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Grimlock's New Brain

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{{episode|
|series=G1toon
|image=Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock Technobots.JPG
|caption=Me Grimlock make geeks!
|ep=89
|prev2=Nightmare Planet
|next2=Call of the Primitives
|title="Grimlock's New Brain"
|season=3
|season ep=24
|Japanese=
|production code=700-110
|airdate=[[November 14]], 1986
|written by=[[Paul Davids]]
|series2=2010
|ep2=25
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[AKOM]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y32IZVXBU9s
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Grimlock gains tremendous intelligence and creates the Technobots.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Grimlock's New Brain Skuxxoid Slizardo.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Purple stuff? Bah! I wanted Sunny D!]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Autobot]]s are unveiling [[Power Platform Alpha|a new generator]] that will better supply them with power. As [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] signals [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to activate the machine, Grimlock admits he's forgotten which switch to pull, and manages to trigger several alarms before Rodimus points out the switch he's supposed to pull. Grimlock points out that he is "smartest Dinobot of all," which [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] notes is probably true, wishing the Dinobots had more sophisticated brains. Grimlock, mildly insulted, threatens to bash Perceptor's brain. Elsewhere, a [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] are sneaking into the generator to place [[anti-electron]]s inside the device, a mission [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] has paid them to carry out with the aim of eventually killing the Autobots.

[[File:Grimlock's New Brain Grimlock generator off.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock hate Windows Vista.]]
In space, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] are flying back to Cybertron, musing that they're late for the ceremony. Cosmos suddenty finds himself flying out of control, and when Sky Lynx swoops in to help, he loses control of his [[auto gyro]]s too. The other Autobots spot their predicament and rush to help as the two fliers crash into Power Platform Alpha. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] tries to air lift Sky Lynx to repair bay, but also begins to malfunction. Perceptor concludes that the problem is originating in the generator and Rodimus, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Grimlock, and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] head down to investigate, using an [[electro map]] provided by Perceptor as a guide. The electro map is soon broken by Grimlock, who storms off in a huff after Rodimus yells at him, so while Kup babysits Grimlock, Rodimus and Magnus continue to search for the core. While Rodimus starts malfunctioning thanks to the anti-electrons, Grimlock and Kup reach the generator's controls, and Kup begins to suffer memory malfunctions. Grimlock deactivates the generator with the ever-appropriate tactic of biting it, but immediately begins to act differently. He speaks in a proper manner, with an extended vocabulary, and appears to have lost his taste for combat. He rescues Rodimus and Magnus from a security system they've tripped by simply switching it off. They soon spot [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] who has been observing them, but the Decepticon escapes. The Autobots return to the surface and pass the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] fishing in a local pond. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] invites Grimlock to join, but Grimlock declines, saying he has more important matters to attend to. The Dinobots are concerned, as they always fish together. Meanwhile Ratbat and reports back to Galvatron. Galvatron threatens to kill the Skuxxoid and Slizardo for ruining his plan, as the anti-electrons have already vaporized and were hard to find, but Slizardo reveals that there is another source of anti-electrons...in [[Unicron]]'s brain.

[[File:Grimlock's New Brain Dinobots fishing.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Rodimus, isn't that a public pond?" "Quiet, Magnus, this is the only way we can get them to bathe."]]
Elsewhere, Grimlock concludes that anti-electrons were the source of the problem. As Galvatron's ship approaches Unicron's head, he cautions his soldiers, saying that Unicron may be quite powerful. On Cybertron, the Dinobots seek out Grimlock, who is building a new spaceship, and he asks for their help. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] does not like Grimlock's change in attitude, and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] declares that "Grimlock no fun". With their leader not acting like one of them, the Dinobots decide to go hunting without him. Later, Grimlock has taken Rodimus, Perceptor, and Kup to Unicron's head, having concluded that Unicron's body was the original source. However, Galvatron fires anti-electrons at the shuttle, causing it to crash and the Autobots to malfunction and even causing Rodimus to revert back to Hot Rod. Galvatron then unleashes the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on the Autobots while Grimlock runs off. Grimlock then uses components of Unicron to build [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] and asks him to drill a hole into Unicron's brain.

[[File:Grimlock's New Brain Computron Abominus.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Computron teaches Abominus to slow dance.]]
Elsewhere, [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] are retrieving the anti-electrons when they reactivate Unicron. The Planet Eater's internal defenses activate, but [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]], another robot built by Grimlock, destroys the defenses. Finally, Grimlock builds three more robots: [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], and [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], the last of whom he appoints as leader of the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. He sends the Technobots to fight the Terrorcons. Cyclonus and Scourge are handing Galvatron the anti-electrons they've found when the jar is destroyed by the Technobots before they engage the Terrorcons in battle, until the Terrorcons merge into [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Retreating, the Technobots ask Grimlock for advice, and Grimlock reveals that they are also [[Combiner]]s, commanding them to merge into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. The computational capacity held by the gestalt is massive, yet he claims that he lacks the intelligence to feed it. Grimlock connects a device to Computron's head which transfers his super-intelligence to Computron. Now armed with incredible intelligence, Computron is able to defeat Abominus, using intense vibrations to cause the Decepticon combiner to separate, and sends the [[Decepticon]]s running.

On Cybertron, Rodimus is holding a celebration for the newly functioning generator, the creation of the Technobots, and Grimlock's efforts. However, Sludge reveals that Grimlock is fishing with the Dinobots. Grimlock says that being a genius all the time is no fun, and he'd rather be a regular Dinobot. The Autobots cheer his statement, apparently preferring their one-bot engines of destruction to be simple-minded.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (2)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (5)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (6)
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] (7)
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] (8)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (9)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (10)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (11)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (12)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (15)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (16)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (17)
*[[Teletraan II]] (18)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (30)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (31)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (32)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (33)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (34)
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]] (36)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (37)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (38)
}}
|c2=
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (19)
*[[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] (20)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (21)
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (22)
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (23)
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (24)
*[[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] (25)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] (26)
*[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] (28)
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] (29)
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (35)
|c4=
*[[Skuxxoid]] (13)
*[[Slizardo]] (14)
*[[Unicron]] (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"Can't be that one, must be one of these. Eenie Menie miny moe. This switch real rad! Gonna pull." 
"Grimlock, no!!!!! It's this one over here!" 
"Uhhh, that Grimlock's next choice."
:—'''Grimlock''' showing '''Rodimus''' why he should not have been given such an important task.

"Why you think Grimlock stupid? Me no stupid. Grimlock is smartest Dinobot of all." 
"Unfortunately, that's probably true. I just wish the Dinobots had more sophisticated brains." 
"Brains?! Grimlock know how to bash brains. Maybe bash yours."
:—'''Grimlock''' threatening to beat up '''Perceptor'''.

'''Grimlock''': What go wrong? 
'''Perceptor''': Something incapacitated their aerial capabilities. 
'''Grimlock''': Huh? 
'''Rodimus Prime''': He means they couldn't fly, so they crashed. 
'''Grimlock''': Me knew that!
:—Simplifying things for a Dinobot isn't that simple.

"Hey, how did you shut down that baby?" 
"I, Grimlock...used my rear molars." 
"Uh that makes good sense, good going. You what?!" 
"Is your hearing impaired, Kup? Ohh, with some Autobots, you have to explain everything."
:—'''Kup''' and '''Grimlock''' the latter of whom has just received a great deal of intelligence

"Anti-electrons, of course! They attack our electrocircuits! Now why didn't I think of that?" 
"Perhaps because your mental abilities are so limited."
:—Oh snap! '''Perceptor''' just got dissed! By '''Grimlock'''!

[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain strafe robotmode.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
'''Strafe''': Yahoo! It feels great to be a Technobot! My name is Strafe! 
'''Afterburner''': Far out! Fantastic! I'm Afterburner! I'm raring to burn neutrons and see some heavy action! 
'''Lightspeed''': Mellow out, Afterburner. 
'''Afterburner''': Says who? 
'''Lightspeed''': They call me Lightspeed, faster than a speeding photon. 
'''Grimlock''': And you, Scattershot, shall be the leader of the Technobots.
:—The newly created '''Technobots''' and '''Grimlock''' engage in a brief [[introdump]].

"Me Grimlock say you smart now. Me no can help you anymore!"
:—'''Grimlock''' transfers his intelligence and is done with his Skyfire impression.

"Me Grimlock say no fun to be genius all the time. Much more fun to be good old Dinobot Grimlock."
:—'''Grimlock''' on his recent bout with intelligence.

==Notes==
===Production information===
* Premise/Outline revised: 28th July 1986 (Original title: Creation Of The Technobots)
* Hun-Grr, Sinnertwin robot mode, Rippersnapper, Blot, Scattershot, Nosecone, Lightspeed, Afterburner robot mode models approved: 21st August 1986
* Sinnertwin alternate mode, Strafe models approved: 3rd September 1986
* Abominus, Computron models approved: 4th September 1986
* First draft script: 16th September 1986
* Script finalised by [[Marv Wolfman]]

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Broadsidegrimlocksnewbrain.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Snarl and Blurr are stepping on Broadside's feet, while Kup is stepping on Snarl's feet.]]
[[File:ScattershotGrimNewBrain.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Somehow these shots hit the Terrorcons, who are standing on the same surface as him.]]
*Final appearance of Cosmos.
*Broadside appears here in his revised toy-based model, with a faceplate and smaller head. He's also consistently shown to be huge - twice the size of the Dinobots, who loom over the average Autobot. This can be considered rather odd, as [[AKOM]] was typically handed out of date pre-final model sheets for most of their episodes.
*The Skuxxoid previously appeared in "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" and "[[Starscream's Ghost]]", again working as a freelance agent in Galvatron's employ. He repeats his grumbly "wife and kids" schtick from the latter episode, though a lot more half-heartedly.
*Slizardo, meanwhile, hasn't been seen since Season 2's "The Gambler", when he was rocketing off with Devcon following a change of heart. Looks like it didn't take!
*Ratbat appears, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] isn't in the episode.
*The Terrorcons make their inauspicious debut here; they appear without explanation or introduction.
*Cybertron circa 2005 has some standing water - the pool the Dinobots are "fishing" in.
*Unicron's head is shown to no longer orbit Cybertron, after the events of "[[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine]]" saw it blasted off into space. It's also looking substantially worse for wear than it was the last time we saw it, presumably a consequence of the explosives that were set off in its immediate vicinity in that episode.
*The anti-electrons have a neat effect on Rodimus Prime the second time they cause his transformation systems to malfunction: he briefly reverts into Hot Rod! This is no error: in addition to transforming into his junior self's vehicle mode, his coloring changes to Hot Rod's traditional magenta, and actor [[Dick Gautier]] raises his voice in pitch to his normal Hot Rod voice. (It's one in a series of incidents that see Rodimus reverted to Hot Rod, presumably to push the toy.)
*Gadgets and powers:
**Scattershot displays his often-forgotten third mode, a stationary artillery piece.

===Real-world references===
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**[[TIE Fighter]] roar as Sky Lynx and Cosmos crash.
**And again as Ratbat flees from Rodimus & company.
**''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' roar as Strafe takes off.
**TIE Fighter again as Scattershot makes his first attack.
**And again as he dives in front of Abominus.
**[[X-wing Fighter|X-wing]] diving whine as the Decepticons retreat.

===Animation and technical errors===
*"Grimlock's New Brain" features ''spectacularly'' low production values almost across the board. The animation is choppy, the artwork is poor, the shot blocking frequently cuts off characters (Kup utters his whole first line of dialog while we look at the back of his head; Magnus keeps blocking and unblocking our view of Perceptor while he delivers his opening speech), characters are often off-model, the visual effects are goofy, much of the voice processing is incorrect, and the story doesn't entirely make sense.
*As is par for the course post-Movie, Cybertron looks different in the opening establishing shot than any previous appearance.
[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain Slizardo with anti-electrons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|WOO YEAHHHH! I'm gonna chug this whole keg, then I'm gonna do the animation for "Grimlock's New Brain"!]]
*Coloring errors:
**Just as in Season 2, AKOM seems to have gotten incorrect color models for several characters. Thus:
***Rodimus and Galvatron are both consistently colored using outdated color models; Rodimus's shoulder indentations are red instead of white, his pelvis-windshield details are white instead of light burgundy, and his gun is red instead of black, while Galvatron has pale purple "underpants."
***The inside of Ultra Magnus's mouth is consistently portrayed as red.
**A long shot during Magnus's speech shows Perceptor's chest in all-red.
**In a pan over the listening Autobots, Sludge's dino mode eye is drawn too large and colored all-blue; Broadside has red bits on his cheeks that should be gray.
**Grimlock's entire neck is grey for a moment as he tries to remember which switch to throw; it should be yellow-gold.
***The back of his neck is grey in several subsequent shots.
**When he drops the container of anti-electrons, Slizardo's eye is green.
**And then both his eyes - including the one under the patch - are featureless yellow blobs as he and the Skuxxoid report to Galvatron.
**When Rodimus is grabbed by Hun-Gurrr, his spoiler is all-yellow. (It should be orange in the middle.)
*Rodimus is missing his spoiler as he reacts to Grimlock's first wrong button-push.
*Though he's speaking, Grimlock's mouth doesn't move as he deactivates the first switch and pulls the second.
*Rodimus's collar extends much too far into his chest as he corrrects Grimlock.
*When the Autobots applaud the activation of the power generator, Springer is twice as tall as Kup and [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]].
*Voice processing:
**The Skuxxoid's voice is missing the raspy flange it had back in "Five Faces of Darkness".
**Cosmos's voice is missing its usual self-echo effect throughout the episode.
**Blaster's voice is missing its usual modulation.
*The smoke that first bursts from Cosmos' engines is layered behind him, rather than emerging from the thrusters.
*When Blaster is struck by the beam of light, his switch is drawn as one long switch instead of three small ones.
*As Perceptor, Grimlock, and Rodimus walk forward to see Blaster's predicament, they seem to appear out of thin air.
*As Springer flies off to help his about-to-crash comrades, he clips through Grimlock.
[[File:RodimusPrimeG1-trailermanagement.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|It follows him around everywhere: down stairs, into space, on other planets...]]
*Where's the trailer go?
**The cartoon never quite decided how Rodimus Prime was supposed to transform. More often than not, his robot form becomes his entire space Winnebago form, as when he transforms alongside Springer. Occasionally, though, his trailer portion is treated Optimus-style, sliding on or off the screen as needed - twice in this episode. It rolls off-screen as he returns to [[robot mode]] at the crash site, and it rolls in from off-screen when he involuntarily transforms in the tunnels.
[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain Cosmos and SkyLynx crashed.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Cosmos transforms into robot mode, but is back in spaceship mode as Blaster tries to report.
*Teletraan II's report starts with a shot of space for some reason.
*The next shot shows a huge display in front of the Autobots instead of a framed screen.
*"Me Grimlock wonder how this happen" - the inside of Grimlock's dino-mouth is missing, making his head appear one-dimensional when his mouth is open; meanwhile, Rodimus's collar is dark red instead of orange.
*After Teletraan II's report, a shot is layered incorrectly, so Perceptor looks huge next to Rodimus Prime.
*As they enter the tunnels, Kup and Magnus are the same height; Kup should be several heads shorter.
*Rodimus's spoiler is too far up on his back after Grimlock storms off.
*When Rodimus starts reacting to the generator, he and Magnus are bathed in a bright blueish light; the subsequent two shots show them in normal colors.
*"What did you do, bite the controls?" - Rodimus is as tall as Magnus; he should be a bit shorter.
*"But Dinobots always go fish together!" - Slag's mouth is drawn moving (just barely), but Snarl's voice is speaking.
*Ratbat flies into one of the slots in Galvatron's terminal, but subsequent shots are missing the slots.
*When the Terrorcons open fire on Unicron's cerebral chamber, Hun-Gurrr and Sinnertwin's lasers don't come from any actual point on their bodies.
*"But - what you do?" Slag's horns are gray instead of red, and his foreleg is missing.
*Sludge's neck repeatedly flashes between yellow and grey for a few frames when Grimlock gives him orders.
*The Decepticon ship has no thrusters as it approaches Unicron's head.
*The Terrorcons are HUGE as they attack the Autobots. Hun-Gurrr ''has'' been shown to be a bit larger than the standard Transformer, but not to the point of towering over Rodimus in his low-slung [[beast mode]]!
[[File:Grimlocksnewbrain hotrod vs hungrr.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Rodimus's "EAT ME!!" challenge might've gone better if he were Tommy Lee Jones, but alas, he is not.]]
*Hot Rod's missing his spoiler as Hun-Gurrr grabs him. Hot Rod also has a red Decepticon insignia in this scene.
[[File:Grimlocks-new-brain-nosecone-vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Nosecone is huge in his first few shots - he's taller than Grimlock after drilling into Unicron's brain, and his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is large enough for Grimlock to hang onto the back of.
**Said drilling of a "passage deep into Unicron's brain" consists of drilling through... one wall.
*Cyclonus is missing the orange shapes on his chest and waist in several shots.
*Thanks to Roger C. Carmel's inconsistency with his voices, Unicron sounds similar to John Colicos's Apocalypse from the 1992 ''[[X-Men]]'' TV series (although it also sounds drunk).
*Afterburner's Autobot logo moves up his chest (and has a black frame instead of white) as Lightspeed introduces himself. Lightspeed's own logo is missing in the same shot.
*Scattershot's chest is misproportioned as Grimlock names him leader.
*In a subsequent closeup shot, Scattershot's optic visor has a white outline that shouldn't be there.
*An overhead shot shows the Autobots firing their weapons, but no beams coming out.
*As he dives to attack, Scattershot is layered over some parts of Unicron when he should be behind them.
*Much like the Stunticons and Combaticons before them, the Technobots appear to lack proper transformation sequence guides. One after the next, they morph from robot to vehicle and back with no correlation between the two modes.
*During [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]'s combination sequence, [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] transforms into [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]], who then transform into Abominus's legs. Hun-Gurr himself then drops into the frame from above and merges with them.
**The same effect is used in reverse when Computron breaks Abominus apart. The Sinnertwin leg is also drawn with one of Cutthroat's wings attached to it.
*Hun-Gurrr's order to merge continues long after the combination sequence is complete.
*As Abominus reacts to Scattershot, the background behind him suddenly changes saturation.
*Even with Computron's combination sequence almost entirely off-screen, AKOM still screwed it up - two halves of Scattershot are seen separated and combining.
*As the Decepticons shoot Computron, Galvatron is shooting too, but we don't hear his cannon's sound effect.
*Computron shoots the Decepticons, but his laser is missing its beam.
*The Decepticons are far too big when they leave Unicron's head.
*As Rodimus delivers a closing speech to the Autobots, Cosmos's arms are drawn backwards, and Kup is portrayed as a generic in a vaguely Kup-esque color scheme. The same shot is also a good illustration of how the Technobots had no back-side character models - Scattershot's nosecone is drawn as a tiny flat cylinder on his left shoulder, for example.
*Afterburner is missing his mouth as he and the others turn to look for Grimlock.
*Earlier on, we saw Sludge devour a mechanical fish. In his final shot, Grimlock grabs what is clearly an organic fish (which must be like ten feet long). So... which is it?
*In the last shot of the episode, Blaster is missing his switches, Perceptor and Cosmos are missing their Autobot logos, and pretty much everyone is a malformed blob.

===Continuity errors===
*The creation of the Technobots seems to conflict with the premise established by "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|The Key to Vector Sigma]]"; in those episodes, it is established that the supercomputer [[Vector Sigma]] is required to give personalities to Transformers, but here, the Technobots get personalities independently of it. We might hand-wave it by saying the super-smart Grimlock simply has the skill needed to program full, authentic cybernetic personalities into the Technobots on his own. With the introduction of the concept of [[spark]]s in much later fiction and the reclassification of Vector Sigma as a conduit to the Allspark, the events of this episode are called into question again.
**Note that this discrepancy is shared with ''every single other episode'' in which new Transformers are shown being created.
**''Maaaaany'' years later, [[Ask Vector Prime]] would offer the explanation—for the alternate-continuity "[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]" version of the cartoon—that Grimlock had been able to use [[Dark Energon|Unicron's lifeblood]] to generate sparks for the Technobots, in the same way that [[Energon|Primus's lifeblood]] could.
*If Grimlock has proven himself so incompetent, why does Rodimus have Grimlock, of all 'bots, activate the generator at the beginning? Why not someone like Perceptor, who's even conveniently nearby when they decide to pull the switch?
*Likewise, why does Rodimus bring him along to find the power generator? There are plenty of other Autobots who can provide muscle.
*The anti-electrons affect Cosmos and Sky Lynx without any visual effect to convey that they were hit by them. But on the surface, the generator suddenly starts targeting random Autobots with pinkish anti-electron rays. Nobody seems to notice this peculiar behavior, even when it causes them to malfunction. Later, Rodimus and Kup suffer the effects again with no visual representation.
*Blaster's "This ain't ever happened before" claim is a bit hyperbolic - similar things happened to various Autobots during the events of "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]" and "[[Kremzeek!]]".
[[File:Grimlock's New Brain Electromap.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Perceptor's "electro-map" looks a lot like a compass!
*When the Autobots near the power generator, why are Kup and Rodimus affected, but Ultra Magnus and Grimlock aren't?
*Swoop is curiously absent from the Dinobots, particularly since Snarl makes a fuss over them all fishing together.
*Blurr can be seen numerous times fighting alongside the Autobots, despite him not being present on the shuttle ride over.
[[File:GrimlocksNewBrain Brainwave Transfer.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Even being super-intelligent, Grimlock somehow creates the Technobots in what seems like a few minutes. He also creates the intelligence transfer helmet in no time at all!
*Seems like a scene or two may have been swapped around: after Nosecone brings Grimlock into Unicron's brain, things cut away to Cyclonus and Scourge as they awaken Unicron, and when we return to Grimlock and Nosecone, Strafe and Lightspeed have suddenly appeared, and Strafe (referred to by name) is instrumental in disabling Unicron's defenses. We might simply assume Grimlock built these two new 'bots in the intermission, but then, after the action cuts to the fighting on the surface, we return to Grimlock, and he is finishing the construction of the Technobots, who then line up and give their introductory speeches and names, including Strafe, like we were supposed to be hearing of him for the first time. It appears that scene of Unicron awakening and his defenses being disabled should have come after this, rather than before.
*Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge are retreating by flying off Unicron's head. They are leaving their spaceship (and Terrorcons).

===Trivia===
*While the episode is centered around Grimlock, he never once transforms out of his dinosaur mode. Then again, seeing a ''T. rex'' talk with such an extensive vocabulary is kinda funny.
*The device Grimlock invents to transfer his intelligence into Computron was later rendered in plastic and included with the [[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]] PVC version of Grimlock. It would subsequently be recreated in plastic ''again'' for the ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' version of Grimlock, which dubbed the contraption the "[[Brainwave Transfer Device]]".
*Voice actor [[Gregg Berger]] has stated that while this was the most difficult episode for him to do (in that it required figuring out how an intelligent Grimlock should sound), it was also the episode he enjoyed working on the most, as it shows him using his [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] voice for Grimlock's intelligent voice.
*The concept of Grimlock becoming smart for a single episode would be revisited in the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Brainpower]]".
*"Anti-electrons" in this episode are clearly meant to be a technobabble-sounding fictional substance with an adverse effect on electronics, rather than the {{w|positron|positrons}} that exist in reality and are also known as "antielectrons".

