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<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. Metrobase responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from Optimus Prime and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ===Cyberverse continuity family===<br /> ====''My Nezha and Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ===''Shadows Rising''===<br /> The [[Decepticons]] have seized control of the [[Shanghai]] headquarters of KSI. Autobot soldier Sideswipe, along with [[NEST]] agents [[Jake]] and [[Vanessa]], leads a contingent of NEST troops to eliminate all hostiles inside the building. During the operation, Sideswipe engages in a fierce battle against the evil clone of Bumblebee, yet emerges victorious with assistance from Jake and Vanessa. From the remains of the cloned Bumblebee, Optimus Prime uncovers clues regarding the missing KSI personnel, with all evidence pointing to the Moon.{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. Metrobase responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from Optimus Prime and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ===''Shadows Rising''===<br /> The [[Decepticons]] have seized control of the [[Shanghai]] headquarters of KSI. Autobot soldier Sideswipe, along with [[NEST]] agents [[Jake]] and [[Vanessa]], leads a contingent of NEST troops to eliminate all hostiles inside the building. During the operation, Sideswipe engages in a fierce battle against the evil clone of Bumblebee, yet emerges victorious with assistance from Jake and Vanessa. From the remains of the cloned Bumblebee, Optimus Prime uncovers clues regarding the missing KSI personnel, with all evidence pointing to the Moon.{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=China&diff=1911028 2026-04-23T13:07:25Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. Metrobase responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from Optimus Prime and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ====''Shadows Rising''====<br /> The [[Decepticons]] have seized control of the [[Shanghai]] headquarters of KSI. Autobot soldier Sideswipe, along with [[NEST]] agents [[Jake]] and [[Vanessa]], leads a contingent of NEST troops to eliminate all hostiles inside the building. During the operation, Sideswipe engages in a fierce battle against the evil clone of Bumblebee, yet emerges victorious with assistance from Jake and Vanessa. From the remains of the cloned Bumblebee, Optimus Prime uncovers clues regarding the missing KSI personnel, with all evidence pointing to the Moon.{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1910511 2026-04-20T13:11:16Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from [[China]], when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave transformers and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before（[[Personal canon]]？！）. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Bilibili[ https://b23.tv/ZDu1Leo]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Baidu Tieba[https://tieba.baidu.com/home/main?id=tb.1.4be5ab0f.Z1dGNq-brTMjhN2o0L8GxA%3Ft%3D1698920271&amp;fr=frs]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1910510 2026-04-20T13:10:22Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from [[China]], when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave transformers and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before（Personal canon？！）. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Bilibili[ https://b23.tv/ZDu1Leo]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Baidu Tieba[https://tieba.baidu.com/home/main?id=tb.1.4be5ab0f.Z1dGNq-brTMjhN2o0L8GxA%3Ft%3D1698920271&amp;fr=frs]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=China&diff=1910343 2026-04-19T17:21:51Z

<p>WMA301: /* Shadows Rising */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Shadows Rising''====<br /> The [[Decepticons]] have seized control of the [[Shanghai]] headquarters of KSI. Autobot soldier Sideswipe, along with [[NEST]] agents [[Jake]] and [[Vanessa]], leads a contingent of NEST troops to eliminate all hostiles inside the building. During the operation, Sideswipe engages in a fierce battle against the evil clone of Bumblebee, yet emerges victorious with assistance from Jake and Vanessa. From the remains of the cloned Bumblebee, Optimus Prime uncovers clues regarding the missing KSI personnel, with all evidence pointing to the Moon.{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. Metrobase responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from Optimus Prime and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=China&diff=1910342 2026-04-19T17:19:55Z

<p>WMA301: /* Transformers Metrobase */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Shadows Rising''====<br /> The [[Decepticons]] have seized control of the [[Shanghai]] headquarters of KSI. Autobot soldier [[Sideswipe(ROTF)|Sideswipe]], along with [[NEST]] agents [[Jake]] and [[Vanessa]], leads a contingent of NEST troops to eliminate all hostiles inside the building. During the operation, Sideswipe engages in a fierce battle against the evil clone of Bumblebee, yet emerges victorious with assistance from Jake and Vanessa. From the remains of the cloned Bumblebee, [[Optimus Prime]] uncovers clues regarding the missing KSI personnel, with all evidence pointing to the Moon.{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. Metrobase responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from Optimus Prime and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=China&diff=1910340 2026-04-19T17:17:38Z

<p>WMA301: /* Live-action film series */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Shadows Rising''====<br /> The [[Decepticons]] have seized control of the [[Shanghai]] headquarters of KSI. Autobot soldier [[Sideswipe(ROTF)|Sideswipe]], along with [[NEST]] agents [[Jake]] and [[Vanessa]], leads a contingent of NEST troops to eliminate all hostiles inside the building. During the operation, Sideswipe engages in a fierce battle against the evil clone of Bumblebee, yet emerges victorious with assistance from Jake and Vanessa. From the remains of the cloned Bumblebee, [[Optimus Prime]] uncovers clues regarding the missing KSI personnel, with all evidence pointing to the Moon.{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. [[Metrobase(Movie)|Metrobase]] responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from [[Optimus Prime(Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=China&diff=1910339 2026-04-19T17:14:35Z

<p>WMA301: /* Shadows Rising */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Shadows Rising''====<br /> The [[Decepticons]] have seized control of the [[Shanghai]] headquarters of KSI. Autobot soldier [[Sideswipe]], along with [[NEST]] agents [[Jake]] and [[Vanessa]], leads a contingent of NEST troops to eliminate all hostiles inside the building. During the operation, Sideswipe engages in a fierce battle against the evil clone of Bumblebee, yet emerges victorious with assistance from Jake and Vanessa. From the remains of the cloned Bumblebee, [[Optimus Prime]] uncovers clues regarding the missing KSI personnel, with all evidence pointing to the Moon.<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. [[Metrobase]] responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from [[Optimus Prime]] and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Transformers Metrobase */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Shadows Rising''====<br /> {{locationstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. [[Metrobase]] responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from [[Optimus Prime]] and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> [[File:Bejing NEST Base.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Bejing NEST Base.jpg]]<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=China&diff=1910331 2026-04-19T16:52:27Z

<p>WMA301: /* Live-action film series */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Matrix back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No wonder [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] [[The Transformers: The Movie|couldn't open it]].]]<br /> <br /> '''China''', natively known as '''Zhōngguó''' (中国), is the most populated country on [[Earth]], occupying land to the west of [[Japan]]. Its capital is [[Beijing]] and other prominent cities include [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]]. In the early 21st century of most universes, it is formally known as the '''People's Republic of China'''.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers'' cartoon====<br /> After the initial [[Decepticon]] threat was repulsed, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] wrote in [[Spike's diary|his journal]] that &quot;all of the world's governments&quot; were assisting the [[Autobot]]s' attempts to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. This would presumably include China. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ====Japanese cartoon continuity====<br /> =====''Car Robots'' cartoon=====<br /> :''See [[#2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon|2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon]], below.''<br /> <br /> =====''Kiss Players''=====<br /> [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s childhood friend [[Shaoshao Li]] was a typical example of a Chinese-American. A Chinese-American who always wears silk and a padlock around her neck.<br /> <br /> =====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====<br /> [[File:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Remember, kids, China is a strange place and looks funny!]]<br /> Orphans [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and [[Chang]] were raised in mainland China and attended martial arts classes together. Cancer was doted on by their master, who taught him the ancient secret of the &quot;[[Chōryūken|Super Dragon ''Fist'']]&quot;, a devastating ''kick'' attack. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> After [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] had arrived from space to join the [[Decepticon]] forces on Earth, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] appeared on top of the [[Great Wall of China]], telling world leaders they would have three hours to surrender, or else he and BlackZarak would destroy [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}<br /> <br /> When Cancer, who had joined the Decepticons, learned that BlackZarak was going to attack China, he stole a helicopter and flew there to warn them, with limited success. Zarak devastated Cancer's old home city before the Autobots arrived to drive him off. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}<br /> <br /> =====''Zone'' cartoon=====<br /> An upgraded [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would assault China in a search for [[Zodiac]] energy, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}<br /> <br /> ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Ultimate Robot Warrior Statuemissiles.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Well we knew some Buddhists ignored the &quot;don't kill people&quot; rule but ''damn''.]]<br /> China's [[Cave of the Dragon]] was the location of an [[O-Part]], and a place where [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] spent a lot of time. This site, of great historical importance and full of ancient Buddhist relics that could easily be damaged, was considered an appropriate place to film a movie. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chased a red car across the entire Great Wall of China. You scary bastard. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> The [[Han Dynasty]] ruled over China for 400 years until [[221 BC]]. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Revolutionaries #1 timeline}}<br /> <br /> In the mid-2000s, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] attacked China's [[Jiangxi Province]], intending to strip-mine its [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] (and the rest of Earth's Ultra-Energon) to help the [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} An [[Autobot]] tactical unit thwarted them, in no small part thanks to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] hitting them over and over. Straxus and Grindcore ceased to function with the failure of [[Nova Prime]]'s plan, and presumably crumbled into dust. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}<br /> <br /> In [[2008]], the Decepticons attacked China's capital of [[Beijing]]. [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] claimed he'd killed just under half the population—8,715,000 people—in an hour. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}<br /> <br /> Years later, China got involved in the Transformers alliance racket and hired the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to defend its borders from other Transformers and hostile nations; it was paid them with artificially-created Energon. The Predacons were dispatched when an Autobot/[[North Korea]] conflict was getting too close to the Chinese border, but the nation lost their Energon-manufacturing ability when [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an Autobot/American agent]] took out the factory at Dandong. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: &quot;Hawk Among the Sparrows&quot;|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: &quot;All My Sins Remembered&quot;|All My Sins Remembered}}<br /> <br /> When Transformers returned to Earth after a long absence, China was one of the factions that contributed to the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s arsenal of countermeasures. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} [[Onyx]] held the [[Enigma of Combination]] at a facility in [[Wanmu]], China. When Transformers surfaced in [[Tokyo]], the EDC had to call up President [[Xi Jinping]] and urge him not to outright invade Japan. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] declared [[Earth]] his protectorate, the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]], led by [[Zilong Qian|Pilot (First Class) Zilong Qian]], responded. Qian led eighteen transforming jets reverse-engineered from Cybertronian technology in an attack on a group of Transformers in Beijing, driving them off. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Following the engagement, the [[President of the United States]] allowed the PLA Mecha Force to operate on U.S. soil as part of a grander alliance. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}<br /> <br /> ===''Animated'' cartoon===<br /> According to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], the [[Sound Wave]] toys were made in China. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}<br /> <br /> ===Live-action film series===<br /> ====Movies====<br /> =====''Transformers'' film=====<br /> Following the destruction of a [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] and the subsequent hacking of the U.S. Defense Network, China was pointed to as one of the nations that might have dunnit. [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] were increased in the [[Yellow Sea]] as a result, and Chinese naval forces responded in kind; both navies began to approach cruise missile range of each other. <br /> <br /> Once [[Tom Banachek]] informed the Pentagon about the alien nature of the threat, U.S. forces were pulled back. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> =====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film=====<br /> After receiving word that there might be a Decepticon hiding in [[Shanghai]], [[NEST]] was deployed there to take them out. The Chinese Government used the cover story of a chemical spill to clear the area of all civilians so that NEST could operate in secrecy. The combined human and Autobot forces fought against [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] while causing huge collateral damage to the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> =====''Age of Extinction'' film=====<br /> The technology company [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] had a factory in [[Guangzhou]], China. When the Galvatron, [[Joshua Joyce]]'s prized prototype military drone seemingly malfunctioned in a fight with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Joyce ordered KSI's Transformer drones program to be moved to their China facility in order to evade detection by regular U.S. authorities. KSI also planned to detonate a [[seed]], acquired from Transformer bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] in exchange for Prime, in an uninhabited part of the [[Gobi Desert]] in China in order to generate more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|transformium]] for creating synthetic Transformers. However, Galvatron, in fact the revenant Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] planned to steal the seed and detonate it in a populous city, beginning a new campaign to wipe out humankind and create a new Decepticon army. To stop this, Optimus Prime and the Autobots and their human allies traveled in a stolen detachable section of Lockdown's [[Knight Ship]] to rendezvous with Joyce and acquire the seed. When Galvatron subsequently activated on his own and turned KSI's drones into Decepticons, Joyce fled with [[Su Yueming]] and [[Darcy Tirrel]] to [[Hong Kong]].<br /> <br /> The Autobots tried to pick up the seed from Joyce, but Galvatron's Decepticon shot their ship down, causing some of the Autobots and humans to fall down into Hong Kong while the others crash-landed aboard the ship in the [[Wulong Valley]]. The streets of Hong Kong subsequently became a battlefield between the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Lockdown, who had returned to Earth to recapture Optimus Prime, his bounty. With the aid of the humans, Prime finally defeated Lockdown and the corrupt CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] and destroyed the last of the KSI Decepticon drones. The Autobots then regrouped in another part of Hong Kong with the Chinese military while Galvatron departed for parts unknown, swearing to meet Prime again. In the aftermath, Chinese jets continued to attack Lockdown's hovering ship while Optimus Prime set the Dinobots free, ordered the other Autobots to protect the Yeager family, and departed for space to safeguard the seed and find his [[Creator]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> From [[1898]]-[[1901]], China was in the grip of the [[Boxer Rebellion]] against colonial influences. [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] was sent to China in [[1900]] to retrieve a scepter and use it to defeat something called &quot;the Shangdi&quot;, only to get caught in the Rebellion: he was saved by [[Lou Hoover]]. She and her husband, future [[President of the United States]] [[Herbert Hoover]], were making the most of being trapped in Tianjin to broadcast information on Boxer movements to American forces. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}<br /> <br /> Decepticon reinforcements in 2007 made a landing in China. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Years later, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] was spotted in [[Shanghai]], prompting [[William Lennox]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[NEST]] team to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> While on a covert [[NEST]] patrol in Dalian, China, the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] broke their covers to save the workers of an oil processing plant from a fire. Just before departing after a successful rescue, the pair spotted two streaking comets in the sky overhead, which promptly revealed themselves to be the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain. They killed the two Autobots and all the humans in the area to keep their presence a secret, and Shockwave then instructed Astrotrain to begin gathering building materials. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====<br /> NEST detected energon readings in [[Beijing]], suggesting the Decepticons were setting up [[Pillar]]s there. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}<br /> <br /> ====''Shadows Rising''====<br /> {{locationstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Metrobase''====<br /> As early as in ancient times, Chinese astronomers observed an unusual star in the night sky.In 1970, China launched its first artificial satellite, which also transmitted signals into space in search of intelligent life. [[Metrobase]] responded to humanity.After a voyage spanning half a century, Metrobase landed in [[Beijing]] with assistance from [[Optimus Prime]] and Chinese authorities. Upon arriving on Earth, it alternated its mode to become the Beijing [[NEST]] Base, assisting humans and the [[Autobots]] in their joint fight against the [[Decepticons]].{{storylink|Transformers Metrobase}}<br /> <br /> ===Aligned continuity family===<br /> ====''Prime'' cartoon====<br /> The [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']] was spotted in the airspace of China's [[Inner Mongolia]] autonomous region. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}<br /> <br /> There were several UFO sightings in China, including an unidentified object shutting down a Chinese airport, and other UFOs over [[Chongqing]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}<br /> <br /> While [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was uncovering the [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]], he had [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] lead the [[Autobot]]s on a wild goose chase to a location in China. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}<br /> <br /> ====Titan ''Prime'' comic====<br /> [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] lured [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Zhejiang Province]] and used a [[neuron refractor]] to transfer his mind into [[Lin-Che]], a local human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} The events attracted the attention of [[MECH]], who sent [[Novo|Agent Novo]] to investigate. He hid inside the refractor as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took it back to their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}<br /> <br /> ====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====<br /> Part of the [[Scrubmite|Scrubber Initiative]] was handled by a lab in [[Faxian]], China by [[Meili Szeto|Dr. Szeto]]. This led to [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], [[Quickshadow]], [[High Tide]], and [[Dani Burns]] being stationed there after three of the Scrubbers got loose prematurely. {{storylink|Upgrades}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Game===<br /> [[File:Concept rotfgame-big trouble in big china.jpg|thumb|Now ''that's'' [[neon]].]]<br /> The [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] battle Optimus Prime in Shanghai.<br /> {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In the real world, China has a long and storied relationship with the ''Transformers'' brand. This is due in no small part to its plentiful and inexpensive manufacturing plants, as well as the frequency with which molds will disappear from those plants only later to turn up in the form of [[knockoff]]s. In Japanese ''Transformers'' fiction, Chinese characters feature prominently (albeit subject to wildly inaccurate Japanese stereotypes of Chinese culture).<br /> *The most significant impact China had on ''Transformers'' was spending $37m on watching the [[Transformers (film)|first Bay film]]. That made Hollywood sit up and court China for ever more money. So when you hear about China's importance for American film franchises, praise/curse Optimus.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/06/11/transformers-gears-up-for-another-1-billion-box-office-bounty/#659ff09e2325 Forbes: &quot;'Transformers' Gears Up For Another $1 Billion Box Office Bounty&quot;]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *As part of a move to raise the profile of ''Transformers'' in China, parts of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' were filmed there. A reality show titled ''[[Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show]]'' was used to select four budding actors to take roles in the film.<br /> *They also regularly play host to [[Cybertron Con]], and from September [[2013]], the [[Transformers China Exhibition]] toured the country.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|China}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian countries]]<br /> [[Category:China| ]]<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]<br /> [[Category:Kiss Players]]<br /> [[Category:Prime locations]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world countries]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]<br /> [[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Scoop_(G1)&diff=1908334 2026-04-11T03:25:23Z

<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|wreckers|decepticon}}<br /> {{featured}}<br /> {{disambig3|Scoop}}<br /> :''Scoop is an [[Autobot]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:Scoop g1 boxart.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Can he fix it? You bet your ''[[Anatomic euphemism#Turbocharger|turbocharger]]'' he can.]]<br /> If you're out of ammo and pinned by heavy enemy fire deep in the bowels of a slag swamp, '''Scoop''' is the robot you want on your side. He's possibly the best field infantry robot there is. A gung-ho fighter who uses cool-headed logic and battle-hardened tactics, he can outwit the enemy at every turn. Relentless in his resolve, he's always willing to help others out, no matter how dangerous the situation. Scoop is also strongly religious, and he believes in the buried legends regarding [[Primus]] written about him in [[Covenant of Primus|His Covenant]]. <br /> <br /> Scoop's greatest asset, his dedication—both religious and job-related—is also his greatest weakness. Since he pushes so hard and for so long, he's prone to overheating, especially if pushing his shovel past its limit. He's also often so engrossed in his spiritual literature that he likely won't see hints of betrayal around him unless his texts explicitly spell it out.<br /> <br /> His [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partners are [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] and [[Tracer (Targetmaster)|Tracer]].<br /> <br /> {{quote|Want my advice? Don't bring a [[sword]] to a gunfight!|Scoop|&quot;[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]&quot;}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel Comics continuity===<br /> ====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====<br /> {{noteukonly}}<br /> [[File:YesterdaysHeroes-ScoopQuickmix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Scoop likes to send in his crotch as an advance scout.]]<br /> Scoop was a member of the Autobot Resistance Movement on Cybertron, working for [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron (G1)|Xaaron]]. Along with several others, including the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] and the [[Classic Pretender]]s, he helped stage several successful raids on Decepticon fuel depots and military outposts. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}<br /> <br /> =====Trigger-Happy!=====<br /> [[File:Trigger-happy MegatronScoop.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|&quot;I have here in-hand one rare &quot;Decepticon Scoop&quot;, slightly-battered condition. Now, how much would YOU pay?&quot;]]<br /> As part of a sting operation to capture [[Crankcase (G1)|two]] [[Ruckus (G1)|Decepticons]] delivering battle plans, Scoop, Landfill, and Quickmix posed as ordinary construction vehicles to funnel them into an ambush. Unfortunately, the mission was botched when [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]], their lookout, fired his weapon prematurely, giving away the Autobots' presence and position. Rather than face the consequences of his actions, Backstreet went on the run, forcing the rest of the Autobots to hunt down their rogue comrade. Two days into the chase, Scoop's hunting party learned the full story behind Backstreet's flight from justice; Override had exaggerated Optimus's anger over the situation after Backstreet's initial foul-up, and told the Triggerbot that Optimus would call for his termination! The more empathetic Scoop berated Override for his part in the whole affair, telling him he should have known better considering Backstreet's notoriously anxious disposition.<br /> <br /> Another Scoop, this one a Decepticon, helped Megatron track down the fugitive so he could be swayed into joining their faction. When Spinister sighted the Autobot, Scoop was the first to converge on his position, and together, the two thugs roughed up Backstreet some while waiting for Megatron to join them. Megatron was outraged that the pair had acted against his orders on his arrival, and violently sent both Scoop and Spinister away so he could make his recruitment pitch. {{storylink|Trigger-Happy!}}<br /> <br /> ====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====<br /> Scoop was present when [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] led the Autobots against the joint Decepticon leaders [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who had tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] shot a minibot because he turned off his targeting computer. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Attack at Dawn}}<br /> <br /> Scoop was among the Autobots monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in [[New York City]]. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Optimus Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. Scoop, Quickmix and the [[Sparkabot]]s managed to bring down Piranacon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|The Troy Principle}} Those events were recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a [[City of Fear!|nuclear disaster]] in [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 21|In Memory of Earth}}<br /> <br /> In [[1973]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}} Scoop helped in the rescue effort when the Decepticons attacked an oil tanker, generally standing around and asking Optimus Prime what to do. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6|A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}} Those events would later be observed via log recording by Autobots in the year [[2008]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}}<br /> <br /> When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime put the entire burden of discovering their whereabouts on the shoulders of the Double Targetmasters. Scoop and his robotic guns discovered the Decepticon hideout. Scoop lured [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] away, while Tracer and Holepunch investigated further, before getting scared off by the Firecons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Megatron's Ultimatum}}<br /> <br /> The characteristics of Scoop and the other &quot;Small Targetmaster Autobots&quot; were reviewed by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] in a simulation watched by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}}<br /> <br /> {{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Save Nevada Alpha}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 16|Transforming Robots in Action: The Case of Optimus Prime}} }}<br /> <br /> ====''Classics''====<br /> {{noteclassics}}<br /> [[File:Invasion-cannotwillnot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|&quot;Oh, great. Who made me stand next to a bunch of 1984-1985 guys? I might as well be wearing a [[Invasion (issue)|red shhhhHOOOOLY SCRAP!]]&quot;]]<br /> Scoop and his Nebulan partners was under the command of [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] at the Autobots' base [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] when the evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] attacked. Scoop and his Nebulans were ignored by Ultra Magnus during the evil Autobot's demonstration of power. Moments later, the heroic Decepticons arrived and forced Ultra Magnus to retreat, the heroic Autobots only being able to watch, and then listened to [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]]'s story of how they came to arrive. Treadshot requested that one of Metalhawk's Autobots join the heroic Decepticon [[Octopunch (SG)|Octopunch]] in tracking down the evil [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]. Scoop and his Nebulans accompanied Octopunch underneath the Ironworks base where they met up with the evil Decepticons [[Skullgrin]] and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]. While the two Octopunches fought each other, Scoop fought against Skullgrin. Being a Targetmaster, Scoop's firepower easily defeated Skullgrin. The heroic Octopunch asked Scoop to shut down Wheeljack's device which Scoop delegated to his Nebulans. Tracer complained but the three partners had no luck in doing so. Even Octopunch couldn't do anything so they left. After the battle with the evil Autobots, Scoop was visibly upset as Cybertron, Nebulos, and all other planets in their home reality exploded due to the energy backlash. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}<br /> <br /> Scoop continued to work with Treadshot in hunting down the evil Ultra Magnus on his dimensionally-displaced Earth, adopting [[#Generations|a new body]] at some point. {{storylink|Distant Fissures}} After Magnus's defeat, the Autobots fled the planet before it unexpectedly transformed into a Light God-styled being named [[Gaea]]. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}<br /> <br /> ====''Regeneration One''====<br /> {{NoteRG1}}<br /> Scoop and [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] constructed part of a [[space bridge]] network to link Earth and [[Nebulos]] in the [[Glass Mountains]], [[Oklahoma]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}<br /> <br /> ===Ladybird Books continuity===<br /> [[File:DecepticonUnderground-Scoop.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|And now we know why he gets to be a Wrecker.]]<br /> Scoop was part of an Autobot team that located the Decepticons and their secret underground city on [[Nebulos]]. Along with [[Quickswitch]], he sealed the only exit, trapping the Decepticons. Quickmix subsequently sealed the exit with cement. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''The Transformers'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:G2DoubleTargetmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He may be hard to see, but we're sure he's being resolute.]]<br /> Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities. Apparently among those robots were the Autobots [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]], [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], and Scoop, who transformed from their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s and shot at some unknown attackers. {{storylink|Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|G2: More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}<br /> <br /> {{note|Footage from the [[commercial]] featuring the Autobot &quot;Double Targetmaster&quot; trio was spliced into the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]]'' version of the episode by way of the [[Cybernet Space Cube]]. Outside of this, the only other &quot;appearance&quot; by the Double Targetmasters in ''The Transformers'' was reuse of this commercial animation in the season 5 [[title sequence]].}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> {{first|[[Stormbringer issue 2|''Stormbringer'' #2]]}}<br /> [[File:Stormbringer2 ScoopTwintwist.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|An old-fashioned hole-digging! By gar, it's been a while!]]<br /> Scoop may seem too good to be true when you first meet him, but the truth is he ''really is'' too good: he's a true believer in [[Primus]] and likes doing good deeds. {{storylink|Three Monologues}} He first learned the prophecies of the [[Covenant of Primes]] while at the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] studying under [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Senator Shockwave]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}<br /> <br /> On [[Varas Centralus]] in the Kol system, the [[Wreckers]] were called in by [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]'s [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration team]] to deal with the Decepticon Siege Armature. Scoop and [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]] made slow progress in making a storm tunnel to the enemy base, and wondered how in [[Primacron]] the Decepticons could get their base up in such dense rock. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} The Wreckers were recalled to Cybertron by Operations Command to investigate the possible return of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and rescue [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]]'s missing science expedition. After the Wreckers saved [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], Scoop and Twin Twist were again assigned to tunnelling into the enemy stronghold. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}<br /> <br /> When Thunderwing returned to Cybertron, Scoop, [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] were sent as scouts. As the memories of Thunderwing's failure to convince [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to go along with his [[Pretender|bio-cybernetic exo-shell]] technology flooded the monster's mind, it unleashed a wave of rage that forced Broadside to carry off Scoop by the scruff of his neck as the scouts ran for cover. The three Autobots later attempted to get some heat off of Twin Twist by firing on Thunderwing, but were all blown away by a thunderous clap of the monstrosity's hands. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}<br /> <br /> [[File:ThreeMonologues-religiousnut.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|So it seems Starscream found Scoop's Rapture Ready account.]]<br /> After the war's end, Scoop returned to Cybertron, where he renounced the Autobots in favor of the &quot;Chosen One&quot;, [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} He founded the [[Construction Patrol]] to fix the battle damage in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], help the wounded, fix blackouts, and restore Cybertron's deep space communications. He was such a beloved, awesome dude that Starscream, who had recently become leader of the neutrals, believed the builder was running an angle to seize power himself. An old Autobot comrade of Scoop's, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], warned Starscream that Scoop was a jealous, greedy sort and that he'd found evidence that the builder had caused the blackout he'd 'fixed'. This was actually a big crock: Rattrap was framing Scoop because he's a git, and the altruist really was trying to help and even believed that Starscream was a Primus-appointed leader. Since &quot;altruists are unpredictable&quot;, Starscream let Scoop be arrested for crimes he hadn't committed. {{storylink|Three Monologues}}<br /> <br /> Once imprisoned, Scoop began researching the [[Covenant of Primus]], and so when Starscream came knocking on his cell after the [[Necrotitan]] appeared outside of the city, Scoop had more dogma for the &quot;Chosen One.&quot; Scoop still believed in Starscream's Primus-designated stature, though he warned of a [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)|legend]] that predated [[Nova Prime]]'s reign. There would be a &quot;false prophet who would remake everything,&quot; and that the &quot;stars would scream.&quot; {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} Starscream left, and Rattrap sneaked in to talk to Scoop next. Scoop worried that while Starscream was the chosen one, he might have been chosen to bring about the end of the world. Scoop's doomsaying started seeming plausible once a surge from the Necrotitan razed the city. Scoop, now free, chose to help his fellow citizens rather than take revenge on Starscream. {{storylink|Winners &amp; Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners &amp; Losers}} <br /> <br /> [[File:TheDeadAreNotEnough ScoopBeratesStarscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|[[Obi-Wan Kenobi|&quot;You were the Chosen One!!! It was said that you would bring balance to Cybertron, not leave it in darkness!&quot;]]]]<br /> Scoop and his Construction Patrol continued to pull survivors from the city's wreckage, but when Starscream returned, Scoop began turning his scorn and the city against Starscream. Scoop pointed at the dark growth on Starscream's chest and called it a mark placed by Primus. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} Soon thereafter, the Necrotitan itself marched across the city, leaving it in flames. Scoop's anger burned as well, and he accused Starscream of betraying Cybertron because of his lack of faith. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}}<br /> <br /> During the battle with the Necrotitan, Scoop and Rattrap worked together to evacuate the other neutrals. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Starscream pointed out that Rattrap was only helping out to make himself look good, bothering Scoop who told him to stop thinking about schemes for once. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} The Necrotitan was eventually defeated by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], proving the prophet Scoop had believed in for so long untrue and leaving him rather glum and confused. When Starscream showed up for some friendly taunts over his misgivings, Scoop shocked the former Decepticon by revealing he'd first learned about the prophecy from Shockwave himself. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} At that moment, Shockwave enacted his master plan, dispatching an army of [[Ammonite]]s to cause chaos on Cybertron. Scoop joined a team of Autobots and Decepticons setting out to stop Shockwave, but elected to stay behind instead when the group proved too large for [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] to teleport. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}<br /> <br /> [[File:SignalsCallsAndMarches-Scoop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|&quot;No one ever ''really'' changes.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Well, in my first appearance I was a Wrecker.&quot;]]<br /> After Shockwave was defeated, Scoop ended up in the company of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}} {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} He remained with them as they traveled to [[Earth]], claiming to have renounced his faith in Starscream, {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} when in fact he was acting as Starscream's agent, secretly keeping him up to date on the Decepticons' conflict with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} His end goal was to use Galvatron to find the ancient [[Enigma of Combination]] and deliver it to Starscream. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}} At one point Scoop was sent by Soundwave to fetch Galvatron, who responded by pointing a gun in his face and mocking his beliefs. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} He then accompanied the Decepticons to [[Tokyo]] on their mission to capture [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}}<br /> <br /> Having learned the location of the Enigma of Combination, Galvatron led Scoop and the others to [[Wanmu]], {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} where they fought [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] who was also after the relic. When Devastator dropped the Enigma, Scoop revealed his true colors, snagging the item when no one was looking and returning to Cybertron on the Decepticons' shuttle. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}} Delivering the Enigma to Starscream, he was annoyed by his leader's sudden decision to change bodies, but grudgingly accepted that he ''was'' the Chosen One and could do what he wanted. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} He was surprised that that Starscream remained on the same subject even when Cybertron's spacebridge to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] opened, unaware that his leader was behind it all to begin with. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}<br /> <br /> [[File:CombinerWars5-disappointed.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|&quot;I'm not mad, I'm disappointed.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&quot;That's 'Mom' for 'mad'!&quot;]]<br /> Scoop got to visit Starscream's secret prison when he was done manipulating [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and had him locked up. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} In need of a loyal combiner, Starscream then freed the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and used the Enigma of Combination on Scoop to make him part of their combined form, Devastator. As he took the late [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]'s place as Devastator's right leg, Scoop's faith in his Chosen One influenced the combiner's personality, forcing him to follow Starscream's orders. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} However, the other Constructicons' rage against Prowl 'betraying' them and Devastator's desire to not be controlled anymore prevailed when [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] appeared through the space bridge, causing Scoop to lose control. He later apologized to Starscream about his failure, but Starscream had Scoop and the Constructicons imprisoned anyway. {{storylink|All That Remains}}<br /> <br /> He was let out of jail sometimes; on one occasion, he noted with some satisfaction that Starscream was terrified by a broadcast of ''Lost Light'' crewmembers awaiting execution. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Starscream made allowances for releasing his own combiner, loyal to the Chosen One, when necessary. The Constructicons reformed Devastator at Starscream's command to thwart a group of Decepticons commandeering the space bridge, {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} and to besiege the colony ship [[Vigilem|Carcer]] when [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] refused to transform her Titan in defense of Cybertron from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s evil fleet. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} <br /> <br /> [[File:TheGround ScoopOrdersMerge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Everyone should look this cool shortly before dying stupidly.]]<br /> By the time that Starscream had been impeached and imprisoned for his own myriad transgressions, {{storylink|The Chosen One}} Scoop was thoroughly disgusted by the 'bot he'd once served, having lost faith in his religious ideals. When [[Alpha Trion]] invited him to meet the [[Mistress of Flame]], he scoffed at her tale of the time when she encountered [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]], prompting the Mistress to sternly remind him that it wasn't the ''Primes'' who let him down. Though Scoop attempted to meet with Starscream in his cell, Onyx himself and [[Liege Maximo]] arrived over Iacon, throwing the city into chaos. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}}<br /> <br /> Scoop and the other Constructicons watched from a rooftop as Onyx and his [[Maximal]]s joined Optimus's forces for a meeting in the [[Spire]]. The fact that Starscream had seemingly foreseen the coming of Onyx—in reality, the ex-leader had simply been alerted to the threat by an [[infraspace|infraspacial]] version of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]—was enough to reignite his lapsed faith, reaffirming his belief in the Chosen One... though the other Constructicons weren't so moved by this breakthrough, and told him to find a different cause. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} As Onyx's manipulations turned the population of Iacon against one another, exposing yet another Prime as a callous manipulator, Scoop's belief in his &quot;Chosen One&quot; led him to form Devastator with the other Constructicons and break Starscream out of prison in the hopes that Starscream could &quot;light their darkest hour.&quot; {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}} <br /> <br /> As Devastator, Scoop's faith continued to guide the [[combiner]] onwards; with Onyx Prime now revealed as a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] in disguise, the gestalt came to the conclusion that Starscream's role as the Chosen One meant that he was the reincarnation of the treacherous [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]. This epiphany was short-lived; Shockwave revealed that he had deliberately orchestrated Starscream's rise and fall, and that the legends of the &quot;Chosen One&quot; were a lie he'd invented ''specifically'' to place a fool like Starscream on the throne. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}<br /> <br /> As Devastator, the Constructicons - who had been ordered to destroy indiscriminately - wound up battling [[Victorion]]. When [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] smashed Liege Maximo and his payload of [[Ore-4]], which had been buffering Devastator from Victorion's gravity powers, the female combiner was able to overpower the Constructicons with a surge of gravitational energy, fatally crushing Scoop and the other Constructicons. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Commercial appearances==<br /> [[File:DoubleTargetmastercommercial-Scoop2.jpg|thumb|150px]]<br /> Scoop, [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]], and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] came to the rescue of their [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partners as they were being chased down by [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]. [[Holepunch (G1)|Holepunch]] and [[Tracer (Targetmaster)|Tracer]] first attached themselves to Scoop's vehicle mode, then Scoop transformed and wielded them both as guns. Afterwards, Scoop allowed both of his Targetmasters to combine into a &quot;superweapon&quot; to better blast their opponents. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Double Targetmasters|Double Targetmasters commercial}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers Legends''===<br /> Scoops {{sic}} discovered an ancient Cybertronian prophecy speaking of a chosen one, whom Scoops believed to be [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Starscream wasn't so sure. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===<br /> [[File:BattleTacticsScoop.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|He's upset about his toy gun.]]<br /> Scoop participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character that could be recruited for 10 units of Cybermetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Scoop was a stand-in member of the Constructicons. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} According to unconfirmed reports, he was once part of an alternate configuration for [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''The Transformers''===<br /> [[File:G1-toy Scoop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Bob the Builder not included.]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{bp-a1|'''Scoop''' (Targetmaster, [[1988]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Accessories'': &quot;Holepunch&quot; dual [[compression cannon]] &amp; &quot;Tracer&quot; twin laser-guided [[ion blaster]] Targetmasters<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Richard Marcej]] (packaging)}}<br /> <br /> : Released in the fifth year of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original ''Transformers'' toyline]], in the second year of the Targetmaster assortment, Scoop transforms into an orange and yellow front payloader with an articulated loader bucket, loosely resembling a Michigan 275A.<br /> <br /> : Most of the smaller Targetmasters have two [[5 mm post|5mm mount points]] for their Nebulan companions, however Scoop is quite the exception with a total of ''five'' mount points. [[Holepunch (G1)#Generation 1|Holepunch]] and [[Tracer (Targetmaster)#Generation 1|Tracer]] (or any other accessories with handle pegs of the correct size) can be mounted on either side of the vehicle, on either of two points at the rear, or at a single, central point at the front of the vehicle. Scoop's Targetmaster partners can attach to this central point in [[robot mode]] to create the illusion that he is looking through a gun sight. He also has very small hands, so his Targetmasters instead mount on the outside of his wrists. Holepunch and Tracer can become two separate handguns, or either can attach to the rear of the other gun to form a single rifle.<br /> <br /> : No version of this character or mold was released in [[Japan]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Scoop/scoop.htm More information on Scoop at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Generations''===<br /> [[File:Scoop-deluxe-generations.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I must rebuild you because God told me to.]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{bp-a1|'''Autobot Scoop''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Series / Number'': '''02 / #014'''<br /> :*''Accessories:'' &quot;Holepunch&quot; &amp; &quot;Caliburst&quot; Targetmasters<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Scoop is a modernized, more [[Articulation|articulated]] version of his original toy. He comes with equally-modernized versions of his partners, Holepunch and &lt;s&gt;Tracer&lt;/s&gt; Caliburst ([[trademark]] reasons), who retain their abilities to transform from robots to guns, and to combine into a larger weapon. This time around, though, Scoop's got 5mm fist-holes to wield them normally, while still having some peg-holes on his arms and legs if you're feeling nostalgic.<br /> <br /> : Scoop comes packaged with a copy of the [[IDW Publishing]] &quot;[[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2]]&quot; comic issue. He was a fairly reliable [[shelfwarmer]], often found on store shelves alongside the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' toyline long after his own line had ended.<br /> <br /> : Scoop's stock photography shows his loader bucket with two differently colored halves, the front half being yellow like the original toy.<br /> <br /> : This toy was later robbed of one of its Targetmasters when it was [[redeco]]ed into [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toyline|''Adventure'']] [[Roadblock (RID)|Roadblock]], but got it back again when it was retooled into [[BotCon 2015]] [[Hound (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sgt. Hound]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenScoop/scoop.htm More information on ''Generations'' Scoop at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===Blokees===<br /> [[File:Blokees-Wheels-TF-C02-Scoop.jpg|thumb|250px|&quot;If God had wanted to omit me from combining, He would not have created me!&quot;]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Scoop''' (Blokees Wheels, 2026)}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Series:'' '''02 - Wreck'N Rule'''<br /> :*''Pull rate:'' 1/12<br /> <br /> :Part of the second wave of the ''[[Blokees]] Wheels'' series of blind-boxed 1/64-scale vehicles, this model kit of Scoop is modeled after his Cybertronian payloader form from ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', with an articulated loader bucket. He uses the same universal Chassis Connector as the rest of the lineup, and also features an opening canopy to reveal an inner cockpit for the Blokees Driver to ride on.<br /> <br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *When Hasbro designer [[Joe Kyde]] set out to include a construction vehicle in the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|Thrilling 30]]'' line, he narrowed down the choices to ''Armada'' [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and Scoop. Scavenger would've been harder to do justice as a Deluxe Class toy, and Kyde preferred the idea of an orange toy, so Scoop won out!&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96685-post-pictures-of-your-delicious-braaaaaainnnnns/page-119#entry2484147|name=Joe Kyde|site=The Allspark forums|year=2014|month=01|day=30|defunct=yes}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Kotrógép''' (&quot;Excavator&quot;)<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''DáTiěChǎn''' (大铁铲, &quot;Big iron shovel&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Classics Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Constructicons]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generations]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Shattered Glass refugees]]<br /> [[Category:Targetmasters]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Wreckers]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Generations_Selects_(toyline)&diff=1905704 2026-03-31T09:13:13Z

<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{nav-gs}}<br /> [[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Decepticon-Exhaust-Box.jpg|thumb|upright=2.1|Deluxe Class Exhaust]]<br /> Debuting in [[2019]], '''''Generations Selects''''' is a series of exclusive figures sold mainly through online retailers, intersecting multiple thematic sublines of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''. The line consists of special edition redecoes and retools of ''Generations'' figures, packaged in brown cardboard mailer boxes broadly similar to the late [[Transformers Collectors' Club|TFCC]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]].<br /> <br /> As with other ''Transformers'' lines from [[2018]] onward, Hasbro and TakaraTomy attempt to make ''Generations Selects'' equally available to fans in each other's primary market. U.S. and Canadian fans (except in Québec) can purchase Takara ''Selects'' figures from [[Hasbro Pulse]] while Japanese fans can purchase some Hasbro ''Selects'' figures from [[TakaraTomy Mall]].<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Hasbro===<br /> Hasbro announced the ''Generations Selects'' branding in late 2018, with Ricochet and Red Swoop as the nominal debut figures for the line (but with ''Siege'' Combat Megatron actually being the first to see release). Packaged in robot mode, Hasbro's ''Selects'' figures have no price markup compared to regular retail figures. [[Hasbro Pulse]] debuts ''Generations Selects'' figures for the U.S. and Canadian markets while fans in Hasbro's other markets must resort to various physical or online retailers, with the only exclusive being [[Red Wing (G1)#Generations|Decepticon Red Wing]] to the [[Target]] website (though he was eventually rereleased to other online retailers in 2020).<br /> <br /> ====''Power of the Primes''====<br /> [[File:Selects-Deluxe-Red-Swoop.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Dinobot Red Swoop]]<br /> The nominal beginning of ''Generations Selects'', the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' tie-ins were explicitly labelled as such by their instructions and came in brown boxes featuring a [[Halo of Primus]] motif.<br /> <br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Ricochet]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Dinobot Red Swoop]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> Before ''Selects'', Hasbro had experimented with the concept of &quot;special edition&quot; toys in other parts of the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' ([[#Notes|see below]]).<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====<br /> The ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' saw ''Selects'' transition to a new standard packaging design featuring a prominent graffiti–styled Autobot (usually) insignia and the word &quot;WAR&quot; in [[Cybertronian language]]. Toys that tied into the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' chapter of the trilogy were clearly labelled and marked as such, but categorisation of the ''Selects'' toys from [[2020]] onwards became pretty much based on vibes, with year of release and the design elements of each toy's instruction booklet being the main deciding factors.<br /> <br /> {| width=&quot;100%&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'''''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d2|WFC-GS01 [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS01|Combat Megatron]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS02 [[Red Wing (G1)#Toys|Decepticon Red Wing]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS03 [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#GS03|Galactic Man Shockwave]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS04 [[Cromar#Generations Selects|Powerdasher Cromar]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS05 [[Lancer#Toys|Autobot Lancer]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS06 [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Smokescreen]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS07 [[Nightbird (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightbird]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS08 [[Zetar (G1)#Generations Selects|Powerdasher Zetar]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS09 [[Hot Shot (G1)#Generations Selects|Hot Shot]]}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''Contemporary to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'''''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1d1|WFC-GS10 Soundwave Spy Patrol 3rd Unit&lt;ref group=&quot;A&quot;&gt;The Spy Patrol 3rd Unit was presented at [[Toy Fair 2020]] with [[:File:ToyFair2020-HasbroSlideShow11.jpg|the ''Earthrise'' logo]].&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;br&gt;([[Wingthing (G1)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Wingthing]], [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Decepticon Frenzy]], [[Skar (G1)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Skar]] &amp; [[Knok#Generations Selects|Autobot/Decepticon Knok]])}}<br /> {{Bp-merc|WFC-GS11 [[Exhaust#Generations Selects|Decepticon Exhaust]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS12 [[Greasepit (facility)#Generations Selects|Greasepit]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS13 [[Hubcap (G1)#Generations Selects|Hubcap]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d2|WFC-GS14 [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS14|Megatron]]&lt;br&gt;(''Generation 2'' deco)}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS15 [[Hot House (facility)#Generations Selects|Hot House]]&lt;ref group=&quot;A&quot;&gt;Hot House, unlike the rest of his contemporaries, actually made use of the ''Earthrise'' logo on his instructions.&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;br&gt;<br /> {{Bp-merc|WFC-GS16 [[Bug Bite (G1)#Generations Selects|Bug Bite]]}}<br /> {{bp-sa|WFC-GS17 [[Optimus Prime (SG)#Generations Selects|Shattered Glass Optimus Prime]] &amp; [[Ratchet (SG)#Generations Selects|Shattered Glass Ratchet]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS18 [[Tigertrack#Generations Selects|Autobot Tigertrack]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS19 [[Rotorstorm (G1)#Generations Selects|Rotorstorm]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS20 [[Cordon (G1)#Generations Selects|Cordon]] &amp; [[Spin-Out (G1)#Generations Selects|Autobot Spin-Out]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d2|WFC-GS21 [[Sandstorm (G2)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Sandstorm]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS22 [[Black Roritchi#Generations Selects|Black Roritchi]]}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''Contemporary to ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'''''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS23 [[Deep Cover#Generations Selects|Deep Cover]]&lt;ref group=&quot;A&quot; name=Ramjet&gt;Deep Cover and Ramjet, despite being released during ''Kingdom'', made use of ''Earthrise'' design elements in their instruction booklets.&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Bp-d2|WFC-GS24 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]&lt;ref group=&quot;A&quot; name=Ramjet/&gt;&lt;br&gt;(''Generation 2'' deco)}}<br /> {{Bp-m1|WFC-GS25 [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations Selects|Transmutate]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS26 [[Artfire#Generations Selects|Artfire]] &amp; [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS27 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]]}}<br /> {{Bp-m1|WFC-K39 [[Tricranius#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tricranius Beast Power]]&lt;ref group=&quot;A&quot;&gt;Despite an ID number placing the set firmly in ''War for Cybertron: Kingdom'', Tricranius Beast Power also features the ''Selects'' logo on the packaging's label.&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#BeholdGalvatron|Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack]]&lt;ref group=&quot;A&quot;&gt;Like Tricranius, the Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack also features the ''Selects'' logo on the packaging's label, despite otherwise being sold as a ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' standalone.&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; |[[File:Selects-Voyager-CombatMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Combat Megatron]][[File:Generations select Transmutate.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Transmutate]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ;Related releases<br /> The mailer box-style package evidently appealed to Hasbro, and saw use with several of its online retailer exclusives. For ease of reference, these ''Generations Selects''-style releases are listed below. Despite common fan misconception stemming from the use of these boxes, &lt;u&gt;none of these toys below are ''Selects'' products.&lt;/u&gt;<br /> {|width=&quot;100%&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''''Earthrise'' exclusives'''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#AUOP|Alternate Universe Optimus Prime]]}}<br /> {{bp-a1d1|WFC-E33 [[Centurion droid#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Deluxe Centurion Drone]]&lt;br&gt;(Weaponizer, w/ [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#E33|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Optimus Prime]], [[Reflector (G1)#E33|Refraktor]], [[Roller (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Roller]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Soundwave]])}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''''Galactic Odyssey Collection'''''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|Encounter 1: [[Paradron]] Medics}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ratchet]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Lifeline (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Lifeline]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1d1|Encounter 2: [[Micro]]n Micromasters}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Fireguard#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Fireguard]] &amp; [[Roadburner#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Roadburner]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Decepticon Runner]] &amp; [[Motorhead (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Motorhead]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1d1|[[Stingracer#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Stingracer]] &amp; [[Windstorm#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Windstorm]]}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;br&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|Encounter 3: [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Biosfera]] Autobot Clones}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Fastlane#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Fastlane]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Cloudraker (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Cloudraker]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1d1|Encounter 4: [[Master (planet)|Dominus]] Criminal Pursuit}}<br /> :{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (IDW)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Barricade]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Punch (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Punch-Counterpunch]]}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;br&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|Encounter 5: [[Botropolis]] Rescue Mission}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Overair (facility)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Overair]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Ironworks (facility)#Botropolis|Ironworks]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Phaser (G1)#Botropolis|Fuzer]] &amp; [[Blast Master#Botropolis|Autobot Blast Master]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Missile Master#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Missile Master]] &amp; [[Moonrock#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Moonrock]]}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''TakaraTomy import'''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> {{Bp-merc|TT-GS12 [[Soundblaster (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundblaster]]&lt;ref group=&quot;A&quot;&gt;Soundblaster was one of Hasbro Pulse's U.S. imports of TakaraTomy products ([[#TakaraTomy|see below]]). A regular (albeit exclusive) ''Siege'' release in Japan, the Hasbro Pulse Soundblaster simply added an outer packaging sleeve with ''Selects'' branding. In both markets, its release occurred contemporarily to ''Kingdom''.&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ;Notes<br /> &lt;references group=&quot;A&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ====''Legacy''====<br /> For ''Selects'' tie-ins to the ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' lines, the packaging was given a new look, keeping the brown card box, monochrome black printing, and seal sticker, but now giving each release a unique schematic line-art illustration of the toy within, in a similar style to Takara's previous ''Selects'' packaging (see [[#TakaraTomy|below]]).<br /> <br /> {|width=&quot;100%&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)#Generations Selects|Black Zarak]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Generations Selects|Lift-Ticket]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[DK-2 Guard]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1| [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#SelectsTargetmaster|Cyclonus]] &amp; [[Nightstick (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[DK-3 Breaker#Generations Selects|DK-3 Breaker]]}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''''[[Transformers: Legacy#Legacy: Evolution|Legacy: Evolution]]''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Magnificus (G1)#Generations Selects|Magnificus]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Guardian robot#Generations Selects|Guardian Robot]] &amp; [[Lunar-Tread#Generations Selects|Lunar-Tread]]}}<br /> {{Bp-p1|[[Antagony (BW)#Generations Selects|Antagony]]}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;40%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;'''''[[Transformers: Legacy#United|Legacy: United]]''&lt;/u&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|Autobots Stand United 5-Pack&lt;br&gt;([[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Jazz]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Sunstreaker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Wheeljack]], [[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Hound]])}}<br /> {{Bp-a1d1|Go-Bot Guardians 3-Pack&lt;br&gt;([[Path Finder#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Pathfinder]], [[Treds#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Treds]], [[Small Foot#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Smallfoot]])}}<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; rowspan=3|[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Black-Zarak.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Black Zarak]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ====''Age of the Primes''====<br /> [[File:Selects Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Trypticon]]<br /> ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]''-branded ''Selects'' toys ditched the classy, monochrome-printed, label-sealed cardboard boxes in favor of a new style featuring line-art illustrations of the toy within overlaid with spraypaint-like splashes of color, with additional design elements unifying ''Generations Selects''{{'}} look with ''Age of the Primes'' and the similarly-redesigned ''[[Studio Series]]''.<br /> <br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Trypticon (G1)#Generations Selects|Trypticon]]&lt;br&gt;(with [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Generations Selects|Full-Tilt]] and [[Wipe-Out#Generations Selects|Necro]])}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (G1)#Age of the Primes|G2 Universe Dinobot Snarl]] / [[Slag (G1)/toys#Age of the Primes|G2 Universe Dinobot Slug]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Age of the Primes|G2 Dinobot Swoop]] / [[Sludge (G1)#Age of the Primes|G2 Dinobot Sludge]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Monstructor (G1)#Age of the Primes|Monstructor]]&lt;br&gt;([[Icepick (G1)#Age of the Primes|Icepick]], [[Birdbrain#Age of the Primes|Birdbrain]], [[Bristleback#Age of the Primes|Bristleback]], [[Scowl (G1)#Age of the Primes|Scowl]], [[Slog (G1)#Age of the Primes|Slog]], [[Wildfly#Age of the Primes|Wildfly]])}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{-}}<br /> {{comingsoontoy|Monstructor}}<br /> <br /> ===TakaraTomy===<br /> [[File:TF-Generations-Selects-TT-Volcanicus-Box.jpg|thumb|200px|Volcanicus (box)]]<br /> TakaraTomy's '''''Generation Selects''''' {{sic}} figures succeed the niche of the previous [[2014]] to [[2019]] ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' and ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' series, featuring uniquely extensive retooling and higher-budget paint operations for accuracy to each character's era of origin in the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]. Additionally, the Japanese version of ''Generations Selects'' features a heavy emphasis on [[combiner]] teams, a feature noticeably absent from the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' toyline. Due to the ''Transformers'' market in Japan being smaller and shrinking, Takara's turnout of ''Selects'' figures is smaller compared to ''Legends'' and ''Unite Warriors''. As with those lines, Takara's figures are packaged in alternate mode.<br /> <br /> As per brand unification, [[Hasbro Pulse]] releases the TakaraTomy-made figures with no changes save for a black packaging sleeve labeled in English. This initiative also rolled in TakaraTomy's version of Soundblaster, which was released as part of ''Siege'' in Japan.<br /> <br /> Around November 2025, TakaraTomy moved the ''Generations Selects'' line to the &quot;Product Archive&quot; section of its website, alongside other retired lines. The subsequent Hasbro ''Selects'' release, Trypticon, was numbered and solicited as part of TakaraTomy's [[Transformers: Age of the Primes#Age of the Primes (TakaraTomy)|''Age of the Primes'' line]]. However, TakaraTomy would eventually revive the ''Selects'' concept with the ''[[Transformers New Legends|New Legends]]'' line in 2026.<br /> {{-}}<br /> {{Note|Toys in '''bold text''' were TakaraTomy initiated before being imported to the U.S. by Hasbro Pulse. The remaining toys are identical to their worldwide releases.}}<br /> {| width=&quot;100%&quot;<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;[[2019]] [[September 7]]&lt;/u&gt;&lt;ref name=TTzetaandNightbird&gt;[https://twitter.com/takaratomytoys/status/1164900347501899776 Tweet by TakaraTomy's official account]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Nightbird (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightbird]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Zetar (G1)#Generations|Powerdasher Zeta]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;2019 [[September 28]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Smokescreen]]}}<br /> {{Bp-a1|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;[[2020]] [[January 25]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|'''[[Gulf#Generations Selects|Seacons Gulf]]'''}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|'''[[Turtler#Generations Selects|Seacons Turtler]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;2020 [[February 29]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|'''[[Lobclaw#Generations Selects|Seacons Lobclow]]''' {{sic}}}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|'''[[Kraken#Generations Selects|Seacons Kraken]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; rowspan=6|[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Star-Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Star Convoy]][[File:TF-Selects-Super-Megatron.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Super Megatron]][[File:TF-Generations-Selects-God-Neptune.jpg|thumb|upright=1|God Neptune]]<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;2020 [[March 28]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|'''[[Overbite (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Overbite]]'''}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|'''[[Tentakil (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Tentakil]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;2020 [[September 26]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|TT-GS09 '''[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;2020 [[October 31]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-p1|TT-GS10 '''[[God Neptune#Generations Selects|Godneptune]]''' {{sic}}}}<br /> :{{Bp-p1|'''[[Coelagon#Generations Selects|Coelagon]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-p1|'''[[Halfshell#Generations Selects|Halfshell]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-p1|'''[[Scylla#Generations Selects|Skyulle]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-p1|'''[[Sea Phantom#Generations Selects|Sea Phantom]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-p1|'''[[Terrormander#Generations Selects|Terrormander]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;[[2021]] [[February 27]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|TT-GS11 '''[[Volcanicus (POTP)#Generations Selects|Volcanicus]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|'''[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Grimlock]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|'''[[Slag (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Slag]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|'''[[Sludge (G1)#Generations Selects|Sludge]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|'''[[Snarl (G1)#Generations Selects|Snarl]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|'''[[Swoop (G1)/toys#GSgiftset|Swoop]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;2021 [[April 17]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|TT-GS12 '''[[Abominus (G1)#Generations Selects|Abominus]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-d1|'''[[Blot (G1)#Generations Selects|Butto]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-d1|'''[[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations Selects|Cutthroat]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-d1|'''[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Generations Selects|Hun-Gurrr]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-d1|'''[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations Selects|Sinnertwin]]'''}}<br /> :{{Bp-d1|'''[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations Selects|Rippersnapper]]'''}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;2021 [[December 29]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;[[2022]] [[March 26]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Artfire#Generations Selects|Artfire]] &amp; [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)#Generations Selects|Black Zarak]]}}<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;2022 [[June 25]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Generations Selects|Lift Ticket]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;[[2023]] [[May 27]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-d1|[[Magnificus (G1)#Generations Selects|Magnificus]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;[[2024]] [[January 27]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|[[Guardian robot#Generations Selects|GADEP]] &amp; [[Lunar-Tread#Generations Selects|Lunar-Tread]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;[[2024]] [[February 24]]&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-p1|[[Antagony (BW)#Generations Selects|Antagony]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |<br /> |width=&quot;20%&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;|&lt;u&gt;[[2025]] January&lt;/u&gt;<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;<br /> {{Bp-a1|Autobots Stand United 5-Pack}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Hound]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Jazz]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Sunstreaker]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Trailbreaker]]}}<br /> :{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Wheeljack]]}}<br /> &lt;/ul&gt;<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> As with Hasbro and its ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' adjacent releases, TakaraTomy also used the ''Selects'' packaging style with other collector products, including the ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' and ''[[Dramatic Capture Series]]'' lines.<br /> <br /> ====ID numbers====<br /> At the beginning of the series' release, TakaraTomy declined the usual trend of assigning ID numbers to their ''Selects'' releases. By contrast, Hasbro Pulse labels each Takara ''Selects'' release as distinct from Hasbro ''Selects'' figures on their product listings. <br /> <br /> However, in ''[[Transformers Generations 2021]]'', TakaraTomy gave Super Megatron the ID number TT-GS09 and assigned other numbers to subsequent items in order, thus making TakaraTomy's ID numbers different from Hasbro Pulse's. <br /> As for the numbers between TT-GS01 and TT-GS08, TakaraTomy does not specify which items correspond to each number.<br /> <br /> The Hasbro Pulse releases of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] also [[Repurposing|assigned them alternate identities]] as the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]].<br /> <br /> &lt;ul&gt;<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> ! TakaraTomy ID<br /> ! class=&quot;unsortable&quot; |TakaraTomy name<br /> ! Hasbro Pulse ID<br /> ! class=&quot;unsortable&quot; |Hasbro name<br /> |-<br /> | —<br /> |{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]]}}<br /> | TT-GS01<br /> |{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | —<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Turtler#Generations Selects|Seacons Turtler]]}}<br /> | TT-GS03<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Snaptrap (G1)#Generations Selects|Turtler (Snaptrap)]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | —<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Gulf#Generations Selects|Seacons Gulf]]}}<br /> | TT-GS04<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Skalor#Generations Selects|Gulf (Skalor)]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | —<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Kraken#Generations Selects|Seacons Kraken]]}}<br /> | TT-GS02<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Seawing (G1)#Generations Selects|Kraken (Seawing)]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | —<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Lobclaw#Generations Selects|Seacons Lobclow]] {{sic}}}}<br /> | TT-GS06<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Nautilator#Generations Selects|Lobclaw (Nautilator)]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | —<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Overbite (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Overbite]]}}<br /> | TT-GS07<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Overbite (G1)#Generations Selects|Overbite]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | —<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Tentakil (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Tentakil]]}}<br /> | TT-GS08<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Tentakil (G1)#Generations Selects|Tentakil]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | TT-GS09<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron]]}}<br /> | TT-GS09<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | TT-GS10<br /> |{{Bp-p1|[[God Neptune#Generations Selects|Godneptune]] {{sic}}}}<br /> | TT-GS10<br /> |{{Bp-p1|[[God Neptune#Generations Selects|God Neptune]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | TT-GS11<br /> |{{Bp-a1|[[Volcanicus (POTP)#Generations Selects|Volcanicus]]}}<br /> | TT-GS11<br /> |{{Bp-a1|[[Volcanicus (POTP)#Generations Selects|Volcanicus]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | SG-EX (''Siege'')<br /> |{{Bp-merc|[[Soundblaster (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundblaster]]}}<br /> | TT-GS12<br /> |{{Bp-merc|[[Soundblaster (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundblaster]]}}<br /> |-<br /> | TT-GS12<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Abominus (G1)#Generations Selects|Abominus]]}}<br /> | TT-GS05<br /> |{{Bp-d1|[[Abominus (G1)#Generations Selects|Abominus]]}}<br /> |}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Shortly before the inception of ''Generations Selects'', Hasbro seems to have tested the concept of &quot;special edition&quot; Deluxe Class figures in boxed packaging with ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Arcee]] and [[Grotusque#Generations|Grotusque]], followed up by ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' [[Blast Off (G1)#PWTSE|Blast Off]], [[Repugnus (G1)#PWTSE|Repugnus]], and [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]].<br /> * Strangely, store listings for [[2022]] indicated that not only would [[Clampdown (G1)#Legacy|Clampdown]] receive his ''Legacy'' figure but also a ''Generations Selects'' figure.&lt;ref&gt;https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/leaked-2022-ss-and-evolution-wave-composition.1220748/&lt;/ref&gt; How this would have worked out is unknown, as no such ''Generations Selects'' figure ever manifested and Clampdown is not known for variant color schemes. It is worth noting, though, that in the previous year, Clampdown's brother [[Deep Cover#Generations Selects|Deep Cover]] received both a classically-styled ''Generations Selects'' figure as well as an arbitrary-deco ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' figure at Walmart.<br /> * A leaked listing from [[2023]] suggests that 2024's ''Legacy: United'' [[Windsweeper#Legacy|Windsweeper]] was meant to release much earlier as a ''Generations Selects'' figure alongside [[Antagony (BW)#Generations Selects|Antagony]] as an add-on for ''Legacy: Evolution''.&lt;ref&gt;https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/medix-confirmed-as-walgreens-exclusive-and-2023-selects-toys-will-include-antagony-and-windsweeper/47526/&lt;/ref&gt; For whatever reason, this plan didn't materialize, and the figure released a year later as an Amazon-exclusive ''Legacy: United'' figure.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''''Generation Selects''''' (ジェネレーションセレクト ''Jenerēshon Serekuto'')&lt;ref&gt;TakaraTomy does not use this Japanese spelling very often, instead straight-up inserting the untranslated all-caps English phrase &quot;GENERATION SELECTS&quot; into Japanese text.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *''Mandarin'': '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Jīngxuǎn Xìliè''''' (變形金剛世代精選系列/变形金刚世代精选系列 &quot;Transformers Generations Selects Series&quot;), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Xìliè Jīngxuǎn''''' (變形金剛世代系列精選, &quot;Transformers Generations Series Selects&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tf_gs ''Generations Selects''] at the TakaraTomy website<br /> <br /> [[Category:Beast Wars toylines]]<br /> [[Category:Exclusive toylines]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]<br /> [[Category:Generations Selects| ]]<br /> [[Category:Generations toylines]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=McDonald%27s&diff=1904944 2026-03-29T14:39:12Z

