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Bluestreak (G1)

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:''Bluestreak is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He is also known as '''Silverstreak'''.''
[[File:Anime Bluestreak boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm f***ing PONDEROUS, man. PONDEROUS, f***in' PONDEROUS.]]
'''Bluestreak''' is a talker. He talks a lot. Any subject, any time of the day, his lips are flapping while his Autobot comrades are rolling their eyes. Could be about things on Earth, could be about things on Cybertron, could be about just about anything, but the point is, y'know, he's talking. Words are coming out of his mouth in a near constant prattling stream. Some think he's vapid, that his mouth just moves a billion times faster than his brain, if his brain is moving at all. Or they imagine that he's a fool who doesn't know when to shut up, that he drones on and on and on and on because maybe he just likes to hear himself speak or something.

His friends realize, however, that his jabbering hides a deeper pain. At the beginning of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Bluestreak's [[Praxus|home city]] was totally destroyed by [[Decepticon]]s. He was the only survivor. It's as if by talking he tries to drown out his own fears and memories somehow. "There's some demons runnin' loose inside that boy," says [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], "and sometimes I think they grab hold of him and won't let him go." He hated war, he still does, but ever since, he's hated Decepticons even more. It is odd to see a bot of peace so willingly take up arms, but Bluestreak's got a score to settle.

Talk may be cheap, but it keeps him sane.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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[[File:Bluestreakandthereshallcome.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"The War Within" forgot about this design... thankfully!]]
''Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bluestreak was escorted by [[Fusion]] on a mission to deliver shatter bombs to the Autobot military commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Fusion was focused on picking off the Decepticon jets which were hounding his partner when a blast from one of these Decepticons killed Fusion. Bluestreak was able to complete the mission thanks to his friend's efforts, but he swore revenge. {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}''

[[File:Miragebluestreakfirst.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You can taste his sarcasm. To be fair, nobody likes Mirage.]]
Bluestreak arrived on [[Earth]] with his fellow Autobots four million years ago and remained inactive until 1984. Along with [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], Bluestreak was one of the less sympathetic of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew when it came to humans. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} In an early mission in the [[United Kingdom]], he provided covering fire for an Autobot convoy, using his sharpshooting skills to knock [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] out of the sky with '''one shot'''. Don't mess. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}}

He suggested repairing the Ark and simply abandoning Earth's people to the Decepticons after learning that [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had allegedly provided their foes with a fuel conversion process while he was their prisoner. Despite their conflicting views, Optimus Prime still recognized Bluestreak's skill as a sharpshooter and chose him to be one of the five Autobots recharged in the [[Tubes of Transference]], in the hopes that at least some Autobots would be at full capacity when the inevitable Decepticon attack came. When it did, Bluestreak was brazen enough to attack [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] himself, head-on. Despite their temporary victory, the battle-weary Autobots were blindsided by the returning Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who knocked them all down with a single blast. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Bluestreak was next seen being hung from the ceiling of the Ark, prepared by Shockwave to be used as spare parts for the next generation of Decepticons. {{storylink|The New Order}} {{storylink|Warrior School!}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], the only surviving Autobot, managed to re-secure the Ark, and Bluestreak was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

[[File:Bumblebeebluestreakbrainstorm.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Will talk without end for forever about nothing at all, yet doesn't mention that Prowl is speaking from Ratchet's body.]]
During a mission to stop [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] from broadcasting a transmission to their Decepticon brethren back on Cybertron, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots to confront the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. This effort almost ended badly when the Constructicons revealed they could merge into the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but Bluestreak and the others were saved by Huffer and the human trucker [[Bomber Bill]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} It soon became apparent to the Autobots that [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s life was in danger so long as he carried the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] while the Decepticons kept hostage the head of Optimus Prime, so Bluestreak and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] were assigned to guard him. Bluestreak's embarrassing line of questioning about what [[kiss]]ing entailed was interrupted when he and Bumblebee were assaulted by the Decepticon prototype warrior [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. After he suffered heavy wounds, his life was saved once again by a human; Buster Witwicky used the power of the Creation Matrix to disassemble Jetfire before their eyes. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}}

''As the Witwickys celebrated Christmas at the ''Ark'', Bluestreak argued with Prowl over the strategic value and social utility of a Christmas tree. {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}} Bluestreak was one of the Autobots involved in the argument over Prowl's plan to create dedicated Autobot warriors using the Matrix. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} He was also at the Ark when attacked by [[Peter Anthony Morris]] using the Dinobot, [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}''

[[File:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And the rest... is silence.]]
While Bluestreak and Bumblebee were helping Buster, Optimus Prime had been restored, but not without cost to the Autobot ranks. To help offset this, Bluestreak and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] assisted with the [[Rite of the Autobrand]] on Jetfire, whom Optimus Prime had recently given life. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

''During the Dinobot Hunt, Bluestreak was sent with [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to [[Doonstown]] to capture the berserk [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], but they were surprised to find Grimlock locked in battle with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. Bluestreak was the first member of the team down, deactivated by the crazed Dinobots before he had a chance to react.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

When Bumblebee was targeted by the Decepticons, Bluestreak was part of the Autobot squad dispatched to intercept the enemy and rescue his friend. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}} ''He was also present at the Ark shortly before Optimus Prime's first encounter with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Prey!}}''

During Grimlock's command, Bluestreak watched Grimlock fight [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] for Autobot leadership. Bluestreak left the Ark to cheer beside the other Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}} After Blaster rejoined the Autobots, Bluestreak helped put him through his paces in a training exercise. {{storylink|Club Con!}} He battled the [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] in [[New York City]], but not before some choice words. Starscream noted that Bluestreak spoke "freely, but foolishly," and ended his life, and others', with little effort. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Casey Kasem]] (English), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3", "Divide and Conquer", "SOS Dinobots"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Immobilizer"), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, "Enter the Nightbird"), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, "Microbots"), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, "Fire on the Mountain"), [[Katsumi Suzuki]] (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines")|[[Ulises Cuadra]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:MTMTE3 Bluestreak rescues Ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34]]
Bluestreak was one of the original crew members of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it set off from Cybertron in search of new sources of fuel and energy. Attacked en route by the Decepticon flagship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the Ark crashed into a volcano, and the Autobots lay dormant for millions of years. When the volcano erupted and activated [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] in 1984, Bluestreak was reformatted into a Datsun 280Z. Shortly after Hound and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] discovered [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s plans, Bluestreak was part of the Autobot battle group dispatched to follow Megatron's raid on an off-shore oil rig, despite not having been ordered to do so. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

After rescuing the humans, he was also among the Autobots who responded to the Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}. Then, when the Decepticons managed to extricate themselves from the mine explosion, Bluestreak and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] took to the air and engaged in a dogfight with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He avoided injury, but abandoned the chase when Ironhide was shot down and managed to drag his friend to safety after a water landing. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[File:G1 Prowl Bluestreak Rollforit.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Prowl always dreads the family reunions.]]
After Megatron was seemingly lost forever inside the [[space bridge]], the Autobots thwarted an ill-planned Decepticon attack on yet another hydroelectric power plant under the command of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. Chasing after the escaping Decepticons, Bluestreak managed to damage both Starscream and Thundercracker significantly with a single blast from his shoulder cannons. He and his twin brother [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] followed the fleeing villains to a human aircraft hangar, from which the Decepticons were scavenging parts. Bluestreak accused Starscream of having a [[Anatomic euphemism#Manifold|manifold]] for a mouth. It was hilarious, but both Autobots were outnumbered when Soundwave unleashed Ravage. Fortunately, their human friend [[Chip Chase]] took control of Prowl's systems and sent the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