===Foreign localization===
[[File:GrimlockManga.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Meet Prof. Grimlock. Cheaters and plagiarists will not be expelled, merely eaten.]]
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' ?
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast and European French DVD release):'' "'''La nouvelle intelligence de La Menace'''" ("Grimlock's New Intelligence")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*To date, and although there is probably one in existence, the European French dub of this episode is lost. The French DVD editions use the Canadian French dub instead.
::*In that same Canadian French dub, Sky Lynx is still called by his English name instead of "Chaînon".

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Grimlocks neues Gehirn'''" ("Grimlock's New Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 6]], [[1990]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (first dub):'' "'''Tiran l'inventore'''" ("Grimlock the Inventor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*Usually in this dub Springer speaks using an aulic and poetic speech, but in this episode he speaks in normal Italian instead. He's also not voiced by his usual actor here.
::*Grimlock doesn't change his speech when he becomes intelligent. In fact, Kup's lines are slightly changed making it look like he simply didn't understand what Grimlock said instead of being surprised by how he was talking.
::*Skuxxoid's line: «I did what you asked and now I want my money 'cause my kids need it, you see» finishes '''after''' he stops moving his mouth and '''after''' Slizardo begins speaking (you can actually hear both talking at the same time). Skuxxoid also says that his friends need the money, istead of his kids.
::*When Grimlock tells the Technobots that he can't be their leader, he says that the reason is that they will live more than him, and that he's old. This is clearly not true since Grimlock is actually extremely young for an Autobot, being more or less twenty years old.
:*''Title (second dub):'' "'''Il nuovo cervello di Grimlock'''" ("Grimlock's New Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''グリムロックの新しい頭脳'''" (''Grimlock no Atarashii Zunō'', "Grimlock's New Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 29]], [[1987]]
:*Artwork for the episode featured in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' showed Grimlock wearing a mortarboard and lecturing on something complicated.
:*A (very short) "[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]" segment unique to Japan was attached to this episode. The segment focuses on [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. It replaces the original "Secret Files" segment used in the US broadcast which focused on [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. The original segment was never used in the Japanese broadcast of the series.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cōngmíng de Gāngsuǒ '''" (聪明的钢锁, "Clever Grimlock")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' '''?'''
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*This episode's original translated title is currently lost due to a glitch in the only known surviving copy of the audio track.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' '''Nowy mózg Grimlocka''' ("Grimlock's New Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*Cybertron is called Salvatron.
::*When talking about checking the Unicron's brain, Skuxxoid says "Unicornów" (in plural).
::*Abominus is not referred by name - he is either called Giant or Terrorcon (or rather Terricon).
::*Ratbat is just called "the enemy" (by Rodimus).
::*"Terrorcons, merge to become Abominus!" was misunderstood and translated "10 ton! Będę niepokonany" ("Ten tons! I will be invincible!").

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''Transformers'' — Dark Awakening / Grimlock's New Brain ([[Tempo Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Dark Awakening / Grimlock's New Brain ([[Tempo Video|Abbey Home Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 9: Grimlock the Hero ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 2 & Season 4 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2005 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 21 ([[Déclic Images]]) — Canadian French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Roar of the Dinobots (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1E-6fFXNC9RuWTq1Ypp5CRlRHzXg-LwAg Episode dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Primus

2025-02-06T20:12:38Z

YnossZaperator: /* One film */

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[[File:PrimusG1.jpg|upright=2|thumb|''[[Hasbro|They]] call him Gee-Oh-Dee And he the [[Big Daddy (G1)|big daddy]] He look like [[Hot Rod (G1)|me]] But he more [[Facial hair|beardie]]'']]

'''Primus''' is the creator-god of the [[Transformer]]s. An ancient and ethereal being whose origins date back to the beginnings of the universe itself, Primus is a multiversal force for good, his life force existing across multiple realities and infinite alternate universes. In each one, he is the final defense against his fallen sibling, [[Unicron]] the Chaos-Bringer.

Primus eventually transformed himself into the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]; from its surface, his creations have risen to defend and patrol the galaxy. Within the depths of Cybertron, the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] serves as his internal mainframe, and a gateway for select Transformers to access his power. A portion of his lifeforce resides within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], which often determines the [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]]s. Prophecies of a war to come were written down in his [[Covenant of Primus|holy covenant]] as well. The [[spark]] of each Transformer is a small piece of Primus's essence, and together they form his lifeforce, the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]].

Though wise and powerful beyond measure, Primus is neither infallible nor without weakness. At times he has been deceived by mere mortals, has made miscalculations which jeopardized all of existence, and has been betrayed by one of his [[The Fallen|earliest creations]]. Indeed, even the intended agents of his grand plan, the Transformers, have all too frequently become mired in endless civil war. Still, in most realities, he has managed to hold the line against Unicron and other threats, either directly or through his innumerable children.

{{quote|[['Til all are one|Until all are one!]]|Primus to his children|"[[Trap]]"}}

==Conceptual history==
[[File:Primus original.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
The Primus/Unicron backstory first originated in the [[Marvel Comics]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'']] series under the pen of author [[Simon Furman]]. Before reaching its present form, the mythos went through several distinct versions over the course of the series' original run. The first take on the myth was recounted by Unicron himself in the [[1988]] UK story "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]". Per Unicron's telling of events, he was a primal force of evil at the dawn of the universe who led an army of [[Dark God]]s against his mortal foe, Primus, Lord of the [[Light God]]s. Primus had defeated Unicron at the dawn of time by trapping them both within asteroids on the physical plane. Primus then reshaped his own body into Cybertron, before creating the Transformer species and imbuing them with a portion of his divine essence through the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. In this original story, Primus serves less as a character and more a conceptual idea: As merely a counterpart to Unicron, he exists as a way to explain where Transformers came from and what the Matrix actually does, and gives Unicron a motivation that ties him to the Transformers.

The role of the Light and Dark Gods diminished with each subsequent retelling of the story: When the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] told the story in [[The Primal Scream|Marvel US #61]], he noted that Primus and Unicron were the last members of their respective pantheons, holdovers from a prior age of gods. Around here, too, Primus is now a god worshipped by the Transformers. The third iteration in [[The Void! (US)|Marvel US #74]] explained that Unicron had destroyed the "[[old realms]]" that had existed before the present-day universe, and that the "sentient core" of the universe created Primus to defend the universe from Unicron, with the Light and Dark Gods no longer referenced. Since all three of these versions of the Primus/Unicron backstory were first given after the concurrent ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon had ended in [[1987]], Primus missed out on appearing in said cartoon (which had already made its own creation backstory for the Transformers). But when the later-made ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon began airing its second season, Primus received a few namedrops as the Maximals' equivalent of saying "God help us" or the like. The third season's [[Nemesis Part 1|two-part]] [[Nemesis Part 2|series finale]] even introduced a sacred prophetic tome called the [[Covenant of Primus]]. However, nothing within the cartoon suggested that Primus was actually a real being, nor was his old origin ever mentioned; the cartoon's writers had merely taken the name from an [[alt.toys.transformers]] post with little idea that there was any backstory to it.<ref>Forward's introduction to the ''[[Transformers: Matrix Quest]]'' TPB.</ref>

In [[1999]], the Primus myth was fully revisited for the [[BotCon]] storyline ''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]'', which firmly plonked the myth into the ''Beast Wars'' show continuity. The ''Omega Point'' version, which resembled the Marvel US #74 version (but with a pantheon of gods existing in the old universe), was first recounted in the 1999 "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]" prose story. Here, before enacting his initial plan to trap both Unicron and himself within asteroids, Primus devised a dry run for his later plan of creating mechanical life, which brought about a group of twelve Transformers called the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]], the first of Primus's children. In [[2004]], the [[Disclosure|third issue]] of the ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers]]'' comics series saw the first attempt of merging the Primus creation story of the G1 comics with the [[Quintesson]] creation story of the Generation 1 cartoon, stating that the Quintessons had come to Cybertron (as opposed to building it like the cartoon claimed) and sought to control Primus's power in order to create the Transformers. The supercomputer [[Vector Sigma]], which had given life to the Transformers in the cartoon, was stated to the be the physical embodiment of Primus, and that the ancient [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] computer from the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon was itself a Quintesson creation, the means through which the aliens had subjugated Vector Sigma/Primus. Though, the contemporaneous ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Transformers: Universe]]'' fiction (set chronologically after ''The Wreckers'') instead depicted the Oracle as yet another aspect of Primus and an instrument of his will.

[[File:Starscream Vs Primus.jpg|200px|thumb]]
The first modern interpretation of the myth came from a set of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' trading cards released by Fleer, which introduced the idea that the two were originally brothers, created to explore the universe by an extradimensional entity called the "[[Transformer afterlife|All Spark]]". When he wrote ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide]]'', Simon Furman expanded upon this version of the tale by incorporating aspects of the original Marvel stories, and established the name of their creator as "[[The One]]". It was also established at this point that Primus had created the [[Thirteen|original Thirteen Transformers]] to defeat Unicron (with Furman utilizing a new version of the same concept he had used in creating the aforementioned backstory of the Covenant) and that Primus himself could transform from Cybertron into a [[robot mode]] like Unicron, but preferred not to, choosing to remain connected to the universe on a planetary level. This became the definitive version of the Primus/Unicron myth, which went on to influence fiction such as the aforementioned ''Universe'' comics and [[Fun Publications]]' ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' comics. Notably, Fun Publications established that Primus was a [[multiversal singularity]]; across all the myriad dimensions in the ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]], there was only ''one'' Primus who existed simultaneously across many timelines.

Around this time, [[TakaraTomy]] began to take a good hard look at the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] and, seemingly in accordance to the "Primus exists in all worlds" concept (and following his formal introduction to Japan via the ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' cartoons), it was decided to bring the character into this universe through a series of retcons that saw multiple separate characters and concepts merged into one entity. Like ''The Wreckers'' comics, Vector Sigma was made into a form of Primus, along with the Oracle and, uh, the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]], the ape-like assistant of [[Primacron]] (the creator of Unicron in the Generation 1 cartoon) who seemed to have some undisclosed connection to the Matrix of Leadership. In short, this version of Primus started as Primacron's unwitting assistant, escaped from his master in the form of the Matrix, became the energy-like Generation 1 Oracle, was converted into Vector Sigma and controlled (via the Matrix) by the Quintessons, and eventually evolved into the ''Beast Machines'' Oracle. A [[2019]] [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Blue Big Convoy)|comic]] then saw the Oracle recreated into a new version of Vector Sigma to tie in with its appearance in the later-set ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' cartoon.

After the end of ''Universe'', the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]], and the Unicron-heavy [[Dreamwave Productions]] comic books, Hasbro eased off on Primus and Unicron stories for a while: the major new universes created in western media between then and [[2010]]—those of the [[IDW Publishing]] comic books, the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] and the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' cartoon—all eschewed use of the Primus creation myth. When [[IDW Publishing]]'s [[2005 IDW continuity|first universe]] debuted in [[2005]], author Simon Furman, likely tapping into some of the fatigue regarding the Primus/Unicron myth, announced that this new universe would have no Primus or Unicron;<ref>{{citesocial|name=Simon Furman|year=2008|month=01|day=14|quote=just because someone refers to something called Primus, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s G1 Primus. There are still no plans to do feature Primus (as was). But is/was there someone or something called Primus in the IDW/TF-verse, quite possibly.|link=https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/all-this-and-devastation-4/#comment-3074|site=Simon Furman: The Blog|title=All This and Devastation #4}}</ref> in ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', the characters swear by Primacron instead. ''Animated'' and the films established the [[AllSpark]] as the supernatural mechanism by which new Transformers could be created, while ''Transformers Animated'' did not mention Primus at all due to series art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]'s dislike for the character.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=HEY! I call FOUL! There is NO Primus in Animated!|link=https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1759990650|name=Derrick J. Wyatt|site=Twitter|year=2009|month=05|day=11|(defunct=)}}</ref>

In the meantime, the [[Aligned continuity family]] featured the return of the Primus and Unicron creation myth in full force, which appeared in several episodes of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon and the tie-in book ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''. Now, Unicron and Primus were the opposite aspects of a preexisting singular being, who split off from each other to become their own entities. Primus merges with the [[core]] of Planet Cybertron and creates the Thirteen for the specific purpose of battling and defeating Unicron, with exposure to his [[Dark Energon|corruptive energies]] gradually influencing and eventually tearing the group apart. This version of the myth, with this interpretation of the Thirteen, went on to be referenced in such series as the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy#Cartoons|Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' cartoons and the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' cartoon.

When Furman left IDW Publishing, different writers were free to reinterpret the rules of the universe, and [[James Roberts]]'s "[[Chaos Theory Part 2]]" introduced Primus as a mythological deity, one of many gods of unclear quiddity worshipped by the Cybertronian race. This then tied into an entirely new version of the Primus creation myth in [[Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|the 2012 ''More Than Meets The Eye'' annual]]: Primus was the first god who split himself into a pantheon known as the "[[Guiding Hand]]", and he had taken the form of [[Vector Sigma]] after a vicious battle against Mortilus.

[[File:Generations Selects Primus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.1]]
In 2016, Fun Publications finally did away with multiversal singularities through the "[[Another Light]]" stories, which threw the entire thing out through the in-fiction concept of the [[Shroud]]. This meant that Primus no longer had to exist in all realities; future ''Transformers'' stories may include or exclude him as they see fit, or dramatically reinterpret his origins and personality. Indeed, this very phenomenon occurred in the final issues of IDW's first universe: the last few issues of ''[[The Transformers: Lost Light|Lost Light]]'' revealed that the Primus of that reality was never really a god, nor even a particularly powerful being: he was merely the first Cybertronian ever created, a humble 'bot who now went by the name of [[Rung (G1)|Rung]].

From [[2019]] to [[2021]], the Japanese-exclusive ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]'' series introduced an entirely new backstory for the Japanese Generation 1 cartoon version of Primus by establishing him as having once been the leader of the heroic [[Primus Vanguard]] in a previous universe (during which time he resembled his Rodimus Prime-redecoed [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] toy). This was further connected to his aforementioned Japanese Generation 1 history by establishing his time with the Vanguard as preceding his time as Primacron's assistant, with Primacron trapping Primus's essence inside the Matrix and then placing it within the [[Pretender]]-like body of a [[primitive]]. He was further revealed to have originally been an energy being simply named "Oracle" (represented by the design of a [[2012]] [[campaign item|promotional toy]] named "[[Vector Oracle]]"), as well as the very source of the wondrous [[Angolmois Energy]] that Primacron had used to create Unicron.

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==Generation 1 continuity family==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Primusoriginal.jpg|thumb||"No, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] is [[FIRRIB|''blue''!"]]]]
As the universe began in its existence and life was beginning to form, it was under threat by the greatest evil: last of the [[Dark God]]s, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} However, this fledging life had a protector created by the [[The One|sentient core of the universe]] {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} in the form of Primus, Lord of the [[Light God]]s, who needed to defeat Unicron before he could take his place in the [[Omniversal Matrix]]. However, this clash of the opposing gods caused galactic devastation, against Primus's wishes. Thus, he conceived of a trap; Primus moved from his weakened energy form to the astral plane for apparent further battle, and Unicron followed. Before Unicron could finish him off and extinguish his "lifeglow", Primus returned to the physical world and Unicron followed again... only to find them both materializing in "tiny, barren lumps of space junk". Primus closed off their path, separating the two gods from their energy forms for all eternity and trapping them in their stone prisons. However, both possessed the ability to reshape their prisons—while Unicron created his into a new body, the first [[Transformer]], Primus instead chose to form his physical form into the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and created a native race with converting capabilities mimicking those of Unicron's. Further, Primus infused his essence into a "[[Matrix of Leadership|Genetic Matrix]]" to create further generations of Transformers with "lifeglow". It was passed down from leader to leader within his children and was the one thing that could destroy Unicron. To prevent Unicron from attacking before his children were ready, Primus underwent slumber to close off the psychic link between the two deities. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} Before entering his eons-long slumber, Primus created the [[Last Autobot]], and posted the dormant guardian in a hidden location on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

[[File:PrimalScream-Octopunchshootsgodintheface.jpg|thumb|left|The shot heard around the multiverse.]]
Eventually, millions of years later, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] found themselves transported to the center of Cybertron, where they discovered the sleeping form of Primus {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}} and were told the tale of his and the Transformers' origins by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. Subsequently, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Pretender]]s attacked, and during the battle, a laser blast ricocheted off Grimlock and struck the essence of the sleeping Primus, causing a universe-shaking "Primal Scream" that alerted Unicron (who was located "outside the fringes of known space") to Primus's location. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} Primus himself immediately slipped back into his sleep, but it was too late. Unicron was coming. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] sent teams of Autobots to retrieve the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], the container of Primus' essence that could destroy Unicron, he communed with the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s [[:File:Arkaltar.jpg|Altar to Primus]]. Reaching out his mind to the Creation Matrix, the altar gave him a vision of a Matrix that had been tainted by evil. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier.}}

Unicron dispatched a group of [[Hook, Line, and Sinker|heralds]] to attack Cybertron and pave the way for his coming, including a [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] plucked from an [[Rhythms of Darkness!|alternate future]]. Galvatron, however, was not content to serve under Unicron, and instead captured Autobot leader [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], forcing him to fully awaken Primus, who possessed Xaaron's body and summoned Transformers from all across the universe back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Here, Primus spoke through Xaaron, telling the Transformers of his history with Unicron. Additionally, Primus chose Optimus Prime to lead both factions, united, against the Chaos Bringer. Primus knew this would draw out the [[Acolyte of Unicron|Acolytes of Unicron]] among them, and Autobot and Decepticon were able to put aside their differences to defeat them. When Optimus Prime learned of Primus' ruse, his suspicions regarding his Creator's motives began to grow. Optimus wondered if the Transformers meant anything to Primus beyond being a means to an end. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:OntheEdgeofExtinction-Primus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Now you're like me.]]
Though their battle against the Unicron cultists did temporarily unite both factions, this facade shattered once the Planet-Eater arrived. Sheer terror prevented them from carrying out his desire, and the Transformers fled despite Primus' pleas. Primus instead made a stand himself, attempting to dupe Unicron into believing he still retained his full power, but Unicron saw through the deception, and destroyed Xaaron's body. Optimus Prime came to a realization, following Primus' destruction and his retrieval of the lost and contaminated Creation Matrix, that Primus did not mean only for the Transformers to fight his battles for him, but to carry on after he was gone. Flying into space with the Matrix, Prime unleashed the full measure of Primus's power, destroying Unicron. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Though the Transformers were technically victorious, this victory came with a price. With Primus dead, and with the grievous wounds inflicted on Cybertron itself, the planet threatened to come apart. The Transformers made plans to flee it. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Ultimately, this was averted by the [[Last Autobot]], who put into motion the planet's recovery, allowing the Autobots, who had finally won the civil war, to return to their home. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Letters page====
When asked why [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] looked like Primus and if it was because he was changed by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] agreed with this speculation and stated that Primus "recreated [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] in his own image, calling himself Rodimus Prime". {{storylink|Salvage!|Grim Grams #160}}

====Rhythms of Darkness!====
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|an alternate future]], Unicron had destroyed Cybertron by the year 2009. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
However, Primus was not killed but rather his essence was dispersed among his children, now mostly represented by the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], which experienced a moral reformation. Autobot, Decepticon, and Cybertronian would later go on to unite as one and vanquish Unicron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
The Primal Scream was heard multiversally, and awoke Unicron from his own slumber as well. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

====''Classics''====
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The Last Autobot created a race of tiny beings, [[Mini-Con]]s, to rebuild and restore Cybertron so that it would be ready for the Autobots' return. Part of the Mini-Cons' job was to excise certain evolutionary throwbacks, remnants of Primus's earlier experiments, such as the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]]s, and this alarmed one Mini-Con. He suspected that one day that Primus would consider the Mini-Cons surplus to requirements as well, and he instigated an insurgency against their Creator and his followers. {{storylink|The New World}}

After being transported to the prehistoric Earth of [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another universe]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Mammoth]] led his force to secure the legendary [[Origin Matrix]]. While his teammates occupied a rogue security system in the Matrix's underground hiding place, Ultra Mammoth entered the Matrix's chamber. Upon doing so, the system scanned Mammoth's mind and projected a hologram of Primus, who was held in esteem by Ultra Mammoth. The Primus simulacrum declared that the Origin Matrix would decide if he was worthy or not. Apparently the Matrix did, as Ultra Mammoth claimed it and used it to neutralize the security drones. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:NaturalSelectionPart4-demons.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In ages long past, Primus created the [[Demon]]s as a test run of his creation powers. The Demons created a primitive society based around the worship of Primus only for their free will to cause them to turn on each other and destroy their civilization. Displeased, Primus enacted a cataclysm that rendered the Demons virtually extinct. In their place, Primus created the Transformers. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

Primus was destroyed in the battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] when his avatar, [[Xaaron]], was blown to pieces by the Chaos-Bringer. His death left a vacuum in [[Zero Space]], which was filled by the malevolent [[Dark Matrix]] creature. The Dark Matrix posed as Primus on several occasions following that, in order to manipulate Primus's children to its benefit. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

The rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] had a low opinion of Primus, scoffing at the idea of the creator's grand plan, instead choosing to bring about order on his own terms. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} Once the [[Hub (G2)|Hub]] had been destroyed, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] realized that "Primus's" orders contravened order allowing him to deduce that the Dark Matrix creature was posing as the deity. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

Within the realm of Zero Space, Optimus Prime revealed to Rodimus that Primus still lived but that the destruction of his avatar had banished him from their reality. As Primus prepared to create a new universe based on the optimum aspects of all the others, the Dark Matrix entity sought to corrupt the new universe only for Rodimus to sever his reality from the larger [[multiverse]], killing the entity and saving Primus's plan. Cut off from Primus however, the Cybertronians of that universe turned mortal and eventually passed of old age. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
When asked why [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] looked like Primus, [[Vector Prime]] answered with "Nepotism?" {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#August 30.2C 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
In addition to its occasional invocation in prayer or in righteous anger by the Beast Warriors, {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Primus's name was also lent to a set of prophetical datatrax, known as the [[Covenant of Primus]]. From this document, the [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] of this era took his name, and the scriptures foretold the events which completed the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====3H comics====
[[File:Terminus-Primus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Great, now he's going to become the Smoke Monster.]]