<p>WMA301: /* 2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:McDonald's Golden Arches.svg|right|250px|thumb|Simultaneously responsible for the obesity epidemic and also for getting an entire generation of kids into cool toy robots.]]<br /> '''McDonald's''' is a North American-based fast food restaurant chain. Throughout the decades, the company has offered many ''Transformers'' toys as part of their &quot;Happy Meals&quot; targeted to human children. Most Transformers promotions have been aimed towards male children while female children were lured in with other, &quot;girl themed&quot;, [[Hasbro]] brand products.<br /> <br /> In the past, their Transformers were essentially traditional transforming figures, albeit with very simplistic designs: these were, after all, meant to be incredibly cheap mass-produced toys that'd have to withstand rough play from kids of all ages, and as a result, they eschewed the fancier cartoon-accurate proportions, articulation, and play features of &quot;store bought&quot; ''Transformers'' toys. This changed in the turn of the 2010s... For the worse, as McDonald's dropped transforming robot toys entirely and instead shifted towards making non-transforming toys for their ''Transformers'' promotions, usually focusing on basic figurines of the characters' robot modes with the addendum of extra gimmicks.<br /> <br /> Their biggest competitor in the fast food market is [[Burger King]], who also put out quite a few ''Transformers'' tie-in promotions over the years.<br /> <br /> :''See also'': [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===<br /> {{noteukonly}}<br /> [[File:Plight McDonald's.jpg|thumb|right|250px|They're lovin' it.]]<br /> ''A McDonald's was located next to [[Rimmer's Ooptician]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was damaged by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked the city.'' {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}}<br /> <br /> As part of their joyride in a hotwired [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Waldo Dobbs|Waldo]] and [[Ernest]] stopped at a McDonald's. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers Trilogy''====<br /> [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] smashed a McDonald's in [[Las Vegas]] to pieces as a show of strength while battling [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]. Only the Golden Arches were left to mark where it had stood. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}<br /> <br /> ==Promotions==<br /> ===1985 St. Louis ''The Transformers'' McDonald's promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds1985-Catalogue.jpg|160px|left|thumb|The birth of an era of getting cool robot toys alongside your terrible diet.]]<br /> [[File:1985 happymeal bumblebee.jpg|200px|right|thumb|And you thought Latin America had [[Generation 1 toylines in Latin America|too many Minicar recolor]]s!]]<br /> {{quote|Collect all 4 TRANSFORMERS figurines! There's Brawn, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Gears. And transform yourself into the world of The TRANSFORMERS!|Mcdonald's Transformers promotion tag line}}<br /> In 1985, McDonald's gave away non-transforming, non-poseable figurines of four [[Mini Vehicle]] characters, each rendered in six different color variations, in various two-color combinations of red, green, blue, yellow, purple, pink and black. These figures were only available in St. Louis, Missouri, as a test run.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/McD1985Toys1.html 1985 McDonald's toys at Toyarchive.com]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The line included:<br /> <br /> * [[Gears (G1)#McDonald.27s|Gears]] - Came in blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;blue, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Brawn (G1)/toys#McDonald.27s|Brawn]] - Came in blue&amp;green, blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Happy Meal Toy|Cliffjumper]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations <br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Happy Meal Toy|Bumblebee]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1996 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWarsPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Frantic limb movement not included.]]<br /> Promoting the then new ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|toyline]], McDonald's offered five different toys as part of their Happy Meals, one of which was aimed towards children of age three and younger. To date, this is the only time when there have been new characters introduced solely as fast-food exclusives.<br /> Two different cardboard boxes, containing both food and toys, were distributed.<br /> <br /> The toys were:<br /> * [[Panther#Beast Wars|Panther]]<br /> * [[Rhino (BW)#Beast Wars|Rhino]]<br /> * [[Beetle#Beast Wars|Beetle]]<br /> * [[Manta Ray (BW)#Beast Wars|Manta Ray]]<br /> * [[Under-3#Beast Wars|Under-3]]<br /> [[File:BW-toy Beetle.jpg|250px|right|thumb|I'm a brand-new character!]]<br /> <br /> <br /> The first box featured a purple, mechanically style background with punch-out cards of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Razorbeast]], [[Polar Claw]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], Rhino and Panther, with an additional card depicting both Optimus and [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] in the midst of a fearsome fist-shaking contest. Additionally, it featured the two following jokes:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:Why do robots keep batteries in their wallets?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:They like to charge everything.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:What did the Transformer sing when he paddled upstream?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:Row Row Row your Bot!!&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second box had a green, mechanically styled background with punch-out cards of Megatron, [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], Manta Ray, Beetle and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with the same card featured on the first box representing Megatron and Optimus shaking fists at each other. This box also featured two jokes.<br /> <br /> The hand-painted artwork featured on the characters' punch-out cards showcased the characters' [[robot mode]] in the foreground with designs heavily based on early promotional designs of the first wave toys. Both Optimus and Megatron appear as a bat and an alligator respectively, and all characters have their color schemes based directly on their toys. Scorponok even appears orange, as early promotional photos presented him. Save the card featuring both Megatron and Optimus, each card's background was dominated by a representation of the character's [[beast mode]] rendered in a realistic fashion (to the point where it sometimes did not match up with the animal-kibble on the characters' robot modes).<br /> <br /> While the Beast Wars toys were targeted towards the boy patrons, ''{{w|Littlest Pet Shop}}'' dolls were targeted to the girls.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1998 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWars1998Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Pushing the &quot;Transformers-fan-to-Brony&quot; pipeline before Bronies were actually a thing.]]<br /> <br /> McDonald's once more promoted the Beast Wars toyline two years later, this time focusing on the [[Transmetal]]s sub-line. Three toys were produced, depicting three characters that, although part of the main cast on the television series, had not received toys depicting them in Transmetal bodies. Mirroring the gimmick of Transmetals sold in stores, they possessed a &quot;metalized&quot; look on some parts of their bodies.<br /> <br /> The included toys were:<br /> <br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BWMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Scorponok (BW)#McTransmetal|Scorponok]]<br /> * [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Transmetal|Dinobot]]<br /> [[File:Mcdinobot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|And I'm not, even though I look nothing like [[Dinobot (BW)|the character I'm supposed to represent!]]]]<br /> The meals were now distributed in paper bags instead of cardboard boxes, and featured much more crudely drawn depictions of the promoted toys, directly based on the characters' toys, posed statically. <br /> The first bag presented on one side Dinobot, Blackarachnia (oddly, depicted mis-transformed in her artwork) and Scorponok standing in a thundercloud, while a lightning bolt strikes a stony landscape. Said landscape is in actuality a simple puzzle to be solved, as explained on the bag:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Wild storm, MAXIMIZE! See which beast changed into a robot by filling in the spaces that have one dot.''&lt;ref&gt;The answer is Scorponok.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second bag featured on one of its sides similar artwork, this time depicting Dinobot's robot mode in the middle of a field, riddled with flows of lava, spewed forth from a volcano in the background. The bag instructs:<br /> <br /> &quot;''TRANSFORMER Dinobot is a robot in disguise! Follow the lava trail from his cool robot mode to see which beast he changes into.&quot; The possible choices depicted are either A: A mechanical scorpion (depicted on another side of the bag, which the puzzle also occupies), B: A mechanical velociraptor or C: A mechanical black widow spider.''&quot;&lt;ref&gt;The answer is B, the velociraptor.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> This time around, ''[[My Little Pony]]'' toys were the girl-targeting counterparts to the Beast Wars figurines. Artwork and puzzles for these toys occupied the remaining two sides of the bags.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2000 ''Beast Machines'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastMachinesPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> Two years later still, McDonald's promoted the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline, successor to the ''Beast Wars'' franchise. Unlike the previous toys it offered during the [[Beast Era]], this time its toys were meant to depict the characters as they appeared in the televised show, as opposed to new characters or bodies. The result was a varying degree of success in terms of show-accuracy, with most toys concentrating on one mode to be most faithfully a depiction of the character: a design direction that would become common in McDonald's Transformers toys for the next eight years. For whatever odd reason, this batch of toys also used ''a lot'' of translucent plastic.<br /> <br /> The toys produced for this promotion were:<br /> <br /> [[File:BM-toy ThrustMcDonalds.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;So I was manufactured in translucent plastic, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujF8AumiQo which was the style at the time...]&quot;]]<br /> '''Maximals'''<br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Cheetor]]<br /> * [[Nightscream (BM)#McD|Nightscream]]<br /> * [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#McDonaldsBM|Optimus Primal]]<br /> * [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Rattrap]]<br /> <br /> '''Vehicons'''<br /> * [[Jetstorm (BM)#McDonalds|Jetstorm]]<br /> * [[Megatron (BW)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Thrust (BM)#McDonalds|Thrust]]<br /> * [[Tankor (BM)#McD|Tankor]]<br /> <br /> Returning to boxes for distribution, the two variant cardboard vessels were:<br /> <br /> *A [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-themed box, with one side occupied by an image of Megatron, in his harness menacingly raising an arm forwards (and erroneously labeled as being in &quot;[[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]&quot;) while the other side was adorned by images of Jetstorm; his vehicle mode flying over a Cybertronian landscape alongside several Aero Drones, and his robot mode in a stock pose. The image of his robot mode could be punched out, advertised as a Jetstorm bookmark.<br /> *A [[Maximal]]-themed box, with one side featuring an image of Optimus Primal in beast mode, gesturing invitingly, and another side dominated by an image of Cheetor in robot mode, with a smaller image of the technorganic cheetah in beast mode and an image of Blackarachnia in beast mode, advertised as a &quot;straw crawler&quot; which could be punched out similarly to the Jetstorm Bookmark.<br /> <br /> This time around, the toys advertised towards girls were ''{{w|Hello Kitty}}'' themed, with images of said character occupying the remaining two sides of each box.<br /> <br /> Additionally, some participating McDonald's also distributed coupons that offered $3.00 off any ''Beast Machines'' Figurine purchase of $15.00 or more.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2003 ''Armada'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ArmadaPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Obesity has never been this fun!]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' promotion not only included individual gimmicks for each toy, but also featured [[powerlinx]] points, allowing these toys to interact with the larger figures and [[Mini-Con]]s sold in stores. On top of it all, all of the members of each faction were promoted as being able to combine into a larger machine. Although this resulted in somewhat awkward combined forms, it did a thorough job of driving the point home of what was the focus of the Armada toyline: powerlinking.<br /> <br /> As with previous years, each figurine was a simplified version of one of the main characters of the television series, featuring basic transformation schemes to achieve the ''vague'' look of the robot modes that they're meant to represent:<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Featured a &quot;punching&quot; gimmick for robot mode.<br /> * [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#McDonald.27s|Hot Shot]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Red Alert (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Red Alert]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Smokescreen (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Smokescreen]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Robot]],&quot; with Optimus becoming the upper torso, head and arms, Hot Shot becoming the crotch and upper-legs, while Red Alert and Smokescreen became the left and right legs respectively.<br /> <br /> [[File:Armadatoy mcdonalds megatron.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Somehow only has slightly less articulation than [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|his bigger counterpart]].]]<br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Featured a gimmick simulating his motion of firing his cannon while in robot mode.<br /> * [[Cyclonus (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Cyclonus]] - Featured a spinning rotor gimmick.<br /> * [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Happy Meal toy|Starscream]] - Featured a gimmick similar to that of [[Jumpstarter]]s.<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#Happy Meal toys|Demolishor]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Vehicle]],&quot; Starscream forming the front, Cyclonus the upper-portion, with Megatron and Demolishor providing locomotion as the left and right segments respectively of the bottom of the vehicle.<br /> <br /> {{Note|In some Asian markets, Hot Shot's toy was slightly different from its release in other regions; it featured a slightly different transformation scheme and transparent windows.}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2004/2006 ''Energon'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-EnergonPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Prime's giving his all to his G1 Soundwave lamppost mode cosplay.]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' promotion is notable in that there were two distinct figure sets, one set released only in Europe, and the other in South America. Neither set of toys were made available in the United States and tend to be hard to come across in secondary markets. <br /> <br /> The European lineup were fairly bulky toys that all had similar electronic gimmicks that involved a large removable electronic &quot;Energon cube&quot; being placed inside the toys to activate lights or sounds. The cubes were all interchangeable among these toys. The South American figures were simpler and all featured spring-loaded transformations which were activated by pushing in buttons on the front of their vehicle modes. While having paint operations, these toys relied on pre-applied stickers for added details.<br /> <br /> ====Europe====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD1|Optimus Prime]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Ironhide (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Siren sound effects<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD|Megatron]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Unicron/toys#McDonalds|Unicron]] - Light up body<br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:McEnergon-prime.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;Hey, where did the AllSpark go?!&quot; Suspiciously AllSpark-shaped Optimus Prime:]]<br /> ====South America====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Inferno (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Inferno]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#EnergonHappyMeal|Demolishor]]<br /> <br /> Strangely, two years later, the ''European'' exclusive toys were retooled and stripped of all electronic gimmickry and rereleased...in ''South America''.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2008 ''Animated'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:HK_TFA_Happy_Meal_Commercial.jpg|250px|left|thumb|We used to be a country. A proper country.]]<br /> In America, the ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while Littlest Pet Shop was once again the promotion for girls. None of the figures featured individual gimmicks like the previous promotions and although the toys were mostly successful in representing the characters on a limited Happy Meal toy budget, some figures' second modes suffered greatly.<br /> <br /> In foreign markets, the Animated promotion differed; for some reason [[France]] received an exclusive Blitzwing figure that wasn't included in the American lineup. In South America, the toys were ''entirely'' different and featured a smaller cast. Rather than having manual robot to vehicle transformations, the toys folded up into nebulous alternate modes and transformed via a [[Jumpstarter]] gimmick. Despite being newly designed figures, the toys borrowed the head sculpts of the American toys.<br /> <br /> ====America / Europe====<br /> [[File:Ani-toy Starscream McD US.jpg|250px|right|thumb|You thought this alt-mode was 'lazy' in 2008... Little did you know how much worse it'd get.]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McDonald.27s Kids Meal Toys|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Fast food kids meal toys|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ratchet (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Ratchet]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#Fast Food toys|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Lugnut (Animated)#McDonalds|Lugnut]] - Week 6<br /> * [[Blitzwing (Animated)#McD|Blitzwing]] - French Exclusive<br /> <br /> ====Latin America====<br /> [[File:Tfa mexico set.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Welcome back, Jumpstarters!]]<br /> Some Latin American countries like Mexico and Brazil would get an entirely different set of ''Animated'' Happy Meal toys, featuring a play pattern that's very reminiscent of the [[Jumpstarters]].<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#McLatin|Megatron]] <br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McLatin|Starscream]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ROTF2010Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The ''Revenge of the Fallen'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' was the promotion for girls. Sadly, this would also mark the end to McDonald's Transformers as we had known them: in a similar fashion to the [[Burger King]] promotions of the live action movies, none of the figures transformed, with the engineering budget being put into gimmicks instead.<br /> [[File:McDonaldsROTFOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|160px|right|The beginning of the downfall.]]<br /> Oddly enough, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] was included in the assortment of figures, despite being replaced by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in the movie.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Blackout (Movie)#McDonald.27s|Blackout]] - Week 6<br /> <br /> The Happy Meal bag came [[:File:Mcdonaldsrotf.jpg|with the suggestion for kids to play a &quot;Capture the Flag&quot; game]]... But no actual included flag. Go figure.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Dark of the Moon'' promotion===<br /> [[File:JapanHappyMeal-DOTMPromotion.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ah yes, the two genders: murderous face-ripping robot and colorful bunny plushie.]]<br /> The first McDonald's promotion to be exclusive to Japan, this tie-in to 2011's ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' would feature two sets of toys, both based on Optimus Prime and Bumblebee: a pair of non-transforming figurines like the previous 2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tie-in and a pair of simplified versions of their [[Gravity Bot|Gravity Bots]] molds with added stickers.<br /> <br /> Notably, these would be the last time that a McDonald's [[Transformers]] tie-in promotion featured actual transforming robot toys... And thanks to being Japanese exclusives, you might have never heard about them until you read this page!<br /> <br /> '''Figurines'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Gravity Bots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:Mcdonalds_prime_foodstraps.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Their gluttony sickens me.]]<br /> An unusual promotion released only in Japan alongside the previous one as a tie-in for both ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and the upcoming ''Dark of the Moon'' film, this set of three toys was actually not sold as a standard pack-in gift with meals but instead through some rather odd convoluted ways.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime and Bulkhead required you to buy a Happy Meal only exactly within the span of two days (July 30 to 31st), which, alongside the aforementioned Optimus or Bumblebee toys, would give you a special ticket that could be traded in at a specific set of toy stores for either of the assorted charms. As for Bumblebee... He was simply available as a free pack-in gift with the September 2011 issue of ''TV Boy'' magazine instead.<br /> <br /> [[File:Prime-toy McDJapan Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Close enough, welcome back ''Changeables''.]]<br /> The toys themselves consist of miniature versions of McDonald's food items, which sprung open to reveal the characters inside: perhaps, intentionally or not, somewhat evocative of [[McDonald%27s#Notes|an older McDonald's toyline]].<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Bulkhead]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2012 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2012Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> For the ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, McDonald's featured non-transforming toys of ''Prime'' characters' vehicle modes, incorporating various gimmicks into them. The promotion for &lt;s&gt;bronies&lt;/s&gt; girls was ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> [[File:Primetoy-MegatronHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Robot mode sold separately. A year later.]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonaldsUS|Optimus Prime]]—Lit up when you pushed his smokestacks forward.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds|Bumblebee]]—Featured a missile launcher in his roof.<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonaldsUS|Bulkhead]]—fired paper discs from a launcher under his hood.<br /> *[[Ratchet (WFC)#Mcdonald.27s|Ratchet]]—Had a non-firing cannon under his roof.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded paddle from his front end.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing missiles.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonald.27s|Breakdown]]—Featured a non-firing cannon revealed by turning his spare tire.<br /> *[[Knock Out (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Knock Out]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing cannons.<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:Primetoy-HappyMealMegatron2013.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A shame we no longer transform, but check out these awesome new ''three'' points of articulation!]]<br /> <br /> ===2013 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2013Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Prime'' took place the following year, this time featuring toy of ''Prime'' characters in robot mode with exclusively mechanical-based gimmicks. It was accompanied by a ''Littlest Pet Shop'' promotion.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonaldsRobot|Optimus Prime]]—Turning his upper torso caused him to wave his sword.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds2|Bumblebee]]—Pushing down on his wings caused him to punch with his right arm.<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his fusion cannon.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Starscream]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his left arm.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonalds2|Breakdown]]—Pinching his legs together caused his upper body to spin, flailing with his hammers.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2015 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2015.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Hi, we exist solely to flood plastic waste bins and 1€-per-toy buckets in European flea markets.]]<br /> The first promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' included a variety of figurines, as well as Transformers &quot;diadems&quot; stylized after Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.<br /> [[File:RID15-toy ClampdownMcD.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Still miss transforming toys? Okay, but just wait until you see this ''insane'' new &quot;claw-on-a-string&quot; feature!!!]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Optimus Prime]]—Mace-swinging gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Bumblebee]]—Sword-slashing gimmick<br /> *[[Fixit (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fixit]]—Gear-activated drills<br /> *[[Sideswipe (RID)#McDonald.27s|Sideswipe]]—Staff-spinning attack gimmick<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonald.27s|Grimlock]]—Flame missile projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Clampdown (RID)#McDonald.27s|Clampdown]]—Retractable grapple pincher <br /> *[[Fracture (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fracture]]—Light-up gun<br /> *[[Underbite#McDonald.27s|Underbite]]—lunging action<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2016 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2016.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The fact that all images of these toys on this wiki are just crops from this catalog speaks volumes to how interesting they are.]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place the following year. It was accompanied by a ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic'' promotion. Coloring sheets were also available, with an image from each franchise on each side.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2|Optimus Prime]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2Truck|Optimus Prime]] (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Back-mounted disc launcher<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3Vehicle|Bumblebee]] (vehicle mode)—Lauching projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Thunderhoof (RID)#McDonald.27s|Thunderhoof]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Thunderhoof (vehicle mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Steeljaw (RID)#McDonald.27s|Steeljaw]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Steeljaw (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> <br /> The 2016 wave also came with [[:File:Mcdonalds_coloring_page_2016.jpg|a coloring page]], featuring an illustration of the ''Transformers'' characters next to another of the ''My Little Pony'' wave counterparts.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A third promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place in [[2017]]. Once again, My Little Pony was the alternate toy option. Instead of strictly figures, this collection had a mask and figure for each of the characters. Once more, a batch of ''My Little Pony'' figures was this wave's gir-oriented counterpart.<br /> [[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Comes with the exciting &quot;you can use this cannon on toys that are actually good&quot; feature.]]<br /> Interestingly, the mounted cannons in this assortment of toys uses [[5 mm post]]-compatible pegs, making them attachable to many larger figures from other ''Transformers'' toylines. <br /> <br /> '''Figures'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Optimus Prime]]—Sword slash gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds4|Bumblebee]]—Attachable wings and chest mounted wheel (to simulate flight)<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonalds2|Grimlock]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> *[[Strongarm (RID)#McFigure|Strongarm]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masks'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Optimus Prime Action Mask]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Bumblebee Glow-in-the-Dark Mask]]<br /> * [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonaldsMask|Grimlock Transforming Mask]]<br /> * [[Strongarm (RID)#McDonald.27s|Strongarm Vision Mask]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:McD RID2017 HolidayExpressCar.jpg|thumb|200px]]<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Holiday Express'' promotion===<br /> For the 2017 holiday season, McDonald's ran a promotion where every Happy Meal came with a train car featuring a brand used for one its past promotions. ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' was the featured brand for one car, a grey boxcar with a sculpted Bumblebee who bobs up and down as the train advances.<br /> <br /> The train car depicts several RID characters ([[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) in vehicle mode in a car carrying structure. These and the other train cars released under this promotion could all be connected, in any order, to form one long train.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2018 ''Bumblebee/Authentics'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BumblebeePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Well.. At least these have ''some'' soul.]]<br /> <br /> The release of the 2018 promotion coincided with both the release of the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, though the toys are very much the Evergreen G1 designs. Despite this, most promotional material for the toys used the ''Bumblebee'' film logo and robot images.<br /> [[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|250px|right|If you think we're gonna give a pass to this Shockwave despite how much we've been clowning on modern McDonald's Transformers just because he's cute... You're absolutely right.]]<br /> Unlike any of the previous McDonald's toylines, these feature a quirky [[super deformed]] aesthetic with oversized heads and goofily-proportioned bodies. Yet again, ''My Little Pony'' was the girl equivalent for this batch of toys, also featuring the same sort of super deformed aesthetic.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Optimus Prime]]/[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]—Spring-loaded pop out sword<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Bumblebee]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Launching projectile<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]] (vehicle mode)—[[Pull-back motor]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (AOE)#McDonald's|Grimlock]]/[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]—Light-Up flame/eyes<br /> *[[Windblade (BB)#McDonald's|Windblade]]/[[Windblade (G1)#McDonald's|Windblade]]—Rotating wing fans<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Megatron]]/[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]—Wind-up walking<br /> *[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Starscream]]/[[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Starscream]]—Jet-Launcher<br /> *[[Shockwave (Movie)#McDonald's|Shockwave]]/[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Shockwave]]—Pop-out rocket boot flames<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Cyberverse2019Promp.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> In 2019, the first Cyberverse themed promotion included non-transforming base figures that came with small vehicles that could be split in half and worn as armor for the robot figures. The armor parts all used 4&amp;nbsp;mm pegs and could be swapped around between figures. The toys are all based on the Spark Armor figures from the Cyberverse toyline, using all the same characters as that subline. The toys all included sticker sheets for added details.<br /> <br /> In America, only four figures were released, but European and Asian markets received an ''additional'' four figures, totaling eight. And yes, ''My Little Pony'' was, once again, the girl-oriented counterpart for this batch of toys.<br /> <br /> [[File:McD_CV_2019_Optimus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hey, they actually added ''some'' transforming elements back to their *''Transformers''* toys! Could it be that these will finally be neat agai...]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonaldsArmor|Optimus Prime]] - Fighter Jet/ armor<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] - Battleship/ armor<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Grimlock]] - Garbage truck/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Prowl]] - Starfighter/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Jetfire]] - Tank/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Megatron]] - Helicopter/ armor<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Starscream]] - Bulldozer/ armor<br /> *[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Shockwave]] - Flying saucer/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> ====Japan====<br /> Japan had an exclusive “All-Star Water” promotion from August 16 to August 22 which included a translucent vinyl figurine of Optimus Prime featuring a [[water-squirting gimmick]]. He also comes with an Autobot insignia with paper that changes color when hit by water.<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Optimus Prime Water Gun]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2021 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD CV 2021 toys.jpg|thumb|220px|right|... Nevermind.]]<br /> Released in Singapore and Europe in January 2021, this promotion included six non-transforming figures with limited articulation. The chests of the figures had panels with lenticular image stickers on them which would change angle when the left arm is moved. Moving the panel causes the image on their chest to change.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Optimus Prime]] - Image changes from robot chest to burst of electricity<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Bumblebee]] - Image changes from robot chest to glowing Autobot symbol<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Ratchet]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Megatron]] - Image changes from robot chest to battle damage<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Starscream]] - Image changes from robot chest to missiles flying through air<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2022 Potato Head'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD Potato Head 2022 toys.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> The as-of-now last McDonald's ''Transformers'' promotion, this series was a crossover of sorts with [[Mr. Potato Head|''Potato Head'']], releasing only in some select regions across Asia and Africa. It featured a variety of miniature Potato Heads with various character costumes based on both ''Transformers'' Evergreen designs and the cast of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', in the style of [[Mr. Potato Head#Mixable, Mashable Heroes!|''Mixable Mashable Heroes'']].<br /> <br /> Since the parts are interchangeable, you could use the ''My Little Pony'' heads with ''Transformers'' torsos and vice-versa to create the most horrifying Transformers-Potato-Pony mutants your heart could conceive of.<br /> <br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ===2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion===<br /> [[File:2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> <br /> On February 10, 2026, McDonald's restaurants began offering a set of Transformers and My Little Pony toys with Happy Meals.<br /> Among them, the three Transformers toys are designed in a chibi style based on Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron from the original G1 animation. The toys are as follows:<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] Pencil Topper - A plastic Optimus Prime head sculpt designed to fit on a pencil. Rotating the helmet switches Optimus Prime's expression between a smiling face and a battle mask.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] Card Holder - A hard plastic card protector featuring a raised Bumblebee design, equipped with a hollow hook shaped like the Autobot insignia. The bottom of the holder has a sliding slot for opening, with a Bumblebee card stored inside.<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] Disc Launcher - A red plastic launcher with a raised Megatron design. Pressing the launcher fires a plastic disc printed with an image of Megatron.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Changeables.jpg|220px|thumb|They might not be actual Transformers, but you can't have a McDonald's page on a Transformers wiki without them.]]<br /> *Beyond the ''Transformers'' brand, McDonald's has also released a few other transforming robot toys over the years. These include:<br /> **Easily the most famous, the ''Changeables'' toyline was McDonald's' attempt to cash into the transforming robot craze during the 1980s. The line was comprised of small robots (and later dinosaurs, releasing under the ''McDino Changeables'' subline) that transformed into food from the McDonald's menu, resulting in a small army of quirky little burgers, fries, soda bottles and the likes. The ''Changeables'' have since become cult collectibles, and to this day, it's not uncommon for people to ([[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|erroneously]]) assume these were ''Transformers'' tie-ins: they were not, but if you came to this page looking for them then they shall be mentioned in these notes nonetheless.<br /> ***By popular demand, the ''Changeables'' were also brought back in 2026 with an all-new series of toys, with some taking design cues from the original figures and others being all-new designs instead.<br /> **A handful of [[TakaraTomy]] transforming robot toylines have received McDonald's toys in the brand's Japanese branch. These include multiple waves of Shinkansen-based robots from ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion'' (新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン) and a 2025 wave of figures based on ''Tomica Heroes Jobraver Tokusō Gattai Robo'' (トミカヒーローズ ジョブレイバー 特装合体ロボ). Notably, the latter, as well as most of the Shinkansen promotions, are actually traditional fully-transformable figures... Something that the ''Transformers'' franchise hasn't seen on its Happy Meal offerings in the past decade.<br /> **Also in early 2025, McDonald's Japan released an odd set of three ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' figures that transform into life-sized plastic versions of McDonald's food.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcdonald's}}<br /> [[Category:Companies]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 businesses]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 locations]]<br /> [[Category:Restaurants]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* 2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:McDonald's Golden Arches.svg|right|250px|thumb|Simultaneously responsible for the obesity epidemic and also for getting an entire generation of kids into cool toy robots.]]<br /> '''McDonald's''' is a North American-based fast food restaurant chain. Throughout the decades, the company has offered many ''Transformers'' toys as part of their &quot;Happy Meals&quot; targeted to human children. Most Transformers promotions have been aimed towards male children while female children were lured in with other, &quot;girl themed&quot;, [[Hasbro]] brand products.<br /> <br /> In the past, their Transformers were essentially traditional transforming figures, albeit with very simplistic designs: these were, after all, meant to be incredibly cheap mass-produced toys that'd have to withstand rough play from kids of all ages, and as a result, they eschewed the fancier cartoon-accurate proportions, articulation, and play features of &quot;store bought&quot; ''Transformers'' toys. This changed in the turn of the 2010s... For the worse, as McDonald's dropped transforming robot toys entirely and instead shifted towards making non-transforming toys for their ''Transformers'' promotions, usually focusing on basic figurines of the characters' robot modes with the addendum of extra gimmicks.<br /> <br /> Their biggest competitor in the fast food market is [[Burger King]], who also put out quite a few ''Transformers'' tie-in promotions over the years.<br /> <br /> :''See also'': [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===<br /> {{noteukonly}}<br /> [[File:Plight McDonald's.jpg|thumb|right|250px|They're lovin' it.]]<br /> ''A McDonald's was located next to [[Rimmer's Ooptician]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was damaged by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked the city.'' {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}}<br /> <br /> As part of their joyride in a hotwired [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Waldo Dobbs|Waldo]] and [[Ernest]] stopped at a McDonald's. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers Trilogy''====<br /> [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] smashed a McDonald's in [[Las Vegas]] to pieces as a show of strength while battling [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]. Only the Golden Arches were left to mark where it had stood. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}<br /> <br /> ==Promotions==<br /> ===1985 St. Louis ''The Transformers'' McDonald's promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds1985-Catalogue.jpg|160px|left|thumb|The birth of an era of getting cool robot toys alongside your terrible diet.]]<br /> [[File:1985 happymeal bumblebee.jpg|200px|right|thumb|And you thought Latin America had [[Generation 1 toylines in Latin America|too many Minicar recolor]]s!]]<br /> {{quote|Collect all 4 TRANSFORMERS figurines! There's Brawn, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Gears. And transform yourself into the world of The TRANSFORMERS!|Mcdonald's Transformers promotion tag line}}<br /> In 1985, McDonald's gave away non-transforming, non-poseable figurines of four [[Mini Vehicle]] characters, each rendered in six different color variations, in various two-color combinations of red, green, blue, yellow, purple, pink and black. These figures were only available in St. Louis, Missouri, as a test run.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/McD1985Toys1.html 1985 McDonald's toys at Toyarchive.com]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The line included:<br /> <br /> * [[Gears (G1)#McDonald.27s|Gears]] - Came in blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;blue, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Brawn (G1)/toys#McDonald.27s|Brawn]] - Came in blue&amp;green, blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Happy Meal Toy|Cliffjumper]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations <br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Happy Meal Toy|Bumblebee]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1996 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWarsPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Frantic limb movement not included.]]<br /> Promoting the then new ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|toyline]], McDonald's offered five different toys as part of their Happy Meals, one of which was aimed towards children of age three and younger. To date, this is the only time when there have been new characters introduced solely as fast-food exclusives.<br /> Two different cardboard boxes, containing both food and toys, were distributed.<br /> <br /> The toys were:<br /> * [[Panther#Beast Wars|Panther]]<br /> * [[Rhino (BW)#Beast Wars|Rhino]]<br /> * [[Beetle#Beast Wars|Beetle]]<br /> * [[Manta Ray (BW)#Beast Wars|Manta Ray]]<br /> * [[Under-3#Beast Wars|Under-3]]<br /> [[File:BW-toy Beetle.jpg|250px|right|thumb|I'm a brand-new character!]]<br /> <br /> <br /> The first box featured a purple, mechanically style background with punch-out cards of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Razorbeast]], [[Polar Claw]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], Rhino and Panther, with an additional card depicting both Optimus and [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] in the midst of a fearsome fist-shaking contest. Additionally, it featured the two following jokes:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:Why do robots keep batteries in their wallets?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:They like to charge everything.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:What did the Transformer sing when he paddled upstream?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:Row Row Row your Bot!!&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second box had a green, mechanically styled background with punch-out cards of Megatron, [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], Manta Ray, Beetle and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with the same card featured on the first box representing Megatron and Optimus shaking fists at each other. This box also featured two jokes.<br /> <br /> The hand-painted artwork featured on the characters' punch-out cards showcased the characters' [[robot mode]] in the foreground with designs heavily based on early promotional designs of the first wave toys. Both Optimus and Megatron appear as a bat and an alligator respectively, and all characters have their color schemes based directly on their toys. Scorponok even appears orange, as early promotional photos presented him. Save the card featuring both Megatron and Optimus, each card's background was dominated by a representation of the character's [[beast mode]] rendered in a realistic fashion (to the point where it sometimes did not match up with the animal-kibble on the characters' robot modes).<br /> <br /> While the Beast Wars toys were targeted towards the boy patrons, ''{{w|Littlest Pet Shop}}'' dolls were targeted to the girls.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1998 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWars1998Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Pushing the &quot;Transformers-fan-to-Brony&quot; pipeline before Bronies were actually a thing.]]<br /> <br /> McDonald's once more promoted the Beast Wars toyline two years later, this time focusing on the [[Transmetal]]s sub-line. Three toys were produced, depicting three characters that, although part of the main cast on the television series, had not received toys depicting them in Transmetal bodies. Mirroring the gimmick of Transmetals sold in stores, they possessed a &quot;metalized&quot; look on some parts of their bodies.<br /> <br /> The included toys were:<br /> <br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BWMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Scorponok (BW)#McTransmetal|Scorponok]]<br /> * [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Transmetal|Dinobot]]<br /> [[File:Mcdinobot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|And I'm not, even though I look nothing like [[Dinobot (BW)|the character I'm supposed to represent!]]]]<br /> The meals were now distributed in paper bags instead of cardboard boxes, and featured much more crudely drawn depictions of the promoted toys, directly based on the characters' toys, posed statically. <br /> The first bag presented on one side Dinobot, Blackarachnia (oddly, depicted mis-transformed in her artwork) and Scorponok standing in a thundercloud, while a lightning bolt strikes a stony landscape. Said landscape is in actuality a simple puzzle to be solved, as explained on the bag:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Wild storm, MAXIMIZE! See which beast changed into a robot by filling in the spaces that have one dot.''&lt;ref&gt;The answer is Scorponok.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second bag featured on one of its sides similar artwork, this time depicting Dinobot's robot mode in the middle of a field, riddled with flows of lava, spewed forth from a volcano in the background. The bag instructs:<br /> <br /> &quot;''TRANSFORMER Dinobot is a robot in disguise! Follow the lava trail from his cool robot mode to see which beast he changes into.&quot; The possible choices depicted are either A: A mechanical scorpion (depicted on another side of the bag, which the puzzle also occupies), B: A mechanical velociraptor or C: A mechanical black widow spider.''&quot;&lt;ref&gt;The answer is B, the velociraptor.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> This time around, ''[[My Little Pony]]'' toys were the girl-targeting counterparts to the Beast Wars figurines. Artwork and puzzles for these toys occupied the remaining two sides of the bags.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2000 ''Beast Machines'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastMachinesPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> Two years later still, McDonald's promoted the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline, successor to the ''Beast Wars'' franchise. Unlike the previous toys it offered during the [[Beast Era]], this time its toys were meant to depict the characters as they appeared in the televised show, as opposed to new characters or bodies. The result was a varying degree of success in terms of show-accuracy, with most toys concentrating on one mode to be most faithfully a depiction of the character: a design direction that would become common in McDonald's Transformers toys for the next eight years. For whatever odd reason, this batch of toys also used ''a lot'' of translucent plastic.<br /> <br /> The toys produced for this promotion were:<br /> <br /> [[File:BM-toy ThrustMcDonalds.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;So I was manufactured in translucent plastic, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujF8AumiQo which was the style at the time...]&quot;]]<br /> '''Maximals'''<br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Cheetor]]<br /> * [[Nightscream (BM)#McD|Nightscream]]<br /> * [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#McDonaldsBM|Optimus Primal]]<br /> * [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Rattrap]]<br /> <br /> '''Vehicons'''<br /> * [[Jetstorm (BM)#McDonalds|Jetstorm]]<br /> * [[Megatron (BW)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Thrust (BM)#McDonalds|Thrust]]<br /> * [[Tankor (BM)#McD|Tankor]]<br /> <br /> Returning to boxes for distribution, the two variant cardboard vessels were:<br /> <br /> *A [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-themed box, with one side occupied by an image of Megatron, in his harness menacingly raising an arm forwards (and erroneously labeled as being in &quot;[[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]&quot;) while the other side was adorned by images of Jetstorm; his vehicle mode flying over a Cybertronian landscape alongside several Aero Drones, and his robot mode in a stock pose. The image of his robot mode could be punched out, advertised as a Jetstorm bookmark.<br /> *A [[Maximal]]-themed box, with one side featuring an image of Optimus Primal in beast mode, gesturing invitingly, and another side dominated by an image of Cheetor in robot mode, with a smaller image of the technorganic cheetah in beast mode and an image of Blackarachnia in beast mode, advertised as a &quot;straw crawler&quot; which could be punched out similarly to the Jetstorm Bookmark.<br /> <br /> This time around, the toys advertised towards girls were ''{{w|Hello Kitty}}'' themed, with images of said character occupying the remaining two sides of each box.<br /> <br /> Additionally, some participating McDonald's also distributed coupons that offered $3.00 off any ''Beast Machines'' Figurine purchase of $15.00 or more.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2003 ''Armada'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ArmadaPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Obesity has never been this fun!]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' promotion not only included individual gimmicks for each toy, but also featured [[powerlinx]] points, allowing these toys to interact with the larger figures and [[Mini-Con]]s sold in stores. On top of it all, all of the members of each faction were promoted as being able to combine into a larger machine. Although this resulted in somewhat awkward combined forms, it did a thorough job of driving the point home of what was the focus of the Armada toyline: powerlinking.<br /> <br /> As with previous years, each figurine was a simplified version of one of the main characters of the television series, featuring basic transformation schemes to achieve the ''vague'' look of the robot modes that they're meant to represent:<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Featured a &quot;punching&quot; gimmick for robot mode.<br /> * [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#McDonald.27s|Hot Shot]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Red Alert (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Red Alert]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Smokescreen (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Smokescreen]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Robot]],&quot; with Optimus becoming the upper torso, head and arms, Hot Shot becoming the crotch and upper-legs, while Red Alert and Smokescreen became the left and right legs respectively.<br /> <br /> [[File:Armadatoy mcdonalds megatron.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Somehow only has slightly less articulation than [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|his bigger counterpart]].]]<br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Featured a gimmick simulating his motion of firing his cannon while in robot mode.<br /> * [[Cyclonus (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Cyclonus]] - Featured a spinning rotor gimmick.<br /> * [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Happy Meal toy|Starscream]] - Featured a gimmick similar to that of [[Jumpstarter]]s.<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#Happy Meal toys|Demolishor]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Vehicle]],&quot; Starscream forming the front, Cyclonus the upper-portion, with Megatron and Demolishor providing locomotion as the left and right segments respectively of the bottom of the vehicle.<br /> <br /> {{Note|In some Asian markets, Hot Shot's toy was slightly different from its release in other regions; it featured a slightly different transformation scheme and transparent windows.}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2004/2006 ''Energon'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-EnergonPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Prime's giving his all to his G1 Soundwave lamppost mode cosplay.]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' promotion is notable in that there were two distinct figure sets, one set released only in Europe, and the other in South America. Neither set of toys were made available in the United States and tend to be hard to come across in secondary markets. <br /> <br /> The European lineup were fairly bulky toys that all had similar electronic gimmicks that involved a large removable electronic &quot;Energon cube&quot; being placed inside the toys to activate lights or sounds. The cubes were all interchangeable among these toys. The South American figures were simpler and all featured spring-loaded transformations which were activated by pushing in buttons on the front of their vehicle modes. While having paint operations, these toys relied on pre-applied stickers for added details.<br /> <br /> ====Europe====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD1|Optimus Prime]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Ironhide (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Siren sound effects<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD|Megatron]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Unicron/toys#McDonalds|Unicron]] - Light up body<br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:McEnergon-prime.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;Hey, where did the AllSpark go?!&quot; Suspiciously AllSpark-shaped Optimus Prime:]]<br /> ====South America====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Inferno (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Inferno]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#EnergonHappyMeal|Demolishor]]<br /> <br /> Strangely, two years later, the ''European'' exclusive toys were retooled and stripped of all electronic gimmickry and rereleased...in ''South America''.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2008 ''Animated'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:HK_TFA_Happy_Meal_Commercial.jpg|250px|left|thumb|We used to be a country. A proper country.]]<br /> In America, the ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while Littlest Pet Shop was once again the promotion for girls. None of the figures featured individual gimmicks like the previous promotions and although the toys were mostly successful in representing the characters on a limited Happy Meal toy budget, some figures' second modes suffered greatly.<br /> <br /> In foreign markets, the Animated promotion differed; for some reason [[France]] received an exclusive Blitzwing figure that wasn't included in the American lineup. In South America, the toys were ''entirely'' different and featured a smaller cast. Rather than having manual robot to vehicle transformations, the toys folded up into nebulous alternate modes and transformed via a [[Jumpstarter]] gimmick. Despite being newly designed figures, the toys borrowed the head sculpts of the American toys.<br /> <br /> ====America / Europe====<br /> [[File:Ani-toy Starscream McD US.jpg|250px|right|thumb|You thought this alt-mode was 'lazy' in 2008... Little did you know how much worse it'd get.]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McDonald.27s Kids Meal Toys|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Fast food kids meal toys|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ratchet (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Ratchet]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#Fast Food toys|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Lugnut (Animated)#McDonalds|Lugnut]] - Week 6<br /> * [[Blitzwing (Animated)#McD|Blitzwing]] - French Exclusive<br /> <br /> ====Latin America====<br /> [[File:Tfa mexico set.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Welcome back, Jumpstarters!]]<br /> Some Latin American countries like Mexico and Brazil would get an entirely different set of ''Animated'' Happy Meal toys, featuring a play pattern that's very reminiscent of the [[Jumpstarters]].<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#McLatin|Megatron]] <br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McLatin|Starscream]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ROTF2010Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The ''Revenge of the Fallen'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' was the promotion for girls. Sadly, this would also mark the end to McDonald's Transformers as we had known them: in a similar fashion to the [[Burger King]] promotions of the live action movies, none of the figures transformed, with the engineering budget being put into gimmicks instead.<br /> [[File:McDonaldsROTFOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|160px|right|The beginning of the downfall.]]<br /> Oddly enough, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] was included in the assortment of figures, despite being replaced by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in the movie.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Blackout (Movie)#McDonald.27s|Blackout]] - Week 6<br /> <br /> The Happy Meal bag came [[:File:Mcdonaldsrotf.jpg|with the suggestion for kids to play a &quot;Capture the Flag&quot; game]]... But no actual included flag. Go figure.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Dark of the Moon'' promotion===<br /> [[File:JapanHappyMeal-DOTMPromotion.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ah yes, the two genders: murderous face-ripping robot and colorful bunny plushie.]]<br /> The first McDonald's promotion to be exclusive to Japan, this tie-in to 2011's ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' would feature two sets of toys, both based on Optimus Prime and Bumblebee: a pair of non-transforming figurines like the previous 2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tie-in and a pair of simplified versions of their [[Gravity Bot|Gravity Bots]] molds with added stickers.<br /> <br /> Notably, these would be the last time that a McDonald's [[Transformers]] tie-in promotion featured actual transforming robot toys... And thanks to being Japanese exclusives, you might have never heard about them until you read this page!<br /> <br /> '''Figurines'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Gravity Bots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:Mcdonalds_prime_foodstraps.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Their gluttony sickens me.]]<br /> An unusual promotion released only in Japan alongside the previous one as a tie-in for both ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and the upcoming ''Dark of the Moon'' film, this set of three toys was actually not sold as a standard pack-in gift with meals but instead through some rather odd convoluted ways.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime and Bulkhead required you to buy a Happy Meal only exactly within the span of two days (July 30 to 31st), which, alongside the aforementioned Optimus or Bumblebee toys, would give you a special ticket that could be traded in at a specific set of toy stores for either of the assorted charms. As for Bumblebee... He was simply available as a free pack-in gift with the September 2011 issue of ''TV Boy'' magazine instead.<br /> <br /> [[File:Prime-toy McDJapan Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Close enough, welcome back ''Changeables''.]]<br /> The toys themselves consist of miniature versions of McDonald's food items, which sprung open to reveal the characters inside: perhaps, intentionally or not, somewhat evocative of [[McDonald%27s#Notes|an older McDonald's toyline]].<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Bulkhead]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2012 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2012Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> For the ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, McDonald's featured non-transforming toys of ''Prime'' characters' vehicle modes, incorporating various gimmicks into them. The promotion for &lt;s&gt;bronies&lt;/s&gt; girls was ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> [[File:Primetoy-MegatronHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Robot mode sold separately. A year later.]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonaldsUS|Optimus Prime]]—Lit up when you pushed his smokestacks forward.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds|Bumblebee]]—Featured a missile launcher in his roof.<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonaldsUS|Bulkhead]]—fired paper discs from a launcher under his hood.<br /> *[[Ratchet (WFC)#Mcdonald.27s|Ratchet]]—Had a non-firing cannon under his roof.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded paddle from his front end.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing missiles.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonald.27s|Breakdown]]—Featured a non-firing cannon revealed by turning his spare tire.<br /> *[[Knock Out (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Knock Out]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing cannons.<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:Primetoy-HappyMealMegatron2013.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A shame we no longer transform, but check out these awesome new ''three'' points of articulation!]]<br /> <br /> ===2013 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2013Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Prime'' took place the following year, this time featuring toy of ''Prime'' characters in robot mode with exclusively mechanical-based gimmicks. It was accompanied by a ''Littlest Pet Shop'' promotion.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonaldsRobot|Optimus Prime]]—Turning his upper torso caused him to wave his sword.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds2|Bumblebee]]—Pushing down on his wings caused him to punch with his right arm.<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his fusion cannon.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Starscream]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his left arm.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonalds2|Breakdown]]—Pinching his legs together caused his upper body to spin, flailing with his hammers.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2015 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2015.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Hi, we exist solely to flood plastic waste bins and 1€-per-toy buckets in European flea markets.]]<br /> The first promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' included a variety of figurines, as well as Transformers &quot;diadems&quot; stylized after Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.<br /> [[File:RID15-toy ClampdownMcD.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Still miss transforming toys? Okay, but just wait until you see this ''insane'' new &quot;claw-on-a-string&quot; feature!!!]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Optimus Prime]]—Mace-swinging gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Bumblebee]]—Sword-slashing gimmick<br /> *[[Fixit (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fixit]]—Gear-activated drills<br /> *[[Sideswipe (RID)#McDonald.27s|Sideswipe]]—Staff-spinning attack gimmick<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonald.27s|Grimlock]]—Flame missile projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Clampdown (RID)#McDonald.27s|Clampdown]]—Retractable grapple pincher <br /> *[[Fracture (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fracture]]—Light-up gun<br /> *[[Underbite#McDonald.27s|Underbite]]—lunging action<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2016 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2016.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The fact that all images of these toys on this wiki are just crops from this catalog speaks volumes to how interesting they are.]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place the following year. It was accompanied by a ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic'' promotion. Coloring sheets were also available, with an image from each franchise on each side.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2|Optimus Prime]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2Truck|Optimus Prime]] (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Back-mounted disc launcher<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3Vehicle|Bumblebee]] (vehicle mode)—Lauching projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Thunderhoof (RID)#McDonald.27s|Thunderhoof]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Thunderhoof (vehicle mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Steeljaw (RID)#McDonald.27s|Steeljaw]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Steeljaw (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> <br /> The 2016 wave also came with [[:File:Mcdonalds_coloring_page_2016.jpg|a coloring page]], featuring an illustration of the ''Transformers'' characters next to another of the ''My Little Pony'' wave counterparts.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A third promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place in [[2017]]. Once again, My Little Pony was the alternate toy option. Instead of strictly figures, this collection had a mask and figure for each of the characters. Once more, a batch of ''My Little Pony'' figures was this wave's gir-oriented counterpart.<br /> [[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Comes with the exciting &quot;you can use this cannon on toys that are actually good&quot; feature.]]<br /> Interestingly, the mounted cannons in this assortment of toys uses [[5 mm post]]-compatible pegs, making them attachable to many larger figures from other ''Transformers'' toylines. <br /> <br /> '''Figures'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Optimus Prime]]—Sword slash gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds4|Bumblebee]]—Attachable wings and chest mounted wheel (to simulate flight)<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonalds2|Grimlock]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> *[[Strongarm (RID)#McFigure|Strongarm]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masks'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Optimus Prime Action Mask]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Bumblebee Glow-in-the-Dark Mask]]<br /> * [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonaldsMask|Grimlock Transforming Mask]]<br /> * [[Strongarm (RID)#McDonald.27s|Strongarm Vision Mask]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:McD RID2017 HolidayExpressCar.jpg|thumb|200px]]<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Holiday Express'' promotion===<br /> For the 2017 holiday season, McDonald's ran a promotion where every Happy Meal came with a train car featuring a brand used for one its past promotions. ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' was the featured brand for one car, a grey boxcar with a sculpted Bumblebee who bobs up and down as the train advances.<br /> <br /> The train car depicts several RID characters ([[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) in vehicle mode in a car carrying structure. These and the other train cars released under this promotion could all be connected, in any order, to form one long train.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2018 ''Bumblebee/Authentics'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BumblebeePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Well.. At least these have ''some'' soul.]]<br /> <br /> The release of the 2018 promotion coincided with both the release of the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, though the toys are very much the Evergreen G1 designs. Despite this, most promotional material for the toys used the ''Bumblebee'' film logo and robot images.<br /> [[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|250px|right|If you think we're gonna give a pass to this Shockwave despite how much we've been clowning on modern McDonald's Transformers just because he's cute... You're absolutely right.]]<br /> Unlike any of the previous McDonald's toylines, these feature a quirky [[super deformed]] aesthetic with oversized heads and goofily-proportioned bodies. Yet again, ''My Little Pony'' was the girl equivalent for this batch of toys, also featuring the same sort of super deformed aesthetic.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Optimus Prime]]/[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]—Spring-loaded pop out sword<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Bumblebee]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Launching projectile<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]] (vehicle mode)—[[Pull-back motor]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (AOE)#McDonald's|Grimlock]]/[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]—Light-Up flame/eyes<br /> *[[Windblade (BB)#McDonald's|Windblade]]/[[Windblade (G1)#McDonald's|Windblade]]—Rotating wing fans<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Megatron]]/[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]—Wind-up walking<br /> *[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Starscream]]/[[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Starscream]]—Jet-Launcher<br /> *[[Shockwave (Movie)#McDonald's|Shockwave]]/[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Shockwave]]—Pop-out rocket boot flames<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Cyberverse2019Promp.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> In 2019, the first Cyberverse themed promotion included non-transforming base figures that came with small vehicles that could be split in half and worn as armor for the robot figures. The armor parts all used 4&amp;nbsp;mm pegs and could be swapped around between figures. The toys are all based on the Spark Armor figures from the Cyberverse toyline, using all the same characters as that subline. The toys all included sticker sheets for added details.<br /> <br /> In America, only four figures were released, but European and Asian markets received an ''additional'' four figures, totaling eight. And yes, ''My Little Pony'' was, once again, the girl-oriented counterpart for this batch of toys.<br /> <br /> [[File:McD_CV_2019_Optimus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hey, they actually added ''some'' transforming elements back to their *''Transformers''* toys! Could it be that these will finally be neat agai...]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonaldsArmor|Optimus Prime]] - Fighter Jet/ armor<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] - Battleship/ armor<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Grimlock]] - Garbage truck/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Prowl]] - Starfighter/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Jetfire]] - Tank/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Megatron]] - Helicopter/ armor<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Starscream]] - Bulldozer/ armor<br /> *[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Shockwave]] - Flying saucer/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> ====Japan====<br /> Japan had an exclusive “All-Star Water” promotion from August 16 to August 22 which included a translucent vinyl figurine of Optimus Prime featuring a [[water-squirting gimmick]]. He also comes with an Autobot insignia with paper that changes color when hit by water.<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Optimus Prime Water Gun]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2021 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD CV 2021 toys.jpg|thumb|220px|right|... Nevermind.]]<br /> Released in Singapore and Europe in January 2021, this promotion included six non-transforming figures with limited articulation. The chests of the figures had panels with lenticular image stickers on them which would change angle when the left arm is moved. Moving the panel causes the image on their chest to change.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Optimus Prime]] - Image changes from robot chest to burst of electricity<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Bumblebee]] - Image changes from robot chest to glowing Autobot symbol<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Ratchet]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Megatron]] - Image changes from robot chest to battle damage<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Starscream]] - Image changes from robot chest to missiles flying through air<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2022 Potato Head'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD Potato Head 2022 toys.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> The as-of-now last McDonald's ''Transformers'' promotion, this series was a crossover of sorts with [[Mr. Potato Head|''Potato Head'']], releasing only in some select regions across Asia and Africa. It featured a variety of miniature Potato Heads with various character costumes based on both ''Transformers'' Evergreen designs and the cast of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', in the style of [[Mr. Potato Head#Mixable, Mashable Heroes!|''Mixable Mashable Heroes'']].<br /> <br /> Since the parts are interchangeable, you could use the ''My Little Pony'' heads with ''Transformers'' torsos and vice-versa to create the most horrifying Transformers-Potato-Pony mutants your heart could conceive of.<br /> <br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ===2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion===<br /> [[File:2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> <br /> On February 10, 2026, McDonald's restaurants began offering a set of Transformers and My Little Pony toys with Happy Meals.<br /> Among them, the three Transformers toys are designed in a chibi style based on Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron from the original G1 animation. The toys are as follows:<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] Pencil Topper: A plastic Optimus Prime head sculpt designed to fit on a pencil. Rotating the helmet switches Optimus Prime's expression between a smiling face and a battle mask.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] Card Holder: A hard plastic card protector featuring a raised Bumblebee design, equipped with a hollow hook shaped like the Autobot insignia. The bottom of the holder has a sliding slot for opening, with a Bumblebee card stored inside.<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] Disc Launcher: A red plastic launcher with a raised Megatron design. Pressing the launcher fires a plastic disc printed with an image of Megatron.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Changeables.jpg|220px|thumb|They might not be actual Transformers, but you can't have a McDonald's page on a Transformers wiki without them.]]<br /> *Beyond the ''Transformers'' brand, McDonald's has also released a few other transforming robot toys over the years. These include:<br /> **Easily the most famous, the ''Changeables'' toyline was McDonald's' attempt to cash into the transforming robot craze during the 1980s. The line was comprised of small robots (and later dinosaurs, releasing under the ''McDino Changeables'' subline) that transformed into food from the McDonald's menu, resulting in a small army of quirky little burgers, fries, soda bottles and the likes. The ''Changeables'' have since become cult collectibles, and to this day, it's not uncommon for people to ([[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|erroneously]]) assume these were ''Transformers'' tie-ins: they were not, but if you came to this page looking for them then they shall be mentioned in these notes nonetheless.<br /> ***By popular demand, the ''Changeables'' were also brought back in 2026 with an all-new series of toys, with some taking design cues from the original figures and others being all-new designs instead.<br /> **A handful of [[TakaraTomy]] transforming robot toylines have received McDonald's toys in the brand's Japanese branch. These include multiple waves of Shinkansen-based robots from ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion'' (新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン) and a 2025 wave of figures based on ''Tomica Heroes Jobraver Tokusō Gattai Robo'' (トミカヒーローズ ジョブレイバー 特装合体ロボ). Notably, the latter, as well as most of the Shinkansen promotions, are actually traditional fully-transformable figures... Something that the ''Transformers'' franchise hasn't seen on its Happy Meal offerings in the past decade.<br /> **Also in early 2025, McDonald's Japan released an odd set of three ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' figures that transform into life-sized plastic versions of McDonald's food.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcdonald's}}<br /> [[Category:Companies]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 businesses]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 locations]]<br /> [[Category:Restaurants]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig2|the heroic Autobot|the evil mirror universe counterpart|Zetar (SG)}}<br /> :''Zetar is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:DWMtMtE4-DrillPowerdasher-Zetar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He was awesome in ''Maniac Cop''.]]<br /> '''Zetar''' is one of the [[Powerdasher]]s.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===<br /> The Powerdashers featured in two early [[S.T.A.R.S. continuity|recruiting messages]] sent to [[human]]s by the Autobots. The messages were almost identical in content, claiming that the Autobots marooned on Earth were becoming desperate in their battle against the [[Decepticon]]s, sending an S.O.S. to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] even though they didn't know if anyone would be there to receive it. Luckily, their plea was answered in the form of the Powerdashers, [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s, and [[Time Warrior (G1)|Time Warrior]]s. The only Powerdasher seen was the jet-form model, but the message noted that the Powerdashers' state of constant evolution meant that they might not look the same later. {{storylink|Reinforcements from Cybertron!}} {{storylink|The battle is far from over!}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br /> The three Powerdashers were created with a primitive design based on the forms of very early Cybertronians. Meant to aid the Autobots on Earth, the Powerdashers' powers and personalities were still growing when they were put into duty. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}} They were packed in stasis aboard the supply ship ''[[Orion]]'', which ended up crashing on Earth after getting shot down by [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The crew activated the Powerdashers, who awoke without a word and immediately began working on the ship. When they finished, they packed up their tools and quietly went back on board. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> [[File:Magnus shock ore powerdashers the gloaming.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|The Lightnings of Zetar. (Zetar is the one with the drill head to the right of Ultra Magnus.)]]<br /> Zetar attended Megatron's 54th gladiatorial match in the days before the war. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}<br /> <br /> [[Cromar]] and the other Powerdashers fought under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in a battle on [[Clemency]]. Cromar's team was ordered by Magnus to try to disable the [[Nightmare Engine]], but the group was interrupted by a [[K-Class]] [[Decepticon]] bombing. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}<br /> <br /> ===''Kre-O'' comic===<br /> [[File:KreO-webcomic-6-Zetar.jpg|thumb|100px|&quot;Man, that guy's got a small face.&quot;]]<br /> When the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked the Autobot base and tried to stomp on [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot leader flashed on a brilliant idea: tickle the sole of Devastator's foot! Zetar helped out, and the giant laughed so hard he toppled over backwards, crushing the unlucky [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] under the combiner's big butt. {{Storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}}<br /> <br /> ===Ask Vector Prime===<br /> In some universes, the Powerdashers were three individual sentient beings, with Zetar as the team engineer. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/21}}<br /> <br /> ===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===<br /> In [[2050]], Zetar was attending to the evacuation of [[Angolmois Energy]] in [[Neo Scramble City]]. When the [[Selector]]s revolted with the assistance of the [[Decepticon]]s, Zetar came to support the [[Autobot]] side. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 IDW continuity===<br /> {{first|[[War World: Prime|''Transformers'' #25]]}}<br /> [[File:WarWorldHunt GrappleVolunteers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|left]]<br /> After the Senate fell to the Megatron's coup, Zetar was recruited by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to drill a tunnel into the underground chambers so that the Senate Guard could rescue the Decepticons' prisoners. Apparently a non-combatant, Zetar was instructed by Ironhide to get himself to safety once the Guard had breached. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} <br /> <br /> Zetar was later part of a crowd watching [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] deliver his first speech as Prime. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} He stood with Autobot volunteers defending the Iacon [[energon storage field|energon stores]], but they were driven off by a Decepticon offensive. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Forced from Iacon, Zetar joined the Autobot faction in exile at [[Crystal City]]. He traveled to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] in an effort to claim the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}}<br /> <br /> [[File:WarsEndPart1-Zetar.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If you're gonna dig, dig to breach the heavens! Even if it's my own grave I'm digging, I keep going!]]<br /> Zetar was later assigned to a field team exploring the [[Sonic Canyons]], searching for evidence of [[Exarchon]]'s return. His drilling services were put to use by the exploration unit of [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Geomotus]]. After they uncovered an unnatural rock formation, Zetar tunneled diagonally into it to see if it was a hidden entrance. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} Just as he did, however, Exarchon himself emerged from the secret base, with the powerful dragon body of [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. The rest of his team was trapped in a shallow crevice, so Zetar drilled around them to create an escape tunnel in the opposite direction. They infiltrated a Rise base to find a number of concerning objects, such as an [[imploder]], a massive drill, and a horde of Skywarp drones. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} The Autobots quickly realized they might be the only thing between Exarchon and the destruction of Cybertron. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}}<br /> <br /> Soon Exarchon's plan became apparent, as he dislodged a portion of his spark into the drill. The tunneling vehicle would dig down to the Allspark itself at the core of Cybertron, allowing the Threefold Spark to corrupt the entire living planet at once. Zetar and the others raced to intercept the drill before it reached its destination. Geomotus and Landmine guided Zetar in tunneling ahead of the drill, attacking it as it reached an open space. When [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] tried to stop them, Landmine was sent hurtling into the drill tank, stalling it. At [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]'s order, Zetar launched his own drill mode at the tunneling vehicle, chewing through it for a massive explosion that brought an end to Exarchon once and for all. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''The Transformers''===<br /> {{anchor|Generation 1}}<br /> [[File:G1-toy PowerdasherDrill.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Powerdasher''' (Mail-order, [[1984]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Watts]] (packaging artist)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the very first year of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' product, this version of the Powerdasher is a [[redeco]] and minor [[retool]]ing of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' &quot;Drill Dasher&quot;, transforming into a [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Drill tank|Cybertronic drill tank]], with the chromed drill-tip lightly rounded off [[for safety reasons]] and various sticker alterations (see &quot;[[#Notes|Notes]]&quot; below). <br /> <br /> : It features a [[pull-back motor]], allowing it to quickly roll forward across flat surfaces in vehicle mode... okay, and in robot mode too, which is pretty awkward but doable if you want a chuckle.<br /> <br /> : It was only available as a [[Pack-in material#Mail-order flyers|mail-order]] [[exclusive]] in the US, costing $3 and 2 [[Robot Point]]s. The jet-mode Powerdasher was the only one pictured in the ads, but the type you got ended up being random. The jet-form Powerdasher appears to be the most common model sent, however.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/DrillDasher/drilldasher.htm More information on the Drill-form Powerdasher at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Generations Selects''===<br /> [[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Deluxe-Zetar.jpg|thumb|300px|Looks like he got the ''brunt'' of the design changes.]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Powerdasher Zetar''' (Deluxe Weaponizer, [[2019]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Siege'''''<br /> :*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-GS08'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[September 7]], 2019<br /> :*''Accessories'': 2-part cannon barrel, drill bit<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (deco, Hasbro)&lt;ref&gt;[[June 26]], [[2023]] [https://youtu.be/jVenhxXrQVs &quot;Talking Transformers with Hasbro (featuring Bmac &amp; Mark Maher)&quot;] interview with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Ben MacCrae]] on the Triple Takeover YouTube channel.&lt;/ref&gt; and [[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}<br /> <br /> :A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' accompaniment to ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'', &quot;Powerdasher Zetar&quot; is a [[retool]] of [[Brunt (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Brunt]], with a body based on the [[Centurion droid]] from [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' comic miniseries that transforms into a Cybertronian drill tank and back. In tank mode, Zetar's turret rotates and can also raise and lower his cannon vertically. In robot mode, Zetar features two-thirds of a new head (the front of Brunt's face makes up the back of Zetar's head), with a 5 mm post on top to mount his new drill-tip skullcap/accessory. He is also compatible with the &quot;Fire Blast&quot; effect pieces from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions. Like the other ''Generations Selects'' figures complementing ''Siege'', he lacks &quot;battle damage&quot; paint applications. <br /> <br /> : Like his fellow &quot;Weaponizer&quot; figures, he can also separate into multiple parts compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]] to form armor and weapons for other figures of the subline, with two configurations shown in his instructions. The &quot;Demolition Loadout&quot; has him split into a &quot;C-HP M2 OBV Launcher&quot; (his lower legs in vehicle-cannon mode), a &quot;C-AD M2 VX Cannon&quot; backpack (waist/upper legs), the &quot;C-CR M2 AGZ Blaster&quot; (torso &amp; drill in a loose connection that relies on the friction of the base of the drill and the lip of the torso's connector), two &quot;C-CMA M2 ME Amplifier&quot; boots (arms), and the &quot;C-HD M2 Turret Armor&quot; shield (turret base). The &quot;Serpentine Loadout&quot; turns practically the entire figure into a backpack with a pair of massive &quot;HMC&quot; (Hydraulic Mauler Claw) arms and a &quot;PBM&quot; (Proximity Boost Module, whatever the heck ''that'' means). Curiously, the instructions for ''all'' of his modes completely omit the 2-part cannon barrel accessory left over from Brunt, though stock photography from both Hasbro and TakaraTomy shows this accessory in use.<br /> <br /> :Caution is advised when transforming Zetar's tank treads into his robot mode arms. The treads themselves must be pulled outwards and fully extended until they lock into place. However, the swivel joints used to connect the treads to his shoulders can pop out vertically if too much force is applied. This risks breaking the swivel joint housing, due to being designed to pop out horizontally rather than vertically.<br /> <br /> :Zetar was released exclusively through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] in Japan, and various online retailers in North America. Zetar was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore.<br /> <br /> :This original version of this mold was redecoed, in a full-circle kind of way, as a [[Centurion droid#Toys|Centurion Drone]], and it also served as the model for [[Metrotank]] in the [[The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|''Legends'' comic]].<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:G1-toy PowerdasherDrill-Diaclone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bluntly, to the point...]]<br /> * The drill Powerdasher was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy called the &quot;Drill Dasher&quot; (ドリルダッシャー). The ''Transformers'' version blunted the drill [[for safety reasons]], removed the &quot;&lt;small&gt;DRILL DASHER&lt;/small&gt;&quot; text from the factory-applied cockpit [[sticker]]s, and omitted the extra sticker sheet for the cockpit and legs. And, of course, the Diaclone pilot was dropped. Of the three Dashers, it was the only one to not undergo a change of plastic color when being brought over for ''Transformers''.<br /> * &quot;Zetar&quot; was the name given to the Takara U.S. ''[[Diakron]]'', [[GiG]] Italian ''[[Trasformer]]'', and [[Joustra]] French ''Diaclone'' releases of the toy. The Powerdasher Drill would not explicitly be given the name in ''Transformers'' fiction until the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] in 2015.<br /> * The name &quot;Zetar&quot; is a nod to ''{{w|Sequin (coin)|zecchino}}'', a gold coin minted by medieval Venice.<br /> * The Powerdashers were the first Cybertronian (well, non-Earthly) vehicular toys released—and were released in 1984, to boot.<br /> *Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Zetar is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. Unlike most [[Kreon]]s, he doesn't have a helmet; instead, he has a small drill-bit attached to the top of his head.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Zetar''' (IDW, ジーター ''Jītā''), '''Zeta''' (''Siege'', ゼータ ''Zēta'')&lt;ref&gt;Backmatter in the Japanese release of [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Japanese Reprints|''More than Meets the Eye'' Vol. 2]] interpreted Zetar's name as a neologism from English. By contrast, the Japanese release of the ''Generations Selects'' toy copied the Greek letter name Ζ / ζ as Zetar's name in Japanese.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *''Cantonese'': '''Zetar''' (扎他 ''Zaat&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;taa&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;'')<br /> *''Mandarin'': '''Zetar''' (Taiwan, 澤塔 ''Zétǎ''), '''Zetar'''(China, 泽塔 ''Zétǎ'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Engineers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generations Selects toy Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2019) Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Kreons]]<br /> [[Category:Mail order exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]<br /> [[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Weaponizers]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig2|the heroic Autobot|the evil mirror universe counterpart|Zetar (SG)}}<br /> :''Zetar is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:DWMtMtE4-DrillPowerdasher-Zetar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He was awesome in ''Maniac Cop''.]]<br /> '''Zetar''' is one of the [[Powerdasher]]s.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===<br /> The Powerdashers featured in two early [[S.T.A.R.S. continuity|recruiting messages]] sent to [[human]]s by the Autobots. The messages were almost identical in content, claiming that the Autobots marooned on Earth were becoming desperate in their battle against the [[Decepticon]]s, sending an S.O.S. to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] even though they didn't know if anyone would be there to receive it. Luckily, their plea was answered in the form of the Powerdashers, [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]]s, and [[Time Warrior (G1)|Time Warrior]]s. The only Powerdasher seen was the jet-form model, but the message noted that the Powerdashers' state of constant evolution meant that they might not look the same later. {{storylink|Reinforcements from Cybertron!}} {{storylink|The battle is far from over!}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br /> The three Powerdashers were created with a primitive design based on the forms of very early Cybertronians. Meant to aid the Autobots on Earth, the Powerdashers' powers and personalities were still growing when they were put into duty. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}} They were packed in stasis aboard the supply ship ''[[Orion]]'', which ended up crashing on Earth after getting shot down by [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The crew activated the Powerdashers, who awoke without a word and immediately began working on the ship. When they finished, they packed up their tools and quietly went back on board. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}<br /> <br /> ===2005 IDW continuity===<br /> [[File:Magnus shock ore powerdashers the gloaming.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|The Lightnings of Zetar. (Zetar is the one with the drill head to the right of Ultra Magnus.)]]<br /> Zetar attended Megatron's 54th gladiatorial match in the days before the war. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}<br /> <br /> [[Cromar]] and the other Powerdashers fought under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in a battle on [[Clemency]]. Cromar's team was ordered by Magnus to try to disable the [[Nightmare Engine]], but the group was interrupted by a [[K-Class]] [[Decepticon]] bombing. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}<br /> <br /> ===''Kre-O'' comic===<br /> [[File:KreO-webcomic-6-Zetar.jpg|thumb|100px|&quot;Man, that guy's got a small face.&quot;]]<br /> When the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked the Autobot base and tried to stomp on [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot leader flashed on a brilliant idea: tickle the sole of Devastator's foot! Zetar helped out, and the giant laughed so hard he toppled over backwards, crushing the unlucky [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] under the combiner's big butt. {{Storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}}<br /> <br /> ===Ask Vector Prime===<br /> In some universes, the Powerdashers were three individual sentient beings, with Zetar as the team engineer. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/21}}<br /> <br /> ===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===<br /> In [[2050]], Zetar was attending to the evacuation of [[Angolmois Energy]] in [[Neo Scramble City]]. When the [[Selector]]s revolted with the assistance of the [[Decepticon]]s, Zetar came to support the [[Autobot]] side. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 IDW continuity===<br /> {{first|[[War World: Prime|''Transformers'' #25]]}}<br /> [[File:WarWorldHunt GrappleVolunteers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|left]]<br /> After the Senate fell to the Megatron's coup, Zetar was recruited by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to drill a tunnel into the underground chambers so that the Senate Guard could rescue the Decepticons' prisoners. Apparently a non-combatant, Zetar was instructed by Ironhide to get himself to safety once the Guard had breached. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} <br /> <br /> Zetar was later part of a crowd watching [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] deliver his first speech as Prime. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} He stood with Autobot volunteers defending the Iacon [[energon storage field|energon stores]], but they were driven off by a Decepticon offensive. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Forced from Iacon, Zetar joined the Autobot faction in exile at [[Crystal City]]. He traveled to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] in an effort to claim the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}}<br /> <br /> [[File:WarsEndPart1-Zetar.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If you're gonna dig, dig to breach the heavens! Even if it's my own grave I'm digging, I keep going!]]<br /> Zetar was later assigned to a field team exploring the [[Sonic Canyons]], searching for evidence of [[Exarchon]]'s return. His drilling services were put to use by the exploration unit of [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Geomotus]]. After they uncovered an unnatural rock formation, Zetar tunneled diagonally into it to see if it was a hidden entrance. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} Just as he did, however, Exarchon himself emerged from the secret base, with the powerful dragon body of [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. The rest of his team was trapped in a shallow crevice, so Zetar drilled around them to create an escape tunnel in the opposite direction. They infiltrated a Rise base to find a number of concerning objects, such as an [[imploder]], a massive drill, and a horde of Skywarp drones. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} The Autobots quickly realized they might be the only thing between Exarchon and the destruction of Cybertron. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}}<br /> <br /> Soon Exarchon's plan became apparent, as he dislodged a portion of his spark into the drill. The tunneling vehicle would dig down to the Allspark itself at the core of Cybertron, allowing the Threefold Spark to corrupt the entire living planet at once. Zetar and the others raced to intercept the drill before it reached its destination. Geomotus and Landmine guided Zetar in tunneling ahead of the drill, attacking it as it reached an open space. When [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] tried to stop them, Landmine was sent hurtling into the drill tank, stalling it. At [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]'s order, Zetar launched his own drill mode at the tunneling vehicle, chewing through it for a massive explosion that brought an end to Exarchon once and for all. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''The Transformers''===<br /> {{anchor|Generation 1}}<br /> [[File:G1-toy PowerdasherDrill.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Powerdasher''' (Mail-order, [[1984]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Watts]] (packaging artist)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the very first year of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' product, this version of the Powerdasher is a [[redeco]] and minor [[retool]]ing of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' &quot;Drill Dasher&quot;, transforming into a [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Drill tank|Cybertronic drill tank]], with the chromed drill-tip lightly rounded off [[for safety reasons]] and various sticker alterations (see &quot;[[#Notes|Notes]]&quot; below). <br /> <br /> : It features a [[pull-back motor]], allowing it to quickly roll forward across flat surfaces in vehicle mode... okay, and in robot mode too, which is pretty awkward but doable if you want a chuckle.<br /> <br /> : It was only available as a [[Pack-in material#Mail-order flyers|mail-order]] [[exclusive]] in the US, costing $3 and 2 [[Robot Point]]s. The jet-mode Powerdasher was the only one pictured in the ads, but the type you got ended up being random. The jet-form Powerdasher appears to be the most common model sent, however.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/DrillDasher/drilldasher.htm More information on the Drill-form Powerdasher at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''Generations Selects''===<br /> [[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Deluxe-Zetar.jpg|thumb|300px|Looks like he got the ''brunt'' of the design changes.]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Powerdasher Zetar''' (Deluxe Weaponizer, [[2019]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Siege'''''<br /> :*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-GS08'''<br /> :*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[September 7]], 2019<br /> :*''Accessories'': 2-part cannon barrel, drill bit<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (deco, Hasbro)&lt;ref&gt;[[June 26]], [[2023]] [https://youtu.be/jVenhxXrQVs &quot;Talking Transformers with Hasbro (featuring Bmac &amp; Mark Maher)&quot;] interview with [[Mark Maher]] and [[Ben MacCrae]] on the Triple Takeover YouTube channel.&lt;/ref&gt; and [[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}<br /> <br /> :A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' accompaniment to ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'', &quot;Powerdasher Zetar&quot; is a [[retool]] of [[Brunt (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Brunt]], with a body based on the [[Centurion droid]] from [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'' comic miniseries that transforms into a Cybertronian drill tank and back. In tank mode, Zetar's turret rotates and can also raise and lower his cannon vertically. In robot mode, Zetar features two-thirds of a new head (the front of Brunt's face makes up the back of Zetar's head), with a 5 mm post on top to mount his new drill-tip skullcap/accessory. He is also compatible with the &quot;Fire Blast&quot; effect pieces from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions. Like the other ''Generations Selects'' figures complementing ''Siege'', he lacks &quot;battle damage&quot; paint applications. <br /> <br /> : Like his fellow &quot;Weaponizer&quot; figures, he can also separate into multiple parts compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]] to form armor and weapons for other figures of the subline, with two configurations shown in his instructions. The &quot;Demolition Loadout&quot; has him split into a &quot;C-HP M2 OBV Launcher&quot; (his lower legs in vehicle-cannon mode), a &quot;C-AD M2 VX Cannon&quot; backpack (waist/upper legs), the &quot;C-CR M2 AGZ Blaster&quot; (torso &amp; drill in a loose connection that relies on the friction of the base of the drill and the lip of the torso's connector), two &quot;C-CMA M2 ME Amplifier&quot; boots (arms), and the &quot;C-HD M2 Turret Armor&quot; shield (turret base). The &quot;Serpentine Loadout&quot; turns practically the entire figure into a backpack with a pair of massive &quot;HMC&quot; (Hydraulic Mauler Claw) arms and a &quot;PBM&quot; (Proximity Boost Module, whatever the heck ''that'' means). Curiously, the instructions for ''all'' of his modes completely omit the 2-part cannon barrel accessory left over from Brunt, though stock photography from both Hasbro and TakaraTomy shows this accessory in use.<br /> <br /> :Caution is advised when transforming Zetar's tank treads into his robot mode arms. The treads themselves must be pulled outwards and fully extended until they lock into place. However, the swivel joints used to connect the treads to his shoulders can pop out vertically if too much force is applied. This risks breaking the swivel joint housing, due to being designed to pop out horizontally rather than vertically.<br /> <br /> :Zetar was released exclusively through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] in Japan, and various online retailers in North America. Zetar was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore.<br /> <br /> :This original version of this mold was redecoed, in a full-circle kind of way, as a [[Centurion droid#Toys|Centurion Drone]], and it also served as the model for [[Metrotank]] in the [[The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|''Legends'' comic]].<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:G1-toy PowerdasherDrill-Diaclone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Bluntly, to the point...]]<br /> * The drill Powerdasher was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy called the &quot;Drill Dasher&quot; (ドリルダッシャー). The ''Transformers'' version blunted the drill [[for safety reasons]], removed the &quot;&lt;small&gt;DRILL DASHER&lt;/small&gt;&quot; text from the factory-applied cockpit [[sticker]]s, and omitted the extra sticker sheet for the cockpit and legs. And, of course, the Diaclone pilot was dropped. Of the three Dashers, it was the only one to not undergo a change of plastic color when being brought over for ''Transformers''.<br /> * &quot;Zetar&quot; was the name given to the Takara U.S. ''[[Diakron]]'', [[GiG]] Italian ''[[Trasformer]]'', and [[Joustra]] French ''Diaclone'' releases of the toy. The Powerdasher Drill would not explicitly be given the name in ''Transformers'' fiction until the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] in 2015.<br /> * The name &quot;Zetar&quot; is a nod to ''{{w|Sequin (coin)|zecchino}}'', a gold coin minted by medieval Venice.<br /> * The Powerdashers were the first Cybertronian (well, non-Earthly) vehicular toys released—and were released in 1984, to boot.<br /> *Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Zetar is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. Unlike most [[Kreon]]s, he doesn't have a helmet; instead, he has a small drill-bit attached to the top of his head.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Zetar''' (IDW, ジーター ''Jītā''), '''Zeta''' (''Siege'', ゼータ ''Zēta'')&lt;ref&gt;Backmatter in the Japanese release of [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Japanese Reprints|''More than Meets the Eye'' Vol. 2]] interpreted Zetar's name as a neologism from English. By contrast, the Japanese release of the ''Generations Selects'' toy copied the Greek letter name Ζ / ζ as Zetar's name in Japanese.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *''Cantonese'': '''Zetar''' (扎他 ''Zaat&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;taa&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;'')<br /> *''Mandarin'': '''Zetar''' (Taiwan, 澤塔 ''Zétǎ'')(China, 泽塔 ''Zétǎ'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Engineers]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Generations Selects toy Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:IDW (2019) Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Kreons]]<br /> [[Category:Mail order exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]<br /> [[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Weaponizers]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* 2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:McDonald's Golden Arches.svg|right|250px|thumb|Simultaneously responsible for the obesity epidemic and also for getting an entire generation of kids into cool toy robots.]]<br /> '''McDonald's''' is a North American-based fast food restaurant chain. Throughout the decades, the company has offered many ''Transformers'' toys as part of their &quot;Happy Meals&quot; targeted to human children. Most Transformers promotions have been aimed towards male children while female children were lured in with other, &quot;girl themed&quot;, [[Hasbro]] brand products.<br /> <br /> In the past, their Transformers were essentially traditional transforming figures, albeit with very simplistic designs: these were, after all, meant to be incredibly cheap mass-produced toys that'd have to withstand rough play from kids of all ages, and as a result, they eschewed the fancier cartoon-accurate proportions, articulation, and play features of &quot;store bought&quot; ''Transformers'' toys. This changed in the turn of the 2010s... For the worse, as McDonald's dropped transforming robot toys entirely and instead shifted towards making non-transforming toys for their ''Transformers'' promotions, usually focusing on basic figurines of the characters' robot modes with the addendum of extra gimmicks.<br /> <br /> Their biggest competitor in the fast food market is [[Burger King]], who also put out quite a few ''Transformers'' tie-in promotions over the years.<br /> <br /> :''See also'': [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===<br /> {{noteukonly}}<br /> [[File:Plight McDonald's.jpg|thumb|right|250px|They're lovin' it.]]<br /> ''A McDonald's was located next to [[Rimmer's Ooptician]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was damaged by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked the city.'' {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}}<br /> <br /> As part of their joyride in a hotwired [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Waldo Dobbs|Waldo]] and [[Ernest]] stopped at a McDonald's. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers Trilogy''====<br /> [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] smashed a McDonald's in [[Las Vegas]] to pieces as a show of strength while battling [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]. Only the Golden Arches were left to mark where it had stood. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}<br /> <br /> ==Promotions==<br /> ===1985 St. Louis ''The Transformers'' McDonald's promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds1985-Catalogue.jpg|160px|left|thumb|The birth of an era of getting cool robot toys alongside your terrible diet.]]<br /> [[File:1985 happymeal bumblebee.jpg|200px|right|thumb|And you thought Latin America had [[Generation 1 toylines in Latin America|too many Minicar recolor]]s!]]<br /> {{quote|Collect all 4 TRANSFORMERS figurines! There's Brawn, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Gears. And transform yourself into the world of The TRANSFORMERS!|Mcdonald's Transformers promotion tag line}}<br /> In 1985, McDonald's gave away non-transforming, non-poseable figurines of four [[Mini Vehicle]] characters, each rendered in six different color variations, in various two-color combinations of red, green, blue, yellow, purple, pink and black. These figures were only available in St. Louis, Missouri, as a test run.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/McD1985Toys1.html 1985 McDonald's toys at Toyarchive.com]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The line included:<br /> <br /> * [[Gears (G1)#McDonald.27s|Gears]] - Came in blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;blue, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Brawn (G1)/toys#McDonald.27s|Brawn]] - Came in blue&amp;green, blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Happy Meal Toy|Cliffjumper]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations <br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Happy Meal Toy|Bumblebee]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1996 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWarsPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Frantic limb movement not included.]]<br /> Promoting the then new ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|toyline]], McDonald's offered five different toys as part of their Happy Meals, one of which was aimed towards children of age three and younger. To date, this is the only time when there have been new characters introduced solely as fast-food exclusives.<br /> Two different cardboard boxes, containing both food and toys, were distributed.<br /> <br /> The toys were:<br /> * [[Panther#Beast Wars|Panther]]<br /> * [[Rhino (BW)#Beast Wars|Rhino]]<br /> * [[Beetle#Beast Wars|Beetle]]<br /> * [[Manta Ray (BW)#Beast Wars|Manta Ray]]<br /> * [[Under-3#Beast Wars|Under-3]]<br /> [[File:BW-toy Beetle.jpg|250px|right|thumb|I'm a brand-new character!]]<br /> <br /> <br /> The first box featured a purple, mechanically style background with punch-out cards of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Razorbeast]], [[Polar Claw]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], Rhino and Panther, with an additional card depicting both Optimus and [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] in the midst of a fearsome fist-shaking contest. Additionally, it featured the two following jokes:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:Why do robots keep batteries in their wallets?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:They like to charge everything.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:What did the Transformer sing when he paddled upstream?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:Row Row Row your Bot!!&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second box had a green, mechanically styled background with punch-out cards of Megatron, [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], Manta Ray, Beetle and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with the same card featured on the first box representing Megatron and Optimus shaking fists at each other. This box also featured two jokes.<br /> <br /> The hand-painted artwork featured on the characters' punch-out cards showcased the characters' [[robot mode]] in the foreground with designs heavily based on early promotional designs of the first wave toys. Both Optimus and Megatron appear as a bat and an alligator respectively, and all characters have their color schemes based directly on their toys. Scorponok even appears orange, as early promotional photos presented him. Save the card featuring both Megatron and Optimus, each card's background was dominated by a representation of the character's [[beast mode]] rendered in a realistic fashion (to the point where it sometimes did not match up with the animal-kibble on the characters' robot modes).<br /> <br /> While the Beast Wars toys were targeted towards the boy patrons, ''{{w|Littlest Pet Shop}}'' dolls were targeted to the girls.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1998 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWars1998Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Pushing the &quot;Transformers-fan-to-Brony&quot; pipeline before Bronies were actually a thing.]]<br /> <br /> McDonald's once more promoted the Beast Wars toyline two years later, this time focusing on the [[Transmetal]]s sub-line. Three toys were produced, depicting three characters that, although part of the main cast on the television series, had not received toys depicting them in Transmetal bodies. Mirroring the gimmick of Transmetals sold in stores, they possessed a &quot;metalized&quot; look on some parts of their bodies.<br /> <br /> The included toys were:<br /> <br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BWMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Scorponok (BW)#McTransmetal|Scorponok]]<br /> * [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Transmetal|Dinobot]]<br /> [[File:Mcdinobot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|And I'm not, even though I look nothing like [[Dinobot (BW)|the character I'm supposed to represent!]]]]<br /> The meals were now distributed in paper bags instead of cardboard boxes, and featured much more crudely drawn depictions of the promoted toys, directly based on the characters' toys, posed statically. <br /> The first bag presented on one side Dinobot, Blackarachnia (oddly, depicted mis-transformed in her artwork) and Scorponok standing in a thundercloud, while a lightning bolt strikes a stony landscape. Said landscape is in actuality a simple puzzle to be solved, as explained on the bag:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Wild storm, MAXIMIZE! See which beast changed into a robot by filling in the spaces that have one dot.''&lt;ref&gt;The answer is Scorponok.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second bag featured on one of its sides similar artwork, this time depicting Dinobot's robot mode in the middle of a field, riddled with flows of lava, spewed forth from a volcano in the background. The bag instructs:<br /> <br /> &quot;''TRANSFORMER Dinobot is a robot in disguise! Follow the lava trail from his cool robot mode to see which beast he changes into.&quot; The possible choices depicted are either A: A mechanical scorpion (depicted on another side of the bag, which the puzzle also occupies), B: A mechanical velociraptor or C: A mechanical black widow spider.''&quot;&lt;ref&gt;The answer is B, the velociraptor.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> This time around, ''[[My Little Pony]]'' toys were the girl-targeting counterparts to the Beast Wars figurines. Artwork and puzzles for these toys occupied the remaining two sides of the bags.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2000 ''Beast Machines'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastMachinesPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> Two years later still, McDonald's promoted the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline, successor to the ''Beast Wars'' franchise. Unlike the previous toys it offered during the [[Beast Era]], this time its toys were meant to depict the characters as they appeared in the televised show, as opposed to new characters or bodies. The result was a varying degree of success in terms of show-accuracy, with most toys concentrating on one mode to be most faithfully a depiction of the character: a design direction that would become common in McDonald's Transformers toys for the next eight years. For whatever odd reason, this batch of toys also used ''a lot'' of translucent plastic.<br /> <br /> The toys produced for this promotion were:<br /> <br /> [[File:BM-toy ThrustMcDonalds.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;So I was manufactured in translucent plastic, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujF8AumiQo which was the style at the time...]&quot;]]<br /> '''Maximals'''<br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Cheetor]]<br /> * [[Nightscream (BM)#McD|Nightscream]]<br /> * [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#McDonaldsBM|Optimus Primal]]<br /> * [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Rattrap]]<br /> <br /> '''Vehicons'''<br /> * [[Jetstorm (BM)#McDonalds|Jetstorm]]<br /> * [[Megatron (BW)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Thrust (BM)#McDonalds|Thrust]]<br /> * [[Tankor (BM)#McD|Tankor]]<br /> <br /> Returning to boxes for distribution, the two variant cardboard vessels were:<br /> <br /> *A [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-themed box, with one side occupied by an image of Megatron, in his harness menacingly raising an arm forwards (and erroneously labeled as being in &quot;[[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]&quot;) while the other side was adorned by images of Jetstorm; his vehicle mode flying over a Cybertronian landscape alongside several Aero Drones, and his robot mode in a stock pose. The image of his robot mode could be punched out, advertised as a Jetstorm bookmark.<br /> *A [[Maximal]]-themed box, with one side featuring an image of Optimus Primal in beast mode, gesturing invitingly, and another side dominated by an image of Cheetor in robot mode, with a smaller image of the technorganic cheetah in beast mode and an image of Blackarachnia in beast mode, advertised as a &quot;straw crawler&quot; which could be punched out similarly to the Jetstorm Bookmark.<br /> <br /> This time around, the toys advertised towards girls were ''{{w|Hello Kitty}}'' themed, with images of said character occupying the remaining two sides of each box.<br /> <br /> Additionally, some participating McDonald's also distributed coupons that offered $3.00 off any ''Beast Machines'' Figurine purchase of $15.00 or more.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2003 ''Armada'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ArmadaPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Obesity has never been this fun!]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' promotion not only included individual gimmicks for each toy, but also featured [[powerlinx]] points, allowing these toys to interact with the larger figures and [[Mini-Con]]s sold in stores. On top of it all, all of the members of each faction were promoted as being able to combine into a larger machine. Although this resulted in somewhat awkward combined forms, it did a thorough job of driving the point home of what was the focus of the Armada toyline: powerlinking.<br /> <br /> As with previous years, each figurine was a simplified version of one of the main characters of the television series, featuring basic transformation schemes to achieve the ''vague'' look of the robot modes that they're meant to represent:<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Featured a &quot;punching&quot; gimmick for robot mode.<br /> * [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#McDonald.27s|Hot Shot]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Red Alert (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Red Alert]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Smokescreen (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Smokescreen]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Robot]],&quot; with Optimus becoming the upper torso, head and arms, Hot Shot becoming the crotch and upper-legs, while Red Alert and Smokescreen became the left and right legs respectively.<br /> <br /> [[File:Armadatoy mcdonalds megatron.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Somehow only has slightly less articulation than [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|his bigger counterpart]].]]<br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Featured a gimmick simulating his motion of firing his cannon while in robot mode.<br /> * [[Cyclonus (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Cyclonus]] - Featured a spinning rotor gimmick.<br /> * [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Happy Meal toy|Starscream]] - Featured a gimmick similar to that of [[Jumpstarter]]s.<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#Happy Meal toys|Demolishor]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Vehicle]],&quot; Starscream forming the front, Cyclonus the upper-portion, with Megatron and Demolishor providing locomotion as the left and right segments respectively of the bottom of the vehicle.<br /> <br /> {{Note|In some Asian markets, Hot Shot's toy was slightly different from its release in other regions; it featured a slightly different transformation scheme and transparent windows.}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2004/2006 ''Energon'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-EnergonPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Prime's giving his all to his G1 Soundwave lamppost mode cosplay.]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' promotion is notable in that there were two distinct figure sets, one set released only in Europe, and the other in South America. Neither set of toys were made available in the United States and tend to be hard to come across in secondary markets. <br /> <br /> The European lineup were fairly bulky toys that all had similar electronic gimmicks that involved a large removable electronic &quot;Energon cube&quot; being placed inside the toys to activate lights or sounds. The cubes were all interchangeable among these toys. The South American figures were simpler and all featured spring-loaded transformations which were activated by pushing in buttons on the front of their vehicle modes. While having paint operations, these toys relied on pre-applied stickers for added details.<br /> <br /> ====Europe====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD1|Optimus Prime]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Ironhide (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Siren sound effects<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD|Megatron]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Unicron/toys#McDonalds|Unicron]] - Light up body<br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:McEnergon-prime.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;Hey, where did the AllSpark go?!&quot; Suspiciously AllSpark-shaped Optimus Prime:]]<br /> ====South America====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Inferno (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Inferno]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#EnergonHappyMeal|Demolishor]]<br /> <br /> Strangely, two years later, the ''European'' exclusive toys were retooled and stripped of all electronic gimmickry and rereleased...in ''South America''.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2008 ''Animated'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:HK_TFA_Happy_Meal_Commercial.jpg|250px|left|thumb|We used to be a country. A proper country.]]<br /> In America, the ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while Littlest Pet Shop was once again the promotion for girls. None of the figures featured individual gimmicks like the previous promotions and although the toys were mostly successful in representing the characters on a limited Happy Meal toy budget, some figures' second modes suffered greatly.<br /> <br /> In foreign markets, the Animated promotion differed; for some reason [[France]] received an exclusive Blitzwing figure that wasn't included in the American lineup. In South America, the toys were ''entirely'' different and featured a smaller cast. Rather than having manual robot to vehicle transformations, the toys folded up into nebulous alternate modes and transformed via a [[Jumpstarter]] gimmick. Despite being newly designed figures, the toys borrowed the head sculpts of the American toys.<br /> <br /> ====America / Europe====<br /> [[File:Ani-toy Starscream McD US.jpg|250px|right|thumb|You thought this alt-mode was 'lazy' in 2008... Little did you know how much worse it'd get.]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McDonald.27s Kids Meal Toys|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Fast food kids meal toys|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ratchet (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Ratchet]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#Fast Food toys|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Lugnut (Animated)#McDonalds|Lugnut]] - Week 6<br /> * [[Blitzwing (Animated)#McD|Blitzwing]] - French Exclusive<br /> <br /> ====Latin America====<br /> [[File:Tfa mexico set.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Welcome back, Jumpstarters!]]<br /> Some Latin American countries like Mexico and Brazil would get an entirely different set of ''Animated'' Happy Meal toys, featuring a play pattern that's very reminiscent of the [[Jumpstarters]].<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#McLatin|Megatron]] <br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McLatin|Starscream]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ROTF2010Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The ''Revenge of the Fallen'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' was the promotion for girls. Sadly, this would also mark the end to McDonald's Transformers as we had known them: in a similar fashion to the [[Burger King]] promotions of the live action movies, none of the figures transformed, with the engineering budget being put into gimmicks instead.<br /> [[File:McDonaldsROTFOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|160px|right|The beginning of the downfall.]]<br /> Oddly enough, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] was included in the assortment of figures, despite being replaced by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in the movie.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Blackout (Movie)#McDonald.27s|Blackout]] - Week 6<br /> <br /> The Happy Meal bag came [[:File:Mcdonaldsrotf.jpg|with the suggestion for kids to play a &quot;Capture the Flag&quot; game]]... But no actual included flag. Go figure.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Dark of the Moon'' promotion===<br /> [[File:JapanHappyMeal-DOTMPromotion.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ah yes, the two genders: murderous face-ripping robot and colorful bunny plushie.]]<br /> The first McDonald's promotion to be exclusive to Japan, this tie-in to 2011's ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' would feature two sets of toys, both based on Optimus Prime and Bumblebee: a pair of non-transforming figurines like the previous 2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tie-in and a pair of simplified versions of their [[Gravity Bot|Gravity Bots]] molds with added stickers.<br /> <br /> Notably, these would be the last time that a McDonald's [[Transformers]] tie-in promotion featured actual transforming robot toys... And thanks to being Japanese exclusives, you might have never heard about them until you read this page!<br /> <br /> '''Figurines'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Gravity Bots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:Mcdonalds_prime_foodstraps.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Their gluttony sickens me.]]<br /> An unusual promotion released only in Japan alongside the previous one as a tie-in for both ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and the upcoming ''Dark of the Moon'' film, this set of three toys was actually not sold as a standard pack-in gift with meals but instead through some rather odd convoluted ways.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime and Bulkhead required you to buy a Happy Meal only exactly within the span of two days (July 30 to 31st), which, alongside the aforementioned Optimus or Bumblebee toys, would give you a special ticket that could be traded in at a specific set of toy stores for either of the assorted charms. As for Bumblebee... He was simply available as a free pack-in gift with the September 2011 issue of ''TV Boy'' magazine instead.<br /> <br /> [[File:Prime-toy McDJapan Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Close enough, welcome back ''Changeables''.]]<br /> The toys themselves consist of miniature versions of McDonald's food items, which sprung open to reveal the characters inside: perhaps, intentionally or not, somewhat evocative of [[McDonald%27s#Notes|an older McDonald's toyline]].<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Bulkhead]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2012 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2012Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> For the ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, McDonald's featured non-transforming toys of ''Prime'' characters' vehicle modes, incorporating various gimmicks into them. The promotion for &lt;s&gt;bronies&lt;/s&gt; girls was ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> [[File:Primetoy-MegatronHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Robot mode sold separately. A year later.]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonaldsUS|Optimus Prime]]—Lit up when you pushed his smokestacks forward.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds|Bumblebee]]—Featured a missile launcher in his roof.<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonaldsUS|Bulkhead]]—fired paper discs from a launcher under his hood.<br /> *[[Ratchet (WFC)#Mcdonald.27s|Ratchet]]—Had a non-firing cannon under his roof.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded paddle from his front end.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing missiles.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonald.27s|Breakdown]]—Featured a non-firing cannon revealed by turning his spare tire.<br /> *[[Knock Out (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Knock Out]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing cannons.<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:Primetoy-HappyMealMegatron2013.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A shame we no longer transform, but check out these awesome new ''three'' points of articulation!]]<br /> <br /> ===2013 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2013Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Prime'' took place the following year, this time featuring toy of ''Prime'' characters in robot mode with exclusively mechanical-based gimmicks. It was accompanied by a ''Littlest Pet Shop'' promotion.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonaldsRobot|Optimus Prime]]—Turning his upper torso caused him to wave his sword.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds2|Bumblebee]]—Pushing down on his wings caused him to punch with his right arm.<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his fusion cannon.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Starscream]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his left arm.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonalds2|Breakdown]]—Pinching his legs together caused his upper body to spin, flailing with his hammers.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2015 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2015.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The first promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' included a variety of figurines, as well as Transformers &quot;diadems&quot; stylized after Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.<br /> [[File:RID15-toy ClampdownMcD.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Still miss transforming toys? Okay, but just wait until you see this ''insane'' new &quot;claw-on-a-string&quot; feature!!!]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Optimus Prime]]—Mace-swinging gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Bumblebee]]—Sword-slashing gimmick<br /> *[[Fixit (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fixit]]—Gear-activated drills<br /> *[[Sideswipe (RID)#McDonald.27s|Sideswipe]]—Staff-spinning attack gimmick<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonald.27s|Grimlock]]—Flame missile projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Clampdown (RID)#McDonald.27s|Clampdown]]—Retractable grapple pincher <br /> *[[Fracture (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fracture]]—Light-up gun<br /> *[[Underbite#McDonald.27s|Underbite]]—lunging action<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2016 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2016.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The fact that all images of these toys on this wiki are just crops from this catalog speaks volumes to how interesting they are.]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place the following year. It was accompanied by a ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic'' promotion. Coloring sheets were also available, with an image from each franchise on each side.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2|Optimus Prime]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2Truck|Optimus Prime]] (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Back-mounted disc launcher<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3Vehicle|Bumblebee]] (vehicle mode)—Lauching projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Thunderhoof (RID)#McDonald.27s|Thunderhoof]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Thunderhoof (vehicle mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Steeljaw (RID)#McDonald.27s|Steeljaw]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Steeljaw (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> <br /> The 2016 wave also came with [[:File:Mcdonalds_coloring_page_2016.jpg|a coloring page]], featuring an illustration of the ''Transformers'' characters next to another of the ''My Little Pony'' wave counterparts.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A third promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place in [[2017]]. Once again, My Little Pony was the alternate toy option. Instead of strictly figures, this collection had a mask and figure for each of the characters. Once more, a batch of ''My Little Pony'' figures was this wave's gir-oriented counterpart.<br /> [[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Comes with the exciting &quot;you can use this cannon on toys that are actually good&quot; feature.]]<br /> Interestingly, the mounted cannons in this assortment of toys uses [[5 mm post]]-compatible pegs, making them attachable to many larger figures from other ''Transformers'' toylines. <br /> <br /> '''Figures'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Optimus Prime]]—Sword slash gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds4|Bumblebee]]—Attachable wings and chest mounted wheel (to simulate flight)<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonalds2|Grimlock]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> *[[Strongarm (RID)#McFigure|Strongarm]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masks'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Optimus Prime Action Mask]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Bumblebee Glow-in-the-Dark Mask]]<br /> * [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonaldsMask|Grimlock Transforming Mask]]<br /> * [[Strongarm (RID)#McDonald.27s|Strongarm Vision Mask]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:McD RID2017 HolidayExpressCar.jpg|thumb|200px]]<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Holiday Express'' promotion===<br /> For the 2017 holiday season, McDonald's ran a promotion where every Happy Meal came with a train car featuring a brand used for one its past promotions. ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' was the featured brand for one car, a grey boxcar with a sculpted Bumblebee who bobs up and down as the train advances.<br /> <br /> The train car depicts several RID characters ([[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) in vehicle mode in a car carrying structure. These and the other train cars released under this promotion could all be connected, in any order, to form one long train.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2018 ''Bumblebee/Authentics'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BumblebeePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Well.. At least these have ''some'' soul.]]<br /> <br /> The release of the 2018 promotion coincided with both the release of the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, though the toys are very much the Evergreen G1 designs. Despite this, most promotional material for the toys used the ''Bumblebee'' film logo and robot images.<br /> [[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|250px|right|If you think we're gonna give a pass to this Shockwave despite how much we've been clowning on modern McDonald's Transformers just because he's cute... You're absolutely right.]]<br /> Unlike any of the previous McDonald's toylines, these feature a quirky [[super deformed]] aesthetic with oversized heads and goofily-proportioned bodies. Yet again, ''My Little Pony'' was the girl equivalent for this batch of toys, also featuring the same sort of super deformed aesthetic.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Optimus Prime]]/[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]—Spring-loaded pop out sword<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Bumblebee]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Launching projectile<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]] (vehicle mode)—[[Pull-back motor]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (AOE)#McDonald's|Grimlock]]/[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]—Light-Up flame/eyes<br /> *[[Windblade (BB)#McDonald's|Windblade]]/[[Windblade (G1)#McDonald's|Windblade]]—Rotating wing fans<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Megatron]]/[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]—Wind-up walking<br /> *[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Starscream]]/[[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Starscream]]—Jet-Launcher<br /> *[[Shockwave (Movie)#McDonald's|Shockwave]]/[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Shockwave]]—Pop-out rocket boot flames<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Cyberverse2019Promp.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> In 2019, the first Cyberverse themed promotion included non-transforming base figures that came with small vehicles that could be split in half and worn as armor for the robot figures. The armor parts all used 4&amp;nbsp;mm pegs and could be swapped around between figures. The toys are all based on the Spark Armor figures from the Cyberverse toyline, using all the same characters as that subline. The toys all included sticker sheets for added details.<br /> <br /> In America, only four figures were released, but European and Asian markets received an ''additional'' four figures, totaling eight. And yes, ''My Little Pony'' was, once again, the girl-oriented counterpart for this batch of toys.<br /> <br /> [[File:McD_CV_2019_Optimus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hey, they actually added ''some'' transforming elements back to their *''Transformers''* toys! Could it be that these will finally be neat agai...]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonaldsArmor|Optimus Prime]] - Fighter Jet/ armor<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] - Battleship/ armor<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Grimlock]] - Garbage truck/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Prowl]] - Starfighter/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Jetfire]] - Tank/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Megatron]] - Helicopter/ armor<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Starscream]] - Bulldozer/ armor<br /> *[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Shockwave]] - Flying saucer/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> ====Japan====<br /> Japan had an exclusive “All-Star Water” promotion from August 16 to August 22 which included a translucent vinyl figurine of Optimus Prime featuring a [[water-squirting gimmick]]. He also comes with an Autobot insignia with paper that changes color when hit by water.<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Optimus Prime Water Gun]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2021 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD CV 2021 toys.jpg|thumb|220px|right|... Nevermind.]]<br /> Released in Singapore and Europe in January 2021, this promotion included six non-transforming figures with limited articulation. The chests of the figures had panels with lenticular image stickers on them which would change angle when the left arm is moved. Moving the panel causes the image on their chest to change.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Optimus Prime]] - Image changes from robot chest to burst of electricity<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Bumblebee]] - Image changes from robot chest to glowing Autobot symbol<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Ratchet]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Megatron]] - Image changes from robot chest to battle damage<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Starscream]] - Image changes from robot chest to missiles flying through air<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2022 Potato Head'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD Potato Head 2022 toys.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> The as-of-now last McDonald's ''Transformers'' promotion, this series was a crossover of sorts with [[Mr. Potato Head|''Potato Head'']], releasing only in some select regions across Asia and Africa. It featured a variety of miniature Potato Heads with various character costumes based on both ''Transformers'' Evergreen designs and the cast of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', in the style of [[Mr. Potato Head#Mixable, Mashable Heroes!|''Mixable Mashable Heroes'']].<br /> <br /> Since the parts are interchangeable, you could use the ''My Little Pony'' heads with ''Transformers'' torsos and vice-versa to create the most horrifying Transformers-Potato-Pony mutants your heart could conceive of.<br /> <br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ===2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion===<br /> [[File:2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> <br /> On February 10, 2026, McDonald's restaurants began offering a set of Transformers and My Little Pony toys with Happy Meals.<br /> Among them, the three Transformers toys are designed in a chibi style based on Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron from the original G1 animation. The toys are as follows:<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime Pencil Topper]]: A plastic Optimus Prime head sculpt designed to fit on a pencil. Rotating the helmet switches Optimus Prime's expression between a smiling face and a battle mask.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee Card Holder]]: A hard plastic card protector featuring a raised Bumblebee design, equipped with a hollow hook shaped like the Autobot insignia. The bottom of the holder has a sliding slot for opening, with a Bumblebee card stored inside.<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron Disc Launcher]]: A red plastic launcher with a raised Megatron design. Pressing the launcher fires a plastic disc printed with an image of Megatron.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Changeables.jpg|220px|thumb|They might not be actual Transformers, but you can't have a McDonald's page on a Transformers wiki without them.]]<br /> *Beyond the ''Transformers'' brand, McDonald's has also released a few other transforming robot toys over the years. These include:<br /> **Easily the most famous, the ''Changeables'' toyline was McDonald's' attempt to cash into the transforming robot craze during the 1980s. The line was comprised of small robots (and later dinosaurs, releasing under the ''McDino Changeables'' subline) that transformed into food from the McDonald's menu, resulting in a small army of quirky little burgers, fries, soda bottles and the likes. The ''Changeables'' have since become cult collectibles, and to this day, it's not uncommon for people to ([[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|erroneously]]) assume these were ''Transformers'' tie-ins: they were not, but if you came to this page looking for them then they shall be mentioned in these notes nonetheless.<br /> ***By popular demand, the ''Changeables'' were also brought back in 2026 with an all-new series of toys, with some taking design cues from the original figures and others being all-new designs instead.<br /> **A handful of [[TakaraTomy]] transforming robot toylines have received McDonald's toys in the brand's Japanese branch. These include multiple waves of Shinkansen-based robots from ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion'' (新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン) and a 2025 wave of figures based on ''Tomica Heroes Jobraver Tokusō Gattai Robo'' (トミカヒーローズ ジョブレイバー 特装合体ロボ). Notably, the latter, as well as most of the Shinkansen promotions, are actually traditional fully-transformable figures... Something that the ''Transformers'' franchise hasn't seen on its Happy Meal offerings in the past decade.<br /> **Also in early 2025, McDonald's Japan released an odd set of three ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' figures that transform into life-sized plastic versions of McDonald's food.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcdonald's}}<br /> [[Category:Companies]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 businesses]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 locations]]<br /> [[Category:Restaurants]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* 2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:McDonald's Golden Arches.svg|right|250px|thumb|Simultaneously responsible for the obesity epidemic and also for getting an entire generation of kids into cool toy robots.]]<br /> '''McDonald's''' is a North American-based fast food restaurant chain. Throughout the decades, the company has offered many ''Transformers'' toys as part of their &quot;Happy Meals&quot; targeted to human children. Most Transformers promotions have been aimed towards male children while female children were lured in with other, &quot;girl themed&quot;, [[Hasbro]] brand products.<br /> <br /> In the past, their Transformers were essentially traditional transforming figures, albeit with very simplistic designs: these were, after all, meant to be incredibly cheap mass-produced toys that'd have to withstand rough play from kids of all ages, and as a result, they eschewed the fancier cartoon-accurate proportions, articulation, and play features of &quot;store bought&quot; ''Transformers'' toys. This changed in the turn of the 2010s... For the worse, as McDonald's dropped transforming robot toys entirely and instead shifted towards making non-transforming toys for their ''Transformers'' promotions, usually focusing on basic figurines of the characters' robot modes with the addendum of extra gimmicks.<br /> <br /> Their biggest competitor in the fast food market is [[Burger King]], who also put out quite a few ''Transformers'' tie-in promotions over the years.<br /> <br /> :''See also'': [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===<br /> {{noteukonly}}<br /> [[File:Plight McDonald's.jpg|thumb|right|250px|They're lovin' it.]]<br /> ''A McDonald's was located next to [[Rimmer's Ooptician]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was damaged by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked the city.'' {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}}<br /> <br /> As part of their joyride in a hotwired [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Waldo Dobbs|Waldo]] and [[Ernest]] stopped at a McDonald's. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers Trilogy''====<br /> [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] smashed a McDonald's in [[Las Vegas]] to pieces as a show of strength while battling [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]. Only the Golden Arches were left to mark where it had stood. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}<br /> <br /> ==Promotions==<br /> ===1985 St. Louis ''The Transformers'' McDonald's promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds1985-Catalogue.jpg|160px|left|thumb|The birth of an era of getting cool robot toys alongside your terrible diet.]]<br /> [[File:1985 happymeal bumblebee.jpg|200px|right|thumb|And you thought Latin America had [[Generation 1 toylines in Latin America|too many Minicar recolor]]s!]]<br /> {{quote|Collect all 4 TRANSFORMERS figurines! There's Brawn, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Gears. And transform yourself into the world of The TRANSFORMERS!|Mcdonald's Transformers promotion tag line}}<br /> In 1985, McDonald's gave away non-transforming, non-poseable figurines of four [[Mini Vehicle]] characters, each rendered in six different color variations, in various two-color combinations of red, green, blue, yellow, purple, pink and black. These figures were only available in St. Louis, Missouri, as a test run.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/McD1985Toys1.html 1985 McDonald's toys at Toyarchive.com]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The line included:<br /> <br /> * [[Gears (G1)#McDonald.27s|Gears]] - Came in blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;blue, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Brawn (G1)/toys#McDonald.27s|Brawn]] - Came in blue&amp;green, blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Happy Meal Toy|Cliffjumper]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations <br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Happy Meal Toy|Bumblebee]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1996 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWarsPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Frantic limb movement not included.]]