Bluestreak accompanied Ironhide, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] to Cybertron to get a [[cosmitron]] for the dying [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. He was attacked by the [[Rainmaker]]s' [[acid rain]] just outside of [[Wheeljack's workshop]] and was nearly deactivated. Once given a pep talk by [[Chip Chase]], he shot down the Rainmakers, enabling the Autobots to get the cosmitron. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Bluestreak was present during the unveiling of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and responded in awe. Later on, he was with the Autobots during the Decepticon ambush at the [[Great Falls]]. He shot at [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], but was unable to hit him. Defeated, the Autobots were all tied up by the Decepticons. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] used Bluestreak's bolt gun to give the Autobots an instant recharge {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Bluestreak was in the Autobot group who flew with [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] to [[Peru]]. He fried Laserbeak during one of the skirmishes, and used his lights so Skyfire could see Wheeljack. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}} When the New Dinobots were created, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots selected for a mock battle against [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. He was defeated along with the rest of the group and jokingly commented on the battle saying they would have won if it was real... Maybe. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Bluestreak and Windcharger.jpg|thumb|260px]]
Bluestreak's skill as a gunner was frequently employed in combat. On one occasion, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] was trying to fly off with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], and Bluestreak was able to target and shoot one of the tin turkey's legs without hitting Spike to free him. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} When the Autobots surfed towards the Decepticons, he was the first to notice the tidal wave about to engulf the group. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} He was present with the rest of Autobots during the staged battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Some of Bluestreak's spare parts were used on Sparkplug's [[Autobot X (G1)|Autobot X]], including one of the door-wings. Later Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that went to go help Autobot Spike during his confusion. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that reacted to a Decepticon attack at a mining colony and also present at the Ark when Megatron's solar needle caused an avalanche. He had to run away from a boulder to avoid being crushed by it. {{storylink|Changing Gears}} Bluestreak accompanied Optimus Prime to [[New York City]] to stop Megatron from converting the city into his base. He was the first to notice Prime's missing arm on top of the [[Empire State Building]] and later blasted a subway car piloted by Frenzy. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

[[File:Bluestreakg1.jpg|left|upright=1.34|thumb|You get the feeling Blurr trained under this guy at some point.]]
Bluestreak was a victim of Megatron's [[personality destabilizer device]] that was placed in the Autobots' recharging chambers. Once under Decepticon control, Bluestreak attacked Bumblebee and tried to make him recharge, but was disabled by [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]. After regaining consciousness, he was the first to be brought back using Sparkplug's new invention, the [[attitude exchanger]]. Afterward, he accompanied Jazz and Sparkplug to return the other Autobots to normal. When they needed to get Skyfire's attention, Bluestreak fired at him with the results they wanted. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Bluestreak was present in the Ark when Cliffjumper first accused Mirage of being a traitor and also present later when Mirage was being repaired and Cliffjumper was accusing him again. {{storylink|Traitor}} Bluestreak was the second Autobot to be hit by the Immobilizer when the Autobots went to retrieve it. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

[[File:Immobilizer Bluestreak immobilized.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Now I really am Silverstreak!]]
Bluestreak participated in the Autobot race for charity. He was hit by the [[Transfixatron]], rendering him unable to transform. Then [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] disabled him. He was later one of the first to be restored by the [[anti-transfixation grenade]]. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} Bluestreak assisted with the Autobot attempt to recapture the irreplaceable robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] for the famous scientist [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Doctor Fujiyama]] after the Decepticons turned her against humanity. Optimus Prime was insistent the Autobots not shoot or harm Nightbird, but Bluestreak saved Prime anyway from the attacking ninja by cleanly shooting Nightbird's laser [[sword]] out of her hands. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Bluestreak was around when the Autobots were confused about who was the real Optimus Prime when Megatron's clone infiltrated the Autobot base. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} He was part of the attack against the Decepticons to try to get [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Autobot side. He succeeded in knocking all three seeker jets out of the sky with a missile barrage, but was later kicked down by Devastator. {{storylink|The Core}} Bluestreak suddenly appeared in the group of Autobots that attacked the Decepticons in [[South America]]. {{storylink|Microbots}} Bluestreak was present when Optimus Prime thanked Spike, Carly, and the Dinobots for what they did for the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

Bluestreak was in the group of Autobots that responded to the distress call from the [[Haley Observatory]]. They were late and Megatron got away with the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} Bluestreak was part of the second Autobot group that tried to attack the electrum-covered Decepticons, but was defeated. He was later present in the battle at the golden lagoon, which ended in victory for the Autobots {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} When [[Kremzeek]] attacked Bluestreak was one of the many Autobots deactivated before [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] was able to coat a few with insulating foam. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[File:TripleTakeover Bluestreak Altmode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Bluestreak entered [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s zone defense around the football stadium, but was severely damaged and built into a throne by [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} When the Decepticons took control of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], Bluestreak left the base when the Autobots left to attack them. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[File:TransEuropeExpress riding Wildrider.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgUbRpdUN1w|"What did they expect? THIS!"]]]
Along with several fellow Autobots, Bluestreak participated in the [[Europa 2000]], an international charity race stretching from Paris to Istanbul. When the arrogant racing driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] cut across Bumblebee, an indignant Bluestreak helped his understandably angry friend catch up to the American and attempt to teach him some manners. Later, after running afoul of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], Bluestreak learned of Megatron's plan for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from [[Teranova|Professor Teranova]] and deduced that the missing Autobots must have been disabled by the Stunticons.

[[File:Trans-europe-express-bluestreak-reacts.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]] After Cahnay's car was stolen by the Decepticons to use as raw materials for a weather control machine, Bluestreak allowed the hotshot driver to race him to victory at the finish line. Together, Bluestreak, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and Bumblebee headed out to confront the Decepticons, but when the Pearl was lost in a tornado, Megatron unleashed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] onto the Autobots. Ironically, it was Cahnay who defeated Menasor by sacrificing his car, much to Bluestreak's surprise. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} Bluestreak was at the Autobot base after the Stunticons were captured by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In the year [[2005]], Bluestreak helped [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] move a roadblock on [[Lookout Mountain]], just before [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] crashed through it. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|The noticeable lack of shoulder cannons means the [[Character model|animation model]] used for Bluestreak's brief appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' was actually Prowl's.}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} {{storylink|Prime Target}}}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Cloud''=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|TFC-A01}}}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Bluestreak was part of a team of Autobots who attended the field-test for the [[C-X (G1)|C-X]]. As Optimus and the C-X unit battled one another during the test, Bluestreak suggested ways to improve the C-X’s A.I. and targeting systems. When the C-X suddenly went berserk, Bluestreak jumped into action to help out Optimus Prime against it. The C-X unit simply kicked Bluestreak out of its way, leaving Optimus to disable it on his own. {{storylink|Divided Views}}