Before Primus became Cybertron, he plotted to create robotic life that would ultimately defeat Unicron, but first he needed to do a test run. He created twelve beings, the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]], on a small moon named [[Protos]]. These twelve would watch the Transformers from afar and only intervene when necessary. {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}}

Their intervention would become necessary when [[Shokaract]] used Unicron's essence, the [[Matrix of Conquest|Decepticon Matrix of Conquest]], to conquer the future, threatening the end of all things at an important historical crossroads dubbed Point Omega. Though the Covenant's ranks were halved in the battle against Shokaract on prehistoric Earth during the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], they were ultimately able to discover a way to defeat Shokaract and his Unicron-fueled power. The remaining Covenant members returned to their original Primus-spawned energy forms and entered Shokaract's Matrix of Conquest. Reconstituting as an astral form of Primus, they severed Unicron's link with Shokaract, leaving him vulnerable to attack. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

Dispatched to an ice world in the far reaches of the galaxy by the orders of the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], [[Primal Prime]]'s [[Wreckers]] encountered the exiled [[Quintesson]] known as [[Al-badur]], who revealed to them the full extent of his race's connection to Cybertron and Primus. Al-badur explained that, millions of years ago, the Quintessons sought to exploit the power of Primus for profit, and to that end, invaded Cybertron and set up numerous barriers to separate Primus from the Transformers. Their first attempt, the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], met with failure; next, the Quintessons targeted Vector Sigma itself, surrounding it with a shell program that acted as a barrier between the Transformers and the power and guidance of Primus. {{storylink|Disclosure}} Realizing that the Oracle itself was the Quintessons' shell program, Primal Prime began to fear that all that had come about as a result of its guidance—including [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s mission to restore a techno-organic balance to Cybertron—was all part of a Quintesson plot, but [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] assured him that Primus worked in mysterious ways.

The Wreckers soon returned to Cybertron, discovering that in their absence, Optimus Primal had achieved his goal of recreating the planet as a technorganic world. In the wake of this overwhelming transformation, the Quintessons had invaded the planet, but they were not the only threat to Cybertron's safety: The Wreckers were also faced with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], who had used the legendary [[Divine Light]] to tap into the power of Primus and transform himself into a living god. During the course of the battle that ensued, Primal Prime and [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] were struck by a blast of Primus's power by Cryotek, which wound up merging them into [[Sentinel Maximus]]. At Al-badur's direction, Sentinel Maximus steered the battle to an interdimensional portal chamber far below the planet's surface, where [[Matrix Templar]]s [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] began draining Primus's power out of Cryotek. To stop them, Cryotek shattered the Divine Light and absorbed Primus's energies directly into himself, where they could not drain it, but as he grappled with Sentinel Maximus, the fused Autobot forced them both through the portal, into a [[Unspace|shapeless interdimensional void]]. Although unable to drain Primus's power any further, Cryotek was sustained in the void by the power he had absorbed, and he was ready to carry on the battle until Primus himself—now unshackled thanks to the destruction of the Oracle in the final stages of Optimus Primal's quest—took an active hand, spiriting Sentinel Maximus away to partake in [[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act|another battle]] elsewhere in the multiverse.

While all of this was happening on Cybertron, elsewhere in the universe, on [[New Quintessa]], Primus briefly possessed the body of [[Icebird]] so that he could address the Quintesson leader [[Heirodyus|Judge Heirodyus]]. Primus shocked the Quintesson by revealing that he had allowed all that had transpired to occur, and he "thanked" Heirodyus for his race's role in the scheme, promising to call upon them again if he ever needed an "evolutionary crisis" to drive his children forward. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[File:TFUPrimus.jpg|thumb|Alpha, Rita's escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!]]
In the wake of the repulsion of the Quintesson invasion, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] began gathering Transformers from across the multiverse, forcing them to fight and harvesting the [[spark]]s of the losers to restore his power. With each spark devoured, Primus was weakened, and so, communing with Alpha Trion, he chose to summon Optimus Primal back from the Allspark, restoring the Maximal commander to life. {{storylink|Abduction}} Primal was charged with re-securing the battling captives from the Pit of Unicron and leading a team of multiversal warriors to put a stop to this soul-stealing scheme before it could cause the Allspark to collapse. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

Primus allowed Optimus Primal to choose any Transformer who ever existed—living or dead—for his army. This required considerable amounts of Primus's power, so Primal was told to choose sparingly. Primal chose his departed former troops [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}} Ultimately, however, Unicron's defeat came not as a result of their efforts, but as a consequence of another battle, happening in another corner of the Transformers multiverse. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===''Universe'' CD-ROM comic===
[[File:UniverseCDROM-Primus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.75|In the future, Primals will travel on beams of light!]]

In [[Primax 603.0 Gamma|a universe]] where [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] led the [[Autobot]]s and [[Reptilion]] led the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Acheron|a ship]] arrived once a year, when the Transformers' civil war reached a fever pitch. The ship abducted every Decepticon it could find and promptly left.

These Decepticons were brought to Unicron, who was preparing them for an eventual, ultimate battle for the universe. But unknown to even Unicron, Primus, the sentient core of Cybertron, was amassing an army of Autobots that rivaled Unicron's army of Decepticons. Could Primus meet Unicron's challenge, or was the universe doomed? {{storylink|Transformers: Universe CD-ROM|Universe CD-ROM}}

===''The Ultimate Guide''===
[[File:UltimateGuidePrimus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Is it safe to assume his planet mode has {{w|Primus (band)|Seas of Cheese?}}]]

[[The One]], a harmonious fusion of chaos and order, was witness to the beginning of the universe. Seeking to learn more of this new world, The One created [[Unicron]], and then divided him into Unicron and Primus. Both creations "spread their entirety across new planets, throughout many realities, seeding the future". However, Primus came to realize his brother had become a force of Chaos and destruction. Primus took on the mantle of Order, protecting the universe by attacking Unicron with the powers granted to him by The One. Like his nemesis, Primus had a planet mode and a robot mode, although he preferred to remain in planet mode and leave the transformation to his own creations, the [[Transformer]]s. He also possessed a separate astral form that resembled [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and his essence was contained within the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

In one war with Unicron, Primus created [[Thirteen|13 Transformers]] to optimize his defensive and tactical options in planet mode. However, [[The Fallen|one betrayed]] his master and attempted to sabotage Primus on behalf of Unicron, but ended up joining his new master in a black hole. {{Storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[The Fallen]] performed a ceremony called the [[Unbinding]] at the [[Well of All Sparks]] which had the ultimate effect of summoning Primus, who promptly pointed at The Fallen and caused him to explode in a torrent of energy. {{storylink|Conflagration}}
{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
When The Fallen's foul essence took root within [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s spark, the Autobot became plagued by numerous visions. Among the events he bore witness to was Primus deconstructing The Fallen with a wave of his hand. {{storylink|The Enemy Within}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====The old universe====
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Existing in the universes prior to the [[G1 World]], the Oracle (オラクル ''Orakuru'') was an energy being made out of what would later be termed "righteous [[Angolmois Energy]]". Appointing him as the leader of the [[Primus Vanguard]], [[the One]] granted him [[Golden Power|a golden body]], and the Oracle became "Primus" (プライマス ''Puraimasu''). {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}} As leader, Primus received the [[Silver Matrix]] that could absorb the [[Star Power]] from the seven other Matrices possessed by the leaders of the individual orders within the Vanguard. Acting as his personal pet was [[Primacron]], who acquired intelligence by his proximity to Primus and plotted against his master.

In the course of Primus's leadership, the Vanguard fought against the [[Specter]]s, but, due to their enemy's nature as "inversions" of the lights they utilized, they came up short in permanently defeating them. They decided to shine their Matrices at their maximum power to extinguish all shadows, but this had the secondary effect of unifying the seven universes into [[Precursor World|one]]. This universe would come under attack itself, this time by the [[Vok]], who sought to restart reality to their liking. Using the [[Black Legendisc]] to peer into the future, Primus found the next universe to be filled with death and cruelty and realized the origin of the Vok as the Specters he thought fully defeated. While dismayed at the thought of defeating them again only for them to ascend even further, Primus was confronted by Primacron, who revealed that he had extracted Angolmois Energy from the Silver Matrix and had plans to become the master of the next universe. Realizing that Primacron had created the next universe, Primus had a breakdown and concocted a plan to beat everybody to the punch and restart the universe himself for a glorious future. His ravings repelled away the commanders and marshals of the Primus Vanguard, who kept their Matrices with them. Lost, Primus came upon a realization—he could use warriors forged in the fires of the future universe as pawns for his plan to correct the future. {{Storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} Using the [[Golden Age (GS)|Golden Age]], a group of golden-hued warriors and his own direct hand, Primus gathered the worn-out Silver Matrix from the next universe, {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}} along with [[Halfshell]]'s [[Seacon (BW)|Seacons]] and [[Turtler]]'s [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]]. {{Storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

To defeat the Vok and gather the seven Star Powers, Primus collected [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (as he could interface with the Vok's energies) from [[2011]] in the next universe. {{storylink|Star Convoy comic}} Primus gave Optimus Prime the future Silver Matrix. {{Storylink|Super Megatron comic 1}} {{Storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} After revealing their deaths that would take place soon in their native spacetime, Primus sent Optimus and Galvatron to deal with the Vok attack on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and disappeared from their presence. {{storylink|Star Convoy comic}}

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Primus made his reappearance after Galvatron upgraded himself into Ultra Megatron, and his battle with Star Convoy forced him and the [[Blue Order]] to intervene. He filled in Star Convoy as to what the true nature of the universe they were in was—that its end would birth the next universe—{{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}} and warned the other orders of the Primus Vanguard to protect their respective Matrices after Ultra Megatron stole the [[α Matrix|Blue Matrix]]. After the Blue Order was destroyed by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxuses]]' betrayal (the two sought to destroy the Primus Vanguard and end Primus's ambitions), Primus gathered the fallen blue warriors' [[spark]]s into his [[Golden Noah]], stating that they would be reborn in the next universe.

On the Blue Planet, Primus watched on as events unfolded with the [[Seacon (BW)|Seacons]] stealing the Matrices before the Megatron Omega/Straxus alliance could. The golden one explained that the Seacons were altered by [[Angolmois Energy]] brought here within Galvatron, prompting [[Primacron]] to show up and accuse the Oracle for using ''his'' creation and causing it to proliferate throughout the past universe. The smaller alien demanded to know what he was planning, {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}} to which Primus answered that he was out to stop Primacron's plans of using Star Power to control the birth of the next universe and become a god. To add to his convoluted machinations, Primus summoned the [[Primitive]] {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}} [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] from the [[2050]] of the next universe. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

In response to the Dinobots, Primacron transformed the Blue Planet into a gigantic imitation of Primus, Neo Primus. Aboard the titanic robot, Primus arrived to the confrontation between Megatron Omega and God Neptune, eventually revealing them all to be pawns in his grand scheme. After asking Star Convoy to join him and getting the expected rejection, Primus revealed his Silver Matrix, the one native to this time, and used it to absorb the necessary Star Power from God Neptune, Purple Convoy, and the older Silver Matrix. With all seven lights under his control, Primus called for the universe to be recreated... {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} However, Primacron was quick to act and used Neo Primus to trap Primus in a vision of his fated beginning in the next universe. The former pet forced Primus to shed his golden shell, revealing the diminutive Oracle underneath. Initially dejected by his future existence of being constantly used by others, the Oracle was encouraged to persist by his former subordinate Convoys and Primes. Megatron Omega had other plans, absorbing Primus's servant [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Golden Power]] to become "Gold Megatron". With the Silver Matrix, Gold Megatron sought to become the new Primus and even created [[New Primus Vanguard|a doppelganger Primus Vanguard]] to fulfill this goal. Seeing the dire straits they were in, the Oracle ordered the Golden Age to transform Star Convoy into Gold Primus Convoy so that he could fight against his equally golden nemesis. Thanks in part to Vector Sigma in the very far future commanding [[Lio Convoy]] to send the [[spark]] of the good Megatron of [[2050]] back to the Precursor World, Gold Megatron was eventually defeated and reverted to Galvatron. The Oracle brought them back to their native time, assisting Optimus Prime in defeating the resurrected Unicron with his positive Angolmois Energy. Thanking Optimus for making him realize the importance of preserving history, the Oracle promised to always protect life from evil Angolmois Energy. The Oracle sent all of the future visitors to their proper times and erased [[2011]]'s Optimus Prime and Galvatron's memories of their experiences in the Precursor World.

However, the Oracle was captured by Straxus and kept in a stasis tank at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}} where he was spotted when [[Magna Convoy]] invaded the base for the [[Matrix Sword]], seemingly unaware of the trapped being's significance. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic}}

====Another life====
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The Oracle survived into the [[G1 World|next universe]] as the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] along with Primacron, who had instigated this world. Keeping his promise to use the Oracle as his servant, the Matrix was installed {{Storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}} into an animal-type robot. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus}} Using the Oracle's powers of creating life (or, rather, the Matrix's lifeforce collected from those who existed in the previous universe), Primacron imbued various robotic races with life. {{Storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} The Oracle and his master built the mighty robot, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], {{Storylink|Call of the Primitives}} out of copious amounts of Angolmois Energy {{Storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}} and who recognized that the Matrix could match his power. Not liking that scenario, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus}} Unicron rebelled against Primacron, destroying his base and seemingly killing the Oracle in the process. {{Storylink|Call of the Primitives}} [[File:OracleMatrix.jpg|thumb|That Matrix sure gets around!]] The Oracle, however, was able to survive within the Matrix, fleeing to a planet in the center of the galaxy where he emptied his essence and fused with the sphere that would later be known as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus}} Seeing the threat of [[Tornedron]] in the future, the Oracle summoned the [[Primitive]]s from [[2010]] and tasked them with using their simpler instincts to defeat Primacron's second great creation before sending them back to their proper time. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} The Oracle then transformed his planet into a verdant world. {{storylink|Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline|Kiss Players timeline}}
 

====Vector Sigma====
{{voiceactor|[[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese)}}
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However, the planet was later colonized by the [[Quintesson]]s using a [[Key to Vector Sigma|mechaforming ray]], and the Oracle was sealed into the supercomputer known as Vector Sigma. Using both the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] and the Matrix, the Quintessons, led by [[It]], were able to control the Oracle's life-imbuing energies. Through the Quintessons' machinations, the Oracle was able to experiment on the union of mechanical and organic life, which he considered necessary for universal peace. After his first creations, the [[Trans-Organic]]s, were deemed a failure, he created an advanced computer that would carry out the mission in his place. This computer would end up controlling the [[transtector]] factory in [[G Nebula 89]]. Eventually, the Quintessons would use Vector Sigma to create what could be considered Primus's true children: the [[Transformer]]s. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus}} {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

In the following millions of years, Primus became known in Transformer mythology for his prophecies (such as through the [[Covenant of Primus]]) and was worshipped. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

At some point, the Oracle foresaw that the evil [[Sparkbot]]s would attempt to recreate Unicron following the planet-eater's destruction in the year [[2005]]. Again calling himself "Primus", he attempted to stop the villains and their unwitting pawns, the human [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]], appearing as a giant golden hand to snatch away the fragments of Unicron's lifeforce each time the Kiss Players recovered them. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 45|Kiss Players #45}} {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 46|Kiss Players #46}} Unfortunately, this merely led the Kiss Players to pursue him through the timestream and resulted in them crashing into the "[[Wall of Time]]" and becoming scattered throughout the multiverse. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 47|Kiss Players #47}} Knowing that the Kiss Players were innocent in this whole affair, having been duped by the Sparkbots, the benevolent Primus rescued them from the different regions of time and space they had wound up in, {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 47|Kiss Players #47}} and properly introduced himself, explaining the Sparkbots' treachery. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 4}} [[File:TGGPrimus2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55]] He then took them back in time to prehistoric Earth, arriving just in time to witness the Sparkbots' successful restoration of Unicron to life. Primus transformed once more and unleashed the power of his mobile cannon platform, destroying Unicron's energy and sealing it and the Sparkbots deep within the planet. To ensure that Unicron would never be freed again, Primus created a mighty guardian, [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], who would watch over it and the Earth. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}} To allow others to activate Brave Maximus, the Oracle created the [[O-Part|OOPArts]] as part of a complex system to wake the giant. {{storylink|Peril from the Past|The Final Key? Farewell, Ai}} With the battle over, Shaoshao asked about the Kiss Players' future, but Primus did not reply. After sending the Kiss Players back to their home time, Primus transformed into the golden sphere of Vector Sigma and returned to his world to sleep. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 51|Kiss Players #51}} {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 5}}

In 1985, seeking to combat the [[Autobot]]s' rule of the roads, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] created the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] and brought them to Cybertron with the intent of having Vector Sigma program them with true cybernetic personalities. Requiring Vector Sigma's [[Key to Vector Sigma|activation key]] to bring the computer online, he stole it from [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and successfully completed his plan. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} In retaliation, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] constructed his own new team, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], but Megatron had already returned to Earth with the key still in his clutches, leaving the Autobots unable to reactivate Vector Sigma. As a first-generation product of Vector Sigma, Alpha Trion shared the mega-computer's computation matrix, and sacrificed himself by merging his lifeforce with it. This action reactivated the computer long enough for Optimus Prime to instruct it to program the Aerialbots with life. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

In [[2010]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] downloaded Vector Sigma's knowledge, [[Grimlock's New Brain|in the process becoming a genius]]. It was with this knowledge that Grimlock was able to make the intelligent [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] without Vector Sigma's direct intervention. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

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In [[2011]], one year after Optimus Prime drained the energies of the Matrix to cure the [[Hate Plague]], the loss of the Matrix's energy caused Vector Sigma to destabilize, threatening Cybertron with destruction. The Decepticons—their forces bolstered with the recent addition of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] warriors from the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]—sought to take advantage of the chaos that ensued, seeking to gain control of the unstable computer, thereby bringing Cybertron under their dominion again. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

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Determined to save the planet at any cost, Optimus Prime fought his way through the tunnels leading to Vector Sigma's chamber, led by the [[ghost]] of Alpha Trion, while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and a group of Autobot Headmasters began searching for the Matrix, which had been left on Earth to recharge itself using the planet's natural energy. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Although they were successful in their mission, and the Matrix was even recharged by Alpha Trion, they were not fast enough to re-stabilize Vector Sigma with it, forcing Optimus Prime to sacrifice his life (again) by merging with the computer and restoring it to normal. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Not long thereafter, Vector Sigma began a series of experiments to create a new super-alloy. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] and his cassettes were able to penetrate Vector Sigma's chamber and learn of the experiments, which in turn prompted [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to launch an all-out attack on Cybertron to secure the new alloy, [[Cybertonuron]], for himself. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} However, Galvatron's ally, Headmaster leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], was not enthused at the idea of Galvatron acquiring such a powerful weapon, and determined to keep the metal out both his hands and those of the Autobots through means most drastic—the total destruction of Cybertron itself. Powerful bombs were planted in Vector Sigma's chamber, and although the Autobots learned of the plot, they were unable to stop it, and Cybertron was reduced to a burnt-out husk. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

====Recreation and rebirth====
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In the aftermath, the broken form of Vector Sigma was discovered by the Autobot [[Disaster Relief Team]] in the planet's wreckage. Still functioning, the supercomputer granted them new bodies and abilities to help rebuild the planet. Ten years later, Cybertron's restoration was completed. Vector Sigma had found a new chamber and aided [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in resurrecting Optimus Prime. They were interrupted by the arrival of the vengeful [[Roller (G1)|Roller]], which led to a battle between [[Sky Reign]] and [[Grand Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} Vector Sigma succeeded in reviving Optimus Prime during the battle, but because of Prime's repeated deaths, the computer's best efforts were only able to grant him one week's worth of life. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} As Unicron attacked Cybertron, Vector Sigma restored the Disaster Relief Team's combiner joints so that they could join the other combiners in fighting him off. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

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At some point in the 2030s, {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}} Vector Sigma was stolen by [[The Fallen]], who wished to absorb its power to create new life into himself. The orb rejected The Fallen's efforts, transforming into a robot mode as the Oracle. The Oracle lent its brilliant light to [[Overdrive]] and his [[Quantum Dial]], allowing the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] to summon new defenders from outside space and time to protect Vector Sigma. Overdrive vanished, but six new warriors appeared in the skies to battle The Fallen. {{storylink|Train Wars}}

These warriors were not enough to stop the new combined form of The Fallen, however. Apparently too drained for further resistance, the Vector Sigma orb was claimed by The Fallen, who began to assimilate its properties. [[Shouki]] used his partner [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] as an electrical bow to shoot Vector Sigma free of The Fallen, and [[Goshooter]] then kicked the spherical node right in The Fallen's stupid face. [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] merged with the power of Vector Sigma to empower Shouki into a "train bazooka" mode that Goshooter used to deliver the ultimate attack against The Fallen, defeating him. {{storylink|Train Wars 2}}

In the year 2050, the Oracle directed Grimlock to forge [[Magma Blade (GS)|Magma Blade]]s from the Angolmois Energy of the Earth, knowing they would be necessary to defeat Neo Primus when the Dinobots were transported back in time to the Precursor World. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====Reformatting====
{{voiceactor|[[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese)}}
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Three hundred years after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between the Autobots and Decepticons, Vector Sigma had again changed form, this time taking up the "Oracle" moniker again. It was rediscovered by [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his small band of [[Maximal]]s while they were on the run from [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who had conquered the entire planet. To protect Primal's Maximals from the effects of the [[transformation virus]] Megatron had used to conquer Cybertron, the Oracle reformatted them into new [[technorganic]] forms. {{storylink|The Reformatting|Resurrection of the Legend}}

Through the Oracle, Optimus Primal communed with the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]], the extradimensional source of all Transformer life to which the computer was connected, and believed that it was the will of the Allspark that Cybertron be restored to its organic beginnings. {{storylink|Survivor|The Innards of the Machine}} In truth, Primal was incorrect—the Oracle actually desired a ''balance'' between the organic and the technological—but it would take the disastrous unleashing of the power buried within the computer to make him realize this. When Megatron's treacherous general, [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], discovered that Vector Sigma and the Oracle were one and the same, he used the sparkless [[Diagnostic Drone]] to circumvent the Oracle's "receptive spark" requirement, tapping into the Oracle's "Vector Sigma core" and acquiring from it the code for the mega-computer's legendary key. {{storylink|The Key|The Silence of Iron}} When Optimus next attempted to contact the Oracle, he found himself unable to do so, due to Tankor's tampering. {{storylink|The Catalyst|The Water of Life}}

[[File:Vector sigma core.jpg|225px|thumb|VectorSigmon digivolve to...]]

