scene from this episode where he is caught by Lord Chumley.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 6 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2007]] — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 05: Stagione Due Parte Terza ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-50.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Prime Target (G1)

2019-12-11T07:59:07Z

Tina Russell: /* Quotes */ "Drat! Outsmarted by a lorry!"

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 episode|the live-action film series book|Prime Target (book)}}
{{episode
|image=Lord chumley plaque.jpg
|caption=...This pretty much speaks for itself.
|series=G1toon
|ep=51
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=51
|prev2=Blaster Blues
|next2=Auto-Bop
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=13
|prev3=The Golden Lagoon (episode)
|next3=War of the Dinobots
|title="Prime Target"
|written by=[[Flint Dille]] [[Buzz Dixon]]
|production code=700-50
|airdate=[[November 14]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The big-game hunter Lord Chumley begins hunting Autobots, and he's gunning for Optimus Prime.'''

==Synopsis==
Over the [[Arctic]], [[Daina|Oktober Guard One]] is flying an experimental jet, when it is suddenly speared by a submarine under the ice. She ejects, but the plane is captured. It turns out that the plane was stolen by [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]], a game hunter, who tells his manservant [[Dinsmoore]] that he needs one more thing to complete his collection... the head of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

[[File:Primetargetchumleydinsmore.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Dinsmoore, I believe the Autobots are about to suffer a series of unfortunate events!"]]
Heading into town, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] spot [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and head after them. However, it is actually a trap set by Chumley. Back at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Autobots are watching a soap opera which is interrupted by a news broadcast about the theft of the plane. Apparently, the [[Soviet Union]] is accusing the [[United States of America]] of the theft, which the United States denies, and the two countries are ready to go to [[World War III|war]]. Having not heard back from Bumblebee and Tracks, Prime orders the Autobots to search for their friends. However, Chumley has devised several traps for the Autobots and manages to capture [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], the latter of whom sends a message to Prime about the capture. Not wanting to risk the others, Prime orders the Autobots to return to base.

[[File:Primetargetbotsintraps.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And you thought Hasbro safety tests were tough.]]
While they regroup, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] sends a message to Prime, saying that he's found the missing bots, who are being held in (poorly designed) traps intended to prevent them from escaping. Chumley himself contacts Prime and requests his presence. Pissed at seeing his friends tortured, Prime overloads Chumley's screen and orders the Autobots to remain at the base.

However, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has been keeping an eye on the events and feels that Chumley, though a flesh creature, may be useful...especially since he's done more in two days than Megatron has done in two years, which [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] takes the time to point out. Unaware that Chumley is only after Prime, Megatron sends Blitzwing and Astrotrain (surprise, surprise) to make a deal between Chumley and the [[Decepticon]]s.

Arriving at Chumley's castle, Prime finds himself in a "well researched" mock-up of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He unleashes a [[Beast of Borneo|monster]] on Prime, but Prime is able to defeat it. Heading down a corridor, Prime finds a young woman imprisoned, but leaves. Blitzwing investigates, and gets trapped in a goo-net intended for Prime, much to Astrotrain's irritation. Finally, Chumley sends out a [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|mechanical scorpion]], but Prime is shot in the back by Astrotrain and apparently killed. Furious that his prize has been ruined, Chumley takes the Decepticons prisoner and defuses their energy weapons.

[[File:PrimetargetOPvsspider.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]]'s debut was not the most glamorous.]]
Knowing that Prime is alive, Bumblebee sends their coordinates to the Autobot leader, who enters the castle. A [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|mechanical spider]] is dispatched, but Prime destroys it and heads into Chumley's control room. Dinsmoore hides in a tank while Chumley frees the Decepticons on the promise that they'll fight the Autobot. Instead Astrotrain and Blitzwing go after Chumley to "See how he likes being hunted." The Autobots are freed by Prime, and Blitzwing and Astrotrain retreat after realizing that they are unarmed. Chumley is left at the mercy of Prime.

The Autobots return the plane to the Soviet Union, with Chumley strapped to its nose. The world thanks Optimus Prime for his efforts in solving the mystery.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (9)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (10)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (11)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (14)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (15)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (16)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (17)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (18)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (19)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (20)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (21)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (24)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (25)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (26)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (27)
}}
|c2=
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (7)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (8)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (22)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Daina|Oktober Guard One]] (1)
*[[Dinsmoore]] (2)
*[[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] (3)
*[[Hector Ramirez]] (6)
*Soviet sentry (28)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Lord chumley trophyroom.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|''Look at this stuff. Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?'']]
"She's a lovely specimen, Lord Chumley, but, there's a frightful international row brewing over it." 
"Ahhh. These things blow over... Remember the [[Boer War]]?" 
"Painfully, sir." 
"Oh, yes, well. Everybody else has forgotten it."
:—'''Dinsmoore''' and '''Chumley''' are older'n hell, apparently.

[[File:Kitchensinks-audience.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't ''you'' stand at attention when you're watching your stories?]]
'''News Announcer''': "We interrupt 'As the Kitchen Sinks' for this special news bulletin." 
'''Jazz, Blaster, Beachcomber''' and '''Grapple''' in unison: "Awwwwwwwww..."
:—The Autobots do not like to miss their soaps.

"Ah hah. Here comes the robot now. Dressed as a semi-truck. How very punctual!"
:—'''Chumley'''

"Amazing. A booby trap that actually catches boobies."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' says "boobies".

"Bah! Impenetrable! Blitzwing, how do you get into these messes?!"
:—'''Astrotrain''' vainly tries to free Blitzwing

"Decepticons! Trust them to spoil the hunt." 
"Yes, sir. Just like the Humane Society, in a way."
:—'''Chumley''' and '''Dinsmoore'''

"Smashing! Simply smashing!"
:—'''Chumley''' does his best Nigel Thornberry impression.

"Drat! Outsmarted by a lorry!"
:—'''Chumley''' loses at ''Are You Smarter Than a Tractor-Trailer?''

'''Chumley''': I say, old chaps. If I free you, will you fight Optimus Prime? 
'''Astrotrain''': Trust us! 
'''Chumley''': There he is, lads! Ha ha! Give him a good thrashing! 
[''Astrotrain immediately tries to stomp Chumley''] 
'''Astrotrain''': See how ''you'' like being hunted! 
'''Chumley''': But—you said— 
'''Blitzwing''': Never trust Decepticons, flesh creature!
:—Chumley gets a lesson in Decepticon ethics.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:HectorRamirezPrimeTarget1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Not afraid to interrupt the Autobots' soaps, even if means a [[variable voltage harness]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1KT1QoSCT8#t=01m07s to the face.] ]]
*The Oktober Guard are a Soviet special operations force from the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' cartoons and comics.
*The newscaster the Autobots observe on television is [[Hector Ramirez]], a crossover character who originated in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' and went on to appear in numerous other [[Hasbro]]/[[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]] cartoons.
*Several of the Autobots are revealed to be fans of an Earth soap opera entitled ''[[As the Kitchen Sinks]]''. Clearly, they've been away from Cybertron too long. Even better, they all ''groan'' when it's interrupted.
*Beachcomber carries enough change with him to pay a tollbooth.
*Tracks and Bumblebee are on a "supply run". Sounds like they've ventured into [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]]!
*Points to this episode for keeping track of Optimus Prime's shoulder wounds–they appear very consistently after his battle with the dragon. They even become a plot point, as the robot scorpion uses them to grip Prime with its claws.
*Optimus Prime is quick to discount the possibility of the Decepticons being behind the theft of the experimental jet, despite them [[Blaster Blues|previously]] [[Traitor (episode)|stealing]] [[Enter the Nightbird|human]] [[Attack of the Autobots (episode)|tech]]. (And they [[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|would do]] [[Masquerade|so again]].)

===Real-world references===
[[File:Kitchensinks-show.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Using a hyper-advanced alien supercomputer to watch a soap opera may seem funny to you, but you're using more computing power than got us to the moon to look at ''this'' of all things.]]
*The plot of the episode appears to be loosely based on ''{{w|The Most Dangerous Game}}''.
*There was a 1914 silent film called ''{{w|Lord Chumley}}''. It probably didn't have Autobots in it.
*Dinsmoore was apparently alive for the {{w|Second Boer War}}. At least, we're assuming it's the second one, since the {{w|First Boer War|first one}} happened in the 1880s. If he was alive and could remember that one, he must be some sort of super human.
*Chumley boasts of having hunted {{w|Javan Tiger|Javanese tigers}}... which were actually hunted to extinction by the late 1970s. ''Bastard.''
*The show ''As The Kitchen Sinks'' the Autobots were watching is a reference to the show ''As The World Turns''.
*Chumley bears some resemblance to Major Minor from Snagglepuss cartoons (even down to having a head plaque ready for his next target), just ''hugely'' more resourceful and effective.
*The news report refers to the capturing of the Soviet jet as the highest point in US-Soviet tensions since the {{w|Cuban Missile Crisis}}.
[[File:Primetarget beast of borneo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Stop dragon my heart around.]]
*There is a real-world legend of a dragon that lives in Borneo.<ref>[http://www.amazingborneo.com/travel/myths-legends-of-mount-kinabalu "Myths & Legends" section of a Borneo tourism site]</ref> Specifically, it dwells on {{w|Mount Kinabalu}}... which seems to be referenced indirectly when Lord Chumley talks about having studied "the Kibularu tribe in lower Sontanga... or was it the Sontanga tribe in lower Kibularu?" ("Sontanga" is also suspiciously close to "{{w|Sintang Regency|Sintang}}", another part of Borneo.)
**Moreover, [[Flint Dille]], who co-wrote "Prime Target", had a large hand in the development of [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]]'s ''[[Inhumanoids]]'' series, which featured another reptilian monster from Borneo in the form of Sslither.<ref>[[wikia:villains:Sslither|Sslither on Villains Wiki]]</ref>
**There ''is'' an actual Bornean lizard species called the Kinabalu crested dragon,<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/mn72yqe Entry for Kinabalu crested dragon in ''A Field Guide To The Reptiles Of South-East Asia'']</ref> but it has never been known to reach [[Autobot]]-threatening sizes.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/65695019@N07/6737074543 Video of Kinabalu crested dragon]</ref>

===Animation and technical errors===
*A large number of sound effects are missing or oddly truncated throughout the episode. Inferno smashes his way into the burning building without any smashy-smashy-type noises, and a second later his wrist communicator is snipped off in total silence. Prime shoots a bear trap with only about a fourth of his usual blaster sound effect; a second later he throws open a castle gate, which only makes half of a clang.
*Likewise, there are a few lines of dialogue present in the episode's shooting script that are dropped from the final version. This in and of itself is hardly unusual, except in one instance, an odd technical glitch results. In the script, after Prime flattens Chumley's robotic scorpion, Chumley entreats Astrotrain to "help [his] machine to its feet," and Astrotrain replies "Certainly!" In the finished episode, however, Chumley's request is removed but Astrotrain's response is ''not'', leaving the Decepticon randomly saying "Certainly!" for no apparent reason.
*And finally, quite a bit of the scene editing is disjointed, cutting from place to place almost at random.
*Coloring errors:
**One of Tracks' missile launchers is blue instead of white as he and Bumblebee walk up to the crowd in the city.
**When Optimus Prime and the Autobots at HQ first transform, Optimus' headlights aren't colored white (they're the same red as his body).
**One of Jazz's fenders is blue instead of white after he's captured.
**Mirage's missile is colored black instead of white as he listens to Cosmos' broadcast.
**After he first lands at Chumley's castle, one side of Blitzwing's helmet is yellow and the other side is purple.
*The collective groans of the Autobots at their interrupted soap don't match any of their actual voices.
*A billboard urging viewers to "Don't drink and drive" has a second message to "Don't fly drive".
*When the fire hose/tentacle trap ensnares Inferno it's shown breaking off his wrist communicator twice.
*When Optimus signals the Autobots of the change in plans, his cab is shown to have rear windows (it's probably a layering error where the front windows got copied).
*During the scene when [[Chumley]] contacts Optimus at the Autobots headquarters, both [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] can be seen standing next to Optimus even though earlier, they got captured by Chumley.
*When Chumley watches Optimus through his telescope as he approaches the castle, it appears as if Optimus is "driving" through the in the sky. While it might seen that the error here is that no ground has been drawn in, if you look closely, Prime is actually "wearing" an Autobot jetpack, affixed to the top of his trailer, with jet-exhaust effects and all—he really is ''supposed'' to be flying in truck mode! The real error in this scene is the display of Prime on Chumley's monitor which has no sky or ground, and just show Optimus floating in a purple background—plus the absence of any scene that shows him landing, as the very next shot shows he has already done. In addition, the non-descript purple background on Chumley's large screen is shared by the sky outside the window, making it seem like the castle itself is moving.
*After Prime frees himself from the net, the net and chain both vanish between shots.
*Blitzwing and Astrotrain's mouths don't move as they speak their lines while approaching the beartrap.
*"Don't you know it's dangerous to play with poison, Mrs. Blackwidow?" Optimus Prime means [http://snakebuddies.net/2014/08/18/did-you-get-stung-by-a-poisonous-snake/ ''venom'', not poison].
*When Blitzwing says "Never trust Decepticons, flesh creature", Chumley mouths along. A few seconds later Blitzwing says "Look out, the Autobots are free!" in Astrotrain's voice.
*The Russian guard drops his rifle in surprised reaction to something in front of him... then turns around to find the missing jet ''behind'' him.

====Rhino DVD release====
*In the [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] release of this episode, when Chumbley chides Optimus for changing the rules of his twisted game, Chumbley stands in place without stepping forward, with his mouth correctly animated to the entirety of his dialogue. In the broadcast master, Chumbley's mouth is not animated to move to the last part of his line, and he subsequently steps forward out of shot. This short sequence was not replaced with the as-broadcast footage for the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release.

===Continuity errors===
*Oktober Guard One received a sonar reading from beneath the ice while flying over in her jet. Sonar doesn't work that way.
*Any other cartoon (or real-life) jet would have completely exploded either upon being struck, or upon smashing nose-first into the ice.
*Why is footage of the "top secret Russian jet fighter" being shown on the American nightly news?
*The truck that Bumblebee pretty much just drives into has no roof. Couldn't he just transform and climb out? Unlike Tracks, he also doesn't seem to get zapped, so couldn't he also contact headquarters and activate the same homing signal he uses at the end of the episode?
*It looks like Blaster is simply "transformed" by the billboard hands (how they knew to do this to him specifically is a mystery; and how did they make him change ''size''?). Why doesn't he transform back when Chumley grabs him?
*Chumley's devices seem to change from "capture" to "kill" about the time Prime recalls the Autobots to base. Both Windcharger and Huffer narrowly escape traps that seem likely to inflict major damage, at the very least (an onrushing train and a drill descending from a streetlight, respectively).
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
**Jazz and Inferno are briefly seen at the Ark when they were actually captured by Lord Chumley. Jazz is Warpath's height.
**Some of the Autobots freed by Optimus Prime aren't the same ones that were captured: Ironhide, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Prowl, and Bluestreak bust into Chumley's control center along with Prime. Jazz and Bumblebee are there too (correctly), but what happened to the others who were captured (Tracks, Beachcomber, Grapple, Blaster and Inferno)?
*Both Tracks and Beachcomber seem to be in traps that they could easily escape from.
*Optimus Prime has spectacularly poor peripheral vision, failing to notice the giant monster right near him as he threatens that "you better hope I find ''them'' before I find ''you''."
*When Bumblebee radios Prime, the blades swinging at him conveniently disappear.
*Speaking of Bumblebee, the dialog implies that he and the others are running out of energy... yet they seem pretty lively when charging the Decepticons at the end!
*Optimus walks into a spiderweb ''that's right in front of him''.
*Because it's a crazy-huge castle, we can forgive some of the usual scale issues that let Transformers walk around inside human buildings–but Blitzwing and Astrotrain fly out of what must be one ''massive'' window opening.
*Though obviously scripted for comedic effect, it beggars belief that the Autobots were actually able to drop the jet off without the Russian soldier noticing.

===Trivia===
[[File:PrimeTarget scorpion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"You can pretend I'm [[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]! I've even got a little screen."]]
*Grapple's voice is much higher and more nasal than usual in this episode, presumably an attempt by Peter Renaday to distinguish him from Lord Chumley, whom he also voices.
*Chumley is one of the most outlandish characters in the entire series. He seems to be ''insanely'' rich, while having access to scads of ludicrous technology:
**He deploys some ''unfathomably'' improbable traps and devices. The most hilarious are a pair of giant hands that come to life from a billboard to fold up Blaster into his tape deck mode (somehow forcing him to shrink at the same time). The list also includes a [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|giant fully-animated mechanical scorpion]] that is impervious to Optimus Prime's laser fire, some sort of instant-hardening liquid which is ''also'' impervious to Astrotrain's blaster, a [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|giant mechanical black widow]], a self-animating energy net, a "holographic projection rifle" that projects fully-animated 3D images of Astrotrain and Blitzwing running through alleys and streets, complete with sound effects; giant mechanical tentacle arms (which can somehow be transported by a comparatively tiny forklift), a tube/hose/thing that is smart enough to wrap itself around Inferno ''and'' snip off his communicator, and a set of heavy steel girders which can assemble themselves into a cage while in freefall.
**Furthermore, he's somehow worked quite a few of his traps and gadgets right into publicly-owned infrastructure. A suction clamp comes snaking out of a toll booth; a giant drill comes out of a street lamp while clamps emerge from a manhole; and railroad crossing gates descend at his command.
**In addition to all the crazy technology he uses for recreational purposes, he's seen to own a submarine, a sprawling clifftop castle (with what looks like an abandoned [[oil]] refinery right next to it), a fully operational steam locomotive, a custom-modified car wash, an apartment building (which he casually burns), a veritable fleet of flatbed and other trucks, a heavy construction crane (and presumably the entire construction site where it's located), a taxi cab, a fire truck, and a barge.
**He also has the money to build a replica of part of Cybertron just to hunt Optimus in.
**Chumley's hunting and history includes:
***Hunting Javanese tigers
***Hunting a rhino in the veld
***Stalking a dragon-thing through the interior of Borneo
***Study of the "Kibularu tribe in lower Sontanga... or was it the Sontanga tribe in lower Kibularu?"
**Seriously. What does this guy ''do'' for a living??

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Jagd auf Prime'''" ("Hunt for Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 23]], [[1994]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il cacciatore'''" ("The Hunter")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Bersaglio Optimus'''" ("Target Optimus")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Target wa Convoy'''" (ターゲットはコンボイ, "The Target Is Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 4]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zhànlìpǐn Qíngtiānzhù '''" (战利品擎天柱, "Booty Optimus Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tsel nomer odin'''" (Цель номер один, "The Target Number One")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-33 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Inferno]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2016)'''
:Inferno comes with a firehose and a pair of wrist-mounted comunicators based on the scene from this episode where he is caught by Lord Chumley.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 6 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2007]] — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 05: Stagione Due Parte Terza ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-50.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Sea Change

2019-12-10T06:09:58Z

Tina Russell: Punched up the top caption a little. Hope y’all don’t mind 😅

{{episode
|image=SeaChange Alana riding Seaspray.jpg
|caption=[[Transformer romance#Transformer - organic|Inter-species]] motorboating? In a ''kids’ show?!''
|series=G1toon
|ep=49
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=44
|prev2=The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2
|next2=Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|The Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=35
|prev3=Blaster Blues
|next3=The Search for Alpha Trion
|title="Sea Change"
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production code=700-48
|airdate=[[November 20]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Seaspray turns into a merman with robot feet and falls in love.'''

... '''wait, what?!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] is pulling a water skiing [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] around a lake, but Bumblebee wipes out while trying to jump a ramp. 'Bee decides to call it a day, as the first star comes out. Seaspray makes a wish on the star, but keeps it a secret, otherwise it won't come true.

Meanwhile, on [[Tlalak|another planet]], the [[Tlalakan]]s are all wishing for one thing... freedom from [[Deceptitran]], who has enslaved them. He has developed a unique method of gathering [[energon]] by directly harvesting it from the Tlalakans themselves. However, the Tlalakans have finally had enough, and revolt. As his droids appear incapable of stopping them, Deceptitran sends out a distress signal.

[[File:SeaChange Autobots in Cosmos.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Let's check out this 'Goatse' link Cliffjumper sent us."]]

Back on [[Earth]], Seaspray is still wishing on stars, when he suddenly receives a signal. Heading back to the [[Ark (G1)|base]], the two [[Autobot]]s show it to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]]. Perceptor can't identify any specifics, but he is sure that it's a distress signal. Optimus sends the three in [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], but the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] himself is too large to come. The Autobots depart, as Optimus wishes them luck. Before they reach the planet, Perceptor discovers that the distress signal is similar to ones intercepted during the [[Third Cybertron War]]. Seaspray suddenly realizes that they're responding to a distress signal intended for the [[Decepticon]]s. Before they can abort, Deceptitran detects them, and orders the droids to open fire. As the Autobots emerge from the crash, the droids swoop in to finish the job, when the Tlalakans suddenly attack. Seaspray manages to save one, who calls herself [[Alana]]... and Seaspray appears a little shy.

Meanwhile, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] enters the planet's atmosphere and lands in the city. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has come with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] to assist. After Deceptitran briefs Megatron on the situation, the Decepticons go Autobot hunting.

[[File:SeaChange Seaspray Bumblebee at pool.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|She's sitting in the pool because they've stolen her dress to make dusters!]]

Meanwhile, the Autobots are being taken to the [[Well of Transformation]], which the Tlalakans describe as the one secret that they have kept from Deceptitran. Unfortunately, a pair of droids have followed them in. Bumblebee downs one, while Seaspray throws another into the Well...where it dissolves. Alana explains that the Well dissolves the body, leaving only the lifeforce, which the Tlalakans use to change into whatever they want. Alana warns them not to get in, fearing that they will die just like the droid. After turning into a mermaid, Alana bids them farewell, blowing Seaspray a [[kiss]]. Bumblebee has to drag a babbling Seaspray out of the cave.

Heading to the river, the Autobots are discovered by [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]], and the rest of the Decepticons swoop in. Seaspray [[Transformation|transforms]] and takes the Autobots down the river—and right over the waterfall. Perceptor, Seaspray, and Cosmos are rescued by the Tlalakans, while Bumblebee is captured. The Autobots are taken to the Tlalakans underwater city, the only place that the Decepticons have not conquered. They meet [[Tlaloc]], their king, who loans them some warriors to rescue Bumblebee and storm the city. However, Cosmos and Perceptor are too damaged. It's just Seaspray and his men. Er, mermen. After the mermen and Alana change back into humans, some of the mermen set bombs under the city, heralding the start of the attack. The Decepticons go to attack the Tlalakans, while Bumblebee activates a homing beam. He signals Seaspray, who rescues Bumblebee and damages Deceptitran. The Tlalakans withdraw, taking Bumblebee with them, while Seaspray and Alana go to the well. Unfortunately, Laserbeak follows Bumblebee underwater...

In the control room, Deceptitran is having a panic attack, causing Megatron to simply turn him off (why he doesn't do that with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] is beyond anyone's guess). Megatron receives a signal from Laserbeak, and promises to join their little friend in a short while...

[[File:SeaChange Mermaid Seaspray and Alana.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Robo-Conan & Robo-Sonya]]

In the forest, the Tlalakans are being chased by the droids, but manage to reach the Well of Transformation. Seaspray asks if Alana really believes he would die if he went in, but Alana points out that they're both machines. Feeling dejected, Seaspray resolves to go into the Well, as Alana cries out in horror. Believing him dead, Alana muses that she ''did'' love Seaspray...only for Seaspray to emerge as a blond muscle man, but with robot feet (and for some reason, still a gargling voice). The two jump into the Well and change into merpeople. They discover that the city is under attack by the Decepticons, but Seaspray doesn't have any weapons systems as a merman. Spotting them, Megatron orders Rumble to follow. Rumble begins firing, only for his body to also be affected by the Well. Alana begins to tell Rumble to think of a big tree, or become lost. Rumble survives...as a tree. Seaspray resumes his old robot mode, while Alana takes one of her own, as a measure for fighting Decepticons, but she likes her color (guess what [[Elita One (G1)|it]] [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|is]]). On the surface, Seaspray and Alana head to the above water city (with Alana transforming into a gondola) and attack Deceptitran's forces.

[[File:SeaChange Alana Deceptitran.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Boy, you are too fat to be my ''botfriend''!]]

Underwater, the Decepticons are overwhelming the Autobots and Tlalakans, when Megatron receives a mayday from Deceptitran. Megatron is willing to leave Deceptitran to die, but the energon must be protected. Heading back for the city, the Decepticons spot Seaspray, and follow him into the energon warehouse. However, the droids fire on the Decepticons, as Alana has reprogrammed Decepitran to serve her. The explosion causes a massive tremor, destroys the city and causes Rumble, back in the caves, to fall into the Well of Transformation, allowing him to change back. Megatron orders Astrotrain to transform and take them off the planet.

As the Tlalakans celebrate, Alana has retaken her human form, but tells Seaspray that they won't let it ruin their relationship. As the two sail off into the sunset, Bumblebee notices the first star, and asks if anyone wants to make a wish. Perceptor asks why, and Bee says that it's merely a [[human]] superstition he heard...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (1)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (2)
* [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (9)
|c2=
* [[Deceptitran]] (6)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (10)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (11)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (12)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (13)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (14)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (15)
|h3=[[Tlalakan]]s|c3=
* [[Chac]] (3)
* [[Alana]] (4)
* [[Mok]] (5)
* [[Tlaloc]] (16)
* [[Rarto]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Hey, look! The first star of the evening. Whaddaya say we make a wish?" 
"I know what ''my'' wish is... no more water skiing!"
:—'''Seaspray''' and '''Bumblebee'''

"Oh no...my paint job's... ruined."
:—borrowing a page from [[Carnage in C-Minor|Broadside]] and [[B.O.T. (episode)|Gears']] playbook, '''Cosmos''' sweats the small stuff before collapsing

"She kissed me! She kissed me!" 
"Ah, dream on, bubble-brain..."
:—'''Seaspray''' and '''Bumblebee''' on Seaspray's love life

"Maybe that is all I am, a bunch of transistors and bolts, but I don't believe it! My heart may look like an energon pump but that doesn't mean it can't feel."
:—'''Seaspray'''

"Transform, you sponge, and get us out of here!"
:—'''Megatron''' destroys Astrotrain's self-esteem with what appears to be a sea-related insult. Mercy.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:SeaChange Deceptitran.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
* More interplanetary dealings by Megatron! He's apparently built himself some kind of little empire off-screen, given the content of this episode and "[[The Gambler]]".
* Gadgets and powers:
** Seaspray picks up Deceptitran's distress call. He has to muck with some component inside his chest to do it.
** Cosmos is explicitly shown changing size when he transforms inside Autobot Headquarters; he converts to ship mode, then suddenly enlarges enough to accommodate his three passengers.
* Cosmos flies straight out of the volcano's cone, a rarely-used but apparently viable means of leaving Autobot Headquarters.
*Bumblebee's original [[bio]] notes that he's good at underwater operations, and of course Seaspray is made for such work. Still, the implication of both bios is that the ''other'' Autobots ''aren't'' real good underwater... but here, as with every other underwater episode, all of them are equally at home. In fact, Bumblebee is portrayed [[Humanization|coughing and sputtering]] after going over the falls.
* As with the [[Atlantis, Arise!|Sub-Atlanticans]], the Tlalakans can talk underwater.
* Seaspray's faceplate can apparently change colour when smitten. Powerglide does not show the same reaction when put in the same situation in "[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]".
* Exactly why Seaspray and Rumble are able to survive and even use the [[Well of Transformation]] isn't really explored within the episode. The concept of the [[Spark]] wasn't well established at this point in the franchise, but is an excellent explanation as to why Deceptitran's drones are destroyed while full-fledged Transformers are not.
* Rumble is frigging stupid.

===Real-world references===
[[File:SeaChange Bumblebee wipeout.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|It went almost as well as Dinobot football.]]
[[File:SeaChange Tlalakans escaping.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
* The term "sea change" simply means [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20change a significant transformation,] though, {{w|Ariel's Song|when Shakespeare coined it}}, he was talking about the substance of a body literally being changed by the sea (such as bone being replaced with coral).
* This episode marks the Autobots' third foray into Earth sports, as Bumblebee gives water skiing a try (see also "[[The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders]]" and "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]") The Stunticons will later have a go at it in "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".
* The vaguely Meso-American aesthetic of the natives and the word "Tlalakan" itself suggests that the planet is meant to evoke {{w|Tlalocan}}, the "heaven" in Aztec cosmology reserved for those who died by drowning or had an otherwise water-related death. That's, uh, actually pretty morbid!
* One of the Tlalakan natives is even named {{w|Tlaloc}}, after the Aztec god of rain and water who ruled Tlalocan. Hopefully, he didn't demand child sacrifices like the real one...
*Conversely, another of the natives is named Chac, which is very similar to {{w|Chaac}}, who was a Mayan god of rain.
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** [[Lightsaber]]s clashing and slashing equipment as the drones whip the workers.
** Diving [[X-wing Fighter]]s as Cosmos first approaches the city, and again when Astrotrain makes the same approach.
** ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine roar as Laserbeak takes off to pursue Seaspray.
** [[TIE Fighter]] roar as Laserbeak flies into Astrotrain.

===Animation and technical errors===
* As he's water skiing, Bumblebee is supposed to ski up to the ramp and then over it, but instead he's floating a few feet above the water before he even gets to it. Then a layering error has him flying past the ramp (in front of it, looking tiny) instead of going over it. Then part of his feet and skis disappear after he clears the ramp.
*Ventriliquist bots:
** "Because that is my programming!" - Deceptitran's mouth doesn't move as he laughs after delivering this line.
** Prime's mouthplate doesn't move as he restates Perceptor's analysis.
** Perceptor groans in pain twice after the crash... but the second time, it's the more visibly damaged Cosmos who's on-screen.
** Alana has already moved underwater when she says "I'l see you there".
** The shot of the Autobots going over the waterfall is repeated before and after the commercial break. The first time, the Autobots are crying out as they fall; the second time, they're silent.
** Seaspray orders Bumblebee to go with the Tlalakans, but one of the Tlalakans is shown mouthing his words.
** "Hey, what's going on?!" - tree-Rumble's mouth doesn't move as he speaks this line.
** Tree-Rumble's cough (as he falls in the water) is provided by Astrotrain's voice actor.
* Coloring errors:
** When the guards dump Chac, Alana's legs are colored green, as if she's wearing pants. (Heavens forefend!)
**While analyzing the distress signal, Perceptor's helmet is red.
** "We came as soon as we got your request for help" - two bits of Megatron's Decepticon symbol aren't colored in.
** Seaspray's back is yellow instead of white as Laserbeak flies overhead.
** One of Soundwave's hands is white as he captures Bumblebee.
** As the firing Decepticons advance on the undersea city, Rumble has Frenzy's color scheme.
** Megatron's fusion cannon is white instead of dark gray as he flies out of the city to attack the rebels.
** "They must not escape!" - Deceptitran's mouth is the same gray as his face, where it is darker gray in other scenes. The same error happens as he responds to Cosmos's arrival over the city.
** When Deceptitran radios Megatron to tell him the energon supplies are in jeopardy, Soundwave's cheekguards and eject button are blue instead of white; then his visor changes from red to white.
** Soundwave is colored as Perceptor, and Astrotrain as Cosmos, when the Decepticons leave to save the energon.
** When the droids first start firing on the Decepticons, the walls are shown glowing energon pink, but they haven't reached the energon stockpile yet.
** around the time when Megatron calls a retreat, Soundwave's visor is white.
** "Destroy the Autobot!" - as the Decepticons run along, Soundwave's missing his eject button, has some black stripes on his chest, and has blue cheekguards again.
* Missing body parts:
** As we looking over Perceptor's shoulder in Autobot Headquarters, his head is missing! His cannon's also missing some of its black coloration.
** When Seaspray and Bumblebee are seen carrying Cosmos, only Cosmos' upper half is there! Perceptor's missing his Autobot symbol as he walks behind the other Autobots.
** As Seaspray warns Mok, his left arm is missing.
** "It's those blasted rebels again" - Astrotrain's right wing is missing.
** When Rumble is ordered by Megatron to follow Seaspray and Alana, his rear-mounted weapon disappears as he moves forward; meanwhile, Megatron's gun barrel is missing.
* When Alana runs to assist Chac, the first cell is reversed, making her appear to be on the wrong side of the screen for an instant.
* Lots of misaligned glow effects in this episode:
** When Seaspray starts to receive the distress message, a glow effect is shown, but it's not illuminating any of his components.
** In the first shot of Cosmos beginning to enter the atmosphere, the heat flame effect is off to one side of him.
** When the droids open fire on Cosmos, the laser beams are misaligned so that they're not coming from the guns, but from a bit to the right of the guns.
** When they first attack the city to rescue Bumblebee, a couple of the rebel's shots aren't aligned with their guns.
** The glow of Bumblebee's homing beacon is not inside the lines of the buttons he's pushing in two successive shots. Neither are the glowing components on Seaspray's side as he receives the signal.
* In the nighttime establishing shot of Autobot Headquarters, the ship is tilted much more steeply than usual, almost vertical to the ground.
* In the first shot of the newly arrived Decepticons, Rumble's model is replaced by one Deceptitran's droid's. Also, Dirge and Soundwave are both missing their Decepticon symbols.
* As Deceptitran tells Megatron about the Autobots, he's floating above the floor instead of sitting on it.
* Soundwave's 'con symbol is missing again as he moves to capture Bumblebee.
* Flying Autobots:
** Perceptor and Bumblebee are showing "flying" along underwater without moving their limbs, despite not having any means of propulsion. Seaspray should be using his propellers, but he's not.
* Missing [[Transformation#The noise|transformation noise]]:
** After randomly declaring that "we may be able to repair ourselves after all" for no apparent reason, Perceptor transforms to robot mode with no transformation sound.
** The Decepticons land and transform in sequence to pursue Seaspray into the energon warehouse, but only a single transformation sound effect plays. Dirge finishes his transformation in silence.
* When Alana tells Seaspray to take the tunnel to the surface, Seaspray stops - but his propellors are drawn as though they're still spinning, even though they're not moving.
* Seaspray's shot (which severs Deceptitran's arm) doesn't get the usual Autobot laser sound effect.
* Megatron tells Dirge and the droids to chase Seaspray and Alana, but only the droids go. One of the droids freezes in place behind Megatron as he lands.
* When Rumble moves forward to start the attack, the perspective of his body doesn't correspond to the perspective of his gun.
* Wrong laser sounds:
** Dirge gets a non-standard laser effect as he fires at Seaspray.
** Megatron's fusion cannon doesn't make its standard sound as he laughs during the attack.
[[File:G1-Cartoon-SeaChange-Rumble-Tree.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Rumble's plan to attract hot tree huggers goes awry.]]
* After Rumble's and Seaspray's transformative glow effects vanish, the backgrounds don't change back to normal with it.
* When Rumble is changed into a tree, he appears to be simply a tree with a mouth and eye holes, but during his close-up, his face is its regular, robotic self, apart from the fact his visor is now two separate eyes. The tree images in generally look rather unfinished.
* The animators did a pretty good job of remembering that Deceptitran is missing an arm, but it briefly reappears as Alana and Seaspray approach for the second time.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Cosmos in space.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Inside: Seaspray, Bumblebee, Perceptor, and two of every animal in its kind.]]
[[File:SeaChange Energy syphon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|He's like 50 Dr. Arkevilles.]]
*In all of its other appearances, Cosmos's interior is shown to have light grey walls with a dark grey floor. For this episode only, his interior is the same burnt orange color as the interior of Autobot HQ.
* Moreover, he's got a carrying capacity far greater than what was shown in "[[Blaster Blues]]" and "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]" (though comparable to what's shown in "[[Quest for Survival]]".) He ''does'' turn away Optimus Prime as being too big to fit, implying that there is ''some'' kind of size limit on his interior.
* In "The Ultimate Doom" it was shown that Dr. Arkeville couldn't even fill 1 energon cube with his brain power, yet the energy from Chac instantly fills a cube. Deceptitran's equipment appears to do a full-body power drain from the Tlalakans, as opposed to just using "mind energy" as Starscream did.
*Although Tlaloc appears to be among the mer-Tlalakans leading the escaping prisoners away, he later expresses surprise that Alana and Mok are free.
* As usual, it's a bit weird that Perceptor transforms to microscope mode to look at a screen.
* Why is Dirge setting up a probe to extract information from Bumblebee? Megatron's got Soundwave right there, and [[Roll for It|he's done this]] [[War of the Dinobots|multiple times before]]. Aside from being [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette-guy]], it's kind of his main thing.
* After Alana and Seaspray rescue Bumblebee, Megatron orders "Dirge! Droids! Follow them!" However, Dirge, who is standing right next to him, doesn't move. And he's still depicted with Megatron in the very next scene, when Megatron is dealing with the hysterical Deceptitran.
*It's implied that the Tlalakans can only change form while in the Well of Transformation, yet Alana's transformation between robot and gondola modes uses the same effect as a Tlalakan changing, rather than a traditional Transformer transformation (as you would expect from her having imitated Cosmos's species) and she's nowhere near the Well. Likewise, she changes from a pink metal robot into a brown wooden boat.
*Also, how is Alana able to shoot lasers when transformed? It looks like they just come out of her body!

===Trivia===
* Number of times someone says "Destroy the Autobots": 4
* "I'm, uh, sorry about what happened to your city," says Seaspray, in a hilariously avoidant use of the passive voice - "what happened" to it was that ''Seaspray blew it up!''

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il pianeta Tritone'''" ("The Planet Tritone")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Cambio di marea'''" ("Change of Tide")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Henshin no Izumi'''" (変身の泉, "The Spring of Transformation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 16]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bàngwǎn de Xīngxīng '''" (傍晚的星星, "Stars at Nightfall")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Morje menyayetsya'''" (Море меняется, "The Sea Is Changing")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
{{-}}

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Seaspray.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And they look at you ... and they KNOW. And they say "Who's Alanna?"]]
*'''Seaspray''' (Legends Class, [[2017]])
**''Accessories'': Blaster/roof

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' and ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Seaspray's inner forearms have [[Alana]]'s name (though spelled "Alan'''n'''a") engraved in [[Alphabet#Autobot script|Ancient Autobot]] in reference to this episode. Apparently he ran out and got the Autobot equivalent of a tattoo.
{{-}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 6 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 05: Stagione Due Parte Terza ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-48.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Shibuya Manufacturing Corporation

2019-12-09T21:13:40Z

Tina Russell: Change the external link (see my post in the talk page)

[[File:Kremzeek Shibuya Electronic Manu.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
'''Shibuya Electronic Manufacturing Corporation''' (渋谷エレクトロニック製造工業㊑) is a company in [[Japan]] that manufactures electronics, including [[television]] sets. Doctor [[Sōji Yoshikawa]] works there.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Kremzeek (G1)|Kremzeek]], during his rampage in [[Tokyo]], entered Shibuya's electronics factory and began destroying the television sets on the automated production line, attracting the attention of Dr. Yoshikawa. Unfortunately things went from bad to worse when [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] attempted to fry the creature and instead caused it to multiply, overrunning the factory. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Shibuya Manufacturing, Worldwide, provided facilities for the [[Trainbot|Raiden Initiative]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 27/9/2015}}

==Notes==

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shibuya Denki Kōgyō Seisakusho''' (渋谷電機工業製作所)

==External links==
*The real-life [http://shibuya-seisakusyo.com Shibuya Seisakusho Co. Ltd.], est. [[1970]]

[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon businesses]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations‎]]

Talk:Shibuya Manufacturing Corporation

2019-12-09T21:06:02Z

Tina Russell: /* External link */ new section

== External link ==

I think it’s a little specious to link to [https://www.shibuya-group.co.jp/en/ Shibuya Company, Ltd.] as though it’s the Shibuya Electronic Manufacturing Corporation portrayed in “Kremzeek.” I’m guessing [[David Wise]] was writing a fictionalized Sony or Toshiba type company and just gave it the name of a region in Tokyo—has anyone asked him about this? For now, I’ll just change the link to [http://shibuya-seisakusyo.com Shibuya Seisakusyo Co. Ltd.], as that one is a ''much'' closer match to the Japanese name. (Both companies existed well before the eighties.) (There’s also a [https://www.shibuya-smc.co.jp Shibuya Machinery Co. Ltd], but again, I don’t think Wise was referencing any of these.) [[User:Tina Russell|Tina Russell]] ([[User talk:Tina Russell|talk]]) 16:06, 9 December 2019 (EST)

The Gambler

2019-12-09T18:49:25Z

Tina Russell: /* Trivia */ Fix broken reflink

{{episode
|image=Lordgyconireclines.jpg
|caption=You may have been a good smuggler once, but now you're bantha fodder!
|series=G1toon
|ep=47
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=36
|prev2=The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)
|next2=The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
|title="The Gambler"
|written by=[[Michael Charles Hill]]
|production code=700-46
|airdate=[[November 11]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''On the return journey from Aron's world, the Autobots are captured by a gambling-addicted alien and traded away, leaving Smokescreen and the Autobot bounty hunter Devcon to rescue them.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Gamblerautosintubes.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin' is knowin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep.]]
The Autobots are returning to earth after their adventure on [[Brobdingnag]], when their "toy rocket" space ship suddenly comes to a halt. They are captured by an alien captain named [[Bosch]]. Bosch deactivates them and intends to sell the Autobots as slaves in exchange for energon. However, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]'s tube malfunctions and he remains functional, though temporarily immobilized.

Smokescreen learns that Bosch is a gambler. After demonstrating his ability to manipulate a slot machine, he takes Bosch's proposition to go to [[Monacus]], a gambling asteroid, and win enough energon to repower Bosch's ship in exchange for the freedom of the rest of the Autobots.

Bosch and Smokescreen end up at the "Pit of Destruction" arena of [[Gyconi|Lord Gyconi]], a local swindler, where they use the Autobots as collateral for a very high-interest loan of energon chips. At a casino, Smokescreen builds up quite a stack of winnings and lets it all ride on one last bet, but one of the casino workers breaks his link with a slot machine and he loses everything. Unable to buy back his friends, Smokescreen vows that Gyconi hasn't seen the last of him.

[[File:Gamblersmokescreenbets.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.]]

Meanwhile, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] arrive on the planet in [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and head towards the city. They are followed by a mysterious blue Autobot.

In a local tavern, Smokescreen meets the mysterious Autobot, who introduces himself as [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]; he's a bounty hunter searching for Decepticons.

[[File:Gamblerdevconslizardo.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|For a taste of your whiskey, I'll give you some advice.]]

In Gyconi's lair, Ramjet and Dirge shake down the big green frogman for a share of his profits. He invites the two Decepticon planes to stay and watch the upcoming battle in his arena: the Autobots versus the Animaliens. Before the show, Gyconi fixes the fight by giving the Autobots unstable energon which will wear off and make them defenseless.

The fight begins as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], under Gyconi's control, takes on an ugly red lizard animalien. At first the Autobot leader holds his own, prompting a lot of patrons to bet on him, but then his power runs out and he's overcome. [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] is forced into the arena for the next match, but before it starts, Smokescreen fills the place with smoke and forces everyone out. Ramjet and Dirge chase him down, but he's saved by Devcon.

[[File:Gambleranimalianfight.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.]]

Gyconi and the Decepticons load up Astrotrain with energon cubes in order to make a getaway, but Smokescreen, Devcon and Bosch confront them. During a fierce firefight, Smokescreen uses his smoke again to confuse the Decepticons. They take off aboard Astrotrain and Devcon chases after them, taking Slizardo with him as a partner.

The Autobots are returned to normal and Bosch offers to take them back to earth, but only after a quick stop at casino row.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (1)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (4)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (5)
* [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] (14)
|c2=
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (12)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (13)
|c4=
* [[Bosch]] (6)
* Monacan loan shark (7)
* [[Animalien]] (8)
* [[Slizardo]] (9)
* [[Gyconi]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Gambler Bosch.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"Oh dear!" said the cat, "You did not like our game... oh dear, what a shame!
What a shame!"]]
"Arrrgh! I can't even beat my own machine anymore, and I had it fixed so I could cheat!"
:—'''Bosch''' has a stroke of bad luck.

"The name is Smokescreen, and I never walk when I can drive."
:—'''Smokescreen'''

'''Dirge:''' "We've been hearing ''stories'', Gyconi, ''stories'' that make Megatron very unhappy." 
'''Gyconi:''' "Stories?! What kind of... stories?" 
'''Ramjet:''' "That you have been skimming energon off the top." 
'''Gyconi:''' "LIES!" 
:—the Coneheads play enforcer on Lord Gyconi

"Ladies and gentlemen! Tonight for the first time anywhere in the galaxies, you will witness the pugilistic spectacle of the millennium!"
:—'''Lord Gyconi''' talks up his gladiator show.

"What ''were'' those things?" 
"Decepticons. They are enemies of the Autobots." 
"They shouldn't be allowed to run loose like that!"
:—'''Bosch''' and '''Smokescreen'''

"Now, prepare to meet my friend... [[Ionic displacer rifle|Mr. Ionic Displacer!]]"
:—'''Astrotrain'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Gambler Slizardo.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Not my eye! Artoo, help!]]
* This episode follows the events of "[[Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play]]".
* This episode introduces the rather curious notion that Megatron is somehow involved in the galactic gambling trade, sending his thugs to make sure Gyconi isn't taking a cut for himself on the side. "[[Sea Change]]" will likewise show that Megatron's interests extend well beyond Earth and Cybertron; the exploratory trip at the beginning of "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]" also fits this pattern.
*Slizardo would eventually return in the season 3 episode "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]" alongside the [[Skuxxoid]].
*Devcon would later be featured in the [[Transformers: The Wreckers|''Wreckers'' comic]].
*Astrotrain refers to his ionic displacer rifle by that name.
* When Optimus gives the order to roll out, Perceptor transforms into giant microscope mode [[Child's Play (episode)|again]], though we don't actually see him rolling on-screen.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Smokescreen can deploy a cable from his wrist which lets him control machinery to some unknown extent - enough to make a slot machine come up as a winner, at least.