Bluestreak was amongst the Autobots who once more confronted Megatron and his Decepticons at the'' [[Trigger]]'' in Earth orbit. When Starscream combined himself with the Trigger to create a powerful new body for himself, Bluestreak had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream’s star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
[[File:BinaltechStreakBoxArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Doors of silver, nerves of steel.]]
Suffering from the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] virus, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots reconstructed using [[Binaltech]] technology. Alongside [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], he helped [[Earth Defense Command]] drive the Decepticons off of Earth. Bluestreak continued serving on Earth at Autobot City, under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s overall command. {{storylink|Binaltech Is...}}

As the conflict raged on, thanks to the time- and space-warping actions of both [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and a mysterious entity known as [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|The Protector]], the events of the Binaltech conflict were branched off to become their own, distinct parallel universe (the "BT World") separate from the "mainstream" timeline. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

{{Note|At this point, the original timeline was retroactively restored and the events of the ''Story of Binaltech'' diverged into a parallel universe. Exactly how many (if any) of the events related in this section, even prior to the divergence, occurred in the original unaltered timeline are unknown.}}

When the spark of Prowl from the "BT World" was lost in interdimensional [[Transwarp|subspace]], it re-emerged in the mainstream timeline, and was discovered by Bluestreak and the other Autobots. Soon after, a strange energy surge came across the dimensions from the "BT World" and made contact with Prowl's spark, driving into a dangerously unstable state. To save the life of this Prowl he had never even known, Bluestreak tracked the energy back across the dimensions and traveled to the "BT World", meeting up with the local versions of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] and "[[Prowl II]]" (a duplicate Prowl housing the consciousness of [[Chip Chase]]). The pair brought him back to the Autobots' headquarters, where he explained the situation to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}}

Jazz used the data Bluestreak had brought with him to pinpoint the source of the energy surge. During the subsequent raid, Bluestreak and the Autobots discovered that the surge was the work of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and the [[Concurrence]], who were using a subspace node to drain energy from Prowl's spark, which they then used to power a giant robot made of synthetic [[electrum]]. Once Jazz had taken out the node, Bluestreak took down the robot with some well-placed shots. They were then contacted by [[Overdrive]] from Bluestreak's dimension, who reported that Prowl's spark had stabilized, but that it would be too dangerous to send it back through subspace unshielded. Instead, Chip's consciousness was removed from the "Prowl II" body and returned to his human frame, and the Binaltech shell was then taken back across the dimensions by Bluestreak so Prowl's spark could be implanted in it. {{storylink|Binaltech|Unfinished Business, Part 2}}

=====Controverse=====
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Bluestreak was among the Autobots who confronted Megatron at the Decepticon fortress over the Global building crisis. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

===Marvel coloring books===
With Sparkplug acting as their referee, Bluestreak and Sideswipe raced one another in order to determine who was the fastest. The race ended in a tie, with Sparkplug declaring them both winners. Just then, Thundercracker and Starscream swooped down onto the trio, and cast [[Sleep Net]]s unto them, rendering them unconscious. Bluestreak was brought to Megatron's newly constructed prison, and was incarcerated within. Luckily, Bumblebee had not been captured, and managed to free the other Autobots. Upon their escape, Bluestreak and Sideswipe shot Starscream and Thundercracker out of the sky. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Bluestreak spotted the Decepticons attacking Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky. He charged to their rescue, and with the help of the other Autobots, saved both of the humans. He later helped the Autobots protect the Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Bluestreak was one of the many Autobots who followed Optimus into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were stealing fuel from all across the globe with the help of a [[molecular transfer device]]. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}} {{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}} {{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}}}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Upon awakening on Earth after being offline for about 65 million years, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots who attempted to take the Decepticons by surprise while the evil robots still did not know what Earth forms the Autobots had taken. Though they successfully took by surprise a squadron of Decepticons, the Autobots had not anticipated a second group flying in from the opposite direction. Thanks to a warning from Spike and Sparkplug, the Autobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and came to accept Earth as their new home. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

===Decepticon Poison===
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Bluestreak was amongst the Autobots getting topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. The Autobots’ latest batch of fuel had been poisoned by the fleeing Decepticon, leaving Bluestreak unable to transform.

In one possible sequence of events that ensued, Perceptor gave out the right amount of an antidote the Autobot scientist had created, allowing Bluestreak to resume his robot form and take arms against an incoming squadron of Decepticons. The antidote having given Bluestreak and the rest of the cured Autobots a case of battle fever, the bunch were eager to take on the Decepticons head on in combat. The more level-head Prowl suggested instead a more conniving approach, where the Autobots would ambush their assailants.

If Optimus allowed Bluestreak and the rest of the refuelled Autobots to venture headlong into battle, the group fond themselves fighting against Megatron himself, accompanied by a squad of Decepticon jets. Though Bluestreak's squad started out strong, they soon found themselves overpowered by Megatron, prompting Optimus to lead a second wave into battle. The second wave soon ran out of fuel, prompting the Autobots to call a retreat. Thankfully, the Decepticons were damaged enough through the course of the battle, causing them to retreat as well.

If Optimus instead followed Prowl’s plan, he instructed Bluestreak and the others to transform into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots to be already dead, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. Though Bluestreak initially cheered, finding himself able to transform once more, he soon found himself literally falling to pieces. The Autobots finding themselves completely outmatched against an all-out Decepticon attack were made short work of by the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots used the tainted fuel to create a toxic cloud that successfully fended off the Decepticons attack. This plan gave Perceptor the time he needed to cure Bluestreak and the others with his antidote. Their ranks fully replenished and the Decepticons turning tail meant the Autobots had earned themselves another victory.

In completely different possible sequence of events, Optimus successfully retrieved the antidote to the poison from the Decepticons’ poison lab, and with Ratchet’s help, brought Bluestreak and the rest of the poisoned Autobots back from the precipice of death. Now cured, the Autobots discussed their next course of action; they had to prevent the Decepticons from poisoning the nearby water reservoir.