<br /> Promoting the then new ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|toyline]], McDonald's offered five different toys as part of their Happy Meals, one of which was aimed towards children of age three and younger. To date, this is the only time when there have been new characters introduced solely as fast-food exclusives.<br /> Two different cardboard boxes, containing both food and toys, were distributed.<br /> <br /> The toys were:<br /> * [[Panther#Beast Wars|Panther]]<br /> * [[Rhino (BW)#Beast Wars|Rhino]]<br /> * [[Beetle#Beast Wars|Beetle]]<br /> * [[Manta Ray (BW)#Beast Wars|Manta Ray]]<br /> * [[Under-3#Beast Wars|Under-3]]<br /> [[File:BW-toy Beetle.jpg|250px|right|thumb|I'm a brand-new character!]]<br /> <br /> <br /> The first box featured a purple, mechanically style background with punch-out cards of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Razorbeast]], [[Polar Claw]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], Rhino and Panther, with an additional card depicting both Optimus and [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] in the midst of a fearsome fist-shaking contest. Additionally, it featured the two following jokes:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:Why do robots keep batteries in their wallets?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:They like to charge everything.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:What did the Transformer sing when he paddled upstream?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:Row Row Row your Bot!!&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second box had a green, mechanically styled background with punch-out cards of Megatron, [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], Manta Ray, Beetle and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with the same card featured on the first box representing Megatron and Optimus shaking fists at each other. This box also featured two jokes.<br /> <br /> The hand-painted artwork featured on the characters' punch-out cards showcased the characters' [[robot mode]] in the foreground with designs heavily based on early promotional designs of the first wave toys. Both Optimus and Megatron appear as a bat and an alligator respectively, and all characters have their color schemes based directly on their toys. Scorponok even appears orange, as early promotional photos presented him. Save the card featuring both Megatron and Optimus, each card's background was dominated by a representation of the character's [[beast mode]] rendered in a realistic fashion (to the point where it sometimes did not match up with the animal-kibble on the characters' robot modes).<br /> <br /> While the Beast Wars toys were targeted towards the boy patrons, ''{{w|Littlest Pet Shop}}'' dolls were targeted to the girls.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1998 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWars1998Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Pushing the &quot;Transformers-fan-to-Brony&quot; pipeline before Bronies were actually a thing.]]<br /> <br /> McDonald's once more promoted the Beast Wars toyline two years later, this time focusing on the [[Transmetal]]s sub-line. Three toys were produced, depicting three characters that, although part of the main cast on the television series, had not received toys depicting them in Transmetal bodies. Mirroring the gimmick of Transmetals sold in stores, they possessed a &quot;metalized&quot; look on some parts of their bodies.<br /> <br /> The included toys were:<br /> <br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BWMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Scorponok (BW)#McTransmetal|Scorponok]]<br /> * [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Transmetal|Dinobot]]<br /> [[File:Mcdinobot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|And I'm not, even though I look nothing like [[Dinobot (BW)|the character I'm supposed to represent!]]]]<br /> The meals were now distributed in paper bags instead of cardboard boxes, and featured much more crudely drawn depictions of the promoted toys, directly based on the characters' toys, posed statically. <br /> The first bag presented on one side Dinobot, Blackarachnia (oddly, depicted mis-transformed in her artwork) and Scorponok standing in a thundercloud, while a lightning bolt strikes a stony landscape. Said landscape is in actuality a simple puzzle to be solved, as explained on the bag:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Wild storm, MAXIMIZE! See which beast changed into a robot by filling in the spaces that have one dot.''&lt;ref&gt;The answer is Scorponok.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second bag featured on one of its sides similar artwork, this time depicting Dinobot's robot mode in the middle of a field, riddled with flows of lava, spewed forth from a volcano in the background. The bag instructs:<br /> <br /> &quot;''TRANSFORMER Dinobot is a robot in disguise! Follow the lava trail from his cool robot mode to see which beast he changes into.&quot; The possible choices depicted are either A: A mechanical scorpion (depicted on another side of the bag, which the puzzle also occupies), B: A mechanical velociraptor or C: A mechanical black widow spider.''&quot;&lt;ref&gt;The answer is B, the velociraptor.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> This time around, ''[[My Little Pony]]'' toys were the girl-targeting counterparts to the Beast Wars figurines. Artwork and puzzles for these toys occupied the remaining two sides of the bags.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2000 ''Beast Machines'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastMachinesPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> Two years later still, McDonald's promoted the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline, successor to the ''Beast Wars'' franchise. Unlike the previous toys it offered during the [[Beast Era]], this time its toys were meant to depict the characters as they appeared in the televised show, as opposed to new characters or bodies. The result was a varying degree of success in terms of show-accuracy, with most toys concentrating on one mode to be most faithfully a depiction of the character: a design direction that would become common in McDonald's Transformers toys for the next eight years. For whatever odd reason, this batch of toys also used ''a lot'' of translucent plastic.<br /> <br /> The toys produced for this promotion were:<br /> <br /> [[File:BM-toy ThrustMcDonalds.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;So I was manufactured in translucent plastic, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujF8AumiQo which was the style at the time...]&quot;]]<br /> '''Maximals'''<br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Cheetor]]<br /> * [[Nightscream (BM)#McD|Nightscream]]<br /> * [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#McDonaldsBM|Optimus Primal]]<br /> * [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Rattrap]]<br /> <br /> '''Vehicons'''<br /> * [[Jetstorm (BM)#McDonalds|Jetstorm]]<br /> * [[Megatron (BW)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Thrust (BM)#McDonalds|Thrust]]<br /> * [[Tankor (BM)#McD|Tankor]]<br /> <br /> Returning to boxes for distribution, the two variant cardboard vessels were:<br /> <br /> *A [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-themed box, with one side occupied by an image of Megatron, in his harness menacingly raising an arm forwards (and erroneously labeled as being in &quot;[[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]&quot;) while the other side was adorned by images of Jetstorm; his vehicle mode flying over a Cybertronian landscape alongside several Aero Drones, and his robot mode in a stock pose. The image of his robot mode could be punched out, advertised as a Jetstorm bookmark.<br /> *A [[Maximal]]-themed box, with one side featuring an image of Optimus Primal in beast mode, gesturing invitingly, and another side dominated by an image of Cheetor in robot mode, with a smaller image of the technorganic cheetah in beast mode and an image of Blackarachnia in beast mode, advertised as a &quot;straw crawler&quot; which could be punched out similarly to the Jetstorm Bookmark.<br /> <br /> This time around, the toys advertised towards girls were ''{{w|Hello Kitty}}'' themed, with images of said character occupying the remaining two sides of each box.<br /> <br /> Additionally, some participating McDonald's also distributed coupons that offered $3.00 off any ''Beast Machines'' Figurine purchase of $15.00 or more.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2003 ''Armada'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ArmadaPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Obesity has never been this fun!]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' promotion not only included individual gimmicks for each toy, but also featured [[powerlinx]] points, allowing these toys to interact with the larger figures and [[Mini-Con]]s sold in stores. On top of it all, all of the members of each faction were promoted as being able to combine into a larger machine. Although this resulted in somewhat awkward combined forms, it did a thorough job of driving the point home of what was the focus of the Armada toyline: powerlinking.<br /> <br /> As with previous years, each figurine was a simplified version of one of the main characters of the television series, featuring basic transformation schemes to achieve the ''vague'' look of the robot modes that they're meant to represent:<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Featured a &quot;punching&quot; gimmick for robot mode.<br /> * [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#McDonald.27s|Hot Shot]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Red Alert (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Red Alert]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Smokescreen (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Smokescreen]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Robot]],&quot; with Optimus becoming the upper torso, head and arms, Hot Shot becoming the crotch and upper-legs, while Red Alert and Smokescreen became the left and right legs respectively.<br /> <br /> [[File:Armadatoy mcdonalds megatron.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Somehow only has slightly less articulation than [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|his bigger counterpart]].]]<br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Featured a gimmick simulating his motion of firing his cannon while in robot mode.<br /> * [[Cyclonus (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Cyclonus]] - Featured a spinning rotor gimmick.<br /> * [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Happy Meal toy|Starscream]] - Featured a gimmick similar to that of [[Jumpstarter]]s.<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#Happy Meal toys|Demolishor]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Vehicle]],&quot; Starscream forming the front, Cyclonus the upper-portion, with Megatron and Demolishor providing locomotion as the left and right segments respectively of the bottom of the vehicle.<br /> <br /> {{Note|In some Asian markets, Hot Shot's toy was slightly different from its release in other regions; it featured a slightly different transformation scheme and transparent windows.}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2004/2006 ''Energon'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-EnergonPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Prime's giving his all to his G1 Soundwave lamppost mode cosplay.]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' promotion is notable in that there were two distinct figure sets, one set released only in Europe, and the other in South America. Neither set of toys were made available in the United States and tend to be hard to come across in secondary markets. <br /> <br /> The European lineup were fairly bulky toys that all had similar electronic gimmicks that involved a large removable electronic &quot;Energon cube&quot; being placed inside the toys to activate lights or sounds. The cubes were all interchangeable among these toys. The South American figures were simpler and all featured spring-loaded transformations which were activated by pushing in buttons on the front of their vehicle modes. While having paint operations, these toys relied on pre-applied stickers for added details.<br /> <br /> ====Europe====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD1|Optimus Prime]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Ironhide (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Siren sound effects<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD|Megatron]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Unicron/toys#McDonalds|Unicron]] - Light up body<br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:McEnergon-prime.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;Hey, where did the AllSpark go?!&quot; Suspiciously AllSpark-shaped Optimus Prime:]]<br /> ====South America====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Inferno (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Inferno]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#EnergonHappyMeal|Demolishor]]<br /> <br /> Strangely, two years later, the ''European'' exclusive toys were retooled and stripped of all electronic gimmickry and rereleased...in ''South America''.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2008 ''Animated'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:HK_TFA_Happy_Meal_Commercial.jpg|250px|left|thumb|We used to be a country. A proper country.]]<br /> In America, the ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while Littlest Pet Shop was once again the promotion for girls. None of the figures featured individual gimmicks like the previous promotions and although the toys were mostly successful in representing the characters on a limited Happy Meal toy budget, some figures' second modes suffered greatly.<br /> <br /> In foreign markets, the Animated promotion differed; for some reason [[France]] received an exclusive Blitzwing figure that wasn't included in the American lineup. In South America, the toys were ''entirely'' different and featured a smaller cast. Rather than having manual robot to vehicle transformations, the toys folded up into nebulous alternate modes and transformed via a [[Jumpstarter]] gimmick. Despite being newly designed figures, the toys borrowed the head sculpts of the American toys.<br /> <br /> ====America / Europe====<br /> [[File:Ani-toy Starscream McD US.jpg|250px|right|thumb|You thought this alt-mode was 'lazy' in 2008... Little did you know how much worse it'd get.]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McDonald.27s Kids Meal Toys|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Fast food kids meal toys|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ratchet (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Ratchet]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#Fast Food toys|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Lugnut (Animated)#McDonalds|Lugnut]] - Week 6<br /> * [[Blitzwing (Animated)#McD|Blitzwing]] - French Exclusive<br /> <br /> ====Latin America====<br /> [[File:Tfa mexico set.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Welcome back, Jumpstarters!]]<br /> Some Latin American countries like Mexico and Brazil would get an entirely different set of ''Animated'' Happy Meal toys, featuring a play pattern that's very reminiscent of the [[Jumpstarters]].<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#McLatin|Megatron]] <br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McLatin|Starscream]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ROTF2010Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The ''Revenge of the Fallen'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' was the promotion for girls. Sadly, this would also mark the end to McDonald's Transformers as we had known them: in a similar fashion to the [[Burger King]] promotions of the live action movies, none of the figures transformed, with the engineering budget being put into gimmicks instead.<br /> [[File:McDonaldsROTFOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|160px|right|The beginning of the downfall.]]<br /> Oddly enough, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] was included in the assortment of figures, despite being replaced by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in the movie.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Blackout (Movie)#McDonald.27s|Blackout]] - Week 6<br /> <br /> The Happy Meal bag came [[:File:Mcdonaldsrotf.jpg|with the suggestion for kids to play a &quot;Capture the Flag&quot; game]]... But no actual included flag. Go figure.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Dark of the Moon'' promotion===<br /> [[File:JapanHappyMeal-DOTMPromotion.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ah yes, the two genders: murderous face-ripping robot and colorful bunny plushie.]]<br /> The first McDonald's promotion to be exclusive to Japan, this tie-in to 2011's ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' would feature two sets of toys, both based on Optimus Prime and Bumblebee: a pair of non-transforming figurines like the previous 2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tie-in and a pair of simplified versions of their [[Gravity Bot|Gravity Bots]] molds with added stickers.<br /> <br /> Notably, these would be the last time that a McDonald's [[Transformers]] tie-in promotion featured actual transforming robot toys... And thanks to being Japanese exclusives, you might have never heard about them until you read this page!<br /> <br /> '''Figurines'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Gravity Bots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:Mcdonalds_prime_foodstraps.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Their gluttony sickens me.]]<br /> An unusual promotion released only in Japan alongside the previous one as a tie-in for both ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and the upcoming ''Dark of the Moon'' film, this set of three toys was actually not sold as a standard pack-in gift with meals but instead through some rather odd convoluted ways.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime and Bulkhead required you to buy a Happy Meal only exactly within the span of two days (July 30 to 31st), which, alongside the aforementioned Optimus or Bumblebee toys, would give you a special ticket that could be traded in at a specific set of toy stores for either of the assorted charms. As for Bumblebee... He was simply available as a free pack-in gift with the September 2011 issue of ''TV Boy'' magazine instead.<br /> <br /> [[File:Prime-toy McDJapan Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Close enough, welcome back ''Changeables''.]]<br /> The toys themselves consist of miniature versions of McDonald's food items, which sprung open to reveal the characters inside: perhaps, intentionally or not, somewhat evocative of [[McDonald%27s#Notes|an older McDonald's toyline]].<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Bulkhead]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2012 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2012Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> For the ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, McDonald's featured non-transforming toys of ''Prime'' characters' vehicle modes, incorporating various gimmicks into them. The promotion for &lt;s&gt;bronies&lt;/s&gt; girls was ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> [[File:Primetoy-MegatronHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Robot mode sold separately. A year later.]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonaldsUS|Optimus Prime]]—Lit up when you pushed his smokestacks forward.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds|Bumblebee]]—Featured a missile launcher in his roof.<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonaldsUS|Bulkhead]]—fired paper discs from a launcher under his hood.<br /> *[[Ratchet (WFC)#Mcdonald.27s|Ratchet]]—Had a non-firing cannon under his roof.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded paddle from his front end.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing missiles.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonald.27s|Breakdown]]—Featured a non-firing cannon revealed by turning his spare tire.<br /> *[[Knock Out (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Knock Out]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing cannons.<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:Primetoy-HappyMealMegatron2013.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A shame we no longer transform, but check out these awesome new ''three'' points of articulation!]]<br /> <br /> ===2013 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2013Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Prime'' took place the following year, this time featuring toy of ''Prime'' characters in robot mode with exclusively mechanical-based gimmicks. It was accompanied by a ''Littlest Pet Shop'' promotion.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonaldsRobot|Optimus Prime]]—Turning his upper torso caused him to wave his sword.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds2|Bumblebee]]—Pushing down on his wings caused him to punch with his right arm.<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his fusion cannon.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Starscream]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his left arm.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonalds2|Breakdown]]—Pinching his legs together caused his upper body to spin, flailing with his hammers.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2015 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2015.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The first promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' included a variety of figurines, as well as Transformers &quot;diadems&quot; stylized after Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.<br /> [[File:RID15-toy ClampdownMcD.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Still miss transforming toys? Okay, but just wait until you see this ''insane'' new &quot;claw-on-a-string&quot; feature!!!]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Optimus Prime]]—Mace-swinging gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Bumblebee]]—Sword-slashing gimmick<br /> *[[Fixit (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fixit]]—Gear-activated drills<br /> *[[Sideswipe (RID)#McDonald.27s|Sideswipe]]—Staff-spinning attack gimmick<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonald.27s|Grimlock]]—Flame missile projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Clampdown (RID)#McDonald.27s|Clampdown]]—Retractable grapple pincher <br /> *[[Fracture (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fracture]]—Light-up gun<br /> *[[Underbite#McDonald.27s|Underbite]]—lunging action<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2016 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2016.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The fact that all images of these toys on this wiki are just crops from this catalog speaks volumes to how interesting they are.]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place the following year. It was accompanied by a ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic'' promotion. Coloring sheets were also available, with an image from each franchise on each side.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2|Optimus Prime]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2Truck|Optimus Prime]] (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Back-mounted disc launcher<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3Vehicle|Bumblebee]] (vehicle mode)—Lauching projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Thunderhoof (RID)#McDonald.27s|Thunderhoof]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Thunderhoof (vehicle mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Steeljaw (RID)#McDonald.27s|Steeljaw]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Steeljaw (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> <br /> The 2016 wave also came with [[:File:Mcdonalds_coloring_page_2016.jpg|a coloring page]], featuring an illustration of the ''Transformers'' characters next to another of the ''My Little Pony'' wave counterparts.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A third promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place in [[2017]]. Once again, My Little Pony was the alternate toy option. Instead of strictly figures, this collection had a mask and figure for each of the characters. Once more, a batch of ''My Little Pony'' figures was this wave's gir-oriented counterpart.<br /> [[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Comes with the exciting &quot;you can use this cannon on toys that are actually good&quot; feature.]]<br /> Interestingly, the mounted cannons in this assortment of toys uses [[5 mm post]]-compatible pegs, making them attachable to many larger figures from other ''Transformers'' toylines. <br /> <br /> '''Figures'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Optimus Prime]]—Sword slash gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds4|Bumblebee]]—Attachable wings and chest mounted wheel (to simulate flight)<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonalds2|Grimlock]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> *[[Strongarm (RID)#McFigure|Strongarm]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masks'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Optimus Prime Action Mask]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Bumblebee Glow-in-the-Dark Mask]]<br /> * [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonaldsMask|Grimlock Transforming Mask]]<br /> * [[Strongarm (RID)#McDonald.27s|Strongarm Vision Mask]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:McD RID2017 HolidayExpressCar.jpg|thumb|200px]]<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Holiday Express'' promotion===<br /> For the 2017 holiday season, McDonald's ran a promotion where every Happy Meal came with a train car featuring a brand used for one its past promotions. ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' was the featured brand for one car, a grey boxcar with a sculpted Bumblebee who bobs up and down as the train advances.<br /> <br /> The train car depicts several RID characters ([[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) in vehicle mode in a car carrying structure. These and the other train cars released under this promotion could all be connected, in any order, to form one long train.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2018 ''Bumblebee/Authentics'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BumblebeePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Well.. At least these have ''some'' soul.]]<br /> <br /> The release of the 2018 promotion coincided with both the release of the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, though the toys are very much the Evergreen G1 designs. Despite this, most promotional material for the toys used the ''Bumblebee'' film logo and robot images.<br /> [[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|250px|right|If you think we're gonna give a pass to this Shockwave despite how much we've been clowning on modern McDonald's Transformers just because he's cute... You're absolutely right.]]<br /> Unlike any of the previous McDonald's toylines, these feature a quirky [[super deformed]] aesthetic with oversized heads and goofily-proportioned bodies. Yet again, ''My Little Pony'' was the girl equivalent for this batch of toys, also featuring the same sort of super deformed aesthetic.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Optimus Prime]]/[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]—Spring-loaded pop out sword<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Bumblebee]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Launching projectile<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]] (vehicle mode)—[[Pull-back motor]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (AOE)#McDonald's|Grimlock]]/[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]—Light-Up flame/eyes<br /> *[[Windblade (BB)#McDonald's|Windblade]]/[[Windblade (G1)#McDonald's|Windblade]]—Rotating wing fans<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Megatron]]/[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]—Wind-up walking<br /> *[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Starscream]]/[[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Starscream]]—Jet-Launcher<br /> *[[Shockwave (Movie)#McDonald's|Shockwave]]/[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Shockwave]]—Pop-out rocket boot flames<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Cyberverse2019Promp.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> In 2019, the first Cyberverse themed promotion included non-transforming base figures that came with small vehicles that could be split in half and worn as armor for the robot figures. The armor parts all used 4&amp;nbsp;mm pegs and could be swapped around between figures. The toys are all based on the Spark Armor figures from the Cyberverse toyline, using all the same characters as that subline. The toys all included sticker sheets for added details.<br /> <br /> In America, only four figures were released, but European and Asian markets received an ''additional'' four figures, totaling eight. And yes, ''My Little Pony'' was, once again, the girl-oriented counterpart for this batch of toys.<br /> <br /> [[File:McD_CV_2019_Optimus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hey, they actually added ''some'' transforming elements back to their *''Transformers''* toys! Could it be that these will finally be neat agai...]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonaldsArmor|Optimus Prime]] - Fighter Jet/ armor<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] - Battleship/ armor<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Grimlock]] - Garbage truck/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Prowl]] - Starfighter/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Jetfire]] - Tank/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Megatron]] - Helicopter/ armor<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Starscream]] - Bulldozer/ armor<br /> *[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Shockwave]] - Flying saucer/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> ====Japan====<br /> Japan had an exclusive “All-Star Water” promotion from August 16 to August 22 which included a translucent vinyl figurine of Optimus Prime featuring a [[water-squirting gimmick]]. He also comes with an Autobot insignia with paper that changes color when hit by water.<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Optimus Prime Water Gun]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2021 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD CV 2021 toys.jpg|thumb|220px|right|... Nevermind.]]<br /> Released in Singapore and Europe in January 2021, this promotion included six non-transforming figures with limited articulation. The chests of the figures had panels with lenticular image stickers on them which would change angle when the left arm is moved. Moving the panel causes the image on their chest to change.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Optimus Prime]] - Image changes from robot chest to burst of electricity<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Bumblebee]] - Image changes from robot chest to glowing Autobot symbol<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Ratchet]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Megatron]] - Image changes from robot chest to battle damage<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Starscream]] - Image changes from robot chest to missiles flying through air<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2022 Potato Head'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD Potato Head 2022 toys.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> The as-of-now last McDonald's ''Transformers'' promotion, this series was a crossover of sorts with [[Mr. Potato Head|''Potato Head'']], releasing only in some select regions across Asia and Africa. It featured a variety of miniature Potato Heads with various character costumes based on both ''Transformers'' Evergreen designs and the cast of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', in the style of [[Mr. Potato Head#Mixable, Mashable Heroes!|''Mixable Mashable Heroes'']].<br /> <br /> Since the parts are interchangeable, you could use the ''My Little Pony'' heads with ''Transformers'' torsos and vice-versa to create the most horrifying Transformers-Potato-Pony mutants your heart could conceive of.<br /> <br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ===2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion===<br /> [[File:2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion.jpg]]<br /> <br /> On February 10, 2026, McDonald's restaurants began offering a set of Transformers and My Little Pony toys with Happy Meals.<br /> Among them, the three Transformers toys are designed in a chibi style based on Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron from the original G1 animation. The toys are as follows:<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime Pencil Topper]]: A plastic Optimus Prime head sculpt designed to fit on a pencil. Rotating the helmet switches Optimus Prime's expression between a smiling face and a battle mask.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee Card Holder]]: A hard plastic card protector featuring a raised Bumblebee design, equipped with a hollow hook shaped like the Autobot insignia. The bottom of the holder has a sliding slot for opening, with a Bumblebee card stored inside.<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron Disc Launcher]]: A red plastic launcher with a raised Megatron design. Pressing the launcher fires a plastic disc printed with an image of Megatron.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Changeables.jpg|220px|thumb|They might not be actual Transformers, but you can't have a McDonald's page on a Transformers wiki without them.]]<br /> *Beyond the ''Transformers'' brand, McDonald's has also released a few other transforming robot toys over the years. These include:<br /> **Easily the most famous, the ''Changeables'' toyline was McDonald's' attempt to cash into the transforming robot craze during the 1980s. The line was comprised of small robots (and later dinosaurs, releasing under the ''McDino Changeables'' subline) that transformed into food from the McDonald's menu, resulting in a small army of quirky little burgers, fries, soda bottles and the likes. The ''Changeables'' have since become cult collectibles, and to this day, it's not uncommon for people to ([[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|erroneously]]) assume these were ''Transformers'' tie-ins: they were not, but if you came to this page looking for them then they shall be mentioned in these notes nonetheless.<br /> ***By popular demand, the ''Changeables'' were also brought back in 2026 with an all-new series of toys, with some taking design cues from the original figures and others being all-new designs instead.<br /> **A handful of [[TakaraTomy]] transforming robot toylines have received McDonald's toys in the brand's Japanese branch. These include multiple waves of Shinkansen-based robots from ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion'' (新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン) and a 2025 wave of figures based on ''Tomica Heroes Jobraver Tokusō Gattai Robo'' (トミカヒーローズ ジョブレイバー 特装合体ロボ). Notably, the latter, as well as most of the Shinkansen promotions, are actually traditional fully-transformable figures... Something that the ''Transformers'' franchise hasn't seen on its Happy Meal offerings in the past decade.<br /> **Also in early 2025, McDonald's Japan released an odd set of three ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' figures that transform into life-sized plastic versions of McDonald's food.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcdonald's}}<br /> [[Category:Companies]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 businesses]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 locations]]<br /> [[Category:Restaurants]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* 2022 Potato Head promotion */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:McDonald's Golden Arches.svg|right|250px|thumb|Simultaneously responsible for the obesity epidemic and also for getting an entire generation of kids into cool toy robots.]]<br /> '''McDonald's''' is a North American-based fast food restaurant chain. Throughout the decades, the company has offered many ''Transformers'' toys as part of their &quot;Happy Meals&quot; targeted to human children. Most Transformers promotions have been aimed towards male children while female children were lured in with other, &quot;girl themed&quot;, [[Hasbro]] brand products.<br /> <br /> In the past, their Transformers were essentially traditional transforming figures, albeit with very simplistic designs: these were, after all, meant to be incredibly cheap mass-produced toys that'd have to withstand rough play from kids of all ages, and as a result, they eschewed the fancier cartoon-accurate proportions, articulation, and play features of &quot;store bought&quot; ''Transformers'' toys. This changed in the turn of the 2010s... For the worse, as McDonald's dropped transforming robot toys entirely and instead shifted towards making non-transforming toys for their ''Transformers'' promotions, usually focusing on basic figurines of the characters' robot modes with the addendum of extra gimmicks.<br /> <br /> Their biggest competitor in the fast food market is [[Burger King]], who also put out quite a few ''Transformers'' tie-in promotions over the years.<br /> <br /> :''See also'': [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===<br /> {{noteukonly}}<br /> [[File:Plight McDonald's.jpg|thumb|right|250px|They're lovin' it.]]<br /> ''A McDonald's was located next to [[Rimmer's Ooptician]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was damaged by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] when the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked the city.'' {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}}<br /> <br /> As part of their joyride in a hotwired [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Waldo Dobbs|Waldo]] and [[Ernest]] stopped at a McDonald's. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===<br /> ====''The Transformers Trilogy''====<br /> [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] smashed a McDonald's in [[Las Vegas]] to pieces as a show of strength while battling [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]. Only the Golden Arches were left to mark where it had stood. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}<br /> <br /> ==Promotions==<br /> ===1985 St. Louis ''The Transformers'' McDonald's promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds1985-Catalogue.jpg|160px|left|thumb|The birth of an era of getting cool robot toys alongside your terrible diet.]]<br /> [[File:1985 happymeal bumblebee.jpg|200px|right|thumb|And you thought Latin America had [[Generation 1 toylines in Latin America|too many Minicar recolor]]s!]]<br /> {{quote|Collect all 4 TRANSFORMERS figurines! There's Brawn, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Gears. And transform yourself into the world of The TRANSFORMERS!|Mcdonald's Transformers promotion tag line}}<br /> In 1985, McDonald's gave away non-transforming, non-poseable figurines of four [[Mini Vehicle]] characters, each rendered in six different color variations, in various two-color combinations of red, green, blue, yellow, purple, pink and black. These figures were only available in St. Louis, Missouri, as a test run.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/McD1985Toys1.html 1985 McDonald's toys at Toyarchive.com]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The line included:<br /> <br /> * [[Gears (G1)#McDonald.27s|Gears]] - Came in blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;blue, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Brawn (G1)/toys#McDonald.27s|Brawn]] - Came in blue&amp;green, blue&amp;yellow, green&amp;red, green&amp;yellow and red&amp;yellow colorations. <br /> * [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Happy Meal Toy|Cliffjumper]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations <br /> * [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Happy Meal Toy|Bumblebee]] - Came in black&amp;blue, black&amp;green, black&amp;purple, black&amp;red, black&amp;yellow and pink&amp;blue colorations.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1996 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWarsPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Frantic limb movement not included.]]<br /> Promoting the then new ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|toyline]], McDonald's offered five different toys as part of their Happy Meals, one of which was aimed towards children of age three and younger. To date, this is the only time when there have been new characters introduced solely as fast-food exclusives.<br /> Two different cardboard boxes, containing both food and toys, were distributed.<br /> <br /> The toys were:<br /> * [[Panther#Beast Wars|Panther]]<br /> * [[Rhino (BW)#Beast Wars|Rhino]]<br /> * [[Beetle#Beast Wars|Beetle]]<br /> * [[Manta Ray (BW)#Beast Wars|Manta Ray]]<br /> * [[Under-3#Beast Wars|Under-3]]<br /> [[File:BW-toy Beetle.jpg|250px|right|thumb|I'm a brand-new character!]]<br /> <br /> <br /> The first box featured a purple, mechanically style background with punch-out cards of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Razorbeast]], [[Polar Claw]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], Rhino and Panther, with an additional card depicting both Optimus and [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] in the midst of a fearsome fist-shaking contest. Additionally, it featured the two following jokes:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:Why do robots keep batteries in their wallets?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:They like to charge everything.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;''Q:What did the Transformer sing when he paddled upstream?'' &lt;ref&gt;A:Row Row Row your Bot!!&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second box had a green, mechanically styled background with punch-out cards of Megatron, [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], Manta Ray, Beetle and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], with the same card featured on the first box representing Megatron and Optimus shaking fists at each other. This box also featured two jokes.<br /> <br /> The hand-painted artwork featured on the characters' punch-out cards showcased the characters' [[robot mode]] in the foreground with designs heavily based on early promotional designs of the first wave toys. Both Optimus and Megatron appear as a bat and an alligator respectively, and all characters have their color schemes based directly on their toys. Scorponok even appears orange, as early promotional photos presented him. Save the card featuring both Megatron and Optimus, each card's background was dominated by a representation of the character's [[beast mode]] rendered in a realistic fashion (to the point where it sometimes did not match up with the animal-kibble on the characters' robot modes).<br /> <br /> While the Beast Wars toys were targeted towards the boy patrons, ''{{w|Littlest Pet Shop}}'' dolls were targeted to the girls.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===1998 ''Beast Wars'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastWars1998Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Pushing the &quot;Transformers-fan-to-Brony&quot; pipeline before Bronies were actually a thing.]]<br /> <br /> McDonald's once more promoted the Beast Wars toyline two years later, this time focusing on the [[Transmetal]]s sub-line. Three toys were produced, depicting three characters that, although part of the main cast on the television series, had not received toys depicting them in Transmetal bodies. Mirroring the gimmick of Transmetals sold in stores, they possessed a &quot;metalized&quot; look on some parts of their bodies.<br /> <br /> The included toys were:<br /> <br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BWMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Scorponok (BW)#McTransmetal|Scorponok]]<br /> * [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Transmetal|Dinobot]]<br /> [[File:Mcdinobot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|And I'm not, even though I look nothing like [[Dinobot (BW)|the character I'm supposed to represent!]]]]<br /> The meals were now distributed in paper bags instead of cardboard boxes, and featured much more crudely drawn depictions of the promoted toys, directly based on the characters' toys, posed statically. <br /> The first bag presented on one side Dinobot, Blackarachnia (oddly, depicted mis-transformed in her artwork) and Scorponok standing in a thundercloud, while a lightning bolt strikes a stony landscape. Said landscape is in actuality a simple puzzle to be solved, as explained on the bag:<br /> <br /> &quot;''Wild storm, MAXIMIZE! See which beast changed into a robot by filling in the spaces that have one dot.''&lt;ref&gt;The answer is Scorponok.&lt;/ref&gt;&quot;<br /> <br /> The second bag featured on one of its sides similar artwork, this time depicting Dinobot's robot mode in the middle of a field, riddled with flows of lava, spewed forth from a volcano in the background. The bag instructs:<br /> <br /> &quot;''TRANSFORMER Dinobot is a robot in disguise! Follow the lava trail from his cool robot mode to see which beast he changes into.&quot; The possible choices depicted are either A: A mechanical scorpion (depicted on another side of the bag, which the puzzle also occupies), B: A mechanical velociraptor or C: A mechanical black widow spider.''&quot;&lt;ref&gt;The answer is B, the velociraptor.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> This time around, ''[[My Little Pony]]'' toys were the girl-targeting counterparts to the Beast Wars figurines. Artwork and puzzles for these toys occupied the remaining two sides of the bags.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2000 ''Beast Machines'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BeastMachinesPromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> Two years later still, McDonald's promoted the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline, successor to the ''Beast Wars'' franchise. Unlike the previous toys it offered during the [[Beast Era]], this time its toys were meant to depict the characters as they appeared in the televised show, as opposed to new characters or bodies. The result was a varying degree of success in terms of show-accuracy, with most toys concentrating on one mode to be most faithfully a depiction of the character: a design direction that would become common in McDonald's Transformers toys for the next eight years. For whatever odd reason, this batch of toys also used ''a lot'' of translucent plastic.<br /> <br /> The toys produced for this promotion were:<br /> <br /> [[File:BM-toy ThrustMcDonalds.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;So I was manufactured in translucent plastic, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujF8AumiQo which was the style at the time...]&quot;]]<br /> '''Maximals'''<br /> * [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Blackarachnia]]<br /> * [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMMcD|Cheetor]]<br /> * [[Nightscream (BM)#McD|Nightscream]]<br /> * [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#McDonaldsBM|Optimus Primal]]<br /> * [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Rattrap]]<br /> <br /> '''Vehicons'''<br /> * [[Jetstorm (BM)#McDonalds|Jetstorm]]<br /> * [[Megatron (BW)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Thrust (BM)#McDonalds|Thrust]]<br /> * [[Tankor (BM)#McD|Tankor]]<br /> <br /> Returning to boxes for distribution, the two variant cardboard vessels were:<br /> <br /> *A [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-themed box, with one side occupied by an image of Megatron, in his harness menacingly raising an arm forwards (and erroneously labeled as being in &quot;[[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]&quot;) while the other side was adorned by images of Jetstorm; his vehicle mode flying over a Cybertronian landscape alongside several Aero Drones, and his robot mode in a stock pose. The image of his robot mode could be punched out, advertised as a Jetstorm bookmark.<br /> *A [[Maximal]]-themed box, with one side featuring an image of Optimus Primal in beast mode, gesturing invitingly, and another side dominated by an image of Cheetor in robot mode, with a smaller image of the technorganic cheetah in beast mode and an image of Blackarachnia in beast mode, advertised as a &quot;straw crawler&quot; which could be punched out similarly to the Jetstorm Bookmark.<br /> <br /> This time around, the toys advertised towards girls were ''{{w|Hello Kitty}}'' themed, with images of said character occupying the remaining two sides of each box.<br /> <br /> Additionally, some participating McDonald's also distributed coupons that offered $3.00 off any ''Beast Machines'' Figurine purchase of $15.00 or more.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2003 ''Armada'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ArmadaPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Obesity has never been this fun!]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' promotion not only included individual gimmicks for each toy, but also featured [[powerlinx]] points, allowing these toys to interact with the larger figures and [[Mini-Con]]s sold in stores. On top of it all, all of the members of each faction were promoted as being able to combine into a larger machine. Although this resulted in somewhat awkward combined forms, it did a thorough job of driving the point home of what was the focus of the Armada toyline: powerlinking.<br /> <br /> As with previous years, each figurine was a simplified version of one of the main characters of the television series, featuring basic transformation schemes to achieve the ''vague'' look of the robot modes that they're meant to represent:<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Featured a &quot;punching&quot; gimmick for robot mode.<br /> * [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#McDonald.27s|Hot Shot]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Red Alert (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Red Alert]] - Featured a pull-back motor for vehicle mode.<br /> * [[Smokescreen (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Smokescreen]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Robot]],&quot; with Optimus becoming the upper torso, head and arms, Hot Shot becoming the crotch and upper-legs, while Red Alert and Smokescreen became the left and right legs respectively.<br /> <br /> [[File:Armadatoy mcdonalds megatron.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Somehow only has slightly less articulation than [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Armada|his bigger counterpart]].]]<br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Featured a gimmick simulating his motion of firing his cannon while in robot mode.<br /> * [[Cyclonus (Armada)#McDonald.27s|Cyclonus]] - Featured a spinning rotor gimmick.<br /> * [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Happy Meal toy|Starscream]] - Featured a gimmick similar to that of [[Jumpstarter]]s.<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#Happy Meal toys|Demolishor]] - Featured a &quot;battle damage&quot; gimmick.<br /> Combined, they would form a &quot;[[Mighty Vehicle]],&quot; Starscream forming the front, Cyclonus the upper-portion, with Megatron and Demolishor providing locomotion as the left and right segments respectively of the bottom of the vehicle.<br /> <br /> {{Note|In some Asian markets, Hot Shot's toy was slightly different from its release in other regions; it featured a slightly different transformation scheme and transparent windows.}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2004/2006 ''Energon'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-EnergonPromo.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Prime's giving his all to his G1 Soundwave lamppost mode cosplay.]]<br /> The ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' promotion is notable in that there were two distinct figure sets, one set released only in Europe, and the other in South America. Neither set of toys were made available in the United States and tend to be hard to come across in secondary markets. <br /> <br /> The European lineup were fairly bulky toys that all had similar electronic gimmicks that involved a large removable electronic &quot;Energon cube&quot; being placed inside the toys to activate lights or sounds. The cubes were all interchangeable among these toys. The South American figures were simpler and all featured spring-loaded transformations which were activated by pushing in buttons on the front of their vehicle modes. While having paint operations, these toys relied on pre-applied stickers for added details.<br /> <br /> ====Europe====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD1|Optimus Prime]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Ironhide (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Siren sound effects<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonMcD|Megatron]] - Remote-control triggered lights<br /> * [[Unicron/toys#McDonalds|Unicron]] - Light up body<br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:McEnergon-prime.jpg|250px|right|thumb|&quot;Hey, where did the AllSpark go?!&quot; Suspiciously AllSpark-shaped Optimus Prime:]]<br /> ====South America====<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Inferno (Energon)#McDonald.27s|Inferno]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Armada)/merchandise#EnergonHappyMeal|Megatron]]<br /> * [[Demolishor (Armada)#EnergonHappyMeal|Demolishor]]<br /> <br /> Strangely, two years later, the ''European'' exclusive toys were retooled and stripped of all electronic gimmickry and rereleased...in ''South America''.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2008 ''Animated'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:HK_TFA_Happy_Meal_Commercial.jpg|250px|left|thumb|We used to be a country. A proper country.]]<br /> In America, the ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while Littlest Pet Shop was once again the promotion for girls. None of the figures featured individual gimmicks like the previous promotions and although the toys were mostly successful in representing the characters on a limited Happy Meal toy budget, some figures' second modes suffered greatly.<br /> <br /> In foreign markets, the Animated promotion differed; for some reason [[France]] received an exclusive Blitzwing figure that wasn't included in the American lineup. In South America, the toys were ''entirely'' different and featured a smaller cast. Rather than having manual robot to vehicle transformations, the toys folded up into nebulous alternate modes and transformed via a [[Jumpstarter]] gimmick. Despite being newly designed figures, the toys borrowed the head sculpts of the American toys.<br /> <br /> ====America / Europe====<br /> [[File:Ani-toy Starscream McD US.jpg|250px|right|thumb|You thought this alt-mode was 'lazy' in 2008... Little did you know how much worse it'd get.]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McDonald.27s Kids Meal Toys|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Fast food kids meal toys|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ratchet (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Ratchet]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#Fast Food toys|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Lugnut (Animated)#McDonalds|Lugnut]] - Week 6<br /> * [[Blitzwing (Animated)#McD|Blitzwing]] - French Exclusive<br /> <br /> ====Latin America====<br /> [[File:Tfa mexico set.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Welcome back, Jumpstarters!]]<br /> Some Latin American countries like Mexico and Brazil would get an entirely different set of ''Animated'' Happy Meal toys, featuring a play pattern that's very reminiscent of the [[Jumpstarters]].<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#McLatin|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Animated)#McLatin|Megatron]] <br /> * [[Starscream (Animated)#McLatin|Starscream]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-ROTF2010Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The ''Revenge of the Fallen'' promotion featured six different figures aimed at boys while ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' was the promotion for girls. Sadly, this would also mark the end to McDonald's Transformers as we had known them: in a similar fashion to the [[Burger King]] promotions of the live action movies, none of the figures transformed, with the engineering budget being put into gimmicks instead.<br /> [[File:McDonaldsROTFOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|160px|right|The beginning of the downfall.]]<br /> Oddly enough, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] was included in the assortment of figures, despite being replaced by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in the movie.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]] - Week 1<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]] - Week 3<br /> * [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Ironhide]] - Week 5<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> * [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]] - Week 2<br /> * [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]] - Week 4<br /> * [[Blackout (Movie)#McDonald.27s|Blackout]] - Week 6<br /> <br /> The Happy Meal bag came [[:File:Mcdonaldsrotf.jpg|with the suggestion for kids to play a &quot;Capture the Flag&quot; game]]... But no actual included flag. Go figure.<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Dark of the Moon'' promotion===<br /> [[File:JapanHappyMeal-DOTMPromotion.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Ah yes, the two genders: murderous face-ripping robot and colorful bunny plushie.]]<br /> The first McDonald's promotion to be exclusive to Japan, this tie-in to 2011's ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' would feature two sets of toys, both based on Optimus Prime and Bumblebee: a pair of non-transforming figurines like the previous 2010 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tie-in and a pair of simplified versions of their [[Gravity Bot|Gravity Bots]] molds with added stickers.<br /> <br /> Notably, these would be the last time that a McDonald's [[Transformers]] tie-in promotion featured actual transforming robot toys... And thanks to being Japanese exclusives, you might have never heard about them until you read this page!<br /> <br /> '''Figurines'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> '''Gravity Bots'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2011 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:Mcdonalds_prime_foodstraps.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Their gluttony sickens me.]]<br /> An unusual promotion released only in Japan alongside the previous one as a tie-in for both ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and the upcoming ''Dark of the Moon'' film, this set of three toys was actually not sold as a standard pack-in gift with meals but instead through some rather odd convoluted ways.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime and Bulkhead required you to buy a Happy Meal only exactly within the span of two days (July 30 to 31st), which, alongside the aforementioned Optimus or Bumblebee toys, would give you a special ticket that could be traded in at a specific set of toy stores for either of the assorted charms. As for Bumblebee... He was simply available as a free pack-in gift with the September 2011 issue of ''TV Boy'' magazine instead.<br /> <br /> [[File:Prime-toy McDJapan Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Close enough, welcome back ''Changeables''.]]<br /> The toys themselves consist of miniature versions of McDonald's food items, which sprung open to reveal the characters inside: perhaps, intentionally or not, somewhat evocative of [[McDonald%27s#Notes|an older McDonald's toyline]].<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Optimus Prime]]<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#McDonald.27s|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Bulkhead]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2012 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2012Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> For the ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, McDonald's featured non-transforming toys of ''Prime'' characters' vehicle modes, incorporating various gimmicks into them. The promotion for &lt;s&gt;bronies&lt;/s&gt; girls was ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> [[File:Primetoy-MegatronHappyMeal.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Robot mode sold separately. A year later.]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#McDonaldsUS|Optimus Prime]]—Lit up when you pushed his smokestacks forward.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds|Bumblebee]]—Featured a missile launcher in his roof.<br /> *[[Bulkhead (Prime)#McDonaldsUS|Bulkhead]]—fired paper discs from a launcher under his hood.<br /> *[[Ratchet (WFC)#Mcdonald.27s|Ratchet]]—Had a non-firing cannon under his roof.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded paddle from his front end.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonald.27s|Starscream]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing missiles.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonald.27s|Breakdown]]—Featured a non-firing cannon revealed by turning his spare tire.<br /> *[[Knock Out (Prime)#McDonald.27s|Knock Out]]—Featured two pop-out non-firing cannons.<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:Primetoy-HappyMealMegatron2013.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A shame we no longer transform, but check out these awesome new ''three'' points of articulation!]]<br /> <br /> ===2013 ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Prime2013Promo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Prime'' took place the following year, this time featuring toy of ''Prime'' characters in robot mode with exclusively mechanical-based gimmicks. It was accompanied by a ''Littlest Pet Shop'' promotion.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonaldsRobot|Optimus Prime]]—Turning his upper torso caused him to wave his sword.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#PrimeMcDonalds2|Bumblebee]]—Pushing down on his wings caused him to punch with his right arm.<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Megatron]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his fusion cannon.<br /> *[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#McDonalds2|Starscream]]—Fired a spring-loaded missile from his left arm.<br /> *[[Breakdown (WFC)#McDonalds2|Breakdown]]—Pinching his legs together caused his upper body to spin, flailing with his hammers.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> ===2015 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2015.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> The first promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' included a variety of figurines, as well as Transformers &quot;diadems&quot; stylized after Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.<br /> [[File:RID15-toy ClampdownMcD.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Still miss transforming toys? Okay, but just wait until you see this ''insane'' new &quot;claw-on-a-string&quot; feature!!!]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Optimus Prime]]—Mace-swinging gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds1|Bumblebee]]—Sword-slashing gimmick<br /> *[[Fixit (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fixit]]—Gear-activated drills<br /> *[[Sideswipe (RID)#McDonald.27s|Sideswipe]]—Staff-spinning attack gimmick<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonald.27s|Grimlock]]—Flame missile projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Clampdown (RID)#McDonald.27s|Clampdown]]—Retractable grapple pincher <br /> *[[Fracture (RID)#McDonald.27s|Fracture]]—Light-up gun<br /> *[[Underbite#McDonald.27s|Underbite]]—lunging action<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2016 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo2016.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The fact that all images of these toys on this wiki are just crops from this catalog speaks volumes to how interesting they are.]]<br /> A second promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place the following year. It was accompanied by a ''[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic'' promotion. Coloring sheets were also available, with an image from each franchise on each side.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2|Optimus Prime]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds2Truck|Optimus Prime]] (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Back-mounted disc launcher<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3Vehicle|Bumblebee]] (vehicle mode)—Lauching projectile<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Thunderhoof (RID)#McDonald.27s|Thunderhoof]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Thunderhoof (vehicle mode)—Launching missile<br /> *[[Steeljaw (RID)#McDonald.27s|Steeljaw]] (robot mode)—Launching missile<br /> *Steeljaw (vehicle mode)—Launching disc<br /> <br /> The 2016 wave also came with [[:File:Mcdonalds_coloring_page_2016.jpg|a coloring page]], featuring an illustration of the ''Transformers'' characters next to another of the ''My Little Pony'' wave counterparts.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-RobotsInDisguisePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> A third promotion for ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' took place in [[2017]]. Once again, My Little Pony was the alternate toy option. Instead of strictly figures, this collection had a mask and figure for each of the characters. Once more, a batch of ''My Little Pony'' figures was this wave's gir-oriented counterpart.<br /> [[File:McDRID2017Grimlock.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Comes with the exciting &quot;you can use this cannon on toys that are actually good&quot; feature.]]<br /> Interestingly, the mounted cannons in this assortment of toys uses [[5 mm post]]-compatible pegs, making them attachable to many larger figures from other ''Transformers'' toylines. <br /> <br /> '''Figures'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds3|Optimus Prime]]—Sword slash gimmick<br /> *[[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonalds4|Bumblebee]]—Attachable wings and chest mounted wheel (to simulate flight)<br /> *[[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonalds2|Grimlock]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> *[[Strongarm (RID)#McFigure|Strongarm]]—Cannon with launching projectile<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Masks'''<br /> * [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Optimus Prime Action Mask]]<br /> * [[Bumblebee (WFC)/merchandise#RIDMcDonaldsMask|Bumblebee Glow-in-the-Dark Mask]]<br /> * [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#McDonaldsMask|Grimlock Transforming Mask]]<br /> * [[Strongarm (RID)#McDonald.27s|Strongarm Vision Mask]]<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[File:McD RID2017 HolidayExpressCar.jpg|thumb|200px]]<br /> <br /> ===2017 ''Holiday Express'' promotion===<br /> For the 2017 holiday season, McDonald's ran a promotion where every Happy Meal came with a train car featuring a brand used for one its past promotions. ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' was the featured brand for one car, a grey boxcar with a sculpted Bumblebee who bobs up and down as the train advances.<br /> <br /> The train car depicts several RID characters ([[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) in vehicle mode in a car carrying structure. These and the other train cars released under this promotion could all be connected, in any order, to form one long train.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2018 ''Bumblebee/Authentics'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-BumblebeePromo.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Well.. At least these have ''some'' soul.]]<br /> <br /> The release of the 2018 promotion coincided with both the release of the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, though the toys are very much the Evergreen G1 designs. Despite this, most promotional material for the toys used the ''Bumblebee'' film logo and robot images.<br /> [[File:2018-McD-Authentics-Bumblebee-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|250px|right|If you think we're gonna give a pass to this Shockwave despite how much we've been clowning on modern McDonald's Transformers just because he's cute... You're absolutely right.]]<br /> Unlike any of the previous McDonald's toylines, these feature a quirky [[super deformed]] aesthetic with oversized heads and goofily-proportioned bodies. Yet again, ''My Little Pony'' was the girl equivalent for this batch of toys, also featuring the same sort of super deformed aesthetic.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Optimus Prime]]/[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]—Spring-loaded pop out sword<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonald's 2|Bumblebee]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] (robot mode)—Launching projectile<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]]/[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonaldsCar|Bumblebee Racer]] (vehicle mode)—[[Pull-back motor]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (AOE)#McDonald's|Grimlock]]/[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]—Light-Up flame/eyes<br /> *[[Windblade (BB)#McDonald's|Windblade]]/[[Windblade (G1)#McDonald's|Windblade]]—Rotating wing fans<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Megatron]]/[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]—Wind-up walking<br /> *[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#McDonald's 2|Starscream]]/[[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Starscream]]—Jet-Launcher<br /> *[[Shockwave (Movie)#McDonald's|Shockwave]]/[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Shockwave]]—Pop-out rocket boot flames<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2019 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Cyberverse2019Promp.jpg|300px|left|thumb]]<br /> In 2019, the first Cyberverse themed promotion included non-transforming base figures that came with small vehicles that could be split in half and worn as armor for the robot figures. The armor parts all used 4&amp;nbsp;mm pegs and could be swapped around between figures. The toys are all based on the Spark Armor figures from the Cyberverse toyline, using all the same characters as that subline. The toys all included sticker sheets for added details.<br /> <br /> In America, only four figures were released, but European and Asian markets received an ''additional'' four figures, totaling eight. And yes, ''My Little Pony'' was, once again, the girl-oriented counterpart for this batch of toys.<br /> <br /> [[File:McD_CV_2019_Optimus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hey, they actually added ''some'' transforming elements back to their *''Transformers''* toys! Could it be that these will finally be neat agai...]]<br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonaldsArmor|Optimus Prime]] - Fighter Jet/ armor<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Bumblebee]] - Battleship/ armor<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Grimlock]] - Garbage truck/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Prowl]] - Starfighter/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> *[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Jetfire]] - Tank/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Megatron]] - Helicopter/ armor<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Starscream]] - Bulldozer/ armor<br /> *[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Shockwave]] - Flying saucer/ armor (Europe/Asia only)<br /> <br /> ====Japan====<br /> Japan had an exclusive “All-Star Water” promotion from August 16 to August 22 which included a translucent vinyl figurine of Optimus Prime featuring a [[water-squirting gimmick]]. He also comes with an Autobot insignia with paper that changes color when hit by water.<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Optimus Prime Water Gun]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2021 ''Cyberverse'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD CV 2021 toys.jpg|thumb|220px|right|... Nevermind.]]<br /> Released in Singapore and Europe in January 2021, this promotion included six non-transforming figures with limited articulation. The chests of the figures had panels with lenticular image stickers on them which would change angle when the left arm is moved. Moving the panel causes the image on their chest to change.<br /> <br /> '''Autobots'''<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Optimus Prime]] - Image changes from robot chest to burst of electricity<br /> *[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Bumblebee]] - Image changes from robot chest to glowing Autobot symbol<br /> *[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#McDonald's|Ratchet]]<br /> <br /> '''Decepticons'''<br /> *[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Megatron]] - Image changes from robot chest to battle damage<br /> *[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#McDonalds2021|Starscream]] - Image changes from robot chest to missiles flying through air<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===2022 Potato Head'' promotion===<br /> [[File:McD Potato Head 2022 toys.jpg|thumb|220px]]<br /> The as-of-now last McDonald's ''Transformers'' promotion, this series was a crossover of sorts with [[Mr. Potato Head|''Potato Head'']], releasing only in some select regions across Asia and Africa. It featured a variety of miniature Potato Heads with various character costumes based on both ''Transformers'' Evergreen designs and the cast of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', in the style of [[Mr. Potato Head#Mixable, Mashable Heroes!|''Mixable Mashable Heroes'']].<br /> <br /> Since the parts are interchangeable, you could use the ''My Little Pony'' heads with ''Transformers'' torsos and vice-versa to create the most horrifying Transformers-Potato-Pony mutants your heart could conceive of.<br /> <br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Bumblebee]]<br /> *[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#McDonald's|Grimlock]]<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Megatron]]<br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#McDonald's|Optimus Prime]]<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ===2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion===<br /> [[File:2026 Transfoemers&amp;My Little Pony promotion.jpg]]<br /> On February 10, 2026, McDonald's restaurants began offering a set of Transformers and My Little Pony toys with Happy Meals.<br /> Among them, the three Transformers toys are designed in a chibi style based on Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron from the original G1 animation. The toys are as follows:<br /> <br /> *[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime Pencil Topper]]: A plastic Optimus Prime head sculpt designed to fit on a pencil. Rotating the helmet switches Optimus Prime's expression between a smiling face and a battle mask.<br /> *[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee Card Holder]]: A hard plastic card protector featuring a raised Bumblebee design, equipped with a hollow hook shaped like the Autobot insignia. The bottom of the holder has a sliding slot for opening, with a Bumblebee card stored inside.<br /> *[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron Disc Launcher]]: A red plastic launcher with a raised Megatron design. Pressing the launcher fires a plastic disc printed with an image of Megatron.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:McDonalds-Changeables.jpg|220px|thumb|They might not be actual Transformers, but you can't have a McDonald's page on a Transformers wiki without them.]]<br /> *Beyond the ''Transformers'' brand, McDonald's has also released a few other transforming robot toys over the years. These include:<br /> **Easily the most famous, the ''Changeables'' toyline was McDonald's' attempt to cash into the transforming robot craze during the 1980s. The line was comprised of small robots (and later dinosaurs, releasing under the ''McDino Changeables'' subline) that transformed into food from the McDonald's menu, resulting in a small army of quirky little burgers, fries, soda bottles and the likes. The ''Changeables'' have since become cult collectibles, and to this day, it's not uncommon for people to ([[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|erroneously]]) assume these were ''Transformers'' tie-ins: they were not, but if you came to this page looking for them then they shall be mentioned in these notes nonetheless.<br /> ***By popular demand, the ''Changeables'' were also brought back in 2026 with an all-new series of toys, with some taking design cues from the original figures and others being all-new designs instead.<br /> **A handful of [[TakaraTomy]] transforming robot toylines have received McDonald's toys in the brand's Japanese branch. These include multiple waves of Shinkansen-based robots from ''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion'' (新幹線変形ロボ シンカリオン) and a 2025 wave of figures based on ''Tomica Heroes Jobraver Tokusō Gattai Robo'' (トミカヒーローズ ジョブレイバー 特装合体ロボ). Notably, the latter, as well as most of the Shinkansen promotions, are actually traditional fully-transformable figures... Something that the ''Transformers'' franchise hasn't seen on its Happy Meal offerings in the past decade.<br /> **Also in early 2025, McDonald's Japan released an odd set of three ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' figures that transform into life-sized plastic versions of McDonald's food.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcdonald's}}<br /> [[Category:Companies]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 businesses]]<br /> [[Category:Generation 1 locations]]<br /> [[Category:Restaurants]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Laserbeak}}<br /> :''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:Cyberverse Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Like some vast predatory...something or other, I dunno.]]<br /> '''Laserbeak''' is a Cybertronian bird adopted by [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] as his partner.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Laserbeak_Cyberverse_dogfight.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Fun fact, this is the only time Laserbeak shows up in season 2. I guess he got a better agent before season 3 started filming.]]<br /> Originally part of a flock, Laserbeak was captured by Soundwave, who gave him his name and role as his partner-in-crime. {{storylink|The Scientist}}<br /> <br /> Believing the Decepticons had the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], the [[Autobot]]s launched an attack on the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']]. During the battle, Laserbeak got into a dogfight with [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]. {{storylink|Dark Birth}}<br /> <br /> Laserbeak returned to Cybertron along with the other Decepticons and pursued a recently escaped [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]]. Although he was knocked aside, Soundwave was able to detain the Autobot. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} During the subsequent Autobot-Decepticon battle, Laserbeak attacked [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]], only to get shot out of the sky by [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}<br /> <br /> After infiltrating a [[Quintesson]] stronghold to free the Autobots and Decepticons imprisoned inside, Soundwave and [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] managed to find the location of the control node holding their allies in a simulation. Restrained by a scientist, the former released Laserbeak to relay the information back to the Cybertronian resistance. {{storylink|The Scientist}} As the Autobot-Decepticon alliance battled a possessed [[Croaton (Cyberverse)|Croaton]], Laserbeak directed Windblade to an opening within the Titan. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}<br /> <br /> As Megatron prepared to confront an [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|alternate version]] of himself from another universe, Laserbeak monitored his conversation with [[Wildwheel (Cyberverse)|Wildwheel]] and reported the interaction back to Soundwave and [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]]. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}<br /> <br /> When [[Trypticon (Cyberverse)|Trypticon’s]] [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]] froze Cybertron in time, [[Soundblaster (Cyberverse)|Soundblaster]] unfroze Soundwave’s head in order to gloat. As part of his revenge, Soundblaster forcibly removed Laserbeak from Soundwave’s chest and forced him into his own. He later forced his way out of Soundblaster’s chest, and fought [[Buzzsaw (Cyberverse)|Buzzsaw]] in mid-air. He stole the Time Blaster from Soundblaster, but dropped it when [[Afterburner (Cyberverse)|Afterburner]] fired on him. He later returned to Soundwave’s chest as the Autobots and Decepticons celebrated the signing of the [[Treaty of the Wall|peace treaty]]. {{storylink|The Immobilizers}}<br /> <br /> When [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] bothered Soundwave at the meeting of the ruling council at Iaconus, Soundwave deployed Laserbeak to chase the drone away. Later, when Soundwave attacked Tarn, he deployed Laserbeak to distract him. Following Soundwave’s sacrifice, Laserbeak mournfully landed where Soundwave had been, and later perched on Shadow Striker’s shoulder at Soundwave’s memorial. {{storylink|The Perfect Decepticon}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Cyberverse''===<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-d1|'''Soundwave''' (Warrior Class, [[2019]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Action Attack'': &quot;Laserbeak Blast&quot;<br /> <br /> : ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Laserbeak extends from the [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Toys|Warrior-Class Soundwave]]'s chest when Soundwave's Action Attack is activated. Laserbeak is cast in translucent pink plastic with painted eyes, and cannot actually detach from Soundwave.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|Deluxe}}<br /> [[File:Cyberverse-2020-Deluxe-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-d1|'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> <br /> : A transforming minifigure of Laserbeak was included with [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Deluxe|Deluxe Soundwave]], and can store in his chest or perch on his arm, using the same tabs Soundwave uses for his [[Fire Blast effect|effect part]].<br /> <br /> :Laserbeak's transformation is pulled directly from his [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' counterpart]], though he lacks neck articulation.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Laserbeak''' (レーザービーク ''Rēzābīku'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Jīgūang Niăo''' (China, 激光鸟, &quot;Laser Bird&quot;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Birds]]<br /> [[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon|minicon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Laserbeak}}<br /> :''Laserbeak is a [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] [[Decepticon]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Revelations3_Laserbeak.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] may not be a cold, emotionless guy anymore, but Laserbeak is still ever-silent.]]<br /> '''Laserbeak''' is an extension of his partner, [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]. He is a [[drone]] whose programming is taken from a small portion of Soundwave's personality. The small bird is perfect for infiltration, sporting a stealth mode, smokescreens, cutting lasers, and various retractable tools for manipulating and retrieving objects.<br /> <br /> Though Laserbeak's form is that of a drone created by the inhabitants of Planet X and [[Laserbeak drone (Cybertron)|manufactured by the thousands]], Soundwave is excessively protective of this specific unit.&lt;ref&gt;Soundwave's [[bio]] in the [[Revelations Part 3|''Transformers Collectors' Club Official Newsletter'' #9]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Cybertron'' comic===<br /> Laserbeak infiltrated the [[Archives]] to retrieve the [[Dead Matrix]] for Soundwave. With the artifact, Soundwave was able to extract [[Unicron]]'s dark essence from the [[Unicron Singularity]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 3}}<br /> <br /> ===''Cybertron'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Cyb ep43 Laserbeak Modes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|{{w|Spaceballs|Laserbeak}} the [[Aladdin Industries#1986|Lunchbox]].]]<br /> Laserbeak was with Soundwave after he informed the Decepticons that he could lead them to [[Gigantion]]. {{storylink|Titans}} Laserbeak was again with his larger counterpart while the Decepticons searched for the last [[Cyber Key]]. {{storylink|Warp}} While Soundwave was assisting the other Decepticons on Gigantion during a battle, Laserbeak perched on Soundwave's shoulder. {{storylink|Giant}} <br /> <br /> Laserbeak was present while Soundwave and [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] were scanning for something in the depths of a distant planet. Eventually they were caught by the Autobots, and questioned to know what they were doing. Upon discovery, Soundwave ejected Laserbeak, who spewed a fog which confused the Autobots, buying Soundwave and Sideways some time. While they were stumbling in the mist, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] attempted to shoot Soundwave but accidentally hit Laserbeak causing the fog to stop. As soon as this happened the party retreated. {{storylink|Challenge}} <br /> <br /> After Soundwave, Sideways, and Laserbeak were teleported to another dimension, they were all seen happily dancing near an alternate version of Planet X, seeming pretty pleased with themselves. {{storylink|Beginning}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Cybertron''===<br /> [[File:Cybertron Laserbeak toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Transforms into a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUxJ116Dtq0| Rolykit].]]<br /> * '''Soundwave''' (Voyager Class, [[2005]])<br /> :*''Takara ID number'': '''GX-02'''<br /> :*''Takara release date'': [[August 22]], 2005<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (Takara)}}<br /> <br /> : Released in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toyline with Voyager Class [[Soundwave (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Soundwave]], Laserbeak is a robotic condor that transforms into one of Soundwave's hexagonal bombs. In this form can be stored in Soundwave's chest compartment, reminiscent of where [[Laserbeak (G1)|another Laserbeak]] spent his nights.<br /> <br /> : Laserbeak can perch on the tips of Soundwave's wings in his condor form by inserting the [[5 mm post]] on his tummy into one of the trailing edge holes on Soundwave's wings. Since Laserbeak was not designed to be a normal Mini-Con, he does not have a Powerlinx adapter, nor does he bear the Mini-Con insignia. Nevertheless, the [[Hasbro]] packaging still calls him one.<br /> <br /> : This mold was also used to make ''Galaxy Force'' [[Hell Buzzsaw#Toys|Hell Buzzsaw]] and [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] [[Blockrock#Toys|Blockrock]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Laserbeak/laserbeak.htm More information on Laserbeak at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Soundwave's packaging labels Laserbeak as a [[Mini-Con]], while [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|Soundwave's Fun Publications profile]] states that Laserbeak is ''mistakenly'' believed to be a Mini-Con. This is pretty bizarre since both the packaging callout and the bio were written by [[Forest Lee]].<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Killer Condor''' (キラーコンドル ''Kirā Kondoru'')<br /> *''Korean:'' '''Killer Condor''' (킬러 콘돌 ''Kilreo Kondol'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Jīgūang Niăo''' (China, 激光鸟, &quot;Laser Bird&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Cybertron Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Dimension hoppers]]<br /> [[Category:Drones]]<br /> [[Category:Planet X]]<br /> [[Category:Unicron-related characters]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot}}<br /> {{picsneeded|fiction appearances}}<br /> {{disambig3|Laserbeak}}<br /> :''Laserbeak is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:Armada Laserbeak MTMTE.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Mecha-Jersey Devil]]<br /> '''Laserbeak''' is an orange flying thingamajig with three modes—a bird mode, camera mode, and laser gun mode. Never a poster child for bravery or self-confidence, Laserbeak was charged by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] with protecting the Autobots' human friends, surprising fellow Autobots with his newfound courage and an intense desire to keep his friends from harm.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Armada'' cartoon===<br /> [[File:Comrade Laserbeakchase.jpg|thumb|200px]]<br /> Laserbeak was a drone-like Transformer given to [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] shortly after the Autobots arrived on Earth. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] provided him for the kids in order to give them the ability to help the Autobots during their mission. {{storylink|Base}} Laserbeak proved helpful on the very next outting, providing an aerial video feed for [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] while they were searching for a Mini-Con panel in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]]. {{storylink|Comrade}} He also assisted the kids in finding a nearby lake on a forest mission, when the Autobots desperately needed a source of water to put out a forest fire caused by their battle. {{storylink|Jungle|&lt;s&gt;Forest&lt;/s&gt;Jungle}}<br /> <br /> Laserbeak showed some favoritism later on when he spied on Rad and Carlos for Alexis, and reported on their antics at the carnival with the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Carnival}}<br /> <br /> Out in the desert, the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sudden sandpit, and were dragged into some underground catacombs. Rad barely managed to release Laserbeak to get help before they were sucked under the sand. Laserbeak was caught in the sand as the pit closed on itself, but the mere fact that Hot Shot found him alone in the sand alerted the Autobots to the kids' peril. {{storylink|Palace}}<br /> <br /> As the kids were out racing their Mini-Cons in the park, they were confronted by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who chased them through the trees. Cornered by the Decepticon helicopter, Rad employed Laserbeak as a weapon, zapping Cyclonus with a burst of energy. Undaunted, Cyclonus still managed to capture the passing [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]], announcing his intention to ransom them for the Autobots' Mini-Cons. Rad sent Laserbeak to fly after Cyclonus and keep track of the hostages. After the Autobots arrived on scene, Laserbeak rejoined the kids as the snuck into the abandoned building where Fred and Billy were being kept to free them. The building wasn't nearly as abandoned as they thought, however, as [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] burst free from the debris that hid his presence and captured ALL the kids and the Street Action Team. With these additional hostages, he forced Prime to turn over his Mini-Cons. Rad tried using Laserbeak's shock setting again to force Megatron into letting them go —he succeeded in getting Megatron to drop everyone but himself. Fred became an unlikely hero when he scooped up Laserbeak and used him to zap Megatron's foot, distracting him long enough for Hot Shot to swoop in and slam the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}<br /> <br /> When Rad and the others got lost in a city subway tunnel, he recorded their location using Laserbeak and sent the tiny drone to find the Autobots and guide them to the kids' location. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} Later, on a volcanic island, the kids sent Laserbeak out to search for the latest Mini-Con panel. He performed an aerial survey of the island, transmitting his signal back to Alexis's palm pilot. They finally located the Mini-Con in one of the abandoned tunnels. {{storylink|Prehistory}}<br /> <br /> On another mission (possibly in Ireland), Laserbeak performed long-range reconnaissance for the kids during the Mini-Con hunt. Red Alert had recently upgraded Laserbeak to respond to the kids' voice commands from anywhere on the planet, letting them direct him no matter where they were. {{storylink|Overmatch}} When Hot Shot and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] squared off for a personal duel, Rad recorded the event and transmitted the video feed to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Gale}}<br /> <br /> Searching the foggy forests of fair England, Laserbeak spotted a Mini-Con panel at the same time as [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], and called the Autobots to come rescue it. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}<br /> <br /> While on a camping trip, Red Alert and Carlos were caught in a mudslide beneath a nearby dam during a rainstorm, and were in severe peril. To make matters worse, an overzealous local weather girl was filming the whole thing, making it impossible for the Autobots to transform in order to dig Red Alert out. Laserbeak divebombed the weather girl, knocking her on her butt and taking her camera out of the equation. {{storylink|Vacation}}<br /> <br /> The kids continued to direct Laserbeak in the field using vocal commands. He broadcast the battle for [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] back to base for them, and later helped pinpoint [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]] for the Autobots. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} When the Autobots barred the kids from their base while they gauged the power of the Skyboom Shield, Rad used Laserbeak to contact Optimus ''anyway''. He had an important message to convey, after all: the Decepticon-aligned Mini-Cons had sent word that they no longer wanted to fight. This turned out to be a trap, and Laserbeak was teleported alongside Rad, Fred, and the bulk of the Autobot forces through a series of Warp Gates, leaving them scattered across the globe. Thankfully, since Laserbeak was still with them, Alexis was able to pinpoint Rad, Fred and Optimus when she got their communications back up, and sent in the cavalry. {{storylink|Vow}}<br /> <br /> Laserbeak was performing his usually duties of broadcasting the latest battle back to the base for the kids' viewing pelasure when [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] infiltrated the mainframe in virus-form. The kids were forced to cause severe damage to the base computers to prevent Sideways from hacking their information. This cut the power feed to Laserbeak, causing him to fall lifelessly to the ground below, where Megatron promptly stepped on him. After the Autobots returned to base to rescue the kids, Red Alert reluctantly told them that Laserbeak did not survive...right before the plucky little spy-camera flew out from behind him, all hale and hearty. It takes more than a Size 90 shoe to deactivate Laserbeak! {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}<br /> <br /> Laserbeak continued his spying missions for the Autobots, and kept special care to keep his lens on Sideways in the upcoming battles, for the kids' sake. He next helped [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] locate [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]]'s Mini-Con panel for the Autobots. {{storylink|Tactician}} When the new Autobot Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] allowed himself to be lured into an aerial ambush by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], Laserbeak flew after him to keep the Autobots on the ground informed of his actions. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Rescue demolishor blinded by laserbeak.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]<br /> After Red Alert and the kids finalized their plans to gather the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], Alexis used Laserbeak to relay information to the Autobots in the field. {{storylink|Desperate}}<br /> <br /> As the Decepticons lured the Autobots out into the open in an effort to steal the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], Laserbeak went with the team as always to transmit the events back to Red Alert and the kids at homebase. Once the Decepticons changed plans and attacked the Requiem Blaster's true location, Autobot headquarters, Laserbeak acted as a microphone for the kids who reported the events to Optimus Prime. Through Laserbeak, they called the Autobots back home to assist [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and Red Alert in defending the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}<br /> <br /> When the Autobots invaded the Decepticon base, [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] had [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] cornered and was about to fire when Laserbeak swooped down and gouged his face. Laserbeak also helped the Autobots locate the Decepticon-held Mini-Cons, so they could be rescued and warped back to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Rescue}}<br /> <br /> Laserbeak reappeared later on Cybertron when the kids needed to track down Hot Shot and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] in their search for Thrust and the Mini-Con super-weapons. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} After they got separated, Rad and Carlos kept in touch with Alexis and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] through Laserbeak and her PDA. {{storylink|Portent}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===<br /> [[File:LaserbeakArmadaDreamwave.jpg|thumb|left]]<br /> Laserbeak was initially sent out to spy on [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s capture of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] on Earth. He fled the scene once [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] spotted him. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} When Megatron and the other Decepticons left for the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], he discovered that [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] was the only Decepticon left in their [[Silver Ridge]] base, allowing [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and Red Alert to infiltrate the base and erase any sensor logs of Optimus Prime's usage of the [[space bridge]] back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Soon afterwards, he was sent to deliver a message to [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]], informing them to take care of Megatron's launch base by any means necessary. Unfortunately, the response came twenty minutes too late. {{storylink|Fire &amp; Ice}}<br /> <br /> Much later, Optimus Prime disappeared out of the Universe, and the Autobots' only lead to his whereabouts was the corpse of another Optimus from a parallel reality. As Hot Shot headed out into the field to uncover the means to retrieve his leader from whatever fate had befallen him, Laserbeak accompanied him. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Later still, during [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron, Laserbeak monitored Megatron blasting off to the Chaos Bringer, providing Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scavenger a chance to follow the Decepticon leader and deliver payback for his crippling of Smokescreen. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comic===<br /> [[File:PaniniArmada6 Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|125px]]<br /> The Autobots used Laserbeak to keep an eye on the Decepticons, and it was thanks to him that they learned about the enemy's intent to travel to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] and capture the Mini-Cons that lay dormant there. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===<br /> Laserbeak was used as a Cybertronian translator for a series of glyphs that told of an ancient conflict known as the Beast Wars. He also enjoyed divebombing the stuffy Doctor [[Carter Sanford]]. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}<br /> <br /> ===''Kre-O'' online manga===<br /> [[File:Armada_Laserbeak_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.5|Even Kreons need to be [[For safety reasons|colored for safety reasons]].]]<br /> Laserbeak was seen helping or recording [[Rodimus (Kre-O)|Rodimus]] distract [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] while [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus]] sneaked towards the mad [[Decepticon]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Armada''===<br /> [[File:Arm-toy Laserbeak.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You can have my bright orange camcorder when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Laserbeak''' (Roleplay, [[2002]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Takara/Sonokong name'': '''Cyberhawk'''<br /> :*''Takara/Sonokong ID number'': '''MC-05'''<br /> :*''Takara release date'': [[December 26]], 2002<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Yuichiro Hira]] (Takara)}}<br /> <br /> : ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)| Armada]]'' Laserbeak transforms from a Cybertronic bird to a camcorder and a &quot;stun weapon&quot; (really just a camcorder with a handle, but that doesn't stop [[For safety reasons|legislation]]). In camcorder mode, the flip-out, rotating faux-LCD viewfinder screen has an (intentionally) fuzzy image of [[Pat Lee]]'s ''Armada'' Optimus Prime [[Package art|packaging art]]. The two gray buttons on the top of his body activate sound effects: the rear most button alternates from an electronic bird screech to a laser sound, while the other button alternates between a camera shutter sound and a video recording sound. The blue button is used during transformation to [[robot mode]] to release Laserbeak's head from his body. There is also a gray gear-shaped wheel on the bottom left of the camera; turning this unlocks the wings for robot mode.<br /> <br /> : While using the gear for transformation, the left wing can sometimes get stuck due to the tab that locks it in place being slightly misaligned, rubbing against the nearby plastic. Thankfully, pushing the wheel and making a slight tap on the left wing is enough to pop it free from the catch. Those who are a bit more bold can try sanding the inner edge of the tab on the wing so that it has enough clearance to open consistently.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/Laserbeak/laserbeak.htm More information on Laserbeak at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:ArmadaLaserbeakBlack.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|More Orange! MORE!]]<br /> [[File:Laserbeak-Armada-packaging art-prototype.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|]]<br /> <br /> *Laserbeak's original prototype at [[Toy Fair 2002]] and art indicate that the colors were originally meant to be in Generation 1 [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]'s classic black and red. Due to Laserbeak having a &quot;gun&quot; mode (albeit very abstract), it was changed to orange and blue to get around toy gun laws. This was later reconfirmed by designer [[Eric Siebenaler]] in 2008.<br /> *The original brainstorming that gave rise to Laserbeak had envisioned an &quot;animal race of transformers&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|quote=So in our mind, ''Armada'' Laserbeak was a kind of inbetween [Mini-Con and Autobot]. For a minute we considered that there would be an animal race of Transformers, and that's where the Laserbeak kind of came in. That was the brainstorm in the room, I don't know how deep that ever went.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwGRYaeC8U&amp;t=2865s|name=Aaron Archer|site=''The Toy Armada''|title=Toy Armada Friday Night LIVE - Armada BLURR and more!|year=2023|month=03|day=17}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *''Armada'' Laserbeak's deco was used as the color scheme for the [[Laserbeak (SG)|alternate reality version]] of Generation 1 Laserbeak in the April Fools' prank preview &quot;[[Shattered Expectations (SG)|Shattered Expectations]]&quot; for the [[BotCon 2008]] comic &quot;[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]&quot;.<br /> *Like several other cameo Kreons, Laserbeak uses existing Kre-O parts, as he uses the wings backpack piece, and Agent Stealth's helmet of the Kre-O 'Cityville Invasion' series (though stylized to make a complete fit over the head piece and to make a better match to the original's head), although the body appears to lack the ball joints normally used to hold the arm pieces.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Cyberhawk''' (サイバーホーク ''Saibāhōku'')<br /> *''Korean:'' '''Cyberhawk''' (사이바호크 ''Saibahokeu'')<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Laserbreak'''<br /> *''Swedish:'' '''Lasernäbb'''<br /> *''French:'' '''Laserbec'''<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''Jīgūang Niăo''' (China, 激光鸟, &quot;Laser Bird&quot;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Birds]]<br /> [[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Kreons]]<br /> [[Category:Triple Changers]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|sector7|NEST|autobot|trf}}<br /> {{disambig3|Bill|William}}<br /> <br /> :''William Lennox is a [[human]] from the [[movie continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:Williamlennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|My character archetype is how you know it's a [[Michael Bay]] film!]]<br /> <br /> '''William &quot;Wild Bill&quot; Lennox''' is a member of the [[United States Army|United States Army Rangers]].&lt;ref&gt;The nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; appears only in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]].&lt;/ref&gt; A young, yet capable officer, Lennox has the friendship and trust of the men under his command.<br /> <br /> He has a [[Sarah Lennox|wife]] and a [[Annabelle Lennox|daughter]] [[United States of America|back home]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Movies===<br /> {{note|The seven movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}<br /> ====''Transformers'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox myladies.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Guys, are we supposed to be getting an episode of the Teletubbies?]]<br /> <br /> Returning to [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] after a mission behind enemy lines, Captain Lennox's men discussed what they were going to do once they got home to the States. As usual, [[Jorge Figueroa|Fig]] talked about his mom's cooking in Spanish, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] commented that he'd never accept a dinner invitation to Fig's house and [[Patrick Donnelly|Donnelly]] reminisced about flat beer, cold hot dogs and baseball on weekends. When asked about what he wanted to do, Lennox replied that he only wanted to hold his baby girl for the first time, to which his men teased him for his sappy sentiment. <br /> <br /> After their CV-22 Ospreys touched down, Lennox was writing a report when local boy [[Mahfouz]] visited him carrying a bag of water. Soon afterwards, he talked to his wife Sarah and their daughter on the satellite video phone. Lennox declared that their daughter was so cute that he just wanted to chew on her cheeks, and that they both made one good looking kid. To his delight, Sarah told him their girl had his laugh, though he wondered if she had merely farted. Around the same time as a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter had landed on the base, his connection to Sarah became distorted, and he tried to tell her that he'd be home soon as the transmission was cut.<br /> <br /> Suddenly, the base was under attack as the helicopter somehow transformed into a giant walking weapons platform. Leading his men and the boy Mahfouz, they witnessed Epps nearly being crushed by the weapons platform before Fig saved him by firing a sabot from his grenade launcher into the 'chest' of the weapon. With Epps in tow, Lennox's unit escaped as the robot laid waste to SOCCENT, leaving no survivors.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Yeah, real good work watching your commander's back, all you guys standin' in the background.]]<br /> <br /> The next morning, after making their way through the desert, the men discussed the past night's events, with Epps expressing his belief that the weapon, whatever it was, looked right back at him as he was taking its photograph. Lennox determined that no matter what, they had to get the information back to the [[Pentagon]], and asked Mahfouz to lead them to his village where they could find a telephone line. Unknown to them, [[Scorponok (Movie)|a second robot]], a mechanical scorpion, was listening to their conversation and stalking them. As they neared the outskirts of the village, a metal spiked tail rose out of the sand and was about to kill Lennox when Epps fired at it, saving his life. Unfortunately, the giant scorpion killed top kick Donnelly and the men ran for their lives to the relative cover of the village.<br /> <br /> Ordering the men to form a defensive perimeter, Lennox followed Mahfouz to his father [[Akram]]'s house, the latter of whom provided him with a cell phone. As the others fought off Scorponok, Lennox attempted to call for help from the Pentagon, but had more than a little trouble with the [[Telephone operator|operator]] who demanded a credit card despite the life-and-death situation he was in. After successfully searching for Epps's credit card in one of the latter's many back pockets, Lennox successfully contacted the Pentagon, but not before the operator tried to get him to sign onto a Premium Plus World Service Gold Package. He'll never use that company again.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxEpps backpockets.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|10: LEFT CHEEK! 20: GOTO 10]]<br /> <br /> The Pentagon sent in two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Strike Package Bravo. Lennox ordered the men to light up the target for the Air Force' radars to lock onto and fire upon. Unfortunately, the A-10s did no appreciable damage to the metal scorpion, with Epps expressing disbelief that it could still be alive. With the call of [[Bring the rain|&quot;Bring the rain!&quot;]], Lennox suggested the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of an AC-130 Spectre gunship. The cannonade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove into the sand, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind. Lennox and Epps ran to check on Fig, who had been struck by one of the scorpion's missiles. <br /> <br /> En route back to America, the team studied the tail segment they salvaged from the battle scene. An analyst observed that it seemed to be covered in a [[living metal|self-regenerating molecular armor]]. Lennox pointed out where a sabot round had burned right through. Turning to Epps's expertise, he asked if it was correct that sabot rounds had a 6000 degree magnesium burn, which Epps said was true. As Lennox ordered Epps to tell command to load sabot rounds on all their gunships, the tail suddenly came to life and narrowly missed impaling them. Epps angrily berated the analyst for telling them it was dead; Lennox ordered them to strap the tail down, while concluding that the technology behind it was 'wicked'. Touching down at [[United States Air Force#Facilities|Nellis Air Force Base]], Lennox's men had barely walked off the plane when [[Sector Seven|mysterious government agents]] pulled up in black SUVs and ordered the Rangers to come with them.<br /> <br /> After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Lennox and his unit met with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]], and were taken to see [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]]. After the Iceman began to thaw, Lennox and his unit headed for the armory, where they were having a special on forty mm sabot rounds. <br /> <br /> When [[Sam Witwicky]] asked [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] to free [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a good robot]], Simmons refused to listen, until Lennox got him to cooperate by putting a gun to his chest, resulting in a Mexican standoff between his unit and Sector Seven. Simmons ordered him to release him, but Lennox told Simmons he and his men didn't take orders from people who didn't exist. They won the standoff (losing really isn't an option for those guys). Lennox and his men subsequently escorted Sam and the car to [[Mission City]], meeting [[Autobot|other good robots]] en route.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Sam takethecube.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Give me the girl and no one has to die here.]]<br /> <br /> After arriving in Mission City, they were attacked by a [[Seeker (Movie)|fighter jet]] which [[Ironhide (Movie)|some truck]] called &quot;[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]&quot;. Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|a tank]] started shelling them, until the good robots totally triple teamed it. When Megatron arrived, the good robots told the soldiers to fall back, and seeing [[Jazz (Movie)|the Pontiac]] trying to cover the retreat of his men, Lennox tried to tell the good robot to fall back as well, but it was too late. Lennox and his men engaged the tank when it got back up, but it just wouldn't die, and things were complicated further when the helicopter that destroyed SOCCENT Qatar turned up. Telling Sam to take the [[AllSpark]] to a building to be evacuated, Lennox and his team engaged the tank thing, which began to overpower them. It was only with the help of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the Camaro]] and [[Mikaela Banes|some girl]] that they were able to kill the thing. <br /> <br /> [[File:Lennox-slide-shoot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|YOU DISHONOR MY FAMILY!]]<br /> <br /> Later, Lennox and his men went to assist [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the big truck]] in his fight with Megatron. During the battle, that helicopter went to help his boss. Lennox, deciding to take matters into his own hands, avenged Figueroa and Donnelly by totally killing it dead with the time-honored method of:<br /> <br /> :* Getting on a motorcycle.<br /> :* Jumping off the motorcycle as it slams into the enemy.<br /> :* Sliding under his opponent.<br /> :* Shooting them in the [[Anatomic euphemism#Gearbox|gearbox]] with sabot rounds until they are dead.<br /> :* Going &quot;woo-hoo&quot;, &quot;yee-ha&quot;, or another exclamation of success.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxFamily.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|It's the circle of liiiife!]]<br /> His final action in the battle of Mission City was to shoot a sabot round in the chest of Megatron, offering an opening to Sam to ram the All Spark in his chest, thus allowing them victory.<br /> <br /> After the deaths of the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Ironhide (Movie)|the Topkick named Ironhide]] gave him a ride home, where he was reunited with his wife and met his newborn daughter. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]'', and ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]''; and the ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics.}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsNEST.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, Epps! If you look in the background - and I mean way, way in the background - sitting idly, you might, might, ''just might'', and I repeat, &quot;might&quot; see a Transformer standing idly in this movie!]]<br /> In the two years following the battle at [[Mission City]], Lennox received a promotion to Major and was made field commander of [[NEST]], an alliance between human governments and the Autobots to track down and eliminate all Decepticons active on Earth. <br /> <br /> In 2009, NEST was deployed to [[Shanghai]] when Decepticons were detected, their sixth operation in eight months. When NEST reached the industrial center they last tracked them to, Lennox told the arriving [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] that they had echoes near the steel stacks, and the Autobots soldier confirmed that there was a Decepticon nearby. Sergeant Epps soon got a thermal ripple from an excavator, and as Lennox ordered NEST to be steady, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] transformed and struck the stacks sending them and several NEST soldiers flying. As NEST returned fire, the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] made a break for it. Lennox took a group to stop the Decepticon, deploying [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Twins (ROTF)|the Twins]] to intercept him. When [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] made a bad turn and Sideways managed to fight off Arcee, Lennox ordered [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] deployed, and he managed to take out the fleeing Decepticon.<br /> <br /> Although [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Epps' group managed to take out Demolishor, he relayed a cryptic warning before he died: &quot;[[The Fallen]] shall rise again&quot;. Upon returning to [[Diego Garcia]], Lennox ordered a video briefing with [[Morshower|General Morshower]] at the [[Pentagon]]. While paying his respects to the three soldiers who were killed at Shanghai, Lennox saw a helicopter land and deposit [[Theodore Galloway]], the National Security Adviser. Lennox told the Director he would need to be on the classified access list to enter, only for Galloway to slap a Presidential authorization on his chest informing them of [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s decision to make Galloway his official liaison. As Lennox took Galloway to the Autobots' hangar, the link to the JCS was established. Lennox greeted Chairman Morshower and told them that Optimus Prime needed to debrief him immediately. After Optimus relayed the warning of &quot;The Fallen&quot; to General Morshower, Galloway then interrupted to air the President's concerns, while also airing his complains over the Autobots' refusal to share weapons technology and continued sending of messages to space. Although Lennox and Epps tried to defend the Autobots, Galloway dismissed them and asked if the Autobots would peacefully leave if they were asked to. Optimus said that they would, but posed a question of his own: what if they leave, and Galloway was wrong? Lennox admitted that it was a good question.<br /> <br /> That evening, however, the Decepticons located the [[AllSpark]] shard stored on Diego Garcia and stole it, using it to resurrect [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The Autobots soon sent word to NEST of multiple incoming Decepticons, but refused to specify where they were heading and would not respond to NEST's calls. Lennox ordered NEST ready for deployment in twenty minutes. By the time they reached the United States, Lennox received a message from the Autobots: the battle with the Decepticons to rescue [[Sam Witwicky]] had not gone well, and Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]]. Soon after, the Decepticons launched two attacks at Paris and the [[United States Navy]], destroying the ''U.S.S. Roosevelt'' and killing all hands aboard. Following this, The Fallen made the presence of the [[Transformer]]s known and demanded that humanity turn Sam over to them.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime's body was brought to an Air Force base in New Jersey, and his body had barely hit the ground when the United States military surrounded the Autobots. Lennox ordered the soldiers to lower their weapons, only to learn that Director Galloway had managed to place himself in charge of NEST and order it deactivated, with the Autobots to be placed under guard. Lennox tried to argue the Autobots value, but Galloway dismissed his arguments by saying they would buy time by negotiating with the Decepticons, even if it meant handing Sam over to the Decepticons. As a final insult to injury, Galloway then stripped Lennox's NEST badge off his uniform. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsPlot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Well, Epps, I didn't want it to have come down to this... but, screw it! We're gonna kill and eat Galloway! Epps, you get that AK! Ironhide, go get the AR-15 in the back!]]<br /> As the Autobots were being &quot;restrained&quot; and loaded onto C-17s for transport back to Diego Garcia, Lennox received a phone call from none other than [[Seymour Simmons]], who said that he was with Sam and needed Optimus brought to the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] in [[Egypt]]. Lennox found it strange, but realized that Sam had a better idea of the stakes and decided to trust him. Lennox had a message with the coordinates sent to General Morshower, including a warning to get ready to [[bring the rain]], while spreading word among the NEST troops to be ready. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF LennoxditchesGalloway.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You're lucky, we were ''this'' close to eating you! *kicks*]]<br /> When they reached the coordinates, the pilot faked engine trouble and ordered an emergency evac. Despite Galloway's threat to end his career, he was able to strap a parachute onto the panicking bureaucrat and trick him into opening the chute while inside the plane. Finally ready, NEST parachuted into the Gulf. Landing in a village on the beach, Lennox ordered NEST ready for combat. Once [[Graham|Agent Graham]] had a visual on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Yellow]] team, Lennox ordered a flair popped to lead Sam to them. Unfortunately, the flare also got the attention of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who began attacking the incoming Autobots and releasing an [[electromagnetic pulse]] to disable NEST's communications. <br /> <br /> When Megatron and thirteen Decepticons arrived, Lennox ordered a group to go with Ironhide and Arcee to find Sam and lead him through the pillars, where NEST would ambush the Decepticons. Once NEST began firing on the Decepticons, Ironhide's team [[roll out|rolled out]]. In the following [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]], NEST was hard pressed to provide proper support to the remaining Autobots. Fortunately, General Morshower eventually discovered what was really happening and sent heavy armor to assist them. Members of Ironhide's team said that they were unable to reach the kid but told him where to go. Unfortunately, Megatron was hot on his trail, and Lennox ordered the tanks to provide cover fire while he and Epps made their way to Sam and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]]. Once they reached him, Sam was insistent on getting to Optimus, despite the incoming air strike. Before they could leave, the group was forced to hide behind the wall they were using for cover, as the Decepticon [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] was using it for the same purpose. Salvation arrived in the form of the Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], who killed Mixmaster. Unfortunately, Jetfire was then attacked by Lennox and Epps' old &quot;pal&quot; [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who in turn was killed. <br /> <br /> With the air strike incoming, Lennox told Sam and Mikaela to stay with him as they ran. Unfortunately, Epps' toss had been less than stellar. Namely, it was a mere feet away from their position. With the F-16s about to fire, Lennox and Epps ordered everyone to run like hell. Barely making away from the blast zone, Lennox ordered Sam to get back when he made a mad dash for Optimus' body. Before he could reach it, Megatron fired, sending Sam hurtling through the air before being forced to retreat. As Lennox started CPR on the boy, medics arrived to try and revive him. It appeared that Sam was dead, but [[Dynasty of Primes|something]] revived him. The dust in his sock turned into some sort of dagger, and Sam used it to revive Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF NotBestToss.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn it, I knew we should've eaten Galloway.]]<br /> Unfortunately, that wasn't the end, as The Fallen teleported in, killed some soldiers, and stole the dagger. As it turns out, it wasn't some handy Autobot reviver. It was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], an artifact used to activate a [[Star Harvester|weapon]] which would create [[energon]] by destroying stars. The Fallen then raised the heavy weaponry attacking the Decepticons on the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], compelling the dying Jetfire to give his parts to Optimus. Once Optimus flew off, Lennox ordered NEST to follow him and start ''running toward the pyramid''. As one can assume, Optimus destroyed the machine and killed The Fallen before they arrived. With the battle won, Lennox was seen congratulating Simmons on his role in helping to save the world. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'' and ''[[The Last Prime]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Operation Autobot]]'', ''[[Rise of the Decepticons]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix &amp; Match]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> <br /> With the Decepticon threat mostly gone, Colonel Lennox's NEST teams mostly spent their time working on human problems. Lennox traveled to the [[Ukraine]] with the Autobots to secretly meet with Department of Energy General Counsel, [[Alexi Voskhod]], who passed on the information that something alien had been found at [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]. The NEST team proceeded to [[Pripyat]] with Voskhod, though Lennox was surprised at first that Voskhod wasn't wearing protective gear. Lennox and his men were led through a school and to the power plant itself. Within, they located some sort of alien device, however before they could secure it, they were attacked by the [[Driller]] which made off with the device. Lennox and his team evacuated the building and outside joined [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in fighting off the driller, managing to regain possession of the device, which Optimus told Lennox was a piece from an Autobot ship.<br /> <br /> Returning to the US, Lennox got a visit from his new favorite pain-in-the-ass, Director of National Intelligence [[Charlotte Mearing]], who had a bee in her bonnet over certain recent missions NEST had been undertaking in the [[Middle East]]. Lennox claimed that the Autobots sometimes sneaked out without his knowledge. He spectated as Mearing introduced Optimus to [[Buzz Aldrin]], and it was explained that the Autobot ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' had crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Some time later, [[Sam Witwicky]] turned up at the secret NEST base with information about Decepticon activities he'd gained from a coworker, and got Lennox's attention when the information pertained to the Moon. They watched as Optimus used the Matrix to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and Lennox ordered his men not to fire as Sentinel attacked Optimus.<br /> <br /> When Sam discovered that the Decepticons were after Sentinel to activate the [[space bridge]] [[Pillar]]s, Lennox deployed NEST teams to track the enemy down. He met Sam at the gate when the boy arrived with Sentinel, however then it turned out Sentinel was on the Decepticon's side. Lennox ordered the NEST teams recalled, but it was too late. Sentinel trashed the NEST base in search of the Pillars, and Lennox had to restrain Mearing from trying to confront the Autobot. The Autobots pursued Sentinel to [[Washington, D.C.]], with Lennox riding in [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], but were unable to prevent Sentinel from bringing masses of Decepticons to Earth. Lennox subsequently met with General Morshower, and reported to Mearing that the Decepticons had gone into hiding, but then they received a recorded message from Sentinel, demanding the exile of Optimus's Autobots from Earth.<br /> <br /> Following the attack on [[Chicago]], Lennox went to [[Grissom Air Force Base]] to coordinate a response, networking with Morshower and Mearing by video. They were unable to find out what was happening in Chicago until they got a transmission from Epps, Sam and [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] via a downed military drone. Lennox organized a NEST team to enter the embattled city. They traveled in by [[United States Air Force#CV-22 Osprey|Osprey]] and used a combination of [[wingsuit]]s and parachutes to reach the ground.<br /> <br /> [[File:DOTM Lennox and Sam on Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|They're both on Bumblebee's hood, so clearly they're about to make out.]]<br /> They first located Sam Witwicky, who was dangling from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] via [[grapple glove]]. While Lennox tried to cut him free before the bomb in Starscream's head exploded, the pair were tossed around, and finally caught by Bumblebee. Lennox led his team to the river where they rendezvoused with Epps and his group as well as a team of Navy Seals, but were unable to cross the bridge until [[Dutch (DOTM)|someone]] eventually lowered it remotely. On the other side of the river, they set up an ambush to attack a group of Decepticons including [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. Lennox and some of the other men parachuted down in an attempt to get on top of the Decepticons and engage them at close range. With Optimus's help, they succeeded in taking out the Decepticons, and in return aided Optimus in his fight against Sentinel by shooting at the other Autobot and helping to take out the control Pillar. Following the battle, Lennox and his men walked out onto the bridge where Optimus had defeated both Megatron and Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}<br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]'', ''[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]'', and ''[[The Lost Autobot]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''The Last Knight'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese)|[[Fan Zhechen]] (Mandarin dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> Lennox infiltrated the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] on behalf of the military and was part of the squad that went to get [[Cade Yeager]]. During the standoff with Yeager, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], Lennox interceded to de-escalate the situation, realizing that there weren't any Decepticons present, and allowed Yeager and the Autobots to leave, something [[Santos]] disagreed with heavily. He returned to headquarters to report to [[Morshower|General Morshower]], about the [[Talisman Knight|dead Talisman knight]] and received a briefing on [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'s meeting with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].<br /> <br /> [[File:TLK Lennox OperationIsOver.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Why am I here? I thought Mark was the main character!]]<br /> During a later meeting at the [[Pentagon]], Morshower briefed Lennox on the appearance of strange giant alien horns around the world, and Megatron's snatching two [[CIA]] operatives to make a deal with. Lennox was assigned to lead the negotiation party with orders to secure whatever weapon Megatron was after. Meeting with Megatron in the desert, Lennox negotiated a deal between him and the authorities for the release of a number of Decepticons. As Megatron moved out to the Autobots' [[Junkyard (TLK)|hideout]] in [[South Dakota]], Lennox and the TRF followed close behind, and Santos made his feelings clear on the release of the Decepticon prisoners. The TRF convoy was attacked by [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s as they pursued the Autobots, which didn't help tensions.<br /> <br /> Following the failure to capture Yeager, Lennox returned to Morshower who provided the information that their quarry was on a plane heading for the [[United Kingdom]], sending Lennox in pursuit. Lennox oversaw the operation to find Cade, which ended up with Cade, Bumblebee, [[Cogman]] and [[Viviane Wembly]] making off in a [[HMS Alliance|submarine]] in search of the [[Staff of Merlin]]. Lennox and Santos took the pursuit underwater, chasing the sub in a military DSV. They tracked the submarine to an ancient massive Cybertronian ship and headed in via some handy tubes, reaching a reasonably safe area inside and venturing their way through the ship. They eventually found the chamber with the staff and [[Guardian Knight]]s, the latter of which returned to life, resulting in a battle ensuing. Lennox confronted Viviane in an attempt to get the staff, but she threatened to drop it into the depths, explaining she was the only one who could use it. Optimus arrived and took the staff, at which point Lennox ordered his men back to their sub. He and Cade climbed to the top of the Cybertronian ship in an attempt to confront Optimus, and watched as Megatron took the staff from the Autobot leader.<br /> <br /> Lennox contacted Morshower with news that Optimus had supplied them with the location of the ignition chamber that they needed to get to stop everything. They gathered near [[Stonehenge]] for a stirring speech from Optimus Prime, before heading up in Ospreys carried by an Autobot ship. Despite the warning that fighters were still being shot down, Lennox had the Ospreys launch and they (mostly) made it to the platform containing the ignition chamber. As all out war broke out, Lennox and his team got pinned down in a crater, however Morshower contacted them with new orders to tag a location for a nuclear strike and bail. The team did just that, parachuting from the platform once the missiles hit, however the plan failed as [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] was able to keep the chamber functioning. Despite this, the Earth was saved by the Autobots and Viviane. In the aftermath, Lennox and the others watched as Optimus and the Autobots took off in their ship. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW movie comics===<br /> Though the [[Decepticon]]s had been defeated, the job was not yet done in Mission City. Now acquainted with the good robots known as the [[Autobot]]s, Lennox and his team accompanied [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to seek out and destroy the mutation Transformers created by the [[AllSpark]]'s energy. After the last of the creatures were destroyed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested Lennox's assistance in helping the Autobots escape from less-trustworthy humans such as Sector Seven. Gladly helping, the soldiers found Ironhide a trailer that Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Lennox gave Ironhide his cell phone for Sam Witwicky to call him with once they were safely away (forgetting that his wife would probably call him at some point). As soon as the Autobots left, that jerkface Agent Simmons from Sector Seven turned up, demanding to know what had transpired. To their surprise, Simmons also offered Lennox and Epps positions within Sector Seven to help defend Earth against further Transformer aggression. Initially, they refused, until Sam called Epps's phone right in front of Simmons, blowing Lennox's excuse.<br /> <br /> [[File:Eppsandlennoxalliance1.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.65|left]]<br /> A month later, Lennox and Epps have a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide. He joked to Ratchet that the Autobots were late to meet them because Ratchet had stopped to take soil samples again, but Optimus mention having been followed by a police car, which Lennox suggests might have been Barricade. Lennox then informed Prime that the Decepticons' remains were about to be dumped into the ocean, and they want the Autobots to help escort the transport to the naval yards. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}<br /> <br /> Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the [[San Diego]] [[United States Navy|US Navy]] base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. As a gesture of friendship to the Autobots, Lennox also arranged for Jazz to be properly buried at sea, an honour greatly appreciated by Optimus Prime. When the AllSpark fragment seemed to react to the presence of Megatron, Optimus Prime left it in the care of Sector Seven scientist [[Vine|Professor Vine]] while he was away. Lennox ordered [[Salani]] to stay behind and guard the shard with his life. Later, when Optimus Prime had second thoughts, he ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to return to the Sector Seven [[Nevada]] base to retrieve the fragment, and Lennox sent Epps to accompany them. What they didn't know was Decepticons had leveled the base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance3 OptimusPrime Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I went from the height of Prime's ankle to his knee in just 2 panels!]]<br /> <br /> The convoy returned after learning of [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s devastating attacks. Just as Simmons was about to leave to find the All Spark shard, Lennox ordered him to stay where he was, and that Simmons's rank was negated by orders from Secretary of Defense Keller, who had terminated Sector Seven and fired Simmons. Lennox felt some regret in seeing Simmons go, but doubted they had seen the last of the strange man. Two weeks later, Lennox butted heads with unsympathetic, suspicious superiors at the [[Pentagon]], who did not trust the Autobots and were not keen on Lennox's idea of a joint military alliance. At the last they agreed, but made it clear it was the young officer's responsibility. After the disposal of the Decepticons, Lennox assured Optimus Prime that it was highly unlikely anything of Earth or Cybertronian origin could reach the bodies. Below deck, Lennox, revealed more &quot;[[transition form|meteors]] had been seen coming down to Earth, and proposed his militaty alliance idea, with the two leaders agreeing to mutual trust and disclosure. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed [[NEST]] began training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], though it did not go too well. Both Optimus Prime and the newly promoted '''Major''' Lennox impressed upon the soldiers that teamwork was paramount to their successful defense of their home. After the drill, Lennox expressed admiration for Optimus Prime and the Autobots, though the Autobot leader brushed the compliments off, and stated it was humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]] and Lennox who were the true heroes, and the Autobots were just part of the problem. Soon, the NEST team had to move out—the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] had been seen in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|What do you mean Self-Destruct? Who was the smart ass that installed this?!]]<br /> <br /> In San Francisco, when the Decepticons were spotted, Lennox and Bumblebee went after Swindle, who turned to face his pursuers on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. Lennox distracted the Decepticon from Bumblebee, a move that almost cost him his life before the Autobot destroyed Swindle. Before he died, Swindle boasted that none of them were safe, and that they would find &quot;it&quot;. This troubled Lennox, and on the plane trip back to Diego Garcia, he confided with Prime his fears about there being more Decepticons and what they were looking for. When Optimus suggested taking Sam, a possible target, to the base on the island, Lennox refused, stating it was too much to place upon the boy, but agreed that they should assign somebody to keep an eye on him. Back at base, Lennox again butted heads with his superiors, who were supremely unhappy that the Autobots transformed into robot mode, pointedly telling Lennox that his team was expected to fix problems, not create new ones. Lennox was frustrated that the pig-headed brass still didn't trust the Autobots. After seeing Bumblebee off, the team discovered that the Decepticons were once again active in force on Earth, and were authorised to hunt down and destroy the invaders. Though their numbers and their experience grew, Lennox's men suffered losses while taking out the Decepticons. A day after destroying [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] in [[Florida]], the team returned to [[Mission City]] to greet new Autobot recruits. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} But one Autobot named [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] was recklessly pursuing a Decepticon named [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[South America]]. Lennox informed Optimus that the two were heading for [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. As the teams readied themselves, Lennox asked Optimus if Sideswipe wouldn't stand down and Prime made it clear that if he wouldn't stand down, he'll be... ''dealt'' with, but Ironhide requested to have first crack at trying to bring him into line since he trained Sideswipe, and was once like him. When the Argentine Air Force entered the fray, all ''three'' Transformers were seen as hostiles. Luckily, the NEST team arrived, and Lennox calling in for the Air Force to stand down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}<br /> <br /> Eventually, the greatest test NEST had faced yet appeared when Demolishor reappeared in [[Shanghai]], [[China]] and Lennox ordered everyone to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Nefarious2 Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What? So I'm played by Ben Browder now.]]<br /> Lennox led a NEST mission to stop [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]], after the Decepticon stole an RV. He instructed Epps to tell their sharpshooters to hold fire in case there was anyone else inside. He returned to [[Beale Air Force Base]] and reported the mission's success to Optimus over a video link. Noting the recent reduction in NEST's funding, he blamed Galloway and reflected he should never have thrown Galloway out of that plane. While Lennox watched Sideswipe's display of bigotry, [[Janson]] informed him of spark traces converging on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Some time later at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], Lennox found himself being told off by Galloway, who was annoyed at the operation at Kingdom Petrochemicals and the new Autobots who didn't have paperwork, and who informed him that NEST was being stood down. Lennox, for his part, didn't tell Galloway that a mysterious group of humans had been involved in the Kingdom Petrochemicals battle. When three Decepticon contacts conveniently turned up, Lennox and Optimus grew more perplexed. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}<br /> <br /> Lennox was very annoyed when Optimus took [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] prisoner without consulting him, even more so when the plane transporting Soundwave was shot down. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} After Soundwave was freed by the Decepticons, Lennox lamented the position they were in, but then they received a distress call from Galloway. A NEST team led by Lennox rushed to his aid and then they proceeded to [[Hoover Dam]], where they found someone had broken in. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Lennox prepared his troops to assault the [[Initiative]] base, and Galloway agreed to keep the operation off the official channels. As they headed to [[Oregon]], Optimus informed Lennox that the enemy was tapping powers they didn't fully understand. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Following the battle against the Initiative, Lennox and his men rounded up the surviving members and did clean up. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}<br /> <br /> Lennox accompanied a group of Autobots on a mission to halt Decepticons from trafficking weapons to Earth's human populace. The Decepticons got wise to the ruse quickly and began to attack, prompting Lennox to evac Galloway, all while the Director boasted that the bad guys ''almost'' believed he was a real arms dealer! As they were driving away, their vehicle was caught by Divebomb, who ripped open the roof of their vehicle and held its passengers hostage at gun point. Then Ironhide blew a hole through Divebomb. The remaining Decepticon, Fearswoop, surrendered, prompting Lennox to congratulate Ironhide on a job well done. As they were clearing out, Epps told Lennox that they were both getting too old for this line of work. Lennox was in disagreement, his enthusiasm for field work still burning bright as ever. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} When Sam called in that he was being attacked by a group of Decepticons, after the [[Brains|Brain Unit]] that he had stumbled onto, Lennox was deployed to help with the situation. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Lennox's group arrived in Philadelphia just in time to rescue Sam from being killed by Starscream's hand. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} However, Lennox noticed something was off as the Autobots began to beat back the Decepticons. The Decepticons weren't fighting back, merely trying to make their getaway. The battle had turned out to be a diversion orchestrated by Shockwave in order to get to several Autobot refugees left behind at the NEST headquarters. Shockwave himself soon joined the battle, turning the tide in the Decepticons' favour. Though the Autobots managed to defeat Shockwave and send him fleeing, the victory was a slim one. Despite Lennox's protests, Epps retired from the force in the battle's aftermath. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''The Veiled Threat''===<br /> Lennox and Epps traveled to [[NEST]]'s [[Diego Garcia]] base on the ''[[Pearl of India]]'' and were amused when they were attacked by [[Erasto Khalfani|Somali pirates]], as Ironhide and Ratchet were also with them on the ship. On arrival they met with scientists [[Kaminari Ishihara]] and [[Petr Andronov]]. Decepticon activity resulted in a NEST team co-led by Lennox and Optimus Prime to [[Zambia]], where Lennox began to develop a mutually antagonistic relationship with Ishihara. They encountered [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] at the Zambezi River. While Optimus, Ironhide and Ratchet fought them in the raging river, Lennox and Epps attempted to shoot the Decepticons with a modified stinger missile launcher, but were unable to get a shot off before they realized that it was a trap. Lennox attempted to attract the attention of the Autobots before they plunged off Victoria Falls. After [[Beachbreak]] saved Optimus from a plunge over the falls, even Lennox was moved to tears when the small Autobot was killed by Starscream. The NEST team pursued the Decepticons to a dam downstream, where Lennox, Epps and Andronov tracked down a technician to trigger the emergency release, resulting in Payload being washed away.<br /> <br /> Returning to Diego Garcia, they barely had time to rest before there were two contacts in [[Peru]] and [[Australia]]. Lennox and Ishihara accompanied Optimus, Ironhide and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] to the Australian outback, where they searched until they eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]]. Lennox managed to nail Kickback in the side of the head with a sabot shell, though it mostly made the Decepticon angry, and Lennox might have been killed if Optimus hadn't gotten to the Decepticon first. When Ishihara risked her life to help Ironhide destroy Tread, Lennox gave her a severe talking to. As they packed up, Lennox wished Epps was there so he wouldn't have to listen to Ironhide and Ishihara talking strategy all the way back to Diego Garcia.<br /> <br /> During the debrief, Lennox was lost by the talk of volcanoes and other power sources that the Decepticons might be after. The Autobots were lured to [[Rome]], where Starscream challenged Optimus to a one-on-one duel. It turned out to be a trap, of course, and Starscream left Optimus to Barricade's tender mercies. Luckily Epp, Lennox, Ishihara and Andronov were around to distract Barricade by attacking him, allowing Prime to gain the upper hand, and the four humans escaped the Colosseum via a subway. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan movie comics===<br /> [[File:TitanLennox BUDDABUDDA.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|He shoots and asks questions at the same time: multitasking!]]<br /> <br /> Lennox's primary mission was to locate all the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}<br /> <br /> Lennox and Prime oversaw a mission in [[Los Angeles]] that [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] messed up. Galloway was pleased by this, as he was still angry about Lennox chucking him out of a plane and wanted revenge! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Lennox later oversaw a hostage crisis at the Alamo, a secret NEST armoury. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} Later still, he planned and carried out a sting operation against [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] alongside the [[United States Navy]], trying to stop the Decepticon from sinking ships. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} <br /> <br /> A different mission came along when the rainforests in [[Peru]] were devastated by an unknown, possibly alien force. Lennox and [[Redway|Doctor Redway]] of the ecological survey team did ''not'' get on, both seeing the other as getting in their way, but they put their differences aside when it became clear [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in the area and manipulating the locals. In the ensuing battle, Lennox and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] engaged the Decepticon and drove him off, before he ordered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to stop a fire that the battle had caused. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}<br /> <br /> He went back to South America a year later, going undercover with the [[Tanto Gang]] to confirm they were allied with Soundwave. With Autobots reinforcements (because Lennox found he couldn't do spit to Soundwave), he routed the Gang but NEST failed to stop Soundwave escaping. But at least he got to see the city of [[El Dorado]] before the Tanto Gang blew it up! Man, Lennox has ''no'' luck in South America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold And Blood}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers Annual 2011===<br /> Lennox was at the NEST base when Decepticon activity was detected in [[Tokyo]]. He accompanied the Autobots there, and drove around in his jeep until Optimus had defeated Barricade and Grindor. At that point the Decepticons gloated that they were merely a diversion, and Optimus and Lennox realised that Sam was in danger! {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[John DiMaggio]] (English)|[[Marc Saez]] (French)}}<br /> <br /> ====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====<br /> =====Autobot campaign=====<br /> <br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (mobile game)===<br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2010)===<br /> [[File:TF2010-toy LennoxHA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Jazz with Captain Lennox''' (Human Alliance, [[2010]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-32'''<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the first wave of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]] &quot;[[Human Alliance]]&quot; set, this 2-inch tall figure of Lennox is designed to work with the larger robot figures in the set (and any other Human Alliance robot). He can ride in/on their vehicle modes, or man the various &quot;battle stations&quot; on their robot modes, secured in seats by the small peg-hole in his upper back. Slightly simpler than the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' figures, he has multi-swivel shoulders, hips and knees, plus a swiveling neck.<br /> <br /> :This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Major Tungsten]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/HAWilliamLennox/williamlennox.htm More information on Captain Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===''Robot Heroes''===<br /> [[File:RH-toy Lennox.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Zero Suit [[Buzz Lightyear]].]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1d1|'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, [[2009]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}<br /> <br /> : ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Captain William Lennox is a pre-posed [[super deformed]] PVC figurine, sculpted with a super deformed gun, a scarily huge toothy grin, and a puke-green walkie-talkie.<br /> <br /> : He was only available in a multi-pack with [[Devastator (ROTF)#Robot Heroes|Devastator]] and [[Skids (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Mudflap]] in their individual vehicle modes.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHCaptWilliamLennox/captwilliamlennox.htm More information on ''Robots Heroes'' Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:Movie Figueroa cutscene.jpg|300px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!]]<br /> [[File:TF-2007-Screen-Battles-Capture-of-Bumblebee-Seymour-Simmons-Sector-7-figures.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|My rarely seen twin who works for Sector Seven.]]<br /> * A later scene where Lennox comforts the dying Figueroa was cut from the theatrical release of the film, but briefly seen in the December 2006 trailer. The scene survived in both [[Transformers (novel)|the novelization]] and the [[Transformers: The Junior Novel|children's novelization]] where (despite many changes made to tone down descriptions of violence against ''robots'') he still died. Go fig!<br /> * Early scripts give Lennox's rank as Sergeant.<br /> * Lennox is given the nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; in the novelization. Whether this was a deliberate reference to the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[Wild Bill|character]] remains unknown.<br /> * Josh Duhamel's left foot was injured by a piece of fake shrapnel during filming.&lt;ref&gt;Duhamel made fun of his minor injury during the Second Life Virtual Press Conference (the shrapnel was made of ''cork'' and it cut his ''pinky'') explaining that he wasn't allowed to do his own stunts.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * The '''Capture of Bumblebee''' set from the &quot;Screen Battles&quot; packs features what appear to be two [[Sector Seven]] soldiers, but one of them is obviously Lennox painted in Sector Seven colors. In fact, the Screen Battles &quot;Desert Attack&quot; set with [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] was originally supposed to come with four instead of three soldiers (with Lennox likely being the fourth), whereas the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set was originally supposed to include four figures listed as &quot;S7 Agent, S7 soldier, Ice soldiers&quot;. The &quot;ice soldiers&quot; were likely dropped for budget reasons, and Lennox moved to the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set for the same reason.&lt;ref name=&quot;checklist&quot;&gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20080920112933/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Collectors/Checklist Hasbro checklist]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Jason Konopisos-Alvarez]] had been one of the stunt doubles for Lennox in ''Dark of the Moon'' during the opening set piece set in Chernobyl, sort of [[Shockwave (One)|hilarious in hindsight]] really.