===Real-world references===
[[File:Monacus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|You will never find a more wretched hive of -- wait, this part's not a reference.]]
[[File:TheGambler alien audience.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|They're going to execute Optimus Prime, and if we're not careful, us too!]]
[[File:Smokescreen gambler 4.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Utinni!]]
*{{w|Sheol}}, the name of Lord Gyconi's part of town, is a Hebrew word that means "the grave", and is sometimes used as a synonym or euphemism for Hell.
*When an alien turns down Bosch's offer of the Autobots as collateral, saying he's "got robots up to [his] eyeballs", he advises Bosch to go see someone named Asimov. {{w|Isaac Asimov}} was a science-fiction writer known for his stories about robots (duh).
*Monacus is named for the real-world sovereign state of Monaco, famous for its casino.
* Bosch shares his name with a {{w|Robert Bosch GmbH|multinational corporation}} known for making, among other things, automotive components. They were one of the sponsors of Don Devendorf's Electramotive Racing 280ZX, which was the inspiration for Smokescreen's alt mode. Coincidence?
* Astrotrain's line about his gun is cribbed from Al Pacino's famous "Say hello to my little friend!" from the end of ''Scarface''.
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** Clashing and sparking [[lightsaber]]s as the energy draining tubes rise up around the Autobots.
** Lightsaber-reflecting-Seeker-bolts as Bosch activates the tubes.
** ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst as Dirge and Ramjet take off after Smokescreen.
*Speaking of, this episode's got a real ''Return of the Jedi'' fetish going on:
** The Animalians are pretty flagrantly a ripoff of the [[wikia:starwars:Rancor|Rancor]].
** The lavender-colored aliens in Gyconi's audience are based on the alien [[wikia:starwars:Ree-Yees|Ree-Yees]].
** There's a [[wikia:starwars:Jawa|Jawa]] doppelganger at the casino, a hooded guy with glowing yellow eyes set in an otherwise totally obscured face.
** And of course there's a prominently featured [[wikia:starwars:Jabba Desilijic Tiure|slug-like overweight alien crime lord]] who likes throwing victims into his monster pit, with an [[wikia:starwars:Salacious B. Crumb|excitable, jabbering lizard-like creature who speaks in garbled nonsense]] at his side.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Coloring errors:
** When Perceptor stands up to address the rocket's issues, the dial on his lens cannon is red instead of white.
** In the first shot of the Autobots inside the tubes, Perceptor's chest is all red, with none of its white bits.
** When Smokescreen's tube breaks, his chest and legs are black where they should be red.
** "WE could clean up" - one of Smokescreen's eyes changes from blue to white as he delivers this line.
** Smokescreen's chest is all blue when they are next seen in Gyconi's office.
** When Smokescreen transforms after nearly running down Slizardo, his headcrest is white, the sides of his legs are gray instead of blue/red, and his leg-windows are red.

* As the Autobots walk into the lab, Prime's grill is missing its horizontal lines, Smokescreen's door and right arm are missing, and Perceptor's lens cannon is missing.
* An overhead shot shows the Autobots in a cluster. When they're inside the tubes (which rose up around them where they stood), they're side by side in a line.
* Smokescreen's waist is HUGE as he has his gun taken away while paralyzed. The same goofy proportions recur a few more times, such as when he leaves Gyconi's office the second time.
* "You Lose" is lit up in pink in the close-up shot, but in blue in the wider shot.
* As Smokescreen stands in front of the slot machine after playing it, his waist has a line on one side without a mirrored counterpart on the other side.
[[File:Smokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"See? All out of Kenny Rogers jokes."]]
* Smokescreen's wrist widget only appears when he's specifically showing it off; in all other shots of that wrist, it's missing.
*The animation of the tubes opening to release the brainwashed Autobots is just the shot of them closing played backwards — unfortunately this means that Smokescreen appears to be in one of the tubes when he shouldn't be.
* Smokescreen's forehead crest is blue instead of yellow as he exits Bosch's shuttle.
** And again as Bosch explains to Slizardo that they've come on business.
** And again as Smokescreen accepts Lord Gyconi's offer.
** And again as he reacts in anger to the 1-hour deadline.
** And again as he introduces himself to Devcon.
** And again after he and Bosch have left the arena fight.
** And (holy ''crap'') ''again'' as Bosch translates Slizardo's message about Astrotrain.
** And OMG AGAIN as Smokescreen and Devcon shelter behind a rock.
** AND AGAIN as Smokescreen stands up for Bosch. (same shot - Perceptor's cannon is black instead of red.)
* Smokescreen's door-wings are missing as he first walks into the arena stands.
*As the Autobots are returned to their original size, shouldn't the container they were in shatter? There's no breaking sound effect. Also, Inferno's head-guard thing, and Perceptor's cannon, are both black instead of red.
* "We have more energon chips than we'll ever need!" - said energon chips are not lit up to glow, appearing black instead.
** Several stray chips are likewise not lit up as Smokescreen bets it all.
** As the smoke fills the arena and patrons grab at a pile of energon chips, the bulk of the chips appear black.
** More black energon cubes as the Autobots start loading Astrotrain up. In the same shot, Astrotrain has a huge yellow panel that's not usually there.
* The lowering platform in Gyconi's room is left unanimated, making the Autobots appear to vanish directly into a paving stone.
* The bouncers roughing up Slizardo change in each shot they appear in. First they appear as white and red robots with ear antennas, then moments later they're purple robots with WWI German style helmets, then as they fall past Smokescreen, the animators split the difference, with one being the purple type and one being the white and red type.
* Devcon's head-gun is missing as he turns in response to Smokescreen's call.
* Dirge's cockpit is drawn flat - flush with his chassis - as he picks up the tickets from Gyconi's desk.
* When patrons grab energon chips out of Slizado's hands, a number of chips are simply left hanging in mid-air in front of him.
* As Gyconi pushes the Autobots into Astrotrain, they stop moving forward; however, Optimus is still bobbing back and forth like he's walking.
*When Bosch advances on Gyconi, he walks forward, in front of Slizardo; but Slizardo's animation cell is still layered in front of him, resulting in him appearing much smaller than Bosch.
* As the Autobots prepare to depart for Casino Row, as soon as Inferno completes transformation to vehicle mode, Perceptor instantly appears alongside him in microscope mode.

===Continuity errors===
*In terms of airdates, this episode is ''definitely'' played out of order, as we've seen several of the characters that are still trying to escape from Aron's planet in "[[Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play]]" on Earth prior to this one. The series on [[Netflix]] corrects this.
* How did the Autobots manage to fill the toy rocket ship with giant computer consoles and such?
* At any point after the "temporary" paralyzing effects of Bosch's gun wears off, Smokescreen is given ample opportunities to simply force Bosch to free his friends. He is clearly more interested in this gambling trip than saving his friends... good thing for him that Prime was comatose when it all happened!
* Bosch says he's out of energon to run his ship, but he's still got enough power to shrink 4 Autobots, fly off to some asteroid, and unshrink the Autobots - seems like plenty of energy!
* Bosch is consistently shown to be about the same height as Smokescreen... yet somehow he rides inside Smokescreen's car mode.
* Both times Smokescreen shoots his smoke out, the Decepticons are shown coughing (even though, again, Transformers are robots and don't have real throats or lungs).
* In the closing scene, Bosch says he's restored his ship... but he's still on the asteroid, where he traveled by shuttle.

===Trivia===
[[File:Gambler Gyconi Ramjet and Dirge.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Ni Jabba no boddah!]]
* Charles Michael Hill originally wrote this story for ''[http://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Challenge_of_the_GoBots_(cartoon) Challenge of the GoBots]'', in what became the episode "[http://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Gameworld Gameworld]". But he disliked the interference and rewrites forced on him by story editors Jeff Segal and Kelly Ward and felt ''The Transformers'' was the perfect opportunity to get the story done right.<ref>http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/michael-charles-hill/michael-charles-hill-1.html</ref>
* This is one of the only two pre-movie episodes in which [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] does not appear, the other being "[[The God Gambit]]". Both have Astrotrain and two Seekers in them.
* Before the Botcon comic, the overwhelming majority of the fandom spelled Devcon's name Defcon, which is closer to the pronunciation given in the episode and has a real world meaning. Many in the fandom were up in arms about the spelling; however, the comic spelling is based on the original script and is now considered the "correct" spelling.

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il giocatore d'azzardo'''" ("The Gambler")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Il giocatore'''" ("The Player")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gamble Wakusei Monacus'''" (ギャンブル惑星モナカス, "Monacus the Planet of Gambling")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 14]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dǔgùn '''" (赌棍, "The Gambler")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
:*''[[Devcon (G1)#Toys]]''

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 5 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 05: Stagione Due Parte Terza ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-46.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

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[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Blaster Blues

2019-12-05T16:52:10Z

Tina Russell: /* Trivia */ I think it's funnier if "Carly has never been to the moon before" is stated flatly; your mileage may vary

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=39
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=50
|prev2=The Core
|next2=Prime Target (episode)
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=34
|prev3=Microbots
|next3=Sea Change
|image=BlasterBlues Megatron threatens Blaster.jpg
|caption="No, Megatron! My girlfriend will break me up!"
|title="Blaster Blues"
|production code=#700-38
|airdate=[[October 23]], 1985
|written by=[[Larry Strauss]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Decepticons hijack Earth's airwaves. Yet somehow, you are still able to watch this episode.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Blasterbluesconcertcrowd.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Did Spike and Carly take an Autobot on all of their dates?]]

[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly]] are at a rock concert, having taken [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] along for the music. Enjoying the concert, Spike wishes that the rest of the [[Autobot]]s could hear the music, so Blaster begins transmitting to all of them. Off in space, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] gets a real kick out of the music.

At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] are observing [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s target practice on [[Teletraan I]], when Blaster's music from the concert begins playing on their channel. Sparkplug and most of the Autobots are not enjoying the overwhelming volume, but [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] gets the chance to show off his dancing skills.

At the [[Haley Observatory]], [[Haley|Professor Haley]] introduces his new creation, the [[Voltronic Galaxer]], to his fellow scientists. The device is intended to translate Earth's recordings into other languages and broadcast them into space, in search of intelligent life. Seemingly, the Transformers don't count. During his first test of the device, the scientist is quite surprised when he gets a response... which turns to horror when he sees it's the Decepticons. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], as he is oft wont to do, begins firing randomly, but [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to stop, saying that they need the Voltronic Galaxer.

At the Autobot base, Optimus Prime is so annoyed by the music that he outright tells Blaster to "shut up", but to no avail. Only a distress call from the scientist finally gets Blaster to stop. After the Autobots arrive at the observatory, they find that the Decepticons have already fled with their prize. Optimus Prime vows to find it and bring the Voltronic Galaxer back.

[[File:Blasterbluesprimedirectstraffic.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime's day job]]

Splitting up into groups, the Autobots begin the search. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], Spike and Carly have already searched half the hemisphere, while Cosmos and Blaster are searching outer space. They locate the Decepticons in a [[Decepticon lunar dome base|base]] on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where Megatron is plotting to take control of Earth's radio airwaves. Blaster and Cosmos are caught, however, before they can contact the Autobots. Blaster is forced into use as a transcrambler, while Cosmos powers the device. Megatron orders the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] to return to Earth as the radio blackout commences.

On Earth, the communications blackout is scrambling even the Autobots' radio channels. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] barely manage to stop a forest fire, while [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] free motorists trapped on a frozen highway, where [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] attack.

[[File:Blasterbluespgcarriesprime.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm not paid enough to carry this around.]]

At an airport, Powerglide is attempting to land, when Starscream and [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] attack, damaging both Powerglide and Optimus Prime. Spike manages to strap a [[jet pack]] onto Powerglide, giving him some extra boost. As Megatron begins broadcasting his demands to Earth, Blaster plays music from the concert on the same channel. Carly recognizes the tunes and manages to track the transmission back to the Moon. They head for the Autobot base. Carly does some quick repairs on Optimus then the two teens and Powerglide load Prime onto Omega, who takes them to space.

Once Omega lands on the Moon, Megatron and Astrotrain attack him. Omega manages to get his hand on Megatron, but Astrotrain rams Omega in train mode, causing him to release Megatron. Astrotrain then flees and Omega transforms into rocket mode and follows. Seeing Optimus Prime defenseless, Megatron decides to hit him while he's down, only for the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] to reactivate just in time to defend himself.

[[File:Blasterbluesop&mdance.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|One shall stand; one shall get tossed around a little bit and run away crying "Retreat!!"]]

With no one to guard them, Blaster and Cosmos cause the voltronic galaxer to receive feedback and explode. Seeing his latest technology ruined, Megatron retreats. After freeing them, Blaster mentions that he could rebuild the Decepticon moonbase into a new Autobot base. Cosmos likes the idea, as it would give him some company. Optimus agrees, but orders him to keep an eye on his volume.

Soon, however, Blaster is back to transmitting loud rock music over the air waves again. Some stereos never learn.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (3)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (6)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (8)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (9)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (17)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (18)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (19)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (20)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (21)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (22)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (24)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (25)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (26)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (30)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (31)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (33)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (11)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (23)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (35)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (36)

|c3=
*[[Carly]] (1)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (2)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (7)
*[[Haley|Professor Haley]] (10)
*Air Traffic Controllers (27)
*Pilot (28)
*Railroad workers (29)
*Meteorologist (31)
*Motorists (34)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:BlasterBlues Professor Haley.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey, everyone, it's Tuuuuuuesday, and you're listening to the Giant Botcast...]]
"Where are you? In another galaxy?" 
"''Much'' closer than ''that!!'' Huhu~hwa~ha~hahaha~haha~hahaha!!"
:—'''Professor Haley''' contacts '''Megatron''', the master of dry wit.

'''Optimus''': My audio receptors! What is that noise?! 
'''Hoist''': Humans call it 'music'. 
'''Sparkplug''': Not ''this'' human! 
'''Jazz''': Sounds all right to me!
:—Sparkplug and the Autobots share their opinions on Blaster's choice in music.

"The Earth is but a speck on the arm of the universe."
:—'''Human scientist''' bolstering his race's importance in the cosmos.

"Blaster! Decrease volume! ... Blaster! '''SHUT UP!'''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' in another fine example of subordinate management.

'''Ironhide''': Where did the call originate? 
'''Optimus''': I don't know! All I can hear is that blasted Blaster!
:—[[Peter Cullen]]'s annoyance at Blaster's loud music.

[[File:BlasterBlues blaster altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Today on Capitol Hill, the fish was delish, and according to [[United Nations|UN]] Secretary Council members, it made quite a dish. You are listening to member-supported public radio.]]
"Hey, talk about no place. I can't even get a bottom 40 station out here."
:—'''Blaster''' doesn't enjoy outer space duty inside Cosmos.

"It's Blaster!" 
"Why that son of an 8-track."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Trailbreaker'''

"Release Autobots, Megatron!" 
"Never!" 
"Reeeelease them!"
:—'''Omega Supreme''' adds some "hands on" pressure to dealing with '''Megatron'''

"Looks like the big boy needs a little training!"
:—'''Astrotrain''', proving the pun is indeed mightier than the sword. Unfortunately, it's not as mighty as Omega Supreme.

==Notes==

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Blasterbluestrailerchase.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Last one out of the parking lot gets stuck with the check.]]
[[File:Trailbreakerdance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[https://shortpacked.com/comic/iammegatron '''''I... AM... TRAILBREAKER!!!''''']]]
*Jazz has righteous moves, but they are limited by his bulky body.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Blaster's boom box mode in the opening scenes is as tall as a human.
**Red Alert's "horns" flash to indicate Decepticon activity, just like in "[[Auto Berserk]]". This time they're orange, though.
**Ratchet and the rest can deploy tire studs to deal with snow-covered roads.
**Hoist deploys a long snakey tentacle with a claw at the end to catch a falling motorist. How many devices can he [[Auto Berserk|carry]], anyway??
**This time, Trailbreaker's forcefield just kind of radiates out of thin air in front of his head. He's able to form it into a dome, which he can then place where he wants it... but, to his later misfortune, he remains outside the dome himself.
**Powerglide can deploy a suction cup line capable of carrying wounded Autobots around like limp ragdolls, leaving them flapping in the breeze.... say, aren't you supposed to ''not move'' the injured?
**Omega Supreme clearly leaves most of himself behind when he launches for the Moon. When he arrives there, he lands in rocket mode amid a cloud of smoke... and when the smoke clears, the left-behind bits have appeared. Later, he transforms out of just the rocket (conveniently off-screen) while in mid-flight.
*Where's the trailer go?:
**During the scene at the observatory, Optimus transforms and drives away, and there is an extended moment where his trailer drives off after him to catch up.
*Omega Supreme actually uses whole sentences in this episode. That's just crazy.

===Real-world references===
[[File:BlasterBlues Haley Observatory.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*The names of Professor Haley and his eponymous observatory are likely inspired by {{w|Halley's Comet}}, which was beginning its once-every-76-years trip through the inner solar system when the episode aired in late [[1985]].
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst is strangely repurposed as the burning fires at the observatory as the Decepticons close in.
**[[X-wing Fighter|X-Wings]] diving, ''Falcon'' engine burst, and [[Death Star]] superlaser all in a row as the Decepticons launch from the observatory.
**''Falcon'' engine burst as Megatron takes off from Astrotrain
**X-Wings diving as the 'cons fly aboard Astrotrain
**Death Star superlaser as Astrotrain pursues Cosmos.
**[[TIE Fighter]] engine as Cosmos evades.
**The Death Star door slide is used as a steam engine sound effect.
**A [[Stormtrooper (SW)|Stormtrooper]]'s laser gun is used to soundtrack Ramjet and Thundercracker's attack on Inferno and Red Alert, possibly taken from when [[Luke Skywalker|Luke]] & [[Han Solo|Han]] ambush the stormtroopers aboard the ''Falcon''.
**''Falcon'' engine burst as Megatron launches from the Moon.
*Trailbreaker mentions 8-tracks. Did kids in 1985 even know what an 8-track is?
*"Bang, zoom, to the Moon!" - Powerglide's line is a play on a signature line of Ralph Kramden from ''[[The Honeymooners]]''...whose actor Jackie Gleason was also the inspiration for Powerglide's voice.
*"Parting is such sweet sorrow!" - Megatron prepares to kill Prime while quoting one of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] most famous lines.

===Animation and technical errors===
*The rock band at the concert is playing ''two songs at once'', both "[[Cold Slither (song)|Cold Slither]]" and the generic big band/hard rock song. "Cold Slither" is missing a moment later when Blaster sends the music to the Autobots.
*The guitarist is seen 'playing' his guitar with only his right arm, as his left (which should be doing the fretwork) is up in the air.
*The arena's seats have more than a seat's width between them. The owners must've been expecting some ''seriously'' fat patrons.
*Cosmos's voice in his first couple of lines lacks his usual self-echo.
*As Megatron gloats on top of the observatory, his laugh plays over itself (i.e., the same laugh twice).
*Improbable viewpoints:
**So Blaster sends the music from the concert to the Autobots. How does he manage to send a 3rd-person view of ''himself'' at the same time?
**Do Tracks and Huffer have a video camera with them to report in to Prime?
**Does Prime have a camera stationed at the city docks to show Powerglide flying in aimless circles?
*The reporter at the observatory has already written down Professor Haley's words before he's finished saying them.
*Recycled footage:
**Prime's trailer rolling in from offscreen seems to be recycled from "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]".
**The shot of Ironhide, Trailbreaker and Hound converting to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is lifted from "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"
**The pan of Sunstreaker and Sideswipe transforming comes right out of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
**The same "MTMTE1" scene is mined again to show Trailbreaker transforming as the Autobots deploy to deal with the loss of radio communications.
*Astrotrain has no transformation sound effect as he leaves the tunnel and converts from train to shuttle.
[[File:Blasterbluesprowlcarries.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Coloring error not included.]]
*Coloring errors:
**Trailbreaker's eyeband is black instead of blue as Optimus quizzes the professor about the Voltronic Galaxer. The points of his cheeks are colored blue instead.
**Cosmos's "cap" is green instead of red as he lands on the Moon.
**Prowl's head crest is white instead of red as he closes Ratchet's passenger compartment (and can't Ratchet do that himself?)
**Blaster's forehead is red instead of white as Megatron threatens him.
**Cosmos's helmet is green instead of red as Prime frees Blaster (which, by the way, seems to consist of just helping him to his feet, rather than freeing him from any "welding" done by Astrotrain.)
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots: Prime's initial squad fluctuates all over the place.
**The initial group receiving the transmission is Prime, Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Hoist & Cliffjumper.
**Mirage, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Hound show up to transform prior to rolling out, and are not seen again. Trailbreaker shows up at the same time.
**Bumblebee, Wheeljack, and Prowl (or maybe Bluestreak) show up as the Autobots depart.
**The group that finally arrives at the observatory is Prime, Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Hoist, Bumblebee & Trailbreaker, which means we've lost seven guys.
*When the Autobots drive away from the observatory, a shot of the Autobots from the front shows them driving over bare rock rather than the asphalt road.
*Powerglide's cockpit has changed from a fighter-plane-like single-seater (seen in "[[Dinobot Island, Part 1]]"), to a side-by-side like a passenger jet.
*When Megatron is first shown setting down the Voltronic Galaxer in their moon base, Thundercracker is to his left, Starscream to his right. In the very next panning shot showing Cosmos' approach through the window, Thundercracker is to Megatron's right.
*"This your idea of a joke?" Blaster's line lacks the usual processing.
*Red Alert's "horns" flash orange. Last time, they flashed blue.
*Despite knowing about the pending aerial attack, Red Alert keeps shooting at the trees. It seems likely that the animators recycled previous footage, perhaps not realizing he should be aiming skyward.
*Whatever damage Powerglide sustained from Ramjet pretty much disappears after Spike puts the jetpack on him.
*Blaster first pushes his left-most button. Later, it's the middle two that are deployed. After Megatron kicks him, all but one are engaged.
[[File:Omegasupreme astrotrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Pretty damn big, that's how much.]]
*The whole sequence of Megatron discovering Blaster's subterfuge is a bit wonky. Blaster sniggers loudly, Megatron suddenly says "What was that?", then there's a beep and the rock music is heard. The animators/sound guys seem to have not quite gotten the sequence of events down correctly.
*When Spike cheers on Omega Supreme, both his lips ''and'' Carly's are moving.
*When Astrotrain rams Omega Supreme's leg, Omega holds still for two seconds, then drops Megatron.
*If Astrotrain is big enough to hold all the Decepticons, then how big does that make Omega Supreme in the picture to the right here?
*One gun, many lasers:
**When Optimus fires at the fleeing Megatron, he only has one gun, yet four or five lasers streak past Megatron.
*Blaster has four small switches on his chest for most of the episode (clearly seen as when Megatron kicks him towards the end), but is drawn with three large ones after Prime frees him.
*At the end of the episode, Blaster seemingly is supposed to be playing his rock tune yet again, complete with Prime yelling at him for it and the other Autobots chasing Blaster off into the sunset... but the music is missing. Oops!

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Blasterbluesonthemoon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"No no, it is totally worth risking the complete failure of the plan to have gloating rights over a couple of guys whose names I probably can't remember!"]]
[[File:BlasterBlues Carly Spike in spacesuits.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*You have to wonder if Megatron thought out all the parts to this plan, given that it would be a lot easier for human society to adapt to life without radio, than life without electricity, petroleum and fossil fuels, and so on... Actually, how would we ''use'' said radio waves, without the power resources the 'Cons would strip out of the planet in exchange for ceasing their jamming?
*Furthermore, one might question the wisdom of leaving two conscious Autobots right across from the critical device... with one of them ''fully armed''. The episode's teleplay explains this a bit better: in it, Cosmos is not treated so dismissively by Megatron, who needs his "magnificent super-sonic engines" to power the transmitter, and at the episode's climax, Cosmos was not supposed to ''shoot'' the transmitter, but rather, exploit his function as a power source to help Blaster overload the machine. Still, there doesn't appear to be any good reason they couldn't have done this a ''lot'' sooner.
*In a world full of Transformers running around on the evening news (and showing up in arcades, research labs, dams, power plants, and basically everywhere), why would a scientist still speak of alien life as though it were some unproved hypothesis?
*One of the journalists in the crowd that's listening to Prof. Haley explain the voltronic galaxer has a portion of the speech ("...enabling alien life to translate them to their own language.") already written on his notepad before the professor even finishes speaking that line.
[[File:BlasterBlues Megatron voltronic galaxer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit!]]
*In a rare instance of a falling human seeming to incur some actual injury, Professor Haley is apparently knocked unconscious by falling off the Voltronic Galaxer. Of course, he's up and (literally) running by the time the Autobots arrive (and still hanging out inside the burning building, apparently).
*The joy of size changing: Blaster rides inside Cosmos to the Moon, and in the next scene Cosmos and Blaster are side by side and Blaster is almost twice as tall as Cosmos. Cosmos's improbably large interior has just enough for Blaster to sit inside of. "[[Sea Change]]" and "[[Quest for Survival]]" will portray it as even larger, with room for multiple passengers to walk around.
*The passenger jets at the airport are shown swerving and maneuvering as though they were small-scaled fighters.
*Maybe Astrotrain's alternate mode ''does'' make sense in the bizarre world of cartoon Earth... because the railroad workers are trying to clear the track for a ''steam locomotive''.
*One of the railroad men says he will "radio [the train] to the auxiliary track", but no other track is actually shown.
*Only one guy leaps clear of the steam engine. Where's the fireman?
*Okay, so it's great that Optimus is directing traffic at this one airport, but... what about the hundreds of other airports out there? Much like "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]", the Autobots seem to lack a plan to deal with the actual ''cause'' of the problems.
*If Carly can trace the source of Megatron's transmissions, she really didn't need to wait until they heard Blaster's music.
*If Powerglide's [[jet pack]] is ''out of fuel'', then ''how does he keep flying??''
*Ratchet's team was mostly in [[robot mode]] when they were buried. They emerge from the snow in vehicle mode. Also, all the buried and exploded cars have vanished.
*Does Omega Supreme just keep some human-sized space suits handy? 'Cause Spike and Carly suddenly pop up in space suits when it's time to go to the Moon.

===A loony lunar lineup of astronomical errors===
*As with every other outer space episode in the series, Cosmos, Astrotrain, and all the rest get full sound effects in outer space and on the Moon's surface. Of course, media of far higher caliber than ''The Transformers'' have made the same error, generally because it'd be pretty boring to watch a bunch of silent ships fly around, so we'll let this one slide.
*The depicted activities of any Transformer on the Moon do not bear any resemblance to the movements of creatures under gravity one-sixth that of Earth's own.
*Cosmos really shouldn't have to switch off his engines once he reaches the Moon; he should have just switched them off as soon as he escaped Earth's gravity well.
*Blaster somehow manages to ''listen'' in on the Decepticons across the airless surface of the Moon.
*The burning [[Decepticon lunar dome base]] continues burning and trailing smoke as if it were in an atmosphere.
*Carly: "I've never been to the Moon before!" NO. REALLY??

===Trivia===
*Throughout the script, '''Trailbreaker''' is referred to as '''Trailblazer''', a name which popped up during "[[A Prime Problem]]".
*Carly has never been to the Moon before.

===Foreign localization===

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Linee di raggruppamento'''" ("Meeting up Lines")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Il Blues di Blaster'''" ("The Blues of Blaster")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Broadcast Blues'''" (ブロードキャスト・ブルース)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 27]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lándiào Lùyīnjī '''" (蓝调录音机, "Blues Recorder")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 4 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-38.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

A Prime Problem

2019-11-17T01:02:31Z

Tina Russell: /* Continuity errors */ Only the _real_ Optimus Prime would summarily execute Starscream…?

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=27
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=22
|prev2=The Insecticon Syndrome
|next2=City of Steel (episode)
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=31
|prev3=Enter the Nightbird
|next3=The Insecticon Syndrome
|image=Primedeux.jpg
|caption=Double your pleasure...
|title="A Prime Problem"
|production code=#700-26
|airdate=[[October 2]], 1985
|written by=[[Dick Robbins]] [[Bryce Malek]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Unknown Generation 1 animation studios|Unknown]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Megatron creates a clone of Optimus Prime to lure the Autobots to their doom.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:PrimeProblem Decepticons at crevasse.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|All right, who wants to dive first?]]
The Decepticons discover a crevasse in the [[Earth]] from which is emanating strange energy readings. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] stops [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] from diving straight in, and orders [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to send in an [[autoscout]]. They quickly determine that the crevasse is full of dangerous [[korlonium crystal]]s, which destroy anything with electronic [[circuits|circuitry]] on contact, and decide to try to trick the [[Autobot]]s into entering the crevasse. To that end they retire to their nearby [[Incredibly tall rocket|temporary operations base]].

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots show up at the scene shortly, but before they can learn more about the lights, they are attacked by a Decepticon squad led by Starscream. Megatron dispatches [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]], who knocks Prime over a cliff with a few well-aimed shots and puts him out of commission. The Decepticon then beams holographic pictures of the Autobot leader back to Megatron, who uses them to create a [[Optimus Prime clone|remote-controlled clone]] out of a [[clone synthesizer]].

[[File:PrimeProblem Megatron prime splitscreen.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Speed, I will not let you race in this race!]]
While the real Optimus is still clambering out of the pit he fell into, the clone leads the Autobots back to base. There are some awkward moments when the clone addresses [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] as "[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]]", fails to work [[Teletraan I]], and doesn't even remember giving Teletraan I a check up earlier that day, but the Autobots are distracted by the perimeter alarm sounding — the real Optimus Prime has arrived back at base. Under the clone's leadership, the Autobots prepare to shoot the real Prime as an impostor, but Ironhide stops them, announcing that no one's shooting anyone until they determine who's really Optimus Prime.

[[File:PrimeProblem Twin primes rev up.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|THIS is how you REALLY blow off steam!]]
Teletraan I scans both Primes, but is unable to determine which of them is fake. The clone excels at sharp-shooting, and when it's the real Prime's turn, the rocky outcrop they're using as a target falls on him. Fortunately Optimus shrugs the rubble off. A race to the end of the flats and back is even less conclusive. Any further tests are interrupted by Teletraan I reporting an increase in activity from the crevasse — in reality the work of Megatron's [[energy amplifier]]s. Ironhide announces he's taking command while Optimus Prime's identity is uncertain and the Autobots set out for the crevasse.

Naturally, they soon run into a Decepticon ambush. From the Decepticon base, Megatron and Starscream watch the fight. Megatron has decided that to win the Autobots' trust completely, the false Prime will have to destroy a Decepticon. Furthermore, he's picked Starscream to take the fall. Starscream isn't too enthusiastic about this plan, and makes a run for it. He's seen leaving the base by [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]], who then watch Laserbeak drag the protesting Decepticon back to base, enabling the pair to slip in unnoticed. Megatron explains the part of his plan that he neglected to mention earlier: that the Prime clone will only be destroying a clone of Starscream. Windcharger and Spike watch the production of Starscream's clone, and start back to warn the Autobots, but are spotted — Spike is captured by Laserbeak while Windcharger falls into the crevasse.

[[File:PrimeProblem Windcharger scrap.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|No bacon on the salad!]]
Out on the battlefield, both Autobots and Decepticons alike are surprised when the [[Starscream clone (G1)|Starscream clone]] joins in and immediately challenges one of the Optimus Primes to a duel to the death. The Decepticon at first gets the upper hand, but is blown apart when he stops to gloat. The rest of the Decepticons flee. Now convinced that the clone is the real thing after the battle, the Autobots follow the clone to the crevasse, ignoring the warnings from the real Optimus. But before they are led to their doom, Windcharger pulls up from the crevasse and reveals the truth, letting them know that the Decepticons have Spike captive.

[[File:PrimeProblem Prime pats Spike.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime rubs Spike's head for good luck.]]
The clone says to disregard Windcharger's report and Spike's plight, and orders the Autobots forward into the crevasse. Ironhide declares the clone to be the fake, because the real Prime would save Spike. The Autobots shoot the fake Optimus into oblivion and follow Prime on a rescue mission. The Decepticon rocket base quickly launches, dropping Spike in mid-air, but fortunately [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] is able to execute a mid-air rescue. Optimus assures Spike that he's the real thing, and pets the boy like a puppy.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (6)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] (7)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (8)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (9)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (10)
*[[Teletraan I]] (18)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (19)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (20)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (21)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (22)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (23)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (24)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (25)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (26)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (27)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (28)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (30)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (31)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (32)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (33)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (1)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Autoscout]] (4)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (12)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (13)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (14)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (15)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime clone]] (17)
*[[Starscream clone (G1)|Starscream clone]] (29)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"It's just such ignorance which forever relegates you to the ranks of underlings, Starscream!"
:—'''Megatron'''

"All the danger you can handle is already here, Floptimus Prime!"
:—'''Starscream''' comes up with a clever insult.

"I'm sorry there are only three of you. Clobbering less than four Decepticons at a time is boring."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

''"Laserbeak... you tin-foil turkey!"''
:—'''Optimus Prime''' dishes out the trash talk like a pro.

'''Optimus Prime clone''': Bumblebee, come over here. The computer's not responding to my input.... Bumblebee, I'm speaking to you. 
'''Ironhide''': You talking to me? 
'''Optimus Prime clone''': Of course. 
'''Ironhide''': But I'm not Bumblebee, I'm Ironhide, Prime. 
'''Optimus Prime clone''': I meant Ironhide, naturally.
:—The fake Optimus Prime totally flubs Ironhide's name, even though Ironhide's the only other one there, and the Southern-fried lug still doesn't get it...

"I don't mind hitting the dirt, but I don't enjoy eating it!"
:—'''Gears'''

"Heh-heh! These energy amplifiers are giving Teletraan I exactly the ''wrong'' readings, which are just the '''right''' readings to lure the Autobots back to the crevice, and ''their doom!'' Hruhruhruhruhruhahaha!!"
:—Good-old '''Megatron''' is nothing if not precise.

"No, DO NOT! ARGH, my magnificent creation, vaporized! With Prime's replica destroyed, we must escape, now!"
:—'''Megatron''', not being at all melodramatic.

"Is it really you, Optimus Prime? I mean ''really?''" 
"Yes, Spike. This time I am definitely me. Or I. Myself. Oh, whoever I am. Put 'er there, partner."
:—A cautious but hopeful '''Spike''' questions '''Optimus Prime''', who doesn't do the best job of keeping a sentence together.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:PrimeProblem laserbeak scan.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Yeah, that fancy scanning beam and complex mechanical stuff on the camera? Half the episode's art budget, right there.]]
*This episode features the only appearance of the [[Autoscout]], a cassette drone launched by Soundwave.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Laserbeak uses his head-camera once again when he scans Optimus Prime. It sees action in a number of other episodes, as well as the Movie.
*This episode has the first appearances of [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. However, no explanation of their origins is made, which is made all the more irksome by the fact that this episode was written by the show's own dang story editors. Warpath gets no lines at all.

===Animation and technical errors===
*The entire episode has strangely desaturated colors, even the indoor scenes. The outdoor scenes are mostly washed with a dusk-like yellow and blue, even away from the strange light of the crystals.
*Coloring errors:
**When Megatron grabs Starscream, his insignia is gray, he's missing the black "eye liner" above his optics and his dark gray helmet details are colored light gray.
**Soundwave's optics turn white a couple of times, first when ejecting the Autoscout, and then when ejecting Laserbeak for the first time.
**When Megatron orders him to eject Laserbeak, Soundwave's chest is blue instead of light gray. (The subsequent animation of Soundwave turning and ejecting the cassettebot is recycled from the episode's opening scene, and recycled again when Soundwave sends Laserbeak to retrieve Starscream.)
**When the Prime clone is first shown, it is several heads taller than Megatron. They should be the same height.
**Megatron has blue eyes as he tests out his voice control of the clone.
**The clone's eyes are white instead of blue when Ironhide stops the Autobots from destroying Prime.
**Bumblebee's arm briefly changes to gray when he asks Teletraan I who the real Optimus Prime is.
**Starscream sports a red Decepticon [[insignia]] when he objects to Megatron's plan.[[File:Starscream clone G1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|So often, in fact, you'd be hard-pressed to get a screencap that didn't show it that way.]]
**Starscream's chest-cockpit is repeatedly colored entirely yellow, missing the bit of gray that it's supposed to have near the bottom. In fact, through the course of the episode, it's colored wrong more frequently than right.
**As he and Spike climb the mountain and spot Laserbeak, Windcharger is sporting a red Decepticon insignia.
**Starscream's eyes turn blue when he dodges Laserbeak's first attack.
**Windcharger's head is a darker gray than his body when he ducks to avoid Laserbeak outside the mountain, and again when Ratchet identifies the fake Prime.
*A strange animation shortcut has Optimus pick up Thundercracker to throw him. The camera angle changes, and suddenly it's Starscream that he's throwing. The next shot shows all three Seekers lying defeated, so it may or may not be an actual error. (The same color/character changing trick is used in "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]".)
*Improbable viewpoints:
**Does Megatron have a camera that flies alongside Laserbeak to take a video of him? How else to account for the third-person camera angle that he gets on his screen as he talks to Laserbeak? Considering how often Laserbeak himself is dispatched for the purpose of obtaining video footage, this would be ludicrous.
**Megatron seems to have filled the whole valley with [[The Master Builders (episode)|cameras in rocks]]. He's able to keep constant tabs on the battle from a variety of viewpoints, including one head-on shot of the Autobots that travels with them as they run! There's no indication that these are the viewpoints of his troops (one comes right from just a foot or two above ground level.)
*Teletraan I's initial statement ("Detail comparison forthcoming") is strangely muffled, as if coming over an AM radio broadcast.
*Wheeljack's ears don't flash as he says "take your positions".
*After the clone announces that they'll spring any traps that need to be sprung, the real Prime's mouthplate disappears.
*Starscream's arm lasers disappear and reappear as he agrees with Megatron's plan to have the clone destroy a Decepticon.
*Laserbeak makes no transformation sound as he returns to Soundwave's chest compartment.
*When Starscream's clone takes a few steps out of the clone synthesizer, his headgear is colored blatantly white.
*Laserbeak is magically ejected from Soundwave's chest when he starts to chase Windcharger and Spike.
*The animators seem to have forgotten that the [[incredibly tall rocket]] is a ship / base. Soundwave is seen entering the control room through a rocky tunnel.
*The clone Prime, after ordering Jazz to "hit the deck", just stands there for a remarkably long time doing nothing.
*Megatron's gun barrel is dark gray as he orders Starscream to say his line.
*After the fake Starscream is destroyed by the fake Optimus, Starscream is seen standing next to the other Decepticons (it's not even a coloring error as Thundercracker and Skywarp are both standing next to him).
*In a hilariously placed dialogue flub, Optimus calls Trailbreaker "Trailblazer", just as he's trying to convince the Autobots that he's the real Prime.
*A moment later, as Megatron tosses Spike out of the ship, Peter Cullen's delivery of Prime's line makes it sound like Prime is calling Spike "Splick".
*Powerglide catches Spike by swooping beneath him a second before Spike hits the rocks. But slamming into a metal airplane really wouldn't be much better for a human than slamming into the rocky ground.
*Prime's not the only one having personal pronoun troubles in this episode, as Starscream repeatedly says "I" when, to make sense, let alone be grammatically correct, he should be saying "me".

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Primeproblem prime and clone.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"I'm the real Optimus Prime, Stick." "It's ''Spike'', Prime. Now if only we could devise a way to figure out who's the real you!"]]
[[File:IncrediblyTallRocket1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Decepticons already blew through all their camouflage budget.]]
[[File:PrimeProblem Corlonium crystals.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Even more powerful than the [[Earth's core|Earth's molten core]]? The [[ruby crystal]]s of Burma? [[Oil]]? Explosive meteorites? Volcanoes? Dr. Arkeville's brain?]]
*The basic premise of the episode—that nobody can tell which Optimus Prime is real—requires all the Autobots (and Spike) to be ''incredibly'' stupid. Nobody thought to take the two Primes into separate rooms and grill them about things only the real Prime would know? Not even ''Prime himself'' thinks to suggest this? Even after Windcharger and Spike observe that something's very wrong with Prime, nobody puts two and two together when the real Prime shows up? The fake Prime's bloodthirsty response doesn't make it flagrantly obvious who's the fake? Nobody thinks to mark one of the Primes to tell them apart? Races and sharpshooting contests are supposed to prove who's who? Nobody gets suspicious at how easily Starscream is utterly annihilated?
**On the other hand, the ''real'' Optimus Prime calls Trailbreaker "Trailblazer" and Spike "Splick", so maybe we should cut the Autobots a little slack.
*Megatron makes it even easier for the Autobots; he calls Ironhide "Bumblebee", despite being able to identify Ironhide by name in "[[The Autobot Run]]" and Bumblebee in "[[The Immobilizer]]", and flagrantly sets himself for discovery by mucking around with Teletraan I, asking ridiculously leading questions of the Autobots, and responding to the real Prime's appearance with an uncharacteristic "KILL IT NOW" reaction.
*Furthermore, why didn't Megatron just have Laserbeak kill, capture or disable Optimus Prime while he was down, thus avoiding all the "two Optimus Primes" trouble in the first place??
*Heck, if it's so easy to make perfect reproductions of the strongest Autobot, why not just make a ton of them and overwhelm the Autobots? Why not just make a ton of [[Megatron Corps|''Megatron'' clones]] and overwhelm the Autobots?
*Megatron describes the crystals as "the most rare and dangerous form of raw energy in this [[Solar System|solar system]]". More dangerous and rare than [[electro-cell]]s, [[Crystal of Power|Crystals of Power]], the [[Energy crystal|crystals]] on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], the [[Sun]], etc.? Really?
*It doesn't make much sense that Megatron knows about the korlonium crystals and Starscream doesn't, considering it's established that Starscream is a ''scientist'' and has visited the [[Solar System]] before.
*Though the [[incredibly tall rocket|temporary base]] is mostly camouflaged as a mountain peak, there are some mechanical bits at its base that remain undisguised. Luckily for Megatron, nobody seems to notice.
*"It is Optimus Prime!" declares a shocked Soundwave as the clone is revealed. Was he just not paying attention to what Megatron was doing for the last few minutes, up to and including his saying "Now to begin the '''''cloning''''' process!"?
*As Megatron feeds lines to the newly created clone, the clone's vocal inflections don't really match those of Megatron.
*Megatron should be saying everything that the clone says on-screen, but is silent as the clone first meets up with Jazz and Trailbreaker.
*The cloning machine also somehow manages to clone Prime's trailer even though Prime was scanned in his [[robot mode]].
*After the Decepticons retreat, why does the Prime clone lead the Autobots back to [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], instead of investigating the energy source that drew them there in the first place?
[[File:G1 APrimeProblem Warpath shot.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"Hound, do we know that guy?" "Huh? There was a guy?"]]
*Only Jazz and Trailbreaker are seen withdrawing alongside the Prime clone, even though half a dozen Autobots are present at the battle.
*It's only an error retroactively, but when both Primes get X-rayed, neither one possesses the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in his chest cavity. In fact their chest interior design is completely different than the design from [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]].
*If the clone is completely remote controlled, then what is clone Optimus Prime doing while Megatron is not wearing his control helmet? (seen several times, such as the beginning of the second battle and when Megatron gloats to Spike.) We never see him passing the helmet to any other Decepticon. The clone's physical motions never seem to correspond to what Megatron is doing, though, so perhaps it just loses the ability to speak.
*The clone's order for Jazz to "hit the deck" is completely useless; Jazz wasn't even remotely in Prime's way. (After this moment of tactical idiocy, Megatron takes a moment to gloat about his "brilliant scenario of Autobot destruction". We dare say this is ''ironic!'')
*Trailbreaker: "This Prime just destroyed the Decepticons’ #2 varmint! He ''can’t'' be working for Megatron!" Presumably, this is because Megatron would rather [[The Transformers: The Movie|obliterate Starscream himself]].
*Powerglide and Warpath both just show up out of nowhere during the final battle.

===Trivia===
[[File:Autoscout2.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Totally toy-makable. Hasbro, we're waiting!]]
*The episode goes an unusually long time before featuring its first [[scene transition]], which finally comes around the six minute mark.
*Man, Starscream sure is eager to throw away the life of one of his fellow Decepticons, huh? He suggests it be "a trusted officer", which pretty much narrows the selection down to Soundwave (or mayyyybe Reflector). Make of that what you will!
*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.
*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.
*Originally this episode had season 1 intro due to being part of the 1st batch of season 2 episodes to air.

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Un problema per Commander'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Un problema per Optimus Prime'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Futari no Convoy'''" (二人のコンボイ, "The Two Convoys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 6]], [[1985]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zhēn Jiǎ Qíngtiānzhù '''" (真假擎天柱, "True or False Optimus Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-36-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-36 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#MP36|Megatron]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:Included with ''Masterpiece'' MP-36 Megatron is the clone control helmet he used in this episode. Of course, in order to complete the effect, one would need to purchase a second ''Masterpiece'' Optimus Prime figure to act as [[Optimus Prime clone|the clone]]. To ''really'' complete the effect, one would also have to purchase a second ''Masterpiece'' Starscream to act as the [[Starscream clone (G1)|Starscream clone]], and an additional MP-36 in order to obtain another clone control helmet for the real Starscream.
{{-}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1999 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 1: Prime Threat ([[The Original Transformers|Kid Rhino]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-26.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

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Atlantis, Arise!

