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[[File:Original13.jpg|center|upright=2.8|thumb|Guess the one on fire!]]

{{quote|We are the 13, the first, the forgotten, each of us serving a function vital to the survival of the universe. Each of us designated a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and given a function to serve during the long march of infinity.|[[Vector Prime]]|"[[Vector Prime: In the Beginning]]"}}

The '''Thirteen''' are the first [[Transformer]]s created by [[Primus]]. Rightfully huge and powerful, each was designated a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]],<ref>A Hasbro Q&A response would later try to alter this. See Notes above.</ref> and given unique roles and natures to battle Primus's ancient foe [[Unicron]].

==Conceptual history==
[[File:BW Covenant.jpg|left|thumb|The [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] shares the same base concept with the Thirteen, and served as the prototype for them.]]
The concept of the Thirteen wasn't introduced until around 20 years into the ''Transformers'' brand's history, and the slow drip-feeding of information that characterized the early stages of their story has not been presented in a very linear manner. The development of the concept is described in this section to minimize confusion; for details of their history and actions in specific bits of fiction, see below.

The very earliest seeds of the Thirteen can be found in material produced by [[3H Productions]] for [[BotCon]], most notably 1999's "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]". Written by [[Simon Furman]], this story introduces the undeniably similar concept of the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]], a group of twelve zodiac-themed robots who are the first creations of [[Primus]], created as a test-run for the Transformer race. Despite the basic similarity between the Covenant and the Thirteen, though, the two groups were not connected until 2015, and those same stories by 3H would ultimately contradict the later lore of the Thirteen by introducing [[Primon]], a Matrix-bearer who preceded [[Prima]], which should not be possible. (That 2015 connection was an October entry for "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", which flagged up that nobody in-universe knew if the Covenant had a link to the Thirteen and that they may just be stories the Thirteen tell themselves.)

[[File:Vectorprimeut.jpg|thumb|[[Fun Publications]] established [[Vector Prime]] to be a member of the Thirteen in 2005.]]

It was in the pages of 2004's ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' that the mysterious "Thirteen Original Transformers" were first spoken of, and their basic origin was laid down: they were the first Transformers created by Primus to battle Unicron, and their number included Prima, the first [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-bearer from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics series]]; [[The Fallen]], an enigmatic servant of Unicron from [[Dreamwave Productions]]' 2003 comic, ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]''; and the [[Liege Maximo]], an ancient evil [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comics]] (whose implied status as one of the first Transformers had previously been affirmed only in Furman's unofficial novella, ''[[Alignment]]''). The book also contained a passing mention that the enigmatic [[Maccadam|manager]] of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], a Cybertronian pub introduced in the UK Generation 1 Marvel Comics, was rumored to be one of the Thirteen (though it also admits that this could be a fabrication by the pub's drunken patrons). Not surprisingly, it was the creator of all four of these characters, the aforementioned Simon Furman, who both wrote the guide and conceived the idea of the Thirteen,<ref>Simon Furman panel, BotCon 2012</ref> utilizing a different version of the same concept that he had used to create the Covenant.<ref>Simon Furman at BotCon 2022.</ref>

The concept of the Thirteen quietly bubbled under for the next year, until another element was added with the introduction of [[Vector Prime]] in 2005's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' series. Although presented merely as a very ancient [[Autobot]] in the original Japanese version of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon, Hasbro envisioned him as one of the Thirteen, and writer [[Forest Lee]] made this explicit in [[Vector Prime: In the Beginning|the first story]] produced for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]. This story also introduced the idea that all of the Thirteen were [[Prime (rank)|Primes]], and that each had a specific function or purpose; Vector Prime's was stewardship of time, while a 2007 [[bio]] written for The Fallen's ''[[Titanium Series]]'' toy would later reveal he was the overseer of entropy. Between these two releases, in 2006, the short Japanese text story ''[[Beast Wars Reborn]]'' introduced [[Logos Prime]]; as a Japanese creation, his status among the Thirteen would be in question for years.

[[File:NexusPrimeflankedbyotherPrimes.jpg|left|thumb|Fun Publications also introduced the first [[combiner]], [[Nexus Prime]].]]

While it was not immediately apparent, Hasbro had put a plan in motion for the Thirteen with the Collectors' Club comic: across the next five years, five separate robots were introduced who were gradually revealed to be components of a combiner, Nexus Prime, who was one of the Thirteen. During this five-year span, the subject of the Thirteen often came up at BotCon Q&A sessions, during which the idea of them being [[multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] solidified—a concept which purported that across all the different [[universal stream]]s, only one incarnation of each of the Thirteen existed, moving between worlds. This idea would later be canonized with the pages of Fun Publications' comics.

Also during this time, current ''Transformers'' comic license holders [[IDW Publishing]] spoke often of a potential comic book mini-series about the Thirteen to be written by Simon Furman, but this was eventually nixed, with Furman noting in 2009 that this was because it had "become more of a [[Hasbro]] thing than an IDW thing."<ref>[http://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-10-Simon-Furman-130246343 Furman talks about the Thirteen in an interview on DeviantArt]</ref> Hasbro's desire to control and fully conceptualize the story of the Thirteen was further made evident when, after [[Fun Publications]]' Nexus Prime story concluded in the same year, they effectively took "custody" of the character as part of their future plans. This control, however, was evidently not all-encompassing: also in 2009, The Fallen made a surprising appearance as the titular villain of the second-live action Transformers film, ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', where he was a member not of a group of thirteen, but only ''seven'' Primes. Hasbro's [[Hasbro Q&A/October 2009#AllSpark.com|October 2009 online Q&A]] retroactively justified this by explaining that while all the Thirteen were Primes, only seven actually had the word "Prime" ''in their names''.

[[File:TransformersVault-Prima.jpg|thumb|The new design for [[Prima]] was revealed at [[BotCon 2010]].]]

Eventually, in 2010, the grand scope of the new [[Aligned continuity family]] became the "delivery method" for Hasbro's long-percolating tale of the Thirteen. However, the "Aligned" continuity was also established to ''not'' be part of the multiverse in which all preceding Transformers fiction took place, which until then had lain the groundwork for the Thirteen. As such, the new information introduced by the Aligned continuity was only true for ''that'' continuity, and even chose to ignore or overrule some previous pieces of the story that had been revealed in "Multiverse" stories—The Fallen was given a much more tragic origin story that involved no connection to Unicron, Logos Prime was not included in the ranks of the "Aligned Thirteen", and [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] was named as a member of the Aligned group. From 2010 to 2013, various pieces of Aligned media—including the novels ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'', the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon, and the prose work ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]''—detailed in full the complete roster and history of the Thirteen in the Aligned Continuity, including many brand-new characters and events, which can all be read about further down this article.

In 2014, things got a little complicated when [[The Crucible|''Robots in Disguise'' #34]] introduced the Thirteen into IDW Publishing's Generation 1 continuity...except that the Thirteen involved in the story were not the "Multiverse Thirteen", but a version of the "Aligned Thirteen", with a backstory that did not match ''either'' incarnation. Over the course of the next year, the Q&A feature [[Ask Vector Prime]] worked to explain this, revealing that non-singularity versions of the Thirteen also exist within the multiverse, and that the "Aligned Thirteen" were one such example. The feature also revealed the remaining members of the "Multiverse Thirteen", which included a mixture of the new characters from the Aligned version of the group, and other characters drawn from Transformers history (including the [[Guiding Hand]], an entirely ''different'' group of forerunners to the Transformers introduced in IDW's comics). The completion of the roster was done as a "last hurrah" for the singularity version of the Thirteen—in 2015, the Collectors' Club comic storyline ''[[Another Light]]'' saw the Thirteen's existence as multiversal singularities nullified. Freed from the complex bounds of this concept, the story of the Thirteen is now free to be told any way, in any continuity, with membership freely able to differ across universes.
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==Members==
Because of their complicated fictional natures, conceptual histories, and status as multiversal "archetypes", {{SITENAME SHORT}} opts to break our standard rules a little and give most members of the group a single article that covers all different versions of that character, as opposed to separate articles (G1, Unicron Trilogy, Movie, etc...) for each incarnation.

===Covenant Thirteen===
[[File:OneShallRise1-WellofAllSparks.jpg|thumb|325px|"No, Harry, no! Don't look at the light!"]]
The first full lineup of the Thirteen was originally formalized for the [[Aligned continuity family]], and properly revealed in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]''. The "Aligned Thirteen" were initially considered to be separate from the "Multiverse Thirteen", something backed up in fiction which described their [[universal stream|universal cluster]] as being previously separate from the multiverse, but the core list has since propagated far beyond the bounds of Aligned media into such places as the [[2005 IDW continuity]], the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' cartoon, and even the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toyline.

*'''[[Prima]]'''—The leader of the Thirteen, a warrior of light and the first [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix-bearer]] who wielded the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]].
*'''[[Vector Prime]]'''—The master of time and space, which he could manipulate through his [[Blades of Time]].
*'''[[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]]'''—Holder of the [[Quill]], which he uses to record the past, present, and future of Cybertron in the [[Covenant of Primus]] as part of his role as recordskeeper of the Primes.
*'''[[Solus Prime]]'''—The master artificer and creator of many of the Primes' weapons through use of her incredible [[Forge of Solus Prime|Forge]]. She was the first [[female Transformer|female Cybertronian]].
*'''[[Micronus Prime]]'''—The conscience of the Thirteen, and the first [[Mini-Con]], able to [[Powerlinx|link up with and enhance the power]] of his siblings through the use of his [[Chimera Stone]]; responsible for creating the alternate dimension of [[Microspace]].
*'''[[Alchemist Prime]]'''—Student of the elemental structure of the natural world, aided in this by his [[Lenses]], which allowed him to see further and deeper than anyone, in both material and spiritual senses; fond of the occasional tipple, with some claiming that he still walks Cybertron in the form of [[Maccadam|a humble bartender]].
*'''[[Nexus Prime]]'''—The first and greatest [[combiner]], granted the ability to divide himself into separate forms by his [[Enigma of Combination]]. Unpredictable, fascinated by change, and a lighthearted prankster.
*'''[[Onyx Prime]]'''—The first beast-form Cybertronian, a primitive and spiritual being able to view other times, places, souls, and even the afterlife through his three-faced [[Triptych Mask]].
*'''[[Amalgamous Prime]]'''—The joker of the Thirteen and the first [[Shifter]], unpredictable and easygoing. He was first Cybertronian with the ability of [[transformation]], granted him by his [[Transformation cog]], which became the basis for the cogs in all subsequent Transformer life.
*'''[[Quintus Prime]]'''—A daydreamer and perfectionist whose drive to express his ideas led him to become a scientist. His artifact was the [[Emberstone]], which gave him the ability to create life; the [[Quintesson]]s were among his creations.
*'''[[Liege Maximo]]'''—The "Prime of Lies", a black-hearted and amoral manipulator. Though his artifact was notionally the toxin-loaded [[Liegian Darts]], his real skill was his ability to talk others into his way of thinking.
*'''[[The Fallen]]'''—Once known as '''Megatronus''', guardian of entropy and wielder of the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]], the Fallen's name was stricken from history when the dark warrior turned on his siblings.
*'''The [[Thirteenth Prime]]'''— the last and most mysterious of the Thirteen, all we can say for certain is that he bore a strong connection to the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and his depictions look [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|awfully familiar...]]

===Multiversal Thirteen===
[[File:AnotherLight-Thirteen.jpg|thumb|325px|Who are we? You'll never know!]]
Though the "multiversal Thirteen"—considered separate to the "Aligned Thirteen"—had almost half of their members revealed before any non-multiversal incarnation was ever mentioned, the remainder of their membership was unknown until a [[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#ThirteenList|June 2015 Facebook post]] from "[[Ask Vector Prime]]" listed off twelve of Vector Prime's siblings. The members known before then were:
*'''[[Prima]]'''—The first [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix-bearer]] and first Transformer born from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the leader of the Thirteen.<ref>''Sentinel Prime was one of a dynasty of Primes, stretching back to the original '''13 Transformers''' and their leader, Prima.''—''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' (2005) 1st ed p15, "Sentinel Prime"</ref> He wielded the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], a mighty blade capable of unparalleled destruction.
*'''[[Liege Maximo]]'''—A legendary schemer.<ref name="askvectorprime">[[Ask Vector Prime]] on Facebook</ref>
*'''[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'''—Formerly the guardian of entropy, whose name was stricken from history when he betrayed his brothers and became a [[Herald of Unicron]] under the new name "'''The Fallen'''".<ref>''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''</ref>
*'''[[Vector Prime]]'''—The guardian of space and time, who spent most of his life outside of reality, observing it and occasionally stepping in to help.
*'''[[Logos Prime]]'''—An enigmatic figure who, operating in the present day under the new name Soundblaster, sought to pass on his incredible powers over time and space to an heir.
*'''[[Nexus Prime]]'''—The first combiner and the guardian of [[Rarified Energon]].

To these Vector Prime added four of the ones invented by the Covenant:

*'''[[Alchemist Prime]]'''—Rumored to have established [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|a bar]] on modern Cybertron, seeking to provide a respite from endless war.<ref name="askvectorprime"/><ref>In [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|''The Ultimate Guide'']], the enigmatic [[Maccadam]] was rumored to be a member of the Thirteen by drunken patrons of his bar. Vector Prime would later half-jokingly imply that Alchemist Prime and Maccadam were the same individual, as described above. There's nothing that explicitly ''says'' they're the same, but... you know.</ref>
*'''[[Solus Prime]]'''—A renowned smith who wielded a powerful [[Forge of Solus Prime|Forge]].<ref name="askvectorprime"/>
*'''[[Micronus Prime]]'''—The progenitor of the [[Mini-Con]]s.<ref>[[Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist]]</ref>
*'''[[Onyx Prime]]'''—In-tune with nature and the organic.<ref name="askvectorprime"/>

And three other powerful figures from "Transformers" lore:

*'''[[Last Autobot|Autonomous Maximus]]'''—A lonely sentinel who renounced his name, becoming simply known as the Last Autobot.
*'''[[Solomus]]'''—A gentle and kind individual, who is instead in some universes a member of the [[Guiding Hand]].
*'''[[Epistemus]]'''—A Cybertronian of unconventional intellect, also sometimes of the Guiding Hand.

===Other members===
Particularly following the Shroud, certain realities include entirely different lineups of the Thirteen, which have included:
*'''[[Adaptus]]'''—Blessed with powers of change, ''also'' sometimes of the Guiding Hand; may or may not in some universes be the same individual as Amalgamous Prime.
*'''[[Mortilus]]'''—A solitary member of the Thirteen who stayed apart from the others, who was in some universes a member of the Guiding Hand.
*'''[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'''—A Prime known for his wisdom.<ref>''[[Transformers: Titans Return (cartoon)|Transformers: Titans Return]]'' episode 4, "[[Overlord and Emissary]]"</ref>

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
[[File:Thefallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|No, seriously guys, is it just me, or is it hot in here?]]