If Optimus decided to head for the water reservoir, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots who accompanied him. In one possible scenario, confronted with a swarm of Decepticon jets crowding over the water reservoir, Bluestreak and the other Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir, and into a nearby forest where the Autobots would have some cover. Finding themselves under heavy fire before they could reach the treeline, the Autobots were forced to fight back in the open. Bluestreak was then killed by Megatron. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Bluestreak chuckled at [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'s efforts to create a lightning collector, while giving what can only be described as a demon-hillbilly grin that will haunt your dreams until your dying day. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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When the Autobot/Decepticon war first erupted over 8.7 million years ago, Bluestreak's home city-state of [[Praxus]] was utterly destroyed. ''The entire population of Praxus was killed, with Bluestreak, who had been protected by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]'s troops, being the sole exception. This was a deliberate action on Megatron's part, as he wanted a sole survivor to bear witness to his power, and spread his message of terror.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} Originally a merchant, Bluestreak then joined the Autobot army. 500,000 years later, he visited his friend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] at the [[Vaults]] and related [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s death, {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} and later served in the last-ditch attempt to defend [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

7.4 million years ago, Bluestreak remained with the Autobot faction after the apparent death of Optimus Prime. He and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] remained at [[Autobase]] while [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a task force against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. While there, they met [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and apprised him of the current situation on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Devastation}} 1.4 million years later, Bluestreak and an Autobot/Decepticon/[[Ultracon]] force helped defend a peace ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]] from the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They were successful against the Predacons, but soon fell before the return of Megatron, and his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], ushering in the Age of Internment. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

Bluestreak was among the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago, and awoke in 1984 to battle the Decepticons. After years of fighting, Bluestreak and the other Autobots took part in [[Operation Liberation]] in 1998, a joint human/Autobot operation that defeated and captured the Earth-bound Decepticons. However, the ''[[Ark II]]'', which was meant to convey the Autobots, the captured Decepticons, and a number of humans back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]], sending Bluestreak and his comrades to the bottom of the [[Arctic Ocean]].

Bluestreak was later recovered by the sinister [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]], and his deactivated form was used to power [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] deadly metal virus weapon, after the Decepticons broke free of Lazarus's control. By the time he was rescued by Optimus Prime, Bluestreak's energy had been almost fatally depleted. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''Bluestreak recovered, however, and rejoined his newly active comrades. He was with Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in Tokyo, Japan, trying to rebuild their rep with the humans when Megatron attacked. During the battle, a lattice of red and blue energy struck down from the heavens, scooping up the four Transformers and over 200 humans in the immediate area, blasting them back out into space. Their hosts were a group of enigmatic beings known as the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], who were transporting them through deep space to their base of operations, the [[Labyrinth]]. During their travels, Bluestreak was forced to experience a full-sensory recreation of Praxus, and its last hours before Megatron destroyed it. The Keepers also showed Bluestreak, for the first time, how Megatron used him as a messenger of doom. Horrified at the part he unwittingly played in the Decepticon war engine, Bluestreak swore to destroy Megatron.''

''In the Labyrinth, the Keepers forced the Transformers to participate in battledome combat, fighting alien opponents and each other, with their lives and the lives of the humans taken with them hanging in the balance. Bluestreak and Jazz were forced to fight each other to the death amidst a random assortment of humans, held in place around the battledome by the Keepers' power. Failure to continue the battle resulted in a "penalty", where the Keepers would callously murder the humans to keep the Autobots fighting, but the fighting itself was just as potentially dangerous for the civilians in the arena. The battle only ended when Bluestreak deliberately took a critical blast from Jazz's [[photon rifle]] in order to save one of the humans from certain death. The Keepers forced Jazz to finish the job, executing his friend at point blank range to avoid any additional deaths. Bluestreak died consoling Jazz that he had done the right thing.''

''But he did not die for long. After the Keepers were revealed as vast techno-organic lifeforms, Optimus Prime was able to manipulate the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to help bring him, Megatron, Jazz and the surviving humans back home. Unfortunately, the Keepers came too, having assembled a menagerie of host bodies for themselves in order to more directly interact with other beings. One of those host bodies was Bluestreak's animated corpse. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

{{charstubfiction|[[The Transformers Trilogy]] ({{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}})}}

When Shockwave came to Earth and announced that the Autobot/Decepticon wars were over and that the two factions had been united, Bluestreak was more than skeptical, suggesting it was a trick. The memory of his destroyed home-city still haunted him, and he would not believe the same beings who killed innocents could change their ways. His views clashed those of with [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], who did not see the point in fighting wars that had been ended. {{storylink|New World Order}} Despite his objections, Bluestreak was among the Autobots who joined Optimus Prime in surrendering to Shockwave's lieutenant, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Ferried back to Cybertron by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Bluestreak and the others were imprisoned and scheduled for execution, but were freed by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and taken to an underground hideout. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He fought in the battle to retake Iacon and witnessed Shockwave activating the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Victorious, Bluestreak and his comrades began to rebuild their planet. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Shortly after Ultra Magnus recovered from injuries he suffered when the Autobots overthrew Shockwave, Bluestreak and the rest of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew were approached by Prowl about returning to Earth. {{storylink|Original Sin}} Prowl wanted to establish a more permanent Autobot presence on Earth, due in part to some curious data he had come across while researching the clone entity known as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. Bluestreak was by far the most talkative of the Autobots at the meeting, weighing in on both sides of the discussion as the debate over returning raged back and forth. Unfortunately for Bluestreak, no one was listening to a word he said. {{storylink|Atonement}} Prowl eventually convinced all of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew to return with him and begin construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, and they departed from Cybertron shortly thereafter. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Bluestreak was among the deactivated Transformers found, rebuilt and reprogrammed by [[Cobra]], who proceeded to use the alien robots for their plan to conquer the world. Along with Prowl, Bluestreak now transformed into a Cobra [[Firebat]] jet, but was eventually freed from the humans' control by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] tampering. Joining Prowl, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], he confronted [[Cobra Commander]] and fought against his [[S.N.A.K.E.]] guards. Bluestreak was horrified when [[Storm Shadow]] killed Trailbreaker during the fight, but the shock quickly turned to anger, and he and his comrades attacked the human and ripped his mech apart. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} Bluestreak was later seen fighting Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the sky when the [[SPS Satellite]] went out of control and started firing at [[Cobra Island]] randomly. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
After a brutal battle during which [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a monstrous gestalt of unimaginable power, was released, Bluestreak’s butchered form lay smoldering in a mass grave of both Autobot and Decepticon corpses. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' comics===
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Bluestreak was among the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate all the Transformers. Both sides went into hiding underground until the danger had passed, remaining in stasis until the mid-19th century. When they woke up, the war against the Decepticons started anew, though Bluestreak was not seen partaking in any of the action. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}
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=== IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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{{note|IDW continuity is inconsistent about Bluestreak's name, calling him Bluestreak in most stories but Silverstreak in the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] and ''[[The Transformers: Ironhide|Ironhide]]'' miniseries.}}
At the very beginning of the Cybertronian civil war, Bluestreak worked in Security Services under Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Later, but still very early in the war, Bluestreak helped defend the planet from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] as part of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s harassment team. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} At a later point still, he was part of an extraction team led by [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] that retrieved a damaged Jazz and Tracks from their skirmishing with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. Bluestreak's sharpshooting skills took out [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] just in time to keep Jazz on-line. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

Bluestreak would become the longest-standing patient of Autobot psycho-analyst [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], presumably due to his survivor's guilt over the destruction of [[Praxus]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Four million years ago, <s>Bluestreak</s> <s>Silverstreak</s> good ol' Streak was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots successfully prevented a supply of energon from reaching the enemy camp. He was too busy getting drunk on energon to really heed Ironhide's security concerns about a [[Axer (G1)|suspicious-looking Autobot]] at the party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}} 500,000 years ago he fought Decepticons during [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s final stand. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}}