2019-11-14T23:09:44Z

Tina Russell: /* Quotes */ Add a caption for Hound and his perfect, completely non-deflated football

{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=24
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=16
|prev2=The Immobilizer
|next2=Enter the Nightbird
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=15
|prev3=War of the Dinobots
|next3=Auto Berserk
|image=SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg
|caption=There's fire burning... underwater. Don't ask.
|title="Atlantis, Arise!"
|production code=#700-23
|airdate=[[October 3]], [[1985]]
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Atlantis Arise Sub-Atlanticans Decepticons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|And when you see Aquaman, tell him his superpower sucks.]]
[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] summons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to the control room, saying that [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] have detected massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate and encounter the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns, a race who hope to conquer the surface world one day. Megatron negotiates a deal with [[Nergill]], King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their [[geothermal]] storehouses. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.

[[File:Atlantis Arise Autobots football.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|R U READY 4 SUM FOOTBALL?]]
Near the [[Autobot]] [[Ark (G1)|base]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] are playing a game of [[football]] with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] arrives before the Dinobots accidentally kill anyone, telling them there is a massive energy reading emanating from near the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatches Bumblebee, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack [[Washington, D.C.]] as a sign of their new alliance. Nergill communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory to develop weapons against the Autobots and Decepticons alike.

The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. Prime has Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack, while the Autobot leader takes the others to Washington. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a [[force field]] known as the [[Dome of Invulnerability]] over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. In Sub-Atlantica, Nergill has developed a [[magnetic dysfunction ray]] which will shut down [[Transformer]]s; he's tested it on Wheeljack, leaving him immobile. Starscream discovers this and is shot by Nergill, who learns that it is less effective on Decepticons. As Nergill leaves, Starscream attempts to drain power from Wheeljack, but Bumblebee and Spike stop arrive just in time to stop the Decepticon and restore Wheeljack.

[[File:Atlantis Arise Megs Lincoln memorial.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Four score and seven million years ago, I founded a [[Decepticon Empire|new nation]]...]]
Nergill strolls into Washington, with Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Spike sneaking in behind him. Nergill uses the disruptor to defeat Prime's team of Autobots, bringing the battle to an end. As the Sub-Atlanticans secure the Capitol building, his soldiers ask when to move against the Decepticons, but Nergill decides to wait a little while longer. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]) tells [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.

Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field and come to blows with the Decepticons. As Megatron and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] grapple, Nergill is on the verge of shooting them both until Starscream arrives and bashes Nergill aside, declaring that he is now an enemy. Grimlock grabs the disruptor and destroys it, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat back to their own city, with the Autobots in pursuit.

[[File:SubAtlantica Asplode.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|But the others chose to stay, sitting in their porches with their shotguns, and eventually evolved into mermaids. And they would sing and dance, and ring in the new...]]
Back at Sub-Atlantica, Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergill, but Nergill informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and the Dinobots begin smashing everything in sight.

Nergill decides to destroy the city, hoping to destroy the Transformers as well. Spike, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee follow, hoping to stop Nergill, with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] in pursuit. The two [[Mini-Cassette]]s realize Nergill's intentions, and Rumble tries to bury him in rubble, but it's not enough. Wheeljack likewise tries to stop the sub-aquatic king, but it's too late. Nergill throws a device into his energy containers, which starts a chain reaction that begins to destroy the city. The Decepticons retreat; Prime orders the Autobots to clear out, then rescues Wheeljack's team (and strangely finds Grimlock there as well). Prime and the others escape, watching from the nearby sea as the Sub-Atlanticans and their home disappear under the waves. Prime says they probably won't see Nergill again for a long time.
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==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (10)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (11)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (12)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (13)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (14)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (15)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (18)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (19)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (20)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (21)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (22)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (23)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (25)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (26)
|c2=
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (1)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (2)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (6)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (7)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (27)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (28)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (9)
|c4=
*[[Nergill]] (8)
*Sub-Atlantican General (24)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Houndfootball.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"When I pick those balls out, at that point to me they are perfect."]]
"Are you sure humans do this for fun?"
:—'''Hound''', after playing a game of football with the Dinobots

"Did I do that?"
:—'''Bumblebee''', being suitably amazed after knocking down Starscream. Float like a butterfly- sting like a Bumblebee.

"No! That could ruin Wheeljack's function circuits!" 
"So... what? Ruining Autobots is my life!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Starscream'''

"Autobots bite off more than they can chew, then send for Dinobots! Come, Snarl, Sludge. We go!"
:—'''Grimlock''', responding to the SOS call by Wheeljack. Apparently he does not want Slag or Swoop.

"Mmm, we are ''here''."
:—'''Grimlock''' is a master of subtle and astute observation

"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."
:—'''Grimlock''' is getting a little tired of rescuing Optimus Prime

"Okay, Grimlock. Time for you and the Dinobots to ''act'' prehistoric!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"You don't frighten me, you mechanical throwbacks!" 
"Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies!"
:—'''Grimlock''' has no grasp of irony.

"Starscream, see what you've done you dribbling dirtbucket!"
:—'''Megatron''', once again insulting Starscream -ironically enough after the latter saved him from being shot in the back by Nergill. And he wonders why Starscream is so disloyal.

"Starscream's right! Nergill is crazy!"
:—'''Rumble''' admits Starscream was right about something. And then the universe implodes.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Atlantis Arise Hound roof.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Whoops! Can't get my fancy cushions wet!]]
[[File:AtlantisArise Bumblebee spygear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Bumblebee had GPS before it existed!]]
*Gadgets and powers:
**Two groups of Autobots drive on the water, using the water ski-like [[hydrofoil]]s that showed up in several other episodes. (At most points, the hydrofoils are not shown, but Bumblebee's can be glimpsed after the first commercial break.)
**Hound has a folding sunroof. That is awesome. His toy did not. That is not awesome. (His ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece| Masterpiece]]'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|toy]] gives him a detachable roof, though it is neither foldable nor the same design as the one in this episode.)
**Bumblebee has a bizarre direction calculator thing that comes out of his back.
**Shoulder artillery: Wheeljack uses a missile from his shoulder launcher to seal the cave shut behind the other Autobots. The only other time he actually fires missiles (instead of laser beams from the tip of the missile) is in "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]".
*Grimlock also grumbled about having to save the Autobots in "[[Day of the Machines]]". It'll finally come to a head in "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]".
*Hey, that shot of Soundwave ejecting Laserbeak during the DC battle sure looks familiar... why, it's copied from "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]"! [[Changing Gears|Again!]]
*In the Decepticon campaign of ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also takes the Lincoln Memorial throne as his own.

===Real world references===
*As the obligatory "conquer Washington" episode (''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' had one too), "Atlantis, Arise!" features several D.C. landmarks, including the [[Washington Monument]], the [[White House]] (where the Decepticons first land), the US Capitol Building, and the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]] and its Reflecting Pool, as well as a mention of the Chesapeake Bay.
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**The gouts of fire that burst from the sea as Sub-Atlantica sinks are soundtracked with various explosions from the [[Death Star]] battle, possibly exploding [[X-wing Fighter]]s.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Someone mistook the strange glint of sunlight reflecting off of Buzzsaw for a laser beam, and inserted a Decepticon laser sound effect accordingly.
*Coloring errors:
**Soundwave has some extra black shading around his eyeband as he reports to Megatron inside Decepticon HQ.
**When the Decepticons leave their base, Starscream's [[alternate mode|jet mode]] has a yellow underbelly. For an animation error, it's unusually appropriate!
**As he orders Soundwave to unscramble Nergill's message, Starscream's left pectoral is colored gray instead of red, and isn't really drawn in correctly, almost as if the animators intended his arm to be covering it during the scene.
**Soundwave is drawn with a totally transparent tape door as Starscream has him unscramble Nergill's second message. It is obviously a deliberate choice to show the cassette mechanism within, but it conflicts with the usual white coloration of his chest panel.
**As Megatron makes his dramatic proclamation of Sub-Atlantica's destination, the bottom of Starscream's cockpit cowling is colored yellow instead of gray.
**When Megatron removes the President Abraham Lincoln statue from the chair, his Decepticon insignia is grey.
**The inside of Sludge's [[robot mode]] mouth is white when he says "Alright!"
**Slag's face is white instead of red as he exits Prime's trailer in Sub-Atlantica. In the next shot, his whole head is gray.
*As Megatron pontificates about "an underwater city of such size", a strangely-timed edit has the scene cut to an exterior shot of [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]], as if ''that'' were supposed to be the underwater city in question. If it's meant to be an establishing shot, why isn't it at the beginning of the scene?
*The Decepticon Headquarters docking tower appears to be listing about 15 degrees or so as it emerges from the water, as if a stock view from one point-of-view angle was copied onto a new background drawn at a different point-of-view angle.
[[File:SubAtlantica Undersea.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Considering how bright and well-lit everything is, Sub-Atlantica must be in about 25 feet of water.
*As Hound's camper roof unfolds, his turret gun clips right through it.
*Bumblebee appears to be using one of the Sub-Atlanticans' weapons as he fires at Starscream and company.
*During Wheeljack's "But nobody else is gonna follow you either" line, only the front side of his "ears" flash.
*Starscream is shown among the Decepticons leaving Sub-Atlantica to conquer D.C. The very next shot shows him lurking within the city as Nergill exposits to himself.
*As the Autobots drive toward Washington, Optimus mispronounces their foes' names as "Sub-[[Atlanta]]-cans".
*The "highway" that the Autobots use to drive to D.C. has an "exit" for the Chesapeake Bay that's more like a T-shaped intersection. Bumblebee somehow manages to negotiate it at full speed without flying out of control.
*The sign that the Autobots past says 'New York' (Right Arrow) 'Baltimore' (Forward Arrow) and Washington DC (Left Arrow), which would only really make sense if they were driving in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is also backwards.
*The animation is very inconsistent as to whether the little red bulb on the Sub-Atlanticans' headwear is supposed to flash when they talk.
*The [[Dome of Invulnerability]] guy is missing his telepathic waves as he refuses Megatron's order.
*Laser bolts bounce right off the Washington Monument without leaving so much as a burn mark. With weapons that ineffectual, it's no wonder nobody ever dies in this show!
*Laserbeak's attack on Hound is strangely truncated; Laserbeak fires non-glowing lasers, and then suddenly vanishes out of the shot.
*The shot that Hound fires at Laserbeak doesn't line up with his gun barrel.
*The electrical bolts enveloping Starscream right after Nergil blasts him are not animated to jigger for the first few seconds.
*While calling to warn Optimus about Nergil's weapon, the Autobot insignia on Wheeljack's roof/chest is upside-down.
*When the Dinobots break through the force field, Starscream is among the group fighting them off, even though he is still lying inert within Sub-Atlantica at this point.
[[File:Optimus prime doppelgaenger.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime uses budding to hold up the Washington Monument.]]
*Before Megatron bashes the Washington Monument, Prime and Prowl are standing there watching. After Megatron bashes the Monument, the shot returns to the same Prowl-and-Prime angle. But Prowl is gone, and the earlier artwork of Prime is still there watching as ''another'' Prime runs to catch the monument!
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
**The Autobots shown entering the city and attacking Megatron include Prime, Hound, Brawn, Prowl, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. Sunstreaker and Ironhide disappear after the battle begins; only Hound, Brawn, Prowl and Prime are shown being disabled by Nergill and being revived later on. Ironhide finally shows up again after the battle is over; courtesy of some recycled transformation animation, Ratchet and Trailbreaker appear out of nowhere as the Autobots roll out of D.C. During the Sub-Atlantica battle, Sideswipe appears (also out of nowhere), and Sunstreaker finally reappears.
*A strangely angled shot, looking up from below the water, is supposed to show Prime, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Grimlock swimming out of Sub-Atlantica. It's ''very'' easy to mistake it for a shot showing them flying through the air. They don't move any of their limbs, they move across the screen very rapidly, and the water itself is backlit by the sunset colored sky.
*Spike's declaration that "Nergill's gone!" doesn't mean much, since the animation never actually makes it clear that Wheeljack carried him out of Sub-Atlantica.
*What are Prime and the others standing on after they evacuate Sub-Atlantica? Even Spike is above water almost to his waist!

===Continuity errors===
*If Nergill "communicates telepathically", as Soundwave claims, why is his mouth moving all the time?
*The deflated football that Hound holds is astoundingly large, practically as large as Spike.
[[File:Spike SemiNude.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Then again, look at how ripped his pecs are. Maybe he really ''is'' a superhuman!]]
*Superhuman Spike:
**Spike can survive in the "deepest part of the Atlantic ocean" wearing only a bathing suit and using a simple oxygen tank and goggles. Amazing that he isn't crushed under the weight of the ocean or frozen to death.
**Spike can somehow speak clearly to the Autobots without removing the mouthpiece for his breathing apparatus from his mouth; hell, he can even perform this trick ''underwater''.
*How can Bumblebee calculate Sub-Atlantica's destination from watching it sail along the coast for like two seconds? It could be going anywhere!
*The "conquest" of Washington is incredibly half-hearted. The Decepticons and the squiddy guys run around in the street for a bit, scare some tourists, blow up a couple of cars, and put up a force field. About the only conquery thing they do is set up a giant vacuum tube computer in the capital building.

[[File:SubAtlantican SurfaceGear.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*The Sub-Atlanticans have to wear aquatic masks over their faces when they're on dry land. Yet they don't wear them inside their city, which appears to be just as water-free as the surface.
*The water-based Sub-Atlanticans don't think to create a force field that extends under the water?
*More an omission than an error, but it's never explained just what Starscream was trying to do to Wheeljack.
*Wheeljack says that they'd better warn Prime about the dysfunction ray... then proceeds to say something totally vague and uninformative ("There is great danger! Nergill must be stopped!")
*[[Microbots|How]] [[The Agenda (Part III)|many]] times do cartoons have to be told that it's not a ''force field'' if it ''shatters like glass''? (Does this mean that the streets of D.C. are now covered with piles of shattered force field bits?)
*Some "[[Dome of Invulnerability|dome of ''invulnerability'']]". The Dinobots get through it in about five seconds flat.
*Starscream's third appearance in DC isn't an animation error; he's central to the plot! How did he get free of the dysfunction ray?!
*How did Grimlock get to the Washington Monument before Prime?
*Who knew that destroying a gun could un-shoot the gun's prior victims? That's exactly what happens — Grimlock destroys the dysfunction gun, and suddenly the Autobots are un-dysfunctionalized!
*How ''did'' Grimlock get into the energy supply room with Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and Spike? The last time we saw him, he was up in Sub-Atlantica fighting.
*Fire under water? ''Really?''

===District of Columbia errors===
[[File:Megatron hates lincoln.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|It also survives being carelessly tossed aside without a scratch.]]
*Despite the Autobots being near the Chesapeake Bay, the backgrounds show huge rocks and expanses of sand, as if they were in the desert.
*As Hound fights near the reflecting pool, there's lots of tall buildings behind him. D.C. doesn't really have many tall buildings, certainly not near the Mall.
*Both the plot and the animation seem to imply that DC sits on a major body of water. Or did Sub-Atlantica just sail right up the Potomac?
*The Lincoln Memorial is strangely [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]-[[Scale|sized]]. Also, the statue part apparently just comes right off. Who knew?
*Somehow, the rotational forces involved in the Washington Monument's partial fall do not cause the masonry structure to snap like a dry twig.
*Apparently, damaged masonry structures like the Washington Monument can be ''melted'' back together. Who knew?

===Trivia===
[[File:Nergill & Troops.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*This episode is one of a handful that begins with a (rather pointless) narrative voiceover from [[Victor Caroli]].
*When played back at a slower speed, Nergill says telepathically to his people:
**"Never mind. Put your weapons away. We don't want to put them on guard."
**"Take no aggressive action. They suspect."
*While not as annoying as "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]" and "[[Heavy Metal War]]", the Shout! Factory release of this episode has most of the sound effects noticeably softer than the music and spoken lines.
*They have in fact seen the last of Nergill.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Die Unterwasserstadt'''" ("The Underwater City")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 6]], [[1994]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Il segreto di Atlantide'''" ("The Secret of Atlantis")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Atlantide risorge'''" ("Atlantis Arises")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Atlantis Fujō!'''" (アトランティス浮上!, "Atlantis, Arise!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], [[1985]]
:*Nearly all Japanese language episode guides, including those published in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' and the fact booklet included with [[Pioneer]]'s DVD sets, [[Engrish|mistakenly]] list this episode's English language title as "At''r''antis, Arise!".
:*For the Japanese dub, Sub-Atlantica is renamed [[Atlantis]], intending it to actually be the sunken city of legend. This change would create some discontinuity later, when the more classical interpretation of Atlantis would appear in ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]''.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hǎidǐ zhī Guó '''" (海底之国, "The Undersea Country")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Voskresshaya Atlantida'''" (Воскресшая Атлантида, "Atlantis Is Resurrected")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1994]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1998]] — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2002]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2003]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Bumper Collection Special (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2007]] — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2008]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 03: Stagione Due Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-23.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Talk:Bulkhead (Prime)

2019-10-28T04:17:30Z

Tina Russell: /* McDonald’s Shake Bulkhead caption */ new section

When his pic is on the main page, it leads to [[Ironhide (WFC)]]! {{unsigned|TOM| 22:39, November 25, 2010 (EDT)}}
:Thanks! Fixed. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:50, 25 November 2010 (EST)
::Maybe in the Japanese version of Prime, Bulkhead will be renamed Ironhide for consistency with the other franchises. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 21:54, 25 November 2010 (EST)

==Wreckers==
Should we mention in the "Notes" that this is the first incarnation of Bulkead to be a Wrecker?-----[[User:XxxOUTBURSTxxx|XxxOUTBURSTxxx]] 19:22, 26 March 2012 (EDT)
: Again, we're not super-interested in "firsts." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:12, 26 March 2012 (EDT)

== Grammar, Spelling and Rewording ==

"Back on Cybertron, before he became a warrior, Bulkhead was a laborer, working in construction."

I'm no editor, but considering that the sentence only contained fifteen words I doubt it needed three commas. Here is a possible rewording:

"Before he became a warrior Bulkhead worked as a construction laborer on Cybertron."

I also spotted another sentence that could use some slight tweaking:

"However Bulkhead left the Wreckers early on in the war to join Team Prime however."

Nix that last however.

I could fill this page with all the changes I would like to make, but I'm not very good at differentiating between a change that improves the article and a change that only suits my personal preference.

--[[User:TheCritic|TheCritic]] 12:55, 6 April 2012 (EDT)
:The whole section needs trimming back too, really. Many of our Prime articles have ended up overlong. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:51, 6 April 2012 (EDT)
::And done. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:59, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

== Alt Mode ==
Does Bulkhead's vehicle mode resemble a Chevy Avalanche to anyone else? Is it a strong enough resemblance to add it to his description?

== McDonald’s Shake Bulkhead caption ==

The caption for the Shake Bulkhead toy is currently “Shake, battle and roll.” That is not bad. But, might I humbly suggest: “My Bulkshake brings all the ’bots to the Ark”? [[User:Tina Russell|Tina Russell]] ([[User talk:Tina Russell|talk]]) 00:17, 28 October 2019 (EDT)

Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)

2019-10-16T06:12:21Z

Tina Russell: /* Writing and production */ Fix a typo in a link's syntax

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[[File:Transformers- Age of ExtinctionOptimusPrimePoster.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67|An adventure 65 million years in the making.]]

'''''Transformers: Age of Extinction''''' is the fourth film in the [[live-action film series]]. It was released on [[June 27]], [[2014]].

Following the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]], humanity has come to fear both Autobots and Decepticons alike. With the aid of a Transformer mercenary named [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], a CIA [[Cemetery Wind|task-force]] operated by [[Harold Attinger]] begins hunting the remaining [[Transformer]]s on [[Earth]]. Hunted by enemies that were once his allies, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] loses faith in humanity and sends his forces into hiding. Now, five years later, struggling inventor and single-father [[Cade Yeager]] discovers a damaged Transformer, placing both himself and his [[Tessa Yeager|daughter]] on a collision course with events that threaten the extinction of humankind itself.

{{bigquote|The trouble with loyalty to a cause is that the cause will ''always'' betray you.|[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]|''Transformers: Age of Extinction''}}

==Synopsis==

[[File:The Creators cyberforming Earth AOE.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs."]]
65 million years ago, on Cretaceous [[Earth]], a ''Psittacosaurus'' is out hunting for food. The small dinosaur finds a fish and starts to feed, but stops as hundreds of alien ships enter Earth's atmosphere, piloted by the mysterious [[Creator (AOE)|"Creators"]]. The alien ships launch dozens of strange [[Seed]]s across the planet. As they detonate, they convert the landscape and the herds of panicking dinosaurs into a metallic substance, ending the Age of Dinosaurs. Millions of years later, while digging in the [[Arctic]], a team of geologists uncover a mysterious pair of metallized dinosaur skeletons - a discovery that attracts the attention of [[Darcy Tirrel]]...

Five years after the invasion of [[Chicago]], tensions between humans and Cybertronians have risen dramatically. Although the Autobots are officially granted asylum on Earth, public opinion has turned against all Transformers. The government of the United States has terminated all human-Autobot joint programs and instated [[Cemetery Wind]], an elite [[CIA]] unit intended to flush out the handful of [[Decepticon]]s left on Earth. What the President doesn't know is that [[Harold Attinger]], the leader of the operation, is slaughtering all Transformers, regardless of faction. On one such mission, the team pinpoints [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] hiding within an abandoned boat. He immediately tries to flee, but is crippled and brought down by their weapons. The team leader, [[James Savoy]], mockingly asks why Ratchet ran if he's not their enemy, and Ratchet replays a transmission he received from [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], ordering all Autobots to hide from humans. However, Savoy dismisses his pleas as his sister was killed in Chicago. A Transformer bounty hunter, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], who has actually been helping Cemetery Wind hunt the Autobots, emerges from the nearby swamp and attacks Ratchet, further damaging him. Walking past his human allies, Lockdown demands to know [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s whereabouts. When Ratchet refuses, Lockdown brutally kills him by ripping out his spark.
[[File:AOE Ratchet dying.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Condors. Condors are on the verge of extinction..."]]

In Texas, struggling inventor [[Cade Yeager]] and his friend/employee [[Lucas Flannery]] meet at an old theater, looking for salvage. He finds an old truck, and upon inspection it seems to be full of artillery shells. He buys the truck along with the other theater equipment and puts it in his garage.[[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]], Cade's daughter, observes this while video-chatting with her boyfriend and criticizes her dad for buying the heap of junk. While attempting to salvage the truck's engine to sell, Cade realizes it's actually a badly-damaged Transformer. After calling Lucas and Tessa, he connects jumper cables to its engine, only for it to begin replaying the distress call Ratchet had received earlier. Lucas and Tessa advocate calling the government, claiming that there is a huge reward for Transformers. Cade convinces them not to call the authorities until he can spend more time working on the truck, as he may be able to stumble on a technological breakthrough if he can figure out how the Transformers work. When Cade removes a live missile from the truck's "power core," it transforms into a heavily injured Optimus Prime, who roars at them to stay back while he swings his weapon around the barn. Cade, Lucas, and Tessa ask why Optimus is so badly damaged, to which he replies that the Autobots are being hunted and he must help them. Cade offers to repair him, and sends Lucas to buy the parts that will enable him to fix Optimus. Cade and Optimus begin to bond as the repairs begin.
[[File:AOE-injuredoptimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"Should we chance moving him?"]]

In the Arctic, Attinger arrives via helicopter at [[Knight Ship|Lockdown's ship]] and demands to know why Optimus Prime escaped him in [[Mexico]]. Lockdown derisively tells Attinger that Optimus Prime would not have escaped were it not for Cemetery Wind's interference, stressing that he does not care about Attinger or his goals and wishes only to capture Optimus Prime.

Shortly after returning to [[Washington, D.C.]], Attinger receives a tip that Optimus Prime has been located in Texas and sends Savoy and Cemetery Wind to apprehend him. The agents swarm the barn, but there is no trace of Prime inside. When Savoy threatens Tessa to force Cade to tell him of Prime's whereabouts, the Autobot leader explodes out of the barn's basement in which he was hiding. He escapes after a brief skirmish that destroys the Yeager residence, with both Cemetery Wind and Lockdown in pursuit. As Cade catches one of Cemetery Wind's mini drones, a white rally car zooms over the adjacent fields and picks up the Yeagers and Lucas. The driver turns out to be [[Shane Dyson|Shane]], a rally car racer who is also Tessa's boyfriend. A group of Cemetery Wind vehicles begins chasing them.
[[File:Optimus shooting humans AOE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"You think they'll have that on the tour?"]]

Both the rally car and Optimus Prime are chased into an abandoned factory, where Optimus Prime fights off Lockdown. Shane puts his driving skills to good use and pulls a series of tight maneuvers that result in the Cemetery Wind cars crashing, destroys his car in the process. Optimus Prime, who has caught Lockdown in a crane cable, transforms and tells the humans to pile into him and escape. Lockdown throws a grenade at the humans as they run towards Optimus Prime; though Shane and the Yeagers escape, Lucas is caught in the blast and killed.

Arriving at an abandoned gas station, Optimus orders the humans out and drives off to ensure that they have not been followed. Cade confronts Tessa and Shane about their relationship but Tessa gets angry at Cade for putting them all in danger. The next day, Optimus and the humans set off towards Monument Valley. Prime [[trans-scan|scans]] a passing truck, sheds his layer of rust and takes on a new form with his old paint scheme. They arrive in Monument Valley where they meet the other surviving Autobots in the form of [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], and their de facto leader [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Crosshairs and Hound start threatening the humans for having their species betray them but Optimus convinces them that they have risked their lives to save his. The Humans notice that there are clear tensions between the Autobots. Cade reveals footage of the attack on Ratchet and [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot's]] demise using the stolen aerial drone and Prime declares that he will kill the one responsible for hunting down the Autobots.

[[File:Autobots unite monument valley AOE.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"Dr. Grant, my dear Dr. Sattler... Welcome to [[Jurassic Park]]." ]]

Inspection of the drone leads them to a company named [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]], located in a rebuilt Chicago. It is run by [[Joshua Joyce]], who is working with [[Su Yueming]] and Attinger to create artificial Transformers to eventually be used in the military. Using the remains of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], [[Starscream (Movie)|the]] [[Soundwave (ROTF)|countless]] [[Shockwave (Movie)|Decepticons]] from the Chicago battle and the hunted Autobots, they have synthesized the metal that the Transformers are made of, calling it [[Living metal#Live-action film series|Transformium]]. When given commands through a computer, Transformium can be changed into various shapes or objects. Although a drone called [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] (designed after Bumblebee) is active, Joshua's major project is a bigger, stronger drone called [[Megatron (Movie)|Galvatron]]. However, his attempts have not been successful; the drone keeps resembling Megatron instead of the friendlier image of Optimus Prime. Bumblebee builds Cade and Shane faux-ID badges which the duo use to infiltrate KSI. Cade goes further in and projects imagery of Ratchet's severed head being melted down, which sends Prime into a rage.

[[File:Joshua Joyce Transformium Experiment AOE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"God help us, we're in the hands of engineers."]]

However, Cade is caught when his ID badge is found to have been scanned twice (by him and its original owner). He is taken to the upper floors and confronted by Attinger, who claims that what he has witnessed is in the name of world peace. He also asks him about the whereabouts of Optimus Prime but Cade maintains his silence.

Furious over how the humans have mutilated their comrades, Optimus orders an attack on KSI. Bumblebee, carried by Drift in copter mode, rescues Cade. The others trash the lab, free the injured and enslaved [[Brains]], and confront Joshua, only for him to openly declare that what is being done is being done to prevent more Transformer-caused damage and that the humans "don't need" the Autobots. Disheartened, Prime orders a retreat.

As the Autobots exit the factory and leave, Attinger catches up with Joshua and claims that the Autobots are terrorists for attacking the facility. He coerces Joyce to use the two functional drones to take down the Autobots. Galvatron and Stinger activate and pursue their quarry across a highway, with Galvatron doing more damage than his KSI handlers intend. Bumblebee fires upon Galvatron but is surprised to see him simply disintegrate and reintegrate again. Galvatron attacks Prime. As they battle, Optimus declares that the artificial creation has no soul, to which it retorts "That is why I have no FEAR!"

[[File:AOEGalvatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"Kids! You want to have one of those?"]]

As Tessa scrambles for cover in a nearby vehicle, Prime is suddenly shot from the back and falls-Lockdown has arrived, along with his ship! Lockdown gloats to his prisoner, claiming that Optimus was built, not born, and now the Creators want him returned in one piece. The bounty hunter orders a net dropped over Optimus and hoists both the Autobot leader and Tessa's hiding place into his ship. Cade desperately clings to the net, but his strength gives out and he falls to the fields below. As the spaceship departs, Cade and Shane vow to get Tessa back.

Lockdown throws Prime in a cage and orders his lackeys to dispose of Tessa. Prime takes note of several other aliens in similar cages, including [[Dinobot (AOE)|other Cybertronian warriors]]. He also discovers the original purpose of the mercenary ship: it was originally used by a group of legendary Knights (presumably including Prime himself) but now acts as Lockdown's flying prison. Lockdown's ship hovers over Chicago, triggering panic in the streets, but Attinger manages to talk down the authorities and send Savoy to rendezvous with Lockdown. As payment for Prime's capture, Lockdown gives him a Seed.

Cade, Shane, and the other Autobots get aboard the ship as it flies low over a bridge. While being pursued by Lockdown's henchmen, the two humans find a strange Knight armory, from which Cade takes a sword that opens up to form a gun. While Shane and Cade rescue Tessa, Crosshairs deploys the ship's mooring cables, which fire into the Willis Tower and preventing the ship from breaking atmosphere. The humans begin to clamber down the cables to safety, but they are pursued by a pack of [[Steeljaw (AOE)|Steeljaw]]s. Bumblebee manages to save the trio. The other Autobots locate Optimus, who reveals that the section of the ship they are on can separate from the main body. Crosshairs uses a gunship to pick up Bumblebee and the humans, then leads them on a dogfight through Chicago's streets, destroying some of Lockdown's [[Shadow Raider|mercenaries]].

[[File:Prime gets shotAOE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"It could have been worse, John. A lot worse."]]

Back at KSI, it is decided that all equipment is to be moved to the Beijing facility to continue operations. Joshua is also none too pleased about the previous field test of Galvatron; not only was it a loss on several fronts, but the drone also ''spoke'', which was something it was ''not'' programmed to do!

The Autobots land their new ship at an abandoned train yard. Optimus claims that he sensed Megatron's presence during his fight with Galvatron. Brains explains Galvatron's true nature: while he decoded dead Transformer brains, he learned that Megatron's mind had survived and planned to transfer itself to Galvatron's body, explaining Galvatron's sinister appearance. The tiny bot further mentions how Galvatron used his knowledge to build Stinger and the other drones, with plans to make them into his personal army. As Tessa tells the group about the Seed she saw, Optimus and Hound explain that the Creators used Seeds to convert organic material into metal, then harvested the resulting Transformium for their own purposes. Cade makes a call to Joyce and relays the newfound data about Galvatron. Knowing that Joyce is also an inventor with a heart, he pleads with Joyce to shut down Galvatron before things escalate. Although Joyce puts up an unconvinced façade, he demands increased security around Galvatron after hanging up.

As police cars surround the train yard, the Autobots board their shuttle again and take to the air. Optimus says that though the Autobots will travel to Hong Kong and get the Seed back, they will leave Earth afterwards; they are done protecting humanity. Cade disagrees but Prime is non-responsive. They later debate the matter, with Cade attempting to reignite Prime's faith in humanity.

In deep space, Lockdown finally discovers the absence of the smaller ship. He grumbles about Optimus Prime taking his trophy case and how the Prime will feel his wrath while he reverses course. Joyce meets with Attinger and Savoy and receives the Seed. Joyce intends to detonate it in a region of the [[Gobi Desert]], which will generate enough Transformium to last a century. Attinger is eager to expedite production but grows incensed when Joshua disagrees and says that they should go slower, quite obviously moved by Cade's call. Meanwhile, Galvatron activates ''himself'' and starts to infect the legion of over fifty other KSI Transformers. When the alarm rings regarding Galvatron's escape, Joyce has Attinger and Savoy evacuated from the building and gets in a car with Su, an associate named Darcy, and the Seed. They decide to try to hide the Seed in [[Hong Kong]].

Being hunted by Attinger and Savoy, Joyce seeks refuge on a rooftop when the Autobot-piloted ship arrives and attempts to pick him and the Seed up. However, Galvatron and his drones ramy arrive and shoot down the airborne vessel, causing Bumblebee, Hound, and the Yeagers to spill out while the others (Prime, Crosshairs, Drift, and the captured Knights) to careen away into the Wulong Valley. Savoy finds the Yeagers and Joyce on the rooftop and open fires on them but Cade leads him away from the others. The two jump across rooftops, eventually crashing into a house and getting into a fist fight which ends with Savoy falling from a window to his death.

Hound and Bumblebee attempt to escort the humans and the Seed out of the city, but are cut short when Joshua points out that the KSI-built Transformers were specifically built to destroy any Autobots or Decepticons left on Earth. This prompts Prime to enter the crashed ship and activate the armory as well as release the other captives within the ship. As Hound and Bumblebee hold the line and protect the humans, Optimus tries to convince the Legendary Warriors to fight alongside them. Their [[Grimlock (AOE)|apparent leader]] violently declines at first, fighting the Prime in both his massive robot mode and his Tyrannosaurus mode. Optimus quickly defeats him, saying that he and the other warriors will protect his family or die, then mounts the metal dinosaur. The Autobots mount their Dinobots and charge over the mountains into Hong Kong.

[[File:Dinobots ready for battle AOE.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"''T. rex'' doesn't want to be fed. He wants to ''hunt''."]]

Meanwhile, as Hound and Bumblebee are starting to be overwhelmed by Galvatron's drone forces, Optimus and his fellow Autobots storm into the city, slamming, crushing, stomping, and chomping all nearby enemies. Galvatron retreats as the Autobots and Dinobots decimate his forces. With this battle over, Optimus confronts Joshua for his actions and gives the order to defend the humans and escort them, and the Seed, away from the city. On the way, a homing beacon within the Seed activates, allowing Lockdown to track the Autobots down. He activates a massive magnet, wreaking havoc on Hong Kong. Everything metal from kitchenware to massive ships are picked up by the magnet, including the Autobots and Dinobots. After narrowly avoiding the magnet, the Yeagers are momentarily separated from the Autobots. Optimus shoots at the magnet, destroying it and releasing the Transformers from its influence. The ship retreats to a nearby factory, with Optimus hot on its trail. Cade tells his daughter to stay with Shane and the Autobots, as he wishes to fight alongside Optimus against Lockdown. As Optimus Prime and Lockdown battle one-on-one, Attinger corners Yeager with a pistol, accusing him of choosing aliens over his own race, but he is quickly shot and killed by Optimus.

Because of Optimus's choice to save Cade before defending himself, Lockdown gains the upper hand, impaling Optimus through the chest with his own sword and pinning him to a concrete pillar. Meanwhile, Tessa convinces Bumblebee to turn around and the three join in fighting Lockdown, allowing Shane to use a tow truck to unpin Prime. Just as Lockdown is about to kill Cade, Optimus jumps up and slices the bounty hunter in half. Activating one of Lockdown's grenades, Prime tells the humans to hold on and uses rocket boosters to escape while the grenade destroys the last of the KSI drones. Galvatron has survived and retreated to the outskirts of the city; watching Prime blast off, he tells Optimus to beware, for he is reborn...

[[File:AOE-DefendThisFamily.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"I don't know. I guess... I guess we'll just have to evolve too."]]

The Autobots, Dinobots, and their human allies all regroup on the waterfront. Cade and Tessa happily reconcile and Cade finally accepts Shane. Joshua nobly says he will help them with their destroyed home. Prime declares the Dinobots are now free as they depart for parts unknown. With the bounty on his head placing the entire Earth in danger, Prime blasts off into space with the Seed to confront the Creators and discover the mystery behind his own origins, but not before ordering the Autobots to protect the Yeager family. As he leaves Earth's atmosphere, Optimus Prime sends a message to his Creators to leave planet Earth alone, because he's coming for them.

{{--}}

==Quotes==
"Lockdown...?" 
"Autobots, Decepticons, like little children, always fighting; making a mess out of the universe, then ''I've'' got to clean it up! There is one way you survive. Tell me where he's hiding. Where is Optimus Prime?" 
"Never." 
''(Lockdown rips out Ratchet's spark)'' 
"Never is here." 
:—'''Ratchet''''s final moments before '''Lockdown''' kills him.

"In this planet we have a saying: ''The enemy of my enemy is my friend''." 
"I also have a saying: '''''I don't care'''''."
:—'''Harold Attinger''' discusses with '''Lockdown'''.

"Every galaxy I've traveled, all you species are the same. You all think you're the center of the universe. You have no idea..."
:—'''Lockdown''' never truly appreciated one of his clients.

"Human beings. Bunch of backstabbing weasels!" 
"Hound, find your inner compass. ''Loyalty is but a flower in the winds of fear and temptation.''" 
"What the hell are you saying?!?" 
"It's a haiku." 
"Cut the crap before I drop a grenade down your throat!" 
"Try it, you'll be dead!" 
"Oh, please pull it. Please do it."
:—'''Hound''' doesn't appreciate '''Drift's''' haikus.

"With your fate unknown, Bumblebee has held command, despite his complete and total lack of anything resembling warrior discipline. He's like a child." 
"This child is about to ''kick your ass!''"
:—'''Drift''' and '''Bumblebee'''

"Autobots, I have sworn never to kill humans..." 
"Big mistake." 
"...but when I find out who's behind this...he's going to ''die''." 
"Hoo-ah!"
:—'''Prime's''' rage is fueled by '''Hound'''.

"Destroy the lab! Destroy it all!" 
''(The Autobots lay waste to the KSI research facility)'' 
"Hey, you! Stop! That's company property!" 
"They're not ''your'' property! ''They were my friends.''" 
:—'''Optimus Prime''' duly informs '''Joshua Joyce''' that Transformers aren't just machines.

"You have no soul!" 
"That is why I have no ''fear''!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''' is shocked to find '''Galvatron''' isn't as lifeless as he thought.

"We're behind enemy lines now. Lockdown's ship has booby traps! Eyes open." 
"Beware of his bone-grinders, brain-blinders, flesh-stealers, chromosomal-inverters, catatonic slugs, black hole trapdoors and of course, radiation."

:—'''Hound''' and '''Crosshairs''' warn the humans of the perils held within Lockdown's ship.

"I was expecting a [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators.2FBinaltech|giant car!]]"
:—'''Drift''' witnessing Grimlock transform into a dinosaur.

"Autobots, we're going to prove who we are, and ''why we're here''!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' rallies his troops with his characteristic passion and charisma.

"Ugh, you just wanna die for the guy. ''That's'' leadership. Or brainwashing, or something." 
"No, that's Optimus Prime."
:—'''Crosshairs''' and '''Drift''', remarking on their [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|leader]]/[[Dinobot (AOE)|Giant Robot Dinosaur]] tamer.

"I'm like a fat ballerina who takes scalps and slits throats!"
:—'''Hound''' takes another five levels in badass and ballerina class.

"How do you say 'Get the f&%# out of the way' in Chinese?"
:—'''Joshua''' has some issues with the language barrier.

"I hate cheap knockoffs."
:—'''Bumblebee''' looking for [[Jazz (Movie)#Human_Alliance|Human Alliance Jazz]] on [[eBay|eBay]].

"We shall meet again, Prime, for I am reborn."
:—'''Galvatron''' retreats to fight another day.

"There are mysteries to the universe we were never meant to solve, but who we are and why we are here are not among them. Those answers we carry inside. I am Optimus Prime, and this message is to my Creators. Leave planet Earth alone. 'Cause I'm coming...for you."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s closing narration.

==Main cast==
{{featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] ([[John Goodman]])
*[[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] ([[Ken Watanabe]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])
*[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] (video footage)
*[[Brains]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]]
**[[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]
**[[Scorn]]
**[[Slug (AOE)|Slug]]
**[[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]]
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s head
|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Galvatron]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s head
*[[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]
*[[Junkheap (AOE)|Junkheap]]
*[[KSI Sentry|KSI Sentries]]
*[[KSI Boss]]es
*"[[Two Head]]s"
*[[McLaren Decepticon]]
*[[Aston Martin Decepticon]]
*[[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticons]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (video footage)
*[[Protoform]]s (video footage)

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Cade Yeager]] ([[Mark Wahlberg]])
*[[Tessa Yeager]] ([[Nicola Peltz]])
*[[Shane Dyson]] ([[Jack Reynor]])
*[[Joshua Joyce]] ([[Stanley Tucci]])
*[[Harold Attinger]] ([[Kelsey Grammer]])
*[[James Savoy]] ([[Titus Welliver]])
*[[Lucas Flannery]] ([[T. J. Miller]])
*[[Darcy Tirrel]] ([[Sophia Myles]])
*[[Su Yueming]] ([[Li Bingbing]])
*[[Gill Wembley]] ([[James Bachman]])
*[[Chief of Staff]] ([[Thomas Lennon]])

|h4=Others|c4=
'''Lockdown's crew'''
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Shadow Raider]]s
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)|Steeljaws]]
*[[Stupid Drone]]s
'''[[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]] prototypes'''
*[[Oreo Transformer]]
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Errors==
===Continuity errors===
[[File:DeceasedTransformersAOE.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.6|Your attention, please. Will the ''real'' Optimus Prime please stand up?]]
[[File:AOECrosshairsDriftWeirdEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|What just happened? No, seriously. Is there some kind of timey-wimey thing going on?]]
[[File:AOE savoy eyegouge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"An eye for an eye makes the whole world-OH MY GOD!!!"]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] is seen on the cards Attinger pulls out early in the film, listed as deceased and having been last seen in Chicago. However, Ironhide was killed by Sentinel Prime in Washington, D.C., midway through ''Dark of the Moon'', and long before the final battle in Chicago.
*Scenes from the Decepticons' invasion of Chicago in ''Dark of the Moon'' are shown as archival footage presented by Attinger. While it is conceivable some lucky people with cameras recorded the initial attack and managed to survive and publish their footage, it's highly unlikely people would've been able to get close-up video footage of the NEST team taking down [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and the other Decepticons.
*A Cemetery Wind vehicle smashes into the side of Shane's car during the chase through the cornfield, but the car doesn't show any damage to that side in subsequent shots.
*Tessa and Shane's reliance on Romeo and Juliet laws is unnecessary, since the age of consent in Texas is 17.
*During the 'Autobots reunite' sequence, Drift starts out in car mode on a road with Bumblebee and Crosshairs, before suddenly appearing atop a rock formation in robot mode and transforming to helicopter mode to meet up with Optimus Prime.
*When Crosshairs and Drift are talking on board Lockdown's ship shortly after boarding it, a ''very'' bizarre edit occurs in the middle of Drift's line "Better hurry, because dark matter drives are preparing to take off". The camera angle is now slightly different than before, but it's not a switch between a long shot and a close-up or a complete change of perspective. Oddly, Drift is still seen from the almost the ''exact same angle'' as before the edit, but even though his and Crosshairs's bodies were at an almost 90 degree angle before the edit, they're now suddenly almost standing in parallel to each other, with Crosshairs' head turned towards Drift. In addition, a flame that appeared in front of Drift just before the edit is suddenly gone.
*When Shane shouts "I surrender!" and drops his "gun-sword", the hilt is facing to the right, but after a close-up showed it landing on the ground and firing a shot, the hilt is suddenly facing to the ''left'' in the subsequent long shot when it fires more shots.
*When Joshua reunites with the rest of the group in Hong Kong, Darcy tells him she'll do a diversion, and to get the Seed somewhere safe. Yet, no diversion of any kind happens.
*As Cade and Savoy grapple in the apartment, Cade jams his thumb deep into Savoy's eye socket (see right), with accompanying "squlech" sound effect, and appropriate reaction from Savoy in the form of a long howl of pain through gritted teeth and a string of drool flowing uncontrolled from his mouth. But as soon as the two separate, Savoy's eye is absolutely fine, with no indication anything is supposed to have happened to it.
*During Hound's fight with [[Two Head]], Cade is seen wearing his jacket but reverts back to his shirt following the Decepticon's defeat.
*While Lockdown is pulling up parts of the city, Shane backs the car into a building which is two stories high at most, but appears much larger on the inside.