[[The Fallen]] was thwarted in his attempt to sabotage [[Primus]]'s [[Cybertron (planet)|physical form]], and the Thirteen allegedly died after casting the Fallen and his master [[Unicron]] through a [[black hole]] into another dimension. In truth, the Fallen was imprisoned in another dimension, while [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] kept watch over the Transformers in the [[Well of All Sparks]] and Primus entered his eternal sleep to hide from Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)#Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Megatron]] were lost in a [[space bridge]] explosion, the Fallen was free from his prison in [[unspace|underspace]], and returned to Cybertron. He immediately set about trying to undo the [[Seal of Primus]] that locked the Well of All Sparks. However, upon his success, the Fallen was promptly destroyed by his reawoken creator. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
In the present day, Jetfire discovered that Shockwave had broken the Seal for his cloning experiments. The Fallen's essence escaped and corrupted [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], and following his death, passed into Jetfire. This corruption caused Jetfire to be plagued by many visions, among them The Fallen beating down his brethren in an ancient battle. {{storylink|The Enemy Within}}

'''Known members:'''
*[[Prima]]
*[[The Fallen]]
*[[Maccadam]] (rumored)

====Fun Publications====
[[Vector Prime]] aided the [[Autobot]]s in finding the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to close the [[Unicron Singularity]]. He regularly reported their progress to [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]], but during one visit Unicron's servants [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] attacked. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] came to Cybertron looking for clues to his past, only to be attacked by [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]], {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} but his forcefield protected him. Ramjet offered him clues to his past in exchange for his <s>soul</s> service. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} They went to Primus's spark core to destroy him with the [[Dead Matrix]], but Vector and [[Sentinel Maximus]] fought back. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}} Ramjet said he would stop trying to kill Primus if Vector aided them in restoring the balance by resurrecting Unicron, but he refused. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} Skyfall tried to save Ramjet but his forcefield only ignited an explosion that killed Ramjet. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} Vector had drones repair Skyfall and found [[Omega Prime]]—the creation of one of Trion's [[Viron]] counterparts—had helped Sentinel defeated Nemesis. Omega's presence saddened Vector, as it confirmed the multiverse was falling apart, and he left for Earth. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

Skyfall was helping Sentinel repair [[Vector Sigma]], when [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] informed him he had found a twenty-million-cycle-old carving of him and another bot. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} Immediately during a battle between [[Mini-Con]] Autobots and [[Decepticon]]s, Skyfall found [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} The two seemingly vanished when Unicron attacked, {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}} when they had been transported to [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]]'s universe, {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 1}} and the trio and went through a [[space bridge]] {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}} to find [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]] in [[Axiom Nexus]]. [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]] and [[Silverbolt (TransTech)|Silverbolt]] introduced the trio to [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]]. However, [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]] had Breakaway quietly subdued and taken to his laboratory. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} Skyfall and Landquake realized Breakaway was gone, but Alpha Trion told them to come with him if they wanted to rescue their brother from the evil [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTechs]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 2}} He explained he was not from this dimension and was part of a resistance movement, introducing them to Topspin, whose job was to transfer their [[lowtech]] followers' [[spark]]s into their TransTech counterparts. Realizing Topspin was one of their kin, Skyfall and Landquake agreed to help. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 3}} [[Nightscream (TransTech)|Nightscream]] found Breakaway was being held near the portal to Alpha Trion's dimension, {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}} and his acolytes attacked, rescuing Breakaway {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 5}} and entering the [[unspace|transwarp]] device. Alpha Trion explained to Skyfall he was the key to the reunification, and killed him as they entered [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|his universe]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 6}}

[[File:Reunification5-arisenexusprime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.95|"It's beautiful..." "Holy crap!" "It's perfect!" "This is the best thing!"]]
Despite his claim his was a peaceful world, Alpha Trion shot [[Downshift (SG)|Downshift]], and Breakaway realized Skyfall had been killed by an energy blade rather than shot from behind as the old Autobot claimed. Alpha Trion's troops arrived, took the four components and he proclaimed he would kill them all—as reunification still worked with one of them dead—and that his reign would begin. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 1}} Landquake manipulated the raw energon and used smokebombs to escape, with Topspin and Breakaway carrying Skyfall. Weeks later, after trying unsuccessfully to revive Skyfall, {{storylink|Reunification: Part 2}} the [[Quintesson]] [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]] appeared to take them to [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}} Landquake explained their situation to the Decepticons, and Megatron asked [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] to bring [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]], but then Cyclonus, revealing himself to be an agent of Alpha Trion, assassinated Megatron. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 4}} Breakaway suggested they use their powers to revive Megatron, and found themselves in a white space with Skyfall and Primus. They made their choice: [[Nexus Prime]] was reborn. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}} Nexus resurrected Megatron as Galvatron and defeated [[Omega Doom]]. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}} Using Galvatron's gift of the [[Space bridge|stellar spanner]], Nexus and Aquarius began dimension-hopping to find the shards of the [[Star Saber (Prima)|artifact]] he had been entrusted with, so he could complete his memories. While Nexus outlined the artifact's background to Aquarius, the faces of Vector Prime and [[The Fallen]] flashed through his mind. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

The TransTechs knew the [[Mini-Con]]s to be the children of [[Micronus Prime]] {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/09}} and early on in their history were threatened with an ultimately failed coup led by [[Jhiaxus (TransTech)|Jhiaxus]], a follower of the [[Liege Maximo]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}}

When the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]s detected significant multiversal chaos resulting from negative polarity Primax Autobots [[Invasion (issue)|crossing over into a mirror universe]], they suspected that [[Rarified Energon]] was somehow involved. [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] was also aware of (correct) rumors that the Thirteen were involved with Rarified Energon. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}} As part of their response to the multiversal chaos, the TransTechs deployed [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] to prehistoric Shatteredverse Earth in order to keep the [[Origin Matrix]] out of evil hands. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

After several unspecified adventures, Aquarius ended up in Axiom Nexus and took charge of a shard of the Star Saber from [[Chifumi Takahashi|a courier]]. In exchange, he promised to help her get home. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 48|Transformers I.Q. last issue review}} To their surprise, however, they ended up on Shatteredverse Cybertron. It soon became obvious that Nexus had transported them there in order to receive the [[Origin Matrix]], the fifth and final piece, from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], recently retrieved from prehistoric Shatteredverse Earth. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 54|Transformers I.Q. trivia bonus #12}} {{storylink|Falling into Place}}

When he reunited the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] and the [[Terminus Blade]], Nexus Prime decided that he was going to return things to "how they used to be", {{storylink|Restoration}} and strengthened the walls between the various realities of the multiverse, which had the consequence of ending the existence of he and siblings as multiversal singularities. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

'''Known members:'''
:''See "[[#Multiversal Thirteen|Multiversal Thirteen]]" above''

====''Beast Wars Reborn''====
[[File:Bwreborn text.jpg|thumb]]
The '''Ancients''' (エンシェント ''Enshento'') were the original clan of Transformers created by Primus before he became [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and possessed extraordinary powers over space and time. One of them, [[Logos Prime]], lost sight of his objective and memory of him faded away. {{Storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}} He would return under the name of Soundblaster, abducting [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] so he could apparently appoint Megatron as his successor. [[Vector Prime]] was sent by Primus to stop the plot and was taken aback when confronted with his fellow Ancient who he thought lost. {{Storylink|Master of the Game}} While Vector Prime and what remained of Logos Prime fought on the astral plane, Soundblaster revealed the [[Zeonomicon]], the key to his power, and had Optimus and Megatron hunt it down on [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]] to decide who would inherit his power. {{storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}}

'''Known members:'''
*[[Vector Prime]]
*[[Logos Prime]]

====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:Heavy-TheThirteen.jpg|thumb|left|350px|"I think the Thirteen were blurry, that's the problem. It's not the artist's fault. The Primes were blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There were thirteen large, out-of-focus Transformers roaming Cybertron."]]
After the departure of the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]], Cybertronian civilization, deprived of their benevolent guidance, descended once more into a primitive state of barbarism, with lesser tribal leaders carving out kingdoms and territories of their own. It was to this landscape that the [[Decepticon]] [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] was cast back in time by the destruction of his [[chronal drive]], and—after an encounter with a kindly shepherd named [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]]—realised from his extensive historical foreknowledge that he could study why Cybertronians inevitably fell to war by ensuring that history followed the path he knew that it must. As such, Shockwave murdered Onyx and took his identity as "Onyx Prime" in order to engineer the rise of the Thirteen Primes; his first act was to christen the most fearless member of Onyx's flock as "[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]", taking him on as a student.

Knowing that Megatronus's conquests would be the impetus for the founding of Cybertronian civilization, Shockwave allowed his pupil to run amok; {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Megatronus thus began a new war of conquest to expand the [[Darklands]], annexing nearby regions such as the city of [[Protihex|Protohex]] and the [[Forgotten Plains]], murdering neighbouring ruler [[Septimus Prime]] and recruiting the fearsome twin [[gladiatorial combat|gladiators]] [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] to become his vanguards. Other tribal leaders who had arisen, including [[Alchemist Prime]], [[Vector Prime]], [[Solus Prime]], [[Nexus Prime]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], agreed in the face of Megatronus's conquests to work together, uniting their followers and founding a small village that they named "[[Crystal City]]." {{storylink|Origin Myths}}

[[File:OP18 Thirteen in Crystal City.jpg|thumb|right|375px|Ruling from an ivory tower. What could possibly go wrong?]]

While Megatronus's legions marched on Crystal City, the united Primes were bolstered by Onyx Prime and his ''other'' student, [[Liege Maximo]], {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} whose kingdom had been claimed by the Darklander advance. The two armies met in a battle that had the unexpected side effect of awakening three slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s—[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], and [[Chela]]—from beneath Cybertron's surface, but while the armies were distracted by the arrival of the colossal beings, Onyx "realized" that their enemy was his "old friend" Megatronus. The two armies agreed to a truce, and all eight primes vowed to work together to rebuild and unify their planet. Having been enlightened on the value of myths and stories by Alpha Trion, Onyx Prime began telling tales of his own, inspiring Alchemist with legends of a "Chosen One" and dreaming up a new [[Autobot|insignia]] to commemorate their alliance—{{storylink|Origin Myths}} all, of course, based on his own knowledge of what the future held. The [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)|"Dark Cybertron" prophecy]] and idea of the Chosen One were specifically concocted to ensure [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s future rise to power, as a "fool" like Starscream would not be able to see through Shockwave's machinations. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}

The eight original Primes were soon joined by five more, and over time Cybertron's inhabitants united under the banner of the [[Thirteen Tribes]], each Prime building a distinct civilization. {{storylink|The Crucible}} In this era of peace, the Liege Maximo was responsible for building and maintaining the alliance between the Thirteen; in honor of his feats, Liege Maximo's followers became known as skilled diplomats and negotiators. {{storylink|Heavy}} Each Prime commanded the loyalty of at least one [[Titan (group)|Titan]], {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} while the diminutive [[Titan Master]]s served as their heralds. {{storylink|White Heat}} Over the years, however, the decidedly mortal Primes had come to believe that they were inherently superior to other Cybertronians due to their powerful artifacts and historic feats; indeed, it was commonly held only another Prime could kill a Prime, though this was decidedly untrue. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} {{storylink|The Crucible}}

[[File:TheFirstWhoWasNamed-MegatronusKillsSolus.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Sephiroth, you jerk!]]
With Cybertron now in a "golden age", Onyx advised the Thirteen's leader [[Prima]] to spread Cybertron's "enlightenment" to other worlds, with their expedition—led by Onyx and Megatronus, with Alpha Trion accompanying them as recordskeeper—being the first to leave the planet since the Knights of Cybertron. However, their first planetary landing on the world of [[Antilla]] ended in a brutal conflict and the extinction of the native [[Antillan]]s, with Prima blaming Megatronus for the expedition's failure. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} {{storylink|Our Finest}} Liege Maximo, who (seeing helpful lies as more beneficent than harmful truths) had become increasingly manipulative and self-serving, {{storylink|Heavy}} acted on Onyx's orders to stoke Megatronus's resentment over this incident, leading him to attack Prima. Solus Prime intervened to save Prima's life, but Megatronus killed her with the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] that she had created. Megatronus fled the planet, while Liege Maximo was captured by the Primes and imprisoned within his Titan, [[Vigilem]], whom the other Titans deemed unworthy of remembrance and exiled into space. A repentant splinter of Liege Maximo's old tribe agreed to keep their former leader and his Titan permanently interred, renaming their dormant Titan "[[Vigilem|Carcer]]". {{storylink|Rubicon}} {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

The fallout from Maximo's betrayal sparked the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], turning the tribes against one another in a planet-wide conflict. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Battle lines were drawn, but allegiances shifted throughout the war, necessitating betrayals and new alliances; Onyx initially allied with Micronus, {{storylink|White Heat}} but by ten million years ago, with the war drawing to a close, his tribe of [[beast mode]] Transformers had joined forces with Nexus Prime and his [[combiner]]s. Together, they raised a new army of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] using the [[Enigma of Combination]]. Disgusted by this fusion, [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] abandoned his post in Megatronus' army to slaughter the Headmasters to the last 'bot. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}}

Together, Onyx Prime and Prima hunted down Megatronus aboard Prima's Titan [[Emissary (IDW)|Emissary]], finding him on the planet [[Tsiehshi]]. Megatronus killed Prima before being slain by Onyx, his usefulness to Shockwave's machinations at an end; Emissary carried Prima's body to the stars, but Onyx ensured that he would crash on [[Elonia|a faraway planet]]. On returning, Onyx told Alpha Trion that Megatronus and Prima slew each other in final battle—the account of their deaths that he had learned from Trion in his youth. Megatronus's name was soon forgotten by history, and he became known only as "the Fallen". {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

Eventually, Galvatron tracked down and confronted Nexus Prime, obliterating the Prime with a single blast. Realizing that they were as mortal as any other Transformer, the remaining few Primes fled the planet for other worlds, with the exception of Alpha Trion. The war finally ended when Galvatron and [[Nova Prime|Nova Major]] famously routed the bestial hordes of [[Onyx Prime]] and, with Trion's aid and blessing, united the tribes as one planet under Nova '''Prime'''. Only Galvatron and Trion were left aware of what had happened to the Thirteen Primes; Alpha Trion simply let himself fade into the background of Cybertronian society, his true background as a Prime forgotten by the general populace. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

One way or another, the Thirteen departed Cybertron and vanished from history at around the same time that the thirteen Titans departed Cybertron, with the intent of founding new colonies elsewhere in the galaxy. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Exact details are unclear, but the mythologies of several of these colony planets claim that the Primes, including [[Solus Prime]] and [[Onyx Prime]], had spearheaded the colonization missions themselves and subsequently left these newly settled worlds to their own devices. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Either way, the developing civilizations on the colony worlds – cut off from Cybertron and the brutal injustices committed by Nova Prime and [[Nominus Prime|his]] [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|dubious]] [[Zeta Prime (G1)|successors]] – began deifying the Thirteen Primes, with some going so far as to worship any leader who wielded the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. The [[Way of Flame|dominant religion]] on [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] exalted Solus Prime as the greatest of the Thirteen, {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} while the four tribes of [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] and their prophet [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] viewed Onyx Prime as a benevolent protector. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

The role that the original Primes had played in the establishment of Cybertronian society would eventually be immortalized on the silver screen in the "hella-racist" film, ''[[The Birth of Cybertron]]''. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

[[Micronus Prime]], master of [[Prion (Titan)|Prion]], {{storylink|White Heat}} was known to have abandoned his native universe entirely after founding a colony of [[Mini-Con]]s. By the present day, his body lay dormant in the center of an alternate universe: the subatomic realm of [[Microspace]]. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} The ruler of Microspace, [[Baron Karza]] eventually [[enerchange]]d with Micronus and used the Prime's power to try and conquer the Earth, {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 1|Wrath of Karza #1}} only for [[Shazraella]] to use {{i|Time Traveler}} energy to separate the Prime from her husband and banish the Mini-Con through time. {{storylink|Wrath of Karza issue 5|Wrath of Karza #5}}

[[File:GhostStories-onyxprime.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Stand and address your Almighty Tallest, Camien child."]]