Tankor proceeded to arm his [[Tank Drone]]s with the power of the Key to Vector Sigma, intending to use it to scour Cybertron of all traces of organic matter, but soon discovered that Megatron had taken control of the drones away from him. In order to trick Megatron into unleashing the key, Tankor had the Diagnostic Drone tap the Oracle once more and send Optimus Prime a false vision, guiding him to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. Tankor gambled that Primal would never unleash the Chamber's descructive energy, but that the ''threat'' of it in his control would goad Megatron into activating the key. Tankor gambled wrong; after Megatron triggered the key, Optimus retaliated by unleashing the power of the chamber, and two energies violently cancelled each other out. {{storylink|End of the Line|The Moment of Truth}} Primal was killed by the energy backlash and travelled to the Allspark, but chose not to join it, now understanding what the Oracle truly desired. Primal returned to reality via the Oracle, and the computer vanished. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|The Cost of Victory}} Though, it was anomalously visible again a few times. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold|The Spiral of Hatred}} {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|Captured Souls}} {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|Eternal Friendship}}

It would be some time before Primal realized it, but the Oracle had, in fact, transplanted itself into Primal's body. Megatron was first to realize this and targeted Primal, tricking him with a hologram of Optimus Prime and downloading a portion of the Oracle for himself. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Illusion's Guidance}} Using the power of the Oracle, Megatron attempted to merge all the sparks he had stolen from Cybertron's population with his own, but Primal's Maximals halted his scheme. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|Eternal Friendship}}

Optimus sought to consult with the Oracle one last time before his final showdown against Megatron's forces. The Oracle informed Primal that he already held the wisdom and strength of conviction to triumph and see Cybertron through to its destiny. It then relayed the strength of the sparks contained within the Matrix to give the Maximals new powers, to aid them in the upcoming confrontation. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|Hope's End}} As it would soon turn out, the Oracle had actually orchestrated this entire scenario, so that Optimus Primal and Megatron would both control a portion of its power: with its power split thusly, neither one would be able to obtain their goal without the other. It was Optimus Primal who ultimately claimed victory, driving Megatron into Cybertron's organic core and sacrificing both of them as he activated the Oracle and triggered [[Great Transformation|a planet-wide reformatting]] of Cybertron into a technorganic paradise. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|The Course of the Future}}

The change to his planet also caused Vector Sigma to be reborn in a new physical form. In honor of [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], the supercomputer created the "Convoy Type" Transformers to act as guardians for itself. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Blue Big Convoy)|Bonus Edition EX Blue Big Convoy}}

====The far future====
{{voiceactor|[[Chie Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Neo-VectorSigma.jpg|thumb|left|Vector Sigma's Blue Period.]]
Throughout the tens of thousands of years following the Great Transformation, {{storylink|Emissary of the Fourth Planet}} Vector Sigma was recognized as the god of the Transformers and the ultimate authority over the planet of Cybertron. Day-to-day governance was delegated to the [[Great Convoy]]s {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} while Vector Sigma lay within a mighty structure called the [[Tower of Light]]. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} At some point, Vector Sigma expressed its command to [[Lio Convoy]] that the Megatron Omega of [[2050]] be purified and sent to the Precursor World to stop his past self, Gold Megatron. {{Storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}} One day, Vector Sigma got wind of [[Blentron|a group]] searching for [[Angolmois Energy|Unicron's energy]]; it expected his resurrection and converted Cybertron back to being entirely mechanical to prepare for the upcoming war. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Blue Big Convoy)|Bonus Edition EX Blue Big Convoy}} Part of its further efforts was reining in the loner [[Big Convoy]] and forcing him to take on the task of training a team of Maximal recruits. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} To keep watch on the [[Big Convoy Unit]], Vector Sigma sent [[Heinrad (BW)|Heinrad]] undercover as a cadet. {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}}

Through Big Convoy's Energon Matrix, Vector Sigma would often speak and dispense wisdom to them related to their latest adventure, {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} including relying on your own strength before giving in to fate and the gods, {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}} reassuring [[Break]] that he was right in valuing his teammates over an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois Capsule]], {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}} telling them that trust is key to a team, {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}} one should care for teammates over the mission, {{Storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} learning about cooperation is still a success even if the mission wasn't, {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} battle requires improvisation, {{Storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} exceeding one's limit can result in miracles, {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} gathering information is important before setting out, {{storylink|Planet of Time}} thanking your crew for a job well done is important, {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} one shouldn't judge a situation based on appearances, {{Storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} people can use their own painful experiences to help better others, {{Storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} teammates are at their strongest when they recognize each other's abilities, {{Storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} one's skills are only truly brought out when comrades trust each other, {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} sometimes it's better to just let stupid ones be, {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} give [[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] a break after a long day, {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} Big Convoy's recruits built themselves up after many adventures and battles, {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} and that Big Convoy was apparently rash in battling the [[Blentron]]s. {{Storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} The influence of Vector Sigma was unknown to the Maximals, with the exception of Heinrad. {{storylink|Ship's Log}}

After the Blentrons resurrected Unicron in an energy body, Vector Sigma again spoke through Big Convoy to express its uncertainty about what Unicron was planning and how, during the Great War, Unicron's energy was removed from his body, which was sealed within the [[Triple Z Point]]. Assuming that Unicron sought to reunite with his body, Vector Sigma ordered the Maximals to travel there before that could happen. However, when the Maximals found the body to be in ruins, Big Convoy realized Unicron's true goal: To possess Cybertron through Vector Sigma and supplant it as the god of the Transformers! {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} In defense, Vector Sigma sent Cybertron's [[Grand Fleet]] to meet the menace in orbit. Finally confirming its influence through Big Convoy, Vector Sigma offered Unicron the choice of being reborn as a Transformer if he gave up his Angolmois Energy and his ambitions. To little surprise, Unicron rejected the offer, and the Grand Fleet was sicced on him. However, it was of little use against the destructive power of Unicron, and the villain broke into Vector Sigma's chamber and took control of his eternal nemesis. As "Vector Sigma Unicron", Unicron took direct control of Cybertron, turning it against the Maximals. {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} Thanks to the intervention of [[Magmatron]], though, Unicron was expelled from Vector Sigma and his threat ended by the Maximals. {{Storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} Vector Sigma's repair program healed the computer, and it kicked off the graduation ceremony for Big Convoy's cadets. As thanks for their victory, Vector Sigma offered to promote [[Lio Convoy]] and Big Convoy to Great Convoys; the former readily accepted, but the latter preferred to remain a lone wanderer, travelling space. {{Storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

Vector Sigma created [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|God Magnus]] {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy}} and granted Fire Convoy his [[Energon Matrix]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Enter! God Magnus}} After being defeated by [[Omega Prime|God Fire Convoy]] in [[2000]], it was decided that [[Megatron (RID)|Gigatron]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Destronger]]s, and the [[Commando (RID)|Combatron]]s were to be taken by [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] to stand trial before Vector Sigma for their crimes. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|Final Battle! Fire Convoy}} However, [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] managed to escape from prison and steal an Energon Matrix from Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge)|Bonus Edition EX Scourge}}

Vector Sigma created [[Neo Brave Maximus]] to act as the [[Dimensional Patrol]]'s headquarters, allowing the original Brave Maximus to be returned to Earth in the early 21st century. {{storylink|LGEX Scourge Prologue}} [[Prowl 2]] was also born when Vector Sigma infused the rebuilt Beta BT unit of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] with life. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/10}}

Hundreds of thousands of years later, as the [[G1 World]] neared its death, Vector Sigma ordered the [[Weaponizer]] [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolt]] to revive the dead [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] using [[Earth]]'s remnant Angolmois Energy. {{Storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime#Masterpiece|Dark Amber Leo Prime bio}}

===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Robotheroes primus and matrix.jpg|thumb|Screw continuity, I don't see YOU with a Matrix!]]

Primus, considered to be the very first Transformer, created the Matrix of Leadership and personally gave it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Rung (G1)}}

[[File:MTMTEannual2012 primus.jpg|thumb|left|The Great Creation Myth.]]

Most Cybertronian religions held that Primus—"The Celestial Architect" and "The Mechanica Divine" {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}}—was a mighty warrior-god who emerged from the planet Cybertron in the planet's earliest days; {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} a reaction to the creation of his "[[Unicron/Generation 1|opposite]]". Some sects believed that Primus had dueled and vanquished this villainous being in the days before the creation of the universe, and subsequently became Cybertron. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Others claimed that he had created Cybertron in the year 5 billion BCE. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}}

The most important myth that surrounded Primus was that of the "[[Guiding Hand]]", the benevolent pantheon of gods that Primus had supposedly brought forth from his own essence. Old-school religions referred to his primordial state as the "clenched fist", {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}} and from this form Primus split his body into five new entities—Primus the life-giver, [[Mortilus]] the death-bringer, [[Epistemus]], the embodiment of knowledge, [[Solomus]], the embodiment of wisdom, and [[Adaptus]], master of change. Supposedly, Primus believed that every Cybertronian had an obligation to do their part in society, and blessed each one with a [[Alternate mode|second form]] to suit their surroundings. Ultimately, the alliance was undone by the "[[God War]]", turning the members of the Guiding Hand against one another in a cataclysmic conflict against the villainous Mortilus. Legend states that each member of the Guiding Hand was tricked and trapped, changing them into mundane items, and Primus himself became [[Vector Sigma]], bringer of life to a new generation of Cybertronians. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}}

The truth behind these fantastic tales, however, was far more mundane. Rather than a supernatural warrior, Primus was but a simple robot, distinguished only by his unique serial number that marked him as the first of his kind. Primus's abilities were what allowed him to reproduce—his body was capable of manufacturing the [[photonic crystal]]s that allowed more Transformers to come into being, creating the Guiding Hand and eventually igniting the [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s that brought the first generation of Cybertronians to life. Ultimately, this utopian era would come to an end when the ambitious ''Adaptus'' triggered the events leading up to the God War. Events culminated in Adaptus unleashing a devastating electromagnetic pulse across the planet, giving rise to the neurological condition known as "[[information creep]]". Primus attempted to absorb as much of the blast as he could, but the sheer power of the pulse permanently garbled his memories, leaving him with no clue of his name or the role he had played in history. Forevermore, the 'bot who had been Primus would become "compulsively forgettable", and although emerging religious sects would subsequently distort what had truly happened into fanciful tales of warring deities, they were never aware that the Transformer they worshipped still walked among them, having adopted a humbler new name: [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
While investigating the killing of a delegation from the [[Twin Star]] Continuum, [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] had a vision of the word "[[Shokaract|Hunter]]" on a wall and pointed it out. [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] did not believe him and scoffed that if Apelinq squinted hard, then he could see the face of Primus.

Apelinq also thought, "Primus help us." when the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s were called in for a mandatory meditation session with [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]]. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:TheWarNeverEnds PrimusEatsSun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|If Unicron is [[Orson Welles]], Primus must be {{w|Marlon Brando}}.]]
Primus was one of many living, transforming planets spawned from the first of such worlds, [[Daiakuron]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} When Cybertron fell to war, the battles left Primus starved of energy. As the war wound down, Megatron managed to acquire the Matrix of Leadership and bonded it to his spark. The talisman led him to Primus's face where the tyrant erected a temple that subjected the weakened deity to Megatron's will, causing Primus to begin reformatting Cybertron into Megatron's likeness. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

When [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] member [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]] ate some [[technorganic]] plant on Cybertron, sprouted from the [[human]]s' efforts to terraform the planet, he was taken on a psychedelic trip, in which he beheld visions of Primus. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} His visions pushed him to draw out a map to the chamber of Primus, hidden deep within Cybertron. Following it, Bazooka, [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], [[Cover Girl]], [[Tripwire (G.I. Joe)|Tripwire]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] discovered Primus' face and Megatron's plan. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Traveling into Primus's head, the Autobots and Joes met the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]], who revealed to them the planet's origins. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} As Megatron used his control of the Matrix to steer Cybertron towards the [[sun]], Primus awakened and transformed into robot mode in order to feed upon the star. The Autobots and Joes within him fled to the surface, narrowly avoiding being crushed by his changing form. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} During the ensuing battle to end Megatron's control over the god and save the sun, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] emerged from Primus's eye socket and recovered the Matrix for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but even so Primus continued to feed, with even Prime being unable to quell his hunger. When all seemed lost, [[Earth]] transformed into its own robot mode, Primus's sibling [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]], and knocked him out with a mighty interplanetary punch. In the aftermath, Prime left [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] to guide the impaired but functional Primus out of the solar system and back to his original orbit. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' continuity===
====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material====
[[Sovereign]], the most powerful of the [[Titan Master]]s, had the ability to grant the power of Primus to whomever he linked. {{storylink|Sovereign#Generations|''Titans Return'' Sovereign toy bio}}

====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
Primus created the [[Thirteen]] to fight [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] at the dawn of time. His whereabouts by the present day were unknown but when Unicron possessed [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], the Chaos Bringer swore to destroy the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and what remained of Primus. When the Matrix transformed [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] into "Optimal Optimus", Unicron recognized Primus' work and cursed his brother's name. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
According to the scriptures, Primus, along with several other bizarre deities, had held court beneath the [[Sonic Canyons]]. The [[First Church of Primus]] was erected in [[Dodecahex]] where the order debated how Primus was interpreting the current situation and how the atrocities fit into the god's infinite wisdom. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:RadicalTime Primus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|]]
According to the [[Matrix of Leadership]]'s Mediator program, [[Solus Prime]]'s forging of it was an act guided by Primus himself, claiming that it was Primus' intent that the Matrix be an echo of the Allspark made of his own essence. {{storylink|War World: Prime}}

Revered as the creator-god of Cybertron, the [[Reversionist]]s believed that Primus had become Cybertron, and therefore, every new Transformer [[Reproduction|forged]] was essentially the body and soul of Primus forged anew. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

A statue of Primus was destroyed during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] clearing it away while indulging in some wordplay. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

In the post-War era of peace, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] offered thanks to Primus that the power of the orbiting [[Titan (group)|Titans]] had not been needed for ten megacycles. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} At an Ascenticon rally in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], Megatron spoke of the great gifts that Primus had bestowed upon their race and of how the [[Nominus Edict]] limited those gifts. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}}

Following the unleashing of the [[rust worm]]s, the Matrix's [[Mediator]] software summoned Optimus back into it, showing him a vision of Cybertron transforming into Primus' [[robot mode]] as it warned that the planet was preparing to die. {{storylink|Radical Time}}

===Calm Sleep Stories===
Regarded as the Cybertronian deity of creation, Primus was said to have created Cybertron using the AllSpark before using the energy of his own [[spark]] to create the Transformer race. His creations considered [[energon]] to be a remnant of Primus. {{storylink|History of the Transformers}}

===Energon Universe===
While trying to escape a Decepticon fortress, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] cursed Primus for its labyrinthine architecture. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}}

==Unicron Trilogy continuity family==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
A "unique digital entity" came to exist eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was on a planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}<ref>The "unique digital entity" was conflated with Primus in an edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.</ref>

====''Energon'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ron Halder]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Johan Hedenberg]] (Swedish), [[Ossi Valo]] (Finnish), [[Vittorio Di Prima]] (Italian), [[Juan Carlos Lozano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Vilmos Papucsek]] (Hungarian, 2nd dub), [[Michel Dodane]] (French)}}

[[File:Primus eng.jpg|left|thumb]]
Primus was the living energy core of Cybertron, as well as the originator of the precious and ancient fuel, [[energon]]. Transformers of this universe believed the stories of Unicron, Primus, and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to be only myth and legend until the existence of Unicron was revealed in the [[Unicron Battles]] of 2010. With Cybertron left in a disastrous state after the chaos-bringer's attack, large amounts of energon were required to repair the planet, and to search for and acquire the mineral, the united Autobot-Decepticon forces entered into an alliance with the [[Earth Federation]] government.

Primus entered into the equation when the project's head scientist, [[Brian Jones|Dr. Brian Jones]], brought his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], to Cybertron. Terrified of the giant robots surrounding him, Kicker fled, only to find himself tumbling through tunnels into a hidden chamber deep beneath Cybertron's surface. Primus awoke and saved Kicker from what would have been a fatal fall, and for his own reasons, imbued the child with a special gift—the ability to detect energon throughout the [[universe (universe)|universe]]. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] subsequently discovered Kicker in Primus's chamber, and the god chose to work with the Transformers quite directly, imbuing them with the [[Spark of Combination]], which would allow the Autobots to [[Powerlinx]] and increase their powers. {{storylink|Energon Stars}} Primus went on to advise Optimus Prime on his actions in order to prepare for the future, including the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] invasion, the return of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], and the impending return of Unicron. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} Although vague at times, Primus would offer just enough information to allow his children to survive the threats they faced. Primus was often very weak due to the damage done to the planet's surface, and spent most of his time in a mode of stasis to preserve his energy and keep Cybertron's energy grid online.

When Unicron began lashing out after having been deprived of energon for too long, Primus summoned [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] to help Optimus in getting the titan back under control. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} Soon after, the Decepticons managed to breach Primus's chamber. Though Primus attempted to fight back, he was unable to prevent the Terrorcons from sapping him of enormous amounts of energon. The Autobots managed to flush out the Terrorcons themselves, but not before Megatron had acquired enough Energon to power up Unicron and transform him into his robot mode. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}}

With the aid of [[Rad White]], Primus restored the fallen Autobot guard [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]], upgrading him into "Wing Saber" and imbuing him with a Spark of Combination. {{storylink|Open Fire!}}

With Megatron having succeeded in reanimating Unicron, most of the Autobot army was critically wounded in the ensuing battle. This prompted the sleeping Primus to awaken and infuse their armor with his power, upgrading them into new forms, {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} and allowing Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme to grow to planetary size and defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}} Unicron's spark survived, however, and his consciousness took refuge within Megatron. After his massive output of energy, Primus returned to recovery mode, and became unable to answer Dr. Jones's calls for more energon as the Decepticons launched a surprise attack on Cybertron. {{storylink|Ambition}} Primus remained in recovery mode while the Decepticons took control of planet Cybertron, forcing the Autobots to turn to guerilla warfare to retake their homeworld. {{storylink|Galvatron!}}

Despite still being in this state, Primus was able to instinctively save Rad and Dr. Jones from a fatal fall when the two humans crashed through his chamber's ceiling. {{storylink|The Omega Train}} Some time later, Arcee temporarily revived Primus by shooting an energon star into his core. Upon awakening, Primus drove Mirage out of his chamber, allowing the Autobots to retake control of it. But the Energon dose was only enough to awaken Primus temporarily, and he slipped back into sleep mode. He was brought back fully online when Ironhide and the Omnicrons infused him with a greater supply of energon. Now conscious, Primus was able to remotely charge Optimus's spark of combination, giving him the strength to again combine with Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Ironhide Team}} Primus's power supply was once more depleted, however, when Optimus called upon his help to stop Cybertron from slamming into Plains Planet. Primus combined his power with the energon gas in Cybertron's atmosphere to once again grow Optimus to planetary proportions. Primus then became inactive, {{storylink|Formidable}} and began to fade once again. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}

After the Autobots gained control of the super energon pool hidden in Cybertron's underground, they converted the miracle fuel into super energon stars, and infused Primus with them. Though the process exhausted all of the Omnicons, Primus awakened once more. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}} Primus then came in telepathic contact with Kicker, preventing him from grabbing at Unicron's bare essence, now reduced to a tiny orb out in the void of space. Primus informed the boy that there had always been two sides to Unicron; one which brought forth creation, and the other which brought forth destruction. To Kicker's bafflement, Primus planned to harness Unicron's essence to create a new sun. Primus's essence then left its chamber, appeared at the super energon pool, and used what remained of the fuel to craft a new sun. The celestial mass was then brought to the center of Alpha Q's planetary system, and ignited when Galvatron plunged into it to rid himself of Unicron's influence once and for all. {{storylink|The Sun}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Donovan]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wolf Frass]] (German), [[Ossi Valo]] (Finnish), [[Francisco Andrés Valdivia]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

[[File:Cyb ep31 cybertron breakup.jpg|thumb|''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], "[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]." {{w|Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo|Cybertron Cybertron Cybertron Cybertron Cybertron}}.]]

{{bigquote|He who charted the universe when it was new! He who battled Unicron at the dawn of time! He whose spark formed the basis of all life on Cybertron, and Velocitron, and all the other Transformer colonized homeworlds! It can be no other! This... is... Primus!|[[Vector Prime]]|[[Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron]]}}

[[File:Cyb ep32 balance.jpg|left|thumb|This looks [[Xaaron|familiar]].]]

Primus's plan to contain Unicron's essence in the center of the sun failed when the star collapsed into a massive [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] which threatened not only Cybertron and the universe, but the entire multiverse itself. His energy drained to the point that he had once again been rendered dormant, Primus could now only be awakened and restored to full power by the four ancient [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, lost to the far reaches of the galaxy in a failed [[space bridge]] experiment eons ago. The magnitude of the threat posed to the multiverse was enough to summon [[Vector Prime]]—one of the original thirteen Transformers, who had been following Unicron through the multiverse and repairing the damage he had done—back to Cybertron to aid the Autobots in the quest for the keys.

After a while, the Autobots were able to find the focusing device, the [[Omega Lock]], and the keys from [[Velocitron]] and [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. Bringing all three together caused the group to be drawn into the consciousness of Primus, who spoke through the three Mini-Cons and told his children to "maintain the balance". {{storylink|Trap}}

Eventually, despite continued attempts by both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] to steal the power of the Cyber Planet Keys, the Autobots were able to gather the keys from [[Velocitron]], the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] and [[Earth]], and brought them and their focusing device, the [[Omega Lock]], back to Cybertron. Coupling these three keys with the power of the Matrix, Optimus Prime was able to initiate Primus's transformation from [[alternate mode|planet]] to [[robot mode]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Communicating with the Autobots through the [[Mini-Con]], [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Primus explained that the destruction of Unicron, the embodiment of the force of evil, had unbalanced the universe, and that only he could seal the black hole and restore order—but to do that, the fourth Cyber Planet Key, from [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, was required to reconnect Primus's spark with his body and restore his full power. Attempting to retrieve the Omega Lock, [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] made a rather pointless attack on Primus, only to find the deity was not as powerless as he appeared, proceeding to casually overpower and hurl away his wayward son. {{storylink|Balance}}

[[File:Cyb ep48 starships.jpg|thumb|I can see my house from here!]]

Still in a state of half-consciousness, Primus's inert form continued to function as Cybertron, still being the site of Autobot/Decepticon battles. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} Once the Decepticons had been chased away, the Autobots spent their time cleaning up any straggling [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. {{storylink|Family}}

[[File:Cybertron Ark Homecoming.jpg|left|thumb|Eat this, in remembrance of Me.]]