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''William Lennox''' (ウィリアム・レノックス ''Wiriamu Renokkusu'')<br /> *''Korean:'' '''William Lennox''' (윌리엄 레녹스 ''Willieom Renokseu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''William Lennox''' (Taiwan, 威廉·藍尼 ''Wēilián·Lánní'')（China,威廉·伦诺克斯''Wēilián·Lúnnuòkèsī'）<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Lennox William}}<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon humans]]<br /> [[Category:Human Alliance]]<br /> [[Category:The Last Knight humans]]<br /> [[Category:Movie humans]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]<br /> [[Category:Sector Seven]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen humans]]<br /> [[Category:Robot Heroes]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers (2010) characters]]<br /> [[Category:United States military officers]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|sector7|NEST|autobot|trf}}<br /> {{disambig3|Bill|William}}<br /> <br /> :''William Lennox is a [[human]] from the [[movie continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:Williamlennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|My character archetype is how you know it's a [[Michael Bay]] film!]]<br /> <br /> '''William &quot;Wild Bill&quot; Lennox''' is a member of the [[United States Army|United States Army Rangers]].&lt;ref&gt;The nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; appears only in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]].&lt;/ref&gt; A young, yet capable officer, Lennox has the friendship and trust of the men under his command.<br /> <br /> He has a [[Sarah Lennox|wife]] and a [[Annabelle Lennox|daughter]] [[United States of America|back home]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Movies===<br /> {{note|The seven movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}<br /> ====''Transformers'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox myladies.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Guys, are we supposed to be getting an episode of the Teletubbies?]]<br /> <br /> Returning to [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] after a mission behind enemy lines, Captain Lennox's men discussed what they were going to do once they got home to the States. As usual, [[Jorge Figueroa|Fig]] talked about his mom's cooking in Spanish, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] commented that he'd never accept a dinner invitation to Fig's house and [[Patrick Donnelly|Donnelly]] reminisced about flat beer, cold hot dogs and baseball on weekends. When asked about what he wanted to do, Lennox replied that he only wanted to hold his baby girl for the first time, to which his men teased him for his sappy sentiment. <br /> <br /> After their CV-22 Ospreys touched down, Lennox was writing a report when local boy [[Mahfouz]] visited him carrying a bag of water. Soon afterwards, he talked to his wife Sarah and their daughter on the satellite video phone. Lennox declared that their daughter was so cute that he just wanted to chew on her cheeks, and that they both made one good looking kid. To his delight, Sarah told him their girl had his laugh, though he wondered if she had merely farted. Around the same time as a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter had landed on the base, his connection to Sarah became distorted, and he tried to tell her that he'd be home soon as the transmission was cut.<br /> <br /> Suddenly, the base was under attack as the helicopter somehow transformed into a giant walking weapons platform. Leading his men and the boy Mahfouz, they witnessed Epps nearly being crushed by the weapons platform before Fig saved him by firing a sabot from his grenade launcher into the 'chest' of the weapon. With Epps in tow, Lennox's unit escaped as the robot laid waste to SOCCENT, leaving no survivors.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Yeah, real good work watching your commander's back, all you guys standin' in the background.]]<br /> <br /> The next morning, after making their way through the desert, the men discussed the past night's events, with Epps expressing his belief that the weapon, whatever it was, looked right back at him as he was taking its photograph. Lennox determined that no matter what, they had to get the information back to the [[Pentagon]], and asked Mahfouz to lead them to his village where they could find a telephone line. Unknown to them, [[Scorponok (Movie)|a second robot]], a mechanical scorpion, was listening to their conversation and stalking them. As they neared the outskirts of the village, a metal spiked tail rose out of the sand and was about to kill Lennox when Epps fired at it, saving his life. Unfortunately, the giant scorpion killed top kick Donnelly and the men ran for their lives to the relative cover of the village.<br /> <br /> Ordering the men to form a defensive perimeter, Lennox followed Mahfouz to his father [[Akram]]'s house, the latter of whom provided him with a cell phone. As the others fought off Scorponok, Lennox attempted to call for help from the Pentagon, but had more than a little trouble with the [[Telephone operator|operator]] who demanded a credit card despite the life-and-death situation he was in. After successfully searching for Epps's credit card in one of the latter's many back pockets, Lennox successfully contacted the Pentagon, but not before the operator tried to get him to sign onto a Premium Plus World Service Gold Package. He'll never use that company again.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxEpps backpockets.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|10: LEFT CHEEK! 20: GOTO 10]]<br /> <br /> The Pentagon sent in two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Strike Package Bravo. Lennox ordered the men to light up the target for the Air Force' radars to lock onto and fire upon. Unfortunately, the A-10s did no appreciable damage to the metal scorpion, with Epps expressing disbelief that it could still be alive. With the call of [[Bring the rain|&quot;Bring the rain!&quot;]], Lennox suggested the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of an AC-130 Spectre gunship. The cannonade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove into the sand, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind. Lennox and Epps ran to check on Fig, who had been struck by one of the scorpion's missiles. <br /> <br /> En route back to America, the team studied the tail segment they salvaged from the battle scene. An analyst observed that it seemed to be covered in a [[living metal|self-regenerating molecular armor]]. Lennox pointed out where a sabot round had burned right through. Turning to Epps's expertise, he asked if it was correct that sabot rounds had a 6000 degree magnesium burn, which Epps said was true. As Lennox ordered Epps to tell command to load sabot rounds on all their gunships, the tail suddenly came to life and narrowly missed impaling them. Epps angrily berated the analyst for telling them it was dead; Lennox ordered them to strap the tail down, while concluding that the technology behind it was 'wicked'. Touching down at [[United States Air Force#Facilities|Nellis Air Force Base]], Lennox's men had barely walked off the plane when [[Sector Seven|mysterious government agents]] pulled up in black SUVs and ordered the Rangers to come with them.<br /> <br /> After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Lennox and his unit met with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]], and were taken to see [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]]. After the Iceman began to thaw, Lennox and his unit headed for the armory, where they were having a special on forty mm sabot rounds. <br /> <br /> When [[Sam Witwicky]] asked [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] to free [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a good robot]], Simmons refused to listen, until Lennox got him to cooperate by putting a gun to his chest, resulting in a Mexican standoff between his unit and Sector Seven. Simmons ordered him to release him, but Lennox told Simmons he and his men didn't take orders from people who didn't exist. They won the standoff (losing really isn't an option for those guys). Lennox and his men subsequently escorted Sam and the car to [[Mission City]], meeting [[Autobot|other good robots]] en route.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Sam takethecube.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Give me the girl and no one has to die here.]]<br /> <br /> After arriving in Mission City, they were attacked by a [[Seeker (Movie)|fighter jet]] which [[Ironhide (Movie)|some truck]] called &quot;[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]&quot;. Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|a tank]] started shelling them, until the good robots totally triple teamed it. When Megatron arrived, the good robots told the soldiers to fall back, and seeing [[Jazz (Movie)|the Pontiac]] trying to cover the retreat of his men, Lennox tried to tell the good robot to fall back as well, but it was too late. Lennox and his men engaged the tank when it got back up, but it just wouldn't die, and things were complicated further when the helicopter that destroyed SOCCENT Qatar turned up. Telling Sam to take the [[AllSpark]] to a building to be evacuated, Lennox and his team engaged the tank thing, which began to overpower them. It was only with the help of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the Camaro]] and [[Mikaela Banes|some girl]] that they were able to kill the thing. <br /> <br /> [[File:Lennox-slide-shoot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|YOU DISHONOR MY FAMILY!]]<br /> <br /> Later, Lennox and his men went to assist [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the big truck]] in his fight with Megatron. During the battle, that helicopter went to help his boss. Lennox, deciding to take matters into his own hands, avenged Figueroa and Donnelly by totally killing it dead with the time-honored method of:<br /> <br /> :* Getting on a motorcycle.<br /> :* Jumping off the motorcycle as it slams into the enemy.<br /> :* Sliding under his opponent.<br /> :* Shooting them in the [[Anatomic euphemism#Gearbox|gearbox]] with sabot rounds until they are dead.<br /> :* Going &quot;woo-hoo&quot;, &quot;yee-ha&quot;, or another exclamation of success.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxFamily.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|It's the circle of liiiife!]]<br /> His final action in the battle of Mission City was to shoot a sabot round in the chest of Megatron, offering an opening to Sam to ram the All Spark in his chest, thus allowing them victory.<br /> <br /> After the deaths of the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Ironhide (Movie)|the Topkick named Ironhide]] gave him a ride home, where he was reunited with his wife and met his newborn daughter. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]'', and ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]''; and the ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics.}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsNEST.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, Epps! If you look in the background - and I mean way, way in the background - sitting idly, you might, might, ''just might'', and I repeat, &quot;might&quot; see a Transformer standing idly in this movie!]]<br /> In the two years following the battle at [[Mission City]], Lennox received a promotion to Major and was made field commander of [[NEST]], an alliance between human governments and the Autobots to track down and eliminate all Decepticons active on Earth. <br /> <br /> In 2009, NEST was deployed to [[Shanghai]] when Decepticons were detected, their sixth operation in eight months. When NEST reached the industrial center they last tracked them to, Lennox told the arriving [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] that they had echoes near the steel stacks, and the Autobots soldier confirmed that there was a Decepticon nearby. Sergeant Epps soon got a thermal ripple from an excavator, and as Lennox ordered NEST to be steady, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] transformed and struck the stacks sending them and several NEST soldiers flying. As NEST returned fire, the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] made a break for it. Lennox took a group to stop the Decepticon, deploying [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Twins (ROTF)|the Twins]] to intercept him. When [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] made a bad turn and Sideways managed to fight off Arcee, Lennox ordered [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] deployed, and he managed to take out the fleeing Decepticon.<br /> <br /> Although [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Epps' group managed to take out Demolishor, he relayed a cryptic warning before he died: &quot;[[The Fallen]] shall rise again&quot;. Upon returning to [[Diego Garcia]], Lennox ordered a video briefing with [[Morshower|General Morshower]] at the [[Pentagon]]. While paying his respects to the three soldiers who were killed at Shanghai, Lennox saw a helicopter land and deposit [[Theodore Galloway]], the National Security Adviser. Lennox told the Director he would need to be on the classified access list to enter, only for Galloway to slap a Presidential authorization on his chest informing them of [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s decision to make Galloway his official liaison. As Lennox took Galloway to the Autobots' hangar, the link to the JCS was established. Lennox greeted Chairman Morshower and told them that Optimus Prime needed to debrief him immediately. After Optimus relayed the warning of &quot;The Fallen&quot; to General Morshower, Galloway then interrupted to air the President's concerns, while also airing his complains over the Autobots' refusal to share weapons technology and continued sending of messages to space. Although Lennox and Epps tried to defend the Autobots, Galloway dismissed them and asked if the Autobots would peacefully leave if they were asked to. Optimus said that they would, but posed a question of his own: what if they leave, and Galloway was wrong? Lennox admitted that it was a good question.<br /> <br /> That evening, however, the Decepticons located the [[AllSpark]] shard stored on Diego Garcia and stole it, using it to resurrect [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The Autobots soon sent word to NEST of multiple incoming Decepticons, but refused to specify where they were heading and would not respond to NEST's calls. Lennox ordered NEST ready for deployment in twenty minutes. By the time they reached the United States, Lennox received a message from the Autobots: the battle with the Decepticons to rescue [[Sam Witwicky]] had not gone well, and Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]]. Soon after, the Decepticons launched two attacks at Paris and the [[United States Navy]], destroying the ''U.S.S. Roosevelt'' and killing all hands aboard. Following this, The Fallen made the presence of the [[Transformer]]s known and demanded that humanity turn Sam over to them.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime's body was brought to an Air Force base in New Jersey, and his body had barely hit the ground when the United States military surrounded the Autobots. Lennox ordered the soldiers to lower their weapons, only to learn that Director Galloway had managed to place himself in charge of NEST and order it deactivated, with the Autobots to be placed under guard. Lennox tried to argue the Autobots value, but Galloway dismissed his arguments by saying they would buy time by negotiating with the Decepticons, even if it meant handing Sam over to the Decepticons. As a final insult to injury, Galloway then stripped Lennox's NEST badge off his uniform. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsPlot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Well, Epps, I didn't want it to have come down to this... but, screw it! We're gonna kill and eat Galloway! Epps, you get that AK! Ironhide, go get the AR-15 in the back!]]<br /> As the Autobots were being &quot;restrained&quot; and loaded onto C-17s for transport back to Diego Garcia, Lennox received a phone call from none other than [[Seymour Simmons]], who said that he was with Sam and needed Optimus brought to the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] in [[Egypt]]. Lennox found it strange, but realized that Sam had a better idea of the stakes and decided to trust him. Lennox had a message with the coordinates sent to General Morshower, including a warning to get ready to [[bring the rain]], while spreading word among the NEST troops to be ready. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF LennoxditchesGalloway.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You're lucky, we were ''this'' close to eating you! *kicks*]]<br /> When they reached the coordinates, the pilot faked engine trouble and ordered an emergency evac. Despite Galloway's threat to end his career, he was able to strap a parachute onto the panicking bureaucrat and trick him into opening the chute while inside the plane. Finally ready, NEST parachuted into the Gulf. Landing in a village on the beach, Lennox ordered NEST ready for combat. Once [[Graham|Agent Graham]] had a visual on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Yellow]] team, Lennox ordered a flair popped to lead Sam to them. Unfortunately, the flare also got the attention of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who began attacking the incoming Autobots and releasing an [[electromagnetic pulse]] to disable NEST's communications. <br /> <br /> When Megatron and thirteen Decepticons arrived, Lennox ordered a group to go with Ironhide and Arcee to find Sam and lead him through the pillars, where NEST would ambush the Decepticons. Once NEST began firing on the Decepticons, Ironhide's team [[roll out|rolled out]]. In the following [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]], NEST was hard pressed to provide proper support to the remaining Autobots. Fortunately, General Morshower eventually discovered what was really happening and sent heavy armor to assist them. Members of Ironhide's team said that they were unable to reach the kid but told him where to go. Unfortunately, Megatron was hot on his trail, and Lennox ordered the tanks to provide cover fire while he and Epps made their way to Sam and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]]. Once they reached him, Sam was insistent on getting to Optimus, despite the incoming air strike. Before they could leave, the group was forced to hide behind the wall they were using for cover, as the Decepticon [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] was using it for the same purpose. Salvation arrived in the form of the Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], who killed Mixmaster. Unfortunately, Jetfire was then attacked by Lennox and Epps' old &quot;pal&quot; [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who in turn was killed. <br /> <br /> With the air strike incoming, Lennox told Sam and Mikaela to stay with him as they ran. Unfortunately, Epps' toss had been less than stellar. Namely, it was a mere feet away from their position. With the F-16s about to fire, Lennox and Epps ordered everyone to run like hell. Barely making away from the blast zone, Lennox ordered Sam to get back when he made a mad dash for Optimus' body. Before he could reach it, Megatron fired, sending Sam hurtling through the air before being forced to retreat. As Lennox started CPR on the boy, medics arrived to try and revive him. It appeared that Sam was dead, but [[Dynasty of Primes|something]] revived him. The dust in his sock turned into some sort of dagger, and Sam used it to revive Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF NotBestToss.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn it, I knew we should've eaten Galloway.]]<br /> Unfortunately, that wasn't the end, as The Fallen teleported in, killed some soldiers, and stole the dagger. As it turns out, it wasn't some handy Autobot reviver. It was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], an artifact used to activate a [[Star Harvester|weapon]] which would create [[energon]] by destroying stars. The Fallen then raised the heavy weaponry attacking the Decepticons on the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], compelling the dying Jetfire to give his parts to Optimus. Once Optimus flew off, Lennox ordered NEST to follow him and start ''running toward the pyramid''. As one can assume, Optimus destroyed the machine and killed The Fallen before they arrived. With the battle won, Lennox was seen congratulating Simmons on his role in helping to save the world. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'' and ''[[The Last Prime]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Operation Autobot]]'', ''[[Rise of the Decepticons]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix &amp; Match]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> <br /> With the Decepticon threat mostly gone, Colonel Lennox's NEST teams mostly spent their time working on human problems. Lennox traveled to the [[Ukraine]] with the Autobots to secretly meet with Department of Energy General Counsel, [[Alexi Voskhod]], who passed on the information that something alien had been found at [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]. The NEST team proceeded to [[Pripyat]] with Voskhod, though Lennox was surprised at first that Voskhod wasn't wearing protective gear. Lennox and his men were led through a school and to the power plant itself. Within, they located some sort of alien device, however before they could secure it, they were attacked by the [[Driller]] which made off with the device. Lennox and his team evacuated the building and outside joined [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in fighting off the driller, managing to regain possession of the device, which Optimus told Lennox was a piece from an Autobot ship.<br /> <br /> Returning to the US, Lennox got a visit from his new favorite pain-in-the-ass, Director of National Intelligence [[Charlotte Mearing]], who had a bee in her bonnet over certain recent missions NEST had been undertaking in the [[Middle East]]. Lennox claimed that the Autobots sometimes sneaked out without his knowledge. He spectated as Mearing introduced Optimus to [[Buzz Aldrin]], and it was explained that the Autobot ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' had crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Some time later, [[Sam Witwicky]] turned up at the secret NEST base with information about Decepticon activities he'd gained from a coworker, and got Lennox's attention when the information pertained to the Moon. They watched as Optimus used the Matrix to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and Lennox ordered his men not to fire as Sentinel attacked Optimus.<br /> <br /> When Sam discovered that the Decepticons were after Sentinel to activate the [[space bridge]] [[Pillar]]s, Lennox deployed NEST teams to track the enemy down. He met Sam at the gate when the boy arrived with Sentinel, however then it turned out Sentinel was on the Decepticon's side. Lennox ordered the NEST teams recalled, but it was too late. Sentinel trashed the NEST base in search of the Pillars, and Lennox had to restrain Mearing from trying to confront the Autobot. The Autobots pursued Sentinel to [[Washington, D.C.]], with Lennox riding in [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], but were unable to prevent Sentinel from bringing masses of Decepticons to Earth. Lennox subsequently met with General Morshower, and reported to Mearing that the Decepticons had gone into hiding, but then they received a recorded message from Sentinel, demanding the exile of Optimus's Autobots from Earth.<br /> <br /> Following the attack on [[Chicago]], Lennox went to [[Grissom Air Force Base]] to coordinate a response, networking with Morshower and Mearing by video. They were unable to find out what was happening in Chicago until they got a transmission from Epps, Sam and [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] via a downed military drone. Lennox organized a NEST team to enter the embattled city. They traveled in by [[United States Air Force#CV-22 Osprey|Osprey]] and used a combination of [[wingsuit]]s and parachutes to reach the ground.<br /> <br /> [[File:DOTM Lennox and Sam on Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|They're both on Bumblebee's hood, so clearly they're about to make out.]]<br /> They first located Sam Witwicky, who was dangling from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] via [[grapple glove]]. While Lennox tried to cut him free before the bomb in Starscream's head exploded, the pair were tossed around, and finally caught by Bumblebee. Lennox led his team to the river where they rendezvoused with Epps and his group as well as a team of Navy Seals, but were unable to cross the bridge until [[Dutch (DOTM)|someone]] eventually lowered it remotely. On the other side of the river, they set up an ambush to attack a group of Decepticons including [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. Lennox and some of the other men parachuted down in an attempt to get on top of the Decepticons and engage them at close range. With Optimus's help, they succeeded in taking out the Decepticons, and in return aided Optimus in his fight against Sentinel by shooting at the other Autobot and helping to take out the control Pillar. Following the battle, Lennox and his men walked out onto the bridge where Optimus had defeated both Megatron and Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}<br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]'', ''[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]'', and ''[[The Lost Autobot]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''The Last Knight'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese)|[[Fan Zhechen]] (Mandarin dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> Lennox infiltrated the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] on behalf of the military and was part of the squad that went to get [[Cade Yeager]]. During the standoff with Yeager, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], Lennox interceded to de-escalate the situation, realizing that there weren't any Decepticons present, and allowed Yeager and the Autobots to leave, something [[Santos]] disagreed with heavily. He returned to headquarters to report to [[Morshower|General Morshower]], about the [[Talisman Knight|dead Talisman knight]] and received a briefing on [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'s meeting with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].<br /> <br /> [[File:TLK Lennox OperationIsOver.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Why am I here? I thought Mark was the main character!]]<br /> During a later meeting at the [[Pentagon]], Morshower briefed Lennox on the appearance of strange giant alien horns around the world, and Megatron's snatching two [[CIA]] operatives to make a deal with. Lennox was assigned to lead the negotiation party with orders to secure whatever weapon Megatron was after. Meeting with Megatron in the desert, Lennox negotiated a deal between him and the authorities for the release of a number of Decepticons. As Megatron moved out to the Autobots' [[Junkyard (TLK)|hideout]] in [[South Dakota]], Lennox and the TRF followed close behind, and Santos made his feelings clear on the release of the Decepticon prisoners. The TRF convoy was attacked by [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s as they pursued the Autobots, which didn't help tensions.<br /> <br /> Following the failure to capture Yeager, Lennox returned to Morshower who provided the information that their quarry was on a plane heading for the [[United Kingdom]], sending Lennox in pursuit. Lennox oversaw the operation to find Cade, which ended up with Cade, Bumblebee, [[Cogman]] and [[Viviane Wembly]] making off in a [[HMS Alliance|submarine]] in search of the [[Staff of Merlin]]. Lennox and Santos took the pursuit underwater, chasing the sub in a military DSV. They tracked the submarine to an ancient massive Cybertronian ship and headed in via some handy tubes, reaching a reasonably safe area inside and venturing their way through the ship. They eventually found the chamber with the staff and [[Guardian Knight]]s, the latter of which returned to life, resulting in a battle ensuing. Lennox confronted Viviane in an attempt to get the staff, but she threatened to drop it into the depths, explaining she was the only one who could use it. Optimus arrived and took the staff, at which point Lennox ordered his men back to their sub. He and Cade climbed to the top of the Cybertronian ship in an attempt to confront Optimus, and watched as Megatron took the staff from the Autobot leader.<br /> <br /> Lennox contacted Morshower with news that Optimus had supplied them with the location of the ignition chamber that they needed to get to stop everything. They gathered near [[Stonehenge]] for a stirring speech from Optimus Prime, before heading up in Ospreys carried by an Autobot ship. Despite the warning that fighters were still being shot down, Lennox had the Ospreys launch and they (mostly) made it to the platform containing the ignition chamber. As all out war broke out, Lennox and his team got pinned down in a crater, however Morshower contacted them with new orders to tag a location for a nuclear strike and bail. The team did just that, parachuting from the platform once the missiles hit, however the plan failed as [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] was able to keep the chamber functioning. Despite this, the Earth was saved by the Autobots and Viviane. In the aftermath, Lennox and the others watched as Optimus and the Autobots took off in their ship. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW movie comics===<br /> Though the [[Decepticon]]s had been defeated, the job was not yet done in Mission City. Now acquainted with the good robots known as the [[Autobot]]s, Lennox and his team accompanied [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to seek out and destroy the mutation Transformers created by the [[AllSpark]]'s energy. After the last of the creatures were destroyed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested Lennox's assistance in helping the Autobots escape from less-trustworthy humans such as Sector Seven. Gladly helping, the soldiers found Ironhide a trailer that Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Lennox gave Ironhide his cell phone for Sam Witwicky to call him with once they were safely away (forgetting that his wife would probably call him at some point). As soon as the Autobots left, that jerkface Agent Simmons from Sector Seven turned up, demanding to know what had transpired. To their surprise, Simmons also offered Lennox and Epps positions within Sector Seven to help defend Earth against further Transformer aggression. Initially, they refused, until Sam called Epps's phone right in front of Simmons, blowing Lennox's excuse.<br /> <br /> [[File:Eppsandlennoxalliance1.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.65|left]]<br /> A month later, Lennox and Epps have a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide. He joked to Ratchet that the Autobots were late to meet them because Ratchet had stopped to take soil samples again, but Optimus mention having been followed by a police car, which Lennox suggests might have been Barricade. Lennox then informed Prime that the Decepticons' remains were about to be dumped into the ocean, and they want the Autobots to help escort the transport to the naval yards. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}<br /> <br /> Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the [[San Diego]] [[United States Navy|US Navy]] base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. As a gesture of friendship to the Autobots, Lennox also arranged for Jazz to be properly buried at sea, an honour greatly appreciated by Optimus Prime. When the AllSpark fragment seemed to react to the presence of Megatron, Optimus Prime left it in the care of Sector Seven scientist [[Vine|Professor Vine]] while he was away. Lennox ordered [[Salani]] to stay behind and guard the shard with his life. Later, when Optimus Prime had second thoughts, he ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to return to the Sector Seven [[Nevada]] base to retrieve the fragment, and Lennox sent Epps to accompany them. What they didn't know was Decepticons had leveled the base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance3 OptimusPrime Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I went from the height of Prime's ankle to his knee in just 2 panels!]]<br /> <br /> The convoy returned after learning of [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s devastating attacks. Just as Simmons was about to leave to find the All Spark shard, Lennox ordered him to stay where he was, and that Simmons's rank was negated by orders from Secretary of Defense Keller, who had terminated Sector Seven and fired Simmons. Lennox felt some regret in seeing Simmons go, but doubted they had seen the last of the strange man. Two weeks later, Lennox butted heads with unsympathetic, suspicious superiors at the [[Pentagon]], who did not trust the Autobots and were not keen on Lennox's idea of a joint military alliance. At the last they agreed, but made it clear it was the young officer's responsibility. After the disposal of the Decepticons, Lennox assured Optimus Prime that it was highly unlikely anything of Earth or Cybertronian origin could reach the bodies. Below deck, Lennox, revealed more &quot;[[transition form|meteors]] had been seen coming down to Earth, and proposed his militaty alliance idea, with the two leaders agreeing to mutual trust and disclosure. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed [[NEST]] began training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], though it did not go too well. Both Optimus Prime and the newly promoted '''Major''' Lennox impressed upon the soldiers that teamwork was paramount to their successful defense of their home. After the drill, Lennox expressed admiration for Optimus Prime and the Autobots, though the Autobot leader brushed the compliments off, and stated it was humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]] and Lennox who were the true heroes, and the Autobots were just part of the problem. Soon, the NEST team had to move out—the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] had been seen in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|What do you mean Self-Destruct? Who was the smart ass that installed this?!]]<br /> <br /> In San Francisco, when the Decepticons were spotted, Lennox and Bumblebee went after Swindle, who turned to face his pursuers on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. Lennox distracted the Decepticon from Bumblebee, a move that almost cost him his life before the Autobot destroyed Swindle. Before he died, Swindle boasted that none of them were safe, and that they would find &quot;it&quot;. This troubled Lennox, and on the plane trip back to Diego Garcia, he confided with Prime his fears about there being more Decepticons and what they were looking for. When Optimus suggested taking Sam, a possible target, to the base on the island, Lennox refused, stating it was too much to place upon the boy, but agreed that they should assign somebody to keep an eye on him. Back at base, Lennox again butted heads with his superiors, who were supremely unhappy that the Autobots transformed into robot mode, pointedly telling Lennox that his team was expected to fix problems, not create new ones. Lennox was frustrated that the pig-headed brass still didn't trust the Autobots. After seeing Bumblebee off, the team discovered that the Decepticons were once again active in force on Earth, and were authorised to hunt down and destroy the invaders. Though their numbers and their experience grew, Lennox's men suffered losses while taking out the Decepticons. A day after destroying [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] in [[Florida]], the team returned to [[Mission City]] to greet new Autobot recruits. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} But one Autobot named [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] was recklessly pursuing a Decepticon named [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[South America]]. Lennox informed Optimus that the two were heading for [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. As the teams readied themselves, Lennox asked Optimus if Sideswipe wouldn't stand down and Prime made it clear that if he wouldn't stand down, he'll be... ''dealt'' with, but Ironhide requested to have first crack at trying to bring him into line since he trained Sideswipe, and was once like him. When the Argentine Air Force entered the fray, all ''three'' Transformers were seen as hostiles. Luckily, the NEST team arrived, and Lennox calling in for the Air Force to stand down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}<br /> <br /> Eventually, the greatest test NEST had faced yet appeared when Demolishor reappeared in [[Shanghai]], [[China]] and Lennox ordered everyone to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Nefarious2 Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What? So I'm played by Ben Browder now.]]<br /> Lennox led a NEST mission to stop [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]], after the Decepticon stole an RV. He instructed Epps to tell their sharpshooters to hold fire in case there was anyone else inside. He returned to [[Beale Air Force Base]] and reported the mission's success to Optimus over a video link. Noting the recent reduction in NEST's funding, he blamed Galloway and reflected he should never have thrown Galloway out of that plane. While Lennox watched Sideswipe's display of bigotry, [[Janson]] informed him of spark traces converging on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Some time later at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], Lennox found himself being told off by Galloway, who was annoyed at the operation at Kingdom Petrochemicals and the new Autobots who didn't have paperwork, and who informed him that NEST was being stood down. Lennox, for his part, didn't tell Galloway that a mysterious group of humans had been involved in the Kingdom Petrochemicals battle. When three Decepticon contacts conveniently turned up, Lennox and Optimus grew more perplexed. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}<br /> <br /> Lennox was very annoyed when Optimus took [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] prisoner without consulting him, even more so when the plane transporting Soundwave was shot down. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} After Soundwave was freed by the Decepticons, Lennox lamented the position they were in, but then they received a distress call from Galloway. A NEST team led by Lennox rushed to his aid and then they proceeded to [[Hoover Dam]], where they found someone had broken in. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Lennox prepared his troops to assault the [[Initiative]] base, and Galloway agreed to keep the operation off the official channels. As they headed to [[Oregon]], Optimus informed Lennox that the enemy was tapping powers they didn't fully understand. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Following the battle against the Initiative, Lennox and his men rounded up the surviving members and did clean up. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}<br /> <br /> Lennox accompanied a group of Autobots on a mission to halt Decepticons from trafficking weapons to Earth's human populace. The Decepticons got wise to the ruse quickly and began to attack, prompting Lennox to evac Galloway, all while the Director boasted that the bad guys ''almost'' believed he was a real arms dealer! As they were driving away, their vehicle was caught by Divebomb, who ripped open the roof of their vehicle and held its passengers hostage at gun point. Then Ironhide blew a hole through Divebomb. The remaining Decepticon, Fearswoop, surrendered, prompting Lennox to congratulate Ironhide on a job well done. As they were clearing out, Epps told Lennox that they were both getting too old for this line of work. Lennox was in disagreement, his enthusiasm for field work still burning bright as ever. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} When Sam called in that he was being attacked by a group of Decepticons, after the [[Brains|Brain Unit]] that he had stumbled onto, Lennox was deployed to help with the situation. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Lennox's group arrived in Philadelphia just in time to rescue Sam from being killed by Starscream's hand. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} However, Lennox noticed something was off as the Autobots began to beat back the Decepticons. The Decepticons weren't fighting back, merely trying to make their getaway. The battle had turned out to be a diversion orchestrated by Shockwave in order to get to several Autobot refugees left behind at the NEST headquarters. Shockwave himself soon joined the battle, turning the tide in the Decepticons' favour. Though the Autobots managed to defeat Shockwave and send him fleeing, the victory was a slim one. Despite Lennox's protests, Epps retired from the force in the battle's aftermath. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''The Veiled Threat''===<br /> Lennox and Epps traveled to [[NEST]]'s [[Diego Garcia]] base on the ''[[Pearl of India]]'' and were amused when they were attacked by [[Erasto Khalfani|Somali pirates]], as Ironhide and Ratchet were also with them on the ship. On arrival they met with scientists [[Kaminari Ishihara]] and [[Petr Andronov]]. Decepticon activity resulted in a NEST team co-led by Lennox and Optimus Prime to [[Zambia]], where Lennox began to develop a mutually antagonistic relationship with Ishihara. They encountered [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] at the Zambezi River. While Optimus, Ironhide and Ratchet fought them in the raging river, Lennox and Epps attempted to shoot the Decepticons with a modified stinger missile launcher, but were unable to get a shot off before they realized that it was a trap. Lennox attempted to attract the attention of the Autobots before they plunged off Victoria Falls. After [[Beachbreak]] saved Optimus from a plunge over the falls, even Lennox was moved to tears when the small Autobot was killed by Starscream. The NEST team pursued the Decepticons to a dam downstream, where Lennox, Epps and Andronov tracked down a technician to trigger the emergency release, resulting in Payload being washed away.<br /> <br /> Returning to Diego Garcia, they barely had time to rest before there were two contacts in [[Peru]] and [[Australia]]. Lennox and Ishihara accompanied Optimus, Ironhide and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] to the Australian outback, where they searched until they eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]]. Lennox managed to nail Kickback in the side of the head with a sabot shell, though it mostly made the Decepticon angry, and Lennox might have been killed if Optimus hadn't gotten to the Decepticon first. When Ishihara risked her life to help Ironhide destroy Tread, Lennox gave her a severe talking to. As they packed up, Lennox wished Epps was there so he wouldn't have to listen to Ironhide and Ishihara talking strategy all the way back to Diego Garcia.<br /> <br /> During the debrief, Lennox was lost by the talk of volcanoes and other power sources that the Decepticons might be after. The Autobots were lured to [[Rome]], where Starscream challenged Optimus to a one-on-one duel. It turned out to be a trap, of course, and Starscream left Optimus to Barricade's tender mercies. Luckily Epp, Lennox, Ishihara and Andronov were around to distract Barricade by attacking him, allowing Prime to gain the upper hand, and the four humans escaped the Colosseum via a subway. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan movie comics===<br /> [[File:TitanLennox BUDDABUDDA.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|He shoots and asks questions at the same time: multitasking!]]<br /> <br /> Lennox's primary mission was to locate all the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}<br /> <br /> Lennox and Prime oversaw a mission in [[Los Angeles]] that [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] messed up. Galloway was pleased by this, as he was still angry about Lennox chucking him out of a plane and wanted revenge! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Lennox later oversaw a hostage crisis at the Alamo, a secret NEST armoury. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} Later still, he planned and carried out a sting operation against [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] alongside the [[United States Navy]], trying to stop the Decepticon from sinking ships. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} <br /> <br /> A different mission came along when the rainforests in [[Peru]] were devastated by an unknown, possibly alien force. Lennox and [[Redway|Doctor Redway]] of the ecological survey team did ''not'' get on, both seeing the other as getting in their way, but they put their differences aside when it became clear [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in the area and manipulating the locals. In the ensuing battle, Lennox and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] engaged the Decepticon and drove him off, before he ordered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to stop a fire that the battle had caused. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}<br /> <br /> He went back to South America a year later, going undercover with the [[Tanto Gang]] to confirm they were allied with Soundwave. With Autobots reinforcements (because Lennox found he couldn't do spit to Soundwave), he routed the Gang but NEST failed to stop Soundwave escaping. But at least he got to see the city of [[El Dorado]] before the Tanto Gang blew it up! Man, Lennox has ''no'' luck in South America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold And Blood}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers Annual 2011===<br /> Lennox was at the NEST base when Decepticon activity was detected in [[Tokyo]]. He accompanied the Autobots there, and drove around in his jeep until Optimus had defeated Barricade and Grindor. At that point the Decepticons gloated that they were merely a diversion, and Optimus and Lennox realised that Sam was in danger! {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[John DiMaggio]] (English)|[[Marc Saez]] (French)}}<br /> <br /> ====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====<br /> =====Autobot campaign=====<br /> <br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (mobile game)===<br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2010)===<br /> [[File:TF2010-toy LennoxHA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Jazz with Captain Lennox''' (Human Alliance, [[2010]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-32'''<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the first wave of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]] &quot;[[Human Alliance]]&quot; set, this 2-inch tall figure of Lennox is designed to work with the larger robot figures in the set (and any other Human Alliance robot). He can ride in/on their vehicle modes, or man the various &quot;battle stations&quot; on their robot modes, secured in seats by the small peg-hole in his upper back. Slightly simpler than the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' figures, he has multi-swivel shoulders, hips and knees, plus a swiveling neck.<br /> <br /> :This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Major Tungsten]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/HAWilliamLennox/williamlennox.htm More information on Captain Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===''Robot Heroes''===<br /> [[File:RH-toy Lennox.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Zero Suit [[Buzz Lightyear]].]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1d1|'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, [[2009]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}<br /> <br /> : ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Captain William Lennox is a pre-posed [[super deformed]] PVC figurine, sculpted with a super deformed gun, a scarily huge toothy grin, and a puke-green walkie-talkie.<br /> <br /> : He was only available in a multi-pack with [[Devastator (ROTF)#Robot Heroes|Devastator]] and [[Skids (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Mudflap]] in their individual vehicle modes.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHCaptWilliamLennox/captwilliamlennox.htm More information on ''Robots Heroes'' Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:Movie Figueroa cutscene.jpg|300px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!]]<br /> [[File:TF-2007-Screen-Battles-Capture-of-Bumblebee-Seymour-Simmons-Sector-7-figures.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|My rarely seen twin who works for Sector Seven.]]<br /> * A later scene where Lennox comforts the dying Figueroa was cut from the theatrical release of the film, but briefly seen in the December 2006 trailer. The scene survived in both [[Transformers (novel)|the novelization]] and the [[Transformers: The Junior Novel|children's novelization]] where (despite many changes made to tone down descriptions of violence against ''robots'') he still died. Go fig!<br /> * Early scripts give Lennox's rank as Sergeant.<br /> * Lennox is given the nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; in the novelization. Whether this was a deliberate reference to the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[Wild Bill|character]] remains unknown.<br /> * Josh Duhamel's left foot was injured by a piece of fake shrapnel during filming.&lt;ref&gt;Duhamel made fun of his minor injury during the Second Life Virtual Press Conference (the shrapnel was made of ''cork'' and it cut his ''pinky'') explaining that he wasn't allowed to do his own stunts.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * The '''Capture of Bumblebee''' set from the &quot;Screen Battles&quot; packs features what appear to be two [[Sector Seven]] soldiers, but one of them is obviously Lennox painted in Sector Seven colors. In fact, the Screen Battles &quot;Desert Attack&quot; set with [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] was originally supposed to come with four instead of three soldiers (with Lennox likely being the fourth), whereas the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set was originally supposed to include four figures listed as &quot;S7 Agent, S7 soldier, Ice soldiers&quot;. The &quot;ice soldiers&quot; were likely dropped for budget reasons, and Lennox moved to the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set for the same reason.&lt;ref name=&quot;checklist&quot;&gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20080920112933/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Collectors/Checklist Hasbro checklist]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Jason Konopisos-Alvarez]] had been one of the stunt doubles for Lennox in ''Dark of the Moon'' during the opening set piece set in Chernobyl, sort of [[Shockwave (One)|hilarious in hindsight]] really.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''William Lennox''' (ウィリアム・レノックス ''Wiriamu Renokkusu'')<br /> *''Korean:'' '''William Lennox''' (윌리엄 레녹스 ''Willieom Renokseu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''William Lennox''' (Taiwan, 威廉·藍尼 ''Wēilián·Lánní''; China,威廉·伦诺克斯''Wēilián·Lúnnuòkèsī'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Lennox William}}<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon humans]]<br /> [[Category:Human Alliance]]<br /> [[Category:The Last Knight humans]]<br /> [[Category:Movie humans]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]<br /> [[Category:Sector Seven]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen humans]]<br /> [[Category:Robot Heroes]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers (2010) characters]]<br /> [[Category:United States military officers]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|sector7|NEST|autobot|trf}}<br /> {{disambig3|Bill|William}}<br /> <br /> :''William Lennox is a [[human]] from the [[movie continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:Williamlennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|My character archetype is how you know it's a [[Michael Bay]] film!]]<br /> <br /> '''William &quot;Wild Bill&quot; Lennox''' is a member of the [[United States Army|United States Army Rangers]].&lt;ref&gt;The nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; appears only in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]].&lt;/ref&gt; A young, yet capable officer, Lennox has the friendship and trust of the men under his command.<br /> <br /> He has a [[Sarah Lennox|wife]] and a [[Annabelle Lennox|daughter]] [[United States of America|back home]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Movies===<br /> {{note|The seven movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}<br /> ====''Transformers'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox myladies.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Guys, are we supposed to be getting an episode of the Teletubbies?]]<br /> <br /> Returning to [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] after a mission behind enemy lines, Captain Lennox's men discussed what they were going to do once they got home to the States. As usual, [[Jorge Figueroa|Fig]] talked about his mom's cooking in Spanish, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] commented that he'd never accept a dinner invitation to Fig's house and [[Patrick Donnelly|Donnelly]] reminisced about flat beer, cold hot dogs and baseball on weekends. When asked about what he wanted to do, Lennox replied that he only wanted to hold his baby girl for the first time, to which his men teased him for his sappy sentiment. <br /> <br /> After their CV-22 Ospreys touched down, Lennox was writing a report when local boy [[Mahfouz]] visited him carrying a bag of water. Soon afterwards, he talked to his wife Sarah and their daughter on the satellite video phone. Lennox declared that their daughter was so cute that he just wanted to chew on her cheeks, and that they both made one good looking kid. To his delight, Sarah told him their girl had his laugh, though he wondered if she had merely farted. Around the same time as a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter had landed on the base, his connection to Sarah became distorted, and he tried to tell her that he'd be home soon as the transmission was cut.<br /> <br /> Suddenly, the base was under attack as the helicopter somehow transformed into a giant walking weapons platform. Leading his men and the boy Mahfouz, they witnessed Epps nearly being crushed by the weapons platform before Fig saved him by firing a sabot from his grenade launcher into the 'chest' of the weapon. With Epps in tow, Lennox's unit escaped as the robot laid waste to SOCCENT, leaving no survivors.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Yeah, real good work watching your commander's back, all you guys standin' in the background.]]<br /> <br /> The next morning, after making their way through the desert, the men discussed the past night's events, with Epps expressing his belief that the weapon, whatever it was, looked right back at him as he was taking its photograph. Lennox determined that no matter what, they had to get the information back to the [[Pentagon]], and asked Mahfouz to lead them to his village where they could find a telephone line. Unknown to them, [[Scorponok (Movie)|a second robot]], a mechanical scorpion, was listening to their conversation and stalking them. As they neared the outskirts of the village, a metal spiked tail rose out of the sand and was about to kill Lennox when Epps fired at it, saving his life. Unfortunately, the giant scorpion killed top kick Donnelly and the men ran for their lives to the relative cover of the village.<br /> <br /> Ordering the men to form a defensive perimeter, Lennox followed Mahfouz to his father [[Akram]]'s house, the latter of whom provided him with a cell phone. As the others fought off Scorponok, Lennox attempted to call for help from the Pentagon, but had more than a little trouble with the [[Telephone operator|operator]] who demanded a credit card despite the life-and-death situation he was in. After successfully searching for Epps's credit card in one of the latter's many back pockets, Lennox successfully contacted the Pentagon, but not before the operator tried to get him to sign onto a Premium Plus World Service Gold Package. He'll never use that company again.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxEpps backpockets.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|10: LEFT CHEEK! 20: GOTO 10]]<br /> <br /> The Pentagon sent in two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Strike Package Bravo. Lennox ordered the men to light up the target for the Air Force' radars to lock onto and fire upon. Unfortunately, the A-10s did no appreciable damage to the metal scorpion, with Epps expressing disbelief that it could still be alive. With the call of [[Bring the rain|&quot;Bring the rain!&quot;]], Lennox suggested the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of an AC-130 Spectre gunship. The cannonade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove into the sand, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind. Lennox and Epps ran to check on Fig, who had been struck by one of the scorpion's missiles. <br /> <br /> En route back to America, the team studied the tail segment they salvaged from the battle scene. An analyst observed that it seemed to be covered in a [[living metal|self-regenerating molecular armor]]. Lennox pointed out where a sabot round had burned right through. Turning to Epps's expertise, he asked if it was correct that sabot rounds had a 6000 degree magnesium burn, which Epps said was true. As Lennox ordered Epps to tell command to load sabot rounds on all their gunships, the tail suddenly came to life and narrowly missed impaling them. Epps angrily berated the analyst for telling them it was dead; Lennox ordered them to strap the tail down, while concluding that the technology behind it was 'wicked'. Touching down at [[United States Air Force#Facilities|Nellis Air Force Base]], Lennox's men had barely walked off the plane when [[Sector Seven|mysterious government agents]] pulled up in black SUVs and ordered the Rangers to come with them.<br /> <br /> After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Lennox and his unit met with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]], and were taken to see [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]]. After the Iceman began to thaw, Lennox and his unit headed for the armory, where they were having a special on forty mm sabot rounds. <br /> <br /> When [[Sam Witwicky]] asked [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] to free [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a good robot]], Simmons refused to listen, until Lennox got him to cooperate by putting a gun to his chest, resulting in a Mexican standoff between his unit and Sector Seven. Simmons ordered him to release him, but Lennox told Simmons he and his men didn't take orders from people who didn't exist. They won the standoff (losing really isn't an option for those guys). Lennox and his men subsequently escorted Sam and the car to [[Mission City]], meeting [[Autobot|other good robots]] en route.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Sam takethecube.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Give me the girl and no one has to die here.]]<br /> <br /> After arriving in Mission City, they were attacked by a [[Seeker (Movie)|fighter jet]] which [[Ironhide (Movie)|some truck]] called &quot;[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]&quot;. Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|a tank]] started shelling them, until the good robots totally triple teamed it. When Megatron arrived, the good robots told the soldiers to fall back, and seeing [[Jazz (Movie)|the Pontiac]] trying to cover the retreat of his men, Lennox tried to tell the good robot to fall back as well, but it was too late. Lennox and his men engaged the tank when it got back up, but it just wouldn't die, and things were complicated further when the helicopter that destroyed SOCCENT Qatar turned up. Telling Sam to take the [[AllSpark]] to a building to be evacuated, Lennox and his team engaged the tank thing, which began to overpower them. It was only with the help of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the Camaro]] and [[Mikaela Banes|some girl]] that they were able to kill the thing. <br /> <br /> [[File:Lennox-slide-shoot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|YOU DISHONOR MY FAMILY!]]<br /> <br /> Later, Lennox and his men went to assist [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the big truck]] in his fight with Megatron. During the battle, that helicopter went to help his boss. Lennox, deciding to take matters into his own hands, avenged Figueroa and Donnelly by totally killing it dead with the time-honored method of:<br /> <br /> :* Getting on a motorcycle.<br /> :* Jumping off the motorcycle as it slams into the enemy.<br /> :* Sliding under his opponent.<br /> :* Shooting them in the [[Anatomic euphemism#Gearbox|gearbox]] with sabot rounds until they are dead.<br /> :* Going &quot;woo-hoo&quot;, &quot;yee-ha&quot;, or another exclamation of success.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxFamily.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|It's the circle of liiiife!]]<br /> His final action in the battle of Mission City was to shoot a sabot round in the chest of Megatron, offering an opening to Sam to ram the All Spark in his chest, thus allowing them victory.<br /> <br /> After the deaths of the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Ironhide (Movie)|the Topkick named Ironhide]] gave him a ride home, where he was reunited with his wife and met his newborn daughter. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]'', and ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]''; and the ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics.}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsNEST.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, Epps! If you look in the background - and I mean way, way in the background - sitting idly, you might, might, ''just might'', and I repeat, &quot;might&quot; see a Transformer standing idly in this movie!]]<br /> In the two years following the battle at [[Mission City]], Lennox received a promotion to Major and was made field commander of [[NEST]], an alliance between human governments and the Autobots to track down and eliminate all Decepticons active on Earth. <br /> <br /> In 2009, NEST was deployed to [[Shanghai]] when Decepticons were detected, their sixth operation in eight months. When NEST reached the industrial center they last tracked them to, Lennox told the arriving [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] that they had echoes near the steel stacks, and the Autobots soldier confirmed that there was a Decepticon nearby. Sergeant Epps soon got a thermal ripple from an excavator, and as Lennox ordered NEST to be steady, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] transformed and struck the stacks sending them and several NEST soldiers flying. As NEST returned fire, the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] made a break for it. Lennox took a group to stop the Decepticon, deploying [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Twins (ROTF)|the Twins]] to intercept him. When [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] made a bad turn and Sideways managed to fight off Arcee, Lennox ordered [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] deployed, and he managed to take out the fleeing Decepticon.<br /> <br /> Although [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Epps' group managed to take out Demolishor, he relayed a cryptic warning before he died: &quot;[[The Fallen]] shall rise again&quot;. Upon returning to [[Diego Garcia]], Lennox ordered a video briefing with [[Morshower|General Morshower]] at the [[Pentagon]]. While paying his respects to the three soldiers who were killed at Shanghai, Lennox saw a helicopter land and deposit [[Theodore Galloway]], the National Security Adviser. Lennox told the Director he would need to be on the classified access list to enter, only for Galloway to slap a Presidential authorization on his chest informing them of [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s decision to make Galloway his official liaison. As Lennox took Galloway to the Autobots' hangar, the link to the JCS was established. Lennox greeted Chairman Morshower and told them that Optimus Prime needed to debrief him immediately. After Optimus relayed the warning of &quot;The Fallen&quot; to General Morshower, Galloway then interrupted to air the President's concerns, while also airing his complains over the Autobots' refusal to share weapons technology and continued sending of messages to space. Although Lennox and Epps tried to defend the Autobots, Galloway dismissed them and asked if the Autobots would peacefully leave if they were asked to. Optimus said that they would, but posed a question of his own: what if they leave, and Galloway was wrong? Lennox admitted that it was a good question.<br /> <br /> That evening, however, the Decepticons located the [[AllSpark]] shard stored on Diego Garcia and stole it, using it to resurrect [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The Autobots soon sent word to NEST of multiple incoming Decepticons, but refused to specify where they were heading and would not respond to NEST's calls. Lennox ordered NEST ready for deployment in twenty minutes. By the time they reached the United States, Lennox received a message from the Autobots: the battle with the Decepticons to rescue [[Sam Witwicky]] had not gone well, and Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]]. Soon after, the Decepticons launched two attacks at Paris and the [[United States Navy]], destroying the ''U.S.S. Roosevelt'' and killing all hands aboard. Following this, The Fallen made the presence of the [[Transformer]]s known and demanded that humanity turn Sam over to them.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime's body was brought to an Air Force base in New Jersey, and his body had barely hit the ground when the United States military surrounded the Autobots. Lennox ordered the soldiers to lower their weapons, only to learn that Director Galloway had managed to place himself in charge of NEST and order it deactivated, with the Autobots to be placed under guard. Lennox tried to argue the Autobots value, but Galloway dismissed his arguments by saying they would buy time by negotiating with the Decepticons, even if it meant handing Sam over to the Decepticons. As a final insult to injury, Galloway then stripped Lennox's NEST badge off his uniform. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsPlot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Well, Epps, I didn't want it to have come down to this... but, screw it! We're gonna kill and eat Galloway! Epps, you get that AK! Ironhide, go get the AR-15 in the back!]]<br /> As the Autobots were being &quot;restrained&quot; and loaded onto C-17s for transport back to Diego Garcia, Lennox received a phone call from none other than [[Seymour Simmons]], who said that he was with Sam and needed Optimus brought to the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] in [[Egypt]]. Lennox found it strange, but realized that Sam had a better idea of the stakes and decided to trust him. Lennox had a message with the coordinates sent to General Morshower, including a warning to get ready to [[bring the rain]], while spreading word among the NEST troops to be ready. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF LennoxditchesGalloway.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You're lucky, we were ''this'' close to eating you! *kicks*]]<br /> When they reached the coordinates, the pilot faked engine trouble and ordered an emergency evac. Despite Galloway's threat to end his career, he was able to strap a parachute onto the panicking bureaucrat and trick him into opening the chute while inside the plane. Finally ready, NEST parachuted into the Gulf. Landing in a village on the beach, Lennox ordered NEST ready for combat. Once [[Graham|Agent Graham]] had a visual on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Yellow]] team, Lennox ordered a flair popped to lead Sam to them. Unfortunately, the flare also got the attention of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who began attacking the incoming Autobots and releasing an [[electromagnetic pulse]] to disable NEST's communications. <br /> <br /> When Megatron and thirteen Decepticons arrived, Lennox ordered a group to go with Ironhide and Arcee to find Sam and lead him through the pillars, where NEST would ambush the Decepticons. Once NEST began firing on the Decepticons, Ironhide's team [[roll out|rolled out]]. In the following [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]], NEST was hard pressed to provide proper support to the remaining Autobots. Fortunately, General Morshower eventually discovered what was really happening and sent heavy armor to assist them. Members of Ironhide's team said that they were unable to reach the kid but told him where to go. Unfortunately, Megatron was hot on his trail, and Lennox ordered the tanks to provide cover fire while he and Epps made their way to Sam and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]]. Once they reached him, Sam was insistent on getting to Optimus, despite the incoming air strike. Before they could leave, the group was forced to hide behind the wall they were using for cover, as the Decepticon [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] was using it for the same purpose. Salvation arrived in the form of the Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], who killed Mixmaster. Unfortunately, Jetfire was then attacked by Lennox and Epps' old &quot;pal&quot; [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who in turn was killed. <br /> <br /> With the air strike incoming, Lennox told Sam and Mikaela to stay with him as they ran. Unfortunately, Epps' toss had been less than stellar. Namely, it was a mere feet away from their position. With the F-16s about to fire, Lennox and Epps ordered everyone to run like hell. Barely making away from the blast zone, Lennox ordered Sam to get back when he made a mad dash for Optimus' body. Before he could reach it, Megatron fired, sending Sam hurtling through the air before being forced to retreat. As Lennox started CPR on the boy, medics arrived to try and revive him. It appeared that Sam was dead, but [[Dynasty of Primes|something]] revived him. The dust in his sock turned into some sort of dagger, and Sam used it to revive Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF NotBestToss.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn it, I knew we should've eaten Galloway.]]<br /> Unfortunately, that wasn't the end, as The Fallen teleported in, killed some soldiers, and stole the dagger. As it turns out, it wasn't some handy Autobot reviver. It was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], an artifact used to activate a [[Star Harvester|weapon]] which would create [[energon]] by destroying stars. The Fallen then raised the heavy weaponry attacking the Decepticons on the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], compelling the dying Jetfire to give his parts to Optimus. Once Optimus flew off, Lennox ordered NEST to follow him and start ''running toward the pyramid''. As one can assume, Optimus destroyed the machine and killed The Fallen before they arrived. With the battle won, Lennox was seen congratulating Simmons on his role in helping to save the world. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'' and ''[[The Last Prime]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Operation Autobot]]'', ''[[Rise of the Decepticons]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix &amp; Match]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> <br /> With the Decepticon threat mostly gone, Colonel Lennox's NEST teams mostly spent their time working on human problems. Lennox traveled to the [[Ukraine]] with the Autobots to secretly meet with Department of Energy General Counsel, [[Alexi Voskhod]], who passed on the information that something alien had been found at [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]. The NEST team proceeded to [[Pripyat]] with Voskhod, though Lennox was surprised at first that Voskhod wasn't wearing protective gear. Lennox and his men were led through a school and to the power plant itself. Within, they located some sort of alien device, however before they could secure it, they were attacked by the [[Driller]] which made off with the device. Lennox and his team evacuated the building and outside joined [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in fighting off the driller, managing to regain possession of the device, which Optimus told Lennox was a piece from an Autobot ship.<br /> <br /> Returning to the US, Lennox got a visit from his new favorite pain-in-the-ass, Director of National Intelligence [[Charlotte Mearing]], who had a bee in her bonnet over certain recent missions NEST had been undertaking in the [[Middle East]]. Lennox claimed that the Autobots sometimes sneaked out without his knowledge. He spectated as Mearing introduced Optimus to [[Buzz Aldrin]], and it was explained that the Autobot ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' had crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Some time later, [[Sam Witwicky]] turned up at the secret NEST base with information about Decepticon activities he'd gained from a coworker, and got Lennox's attention when the information pertained to the Moon. They watched as Optimus used the Matrix to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and Lennox ordered his men not to fire as Sentinel attacked Optimus.<br /> <br /> When Sam discovered that the Decepticons were after Sentinel to activate the [[space bridge]] [[Pillar]]s, Lennox deployed NEST teams to track the enemy down. He met Sam at the gate when the boy arrived with Sentinel, however then it turned out Sentinel was on the Decepticon's side. Lennox ordered the NEST teams recalled, but it was too late. Sentinel trashed the NEST base in search of the Pillars, and Lennox had to restrain Mearing from trying to confront the Autobot. The Autobots pursued Sentinel to [[Washington, D.C.]], with Lennox riding in [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], but were unable to prevent Sentinel from bringing masses of Decepticons to Earth. Lennox subsequently met with General Morshower, and reported to Mearing that the Decepticons had gone into hiding, but then they received a recorded message from Sentinel, demanding the exile of Optimus's Autobots from Earth.<br /> <br /> Following the attack on [[Chicago]], Lennox went to [[Grissom Air Force Base]] to coordinate a response, networking with Morshower and Mearing by video. They were unable to find out what was happening in Chicago until they got a transmission from Epps, Sam and [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] via a downed military drone. Lennox organized a NEST team to enter the embattled city. They traveled in by [[United States Air Force#CV-22 Osprey|Osprey]] and used a combination of [[wingsuit]]s and parachutes to reach the ground.<br /> <br /> [[File:DOTM Lennox and Sam on Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|They're both on Bumblebee's hood, so clearly they're about to make out.]]<br /> They first located Sam Witwicky, who was dangling from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] via [[grapple glove]]. While Lennox tried to cut him free before the bomb in Starscream's head exploded, the pair were tossed around, and finally caught by Bumblebee. Lennox led his team to the river where they rendezvoused with Epps and his group as well as a team of Navy Seals, but were unable to cross the bridge until [[Dutch (DOTM)|someone]] eventually lowered it remotely. On the other side of the river, they set up an ambush to attack a group of Decepticons including [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. Lennox and some of the other men parachuted down in an attempt to get on top of the Decepticons and engage them at close range. With Optimus's help, they succeeded in taking out the Decepticons, and in return aided Optimus in his fight against Sentinel by shooting at the other Autobot and helping to take out the control Pillar. Following the battle, Lennox and his men walked out onto the bridge where Optimus had defeated both Megatron and Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}<br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]'', ''[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]'', and ''[[The Lost Autobot]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''The Last Knight'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese)|[[Fan Zhechen]] (Mandarin dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> Lennox infiltrated the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] on behalf of the military and was part of the squad that went to get [[Cade Yeager]]. During the standoff with Yeager, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], Lennox interceded to de-escalate the situation, realizing that there weren't any Decepticons present, and allowed Yeager and the Autobots to leave, something [[Santos]] disagreed with heavily. He returned to headquarters to report to [[Morshower|General Morshower]], about the [[Talisman Knight|dead Talisman knight]] and received a briefing on [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'s meeting with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].<br /> <br /> [[File:TLK Lennox OperationIsOver.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Why am I here? I thought Mark was the main character!]]<br /> During a later meeting at the [[Pentagon]], Morshower briefed Lennox on the appearance of strange giant alien horns around the world, and Megatron's snatching two [[CIA]] operatives to make a deal with. Lennox was assigned to lead the negotiation party with orders to secure whatever weapon Megatron was after. Meeting with Megatron in the desert, Lennox negotiated a deal between him and the authorities for the release of a number of Decepticons. As Megatron moved out to the Autobots' [[Junkyard (TLK)|hideout]] in [[South Dakota]], Lennox and the TRF followed close behind, and Santos made his feelings clear on the release of the Decepticon prisoners. The TRF convoy was attacked by [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s as they pursued the Autobots, which didn't help tensions.<br /> <br /> Following the failure to capture Yeager, Lennox returned to Morshower who provided the information that their quarry was on a plane heading for the [[United Kingdom]], sending Lennox in pursuit. Lennox oversaw the operation to find Cade, which ended up with Cade, Bumblebee, [[Cogman]] and [[Viviane Wembly]] making off in a [[HMS Alliance|submarine]] in search of the [[Staff of Merlin]]. Lennox and Santos took the pursuit underwater, chasing the sub in a military DSV. They tracked the submarine to an ancient massive Cybertronian ship and headed in via some handy tubes, reaching a reasonably safe area inside and venturing their way through the ship. They eventually found the chamber with the staff and [[Guardian Knight]]s, the latter of which returned to life, resulting in a battle ensuing. Lennox confronted Viviane in an attempt to get the staff, but she threatened to drop it into the depths, explaining she was the only one who could use it. Optimus arrived and took the staff, at which point Lennox ordered his men back to their sub. He and Cade climbed to the top of the Cybertronian ship in an attempt to confront Optimus, and watched as Megatron took the staff from the Autobot leader.<br /> <br /> Lennox contacted Morshower with news that Optimus had supplied them with the location of the ignition chamber that they needed to get to stop everything. They gathered near [[Stonehenge]] for a stirring speech from Optimus Prime, before heading up in Ospreys carried by an Autobot ship. Despite the warning that fighters were still being shot down, Lennox had the Ospreys launch and they (mostly) made it to the platform containing the ignition chamber. As all out war broke out, Lennox and his team got pinned down in a crater, however Morshower contacted them with new orders to tag a location for a nuclear strike and bail. The team did just that, parachuting from the platform once the missiles hit, however the plan failed as [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] was able to keep the chamber functioning. Despite this, the Earth was saved by the Autobots and Viviane. In the aftermath, Lennox and the others watched as Optimus and the Autobots took off in their ship. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW movie comics===<br /> Though the [[Decepticon]]s had been defeated, the job was not yet done in Mission City. Now acquainted with the good robots known as the [[Autobot]]s, Lennox and his team accompanied [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to seek out and destroy the mutation Transformers created by the [[AllSpark]]'s energy. After the last of the creatures were destroyed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested Lennox's assistance in helping the Autobots escape from less-trustworthy humans such as Sector Seven. Gladly helping, the soldiers found Ironhide a trailer that Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Lennox gave Ironhide his cell phone for Sam Witwicky to call him with once they were safely away (forgetting that his wife would probably call him at some point). As soon as the Autobots left, that jerkface Agent Simmons from Sector Seven turned up, demanding to know what had transpired. To their surprise, Simmons also offered Lennox and Epps positions within Sector Seven to help defend Earth against further Transformer aggression. Initially, they refused, until Sam called Epps's phone right in front of Simmons, blowing Lennox's excuse.<br /> <br /> [[File:Eppsandlennoxalliance1.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.65|left]]<br /> A month later, Lennox and Epps have a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide. He joked to Ratchet that the Autobots were late to meet them because Ratchet had stopped to take soil samples again, but Optimus mention having been followed by a police car, which Lennox suggests might have been Barricade. Lennox then informed Prime that the Decepticons' remains were about to be dumped into the ocean, and they want the Autobots to help escort the transport to the naval yards. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}<br /> <br /> Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the [[San Diego]] [[United States Navy|US Navy]] base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. As a gesture of friendship to the Autobots, Lennox also arranged for Jazz to be properly buried at sea, an honour greatly appreciated by Optimus Prime. When the AllSpark fragment seemed to react to the presence of Megatron, Optimus Prime left it in the care of Sector Seven scientist [[Vine|Professor Vine]] while he was away. Lennox ordered [[Salani]] to stay behind and guard the shard with his life. Later, when Optimus Prime had second thoughts, he ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to return to the Sector Seven [[Nevada]] base to retrieve the fragment, and Lennox sent Epps to accompany them. What they didn't know was Decepticons had leveled the base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance3 OptimusPrime Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I went from the height of Prime's ankle to his knee in just 2 panels!]]<br /> <br /> The convoy returned after learning of [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s devastating attacks. Just as Simmons was about to leave to find the All Spark shard, Lennox ordered him to stay where he was, and that Simmons's rank was negated by orders from Secretary of Defense Keller, who had terminated Sector Seven and fired Simmons. Lennox felt some regret in seeing Simmons go, but doubted they had seen the last of the strange man. Two weeks later, Lennox butted heads with unsympathetic, suspicious superiors at the [[Pentagon]], who did not trust the Autobots and were not keen on Lennox's idea of a joint military alliance. At the last they agreed, but made it clear it was the young officer's responsibility. After the disposal of the Decepticons, Lennox assured Optimus Prime that it was highly unlikely anything of Earth or Cybertronian origin could reach the bodies. Below deck, Lennox, revealed more &quot;[[transition form|meteors]] had been seen coming down to Earth, and proposed his militaty alliance idea, with the two leaders agreeing to mutual trust and disclosure. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed [[NEST]] began training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], though it did not go too well. Both Optimus Prime and the newly promoted '''Major''' Lennox impressed upon the soldiers that teamwork was paramount to their successful defense of their home. After the drill, Lennox expressed admiration for Optimus Prime and the Autobots, though the Autobot leader brushed the compliments off, and stated it was humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]] and Lennox who were the true heroes, and the Autobots were just part of the problem. Soon, the NEST team had to move out—the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] had been seen in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|What do you mean Self-Destruct? Who was the smart ass that installed this?!]]<br /> <br /> In San Francisco, when the Decepticons were spotted, Lennox and Bumblebee went after Swindle, who turned to face his pursuers on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. Lennox distracted the Decepticon from Bumblebee, a move that almost cost him his life before the Autobot destroyed Swindle. Before he died, Swindle boasted that none of them were safe, and that they would find &quot;it&quot;. This troubled Lennox, and on the plane trip back to Diego Garcia, he confided with Prime his fears about there being more Decepticons and what they were looking for. When Optimus suggested taking Sam, a possible target, to the base on the island, Lennox refused, stating it was too much to place upon the boy, but agreed that they should assign somebody to keep an eye on him. Back at base, Lennox again butted heads with his superiors, who were supremely unhappy that the Autobots transformed into robot mode, pointedly telling Lennox that his team was expected to fix problems, not create new ones. Lennox was frustrated that the pig-headed brass still didn't trust the Autobots. After seeing Bumblebee off, the team discovered that the Decepticons were once again active in force on Earth, and were authorised to hunt down and destroy the invaders. Though their numbers and their experience grew, Lennox's men suffered losses while taking out the Decepticons. A day after destroying [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] in [[Florida]], the team returned to [[Mission City]] to greet new Autobot recruits. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} But one Autobot named [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] was recklessly pursuing a Decepticon named [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[South America]]. Lennox informed Optimus that the two were heading for [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. As the teams readied themselves, Lennox asked Optimus if Sideswipe wouldn't stand down and Prime made it clear that if he wouldn't stand down, he'll be... ''dealt'' with, but Ironhide requested to have first crack at trying to bring him into line since he trained Sideswipe, and was once like him. When the Argentine Air Force entered the fray, all ''three'' Transformers were seen as hostiles. Luckily, the NEST team arrived, and Lennox calling in for the Air Force to stand down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}<br /> <br /> Eventually, the greatest test NEST had faced yet appeared when Demolishor reappeared in [[Shanghai]], [[China]] and Lennox ordered everyone to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Nefarious2 Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What? So I'm played by Ben Browder now.]]<br /> Lennox led a NEST mission to stop [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]], after the Decepticon stole an RV. He instructed Epps to tell their sharpshooters to hold fire in case there was anyone else inside. He returned to [[Beale Air Force Base]] and reported the mission's success to Optimus over a video link. Noting the recent reduction in NEST's funding, he blamed Galloway and reflected he should never have thrown Galloway out of that plane. While Lennox watched Sideswipe's display of bigotry, [[Janson]] informed him of spark traces converging on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Some time later at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], Lennox found himself being told off by Galloway, who was annoyed at the operation at Kingdom Petrochemicals and the new Autobots who didn't have paperwork, and who informed him that NEST was being stood down. Lennox, for his part, didn't tell Galloway that a mysterious group of humans had been involved in the Kingdom Petrochemicals battle. When three Decepticon contacts conveniently turned up, Lennox and Optimus grew more perplexed. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}<br /> <br /> Lennox was very annoyed when Optimus took [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] prisoner without consulting him, even more so when the plane transporting Soundwave was shot down. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} After Soundwave was freed by the Decepticons, Lennox lamented the position they were in, but then they received a distress call from Galloway. A NEST team led by Lennox rushed to his aid and then they proceeded to [[Hoover Dam]], where they found someone had broken in. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Lennox prepared his troops to assault the [[Initiative]] base, and Galloway agreed to keep the operation off the official channels. As they headed to [[Oregon]], Optimus informed Lennox that the enemy was tapping powers they didn't fully understand. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Following the battle against the Initiative, Lennox and his men rounded up the surviving members and did clean up. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}<br /> <br /> Lennox accompanied a group of Autobots on a mission to halt Decepticons from trafficking weapons to Earth's human populace. The Decepticons got wise to the ruse quickly and began to attack, prompting Lennox to evac Galloway, all while the Director boasted that the bad guys ''almost'' believed he was a real arms dealer! As they were driving away, their vehicle was caught by Divebomb, who ripped open the roof of their vehicle and held its passengers hostage at gun point. Then Ironhide blew a hole through Divebomb. The remaining Decepticon, Fearswoop, surrendered, prompting Lennox to congratulate Ironhide on a job well done. As they were clearing out, Epps told Lennox that they were both getting too old for this line of work. Lennox was in disagreement, his enthusiasm for field work still burning bright as ever. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} When Sam called in that he was being attacked by a group of Decepticons, after the [[Brains|Brain Unit]] that he had stumbled onto, Lennox was deployed to help with the situation. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Lennox's group arrived in Philadelphia just in time to rescue Sam from being killed by Starscream's hand. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} However, Lennox noticed something was off as the Autobots began to beat back the Decepticons. The Decepticons weren't fighting back, merely trying to make their getaway. The battle had turned out to be a diversion orchestrated by Shockwave in order to get to several Autobot refugees left behind at the NEST headquarters. Shockwave himself soon joined the battle, turning the tide in the Decepticons' favour. Though the Autobots managed to defeat Shockwave and send him fleeing, the victory was a slim one. Despite Lennox's protests, Epps retired from the force in the battle's aftermath. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''The Veiled Threat''===<br /> Lennox and Epps traveled to [[NEST]]'s [[Diego Garcia]] base on the ''[[Pearl of India]]'' and were amused when they were attacked by [[Erasto Khalfani|Somali pirates]], as Ironhide and Ratchet were also with them on the ship. On arrival they met with scientists [[Kaminari Ishihara]] and [[Petr Andronov]]. Decepticon activity resulted in a NEST team co-led by Lennox and Optimus Prime to [[Zambia]], where Lennox began to develop a mutually antagonistic relationship with Ishihara. They encountered [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] at the Zambezi River. While Optimus, Ironhide and Ratchet fought them in the raging river, Lennox and Epps attempted to shoot the Decepticons with a modified stinger missile launcher, but were unable to get a shot off before they realized that it was a trap. Lennox attempted to attract the attention of the Autobots before they plunged off Victoria Falls. After [[Beachbreak]] saved Optimus from a plunge over the falls, even Lennox was moved to tears when the small Autobot was killed by Starscream. The NEST team pursued the Decepticons to a dam downstream, where Lennox, Epps and Andronov tracked down a technician to trigger the emergency release, resulting in Payload being washed away.<br /> <br /> Returning to Diego Garcia, they barely had time to rest before there were two contacts in [[Peru]] and [[Australia]]. Lennox and Ishihara accompanied Optimus, Ironhide and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] to the Australian outback, where they searched until they eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]]. Lennox managed to nail Kickback in the side of the head with a sabot shell, though it mostly made the Decepticon angry, and Lennox might have been killed if Optimus hadn't gotten to the Decepticon first. When Ishihara risked her life to help Ironhide destroy Tread, Lennox gave her a severe talking to. As they packed up, Lennox wished Epps was there so he wouldn't have to listen to Ironhide and Ishihara talking strategy all the way back to Diego Garcia.<br /> <br /> During the debrief, Lennox was lost by the talk of volcanoes and other power sources that the Decepticons might be after. The Autobots were lured to [[Rome]], where Starscream challenged Optimus to a one-on-one duel. It turned out to be a trap, of course, and Starscream left Optimus to Barricade's tender mercies. Luckily Epp, Lennox, Ishihara and Andronov were around to distract Barricade by attacking him, allowing Prime to gain the upper hand, and the four humans escaped the Colosseum via a subway. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan movie comics===<br /> [[File:TitanLennox BUDDABUDDA.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|He shoots and asks questions at the same time: multitasking!]]<br /> <br /> Lennox's primary mission was to locate all the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}<br /> <br /> Lennox and Prime oversaw a mission in [[Los Angeles]] that [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] messed up. Galloway was pleased by this, as he was still angry about Lennox chucking him out of a plane and wanted revenge! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Lennox later oversaw a hostage crisis at the Alamo, a secret NEST armoury. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} Later still, he planned and carried out a sting operation against [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] alongside the [[United States Navy]], trying to stop the Decepticon from sinking ships. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} <br /> <br /> A different mission came along when the rainforests in [[Peru]] were devastated by an unknown, possibly alien force. Lennox and [[Redway|Doctor Redway]] of the ecological survey team did ''not'' get on, both seeing the other as getting in their way, but they put their differences aside when it became clear [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in the area and manipulating the locals. In the ensuing battle, Lennox and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] engaged the Decepticon and drove him off, before he ordered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to stop a fire that the battle had caused. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}<br /> <br /> He went back to South America a year later, going undercover with the [[Tanto Gang]] to confirm they were allied with Soundwave. With Autobots reinforcements (because Lennox found he couldn't do spit to Soundwave), he routed the Gang but NEST failed to stop Soundwave escaping. But at least he got to see the city of [[El Dorado]] before the Tanto Gang blew it up! Man, Lennox has ''no'' luck in South America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold And Blood}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers Annual 2011===<br /> Lennox was at the NEST base when Decepticon activity was detected in [[Tokyo]]. He accompanied the Autobots there, and drove around in his jeep until Optimus had defeated Barricade and Grindor. At that point the Decepticons gloated that they were merely a diversion, and Optimus and Lennox realised that Sam was in danger! {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[John DiMaggio]] (English)|[[Marc Saez]] (French)}}<br /> <br /> ====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====<br /> =====Autobot campaign=====<br /> <br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (mobile game)===<br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2010)===<br /> [[File:TF2010-toy LennoxHA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Jazz with Captain Lennox''' (Human Alliance, [[2010]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-32'''<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the first wave of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]] &quot;[[Human Alliance]]&quot; set, this 2-inch tall figure of Lennox is designed to work with the larger robot figures in the set (and any other Human Alliance robot). He can ride in/on their vehicle modes, or man the various &quot;battle stations&quot; on their robot modes, secured in seats by the small peg-hole in his upper back. Slightly simpler than the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' figures, he has multi-swivel shoulders, hips and knees, plus a swiveling neck.<br /> <br /> :This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Major Tungsten]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/HAWilliamLennox/williamlennox.htm More information on Captain Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===''Robot Heroes''===<br /> [[File:RH-toy Lennox.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Zero Suit [[Buzz Lightyear]].]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1d1|'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, [[2009]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}<br /> <br /> : ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Captain William Lennox is a pre-posed [[super deformed]] PVC figurine, sculpted with a super deformed gun, a scarily huge toothy grin, and a puke-green walkie-talkie.<br /> <br /> : He was only available in a multi-pack with [[Devastator (ROTF)#Robot Heroes|Devastator]] and [[Skids (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Mudflap]] in their individual vehicle modes.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHCaptWilliamLennox/captwilliamlennox.htm More information on ''Robots Heroes'' Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:Movie Figueroa cutscene.jpg|300px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!]]<br /> [[File:TF-2007-Screen-Battles-Capture-of-Bumblebee-Seymour-Simmons-Sector-7-figures.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|My rarely seen twin who works for Sector Seven.]]<br /> * A later scene where Lennox comforts the dying Figueroa was cut from the theatrical release of the film, but briefly seen in the December 2006 trailer. The scene survived in both [[Transformers (novel)|the novelization]] and the [[Transformers: The Junior Novel|children's novelization]] where (despite many changes made to tone down descriptions of violence against ''robots'') he still died. Go fig!<br /> * Early scripts give Lennox's rank as Sergeant.<br /> * Lennox is given the nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; in the novelization. Whether this was a deliberate reference to the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[Wild Bill|character]] remains unknown.<br /> * Josh Duhamel's left foot was injured by a piece of fake shrapnel during filming.&lt;ref&gt;Duhamel made fun of his minor injury during the Second Life Virtual Press Conference (the shrapnel was made of ''cork'' and it cut his ''pinky'') explaining that he wasn't allowed to do his own stunts.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * The '''Capture of Bumblebee''' set from the &quot;Screen Battles&quot; packs features what appear to be two [[Sector Seven]] soldiers, but one of them is obviously Lennox painted in Sector Seven colors. In fact, the Screen Battles &quot;Desert Attack&quot; set with [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] was originally supposed to come with four instead of three soldiers (with Lennox likely being the fourth), whereas the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set was originally supposed to include four figures listed as &quot;S7 Agent, S7 soldier, Ice soldiers&quot;. The &quot;ice soldiers&quot; were likely dropped for budget reasons, and Lennox moved to the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set for the same reason.&lt;ref name=&quot;checklist&quot;&gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20080920112933/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Collectors/Checklist Hasbro checklist]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Jason Konopisos-Alvarez]] had been one of the stunt doubles for Lennox in ''Dark of the Moon'' during the opening set piece set in Chernobyl, sort of [[Shockwave (One)|hilarious in hindsight]] really.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''William Lennox''' (ウィリアム・レノックス ''Wiriamu Renokkusu'')<br /> *''Korean:'' '''William Lennox''' (윌리엄 레녹스 ''Willieom Renokseu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''William Lennox''' (Taiwan, 威廉·藍尼 ''Wēilián·Lánní'' China,威廉·伦诺克斯''Wēilián·Lúnnuòkèsī'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Lennox William}}<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon humans]]<br /> [[Category:Human Alliance]]<br /> [[Category:The Last Knight humans]]<br /> [[Category:Movie humans]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]<br /> [[Category:Sector Seven]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen humans]]<br /> [[Category:Robot Heroes]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers (2010) characters]]<br /> [[Category:United States military officers]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|sector7|NEST|autobot|trf}}<br /> {{disambig3|Bill|William}}<br /> <br /> :''William Lennox is a [[human]] from the [[movie continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:Williamlennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|My character archetype is how you know it's a [[Michael Bay]] film!]]<br /> <br /> '''William &quot;Wild Bill&quot; Lennox''' is a member of the [[United States Army|United States Army Rangers]].&lt;ref&gt;The nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; appears only in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]].&lt;/ref&gt; A young, yet capable officer, Lennox has the friendship and trust of the men under his command.<br /> <br /> He has a [[Sarah Lennox|wife]] and a [[Annabelle Lennox|daughter]] [[United States of America|back home]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Movies===<br /> {{note|The seven movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}<br /> ====''Transformers'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox myladies.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Guys, are we supposed to be getting an episode of the Teletubbies?]]<br /> <br /> Returning to [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] after a mission behind enemy lines, Captain Lennox's men discussed what they were going to do once they got home to the States. As usual, [[Jorge Figueroa|Fig]] talked about his mom's cooking in Spanish, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] commented that he'd never accept a dinner invitation to Fig's house and [[Patrick Donnelly|Donnelly]] reminisced about flat beer, cold hot dogs and baseball on weekends. When asked about what he wanted to do, Lennox replied that he only wanted to hold his baby girl for the first time, to which his men teased him for his sappy sentiment. <br /> <br /> After their CV-22 Ospreys touched down, Lennox was writing a report when local boy [[Mahfouz]] visited him carrying a bag of water. Soon afterwards, he talked to his wife Sarah and their daughter on the satellite video phone. Lennox declared that their daughter was so cute that he just wanted to chew on her cheeks, and that they both made one good looking kid. To his delight, Sarah told him their girl had his laugh, though he wondered if she had merely farted. Around the same time as a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter had landed on the base, his connection to Sarah became distorted, and he tried to tell her that he'd be home soon as the transmission was cut.<br /> <br /> Suddenly, the base was under attack as the helicopter somehow transformed into a giant walking weapons platform. Leading his men and the boy Mahfouz, they witnessed Epps nearly being crushed by the weapons platform before Fig saved him by firing a sabot from his grenade launcher into the 'chest' of the weapon. With Epps in tow, Lennox's unit escaped as the robot laid waste to SOCCENT, leaving no survivors.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Yeah, real good work watching your commander's back, all you guys standin' in the background.]]<br /> <br /> The next morning, after making their way through the desert, the men discussed the past night's events, with Epps expressing his belief that the weapon, whatever it was, looked right back at him as he was taking its photograph. Lennox determined that no matter what, they had to get the information back to the [[Pentagon]], and asked Mahfouz to lead them to his village where they could find a telephone line. Unknown to them, [[Scorponok (Movie)|a second robot]], a mechanical scorpion, was listening to their conversation and stalking them. As they neared the outskirts of the village, a metal spiked tail rose out of the sand and was about to kill Lennox when Epps fired at it, saving his life. Unfortunately, the giant scorpion killed top kick Donnelly and the men ran for their lives to the relative cover of the village.<br /> <br /> Ordering the men to form a defensive perimeter, Lennox followed Mahfouz to his father [[Akram]]'s house, the latter of whom provided him with a cell phone. As the others fought off Scorponok, Lennox attempted to call for help from the Pentagon, but had more than a little trouble with the [[Telephone operator|operator]] who demanded a credit card despite the life-and-death situation he was in. After successfully searching for Epps's credit card in one of the latter's many back pockets, Lennox successfully contacted the Pentagon, but not before the operator tried to get him to sign onto a Premium Plus World Service Gold Package. He'll never use that company again.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxEpps backpockets.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|10: LEFT CHEEK! 20: GOTO 10]]<br /> <br /> The Pentagon sent in two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Strike Package Bravo. Lennox ordered the men to light up the target for the Air Force' radars to lock onto and fire upon. Unfortunately, the A-10s did no appreciable damage to the metal scorpion, with Epps expressing disbelief that it could still be alive. With the call of [[Bring the rain|&quot;Bring the rain!&quot;]], Lennox suggested the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of an AC-130 Spectre gunship. The cannonade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove into the sand, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind. Lennox and Epps ran to check on Fig, who had been struck by one of the scorpion's missiles. <br /> <br /> En route back to America, the team studied the tail segment they salvaged from the battle scene. An analyst observed that it seemed to be covered in a [[living metal|self-regenerating molecular armor]]. Lennox pointed out where a sabot round had burned right through. Turning to Epps's expertise, he asked if it was correct that sabot rounds had a 6000 degree magnesium burn, which Epps said was true. As Lennox ordered Epps to tell command to load sabot rounds on all their gunships, the tail suddenly came to life and narrowly missed impaling them. Epps angrily berated the analyst for telling them it was dead; Lennox ordered them to strap the tail down, while concluding that the technology behind it was 'wicked'. Touching down at [[United States Air Force#Facilities|Nellis Air Force Base]], Lennox's men had barely walked off the plane when [[Sector Seven|mysterious government agents]] pulled up in black SUVs and ordered the Rangers to come with them.<br /> <br /> After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Lennox and his unit met with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]], and were taken to see [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]]. After the Iceman began to thaw, Lennox and his unit headed for the armory, where they were having a special on forty mm sabot rounds. <br /> <br /> When [[Sam Witwicky]] asked [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] to free [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a good robot]], Simmons refused to listen, until Lennox got him to cooperate by putting a gun to his chest, resulting in a Mexican standoff between his unit and Sector Seven. Simmons ordered him to release him, but Lennox told Simmons he and his men didn't take orders from people who didn't exist. They won the standoff (losing really isn't an option for those guys). Lennox and his men subsequently escorted Sam and the car to [[Mission City]], meeting [[Autobot|other good robots]] en route.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie Lennox Sam takethecube.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Give me the girl and no one has to die here.]]<br /> <br /> After arriving in Mission City, they were attacked by a [[Seeker (Movie)|fighter jet]] which [[Ironhide (Movie)|some truck]] called &quot;[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]&quot;. Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|a tank]] started shelling them, until the good robots totally triple teamed it. When Megatron arrived, the good robots told the soldiers to fall back, and seeing [[Jazz (Movie)|the Pontiac]] trying to cover the retreat of his men, Lennox tried to tell the good robot to fall back as well, but it was too late. Lennox and his men engaged the tank when it got back up, but it just wouldn't die, and things were complicated further when the helicopter that destroyed SOCCENT Qatar turned up. Telling Sam to take the [[AllSpark]] to a building to be evacuated, Lennox and his team engaged the tank thing, which began to overpower them. It was only with the help of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the Camaro]] and [[Mikaela Banes|some girl]] that they were able to kill the thing. <br /> <br /> [[File:Lennox-slide-shoot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|YOU DISHONOR MY FAMILY!]]<br /> <br /> Later, Lennox and his men went to assist [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the big truck]] in his fight with Megatron. During the battle, that helicopter went to help his boss. Lennox, deciding to take matters into his own hands, avenged Figueroa and Donnelly by totally killing it dead with the time-honored method of:<br /> <br /> :* Getting on a motorcycle.<br /> :* Jumping off the motorcycle as it slams into the enemy.<br /> :* Sliding under his opponent.<br /> :* Shooting them in the [[Anatomic euphemism#Gearbox|gearbox]] with sabot rounds until they are dead.<br /> :* Going &quot;woo-hoo&quot;, &quot;yee-ha&quot;, or another exclamation of success.<br /> <br /> [[File:Movie LennoxFamily.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|It's the circle of liiiife!]]<br /> His final action in the battle of Mission City was to shoot a sabot round in the chest of Megatron, offering an opening to Sam to ram the All Spark in his chest, thus allowing them victory.<br /> <br /> After the deaths of the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Ironhide (Movie)|the Topkick named Ironhide]] gave him a ride home, where he was reunited with his wife and met his newborn daughter. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]'', and ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]''; and the ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics.}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub), [[Chae-heon Im]] (Korean dub)}}<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsNEST.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, Epps! If you look in the background - and I mean way, way in the background - sitting idly, you might, might, ''just might'', and I repeat, &quot;might&quot; see a Transformer standing idly in this movie!]]<br /> In the two years following the battle at [[Mission City]], Lennox received a promotion to Major and was made field commander of [[NEST]], an alliance between human governments and the Autobots to track down and eliminate all Decepticons active on Earth. <br /> <br /> In 2009, NEST was deployed to [[Shanghai]] when Decepticons were detected, their sixth operation in eight months. When NEST reached the industrial center they last tracked them to, Lennox told the arriving [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] that they had echoes near the steel stacks, and the Autobots soldier confirmed that there was a Decepticon nearby. Sergeant Epps soon got a thermal ripple from an excavator, and as Lennox ordered NEST to be steady, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] transformed and struck the stacks sending them and several NEST soldiers flying. As NEST returned fire, the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] made a break for it. Lennox took a group to stop the Decepticon, deploying [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Twins (ROTF)|the Twins]] to intercept him. When [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] made a bad turn and Sideways managed to fight off Arcee, Lennox ordered [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] deployed, and he managed to take out the fleeing Decepticon.<br /> <br /> Although [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Epps' group managed to take out Demolishor, he relayed a cryptic warning before he died: &quot;[[The Fallen]] shall rise again&quot;. Upon returning to [[Diego Garcia]], Lennox ordered a video briefing with [[Morshower|General Morshower]] at the [[Pentagon]]. While paying his respects to the three soldiers who were killed at Shanghai, Lennox saw a helicopter land and deposit [[Theodore Galloway]], the National Security Adviser. Lennox told the Director he would need to be on the classified access list to enter, only for Galloway to slap a Presidential authorization on his chest informing them of [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s decision to make Galloway his official liaison. As Lennox took Galloway to the Autobots' hangar, the link to the JCS was established. Lennox greeted Chairman Morshower and told them that Optimus Prime needed to debrief him immediately. After Optimus relayed the warning of &quot;The Fallen&quot; to General Morshower, Galloway then interrupted to air the President's concerns, while also airing his complains over the Autobots' refusal to share weapons technology and continued sending of messages to space. Although Lennox and Epps tried to defend the Autobots, Galloway dismissed them and asked if the Autobots would peacefully leave if they were asked to. Optimus said that they would, but posed a question of his own: what if they leave, and Galloway was wrong? Lennox admitted that it was a good question.<br /> <br /> That evening, however, the Decepticons located the [[AllSpark]] shard stored on Diego Garcia and stole it, using it to resurrect [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The Autobots soon sent word to NEST of multiple incoming Decepticons, but refused to specify where they were heading and would not respond to NEST's calls. Lennox ordered NEST ready for deployment in twenty minutes. By the time they reached the United States, Lennox received a message from the Autobots: the battle with the Decepticons to rescue [[Sam Witwicky]] had not gone well, and Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]]. Soon after, the Decepticons launched two attacks at Paris and the [[United States Navy]], destroying the ''U.S.S. Roosevelt'' and killing all hands aboard. Following this, The Fallen made the presence of the [[Transformer]]s known and demanded that humanity turn Sam over to them.<br /> <br /> Optimus Prime's body was brought to an Air Force base in New Jersey, and his body had barely hit the ground when the United States military surrounded the Autobots. Lennox ordered the soldiers to lower their weapons, only to learn that Director Galloway had managed to place himself in charge of NEST and order it deactivated, with the Autobots to be placed under guard. Lennox tried to argue the Autobots value, but Galloway dismissed his arguments by saying they would buy time by negotiating with the Decepticons, even if it meant handing Sam over to the Decepticons. As a final insult to injury, Galloway then stripped Lennox's NEST badge off his uniform. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF Lennox EppsPlot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Well, Epps, I didn't want it to have come down to this... but, screw it! We're gonna kill and eat Galloway! Epps, you get that AK! Ironhide, go get the AR-15 in the back!]]<br /> As the Autobots were being &quot;restrained&quot; and loaded onto C-17s for transport back to Diego Garcia, Lennox received a phone call from none other than [[Seymour Simmons]], who said that he was with Sam and needed Optimus brought to the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] in [[Egypt]]. Lennox found it strange, but realized that Sam had a better idea of the stakes and decided to trust him. Lennox had a message with the coordinates sent to General Morshower, including a warning to get ready to [[bring the rain]], while spreading word among the NEST troops to be ready. <br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF LennoxditchesGalloway.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You're lucky, we were ''this'' close to eating you! *kicks*]]<br /> When they reached the coordinates, the pilot faked engine trouble and ordered an emergency evac. Despite Galloway's threat to end his career, he was able to strap a parachute onto the panicking bureaucrat and trick him into opening the chute while inside the plane. Finally ready, NEST parachuted into the Gulf. Landing in a village on the beach, Lennox ordered NEST ready for combat. Once [[Graham|Agent Graham]] had a visual on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Yellow]] team, Lennox ordered a flair popped to lead Sam to them. Unfortunately, the flare also got the attention of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who began attacking the incoming Autobots and releasing an [[electromagnetic pulse]] to disable NEST's communications. <br /> <br /> When Megatron and thirteen Decepticons arrived, Lennox ordered a group to go with Ironhide and Arcee to find Sam and lead him through the pillars, where NEST would ambush the Decepticons. Once NEST began firing on the Decepticons, Ironhide's team [[roll out|rolled out]]. In the following [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]], NEST was hard pressed to provide proper support to the remaining Autobots. Fortunately, General Morshower eventually discovered what was really happening and sent heavy armor to assist them. Members of Ironhide's team said that they were unable to reach the kid but told him where to go. Unfortunately, Megatron was hot on his trail, and Lennox ordered the tanks to provide cover fire while he and Epps made their way to Sam and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]]. Once they reached him, Sam was insistent on getting to Optimus, despite the incoming air strike. Before they could leave, the group was forced to hide behind the wall they were using for cover, as the Decepticon [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] was using it for the same purpose. Salvation arrived in the form of the Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], who killed Mixmaster. Unfortunately, Jetfire was then attacked by Lennox and Epps' old &quot;pal&quot; [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who in turn was killed. <br /> <br /> With the air strike incoming, Lennox told Sam and Mikaela to stay with him as they ran. Unfortunately, Epps' toss had been less than stellar. Namely, it was a mere feet away from their position. With the F-16s about to fire, Lennox and Epps ordered everyone to run like hell. Barely making away from the blast zone, Lennox ordered Sam to get back when he made a mad dash for Optimus' body. Before he could reach it, Megatron fired, sending Sam hurtling through the air before being forced to retreat. As Lennox started CPR on the boy, medics arrived to try and revive him. It appeared that Sam was dead, but [[Dynasty of Primes|something]] revived him. The dust in his sock turned into some sort of dagger, and Sam used it to revive Optimus Prime.<br /> <br /> [[File:ROTF NotBestToss.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn it, I knew we should've eaten Galloway.]]<br /> Unfortunately, that wasn't the end, as The Fallen teleported in, killed some soldiers, and stole the dagger. As it turns out, it wasn't some handy Autobot reviver. It was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], an artifact used to activate a [[Star Harvester|weapon]] which would create [[energon]] by destroying stars. The Fallen then raised the heavy weaponry attacking the Decepticons on the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], compelling the dying Jetfire to give his parts to Optimus. Once Optimus flew off, Lennox ordered NEST to follow him and start ''running toward the pyramid''. As one can assume, Optimus destroyed the machine and killed The Fallen before they arrived. With the battle won, Lennox was seen congratulating Simmons on his role in helping to save the world. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'' and ''[[The Last Prime]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Operation Autobot]]'', ''[[Rise of the Decepticons]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix &amp; Match]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''Dark of the Moon'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese dub)|[[Wang Mingjun]] (Mandarin dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> <br /> With the Decepticon threat mostly gone, Colonel Lennox's NEST teams mostly spent their time working on human problems. Lennox traveled to the [[Ukraine]] with the Autobots to secretly meet with Department of Energy General Counsel, [[Alexi Voskhod]], who passed on the information that something alien had been found at [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]. The NEST team proceeded to [[Pripyat]] with Voskhod, though Lennox was surprised at first that Voskhod wasn't wearing protective gear. Lennox and his men were led through a school and to the power plant itself. Within, they located some sort of alien device, however before they could secure it, they were attacked by the [[Driller]] which made off with the device. Lennox and his team evacuated the building and outside joined [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in fighting off the driller, managing to regain possession of the device, which Optimus told Lennox was a piece from an Autobot ship.<br /> <br /> Returning to the US, Lennox got a visit from his new favorite pain-in-the-ass, Director of National Intelligence [[Charlotte Mearing]], who had a bee in her bonnet over certain recent missions NEST had been undertaking in the [[Middle East]]. Lennox claimed that the Autobots sometimes sneaked out without his knowledge. He spectated as Mearing introduced Optimus to [[Buzz Aldrin]], and it was explained that the Autobot ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' had crashed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Some time later, [[Sam Witwicky]] turned up at the secret NEST base with information about Decepticon activities he'd gained from a coworker, and got Lennox's attention when the information pertained to the Moon. They watched as Optimus used the Matrix to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and Lennox ordered his men not to fire as Sentinel attacked Optimus.<br /> <br /> When Sam discovered that the Decepticons were after Sentinel to activate the [[space bridge]] [[Pillar]]s, Lennox deployed NEST teams to track the enemy down. He met Sam at the gate when the boy arrived with Sentinel, however then it turned out Sentinel was on the Decepticon's side. Lennox ordered the NEST teams recalled, but it was too late. Sentinel trashed the NEST base in search of the Pillars, and Lennox had to restrain Mearing from trying to confront the Autobot. The Autobots pursued Sentinel to [[Washington, D.C.]], with Lennox riding in [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], but were unable to prevent Sentinel from bringing masses of Decepticons to Earth. Lennox subsequently met with General Morshower, and reported to Mearing that the Decepticons had gone into hiding, but then they received a recorded message from Sentinel, demanding the exile of Optimus's Autobots from Earth.<br /> <br /> Following the attack on [[Chicago]], Lennox went to [[Grissom Air Force Base]] to coordinate a response, networking with Morshower and Mearing by video. They were unable to find out what was happening in Chicago until they got a transmission from Epps, Sam and [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] via a downed military drone. Lennox organized a NEST team to enter the embattled city. They traveled in by [[United States Air Force#CV-22 Osprey|Osprey]] and used a combination of [[wingsuit]]s and parachutes to reach the ground.<br /> <br /> [[File:DOTM Lennox and Sam on Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|They're both on Bumblebee's hood, so clearly they're about to make out.]]<br /> They first located Sam Witwicky, who was dangling from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] via [[grapple glove]]. While Lennox tried to cut him free before the bomb in Starscream's head exploded, the pair were tossed around, and finally caught by Bumblebee. Lennox led his team to the river where they rendezvoused with Epps and his group as well as a team of Navy Seals, but were unable to cross the bridge until [[Dutch (DOTM)|someone]] eventually lowered it remotely. On the other side of the river, they set up an ambush to attack a group of Decepticons including [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. Lennox and some of the other men parachuted down in an attempt to get on top of the Decepticons and engage them at close range. With Optimus's help, they succeeded in taking out the Decepticons, and in return aided Optimus in his fight against Sentinel by shooting at the other Autobot and helping to take out the control Pillar. Following the battle, Lennox and his men walked out onto the bridge where Optimus had defeated both Megatron and Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}<br /> {{note|William Lennox's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''; the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]'' and ''[[Movie Trilogy]]'' comics; and the storybooks ''[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]'', ''[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]'', and ''[[The Lost Autobot]]''.}}<br /> <br /> ====''The Last Knight'' film====<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese)|[[Fan Zhechen]] (Mandarin dub), [[Dennis Schmidt-Foß]] (German dub), [[Alexis Victor]] (European French dub), [[Patrice Dubois]] (Canadian French dub), [[Manoj Pandey]] (Hindi dub), [[Ravishankar Devanarayanan]] (Tamil dub), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese dub), [[José Posada]] (Spanish-Spain dub), [[Arturo Mercado Leonel de Cervantes|Arturo Mercado Jr.]] (Latin-American Spanish dub), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian dub), [[Ali Ekber Diribaş]] (Turkish dub)}}<br /> Lennox infiltrated the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] on behalf of the military and was part of the squad that went to get [[Cade Yeager]]. During the standoff with Yeager, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], Lennox interceded to de-escalate the situation, realizing that there weren't any Decepticons present, and allowed Yeager and the Autobots to leave, something [[Santos]] disagreed with heavily. He returned to headquarters to report to [[Morshower|General Morshower]], about the [[Talisman Knight|dead Talisman knight]] and received a briefing on [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'s meeting with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].<br /> <br /> [[File:TLK Lennox OperationIsOver.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Why am I here? I thought Mark was the main character!]]<br /> During a later meeting at the [[Pentagon]], Morshower briefed Lennox on the appearance of strange giant alien horns around the world, and Megatron's snatching two [[CIA]] operatives to make a deal with. Lennox was assigned to lead the negotiation party with orders to secure whatever weapon Megatron was after. Meeting with Megatron in the desert, Lennox negotiated a deal between him and the authorities for the release of a number of Decepticons. As Megatron moved out to the Autobots' [[Junkyard (TLK)|hideout]] in [[South Dakota]], Lennox and the TRF followed close behind, and Santos made his feelings clear on the release of the Decepticon prisoners. The TRF convoy was attacked by [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s as they pursued the Autobots, which didn't help tensions.<br /> <br /> Following the failure to capture Yeager, Lennox returned to Morshower who provided the information that their quarry was on a plane heading for the [[United Kingdom]], sending Lennox in pursuit. Lennox oversaw the operation to find Cade, which ended up with Cade, Bumblebee, [[Cogman]] and [[Viviane Wembly]] making off in a [[HMS Alliance|submarine]] in search of the [[Staff of Merlin]]. Lennox and Santos took the pursuit underwater, chasing the sub in a military DSV. They tracked the submarine to an ancient massive Cybertronian ship and headed in via some handy tubes, reaching a reasonably safe area inside and venturing their way through the ship. They eventually found the chamber with the staff and [[Guardian Knight]]s, the latter of which returned to life, resulting in a battle ensuing. Lennox confronted Viviane in an attempt to get the staff, but she threatened to drop it into the depths, explaining she was the only one who could use it. Optimus arrived and took the staff, at which point Lennox ordered his men back to their sub. He and Cade climbed to the top of the Cybertronian ship in an attempt to confront Optimus, and watched as Megatron took the staff from the Autobot leader.<br /> <br /> Lennox contacted Morshower with news that Optimus had supplied them with the location of the ignition chamber that they needed to get to stop everything. They gathered near [[Stonehenge]] for a stirring speech from Optimus Prime, before heading up in Ospreys carried by an Autobot ship. Despite the warning that fighters were still being shot down, Lennox had the Ospreys launch and they (mostly) made it to the platform containing the ignition chamber. As all out war broke out, Lennox and his team got pinned down in a crater, however Morshower contacted them with new orders to tag a location for a nuclear strike and bail. The team did just that, parachuting from the platform once the missiles hit, however the plan failed as [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] was able to keep the chamber functioning. Despite this, the Earth was saved by the Autobots and Viviane. In the aftermath, Lennox and the others watched as Optimus and the Autobots took off in their ship. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===IDW movie comics===<br /> Though the [[Decepticon]]s had been defeated, the job was not yet done in Mission City. Now acquainted with the good robots known as the [[Autobot]]s, Lennox and his team accompanied [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to seek out and destroy the mutation Transformers created by the [[AllSpark]]'s energy. After the last of the creatures were destroyed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested Lennox's assistance in helping the Autobots escape from less-trustworthy humans such as Sector Seven. Gladly helping, the soldiers found Ironhide a trailer that Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Lennox gave Ironhide his cell phone for Sam Witwicky to call him with once they were safely away (forgetting that his wife would probably call him at some point). As soon as the Autobots left, that jerkface Agent Simmons from Sector Seven turned up, demanding to know what had transpired. To their surprise, Simmons also offered Lennox and Epps positions within Sector Seven to help defend Earth against further Transformer aggression. Initially, they refused, until Sam called Epps's phone right in front of Simmons, blowing Lennox's excuse.<br /> <br /> [[File:Eppsandlennoxalliance1.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.65|left]]<br /> A month later, Lennox and Epps have a secret meeting with Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Ironhide. He joked to Ratchet that the Autobots were late to meet them because Ratchet had stopped to take soil samples again, but Optimus mention having been followed by a police car, which Lennox suggests might have been Barricade. Lennox then informed Prime that the Decepticons' remains were about to be dumped into the ocean, and they want the Autobots to help escort the transport to the naval yards. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}<br /> <br /> Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the [[San Diego]] [[United States Navy|US Navy]] base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. As a gesture of friendship to the Autobots, Lennox also arranged for Jazz to be properly buried at sea, an honour greatly appreciated by Optimus Prime. When the AllSpark fragment seemed to react to the presence of Megatron, Optimus Prime left it in the care of Sector Seven scientist [[Vine|Professor Vine]] while he was away. Lennox ordered [[Salani]] to stay behind and guard the shard with his life. Later, when Optimus Prime had second thoughts, he ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to return to the Sector Seven [[Nevada]] base to retrieve the fragment, and Lennox sent Epps to accompany them. What they didn't know was Decepticons had leveled the base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance3 OptimusPrime Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I went from the height of Prime's ankle to his knee in just 2 panels!]]<br /> <br /> The convoy returned after learning of [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s devastating attacks. Just as Simmons was about to leave to find the All Spark shard, Lennox ordered him to stay where he was, and that Simmons's rank was negated by orders from Secretary of Defense Keller, who had terminated Sector Seven and fired Simmons. Lennox felt some regret in seeing Simmons go, but doubted they had seen the last of the strange man. Two weeks later, Lennox butted heads with unsympathetic, suspicious superiors at the [[Pentagon]], who did not trust the Autobots and were not keen on Lennox's idea of a joint military alliance. At the last they agreed, but made it clear it was the young officer's responsibility. After the disposal of the Decepticons, Lennox assured Optimus Prime that it was highly unlikely anything of Earth or Cybertronian origin could reach the bodies. Below deck, Lennox, revealed more &quot;[[transition form|meteors]] had been seen coming down to Earth, and proposed his militaty alliance idea, with the two leaders agreeing to mutual trust and disclosure. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed [[NEST]] began training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], though it did not go too well. Both Optimus Prime and the newly promoted '''Major''' Lennox impressed upon the soldiers that teamwork was paramount to their successful defense of their home. After the drill, Lennox expressed admiration for Optimus Prime and the Autobots, though the Autobot leader brushed the compliments off, and stated it was humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]] and Lennox who were the true heroes, and the Autobots were just part of the problem. Soon, the NEST team had to move out—the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] had been seen in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|left|What do you mean Self-Destruct? Who was the smart ass that installed this?!]]<br /> <br /> In San Francisco, when the Decepticons were spotted, Lennox and Bumblebee went after Swindle, who turned to face his pursuers on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. Lennox distracted the Decepticon from Bumblebee, a move that almost cost him his life before the Autobot destroyed Swindle. Before he died, Swindle boasted that none of them were safe, and that they would find &quot;it&quot;. This troubled Lennox, and on the plane trip back to Diego Garcia, he confided with Prime his fears about there being more Decepticons and what they were looking for. When Optimus suggested taking Sam, a possible target, to the base on the island, Lennox refused, stating it was too much to place upon the boy, but agreed that they should assign somebody to keep an eye on him. Back at base, Lennox again butted heads with his superiors, who were supremely unhappy that the Autobots transformed into robot mode, pointedly telling Lennox that his team was expected to fix problems, not create new ones. Lennox was frustrated that the pig-headed brass still didn't trust the Autobots. After seeing Bumblebee off, the team discovered that the Decepticons were once again active in force on Earth, and were authorised to hunt down and destroy the invaders. Though their numbers and their experience grew, Lennox's men suffered losses while taking out the Decepticons. A day after destroying [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] in [[Florida]], the team returned to [[Mission City]] to greet new Autobot recruits. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} But one Autobot named [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] was recklessly pursuing a Decepticon named [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[South America]]. Lennox informed Optimus that the two were heading for [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. As the teams readied themselves, Lennox asked Optimus if Sideswipe wouldn't stand down and Prime made it clear that if he wouldn't stand down, he'll be... ''dealt'' with, but Ironhide requested to have first crack at trying to bring him into line since he trained Sideswipe, and was once like him. When the Argentine Air Force entered the fray, all ''three'' Transformers were seen as hostiles. Luckily, the NEST team arrived, and Lennox calling in for the Air Force to stand down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}<br /> <br /> Eventually, the greatest test NEST had faced yet appeared when Demolishor reappeared in [[Shanghai]], [[China]] and Lennox ordered everyone to move out. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Nefarious2 Lennox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What? So I'm played by Ben Browder now.]]<br /> Lennox led a NEST mission to stop [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]], after the Decepticon stole an RV. He instructed Epps to tell their sharpshooters to hold fire in case there was anyone else inside. He returned to [[Beale Air Force Base]] and reported the mission's success to Optimus over a video link. Noting the recent reduction in NEST's funding, he blamed Galloway and reflected he should never have thrown Galloway out of that plane. While Lennox watched Sideswipe's display of bigotry, [[Janson]] informed him of spark traces converging on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Some time later at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], Lennox found himself being told off by Galloway, who was annoyed at the operation at Kingdom Petrochemicals and the new Autobots who didn't have paperwork, and who informed him that NEST was being stood down. Lennox, for his part, didn't tell Galloway that a mysterious group of humans had been involved in the Kingdom Petrochemicals battle. When three Decepticon contacts conveniently turned up, Lennox and Optimus grew more perplexed. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}<br /> <br /> Lennox was very annoyed when Optimus took [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] prisoner without consulting him, even more so when the plane transporting Soundwave was shot down. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} After Soundwave was freed by the Decepticons, Lennox lamented the position they were in, but then they received a distress call from Galloway. A NEST team led by Lennox rushed to his aid and then they proceeded to [[Hoover Dam]], where they found someone had broken in. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Lennox prepared his troops to assault the [[Initiative]] base, and Galloway agreed to keep the operation off the official channels. As they headed to [[Oregon]], Optimus informed Lennox that the enemy was tapping powers they didn't fully understand. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Following the battle against the Initiative, Lennox and his men rounded up the surviving members and did clean up. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}<br /> <br /> Lennox accompanied a group of Autobots on a mission to halt Decepticons from trafficking weapons to Earth's human populace. The Decepticons got wise to the ruse quickly and began to attack, prompting Lennox to evac Galloway, all while the Director boasted that the bad guys ''almost'' believed he was a real arms dealer! As they were driving away, their vehicle was caught by Divebomb, who ripped open the roof of their vehicle and held its passengers hostage at gun point. Then Ironhide blew a hole through Divebomb. The remaining Decepticon, Fearswoop, surrendered, prompting Lennox to congratulate Ironhide on a job well done. As they were clearing out, Epps told Lennox that they were both getting too old for this line of work. Lennox was in disagreement, his enthusiasm for field work still burning bright as ever. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} When Sam called in that he was being attacked by a group of Decepticons, after the [[Brains|Brain Unit]] that he had stumbled onto, Lennox was deployed to help with the situation. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Lennox's group arrived in Philadelphia just in time to rescue Sam from being killed by Starscream's hand. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} However, Lennox noticed something was off as the Autobots began to beat back the Decepticons. The Decepticons weren't fighting back, merely trying to make their getaway. The battle had turned out to be a diversion orchestrated by Shockwave in order to get to several Autobot refugees left behind at the NEST headquarters. Shockwave himself soon joined the battle, turning the tide in the Decepticons' favour. Though the Autobots managed to defeat Shockwave and send him fleeing, the victory was a slim one. Despite Lennox's protests, Epps retired from the force in the battle's aftermath. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===''The Veiled Threat''===<br /> Lennox and Epps traveled to [[NEST]]'s [[Diego Garcia]] base on the ''[[Pearl of India]]'' and were amused when they were attacked by [[Erasto Khalfani|Somali pirates]], as Ironhide and Ratchet were also with them on the ship. On arrival they met with scientists [[Kaminari Ishihara]] and [[Petr Andronov]]. Decepticon activity resulted in a NEST team co-led by Lennox and Optimus Prime to [[Zambia]], where Lennox began to develop a mutually antagonistic relationship with Ishihara. They encountered [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] at the Zambezi River. While Optimus, Ironhide and Ratchet fought them in the raging river, Lennox and Epps attempted to shoot the Decepticons with a modified stinger missile launcher, but were unable to get a shot off before they realized that it was a trap. Lennox attempted to attract the attention of the Autobots before they plunged off Victoria Falls. After [[Beachbreak]] saved Optimus from a plunge over the falls, even Lennox was moved to tears when the small Autobot was killed by Starscream. The NEST team pursued the Decepticons to a dam downstream, where Lennox, Epps and Andronov tracked down a technician to trigger the emergency release, resulting in Payload being washed away.<br /> <br /> Returning to Diego Garcia, they barely had time to rest before there were two contacts in [[Peru]] and [[Australia]]. Lennox and Ishihara accompanied Optimus, Ironhide and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] to the Australian outback, where they searched until they eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]]. Lennox managed to nail Kickback in the side of the head with a sabot shell, though it mostly made the Decepticon angry, and Lennox might have been killed if Optimus hadn't gotten to the Decepticon first. When Ishihara risked her life to help Ironhide destroy Tread, Lennox gave her a severe talking to. As they packed up, Lennox wished Epps was there so he wouldn't have to listen to Ironhide and Ishihara talking strategy all the way back to Diego Garcia.<br /> <br /> During the debrief, Lennox was lost by the talk of volcanoes and other power sources that the Decepticons might be after. The Autobots were lured to [[Rome]], where Starscream challenged Optimus to a one-on-one duel. It turned out to be a trap, of course, and Starscream left Optimus to Barricade's tender mercies. Luckily Epp, Lennox, Ishihara and Andronov were around to distract Barricade by attacking him, allowing Prime to gain the upper hand, and the four humans escaped the Colosseum via a subway. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}<br /> <br /> ===Titan movie comics===<br /> [[File:TitanLennox BUDDABUDDA.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|He shoots and asks questions at the same time: multitasking!]]<br /> <br /> Lennox's primary mission was to locate all the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}<br /> <br /> Lennox and Prime oversaw a mission in [[Los Angeles]] that [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] messed up. Galloway was pleased by this, as he was still angry about Lennox chucking him out of a plane and wanted revenge! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Lennox later oversaw a hostage crisis at the Alamo, a secret NEST armoury. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} Later still, he planned and carried out a sting operation against [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] alongside the [[United States Navy]], trying to stop the Decepticon from sinking ships. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} <br /> <br /> A different mission came along when the rainforests in [[Peru]] were devastated by an unknown, possibly alien force. Lennox and [[Redway|Doctor Redway]] of the ecological survey team did ''not'' get on, both seeing the other as getting in their way, but they put their differences aside when it became clear [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in the area and manipulating the locals. In the ensuing battle, Lennox and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] engaged the Decepticon and drove him off, before he ordered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to stop a fire that the battle had caused. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}<br /> <br /> He went back to South America a year later, going undercover with the [[Tanto Gang]] to confirm they were allied with Soundwave. With Autobots reinforcements (because Lennox found he couldn't do spit to Soundwave), he routed the Gang but NEST failed to stop Soundwave escaping. But at least he got to see the city of [[El Dorado]] before the Tanto Gang blew it up! Man, Lennox has ''no'' luck in South America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold And Blood}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Transformers Annual 2011===<br /> Lennox was at the NEST base when Decepticon activity was detected in [[Tokyo]]. He accompanied the Autobots there, and drove around in his jeep until Optimus had defeated Barricade and Grindor. At that point the Decepticons gloated that they were merely a diversion, and Optimus and Lennox realised that Sam was in danger! {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===<br /> {{voiceactor|[[John DiMaggio]] (English)|[[Marc Saez]] (French)}}<br /> <br /> ====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====<br /> =====Autobot campaign=====<br /> <br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}<br /> <br /> ===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (mobile game)===<br /> {{charstubgame}}<br /> {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (mobile game)}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (2010)===<br /> [[File:TF2010-toy LennoxHA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Jazz with Captain Lennox''' (Human Alliance, [[2010]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> :*''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-32'''<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}<br /> <br /> : Part of the first wave of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]] &quot;[[Human Alliance]]&quot; set, this 2-inch tall figure of Lennox is designed to work with the larger robot figures in the set (and any other Human Alliance robot). He can ride in/on their vehicle modes, or man the various &quot;battle stations&quot; on their robot modes, secured in seats by the small peg-hole in his upper back. Slightly simpler than the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' figures, he has multi-swivel shoulders, hips and knees, plus a swiveling neck.<br /> <br /> :This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Major Tungsten]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/HAWilliamLennox/williamlennox.htm More information on Captain Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Merchandise==<br /> ===''Robot Heroes''===<br /> [[File:RH-toy Lennox.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Zero Suit [[Buzz Lightyear]].]]<br /> &lt;ul class=&quot;iconlist&quot;&gt;{{Bp-a1d1|'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, [[2009]])}}&lt;/ul&gt;<br /> {{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}<br /> <br /> : ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Captain William Lennox is a pre-posed [[super deformed]] PVC figurine, sculpted with a super deformed gun, a scarily huge toothy grin, and a puke-green walkie-talkie.<br /> <br /> : He was only available in a multi-pack with [[Devastator (ROTF)#Robot Heroes|Devastator]] and [[Skids (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)#RHDevastation|Mudflap]] in their individual vehicle modes.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHCaptWilliamLennox/captwilliamlennox.htm More information on ''Robots Heroes'' Lennox at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> [[File:Movie Figueroa cutscene.jpg|300px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!]]<br /> [[File:TF-2007-Screen-Battles-Capture-of-Bumblebee-Seymour-Simmons-Sector-7-figures.jpg|upright=1.0|thumb|My rarely seen twin who works for Sector Seven.]]<br /> * A later scene where Lennox comforts the dying Figueroa was cut from the theatrical release of the film, but briefly seen in the December 2006 trailer. The scene survived in both [[Transformers (novel)|the novelization]] and the [[Transformers: The Junior Novel|children's novelization]] where (despite many changes made to tone down descriptions of violence against ''robots'') he still died. Go fig!<br /> * Early scripts give Lennox's rank as Sergeant.<br /> * Lennox is given the nickname &quot;Wild Bill&quot; in the novelization. Whether this was a deliberate reference to the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[Wild Bill|character]] remains unknown.<br /> * Josh Duhamel's left foot was injured by a piece of fake shrapnel during filming.&lt;ref&gt;Duhamel made fun of his minor injury during the Second Life Virtual Press Conference (the shrapnel was made of ''cork'' and it cut his ''pinky'') explaining that he wasn't allowed to do his own stunts.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * The '''Capture of Bumblebee''' set from the &quot;Screen Battles&quot; packs features what appear to be two [[Sector Seven]] soldiers, but one of them is obviously Lennox painted in Sector Seven colors. In fact, the Screen Battles &quot;Desert Attack&quot; set with [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] was originally supposed to come with four instead of three soldiers (with Lennox likely being the fourth), whereas the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set was originally supposed to include four figures listed as &quot;S7 Agent, S7 soldier, Ice soldiers&quot;. The &quot;ice soldiers&quot; were likely dropped for budget reasons, and Lennox moved to the &quot;Capture of Bumblebee&quot; set for the same reason.&lt;ref name=&quot;checklist&quot;&gt;[http://web.archive.org/web/20080920112933/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Collectors/Checklist Hasbro checklist]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *[[Jason Konopisos-Alvarez]] had been one of the stunt doubles for Lennox in ''Dark of the Moon'' during the opening set piece set in Chernobyl, sort of [[Shockwave (One)|hilarious in hindsight]] really.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''William Lennox''' (ウィリアム・レノックス ''Wiriamu Renokkusu'')<br /> *''Korean:'' '''William Lennox''' (윌리엄 레녹스 ''Willieom Renokseu'')<br /> *''Mandarin:'' '''William Lennox''' (Taiwan, 威廉·藍尼 ''Wēilián·Lánní'' China,威廉·伦诺克斯''Wēilián·Lúnnuòkèsī'')<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Lennox William}}<br /> [[Category:Dark of the Moon humans]]<br /> [[Category:Human Alliance]]<br /> [[Category:The Last Knight humans]]<br /> [[Category:Movie humans]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]<br /> [[Category:Sector Seven]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen humans]]<br /> [[Category:Robot Heroes]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers (2010) characters]]<br /> [[Category:United States military officers]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: /* IDW movie comics */</p> <hr /> <div>'''Dalian''' (大连 ''dàlián'') is a city in northeastern [[China]],serving as a stop on the patrol routes of Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] . <br /> [[File: a kerosene factory in Dalian .jpg|thumb|350px]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> At some point between 2009 and 2011, an large oil refinery in Dalian caught fire. Despite attempts by Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] to assist the local fire department in rescuing the factory workers, when Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain arrived, all Autobots and humans present were killed by the Decepticons. Subsequently,[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain collected the building materials they needed from the ruins of this factory. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|Dalian}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian cities]]<br /> [[Category:China]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world human settlements]]</div>