===Technical/animation errors===
*The shot right before the close-up of the cyberformed dinosaurs has no cyberformed dinosaurs at all, despite having all the excavation vehicles in the same positions as the next scene.
* Arcee is seen on Attinger's cards misspelled as "Acree".
** Additionally, the image on the card is of [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]]; while an Arcee ''sister'', is not Arcee herself. This could potentially be explained by the movie ignoring the retcon from the comics that changed her from one character with three bodies to three characters psychically linked by a single spark.
*When Savoy says "Use the mini drones", you can clearly see the green screen in the monitors.
*As Cemetery Wind are attacking Ratchet, a helicopter fires several missiles at him. Two of the missiles miss him, but do not detonate or cause any explosion of any kind to the structures immediately behind Ratchet, and are not even seen to hit them- they simply disappear.
*When Attinger takes over the operation to scramble Cemetery Wind after Optimus, and dismisses everyone in the room, he does so by saying "Ladies and gentlemen, this room is going dark. The exit is on your left." All the people then get up and begin to exit to their ''right''.
*Scrambling Cemetery Wind seems to scramble the timeline. From the deployment of Cemetery Wind to Lucas's death, the time of day is in limbo. For example, Optimus escapes from the Yeager property at sunset, joining the pursuit that takes place in early afternoon, not to mention that Cemetery Wind arrives at the Yeagers' home town at what appears to be dawn. In some instances, repeated changes between shots correspond with changes between different times of day, as different positions of the sun result in very very obviously different lighting conditions.
*When Lockdown transforms to prepare for the attack on Optimus, one can clearly see a faux-part Lamborghini logo pop out from inside the car, while the actual logo disappears.
*In the shot of Shane's car pulling up outside of the Yeager farm after Cemetery Wind has stormed in, nobody is seen inside the vehicle.
*During the scene where Cade is pretending to be a truck driver with Optimus still in his flat-nose truck form, he has a cap and white plaid shirt on. After Optimus scans into his newer form, Cade's back to wearing his leather jacket.
*When Shane's car gets sideswiped in the cornfield, the back left window is shattered. A couple scenes later, the window is just rolled down.
*When Shane's car breaks into a building, the woman sitting right in the middle of the room is clearly waiting on the glass-breaking noise to start running.
*After Lucas' death, there is nothing really stopping Lockdown or Cemetery Wind from continuing to chase Optimus. Lockdown is much faster and could easily catch up to Optimus whilst Cemetery Wind could chase in their remaining vehicles.
*When Optimus transforms to and from his Marmon 97 alternate mode, the windows and grille that make up his chest visibly change size and shape.
*When Optimus transforms out of his flat-nosed truck mode and punches the ground, Tessa and Shane are standing next to each other, as viewed from behind Optimus. When the view immediately switches to be facing Optimus, Cade is suddenly standing between the two.
*Shane defends his relationship with Tessa by stating that the 'Romeo and Juliet laws' "statute 2705-3" protect their relationship, yet the card he shows Cade reads "Statute 22.011". This is also the number that appears in the English subtitles of the DVD, meaning that it was scripted as 22.011 and not 2705-3.
*The truck that Optimus scans, while still being from the Western Star manufacturer, is an older and different model than the one he transforms into.
*When Optimus is on his way to the reunion site, the human characters inside are sitting this way: Shane to the right, Tessa in the Middle and Cade to the left. However when Optimus gets to the reunion point Cade comes out of the truck using Shane's side door (right) instead of his (left). It is clear they (the director and his crew) were trying to get a "superhero" pose but it doesn't make sense.
*When Optimus arrived to the reunion site you can see the filming crew in the reflection of his front chrome parts.
*The statement that Drift claims to be a haiku ("Loyalty is but a flower in the winds of fear and temptation") is not actually a haiku: poems of that style generally consist of three separate statements in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern; the one mentioned in the film is a single unbroken statement that totals to the 17 syllables that a haiku technically consists of.
*Hound's dialogue when he's bickering with Drift doesn't really match up to what we see. Drift pulls his swords on Hound, but the big guy goads him on to "pull it", suggesting Drift was originally supposed to aim a firearm at him.
[[File:Uncolored Ratchet head prop.jpg‎|thumb|upright=1.67|Gray is the new green.]]
*When Joshua is in the lab showing Darcy Transformium, in two different shots, a gray, uncolored prop of Ratchet's head can be seen being worked on in the next room.
*As Cade's drone scans a KSI employee's name tag, it displays its location onscreen as around N 38°44'55", W115°28'27". These coordinates are for a [https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B044%2755.0%22N+115%C2%B028%2727.0%22W/@38.7486111,-115.4741667,3048m patch of desert in Nevada] rather than any place in Chicago.
*While first infiltrating KSI, in the showroom where Stinger is first viewed, Bumblebee is in car mode when Joshua walks in with Yueming. Bumblebee's engine audibly revs, yet Joshua doesn't notice that there's no one in the car to rev the engine.
[[File:Megatron Head at KSI.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Screw logic!]]
*Megatron's severed head is in somewhat good shape for someone who got an axe stabbed on the top of his head. Furthermore, his head is more in line with its appearance in the first movie not ''Dark of the Moon''.
*Not to mention, after Joshua's group leaves and Bumblebee knocks Stinger down, there's no transformation noise right before Bumblebee returns to his altmode and the KSI executive walks in. Additionally, Bumblebee starts playing M.C. Hammer's "U Can't Touch This", '''when no one is in the car''' to turn the stereo on. Ostensibly it was for a comic moment, but it didn't raise anyone's suspicions that a car that wasn't typical of the ones being scanned, operating the engine and the stereo with no human inside, might be a disguised Cybertronian?
*After Bumblebee scans his new alternate mode, the camera pans over the car and Tessa and Shane are not inside. However when he's getting his new upgraded form you can see that they used stunt doubles for Shane and Tessa. That scene wasn't dangerous enough to require stunt doubles, was it?
*Some security guards in KSI fail to react to Crosshairs's shooting and shouting until a few seconds before the scene changes.
*When Galvatron first transforms and crashes into a truck, the way he is composed in the scene makes it look like he is simply floating above the wreckage, instead of being in the middle causing it.
*When Optimus transforms, Cade and Shane leap out of Optimus, while Tessa is trapped and rolls away. However, previous shots establish that the seating order in Optimus is Shane, Tessa, Cade. This means that Cade crawled over his daughter to escape(!), which is not quite logical or possible.
*Lockdown fires two missiles at Optimus Prime that, despite piercing his chest, don't manifest any kind of visible damage on his person, despite the previous shot showing Optimus's chest getting blown apart.
*When Lockdown is approaching Optimus after gunning him down, the driver's door of the Cadillac SRX he's resting on is shown to be open in two exterior shots, even though Tessa previously closed it after getting inside, and it's also shown closed in other (mostly interior) shots.
*When he loses his grip on the net holding Optimus and the car containing Tessa, Cade is shown falling toward the street, but he lands on the grass by the road.
*When the Autobots are on a bridge, before boarding Lockdown's ship, Crosshairs is clearly shown to be speaking but no dialogue is heard.
*Also in that same scene when Hound says "It's a bad idea but I'm all about bad ideas" his mouth movements are slightly out of synch.
*When Tessa gets taken to the trash in Lockdown's ship, a green screen can be seen at the end of the corridor.
*While locking up Optimus, Lockdown's scar is on the left side of his face. While talking to Savoy upon delivering the seed, it's on the right side of his face; however, it switches back to the left side right before he walks off after bidding Earth farewell.
*While the human characters are climbing across the anchor cables to the high-rise building some of the Steeljaws begin to climb out after them. Cade tells his daughter not to look back and see them, but when we cut back to her, with a clear view of the cables behind her, the Steeljaws are gone.
*When Bumblebee jumps off Lockdown's ship to save the humans, he is followed by a Steeljaw. In the following shot, the Steeljaw is gone.
*While explaining Megatron's plans to the Autobots, Brains rings a bell on a train. In the next shot, the bell is not moving.
*During the motorcycle chase, the CIA cars change. At first, Joshua and Su are trailed by a Cadillac and an Audi; in the middle of the chase, the Cadillac is replaced by another Audi. By the end of the chase, the Cadillac is back.
*In Hong Kong, when Cade, Joshua, Tessa, and Shane enter the elevator to run away from the rooftop, the elevator won't move and Cade says it's overloaded. But in the next scene, we see that the maximum number of people that the elevator can carry is nine, and it's very clear that the Seed doesn't weight as much as five people.
*When Grimlock transforms to his dino mode and charges at Optimus, there are no other Dinobots, nor the ship, to be seen in the background. However, after Optimus punches Grimlock and the shot changes, Dinobots are standing almost right next to him.
*Optimus somehow has enough strength to not only maintain his ground, but propel Grimlock through the air during his charge. Considering Grimlock's strength, velocity and weight, it is highly unlikely Optimus would win.
*Immediately after he transforms into his triceratops mode, Slug is shown to have a very visible Autobot logo on his dino-mode forehead, yet he just met Optimus and the other Autobots moments before.
*One of the air conditioning units kicked off the building exterior by Savoy falls away to reveal ... a solid wall, with no connection to an apartment's interior.
*During Hound's stand in Hong Kong, the pickup truck he uses as a shield sways left to right whilst his arm remains still.
*The damage Hound receives after being shot down, most noticeably the pipe on his left shoulder, is fixed in subsequent shots.
*Crosshairs is seen driving alongside Drift and Hound through the bridge to take the Seed away from the city ... right after we just saw him staying behind to hold the line with the Dinobots.
*During the final fight, Bumblebee decides to just leave midway. Considering the distance between the factory and the dock where they met, he must have left long before Optimus flew there.
*Also during the final flight, Cade is hiding on his own behind a wall. After Lockdown fires, a second person is seen behind him. In the next shot this person has disappeared. Looking closely, the second person is wearing a suit like Attinger. Alternate take of his death, perhaps?
*After Optimus takes off, the other Autobots are absent from the shot of the main cast watching Optimus fly off.

===Geographic discontinuities===
*When Cade tries to use his card at an ATM, not only is the card issued from a Chinese bank, which wouldn't have any branches in north Texas, where the Yeagers live, the text on the ATM screen (behind the ''Access Denied'' warning) is in Chinese.
*Despite being from north Texas, Cade and Tessa have no Texas accents—not all Texans have noticeable accents of course, but Cade can be heard speaking with a slight ''Boston'' accent in the trainyard ("I'm doing stuff out of my league here!"), which is likely due to his portrayer, Mark Wahlberg, being a Boston native.
*Despite the KSI pursuit scene taking place on a two lane highway, there are several scenes spliced in of the Transformers with supercar alt modes (like Stinger and Crosshairs) driving on what is obviously a racecourse (specifically the GM proving grounds in Milford, Michigan). This is apparent by the horizontal incline of the road in some of the shots that are also missing the markings that would normally be on a road, and a reaction shot for Stinger that shows a straight, one lane ninety degree turn.
*The entirety of the KSI pursuit scene switches between taking place between the left and right sides of the two-lane highway, despite being only supposed to take place on the right side. Furthermore, the shot showing stray missiles colliding with oncoming traffic takes place on a completely different highway, one with five lanes instead of three and a wooden fence on the side of the street as opposed to a guardrail. Moreover; the car crashing stunt for the bridge jump scene starts on the five lane highway, continues on the left side of the three lane highway, and then finishes on the ''right side'' of the three lane highway. Trouble finding shots, eh?I
*Furthermore, because this is in Chicago, a U.S. City, it makes no sense for cars to be driving on the left side of the road, instead of the right.
*All of the vehicles seen in Hong Kong are left-hand drive, rather than the right-hand drive you'd expect in a location that drives on the left.
*Some scenes supposed to take place in Hong Kong depict a very distinctively American city with traffic lights suspended by wires above the street.
*Chicago's Willis Tower can be seen in the background of Hong Kong.
*The bridge out of the city shown in the film (Tsing Ma Bridge) is at least a half-hour drive from the battlefield in Central.
*Furthermore, despite Optimus's comment, there are no bridges connecting Hong Kong Island (where all the action allegedly takes place) to the mainland. The only way to get off Hong Kong Island (other than by boat or swimming) is via one of three tunnels, none of which are used, referenced or mentioned in the film.
*Speaking of bridges, Tsing Ma Bridge (the gray version of the Golden Gate Bridge) shown in the movie is effectively a dead end unless one is going to the airport or Disneyland, because it only leads to/from Lantau Island.
*The bridge where Grimlock "digs in" is an expressway bypass. Geographically defending it is pointless as there are multiple other routes (including at least one that is faster) to bypass the bridge and tunnel yet end up at the same place on the other side.
*In one of the fight scenes there is an overhead railway (the {{w|Detroit People Mover}}). There are no overhead railways on Hong Kong Island (yet) and the {{w|MTR}} (the subway train network) trains look nothing like the train used in the scenes, as they are a completely different shape and color.
*There are no "glass houses" on Hong Kong Island.
*There are no Chinese temple ruins on Hong Kong Island. The temples there are all intact and frequently used or preserved and don't have giant metal umbrellas ''at all''.
*The area where Optimus battles and "tames" Grimlock is in the Wushan Valley in Northern China which is over 1100 km from Hong Kong, yet is depicted as being in Pok Fu Lam on the South Western side of Hong Kong Island (which is a high rise residential area). Even flying it would take well over 2 hours to get from Wushan Valley to Hong Kong.
*It's not possible to drive a car from Beijing into Hong Kong, as the number plates would be invalid, and it would take over a day to drive that distance. Chinese vehicles coming into Hong Kong have to be from the Canton area (number plates are black) and have to be registered with Hong Kong plates, which means they must display both plates at all times one above the other. (In addition, the process to obtain permission for a car to have that is also lengthy and costly.)
*The blue SUV used by Cade and his companions is not a type of vehicle that exists in Hong Kong. In addition, its steering wheel is located on the left side, even though cars in Hong Kong have their steering wheels on the right side.
*Optimus Prime's Western Star alternate mode would be illegal to drive on Hong Kong roads, since it's is oversized. The Freightliner truck used for Galvatron is the maximum size/gauge allowed on Hong Kong roads. All scenes with Optimus driving in truck mode were filmed elsewhere, the Western Star truck was never brought to Hong Kong. Even his previous Peterbilt alternate mode would be illegal in Hong Kong.
*The area depicted as the final battle scene where Optimus and Lockdown face off was digitally added on the map of Hong Kong shown in the movie. It doesn't exist at all in real life, where it's actually a breakwater/typhoon shelter full of boats on Victora Harbour. In addition, the factories in Hong Kong (which are all located on Kowloon, because Hong Kong Island is purely a residential/business/shopping district) look nothing like the buildings used in the scene.

===[[Dinobot Island, Part 1|Paleontology weeps]]===
*The cyberformed remains of a ''Tyrannosaurus'' and a ''Spinosaurus'' appear frozen together in the arctic at the beginning of the film, which is rather odd considering the two are found on different continents (North America and Africa respectively) and separated by around 35 million years of evolution. Note that a few months after the release of the movie, the morphology of ''Spinosaurus'' was completely revised, with a different spine shape and shorter legs.
[[File:ExtinctionOfTheDinosaurus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|And another thing! How is that sauropod running!?!]]
*The opening scene of the movie shows a ''Psittaccosaurus'' (100-120 million years old), a generic hadrosaur that might be either an ''Edmontosaurus'' or a ''Shantungosaurus'' (65-70 million years old), and a brachiosaurid (100-157 million years old) all present during what is implied to be the K-Pg extinction event (64.5-65 million years old).
*The ''Psittaccosaurus'', a well known herbivorous animal, is seen actively hunting and killing live prey. In a nod to paleontological accuracy, however, it is depicted with a row of quill-like feathers along its back, as many ceratopsian dinosaurs are believed to have had.
*The Dinobots' alternate modes are orders of magnitude larger than the real dinosaurs on which they're based. In an interesting twist, using Optimus as a proxy for the average human, all the Dinobots bar Strafe have been accurately scaled up. At 850 tonnes <ref name="Grimlock stats">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/entertainment-weekly-reveals-new-details-on-transformers-4-age-of-extinction-new-grimlock-image-179675] summarised on TFW2005.</ref> Grimlock is as large compared to Optimus as a real ''Tyrannosaurus'' would be next to a human.

==Transformers references==

* As usual, many of the new characters have roots in older portions of the mythos:
** [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] is based on [[Drift (G1)|a Generation 1 character]] introduced in IDW's 2008 ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' series.
** Lockdown is derived from [[Lockdown (Animated)|a character in the 2008 ''Animated'' cartoon]] who had already jumped over to the G1 comics and, in toy form, to the movie universe.
** [[Hound (disambiguation)|Hound]] shares a military-green alternate mode with his [[Hound (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], but is otherwise unrelated. His portly physique has put many a fan in mind of similar military-green Autobot [[Bulkhead (disambiguation)|Bulkhead]], but again, the movie character's crusty, violence-hungry, trigger-happy personality owes nothing to that gentle Autobot giant.
** The name [[Crosshairs (disambiguation)|Crosshairs]] has been used by a few characters before, but this version has nothing to do with any of them.
** Galvatron being a new form for Megatron has been a thing for [[Galvatron (disambiguation)|basically forever]]. With Joyce's intentions of creating him as a counterpart to Optimus Prime, he also takes cues from [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]]; in particular the human-controlled ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|character]].
** The Dinobots are the latest iteration of [[Dinobot (G1)|the powerhouse subfaction]] that first appeared in the early days of Generation 1. Their leader Grimlock is a direct analog of [[Grimlock (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]]; Strafe and Slug are based on Generation 1 [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], respectively.
* In the film's opening act, Optimus has adopted a cabover truck alternate mode akin to that of his [[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 counterpart]]. His robot mode also draws some inspiration from his G1 design, such as the large grill on his chest.
* This is not the first time that Ratchet and Lockdown have faced off. ''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] had [[The Thrill of the Hunt|a long-running feud]].
* The concept of the Transformers being built by another race first appeared in the third season of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original ''Transformers'' cartoon]].
* The ringtone on Gill Wembley's cell phone is a remixed version of the original G1 Transformers [[theme song]].
* As he hunts for Ratchet, Lockdown's head-up display shows characters in [[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]], an alphabet originating in the Generation 1 episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]".
* In the scene where Optimus scans a passing truck, the classic [[Transformation#The noise|transformation noise]] plays when the Autobot symbol emerges from his grill.
*The scene where Galvatron goes active and breaks free in KSI's Chinese facility mirrors the scene in the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie when Megatron breaks free inside [[Sector Seven]]'s facility, down to a reuse of the line "I am Megatron", only with the name changed to "Galvatron".

==Real-life references==
[[File:Rainbow Dash Age of Extinction.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"I found the magic!"]]

*Among the objects KSI makes from Transformium in the film is a Rainbow Dash doll from [[My Little Pony|another popular Hasbro brand]].

==Other editions==

==Prequel material==
*''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' magazine ([[Titan Books|Titan Comics]])

==Adaptations==
Unusually, no novel or comic adaptations of the film were released. The ''[[Transformers Annual 2015]]'' contained an extremely cut down prose summary of events.

==Music==
==Score==
{{main|Age of Extinction: The Score}}

==Home video releases==
{{main|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)/home video}}

==Theatrical posters==
<center><gallery>
File:Transformers- Age of ExtinctionTeaserPoster.jpg|Something has survived...
File:Transformers- Age of ExtinctionOptimusPrimePoster.jpg|Will you follow me... for the fourth time?
File:Transformers Age of Extinction poster-IMAX.jpg|The Prime, the Grim, and the Marky.
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Cade poster.jpg|Cade, look out behind you! Ah, too late, Lockdown's ship got him.
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Shane poster.jpg|So the five minute scene about statutory rape was supposed to be funny?
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Tessa poster.jpg|She wants you to forget she was in ''{{w|The Last Airbender (film)|The Last Airbender}}''.
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Su poster.jpg|So the minor character gets a poster and two lengthy filler action scenes to herself?
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Lockdown poster.jpg|''Age of Extinction'', come and spend your money here!
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Rules Have Changed.jpg|It's a scene not in the movie!
File:Transformers Age of Extinction This Is Not War.jpg|This is not human extinction, it's just war.
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Stand Together1.jpg|So we face extinction if we don't stand with you? Huh, that's kinda harsh...
File:Transformers Age of Extinction Stand Together2.jpg|"Now look down. Now look at me. I'm on a dinosaur."
</gallery></center>

==Reception==

{{quote|"The few authentic inspirations to be found in the movie's hundred and sixty-five roiling minutes involve gigantic science-fiction contrivances."|[http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/transformers_age_of_extinction_bay The New Yorker's Richard Brody on Transformers 4: Age of Extinction], Richard Brody|[http://newyorker.com newyorker.com] [[2014]]}}

''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' was critically panned, and nearly universally condemned on the American front, receiving a rating of 18% positive critical reviews on RottenTomatoes.com, one percent lower than the final score for ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Common criticisms leveled against it included its relatively long run time of 2 hours and 45 minutes, the disproportionately small amount of screen time the Dinobots got in relation to their relatively large exposure in promotional materials for the film, an over-reliance on product placement, and the decision to set the final act in Hong Kong, which was perceived as a choice solely done to pander towards the Chinese audience for the film. However, the film received praise for its visual effects, action sequences, and the performances of some of the human actors, mainly Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, and Kelsey Grammer.<ref>http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_age_of_extinction/</ref> Despite any criticisms, the film was the worldwide top-grossing film for 2014, earning over a billion dollars.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2014 Box Office Mojo's 2014 Worldwide Grosses]</ref>

It {{w|35th Golden Raspberry Awards|won one Golden Raspberry Award}} for Worst Director ([[Michael Bay]]), was one of four movies contributing to [[Kelsey Grammer]]'s Worst Supporting Actor win (along with ''{{w|The Expendables 3}}'', ''{{w|Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return}}'' and ''{{w|Think Like a Man Too}}''), and was unsuccessfully nominated for Worst Picture; Worst Supporting Actress ([[Nicola Peltz]] as [[Tessa Yeager]]); Worst Screen Combo ("Any two robots, actors (or robotic actors)"); Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel; and Worst Screenplay ("screenplay by [[Ehren Kruger]], based on Hasbro's Transformers action figures").

For Chinese audiences, however, it was a phenomenon and some farmers started making replica Transformers as a new job. <ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinese-villagers-give-up-farming-719236 The Hollywood Reporter: "Chinese Villagers Give Up Farming to Build Giant Transformers From Old Car Parts", July 16 2014]</ref>

==Production staff==
''Age of Extinction'' was written by [[Ehren Kruger]], who also wrote ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' and helped write ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.
===Visual effects===
Like the previous films in the series, [[Industrial Light & Magic]] (with assistance from [[Atomic Fiction]] and [[Base FX]]) was employed to do the visual effects. [[Method Studios]] and [[Tippett Studios]] also contributed to the film's VFX production.

===Locations department===

==Development details==
===Cast and crew signing on===
On June 26, 2011, thirteen days before the official theatrical release of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', actor [[Tyrese Gibson]] gave an interview to Movieweb, in which he claimed that [[Michael Bay]] would not return for a fourth ''Transformers'' installment; instead, executive producer [[Steven Spielberg]] himself was allegedly interested in directing a sequel.<ref name="tyresemovieweb">[http://movieweb.com/exclusive-steven-spielberg-may-direct-transformers-4/ Movieweb interview with Tyrese Gibson], with several names missing from the text; the full excerpt in question is quoted [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/rumor-transformers-4-directed-by-steven-spielberg-172501/ here] on TFW2005.</ref> Ten days later, on June 26, 2011, still three days before the official theatrical release of ''Dark of the Moon'', Michael Bay posted praise for actor [[Shia LaBeouf]] on his official forums, while at the same time expressing regret for leaving the ''Transformers'' franchise.<ref name="bayshialeaving">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?9502-Love-Shia-as-an-Actor Michael Bay's praise for Shia LaBeouf] at the official Michael Bay forums.</ref> Another two days later, on June 28, 2011, LaBeouf confirmed that ''Dark of the Moon'' would definitely be his last ''Transformers'' film, as he didn't think there was "anywhere to take" his character of [[Sam Witwicky]].<ref name="endshia">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/06/28/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-shia-labeouf/ "'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon' Is The End For Shia LaBeouf"], MTV Movies Blog.</ref>

Eight months later, on February 13, 2012, producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] gave an interview during [[Toy Fair 2012]], in which he confirmed that a fourth film was scheduled for a release in the Summer of 2014, Michael Bay would direct it after all, and that the movie would be a "reboot". He promptly clarified that it was actually a "hybrid", an "evolution" of the franchise that would be in continuity with the previous films, citing 2012's ''{{w|The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)|The Amazing Spider-Man}}'' reboot of the ''[[Spider-Man]]'' film franchise as an example of what people should ''not'' expect from a fourth ''Transformers'' film. Di Bonaventura also confirmed that no casting discussions had taken place yet at that point, since there was no set story yet. However, there would be "a lot of new cast", and it was still uncertain at that point whether any of the previous cast members would return. The only characters that would "certainly" return would be [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].<ref name="lorenzointerview">["http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/733426/a-new-transformers-to-hit-theaters-in-summer-2014.jhtml "a new 'transformers' to hit theaters in summer 2014"], interview with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura at MTV.com.</ref> A day later, on February 14, 2012, Bay himself and [[Paramount Pictures]] officially announced that Bay had indeed signed a deal to make a fourth ''Transformers'' film. The film's release date was stated alternatively as either June 27 or June 29, 2014.<ref name="bayfourthfilm1">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-4-release-date-revealed-174395/ "Transformers 4 Release Date Revealed"] at TFW2005.</ref><ref name="bayfourthfilm">[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17028248 "Transformers director Michael Bay signs for fourth film"], BBC.co.uk.</ref> That same day, Bay also confirmed that he and Spielberg were working on a "whole new re imagining{{sic}} of ''Transformers''".<ref name="reimagining">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?10284-Transformers-4 Michael Bay confirming that ''Transformers 4'' would be a "reimaginging"] at the official Michael Bay forums.</ref> Two days later, on February 16, 2012, actor [[Josh Duhamel]] expressed his doubts that he, Shia LaBeouf, [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] or Tyrese Gibson would return for the fourth installment.<ref name="noshiarosie">[http://eonline.com/news/294791/josh-duhamel-not-coming-back-for-transformers-4-is-anyone "Josh Duhamel Not Coming Back for Transformers 4: Is Anyone?!"] at E! Online.</ref>

Four months later, on June 6, 2012, Michael Bay confirmed in an interview centered around ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D|Transformers: The Ride]]'' that the fourth film would feature "some redesigns of the robots and an entirely new cast", and that it would be the last ''Transformers'' film he would direct.<ref name="ride">[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/transformers-the-ride-3d-even-impresses-disney-rivals/ "‘Transformers’ taking new shape with Universal ride and fourth film"], LA Times Hero Complex.</ref> A few weeks later, on June 21, 2012, Bay confirmed that the fourth film would feature "different human actors", but the film would not be strictly a "reboot", but rather take the story "in a new direction". While hinting that the story might venture into space for "a little bit", he still wanted to keep it "grounded".<ref name="starsspace">[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/transformers-4-michael-bay-purges-stars-may-go-into-space/ "‘Transformers 4’: Michael Bay purges stars, may go into space"], LA Times Hero Complex.</ref>

[[File:TF4 Chinese Reality Show contestants.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|If ''Age of Extinction'' teaches us anything, it's that more movies should be cast using reality shows.]]On September 21, 2012, Michael Bay confirmed the first "cast" member for the film in the broadest sense, namely the fact that voice actor [[Peter Cullen]] would be kept on as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. He also confirmed that the film would ''not'' be a reboot, but would pick up the story from where ''Dark of the Moon'' had left off in [[Chicago]].<ref name="cullen">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/21/michael-bay-transformers-4-pain-and-gain_n_1903523.html "Michael Bay, 'Transformers 4' Director, On The Struggles Of 'Pain & Gain'"], Huffington Post interview.</ref> One and a half months later, on November 8, 2012, Bay confirmed [[Mark Wahlberg]] as the first human cast member,<ref name="wahlberg">[http://michaelbay.com/2012/11/08/michael-bay-re-teams-with-his-pain-gain-star-mark-wahlberg-for-transformers-4/ "Michael Bay Re-Teams With His 'Pain & Gain' Star Mark Wahlberg for Transformers 4"], on Michael Bay's official site.</ref> after having referred to such claims as "just a rumor" a mere month earlier.<ref name="baynowahlberg">[http://michaelbay.com/2012/10/23/transformers-4-casting-rumor/ "Transformers 4 Casting Rumor"], on Michael Bay's official site.</ref> On December 15, 2012, Wahlberg himself confirmed that filming would commence in May 2013.<ref name="wahlbergmay">[http://collider.com/ted-2-sequel-mark-wahlberg-transformers-4/218011/ "Mark Wahlberg Talks TED 2, TRANSFORMERS 4, and PAIN AND GAIN; Says TF Starts Shooting in May Followed By TED Sequel"], interview with Collider.com.</ref> Another month later, on January 8, 2013, Irish American actor [[Jack Reynor]] was confirmed as the second human cast member.<ref name="reynor">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-reynor-lands-starring-role-409850 "Jack Reynor Lands Starring Role in 'Transformers 4'"] at Hollywood Reporter.</ref> [[Nicola Peltz]] was confirmed on March 26, 2013,<ref name="welcomepeltz">[http://michaelbay.com/2013/03/26/welcome-nicola-peltz-to-transformers-4/ "Welcome Nicola Peltz to Transformers 4"], on Michael Bay's official site.</ref> followed by [[Stanley Tucci]] (confirmed to be an antagonist) on April 16, 2013.,<ref name="tucci">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/cinemaconnews.php?id=103034 "CinemaCon: Stanley Tucci Joins Transformers 4"]</ref> [[Kelsey Grammer]] as a lead (human) villain named "Harold Attinger" on May 1, 2013,<ref name="grammerattinger">[http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/kelsey-grammer-lands-lead-human-villain-in-transformers-sequel/ "Kelsey Grammer Lands Lead (Human) Villain In ‘Transformers’ Sequel"] at Deadline.com.</ref> [[Sophia Myles]] as a scientist on May 6, 2013,<ref name="mylesscientist">[http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/sophia-myles-join-mark-wahlberg-michael-bays-transformers-4-exclusive-89661 "Sophia Myles to Join Mark Wahlberg in Michael Bay's 'Transformers 4' (Exclusive)"] at TheWrap.com.</ref> Chinese actress [[Li Bingbing]] in an at that point still unspecified role on May 20, 2013,<ref name="bingbing">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-li-bingbing-boards-transformers-525370 "China's Li Bingbing Boards 'Transformers 4'"] at Hollywood Reporter</ref> and actor-comedian [[T. J. Miller]] as a mechanic and best friend to Wahlberg's character on May 28, 2013.<ref name="miller">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tj-miller-joins-transformers-4-559359 "T.J. Miller Joins 'Transformers 4'"] at Hollywood Reporter.</ref> [[Titus Welliver]] wasn't officially confirmed until July 25, 2013, after he had been spotted on set in Texas.<ref name="welliver">[http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/transformers-4-adds-titus-welliver/ "‘Transformers 4′ Adds Titus Welliver"], Deadline.com.</ref> In the lead-up to the release of the movie, Welliver would stir up a minor controversy with an interview in which he stated that the film would be darker and "not a kid's movie". Following a storm of online discussion regarding this statement, he issued a new statement to the effect that ''Age of Extinction'' is in fact a kid's movie, and he meant to say it would expand the audience.<ref name="nerdist">[https://www.nerdist.com/2014/02/titus-welliver-talks-about-transformers-4-and-clark-greggs-s-h-i-e-l-d-comments/ Titus Welliver Talks About TRANSFORMERS 4 and Clark Gregg’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Comments], Nerdist.com.</ref>

A rather unusual addition to the cast were [[Byron Li]], [[Candice Zhao]], [[Austin Lin]] and [[Teresa Daley]], which won their part through participating in the ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' on August 25, 2013.<ref name="reality">[http://beijing.china.org.cn/2013-08/28/content_29845758.htm "'Transformers 4' recruits 4 Chinese actors"], China.org.cn.</ref>

The remaining robot voice cast (barring Optimus Prime) wasn't officially revealed until May 8, 2014.<ref name="voicecast">[http://michaelbay.com/2014/05/08/john-goodman-and-ken-watanabe-join-the-autobot-voice-cast-in-michael-bays-transformers-age-of-extinction/ "John Goodman And Ken Watanabe Join The Autobot Voice Cast in Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’"] at the official Michael Bay website.</ref>

===Writing and production===
On March 20, 2013, the Michigan Film Office announced that the fourth film would return to [[Detroit]].<ref name="michigan">[http://www.michiganfilmoffice.org/The-Film-Office/Press-Releases/Detail.aspx?id=11620 "Transformers Returning to Michigan, Approved for Film Incentive" at the Michigan Film Office website.]</ref> Principal photography began on May 28, 2013, at {{w|Monument Valley}}.<ref name="monument">[http://michaelbay.com/2013/05/28/transformers-4-starts-filming-in-monument-valley-navajo-tribal-park/ "Transformers 4 Starts Filming in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park"], on Michael Bay's official site.</ref> Other shooting locations were the small towns of Lockhart, Taylor, Elgin and Pflugerville in Texas.<ref name="texas">[http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/movies/headlines/20130426-fourth-transformers-film-to-shoot-in-texas.ece "Fourth ‘Transformers’ film to shoot in Texas"] at Dallas Morning News.</ref> Shooting in Michigan involved two historic passenger steamboats, the ''{{w|SS Columbia}}'' and her sister ship, the ''{{w|Ste. Claire (passenger steamboat)|SS Ste. Claire}}'', which were docked in {{w|River Rouge, Michigan|River Rouge}} awaiting restoration at the time being used as props.<ref name="boblo">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/07/26/wdr-boblo-boats-transformers-four.html "Historic Boblo boats land role in Transformers 4"], CBC News.</ref> While shooting in Detroit, Mark Wahlberg's children visited the set and were given small parts in the movie upon their father's request.<ref name="wahlkids">[http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/07/30/mark-wahlbergs-kids-cast-in-transformers-4/ "Mark Wahlberg's Kids Cast In Transformers 4"], Comicbook.com.</ref>

[[File:AOE Michael Bay Nicola Peltz on set.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Michael Bay uses his legendary charm to get the very best performance out of his actors.]]
Due to an increased focus of Hollywood studios trying to market its movies to the Chinese audience, parts of the movie were not only set in China, but actually filmed there. One of the shooting sites was Hong Kong. While there, the movie crew encountered the risks of shooting a movie in China firsthand when director Michael Bay was assaulted on the set by two locals demanding money; according to some sources, they were store owners that were not satisfied with the compensation they received for the inconvenience of having a movie filming nearby. Bay received minor injuries, but played the incident off on his blog. Both he and an official Paramount statement suggested that the assailants were under the influence of drugs.<ref name="attack1">[http://deadline.com/2013/10/hong-kong-police-called-to-transformers-4-set-amid-alleged-extortion-attempt-report-613912/ "Extortion Attempt On ‘Transformers 4′ Set; Michael Bay Suffers Minor Injury: Report"], Deadline.com.</ref><ref name="attack2">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-bay-attacked-transformers-4-649183 "Michael Bay Attacked on 'Transformers 4' Set in Hong Kong"], Hollywood Reporter.</ref><ref name="attack3">[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-24566287 "Transformers director Michael Bay attacked in Hong Kong"], BBC.</ref name="attack4">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/michael-bay-attacked-on-transformers-hong-kong-film-shoot-1.2100953 "Michael Bay attacked on Transformers Hong Kong film shoot"], CBC News.</ref><ref name="attack5">[http://michaelbay.com/2013/10/17/hong-kong-incident/ "Hong Kong Incident"] on Michael Bay's official Blog.</ref> A second extortion attempt occured several days later, this time allegedly by several triad gang members. Although one of them was later arrested, no-one was injured this time around.<ref name="extortion2">[http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bay-transformers-4hong-kong-second-extortion-incident-2013-10?IR=T "More Trouble For 'Transformers 4' In Hong Kong As Second Extortion Attempt Reported"], Business Insider.</ref><ref name="extortion3">[http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/25/world/asia/hong-kong-transformers-triad-extortion/ "Transformers versus the triads of Hong Kong: the sequel"], CNN.</ref> Once again, Bay played down the extortion attempts in an interview, noting that most of the locals were apologetic over what took place, and that he wanted to film more projects in Hong Kong.<ref name="eager">[http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1342084/hollywood-director-michael-bay-eager-shoot-hong-kong-again "Hollywood director Michael Bay eager to shoot in Hong Kong again"], ''South China Morning Post'']</ref>

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9|left|"Get me closer! I want to hit them with my sword!"]]Late script changes resulted in Bay and his crew returning to the Chinese city of {{w|Chongqing}} for a week reshooting a scene in January 2014.<ref name="reshoot">[http://www.ecns.cn/2014/01-23/98337.shtml "'Transformers 4' back to China for additional shots"], China News Service (Ecns.cn).</ref>

Some of [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]]'s post-production effects were done at a newly opened Lucasfilm facility in Singapore.<ref name="ilmsg">[http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/lifestyle/story/lucasfilm-singapore-work-new-avengers-and-transformers-movies-20140116 "Lucasfilm Singapore to work on new Avengers and Transformers movies"], The Straits Times.</ref>

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=== Sponsors and partners ===
==== General Motors and other car manufacturers ====
[[File:AOE Optimus Prime truck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|When having one's midlife crisis, it's not unusual to get a souped-up alternate mode.]]
''Age of Extinction'' continues the collaboration with General Motors. Earlier in the film, Bumblebee chooses a customized 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS as his disguise when hiding from [[Cemetery Wind]], whereas later on, he upgrades to the newest model, a 2014 Camaro concept car. (The production crew was actually accused of ripping off a one-of-a-kind custom for the 1967 version.<ref name="1967custom">[http://jalopnik.com/did-transformers-4-rip-off-this-guys-design-for-the-ne-510655228 "Did Transformers 4 Rip Off This Guy's Design For The New Bumblebee?"] at Jalopnik.com.</ref>) Furthermore, new addition [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]]'s alternate mode is a 2014 Chevrolet C7 Corvette Stingray, and recurring character Ratchet briefly appears at the beginning of the movie and transforms into his Hummer H2 ambulance mode (in the color scheme from ''Dark of the Moon'') before being killed at the hands of Cemetery Wind and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]].

''Age of Extinction'' is the first movie to feature an official partnership with a manufacturer for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s alternate mode. Earlier in the movie, he transforms into an old, rusty Marmon 97 truck cab (presumably without support from the manufacturer), but later upgrades into a brand new Western Star "5700 OP" concept truck that was designed specifically for the movie by "Twins Custom Coaches" and the team at West Coast Customs, with Western Star being a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks, who also provided a 2012 Freightliner Argosy that serves as [[Megatron (Movie)|Galvatron]]'s alternate mode.

Other manufacturers that provided vehicles to be used for characters' alternate modes were the Oshkosh Corporation with an Oshkosh Defense FMTV truck for [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], the Volkswagen group with a 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse for [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and a Lamborghini Aventador for Lockdown, and independent Italian manufacturer Pagani Automobili with a Pagani Huayra for [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]].

=== Changes before, during and after production ===
* [[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] was originally intended to appear in the film (he even made it into some concept artwork).<ref name="burt">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-age-of-extinction-concept-art-from-wesley-burt/30723/ Age of Extiction concept art by Wesley Burt], mirrored at Seibertron.com.</ref>
* [[Glenn Morshower]] was originally set to return in this film, reprising his role of [[Morshower|General Morshower]], but didn't return due to a scheduling conflict.<ref>http://transformerslive.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/general-morshower-not-returning-to.html</ref>
* Both [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Tyrese Gibson]] were intended to cameo reprising their roles as [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] but were cut before filming started.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/tyrese-gibson-in-talks-for-transformers-4-176078/</ref><ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/tyrese-gibson-to-make-cameo-appearance-only-in-transformers-4-177407/</ref><ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/josh-duhamel-to-make-cameo-appearance-in-transformers-4-177026/</ref><ref>http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2013/06/josh-duhamel-not-in-transformers-4.html</ref>
* Ed Welburn, [[General Motors]]' vice president for global design, was originally set to cameo as the C.I.A. head before being recast as a KSI employee.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/automobiles/ed-welburn-gets-a-part-in-transformers.html?_r=0</ref>
* A scene depicting Hound and Bumblebee dancing with Tessa (while Drift bobs his head in the background) was not present in the final cut of the film.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnxZ7Gg2yV4</ref>
* Scorn's toys lack the additional two sails he has in the film, suggesting it was a late design change.
*The Pagani Huayra that eventually ended up as [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] was at one point intended as the alternate mode of a female robot with the working name "Widow Maker".<ref name="vitaly">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/age-of-extinction-concept-art-by-vitaly-bulgarov-180636/ Age of Extinction concept art by Vitaly Bulgarov] at TFW2005, including "Widow Maker".</ref><ref name="jung">[http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/07/20/transformers-age-of-extinction-concept-art-shows-off-epic-scope-/ Age of Extinction concept art by Steve Jung] at Comicbook.com, including "Widow Maker".</ref>
* Wahlberg's character was named "Flynn 'Ray' Vincent" rather than "Cade Yeager" in a casting call. The same casting call also revealed that actor [[Glenn Morshower]] was supposed to reprise his role as [[Morshower|General Morshower]] from the previous two films.<ref name="txcasting">[http://www.featurefilmauditions.com/2013/05/casting-for-transformers-4-actors-and.html "Transformers 4' open casting calls for actors and extras in Austin, TX and Detroit, MI"] at Film Auditions.</ref>
* A scene where Cade says "Stick behind me" is not present in the final cut of the film.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXSkXQs890g</ref>
* Another piece of dialogue cut from the film is when Cade says "You tell me" to Attinger when he asks for Optimus Prime.
* In some concept artwork, Grimlock appears as a horn-less T-Rex.
* The original running time of the film was 2 hours and 7 minutes, which would have made it the shortest film in the franchise. The final running time was 2 hours and 30 minutes <ref>http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BatFreak/news/?a=77992</ref><ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-4-age-of-extinction-running-time-revealed-180165/</ref>
* [[Dwayne Johnson]] was originally offered the role of Cade Yeager, but due to his commitment to ''Hercules: The Thracian Wars'', the role was later taken over by his ''Pain & Gain'' co-star Mark Wahlberg.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TheRock/statuses/327892048978006016 Dwayne Johnson on Twitter]</ref>
*In some concept artwork, Drift was colored orange instead of blue. but according to the Generation 2 featurette in the Blu-ray release, this was changed because the vehicle that was going to play Drift was sold off.
*Some concept artwork shows that Optimus was intended to have his original trilogy body in the scenes where he had his new look.
*According to Ehren Kruger in the Generation 2 featurette, in the early drafts of the film, it was not originally centered on the Cade Yeager character.
*Numerous silver [[redeco]] toys were produced for Optimus Prime with the moniker of "Silver Knight", suggesting that he was originally supposed to take on this alternate appearance in the film itself, almost certainly upon drawing a sword from the Knights' armory. In the finished film, he does undergo some slight physical alteration at this point, his arms reconfiguring to resemble armor plates, but that's as far as it goes. This was also ''prrrrobably'' where he was supposed to get the rocket-boots he suddenly deploys at the film's end.
*A scene depicting Harold Attinger throwing a man out of a moving vehicle was reportedly cut from the film.<ref>http://news.tfw2005.com/2014/08/16/kelsey-grammer-explains-a-deleted-scene-from-transformers-age-of-extinction-180984</ref>

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===Disinformation campaign===

Like ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of The Moon'' before it, ''Age of Extinction'' had a campaign that would mask details of the final film. However, unlike the previous films, this one was all encompassing; no novelization or comics by [[IDW Publishing]] was released, allowing for a great deal of the movie's spoilers to actually remain unknown longer than for the previous three films.

In the original Michigan Film Office press release published on March 20, 2013, several vague plot details were revealed, including the fact that Autobots and Decepticons had "[[Cemetery Wind|all but vanished from the face of the planet]]", a "[[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|group of [...] businessman and scientists]]" were developing new technologies based on past encounters with the Transformers, and an "[[Lockdown (ROTF)|ancient, powerful Transformer menace]]" was targeting Earth.<ref name="plotunveiled">[http://www.thewrap.com/node/82001/ "‘Transformers 4’ Plot Unveiled by Michigan Film Office"] at TheWrap.com.</ref> These plot details were later claimed to be inaccurate by Paramount Pictures,<ref name="notaccurate">[http://screenrant.com/transformers-4-movie-plot-synopsis-cast/ Unofficial "'Transformers 4' Plot Synopsis Is Not Accurate"] at Screenrant.com</ref> but in all their vagueness ultimately turned out to be not too far off from the film's plot.