Shortly thereafter, when Primus was in the process of channelling some of his power into holding back the ever-growing black hole, Starscream tried again, plunging into the energy beam and absorbing more of Primus's power into himself, expanding in size until he was as large as Primus himself. After the Autobots inhabiting him had redirected Primus's internal systems, Primus properly awoke once more and proceeded to once again pound Starscream into submission, even using Cybertron's moons as makeshift weapons. {{storylink|Titans}}

When the time came for the Autobots to depart for Gigantion, Jetfire, in an attempt to avoid getting a vaccine, offered to stay behind and monitor Primus. The deity stepped in and told Jetfire that he would be fine on his own, so it was really no trouble for Jetfire to go. {{storylink|Warp}} Left to his own devices, Primus continued to try and hold back the black hole, firing periodic bursts of his power into it to delay its growth, {{storylink|City}} with diminishing returns for his efforts. {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} When [[Vector Prime]] passed, Primus felt his demise. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

When the Autobots returned to the main universe, Primus was left extremely weak from his efforts, only being able to advise [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] on what to do next. When the sheer magnitude of the threat was enough for every Cybertronian in the galaxy to unite, Primus was moved to combine the ''[[Atlantis]]'', the ''[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]'', the ''[[Hyperborea (Cybertron)|Hyperborea]]'', and the ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]'' into the mighty ''[[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]]''. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} When Galvatron attempted to cause total event collapse, Primus tried to bar his path but found himself no match for his own Omega Lock and the [[Armor of Unicron]]. When the planet leaders managed to seize the Omega Lock and the Keys, Primus teleported them all back to him, restoring himself to full power. With the ''Ark'' as a conduit, Primus channelled all of his power into the black hole, collapsing it. With peace restored, Primus transformed back into Cybertron, now composed of aspects of all four colony worlds, going right back to sleep. {{storylink|End}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
[[File:Revelations6-Primus.jpg|thumb|pudding]]
While the Autobots were occupied with the quest for the Cyber Planet Keys, Unicron's heralds [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived on Cybertron, {{storylink|Balancing Act}} intent on unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]]—as the Matrix was the antithesis of Unicron, so too would the Dead Matrix ensure the destruction of Primus, thereby totally destabilizing the multiverse and reducing it to a sea of entropic chaos. For the first time, it would be possible for Unicron to strike at Primus in all realities simultaneously, ending their cosmic feud once and for all. {{Storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} Ramjet and Nemesis Prime were ultimately stopped by Vector Prime and allies [[Sentinel Maximus]] and [[Omega Prime]], plucked from the midst of the Universe conflict by the multiverse-warping energies of the black hole. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}

The Dead Matrix, however, was cast into the heart of the black hole by Unicron's servant [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], freeing Unicron's spark and allowing it to adopt a new, diminutive physical form. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} Unicron participated in the escalating Mini-Con civil war on Cybertron's moons, {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} but when the planet transformed into Primus's robot mode, Unicron fled. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

===Fleer ''Armada'' cards===
At the beginning of the universe, the All Spark sent his two sons, Primus and Unicron, to explore the new world, from one end to another. They discovered a region that acted as a fountain of "pure energon", a source of infinite power. Primus planned to tell their father of this wonderful discovery, but Unicron, desiring this power for himself, struck Primus and left his apparent corpse adrift in a nearby star cluster. {{storylink|Transformers: Armada (Fleer)|Unicron card}}

===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
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===''Beast Wars Reborn''===
Before he took the form of a planet, Primus created the "[[Ancient]]s" as the first clan of [[Transformer]]s, possessing of power beyond their descendants. {{Storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}} Eons later, Primus, deep within Cybertron, sensed a strange temple somewhere in time and space and dispatched [[Vector Prime]] to see what was up. {{storylink|The Mysterious Temple in Space}}

When [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] came across the [[Cyber Planet Key]] of [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]], he recognized it as a portion of Primus's lifeforce. {{storylink|The Extraordinary Reformat}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 006.0 Kappa]], Vector Prime came to Primus's assistance while Primus was trying to block the [[dark matter]] emitting from the Unicron Singularity, though Vector Prime was waylaid by the Decepticon [[Spacewarp]] and her Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/17}}

==''Shattered Glass''==
{{main|Primus/Shattered Glass}}

This is the '''''evil''''' version of Primus.

==Live-action film series==
The location on Cybertron that is named after Primus is surrounded by the [[Rad Zone]] and [[Uraya]]. {{storylink|Risk: Cybertron War Edition|Risk}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[File:TitanAOEPrimusOptimus.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
Legend had it that the original seven Transformers were creations of Primus, though they themselves didn't think this. It was not said who started the legend. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}} [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] referred to Primus as his ancestor and the protector of the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

===IDW movie comics===
The [[Dynasty of Primes|Primes]] thought they were "children of Primus". {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

According to legend, when the [[AllSpark]] cube crashed into Cybertron, it gave life to Primus and his descendents, the Primes. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Primus was known as the first Cybertronian and, after the [[Dynasty of Primes]] was ended due to [[The Fallen]]'s treachery, left behind his only legacy in [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel]] and, revealed much later, Optimus. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}

===''Rise of the Beasts'' movie===
About to execute him, [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] taunted [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] by saying that Primus would be disappointed in him for his weakness. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts}}

==''Animated'' continuity family==
There are no Primuses in the [[Malgus|Malgus Cluster]] itself. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/29}}

==''GoBots'' continuity family==
In [[Gargent|some parts]] of the multiverse, Primus created organic worlds around himself, with the inhabitants eventually becoming robotic lifeforms: such worlds include iterations of [[Gobotron]]. The inhabitants seem unaware of his existence.

Unicron created [[Unicron/Generation 1#G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|a body for himself]] in at least one of the Gobotron timelines. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Aligned continuity family==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
Primus and [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] began life as personalities within a single omnipotent being that conversed with itself. While Primus saw beauty in life and found it sacred, Unicron found it pointless, cruel and needing to end. The divide between the two personalities grew and the being eventually split into Primus and Unicron. Unshackled, Unicron went on a cosmic rampage, destroying all he found, with the end goal of consuming reality itself while Primus grew ever more lethargic and withdrawn. Eventually however, Primus made a stand against Unicron but the two brothers found themselves evenly matched in a perfect stalemate.

Primus responded to this by creating the Thirteen to fight in his stead, the act causing him to fall into hypersleep, to turn the tide of his war against Unicron.

Primus stayed out of the War of the Primes, only acting when [[Onyx Prime]] merged with the Core. Using the [[Triptych Mask]], Primus scanned all life in the universe and used it as a template for the Cybertronian race, using his [[AllSpark]] to birth a population in three days time. In the primitive era that followed, large religions and cults formed in Primus's honor.

At some point, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] found its way into Primus's possession. After being corrupted by [[Dark Energon]], Primus inserted an untainted portion of his [[spark]] into the Matrix, entrusting it to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] for safekeeping. The usage of the [[Omega Lock]] later restored Primus completely. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===
Primus is generally accepted to exist, though his thirteen children are considered a myth by [[Jazz (WFC)|some]]. Throughout Cybertron, devices carry out his will: the [[AllSpark]] creates the [[protoform]]s in the [[Well of All Sparks]]. The [[Sonic Canyons]] are believed to be his ears, feeding him knowledge of the universe via Vector Sigma, though that is actually beneath [[Kaon (polity)|the gladitorial arenas of Kaon]]. And the [[Core]] produces his own physical emanation, [[Energon]].

During the civil war, the AllSpark was ejected into space to keep it out of Decepticon hands, eventually floating into the [[Milky Way]], while the Core was corrupted by the [[Dark Energon]]-imbued [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] removed the Chamber, but the damage was done, and the Core had to shut down and reboot to survive. But before leaving, Optimus was bestowed Primus's essence in the form of the Matrix. When the Autobots left Cybertron, the last original Prime, [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], remained, stating Vector Sigma would keep him alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:OneShallRise1-Core.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oooh, continuity.]]
According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Until, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]: the original Primes. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. Primus then became one with the core of Cybertron, and brought life to new Cybertronians through the [[Well of All Sparks]]. Optimus Prime would later speak of Unicron as being a physical being that had likely transcended physical form, with Primus presumably being the same. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

When Primus was poisoned from the result of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] came into contact with Primus and was given the Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} During the war, Optimus removed the AllSpark, the source of new life creation on Cybertron, and sent it into deep space. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Many thousands of years later, Primus was restored by [[Team Prime]] when they used the Omega Lock built into the ''Nemesis'' to restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}} However Primus's awakening would cause his slumbering arch foe Unicron to reawaken and take control of Megatron's body, flying to Cybertron to destroy him. Raising an army of Terrorcons, Unicron sent them into the Well of All Sparks to destroy Primus, but they themselves disintegrated when Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
A thousand years ago, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was sent to Earth by Primus himself, but not before receiving various upgrades that allowed her to go on her mission. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

==''Cyberverse'' cartoon==
In the ancient past, Primus was close enough to [[Nexus Prime]] to earn a spot in his [[omnicom]] contact list. {{storylink|The Immobilizers}}

[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] swore by Primus when [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]]'s hacking forced her out of a [[cortical psychic patch]]. {{storylink|Sabotage}} [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] later invoked Primus' name when he channelled the power of the Matrix to blast the AllSpark out of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|I Am The Allspark}}

==''One'' film==
[[File:OnePrimus.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Long ago, Primus sacrificed his life force, transforming his body into [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to give a home to his creations. He created the [[Thirteen]] Primes and bestowed [[Zeta Prime (One)|Zeta Prime]] with the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

When [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel]] killed Zeta and other Primes and attempted to take the Matrix for himself, Primus judged him unworthy and disintegrated the Matrix before Sentinel's eyes.

After [[Optimus Prime (One)|Orion Pax]] gave up his life for the greater good, Primus deemed him worthy of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and bestowed a vision of the Primes and the artifact itself upon him, upgrading the former miner into Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Cybertron: Primus Unleashed''===
Faced with the growing threat of the black hole, Primus attempted to obliterate the dark matter before it spread further into the universe. {{storylink|Transformers Cybertron: Primus Unleashed}}

===''War for Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (English)|[[Paul Borne]] (French), [[Guillermo Morante]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Jacek Jasiński]] (Polish)}}
[[File:Coreprecorruption.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Get your icky tentacles away from me!]]
In the closing stages of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] learnt of the existence of a powerful corruptive energy source known as [[Dark Energon]] located at an orbital station. After acquiring the station and manufacturing it through the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], Megatron decided to corrupt the [[Core]] of Cybertron itself in order to win his war against the Autobots. To accomplish this feat, he first needed the Omega Key and thus laid siege to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] itself and journeyed into the [[Vaults]] where he battled [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] for the relic. It was only after the battle did he learn of Omega Supreme being the key to the Core and battled the gigantic Autobot as well as defeating him. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron forced the Guardian to open the Omega Gate and took his Decepticons to the Core. There, he used Corruptors to infuse the Core with Dark Energon which began to manifest all over the planet Cybertron, threatening its survival.

With the defeat of Zeta Prime, the [[Autobot High Council|High Council of Elders]] promoted [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] to the position of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in order to lead the Autobots. Seeing the continued corruption of Dark Energon spreading across Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided to journey deep into the planet and purge the infestation at its source. Taking [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] with him, they learnt that [[Space slug]]s were fighting a losing battle in cleansing the Core of Dark Energon. [[File:CybertronCoreRestored-WFC.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|The core of Cybertron talks! It's must be lonely being the core of Cybertron.]] Furthermore, the trio of Autobots had to fight against a garrison of Decepticons left behind by Megatron to ensure that the Core remained corrupted. Despite their resistance, Optimus Prime and his team managed to reach the centre of Cybertron and kill a corrupted space slug, thus freeing the Core. There, the Core spoke to Optimus Prime and revealed that the corruption of Dark Energon had been too extensive and in order to conserve itself - the Core had to shut down and purge itself in a process that would take millions of years where it would no longer be able to produce large quantities of Energon.

This meant that the planet Cybertron would be barren as a result and insufficient energy would be present for those that remained on the surface. Despite claiming that the line of Primes had failed in their mission, the Core decided to impart the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime stating that so long as it functioned; its own [[Spark]] would continue. With that done, Optimus Prime returned to the surface and began the [[Great Exodus]] of Cybertron, leaving only a small number of them behind who vowed to continue to fight Megatron's tyrannical rule.

[[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] exclaimed Primus's name when he realized the orbital station was a living Cybertronian. Afterwards, Optimus thanked Primus when he managed to defeat [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Before he became Cybertron, Primus battled his evil brother Unicron, their blows against one another shaking the very foundation of the cosmos. A group of Transformers from the future then appeared, and joined in the struggle. Rodimus and his Autobots came to Primus's aid while the mad Galvatron ordered his troops to help Unicron. Primus eventually prevailed, and sent his brother into a retreat. Knowing that Rodimus and the others did not belong in the present, Primus sent them back to their proper place in the timeline. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generations Deluxe}}
[[File:TF-JG1-Lucky-Draw-God-Primus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The rod god/Popemobile and his Godebago.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Primus''' ([[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Photon Eliminator, spoiler, 2 gun shields

:The first Primus figure was a "[[Lucky Draw figure]]" in Japan, a [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] gold chrome recolored [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]] that was given away as a contest prize from the collector book, ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]''. Supposedly, only 100 pieces of these figures were manufactured.

:As a [[redeco]] of a Rodimus (inspired by the resemblance of his astral form to Rodimus in the UK comics), Primus transforms into a futuristic truck resembling nothing so much as a Winnebago. Following the trend started by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|the original Optimus Prime toy]], his trailer splits down the middle to transform into the [[Golden Noah]], a battle station with an extending double-barrelled cannon. The figure comes with a large, hand-held blaster, and two blast-shield accessories that plug into the sides of his battle station cannon.

:Being an ''extremely'' limited release, the figure doesn't include his own instruction booklet or sticker sheet and instead makes use of ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' Rodimus Prime's instruction booklet, and the sticker sheet included with the [[2001]] Rodimus Prime reissue by Takara.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/collectors+edition+japanese/+primus+/2833 More information on Primus at Transformers at the Moon]''

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[[File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imag— You know what, just forget it. It's not like we have rules for a reason.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Primus''' ([[2006]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''00'''
:*''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Generation 1|Omega Lock]], two [[missile]]s, silver Cybertron planet-type [[Cyber Key]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (initial concept), [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (concept artist)}}

:Designed by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]], Primus was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron''/''Galaxy Force'' toylines]], but was released in Japan in the Generation 1 ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' line a few months after ''Galaxy Force'' had ended its run. This release can be considered a prerelease of the ''Cybertron'' toy because it features Hasbro's [[Cyber Key Codes]] that the ''Galaxy Force'' line lacked.

:Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers' creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In [[alternate mode|planet mode]], he is considerably more detailed than [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'']] [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], with visible cities, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], based upon its appearance in the [[DK Publishing]] book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], specifically [[Kolkular]], as seen in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. On the "bottom" of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

:Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a [[Powermaster]], in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top" of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons" swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

:In [[robot mode]], Primus resembles both the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Unicron prototype as well as [[Don Figueroa]]'s Primus concept, created for ''The War Within'' and used in ''The Ultimate Guide''. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable [[Articulation|articulated]] "manipulator arms". Unfortunately, despite being in the same size class as his brother, Primus's height is 2/3rds of Unicron's.

:Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station" mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact.

:In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code '''sp8u''' [[tampograph]]ed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con [[5 mm post|5 mm]] [[powerlinx]] posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.

:This mold was later redecoed to make ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' [[Cybertron (planet)#The Last Knight|Cybertron]], itself later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the non-sentient planet-base [[Blue Planet (GS)|Neo Primus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Primus/Primus/primus.htm More information on Primus at TFU.info]''

===''Cybertron''===
[[File:CybertronPrimusPackagingComparison.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|This was an expensive time for completionists.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme Class, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Cybertron|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key, [[Unicron/toys#PrimusUnicronHead|Unicron head]] (second wave only)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (initial concept), [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:''Cybertron'' Cybertron Primus is the North American version of Supreme Class Primus, released a few months after the Japanese version. The Hasbro version uses a softer, bendable translucent plastic for the blue part of Omega Lock, where Takara cast this part in firmer material. Furthermore, the Hasbro version uses common black plastic for the handle of Omega Lock as well as the "foot" of the planet mode, where Takara adds tiny debris with metal luster into the black plastic of these two parts.

:In North America, Cybertron Primus was initially released in the second wave of ''Cybertron'' Supreme Class toys. This version came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" Unicron head based upon his Armada appearance, whereas the following wave did not come with the Unicron head. Unusually, both waves ended up shipping simultaneously. In Japan, the version including the Unicron head was available exclusively via [[e-HOBBY]] as a so-called "[[USA Edition]]".

:Curiously, the Giant Planet Key is replaced with Optimus Prime's Key in the box art. This mirrors the show's opening in which an alternately coloured version of Vector Prime's Key is shown, instead of the Giant Planet Key.

{{anchor|Walmart}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme Class, 2006)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Walmart|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:A later version of Supreme Class Cybertron Primus was [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] as a [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] 2006 special, and included four bonus Mini-Cons: [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]], and [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]]. These toys are physically identical to their ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' namesakes, but were later [[retcon]]ned as different characters.
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===''Welcome to Transformers 2010''===
{{anchor|Transformers (2010)}}{{anchor|2010}}
[[File:Primus 2010.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Oh. Your. God.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Creator Primus''' ([[2010]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#2010|Omega Lock]], two missiles, clear Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:To celebrate the year 2010, Takara [[redeco]]ed the Supreme Class Primus toy and released him as part of the ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#TakaraTomy Welcome to Transformers 2010 campaign|Welcome to Transformers 2010]]'' campaign, being packaged in a special box that is meant to go with the [[Unicron/toys#2010Takara|Unicron]] toy released the same year. "Creator Primus" is metallic gunmetal in planet mode, with metallic blue robot parts, and many black paint washes here and there. His Omega Lock is now blue.

:Primus comes with a [[retool]]ed Cybertron-style Cyber Key which was initially available with both [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron 2|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolishor]]. This Cyber Key features a "smooth" central area with no molded [[insignia]] and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from the [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol at the center.
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===''Transformers'' (campaign item)===
[[File:Prime-toy VectorOracle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Significantly more literal than [[God Gun|last time.]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Vector Oracle''' (Arms Micron, [[February 25]], [[2012]])}}</ul>
{{note|[[Vector Oracle]] was repurposed as Primus in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]'' [[Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale]].}}

: A [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Nightstick (G1)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]], ''[[Campaign item#Transformers (nondescript 2011-2018 releases)|Transformers]]'' Vector Oracle transforms into a laser cannon that can be held by toys with [[5 mm post|5 mm]] hands. His gun handle can also act as a [[Powerlinx]] port for a [[Mini-Con]]. He was offered at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores for purchasing 3,000 yen of ''Transformers'' toys on [[February 25]] of [[2012]], and was limited to 4000 pieces.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Autobots and Primus.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Primus and Cybertron Army Set''' ([[February]], [[2025]])
**''ID number:'' '''101 & 102'''

:Released as part of the fourteenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Primus in the form of his [[#2010|"Creator" toy]] and the Generation 1 [[Autobot]]s (as represented by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Eject (G1)|Eject]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Turbo Board]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#101|Translation of Primus's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
* ''Primus'' is Latin for "first".
* Simon Furman and [[Richard Starkings]] did not ask for approval from [[Hasbro]] regarding establishing the Transformers as divinely created by Primus; in "The Legacy of Furman" feature of ''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 5]]'', Furman states "If we'd said, 'We want to do the origin of the Transformers', they'd have said 'I don't know about that...' But we thought if we presented it as a ''fait accompli'' in a script, along with some part-completed pages... In the end it didn't even show up on their radar." Primus looking like Rodimus Prime is due to the latter's presence as a main character in "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]", grounding the origin in that story.
* The idea of Primus transforming bears some resemblance to an [[The Secret of Cybertron|early script]] for [[The Transformers: The Movie|the original movie]], in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] merges with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and transforms into a super robot to defeat Unicron.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041207164548/www.tfpulp.com/archive/energonprod/energonprod.html Preproduction notes] for ''Super Link''/''Energon'' detail early ideas the cartoon had for Primus's origin. They present Primus as an entity consisting purely of energon. Energon, the notes state, is the product of the "genetic material" of the sun interacting with planetary bodies.
* The box the gold-chrome Lucky Draw figure was included in gives Primus a Generation 1-styled function before his name; that being: "God of Good" (善神, ''Zenshin''). The box itself, on the other hand, features its own English translation, simplifying it to just "God".
** Additionally, the Supreme Class Primus released in the Japanese Generation 1 toyline in [[2006]] gives him the function "Creator" (創造神, ''Sōzō-shin'') instead. This ended up being the default function given to subsequent Primus toys released in Japan.
* The Oracle's ''[[Train Wars]]'' body is a de facto [[Redeco#"Virtual" redecos|"virtual" redeco]] of the [[Eggbot (BW)|Eggbot]] mold in chrome gold, having lost the fan poll to determine [[Hero-X|Million Publishing]]'s next exclusive the comic was promoting to [[Goshooter#Generations (Japan)|Goshooter]] with 28.9% of the vote.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Primus''' (プライマス ''Puraimasu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Prímusz''', '''Az Elem''' (first ''Energon'' dub, "The Element")
*''Korean:'' '''Primus''' (프라이머스 ''Peulaimeoseu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Primus''' (Taiwan, 普萊瑪斯 ''Pǔláimǎsī''), '''{{w|Shangdi|Shàngdì}} Lǎotiānyé''' (Taiwan ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, 上帝老天爺, "Lord God of Heaven"), '''{{w|Yuanshi Tianzun|Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn}}''' (元始天尊)

==See also==
*[[Transformer afterlife]]
*[[Vector Sigma]]
*[[Oracle (G1)|The Oracle from ''The Transformers'']]
*[[Oracle (BM)|The Oracle from ''Beast Machines'']]
*[[Vector Oracle]]
*Primus's teams of personal comrades:
**The [[Light God]]s
**The [[Guiding Hand]]
**The [[Golden Age (GS)|Golden Age]]
*Primus's teams of immediate subordinates:
**The [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]
**The [[Thirteen]]
**The [[Ancient]]s
**The [[Primus Vanguard]]
*[[Primus Belt]]

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YnossZaperator: more precise

{{Onecap|[[Primus]] before transforming himself into [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]}}

Autobot

2023-07-08T12:47:32Z

YnossZaperator: Fixed some typos

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[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|upright=1.4|thumb|If you don't recognize this [[Insignia|symbol]], what the heck are you doing here?]]

{{quote|[['Til all are one]].|Autobot rally cry|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

The '''Autobots''' are one of the primary factions in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']] mythos. They usually find themselves defending both their own race and other species against the [[Decepticon]]s and upholding justice and freedom throughout the galaxy.

They are considered "the good guys" in most, but not in [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|all]] Transformers stories.

A generally heroic, honorable group, they tend to be dedicated to peace, and feel a need to protect other races from the Decepticons. As a result, they are usually Transformers who change into non-combat oriented [[alternate mode]]s such as domestic vehicles, cars, trucks, or rescue vehicles. This is not ''always'' the case, however, as their ranks certainly contain ne'er-do-wells, malcontents, and unsavory types, and the necessities of war have led many to adopt more combat-oriented alternate forms. While the Autobots have usually found themselves outnumbered by the Decepticons, the Autobots have always had home-field advantage, having not only the humans' military support, but also having more places on Earth to fall back on, while the Decepticons are entirely unwelcome on Earth.

Key concepts that repeat throughout most continuities are the use of the name [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] (or a variation thereof) to denote Autobot leadership, and the existence of an artifact of great life-giving power, usually referred to as a "[[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]", traditionally held by their [[Prime (rank)|leader]].

The collective noun for Autobots is an "exaltation".<ref>"...more dangerous than an exaltation of Autobots." — [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]'' (2009) p 101</ref>

{{bigquote|Few beings think of themselves as evil. Many justify their actions as good, even if they are not. But if you believe the 'good guys' would not harm any life-form, then you may consider me a member of that team.|[[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]]|''[[Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears]]''|width=800px}}

==Generation 1 / Beast Era==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Primag2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The birth of Prima, the first Autobot. Just before Primus went around handing out cigars.]]
In the beginning [[Primus]] created the Transformers, a race of living robots that could change their bodies into the likeness of weapons, vehicles, and machinery, and all Transformers were Autobots, and he saw that they were good. The Autobot symbol (or [[insignia|Autobrand]] as it is sometimes called) was based on the face of the [[Last Autobot]], the sleeping guardian Primus left for the day when his plans came to fruition.