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WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Dalian&diff=1901879 2026-03-16T13:55:15Z

<p>WMA301: Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Dalian&#039;&#039;&#039; (大连 &#039;&#039;dàlián&#039;&#039;) is a city in northeastern China,serving as a stop on the patrol routes of Autobots Longarm and [[Salvage (Movie)|Sal...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>'''Dalian''' (大连 ''dàlián'') is a city in northeastern [[China]],serving as a stop on the patrol routes of Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] . <br /> [[File: a kerosene factory in Dalian .jpg|thumb|350px]]<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ====IDW movie comics====<br /> At some point between 2009 and 2011, a large kerosene factory in Dalian caught fire. Despite attempts by Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] to assist the local fire department in rescuing the factory workers, when Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain arrived, all Autobots and humans present were killed by the Decepticons. Subsequently,[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Astrotrain collected the building materials they needed from the ruins of this factory. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{w|Dalian}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Asian cities]]<br /> [[Category:China]]<br /> [[Category:Real-world human settlements]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave transformers and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before（Personal canon？！）. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Bilibili[ https://b23.tv/ZDu1Leo]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Baidu Tieba[https://tieba.baidu.com/home/main?id=tb.1.4be5ab0f.Z1dGNq-brTMjhN2o0L8GxA%3Ft%3D1698920271&amp;fr=frs]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=General_Yang&diff=1901655 2026-03-14T08:25:50Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|NEST}}<br /> :''General Yang is a [[human]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:General Yang.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]<br /> '''General Yang''' (杨将军 ''Yáng-jiāngjūn'') is a senior representative of the [[China|Chinese]] military in [[NEST]]. He serves at NEST's [[Beijing]] base, collaborating with the [[Autobot]]s to combat the [[Decepticon]]s.<br /> <br /> He appears on displays at [[Universal Studios]] [[Beijing]]'s [[Transformers Metrobase]] park to deliver briefings about the Metrobase and Decepticon activity to visitors.<br /> <br /> [[Category:China]]<br /> [[Category:Human leaders]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]<br /> [[Category:Live-action-only characters]]</div>