The colony of Caminus detected a Cybertronian beacon emanating from the planet [[Antilla]] and sent three representatives to make contact with their ancestors. When they arrived, they found the planet to be a rusted wasteland ruled by Onyx Prime, who murdered [[Magrada]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Following the expedition's return to Caminus, the [[Torchbearer]] [[Pyra Magna]] encountered Onyx Prime when an army of robotic beasts terrorized the inhabitants of [[Parvus Oppidum]] so they could retrieve a sample of [[Ore-4]]. The experience left her traumatized, but with time she realized that the Primes were not the divine entities that she had believed them to be and began preparing to take up arms against Primes should the need arise. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}} {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}

In the modern day, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] unknowingly sent the [[Regenesis]] ores off to what he believed were random suitable worlds, but were, thanks to his future self's time-travelling manipulations, worlds touched by the Thirteen. {{storylink|The Crucible}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

When Cybertron re-opened a [[space bridge|spacebridge]] link with Caminus after years of isolation, the [[Mistress of Flame]] believed that Optimus, wielding the Matrix of Leadership, was the legendary reincarnation of the Thirteenth Prime: a mysterious figure from Cybertron's past known as "[[the Arisen]]". {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} Optimus's supposed divinity proved a double-edged sword as he grew increasingly bold and unilateral in his decision making; leaning on the faith of others to unconditionally support his choices, he wound up annexing Earth into the [[Council of Worlds]] and sparking an interplanetary diplomatic crisis. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} [[Colonist Soldiers|New recruits]] from Caminus, Eukaris, [[Velocitron]], and [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]] believed wholeheartedly in Optimus's status as one of the Thirteen and began wearing [[mouthplate]]s to better emulate their leader. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

Liege Maximo escaped from his imprisonment in Carcer in 2017, following a [[zombie]] Titan invasion on Cybertron. {{storylink|Rubicon}} The Camien [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] was released from prison by Cybertron's leader Starscream to hunt Maximo down, {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Chosen One}} but Liege—who, by this point, had come to understand his master's decision to exile him aboard his loyal Titan—was found by Onyx, and brought with him in chains on his return to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Liege was taken into custody while Optimus and the [[Council of Worlds]] entered negotiations with Onyx, but the Prime's manipulations caused infighting and chaos, as well as an explosion that killed Alpha Trion. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} With all of his plans falling into place, Shockwave discarded his "Onyx" identity, having no further use for it after he cast Optimus into the Crystal City singularity. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}

Though Maximo soon perished and Shockwave was taken prisoner, the Decepticon's machinations had forced all of Cybertron accept a bitter truth; the Thirteen had been nothing more than ordinary Cybertronians. Upon hearing [[Pyra Magna]] vocalize this, Shockwave claimed this acceptance had been part of his plan to render all faiths and beliefs on Cybertron meaningless in preparation for [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s arrival. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}

'''Known members:'''
:''See "[[#Covenant Thirteen|Covenant Thirteen]]" above''
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====Olympian universe====
In certain universes, the Thirteen visited [[Greece]] in a time before human technology was advanced enough for them to assume vehicular disguises. Instead, twelve of their number dwelled on [[Mount Olympus]] and used [[holomatter]] avatars to interact with the natives, {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20}} while [[Mortilus]] remained beneath the Earth with their ship, alongside his vassal [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08}}

As "quasi-humans", the Thirteen would become known to the local humans as the {{w|Twelve Olympians|gods of Olympus}}. [[Vector Prime]] was {{w|Hermes}}; the rage-filled [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] was {{w|Ares}}; the hard-working [[Solus Prime]] was {{w|Hephaestus}}; the wise [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]] was {{w|Athena}}; the eldest of their number [[Prima]] was {{w|Zeus}}; his close ally [[Nexus Prime|Nexus Maximus]] was {{w|Hera}}; the nature-loving hunter [[Onyx Prime]] was {{w|Artemis}}; the hard-drinking [[Alchemist Prime]] was {{w|Dionysus}}; the vain and manipulative [[Liege Maximo]] was {{w|Aphrodite}}; the healer [[Last Autobot|Autonomous Prime]] was {{w|Apollo}}; the chaotic [[Adaptus]] was {{w|Poseidon}}; the solitary Mortilus was {{w|Hades}}; and the knowledge-sharing [[Epistemus]] was {{w|Demeter}}. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08}}

As the Olympians, several of the Thirteen deviated from both their more common gender identities and their status as siblings; Vector considered Hades and Poseidon to be his uncles, {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/20}} and because of the animosity between Hephaestus and Aphrodite, Zeus decreed that they should be [[Transformer romance|bonded together]] to avoid further conflict (which only made things worse). Amongst the Thirteen's many experiences, Hades and Demeter quarrelled over a woman named [[Persephone]]; Vector would later note that as "quasi-humans" their conflicts were far more petty and frequent. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/08}}

'''Known members:'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Vector Prime|Hermes]]
*[[The Fallen|Ares]]
*[[Solus Prime|Hephaestus]]
*[[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Athena]]
*[[Prima|Zeus]]
*[[Nexus Prime|Hera]]
*[[Onyx Prime|Artemis]]
*[[Alchemist Prime|Dionysus]]
*[[Liege Maximo|Aphrodite]]
*[[Last Autobot|Apollo]]
*[[Adaptus|Poseidon]]
*[[Mortilus|Hades]]
*[[Epistemus|Demeter]]
}}

====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity====
=====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material=====
The [[spark]]s of the original Primes were carried by the [[Prime Master]]s, diminutive Transformers who, when in spark mode, could unite with larger Transformers to grant them [[Prime Master/Combinations|the powers of the Primes]] to wield as they choose. To minimise unwanted attention from those who sought the power they held, the Prime Masters hid themselves inside special decoy armor, which cloaked their vast power from the outside world.

Rather than a Prime Master, the role of the Thirteenth Prime was held by whoever currently bore the [[Matrix of Leadership]].<ref name="POTPMatrix">Comments made by Hasbro representatives at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2017.</ref> The Thirteenth Prime was, however, made into a Prime Master too, transforming into a core resembling the Matrix of Leadership.

'''Known members:'''
:''See "[[#Covenant Thirteen|Covenant Thirteen]]" above''
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=====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoon=====
The combined knowledge of the Thirteen was hidden away in the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]]. In the wake of [[Solus Prime]]'s death at [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s hands, the remaining members chose to seal away the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] in [[Primal Swamp]], tasking a series of guardians with protecting it that culminated in [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}}

During a crisis, the [[Mistress of Flame]] prayed to Primus and the Thirteen for spiritual guidance and aid. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}}

'''Known members:'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Alchemist Prime]]
*[[Quintus Prime]]
*[[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]]
*[[Amalgamous Prime]]
*[[Solus Prime]]
*[[Prima]]
*[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]
}}
{{note|The intro sequence to ''Power of the Primes'' shows the wheel of symbols representing the twelve Primes of the ''Power of the Primes'' marketing material; however, considering the anomalous presence of Sentinel, it's hard to take this as confirmation that those twelve are members of the Thirteen in-universe.}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
The Thirteen Primes were said to have lived in the [[Age of Primes]], before they vanished. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} [[Termagax]] considered them to be metaphors, avatars, or an expression of the life pattern that made up Cybertron itself, {{storylink|End of Time}} even postulating that the Thirteen might have been fabricated by the early Cybertronians to explain the origins of their [[Artifacts of the Primes|fourteen artifacts]]. Out of all these artifacts, only the Matrix of Leadership and the Enigma of Combination had been seen following the Primes' disappearance. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

The Age of Primes gave way to the [[Age of the Firstforged]]. This new generation of Cybertron emerged from the [[Ur-Forge]] of Solus Prime. {{storylink|End of Time}} Though their time had passed, some of the Primes who had not fallen or departed lingered among the [[Firstforged]]. Legend said that Solus Prime and Alchemist Prime received [[Solomus]] to hear his plans for [[Crystal City]], and contributed to its construction. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}}

When forced to take [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] on an almost certainly suicidal mission against a crazed [[Vigilem]], [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] prayed that the Thirteen would see the two through their task. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}

Legends of the Thirteenth Prime, the final bearer of the Matrix, persisted into the present day, and how they would one day claim it. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}}

'''Known members:'''
:''See "[[#Covenant Thirteen|Covenant Thirteen]]" above''

{{note|Though the Thirteen's membership in this timeline is based off the "[[#Covenant Thirteen|Covenant Thirteen]]", only ten of the group's members were identified before the continuity came to a close. Of the missing three, the [[Transformation cog]] of [[Amalgamous Prime]] and the [[Triptych Mask]] of [[Onyx Prime]] were mentioned by Termagax and while [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] appeared, there was no explicit confirmation, or rejection, that he was one of the Thirteen. Though he ''does'' appear in a stained-glass mural alongside other members of the Thirteen in [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|issue #11]].}}
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===Live-action film series===
{{main|Dynasty of Primes}}

[[File:ROTF-sixprimes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|The Primes in the Matrix/Allspark/surreal part of Primus's imagination.]]
The Primes were the guardians of the [[AllSpark]], charged with replenishing it. They commanded [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] and [[Constructicon (ROTF)|workers]] to find stars and replenish the AllSpark with their energy. The Fallen began seeing himself as the AllSpark's chosen one and began destroying solar systems with sentient life to replenish the Cube. His brothers warned him not to do it again, so The Fallen tried it again on [[Earth]] to lure them. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}} The Fallen slaughtered all his brothers bar Prima himself, who gathered his brothers' lifeforce to trap The Fallen in his [[sarcophagus]]. Prima sacrificed himself to form a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] with his brothers' bodies to hide the Matrix. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

A long time passed, and The Fallen was eventually dug up. From his prison, he pushed [[Megatron (Movie)|High Protector Megatron]] into forming the Decepticons. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} Thousands of years later, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the sole surviving descendant of the Primes to survive The Fallen's rampage, {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} had been killed. The Primes appeared to [[Sam Witwicky]], giving him the Matrix to revive Optimus, and Optimus avenged The Fallen's brothers by killing him. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

'''Known members:'''
*[[Prima]]
*[[The Fallen]]

{{note|The ''Revenge of the Fallen'' adaptations have thirteen Primes. While designs were made for twelve non-Fallen Prime heads, the finished film shows only seven Primes, and this change was followed in ''[[Transformers: Tales of the Fallen|Tales of the Fallen]]'' and [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|the Titan magazine]].}}

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:OneShallRise1-TheThirteen.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|They're not a fan of direct lighting.]]

Seeing the endless stalemate between him and [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]], [[Primus]] created the Thirteen, warriors in the mould of himself and Unicron, to fight in his stead and introduce random variables. The Thirteen did indeed succeed in defeating Unicron but were infected with a touch of the Chaos-Bringer's darkness as a result of direct proximity to the Dark God.

Following Unicron's exile, the Primes began reshaping their world before the manipulations of [[Liege Maximo]] caused the group to descend into civil war. The skirmish claimed both Maximo and [[Solus Prime]]. [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]], [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] chose to descend into the [[Core]] and join Primus so they could aid in the creation of the Cybertronian race with [[Prima]], [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Alchemist Prime]] remaining on Cybertron to act as stewards for the newborn species while [[Nexus Prime]] separated himself into separate individuals to live among the ordinary Cybertronians. [[Quintus Prime|Quintus]], [[Amalgamous Prime|Amalgamous]], [[Vector Prime]] and [[The Fallen]] left Cybertron outright.

Following the [[Great Cataclysm]], Prima and Alchemist Prime disappeared with Alpha Trion choosing to fall into obscurity. As a result, the Thirteen became little more than a myth in the new era. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|Covenant of Primus}}

What lore regarding the Primes survived into the pre-War era is that their war made "enemies of brothers, murderers of lovers, heroes of the insignificant, and cowards of the mighty". Allegiances formed and broke apart: Megatronus refused to bow before his brothers, and he believed he would be vindicated someday despite his destructive methods. The murder of one sent them across the stars, to battle among themselves for billions of cycles. Finally, there came a time when Prima had to relinquish the Matrix. Afterwards, the [[Covenant of Primus]] decreed Cybertron could only have one Prime at a time. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} The chamber of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Cybertron]] had statues depicting the Primes. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[File:OneShallRise1-Thirteenattack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Three seconds of one episode made up for a lifetime of lack of Thirteen images.]]
[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained on Cybertron, recording these events into the Covenant, and the Primes became myths doubted by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Alpha Trion retreated into becoming the Archivist of the [[Hall of Records]] when [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], and the [[Guilds of Cybertron]] ignored his protests about the [[Functionism|caste system]]. The [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] did not bestow itself onto another until the unworthy Sentinel died, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] was imbued with it, while his nemesis had become known as [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], who like his namesake had come to destroy that he believed in. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

During his travels across the galaxy, Optimus Prime encountered both [[Vector Prime|Vector]] and [[Nexus Prime]] both of whom expressed surprise that Alpha Trion still lived and wondered if any of their other brothers might still be alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

When Unicron stirred, Optimus Prime explained the history of the Thirteen to his human allies. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Before Optimus Prime was to die, {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}} the Primes intercepted his [[spark]] and brought him to their [[Realm of the Primes|realm]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}}

After his death, Optimus was able to appear to Bumblebee when the Primes deemed the young bot's need was most dire. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} As part of Optimus's training, Micronus challenged him to a test which resulted in him unlocking the capabilities of the [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]]. {{storylink|Out of Focus}} Though Optimus did not fully complete his training, he had six of the Primes in the [[Realm of the Primes]] send him to Earth to deal with the return of Megatronus, {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} which he successfully accomplished with the aid of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

'''Known members:'''
:''See "[[#Covenant Thirteen|Covenant Thirteen]]" above''
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===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
Legendary figures in Cybertronian society, the Thirteen were the first of the Primes, each having a psychic pillar dedicated to them in the Matrix of Leadership where their spirits persisted after their physical deaths. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} Through this, the bearer of the Matrix could commune with the Thirteen and seek their power and wisdom in times of crisis. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