A lot of the newly-added characters were given "code names" during production, most of them related to the ''Rocky'' saga: "Duke" for Hound, "Adrian" for Galvatron, "Ivan" for Grimlock, "Rocky" for Slash (who was originally intended to appear in the movie, as noted above), "Southpaw" for Scorn, "Paulie" for Strafe, and "Thunderlips" for Slug. In addition, Crosshairs was code-named "Slingshot", Drift was code-named "Bruce", Lockdown was code-named "Max", and Steeljaw was code-named "Wolf" (which ''might'' have simply been a working name).<ref name="customer">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/961952-monzos-mega-hasbro-customer-service-listing-breakdown.html Hasbro customer service list]</ref>

==Notes==
*Not only do the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]] go unnamed in the film (other than [[Scorn]] getting the nickname, "Spike"), the word Dinobot is never even said by anyone. The audio description soundtrack on the home video releases refers to them as warriors or barbarians, but notes during the final scene that they "turn into Dinobots" (of course it also refers to Galvatron transforming "into an Autobot" when he turns into a robot, so make of that what you will).
*In addition to the Shadow Raiders, Steeljaws, the ball-shaped drones, and Stupid Drones, inside Lockdown's ship there were also several hovering drones. These drones appear to be of the same type as those the United States used in ''Dark of the Moon'' (the one that got sucked into the engine of Bumblebee's commandeered Decepticon fighter). Maybe Attinger sold them to Lockdown?
*Michael Bay's website incorrectly refers to the film as "Transformers 4 The Age Of Extinction"
* The Autobots and Decepticons shown in the cards Attinger pulled early in the film includes: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]], [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Loader]], [[Garagebot]], and the [[Driller]].
** Even though most of these Transformers are listed as deceased, Dino and Garagebot are not. Therefore, they could have been alive during the events of the film.
* This film seems to put a final nail in the coffin regarding the films' abandonment of the concept of using [[protoform]]s to travel through space; when the Autobots steal a ship from [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], they immediately move to leave Earth, indicating they had been stranded on Earth for the past five years without a spaceship (following the destruction of the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]''). The fact that no mention is made of searching for any possible survivors of Cemetery Wind's hunt also suggests that all Autobots who did not return for this film have been killed off as well.
**Fortunately, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] reapppear in [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|the next film]]. By taking that, Dino among the "not deceased" Transformers cards, and the fact that [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] is stated to have been killed by Cemetery Wind in some tie-in material into consideration, the only Autobot from ''Dark of the Moon'' whose fate after that film is uncertain is... [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]].
*The robot designs in this film are markedly different than the previous three; the robots have less alien appearances and are more heavily influenced by human forms with far less visible vehicle parts.
*Speaking of the appearance of the Autobots - they all are based on specific types of human combatants throughout history: Optimus is obviously a medieval knight, Hound heavily resembles a World War II-era commando, Crosshairs looks like a mercenary or assassin, Bumblebee's new form is highly Ninja-like, and Drift is unsurprisingly a samurai.
*Director Michael Bay makes a cameo appearance in the film as a guy sitting in the passenger seat of a truck whose trailer Optimus Prime and Bumblebee crash through after being attacked by Galvatron and Stinger.<ref name="magiceffects">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btn2tPxjisA "Behind the Magic: The Visual Effects of 'Transformers Age of Extinction'"] on the official ILMVisualFX Youtube channel.</ref> Heck with it, much of the KSI cars are part of his personal collection!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers: Lost Age''''' (トランスフォーマーロストエイジ ''Toransufōmā Rosuto Eiji'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''''Binying Gamgong: Chimmit Saigei''''' (變形金剛：殲滅世紀 "Transformers: The Century of Annihilation")
*''German:'' '''''Transformers: Ära des Untergangs''''' ("Transformers: Era of Doom")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Pièn-hsíng Chīn-kāng Ssù: Chuéh-chī Ch'óng-shēng''''' (Taiwan, 變型金剛4：絕跡重生), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng Sì: Juéjī Chóngshēng''''' (China, 变形金刚4：绝迹重生, "Transformers 4: Rebirth from the Extinction")
*''Polish:'' '''''Transformers: Wiek zagłady''''' ("Transformers: Age of Extinction")
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: A Era da Extinção''''' ("Transformers: The Age of Extinction")
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery: Epokha istrebleniya''''' (Трансформеры: Эпоха истребления "Transformers: Age of Extermination")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers 4''''' (Argentina)
*''Turkish:'' '''''Transformers: Kayıp Çağ''''' ("Transformers: Lost Age")
*''Czech:'' '''''Transformers: Zánik''''' (Transformers: Extinction)

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Transformersmovie.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2109248/?ref_=nv_sr_1 ''Age of Extinction'' at IMDB.com]
* {{w|Transformers: Ag of Extinction|''Age of Extinction'' film on Wikipedia}}
* [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_age_of_extinction/ ''Age of Extinction'' on RottenTomatoes.com]

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Liege Maximo

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[[File:Liegemaximo.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Here I go again on my throne.]]
Evil is infinite, a natural counterforce to good in the universe that cannot be truly defeated. When the [[Prima|first Prime]] was created, so was, necessarily, the '''Liege Maximo''', the robot who now considers himself his opposite, the ultimate evil.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
From the Liege Maximo were [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Decepticon]]s descended. The Liege Maximo's throne sat at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub]], a network of planetoids created by the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] that existed in the outer fringes of known space.

With the [[Liege Centuro]] [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] destroyed, Jhiaxus's fleet wiped out by [[Swarm (G2)|The Swarm]], and the [[Autobot]]s and Decepticons united in peace under one banner, [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] reported to the Liege Maximo on the day's devastating events. The Liege Maximo, an ancient and monumental titan, accepted the destruction of Jhiaxus's forces as merely a minor disruption. Sneering at the Transformers' alliance as a fragile thing, the Liege Maximo promised a day of reckoning. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!|A Rage in Heaven!}}

=====Alignment=====
{{note|"Alignment" was written by [[Simon Furman]] without permission of [[Hasbro]] and is included here as [[pseudocanon]] to provide insight into [[authorial intent]].}}
Liege Maximo was one of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]] created by [[Primus]]. Unlike his fellows, he had chosen not to [[Reproduction|subdivide]] repeatedly, doing so only selectively. This created a small taint in the Transformer race which spread through subsequent generations, ultimately flowering with the rise of the Decepticons. Because of this sparse sub-division, the Liege Maximo's connection to the divine origins of the Transformer race was comparatively undiluted, and he sought to embrace it. To this end, he instructed Jhiaxus and the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] to subject various planets to [[eco-structuring]]. These planets were steadily woven together to form the Hub, a massive, resonating structure that would allow him to ascend to the realm of the gods. Two Transformer groups, one led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and one by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], disrupted this process by forcing the Liege to leave his corporeal body, then destroying both it and his portal. Left with nowhere to go, the Liege Maximo's essence dissipated, and he was destroyed. {{storylink|Alignment}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma]], the Maximo actually became a heroic figure: Unicron devouring Cybertron had caused Primus's essence to be scattered among the surviving Transformers, most of whom were now the Cybertronian Empire. The Liege Maximo would lead this reformed army and the survivors of Cybertron against Unicron, finally battling the Chaos Bringer himself on the astral plane. He saved this reality at the cost of his own spark. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}

In [[Primax 994.0 Gamma]], the Liege Maximo's plot for ascension was foiled by the Autobots, prompting Liege Centuro [[Firecrest]] to move the remnants of the Cybertronian Empire to [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/05}}

====3H comics====
The [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] witnessed a vision of the ancient past, in which the Liege Maximo tore the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from the defeated [[Primon]]. When and why this happened remain unanswered questions. {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}}

Centuries later, in a future timeline when Cybertron was ruled by a tyrant named [[Shokaract]], a [[Maximal]] resistance leader known simply as "the [[Swoop (G1)|Veteran]]" reminisced about other tyrants who had come and gone over the years preceding Shokaract's rule. Among these past tyrants was the Liege Maximo. {{storylink|Schism (story)|Schism}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
{{first|[[The Crucible|''Robots in Disguise'' #34]] (mentioned); [[Rubicon|''Till All Are One'' #8]] (depicted)}}

[[File:OriginMyths-OnyxPrimeAndLiegeMaximo.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Approximately twelve million years ago, in the primitive era following the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]] from their homeworld, Liege Maximo rose to become the monarch of the [[Forgotten Plains]], slaying [[Imperator Maximo]] and [[Praetus Maximo]] to consolidate his power, {{storylink|Origin Myths}} while gathering an army of bestial followers who became known as the "[[Maximal]]s". {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

At some point, Liege Maximo came into contact with the bestial "[[Onyx Prime]]", and formed an alliance with the so-called [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]; {{storylink|Origin Myths}} however, Liege Maximo had not yet learned the truth about his new ally: "Onyx Prime" was a convenient alias for a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who had set himself a new mission: to raise a permanent [[Decepticon Empire]] by manipulating all of Cybertron's history. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

Through a combination of [[shadowplay]] and manipulation Onyx molded the silver-tongued Liege Maximo into the figure that history would later remember; among Shockwave's modifications were psychic barriers akin to Shockwave's own, so that telepathic [[Outlier (group)|outliers]] could not read his mind. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} Liege Maximo became an ally of "Onyx", even granting him control over his Maximals and granting them the ability to assume animalistic shapes to enhance Onyx's reputation as the "lord of beasts". {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}} {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

By the time that Onyx began enacting his ultimate scheme in earnest, he had already groomed another Cybertronian into the dreaded warrior [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] to provide the primitive planet with a threat to unify against. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} In service of this plan, Onyx and Liege Maximo travelled to the village that would one day become the [[Crystal City]], fabricating a story that Liege had lost his kingdom to Megatronus and his hordes of [[Darklands|Darklander]]s. Onyx introduced him to four Primes, who were deeply unimpressed with him; despite their apprehensions, the group decided to unite, pitting their warriors, joined by the Maximals, against the marauding Darklanders. When their fighting summoned a trio of [[Titan (group)|Titans]] from beneath the surface of Cybertron, the warring factions made peace and all eight Primes agreed to join forces to govern their world. {{storylink|Origin Myths}}

In the age that followed, Liege Maximo became one of the [[Thirteen]], a coalition of Primes who jointly ruled Cybertron. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Each Prime attracted like-minded followers, and the silver-tongued Liege Maximo and his new group of devotees developed a reputation as charismatic diplomats, working to consolidate alliances between the groups. {{storylink|Heavy}} Like the other members of the Thirteen, Liege Maximo won the loyalty of a Titan; in his case, he allied with the mighty warrior [[Vigilem]]. {{storylink|Rubicon}} Unbeknownst to the other members of the Thirteen, Onyx had already turned his attention to destabilizing their alliance—just as history had foretold. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

Cybertronian history would later claim that Maximo had come to realize that a helpful lie could be more useful than a harmful truth, a sentiment that would spread to his followers. {{storylink|Heavy}} How much of this change of heart was due to Onyx's influence is debatable; by the time that Liege Maximo had fully embraced this talent for manipulation, Megatronus had fallen out of favor with their leader [[Prima]] after a disastrous offworld expedition. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Maximo formed an alliance with Onyx's other pawn, {{storylink|Heavy}} and, on Shockwave's instructions, encouraged him to launch a public coup against their leader. [[Solus Prime]] was slain, and this betrayal would ignite the conflict known as the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], turning the Thirteen and their tribes against one another and permanently shattering their alliance. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Maximo's plan failed due to one crucial detail: he had failed to take Megatronus's emotions into account, and after killing Solus Prime, his co-conspirator had fled in shame rather than destroying Prima as intended. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

At some point, Liege Maximo was "betrayed" by [[Micronus Prime]]. {{storylink|White Heat}} Prima, who had correctly suspected Liege Maximo's involvement in Megatronus's betrayal, was able to catch and try him for his crimes. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} His role in the killing of Solus Prime revealed, many of Liege Maximo's followers chose to turn on him. {{storylink|Heavy}} Liege was tried by his fellow Primes, and a suitable sentence was eventually decided: Liege would be imprisoned inside Vigilem, who himself had been subdued by his fellow Titans, and exiled from Cybertron forever, trapped within his lobotomized servant: {{storylink|Rubicon}} a process carried out by Onyx Prime himself. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} One group of former followers chose to become his jailers, ensuring that their charge would never escape; in repentance for following the deceitful Prime, they swore off lying forever {{storylink|Heavy}} and eventually came to regard deception as the ultimate crime. When the people of Vigilem, now "Carcer", joined the [[Council of Worlds]], {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} they chose to keep Maximo's existence a secret, fearing that his existence could sow undue strife. {{storylink|Heavy}}

For his many crimes, Liege Maximo would come to be remembered by many names in many different Cybertronian societies, including the "Great Betrayer" {{storylink|Rubicon}} and "The Prime of Lies". {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}}

[[File:Rubicon-LiegeMaximo.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Liege Maximo's escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!]]

Eons later, the younger [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] sent one of his [[Regenesis]] ores to a planet associated with Liege Maximo, {{storylink|The Crucible}} though he himself was unaware of this connection thanks to the actions of this time-travelling future self. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

In the modern day, Liege Maximo remained imprisoned until the year [[2017]], when a crisis on Cybertron prompted a desperate [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] to reawaken Vigilem. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} Though [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and her crew put up a fight, the Titan set about releasing his master. Elita was able to kill the Titan, but not before he finally released Maximo, unleashing a burst of energy that knocked out everyone who had tried to stop the ancient Prime. Free once more, Maximo mocked [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] before thanking Vilgilem for his service, promising to avenge his Titan before teleporting away. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

As Cybertron attempted to rebuild from this crisis, Elita warned [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] and several Council members present for the events aboard Carcer that Maximo would soon take his revenge by destroying Cybertron. Fearing that news of his return could cause panic and division amongst the people of Cybertron, Elita argued that they would need to keep the truth hidden to ensure that Cybertron would stay strong and united when he inevitably came back. By a vote of three to two, the Council opted to keep Maximo's freedom a secret for the time being, and Starscream later released [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] on the condition that she hunt down Liege Maximo and bring his head back to Starscream. {{storylink|Heavy}} Chromia was provided with a ship and a crew in the form of [[Greenlight]] and [[Lancer]] to hunt down the ancient Prime. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

[[File:OP15-LiegeChained.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|Liege Maximo, Prime of Kinks.]]

During the [[Iron Ring]]'s attack on Iacon some months later, Elita One and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] agreed that Liege Maximo was the greater threat, one that was worth killing all humans in Iacon to focus on. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

When Windblade was due to properly retake her place on the Council of Worlds, she surveyed the damage done to Iacon and wondered if Liege Maximo would even have anything to tear down. Learning that the public was not yet aware of Liege Maximo's freedom was the final straw for her. Catching up with [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]], Windblade exposed the truth about the events surrounding "Carcer" and told them of Maximo's inevitable return. The news made waves in Cybertronian society, sparking off protests against the Council's duplicity, and kindling feelings of anger, terror, and in at least one case, religious sympathy for the fallen Prime. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

At some point, Liege Maximo came into contact with Onyx Prime again as his old ally made a course for Cybertron aboard [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]; in order to win the Council of Worlds' good graces, Onyx pretended to have taken Liege Maximo prisoner, "delivering" him to Cybertron so that he could be tried for his crimes once more. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Onyx brought Maximo to the [[Spire]] so that he could convince the Council that neither he nor his forces were a threat, assigning a pair of Maximals to stand guard over him. Maximo was soon visited by a suspicious [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], who had his doubts about Onyx's pageantry; when he attempted to read Maximo's mind, he found that he could hear nothing thanks to Shockwave's shadowplay. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} When Onyx detonated a bomb in the Spire to sow confusion, Maximo easily slipped his chains {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}} and rejoined Onyx—now unmasked as Shockwave—as the purple Decepticon monologued to an imprisoned [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

Shockwave then ordered Liege Maximo to take a detachment of Maximals to finish off the survivors of [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], whom Shockwave had shot down; despite Maximo's grumbling, he complied, and his forces wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} Though Arcee was able to take down dozens of Maximals, she was eventually taken prisoner by their leader, who brought her back to Nemesis on Shockwave's orders. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

Using supplies of Shockwave's gravity-warping [[Ore-4]], Maximo used its powers to begin levitating himself, his prisoners, and Arcee back up to the ship... only for his captive to take advantage of the weightless environment to break free and destroy the Ore-4 crystal responsible for suspending them in midair. The helpless Liege Maximo plummeted from the sky and crashed into [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]]'s shoulder at terminal velocity, dashing his body to bits. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}
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====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
[[Ser-Ket (BW)|Ser-Ket]] claimed to be part of a warrior lineage that stretched back to the Liege Maximo and others. {{storylink|Head Games}}

====''Power of the Primes'' toy bios====
Liege Maximo's [[Spark]] passed into the possession of one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s; hidden within a suit of decoy armor, they safeguarded the abilities of the Primes until the present day. By uniting with a larger Transformer, the Prime Master could channel the powers of Liege Maximo's Spark and grant them unique abilities that varied with each new partner. {{storylink|#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Skullgrin / Liege Maximo online bio}}

{{note|For a list of every permutation of Liege Maximo's abilities, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this link]].}}

===''TransTech''===
The city of [[Axiom Nexus]] in the peaceful universe of [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] was able to achieve unimaginable feats in technology and scientific discovery, but these were secretly possible by the amoral experiments of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]] and his master [[Jhiaxus (TransTech)|Jhiaxus]] under a secret government partnership with the Liege Maximo.<ref>[[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]'s profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #22]].</ref> An archivist named [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|Optimus]] and the military professional [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]] exposed [[Sentinel Prime (TransTech)|Sentinel Prime]]'s ties with the Liege Maximo. After a dramatic, violent battle with the Liege Maximo,<ref>[[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]]'s profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #24]].</ref> much of the government was caught in this controversy, and as a result, few were left standing when the legal proceedings ended. Optimus became the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], and Cybertron entered a new [[Golden Age]], but it was not a complete fresh start, as Megatron convinced the [[High Senate]] to allow Shockwave to continue performing experiments under his guidance, and [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]] miraculously emerged unscathed from the incident despite his heavy involvement.<ref>[[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]]'s profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 23|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #23]].</ref> The TransTechs thereafter considered this incident to be the closest that their Cybertron had ever come to a [[Great War (disambiguation)|Great War]] as most other universal streams had. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
[[File:TFPLiegeMaximo.jpg|right|thumb|right|250px|"Puny God".]]
Liege Maximo was one of the [[Thirteen]] created by [[Primus]] to fight against [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]], and was a master manipulator whose artifact was the [[Liegian Darts]]. Maximo was one of the strategists of the Thirteen, alongside [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], [[Quintus Prime|Quintus]], and [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]].

After the defeat of Unicron, Maximo focused on the mining, storage and refining of [[energon]], but grew resentful of [[Prima]] and his allies' interference. Regardless, Maximo acted as an emissary for the different factions within the Thirteen, making use of his natural beguiling charm.

Maximo was ultimately the one who led to the group fracturing, by revealing to the rest that Prima had plotted which of the Primes were the most like Unicron. It was also around this time that it was revealed that Maximo had been experimenting with creating new robotic beasts when he requested a powerful armor suit to deal with them. Prima ordered Maximo to shut down his "[[Farm]]", and it was further revealed by Alpha Trion that Maximo had been pitting the beasts against each other.

Whether Maximo had the right to experiment with the beasts was a source of conflict between the Thirteen and was later resolved by a vote which decided that he did not have the right to do so. However, Maximo convinced [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] to try and retrieve the armor from [[Solus Prime|Solus]]—an action that inadvertently led to Solus's demise and the creation of the [[Well of All Sparks]].

Maximo was revealed have placed a monitoring device on a "pet" that he had given to Solus. When the creature tried to attack Megatronus, he reacted by blasting it—leading to Solus attacking him.

Upon being confronted at the "Farm", Maximo tried to accuse Megatronus of being the true mastermind behind the war beasts by claiming it was all part of Megatronus's need to test himself against them. When Megatronus realized that Maximo had been manipulating and using the Thirteen the whole time, and was trying to blame him, a conflict broke out that led to the Primes being set upon by three massive war beasts.

Once the conflict was over, Maximo was found torn to pieces with his head destroyed by the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], though no one was sure who had actually fired the fatal shot. Maximo was buried in a tomb from where his arm would eventually be taken by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to allow him to use the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and the Liege Maximo disliked [[Nexus Prime]] due to his favor in the eyes of [[Solus Prime]]. After the betrayal of the Fallen and defeat of Unicron the Liege Maximo plotted against his brothers and made his own play for power. He was defeated and fled to a far galaxy. His premeditated betrayal broke the spirit of [[Vector Prime]]. In the end, he was pursued to that far galaxy by [[Alchemist Prime]]. Though he had no firm information, [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] believed Alchemist had succeeded in imprisoning the Liege. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Like the other members of the [[Thirteen]], Liege Maximo was considered a myth. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] proclaimed Transformers were free to do as they pleased, without pondering what the long-gone Liege Maximo or his [[The Fallen|treacherous brother]] would think. The [[Hub (G2)|Hub]] once became a part of the [[space bridge]] network during the Golden Age. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:OneShallRise1-WellofAllSparks.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Everyone is amazed at the shiny bottomless pit.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Liege Maximo eventually died and was placed in a [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]]. The tomb was later visited by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], who took Maximo's arm so that Megatron could use the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

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====''Robots in Disguise'' books====
{{quote|Liege Maximo is not necessarily evil, but his petty jealousy and boredom motivate him to be a tricky troublemaker.|''[[The Trials of Optimus Prime]]''}}

After the [[AllSpark]] had been returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Liege Maximo persisted within the [[Realm of the Primes]] with several of the other [[Thirteen]]. Possessing a cape, horns, sharp darts holstered at his waist, and a cackling voice, he saw the training of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to ready him for battle against [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] as an opportunity to cause mischief. He began by increasing the deadliness of the holographic Decepticons that [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] had created, giving them dangerous buzzsaws. Next, he projected an image of Optimus Prime on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s computer on Earth, laughingly teasing that the Autobots would soon be attacked by him. Later, Liege Maximo's image of Optimus Prime appeared again while the Autobots were battling the escaped Decepticon [[Skinkbomb]], and the fake Optimus called Bumblebee a fool and the Autobots stupid, and that he was going to join the Decepticons. This severely traumatized Bumblebee, which caused Liege Maximo to laugh a lot to himself because he's kind of a tool. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

===Fun Publications===
[[File:AphroditeLiegeMaximoAVP.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|left|The original [[shellformer]].]]
Though Vector Prime would claim that history was likely correct to record Liege Maximo as a "monster", he still had many happy memories of times shared with his brother from before the falling out between the Thirteen, {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14}} and thought of his actions more as "tragic" than evil. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12}} He recalled his brother's skill at social gatherings, and his ability to spin incredible stories, {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/15}} including tales of the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/10}} During the Thirteen's time in ancient Greece, Liege's female holomatter avatar—which, thanks to Liege's flair for the dramatic, first manifested by appearing out of the sea in a giant shell—inspired the myth of Aphrodite. By this time, he had formed an enmity with Solus, who manifested in Greece as the male Hephaestus, and Prima had them "bonded" together in hopes they could work through their differences. Naturally, this only resulted in further conflict; "Interesting times," Vector called them. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08}} He also noted that legends claimed that the god [[Xal]] might merely be another name for Liege Maximo, but could say nothing with certainty. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12}}

When the quantum membrane between the wider multiverse and the [[Uniend]] Cluster was punctured, Vector Prime began to experience memories of the Uniend incarnation of Liege Maximo, and expressed surprise at the existence of an iteration of his brother who had died before founding an empire of his own. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/14}}

As Nexus Prime brought together the [[Terminus Blade]] and the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], his fellow Thirteen including Liege Maximo were drawn to his actions. These multiversal singularities were splintered and scattered by the act, making them into repeating parallel, but variable, versions of themselves throughout the multiverse instead of the singular beings they were before. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
[[File:Primetoy-FinalBattleMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Because it would be <s>non-aerodynamic</s> silly to mount the saber onto the back of the vehicle mode like a giant tail-fin.]]
*'''Final Battle Megatron''' ([[February 25]], [[2013]])
**''ID number'': '''AM-33'''
**''Accessories'': Shadow [[Gabu#Shadow|Gabu]], Shadow [[Baru#Shadow|Baru]], & Shadow [[Dai#Shadow|Dai]] Arms Microns

:''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Darkest|Final Battle Megatron]]'s right forearm is decoed (but sadly not remolded) to resemble Liege Maximo's forearm that he substitutes for his own in those episodes.

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===Generations===
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|My alt-mode is a garden tool?]]
*'''Liege Maximo''' (Prime Master, [[2017]])
:*''Japanese ID number'': '''PP-02'''
:*''Japanese release date'': '''[[May 25]], [[2018]]'''
:*''Accessories'': [[Skullgrin#Power of the Primes|Skullgrin]] decoy armor, claw

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Liege Maximo is a [[Titan Master]]-sized mold that transforms from a small robot modeled after [[Skullgrin#Generation 1|Skullgrin]]'s inner robot mode into a [[Prime Master]] that can store inside decoy armor modeled after Skullgrin's [[Pretender]] shell, or plug into any Prime Master shell's weapon form, or replace a ''Power of the Primes'' Leader's [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core. Liege Maximo can also ride Legends Class figures and attach to Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, or Voyager Class figures' combined mode.

:Depending on the individual copy, the peg holes on Liege Maximo's legs varies from normal size to near-shallow, which the latter makes him somewhat prone to falling off from the decoy armor's weapon form. Unlike every other Titan Master / Prime Master, Liege Maximo and his fellow first wave Prime Masters feature backpacks/symbols secured by pins instead of screws.

:While not a [[shelfwarmer]], Liege Maximo could still be found among future waves of the ''Power of the Primes'' line, and even among figures of the following ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|War For Cybertron: Siege]]'' line.
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==Notes==
* "Liege Maximo" was likely meant to be this character's title or rank, while his proper name remained unknown, but subsequent uses of the character have treated Liege Maximo as the character's name (or, in some cases, "Liege" as his name and "Maximo" as a title in the vein of "Prime"). Jhiaxus (and one iteration of [[Firecrest]]) has a similar title, [[Liege Centuro]].
* Liege Maximo's name was frequently misspelled as "Leige Maximo" in the ''Generation 2'' comics. Sometimes, both versions were even used on the same page, and once, even in the same sentence.
* Liege Maximo, was, at one point, established as a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being throughout all of time and space, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].
* [[Simon Furman]] cryptically hinted in [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/script-wrap-15/#comments comments on his blog] that the Liege Maximo would make a return in 2008 in IDW's comics, though it didn't happen under his pen. Liege Maximo's presence in the continuity was eventually alluded to in 2014 in [[The Crucible|''Robots in Disguise'' #34]]; in 2017, the character made his first on-panel appearance in [[Rubicon|''Till All Are One'' #8]], while [[Heavy|the next issue]] fleshed out his backstory and motivations.
* Liege Maximo's "Aligned" design was shown by [[Hasbro]] at [[BotCon 2010]], and like all the original Primes, his look was guided by [[Eric Siebenaler]]. The design seems to have been heavily inspired by the [[Marvel Comics]] version of {{w|Loki (comics)|Loki}}; fitting enough for a manipulator and liar.
* The dead Prime seen in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Alpha/Omega]]" was identified as Liege Maximo in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''. The concurrently published ''[[Transformers: The Art of Prime|Art of Prime]]'' claimed that it was [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], but that doesn't make sense, since Sentinel was not a true Prime and as such his limb would not have conveyed the power to use the Forge on Megatron. Also note that the dead Prime's arm in ''Prime'' was crimson-colored, but neither Sentinel nor Maximo had any crimson coloration on their chassis. However, the crimson may be some kind of burial paint or rusting.
* The death of Liege Maximo in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus]]'' is also at odds with other stories from Aligned continuity. The [[Transformers: Exiles|''Exiles'' novel]] reported that Alchemist Prime left Cybertron to hunt down and capture Liege Maximo, while the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] and [[The Trials of Optimus Prime|related materials]] showed Liege Maximo as active in the [[Realm of the Primes]]. This is one of the larger examples of Aligned continuity's "''It only works if you *squint*''" rule towards the overall timeline.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Liege Maximo''' (リージマキシモ ''Rīji Makishimo'')

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cybertronians]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 Cybertronians]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 Decepticons]]
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2019-10-12T01:39:58Z

Tina Russell: Tina Russell uploaded a new version of "File:GB-Sonic-the-Hedgehog.jpg": Whoops, got the order of the layers wrong. (What am I, a deadline-rushed G1 animator?)

{{goicon|creator=[[User:Tina Russell|Tina Russell]]|page=''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''}}

A GoBox for ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (the game, not the character). From [[:File:SegaGenesisMegatron.jpg]], with some perspective-warping to make it fit nicely in the box.
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2019-10-12T01:21:13Z

Tina Russell: note that this is for the game, not the character

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A GoBox for [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic The Hedgehog]]. (Yes, I’m a fangirl.) Note that this is for the game, not the character; a TFWiki article for Sonic himself will have to wait until IDW inevitably does a Sonic/Transformers crossover. (I hope Windblade scans Tails’s plane in that one.)

The image is from [[:File:SegaGenesisMegatron.jpg]], with some perspective-warping to make it fit nicely in the box. (You didn’t even notice, did you?) For the curious, the font for the extraneous text is “SF TransRobotics” from [http://www.camphortree.net/tf/fonts/ Transformers Fonts] (at Steve-o’s classic site); this seems to be the go-to font for adding extra text to GoBoxes.

I would also like to state for the record that this GoBox is way past cool, and if you disagree, it’s because you’re too slow.

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2019-10-12T01:14:01Z

Tina Russell: Add a GoBox for Sonic The Hedgehog, fastest thing alive

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{{goitem|GB-Blaze.jpg|Fizzle}}
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{{goitem|GB-CharlieBurns.jpg|Charlie Burns}}
{{goitem|GB-ChaosG1.jpg|Chaos (alien)|Chaos}}
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{{goitem|GB-CHUG.jpg|CHUG}}
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{{goitem|GB-Energon.jpg|Energon|Energon}}
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{{goitem|GB-EntertheNightbird.jpg|Enter the Nightbird|"Enter the Nightbird"}}
{{goitem|GB-EVA01.jpg|Evangelion Unit-01}}
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{{goitem|GB-Falcia.jpg|Falcia}}
{{goitem|GB-ThefallenG1.jpg|The Fallen}}
{{goitem|GB-Fang.jpg|Fang}}
{{goitem|GB-fig.png|Jorge Figueroa}}
{{goitem|GB-FightForEnergon.jpg|Fight for Energon|"Fight for Energon"}}
{{goitem|GB-Fireflight.jpg|Fireflight (G1)|Generation 1 Fireflight}}
{{goitem|GB-FireintheSky.jpg|Fire in the Sky|"Fire in the Sky"}}
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{{goitem|GB-FirstAid.jpg|First Aid (G1)|Generation 1 First Aid}}
{{goitem|GB-Fishtest.jpg|The Fish Test|"The Fish Test"}}
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{{goitem|GB-Fulcrum.jpg|Fulcrum}}
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{{goitem|GB-GasSkunk.jpg|Gas Skunk}}
{{goitem|GB-Gas_station.jpg|Gas station|the Micromaster gas station}}
{{goitem|GB-Gatoraider.jpg|Gatoraider}}
{{goitem|GB-GB.jpg|G.B. Blackrock}}
{{goitem|GB-Generation2.jpg|Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Transformers: Generation 2}}
{{goitem|GB-Generations.jpg|Transformers Generations|the Transformers Generations book}}
{{goitem|GB-Generics.jpg|Generic|"generic" Transformer designs}}
{{goitem|GB-Germany.jpg|Germany}}
{{goitem|GB-Getaway.jpg|Getaway}}
{{goitem|GB-GhostStories.jpg|Ghost Stories|"Ghost Stories"}}
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{{goitem|GB-Gingham.jpg|Gingham}}
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{{goitem|GB-Gob.jpg|Gob (Prime)|Prime Gob}}
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{{goitem|GB-G2Gobots.jpg|Gobots|G2 Gobots}}
{{goitem|GB-GPS.jpg|Gold Plastic Syndrome|gold plastic syndrome}}
{{goitem|GB-Golden_disk.jpg |Golden Disk (disambiguation)|the Golden Disks}}
{{goitem|GB-GoldenLagoon.jpg|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|"The Golden Lagoon"}}
{{goitem|GB-Gonebutnot.jpg|Gone but Not Forgotten!|"Gone but Not Forgotten!"}}
{{goitem|GB-goo.jpg|Goo 8739B}}
{{goitem|GB-Goshooter.jpg|Goshooter}}
{{goitem|GB-GrimlocksNewBrain.jpg|Grimlock%27s New Brain|"Grimlock's New Brain"}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDGrimlock.jpg|Grimlock (RID 2001)|2001 Robots in Disguise Grimlock}}
{{goitem|GB-GrimlockRID.jpg|Grimlock (RID 2015)|2015 Robots in Disguise Grimlock}}
{{goitem|GB-GrappleG1.jpg|Grapple (G1)|Generation 1 Grapple}}
{{goitem|GB-Grizzly1.jpg|Grizzly-1}}
{{goitem|GB-GuzzleG1.jpg|Guzzle (G1)|Generation 1 Guzzle}}


{{goitem|GB-Hacksaw.jpg|Hacksaw}}
{{goitem|GB-Halloween.JPG|Halloween}}
{{goitem|GB-HanSolo.jpg|Han Solo}}
{{goitem|GB-HatePlague.jpg|Hate Plague|the Hate Plague}}
{{goitem|GB-HeadGames.jpg|Head Games}}
{{goitem|GB-Headmasters_(comic).jpg|The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters Marvel US miniseries}}
{{goitem|GB-RBHeatwave.jpg|Heatwave (RB)|Rescue Bots Heatwave}}
{{goitem|GB-Heatwave.jpg|Heatwave (Timelines)|Timelines Heatwave}}
{{goitem|GB-HeartOfDarkness.jpg|The Transformers: Heart of Darkness}}
{{goitem|GB-HGBG.jpg|Hideous giant brain guy|this hideous giant brain guy}}
{{goitem|GB-HHR.jpg|HHR}}
{{goitem|GB-HighWire.jpg|High Wire (Armada)|Armada High Wire}}
{{goitem|GB-Holomatter.jpg|Holomatter|holomatter}}
{{goitem|GB_Ani_Hot_Shot.jpg|Hot Shot (Animated)|Animated Hot Shot}}
{{goitem|GB-SGHound.jpg|Hound (SG)|Shattered Glass Hound}}
{{goitem|GB-MWHubcap.jpg|Hubcap (MW)|Machine Wars Hubcap}}
{{goitem|GB-AnimatedHuffer.jpg|Huffer (Animated)|Animated Huffer}}
{{goitem|GB-Hunter-O'Nion.jpg|Hunter O%27Nion|Hunter O'Nion}}
{{goitem|GB-HyberdriveMM.jpg|Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Micromaster Hyperdrive}}


{{goitem|GB-Icepick.jpg|Icepick (G1)|Generation 1 Icepick}}
{{goitem|GB-IDWTimeline.jpg|IDW timeline|the IDW timeline}}
{{goitem|GB-IHaveHeardTheRobots.gif|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}}
{{goitem|GB-ImprosonedInferno.jpg|Imprisoned Inferno|"Improsoned Inferno" (sic)}}
{{goitem|GB-Impactor.jpg|Impactor (G1)|Generation 1 Impactor}}
{{goitem|GB-Infiltration-Protocol.jpg|Infiltration protocol|the infiltration protocol}}
{{goitem|GB-Injector.jpg|Injector}}
{{goitem|GB_Intruder.jpg|Intruder|Intruders}}
{{goitem|GB-Io.jpg|Io}}
{{goitem|GB-Ironfist.jpg|Ironfist (G1)|Generation 1 Ironfist}}
{{goitem|GB-IronMan.jpg|Iron Man}}
{{goitem|GB-ironhide.jpg|Ironhide (G1)|Generation 1 Ironhide}}
{{goitem|GB-EnergonIronhide.jpg|Ironhide (Energon)|Energon Ironhide}}
{{goitem|GB-IrwinSpoon.jpg|Irwin Spoon}}


{{goitem|GB-Jaam.jpg|JaAm}}
{{goitem|GB-JamesRoberts.jpg|James Roberts}}
{{goitem|GB-Japanese_themes.jpg |Japanese themes|Japanese theme songs}}
{{goitem|GB-JazzG1.jpg|Jazz (G1)|Generation 1 Jazz}}
{{goitem|GB-JazzMovie.jpg|Jazz (Movie)|movie Jazz}}
{{goitem|GB-Jetfire(ROTF).jpg|Jetfire (Movie)|Revenge of the Fallen Jetfire}}
{{goitem|GB-Jhiaxus.jpg|Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus}}
{{goitem|GB-JoeColton.jpg|Joe Colton}}
{{goitem|GB-JohnHenry.jpg|John Henry}}
{{goitem|GB-Jungaroo.jpg|Jungaroo}}
{{goitem|GB-JuneDarby.jpg|June Darby}}


{{goitem|GB-kakuryu.jpg|Kakuryu (Victory)|Victory Kakuryu}}
{{goitem|GB-Kaon.jpg|Kaon (DJD)|Kaon}}
{{goitem|GB-KellyRID.jpg|Kelly (RID)|Kelly}}
{{goitem|GB-Key_to_Vector_Sigma.jpg|Key to Vector Sigma|the Key to Vector Sigma}}
{{goitem|GB-Kick-Off.jpg|Kick-Off (G1)|Generation 1 Kick-Off}}
{{goitem|GB-KickbackG1.jpg|Hearts of Steel}}
{{goitem|GB-KickerJones.jpg|Kicker Jones|Kicker}}
{{goitem|GB-King.jpg|King|the King}}
{{goitem|GB-Kirk.jpg|Jim Kirk|Captain Kirk}}
{{goitem|GB-Kiss.jpg|Kiss}}
{{goitem|GB-PrimeKnockOut.jpg|Knock Out (Prime)|Prime Knock Out}}
{{goitem|GB-Kremzeek.jpg|Kremzeek (G1)|Kremzeek}}
{{goitem|GB-AiKuruma.jpg|Ai Kuruma}}
{{goitem|GB-Kup.jpg|Kup (G1)|Generation 1 Kup}}


{{goitem|GB-Lady_Jaye.jpg|Lady Jaye}}
{{goitem|GB-Ladybird.jpg|Ladybird Books}}
{{goitem|GB-Landfill.jpg|Landfill (G1)|Generation 1 Landfill}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Landmine.jpg|Landmine (G1)|Generation 1 Landmine}}
{{goitem|GB-TimelinesLandquake.jpg|Landquake (Timelines)|Timelines Landquake}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Laserbeak.jpg|Laserbeak (G1)|Generation 1 Laserbeak}}
{{goitem|GB-Leader1Armada.jpg|Leader-1 (Armada)|Armada Leader-1}}
{{goitem|GB-LegacyofUnicron.jpg|The Legacy of Unicron!|"The Legacy of Unicron!"}}
{{goitem|GB-Lennox.jpg|William Lennox}}
{{goitem|GB-Leoric.jpg|Leoric}}
{{goitem|GB-Leozack.jpg|Leozack}}
{{goitem|GB-ukletters.jpg|Letters page (Marvel UK)|the Marvel UK letters page}}
{{goitem|GB-Liefeld.jpg|Rob Liefeld}}
{{goitem|GB-LiegeMaximo.jpg|Liege Maximo|the Liege Maximo}}
{{goitem|GB-LioConvoy.jpg|Lio Convoy}}
{{goitem|GB-Lipole.jpg|Lightpole|Lightpoles}}
{{goitem|GB-LockdownAnimated.jpg|Lockdown (Animated)|Animated Lockdown}}
{{goitem|GB-ROTFLockdown.jpg|Lockdown (ROTF)|Age of Extinction Lockdown}}
{{goitem|GB-Lori.jpg|Lori Jiménez}}
{{goitem|GB-LordDoomitron.jpg|Lord Doomitron}}
{{goitem|GB-ImperiousDelirious.jpg|Lord Imperious Delirious}}
{{goitem|GB-LostLight.jpg|Lost Light|the Lost Light}}
{{goitem|GB-LouHoover.jpg|Lou Hoover}}


{{goitem|GB-M9-2HarpoonGun.jpg|M9-2 Harpoon Gun|the M9-2 Harpoon Gun}}
{{goitem|GB-Machination.jpg|Machination|the Machination}}
{{goitem|GB-Magmatron.jpg|Magmatron}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnaboss.jpg|Magnaboss (BW)|Beast Wars Magnaboss}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnawing.jpg|Magnawing}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnificence.jpg|Magnificence|the Magnificence}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnum.jpg|Magnum}}
{{goitem|GB-Malignus.jpg|Malignus (G1)|Generation 1 Malignus}}
{{goitem|GB-Manterror.jpg|Manterror}}
{{goitem|GB-MarissaFairborne.jpg|Marissa Faireborn}}
{{goitem|GB-MartyIsenberg.jpg|Marty Isenberg}}
{{goitem|GB-MatrixCannon.jpg|Matrix Cannon|the Matrix Cannon}}
{{goitem|GB-Max.jpg|Max (Go-Bots)|Max}}
{{goitem|GB-EukarianShockwave.jpg|Maximal Shockwave}}
{{goitem|GB-Mecannibals.jpg|Mecannibal|the Mecannibals}}
{{goitem|GB-Megabolt.jpg|Megabolt}}
{{goitem|GB-armadamegs.jpg|Megatron (Armada)|Armada Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronAnimated.jpg|Megatron (Animated)|Animated Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronBW.jpg|Megatron (BW)|Beast Wars Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-IDWMegatron.jpg|Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW G1 Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-GigatronCR.jpg|Megatron (RID)|Robots in Disguise Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronsMasterPlan.jpg|Megatron%27s Master Plan, Part 1}}
{{goitem|GB-MeltdownAni.jpg|Meltdown (Animated)|Animated Meltdown}}
{{goitem|GB-Menasor.jpg|Menasor (G1)|Generation 1 Menasor}}
{{goitem|GB-Merklynn.jpg|Merklynn}}
{{goitem|GB-Metallikato.jpg|Metallikato}}
{{goitem|GB-MetroplexG1.jpg|Metroplex (G1)|Generation 1 Metroplex}}
{{goitem|GB-SGMetroplex.jpg|Metroplex (SG)|Shattered Glass Metroplex}}
{{goitem|GB-Metrotitan.jpg|Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan}}
{{goitem|GB_Mickey_Mouse.jpg|Mickey Mouse}}
{{goitem|GB-Micronauts.jpg|Micronaut|the Micronauts}}
{{goitem|GB-Micronus_Prime.jpg|Micronus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Mindset.jpg|Mindset (G2)|Generation 2 Mindset}}
{{goitem|GB-Minerva.jpg|Minerva (Masterforce human)|Masterforce Minerva}}
{{goitem|GB-MinimusAmbus.jpg|Minimus Ambus}}
{{goitem|GB-Bumper2.jpg|Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles}}
{{goitem|GB-Mirror.jpg|Mirror}}
{{goitem|GB-Misconceptions.jpg|Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|Misconceptions and urban legends}}
{{goitem|GB-MistressOfFlame.jpg|Mistress of Flame|the Mistress of Flame}}
{{goitem|GB-MixmasterAni.jpg|Mixmaster (Animated)|Animated Mixmaster}}
{{goitem|GB-Mnemosurgery.jpg|Mnemosurgery}}
{{goitem|GB-Monstructor.jpg|Monstructor (G1)|Generation 1 Monstructor}}
{{goitem|GB-MoonBWII.jpg|Moon (BWII)|Beast Wars II Moon}}
{{goitem|GB-Multilingual.jpg|multilingual packaging}}
{{goitem|GB-Mutt.jpg|Mutt (IDW)}}
{{goitem|GB-FantasyPredacon.jpg|Mystery!}}


{{goitem|GB-Nautilator.jpg|Nautilator|Generation 1 Nautilator}}
{{goitem|GB-Nebulos.jpg|Nebulos}}
{{goitem|GB-NekomimiAandB.jpg|Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B}}
{{goitem|GB-NemesisPrimeIDW.jpg|Nova Prime|Nova/Nemesis Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Neon.jpg|Neon|neon! Ow}}
{{goitem|GB-NexusPrime.jpg|Nexus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-NiceCreamTransformer.jpg|Ice Cream Van Transformer|the Ice Cream Van Transformer}}
{{goitem|GB-NightbeatG1.jpg|Nightbeat (G1)|Generation 1 Nightbeat}}
{{goitem|GB-NightbeatArmada.jpg|Nightbeat (Armada)|Armada Nightbeat}}
{{goitem|GB-NightscreamClassics.jpg|Nightscream (Classics)|Classics Nightscream}}
{{goitem|GB-Nobeeoh.jpg|Nobeeoh}}
{{goitem|GB-CVNovastorm.jpg|Nova Storm (Cyberverse)}}


{{goitem|GB-O.jpg|"O"}}
{{goitem|GB-Oparts.jpg|O-Part|the O-Parts}}
{{goitem|GB-Oilmaster.jpg|Oilmaster}}
{{goitem|GB-OctopunchG1.jpg|Octopunch (G1)|Generation 1 Octopunch}}
{{goitem|GB-OmegaSupreme.JPG|Omega Supreme (G1)|Generation 1 Omega Supreme}}
{{goitem|GB-ontheedgeofextinction.jpg|On the Edge of Extinction!|"On the Edge of Extinction!"}}
{{goitem|GB-OnyxPrime.jpg|Onyx Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-KojiOnishi.jpg|Koji Onishi}}
{{goitem|GB-OptimusMaximus.jpg|Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus}}
{{goitem|GB-OptimusMinor.jpg|Optimus Minor}}
{{goitem|GB-OptimusPrimal.jpg|Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal}}
{{goitem|GB-G1prime.jpg|Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-RiDPrime.jpg|Optimus Prime (RID)|Robots in Disguise Optimus}}
{{goitem|GB-MoviePrime.jpg|Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Optimus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-WFCOptimusPrime.jpg|Optimus Prime (WFC)|Prime Optimus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Orbital-Jump.jpg|Orbital jump|orbital jumps}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronBW1.jpg|Other Victories|"Other Victories"}}
{{goitem|GB-OtherVoices1.jpg|Other Voices, Part 1|"Other Voices" Part 1}}
{{goitem|GB-Outback.jpg|Outback (G1)|Generation 1 Outback}}
{{goitem|GB-Outsider.jpg|Outsider}}
{{goitem|GB-Overlord.jpg|Overlord (Masterforce)|Masterforce Overlord}}
{{goitem|GB-Overkill.jpg|Overkill (G1)|Generation 1 Overkill}}


{{goitem|GB-BoxBattle.jpg|Package art}}
{{goitem|GB-PatLeesig.jpg|Pat Lee}}
{{goitem|GB-PepsiConvoy.jpg|Pepsi Convoy}}
{{goitem|GB-Pharma.jpg|Pharma (G1)|Pharma}}
{{goitem|GB-photodegradation.jpg|Photodegradation|photodegradation}}
{{goitem|GB-Pipeline.jpg|Pipeline|Pipeline}}
{{goitem|GB-PickUpBatRobo.jpg|Pick-Up (Bat-Rob%F4)|Bat-Robo Pick-Up}}
{{goitem|GB-Plastic.jpg|Plastic|plastic}}
{{goitem|GB-PlatinumEdition.jpg|Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition}}
{{goitem|GB-playpattern.jpg|Play pattern|play patterns}}
{{goitem|GB-PoisonBite.jpg|Poison Bite}}
{{goitem|GB-PotatoHead.jpg|Mr. Potato Head}}
{{goitem|GB-Power_Plans.jpg|Power Plans}}
{{goitem|GB-Pretender.jpg|Pretender|the Pretenders}}
{{goitem|GB-Prima.jpg|Prima}}
{{goitem|GB-Primus.jpg|Primus}}
{{goitem|GB-ProfessorPrincess.jpg|Professor Princess}}
{{goitem|GB_Protector.jpg|Protector|the Protectors}}
{{goitem|GB-Protecton.jpg|Protecton|the Protectons}}
{{goitem|GB-prototype.jpg|Prototype|prototypes}}
{{goitem|GoBox_TFA_Prowl.jpg|Prowl (Animated)|Animated Prowl}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDProwl.jpg|Prowl (RID)|2001 Robots in Disguise Prowl}}
{{goitem|GB-Pushbutton.jpg|Push-Button}}
{{goitem|GB-PsychoOrb.jpg|Psycho-Orb}}
{{goitem|GB-Pyra_Magna.jpg|Pyra Magna}}
{{goitem|GB-rani.png|Natasha Pyraniac}}
{{goitem|GB-Pyro.jpg|Pyro (G1)|Generation 1 Pyro}}