Roughly 500 years ago, Bluestreak was on Blaster's orbital array during the Decepticons' post-[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] advance, shortly before the planet was abandoned, and fought against their final big push. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Much later, Bluestreak was in command of the Autobot tactical response unit, seen briefly on the Autobots' orbital command hub. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} On [[Varas Centralus]], in the [[Kol System]], Bluestreak's unit was joined by the [[Wrecker]]s during Phase Six. The Wreckers assaulted the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|siege mode armature]], but Bluestreak kept his own squad out of the fighting, citing the planet as a lost cause. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] attempted to talk Bluestreak into attacking the Decepticons with the Wreckers, before Springer's crew were pulled from Varas Centralus to deal with the crisis created by the revival of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. The final fate of Varas Centralus is unknown, but probably could be categorized as "not good". {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

Bluestreak later returned to [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]] in order to greet [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] personally upon his revival. Because he had been present on the orbital array when Blaster was first attacked and went missing centuries ago, however, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots (along with [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and Mirage) suspected of trying to assassinate Blaster. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Bluestreak was in command of unit operating on [[Hydrus 5]]. One of his subordinates was [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

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Silverstreak was among the Autobots who ended up on Earth following the effects of the Surge. Like several others he grew sick of hiding on the planet and joined [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] when he defected. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Despite this, he was seen with the Autobots who stayed behind, cheering for [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] when he was chosen to lead them. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} Silverstreak helped with the construction of a space cruiser alongside Hot Rod and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s united faction. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}}

{{note|Bluestreak's appearance in [[The Transformers: Bumblebee]] may simply be an error. Another possibility, though less likely, is that Bluestreak and Silverstreak are two different characters in IDW, much like Bumblebee and [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] or [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]].}}

Like many Autobots, Silverstreak had some difficulties working with the Decepticons. He got suspicious when Swindle and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] spent so much time working to repair [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], the latest Decepticon they had rescued from [[Skywatch]]. Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") told him to let the old mistrust between the factions go, but Silverstreak proved to have good instincts—Swindle had installed combiner technology in the Stunticons, creating the menace of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] which he turned against their new Autobot "comrades". {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}} After Menasor was defeated, Silverstreak chastized Rodimus for failing to predict someone named "Swindle" might be less than trustworthy. As Rodimus fled Earth in Ultra Magnus's shuttle, Silverstreak, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the rest of the splinter faction apparently rejoined Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

After the Autobot factions reunited, they formed an alliance with Skywatch. When the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were causing trouble in [[South Korea]], several Autobots were sent to fight them while Silverstreak was left behind in a Skywatch hangar, where he was forced to listen to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] complain about not being picked. He decided to give his "unpleasant" comrade some constructive criticism, telling him that nobody likes angry and moping whiners. On the other hand, everybody loves optimists, like for example Silverstreak! Somehow, this didn't improve Brawn's mood any, so Silverstreak went back to drinking with [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} When the Autobots in Korea were faced with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], Silverstreak was horrified that he couldn't help them, and asked [[Kyle Pennington|Pennington]] what a "nightmare" was so that he could properly compare the situation to one. The battle was eventually won, though it led to the secret Autobot-Skywatch alliance getting revealed to the world. Silverstreak and Brawn stood by Bumblebee as he tried to calm the human crowds, but failed to protect him from a human assassin with an energy gun. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|All My Sins Remembered}}

Things only went downhill from there. The human riots continued, the energy gun appeared to be none other than Megatron himself, the plane carrying the Korea team home was shot down, and finally the Decepticons returned to Earth and attacked the Skywatch base where Silverstreak and the others were based. The Autobots were incapacitated by [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'s sonic attacks and failed to stop the Decepticons from freeing their captured brethren. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Ultra Magnus took command and had the base evacuated, though Silverstreak worried about moving an injured Pennington around. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} As they fled towards [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobots were attacked by more angry humans with energy guns (now known to only be replicas of Megatron's [[alternate mode]]) and Silverstreak sustained damage to a tire. Then things went downhill again, with Megatron himself showing up in a new, more powerful form and defeating the entire Autobot convoy single-handedly. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}}

The injured Autobots were dumped in [[Albuquerque]] to be held hostage by additional armed, paranoid humans. They were saved, but at the cost of Jazz killing one of the humans, which only served to further ruin their reputation amongst humanity. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}}

Some six weeks later, Silverstreak was shocked to learn that Rodimus had returned to Earth with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and several Autobots who were thought dead or long lost, and brought these news to a repaired Bumblebee. After relaxing with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], he joined the rest of the Autobots in volunteering to return to Cybertron and fight [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} On the way home, Silverstreak listened to Ironhide tell the story about the time he met [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} On Cybertron, as the battle against Galvatron's [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s raged on, he bore witness to Megatron's battle with the monstrous "[[Deceptigod]]". {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

Once the war was over and Cybertron was restored, Silverstreak tried to sign up for the ''[[Lost Light]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s journey but didn't make it in. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Remaining on Cybertron, he was seen wandering around in a crowd of [[NAIL]]s who had returned home after the war. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Later, he was on patrol in the reclamation tunnels where captured Decepticons worked and guarded [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] after he witnessed [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]'s murder. {{storylink|Devisive}} Together with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Silverstreak visited [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] the morning it reopened for business. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} He apparently really liked the place, as he was still there when Bumblebee came to talk to the bartender, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Later, Silverstreak was present when Megatron's returned from the Cybertronian wilderness. After the Decepticon had been subdued and imprisoned, Streak was on guard duty at the makeshift prison in the city. When Starscream came in for a friendly chat with his former leader, he referred to Streak as "Bluestreak." {{storylink|City on Fire}} Shortly afterwards, the Decepticons invaded the prison in order to free Megatron. Bluestreak was confident that he, [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] could defend the place all by themselves, but instead became the first one to fall after taking a shot to the head. {{storylink|The Verge}} He survived the injury and was safely hidden away from the Decepticons by none other than Swindle. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

After recovering, Bluestreak was banished into the wilderness alongside his comrades when Iacon became a neutrals-only city. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} He returned after the [[Necrotitan]] was taken down, celebrating its defeat at [[Swerve's]] alongside [[Brainstorm]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} As the ''Lost Light'' prepared to take off again, Bluestreak made his second attempt to sign up only to be stopped by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who told him during the "crewditions" that people who looked like [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] weren't allowed on board. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} He was just messing around, though, and Bluestreak was indeed allowed to join the crew, now under the unexpected command of a reformed Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} Bluestreak was appointed entertainments officer aboard the ship and began regular screenings of Earth movies such as ''[[Zulu]]'' in Swerve's, though circumstances dictated that he evacuate the ship along with everyone else when the ''Lost Light'' literally began to disappear around them. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Soon afterwards, the shuttle in which he escaped also disappeared.