In the modern era, the only known members of the Thirteen to survive were [[Alpha Trion (Cyberverse)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Alchemist Prime]]. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} Under unknown circumstances, Alchemist adopted the alias of "[[Maccadam]]" and hid his connection to the group though rumours, ones that [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] personally didn't buy into, of his true origins circled around. {{storylink|Maccadam's}} Alpha Trion, meanwhile, carried the [[Matrix of Leadership]], seeking to pass it on to a worthy bearer; he eventually found someone worthy in [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], and passed the Matrix on to him after Trion was mortally wounded, inducting him as a Prime. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

'''Known members:'''
:''See "[[#Covenant Thirteen|Covenant Thirteen]]" above''

{{note|The fact that Optimus Prime is not, apparently, an ancient Cybertronian like he is in the [[Aligned continuity family]] makes it unclear how he fits into the Thirteen, despite having one of the thirteen pillars in [[Matrix of Leadership#Alternate universe|a divergent timeline's Matrix]]. ''Cyberverse'' writer [[Mae Catt]] suggested that it was possible that there were additional pillars for other Primes within the Matrix that just happened to be "offscreen".}}

==Notes==
*''Transformers: The Ultimate Guide'' asserts that all of the Thirteen were destroyed in the early battle between Primus and Unicron, but the statement was disproven by the book itself, since it recounted how The Fallen was not destroyed but exiled to a transdimensional prison from which he later escaped. Fun Publications comics would later depict Vector Prime as the sole surviving member of the Thirteen before introducing Nexus Prime as another survivor.
*In Hasbro Q&A on October, 2009 from [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=63609 ''The Allspark Forum''], The Thirteen are referred to as "the Original Epic Warriors of Cybertron" by Hasbro.
*The notion of the Primes being originally huge is similar to early ''Revenge of the Fallen'' concepts where the Fallen dwarfed Optimus and was almost the size of a pyramid, as evident from [[Defiance issue 4|''Defiance'' #4]] and the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Saisho no Jūsannin no Prime''' (最初の13人のプライム, "Original 13 Primes")
*''Turkish:'' '''On Üç''' ("Thirteen")

==See also==
*[[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]
*[[Primus Vanguard]]

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Alphabet

2022-05-02T18:42:24Z

Vampyricon: Fixed: Chinese is not a language and Mandarin is not a script

{{disambig3|Languages}}
{{bigthumb|Alphabeta greco-sol.png|200px|''Alpha Beta'' as written in an unnamed Cybertronian script.}}
{{merge|Cybertronian language|Extremely similar information, and both pages lack important information that is featured on the other page.}}
An '''alphabet''' (from the Greek Αλφάβητος, "alpha beta") is a collection of written characters used to represent sounds or graphemes. Alphabets differ from ''logographies'' where each character represents a word or idea and ''syllabaries'' where characters represent syllables.

Simply put:
* English is written in the Latin Alphabet
* Mandarin is written in the Chinese Logography
* Japanese can be written in the {{w|hiragana}} syllabary

''See also: [[Cybertronian language]]''

==Alphabets and Transformers==
For the purposes of Transformers, "alphabet" most frequently refers to a '''{{w|Substitution cipher|Substitution Alphabet}}''' based on the Latin Alphabet where English words are written using an 'alien' alphabet whose characters have a 1:1 correlation to the Latin Alphabet.

The use of such Substitution Alphabets in Transformers dates from 1996's [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]] which featured Alphabets developed for use in both the [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] computer displays.
[[Image:Marvel23 mountrushmore.jpg|thumb|Decepticon graffito-tags from the 1986 comic book story "[[Decepticon Graffiti!]]" later evolved into a substitution alphabet.]]
Fan-produced fonts created around the same time (loosely) based on Transformer writing which appeared in the [[Marvel Comics|US comic]] and [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] in 1985-86 would later (beginning in 2007) begin creeping into official Transformers productions, though the substitution-alphabet they represent does not, of course, work for the original stories they were based on.

[[Cyberglyphics]], an 'ancient' Transformers script created for the original 2007 movie, is particularly subject to dissonance... originally developed and presented as a quasi-syllabary used to subtitle Decepticon dialog, it was later declared to be an ancient logography no one used anymore, and then promptly turned into a Substitution Alphabet. ''*sigh*'' Since only this last system is used to encode meaningful content...

Finally, there are Substitution Alphabets originating ''outside'' of the Transformers mythos, such as [[wikia:starwars:Aurebesh|Aurabesh]]. (Aurabesh appeared on a monitor in [[...For All Mankind]].)

==List of alphabets==
===Generation 1 alphabets===
====Autobot script====
Originally based on samples of Autobot writing from the [[1986]] ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers ]]'' episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]" and [[1987]] ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''<nowiki></nowiki>'s "[[I Risk My Life for Earth]]" which represented '''[[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]]''', a script no longer in common usage on Cybertron, but still used on colony worlds such as [[Antilla]] and [[Master (planet)|Master]].
[[Image:Autobot_Translations.jpg|600px|center]]

A fan-font based on this script was used by the [[AllSpark Wars]] "mini-ARG" in [[2007]] (again associated with an Autobot colony, and not the 'main' Transformer language) and its use has since proliferated as a de-facto 'default' Autobot written language. Generally carries a slight ethnocentric connotation.

With the release of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]'', numbers were used in the [[Tech Spec]] section of the instructions of the figures. Those numbers were, again, based on fan-made material.
[[Image:Earth-rise-numbers.png|600px|center]]

====Decepticon script====
Originally based on scraps of Decepticon language from the [[1986]] comic book [[Decepticon Graffiti!]], a fan-font based on this script was used by the AllSpark Wars "mini-ARG" in 2007 and its use has since proliferated across many media as a Decepticon written language.
[[Image:Decepticon Translations.jpg|600px|center]]

===Cybertronix (Beast Era) alphabets===
Both these alphabets are nominally held to represent [[Cybertronix]] the common spoken language used by both [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s in the 23rd century.
====Maximal alphabet====
[[Image:Maximal Language.jpg|600px|center]]

====Predacon alphabet====
[[Image:Predacon Language.jpg|600px|center]]

===Live-Action series alphabets===
===''Animated'' alphabets===
===="Greco-Sol" Grecian====
An (incomplete) Substitution Alphabet created to represent ever-prominent Greek letters (from [[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]) rather than the usual Latin Alphabet substitute, "Greco-Sol" first appeared in the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' book, used to label Omega Supreme and his comrades.
This alphabet lacks an official designation. Its unofficial placeholder name "Greco-Sol" ''could'' mean Grecian-by-way-of-Sol (the human Solar System) but it's ''really'' a corruption of the phrase ''"I'''t's all Greek''' to me!"''
[[Image:Greco-sol.png|600px|center]]

===Other alphabets===

==External links==
*{{w|Alphabet}} on Wikipedia

[[Category:Cybertronian text]]
[[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Slipstream (WFC)

2020-09-28T17:11:27Z

Vampyricon: /* Timelines */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Slipstream}}
:''Slipstream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:WFC Slipstream bot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Sorry, [[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]], but you've just lost Default Evil Girl status.]]

'''Slipstream''' is a female Decepticon who fought on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. She is a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] who specializes in sarcasm and stinging insults hidden behind a thin veneer of humor. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] finds her relatively unreadable.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
While she was not mentioned by name, she was most likely at the battle with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], as only three of Starscream's Air Commanders survived the battle. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

Slipstream was one of the Seekers who served on the bridge crew of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' alongside Starscream, [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]]. Although she remained true to the ideal that Seekers stick together, that didn't mean she respected Starscream any more than he deserved.

When the Decepticons eventually tracked down the Ark on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], Slipstream was part of the aerial strike on the Autobots as they attempted to repair their ship. Later, she returned to the ''Nemesis'' as Megatron attempted to use the ship's [[tractor beam]] to pull forth the mythical [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] from Junkion's core. They attempted to graft the Blaster to the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull. The only problem was [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] hopped aboard the craft right at the base of the Requiem Blaster. Megatron dispatched Slipstream and the Seekers to knock Prime loose before he caused any more trouble, but their efforts to avoid hitting the Blaster itself made it a perfect shield for Optimus on the hull. Slipstream and Optimus Prime soon fought hand-to-hand, and Prime eventually sent an invitation to Megatron by blasting Slipstream into unconsciousness... and causing her to land right on the window screen of the ship's bridge.

As Megatron learned the location of the [[AllSpark]] and prepped the ''Nemesis'' for departure, Starscream remarked that Slipstream had not returned to the ship after suffering her injuries in battle with Prime and the Autobots. Megatron merely shrugged, and the Decepticons apparently left Slipstream behind on Junkion, just as it was being torn apart. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Despite this, Slipstream was briefly referenced as one of the Decepticons on [[Aquatron]], after the confrontation with the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:InvasionEpilogue-cardtable.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Definitely not cheating.]]
Slipstream arrived in the multiversal hub known as [[Axiom Nexus]] under unknown circumstances, her [[universal stream]] of [[Uniend|origin]] a mystery to even the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Regardless, something about her caused all those she met to sense something undefinably ''different'' about her. Slipstream found her place in Axiom Nexus society as a spy for hire, selling her skills to the crime bosses of the city's criminal underworld and making good use of her EMP and cloaking abilities. {{storylink|Slipstream (WFC)#Timelines|TFSS Slipstream bio card}}

Slipstream was engaged in a game of cards when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hero Prime|Hero Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)#Beast Prime|Beast Prime]] turned up looking for one of her opponents, [[Depth Charge (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[Razorgrille (RID)|Razorgrille]] mentioned Slipstream as a crime boss on Cybertron. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

{{-}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Jessica Straus]] (English)}}

[[File:WFCSlipstream.jpg|thumb|I am too gritty for your teal.]]

{{Note|Slipstream does not appear in the ''War for Cybertron'' storyline campaign. However, completing the Decepticon campaign will allow the player to use Slipstream in Escalation mode, and her chassis, labeled 'Stalker', for customizing an online multiplayer Decepticon Scientist character. Her abilities in Escalation are Cloak and Shockwave.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise Of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{voiceactor|?}}
{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}
{{-}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsSlipstream.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Slipstream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She was a Super Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 450 units of Cybermetal, 155 units of Transmetal, 90 exclusive cores, and 7 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-SlipstreamPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Slipstream''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''FSS1 number'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile pods

: The second toy sent out in the first year of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'s "[[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]]", Slipstream is a new-head [[retool]]ing of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]:'' [[Starscream (WFC)/toys#First Edition|''First Edition'' Starscream]], transforming into a jet resembling a {{w|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon}}. She comes with two "Alternating Gyro-Power Nullifier" missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of her wings, or onto the rear wings on her arms in robot mode. Additionally, she has a [[5 mm post|5mm peg hole]] that goes through each arm, which become the sides of her jet mode tail. This allows accessories with the same size peg to be used in either mode.

: Her [[instructions]] give her robot mode the slightly-hunched posture of Starscream, but there is an "official" mis-transformation. Fun Pub's images of Slipstream show that her back should be kept straight, with her forearms left unextended (which gives her some funky elbow articulation) and, for a little extra difference, her knee-spikes left folded against her shins.

: This mold was differently retooled to make [[Skywarp (WFC)#Toys|''Prime'' Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)#Toys|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/TFSSSlipstream/slipstream.htm More information on Slipstream at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Slipstream's AGP (Alternating Gyro-Power) Nullifier weapons are a very clunky nod to the 1988 [http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/nullifier.shtml Nullifier] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' figure, who drove the [http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/88/agp/ AGP (Anti-Gravity Pod)].
* Her toy's [[bio]] is fairly careful to not explicitly label her as ''Prime'' Slipstream, but does make thinly-veiled meta-references to her being out of place thanks to the Aligned continuity being... "separate" from the rest of the Transformers [[multiverse]]. This was later explained as a result of the [[Uniend|Uniend Cluster]] being previously separate from the rest of the [[multiverse]] until the [[Dark Spark]] opened it up to the rest of the multiverse.
* Slipstream's jet model, along with Starscream's, is reused in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' as various generic Seekers, easily identifiable during the attack on the Autobot transport.

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Slipstream
|disambig=Slipstream (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], the female [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clone of Starscream]] from [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']].
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]], the Decepticon from [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].
*[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}

[[Category:Aligned Seekers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Slipstream (WFC)

2020-09-28T17:10:49Z

Vampyricon: /* Timelines */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Slipstream}}
:''Slipstream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:WFC Slipstream bot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Sorry, [[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]], but you've just lost Default Evil Girl status.]]

'''Slipstream''' is a female Decepticon who fought on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. She is a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] who specializes in sarcasm and stinging insults hidden behind a thin veneer of humor. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] finds her relatively unreadable.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
While she was not mentioned by name, she was most likely at the battle with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], as only three of Starscream's Air Commanders survived the battle. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

Slipstream was one of the Seekers who served on the bridge crew of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' alongside Starscream, [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]]. Although she remained true to the ideal that Seekers stick together, that didn't mean she respected Starscream any more than he deserved.

When the Decepticons eventually tracked down the Ark on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], Slipstream was part of the aerial strike on the Autobots as they attempted to repair their ship. Later, she returned to the ''Nemesis'' as Megatron attempted to use the ship's [[tractor beam]] to pull forth the mythical [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] from Junkion's core. They attempted to graft the Blaster to the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull. The only problem was [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] hopped aboard the craft right at the base of the Requiem Blaster. Megatron dispatched Slipstream and the Seekers to knock Prime loose before he caused any more trouble, but their efforts to avoid hitting the Blaster itself made it a perfect shield for Optimus on the hull. Slipstream and Optimus Prime soon fought hand-to-hand, and Prime eventually sent an invitation to Megatron by blasting Slipstream into unconsciousness... and causing her to land right on the window screen of the ship's bridge.

As Megatron learned the location of the [[AllSpark]] and prepped the ''Nemesis'' for departure, Starscream remarked that Slipstream had not returned to the ship after suffering her injuries in battle with Prime and the Autobots. Megatron merely shrugged, and the Decepticons apparently left Slipstream behind on Junkion, just as it was being torn apart. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Despite this, Slipstream was briefly referenced as one of the Decepticons on [[Aquatron]], after the confrontation with the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:InvasionEpilogue-cardtable.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Definitely not cheating.]]
Slipstream arrived in the multiversal hub known as [[Axiom Nexus]] under unknown circumstances, her [[universal stream]] of [[Uniend|origin]] a mystery to even the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Regardless, something about her caused all those she met to sense something undefinably ''different'' about her. Slipstream found her place in Axiom Nexus society as a spy for hire, selling her skills to the crime bosses of the city's criminal underworld and making good use of her EMP and cloaking abilities. {{storylink|Slipstream (WFC)#Timelines|TFSS Slipstream bio card}}

Slipstream was engaged in a game of cards when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hero Prime|Hero Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)#Beast Prime|Beast Prime]] turned up looking for one of her opponents, [[Depth Charge (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[Razorgrille (RID)|Razorgrille]] mentioned Slipstream as a crime boss on Cybertron. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

{{-}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Jessica Straus]] (English)}}

[[File:WFCSlipstream.jpg|thumb|I am too gritty for your teal.]]