At first Autobot numbers were small (a mere [[Thirteen|13]] began things), but through [[Reproduction|budding]] they expanded their race to fill the planet. When the correct level of population was reached, a mechanism triggered and memory of the process was wiped from the Transformers minds. At some point in these early days Unicron was able to reach through the mental link he shared with Primus and sow the seeds of corruption in a few Autobots, though this dark cult of Unicron would not bear fruit for a long time.

Eons passed in relative peace. Autobot society formed its own traditions, institutions, city-states and politics. From a human perspective this society resembled that of ancient Rome. [[Senate|Senators]] and [[Emirate]]s governed wisely or corruptly, priests worshipped Primus and passed his holy Matrix to the chosen bearer (the lineage: [[Prima]] to [[Prime Nova]], Prime Nova to [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]), gladiatorial games were held for sport and entertainment, and above it all the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]] ruled.

It was only with the advent of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] at the end of the [[Golden Age]], coinciding with the death of the last hereditary Overlord, and the subsequent rise of the Decepticons, that the words "Autobot" and "Transformer" ceased being necessary synonyms and the population was divided by war.

[[File:Optimusprimeg1marvelfirst.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Optimus Prime appears to turn the tide.]]
In the early days of the war the Autobots were overwhelmed by the Decepticon war machine. They fell back again and again and for a while it looked like the war would be quickly lost... and then a young warrior rose from their ranks and rallied the troops to fight back. He made his reputation by denying Megatron access to the [[Underbase]], soon rose to command the Autobots' elite air corps, and then, at last, was granted full command of all Autobot armies. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] had turned the tide, and under his leadership the Autobots fought back until Megatron's war machine was stalled out and stalemated.

[[File:Marvel71 neversurrender.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|They won't need to. They'll just crumble to bits]]
The war ground on until Autobot scientists detected that their planet's path was going to pass through a deadly asteroid belt. Putting the planet-wide conflict aside for the moment they turned their attention to planetary salvation and the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] was built.

[[File:MarvelUS01-AutobotLineup.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|And now, shadow puppet theatre.]]
Optimus and a crew of his best soldiers took the Ark into space and cleared a path for the planet through the asteroid field. Unfortunately with their power depleted from that Herculean task they were then ambushed by Megatron and his Decepticons. The crews of both ships were lost to history.

Without Megatron or Prime the pace of the war slowed considerably. Still, fighting continued and both sides dug in for a long bitter struggle. In Prime's absence [[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron]] led the Autobot forces in their struggle to retake their homeworld.

[[File:Autobots-disintegratedcircuits1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]

The next four million years passed quickly (as it is wont to do) and without any major alteration (only a general degradation) of the situation. Finally news came to Cybertron: Optimus Prime and his forces lived! Yet this news came at a steep price, as it meant a new front had opened in the war. Optimus Prime and his forces fought the Decepticons on the distant world of Earth, while Xaaron, his [[Wreckers]], and others carried on the war for Cybertron.

Despite Prime's dedication to protecting Earth, Autobot/Human relations were not good. Humanity viewed all Transformers as threats and attacked any they discovered regardless of faction. Industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]] tried to inform the public that there were two factions, with the Autobots being the benign faction, but the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]], the government agency tasked with countering the Transformers, was either unable or unwilling to distinguish between factions.

Not long after his survival was discovered, tragedy struck and Optimus Prime was killed on Earth. The Dinobot commander [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] took on the leadership of Prime's soldiers, though he favored the abandonment of Earth and a renewed focus on Cybertron.

At roughly the same time, the great Autobot warrior [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] reached an important decision. He was tired of the war and if he could not end it he would leave it behind. Gathering a large following of likeminded warriors he left Cybertron for the world of Nebulos in hopes of a new and peaceful life. This was not to be. Decepticons followed Maximus and opened a third front to the war. In the end both factions abandoned Nebulos and Maximus led them to Earth to unite with the forces under Optimus Prime.

[[File:LastAutobot.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|From Prima to Last Autobot, we come full circle. You may close your notebooks.]]
However, when they arrived they discovered Prime dead and Grimlock less than welcoming. Grimlock and Maximus attempted to establish a single Autobot leader with trial by combat, but were interrupted by a devastating Decepticon attack. The upside of it all was that they ended up putting their differences aside and Optimus Prime was soon reborn to take up leadership of the Earth-based forces once again.

Not long after, a dimensional transporter accident led to the rediscovery and accidental disturbance of Primus deep in the center of Cybertron. The Autobots learned that their ancient myths about Primus were the truth, and Unicron was now coming for them. Since the Creation Matrix had been lost and corrupted, Optimus Prime offered the Autobots' unconditional surrender to the Decepticons in the hopes that this would lead the two factions to stand together against the coming threat. It did, and the Matrix was retrieved and purified in time to stop Unicron. Both Optimus Prime and Emirate Xaaron were killed in the battle, and Grimlock ascended to Autobot leadership again, this time over all Autobots.

The alliance with the Decepticons would be short lived. Cybertron appeared to be destroying itself and the Decepticons betrayed the Autobots, leaving them to die with their world. Grimlock's leadership led to the Autobots escaping that trap, and walking right into a different one. Oops. Thankfully, the awakening of the Last Autobot saved Cybertron and led to the rebirth of Optimus Prime, who reclaimed Autobot leadership and beat the Decepticons once and for all.

''(From this point the Marvel Generation 2, the Fun Publication's Classics comics and Regeneration One continue the story in separate and mutually exclusive directions.)''

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
The war finally over, most of the Autobots retired to the revived and prosperous Cybertron. It wasn't to last. Grimlock led a crew of Autobots not ready to take a vacation and put their feet up to try and track down any remaining Decepticon trouble. They found more than they could imagine as they discovered a vast and militant Empire constructed across the stars by Decepticons who left Cybertron long ago.

At the same time, Megatron reared his head again on Earth and soon the surviving Decepticons from the end of the war joined him, intent on restarting the war on Earth. It was not long before Decepticons and Autobots were teamed up against the forces of the Cybertronian Empire. Though this new conflict never touched the revived Cybertron, Earth was devastated by it. The Bot/Con alliance won, but how long this new alliance would last and what [[Liege Maximo|new threats]] awaited remained a question.

====''Classics''====
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====''Regeneration One''====
Twenty one years after [[Klo]], the Autobots had cemented their rule over Cybertron and rebuilt their planet. The ardent pacifism of Optimus Prime however prevented decisive action to end the renascent Decepticon threat on Cybertron as well as the tying up of loose ends on other planets. This attitude proved unpopular among the command staff of the Autobots with both [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] breaking ranks to deal with these issues themselves. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}} {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}

While on [[Nebulos]], Grimlock was detained by [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} who revealed he had developed the [[Gene Key]], a device that altered the [[CNA]] of Cybertronians to activate the "warrior gene" and turn all Autobots into loyal Decepticons. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} Though pretending to agree to join Scorponok, Grimlock managed to inform [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] of the plan who managed to neutralize the Gene Key before its abilities could be broadcasted on a planetary scale. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} In spite of this, the actions many Autobots turned themselves in for war crimes they felt they had committed under the Key's influence. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

After an attack by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] was turned into "Rodimus Prime" and became the new leader of the Autobots. Concurrently, a group of Autobots construction workers was loaned to Optimus Prime to aid in the construction of a Space Bridge network between [[Earth]] and Nebulos. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} When the rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] returned to Cybertron, he engaged in some false pleasantries with Rodimus Prime before the Autobots went to war with the Cybertronian Empire. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

The victory proved pyrrhic at best. While the Autobots were away, the [[Dark Matrix]] had turned the entirety of Cybertron's population into [[shadow-leech]]es. Though the Autobots managed to defeat the malignant entity, it left them deprived of their biological immortality, eventually dying out millions of years into the future. The last Autobot, indeed the last Cybertronian, wound up being Rodimus Prime. Upon his death, the last vestiges of his [[spark]] energy served to ignite the [[Botanica (BM)|new generation]] of Cybertronians. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====''Transformers '84''====
Though managing to offer sufficient resistance to divert Megatron's attention away from [[Project Dreadnought]], {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}} the Autobots were outmatched by the aggressors. Feeling that Megatron was the lynchpin of the Decepticon army, Optimus Prime conspired to trap his opposite off Cybertron, feeling that it would give his army a fighting chance. Aware that such an act would be sacrificial, Optimus left command of the Autobots to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|Transformers '84 #0}}

Despite Optimus' gambit succeeding, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] emerged as the new [[Decepticon leader]] and aggressively accelerated the campaign against the Autobots. When [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] brought the news that Straxus sought to restart Project Dreadnought, Ultra Magnus received a pep talk from Impactor and Roadbuster that inspired him to take a more decentralized approach to command. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}} After the new commando team, the [[Wreckers]], had destroyed Project Dreadnought, [[Autobot High Command]] was led by Magnus, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] who opted for a decentralized response to the increasingly fragmented war. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:BetasAutobotRebels.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|There just weren't as many characters to cosplay as in the old days.]]
The Autobots originated as a line of non-living consumer goods robots, created by the [[Quintesson]]s alongside the military hardware robots that would become the Decepticons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Developing sentience and emotion, the robots turned on their alien masters, though the Quintessons' gargantuan [[Dark Guardian]] robots made victory an unlikely prospect. A major tipping point occurred when the rebel leader [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]] used his [[Coder Remote]], hidden within his slave brand, to deactivate the Dark Guardians, striking a major blow against the Quintessons and forever transforming the brand into a mark of autonomy that eventually became the Autobots' faction insignia. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} At some point in these early days, the Autobots somehow gained possession of the mysterious [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was carried by each successive leader of their race, and became a repository for their consciousness upon their passing. During the early days of Quintesson rule, it was carried by [[Primon]], who was succeeded by the first robot to challenge the Quintessons, [[Prima]], followed by the leader during the rebellion, [[Prime Nova]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
[[File:FFOD4 passing the matrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
After the Quintessons were successfully forced from Cybertron, a period of peace descended during which the Autobots—as they now called themselves—began building a civilization, but the warlike Decepticons soon declared war on them, claiming the lives of leaders [[Guardian Prime]] and [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Outmatched by their enemies, many Autobots fled Cybertron, seeking to start new lives free of conflict elsewhere in the universe, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} settling on planets such as [[Paradron]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} Outmached in strength and firepower, the Autobots turned instead to stealth, inventing the art of [[transformation]]. Using this power, Autobot leader [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] defeated [[Trannis]], and ended the war. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
[[File:MTMTE2 stick it in neutral.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Peace settled over Cybertron and what became known as the [[Golden Age]] began, but around nine million years ago, the Decepticons struck back, now under the command of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Megatron slew Sentinel Prime, who passed stewardship of the Matrix to A-3—now Alpha Trion—who was busy working on a means of rebuilding the Autobots so they would be able to fight the Decepticons on equal footing. When a wounded young robot named [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]] was brought to Alpha Trion, Trion repaired him using the process, rebuilding him as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and giving him the Matrix that he might serve as the leader of the first of a new breed of war-ready Autobot. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Under Prime's leadership, the protracted warfare ran for five million years, draining Cybertron dry of energy and forcing the Transformers to seek new power sources on other planets. Optimus Prime's best and brightest departed on this quest aboard [[Ark (G1)|a spacecraft]], but were pursued and attacked by Megatron's elite, leading all involved to a crash-land on prehistoric Earth, entombed in stasis for four million years. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}
[[File:CosmicRust-BigGroup.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Incompetent fools! There's only like seven Decepticons and fifty of us!"]]

In 1984, a volcanic eruption awakened the Transformers, and their war for energy continued on Earth. Believing the Decepticons had been defeated, the Autobots entered into an alliance with Earth's governments for the energy needed to repair their ship and return to Cybertron, {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} but the unanticipated return prompted Optimus Prime and his men to stay on Earth to defend the planet. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}} The Autobots rebuilt their spaceship to serve as their headquarters, integrating it with the volcano it lay in, and maintained a position of superiority on Earth over the following years, aided by their human allies in world's governments and the [[Witwicky (surname)|Witwicky]] family, and regularly bolstered by the addition of new troops from various quarters.
[[File:FightorFlee future autobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Over the next twenty years, the Decepticons managed to drive the Autobots from Cybertron, forcing them to operate out of two bases on Cybertron's moons with a reserve force at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. In 2005, learning that the Autobots were preparing a major assault, the Decepticons [[Battle of Autobot City|besieged Autobot City]], leading to a battle which saw the deaths of many Autobots, including Optimus Prime, who passed leadership to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] before dying. Subsequently, the planet-eating [[Unicron]] attacked Cybertron, but the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] was able to prove himself Optimus's true successor when he used the Matrix to destroy Unicron, transformed in the process by its power into Rodimus Prime. Under Rodimus's leadership, the Autobots routed the remaining Decepticons on Cybertron, shattered by Unicron's attack, and they finally retook their home planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
The Autobots remained in control of Cybertron throughout 2006, slowly working to revitalize their homeworld while defending with comparative ease against various attacks by the surviving Decepticons, and the manipulations of the returned Quintessons. [[File:Rebirthpt2 headmasters charge.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]] They did not neglect their adopted home-world of Earth, either, regularly working with [[Earth Defense Command]] to protect the planet. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}} Despite the successes enjoyed under his leadership, Rodimus Prime was never comfortable with the burden of command, and happily relinquished it when Optimus Prime was later restored to life. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

In 2007, when the Decepticons mounted an all-out attack on Cybertron's [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], several Autobots were hurled across the galaxy by a blast of the chamber's power to the planet [[Nebulos]]. There, they became [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to a cell of local rebels as [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], helping them to defeat the planet's evil rulers, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. Returning to Cybertron with the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber, they were able to thwart the Decepticons' plan to destroy Cybertron and Earth with the chamber, instead using its power to revitalize their home-world and restore the Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|In Japanese cartoon continuity, the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur, and Headmasters and Targetmasters have a different origin.}}
[[File:FourWarriorsfromtheSky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]

Following Optimus Prime's resurrection, the Decepticons retreated into hiding, allowing the Autobots to expand their operations. A new major command post was set up on the planet [[Athenia]], and plans were made to terraform the planet into a second Cybertron, but this was tabled when the Decepticons returned in 2011, attempting to seize control of Cybertron through [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Bolstered by the addition of Headmasters to their ranks—Cybertronians who had left their planet long ago and taken up residence on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]—the Autobots were able to thwart their plan, but in the effort, Optimus Prime died once again, and Rodimus Prime became leader again. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Rodimus's tenure was short-lived when, after a Decepticon bomb plot resulted in the destruction of Cybertron, he passed leadership to Fortress and set off into space to find a new homeworld for the Transformers. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} Under Fortress's leadership, the Autobots succeeded in preventing a Decepticon plan to destroy the Earth with [[plasma energy]], and finally forced the evil robots off the planet for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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The Autobots likewise withdrew from Earth, and, staging their operations from Athenia, proceeded to engage their enemies in a series of space-based exchanges known as the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}} Learning that the mysterious alien [[Devil Z]] had taken control of the Decepticons and had a scheme brewing on Earth, Fortress left defense of the planet to a small team of [[Pretender]]s led by [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], who had been operating there in secret among human civilization since neolithic times. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}} To protect Earth against Devil Z's schemes, the Pretenders recruited human beings to become merged with Transformer technology as [[Headmaster Junior]]s and [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]], and the most powerful of their number, [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], destroyed Devil Z in combat. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
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Following Devil Z's defeat, the Decepticons reorganized under [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] and began attacking planets all across the galaxy, prompting the Autobots to step up their game, allying with humanity and many other races to form the star-spanning [[Galactic Peace Alliance]]. The Autobot swordsman [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] was appointed the Autobots' new Supreme Commander and head of the alliance's Galactic Defense Force, and led his elite [[Brainmaster]] and [[Multiforce]] troops in defending the Earth when it was targeted by Deathsaurus as a source of energy to re-power his [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]] in 2025. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}
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Star Saber was later injured defending the planet [[Feminia]] against the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] and was succeeded as Autobot leader by [[Powered Master]] [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]], who foiled the evil entity [[Violengiguar]]'s plans for conquest using the power of the enigmatic [[Zodiac]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone}} The Zodiac presented a possible avenue to resurrect the legendary Optimus Prime, so Dai Atlas entrusted both it and interim Autobot leadership to [[Sky Garry (G1)|Sky Garry]], who rescued Prime's body from the evil alien [[Dark Nova]]. Revived by the Zodiac as "Star Convoy," Prime destroyed Dark Nova. {{storylink|Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy}}

In the year [[2035]], with Autobot/Decepticon conflict mostly occurring in space once again, the Autobots and humanity joined forced to develop [[Power Core Combination]] technology. This powerful new tech drew the Decepticons' attention back to the planet, but the schemes of their current eader [[Scrash (G1)|Scrash]] were put down by the new Autobot Power Core Combiners, [[Guard City]], and the Micromaster six-combiners. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination}} {{storylink|Transformers United EX|United EX}} Following this, the Autobots and Decepticons laid down their arms and united to established the [[Cybertron Alliance]], rebuilding Cybertron. Unfortunately, Megatron soon turned to evil again, and Optimus Prime was forced to battle and defeat him in the [[Mirtonian constellation]], apparently bring the war to an end once and for all. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2}} Alas, the Autobots had not reckoned with the time-travelling [[Galvatron II]], who arrived from another timeline to take control of the Decepticons and continue the war, and so bolstered their ranks to fight back with mass-produced [[Eldedroid]]s. {{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.|e-HOBBY storyline}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
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During the Great War, the Autobots launched the ''Ark'', a warship containing their mightiest heroes. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} When the war reignited on Earth, the Autobots would be aided by the native humans, an act which history recorded as having been an important factor in securing an Autobot victory in the war. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

The Autobots forced their foes to sign the [[Pax Cybertronia]] which secured the peace but left the Decepticons as second-class citizens though a few Decepticons were granted amnesty for their crimes. The Autobots would eventually be succeeded by the [[Maximal]]s who had little hard facts regarding their ancestors, viewing the Autobots as legendary figures as a result of the [[Maximal Elder]]s restricting the data. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} {{storylink| Possession}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had near-fatally wounded [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], it transpired that the latter's leadership was the sole reason the Autobots had won the war. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
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When [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] subdued Cybertron's population with his [[Transformation virus|virus]], he extracted their sparks and used their bodies as raw materials for building [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his team discovered a junkyard/factory with acres of these corpses, one of which very clearly bore the Autobot symbol (and an uncanny resemblance to [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]). {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}} Also, among the [[Vehicon general]]s were the revived Great War veterans [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], who may have been Autobots themselves. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike}}

===3H comics===
Many of the great Autobot and Decepticon heroes (such as Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Soundwave, and Megatron) retired to a strange quasi-reality called [[J'nwan]]. Almost all who tried to reach J'nwan and seek their aid succumbed to madness, and the ancient heroes did not appreciate being disturbed by any survivors. However, the great figures did eventually decide to fight once more at [[Point Omega]], an event which erased much of the timeline they had come from. It's unclear whether or not J'nwan or the events regarding it remained intact.

Meanwhile, some other Autobots and Decepticons, such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] did not enter J'nwan but remained active on Cybertron. Some Autobots became Maximals while others did not. {{storylink|Departure}} {{storylink|Betrayal}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
The three components of the combiner [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] are the Autobots [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. They vanished after the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, but it is said they will return in a time of great need. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AutoLitho.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Come on you bots! Do you want to live forever?!?]]
The Autobots arose as the group who sided with Sentinel Prime and the [[Council of Ancients]] and opposed Megatron's desire for the conquest of Cybertron, but their inexperience with warfare led to a serious tactical disadvantage. Sentinel Prime led the war effort for half a million years, until Megatron killed him in combat, hoping to secure the Matrix from him. Sentinel's successor, Optimus Prime, originally decided to evacuate Cybertron, fearing that, even if the Autobots won, Cybertron would be a wasteland. However, a subsequent encounter between Optimus Prime and Megatron, where he learned of the planetary engines the Decepticon leader hoped to power with the Matrix, convinced Prime to remain on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The War Within|The War Within}}

Later, Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared in a space bridge explosion. Without strong leadership, both sides degenerated into factions. The [[Wreckers]] and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] broke off from the main Autobot army, which was led by Prowl. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} After [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] took control of the Autobots, he reunified the factions, and manage to negotiate a cease-fire with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] Decepticons and Ratbat's [[Ultracon]]s. However, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream's]] [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] made a last ditch assault, and Megatron suddenly returned leading the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], an army of [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] drones created by the Quintessons. Megatron managed to conquer Cybertron, forcing most of the Autobots into slavery and the escapees into hiding. The period of Autobot enslavement ended when Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron and the Air Warriors were destroyed. ''We don't know how.'' {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Four million years before humans arose, Cybertron was threatened by a massive asteroid. The Autobots developed the ''Ark'' to destroy the asteroid. They were successful, but Megatron attacked with the ''Nemesis''. Both ships crashed on Earth, with both crews aboard the ''Ark''. On Cybertron, Ultra Magnus and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] worked to keep the Autobots from splitting up again. With energon growing scarce, Magnus agreed to work with Shockwave to create the [[Micromaster]]s, downsized Transformers intended for better fuel efficiency. Magnus also launched [[Operation: Containment]], a twofold program intended to prevent the Decepticons from threatening other planets and locating the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Transformers: Micromasters}} However, with the [[Great Shutdown]], all Transformers entered a period of enforced [[stasis lock]]. Shockwave was the first to be reactivated, and made peace with the Autobots, installing himself as Head of State with an [[Autobot High Council]] as a legislature.