{{goitem|GB-GagColosseum.jpg|Q-Robo Transformer}}
{{goitem|GB-Quake.jpg|Quake (G1)|Generation 1 Quake}}
{{goitem|GB_Questor.jpg|Questor|the Questors}}
{{goitem|GB-Quickshadow.jpg|Quickshadow}}
{{goitem|GB-Quintesson.jpg|Quintesson|the Quintessons}}
{{goitem|GB-QuintusPrime.jpg|Quintus Prime}}


{{goitem|GB-RackNRuin.jpg|Rack%27n%27Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin}}
{{goitem|GB-Raindance.jpg|Raindance}}
{{goitem|GB-RamHorn.jpg|Ram Horn}}
{{goitem|GB-RamhornMasterWarrior.jpg|Ramhorn (G1)#Titans Return|Titans Return G1 Ramhorn}}
{{goitem|GB-RamjetUniverse.jpg|Ramjet (Universe)|Universe Ramjet}}
{{goitem|GB-RampageBW.jpg|Rampage (BW)|Beast Wars Rampage}}
{{goitem|GB-RamulusBW.jpg|Ramulus}}
{{goitem|GB-Rangefinder.jpg|Rangefinder}}
{{goitem|GB-RansackG2.jpg|Ransack (G2)|Generation 2 Ransack}}
{{goitem|GB-Raoul.jpg|Raoul}}
{{goitem|GB-RatbatG1.jpg|Ratbat (G1)|Generation 1 Ratbat}}
{{goitem|GB-AniRatchet.jpg|Ratchet (Animated)|Animated Ratchet}}
{{goitem|GB-RatchetG1.jpg|Ratchet (G1)|Generation 1 Ratchet}}
{{goitem|Primeratchetgoicon.jpg|Ratchet (WFC)|Prime Ratchet}}
{{goitem|GB-Rattrap.jpg|Rattrap (BW)|Beast Wars Rattrap}}
{{goitem|GB-SGRavage.jpg|Ravage (SG)|Shattered Glass Ravage}}
{{goitem|GB-Razorbeast.jpg|Razorbeast}}
{{goitem|GB-RazorclawTFU.jpg|Razorclaw (Universe)|Universe Razorclaw}}
{{goitem|GB-RecipeforDisaster.jpg|Recipe for Disaster!|"Recipe for Disaster!"}}
{{goitem|GB-Rebranding.jpg|Rebranding|Rebranding}}
{{goitem|GB-Red.jpg|Red (AB)|Red}}
{{goitem|GB-ArmadaRedAlert.jpg|Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert}}
{{goitem|GB-RedHot.jpg|Red Hot}}
{{goitem|GB-ReggieSimmons.jpg|Seymour Simmons}}
{{goitem|GB-RenoWilson.jpg|Reno Wilson}}
{{goitem|GB-Reproduction.jpg|Reproduction|Transformer reproduction}}
{{goitem|GB-Return_of_the_Headmaster.jpg|The Return of the Headmaster|"The Return of the Headmaster"}}
{{goitem|GB-ReturnOfTheTransformers.jpg|The Return of the Transformers|"The Return of the Transformers"}}
{{goitem|GB-RhinoxRallys.jpg|Rhinox (BW)|Beast Wars Rhinox}}
{{goitem|GB-RickAstley.jpg|Rick Astley}}
{{goitem|GB-Stepper.jpg|Ricochet (Headmasters)|Targetmaster Ricochet}}
{{goitem|GB-RoadblockGIJoe.jpg|Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|G.I. Joe's Roadblock}}
{{goitem|GB-RockLord.jpg|Rock Lord|Rock Lords}}
{{goitem|GB-RodimusShattered.jpg|Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus}}
{{goitem|GB-G1RodimusPrime.jpg|Hot Rod (G1)|Generation 1 Rodimus}}
{{goitem|GB-Romthespaceknight.jpg|Rom|Rom the Space Knight}}
{{goitem|GB-Ron.jpg|Ron (Movie)|Ron}}
{{goitem|GB-SGRook.jpg|Rook (SG)|Shattered Glass Rook}}
{{goitem|GB-Rorza.jpg|Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III|Rorza the Rocket-cycle Racer}}
{{goitem|GB-Rosanna.jpg|Rosanna (KP)|Kiss Players Rosanna}}
{{goitem|GB-RotateBlade.jpg|Cyber-slash tail weapon|the rotate blade}}
{{goitem|GB-Roulette.jpg|Roulette (Universe)|Universe Roulette}}
{{goitem|GB-RubberduckyBW.jpg|Rubber Ducky|the Rubber Ducky}}
{{goitem|GB-Rubble.jpg|Rubble}}
{{goitem|GB-Ruination.jpg|Ruination_(RID)|Robots in Disguise Ruination}}
{{goitem|GB-Rung.jpg|Rung (G1)|Rong}}
{{goitem|GB-RunOver.jpg|Run-Over (BW)|Beast Wars: Uprising Run-Over}}


{{goitem|GB-Saberhorn.jpg|Saberhorn}}
{{goitem|Safeguard.jpg|Safeguard (Animated)|Animated Safeguard}}
{{goitem|GB-SaltManZ.jpg|Salt-Man Z}}
{{goitem|GB-Sari.jpg|Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac}}
{{goitem|GB-Scale.jpg|Scale|scale (or lack of)}}
{{goitem|GB-ScavengerBM.jpg|Scavenger (BM)|Beast Machines Scavenger}}
{{goitem|GB-Scoop.jpg|Scoop (G1)|Generation 1 Scoop}}
{{goitem|GB-ScowlG1.jpg|Scowl (G1)|Generation 1 Scowl}}
{{goitem|GB-Scraplet.jpg|Scraplet|scraplets}}
{{goitem|GB-Scrounge.jpg|Scrounge (G1)|Generation 1 Scrounge}}
{{goitem|GB-Scylla.jpg|Scylla}}
{{goitem|GB-SD-SG.jpg|SD SG}}
{{goitem|GB-SearchlightG1.jpg|Searchlight (G1)|Generation 1 Searchlight}}
{{goitem|GB-Seawatch.jpg|Seawatch}}
{{goitem|GB-SectorSeven.jpg|Sector Seven}}
{{goitem|GB-SeekerGroup.jpg|Seeker (body-type)|the Seekers}}
{{goitem|GBAniSentinelPrime.jpg|Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Animated Sentinel Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-ROTFSentinelPrime.jpg|Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Dark of the Moon Sentinel Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-SentinelPrime.jpg|Sentinel Prime (G1)|G1 Sentinel Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-SergeantChaos.jpg|Sergeant Chaos}}
{{goitem|GB-SerpentOR.jpg|Serpentor|Serpent O.R.}}
{{goitem|GB-Servo.jpg|Servo (MD)|Micron Densetsu Servo}}
{{goitem|GB-shatteredglass.jpg|Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|the Shattered Glass universe}}
{{goitem|GB-Shatterpoint.jpg|Shatterpoint}}
{{goitem|GB-Shellformer.jpg|Shellformer|shellformers}}
{{goitem|GB-shelfwarmer.jpg|Shelfwarmer|shelfwarmers}}
{{goitem|GB-ShiaLaBeouf.jpg|Shia LaBeouf}}
{{goitem|GB-Shokaract.jpg|Shokaract}}
{{goitem|GB-ShockblastEnergon.jpg |Shockblast}}
{{goitem|GB-Shockwave.jpg|Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave}}
{{goitem|GB-Shreddicus.jpg|Shreddicus Maximus}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Sideburn.jpg|Side Burn (RID)|Generation 1 Side Burn}}
{{goitem|GB-SideBurnsObsession.jpg|Sideburn%27s Obsession|"Sideburn's Obsession"}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDsideswipe.jpg|Sideswipe (RID)|Robots in Disguise Sideswipe}}
{{goitem|GB-SidewaysDisambig.jpg|Sideways (disambiguation)|Any of the many Sidewayses}}
{{goitem|GB-SidewaysUT.jpg|Sideways (Armada)|Armada/Cybertron Sideways}}
{{goitem|GB-SignalFlareEn.jpg|Signal Flare (Energon)|Energon Signal Flare}}
{{goitem|GB Silas.jpg|Silas}}
{{goitem|GB-SilverboltBW.jpg|Silverbolt (BW)|Beast Wars Silverbolt}}
{{goitem|GB-SimonBelmondo.jpg|Simon Belmondo}}
{{goitem|GB-SizeChanging.jpg|Size changing|size changing}}
{{goitem|GB-furman.jpg|Simon Furman}}
{{goitem|GB-Siren.jpg|Siren (G1)|Generation 1 Siren}}
{{goitem|GB-SixOfTwelve.jpg|Six-of-Twelve}}
{{goitem|GB-SkidZRID.jpg|Skid-Z (RID)|Robots in Disguise Skid-Z}}
{{goitem|GB-SkidsG1.jpg|Skids (G1)|Generation 1 Skids}}
{{goitem|GB-SkidsROTF.jpg|Skids (ROTF)|Revenge of the Fallen Skids}}
{{goitem|GB-SkybyteRID.jpg|Sky-Byte (RID)|Robots in Disguise Sky-Byte}}
{{goitem|GB-SkyLynxG1.jpg|Sky Lynx (G1)|Generation 1 Sky Lynx}}
{{goitem|GB-CybertronSkyfall.jpg|Skyfall (Cybertron)|Cybertron Skyfall}}
{{goitem|GB-SkywarpBW2.jpg|Skywarp (BWII)|Beast Wars II Skywarp}}
{{goitem|GB-SkywarpG1.jpg|Skywarp (G1)|Generation 1 Skywarp}}
{{goitem|GB-Slide.jpg|Slide}}
{{goitem|GB-CVSlipstream.jpg|Slipstream (Cyberverse)}}
{{goitem|GB-SmokescreenG2.jpg|Smokescreen (G2)|Generation 2 Smokescreen}}
{{goitem|GB-Snakeeyes.jpg|Snake-Eyes}}
{{goitem|GB-Snoopy.jpg|Snoopy}}
{{goitem|GB-BWSonar.jpg|Sonar (BW)|Beast Wars Sonar}}
{{goitem|GB-ROTFSoundwave.jpg|Soundwave (ROTF)|Movie Soundwave}}
{{goitem|GB-SoundwavePrime.jpg|Soundwave (WFC)|Prime Soundwave}}
{{goitem|GB-SolusPrime.jpg|Solus Prime|Solus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Sonic-the-Hedgehog.jpg|Sonic the Hedgehog}}
{{goitem|GB-Space_Bridge.jpg|Space bridge|space bridges}}
{{goitem|GB-SpaceMini-ConTeam.jpg|Space Mini-Con Team|the Space Mini-Con Team}}
{{goitem|GB-Spaceshot.jpg|Spaceshot}}
{{goitem|GB-Spacewarp.jpg|Spacewarp}}
{{goitem|GB-Spark.jpg|Spark|sparks}}
{{goitem|GB-Coldsparks.jpg|Sparking gimmick|sparking gimmicks}}
{{goitem|GB-Spinhead.jpg|Spinhead}}
{{goitem|GB-Splatoon.jpg|Splatoon}}
{{goitem|GB-Speedbot.jpg|Speed-Bot}}
{{goitem|GB-SpiderMan.jpg|Spider-Man}}
{{goitem|GB-Spock.jpg|Spock}}
{{goitem|GB-Springer.jpg|Springer (G1)|Generation 1 Springer}}
{{goitem|GB-Sqweeks.jpg|Sqweeks}}
{{goitem|GB-Stakeout.jpg|Stakeout (G1)|G1 Stakeout}}
{{goitem|GB-Stardrive.jpg|Stardrive}}
{{goitem|GB-StarSaberVictory.jpg|Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Star Saber}}
{{goitem|GB-AnimatedStarscream.jpg|Starscream (Animated)|Animated Starscream}}
{{goitem|GB_armadascream.jpg|Starscream (Armada)|Armada Starscream}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Starscream.jpg|Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream}}
{{goitem|GB-StarscreamMovie.jpg|Starscream (Movie)|movie Starscream}}
{{goitem|GB-StarUpper.jpg|Star Upper (BWII)|Star Upper}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDSteeljaw.jpg|Steeljaw (RID)|Robots in Disguise (2015) Steeljaw}}
{{goitem|GB-StellaHolley.jpg|Stella Holley}}
{{goitem|GB-StickerAdventures.jpg|Sticker Adventures}}
{{goitem|GB-Stratotronic_Jet.jpg|Stratotronic Jet}}
{{goitem|GB-Strafe.jpg|Strafe (G1)|Generation 1 Strafe}}
{{goitem|GB-AniStretch.jpg|Stretch}}
{{goitem|GB-Stylor.jpg|Stylor}}
{{goitem|GB-Sunder.jpg|Sunder (G1)|Sunder}}
{{goitem|GB-Sunstreaker.jpg|Sunstreaker (G1)|Generation 1 Sunstreaker}}
{{goitem|GBsuperion.jpg|Superion (G1)|Generation 1 Superion}}
{{goitem|GB-Swerve.jpg|Swerve (G1)|Generation 1 Swerve}}
{{goitem|GB-Swelter.jpg|Swelter}}
{{goitem|GB-SWHelloThere.jpg|Obi-Wan Kenobi}}
{{goitem|GB-SWKenobi.jpg|General Grievous}}


{{goitem|GB-TAI.jpg|T-AI (RID)|Robots in Disguise T-AI}}
{{goitem|GB-Tailgate.png|Tailgate (G1)|Generation 1 Tailgate}}
{{goitem|GB-Talisman.jpg|Talisman (G1)|IDW Talisman}}
{{goitem|GB-TankorROTF.jpg|Tankor (ROTF)|Revenge of the Fallen Tankor}}
{{goitem|GB-Tappet.jpg|Tappet}}
{{goitem|GB-TapoutG1.jpg|Tap-Out (Universe)}}
{{goitem|GB-Tarantulas.jpg|Tarantulas (BW)|Beast Wars Tarantulas}}
{{goitem|GB-TaraStrong.jpg|Tara Strong}}
{{goitem|GB-Target2006.jpg|Target: 2006|"Target: 2006"}}
{{goitem|Tarn.jpg|Tarn (DJD)|Tarn}}
{{goitem|GB-TechSpec.jpg|Tech Spec|Tech Specs}}
{{goitem|GB-Technorganic.jpg|Technorganic|technorganics}}
{{goitem|GB-TeletraanIG1.jpg|Teletraan I (G1)|Generation 1 Teletraan I}}
{{goitem|GB-Teletraan_15.gif|Teletraan 15}}
{{goitem|GB-DocMorocco.jpg|Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco}}
{{goitem|GB-TRED.jpg|The Real Effing Deal}}
{{goitem|GB-TheOneWhereTheyGoToEarth.jpg|The One Where They Go to Earth}}
{{goitem|GB-TheToxicTransformer.jpg|The Toxic Transformer}}
{{goitem|GB-thingsthatdontexist.jpg|Category:Things_that_don%27t_exist|things that don't exist}}
{{goitem|GB-ThirteenthPrime.jpg|Thirteenth Prime|The Thirteenth Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Thor.jpg|Thor}}
{{goitem|GB-Thrashclaw.jpg|Thrashclaw}}
{{goitem|GB-ThrottlerPCC.jpg|Throttler}}
{{goitem|GB-ThrustArmada.jpg|Thrust (Armada)|Armada Thrust}}
{{goitem|GB-ThunderblastDecep.jpg|Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Decepticon Thunderblast}}
{{goitem|GB-CVThundercracker.jpg|Thundercracker (Cyberverse)}}
{{goitem|GB-ThundercrackerMovie.jpg|Thundercracker (Movie)|Movie Thundercracker}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Thunderwing.jpg|Thunderwing (G1)|Generation 1 Thunderwing}}
{{goitem|GB-TigatronBW.jpg|Tigatron}}
{{goitem|GB-TightestShirt.jpg|Tightest shirt}}
{{goitem|GB-Tirac.jpg|Tirac}}
{{goitem|GB-TitansReturn.jpg|Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return}}
{{goitem|GB-TommyKennedy.jpg|Tommy Kennedy}}
{{goitem|GB-Torca.jpg|Torca (BW)|Torca}}
{{goitem|GB-TorquerifleG1.jpg|Torque rifle|the torque rifle}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDTow-Line.jpg|Tow-Line (RID)|Robots in Disguise Tow-Line}}
{{goitem|GB-toy.jpg|Toy|toys}}
{{goitem|GB-ToySwapping.JPG|Toy swapping|toy swapping}}
{{goitem|GB-Trailcutter.jpg|Trailbreaker (G1)|Generation 1 Trailguy}}
{{goitem|GB-TransformersUniverseActionBlast1Part1.jpg|Action Blast 1|"Action Blast 1"}}
{{goitem|GB-SGTreadshot.jpg|Treadshot (SG)|Shattered Glass Treadshot}}
{{goitem|GB-AGoBoxOfYourOwn.jpg|Transformers_Wiki:A_GoBox_of_your_own!|a GoBox of your own}}
{{goitem|GB-Bulkhead_hat.jpg|Transformer clothing}}
{{goitem|GB-TFDevastation.jpg|Transformers: Devastation}}
{{goitem|GB-PDTF.jpg|Transformers PD Type|"Transformers PD Type"}}
{{goitem|GB-TTCG.jpg|Transformers Trading Card Game}}
{{goitem|GB TitanComic.jpg|Transformers (Titan Magazine)|the Titan Transformers magazine}}
{{goitem|GB-Transmutate.jpg|Transmutate (character)|Transmutate}}
{{goitem|GB-Transwarp.jpg|Transwarp}}
{{goitem|GB-TranswarpCruiser.jpg|Transwarp cruiser|the Transwarp Cruiser}}
{{goitem|GB-TFHolidaySpecial.jpg|The Transformers Holiday Special}}
{{goitem|GB-TF5.jpg|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|"Transformers: The Last Knight"}}
{{goitem|GB-TFvsGIJoe.jpg|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe}}
{{goitem|GB-Trashbot.jpg|Trash Bot|trash bots}}
{{goitem|GB-Trench.jpg|Trench}}
{{goitem|GB-Tripredacus.jpg|Tripredacus}}
{{goitem|GB-TurboBatRobo.jpg|Turbo (G1)|Generation 1 Turbo}}
{{goitem|GB-TurboGoBots.jpg|Turbo (GoBots)|GoBots Turbo}}


{{goitem|GB-Ultra-Energon.jpg|Ore-13}}
{{goitem|GB-UltraMagnusEn.jpg|Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Energon Ultra Magnus}}
{{goitem|GB-UltraMagnusForcedFusion.jpg|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|"Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"}}
{{goitem|GB-UltraMajor.jpg|Ultra Major}}
{{goitem|GB-Unicron.jpg|Unicron/Generation 1#G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers|Unicron}}
{{goitem|GB-unicronsingularity.jpg|Unicron Singularity|the Unicron Singularity}}
{{goitem|GB-UnicronDarkestHour.jpg|Transformers: Unicron}}
{{goitem|GB-Under3.jpg|Under-3}}
{{goitem|GB-Underbite.jpg|Underbite}}
{{goitem|GB-UnreleasedToys.jpg|Unreleased toy|unreleased toys}}


{{goitem|GB-VVH.jpg|Variable voltage harness|the variable voltage harness}}
{{goitem|GB-VectorPrime.jpg|Vector Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Vega-MBison.jpg|Vega|M. Bison}}
{{goitem|GB-Vehicon.jpg|Vehicon (BM)|the Beast Machines Vehicons}}
{{goitem|GB-Velocitron.jpg|Velocitron}}
{{goitem|GB-Venom.jpg|Venom (Crossovers)}}
{{goitem|GB-Verity-Carlo.jpg|Verity Carlo}}
{{goitem|GB-Virulina.jpg|Virulina}}
{{goitem|GB-Vrorbian.jpg|Vrobian|Vrobians}}
{{goitem|GB-Void.jpg|Void|the void}}


{{goitem|GB-Waddlepop.jpg|Waddlepop}}
{{goitem|GB-Waruder.jpg|Waruder|the Waruders}}
{{goitem|GB-AniWasp.jpg|Wasp}}
{{goitem|GB-Waspinator.jpg|Waspinator (BW)|Beast Wars Waspinator}}
{{goitem|GB-Web_World.jpg|Webworld|"Webworld"}}
{{goitem|GB-WeirdAl.jpg|"Weird Al" Yankovic}}
{{goitem|GB-Wheelie.jpg|Wheelie (G1)|Generation 1 Wheelie}}
{{goitem|GB-Wheeljack.jpg|Wheeljack (Armada)|Armada Wheeljack}}
{{goitem|GB-KreOcomic.jpg|Wheeljack%27s Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!%3F|"Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention!"}}
{{goitem|GB-WhirlG1.png|Whirl (G1)|Generation 1 Whirl}}
{{goitem|GB-windblade.jpg|Windblade (G1)|Generation 1 Windblade}}
{{goitem|GB-Windcharger.jpg|Windcharger (G1)|Generation 1 Windcharger}}
{{goitem|GB-Wiretap.jpg|Wire Tap V20}}
{{goitem|GB-WolfangPred.jpg|Wolfang (Predacon)|Predacon Wolfang}}
{{goitem|GB-WreckGarAni.jpg|Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Animated Wreck-Gar}}
{{goitem|GB-WreckGarG1.jpg|Wreck-Gar (G1)|Generation 1 Wreck-Gar}}
{{goitem|GB-Wreckers.jpg|Wrecker|the Wreckers}}
{{goitem|GB-WrecklooseROTF.jpg|Wreckloose (ROTF)|Revenge of the Fallen Wreckloose}}


{{goitem|GB-XGunner.jpg|X-Gunner}}
{{goitem|TfGo_Wave2_Gobox.jpeg|Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (franchise)|Transformers Go!}}


{{goitem|GB-YourFirstMistake.jpg|Your First Mistake|"Your First Mistake"}}


{{goitem|GB-Zombie.jpg|Zombie|zombies}}
{{goitem|GB-ZoneStoryPage.jpg|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Transformers: Zone story pages}}

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Tina Russell: Make sure “Ron” links to “Ron (Movie)” and not a disambiguation page

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{{goitem|GB-DecepticonRaider.jpg|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur%27s Court (episode)|"A Decepticon Raider..."}}
{{goitem|GB-AaronArcher.jpg|Aaron Archer}}
{{goitem|GB-Abominus.jpg|Abominus (G1)|Generation 1 Abominus}}
{{goitem|GB-SGAbominus.jpg|Abominus (SG)|Shattered Glass Abominus}}
{{goitem|GB-AdventuresINBBSitting.jpg|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting}}
{{goitem|GB-Aerobot.jpg|Aero-Bot}}
{{goitem|GB-TheAgenda3.jpg|The Agenda (Part III)|"The Agenda" (Part III)}}
{{goitem|GB-Aileron.jpg|Aileron}}
{{goitem|GB-AirachidPrime.jpg|Airachnid (Prime)|Prime Airachnid}}
{{goitem|GB-Airazor.jpg|Airazor (BW)|Beast Wars Airazor}}
{{goitem|GB-AirRaidMovie.jpg|Air Raid (Movie)|movie Air Raid}}
{{goitem|GB-AlchemistPrime.jpg|Alchemist Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Milnesig.jpg|Alex Milne}}
{{goitem|GB-Alignment.jpg|Alignment|"Alignment"}}
{{goitem|GB-AlphaTrionWFC.jpg|Alpha Trion (WFC)|Prime Alpha Trion}}
{{goitem|GB-Allspark.jpg|AllSpark|the AllSpark}}
{{goitem|GB-AllsparkAlmanacV1.jpg|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|the AllSpark Almanac}}
{{goitem|GB-Along_Came_a_Spider.jpg|Along Came a Spider|"Along Came a Spider"}}
{{goitem|GB-Amaou.jpg|Hitoshizuku Amaou}}
{{goitem|GB-Amalgamous.jpg|Amalgamous Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-AndrewWildman.jpg|Andrew Wildman}}
{{goitem|GB-AnimationError.jpg|Animation error|animation errors}}
{{goitem|GB-Animatron.jpg|Animatron}}
{{goitem|GB_Animorph.jpg|Animorph|Animorphs}}
{{goitem|GB-AngryArcher.jpg|Angry Archer|the Angry Archer}}
{{goitem|GB-Anode.jpg|Anode}}
{{goitem|GB-Anomaly.jpg|Anomaly}}
{{goitem|GB-Archforce.jpg|Archforce}}
{{goitem|GB-Antagony.jpg|Antagony (BW)|Beast Wars Antagony}}
{{goitem|GB-SGAquarius.jpg|Aquarius (SG)|Shattered Glass Aquarius}}
{{goitem|GB-apelinq.jpg|Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq}}
{{goitem|GB-ArceeMovie.jpg|Arcee (Movie)|movie Arcee}}
{{goitem|GB-WFCArcee.jpg|Arcee (WFC)|Prime Arcee}}
{{goitem|GB-ArkG1.jpg|Ark (G1)|the Generation 1 Ark}}
{{goitem|GB-Army-building.jpg|Army-building|army-building}}
{{goitem|GB-AskVectorPrime.jpg|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Astroscope.jpg|Astroscope}}
{{goitem|GB-AtomicMan.jpg|Atomic Man}}
{{goitem|GB-AttackFromOuterSpace.jpeg|Attack from Outer Space|"Attack from Outer Space"}}
{{goitem|GB-AttentionDeflectors.jpg|Attention deflector|Attention... um, something or other.}}
{{goitem|GB-AutobootCamp.jpg|Autoboot Camp|"Autoboot Camp"}}
{{goitem|GB-AutobotSpike.jpg|Autobot Spike|"Autobot Spike"}}
{{goitem|GB-AwYeahRevolution.jpg|Aw Yeah Revolution!|"Aw Yeah Revolution!"}}
{{goitem|GB-AxAndalite.jpg|Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill|"Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill"}}


{{goitem|GB-BOT.jpg|B.O.T. (episode)|"B.O.T." (or don't. Please don't.)}}
{{goitem|GB-BackstopCyb.jpg|Backstop (Cybertron)|Cybertron Backstop}}
{{goitem|GB-BallJoint.jpg|Ball joint|ball joints}}
{{goitem|GB-BarricadeMovie.jpg|Barricade (Movie)|movie Barricade}}
{{goitem|GB-Karza.jpg|Baron Karza}}
{{goitem|GB-BattleMasters.jpg|Battle Masters}}
{{goitem|GB-BattleTactics.jpg|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{goitem|GB-BeachcomberG1.jpg|Beachcomber (G1)|Generation 1 Beachcomber}}
{{goitem|GB-TheBeast.jpg|Beast (G1)|The Beast}}
{{goitem|GB-Gorillabot.jpg|Beast-Bot}}
{{goitem|GB-Beastformer.jpg|Beastformer|the Beastformers}}
{{goitem|GB-BeastWarsP2.jpg|Beast Wars (Part 2)|"Beast Wars" (Part 2)}}
{{goitem|GB-BeastWarsTransformers.jpg|Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|The "Beast Wars" franchise}}
{{goitem|GB-BeastWarsUprising.jpg|Beast Wars: Uprising|Beast Wars: Uprising}}
{{goitem|GB-BeforetheStorm.jpg|Before the Storm|"Before the Storm"}}
{{goitem|GB-Berserker.jpg|Berserker}}
{{goitem|GB-BlackoutMovie.jpg|Blackout (Movie)|Movie Blackout}}
{{goitem|GB-Black_Sunshine.jpg|Black Sunshine|"Black Sunshine"}}
{{goitem|GB-BlackShadow.jpg|Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow}}
{{goitem|GB-BlackZarak.jpg|Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak}}
{{goitem|GB-BladesG1.jpg|Blades (G1)|Generation 1 Blades}}
{{goitem|GB_BladesRB.jpg|Blades (RB)|Rescue Bots Blades}}
{{goitem|GB-g1blaster.jpg|Blaster (G1)|Generation 1 Blaster}}
{{goitem|GB-Blaze.jpg|Fizzle}}
{{goitem|GB-BloodontheTracks.jpg|Blood on the Tracks|"Blood on the Tracks"}}
{{goitem|GB-BludgeonG1.jpg|Bludgeon (G1)|Generation 1 Bludgeon}}
{{goitem|GB-BlueMax.jpg|Blue Max}}
{{goitem|GB-Bob.jpg|Bob (IDW)|Sunstreaker's pet Insecticon}}
{{goitem|GB-Boltax.jpg|Boltax (G1)|Generation 1 Boltax}}
{{goitem|GB-Botanica.jpg|Botanica (BM)|Beast Machines Botanica}}
{{goitem|GB-BoundRogue.jpg|Bound Rogue}}
{{goitem|GB-Brainstorm.jpg|Brainstorm (G1)|Generation 1 Brainstorm}}
{{goitem|GB-BrawlMovie.jpg|Brawl (Movie)|Movie Brawl}}
{{goitem|GB-BreakawayROTF.jpg|Breakaway (ROTF)|ROTF Breakaway}}
{{goitem|GB-Flying_Island.jpg|Brigadoon|the Vok's flying island}}
{{goitem|GB-BruticusMaximus.jpg|Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Energon Bruticus Maximus}}
{{goitem|GB-Buckethead.jpg|Buckethead}}
{{goitem|GB-Builders.jpg|Builder of Cybertron|the Builders of Cybertron}}
{{goitem|GB-Bulkhead.jpg|Bulkhead (Animated)|Animated Bulkhead}}
{{goitem|GB-BulkheadEnergon.jpg |Bulkhead (Energon)|Energon Bulkhead}}
{{goitem|GB-Bumblebee.jpg|Bumblebee (WFC)|Prime Bumblebee}}
{{goitem|GB-BumblebeeAni.jpg|Bumblebee (Animated)|Animated Bumblebee}}
{{goitem|GB-BumblebeeIDW.jpg|Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW G1 Bumblebee}}
{{goitem|GB-MovieBumblebee.jpg|Bumblebee (Movie)|Movie Bumblebee}}
{{goitem|GB-Bumblebeeblast.jpg|Bumblebee Blast (Slurpee)|Bumblebee Blast Slurpee Flavor}}
{{goitem|GB-BumblebeeRescue.jpg|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}
{{goitem|GB-BumblebeeTheMovie.jpg|Bumblebee (film)}}
{{goitem|GB-Bumper.jpg|Bumper (G1)|Generation 1 Bumper}}
{{goitem|GB-bunny.jpg|Bunny rabbit|this bunny}}
{{goitem|GB-TheBurdenHardestToBear.jpg|The Burden Hardest to Bear|"The Burden Hardest to Bear"}}
{{goitem|GB-BusterTheDog.jpg|Buster (IDW)|Buster the dog}}
{{goitem|GB-BuzzsawG1.jpg|Buzzsaw (G1)|Generation 1 Buzzsaw}}


{{goitem|GB-Caminus.jpg|Caminus}}
{{goitem|GB-MFCancer.jpg|Cancer (Masterforce)|Super-God Masterforce Cancer}}
{{goitem|GB-CarnageInC-Minor.jpg|Carnage in C-Minor|"Carnage in C-Minor"}}
{{goitem|GB-Carnival.jpg|Carnival|"Carnival"}}
{{goitem|GB-CarWashOfDoom.jpg|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}
{{goitem|GB-Carzap.jpg|Carzap (BT)|Carzap}}
{{goitem|GB-CatSCAN.jpg|CatSCAN}}
{{goitem|GB-Necrobot.jpg|Mortilus}}
{{goitem|GB-Centurion.jpg|Centurion (IDW)|Centurion}}
{{goitem|GB-Centuritron.jpg|Centuritron}}
{{goitem|GB-Chameleon.jpg|Chameleon (G1)|Generation 1 Chameleon}}
{{goitem|GB-CharlieBurns.jpg|Charlie Burns}}
{{goitem|GB-ChaosG1.jpg|Chaos (alien)|Chaos}}
{{goitem|GB-CheetorBW.jpg|Cheetor (BW)|Beast Wars Cheetor}}
{{goitem|GB-CHUG.jpg|CHUG}}
{{goitem|GB-ThurstonChumley.jpg|Thurston Chumley}}
{{goitem|GB-CircuitBreaker.jpg|Circuit Breaker (G1)|Marvel Comics' Circuit Breaker}}
{{goitem|GB-Clampdown.jpg|Clampdown (RID)| RID Clampdown }}
{{goitem|GB-Clicker.jpg|Clicker}}
{{goitem|GB-CliffjumperG1.jpg|Cliffjumper (G1)|Generation 1 Cliffjumper}}
{{goitem|GB-Cloudburst.jpg|Cloudburst}}
{{goitem|GB-ClubCon.jpg|Club Con}}
{{goitem|GB-Clutch.jpg|Clutch (G1)|Generation 1 Clutch}}
{{goitem|GB-CobraCommander.jpg|Cobra Commander}}
{{goitem|GB-Cogman.jpg|Cogman}}
{{goitem|GB-CombatDeck.jpg|Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck}}
{{goitem|GB-Combatron.jpg|Combatron (planet)|Combatron}}
{{goitem|GB-CombinerWars.jpg|Transformers: Combiner Wars (cartoon)|Starscream's giant floating head}}
{{goitem|GB-ComingoftheFuzors2.jpg|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|"Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2)}}
{{goitem|GB-CommandUnit.jpg|Command Unit|Command Units}}
{{goitem|GB-Commercial.jpg|Commercial|commercials}}
{{goitem|GB-commercialbumper.jpg|Commercial bumper|commercial bumpers}}
{{goitem|GB-Computron.jpg|Computron (G1)|Generation 1 Computron}}
{{goitem|GB-SGComputron.jpg|Computron (SG)|Shattered Glass Computron}}
{{goitem|GB-CosmosG1.jpg|Cosmos (G1)|Generation 1 Cosmos}}
{{goitem|GB-Countdown.jpg|Countdown (G1)|Generation 1 Countdown}}
{{goitem|GB-CoP.jpg|Covenant of Primus|the Covenant of Primus}}
{{goitem|GB-CCLBBS.jpg|Crack Calibre Laser-Blazer Broadsword}}
{{goitem|GB-CrashTest.jpg|Crash Test (G1)|Crash Test}}
{{goitem|GB-CrosscutDecep.jpg|Crosscut (Decepticon)|Decepticon Crosscut}}
{{goitem|GB-Cryotek.jpg|Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek}}
{{goitem|GB-CyKillGobots.jpg|Cy-Kill (GoBots)|GoBots Cy-Kill}}
{{goitem|GB-CybDefenseTeam.jpg|Cybertron Defense Team|the Cybertron Defense Team}}
{{goitem|GB-Cyberwarp.jpg|Cyberwarp}}
{{goitem|GB-Cybertronix.jpg|Cybertronix}}
{{goitem|GB-CyclonusG1.jpg|Cyclonus (G1)|Generation 1 Cyclonus}}


{{goitem|GB-DGo.jpg|D-Go}}
{{goitem|GB-dalek.jpg|Dalek|Daleks}}
{{goitem|GB-Dancitron.jpg|Dancitron}}
{{goitem|GB-DanReed.jpg|Dan Reed}}
{{goitem|GB-DarkAwakening.jpg|Dark Awakening (episode)|"Dark Awakening"}}
{{goitem|GB-DarkEnergon.jpg|Dark Energon|dark energon}}
{{goitem|GB-DarthVader.jpg|Darth Vader}}
{{goitem|GB-DavidWise.jpg|David Wise}}
{{goitem|GB-Daytrader.jpg|Daytrader}}
{{goitem|GB-Dead-Universe.jpg|Dead Universe|the Dead Universe}}
{{goitem|GB-DeadlyAim.jpg|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}
{{goitem|GB-DeathsHeadG1.jpg|Death%27s Head (G1)|Generation 1 Death's Head}}
{{goitem|GB_deathsaurus.jpg|Deathsaurus (Victory)|Victory Deathsaurus}}
{{goitem|GB-Decepticharge.jpg|Decepticharge}}
{{goitem|GB-DecepticonAir.jpg|Decepticon Air|"Decepticon Air"}}
{{goitem|GB-DecepticonPatrol.jpg|Decepticon Patrol|"Decepticon Patrol"}}
{{goitem|GB-DecepSixbuilder.jpg|Decepticon Sixbuilder}}
{{goitem|GB-Deceptor.jpg|Deceptor}}
{{goitem|GB-Defensor.jpg|Defensor (G1)|Generation 1 Defensor}}
{{goitem|GB-DennyClay.jpg|Denny Clay}}
{{goitem|GB-DepthCharge.jpg|Depth Charge (BW)|Beast Wars Depth Charge}}
{{goitem|GB-Derail.jpg|Derail}}
{{goitem|GB-DerrickWyatt.jpg|Derrick J. Wyatt|Derrick Wyatt}}
{{goitem|GB-Destro.gif|Destro}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Devastator.jpg|Devastator (G1)|Generation 1 Devastator}}
{{goitem|GB-Devisiun.jpg|Devisiun}}
{{goitem|GB-Dinobot.jpg|Dinobot (BW)|Beast Wars Dinobot}}
{{goitem|GB-DinobotsStrikeBack.jpg|Dinobots Strike Back|"Dinobots Strike Back"}}
{{goitem|GB-Dion.jpg|Dion|Dion}}
{{goitem|GB-DirgeG1.jpg|Dirge (G1)|Generation 1 Dirge}}
{{goitem|GB-SGDirge.jpg|Dirge (SG)|Shattered Glass Dirge}}
{{goitem|GB-Dispensor.jpg|Dispensor}}
{{goitem|GB-DivebombMovie.jpg|Divebomb (Movie)|movie Divebomb}}
{{goitem|GB-DiverBWII.jpg|Diver (BWII)|Beast Wars II Diver}}
{{goitem|GB-Finkleberg.jpg|Donny Finkleberg}}
{{goitem|GB-DrArkeville.jpg|Doctor Arkeville}}
{{goitem|GB-DocGreene.jpg|Ezra Greene|Doc Greene}}
{{goitem|GB-DownshiftCyb.jpg|Downshift (Energon)|Cybertron Downshift}}
{{goitem|GB-DreamMix.jpg|DreamMix TV World Fighters|"DreamMix TV World Fighters"}}
{{goitem|GB-ArmadaIssue9.jpg|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Dreamwave's Armada #9}}
{{goitem|GB-Drift.jpg|Drift (G1)|Generation 1 Drift}}
{{goitem|GB-DryRun.jpg|Dry Run!|"Dry Run!"}}
{{goitem|GB-DuelFightGBC.jpg|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors%27 Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers}}
{{goitem|GB-Dull_Surprise.jpg|Dull surprise|dull surprise}}
{{goitem|GB-DwayneJohnson.jpg|Dwayne Johnson|The Rock}}


{{goitem|GB-CliffjumperG1a.jpg|Earl Norem}}
{{goitem|GB-G1ElitaOne.jpg|Elita One (G1)|Generation 1 Elita One}}
{{goitem|GB-Ectotron.jpg|Ectotron|Ectotron}}
{{goitem|GB-Empurata.jpg|Empurata|empurata}}
{{goitem|GB-Energon.jpg|Energon|Energon}}
{{goitem|GB-Energoncartoon.jpg|Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|the Energon cartoon}}
{{goitem|GB-EntertheNightbird.jpg|Enter the Nightbird|"Enter the Nightbird"}}
{{goitem|GB-EVA01.jpg|Evangelion Unit-01}}
{{goitem|GB-EvilBrainImpulse.jpg|Evil brain impulse|evil brain impulses}}


{{goitem|GB-Facial_hair.jpg|Facial hair|Transformers facial hair}}
{{goitem|GB-Falcia.jpg|Falcia}}
{{goitem|GB-ThefallenG1.jpg|The Fallen}}
{{goitem|GB-Fang.jpg|Fang}}
{{goitem|GB-fig.png|Jorge Figueroa}}
{{goitem|GB-FightForEnergon.jpg|Fight for Energon|"Fight for Energon"}}
{{goitem|GB-Fireflight.jpg|Fireflight (G1)|Generation 1 Fireflight}}
{{goitem|GB-FireintheSky.jpg|Fire in the Sky|"Fire in the Sky"}}
{{goitem|GB-FireOnTheMountain.jpg|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|"Fire on the Mountain"}}
{{goitem|GB-FirstAid.jpg|First Aid (G1)|Generation 1 First Aid}}
{{goitem|GB-Fishtest.jpg|The Fish Test|"The Fish Test"}}
{{goitem|GB-FixerBug.jpg|Fixer Bug|Fixer Bugs}}
{{goitem|GB-FixitRID.jpg|Fixit (RID)| Robots in Disguise (2015) Fixit}}
{{goitem|GB-FlameUKcomic.jpg|Flame (Marvel)|Flame}}
{{goitem|GB-Flashbox.jpg|Flashbox}}
{{goitem|GB-FlattopUK.jpg|Flattop (Autobot)|Autobot Flattop}}
{{goitem|GB-Flytrap.jpg|Flytrap}}
{{goitem|GB-FortressMaximusG1.jpg|Fortress Maximus (G1)|Generation 1 Fortress Maximus}}
{{goitem|GB-FortressMaximusRID.jpg|Fortress Maximus (RID)|Robots in Disguise Fortress Maximus}}
{{goitem|GB-Fred.jpg|Fred (Armada)|Armada Fred}}
{{goitem|GB-FreeBlaster.jpg|FREE! Blaster!}}
{{goitem|GB-Fulcrum.jpg|Fulcrum}}
{{goitem|GB-FunctionistUniverse.jpg|Functionist Universe|the Functionist universe}}
{{goitem|GB-Furmanism.jpg|Furmanism|Furmanisms}}


{{goitem|GB-GalvatronIDW.jpg|Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW G1 Galvatron}}
{{goitem|GB-GalvatronII.jpg|Galvatron II}}
{{goitem|GB-GrandGalvatron.jpg|Grand Galvatron}}
{{goitem|GB-Garboil.jpg|Garboil (G1)|Generation 1 Garboil}}
{{goitem|GB-GasSkunk.jpg|Gas Skunk}}
{{goitem|GB-Gas_station.jpg|Gas station|the Micromaster gas station}}
{{goitem|GB-Gatoraider.jpg|Gatoraider}}
{{goitem|GB-GB.jpg|G.B. Blackrock}}
{{goitem|GB-Generation2.jpg|Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Transformers: Generation 2}}
{{goitem|GB-Generations.jpg|Transformers Generations|the Transformers Generations book}}
{{goitem|GB-Generics.jpg|Generic|"generic" Transformer designs}}
{{goitem|GB-Germany.jpg|Germany}}
{{goitem|GB-Getaway.jpg|Getaway}}
{{goitem|GB-GhostStories.jpg|Ghost Stories|"Ghost Stories"}}
{{goitem|GB-Gigantion.jpg|Gigantion}}
{{goitem|GB-Gingham.jpg|Gingham}}
{{goitem|GB-Ginrai.jpg|Ginrai (human)|Ginrai}}
{{goitem|GB-GirlWhoLovedPowerglide.jpg|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide|"The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"}}
{{goitem|GB-Glacius.jpg|Glacius}}
{{goitem|GB-Gnaw.jpg|Gnaw (G1)|Generation 1 Gnaw}}
{{goitem|GB-Gob.jpg|Gob (Prime)|Prime Gob}}
{{goitem|GB-G1GoBots.jpg|G1 GoBots|the G1 GoBots}}
{{goitem|GB-G2Gobots.jpg|Gobots|G2 Gobots}}
{{goitem|GB-GPS.jpg|Gold Plastic Syndrome|gold plastic syndrome}}
{{goitem|GB-Golden_disk.jpg |Golden Disk (disambiguation)|the Golden Disks}}
{{goitem|GB-GoldenLagoon.jpg|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|"The Golden Lagoon"}}
{{goitem|GB-Gonebutnot.jpg|Gone but Not Forgotten!|"Gone but Not Forgotten!"}}
{{goitem|GB-goo.jpg|Goo 8739B}}
{{goitem|GB-Goshooter.jpg|Goshooter}}
{{goitem|GB-GrimlocksNewBrain.jpg|Grimlock%27s New Brain|"Grimlock's New Brain"}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDGrimlock.jpg|Grimlock (RID 2001)|2001 Robots in Disguise Grimlock}}
{{goitem|GB-GrimlockRID.jpg|Grimlock (RID 2015)|2015 Robots in Disguise Grimlock}}
{{goitem|GB-GrappleG1.jpg|Grapple (G1)|Generation 1 Grapple}}
{{goitem|GB-Grizzly1.jpg|Grizzly-1}}
{{goitem|GB-GuzzleG1.jpg|Guzzle (G1)|Generation 1 Guzzle}}