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<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|NEST}}<br /> :''General Yang is a [[human]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:General Yang.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]<br /> '''General Yang''' (杨将军 ''Yáng-jiāngjūn'') is a senior representative of the [[China|Chinese]] military in [[NEST]]. He serves at NEST's [[Beijing]] base, collaborating with the [[Autobot]]s to combat the [[Decepticon]]s.<br /> <br /> He appears on displays at [[Universal Studios]] [[Beijing]]'s [[Transformers Metrobase]] park to deliver briefings about the Metrobase and Decepticon activity to visitors.<br /> <br /> [[Category:China]]<br /> [[Category:Human leaders]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Su_Yueming&diff=1901652 2026-03-14T08:18:00Z

<p>WMA301: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|ksi}}<br /> :''Su Yueming is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:AOE Su Yueming.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gives Rei Hino a run for her money in terms of fashion.]]<br /> '''Su Yueming''' (苏月明 ''Sū Yuèmíng'') is the CEO of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]]'s [[China]] operations. Tough and uncompromising, she has a habit of lapsing into Mandarin when angry. She's also an accomplished fighter, as a result of undergoing police training prior to getting her MBA.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Age of Extinction===<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Li Bingbing]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Ryōko Gi]] (Japanese dub)|Li Bingbing (Mandarin dub), [[Angélica Villa]] (Latin American-Spanish dub), [[Young Hee Kim]] (Castilian Spanish dub), [[Geneviève Doang]] (European French dub), [[Eloisa Cervantes]] (Canadian French dub), [[Meylan Chao]] (German dub), [[Jun Ichikawa]] (Italian dub), [[Guilene Conte]] (Portuguese dub), [[Gabriela Medeiros]] (Portuguese dub, two lines), [[Agnieszka Fajlhauer]] (Polish)}}<br /> Su was at KSI's [[Chicago]] HQ complaining to [[Joshua Joyce]] about the need for more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|Transformium]] when [[Cade Yeager]] and [[Shane Dyson]] infiltrated the building with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Following the [[Autobot]] attack on the building, Su observed the operation as [[Megatron (Movie)|Galvatron]] and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] were deployed for the first time in the field, and reacted with horror as Galvatron destroyed several civilian vehicles. As Joyce subsequently decided to relocate operations to the China facility, she expressed her grave doubts at the results of the testing so far, but Joyce assured her there'd be time for more testing in China.<br /> <br /> Accompanying Joyce to China, Su was onhand to report that Galvatron had unexpectedly come online and was rallying the other prototypes. She drove Joyce and [[Darcy Tirrel]] from the factory as the prototypes ran loose and the factory was evacuated. She was shocked to learn that Joyce was carrying the [[Seed]] — for all intents and purposes a powerful bomb — in the car with them. Su drove them to [[Hong Kong]] where she knew a military garrison who'd help them. In Hong Kong, needing to split up, Su talked a motorcycle owner into parting with his cycle, and took Joyce on a ride through the city, pursued by [[Harold Attinger|Attinger]] and his [[Cemetery Wind]] forces. Diverting into a building, she stuck Joyce in an elevator and had to deal with him having a minor freakout. When Attinger's forces arrived, she fought them successfully with the help of a local. When Joyce declared his love for her, she promptly stuffed him back into the elevator, telling him to get to the roof.<br /> <br /> Much later, after [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] had been defeated, Su found Joyce with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s, and watched Optimus jet off into space. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *The character was originally given the name &quot;Liao Xiumei&quot;; however, Li Bingbing had it changed as it &quot;sounded weird&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/li-bingbing-admits-transformers-4-challenging-035400060.html|title=Li Bingbing admits &quot;Transformers 4&quot; was challenging|name=Li Bingbing|quote=I portray a CEO in the film and they gave the character's name, Liao Xiumei. It's not that the name is not good. It's just that it sounded weird. So I changed it to Su Yueming instead.|site=Yahoo! News|day=12|month=06|year=2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Su is presumably her surname in line with [[w:Chinese name|Chinese naming conventions]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Age of Extinction humans]]<br /> [[Category:Live-action-only characters]]<br /> [[Category:China]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Su_Yueming&diff=1901651 2026-03-14T08:15:56Z