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
Bluestreak and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] were unwittingly both chasing the same Decepticon, the [[Triple Changer]] [[Octane (G1)|Octane]]. Once he revealed himself, the two Autobots teamed up against Octane. Bluestreak got buried face-first in the fight, but Sideswipe drove off their attacker. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 6|Henkei! Henkei! #6}}
===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 085.0 Eta]], Silverstreak was selected to be a member of team which was to travel to [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|an alternate universe]], designated the 22nd Strata, to find and stop the source of a series of environmental disasters threatening Cybertron. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] comprised the rest of the team; they dubbed themselves [[Spy Changer]]s because they aimed to achieve their goal with stealth and diplomacy. The Spy Changers modified their bodies to match the Strata 22's native cyborgs using data acquired from the [[Sky Spy]] and then traveled there. However, they were soon attacked by the local [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, who mistakenly presumed them to be [[Renegade]]s. The Spy Changers were then rescued by the real Renegades, who presumed them to be potential allies and took them back to their flagship, the ''[[Rogue Star]]''. Renegade leader [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] attempted to court the Spy Changers as allies, but Optimus saw through Cy-Kill's deception. Eventually, the Autobots formed a secret alliance with the Guardians as well as discovered the cause of Cybertron's troubles: Renegade bases on [[Moebius]] were draining the planet's energy. The planet's geometry had turned it into a crude [[Dimensional Interfacer]], and Moebius was tapping into Cybertron to sustain itself. Hoist was able to end the crisis by triggering the bases' remote detonation sequence. Cy-Kill was furious, but in the ensuing battle, the Autobot-Guardian alliance triumphed over the Renegades. Optimus Prime and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] shook hands as a symbol of the transdimensional friendship, and the Autobots returned to their home reality, secure in the knowledge that they had allies in places as distant as alternate realities. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Bluestreak could come to Optimus Prime's aid, helping him navigate more quickly through the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Bluestreak is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}

{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverstreak was among the Autobots handpicked by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] for a mission to deliver energon to a hidden Autobot base. Unfortunately their plan was foiled by the interference of [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] and [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]. {{storylink|Road to Ruin}} He was among the Autobots affected by Megatron's sabotage of the Autobot [[recharging chamber]] and began to act erratically. He was the only one left when the other Autobots went to attack [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]] and was subdued by Jazz and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], who had escaped the affliction. He and the other Autobots were returned to normal by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s [[attitude exchanger]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Silverstreak, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] were sent to [[South America]] where the Decepticons were attempting to build a cannon to harness the energy of the [[Crystal of Power]]. Even joined by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], the Autobots were unable to prevent the cannon's completion, but later destroyed it and capped the shaft on which the crystal had stood. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (Legends)|Fire on the Mountain}} When Spike had the genius idea of holding a charity race, Silverstreak and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] talked the other Autobots into it. Unfortunately the Constructicons zapped them all with the [[Transfixatron]] during the race, and the Autobots, now stuck in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], had to hold the Decepticons off long enough for their scientists to reverse the effects. {{storylink|Autobot Run}}

==Toys==
{{main|Bluestreak (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Bluebluestreak.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Sadly, we can't just put this note in the "Does not exist" category.]]
*One of the longest-running [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|myths about Transformers]] is the existence of the "blue-sided Bluestreak". This misconception has its origins in Bluestreak's [[Package art|box art]] and [[Instructions|instruction sheet]], as well as the original 1984 [[Catalog|toy catalogs]],<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/toys/catalogues/generationone_catalogue/84a_catalog.jpg Transformers catalog, circa 1984 (Autobots)]</ref> all of which used the blue-sided ''[[Diaclone]]'' variant of the Fairlady mold. No sealed samples of the blue-sided Bluestreak in a ''Transformers'' box have ''ever'' been found. Oddly enough, numerous other Transformers toys from that era were depicted in both catalogues and packaging art with colors they were never released in —[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], for example— yet Bluestreak is the only one to be (mis)remembered in this manner, perhaps because his name is ''Blue''streak, so he had to have been blue, right?
*Compounding the confusion, a second Diaclone variant exists, with a black hood and silver sides. Oddly, it does not seem as sought after as the blue side variant, despite being less common ''and'' the basis for Bluestreak's animation model (and thus more [[show-accuracy|screen accurate]]).
*The Bluestreak/Prowl head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Natron]], the Autobot [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Streak''' (ストリーク ''Sutorīku'')
*''French:'' '''Jaseur''' (Canada, "Chatty")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kékvillám''' ("Blue Lightning")
*''Italian:'' '''Ariete''' ("Ram")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lán Wén''' (Taiwan, 藍紋, "Blue Streak"), '''Lán Pīlì''' (China, 蓝霹雳, "Blue Thunderbolt")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Raio Azul''' (Portugal comic, "Blue Ray"), '''Raio''' (Brazil comic, "Ray")
*''Russian:'' '''Molniyevik''' (Молниевик, "Lightning-Maker")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Alternators Autobots]]
[[Category:Bartenders]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Gunners]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Autobots]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]

Talk:Bluestreak (G1)

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I'd like to say, I dont' find footnotes to be a very friendly way of linking to stories. You have to click on them, which take you tot he footnote, whichtthen takes you to the story. If you're doing liek I often do, and openign in new tab, when you finally go back to the tab, you're presented witht eh Footnotes section. "Which # did I click on to get here agaain? Uh..."

I think we discussed the use of footnotes as storylinks forever ago and siscarded it for just that reason. (Plus, with a character liek Optimus Prime, you could have hundreds such footnotes.) I've used footnotes elsewhere on the wiki to properly document obscure sources. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

== IDW Bluestreak and Silverstreak - different characters? ==

Wait, they're two different characters now? Walky is going by what Andy Schmidt said... somewhere. So we're now going by the word of an editor whom we have previously made fun of for his problems with remembering events and continuity? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:00, 16 May 2010 (EDT)
:The confusion has made it onto the printed page, unfortunately. Diaclone-colored Bluestreak appeared occasionally pre-[[AHM]]. Sunbow-colored Silverstreak has appeared in the ongoing post-AHM. But a Diaclone-colored "Streak", unnamed, appeared in [[The Transformers: Bumblebee]] at several times, ''after'' Silverstreak left with Rodimus's team. And, just to make things more interesting, the Diaclone-colored model appeared in [[The Transformers: Ironhide]] this week, called ''Silverstreak''. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 10:42, 16 May 2010 (EDT)
: I found this on the forum. http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=3324&start=180&sid=c01e01f8e99247b138deb380551c3431. If they're separate characters, we therefore need to have a Silverstreak (IDW) section and split off Bluestreak's idw section into his section and Silverstreak's. If you think that Andy's word is enough. [[User: Eire]] 16 May 2010 (UTC)
::But didn't ''everybody'' look different in the Bumblebee comic? --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 12:23, 16 May 2010 (EDT)
:::Yes, they did, but fact remains the silver Bluestreak left with Rodimus' team, therefore he shouldn't be present in the Bumblebee comic at all. Isn't there any way to fanwank this as the blue one being a miscolored Smokescreen? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:30, 16 May 2010 (EDT)
::::But look at [[Goldbug (IDW) |IDW Goldbug]], he's a separate character from [[Bumblebee (G1) |Bumblebee]]. --[[Special:Contributions/97.94.161.37|97.94.161.37]] 16:44, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
This isn't something IDW made up, strictly. Do you guys remember Alternators Camshaft? Stolen samples put "BLUESTREAK" on his license plate, and Aaron Archer (or Eric?) said that, in reference to this, they thought it'd be fun to make them different guys. Mind, that causes the wiki SO many headaches. Are all Silverstreaks Silverstreak, or are some of them Bluestreak? Do they share the same tech spec? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:12, 16 May 2010 (EDT)