{{goitem|GB-Hacksaw.jpg|Hacksaw}}
{{goitem|GB-Halloween.JPG|Halloween}}
{{goitem|GB-HanSolo.jpg|Han Solo}}
{{goitem|GB-HatePlague.jpg|Hate Plague|the Hate Plague}}
{{goitem|GB-HeadGames.jpg|Head Games}}
{{goitem|GB-Headmasters_(comic).jpg|The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters Marvel US miniseries}}
{{goitem|GB-RBHeatwave.jpg|Heatwave (RB)|Rescue Bots Heatwave}}
{{goitem|GB-Heatwave.jpg|Heatwave (Timelines)|Timelines Heatwave}}
{{goitem|GB-HeartOfDarkness.jpg|The Transformers: Heart of Darkness}}
{{goitem|GB-HGBG.jpg|Hideous giant brain guy|this hideous giant brain guy}}
{{goitem|GB-HHR.jpg|HHR}}
{{goitem|GB-HighWire.jpg|High Wire (Armada)|Armada High Wire}}
{{goitem|GB-Holomatter.jpg|Holomatter|holomatter}}
{{goitem|GB_Ani_Hot_Shot.jpg|Hot Shot (Animated)|Animated Hot Shot}}
{{goitem|GB-SGHound.jpg|Hound (SG)|Shattered Glass Hound}}
{{goitem|GB-MWHubcap.jpg|Hubcap (MW)|Machine Wars Hubcap}}
{{goitem|GB-AnimatedHuffer.jpg|Huffer (Animated)|Animated Huffer}}
{{goitem|GB-Hunter-O'Nion.jpg|Hunter O%27Nion|Hunter O'Nion}}
{{goitem|GB-HyberdriveMM.jpg|Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Micromaster Hyperdrive}}


{{goitem|GB-Icepick.jpg|Icepick (G1)|Generation 1 Icepick}}
{{goitem|GB-IDWTimeline.jpg|IDW timeline|the IDW timeline}}
{{goitem|GB-IHaveHeardTheRobots.gif|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}}
{{goitem|GB-ImprosonedInferno.jpg|Imprisoned Inferno|"Improsoned Inferno" (sic)}}
{{goitem|GB-Impactor.jpg|Impactor (G1)|Generation 1 Impactor}}
{{goitem|GB-Infiltration-Protocol.jpg|Infiltration protocol|the infiltration protocol}}
{{goitem|GB-Injector.jpg|Injector}}
{{goitem|GB_Intruder.jpg|Intruder|Intruders}}
{{goitem|GB-Io.jpg|Io}}
{{goitem|GB-Ironfist.jpg|Ironfist (G1)|Generation 1 Ironfist}}
{{goitem|GB-IronMan.jpg|Iron Man}}
{{goitem|GB-ironhide.jpg|Ironhide (G1)|Generation 1 Ironhide}}
{{goitem|GB-EnergonIronhide.jpg|Ironhide (Energon)|Energon Ironhide}}
{{goitem|GB-IrwinSpoon.jpg|Irwin Spoon}}


{{goitem|GB-Jaam.jpg|JaAm}}
{{goitem|GB-JamesRoberts.jpg|James Roberts}}
{{goitem|GB-Japanese_themes.jpg |Japanese themes|Japanese theme songs}}
{{goitem|GB-JazzG1.jpg|Jazz (G1)|Generation 1 Jazz}}
{{goitem|GB-JazzMovie.jpg|Jazz (Movie)|movie Jazz}}
{{goitem|GB-Jetfire(ROTF).jpg|Jetfire (Movie)|Revenge of the Fallen Jetfire}}
{{goitem|GB-Jhiaxus.jpg|Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus}}
{{goitem|GB-JoeColton.jpg|Joe Colton}}
{{goitem|GB-JohnHenry.jpg|John Henry}}
{{goitem|GB-Jungaroo.jpg|Jungaroo}}
{{goitem|GB-JuneDarby.jpg|June Darby}}


{{goitem|GB-kakuryu.jpg|Kakuryu (Victory)|Victory Kakuryu}}
{{goitem|GB-Kaon.jpg|Kaon (DJD)|Kaon}}
{{goitem|GB-KellyRID.jpg|Kelly (RID)|Kelly}}
{{goitem|GB-Key_to_Vector_Sigma.jpg|Key to Vector Sigma|the Key to Vector Sigma}}
{{goitem|GB-Kick-Off.jpg|Kick-Off (G1)|Generation 1 Kick-Off}}
{{goitem|GB-KickbackG1.jpg|Hearts of Steel}}
{{goitem|GB-KickerJones.jpg|Kicker Jones|Kicker}}
{{goitem|GB-King.jpg|King|the King}}
{{goitem|GB-Kirk.jpg|Jim Kirk|Captain Kirk}}
{{goitem|GB-Kiss.jpg|Kiss}}
{{goitem|GB-PrimeKnockOut.jpg|Knock Out (Prime)|Prime Knock Out}}
{{goitem|GB-Kremzeek.jpg|Kremzeek (G1)|Kremzeek}}
{{goitem|GB-AiKuruma.jpg|Ai Kuruma}}
{{goitem|GB-Kup.jpg|Kup (G1)|Generation 1 Kup}}


{{goitem|GB-Lady_Jaye.jpg|Lady Jaye}}
{{goitem|GB-Ladybird.jpg|Ladybird Books}}
{{goitem|GB-Landfill.jpg|Landfill (G1)|Generation 1 Landfill}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Landmine.jpg|Landmine (G1)|Generation 1 Landmine}}
{{goitem|GB-TimelinesLandquake.jpg|Landquake (Timelines)|Timelines Landquake}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Laserbeak.jpg|Laserbeak (G1)|Generation 1 Laserbeak}}
{{goitem|GB-Leader1Armada.jpg|Leader-1 (Armada)|Armada Leader-1}}
{{goitem|GB-LegacyofUnicron.jpg|The Legacy of Unicron!|"The Legacy of Unicron!"}}
{{goitem|GB-Lennox.jpg|William Lennox}}
{{goitem|GB-Leoric.jpg|Leoric}}
{{goitem|GB-Leozack.jpg|Leozack}}
{{goitem|GB-ukletters.jpg|Letters page (Marvel UK)|the Marvel UK letters page}}
{{goitem|GB-Liefeld.jpg|Rob Liefeld}}
{{goitem|GB-LiegeMaximo.jpg|Liege Maximo|the Liege Maximo}}
{{goitem|GB-LioConvoy.jpg|Lio Convoy}}
{{goitem|GB-Lipole.jpg|Lightpole|Lightpoles}}
{{goitem|GB-LockdownAnimated.jpg|Lockdown (Animated)|Animated Lockdown}}
{{goitem|GB-ROTFLockdown.jpg|Lockdown (ROTF)|Age of Extinction Lockdown}}
{{goitem|GB-Lori.jpg|Lori Jiménez}}
{{goitem|GB-LordDoomitron.jpg|Lord Doomitron}}
{{goitem|GB-ImperiousDelirious.jpg|Lord Imperious Delirious}}
{{goitem|GB-LostLight.jpg|Lost Light|the Lost Light}}
{{goitem|GB-LouHoover.jpg|Lou Hoover}}


{{goitem|GB-M9-2HarpoonGun.jpg|M9-2 Harpoon Gun|the M9-2 Harpoon Gun}}
{{goitem|GB-Machination.jpg|Machination|the Machination}}
{{goitem|GB-Magmatron.jpg|Magmatron}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnaboss.jpg|Magnaboss (BW)|Beast Wars Magnaboss}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnawing.jpg|Magnawing}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnificence.jpg|Magnificence|the Magnificence}}
{{goitem|GB-Magnum.jpg|Magnum}}
{{goitem|GB-Malignus.jpg|Malignus (G1)|Generation 1 Malignus}}
{{goitem|GB-Manterror.jpg|Manterror}}
{{goitem|GB-MarissaFairborne.jpg|Marissa Faireborn}}
{{goitem|GB-MartyIsenberg.jpg|Marty Isenberg}}
{{goitem|GB-MatrixCannon.jpg|Matrix Cannon|the Matrix Cannon}}
{{goitem|GB-Max.jpg|Max (Go-Bots)|Max}}
{{goitem|GB-EukarianShockwave.jpg|Maximal Shockwave}}
{{goitem|GB-Mecannibals.jpg|Mecannibal|the Mecannibals}}
{{goitem|GB-Megabolt.jpg|Megabolt}}
{{goitem|GB-armadamegs.jpg|Megatron (Armada)|Armada Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronAnimated.jpg|Megatron (Animated)|Animated Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronBW.jpg|Megatron (BW)|Beast Wars Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-IDWMegatron.jpg|Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW G1 Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-GigatronCR.jpg|Megatron (RID)|Robots in Disguise Megatron}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronsMasterPlan.jpg|Megatron%27s Master Plan, Part 1}}
{{goitem|GB-MeltdownAni.jpg|Meltdown (Animated)|Animated Meltdown}}
{{goitem|GB-Menasor.jpg|Menasor (G1)|Generation 1 Menasor}}
{{goitem|GB-Merklynn.jpg|Merklynn}}
{{goitem|GB-Metallikato.jpg|Metallikato}}
{{goitem|GB-MetroplexG1.jpg|Metroplex (G1)|Generation 1 Metroplex}}
{{goitem|GB-SGMetroplex.jpg|Metroplex (SG)|Shattered Glass Metroplex}}
{{goitem|GB-Metrotitan.jpg|Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan}}
{{goitem|GB_Mickey_Mouse.jpg|Mickey Mouse}}
{{goitem|GB-Micronauts.jpg|Micronaut|the Micronauts}}
{{goitem|GB-Micronus_Prime.jpg|Micronus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Mindset.jpg|Mindset (G2)|Generation 2 Mindset}}
{{goitem|GB-Minerva.jpg|Minerva (Masterforce human)|Masterforce Minerva}}
{{goitem|GB-MinimusAmbus.jpg|Minimus Ambus}}
{{goitem|GB-Bumper2.jpg|Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles}}
{{goitem|GB-Mirror.jpg|Mirror}}
{{goitem|GB-Misconceptions.jpg|Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|Misconceptions and urban legends}}
{{goitem|GB-MistressOfFlame.jpg|Mistress of Flame|the Mistress of Flame}}
{{goitem|GB-MixmasterAni.jpg|Mixmaster (Animated)|Animated Mixmaster}}
{{goitem|GB-Mnemosurgery.jpg|Mnemosurgery}}
{{goitem|GB-Monstructor.jpg|Monstructor (G1)|Generation 1 Monstructor}}
{{goitem|GB-MoonBWII.jpg|Moon (BWII)|Beast Wars II Moon}}
{{goitem|GB-Multilingual.jpg|multilingual packaging}}
{{goitem|GB-Mutt.jpg|Mutt (IDW)}}
{{goitem|GB-FantasyPredacon.jpg|Mystery!}}


{{goitem|GB-Nautilator.jpg|Nautilator|Generation 1 Nautilator}}
{{goitem|GB-Nebulos.jpg|Nebulos}}
{{goitem|GB-NekomimiAandB.jpg|Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B}}
{{goitem|GB-NemesisPrimeIDW.jpg|Nova Prime|Nova/Nemesis Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Neon.jpg|Neon|neon! Ow}}
{{goitem|GB-NexusPrime.jpg|Nexus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-NiceCreamTransformer.jpg|Ice Cream Van Transformer|the Ice Cream Van Transformer}}
{{goitem|GB-NightbeatG1.jpg|Nightbeat (G1)|Generation 1 Nightbeat}}
{{goitem|GB-NightbeatArmada.jpg|Nightbeat (Armada)|Armada Nightbeat}}
{{goitem|GB-NightscreamClassics.jpg|Nightscream (Classics)|Classics Nightscream}}
{{goitem|GB-Nobeeoh.jpg|Nobeeoh}}
{{goitem|GB-CVNovastorm.jpg|Nova Storm (Cyberverse)}}


{{goitem|GB-O.jpg|"O"}}
{{goitem|GB-Oparts.jpg|O-Part|the O-Parts}}
{{goitem|GB-Oilmaster.jpg|Oilmaster}}
{{goitem|GB-OctopunchG1.jpg|Octopunch (G1)|Generation 1 Octopunch}}
{{goitem|GB-OmegaSupreme.JPG|Omega Supreme (G1)|Generation 1 Omega Supreme}}
{{goitem|GB-ontheedgeofextinction.jpg|On the Edge of Extinction!|"On the Edge of Extinction!"}}
{{goitem|GB-OnyxPrime.jpg|Onyx Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-KojiOnishi.jpg|Koji Onishi}}
{{goitem|GB-OptimusMaximus.jpg|Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus}}
{{goitem|GB-OptimusMinor.jpg|Optimus Minor}}
{{goitem|GB-OptimusPrimal.jpg|Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal}}
{{goitem|GB-G1prime.jpg|Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-RiDPrime.jpg|Optimus Prime (RID)|Robots in Disguise Optimus}}
{{goitem|GB-MoviePrime.jpg|Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Optimus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-WFCOptimusPrime.jpg|Optimus Prime (WFC)|Prime Optimus Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-Orbital-Jump.jpg|Orbital jump|orbital jumps}}
{{goitem|GB-MegatronBW1.jpg|Other Victories|"Other Victories"}}
{{goitem|GB-OtherVoices1.jpg|Other Voices, Part 1|"Other Voices" Part 1}}
{{goitem|GB-Outback.jpg|Outback (G1)|Generation 1 Outback}}
{{goitem|GB-Outsider.jpg|Outsider}}
{{goitem|GB-Overlord.jpg|Overlord (Masterforce)|Masterforce Overlord}}
{{goitem|GB-Overkill.jpg|Overkill (G1)|Generation 1 Overkill}}


{{goitem|GB-BoxBattle.jpg|Package art}}
{{goitem|GB-PatLeesig.jpg|Pat Lee}}
{{goitem|GB-PepsiConvoy.jpg|Pepsi Convoy}}
{{goitem|GB-Pharma.jpg|Pharma (G1)|Pharma}}
{{goitem|GB-photodegradation.jpg|Photodegradation|photodegradation}}
{{goitem|GB-Pipeline.jpg|Pipeline|Pipeline}}
{{goitem|GB-PickUpBatRobo.jpg|Pick-Up (Bat-Rob%F4)|Bat-Robo Pick-Up}}
{{goitem|GB-Plastic.jpg|Plastic|plastic}}
{{goitem|GB-PlatinumEdition.jpg|Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition}}
{{goitem|GB-playpattern.jpg|Play pattern|play patterns}}
{{goitem|GB-PoisonBite.jpg|Poison Bite}}
{{goitem|GB-PotatoHead.jpg|Mr. Potato Head}}
{{goitem|GB-Power_Plans.jpg|Power Plans}}
{{goitem|GB-Pretender.jpg|Pretender|the Pretenders}}
{{goitem|GB-Prima.jpg|Prima}}
{{goitem|GB-Primus.jpg|Primus}}
{{goitem|GB-ProfessorPrincess.jpg|Professor Princess}}
{{goitem|GB_Protector.jpg|Protector|the Protectors}}
{{goitem|GB-Protecton.jpg|Protecton|the Protectons}}
{{goitem|GB-prototype.jpg|Prototype|prototypes}}
{{goitem|GoBox_TFA_Prowl.jpg|Prowl (Animated)|Animated Prowl}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDProwl.jpg|Prowl (RID)|2001 Robots in Disguise Prowl}}
{{goitem|GB-Pushbutton.jpg|Push-Button}}
{{goitem|GB-PsychoOrb.jpg|Psycho-Orb}}
{{goitem|GB-Pyra_Magna.jpg|Pyra Magna}}
{{goitem|GB-rani.png|Natasha Pyraniac}}
{{goitem|GB-Pyro.jpg|Pyro (G1)|Generation 1 Pyro}}


{{goitem|GB-GagColosseum.jpg|Q-Robo Transformer}}
{{goitem|GB-Quake.jpg|Quake (G1)|Generation 1 Quake}}
{{goitem|GB_Questor.jpg|Questor|the Questors}}
{{goitem|GB-Quickshadow.jpg|Quickshadow}}
{{goitem|GB-Quintesson.jpg|Quintesson|the Quintessons}}
{{goitem|GB-QuintusPrime.jpg|Quintus Prime}}


{{goitem|GB-RackNRuin.jpg|Rack%27n%27Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin}}
{{goitem|GB-Raindance.jpg|Raindance}}
{{goitem|GB-RamHorn.jpg|Ram Horn}}
{{goitem|GB-RamhornMasterWarrior.jpg|Ramhorn (G1)#Titans Return|Titans Return G1 Ramhorn}}
{{goitem|GB-RamjetUniverse.jpg|Ramjet (Universe)|Universe Ramjet}}
{{goitem|GB-RampageBW.jpg|Rampage (BW)|Beast Wars Rampage}}
{{goitem|GB-RamulusBW.jpg|Ramulus}}
{{goitem|GB-Rangefinder.jpg|Rangefinder}}
{{goitem|GB-RansackG2.jpg|Ransack (G2)|Generation 2 Ransack}}
{{goitem|GB-Raoul.jpg|Raoul}}
{{goitem|GB-RatbatG1.jpg|Ratbat (G1)|Generation 1 Ratbat}}
{{goitem|GB-AniRatchet.jpg|Ratchet (Animated)|Animated Ratchet}}
{{goitem|GB-RatchetG1.jpg|Ratchet (G1)|Generation 1 Ratchet}}
{{goitem|Primeratchetgoicon.jpg|Ratchet (WFC)|Prime Ratchet}}
{{goitem|GB-Rattrap.jpg|Rattrap (BW)|Beast Wars Rattrap}}
{{goitem|GB-SGRavage.jpg|Ravage (SG)|Shattered Glass Ravage}}
{{goitem|GB-Razorbeast.jpg|Razorbeast}}
{{goitem|GB-RazorclawTFU.jpg|Razorclaw (Universe)|Universe Razorclaw}}
{{goitem|GB-RecipeforDisaster.jpg|Recipe for Disaster!|"Recipe for Disaster!"}}
{{goitem|GB-Rebranding.jpg|Rebranding|Rebranding}}
{{goitem|GB-Red.jpg|Red (AB)|Red}}
{{goitem|GB-ArmadaRedAlert.jpg|Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert}}
{{goitem|GB-RedHot.jpg|Red Hot}}
{{goitem|GB-ReggieSimmons.jpg|Seymour Simmons}}
{{goitem|GB-RenoWilson.jpg|Reno Wilson}}
{{goitem|GB-Reproduction.jpg|Reproduction|Transformer reproduction}}
{{goitem|GB-Return_of_the_Headmaster.jpg|The Return of the Headmaster|"The Return of the Headmaster"}}
{{goitem|GB-ReturnOfTheTransformers.jpg|The Return of the Transformers|"The Return of the Transformers"}}
{{goitem|GB-RhinoxRallys.jpg|Rhinox (BW)|Beast Wars Rhinox}}
{{goitem|GB-RickAstley.jpg|Rick Astley}}
{{goitem|GB-Stepper.jpg|Ricochet (Headmasters)|Targetmaster Ricochet}}
{{goitem|GB-RoadblockGIJoe.jpg|Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|G.I. Joe's Roadblock}}
{{goitem|GB-RockLord.jpg|Rock Lord|Rock Lords}}
{{goitem|GB-RodimusShattered.jpg|Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus}}
{{goitem|GB-G1RodimusPrime.jpg|Hot Rod (G1)|Generation 1 Rodimus}}
{{goitem|GB-Romthespaceknight.jpg|Rom|Rom the Space Knight}}
{{goitem|GB-Ron.jpg|Ron (Movie)|Ron}}
{{goitem|GB-SGRook.jpg|Rook (SG)|Shattered Glass Rook}}
{{goitem|GB-Rorza.jpg|Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III|Rorza the Rocket-cycle Racer}}
{{goitem|GB-Rosanna.jpg|Rosanna (KP)|Kiss Players Rosanna}}
{{goitem|GB-RotateBlade.jpg|Cyber-slash tail weapon|the rotate blade}}
{{goitem|GB-Roulette.jpg|Roulette (Universe)|Universe Roulette}}
{{goitem|GB-RubberduckyBW.jpg|Rubber Ducky|the Rubber Ducky}}
{{goitem|GB-Rubble.jpg|Rubble}}
{{goitem|GB-Ruination.jpg|Ruination_(RID)|Robots in Disguise Ruination}}
{{goitem|GB-Rung.jpg|Rung (G1)|Rong}}
{{goitem|GB-RunOver.jpg|Run-Over (BW)|Beast Wars: Uprising Run-Over}}


{{goitem|GB-Saberhorn.jpg|Saberhorn}}
{{goitem|Safeguard.jpg|Safeguard (Animated)|Animated Safeguard}}
{{goitem|GB-SaltManZ.jpg|Salt-Man Z}}
{{goitem|GB-Sari.jpg|Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac}}
{{goitem|GB-Scale.jpg|Scale|scale (or lack of)}}
{{goitem|GB-ScavengerBM.jpg|Scavenger (BM)|Beast Machines Scavenger}}
{{goitem|GB-Scoop.jpg|Scoop (G1)|Generation 1 Scoop}}
{{goitem|GB-ScowlG1.jpg|Scowl (G1)|Generation 1 Scowl}}
{{goitem|GB-Scraplet.jpg|Scraplet|scraplets}}
{{goitem|GB-Scrounge.jpg|Scrounge (G1)|Generation 1 Scrounge}}
{{goitem|GB-Scylla.jpg|Scylla}}
{{goitem|GB-SD-SG.jpg|SD SG}}
{{goitem|GB-SearchlightG1.jpg|Searchlight (G1)|Generation 1 Searchlight}}
{{goitem|GB-Seawatch.jpg|Seawatch}}
{{goitem|GB-SectorSeven.jpg|Sector Seven}}
{{goitem|GB-SeekerGroup.jpg|Seeker (body-type)|the Seekers}}
{{goitem|GBAniSentinelPrime.jpg|Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Animated Sentinel Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-ROTFSentinelPrime.jpg|Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Dark of the Moon Sentinel Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-SentinelPrime.jpg|Sentinel Prime (G1)|G1 Sentinel Prime}}
{{goitem|GB-SergeantChaos.jpg|Sergeant Chaos}}
{{goitem|GB-SerpentOR.jpg|Serpentor|Serpent O.R.}}
{{goitem|GB-Servo.jpg|Servo (MD)|Micron Densetsu Servo}}
{{goitem|GB-shatteredglass.jpg|Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|the Shattered Glass universe}}
{{goitem|GB-Shatterpoint.jpg|Shatterpoint}}
{{goitem|GB-Shellformer.jpg|Shellformer|shellformers}}
{{goitem|GB-shelfwarmer.jpg|Shelfwarmer|shelfwarmers}}
{{goitem|GB-ShiaLaBeouf.jpg|Shia LaBeouf}}
{{goitem|GB-Shokaract.jpg|Shokaract}}
{{goitem|GB-ShockblastEnergon.jpg |Shockblast}}
{{goitem|GB-Shockwave.jpg|Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave}}
{{goitem|GB-Shreddicus.jpg|Shreddicus Maximus}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Sideburn.jpg|Side Burn (RID)|Generation 1 Side Burn}}
{{goitem|GB-SideBurnsObsession.jpg|Sideburn%27s Obsession|"Sideburn's Obsession"}}
{{goitem|GB-RIDsideswipe.jpg|Sideswipe (RID)|Robots in Disguise Sideswipe}}
{{goitem|GB-SidewaysDisambig.jpg|Sideways (disambiguation)|Any of the many Sidewayses}}
{{goitem|GB-SidewaysUT.jpg|Sideways (Armada)|Armada/Cybertron Sideways}}
{{goitem|GB-SignalFlareEn.jpg|Signal Flare (Energon)|Energon Signal Flare}}
{{goitem|GB Silas.jpg|Silas}}
{{goitem|GB-SilverboltBW.jpg|Silverbolt (BW)|Beast Wars Silverbolt}}
{{goitem|GB-SimonBelmondo.jpg|Simon Belmondo}}
{{goitem|GB-SizeChanging.jpg|Size changing|size changing}}
{{goitem|GB-furman.jpg|Simon Furman}}
{{goitem|GB-Siren.jpg|Siren (G1)|Generation 1 Siren}}
{{goitem|GB-SixOfTwelve.jpg|Six-of-Twelve}}
{{goitem|GB-SkidZRID.jpg|Skid-Z (RID)|Robots in Disguise Skid-Z}}
{{goitem|GB-SkidsG1.jpg|Skids (G1)|Generation 1 Skids}}
{{goitem|GB-SkidsROTF.jpg|Skids (ROTF)|Revenge of the Fallen Skids}}
{{goitem|GB-SkybyteRID.jpg|Sky-Byte (RID)|Robots in Disguise Sky-Byte}}
{{goitem|GB-SkyLynxG1.jpg|Sky Lynx (G1)|Generation 1 Sky Lynx}}
{{goitem|GB-CybertronSkyfall.jpg|Skyfall (Cybertron)|Cybertron Skyfall}}
{{goitem|GB-SkywarpBW2.jpg|Skywarp (BWII)|Beast Wars II Skywarp}}
{{goitem|GB-SkywarpG1.jpg|Skywarp (G1)|Generation 1 Skywarp}}
{{goitem|GB-Slide.jpg|Slide}}
{{goitem|GB-CVSlipstream.jpg|Slipstream (Cyberverse)}}
{{goitem|GB-SmokescreenG2.jpg|Smokescreen (G2)|Generation 2 Smokescreen}}
{{goitem|GB-Snakeeyes.jpg|Snake-Eyes}}
{{goitem|GB-Snoopy.jpg|Snoopy}}
{{goitem|GB-BWSonar.jpg|Sonar (BW)|Beast Wars Sonar}}
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{{goitem|GB-Spark.jpg|Spark|sparks}}
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{{goitem|GB-Spock.jpg|Spock}}
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{{goitem|GB-Sqweeks.jpg|Sqweeks}}
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{{goitem|GB-Stardrive.jpg|Stardrive}}
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{{goitem|GB-G1Starscream.jpg|Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream}}
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{{goitem|GB-StarUpper.jpg|Star Upper (BWII)|Star Upper}}
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{{goitem|GB-StellaHolley.jpg|Stella Holley}}
{{goitem|GB-StickerAdventures.jpg|Sticker Adventures}}
{{goitem|GB-Stratotronic_Jet.jpg|Stratotronic Jet}}
{{goitem|GB-Strafe.jpg|Strafe (G1)|Generation 1 Strafe}}
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{{goitem|GB-Stylor.jpg|Stylor}}
{{goitem|GB-Sunder.jpg|Sunder (G1)|Sunder}}
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{{goitem|GB-DocMorocco.jpg|Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco}}
{{goitem|GB-TRED.jpg|The Real Effing Deal}}
{{goitem|GB-TheOneWhereTheyGoToEarth.jpg|The One Where They Go to Earth}}
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{{goitem|GB-Thor.jpg|Thor}}
{{goitem|GB-Thrashclaw.jpg|Thrashclaw}}
{{goitem|GB-ThrottlerPCC.jpg|Throttler}}
{{goitem|GB-ThrustArmada.jpg|Thrust (Armada)|Armada Thrust}}
{{goitem|GB-ThunderblastDecep.jpg|Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Decepticon Thunderblast}}
{{goitem|GB-CVThundercracker.jpg|Thundercracker (Cyberverse)}}
{{goitem|GB-ThundercrackerMovie.jpg|Thundercracker (Movie)|Movie Thundercracker}}
{{goitem|GB-G1Thunderwing.jpg|Thunderwing (G1)|Generation 1 Thunderwing}}
{{goitem|GB-TigatronBW.jpg|Tigatron}}
{{goitem|GB-TightestShirt.jpg|Tightest shirt}}
{{goitem|GB-Tirac.jpg|Tirac}}
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{{goitem|GB-TommyKennedy.jpg|Tommy Kennedy}}
{{goitem|GB-Torca.jpg|Torca (BW)|Torca}}
{{goitem|GB-TorquerifleG1.jpg|Torque rifle|the torque rifle}}
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{{goitem|GB-Bulkhead_hat.jpg|Transformer clothing}}
{{goitem|GB-TFDevastation.jpg|Transformers: Devastation}}
{{goitem|GB-PDTF.jpg|Transformers PD Type|"Transformers PD Type"}}
{{goitem|GB-TTCG.jpg|Transformers Trading Card Game}}
{{goitem|GB TitanComic.jpg|Transformers (Titan Magazine)|the Titan Transformers magazine}}
{{goitem|GB-Transmutate.jpg|Transmutate (character)|Transmutate}}
{{goitem|GB-Transwarp.jpg|Transwarp}}
{{goitem|GB-TranswarpCruiser.jpg|Transwarp cruiser|the Transwarp Cruiser}}
{{goitem|GB-TFHolidaySpecial.jpg|The Transformers Holiday Special}}
{{goitem|GB-TF5.jpg|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|"Transformers: The Last Knight"}}
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{{goitem|GB-Trashbot.jpg|Trash Bot|trash bots}}
{{goitem|GB-Trench.jpg|Trench}}
{{goitem|GB-Tripredacus.jpg|Tripredacus}}
{{goitem|GB-TurboBatRobo.jpg|Turbo (G1)|Generation 1 Turbo}}
{{goitem|GB-TurboGoBots.jpg|Turbo (GoBots)|GoBots Turbo}}


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{{goitem|GB-UltraMajor.jpg|Ultra Major}}
{{goitem|GB-Unicron.jpg|Unicron/Generation 1#G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers|Unicron}}
{{goitem|GB-unicronsingularity.jpg|Unicron Singularity|the Unicron Singularity}}
{{goitem|GB-UnicronDarkestHour.jpg|Transformers: Unicron}}
{{goitem|GB-Under3.jpg|Under-3}}
{{goitem|GB-Underbite.jpg|Underbite}}
{{goitem|GB-UnreleasedToys.jpg|Unreleased toy|unreleased toys}}


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{{goitem|GB-Vrorbian.jpg|Vrobian|Vrobians}}
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{{goitem|GB-Waspinator.jpg|Waspinator (BW)|Beast Wars Waspinator}}
{{goitem|GB-Web_World.jpg|Webworld|"Webworld"}}
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{{goitem|GB-Wheelie.jpg|Wheelie (G1)|Generation 1 Wheelie}}
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{{goitem|GB-Windcharger.jpg|Windcharger (G1)|Generation 1 Windcharger}}
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{{goitem|GB-WreckGarG1.jpg|Wreck-Gar (G1)|Generation 1 Wreck-Gar}}
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{{goitem|GB-WrecklooseROTF.jpg|Wreckloose (ROTF)|Revenge of the Fallen Wreckloose}}


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{{goitem|GB-ZoneStoryPage.jpg|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Transformers: Zone story pages}}

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File:GB-Sonic-the-Hedgehog.jpg

2019-10-12T01:04:30Z

Tina Russell: {{goicon|page=Sonic The Hedgehog}} {{toystock}} A GoBox for Sonic The Hedgehog. (Yes, I’m a fangirl.) The image is from :File:SegaGenesisMegatron.jpg, with some perspective-warping to make it fit ni...

{{goicon|page=[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic The Hedgehog]]}}
{{toystock}}

A GoBox for [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic The Hedgehog]]. (Yes, I’m a fangirl.)

The image is from [[:File:SegaGenesisMegatron.jpg]], with some perspective-warping to make it fit nicely in the box. (You didn’t even notice, did you?) For the curious, the font for the extraneous text is “SF TransRobotics” from [http://www.camphortree.net/tf/fonts/ Transformers Fonts] (at Steve-o’s classic site); this seems to be the go-to font for adding extra text to GoBoxes.

I would also like to state for the record that this GoBox is way past cool, and if you disagree, it’s because you’re too slow.

Talk:All Things Must Pass

2019-10-09T22:11:29Z

Tina Russell: /* Recap Attack */

== Recap Attack ==
As now noted in "External Links," the episode link currently leads to a recap of the entirety of Combiner Wars and Titans Return" (presumably a video meant to promote Power of the Primes, misfiled). The problem is present on VRV, too, and neither VRV nor Rooster Teeth has this actual episode. Man did this ruin my viewing of Titans Return ☹ [[User:Tina Russell|Tina Russell]] ([[User talk:Tina Russell|talk]]) 17:56, 9 October 2019 (EDT)
:Oh, just noticed that this problem is noted and explained at the main page for the Titans Return cartoon. I've fixed my note accordingly. [[User:Tina Russell|Tina Russell]] ([[User talk:Tina Russell|talk]]) 18:11, 9 October 2019 (EDT)

All Things Must Pass

2019-10-09T22:08:27Z

Tina Russell: /* External links */ Make the note more specific

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|Transformers: Titans Return]]'' ep 10
|prev=Consumed
|next=The Swamp
|image=TF-TR-Cartoon-Ep10-Fallen.jpg
|caption=[[Mark Hamill|You will learn respect. And suffering will be your teacher.]]
|title="All Things Must Pass"
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]], [[Machinima]]
|written by=[[Eric S. Calderon]] [[F.J. DeSanto]] [[Adam Beechen]]
|director=[[Yuzo Sato]]
|airdate=[[January 9]], [[2018]]
|animation studio=[[Tatsunoko Production]]}}

'''Trypticon is finally stopped, but the mastermind behind it all has a few words for the Transformers.'''

==Synopsis==
Those left still standing stare up at [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who has grown exponentially larger after absorbing the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], with [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] watching from a distance. However, Trypticon shifts back to normal size and a beam of light streams from his open mouth, from which the Matrix, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Victorion]] and the [[Enigma of Combination]] emerge. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] explains that the Matrix's power can only be accessed by those it chooses and had rejected Trypticon, as Perceptor and the Matrix itself had planned. Suddenly, Trypticon shakes and the [[ghost]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] emerges from within him. He laughs and vanishes as Trypticon deactivates once more, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] catching him before he falls. He laments the loss of another [[Titan (group)|Titan]], but Optimus reassures him that it is not his fault. Victorion attempts to reclaim the Enigma, but flames surround it and the Matrix, burning her on contact and destroying most of her [[Dust Up|right arm]]. A face appears in the flames, announcing its return.

[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] attempts to throw her [[Stormfall Sword|sword]] at the being, but it is instantly incinerated. Confirming Optimus's fears, the being declares that the time of the Transformers is at an end. Already knowing their attacker's identity, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] steps forward as the face morphs into a robotic form, announcing himself as [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], the first [[Decepticon]]. Megatron states that from his earliest days, he has followed in Megatronus's footsteps, seeking to build his empire and carrying out conquest in his name. But, as Megatron points out, that war was ultimately lost, costing him everything, and he asks what Megatronus has ever done for ''him''. Optimus signals Fortress Maximus, who attempts to strike Megatronus with his [[Master Sword]] as Optimus charges forth with his [[energon-axe]]. However, Megatronus repels Maximus, knocking him away, and fires a blast through Optimus's chest, killing him. As no one else dares step forth to attack Megatronus, he takes the Enigma and the Matrix for his own, telling the others to make the most of their remaining time as he blasts off into the sky.

In the aftermath, the others mourn Optimus's death, angrily rebuking Megatron for his seeming intent to revive the Decepticons. However, Megatron states that his words were an attempt to stall for time so Optimus and Maximus could strike. With Megatronus clearly outclassing all of them, Megatron asserts that they'll need to work together to survive, and that he knows where Megatronus is headed. Though the others continue to distrust him, he asks them to follow his guidance and they hesitantly accept. Elsewhere, Overlord ponders this turn of events, flanked by his newest ally: [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], now corrupted by darkness.

''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|To be continued.]]''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]] (5)
*[[Emissary (Generations)|Emissary]] (8)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (9)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (1)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (6)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (7)
*[[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] (10)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]] (15)

|h4=[[Caminus (planet)|Camien]]s|c4=
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (3)
*[[Victorion]] (12)

|c5=
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Starscream...lords of Tarn, can't you ever just ''stay dead''?!" 
"Dead? [''laughs and sighs''] That's funny. Actually, I feel...reborn."
:—'''Megatron''' is less than thrilled to see '''Starscream''' as he passes on.

"Lost children of my children's children...bickering, whining, endlessly skirmishing metal playthings...be awoken, for the fire has arrived."
:—'''Megatronus''' heralds his own return.

"You have enjoyed a millennia of recess in the absence of your pedagogues. You have spread your borrowed sparks across the blackness of space, and now your curfew is nigh."
:—'''Megatronus''' says playtime is over.

"God walks among you now."
:—'''Megatronus''' has a Titan-sized ego.

"From my earliest days of gladiatorial combat, I carried a likeness of your name as a symbol. A symbol of the empire you sought to build. I bore the weight of the mission you began. I ruled planets, commanded armies, fought so many wars in your name." 
"You are acknowledged. Now make your point." 
"We ''lost'', goddamn you! I've been banished, stripped of my title, and abandoned by my troops! You claim to be our god, but what have ''you'' done for us?! More importantly, what are you going to do for ''me''?"
:—'''Megatron''' is in no mood to pay '''Megatronus''' homage.

"Enjoy your final days, Transformers, because in the end, no sentient being lasts forever. ...Well, ''almost'' no sentient being."
:—'''Megatronus''' makes his exit.

"Can we just kill him already?!"
:—'''Menasor''' is out for Megatron's blood.

"The question isn't 'where', Perceptor. The question is...will you all follow me there?"
:—'''Megatron''' lays down his ultimatum.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This isn't the first time Optimus Prime has died in this continuity, as Megatron indicated back in "[[The Fight Begins]]" that he'd killed Optimus at least once before.
* Overlord previously corrupted Hot Rod back in "[[At the Last Second]]"; this is the first time we see the results.

===Transformers references===
* Megatron makes passing mention of [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]].
* While primarily going by his true name, Megatron does once refer to Megatronus as "The Fallen", his more frequently used title in other ''Transformers'' media.
* Megatron references his gladiatorial days and deriving his own name from Megatronus, akin to his depictions in the [[Megatron (WFC)|Aligned]] and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW]] [[Continuity|continuities]].
* Fortress Maximus pulls out the [[Master Sword]] to attack Megatronus, something that is almost never used in non-Japanese media.
* Optimus Prime dies? [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|You don't say.]]

===Errors===
====Continuity errors====
* For as often as characters stated Emissary would be needed for Fortress Maximus to win, he never actually bonded with Maximus or meaningfully helped him out in battle throughout the whole series.
* Like Menasor with his parts back in "[[The Fall]]", no mention is made of [[Dust Up]] when Victorion's arm is burned. For all intents and purposes, it's treated only as a damaged limb, despite this series establishing the bots who make up Combiners' parts as individual entities capable of existing outside of the Combiner itself.

===Trivia===
* This episode was delayed from its original planned release time by nearly nine and a half hours, possibly to coincide with the cast announcement for ''Power of the Primes'' which was revealed at roughly the same time.
* Megatronus's design is reminiscent of his Aligned continuity design (having a blocky shape, what seems to be fusion cannons, and having enlarged shoulders as well as being called "the first Decepticon"), but here the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' aspects of that design are furthered (having a similar red-and-black color scheme, an Egyptian-crown-like head, and remaining sigil-less). And of course, the famed fiery aspect originated from his Dreamwave self. This design would later reappear in ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight]]'', which also gave it a Cybertronian jet [[alternate mode]].
* And so the Titans have returned. [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] accomplished nothing before being crushed by Trypticon, Trypticon stomped around a city for a while before falling over and dying because Starscream left, and Fortress Maximus was utterly inconsequential when it came to stopping Trypticon, the very thing he was awoken to do.

==External links==
*<strike>[https://roosterteeth.com/episode/transformers-season-2-all-things-must-pass "All Things Must Pass" on Rooster Teeth]</strike> (currently replaced with a recap of the entirety of Combiner Wars and Titans Return, due to an error by a [[Human|fleshy meatbag]] at Rooster Teeth)

[[Category:Titans Return episodes]]

Talk:All Things Must Pass

2019-10-09T21:56:09Z

Tina Russell: "Recap Attack" (new section)

All Things Must Pass

2019-10-09T21:47:38Z

Tina Russell: /* External links */ Noted a peculiar problem with the episode link

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|Transformers: Titans Return]]'' ep 10
|prev=Consumed
|next=The Swamp
|image=TF-TR-Cartoon-Ep10-Fallen.jpg
|caption=[[Mark Hamill|You will learn respect. And suffering will be your teacher.]]
|title="All Things Must Pass"
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]], [[Machinima]]
|written by=[[Eric S. Calderon]] [[F.J. DeSanto]] [[Adam Beechen]]
|director=[[Yuzo Sato]]
|airdate=[[January 9]], [[2018]]
|animation studio=[[Tatsunoko Production]]}}

'''Trypticon is finally stopped, but the mastermind behind it all has a few words for the Transformers.'''

==Synopsis==
Those left still standing stare up at [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who has grown exponentially larger after absorbing the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], with [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] watching from a distance. However, Trypticon shifts back to normal size and a beam of light streams from his open mouth, from which the Matrix, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Victorion]] and the [[Enigma of Combination]] emerge. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] explains that the Matrix's power can only be accessed by those it chooses and had rejected Trypticon, as Perceptor and the Matrix itself had planned. Suddenly, Trypticon shakes and the [[ghost]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] emerges from within him. He laughs and vanishes as Trypticon deactivates once more, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] catching him before he falls. He laments the loss of another [[Titan (group)|Titan]], but Optimus reassures him that it is not his fault. Victorion attempts to reclaim the Enigma, but flames surround it and the Matrix, burning her on contact and destroying most of her [[Dust Up|right arm]]. A face appears in the flames, announcing its return.

[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] attempts to throw her [[Stormfall Sword|sword]] at the being, but it is instantly incinerated. Confirming Optimus's fears, the being declares that the time of the Transformers is at an end. Already knowing their attacker's identity, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] steps forward as the face morphs into a robotic form, announcing himself as [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], the first [[Decepticon]]. Megatron states that from his earliest days, he has followed in Megatronus's footsteps, seeking to build his empire and carrying out conquest in his name. But, as Megatron points out, that war was ultimately lost, costing him everything, and he asks what Megatronus has ever done for ''him''. Optimus signals Fortress Maximus, who attempts to strike Megatronus with his [[Master Sword]] as Optimus charges forth with his [[energon-axe]]. However, Megatronus repels Maximus, knocking him away, and fires a blast through Optimus's chest, killing him. As no one else dares step forth to attack Megatronus, he takes the Enigma and the Matrix for his own, telling the others to make the most of their remaining time as he blasts off into the sky.

In the aftermath, the others mourn Optimus's death, angrily rebuking Megatron for his seeming intent to revive the Decepticons. However, Megatron states that his words were an attempt to stall for time so Optimus and Maximus could strike. With Megatronus clearly outclassing all of them, Megatron asserts that they'll need to work together to survive, and that he knows where Megatronus is headed. Though the others continue to distrust him, he asks them to follow his guidance and they hesitantly accept. Elsewhere, Overlord ponders this turn of events, flanked by his newest ally: [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], now corrupted by darkness.

''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|To be continued.]]''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]] (5)
*[[Emissary (Generations)|Emissary]] (8)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (9)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (1)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (6)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (7)
*[[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] (10)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]] (15)

|h4=[[Caminus (planet)|Camien]]s|c4=
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (3)
*[[Victorion]] (12)

|c5=
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Starscream...lords of Tarn, can't you ever just ''stay dead''?!" 
"Dead? [''laughs and sighs''] That's funny. Actually, I feel...reborn."
:—'''Megatron''' is less than thrilled to see '''Starscream''' as he passes on.

"Lost children of my children's children...bickering, whining, endlessly skirmishing metal playthings...be awoken, for the fire has arrived."
:—'''Megatronus''' heralds his own return.

"You have enjoyed a millennia of recess in the absence of your pedagogues. You have spread your borrowed sparks across the blackness of space, and now your curfew is nigh."
:—'''Megatronus''' says playtime is over.

"God walks among you now."
:—'''Megatronus''' has a Titan-sized ego.

"From my earliest days of gladiatorial combat, I carried a likeness of your name as a symbol. A symbol of the empire you sought to build. I bore the weight of the mission you began. I ruled planets, commanded armies, fought so many wars in your name." 
"You are acknowledged. Now make your point." 
"We ''lost'', goddamn you! I've been banished, stripped of my title, and abandoned by my troops! You claim to be our god, but what have ''you'' done for us?! More importantly, what are you going to do for ''me''?"
:—'''Megatron''' is in no mood to pay '''Megatronus''' homage.

"Enjoy your final days, Transformers, because in the end, no sentient being lasts forever. ...Well, ''almost'' no sentient being."
:—'''Megatronus''' makes his exit.

"Can we just kill him already?!"
:—'''Menasor''' is out for Megatron's blood.

"The question isn't 'where', Perceptor. The question is...will you all follow me there?"
:—'''Megatron''' lays down his ultimatum.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This isn't the first time Optimus Prime has died in this continuity, as Megatron indicated back in "[[The Fight Begins]]" that he'd killed Optimus at least once before.
* Overlord previously corrupted Hot Rod back in "[[At the Last Second]]"; this is the first time we see the results.

===Transformers references===
* Megatron makes passing mention of [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]].
* While primarily going by his true name, Megatron does once refer to Megatronus as "The Fallen", his more frequently used title in other ''Transformers'' media.
* Megatron references his gladiatorial days and deriving his own name from Megatronus, akin to his depictions in the [[Megatron (WFC)|Aligned]] and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW]] [[Continuity|continuities]].
* Fortress Maximus pulls out the [[Master Sword]] to attack Megatronus, something that is almost never used in non-Japanese media.
* Optimus Prime dies? [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|You don't say.]]

===Errors===
====Continuity errors====
* For as often as characters stated Emissary would be needed for Fortress Maximus to win, he never actually bonded with Maximus or meaningfully helped him out in battle throughout the whole series.
* Like Menasor with his parts back in "[[The Fall]]", no mention is made of [[Dust Up]] when Victorion's arm is burned. For all intents and purposes, it's treated only as a damaged limb, despite this series establishing the bots who make up Combiners' parts as individual entities capable of existing outside of the Combiner itself.