<p>WMA301: /* References */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|ksi}}<br /> :''Su Yueming is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:AOE Su Yueming.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gives Rei Hino a run for her money in terms of fashion.]]<br /> '''Su Yueming''' (苏月明 ''Sū Yuèmíng'') is the CEO of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]]'s [[China]] operations. Tough and uncompromising, she has a habit of lapsing into Mandarin when angry. She's also an accomplished fighter, as a result of undergoing police training prior to getting her MBA.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Age of Extinction===<br /> :''Actor:'' [[Li Bingbing]]<br /> {{voiceactor|[[Ryōko Gi]] (Japanese dub)|Li Bingbing (Mandarin dub), [[Angélica Villa]] (Latin American-Spanish dub), [[Young Hee Kim]] (Castilian Spanish dub), [[Geneviève Doang]] (European French dub), [[Eloisa Cervantes]] (Canadian French dub), [[Meylan Chao]] (German dub), [[Jun Ichikawa]] (Italian dub), [[Guilene Conte]] (Portuguese dub), [[Gabriela Medeiros]] (Portuguese dub, two lines), [[Agnieszka Fajlhauer]] (Polish)}}<br /> Su was at KSI's [[Chicago]] HQ complaining to [[Joshua Joyce]] about the need for more [[Living metal#Live-action film series|Transformium]] when [[Cade Yeager]] and [[Shane Dyson]] infiltrated the building with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Following the [[Autobot]] attack on the building, Su observed the operation as [[Megatron (Movie)|Galvatron]] and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] were deployed for the first time in the field, and reacted with horror as Galvatron destroyed several civilian vehicles. As Joyce subsequently decided to relocate operations to the China facility, she expressed her grave doubts at the results of the testing so far, but Joyce assured her there'd be time for more testing in China.<br /> <br /> Accompanying Joyce to China, Su was onhand to report that Galvatron had unexpectedly come online and was rallying the other prototypes. She drove Joyce and [[Darcy Tirrel]] from the factory as the prototypes ran loose and the factory was evacuated. She was shocked to learn that Joyce was carrying the [[Seed]] — for all intents and purposes a powerful bomb — in the car with them. Su drove them to [[Hong Kong]] where she knew a military garrison who'd help them. In Hong Kong, needing to split up, Su talked a motorcycle owner into parting with his cycle, and took Joyce on a ride through the city, pursued by [[Harold Attinger|Attinger]] and his [[Cemetery Wind]] forces. Diverting into a building, she stuck Joyce in an elevator and had to deal with him having a minor freakout. When Attinger's forces arrived, she fought them successfully with the help of a local. When Joyce declared his love for her, she promptly stuffed him back into the elevator, telling him to get to the roof.<br /> <br /> Much later, after [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] had been defeated, Su found Joyce with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s, and watched Optimus jet off into space. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *The character was originally given the name &quot;Liao Xiumei&quot;; however, Li Bingbing had it changed as it &quot;sounded weird&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;{{citesocial|link=https://sg.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/li-bingbing-admits-transformers-4-challenging-035400060.html|title=Li Bingbing admits &quot;Transformers 4&quot; was challenging|name=Li Bingbing|quote=I portray a CEO in the film and they gave the character's name, Liao Xiumei. It's not that the name is not good. It's just that it sounded weird. So I changed it to Su Yueming instead.|site=Yahoo! News|day=12|month=06|year=2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *Su is presumably her surname in line with [[w:Chinese name|Chinese naming conventions]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Age of Extinction humans]]<br /> [[Category:Live-action-only characters]]<br /> [[Category:China]]<br /> [[Category:Movie humans]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Shanghai_Public_Security_Bureau&diff=1901649 2026-03-14T08:12:10Z