On Earth, the Autobots on the ''Ark'' awoke in 1984. Cut off from Cybertron, and seeing that a sentient species had evolved around them, the Autobots resolved to defend Earth from the Decepticons. Over the next fifteen years, the Autobots were largely successful at preventing a Decepticon conquest, while also befriending the [[Witwicky (surname)|Witwicky]] family. Eventually, the Autobots allied with the humans and defeated the Decepticons, capturing them. However, rogue elements of the United States Military, apparently being manipulated by Shockwave, sabotaged the ''[[Ark II]]'', capturing several Autobots and most of the Decepticons, until the chief scientist, [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], went rogue and set himself up as an arms dealer. [[Robert Hallo]], the original mastermind of the conspiracy, used [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to reactivate Optimus Prime, who revived the Autobots and stopped a reactivated Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive}} A year later, Shockwave came to tie up loose ends and acquire the Matrix from Prime. A rebel Autobot cell managed to rescue Prime, who united the other resistance groups, and Shockwave was overthrown, bringing Cybertron under Autobot control. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Over four million years ago, "Autobot" was a term used by other races to describe Cybertronians. It was derived from "automaton", describing how the species lived routine, monotonous lives without any change. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] was the first Transformer to lay claim to the name for their own use, saying it could stand for "autonomous" instead. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} Under unknown circumstances, the name then came to be used by the [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s pre-war security forces. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

The symbol that would become the Autobot insignia was created over six million years ago by [[Onyx Prime]] to symbolize the alliance between eight [[Prime (rank)|Primes]], an alliance that would later become the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]]. Onyx claimed that it was based on the face of [[Primus]] himself, described to him by [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], but in reality, Onyx was a temporally displaced [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] with the symbol being one of many ontological paradoxes he'd seeded history with. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} As a symbol of the Primes' reign, it became considered a universal symbol of Cybertronians, and after their fall went on to be used by many other factions. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} By the time of the [[Senate]], it was used to represent Sentinel Prime's Autobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}

Following the uprising of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s Decepticon movement, [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] succeeded Sentinel and, joined by Orion Pax, refashioned the Autobots into an army to fight the Decepticons. However, Zeta's increasingly ruthless methods and neglect of the civilian populace made the faction widely unpopular. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} Following Zeta's death, Orion Pax became Optimus Prime and convinced many neutral Cybertronians to join the Autobot army for the sake of defeating Megatron. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

With both Autobots and Decepticons now having powerful leaders and large armies, the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between them broke out. Eventually, the Autobots spread across the galaxy and formed into small units to counter the Decepticon units infiltrating various planets. The two sides joined forces to combat [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and the ensuing battle rendered Cybertron uninhabitable. {{storylink|The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer}}

Once the war ended, the Autobots governed over a "reset" Cybertron in an [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] populated primarily by [[NAIL|returning neutrals]]. They were disliked by most neutrals, who held them equally responsible for the war as the Decepticons, prompting Optimus Prime to step down and pass the mantle of Autobot leader to [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} Bumblebee's attempts to control the situation went poorly, and following a resurgence of violence between Autobots and Decepticons, the neutrals voted to exile both factions from the city. Some Autobots responded by leaving the faction and becoming neutrals themselves. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} Following the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] event, they were allowed back into Iacon, and their fair trial of Megatron won back enough of the public trust that the neutrals even stopped referring to them as the "Autobot regime". {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} By contrast, the humans viewed Megatron joining the Autobots as a betrayal, being incentive enough for them to agree to an alliance with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}}

The Autobots experienced a major PR boost when Optimus Prime raised Metrotitan live on camera. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} After Galvatron had been slain, {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}} Optimus toured the [[Cybertronian colonies|colony worlds]] and recruited [[Colonist Soldiers|a new generation of Autobots]]. {{storylink|Post}}

Soon enough, Onyx Prime returned to Cybertron and revealed himself as Shockwave. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} When the final stage of Shockwave's master plan, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] activated and launched its attack on the galaxy, the [[Autobot fleet]] tried to defend both the colonies, {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} and Cybertron from the monster but were forced to evacuate their homeworld for Earth, leaving Cybertron to be destroyed. {{storylink|Our Finest}} {{storylink|Road's End}} Once Unicron had been felled, the Autobots settled onto Earth as their new home. {{storylink|Ceremony}} {{storylink|Post}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|a Predacon from an alternate future]] had slain Optimus Prime, {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} the Autobots reactivated in 1984 under the command of an unidentified leader. The Mini-Bots attempted to respond to a Decepticon raid at the [[British Museum]] but failed to stop their foes from making off with their prize. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} In 1993, the Autobots worked with the humans to construct a [[warp gate]] on the edge of the Sol system. The war later moved off Earth and grew increasingly violent.

Ten years later however, Autobot/Human relations had deteriorated significantly as a result of the pan-galactic collateral damage to the point that the [[Earth Defense Command]] was formed to fight against all Cybertronians before a battle on [[New Earth]] caused humans to declare their space off-limits to Cybertronians. In 2026, the Autobot shuttle ''[[Star Arrow]]'' asked the human world of [[Tamil Duniya]] for aid only to be destroyed. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

At some point during the 21st century, the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to save their homeworld from [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] before the war resumed. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}} After the Decepticons had invaded the planet [[Nebulos]], the Autobots travelled there to combat their foes, managing to use [[Nebulan]] technology to resurrect Optimus Prime. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} {{storylink|Derailment}} The arrival of the [[Confederated Terran Colonial Fleet]] turned the Nebulan war hot. The Autobots responded to the violence by creating [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], an act which ultimately ended in the [[Scouring of Nebulos]]. The sheer loss of life resulted in the humans containing all Cybertronians in the [[Allowed Zone]]. The Autobots then fought [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s troops for control of the Allowed Zone but were ultimately defeated, forcing them to fall back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

After [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] seized control of the Decepticons and the [[Underbase]], the Autobots joined with the not-completely bonkers Decepticons to combat this mutual threat. Once Thunderwing had been defeated, the Autobots and Decepticons reorganized themselves as the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]]. With [[Vector Sigma]] lost to them, [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] constructed the [[Energon Matrix]] to creates the Maximals, the successors to the Autobots. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} {{storylink|Head Games}} {{storylink|Safe Spaces}}

During a raid on [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] despaired that the Autobot symbol, once a symbol of hope and freedom, had become the symbol of the new generation of tyrants. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Once the ruling faction on Cybertron, the Autobots quickly found themselves outmatched by the Decepticon aggressors. {{storylink|The Truth We Make}} As the war continued with no end in sight, the Autobots commissioned Project: Ark to escape their wartorn world and serve as a representation of their hope that the war would one day end. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}} A few individual Autobots abandoned the cause and struck out on their own as the conflict continued. {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}}

The Decepticons eventually unleashed [[Thunder Mayhem]] on the planet, the combiner's destructive rampage wiping out Cybertronian civilization, the Autobots included. With Optimus Prime presumed, but not actually, dead, the Autobots were, for all intents and purposes, dissolved, factional allegiances taking on far less significance in the post-Cybertron era. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 185.0 Beta]], the Autobots launched the [[S.T.A.R.S.]] initiative. While the program met with initial successes, it would have disastrous long-reaching consequences as the Decepticons responded to it by creating the [[Decepto-Pack]]s, their [[hypno-chip]] derived technology enslaving hordes of [[human]]s that the Autobots proved unwilling to fire against. As a result, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] ordered the humans to construct a fleet of [[Zod]] drones, their raw power driving the Autobots to extinction, only [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] being known to survive. With their foes defeated, the [[Decepticon Empire]] launched an aggressive campaign of galactic conquest. The legacy of the Autobots would live however as Ratchet, aided by the [[Dreadnok]]s, managed to kill [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
When an [[asteroid belt]] threatened to destroy Cybertron, the Autobots launched the ''Ark'' to clear a path for their homeworld. The task done, they were then boarded by the Decepticons, the ''Ark'' crashing on the nearby [[Earth]]. When the two factions awoke in the 1980s, they commenced a secret war over the planet's energon supply, the Autobots working alongside a handful of humans. Earth, however, soon fell victim to the [[Eugenics Wars]] and later [[World War III]], Optimus Prime deciding to abandon the blighted world aboard Fortress Maximus. Witnessing the extreme level of savagery and barbarism that humanity had inflicted upon itself left the Autobots with a decidedly low opinion of those whom they'd once sworn to protect.

After decades in space, the Autobots found the energon rich world of [[Cygnus Seven]] only to be once again boarded and sent crashing by the Decepticons. This time, they reawakened in the 23rd century by a [[Federation]] mining party that had roused Maximus' autonomic security protocols. Though the Autobots initially clashed with the landing party of the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']], they soon allied with them against the Decepticon/[[Klingon]] alliance. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

The Decepticons, however, promptly abandoned the battle after Starscream had absconded with a bounty of [[dilithium]]. Brought to the ''Enterprise'', the Autobots used Cybertronian engineering to more quickly repair the ship. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}} During the flight, the Autobots helped build the "[[Crewbot]]s" allowing their allies to join them on [[Kronos]], the capital of the [[Klingon Empire]]. Backed up by [[Starfleet]] and the Klingons, the Autobots reengaged their foes only to fall victim to Soundwave's audio disruptor waves, being saved by the Klingons, deaf to Soundwave's frequency, summoning a fleet of [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbirds]]. In the aftermath, the [[Klingon High Council]] allowed the Autobots to go in peace, though at the cost of leaving the Decepticons on Kronos. While [[James T. Kirk]] invited the Autobots back to the now peaceful Earth, Optimus declined, feeling his people's destiny lied elsewhere, and the Autobots resumed their own interstellar voyage. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
The Autobots were the oldest known faction on Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}} The movement's founder carried the [[Matrix of Leadership]] with the talisman subsequently becoming the symbol of office for the Autobot leader. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} Over time, the Autobots accumulated enough political power to become Cybertron's ruling body. They fought in [[War of the Threefold Spark|a war]] against [[Exarchon|Exarchon's Threefold Spark]] under the leadership of [[Nominus Prime]]. In the aftermath of the conflict, Nominus passed the [[Nominus Edict]], a law designed to help Cybertronian society heal. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

In the modern day, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had succeeded Nominus as Autobot leader. By this time, Autobot law was increasingly frowned on by the common citizenry who began viewing the outdated policies as ones of constraint more than self-restraint. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}} Despite this, the Autobots still held the majority in the [[Senate]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}}

===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
With the Great War lost to them, the Autobots fled Cybertron, the ''Ark'' launching minutes before [[Gozer]] arrived to destroy their planet. Believing themselves the last Cybertronians in the universe, the Autobots drifted aimlessly in the ''Ark'' before they picked up a Cybertronian signal from the planet Earth, sending [[Ectotron|Ectronymous Diamatron]] to investigate. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} After befriending the [[Ghostbusters]], Ectronymous found the source of the signal was the [[ghost]] of Starscream who'd sent out a signal to speak to the Autobots in the hopes that they could help him return to life. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}}

After Optimus Prime had been summoned to Earth, {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 3}} it was found that Starscream was working with the supernatural entity [[Kremzeek]] the Scavenger who sought the [[AllSpark]]. With the help of the [[Ghostbusters]], Optimus and Ectronymous - now calling himself "Ectotron" - were able to dispel Kremzeek but this act freed the trapped ghosts of [[Decepticon High Command]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}} While Starscream managed to flee the planet, Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, were imprisoned in [[ghost trap]]s with Optimus taking them back to the ''Ark'' in the hopes of rehabilitating them before reviving them while Ectotron went his own way, becoming the first interstellar Ghostbuster as he searched for any other lost Cybertronian ghosts. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
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===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
Millions of years prior to the human era, the ''Ark'' crashed on Earth, knocking the Autobots and Decepticons aboard in stasis. In the year 1984, the ship rebooted and reactivated [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] who proceeded to revive the rest of the Decepticons who executed most of the Autobots. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} A few of their number survived to leave the ship but they had all been killed by the year [[2029]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part One}}

To prevent the Decepticon conquest of Earth, the AI [[Skynet]] sent a single [[T-800]] back to 1984 to destroy the Cybertronians. Its interference caused Optimus Prime to survive who proposed an alliance between his forces and the T-800 to defeat the Decepticons. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

After Arcee, Ratchet, Velocity and Wheeljack had been brought online, the Autobots located the Decepticons and quickly set out to meet them. During the subsequent battle at a [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility, the Autobots were betrayed by the T-800, which had helped itself to their explosives, who remotely detonated [[Mount St. Hilary]] and buried the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

When Starscream betrayed the Decepticons, the Autobots managed to turn the tide of the battle. Once the Seekers and Insecticons had been taken prisoner, Starscream flew off before the T-800 and [[Sarah Connor]] destroyed Soundwave. Following the death of Megatron, the Autobots parted ways with Sarah and returned to the ''Ark'', only to discover the T-800's duplicity. Unable to return to Cybertron without the Ark, Optimus proposed an alliance between Autobot and Decepticon until they could find another way home. With their situational allies, the Autobots made their way on Earth, covertly observed by Sarah who did her best to hide them from the world. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
While battling for control of a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]], a gaggle of Autobots were [[magic]]ally transported to [[Equestria]] by [[Queen Chrysalis]]. The friendly and rational sort, the Autobots quickly made allies with the equines who inhabited the land. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}}

Aware that the Decepticons would regroup and launch an attack on the ponies, Optimus traveled Equestria with [[Twilight Sparkle]] to rally the scattered Autobots, mustering the troops in time to mount a defense of the [[Crystal Empire]] against the Decepticon/[[changeling]] alliance. As the battle raged, a spacebridge opened through which Grimlock and Twilight's assistant [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] came through. Realizing that changeling magic was not required to return to Cybertron, Optimus combined the power of the Matrix of Leadership with Twilight's magic of friendship, returning the Decepticons to Cybertron. After a delightful tea and energon party, the Autobots returned home, Optimus destroying the spacebridge to protect Equestria from further Decepticon incursions. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

When the Decepticons managed to open a new space bridge to Equestria and began pilfering magical relics, a clash with Twilight and her friends caused [[King Sombra]] to be unleashed on Sombra. Enthralling several ponies and Decepticons, the Autobots, at the firm insistence of [[Applejack]] and [[Rarity]], joined forces with the remaining Decepticons to combat the invader. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

After the Cybertronians and Equestrians had worked out how to free Sombra's thralls, {{storylink|The Beauty of Cybertron}} the alliance attacked the tyrant as he sought to unearth the Titan [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. After the Titan had been destroyed, and Starscream seen off for attempted regicide, Megatron agreed to end hostilities as Cybertron and Equestria moved towards an official trade alliance. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
By [[2015]], the Autobots had emerged as the victors of the Great War. When [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], having used [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine]] to skip ahead to 2015, witnessed this, he stole the time vehicle to retroactively win the war. Breaking into the ''Ark'' ahead of schedule, Rumble hacked into Teletraan-I and had it revive only the Decepticons. When informed of Rumble's journey, Megatron turned his [[fusion cannon]] on the Autobots. What few survived became a, literal, underground resistance led by Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

The Decepticon turncoat [[Gigawatt]] and [[Marty McFly]] eventually managed to travel back to 1984 and reactivate the Autobots before Rumble arrived. After the Decepticon had been defeated and Marty used the DeLorean to return to 2015, the Autobots recruited [[Biff Tannen]] as their local mechanic and guide, defending the Earth for the next thirty-one years until Marty returned. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Autobots were led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before he was replaced by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. As the conflict continued, it consumed all known sources of energon, ending the war. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

Sometime after the war's end, the Autobot trio of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]] and [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]] stumbled onto a pair of Decepticon warships, {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}} who pursued them to the planet [[Donnokt]]. The Autobots managed to pick off the Decepticons until only [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] and [[Talon (G1)|Talon]] remained. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}} Discovering that an organic species evolving on Donnokt, the three Autobots decided to stay on the planet to safeguard it and its people against any future Cybertronian incursions. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

Elsewhere in the universe, the ex-Decepticon [[Steel Jaw|Steeljaw]] assumed command of a pack of Cybertronian survivors who rebuilt themselves to run on [[biofuel]], the pack shedding their factional allegiances in spite of still wearing their insignias. Though the majority of the group was composed of once Decepticons, the former Autobots [[Wedge (RID)|Wedge]], [[Override (BWU)|Override]], {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} [[Wildwheel (G1)|Wildwheel]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] joined on. When Rodimus was reenergized to fight against the invaders, he admonished Wheelie for abandoning the Autobots' morals for the sake of survival. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

==2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon==
Here, the Autobots are the main race on Cybertron, and their enemies are the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. The Autobots fought in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]], presumably against the Predacons. [[Vector Sigma]], the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]], chooses which Autobot is to be granted the Matrix and thus the position of commander-in-chief.

The Autobots were already on [[Earth]] when the Predacons arrived, having taken the form of Earth vehicles to work as camouflage and established a [[Global Space Bridge]] network and a central base monitoring the entire planet.

In their disguises, the Autobots integrated themselves into human society; [[Team Bullet Train]] worked as actual trains, [[X-Brawn]] was owned as a car by [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], and Optimus Prime was working for a fire department. This continued after they went public; both [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]], for example, were shown enforcing human laws in an apparently official capacity, suggesting the Autobots had official ties to human authorities.

It's known Optimus fought the Predacons on other worlds, presumably using the same tactics as on Earth.

==Unicron Trilogy continuity family==
===Dreamwave comic continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
Originally, the Autobots were not a faction, but the name of a peacekeeping organization; under the command of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], they defended [[Cyber City]]. Their headquarters was adorned with the motto "Truth - Justice - Freedom". They were unable to stop the [[Mini-Con]]-powered Decepticons from taking Cyber City, and for a million years they were reduced to a rebel organization desperately trying & failing to protect Cybertron. The reactivation of the Mini-Cons on Earth gave the Autobots an opportunity to gain Mini-Con power of their own, but eventually the Decepticons were beaten not by them, but due to the attack of [[Unicron]].

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
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Four million years prior to 2010, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] led the Autobots into the war against the [[Decepticon]]s for control of the [[Mini-Con]]s. When the Mini-Cons expressed a desire to leave the conflict however, Optimus Prime agreed to aid them, ordering the construction of the ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' to allow them to leave Cybertron. Despite the Mini-Cons' departure, the war continued without them. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

In the year 2010, the ''Exodus'' reactivated and sent a signal back to Cybertron. Optimus Prime led his inner circle to the distant planet Earth to reclaim the Mini-Cons, {{storylink|First Encounter}} leaving [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in command. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

After the Mini-Cons had been recovered, Optimus' force returned to Cybertron in time for the planet to be threatened by [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Entering into a formal alliance with the Decepticons to defeat Unicron, {{storylink|Alliance}} the Autobots managed to fell the Chaos Bringer. [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] sacrificed himself during the course of the battle, leaving behind an order for his troops to work with the Autobots. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
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Megatron's final orders to his troops still stood: work with the Autobots. The Decepticons maintained a degree of autonomy, still wearing the faction sigil and often taking military/defensive positions in the growing number of energon-mining colonies, but they were ultimately answerable to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots. There were, of course, dissenters, most of whom were captured and imprisoned. For a decade, Autobot and Decepticon worked side by side in a somewhat stable truce. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

Both sides found themselves the target of attacks from Unicron again; hordes of Terrorcon drones, sent by Alpha Quintesson to steal energon ore with which to revive the now-shattered husk of Unicron. What the alien did not count on was that Megatron's spark had survived within the remains, and was siphoning energon from Unicron's body. Soon the Decepticon leader had revived himself in a new form, driven off Alpha Quintesson, and, along with an elite cadre of soldiers and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of mindless Terrorcon drones, begun his new plans for conquest. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}

When news of Megatron's return reached Cybertron, hundreds of Decepticons rose up and rebelled, eager to get back to conquering. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}} But having been joined to Unicron for so long apparently had given Megatron a taste of godhood; he had no more interest in amassing a galaxy-spanning army of troops. Countless Decepticons died in the resulting battles, with Megatron more than willing to sacrifice them without a thought to attain ultimate power for himself. As the "Powerlinx Battles" - as they came to be called - came to their climax, Megatron found that his actions and thoughts were being influenced and controlled by the dark spark of Unicron. Unwilling to let Unicron stand in his way, Megatron ultimately sacrificed himself (again) and seemingly destroyed Unicron's spark by plunging himself into a newly formed energon sun created by Primus. {{storylink|The Sun}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
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Another ten years after Energon, the energon sun created by Primus was gone, collapsed into the [[Unicron Singularity]], a giant black hole threatening to devour all of existence. Faced with Cybertron's destruction, the Autobots evacuated the populace to Earth. As the evacuation began, [[Vector Prime]] approached [[Autobot High Command]] and told them that only the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s and the [[Omega Lock]] could close the black hole. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Unwilling to so readily dive back into mysticism, the Autobots continued to explore technological means of collapsing the black hole, such as a [[gravitron grid]] but were ultimately forced to follow Vector Prime's plan. {{storylink|Hidden}}

The search for the Cyber Keys led them to [[Velocitron]], {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}} and the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}} After acquiring the Cyber Keys of both colonies, and Earth's, the Autobots brought the three Keys and the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron, using the [[Matrix of Leadership]] as a substitute for the missing Key, and triggered Primus' transformation to robot mode. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

The god informed the Autobots that the fourth key, on the planet [[Gigantion]], had been dragged into another universe. {{storylink| Balance}} With the [[Ogygia (Cybertron)|''Ogygia'']], the Autobots travelled to the lost colony. {{storylink|Warp}}

Though the Autobots managed to claim the last Key, {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} Galvatron managed to claim the Lock and the Keys, stranding the Autobots in the other reality, {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} the Autobots only managing to return home, at the moment that they'd left, through Vector Prime's sacrifice. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

With Galvatron threatening the universe with total event collapse, the Autobots found reinforcements from the whole of their species. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} When Primus managed to reclaim his full power, he sealed the black hole. {{storylink|End}}

In the new era of peace, the Autobots embarked on a new era of colonization, in honor of their ancestors' dream. {{storylink| Beginning}}

==Live-action film series==
{{quote|"Behind the lines during the war they called him many things... 'nice' was never one of them."|Sir [[Edmund Burton]]|[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight]]}}

[[File:Movie Sam Mikaela meettheAutobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Hello [[Michael Bay]]. Goodbye childhood.]]
The Autobots (autonomous robotic organisms) are the second Cybertronian civilization, being the descendants of the early workers who served the [[Dynasty of Primes]]. Following the outbreak of the war, the Autobots became the Transformers who rallied around [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], the last of the Primes, to prevent [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]] from claiming the [[AllSpark]]. They were formed mostly from the [[Science Division]], the [[Security Force]], and what few members of the [[Defense Force]] rejected Megatron's violent ambitions. Although they fought valiantly, the Decepticons were more warlike, and they began to gain ground. {{storylink|Transformers: Defiance|Defiance}}

In a move to prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the AllSpark, Prime sent it hurtling into deep space. Megatron followed, and disappeared. After years of warfare, the Autobot resistance abandoned Cybertron once it had fallen into the Decepticons' grasp. Optimus had the scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] establish a base on a well-hidden planet called [[Earth]] while he and others would gather the scattered Autobots searching for the AllSpark across the universe. {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel}} {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

Following some twelve thousand years of searching, the Autobots encountered a stranded vessel in space. Known as ''[[Ghost 1]]'', the creatures aboard, named humans, revealed that they had developed the ship based on studies from Megatron. Recognizing that Megatron would destroy their world if he came back online, Optimus tried to send them back to Earth, but they sacrificed their lives to save Optimus from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Already suspecting that the AllSpark was on their homeworld, the Autobots made efforts to find Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}} In [[1987]], Optimus and others made planetfall shortly after B-127, now calling himself "Bumblebee", had prevented the Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] from rallying the Decepticon army to the planet. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

By the early 2000s, the Autobots discovered a link to the AllSpark with [[Sam Witwicky]]. Bumblebee came into Sam's possession, and contacted Optimus Prime. Prime came to Earth with [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to retrieve the AllSpark and eliminate Megatron, fearing the Decepticon would use the Cube to raise an army from human technology. However, Starscream's retrieval team was also on Earth, having come for the AllSpark. The Autobots were further hampered by [[Sector Seven]], the human agency tasked with dealing with Transformers. Eventually forming a brief truce with Sector Seven and a group of Army Rangers who had encountered [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], the Autobots fought off the Decepticons in [[Mission City]], which saw the deaths of Megatron, Blackout, [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], but Jazz was killed and the AllSpark destroyed when Sam Witwicky extinguished Megatron's spark. Without a means to restore Cybertron, the Autobots decided to remain on Earth, and Optimus Prime sent a message into space for Autobots to come and protect their new home and newfound allies in humanity. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

Over the next two years, more Autobots including [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|her]] [[Elita-One (Movie)|sisters]], [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Twins (ROTF)|the Twins]], and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] began making their way to Earth and joined a human military force known as [[NEST]]. Under the classified Autobot Alien cooperation act, the Autobots entrusted the remaining AllSpark shard to humanity and gave them intelligence about the Decepticons they were facing. However, the Autobots refused to share weapons technology with humanity, knowing their history internecine warfare. {{storylink|Transformers: Alliance}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

In 2009, NEST had five encounters with the Decepticons on different continents, indicating that the Decepticons were searching for something. During a sweep of [[Shanghai]], NEST encountered [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], who caused substantial damage to the city during their attempts to escape. Although they were neutralized, Demolishor relayed a warning to Optimus Prime: "[[The Fallen]] shall rise again". Following this, NEST returned to their base of operations at [[Diego Garcia]], where they relayed the warning to [[Morshower|General Morshower]] and [[Theodore Galloway|Director Galloway]]. Having been appointed liaison by the President, Galloway concluded that the Decepticons only interest in Earth was to hunt down the Autobots. Unfortunately, Galloway also revealed both Megatron's resting place and the presence of the shard on Diego Garica. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] was listening to the briefing, and directed [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] to raise Megatron. Meeting with his master, The Fallen, Megatron was commanded to retrieve Sam Witwicky, who had absorbed the knowledge of the AllSpark, and kill Optimus Prime, the only one who could defeat The Fallen. Optimus died helping Sam escape, and the Decepticons launched multiple attacks to have the humans turn Sam over to them. Galloway used the attacks as an excuse to have himself placed in charge of NEST and place the Autobots under guard.