{{Note|Slipstream does not appear in the ''War for Cybertron'' storyline campaign. However, completing the Decepticon campaign will allow the player to use Slipstream in Escalation mode, and her chassis, labeled 'Stalker', for customizing an online multiplayer Decepticon Scientist character. Her abilities in Escalation are Cloak and Shockwave.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise Of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{voiceactor|?}}
{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}
{{-}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsSlipstream.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Slipstream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She was a Super Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 450 units of Cybermetal, 155 units of Transmetal, 90 exclusive cores, and 7 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-SlipstreamPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Slipstream''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''FSS1 number'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile pods

: The second toy sent out in the first year of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'s "[[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]]", Slipstream is a new-head [[retool]]ing of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]:'' [[Starscream (WFC)/toys#Prime: First Edition|''First Edition'' Starscream]], transforming into a jet resembling a {{w|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon}}. She comes with two "Alternating Gyro-Power Nullifier" missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of her wings, or onto the rear wings on her arms in robot mode. Additionally, she has a [[5 mm post|5mm peg hole]] that goes through each arm, which become the sides of her jet mode tail. This allows accessories with the same size peg to be used in either mode.

: Her [[instructions]] give her robot mode the slightly-hunched posture of Starscream, but there is an "official" mis-transformation. Fun Pub's images of Slipstream show that her back should be kept straight, with her forearms left unextended (which gives her some funky elbow articulation) and, for a little extra difference, her knee-spikes left folded against her shins.

: This mold was differently retooled to make [[Skywarp (WFC)#Toys|''Prime'' Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)#Toys|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/TFSSSlipstream/slipstream.htm More information on Slipstream at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Slipstream's AGP (Alternating Gyro-Power) Nullifier weapons are a very clunky nod to the 1988 [http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/nullifier.shtml Nullifier] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' figure, who drove the [http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/88/agp/ AGP (Anti-Gravity Pod)].
* Her toy's [[bio]] is fairly careful to not explicitly label her as ''Prime'' Slipstream, but does make thinly-veiled meta-references to her being out of place thanks to the Aligned continuity being... "separate" from the rest of the Transformers [[multiverse]]. This was later explained as a result of the [[Uniend|Uniend Cluster]] being previously separate from the rest of the [[multiverse]] until the [[Dark Spark]] opened it up to the rest of the multiverse.
* Slipstream's jet model, along with Starscream's, is reused in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' as various generic Seekers, easily identifiable during the attack on the Autobot transport.

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Slipstream
|disambig=Slipstream (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], the female [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clone of Starscream]] from [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']].
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]], the Decepticon from [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]].
*[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}

[[Category:Aligned Seekers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Transformers: Prime (toyline)

2020-09-19T06:02:33Z

Vampyricon:

{{Nav-Prime}}

The '''''Transformers: Prime''''' toyline hit shelves in [[Calendar|November]] [[2011]]. Originally, [[Hasbro]] played coy with the series receiving a toyline at all, emphasizing that it was a television series first and foremost. There were initial plans to release a small assortment of three Deluxe figures ([[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]) in the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' line before they were moved into the expanded "First Edition" launch line.

{{TOCclear}}

==Hasbro ''Prime'' toyline==
===''First Edition'' (2011)===
{{anchor|FE}}
The first assortment of ''Prime'' toys are more collector-aimed, with more intricate transformation schemes than later iterations.

The ''First Edition'' toys had a spotty, messy release in the U.S. Only the first wave of Deluxes made it to ''some'' stores at first, with fans having to turn to Canada and Asian markets for later releases. Eventually, in late 2012, [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] picked up the whole "First Edition" line as part of a ''huge'' block of U.S. market [[exclusive]]s for the holiday season.

<big>'''Deluxes'''</big>
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (WFC)/toys#FirstEdition|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#FirstEdition|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#FirstEdition|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1.5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (WFC)#FirstEdition|Cliffjumper]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (WFC)#FirstEditionTerrorcon|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#FirstEdition|Vehicon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|thumb|200px|First Edition Arcee]]
|}
{{-}}
<big>'''Voyager Class'''</big>
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)/toys#FirstEdition|Bulkhead]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#FirstEdition|Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
</ul>
{{-}}
<big>'''Entertainment Pack'''</big>

*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Megatron]]: A Rivalry Reborn
**Includes [[Jack Darby#EntertainmentPack|Jack Darby]], [[Miko Nakadai#EntertainmentPack|Miko Nakadai]], and [[Raf Esquivel#EntertainmentPack|Raf Esquivel]]

{{-}}
<big>'''Exclusives'''</big>
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Matrix of Leadership/toys|Matrix of Leadership]] [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#SDCC2011|Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''New York Comic-Con 2011'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#NewYork|Bumblebee]] / [[Arcee (WFC)#NewYork|Arcee]], Includes [[Raf Esquivel#NewYork|Raf Esquivel]] and [[Jack Darby#NewYork|Jack Darby]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:NYCC-Arcee-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|200px|Pretty in Pink, she is not.]]</ul>
|}
{{-}}
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2012)===
{{anchor|RID}}
Finally releasing well after the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] had premiered and run through several episodes, the "real" ''Prime'' toyline was bent a little more towards kids, with simpler transformations than the First Edition toys (including "false" vehicle-mode parts sculpted into purely robot-mode bits) and a handful of smaller play [[gimmick]]s.

====''Cyberverse''====
:'''Legion Class'''

{{note|A few ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' items inexplicably shipped in some the same cases as the ''Prime'' Cyberverse Legions, on ''Prime''-style cards but without the specific "Prime" logo. We won't list those here, check out the [[Cyberverse (toyline)|main Cyberverse page]] for that info.}}

:{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Cyberverse|Cliffjumper]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#Cyberverse|Vehicon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (WFC)#Cyberverse|Breakdown]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CyberverseQuickblade|Quick Blade Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Flamewar (Prime)#Toys|Decepticon Flamewar]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Prime)#Hyperspeed|Hyperspeed Wheeljack]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Fallback (Prime)#Toys|Fallback]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Knock Out (Prime)#CyberverseSingle|Knock Out]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Tailgate (Prime)#Toys|Autobot Tailgate]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

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:'''Commander Class'''

:Commander class figures all come with translucent weaponry, and feature some amount of translucent plastic in their bodies (blue for Autobots, but a variety of colors for Decepticons), a feature designed around interacting with the line's vehicles (see below). Each vehicle is equipped with an "[[Energon Booster]]", a light-up accessory that can plug into the Commanders' weapons or into the posts and ports on the figures' backs to illuminate them with "glowing energon power".

{{Note|The Wave 1 figures also came in a "DVD Edition" case: the only difference is the slightly different packaging and the inclusion of a mini-DVD that contains the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.}}

:{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bulkhead]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)#Cyberverse|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwing (Prime)#Cyberverse|Dreadwing]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (WFC)#Cyberverse|Ironhide]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Cyberverse|Ultra Magnus]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)/toys#CyberverseBattleTactics|Battle Tactics Bulkhead]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skyquake (Prime)#Cyberverse|Skyquake]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

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:'''Vehicles'''

:{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Energon Driller#Toys|Energon Driller]] with [[Knock Out (Prime)#CyberverseDrill|Knock Out]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jackhammer (Prime)#Toys|Star Hammer]] with [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Cyberverse|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee Battle Suit]] with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CyberverseBattlesuit|Bumblebee]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

:'''Other'''
:{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]]}}
|}

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===="Standard" line====
:'''Deluxe Class'''
:Deluxe class figures feature a dynamic "head reveal" gimmick: the robot-mode heads pop out during transformation via spring-loaded or gear-operated gimmickry, or occasionally by simple manually-operated panel-flipping. Internally, these figures were referred to by Hasbro as "Revealers".

:{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Deluxe|Cliffjumper]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (WFC)#Deluxe|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Prime)#Deluxe|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (WFC)/toys#Deluxe|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (WFC)/toys#Deluxe|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Shot (Prime)#Toys|Hot Shot]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Knock Out (Prime)#Deluxe|Knock Out]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#Deluxe|Vehicon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Airachnid (Prime)#Toys|Airachnid]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#ShadowStrike|Shadow Strike Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (WFC)#Toys|Dead End]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|thumb|200px|Vehicon]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Kup (WFC)#Prime|Sergeant Kup]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Rumble (WFC)#Prime|Rumble]]}}</ul>
|}

{{-}}
:'''Voyager Class'''
:Voyager figures all feature a spring-loaded [[MechTech]]-style transforming weapon, partially constructed from translucent plastic, which lights up via LED when the weapon is deployed. The figures themselves also feature translucent plastic, so the moving LED creates the image of energon power "flowing" from the character's bodies into their weapons. This worked better in theory than in practice. Internally, these figures were referred to by Hasbro as "Powerizers".

:{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Voyager|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Voyager|Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)/toys#Voyager|Bulkhead]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#Voyager|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwing (Prime)#Voyager|Dreadwing]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Voyager|Ultra Magnus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundertron#Toys|Thundertron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Primetoy-SkyquakeVoyager.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Voyager Skyquake, who barely made it out at retail.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Skyquake (Prime)#Voyager|Skyquake]]}}
|}

{{-}}{{anchor|weaponizer}}
:'''Weaponizers
[[File:Transformers-Prime-Weaponizers-Optimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Weaponizer Optimus Prime]]
:A new size class, Weaponizer Class figures are similar in size to Leader Class toys of previous lines, but with simpler transformations. They feature light-up parts and spinning mini-guns that can deploy in either mode.

::'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
::{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Weaponizer|Optimus Prime]]}}
::{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Weaponizer|Bumblebee]]}}</ul>

{{-}}
:'''Entertainment Pack'''
::*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Bumblebee]] vs. [[Starscream (WFC)#EntertainmentPack|Starscream]]: Ultimate Opponents (w/ [[Silas#Toys|Silas]] and [[MECH]] soldier)

{{-}}

====Exclusives====
:In a rare move, there were no brick and mortar store [[exclusive]]s in Western markets for the regular ''Prime'' line. The "Rust in Peace" special edition of Terrorcon Cliffjumper was available at San Diego Comic-Con and Hasbro Toy Shop, while the "[[Dark Energon]]" series of translucent redecos was sold by online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]]. All of the "Dark Energon" toys were available at general retail in Singapore and Malaysia, and the Voyager Class figures were also available at general retail in the Philippines.
:The Asian market additionally received a special two-pack of Voyager Optimus Prime and Gaia Unicron, complete with their Microns from TakaraTomy's ''Arms Micron'' line.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2012'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Rust in Peace [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#SDCC2012|Cliffjumper]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Dark Energon Deluxe Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Bumblebee]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Knock Out (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Knock Out]]}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Starscream]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Dark Energon Voyager Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Megatron]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Asian Market'''
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#PrimeUnicronPack|Optimus Prime]] & [[Unicron/toys#PrimeUnicronPack|Gaia Unicron]] two-pack}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Primetoy-MegatronDarkEnergon.jpg|thumb|200px|Dark Energon Megatron]]
|}

{{-}}

===''Beast Hunters'' (2013)===
{{anchor|BH}}
[[File:Beasthunters-logo1.png|right|300px]]
In 2013, ''Prime'' shifted to the '''''Beast Hunters''''' [[subline imprint]], a branding that also extended into the ''[[Kre-O]]'' line.

This series introduced the dangerous [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] faction, robotic dragons and mythical creatures that posed a threat to Autobot and Decepticon alike. In response, the 'Bots and 'Cons don new armor (the Autobots in spiky, over-weaponized armor reminiscent of ''{{w|Mad Max}}'', while the Decepticons take on more beastly traits) and are armed with new [[gimmick]]-laden launching/spinning weapons. On-package [[bio]]s were reduced in length to just a sentence or two, and the [[Instructions|instruction sheets]] instead feature facts about one of the figure's main weapons, as well as a chapter of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' prose story.

The final waves of this line, released in early [[2014]], ''really'' pushed towards younger kids, with incredibly simplified designs based on the characters' ''Cyberverse'' releases, which actually allowed the toys to be larger than most others in their size class. Unfortunately, as they were [[tail-ender]]s, their US releases were nearly nonexistent: only the Voyagers made it out at US retail, and only through discount chains like Ross and TJ Maxx. The rest ended up released only overseas (not even [[Canada]] got them!).

====''Cyberverse''====
;Legion Class

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Airachnid (Prime)#Cyberverse|Airachnid]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Twinstrike (Prime)#Cyberverse|Twinstrike]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)#Cyberverse|Hun-Gurrr]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (WFC)#Cyberverse|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Soundwave]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Blight (Prime)#Cyberverse|Blight]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Rippersnapper (Prime)#Cyberverse|Predacon Rippersnapper]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Windrazor (Prime)#Cyberverse|Windrazor]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#CyberverseAir|Air Vehicon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (EU only)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bluestreak (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bluestreak]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Divebomb (Prime)|Divebomb]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Rot Gut (Prime)|Rot Gut]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#CyberverseAce|Ace Vehicon]]}}
|}
{{-}}
;Commander Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)/toys#BHCyberverse|Bulkhead]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Predaking (Prime)#Cyberverse|Predaking]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Hardshell#Toys|Hardshell]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Trailbreaker (Prime)#Toys|Trailcutter]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Huffer (Prime)#Toys|Huffer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BBladeCyberverse|Beast Blade Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (EU only)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bludgeon (Prime)|Decepticon Bludgeon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Unicron|Unicron Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#BHCyberverse|Ultra Magnus]]}}
|}
{{-}}
;Beast Tracker Vehicles
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Sky Claw]] with [[Smokescreen (Prime)#SkyClaw|Smokescreen]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Hunter Armor]] with [[Breakdown (WFC)#CyberverseApexArmor|Breakdown]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Energon Driller#BeeDriller|Energon Driller]] with [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CyberverseDriller|Bumblebee]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}
===="Standard" line====
;Deluxe Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Lazerback (Prime)#Toys|Lazerback]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Soundwave]] (w/ [[Ravage (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Ravage]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)/toys#Beast Hunters|Bulkhead]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Smokescreen]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Ripclaw#Toys|Ripclaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwing (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Dreadwing]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Skystalker (Prime)#Toys|Skystalker]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Knock Out (Prime)#BHDeluxe|Knock Out]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Vertebreak (Prime)#Toys|Vertebreak]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Beast Hunters Soundwave]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#BHNightShadow|Night Shadow Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (WFC)#Deluxe|Prowl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (EU only)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#BHDeluxe2014|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (Prime)#Deluxe2014|Smokescreen]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Twinstrike (Prime)#Deluxe Class|Twinstrike]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Windrazor (Prime)#Deluxe|Windrazor]]}}
|}
{{-}}

;Voyager Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHVoyager|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Predaking (Prime)#Voyager|Predaking]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Shockwave]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Grimwing (Prime)|Grimwing]] (w/ [[Blackbeak (Prime)|Blackbeak]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Beast Hunters|Ultra Magnus]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Beast Hunters|Megatron/Sharkticon Megatron]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:BHtoy Voyager Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Voyager Shockwave]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHVoyager2014|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Predaking (Prime)#2014Voyager|Predaking]]}}
|}

{{-}}
;Battlemaster Class
[[File:Beast-Hunters-Weaponizers-BeastTrackerOptimus.jpg|thumb|200px|Beast Tracker Optimus Prime]]
:Basically just a re-naming of the prior year's Weaponizer Class toys, [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed with some new gear.