===Trivia===
* This episode was delayed from its original planned release time by nearly nine and a half hours, possibly to coincide with the cast announcement for ''Power of the Primes'' which was revealed at roughly the same time.
* Megatronus's design is reminiscent of his Aligned continuity design (having a blocky shape, what seems to be fusion cannons, and having enlarged shoulders as well as being called "the first Decepticon"), but here the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' aspects of that design are furthered (having a similar red-and-black color scheme, an Egyptian-crown-like head, and remaining sigil-less). And of course, the famed fiery aspect originated from his Dreamwave self. This design would later reappear in ''[[Transformers: Forged to Fight]]'', which also gave it a Cybertronian jet [[alternate mode]].
* And so the Titans have returned. [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] accomplished nothing before being crushed by Trypticon, Trypticon stomped around a city for a while before falling over and dying because Starscream left, and Fortress Maximus was utterly inconsequential when it came to stopping Trypticon, the very thing he was awoken to do.

==External links==
*[https://roosterteeth.com/episode/transformers-season-2-all-things-must-pass "All Things Must Pass" on Rooster Teeth] (currently replaced with a recap of the entirety of Combiner Wars and Titans Return, for reasons unknown)

[[Category:Titans Return episodes]]

Aaron Archer

2019-10-06T23:31:50Z

Tina Russell: /* Orson's World */ (Okay, one of those links was HTTP and the other was HTTPS, arbitrarily, arbitrarily, and now my autism demands I even them out)

{{disambig2|the real-life Hasbro designer|the ''Animated'' supervillain|Angry Archer}}
[[Image:Aaron-archer-botcon2005.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Aaron draws a portrait of Batman for fans at BotCon 2005. LEGENDS OF BATMAN!]]
'''Aaron C. Archer''' (born [[August 26]], [[1972]]<ref name="bday">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-general-discussion/187887-happy-birthday-aaron-archer.html TFW2005 thread for Aaron's 36th birthday.]</ref>) is a former high-ranking employee of [[Hasbro]].

Aaron's career was somewhat unusual insofar as he started out as a regular designer and eventually climbed up the corporate ladder.

As a designer, he first worked on toylines such as ''[[Batman]]'' and ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' before being moved to ''Transformers'' during the [[Transmetal]] 2 phase of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]''. There, he designed toys like the Transmetal 2 incarnations of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], [[Optimus Minor]], and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].

In the year 2000 Aaron was promoted to lead designer on the ''Transformers'' brand, where he played a large role in the planning of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', which was released in 2002. He played a similar role in the development of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', as well as ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]''. As well as designing characters and planning out the toylines, Aaron also wrote the story concepts for all three [[Unicron Trilogy]] lines that were eventually <s>made manifest in the lines' cartoon series</s> ignored by the Japanese production companies. In the middle of all of this, in 2004, he was further promoted to design director.

In later years, he held titles such as "Snr. Design Director", "Director of Global Design and Development" (for the ''Transformers'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' brands) and, finally, "Vice President of Intellectual Property Development". In 2013, he resigned from Hasbro for initially undisclosed reasons.<ref name="aaronquit">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=93321 "Aaron Archer No Longer With Hasbro, Yup"] at the Allspark.</ref> He later confirmed that his main reason was the increasing difficulty of developing "fun" toys while dealing with rising plastic prices and the constant pressure for cost efficiency.<ref name="tfcon2014">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/997302-aaron-archers-statements-toy-design-tfcon-2014-a.html "Aaron Archers statements on toy design at Tfcon 2014"] at TFW2005.</ref> After living for about a year in Morganton, North Carolina, where they operated their own art studio, he and his wife have since moved back to Rhode Island.<ref name="transmissionsinterview">[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2014/10/transmissions-episode-70-aaron-archer-interview/ Interview with TransMissions Podcast] on 7 October 2014.</ref>

Aaron is relatively well known in the [[fandom]], partially because he spent several months posting to the boards at [http://www.tfw2005.com/ TFW2005] under the username "'''Orson'''", a name by which fans sometimes still refer to him. This is in turn a reference to [[Orson Welles]], the voice of [[Unicron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

He now has a beard. And long hair. And a long forehead.

==Toys Aaron had a hand in designing==
===Beast Wars===
* [[Dinobot II#toys|''Transmetal 2'' Dinobot]]
* [[Iguanus (BW)#Transmetal2|''Transmetal 2'' Iguanus]]
* [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Transmetal2|''Transmetal 2'' Megatron]]
* [[Optimus Minor#toys|Optimus Minor]]

[[Image:ArcherinterviewArmadayearbook.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Proof that Archer is fluent in Japanese?]]

===Armada===
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Aramda|Hot Shot]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Armada|Starscream]]
* [[Thrust (Armada)#toys|Thrust]]
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)#toys|Cyclonus]]
* [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]]
* Many, many [[Mini-Con]]s

===Energon===
* [[Signal Flare (Energon)#toys|Signal Flare]]
* Early [[Scorponok (Energon)#toys|Scorponok]] concept

===Masterpiece===
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|20th Anniversary Optimus Prime]]<ref name="transmissionsinterview"/>

===Universe (2008)===
* [[Acid Storm (G1)#Universe (2008)|Acid Storm]] (deco stripe pattern)

==Orson's World==
[[Image:ActionAaron2009.jpg|thumb|200px|Aaron Archer did not actually have a magnificent beard when this internet drama was going on. Perhaps if he had, it could have all been avoided.]]

In early 2002, prior to the official launch of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' line, Aaron signed up to the boards of [http://www.tfw2005.com/ TFW2005] (then merged with the late Transfandom.net, later Transfandom.com) under the alias "Orson". After refuting a fan's pompous claims about the alleged properties of some of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, the staff verified his identity as a Hasbro designer and created a special sub-forum for him, named "Orson's World". There, he would answer fan questions, but often only giving very vague hints or rejecting a carefully phrased, multi-point question with a blunt "NO." When the 2005 Boards split from Transfandom, "Orson's World" was migrated to the new TFW2005 site with Aaron's approval.

Aaron's stint as "Orson" eventually came to a sudden halt in September 2003, when he was asked by his superiors to refrain from any further posts at TFW2005 and have his "Orson" account as well as his entire posting history deleted. Aaron initially blamed Jack, the owner of [http://www.tformers.com/ TFormers.com], another [[Fandom|fansite]], for sending a "sour grape email" to his PR department.<ref name="grapes">[http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&showtopic=1445&view=findpost&p=24805 Mirrored version of Aaron Archer's farewell message as "Orson".]</ref> Jack initially denied any involvement and threatened legal action for defamation of name, but later endorsed the termination of "Orson's World", without directly claiming responsibility: Allegedly, Aaron, in his "Orson" persona, had been behaving "unprofessionally", had been "rude" towards fans<ref name="tformers">[http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?s=&showtopic=23309&view=findpost&p=420322 Jack's version of the story].</ref> and allegedly secretly supplied TFW2005 with photos of [[prototype]]s, thereby undermining a strict ban on photos of prototypes Hasbro had been enforcing for the better part of 2003. Other suspects blamed by "inside sources" were the staff of other fansites such as [http://www.seibertron.com/ Seibertron.com], [http://www.allspark.com/ The Allspark] (who later went on record several times denying any involvement, even explicitly mourning the loss of "Orson's World") and the owners of the late Transfandom.net/Transfandom.com, the latter of whom had allegedly phoned Hasbro and literally insulted their PR contact.<ref name="tfd">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160322074845/http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/1647228-post82.html Former Transfandom.com staff member telling his side of the story] (archived), [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322074846/http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/1647942-post91.html continued] (archived).</ref>

The true details of the goings-on behind the scenes that had led to the end of "Orson's World" will probably never be revealed in full. Which is probably for the better.

==Fiction==
===''Lil' Jerry''===
Aaron Archer and [[Lil' Jerry]] answered fans' questions at BotCon 2005. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Lil' Jerry's Big BotCon Adventure}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Archerbot-04.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants."]]
* Aaron is a very, ''very'' bad speller. Reportedly, he was even known for this within Hasbro. The fact that he managed to rise that far up in the company's hierarchy despite his shortcomings in the writing field can be considered a testament to his skill, dedication, and effort in the areas in which he excels.
* Aaron's favorite Transformer toy during the original run was [[Perceptor (G1)#Toys|Perceptor]]. However, he felt Perceptor never got enough screen/panel time, which he attributes to the fact Perceptor turned into a difficult-to-utilize alternate form.<ref name="triple">''[[Triple Changer: From Toy To Comic To Screen]]'', [[Shout! Factory]] ''Transformers'' Season 1 DVD featurette</ref>
* When the [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]] '''Piranhacons''' (who would eventually become the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]]) were first introduced in a Hasbro panel at [[OTFCC 2004]], [[Skalor]] was labelled "Archerbot" after Aaron as a joke, as Skalor's name had not yet cleared Hasbro Legal.
*[[Longarm (Movie)|Movie Longarm]] has an ''Orson's Towing'' logo on his door panels, a somewhat obscure nod to Archer.
* Aaron's name and likeness are the basis for the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' character [[Angry Archer]]. He was unaware of the character until fairly late in production, but went along with the idea when the Cartoon Network team agreed to give him a "robot arm" to fit into the future setting more and made him left handed (Archer is left handed).
* At the [[BotCon 2008]] Hasbro panel, Archer revealed that he was unable to find the [[Wal-Mart]]-[[exclusive]] [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MasterpieceUS|''Masterpiece'' Starscream]] at Wal-Mart retail stores. He was forced to purchase one off [[eBay]].
* Archer was featured on Shout! Factory's G1 Bonus Features "Triple Changer: From Toy to Comic to Screen", "The Combiner: Forming the Transformers Animated Series" and "The Autobots, the Decepticons & the Fans". He was also featured on Shout! Factory's Beast Wars Bonus Features "Maximize! Creating A New Breed Of Transformer" and "Remembering the Spark".
* At his [[BotCon 2016]] panel, he claimed to have designed more Jar Jar toys than anyone else.

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://www.aaronarcher.com/ Aaron's own website]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070710020958/http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=362808&Category=20&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0 An interview with Aaron about his work on the Transformers and his youth, at CantonRep.com] (archived)
*[http://www.fieldsedge.com/Transformers.html An interview with Aaron at Fields Edge.com]
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/TFCCwedding.cfm Photos of Aaron's wedding.]
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Archers-beard/102205256483486 Fans of Aaron Archer's beard]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, Aaron}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Designers]]
[[Category:Hasbro]]

Aaron Archer

2019-10-06T23:27:59Z

Tina Russell: /* Orson's World */ Replace broken links with archive links

{{disambig2|the real-life Hasbro designer|the ''Animated'' supervillain|Angry Archer}}
[[Image:Aaron-archer-botcon2005.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Aaron draws a portrait of Batman for fans at BotCon 2005. LEGENDS OF BATMAN!]]
'''Aaron C. Archer''' (born [[August 26]], [[1972]]<ref name="bday">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-general-discussion/187887-happy-birthday-aaron-archer.html TFW2005 thread for Aaron's 36th birthday.]</ref>) is a former high-ranking employee of [[Hasbro]].

Aaron's career was somewhat unusual insofar as he started out as a regular designer and eventually climbed up the corporate ladder.

As a designer, he first worked on toylines such as ''[[Batman]]'' and ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' before being moved to ''Transformers'' during the [[Transmetal]] 2 phase of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]''. There, he designed toys like the Transmetal 2 incarnations of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], [[Optimus Minor]], and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].

In the year 2000 Aaron was promoted to lead designer on the ''Transformers'' brand, where he played a large role in the planning of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', which was released in 2002. He played a similar role in the development of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', as well as ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]''. As well as designing characters and planning out the toylines, Aaron also wrote the story concepts for all three [[Unicron Trilogy]] lines that were eventually <s>made manifest in the lines' cartoon series</s> ignored by the Japanese production companies. In the middle of all of this, in 2004, he was further promoted to design director.

In later years, he held titles such as "Snr. Design Director", "Director of Global Design and Development" (for the ''Transformers'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' brands) and, finally, "Vice President of Intellectual Property Development". In 2013, he resigned from Hasbro for initially undisclosed reasons.<ref name="aaronquit">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=93321 "Aaron Archer No Longer With Hasbro, Yup"] at the Allspark.</ref> He later confirmed that his main reason was the increasing difficulty of developing "fun" toys while dealing with rising plastic prices and the constant pressure for cost efficiency.<ref name="tfcon2014">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/997302-aaron-archers-statements-toy-design-tfcon-2014-a.html "Aaron Archers statements on toy design at Tfcon 2014"] at TFW2005.</ref> After living for about a year in Morganton, North Carolina, where they operated their own art studio, he and his wife have since moved back to Rhode Island.<ref name="transmissionsinterview">[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2014/10/transmissions-episode-70-aaron-archer-interview/ Interview with TransMissions Podcast] on 7 October 2014.</ref>

Aaron is relatively well known in the [[fandom]], partially because he spent several months posting to the boards at [http://www.tfw2005.com/ TFW2005] under the username "'''Orson'''", a name by which fans sometimes still refer to him. This is in turn a reference to [[Orson Welles]], the voice of [[Unicron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

He now has a beard. And long hair. And a long forehead.

==Toys Aaron had a hand in designing==
===Beast Wars===
* [[Dinobot II#toys|''Transmetal 2'' Dinobot]]
* [[Iguanus (BW)#Transmetal2|''Transmetal 2'' Iguanus]]
* [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Transmetal2|''Transmetal 2'' Megatron]]
* [[Optimus Minor#toys|Optimus Minor]]

[[Image:ArcherinterviewArmadayearbook.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Proof that Archer is fluent in Japanese?]]

===Armada===
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Aramda|Hot Shot]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Armada|Starscream]]
* [[Thrust (Armada)#toys|Thrust]]
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)#toys|Cyclonus]]
* [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]]
* Many, many [[Mini-Con]]s

===Energon===
* [[Signal Flare (Energon)#toys|Signal Flare]]
* Early [[Scorponok (Energon)#toys|Scorponok]] concept

===Masterpiece===
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|20th Anniversary Optimus Prime]]<ref name="transmissionsinterview"/>

===Universe (2008)===
* [[Acid Storm (G1)#Universe (2008)|Acid Storm]] (deco stripe pattern)

==Orson's World==
[[Image:ActionAaron2009.jpg|thumb|200px|Aaron Archer did not actually have a magnificent beard when this internet drama was going on. Perhaps if he had, it could have all been avoided.]]

In early 2002, prior to the official launch of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' line, Aaron signed up to the boards of [http://www.tfw2005.com/ TFW2005] (then merged with the late Transfandom.net, later Transfandom.com) under the alias "Orson". After refuting a fan's pompous claims about the alleged properties of some of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toys, the staff verified his identity as a Hasbro designer and created a special sub-forum for him, named "Orson's World". There, he would answer fan questions, but often only giving very vague hints or rejecting a carefully phrased, multi-point question with a blunt "NO." When the 2005 Boards split from Transfandom, "Orson's World" was migrated to the new TFW2005 site with Aaron's approval.

Aaron's stint as "Orson" eventually came to a sudden halt in September 2003, when he was asked by his superiors to refrain from any further posts at TFW2005 and have his "Orson" account as well as his entire posting history deleted. Aaron initially blamed Jack, the owner of [http://www.tformers.com/ TFormers.com], another [[Fandom|fansite]], for sending a "sour grape email" to his PR department.<ref name="grapes">[http://macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?s=&showtopic=1445&view=findpost&p=24805 Mirrored version of Aaron Archer's farewell message as "Orson".]</ref> Jack initially denied any involvement and threatened legal action for defamation of name, but later endorsed the termination of "Orson's World", without directly claiming responsibility: Allegedly, Aaron, in his "Orson" persona, had been behaving "unprofessionally", had been "rude" towards fans<ref name="tformers">[http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?s=&showtopic=23309&view=findpost&p=420322 Jack's version of the story].</ref> and allegedly secretly supplied TFW2005 with photos of [[prototype]]s, thereby undermining a strict ban on photos of prototypes Hasbro had been enforcing for the better part of 2003. Other suspects blamed by "inside sources" were the staff of other fansites such as [http://www.seibertron.com/ Seibertron.com], [http://www.allspark.com/ The Allspark] (who later went on record several times denying any involvement, even explicitly mourning the loss of "Orson's World") and the owners of the late Transfandom.net/Transfandom.com, the latter of whom had allegedly phoned Hasbro and literally insulted their PR contact.<ref name="tfd">[http://web.archive.org/web/20160322074845/http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/1647228-post82.html Former Transfandom.com staff member telling his side of the story] (archived), [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322074846/http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/1647942-post91.html continued] (archived).</ref>

The true details of the goings-on behind the scenes that had led to the end of "Orson's World" will probably never be revealed in full. Which is probably for the better.

==Fiction==
===''Lil' Jerry''===
Aaron Archer and [[Lil' Jerry]] answered fans' questions at BotCon 2005. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Lil' Jerry's Big BotCon Adventure}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Archerbot-04.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants."]]
* Aaron is a very, ''very'' bad speller. Reportedly, he was even known for this within Hasbro. The fact that he managed to rise that far up in the company's hierarchy despite his shortcomings in the writing field can be considered a testament to his skill, dedication, and effort in the areas in which he excels.
* Aaron's favorite Transformer toy during the original run was [[Perceptor (G1)#Toys|Perceptor]]. However, he felt Perceptor never got enough screen/panel time, which he attributes to the fact Perceptor turned into a difficult-to-utilize alternate form.<ref name="triple">''[[Triple Changer: From Toy To Comic To Screen]]'', [[Shout! Factory]] ''Transformers'' Season 1 DVD featurette</ref>
* When the [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]] '''Piranhacons''' (who would eventually become the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]]) were first introduced in a Hasbro panel at [[OTFCC 2004]], [[Skalor]] was labelled "Archerbot" after Aaron as a joke, as Skalor's name had not yet cleared Hasbro Legal.
*[[Longarm (Movie)|Movie Longarm]] has an ''Orson's Towing'' logo on his door panels, a somewhat obscure nod to Archer.
* Aaron's name and likeness are the basis for the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' character [[Angry Archer]]. He was unaware of the character until fairly late in production, but went along with the idea when the Cartoon Network team agreed to give him a "robot arm" to fit into the future setting more and made him left handed (Archer is left handed).
* At the [[BotCon 2008]] Hasbro panel, Archer revealed that he was unable to find the [[Wal-Mart]]-[[exclusive]] [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MasterpieceUS|''Masterpiece'' Starscream]] at Wal-Mart retail stores. He was forced to purchase one off [[eBay]].
* Archer was featured on Shout! Factory's G1 Bonus Features "Triple Changer: From Toy to Comic to Screen", "The Combiner: Forming the Transformers Animated Series" and "The Autobots, the Decepticons & the Fans". He was also featured on Shout! Factory's Beast Wars Bonus Features "Maximize! Creating A New Breed Of Transformer" and "Remembering the Spark".
* At his [[BotCon 2016]] panel, he claimed to have designed more Jar Jar toys than anyone else.

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://www.aaronarcher.com/ Aaron's own website]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070710020958/http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=362808&Category=20&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0 An interview with Aaron about his work on the Transformers and his youth, at CantonRep.com] (archived)
*[http://www.fieldsedge.com/Transformers.html An interview with Aaron at Fields Edge.com]
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/TFCCwedding.cfm Photos of Aaron's wedding.]
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Archers-beard/102205256483486 Fans of Aaron Archer's beard]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, Aaron}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Designers]]
[[Category:Hasbro]]

Sonic Ronin

2019-10-05T22:16:39Z

Tina Russell: Added a caption. I think it fits.

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Sonic Ronin is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Online]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Yinsu Youxia.jpg|thumb|200px|Ronin around at the speed of sound...]]

'''Sonic Ronin''' is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, being agile, brave and fierce. He can adapt to any kind of complex battlefield and produces contingencies for any situation. This impressive skillset produces one flaw: he cannot stay in one spot for long.

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
Sonic Ronin was part of the [[Earth Protection Taskforce]]. He left the team to explore [[England]] and ended up rescuing [[Blazing Meteor]] and [[Phantom Nova]] from a makeshift Decepticon prison. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}} {{charstubgame}}

==Notes==
*A {{w|knight-errant}} is a figure in chivalry and romance stories, the wandering knight out to prove his valor. {{w|Ronin}}s aren't really the same thing, but, in fiction, they do tend to be wandering figures out to restore honor, hence the change when [[Ask Vector Prime]] translated the name.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yīnsù Yóuxiá''' (音速游侠, "Sonic Knight-Errant")

[[Category:Chinese-original characters]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Autobots]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

University of Oregon

2012-06-26T01:31:09Z

Tina Russell: A little more information on UO, plus a caption. (Yes, I’m an alumna.)

[[Image:PoW University of Oregon.jpg|thumb|Above: Thoom Hall, Thoom Library, and Thoom Education Annex, respectively. Below: Soundwave demonstrates hands-on learning.]]

The '''University of Oregon''' is a university in [[Oregon]]. Its mascot is a [[Duck (disambiguation)|duck]], derived from [[Donald Duck]]. Its logo is a stylized [["O"|O]], [[trademark]]ed by [[Transformers Sports Label|Nike]].

It has a chemistry department.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
As part of [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s requests for the conversion of fuel, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] stole a large piece of equipment from the chemistry department at the University of Oregon. A security guard attempted to stop the large robot by shooting at him, to no avail. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

==Notes==
*UO campus security is [http://police.uoregon.edu/node/213 not actually allowed to carry firearms].

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:University of Oregon|University of Oregon]] at Wikipedia
*[http://chemistry.uoregon.edu/ UO chemistry department]

[[Category:Education facilities]]
[[Category:Generation 1 businesses]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]

User:Tina Russell

2012-06-25T20:30:49Z

Tina Russell: New page: Hi there! I like Arcee. I’m the world’s biggest fan of Sonic The Hedgehog. You can find my actual website here: http://tinakellyrussell.com/

Hi there! I like [[Arcee (disambiguation)|Arcee]]. I’m the world’s biggest fan of Sonic The Hedgehog. You can find my actual website here: http://tinakellyrussell.com/

Template:Goicons

2012-06-25T20:13:35Z

Tina Russell: Add “play pattern” gobox

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<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/48/GB-FixerBug.jpg</url> <name>Fixer Bug</name> <alt>Fixer Bugs</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8d/GB-FlameUKcomic.jpg</url> <name>Flame (Marvel)</name> <alt>Flame</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/91/GB-Flashbox.jpg</url> <name>Flashbox</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/96/GB-FlattopUK.jpg</url> <name>Flattop (Autobot)</name> <alt>Autobot Flattop</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c0/GB-Fred.jpg</url> <name>Fred (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada Fred</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6e/GB-Furmanism.jpg</url> <name>Furmanism</name> <alt>Furmanisms</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e5/GB-Garboil.jpg</url> <name>Garboil (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Garboil</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b4/GB-GasSkunk.jpg</url> <name>Gas Skunk</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/50/GB-Gas_station.jpg</url> <name>Gas station</name> <alt>the Micromaster gas station</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-GB.jpg</url> <name>G.B. Blackrock</name> </item>

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<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1f/GB-GirlWhoLovedPowerglide.jpg</url> <name>The Girl Who Loved Powerglide</name> <alt>"The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/GB-Gnaw.jpg</url> <name>Gnaw</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/39/GB-G1GoBots.jpg</url> <name>G1 GoBots</name> <alt>the G1 GoBots</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fc/GB-Golden_disk.jpg </url> <name>Golden Disk (disambiguation)</name> <alt>the Golden Disks</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/11/GB-GoldenLagoon.jpg</url> <name>The Golden Lagoon</name> <alt>"The Golden Lagoon"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/18/GB-goo.jpg </url> <name>Goo 8739B</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/32/GB-GrimlocksNewBrain.jpg</url> <name>Grimlock%27s New Brain</name> <alt>"Grimlock's New Brain"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d9/GB-RIDGrimlock.jpg</url> <name>Grimlock (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Grimlock</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/39/GB-GrappleG1.jpg</url> <name>Grapple</name> <alt>Grapple</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/42/GB-Grizzly1.jpg</url> <name>Grizzly-1</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/GB-Hacksaw.jpg</url> <name>Hacksaw</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/47/GB-HanSolo.jpg</url> <name>Han Solo</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/33/GB-HatePlague.jpg</url> <name>Hate Plague</name> <alt>the Hate Plague</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f5/GB-Headmasters_(comic).jpg</url> <name>Headmasters (comic)</name> <alt>the Headmasters comic</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/49/GB-Heatwave.jpg</url> <name>Heatwave (Timelines)</name> <alt>Timelines Heatwave</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6e/GB-HHR.jpg</url> <name>HHR</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4b/GB-HighWire.jpg</url> <name>High Wire (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada High Wire</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b6/GB-Holomatter.jpg</url> <name>Holomatter</name> <alt>holomatter</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/06/GB-SGHound.jpg</url> <name>Hound (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Hound</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/37/GB-Hunter-O%27Nion.jpg</url> <name>Hunter O%27Nion</name> <alt>Hunter O'Nion</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/37/GB-ImprosonedInferno.jpg</url> <name>Imprisoned Inferno</name> <alt>"Improsoned Inferno" (sic)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9e/GB-Impactor.jpg</url> <name>Impactor</name> <alt>Impactor</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/99/GB-Infiltration-Protocol.jpg</url> <name>Infiltration protocol</name> <alt>the infiltration protocol</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/77/GB-Io.jpg</url> <name>Io</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4d/GB-Ironfist.jpg</url> <name>Ironfist (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Ironfist</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8a/GB-IrwinSpoon.jpg</url> <name>Irwin Spoon (G1)</name> <alt>Irwin Spoon</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/35/GB-Jaam.jpg</url> <name>JaAm</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6b/GB-Japanese_themes.jpg </url> <name>Japanese themes</name> <alt>Japanese theme songs</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/ba/GB-JazzG1.jpg</url> <name>Jazz (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Jazz</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f1/GB-JazzMovie.jpg</url> <name>Jazz (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Jazz</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/98/GB-Jetfire%28ROTF%29.jpg</url> <name>Jetfire (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Jetfire</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/58/GB-Jhiaxus.jpg</url> <name>Jhiaxus (G2)</name> <alt>Jhiaxus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1d/GB-JohnHenry.jpg</url> <name>John Henry</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9f/GB-Jungaroo.jpg</url> <name>Jungaroo</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c6/GB-KellyRID.jpg</url> <name>Kelly (RID)</name> <alt>Kelly</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9e/GB-Key_to_Vector_Sigma.jpg</url> <name>Key to Vector Sigma</name> <alt>the Key to Vector Sigma</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2c/GB-KickbackG1.jpg</url> <name>Hearts of Steel</name> <alt>Hearts of Steel</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6e/GB-KickerJones.jpg</url> <name>Kicker Jones</name> <alt>Kicker</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c9/GB-King.jpg</url> <name>King</name> <alt>the King</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ef/GB-Kremzeek.jpg</url> <name>Kremzeek</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/63/GB-Lady_Jaye.jpg</url> <name>Lady Jaye</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8b/GB-Ladybird.jpg</url> <name>Ladybird Books</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6c/GB-TimelinesLandquake.jpg</url> <name>Landquake (Timelines)</name> <alt>Timelines Landquake</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c3/GB-G1Laserbeak.jpg</url> <name>Laserbeak (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Laserbeak</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7a/GB-Leader1Armada.jpg</url> <name>Leader-1 (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada Leader-1</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b4/GB-LegacyofUnicron.jpg</url> <name>The Legacy of Unicron!</name> <alt>"The Legacy of Unicron!"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-Lennox.jpg</url> <name>William Lennox</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a6/GB-ukletters.jpg</url> <name>Letters page (Marvel UK)</name> <alt>the Marvel UK letters page</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/02/GB-Lipole.jpg</url> <name>Lipole</name> <name>lipoles</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0d/GB-Lori.jpg</url> <name>Lori</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/73/GB-LouHoover.jpg</url> <name>Lou Hoover</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/12/GB-M9-2HarpoonGun.jpg</url> <name>M9-2 Harpoon Gun</name> <alt>the M9-2 Harpoon Gun</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b3/GB-Machination.jpg</url> <name>Machination</name> <alt>the Machination</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c8/GB-Magnawing.jpg</url> <name>Magnawing</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/35/GB-Magnificence.jpg</url> <name>Magnificence</name> <alt>the Magnificence</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/77/GB-Malignus.jpg</url> <name>Malignus (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Malignus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0a/GB-MarissaFairborne.jpg</url> <name>Marissa Faireborn</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f5/GB-MartyIsenberg.jpg</url> <name>Marty Isenberg</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a6/GB-MatrixCannon.jpg</url> <name>Matrix Cannon</name> <alt>the Matrix Cannon</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/eb/GB-Max.jpg</url> <name>Max</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-Mecannibals.jpg</url> <name>Mecannibal</name> <alt>the Mecannibals</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/15/GB-Megabolt.jpg</url> <name>Megabolt</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-armadamegs.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (Armada)</name> <alt>''Armada'' Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5c/GB-MegatronAnimated.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e4/GB-MegatronBW.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d1/GB-GigatronCR.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fd/GB-MeltdownAni.jpg</url> <name>Meltdown (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Meltdown</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/79/GB-Metallikato.jpg</url> <name>Metallikato</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fd/GB_Mickey_Mouse.jpg</url> <name>Mickey Mouse</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/59/GB-Mindset.jpg</url> <name>Mindset (G2)</name> <alt>Generation 2 Mindset</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/84/GB-Minerva.jpg</url> <name>Minerva (Masterforce)</name> <alt>Masterforce Minerva</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/71/GB-Mirror.jpg</url> <name>Mirror</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/ca/GB-MixmasterAni.jpg</url> <name>Mixmaster (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Mixmaster</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/83/GB-Monstructor.jpg</url> <name>Monstructor (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Monstructor</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5a/GB-Multilingual.jpg</url> <name>multilingual packaging</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/74/GB-Nebulos.jpg</url> <name>Nebulos</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7e/GB-NekomimiAandB.jpg</url> <name>Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8a/GB-NemesisPrimeIDW.jpg</url> <name>Nova Prime</name> <alt>Nova/Nemesis Prime</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/ff/GB-Neon.jpg</url> <name>Neon</name> <alt>neon! Ow</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-NightbeatG1.jpg</url> <name>Nightbeat (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Nightbeat</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/42/GB-NightbeatArmada.jpg</url> <name>Nightbeat (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada Nightbeat</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bd/GB-NightscreamClassics.jpg</url> <name>Nightscream (Classics)</name> <alt>Classics Nightscream</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a4/GB-O.jpg</url> <name>"O"</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/34/GB-Oparts.jpg</url> <name>O-Part</name> <alt>the O-Parts</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d4/GB-ontheedgeofextinction.jpg</url> <name>On the Edge of Extinction!</name> <alt>"On the Edge of Extinction!"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2e/GB-KojiOnishi.jpg</url> <name>Koji Onishi</name> <alt>Koji Onishi</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/19/GB-OptimusMinor.jpg</url> <name>Optimus Minor</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/99/GB-G1prime.jpg</url> <name>Optimus Prime (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Optimus Prime</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/86/GB-RiDPrime.jpg</url> <name>Optimus Prime (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Optimus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/94/GB-Orbital-Jump.jpg</url> <name>Orbital jump</name> <alt>orbital jumps</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4d/GB-MegatronBW1.jpg</url> <name>Other Victories</name> <alt>"Other Victories"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/36/GB-OtherVoices1.jpg</url> <name>Other Voices, Part 1</name> <alt>"Other Voices" Part 1</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/af/GB-Outback.jpg</url> <name>Outback (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Outback</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/97/GB-Overlord.jpg</url> <name>Overlord (Masterforce)</name> <alt>Masterforce Overlord</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-PepsiConvoy.jpg</url> <name>Pepsi Convoy</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-photodegradation.jpg</url> <name>Photodegradation</name> <alt>photodegradation</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/01/GB-PickUpBatRobo.jpg</url> <name>Pick-Up (Bat-Rob%F4)</name> <alt>Bat-Robo Pick-Up</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cc/GB-Plastic.jpg</url> <name>Plastic</name> <alt>plastic</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/da/GB-playpattern.jpg</url> <name>Play pattern</name> <alt>play pattern</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cf/GB-PoisonBite.jpg</url> <name>Poison Bite</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cc/GB-Power_Plans.jpg</url> <name>Power Plans</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9e/GB-Pretender.jpg</url> <name>Pretender</name> <alt>the Pretenders</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-Primus.jpg</url> <name>Primus</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/60/GB-ProfessorPrincess.jpg</url> <name>Professor Princess</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4f/GB_Protector.jpg</url> <name>Protector</name> <alt>the Protectors</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/15/GB-prototype.jpg</url> <name>Prototype</name> <alt>prototypes</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/28/GoBox_TFA_Prowl.jpg</url> <name>Prowl (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Prowl</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3a/GB-RIDProwl.jpg</url> <name>Prowl (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Prowl</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/90/GB-PsychoOrb.jpg</url> <name>Psycho-Orb</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ec/GB-GagColosseum.jpg</url> <name>Q-Robo Transformer</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e8/GB_Questor.jpg </url> <name>Questor</name> <alt>the Questors</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/37/GB-Quintesson.jpg </url> <name>Quintesson</name> <alt>the Quintessons</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/64/GB-RackNRuin.jpg</url> <name>Rack%27n%27Ruin</name> <alt>Rack'n'Ruin</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a7/GB-Raindance.jpg</url> <name>Raindance</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e3/GB-RampageBW.jpg</url> <name>Rampage (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Rampage</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-RamulusBW.jpg</url> <name>Ramulus</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3f/GB-Rangefinder.jpg</url> <name>Rangefinder</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/69/GB-RansackG2.jpg</url> <name>Ransack (G2)</name> <alt>Generation 2 Ransack</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7d/GB-Raoul.jpg</url> <name>Raoul</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b5/GB-RatbatG1.jpg</url> <name>Ratbat (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Ratbat</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d5/GB-AniRatchet.jpg</url> <name>Ratchet (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Ratchet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/87/GB-RatchetG1.jpg</url> <name>Ratchet (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Ratchet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/16/Primeratchetgoicon.jpg</url> <name>Ratchet (Prime)</name> <alt>Prime Ratchet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0c/GB-Rattrap.jpg</url> <name>Rattrap</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/96/GB-SGRavage.jpg</url> <name>Ravage (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Ravage</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/02/GB-Razorbeast.jpg</url> <name>Razorbeast</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a4/GB-RazorclawTFU.jpg</url> <name>Razorclaw (Universe)</name> <alt>Universe Razorclaw</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3f/GB-RecipeforDisaster.jpg</url> <name>Recipe for Disaster!</name> <alt>"Recipe for Disaster!"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/30/GB-RedHot.jpg</url> <name>Red Hot</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/09/GB-ReggieSimmons.jpg</url> <name>Seymour Simmons</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/94/GB-RenoWilson.jpg</url> <name>Reno Wilson</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b8/GB-Reproduction.jpg</url> <name>Reproduction</name> <alt>Transformers reproduction</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0e/GB-Return_of_the_Headmaster.jpg</url> <name>The Return of the Headmaster</name> <alt>"The Return of the Headmaster"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/16/GB-RickAstley.jpg</url> <name>Rick Astley</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/84/GB-Stepper.jpg</url> <name>Ricochet (Headmasters)</name> <alt>Targetmaster Ricochet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3b/GB-RoadblockGIJoe.jpg</url> <name>Roadblock (G.I. Joe)</name> <alt>G.I. Joe's Roadblock</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b3/GB-RodimusShattered.jpg</url> <name>Rodimus (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Rodimus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3a/GB-G1RodimusPrime.jpg</url> <name>Hot Rod (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Rodimus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/97/GB-Ron.jpg</url> <name>Ron</name> <alt>Ron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3a/GB-SGRook.jpg</url> <name>Rook (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Rook</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/85/GB-Rorza.jpg</url> <name>Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III</name> <alt>Rorza the Rocket-cycle Racer</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-Rosanna.jpg</url> <name>Rosanna (KP)</name> <alt>Kiss Players Rosanna</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3d/GB-RotateBlade.jpg</url> <name>Cyber-slash tail weapon</name> <alt>the rotate blade</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8d/GB-Roulette.jpg</url> <name>Roulette (Universe)</name> <alt>Universe Roulette</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/ff/GB-RubberduckyBW.jpg</url> <name>Rubber Ducky</name> <alt>the Rubber Ducky</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b6/GB-Ruination.jpg</url> <name>Ruination_(RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Ruination</alt></item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ec/GB-SaltManZ.jpg</url> <name>Salt-Man Z</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c3/GB-Sari.jpg</url> <name>Sari Sumdac</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/GB-Scale.jpg</url> <name>Scale</name> <alt>scale (or lack of)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2b/GB-ScavengerBM.jpg</url> <name>Scavenger (BM)</name> <alt>Beast Machines Scavenger</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-ScowlG1.jpg</url> <name>Scowl</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d5/GB-Scraplet.jpg</url> <name>Scraplet</name> <alt>scraplets</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7b/GB-Scrounge.jpg</url> <name>Scrounge (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Scrounge</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/22/GB-Scylla.jpg</url> <name>Scylla</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2c/GB-SearchlightG1.jpg</url> <name>Searchlight (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Searchlight</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/52/GB-SectorSeven.jpg</url> <name>Sector Seven</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/25/GB-SeekerGroup.jpg</url> <name>Seeker (body-type)</name> <alt>the Seekers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a5/GBAniSentinelPrime.jpg</url> <name>Sentinel Prime (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Sentinel Prime</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b3/GB-Servo.jpg</url> <name>Servo</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/52/GB-shatteredglass.jpg</url> <name>Shattered Glass (franchise)</name> <alt>the Shattered Glass universe</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/15/GB-Shatterpoint.jpg</url> <name>Shatterpoint</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fa/GB-Shellformer.jpg</url> <name>Shellformer</name> <alt>shellformers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7d/GB-shelfwarmer.jpg</url> <name>Shelfwarmer</name> <alt>shelfwarmers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2f/GB-ShockblastEnergon.jpg </url> <name>Shockblast</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e5/GB-Shockwave.jpg</url> <name>Shockwave (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Shockwave</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/35/GB-Sideways(RiD).jpg</url> <name>Sideways (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise/Armada/Cybertron Sideways</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e4/GB-SignalFlareEn.jpg</url> <name>Signal Flare (Energon)</name> <alt>Energon Signal Flare</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/99/GB-SilverboltBW.jpg</url> <name>Silverbolt (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Silverbolt</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b5/GB-SimonBelmondo.jpg</url> <name>Simon Belmondo</name> <alt>Simon Belmont</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/af/GB-furman.jpg</url> <name>Simon Furman</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cd/GB-SkidZRID.jpg</url> <name>Skid-Z (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Skid-Z</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/90/GB-SkidsG1.jpg</url> <name>Skids (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Skids</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e0/GB-SkidsROTF.jpg</url> <name>Skids (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Skids</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b8/GB-SkybyteRID.jpg</url> <name>Sky-Byte (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Sky-Byte</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bf/GB-SkyLynxG1.jpg</url> <name>Sky Lynx (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Sky Lynx</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/42/GB-CybertronSkyfall.jpg</url> <name>Skyfall (Cybertron)</name> <alt>Cybertron Skyfall</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/60/GB-SkywarpBW2.jpg</url> <name>Skywarp (BWII)</name> <alt>Beast Wars II Skywarp</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-SmokescreenG2.jpg</url> <name>Smokescreen (G2)</name> <alt>Generation 2 Smokescreen</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1b/GB-SoundwavePrime.jpg</url> <name>Soundwave (Prime)</name> <alt>Prime Soundwave</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0d/GB-Space_Bridge.jpg</url> <name>Space bridge</name> <alt>space bridges</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/90/GB-SpaceMini-ConTeam.jpg</url> <name>Space Mini-Con Team</name> <alt>the Space Mini-Con Team</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e8/GB-Spaceshot.jpg</url> <name>Spaceshot</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/52/GB-Coldsparks.jpg</url> <name>Sparking gimmick</name> <alt>sparking gimmicks</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f1/GB-Springer.jpg</url> <name>Springer (G1)</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/79/GB-AnimatedStarscream.jpg</url> <name>Starscream (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Starscream</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ad/GB-StarscreamMovie.jpg</url> <name>Starscream (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Starscream</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/01/GB-StarUpper.jpg</url> <name>Star Upper (BWII)</name> <alt>Star Upper</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1b/GB-StellaHolley.jpg</url> <name>Stella Holley</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1a/GB-StickerAdventures.jpg</url> <name>Sticker Adventures</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bd/GB-Stratotronic_Jet.jpg</url> <name>Stratotronic Jet</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4b/GB-Sunstreaker.jpg</url> <name>Sunstreaker (G1)</name> <alt>Sunstreaker</alt></item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-TAI.jpg</url> <name>T-AI</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5e/GB-TankorROTF.jpg</url> <name>Tankor (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Tankor</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/83/GB-TapoutG1.jpg</url> <name>Tap-Out (G1)</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e3/GB-Tarantulas.jpg</url> <name>Tarantulas (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Tarantulas</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f0/GB-TaraStrong.jpg</url> <name>Tara Strong</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e7/GB-Target2006.jpg</url> <name>Target: 2006</name> <alt>"Target: 2006"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/22/GB-TechSpec.jpg</url> <name>Tech Spec</name> <alt>Tech Specs</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/08/GB-Teletraan_15.gif</url> <name>Teletraan 15</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b0/GB-TRED.jpg</url> <name>The Real Effing Deal</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5d/GB-thingsthatdontexist.jpg</url> <name>Category:Things_that_don%27t_exist</name> <alt>things that don't exist</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/21/GB-ThrottlerPCC.jpg</url> <name>Throttler</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9d/GB-ThunderblastDecep.jpg</url> <name>Thunderblast (Decepticon)</name> <alt>Decepticon Thunderblast</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/18/GB-G1Thunderwing.jpg</url> <name>Thunderwing (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Thunderwing</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-TigatronBW.jpg</url> <name>Tigatron</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/21/GB-TommyKennedy.jpg</url> <name>Tommy Kennedy</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-TorquerifleG1.jpg</url> <name>Torque rifle</name> <alt>the torque rifle</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/21/GB-RIDTow-Line.jpg</url> <name>Tow-Line (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Tow-Line</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ed/GB-toy.jpg</url> <name>Toy</name> <alt>toys</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/71/GB-ToySwapping.JPG</url> <name>Toy swapping</name> <alt>toy swapping</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4f/GB-TransformersUniverseActionBlast1Part1.jpg</url> <name>Action Blast 1</name> <alt>"Action Blast 1"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/32/GB-AGoBoxOfYourOwn.jpg</url> <name>Transformers_Wiki:A_GoBox_of_your_own!</name> <alt>a GoBox of your own</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e1/GB-Bulkhead_hat.jpg</url> <name>Transformer clothing</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a4/GB-PDTF.jpg</url> <name>Transformers PD Type</name> <alt>"Transformers PD Type"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/33/GB-TranswarpCruiser.jpg</url> <name>Transwarp cruiser</name> <alt>the Transwarp Cruiser</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fd/GB-TurboBatRobo.jpg</url> <name>Turbo</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d7/GB-Ultra-Energon.jpg</url> <name>Ultra-Energon</name> <alt>Ore-13</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-UltraMagnusEn.jpg</url> <name>Ultra Magnus (Energon)</name> <alt>Energon Ultra Magnus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/eb/GB-Unicron.jpg</url> <name>Unicron#G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers</name> <alt>Unicron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/de/GB-unicronsingularity.jpg</url> <name>Unicron Singularity</name> <alt>the Unicron Singularity</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a3/GB-UnreleasedToys.jpg</url> <name>Unreleased toy</name> <alt>unreleased toys</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-VVH.jpg</url> <name>Variable voltage harness</name> <alt>the variable voltage harness</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b6/GB-Vehicon.jpg</url> <name>Vehicon (BM)</name> <alt>the Beast Machines Vehicons</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f6/GB-Velocitron.jpg</url> <name> Velocitron</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a6/GB-Verity-Carlo.jpg</url> <name>Verity Carlo</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2c/GB-Void.jpg</url> <name>Void</name> <alt>the void</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e6/GB-AniWasp.jpg</url> <name>Wasp</name> <alt>Wasp</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bc/GB-Waspinator.jpg</url> <name>Waspinator</name> <alt>Beast Wars Waspinator</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/43/GB-Web_World.jpg</url> <name>Webworld</name> <alt>"Webworld"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/48/GB-WeirdAl.jpg</url> <name>"Weird Al" Yankovic</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4b/GB-Wheelie.jpg</url> <name>Wheelie (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Wheelie</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c3/GB-WhirlG1.jpg</url> <name>Whirl (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Whirl</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e7/GB-Windcharger.jpg</url> <name>Windcharger (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Windcharger</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/74/GB-Wiretap.jpg</url> <name>Wire Tap V20</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d6/GB-WolfangPred.jpg</url> <name>Wolfang (Predacon)</name> <alt>Predacon Wolfang</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/16/GB-WreckGarAni.jpg</url> <name>Wreck-Gar (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Wreck-Gar</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/68/GB-WreckGarG1.jpg</url> <name>Wreck-Gar (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Wreck-Gar</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f1/GB-Wreckers.jpg</url> <name>Wrecker</name> <alt>the Wreckers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/55/GB-WrecklooseROTF.jpg</url> <name>Wreckloose (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Wreckloose</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/79/GB-rani.png</url> <name>Natasha Pyraniac</name> <alt>Natasha Pyraniac</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6a/GB-XGunner.jpg</url> <name>X-Gunner</name> </item>

</document>

File:GB-playpattern.jpg

2012-06-25T20:09:41Z

Tina Russell: Gobox for Play pattern. Image used is Hasbro’s “early sales concept” picture here: :Image:Early_Sales_Concept_.jpg {{hastak}}

Gobox for [[Play pattern]]. Image used is Hasbro’s “early sales concept” picture here: [[:Image:Early_Sales_Concept_.jpg]] {{hastak}}