Meanwhile, Sam, his girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes]], and his roommate [[Leo Spitz]] were being hidden by Bumblebee and the Twins [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], and with help from [[Seymour Simmons]] of Sector Seven, discovered Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]], who told them that the Fallen, one of the founders of the Dynasty of Primes, was looking for the Matrix of Leadership needed to activate the [[Star Harvester]], which would destroy Earth's sun and make energon. As only a Prime could defeat the Fallen, Sam and his group started a search for the Matrix and located it, leading to a massive battle with the Decepticons near the Star Harvester during which Sam tried reach Optimus to resurrect him and the Decepticons attempted to stop him and get the Matrix. After most of the Decepticons were killed, Megatron killed Sam, but he was resurrected by the Dynasty of Primes and granted the Matrix which he used to resurrect Optimus Prime. With help from Jetfire, who sacrificed himself to give him his parts, Optimus was able to destroy the Harvester, defeat Megatron, leaving him seriously injured and kill the Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

A few years later, as there had been no major contact with the Decepticons since the death of the Fallen, the Autobots helped set up [[energon detector]]s in Earth's major cities to watch for a Decepticon presence. The Autobots, now common knowledge among Earth's people, helped out with major human threats. After Colonel Lennox learned of something alien at Chernobyl, the Autobots traveled there and encountered [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his [[Driller]] after retrieving a mysterious part. After Shockwave was driven off, Optimus was shocked to discover that it was an engine part from the long-lost ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', which had crashed on the Moon. He and Ratchet traveled to the ''Ark'' and recovered five of the [[space bridge]] [[pillar]]s along with [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] who was revived by the Matrix of Leadership. Sentinel eventually revealed himself to be a traitor, murdered Ironhide and used the space bridge to bring an army of over 200 Decepticons to Earth. Earth's governments forced the Autobots off the planet, with the Decepticons attempting to learn the Autobots' plans to fight back via Sam. Without revealing any plans, the Autobots left Earth in the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' and were apparently destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

The Decepticons, led by Megatron and Sentinel Prime took over the human city of [[Chicago]] unopposed and prepared to bring Cybertron to Earth to use Earth's natural resources and its people as slaves to rebuild their home. The Autobots, who faked their deaths to trick the Decepticons, arrived in Chicago and linked up with a team of humans led by [[Sam Witwicky]] and former NEST soldier [[Robert Epps]] who were determined to fight even against overwhelming odds. With the help of the team and later NEST, the Autobots launched an attack on the city and together the Autobots and humans managed to kill [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], the Driller, Starscream, [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], Barricade, Shockwave and many other Decepticons, losing only [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] and possibly Wheelie and Brains in the process. Optimus Prime battled Sentinel Prime and though Optimus was defeated and nearly killed, Megatron suddenly turned on Sentinel and severely maimed him, having realized that he would never be able to remain leader of the Decepticons as long as Sentinel was alive. Meanwhile, the Control Pillar was destroyed by Bumblebee, and the collapsing space bridge destroyed Cybertron and the remaining Decepticon forces in Chicago. Megatron then tried to deceive Optimus into thinking that he wanted peace, but Optimus saw through the ruse and killed his seemingly eternal foe. Optimus then terminated Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

However, after the devastation of Chicago, the Autobots' alliance with the humans was officially dissolved, and NEST disbanded, while [[Harold Attinger]] of the CIA was tasked with hunting down the remaining Decepticons. Attinger's unit, a secret cabal of the CIA known as "Cemetery Wind", instead set out to destroy all Transformers, Autobot and Decepticon alike. The public and even the White House were kept under the impression that Cemetery Wind was only hunting down the Decepticons and that they were preparing to send the Autobots away from Earth. When he learned of Cemetery Wind's mission, Optimus sent a distress signal to his troops, warning them of the betrayal and to run for their lives. The Autobots scattered, some remaining in groups and some striking out on their own. The neutral [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], who was hunting Optimus for his own reasons, assisted Attinger's lieutenant [[James Savoy]] in hunting down the Transformers. Five years after the Chicago battle, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]], [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], and the majority of the Autobots had been slaughtered, their remains being used by Joshua Joyce's KSI to produce man-made Transformers, intending to replace the Autobots as humanity's protectors.

Around the same time of the demise of Ratchet, Optimus narrowly survived an ambush and went into hiding as a rusty old cabover truck. Optimus was inadvertedly discovered by [[Cade Yeager]], and befriended the struggling inventor. The two escaped Savoy and Lockdown with Cade's daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and her boyfriend [[Shane Dyson|Shane]]. After taking a new vehicle form, Optimus met up with the surviving Autobots - Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], with the sad truth that they were the last Autobots on the planet sinking in as they learned of Leadfoot's demise. The Autobots assisted in infiltrating KSI, until they were informed of Ratchet's gruesome fate. Optimus snapped, and led a ferocious assault on KSI, also freeing the imprisoned [[Brains]] along the way. However, Joyce confronted the Autobots, declaring humans didn't need the Autobots anymore, who were now little more than outdated technology for humanity to abuse. Disgusted, the Autobots left, but were pursued by KSI's Galvatron and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]], which resulted in Optimus and Tessa's capture by Lockdown.

In Chicago, the Autobots snuck aboard Lockdown's ship with Cade and Shane to rescue their friends, and succeeded in detaching a smaller ship from the whole before Lockdown learned of Optimus' escape. After regrouping and learning that Galvatron was a rebuilt Megatron plotting to use the Seed to kill millions of humans, Optimus ordered the Autobots to depart Earth forever and leave the humans to their fate. He was only convinced to stay when Cade convinced Optimus to have faith in who humanity could be. Hound and Bumblebee ended up separated from the group when they tried to retrieve the Seed from a repentant Joyce, only for Galvatron's new Decepticons to shoot down their ship. In the Wulong Valley, Optimus recruited the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]] to join them, which they did after he beat some obedience into [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]. The Dinobots' assistance proved invaluable in turning the tide against the Decepticons, who had nearly overwhelmed Hound, Bumblebee and Cade in battle. The entire group attempted to escort Joyce and the Seed out of Hong Kong, but Lockdown returned. Optimus, Bumblebee, and the Yeagers all worked together and were able to kill Attinger and Lockdown. After regrouping, the Dinobots were set free on Earth, and Optimus assigned his Autobots to defend the Yeager family, while he departed to take the Seed from Earth and to confront his mysterious Creators. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

Transformers were declared illegal on Earth except in [[Cuba]], where Simmons fled with [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] and others. Falling in under Cade and Bumblebee's leadership, the Autobots hid out in a [[Junkyard (TLK)|junkyard]] in [[South Dakota]] provided to them by Sheriff [[Sherman]]. Their daily mission was to find Autobot refugees to rescue and repair, among them being Wheelie and [[Trench]]. The Autobots also tasked the vagabond salesman [[Daytrader]] with finding them a ship to get mobile or off of the planet. Things changed when Bumblebee accidentally led the [[Transformers Reaction Force]] straight to the base, leading to an invasion from Megatron's newly released gang of Decepticons. The Autobots fended off the attack, and in the aftermath, Cade took Bumblebee with him to England to meet with [[Cogman]] and Sir [[Edmund Burton]]. There, Burton recounted to Cade and [[Viviane Wembly]] the history of Transformers on Earth, including the tale of [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] and Bumblebee fighting alongside the allies in [[World War II]]. Optimus returned to Earth, albeit brainwashed by [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]], but was brought back to his senses by Bumblebee. As Cybertron loomed in the skies, Daytrader finally delivered the gang a ship, and the rest of the Autobots joined Optimus, Bumblebee, and the [[Guardian Knight]]s at Stonehenge for a great battle. Thanks to Viviane, the Autobots emerged victorious, and returned to a revitalized Cybertron, with Optimus summoning all Autobots across the stars to finally come home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

{{note|In the first movie, it is Ratchet who provides the name "Autobot", claiming it is an abbreviation after Optimus's line, "We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron". Seeing as how Decepticons also fit this description, this may imply that "Autobot" is the species name for the Transformers. In a departure from previous Transformers incarnations, Japan used the name "Autobots" for this franchise, rather than "Cybertrons".<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/movie/autobots.html Movie Autobots toy listing on Takaratomy.com]</ref>}}

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==''Animated'' continuity family==
The Autobots first emerged as a sub-faction of the ruling [[Protectobot (Animated)|Protectobot]]s approximately 750 million years ago in the aftermath of the [[Third Cybertronian War]]. Though scientifically gifted, the Autobots were primarily a race of artisans. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} Historically, Autobots did not fly. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

Eclipsing their predecessors in prominence, the Autobots advocated for an [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]], expanding the influence of their species beyond the [[Hadean System|Hadeen System]], colonizing the larger galaxy and founding the [[Autobot Commonwealth]]. The Autobots acted as the scientific arm of this expansion, being protected by the [[Destron (Animated)|Destrons]] when their empire-building came into border skirmishes with the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. Though the Cybertronian race triumphed in these conflicts, tensions arose as the Destrons came to feel that they had done too much work for too little reward while the Autobots had grown rich on their sacrifices. The Destrons eventually evolved into the Decepticons, whose tensions with the Autobots increased. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

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30 million years ago, [[Powered Convoy|PC Magnus]] oversaw the construction of [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]], headquarters of the [[Elite Guard|Cybertron Elite Guard]]. 18 million years later, his successor [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] passed the [[Decepticon Registration Act]], sparking the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. The Autobot invention of [[space bridge]]s quickly cut off the early Decepticon expansion before the Decepticons began a bombing campaign, demanding that the Autobots turn over the [[AllSpark]]. In response, the Autobots threw the AllSpark into a space bridge, ensuring that no one would find it. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

As the war continued, the Autobots enacted [[Project Omega]], creating the [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]] as twelve large-scale living weapons. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Armed with these giants, the Autobots won ground against the [[Decepticon fleet]], crippling their foes in the [[Ambush of Floron III]]. The Autobots later enacted a "planet-hopping" campaign that freed all of the captured colonies, ending in the [[Battle of Omnitron]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

The Great War later comes to a close in the [[Battle for Iacon]], the Autobots triumphing thanks to the sacrifice of the Omega Sentinels. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} The war's end saw the signing of the [[Tyrest Accord]], granting the Decepticons amnesty in exchange for exile from the Autobot Commonwealth. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

Autobot victory in the Great War was later credited to their space bridges, Project Omega, and removing the AllSpark from the combat theater. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} Military equipment and hardware was subsequently decommissioned. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}} Bereft of the AllSpark, the Autobots turned to [[Vector Sigma]] for new sparks. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} Though military training was available for the new generation of Autobots, most would grow up without ever having seen a Decepticon. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

When rumours spread throughout the galaxy that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] still lived, the [[Decepticon Uprisings]] began, the fringes of Autobot society coming under attack. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} In response, Ultra Magnus ordered the [[Ministry of Science]] to study the schematics of the captured [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]. Managing to extract the coding needed for flight, the scientists applied it to [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], creating the first flight-capable Autobots and prototypes for a future group of [[Aerialbot (Animated)|Aerialbots]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

After Head of Intelligence Longarm Prime was discovered to be the Decepticon spy [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], he attacked and crippled Ultra Magnus, {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} his second in command, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] took command and instituted a police state in Autobot society, locking down public venues and potentially subversive gathering places. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

The Autobots eventually took Megatron prisoner when [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s team captured the warlord {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} though they had to contend with Decepticon loyalists trying to free their master. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

{{note|Takara also used the name "Autobots" instead of "Cybertrons" for the faction in this franchise.}}

==''Shattered Glass''==
[[File:Autobot Shattered Glass.png|177px|thumb|...the evil forces of the Autobots?]]
{{quote|'Til all are gone.|[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]|"[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]"}}

In this universe, the Autobots are the evildoers, bent on conquering and destroying everything in their path, starting with Earth. On Cybertron, they are the dominant faction, ruled by the Prime, specifically [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. Ranks are in constant flux due to their backstabbing nature. [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] may very well usurp rule one day. {{storylink|Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}

After a devastating battle at [[Decepticon City (SG)|Decepticon City]], Rodimus finally overthrew Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Familiar Reflections}} before Optimus, now reborn as Nova Prime through the power of [[Unicron/Shattered Glass|Unicron]], returned and overthrew Rodimus. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}} Under Nova Prime's leadership, the Autobots sided with the Decepticons against their [[Primus/Shattered Glass|evil creator]] and attained a peaceful existence on [[Gaea]]. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}
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==Aligned continuity family==
[[File:DarknessRising1-untappedenergondeposit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The symbol of that would later be appropriated by the Autobots was utilized by the Cybertronian government prior to the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]]. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

"Autobot", a contraction of "autonomous robot", was an old philosophical phrase [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] found on the [[DataNet]] and one that he suggested to his friend [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to be the name of their movement to abolish the [[Functionism|caste system]]. At their hearing with the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], Orion used the term over and over again to remind his enthusiastic followers of the freedom they sought. He implored the Council choose a new Prime, so [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] chose Orion as the new Prime, tearing Orion and Megatron's movement in two. In the war with Megatron's Decepticons, the Autobots only held fifteen percent of Cybertron, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Kalis]]. The Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', transported by the [[space bridge]] to the [[Milky Way]]. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[Wreckers]], [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], and [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] remained on the planet. With the bulk of the Autobots off Cybertron, the remaining Decepticons took [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

The Autobots remaining on Cybertron operated via a spy network based in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. After rescuing [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], the Autobots joined the Decepticons in fighting off a [[Quintesson]] invasion. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} Autobots continued to abandon their planet after the invasion, {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots|Rage of the Dinobots}} with the few that chose to remain on Cybertron reorganizing themselves into underground communities and settlements under the stewardship of the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 1|Beast Hunters #1}}

{{Main|Team Prime}}
Soon enough, Cybertron became all but deserted, with Autobot forces stretched thin across the universe. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)}} With the death of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], Optimus only had [[Team Prime|four Autobots]] with him on [[Earth]], {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} though he would later be joined on Earth with [[Rescue Force Sigma-17]], {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], {{storylink|New Recruit}} rogue member [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} former Decepticon [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}} [[High Tide]], [[Servo (RB)|Servo]], {{storylink|Turning the Tide}} [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]], and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]]. {{storylink|The New Recruits}}

Discovering a manner to synthesize [[Living metal|cybermatter]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] persuaded [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] to aid him in rebuilding the [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Persuasion}} Ratchet's Autobot morals ultimately triumphed over his desire to see Cybertron restored and allowed Team Prime to board the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink| Synthesis}} What followed ultimately turned out to be the final battle of the Great War, with Autobots emerging victorious. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

After Cybertron had been restored, [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] attacked the planet in a bid to destroy [[Primus]]. The Autobots joined forces with the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] to defeat the Chaos Bringer. Though the alliance managed to defeat the Chaos Bringer, the battle ended with Optimus Prime sacrificing his spark to restore the [[AllSpark]] to the [[Core]]. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

Once the planet's population began to grow, a new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] was established to rule the planet. [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]] and his troops however managed to replace the Council and made plans for a Decepticon-ruled Cybertron shoving the Autobots, particularly those close to Optimus Prime, into obscurity. The Autobots misinterpreted this as the will of the Cybertronian people and thus did not protest these acts. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} The people of the restored Cybertron all wore the Autobot insignia but by all indications, the vast majority were only civilians and had no military roles or functions. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

To cement their rule, the High Council implanted mind-control techniques to control the Autobots and use them as a military force to rebuild the [[Decepticon Empire]]. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} The [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]'s interference however derailed Cyclonus's plans and allowed the Autobots to resume leadership of Cybertron. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
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==''Cloud''==
The Autobots of [[Cloud World]], also known as the '''Spacetime Police''' (時空警察 ''Jikū Keisatsu''), patrol the [[multiverse]] eliminating extradimensional threats in exchange for the [[Spacetime energy|fuel]] needed to sustain the [[SARA|energy being]] that propagates their home dimension.
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==''Cyberverse'' cartoon==
The ruling faction on Cybertron before the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], the Autobots fought a losing war against the Decepticons. After it was found that [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] sought to pervert the [[AllSpark]], {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} the Autobots launched it off Cybertron, {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}} only to later decide that this had been a mistake, Optimus Prime leading the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] to find and retrieve it. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

The journey took much longer than expected however, leading the ''Ark'' crew to go into stasis. {{storylink|The Journey}} While the ''Ark'' located the AllSpark, it crashed on Earth, cutting off the crew from their comrades on Cybertron, now reduced to a small resistance movement. After the Cybertron Autobots had located the AllSpark on Earth, they sent [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to Earth to find it where she reunited with an amnesiac [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory}} After locating [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]], {{storylink|Teletraan-X (episode)|Teletraan-X}} and [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]], {{storylink|King of the Dinosaurs}} the group managed to located the ''Ark'' just as the [[Decepticon fleet]] arrived. {{storylink|Eruption}}

After decades of warring on Earth, the Autobots located the AllSpark and allied with its guardian [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]]. {{storylink|Trials}} After procuring the AllSpark, the Autobots left Earth for home, {{storylink|Escape From Earth}} short cutting via a [[space bridge]] after a distress call came in from [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]]. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

Arriving home and unable to raise Chromia, Optimus suspected a trap. Abandoning ship, the Autobot army met its Decepticon counterpart in the War's final battle, emerging victorious when the AllSpark was returned to the core. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}}

The peace would prove short-lived as the [[Quintesson]]s invaded Cybertron and began draining the populace's sparks. {{storylink|The Loop}} Once the populace had been freed, the Autobots and Decepticons worked together to repulse the invaders, {{storylink|The Alliance}} before each claiming one hemisphere of the planet. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

When it became apparent that Megatron was arming the Decepticons for another invader, the Autobots sent a strike team into Decepticon territory only to be surrounded by [[Decepticon supersoldier]]s. {{storylink|Silent Strike}} The invaders were revealed to be the advance guard of another version of Megatron who had won the Great War and killed his own kind. After Megatron X had disabled his primary counterpart and been disabled, the war was considered properly over, the Autobots and Decepticons accepting co-existence, {{storylink|The Other One}} officiating the peace with the [[Treaty of the Wall]]. {{storylink|The Immobilizers}}

===Alternate universe===
In another timeline, [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] killed Optimus Prime in the Great War's opening stages. Bereft of Optimus' leadership, the Autobots quickly lost the War, being rendered extinct by the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Other One}}

==Merchandise==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[File:Movie Autobot Screencleaner.jpg|106px|thumb|This was originally the top bit of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion's]] pimp cane.]]
*'''Autobot''' (2008)
:Released by [[Gacha International|Tomy Yujin]] in January 2008, this dangler is a [[Insignia|faction logo]]-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Autobot insignia printed on the other side.
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====Kinnerton====
[[File:Kinnerton Transformers Tin.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|For holding all your Autobot-symbol-shaped cookies.]]
*'''Transformers Tin''' (2008)
: Confectionery and... stationery company [[Kinnerton]] produced Movie-style Autobot sigil-shaped tins. It is currently unknown what these tins were used for. These tins and other Kinnerton products were available in [[Australia]].
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====PTI Group====
*'''Transformers Treat Containers''' (2008)
:Produced as an exclusive for [[Target]] stores, these blue plastic containers were molded in the shape of the Autobot symbol. They were sold in packs of three. While not dishwasher safe, they were perfect for containing any number of small treats.
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===''Age of Extinction''===
[[File:3DLightFX AutobotShield.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Autobot Shield''' (3D Deco Light, 2014)
: A three-dimensional wall light fixture from [[3D Light FX]] in the form of a Movie-style Autobot insignia. It uses red LED lights and is battery powered. It comes with a sticker in the form of a wall crack, which is meant to look as though the insignia is somehow breaking through the wall.
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===Kidrobot===
[[File:Kidrobot GIJoe Enamel Pin Series.jpg|thumb|250px]]
====Enamel Pin Series====
*'''Transformers logos''' ([[November 3]], [[2017]])
:*''Rarity:'' 2 in 20
:Released by [[Kidrobot]] in their [[Blindpacking|blindboxed]] ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' Enamel Pin Series, this is a flat, enamel pin badge of the Autobot symbol, packaged in with a similar [[Decepticon#Enamel Pin Series|Decepticon]] pin in a release called "Transformers logos" {{sic}}.
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===''Pop!''===
[[File:TRANSFORMERS_SERIES_AUTOBOT_POP.gif|thumb|right|200px|[[Scene transition|Dun da dun da naaa...]]]]
*'''Autobot''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], [[2022]])
**''Rarity:'' '''Series'''
:An NFT depicting a rotating Autobot symbol with the Funko Digital logo on the other side.
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===Icon Heroes===
[[File:Icon-Heroes-Autobot-Bookend.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Faction Bookend''' (2022)
: A set of bookends in the form of the Autobot insignia made of polystone and produced by Icon Heroes.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybertron''' (サイバトロン ''Saibatoron''), '''Autobot''' (オートボット ''Ōtobotto'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Bǒk Pāǐ''' (博派, "Fraternity Faction")
*''Czech:'' '''Aubot''' (first movie's first dub only)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Autobot'''
*''Italian:'' '''Autorobot'''
*''Korean:'' '''Cybertron''' (사이버트론 ''Saibeoteuron''), '''Autobot''' (오토봇 ''Otobot'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Autobot''' (Taiwan, 奧特巴 ''Àu Thè Pā''), '''Bó Pâi''' (博派, "Bot Faction"), '''Qìchērén''' (China, 汽车人, "Car Person"), '''Zìyóurén''' (自由人, "Freeman"),
*''Polish:'' '''Autobot'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Autobóticos''' (Portugal comic), '''Optimus''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Avtobot''' (Автобот, "Autobot")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Kiber''' (Кібер, ''Cyber''), '''Avtobot''' (Автобот, "Autobot")

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