<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#BHWeaponizer|Talking Bumblebee]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHWeaponizer|Beast Tracker Optimus Prime]]}}</ul>

{{-}}
;Ultimate Class
:A new size class, Ultimate Class figures are larger than the prior Leader Class toys, but with simpler transformations. They also feature light-up gimmicks and spring-loaded missile launchers.

:They also shipped in separate assortments, due to their differently-shaped boxes.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Assortment 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Ultimate|Beast Hunter Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Assortment 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Predaking (Prime)#Ultimate|Beast Fire Predaking]] (outside US only)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}

====Kre-O====
{{main|Kre-O#Kre-O Beast Hunters|l1=Kre-O Beast Hunters}}

{{-}}
====Exclusives====
[[File:Beast Hunters Predacons Rising logo.png|right|300px]]
:'''''Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising'''''
:[[Exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores in the US, this subline-of-a-subline featured multiple new decos of ''Beast Hunters'' toys, including many new characters. It also extended outside the "normal" toyline, including an all-new ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' set.

:Oddly, all of these toys shipped in full cases of a single figure/set.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Cyberverse Legion 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1p2|[[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cindersaur|Smokescreen]] vs [[Cindersaur (Prime)|Cindersaur]] (Wave 1)}}
{{Bp-a1p2|[[Bumblebee (WFC)#Target2pack|Night Shadow Bumblebee]] vs [[Blight (Prime)#Target2pack|Blight]] (Wave 2)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Cyberverse Commander 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1p2|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Target2pack|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Predaking (Prime)#Target2pack|Predaking]] (Wave 1)}}
{{Bp-d1p2|[[Bombshock (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bombshock]] & [[Shockwave (WFC)#Rising|Shockwave]] (Wave 2)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Cyberverse box set'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Abominus (Prime)#Giftset|Abominus]] ([[Blight (Prime)#Giftset|Blight]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)#Giftset|Hun-Gurrr]], [[Rippersnapper (Prime)#Giftset|Rippersnapper]], [[Twinstrike (Prime)#Giftset|Twinstrike]], [[Windrazor (Prime)#Giftset|Windrazor]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Skylynx (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Skylynx]] (Wave 1)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)#NovaBlast|Nova Blast Bumblebee]] (Wave 2)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Darksteel (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Darksteel]] (Wave 1)}}
{{Bp-p2|[[Predaking (Prime)#Cryofire|Cryofire Predaking]] (Wave 2)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultimate Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Predaking (Prime)#Ultimate|Beast Fire Predaking]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Construct-Bots'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p2|[[Predaking (Prime)#Construct-Bots|Predaking]]}}
|}

{{-}}
'''Convention exclusives'''

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Cybertron Con]] 2013'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys|"First Edition" Beast Hunter Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1p2|Shockwave's Lab (Asian market) ([[Shockwave (WFC)#CybertronCon|Shockwave]], [[Predaking (Prime)#CybertronCon|Predaking]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1p2|Shockwave's Lab (US market) ([[Shockwave (WFC)#SDCC|Shockwave]], [[Predaking (Prime)#SDCC|Predaking]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Toys"R"Us]] (EU)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1p2|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Predaking|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Predaking (Prime)#Optimus|Predaking]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Shockwave's-Lab-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Shockwave's Lab (US version)]]
|}

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==Takara ''Prime'' toyline==
{{anchor|Japan}}
{{toystub}}

===''First Edition''===

*005 [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#FirstEdition|Megatron]] (single pack release of Deluxe class Megatron from the Entertainment Pack released in Hasbro's territories)
{{note|Sharing the same ID number as Terrorcon Cliffjumper, Japan's 005 Megatron may not have been a release that was planned by Hasbro.}}

:'''Exclusives'''
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2012]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Shining|Shining Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''World Hobby Fair convention'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Firebolt (Prime)|Autobot Firebolt Clear Yellow Ver.]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Vector Oracle]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Pinpointer (Prime)|Autobot Pinpointer]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multiple outlets'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Aimless (Prime)|Aimless]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Blowpipe (Prime)|Blowpipe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Firebolt (Prime)|Autobot Firebolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#DarkGuard|Dark Guard Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Peaceman|Autobot Peaceman]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Prime-toy Aimless.jpg|thumb|200px|Aimless]]
|}

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===''Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Prime'' (Arms Micron)===

The main ''Prime'' line in Japan, while mostly using the same molds, was quite a bit different from the Hasbro version. Hoping to snag a slightly-older market, the toys were given a bit of "model kit" vibe. [[Paint operation]]s were reduced and replaced with old-fashioned [[sticker]] sheets, so you had to customize/complete the toy itself... and then there was the ''blatantly'' model-kit [[Arms Micron]]s packed in with every toy.

Replacing the weapons of the Hasbro releases, these new [[Mini-Con]]s transform into their larger parnter's signature weapons. They came as unassembled, unpainted model kits, similarly using stickers to fill in details. Several Arms Microns also came by themselves in bagged kits, plus there was a ''metric ton'' of promotional Microns throughout the line, possibly more than any prior line (even ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Micron Legend]]''!), and that's not counting the ones that were released during the ''First Edition'' series. The Arms Microns also had multiple [[5 mm post]]s and holes, and could be combined into super weapons, plus the larger toys were [[retool]]ed to have new Arms Micron mounting points.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[March 31|03-31]]-[[2012]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] (w/ [[B.2#Toys|B.2]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Deluxe|Cliffjumper]] (w/ [[C.L.#Toys|C.L.]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#JapanDeluxe|Megatron]] (w/ [[Gora#Toys|Gora]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Voyager|Optimus Prime]] (w/ [[O.P.#Toys|O.P.]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (WFC)#Deluxe|Ratchet]] (w/ [[R.A.#Toys|R.A.]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (WFC)#Toys|Skywarp]] (w/ [[Balo#Toys|Balo]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[April 28|04-28]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Terrorcon|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]] (w/ [[Jida#Toys|Jida]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (WFC)#Prime|Soundwave]] (w/ [[Zori#Toys|Zori]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[May 28|05-28]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (WFC)#Deluxe|Arcee]] (w/ [[Arc#Toys|Arc]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Prime)#Voyager|Bulkhead]] (w/ [[B.H.#Toys|B.H.]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' ([[June 30|06-30]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Breakdown (WFC)#Voyager|War Breakdown]] (w/ [[Zamu#Toys|Zamu]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Knock Out (Prime)#Deluxe|Medic Knock Out]] (w/ [[Gra#Toys|Gra]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)#Voyager|Starscream]] (w/ [[Gul#Toys|Gul]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#Deluxe|Vehicon]] (w/ [[Noji#Toys|Noji]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Primetoy-WarBreakdown.jpg|thumb|200px|War Breakdown & Zamu]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' ([[July 28|7-28]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Balo#AMW|Balo G]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Baru]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[C.L.#AMW|C.L. GR]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dai]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Gabu]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#Jet|Jet Vehicon]] (w/ [[Igu#Toys|Igu]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Jida#AMW|Jida R]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Voyager|Megatron Darkness]] (w/ [[Gora#GoraII|Gora II]] & [[Hades#Toys|Hades]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[August 25|08-25]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Airachnid (Prime)#Toys|Airachnid]] (w/ [[Ida#Toys|Ida]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jayz#AMW|Jayz]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Pral#AMW|Pral]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sais#AMW|Sais]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Swerve (Prime)#Toys|Swerve]] (w/ [[Sou#Toys|Sou]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[September 29|09-29]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arc#AMW|Arc S]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[B.H.#AMW|B.H. B]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (WFC)#Deluxe|Ironhide]] (w/ [[Iro#Toys|Iro]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Weaponizer|Arms Master Optimus]] (w/ [[R.A.#ArmsMaster|Shining R.A.]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Unicron/toys#Prime|Gaia Unicron]] (w/ [[Bogu#Toys|Bogu]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Zori#AMW|Zori M]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' ([[October 27|10-27]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwing (Prime)#Voyager|Dreadwing]] (w/ [[Jigu#Toys|Jigu]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Prime)#Deluxe|Wheeljack]] (w/ [[Wuji#Toys|Wuji]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Primetoy-UnicronArmsMicron.jpg|righ|thumb|200px|Gaia Unicron & Bogu]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' ([[November 24|11-24]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)#Toys|Nemesis Prime]] (w/ [[Giza (Prime)#Toys|Giza]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Silas#SilasBreakdown|Silas Breakdown]] (w/ [[Magi#Toys|Magi]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (Prime)#Prime|Smokescreen]] (w/ [[S.2#Toys|S.2]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' ([[December 15|12-15]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Lio Convoy#Prime|Leo Prime]] (w/ [[L.P.#Toys|L.P.]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (WFC)#Prime|Shockwave]] (w/ [[Bido#Toys|Bido]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Voyager|Ultra Magnus]] (w/ [[Ulma#Toys|Ulma]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 11''' ([[December 26|12-26]]-2012)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Frenzy (WFC)#Prime|Frenzy]] (w/ [[Dago#Toys|Dago F]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Rumble (WFC)#Prime|Rumble]] (w/ [[Dago#Toys|Dago R]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 12''' ([[January 26|01-26]]-[[2013]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Wildrider (Prime)#Toys|Stunt Wildrider]] (w/ [[Ozu (Prime)#Toys|Ozu]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 13''' ([[February 25|2-25]]-2013)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Vehicon (Prime)#JetGeneral|Jet Vehicon General]] (w/ [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Darkest|Final Battle Megatron]] (w/ [[Baru#Shadow|Shadow Baru]], [[Dai#Shadow|Shadow Dai]], [[Gabu#Shadow|Shadow Gabu]])}}
|}

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'''Gacha Arms Microns'''
:A completely new set of molds were created for a set of Arms Microns distributed mainly through [[Gacha]]-branded "capsule toy" machines. Oddly, they contain a mix of Micron versions of larger show characters (for lack of information or a better explanation, this wiki is treating them as new characters) and entirely-new bestial Decepticon Microns.

:The first two waves of Microns were imported to UK and German toy stores as a [[blindpacking|blindbagged]] line in English packaging, produced by Tomy (the packaging sports Tomy and Gacha logos) and licensed by Hasbro UK.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Vol.1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee Sword]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Gob (Prime)|Gob]] (2 versions)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime Blaster]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Zad (Prime)|Zad]] (2 versions)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Vol.2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee Blade]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead Knuckle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dado (Prime)|Dado]] (2 versions)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron Cannon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Vol.3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dobo]] (2 versions)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet Spanner]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream Boomerang]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack Kunai]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:ArmsMicronGachaWave1.jpg|thumb|200px]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Special Edition'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee Blade]] MX}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead Knuckle]] MX}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee Sword]] MX}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime Blaster]] MX}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet Spanner]] MX}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack Kunai]] MX}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dado (Prime)|Dado]] TC}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dobo]] TC}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Gob (Prime)|Gob]] TC}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron Cannon]] TC}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream Boomerang]] TC}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Zad (Prime)|Zad]] TC}}
|}

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'''Exclusives'''
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[AEON]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Terrorcon|Terrorcon Bumblebee]] (w/ [[Zori#Terrorcon|Terrorcon Zori]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Gra#Shining|Shining Gra B]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Gul#Hellflame|Hellflame Gul]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[R.A.#Shadow|Shadow R.A.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[R.A.#ShiningGR|Shining R.A. GR]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Arms Up Campaign]] contest'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Hades#gold|Golden Hades]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Golden|Golden Optimus Prime]] (w/ [[O.P.#Gold|Golden O.P.]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Bic Camera'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Gora#Shadow|Shadow Gora]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Next Generation World Hobby Fair Summer '12'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[O.P.#Shining|Shining O.P.]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Tokyo Toy Show 2012'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[B.2#Shining|Shining B.2]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[B.2#PureEnergon|Pure Energon B.2]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[C.L.#Shadow|Shadow C.L.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[O.P.#PureEnergon|Pure Energon O.P.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BattleShield|Battle Shield Optimus]] (w/ [[O.P.#Gray|O.P. A]], [[Jayz#Toys|Jayz G]], [[Pral#Toys|Pral G]], [[Sais#Toys|Sais G]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Pinpointer (Prime)|Autobot Pinpointer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[R.A.#ShiningR|Shining R.A. R]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Zamu#Hellflame|Hellflame Zamu]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''TV Boy'' magazine'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime Blaster#TVBoyRed|Optimus Prime Blaster (red version)]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multiple outlets'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Balo#Shadow|Shadow Balo]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Jida#Hellflame|Hellflame Jida]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Noji#Hellflame|Hellflame Noji]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#OrionPax|Orion Pax]] (w/ [[R.A.#Orion|Gold Metal R.A.]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[R.A.#ShiningP|Shining R.A. P]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[R.A.#ShiningY|Shining R.A. Y]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (WFC)#Toys|Thundercracker]] (w/ [[Balo#Silver|Silver Metal Balo]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Unicron/toys#Nightmare|Nightmare Unicron]] (w/ [[Bogu#Nightmare|Bogu M]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}</ul>



===EZ Collection===
{{toystub}}

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==Merchandise==
*'''Optimus Prime Stand-up Mover'''
*'''Bumblebee Stand-up Mover'''

;Roleplay
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#ionblaster|Bumblebee Ion Blaster]]

;Battle Masks
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys|Optimus Prime]] Battle Mask
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys|Bumblebee]] Battle Mask

;Energon Helmet
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys|Optimus Prime]] Energon Helmet

==Notes==
* Hasbro applied for a ''Beast Hunters'' video game trademark on December 17, 2012, leading to speculation of a possible ''Beast Hunters'' game.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-video-game-trademark-revealed-176549/ Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Video Game Trademark Revealed]</ref> With no news after that and the marketing shift to ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'', any video game appears to have been canned.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prime (toyline)}}
[[Category:Prime| ]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Magic

2019-05-28T15:54:24Z

Vampyricon: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

[[File:Beorht02.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|[[Cindarr|By nature's hand / by craft, by art / What once was one / now fly apart!]]]]

'''Magic''' is a mysterious supernatural force, wielded by members of numerous species to accomplish various things.

It should not be confused with [[dark science]], a ''perfectly'' quantifiable means of summoning extradimensional horrors.