==Main image==
Horrible. I would really like a cleaned-up version of the "Anime Streak"/Hasbro Collector's Edition Bluestreak boxart as the main image here, if we can get one. Paging Derik... -[[User:LV|LV]] 01:32, 22 June 2013 (EDT)
:Think Henkei Bluestreak's packaging art would suffice? --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 05:37, 22 June 2013 (EDT)
::If I thought that would fly, I would have uploaded TF Legends "Silverstreak" art instead - it's much better and in the right colours, ''but'' it's based on [[Bluestreak_(G1)#Universe_.282008.29|his 2008 toy]], not his 1984 character model. And the going rule is apparently that it needs to be the character's first body in fiction. [Which ruled Blue Bluestreak out!] - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 07:15, 22 June 2013 (EDT)
:::I doubt the policy was intended to disallow a character's original bio art. Bios are fiction. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:41, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
::::Even if I bought that (which I don't - "fiction" in this context should be about more than a single static image unless that is literally all there is), it isn't representative. Bluestreak/Silverstreak is a silver/red (and usually off-black, although that comes and goes) bot, not a blue & white one. There is '''''even a note on the page''''' pointing out that Blue Bluestreak is an urban myth.
::::If someone finds a G1 animation model in colour or the reissue box art that was the same linework ''in the right colours'', or says "okay" to uploading the TF Legends art, or something similarly usable and in the right colours, I wouldn't complain.... - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:50, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::How does his TF Legends artwork look like? (No, I haven't been playing Legends - I have other side projects.) --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 17:44, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
::::::[[File:TFLegendsApp-Silverstreak.jpg|250px]]
::::::(I've not been playing it either, but Derik made all the extant art available without the "card" outlines a few weeks back.) - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 18:03, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::::I'd say that could work. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 18:27, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
::::::::I'm against it for being based off his Universe toy. We generally try to find art based on the original toy. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:09, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::::::I think that would work fine as a place holder image until someone could find a really good shot of his original design. What is up now is just AWFUL. It is a terrible piece of art. I know it's not ideal but I'd put something better up then worry about finding something perfect.[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 22:54, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
::::::The myth is that there was a blue-sided Bluestreak '''''toy'''''. Blue-sided Bluestreak is not a myth... it is canon (in the box art/tech spec continuity). If you want to find something more representative, OK, but his bio art shouldn't be off limits or minor-edit revert worthy. It is better than the current image. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:05, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::::It's also the body colors he used for the first several years in IDW continuity. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 23:01, 23 June 2013 (EDT)
::::::::I vote for temporarily restoring the boxart but planning to replace it. The boxart, represented by an actual toy or Marvel/Sunbow appearance or not, was a pretty heavily-used image in licensed merchandise (it got a [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk5zt2G3Ex1qz8sf3o1_500.jpg 3D puzzle], even) and, as mentioned, has at least made some semi-recent fictional appearances. The Legends art isn't of the appropriate design, and the MTMTE art is awful. -[[User:LV|LV]] 02:02, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::::::Seconded. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 02:48, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::::::I agree that the box art is preferable to the wrong bodied art. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:32, 24 June 2013 (EDT)

==3D Puzzle==
:Side question: Can we use that picture? Do you have any further information on this puzzle, as it isn't listed here. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 08:33, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
::It's some guy's picture from Tumblr. I didn't really examine it after Google Imaging it. I have that thing still sealed, but I'm pretty sure it's at my parents' place. ON a technical level it's pretty much the same as the Ultra Magnus and Starscream puzzles we do have entries on. -[[User:LV|LV]] 09:01, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
:::Wrote it up based on the picture and the SS & UM listings. Can you take a picture of yours at some point? I'd rather not just steal someone else's. Also, can you take a look at the back of the box to see if there is anything else there? The UM listing gives a title for his "adventure", but I can't see anything like that on the SS or BS pictures. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 10:26, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
::::Well, it's a four-hour drive, but I should be up there in late July, so I'll try to remember. I suspect, given Bluestreak and Starscream were almost certainly earlier releases, they may not match up in all details with the way Magnus was handled. -[[User:LV|LV]] 10:58, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::Yeah, I'm not trying to rush you. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:11, 24 June 2013 (EDT)
::::::Damn, if I'd seen this conversation, I would have taken photos of mine while I was at my parents' house over the weekend. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 08:53, 25 June 2013 (EDT)
:::::::We should set up a playdate for our parents and their 3D Bluestreak puzzles. -[[User:LV|LV]] 09:25, 25 June 2013 (EDT)

Bluestreak (G1)

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:''Bluestreak is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He is also known as '''Silverstreak'''.''
[[File:Anime Bluestreak boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm f***ing PONDEROUS, man. PONDEROUS, f***in' PONDEROUS.]]
'''Bluestreak''' is a talker. He talks a lot. Any subject, any time of the day, his lips are flapping while his Autobot comrades are rolling their eyes. Could be about things on Earth, could be about things on Cybertron, could be about just about anything, but the point is, y'know, he's talking. Words are coming out of his mouth in a near constant prattling stream. Some think he's vapid, that his mouth just moves a billion times faster than his brain, if his brain is moving at all. Or they imagine that he's a fool who doesn't know when to shut up, that he drones on and on and on and on because maybe he just likes to hear himself speak or something.

His friends realize, however, that his jabbering hides a deeper pain. At the beginning of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Bluestreak's [[Praxus|home city]] was totally destroyed by [[Decepticon]]s. He was the only survivor. It's as if by talking he tries to drown out his own fears and memories somehow. "There's some demons runnin' loose inside that boy," says [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], "and sometimes I think they grab hold of him and won't let him go." He hated war, he still does, but ever since, he's hated Decepticons even more. It is odd to see a bot of peace so willingly take up arms, but Bluestreak's got a score to settle.

Talk may be cheap, but it keeps him sane.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Bluestreakandthereshallcome.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"The War Within" forgot about this design... thankfully!]]
''Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bluestreak was escorted by [[Fusion]] on a mission to deliver shatter bombs to the Autobot military commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Fusion was focused on picking off the Decepticon jets which were hounding his partner when a blast from one of these Decepticons killed Fusion. Bluestreak was able to complete the mission thanks to his friend's efforts, but he swore revenge. {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}''

[[File:Miragebluestreakfirst.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You can taste his sarcasm. To be fair, nobody likes Mirage.]]
Bluestreak arrived on [[Earth]] with his fellow Autobots four million years ago and remained inactive until 1984. Along with [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], Bluestreak was one of the less sympathetic of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew when it came to humans. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} In an early mission in the [[United Kingdom]], he provided covering fire for an Autobot convoy, using his sharpshooting skills to knock [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] out of the sky with '''one shot'''. Don't mess. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}}