<p>WMA301: /* External links */</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Revenge of the Fallen Shanghai SWAT.jpg|thumb|350px]]<br /> <br /> The '''Shanghai Public Security Bureau''' (上海市公安局 ''Shànghǎi Shì Gōng'ān Jú'') is a [[human]] organization under the jurisdiction of the [[China|Chinese]] police department of the [[Shanghai]] government. In addition to maintaining the laws and public safety of Shanghai, they also assist [[Autobot]]s and [[NEST]] in resisting the invasion of the [[Decepticon]]s.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===<br /> In [[2009]], to help Autobots and NEST eliminate [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] hiding in Shanghai, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau dispatched multiple police officers and SWAT to evacuate residents near the chemical plant on the grounds of harmful gas leakage, ensuring that Autobots and NEST did not act secretly outside the attention of the media and civilians.<br /> <br /> [[File:Revenge of the Fallen police&amp;nest.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]<br /> After nightfall, a Z-11 police helicopter guided NEST's convoy and Black Hawk helicopter into the battlefield. Some police cars were destroyed when Demolishor broke out of NEST's encirclement and wreaked havoc on the city's elevated highway. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===Revenge of the Fallen - The Game===<br /> [[File:Revenge of the Fallen police car.jpg|right|thumb|As a &quot;Barricade&quot; blocking roads, he is very competent]]<br /> In order to prevent Decepticons from escaping, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau dispatched police cars to block all entrances and exits of the city.<br /> <br /> A patrol police car was attacked by Demolishor while patrolling a dock in Shanghai, but luckily it and its driver survived. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[https://gaj.sh.gov.cn/shga/index.html The Shanghai Police Department's official site]<br /> *{{w|Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau}} at Wikipedia<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:China]]<br /> [[Category:Human organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Law enforcement]]<br /> [[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=General_Yang&diff=1901648 2026-03-14T08:09:30Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|NEST}}<br /> :''General Yang is a [[human]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> [[File:General Yang.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]<br /> '''General Yang''' (杨将军 ''Yáng-jiāngjūn'') is a senior representative of the [[China|Chinese]] military in [[NEST]]. He serves at NEST's [[Beijing]] base, collaborating with the [[Autobot]]s to combat the [[Decepticon]]s.<br /> <br /> He appears on displays at [[Universal Studios]] [[Beijing]]'s [[Transformers Metrobase]] park to deliver briefings about the Metrobase and Decepticon activity to visitors.<br /> <br /> [[Category:China]]<br /> [[Category:Human leaders]]<br /> [[Category:NEST]]<br /> [[Category:Movie humans]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1901638 2026-03-14T02:30:51Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave transformers and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Bilibili[ https://b23.tv/ZDu1Leo]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Baidu Tieba[https://tieba.baidu.com/home/main?id=tb.1.4be5ab0f.Z1dGNq-brTMjhN2o0L8GxA%3Ft%3D1698920271&amp;fr=frs]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1900441 2026-03-10T13:47:38Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave Cybertron people and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Bilibili[ https://b23.tv/ZDu1Leo]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Baidu Tieba[https://tieba.baidu.com/home/main?id=tb.1.4be5ab0f.Z1dGNq-brTMjhN2o0L8GxA%3Ft%3D1698920271&amp;fr=frs]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1900439 2026-03-10T13:36:08Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave Cybertron people and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]<br /> <br /> You can find me on Bilibili[ https://b23.tv/ZDu1Leo]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1900438 2026-03-10T13:35:53Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave Cybertron people and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]<br /> You can find me on Bilibili[ https://b23.tv/ZDu1Leo]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1900437 2026-03-10T13:34:03Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave Cybertron people and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[ https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1900436 2026-03-10T13:33:31Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave Cybertron people and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.<br /> <br /> You can find me on Little Red Book[http://www. https://xhslink.com/m/8579wbUdAYl.com link title]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=User:WMA301&diff=1900435 2026-03-10T13:30:13Z

<p>WMA301: </p> <hr /> <div>Optimus和Megatron哪个更帅？我觉得还是Nemesis Prime更带派(≧∇≦)/<br /> <br /> A Transformers fan from China, when Transformers live-action moive was released in 2007, I knew, 'Wow, I really love these giant robots from Cybertron.' Since then, Transformers has become my favorite pop culture IP. I am inspired by the brave Cybertron people and humanity in the story, and also relieved or shed tears for those heartwarming or tragic stories. I am glad that I have been able to persist in this hobby for nearly 20 years. Whether or not I will continue to love Transformers in the future, at least there has been a spark burning in my passion.<br /> <br /> At present, I am accustomed to posting my own toys pictures or videos about Transformers on Baidu Tieba, Bilibili, and Little Red Book . Occasionally, I also create toy theaters with Transformers themes to fantasize about Transformers stories that have never happened before. It feels like a good hobby.<br /> <br /> In addition to Transformers, there are many popular culture IP that I like, such as movie &quot;The Wandering Earth &quot;, TV dramas &quot;Soldiers Sortie &quot; &quot;My Own Swordsman&quot;, games &quot;War Thunder&quot;, &quot;Resident Evil&quot;, anime &quot; Evangelion&quot;... I really like those with rich details and worldviews, and occasionally release videos or articles for them.</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Thundercracker_(One)&diff=1900433 2026-03-10T13:01:26Z

<p>WMA301: /* Studio Series */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Thundercracker}}<br /> :''Thundercracker is a [[Decepticon]] from [[Transformers One (franchise)|One]].''<br /> [[File:TFO THUDERCRACKER.jpg|thumb|right|220px]]<br /> <br /> '''Thundercracker''' is a member of the [[High Guard]], although he's not as committed to the cause as some of his fellows. Although quiet and reserved, he looks down on beings who can't fly, and harbors a particular dislike for [[Cogless]] Cybertronians. &lt;ref&gt; ''[[Transformers One Sourcebook]]''&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> Thundercracker was a member of the Cybertronian [[High Guard]]. Upon bearing witness to [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]]'s betrayal of the Primes, he and the rest of the High Guard resolved to hide away from the rest of Cybertronian society and delegate resources towards sabotaging Sentinel's rule.<br /> <br /> Thundercracker stood in attendance as [[Starscream (One)|Starscream]] interrogated [[Optimus Prime (One)|a]] [[Megatron (One)|quartet]] [[Bumblebee (One)|of]] [[Elita-1 (One)|trespassers]]. He bore witness to a duel between D-16 and his leader Starscream in which D-16 was victorious in. Shortly afterwards, a swarm of [[Tracker|Death Tracker]]s led by [[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]] descended upon them. Thundercracker fought bravely against them and managed to avoid being captured himself, but could not prevent the numerically superior enemy from carrying off many prisoners including Starscream, D-16, and B-127. <br /> <br /> Thundercracker took part in the assault on Sentinel's tower. He watched and cheered as Megatron tore Sentinel in half and participated in the destruction of Iacon, only to be interrupted by a returned Orion - now rechristened Optimus Prime. After Megatron's defeat at the hands of Optimus, Thundercracker and his fellow High Guard officers chose to follow Megatron and retreat after Optimus exiled Megatron and all his followers from Iacon.<br /> <br /> In their exile, the group was rechristened the [[Decepticon]]s, and the faction's [[insignia]] based on the face of [[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]] was branded onto Thundercracker's wings. Thundercracker blasted rays from his weaponry alongside with his fellow seekers as Megatron called upon them to 'rise up'.{{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Thundercracker was a reserved Seeker who wasn’t fully committed to the High Guard’s cause. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Studio Series''===<br /> [[File:StudioSeriesTFoneThundercrackerOne.jpg|thumb|upright]]<br /> :*''Movie'': '''''Transformers One'''''<br /> :*''Accessories'': blaster<br /> [[Studio Series]]'' Thundercracker (One) is based on his image in ''Transformers One'' movie, transforming into a Cybertron jet fighter. As a repaint for Studio Series Starscream（One）, in addition to having a brand new blue and black color scheme, it also has a brand new head sculpture and weapon.<br /> In the first week of March 2026, Hasbro China agents will publish photos on the shopping website Taobao.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Thundercracker’s weapons appear to be based on the [[Neutron assault rifle]] included with his [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thrilling 30]] toy.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:One Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Thundercracker_(One)&diff=1900432 2026-03-10T12:42:48Z

<p>WMA301: /* Studio Series */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Thundercracker}}<br /> :''Thundercracker is a [[Decepticon]] from [[Transformers One (franchise)|One]].''<br /> [[File:TFO THUDERCRACKER.jpg|thumb|right|220px]]<br /> <br /> '''Thundercracker''' is a member of the [[High Guard]], although he's not as committed to the cause as some of his fellows. Although quiet and reserved, he looks down on beings who can't fly, and harbors a particular dislike for [[Cogless]] Cybertronians. &lt;ref&gt; ''[[Transformers One Sourcebook]]''&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> Thundercracker was a member of the Cybertronian [[High Guard]]. Upon bearing witness to [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]]'s betrayal of the Primes, he and the rest of the High Guard resolved to hide away from the rest of Cybertronian society and delegate resources towards sabotaging Sentinel's rule.<br /> <br /> Thundercracker stood in attendance as [[Starscream (One)|Starscream]] interrogated [[Optimus Prime (One)|a]] [[Megatron (One)|quartet]] [[Bumblebee (One)|of]] [[Elita-1 (One)|trespassers]]. He bore witness to a duel between D-16 and his leader Starscream in which D-16 was victorious in. Shortly afterwards, a swarm of [[Tracker|Death Tracker]]s led by [[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]] descended upon them. Thundercracker fought bravely against them and managed to avoid being captured himself, but could not prevent the numerically superior enemy from carrying off many prisoners including Starscream, D-16, and B-127. <br /> <br /> Thundercracker took part in the assault on Sentinel's tower. He watched and cheered as Megatron tore Sentinel in half and participated in the destruction of Iacon, only to be interrupted by a returned Orion - now rechristened Optimus Prime. After Megatron's defeat at the hands of Optimus, Thundercracker and his fellow High Guard officers chose to follow Megatron and retreat after Optimus exiled Megatron and all his followers from Iacon.<br /> <br /> In their exile, the group was rechristened the [[Decepticon]]s, and the faction's [[insignia]] based on the face of [[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]] was branded onto Thundercracker's wings. Thundercracker blasted rays from his weaponry alongside with his fellow seekers as Megatron called upon them to 'rise up'.{{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Thundercracker was a reserved Seeker who wasn’t fully committed to the High Guard’s cause. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Studio Series''===<br /> [[File:StudioSeriesTFoneThundercrackerOne.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]<br /> :*''Movie'': '''''Transformers One'''''<br /> :*''Accessories'': blaster<br /> [[Studio Series]]'' Thundercracker (One) is based on his image in ''Transformers One'' movie, transforming into a Cybertron jet fighter. As a repaint for Studio Series Starscream（One）, in addition to having a brand new blue and black color scheme, it also has a brand new head sculpture and weapon.<br /> In the first week of March 2026, Hasbro China agents will publish photos on the shopping website Taobao.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Thundercracker’s weapons appear to be based on the [[Neutron assault rifle]] included with his [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thrilling 30]] toy.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:One Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Thundercracker_(One)&diff=1900431 2026-03-10T12:42:30Z

<p>WMA301: /* Studio Series */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Thundercracker}}<br /> :''Thundercracker is a [[Decepticon]] from [[Transformers One (franchise)|One]].''<br /> [[File:TFO THUDERCRACKER.jpg|thumb|right|220px]]<br /> <br /> '''Thundercracker''' is a member of the [[High Guard]], although he's not as committed to the cause as some of his fellows. Although quiet and reserved, he looks down on beings who can't fly, and harbors a particular dislike for [[Cogless]] Cybertronians. &lt;ref&gt; ''[[Transformers One Sourcebook]]''&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> Thundercracker was a member of the Cybertronian [[High Guard]]. Upon bearing witness to [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]]'s betrayal of the Primes, he and the rest of the High Guard resolved to hide away from the rest of Cybertronian society and delegate resources towards sabotaging Sentinel's rule.<br /> <br /> Thundercracker stood in attendance as [[Starscream (One)|Starscream]] interrogated [[Optimus Prime (One)|a]] [[Megatron (One)|quartet]] [[Bumblebee (One)|of]] [[Elita-1 (One)|trespassers]]. He bore witness to a duel between D-16 and his leader Starscream in which D-16 was victorious in. Shortly afterwards, a swarm of [[Tracker|Death Tracker]]s led by [[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]] descended upon them. Thundercracker fought bravely against them and managed to avoid being captured himself, but could not prevent the numerically superior enemy from carrying off many prisoners including Starscream, D-16, and B-127. <br /> <br /> Thundercracker took part in the assault on Sentinel's tower. He watched and cheered as Megatron tore Sentinel in half and participated in the destruction of Iacon, only to be interrupted by a returned Orion - now rechristened Optimus Prime. After Megatron's defeat at the hands of Optimus, Thundercracker and his fellow High Guard officers chose to follow Megatron and retreat after Optimus exiled Megatron and all his followers from Iacon.<br /> <br /> In their exile, the group was rechristened the [[Decepticon]]s, and the faction's [[insignia]] based on the face of [[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]] was branded onto Thundercracker's wings. Thundercracker blasted rays from his weaponry alongside with his fellow seekers as Megatron called upon them to 'rise up'.{{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Thundercracker was a reserved Seeker who wasn’t fully committed to the High Guard’s cause. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Studio Series''===<br /> [[File:StudioSeriesTFoneThundercrackerOne.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]<br /> :*''Movie'': '''''Transformers One'''''<br /> :*''Accessories'': blaster<br /> [[Studio Series]]'' Thundercracker (One) is based on his image in ''Transformers One'' movie, transforming into a Cybertron jet fighter. As a repaint for [[Studio Series Starscream（One）]]'', in addition to having a brand new blue and black color scheme, it also has a brand new head sculpture and weapon.<br /> In the first week of March 2026, Hasbro China agents will publish photos on the shopping website Taobao.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Thundercracker’s weapons appear to be based on the [[Neutron assault rifle]] included with his [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thrilling 30]] toy.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:One Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]</div>

WMA301 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Thundercracker_(One)&diff=1900430 2026-03-10T12:41:44Z

<p>WMA301: /* Studio Series */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig3|Thundercracker}}<br /> :''Thundercracker is a [[Decepticon]] from [[Transformers One (franchise)|One]].''<br /> [[File:TFO THUDERCRACKER.jpg|thumb|right|220px]]<br /> <br /> '''Thundercracker''' is a member of the [[High Guard]], although he's not as committed to the cause as some of his fellows. Although quiet and reserved, he looks down on beings who can't fly, and harbors a particular dislike for [[Cogless]] Cybertronians. &lt;ref&gt; ''[[Transformers One Sourcebook]]''&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''One'' film===<br /> Thundercracker was a member of the Cybertronian [[High Guard]]. Upon bearing witness to [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel Prime]]'s betrayal of the Primes, he and the rest of the High Guard resolved to hide away from the rest of Cybertronian society and delegate resources towards sabotaging Sentinel's rule.<br /> <br /> Thundercracker stood in attendance as [[Starscream (One)|Starscream]] interrogated [[Optimus Prime (One)|a]] [[Megatron (One)|quartet]] [[Bumblebee (One)|of]] [[Elita-1 (One)|trespassers]]. He bore witness to a duel between D-16 and his leader Starscream in which D-16 was victorious in. Shortly afterwards, a swarm of [[Tracker|Death Tracker]]s led by [[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]] descended upon them. Thundercracker fought bravely against them and managed to avoid being captured himself, but could not prevent the numerically superior enemy from carrying off many prisoners including Starscream, D-16, and B-127. <br /> <br /> Thundercracker took part in the assault on Sentinel's tower. He watched and cheered as Megatron tore Sentinel in half and participated in the destruction of Iacon, only to be interrupted by a returned Orion - now rechristened Optimus Prime. After Megatron's defeat at the hands of Optimus, Thundercracker and his fellow High Guard officers chose to follow Megatron and retreat after Optimus exiled Megatron and all his followers from Iacon.<br /> <br /> In their exile, the group was rechristened the [[Decepticon]]s, and the faction's [[insignia]] based on the face of [[The Fallen|Megatronus Prime]] was branded onto Thundercracker's wings. Thundercracker blasted rays from his weaponry alongside with his fellow seekers as Megatron called upon them to 'rise up'.{{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===<br /> Thundercracker was a reserved Seeker who wasn’t fully committed to the High Guard’s cause. {{storylink|Transformers One Sourcebook}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===''Studio Series''===<br /> [[File:StudioSeriesTFoneThundercrackerOne.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]<br /> :*''Movie'': '''''Transformers One'''''<br /> :*''Accessories'': blaster<br /> [[Studio Series]]'' Thundercracker (One) is based on his image in ''Transformers One'' movie, transforming into a Cybertron jet fighter. As a repaint for [[Studio Series]]''Starscream（One）, in addition to having a brand new blue and black color scheme, it also has a brand new head sculpture and weapon.<br /> In the first week of March 2026, Hasbro China agents will publish photos on the shopping website Taobao.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Thundercracker’s weapons appear to be based on the [[Neutron assault rifle]] included with his [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thrilling 30]] toy.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:One Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]</div>

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