{{bigquote|Foolish human. Magic can never defeat science!|[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], just before getting beaten with the help of magic|"[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
Millions of years ago, the Quintesson [[Mara-Al-Utha]] was convicted of the crime of sorcery, and exiled to the dimension of [[Menonia]]. Here, magic was commonplace, and the exile's power grew under the tutelage of the [[Golden One]], whose place as ruler he eventually usurped. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

On the planet [[Earth]], during the 6th century, there lived a wizard called [[Beorht]]. He helped the time-traveling [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] recharge their energy reserves by magically calling down lightning from the sky. However, one of his concoctions he claimed to be magical, the substance known as [[Dragon's Bane]], had a clear scientific explanation. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] used "ghost magic" to bring [[Devil Z]] back from the dead. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}}

====''Beast Wars Neo''====
The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Saberback]] was said to be an expert in black magic. {{storylink|Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo}}

====''Alternity''====
Magic was considered taboo even by the higher-dimensional [[Alternity]]; as a mystical and ancient craft, their advanced technology had no defenses against it. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Megatron]] used this weak point to his advantage when he acquired a magical tablet, a sort of universal control board, and destroyed the Alternity aggregate with its power. Casting spells with the tablet came at a price, however; each time the artifact's power was used, it drained the life-force of [[Planicron]]s, lower-dimensional beings whose universe was being accessed through the tablet. Thundercracker became disgusted by the reckless loss of life that ensued from the Planicrons' exploitation, and used another tablet to set them free from Megatron's control. {{storylink|Alternation}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
In the earliest days of the [[Transformer]]s, some Cybertronians professed a belief in magic, including the barbarian warrior [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], who once believed that the members of the [[Thirteen]] possessed supernatural powers. {{storylink|The Crucible}} In truth, however, this was a lie, encouraged by the more decadent members of the Thirteen to ensure their hold over Cybertronan civilization would never falter. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} According to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], however, the powerful [[Artifacts of the Primes|artifacts]] that the Thirteen wielded in their heyday were beyond the ken of Cybertronian science; their universe-bending properties were, according to him, comparable to "metaphors made real". {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Rationally-minded Transformers of the era, such as [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], maintained that these powers were simply advanced science. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Unbeknownst to Cybertronians, "true" magic ''did'' exist elsewhere in the cosmos, regarded by its practitioners as a fundamental truth of the universe that could be harnessed and wielded for good or evil. {{storylink|Schismatic}} For reasons unknown, magic was almost entirely inimical to mechanical life; {{storylink|First Strike issue 0|First Strike #0}} exposure to magic affected Transformers on a subatomic level by rapidly oxidizing their metallic components, causing necrotic symptoms, and, eventually, causing them to crumble to dust. {{storylink|Schismatic}} {{storylink|Cybertron No More}} Likewise, Transformers were unable to process any kind of fuel that had been tainted by magic. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}}

When the Thirteen attempted to bring about the [[Pax Cybertronia]], they invaded the planet [[Antilla]] for its resources. Though the [[Antillan]]s fought back, they could not match the might of the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]]. To that end, an [[Unicron's creator|Antillan scientist]] constructed the machine that would one day become known as the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] to sterilize his world and turn it into a weapon that would destroy the Transformers. When activated, this machine reached across time and space, stealing away the magic of the planet [[Prysmos]] from ten million years in the future, and refashioned Antilla into the monster that would become known as [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] while the corrupted magical energies warped any surviving Antillans into the [[Dire Wraith]]s. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} {{storylink|Our Finest}} {{storylink|Transformers: Historia|Historia}}

When [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] returned to Antilla, he discovered the Talisman and deduced its magical energies could one day be utilized to kill the monster it had birthed. {{storylink|Our Finest}}

As time passed and Transformer civilization developed, magic soon became synonymous with the legends of the Primes: superstitions and folk stories from a bygone era. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} Most Transformers would come to see "magic" as simply advanced science, {{storylink|Schismatic}} or, in the case of [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]], a sardonic byword for science that he didn't understand. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}
[[File:Schismatic-BreakdownVsMagic.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Numb arm. Numb arm. N'arm! N'arm!"]]

Cybertron was not the only inhabited world in the cosmos, however, and other [[alien]] civilizations developed their own interactions with magic. In the ancient days of the planet [[Prysmos]], its inhabitants came to worship what they called the '''Arcana Vast''', an alternate belief system that venerated the power of magic over the "crude imitations" of science and technology. {{storylink|Schismatic}} {{storylink|First Strike issue 0|First Strike #0}} As Prysmosian civilization developed, however, the Arcana Vast was forgotten as technology advanced; some three hundred years ago, the last surviving sorcerer [[Merklynn]] sought to reverse this development and did so; casting a spell that brought all three of the planet's suns into alignment, the energies unleashed shut down all technology and ushering in a new "Age of Magic." This brief age lasted until the Talisman's initial activation struck Prysmos, unleashing gravitational forces that tore the planet apart. In the aftermath, a handful of Prysmosians escaped their world's destruction and fled into space as Merklynn tasked himself with finding a new world to colonize. {{storylink|Schismatic}}

Having landed on Earth around [[World War II]] and adopted the alias of "[[Garrison Kreiger]]", Merklynn's efforts to recreate his lost homeworld bore fruit when a chance encounter with the Cybertronian [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] led him to the wreckage of [[Axalon (BW)|Domitius' ship]]; deducing that the vessel had once held the Talisman, he dedicated the rest of his life to finding it so that he could harness its power. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} Using [[Joe Colton|Joe "Baron Ironblood" Colton]] and his [[Iron Ring]] as a catspaw to reach Cybertron, Merklynn shed his human disguise and tapped into the Talisman's magical power to transform the planet's [[energon]] into a supernatural substance, magically remaking a fraction of the planet into the city of [[New Prysmos]]. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}}

In the aftermath, the Transformers were unable to process the magically-tainted energon, forcing them to rely on artificial human derivatives. {{storylink|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} Bent on completing its original mission to remake the entire world into a copy of Prysmos, the Talisman continued to burrow towards [[Vector Sigma]], suffusing the ground with magical energy as it went. [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] and [[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]] were eventually sent to New Prysmos to examine the Talisman, the latter discovering the inimical effect magic had on mechanical life. The [[Darkling Lord]]s [[Cindarr]] and [[Virulina]] realized this meant the Cybertronians were vulnerable to magic, and Virulina subsequently used this to her advantage to kill [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]. {{storylink|Schismatic}} Wheeljack soon discovered that "magic" was, essentially, gamma radiation augmented with variable carrier signals riding the radiation, in a manner not unlike a system code, but that all caused molecular breakdown. By cancelling out the baseline gamma radiation, Wheeljack was able to neutralize the effects of Prysmosian magic. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Transformers vs. Visionaries)|Desperate Measures}} To that end, Wheeljack constructed an anti-Talisman bomb to immunize [[Vector Sigma]] from the malicious obelisk's effects. {{storylink|Good Men}} It went off at the same time that [[Galadria]] had cast a healing spell on [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], protecting the Cybertronian biosphere from future magical incursions but preserving New Prysmos and elevating it to the surface. {{storylink|The Curtain}}

The Dire Wraiths used their "dark magic" to shapeshift, [[Teleportation|teleport]], and infect other living creatures with their mutative energies. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} It did not share the Transformer-killing nature of Prysmosian magic; in fact, Wraiths could even be combined with Cybertronian biology to produce monstrous, albeit highly unstable, [[technorganic]] fusions. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}} {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 4|Shining Armor #4}} This was of some interest to the demented Wraith "scientist" [[Vekktral]]; after his scheme failed, however, the surviving Wraiths agreed that they would eschew science and machinery in favor of their natural abilities. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}} When the Dire Wraiths discovered Earth and its supplies of Cybertronian-derived [[Ore-13]], they found that their various arcane powers were significantly amplified by exposure to the synthetic element. {{storylink|Thundercracker & Buster Save the World}}

When Unicron finally awoke and attacked Cybertron, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] called upon the [[Spectral Knight]]s to use their magic and teleport her people to safety. {{storylink|Road's End}} During the final battle against Unicron, [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] gave his life to activate the Talisman, its magical energies consuming him but burning a path down to Unicron's core. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] followed the Talisman through the [[black hole]] at Unicron's centre, emerging in [[infraspace]] where the device's mystic energies destroyed its creation once Optimus had made peace with Unicron's creator. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

====''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''====
After Megatron teleported from a black hole in an attempt to escape from the core of [[Earth]]'s [[sun]], his charred body ended up in a [[My Little Pony|dimension]] where magic is a scientific given and is imbued with the power of friendship. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
A statue of [[Amenhotep III]] held at the [[British Museum]] was rumoured to have magical powers. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] led a raid to seize the statue to harness its supposed abilities. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
The [[Forge of Solus Prime]] was one of many ancient devices that operated through the convergence of magic and science. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

===''The Last Knight'' film===
The magic of the [[Staff of Merlin]] was in actuality just advanced Cybertronian technology. When [[Edmund Burton]] explained this to [[Viviane Wembly]] and [[Cade Yeager]], the former scoffed at the notion of magic while the latter was more believing, noting [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] changing from a Citroen to a Lamborghini in seconds and also quoting Clarke's Third Law, impressing Viviane that he knew of it. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
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*'''Magic Washcloths''' (2006)
:[[Magic Washcloths]] were made available that allegedly could "magically unfold".
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==See also==
*[[Chōkon Power]]
*[[Devil Power]]
*[[Force|The Force]]

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Talk:Stranger Eons

2018-08-06T07:46:26Z

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Could the bearded Prysmosian be Darkstorm? [[User:Grum|Grum]] ([[User talk:Grum|talk]]) 09:03, 25 July 2018 (EDT)

== Black hole that Unicron orbits ==

Could the panel be a reference to Interstellar? The black hole looks similar to the one in the movie.

Main Page/schedule

2018-02-23T03:56:09Z

Vampyricon: typo

* '''[[February 24|Feb 24]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#MP-40|MP-40 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus]] and ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' LG61 Clonetron Set ([[Pounce#Legends|Pounce]] and [[Wingspan#Legends|Wingspan]]), [[Windblade (G1)#LG62|LG62 Targetmaster Windblade]] (with [[Pinpointer (G1)#Legends|Pointech]]), and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#LG63|LG63 G2 Megatron]].
* '''[[February 28|Feb 28]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 16|#16]], ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime Annual 2018|Annual 2018]], ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 15|#15]] and ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' [[Transformers vs. Visionaries issue 3|#3]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].

* '''[[March 7|Mar 7]] —''' ''[[Scarlett's Strike Force]]'' [[Scarlett's Strike Force issue 3|#3]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[March 14|Mar 14]] —''' ''[[Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor]]'' TPB, ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 16|#16]] and ''[[Transformers: Redemption of the Dinobots]]'' TPB are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[March 28|Mar 28]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 17|#17]], ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 7|The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 7]]'' Hardcover, ''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Classics UK Volume 6]]'' TPB and ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' [[Transformers vs. Visionaries issue 4|#4]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[March 31|Mar 31]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Seaspray (G1)#Legends|LG-64 Seaspray]] & [[Lione#Legends|Lione]], [[Twin Twist#Legends|LG65 Targetmaster Twin Twist]] (with [[Spoilsport#Legends|Spoil]]), [[Topspin (G1)#Legends|LG66 Targetmaster Topspin]] (with [[Peacemaker#Legends|Peaceman]]), and [[Greatshot#Legends|LG-EX Greatshot]]. ''Legends'' [[Grand Maximus#Legends|LG-EX Grand Maximus]] will also start shipping out.

* '''[[April 11|Apr 11]] —''' ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' [[Optimus Prime issue 18|#18]] is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[April 25|Apr 25]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' [[Lost Light issue 17|#17]] and ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]'' [[Transformers vs. Visionaries issue 5|#5]] are released by [[IDW Publishing]].

* '''[[May 5]] —''' ''[[Transformers: Unicron: The Darkest Hour]]'' [[Transformers Unicron: The Darkest Hour issue 0|#0]] released on [[Free Comic Book Day]] by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[May 9]] —''' ''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One|Till All Are One]]'' Volume 3 TPB is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[May 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Micronus Prime#Generations|PP-01 Micronus]], [[Liege Maximo#Generations|PP-02 Liege Maximo]], [[Vector Prime#Generations|PP-03 Vector Prime]], [[Slash (Generations)|PP-04 Dinobot Slash]], [[Windcharger (G1)#Power of the Primes|PP-05 Windcharger]], [[Beachcomber (G1)#Generations|PP-06 Beachcomber]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|PP-07 Autobot Jazz]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|PP-08 Optimus Prime]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|PP-09 Rodimus Prime]].

* '''[[June 30|Jun 30]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Alchemist Prime#Generations|PP-10 Alchemist Prime]], [[Slag (G1)#Power of the Primes|PP-11 Dinobot Slug]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|PP-12 Dinobot Swoop]], [[Snarl (G1)#Power of the Primes|PP-13 Dinobot Snarl]], [[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|PP-14 Dinobot Sludge]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|PP-15 Grimlock]].

* '''[[July 18|Jul 18]] —''' ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga]]'' TPB is released by [[IDW Publishing]].
* '''[[July 21|Jul 21]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Masterpiece|MP-41 Dinobot (Beast Wars)]].
* '''[[July 28|Jul 28]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|PP-16 Moonracer]], [[Dreadwind (G1)#Generations|PP-17 Dreadwind]], [[Darkwing (G1)#Generations|PP-18 Blackwing]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|PP-19 Starscream]].

* '''[[August 25|Aug 25]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Shadow Panther#Masterpiece|MP-34S Shadow Panther (Beast Wars)]] and ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Quintus Prime#Generations|PP-20 Quintus Prime]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations|PP-21 Terrorcon Rippersnapper]], [[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations|PP-22 Terrorcon Rippersnapper]], [[Blot (G1)#Generations|PP-23 Terrorcon Blot]], [[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations|PP-24 Terrorcon Sinnertwin]] and [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Generations|PP-25 Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr]].

* '''[[September 29|Sep 29]] —''' [[TakaraTomy]] releases ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#MP17+|MP-17+ Prowl Anime Colors Ver.]] and ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Elita One (G1)#Generations|PP-26 Elita-1]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Generations|PP-27 Optimus Primal]], [[Solus Prime#Generations|PP-28 Solus Prime]], [[Battleslash#Generations|PP-29 Decepticon Battleslash]], [[Roadtrap#Generations|PP-30 Roadtrap]] and [[Predaking (G1)#Generations|PP-31 Predaking]].

* '''[[December 21|Dec 21]] —''' ''[[Bumblebee: The Movie]]'' is currently scheduled to release.

===2019===
* '''[[June 30|Jun 30]] —''' Last day the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] is scheduled to be available for download.

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The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle

2018-01-24T12:19:51Z

Vampyricon: /* Continuity notes */

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|title="The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle"
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 18]], [[2017]]
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|art by=[[Jack Lawrence]]
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'''The Protectobots return to the ''Lost Light'', but a lot has changed in their absence.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] are on course to return to the ''[[Lost Light]]''—but it hasn't been a smooth flight, as their crippled [[O Fortuna|shuttle]] is on the verge of going offline completely. The team manage a controlled crash-landing into one of the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s shuttle bays, but when they emerge from the wreck, they find themselves staring down the gun barrels of the ship's security team. [[Getaway]] appears and orders the security team to lower their weapons, then warmly embraces [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], welcoming him and the others back aboard. The returnees are quick to notice the absence of [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], and are gobsmacked to learn that ''Getaway'' is now in charge of the ship. Getaway is quick to dodge his way around their many questions, instead pointing out the injuries that [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] has sustained in the crash and suggesting First Aid deal with them first.

In the medibay, First Aid tends to Blades's wounds, and the pair conclude that something fishy is going on. Blades is a little addled from the crash and starts panicking about the possibility that a plague has killed off members of the crew in their absence, and First Aid can't even reassure him because it turns out the computer's medical files have been password protected. Instead, he runs a [[spark]] check on the ship, which confirms that there are significantly fewer 'bots on board than there were when the Protectobots left... and moreover, the nearest spark is in the medibay with them, on the other side of a locked door. Blades leaves to try and get answers from someone while First Aid sets to the door with a [[laser scalpel]], whereupon Getaway enters and offers his help. The door opens at Getaway's touch—"wasn't even locked," the new captain claims—revealing that the 'bot on the other side is [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], comatose once more for reasons the acting medical officer, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], has been unable to discern. Getaway strides off to "sort out" the problem with the medical files, but First Aid jogs along after him, demanding some proper answers. The pair stop outside the door to the ship's oil reservoir; Getaway subtly fingers the door controls as he asks First Aid if he can trust him, pulling his hand away when the medic responds affirmatively. Megatron and Rodimus, Getaway tells First Aid, "abandoned" the ''Lost Light'' due to their frustration at the crew's lack of progress, taking a team of close friends off to find a shortcut to [[Cyberutopia]]. Getaway claims he didn't tell First Aid this right away because he is upset at having been left behind, then quickly changes the subject, urging the medic to go find Hoist and get the information he needs about Thunderclash. First Aid heads off in the direction of [[Swerve's]], but Getaway corrects him—that's not where the crew gathers to socialize anymore...

First Aid finds the rest of the crew in [["Visages"]], Mirage's old cocktail lounge, where the once and former owner has already found his way back behind the bar. First Aid finds several fellow drinkers side-eyeing him until he is called over by Hoist to join him and some of the friendlier 'bots in attendance. Among the group is Hound, who First Aid is a little surprised did not become the new captain, but Hound observes that the security team being pro-Getaway ruled that out—and that he can't complain ''that'' much, since they've made incredible progress and are only weeks away from finding Cyberutopia (even if it has meant that they've ceased stopping to help others on their way). The group goes on to fill First Aid in on Rodimus and Megatron's "departure," listing off all the 'bots who went with them... but something about the list seems to unsettle First Aid, and he excuses himself for the night.

First Aid proceeds to break into the shuttered and locked Swerve's and calls Mirage and the other Protectobots to meet him there. Sitting in the dark, First Aid expresses his concerns to the team: the number of absentee crew members he ascertained earlier is much greater than the number who "deserted" with Rodimus and Megatron, meaning that multiple 'bots are unaccounted for. Mirage takes great offense at First Aid's insinuation that the rest of the crew is lying to them, and blames Megatron for everything—he should have been executed, Mirage insists, and he knows that's not a controversial position to take because Getaway and [[Atomizer]] had approached him about getting rid of Megatron in the past. The other Protectobots have no memory of being approached themselves, but First Aid does—and he came to regret telling Getaway he would side with him. No sooner have those words passed First Aid's lips than [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] steps out the shadows, having been waiting for the right moment to make his entrance. He, too, has had second thoughts about the answer he gave Getaway when that same question was asked of him, and he now tells Mirage and the Protectobots the whole truth—Rodimus and company didn't desert; rather, Getaway staged a mutiny and exiled them. He starts to explain that Thunderclash is in a coma because he also disagreed with Getaway, but before he can say any more, Getaway himself, along with the ship's security team, casually struts into the bar. All pretense abandoned, Getaway takes up Riptide's story and explains that Thunderclash is not comatose; rather, he is trapped in a memory loop, unable to tell that he is living and re-living the same series of events over and over inside his mind. Just then, [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] finds the switch that turns on the lights... and the sight that comes into view as the bar is illuminated is a horrifying one: [[brain module]]s, torn from their bodies but still attached to their spinal columns, pocked with ''teeth-marks'', floating preserved in the bar's vats of [[engex]]! Realizing the point of no return has been crossed, Getaway readies his gun... but is suddenly ambushed by the invisible Mirage, who smashes a glass across his face. As Riptide holds the security team off, Mirage and the Protectobots flip the bar's large central table and use it as a battering ram/shield to charge their way out of the room, then leg it for the shuttle bay, intending to escape the ship and alert [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to what has transpired. Blades takes a bad hit as they flee, but the group makes it to their shuttle (which has been repaired with curious speed), and manages to blast off. In moments, however, a [[Proton|proton missile]] fired by the ''Lost Light'' cripples the shuttle, and a tractor beam starts pulling it back to the ship...

[[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] are on course to return to the ''[[Lost Light]]''—but it hasn't been a smooth flight, as their crippled [[O Fortuna|shuttle]] is on the verge of going offline completely. The team manage a controlled crash-landing into one of the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s shuttle bays, but when they emerge from the wreck, they find themselves staring down the gun barrels of the ship's security team. [[Getaway]] appears and orders the security team to lower their weapons, then warmly embraces [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], welcoming him and the others back aboard... all of them completely unaware that, like Thunderclash, their minds are also trapped in a memory loop...

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*[[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] (1)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (2)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (3)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] (5)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (6)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (7)
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*[[Pointblank]] (13)
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]] (14)
*[[Aquabat]] (15)
*[[Atomizer]] (16)
*[[Grotusque]] (17)
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*[[Rad (G1)|Rad]] (22)
*[[Dipstick]] (23)
*[[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (24)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (25)
*[[Siren (G1)|Siren]] (26)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (27)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (28)
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*[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] (34)
*[[Hound (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hound]] (35)
*[[Xaaron]] (36)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (37)
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (38)
*[[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] (39)
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==Quotes==
"D'you remember when [Rodimus] went '''door-to-door''' showing everyone his new '''roller-skates?''' Or the time he trod '''oil''' onto the bridge and Ultra Magnus had that '''seizure?'''" 
"I remember his plan to win the '''hide-and-seek final''' by painting himself '''space color''' and standing in front of a window..."
:—'''Blades''' and '''First Aid'''

"Question: Getaway. Do you like him?" 
"Do I like him. Do I '''like''' him. Yeah. Yeah, he's okay. You?" 
"I like him a lot. But I don't know if I trust him."
:—'''First Aid''' and '''Blades'''

"Give me your least pretentious drink."
:—'''First Aid''' doesn't think too highly of "Visages"

"'''Whirl?''' You're telling me '''Whirl''' was frustrated that you weren't making progress?" 
"I think he was just '''frustrated.''' You know Whirl: he's got no idea what he wants, but he sure as hell knows he hasn't got it."
:—'''First Aid''' and '''Mainframe'''

"Don't tell me: '''foul play''' — and '''everyone's''' implicated. Even you. Even me." 
"You're not taking this seriously, Rook." 
"Correct. Because '''locked doors and dodgy maths''' do not a conspiracy make."
:—'''Rook''' and '''First Aid'''

"Bomp '''that.'''"
:—'''Mirage''' glasses Getaway

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*The Protectobots left the ''Lost Light'' in [[The One Where They Go to Earth|''More than Meets the Eye'' #43]] to take part in the [[Combiner Wars (comic)|''Combiner Wars'' crossover]], arriving in the story in-progress in [[The Possible Light|''The Transformers'' #40]]. During that story, in [[Mistakes and Mayhem|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #2]], Rook suddenly appeared among the team, despite being totally unmentioned in the script; the rather notorious end result of a rushed production and error-riddled artwork. The recap page for this issue quietly smooths this away by explaining that he was a civilian Autobot who—we're not kidding—just happened to be standing near the Protectobots when they got merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Oof.
*We return to the ''Lost Light'' for the first time since [[The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|''More than Meets the Eye'' #50]], published 18 months earlier, in which Getaway staged his mutiny and banished Megatron and his various "sympathizers" from the ship.
*Standing behind/above Getaway, right in the middle of page 3, is a character who has not appeared on-panel before. Given their bat-wing-like ear-fins, plus the pair of fully-sized wings on their back, they must be [[Aquabat]], the triple-changing [[Hydrobot (G1)|Hydrobot]] who transforms into a hovercraft and a "weird, winged creature," mentioned but once before in [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|''More than Meets the Eye'' #28]].
*Blades calls to the idea of a plague sweeping the ''Lost Light'' as "[[Delphi]]: Mark 2," referring to the [[Red Rust]] virus that consumed the Autobot medical facility First Aid used to work at, as seen in [[Life After the Big Bang|More than Meets the Eye'' #4]]–[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|5]].
*Hoist is the acting medic; he was previously seen attempting (and presumably [[The Gloaming|failing]]) to repair [[Tripodeca]] at a triage station set up in Swerve's bar during [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s rampage in [[No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases|issue #50's back-up strip]].
*First Aid recalls the last time Thunderclash was in a coma, back in [[The Sensuous Frame|''More than Meets the Eye'' #41]]–[[The Frail Gaze|42]].
*When listing off 'bots who "left" with Rodimus and Megatron, Getaway refers to [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] only as "the psychiatrist," the latest in a long line of instance of people being unable to remember his name.
*Getaway may be lying with the truth when he laments he thought ''he'' was in the 'Rod Squad'. He had been an 'inner circle' character for ''Remain in Light'' and ''[[Dark Cybertron]]'', he'd been friendly with Nightbeat and old comrades with Skids (both of whom turned him down), and he had been angry at how he'd been treated, his limbs and voice stripped away, when he was arrested.
*First Aid remarks that he always thought Hound would be next-in-line for captaincy. Hound has taken charge of the ship a few times in the past, during the absence of Magnus and Rodimus in the ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' crossover.
*Xaaron and Bluestreak refer to Magnus and Swerve, respectively, 'leaving' as a "blow"/"a shock". Xaaron and Magnus worked together in the law, and Bluestreak had been a friend of Swerve's and went to a lot of trouble trying to save him in "[[The One Where They Go to Earth]]". (That story had also established how everyone liked Swerve) Mainframe, meanwhile, is positively ''gleeful'' when discussing how Whirl is gone, and it was him in ''MTMTE'' #50 that ensured Whirl was taken off the ship.
*Mirage tells the others how he was approached by Getaway and Atomizer before the ''Lost Light'' launched in the wake of Megatron's trial—something that we learned the two 'bots did to everyone from their own mouths in [[The Lopsided Triangle|''More than Meets the Eye'' #47]]. Groove, Streetwise, Hot Spot, and Blades believe they were not spoken to, but we can easily conclude that they ''were'', that they said they wouldn't side with Getaway in the event of a mutiny, and don't remember because Getaway erased their memory of the conversation with his [[nudge gun]].
*Riptide believes that Getaway "sent the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]" after Rodimus and company, which was the same misconception we as an audience labored under after ''MTMTE'' #50. As we know from [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|issue #55]], he actually sent the [[Galactic Council]] after them, so why Riptide believes otherwise is unclear... unless Getaway really did do it?
*Speaking of the DJD, "teethmarks in a brain module" certainly calls to mind DJD member [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]'s method of torturing his victims, in which he placed their brain module in their own mouth (as described in [[slaughterhouse|''More than Meets the Eye'' #31]] and seen in [[The Permanent Revolution|issue #39]]), but Helex was killed by Megatron in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #55 so that's likely just a misdirect...
*Getaway notes that Thunderclash once carried the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was something we learned in [[Little Victories|''More than Meets the Eye'' #22]].
*First Aid calls the act of flipping a table "going Full Prowl," in reference to the [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Autobot security officer]]'s penchant for doing the same, as originally introduced back in [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|''More than Meets the Eye'' #1]] and reiterated several times since.
*The ''Lost Light'' fires a proton missile at the Protectobots' shuttle, a rare use of the arsenal the ship was equipped with in [[Signal to Noise|''More than Meets the Eye'' #13]].

===Transformers references===
*On page 9, Smokescreen and Inferno are seen having a very intense conversation with each other over a drink. In the Marvel UK comics, Smokescreen and Inferno were [[:File:Smokescreeninferno.jpg|very very very very PLATONICALLY close]], and in the Marvel G2 comics, [[Escalation!|Inferno essentially sacrifices himself once Smokescreen is killed in battle]]. Looks like that bond has hopped universes.
*Riptide's warning to the Protectobots starts with the words "You're being deceived", one of IDW Megatron's rallying cries which formed the basis of the Decepticon movement. Hard to imagine that that line was chosen at random.

===Real-life references===
*This issue's title appears to derive from the real-life "[http://www.thepottersclub.co.uk/ Potters' Club]," a prestigious private club in the [[United Kingdom]].

===Other trivia===
*Originally solicited for release in September, this issue arrives a few weeks late, in mid-October.
*Mirage mentions an unseen crewmember named "[[Tiretread]]" with whom he raced in the past.
*The time-loop the Protectobots are trapped in is illustrated by the story ending with a reprint of its first 4 pages, with a tweaked speech bubble in the final panel, the addition of the story title at the end, and curiously, the change of First Aid's "Oh." to an "Ah." These are in addition to the standard 20 story pages of the issue, meaning the story runs to 24 pages total.
*On a re-read it becomes apparent that some of the dialogue is pretty loaded with foreshadowing:
**"Good to see you again, doctor." (page 3, Getaway to First Aid)
**"It's our fault" (page 3, Atomizer, when Getaway asks about the crash)
**"It's a long, circuitous story" (page 4, Getaway referring to how he became captain)
**"We'll return to this conversation later." (page 5, conspicuously spread over a page break)
**"We keep going around in circles." (page 7, Getaway, in regards to Thunderclash's 'treatment')
**"I've seen him like this before." (page 7, First Aid, of Thunderclash)
**"We'll come back and fix things!" (page 18, First Aid - a promise he might end up keeping sooner than he thinks...)
*Furthermore, the arm-and-shoulder injury Blades suffers on page 18 while escaping is the same injury he's sporting at the beginning on page 4. The time-loop makes it seem as if the injury occurred during the crash (Blades is deliberately obscured in the one panel he appears in before the crash).
*There's also quite a lot of whitespace at the bottom of page 4, because including the title this early would probably give the game away!

===Soundtrack===
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYLpDeSxBac A Lack of Understanding]" by {{w|The Vaccines}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aP9cA5BAwNk Yes]" by {{w|McAlmont and Butler}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzPLLyVl-x0 Introducing Angels]" by {{w|Destroyer (band)|Destroyer}}

===Covers (4)===
*'''Cover A:''' The mutineers act out another homage to Kevin Maguire's cover for 1987's ''Justice League'' #1, by [[Jack Lawrence]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]; this has become something of a series hallmark, with past homages featured as covers for [[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|''More than Meets the Eye'' #1]], [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|#28]], and [[The One Where They Go to Earth|#43]]
*'''Cover B:''' Getaway punches Thunderclash off the ''Lost Light'' and into space, by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
*'''Cover C:''' The mutineers versus the Protectobots, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] by [[Marcelo Matere]]; one of retailer incentive variants done by Matere for September's ''Transformers'' titles
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