He suggested repairing the Ark and simply abandoning Earth's people to the Decepticons after learning that [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had allegedly provided their foes with a fuel conversion process while he was their prisoner. Despite their conflicting views, Optimus Prime still recognized Bluestreak's skill as a sharpshooter and chose him to be one of the five Autobots recharged in the [[Tubes of Transference]], in the hopes that at least some Autobots would be at full capacity when the inevitable Decepticon attack came. When it did, Bluestreak was brazen enough to attack [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] himself, head-on. Despite their temporary victory, the battle-weary Autobots were blindsided by the returning Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who knocked them all down with a single blast. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Bluestreak was next seen being hung from the ceiling of the Ark, prepared by Shockwave to be used as spare parts for the next generation of Decepticons. {{storylink|The New Order}} {{storylink|Warrior School!}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], the only surviving Autobot, managed to re-secure the Ark, and Bluestreak was subsequently rebuilt. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

[[File:Bumblebeebluestreakbrainstorm.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Will talk without end for forever about nothing at all, yet doesn't mention that Prowl is speaking from Ratchet's body.]]
During a mission to stop [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] from broadcasting a transmission to their Decepticon brethren back on Cybertron, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots to confront the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. This effort almost ended badly when the Constructicons revealed they could merge into the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but Bluestreak and the others were saved by Huffer and the human trucker [[Bomber Bill]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} It soon became apparent to the Autobots that [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s life was in danger so long as he carried the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] while the Decepticons kept hostage the head of Optimus Prime, so Bluestreak and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] were assigned to guard him. Bluestreak's embarrassing line of questioning about what [[kiss]]ing entailed was interrupted when he and Bumblebee were assaulted by the Decepticon prototype warrior [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. After he suffered heavy wounds, his life was saved once again by a human; Buster Witwicky used the power of the Creation Matrix to disassemble Jetfire before their eyes. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}}

''As the Witwickys celebrated Christmas at the ''Ark'', Bluestreak argued with Prowl over the strategic value and social utility of a Christmas tree. {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}} Bluestreak was one of the Autobots involved in the argument over Prowl's plan to create dedicated Autobot warriors using the Matrix. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} He was also at the Ark when attacked by [[Peter Anthony Morris]] using the Dinobot, [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}''

[[File:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And the rest... is silence.]]
While Bluestreak and Bumblebee were helping Buster, Optimus Prime had been restored, but not without cost to the Autobot ranks. To help offset this, Bluestreak and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] assisted with the [[Rite of the Autobrand]] on Jetfire, whom Optimus Prime had recently given life. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

''During the Dinobot Hunt, Bluestreak was sent with [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to [[Doonstown]] to capture the berserk [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], but they were surprised to find Grimlock locked in battle with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. Bluestreak was the first member of the team down, deactivated by the crazed Dinobots before he had a chance to react.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

When Bumblebee was targeted by the Decepticons, Bluestreak was part of the Autobot squad dispatched to intercept the enemy and rescue his friend. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}} ''He was also present at the Ark shortly before Optimus Prime's first encounter with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Prey!}}''

During Grimlock's command, Bluestreak watched Grimlock fight [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] for Autobot leadership. Bluestreak left the Ark to cheer beside the other Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}} After Blaster rejoined the Autobots, Bluestreak helped put him through his paces in a training exercise. {{storylink|Club Con!}} He battled the [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] in [[New York City]], but not before some choice words. Starscream noted that Bluestreak spoke "freely, but foolishly," and ended his life, and others', with little effort. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Casey Kasem]] (English), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3", "Divide and Conquer", "SOS Dinobots"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Immobilizer"), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, "Enter the Nightbird"), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese, "Microbots"), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, "Fire on the Mountain"), [[Katsumi Suzuki]] (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines")|[[Ulises Cuadra]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:MTMTE3 Bluestreak rescues Ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34]]
Bluestreak was one of the original crew members of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it set off from Cybertron in search of new sources of fuel and energy. Attacked en route by the Decepticon flagship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the Ark crashed into a volcano, and the Autobots lay dormant for millions of years. When the volcano erupted and activated [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] in 1984, Bluestreak was reformatted into a Datsun 280Z. Shortly after Hound and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] discovered [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s plans, Bluestreak was part of the Autobot battle group dispatched to follow Megatron's raid on an off-shore oil rig, despite not having been ordered to do so. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

After rescuing the humans, he was also among the Autobots who responded to the Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}. Then, when the Decepticons managed to extricate themselves from the mine explosion, Bluestreak and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] took to the air and engaged in a dogfight with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He avoided injury, but abandoned the chase when Ironhide was shot down and managed to drag his friend to safety after a water landing. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[File:G1 Prowl Bluestreak Rollforit.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Prowl always dreads the family reunions.]]
After Megatron was seemingly lost forever inside the [[space bridge]], the Autobots thwarted an ill-planned Decepticon attack on yet another hydroelectric power plant under the command of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. Chasing after the escaping Decepticons, Bluestreak managed to damage both Starscream and Thundercracker significantly with a single blast from his shoulder cannons. He and his twin brother [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] followed the fleeing villains to a human aircraft hangar, from which the Decepticons were scavenging parts. Bluestreak accused Starscream of having a [[Anatomic euphemism#Manifold|manifold]] for a mouth. It was hilarious, but both Autobots were outnumbered when Soundwave unleashed Ravage. Fortunately, their human friend [[Chip Chase]] took control of Prowl's systems and sent the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

Bluestreak accompanied Ironhide, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] to Cybertron to get a [[cosmitron]] for the dying [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. He was attacked by the [[Rainmaker]]s' [[acid rain]] just outside of [[Wheeljack's workshop]] and was nearly deactivated. Once given a pep talk by [[Chip Chase]], he shot down the Rainmakers, enabling the Autobots to get the cosmitron. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Bluestreak was present during the unveiling of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and responded in awe. Later on, he was with the Autobots during the Decepticon ambush at the [[Great Falls]]. He shot at [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], but was unable to hit him. Defeated, the Autobots were all tied up by the Decepticons. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] used Bluestreak's bolt gun to give the Autobots an instant recharge {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Bluestreak was in the Autobot group who flew with [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] to [[Peru]]. He fried Laserbeak during one of the skirmishes, and used his lights so Skyfire could see Wheeljack. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}} When the New Dinobots were created, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots selected for a mock battle against [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. He was defeated along with the rest of the group and jokingly commented on the battle saying they would have won if it was real... Maybe. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

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Bluestreak's skill as a gunner was frequently employed in combat. On one occasion, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] was trying to fly off with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], and Bluestreak was able to target and shoot one of the tin turkey's legs without hitting Spike to free him. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} When the Autobots surfed towards the Decepticons, he was the first to notice the tidal wave about to engulf the group. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} He was present with the rest of Autobots during the staged battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Some of Bluestreak's spare parts were used on Sparkplug's [[Autobot X (G1)|Autobot X]], including one of the door-wings. Later Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that went to go help Autobot Spike during his confusion. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that reacted to a Decepticon attack at a mining colony and also present at the Ark when Megatron's solar needle caused an avalanche. He had to run away from a boulder to avoid being crushed by it. {{storylink|Changing Gears}} Bluestreak accompanied Optimus Prime to [[New York City]] to stop Megatron from converting the city into his base. He was the first to notice Prime's missing arm on top of the [[Empire State Building]] and later blasted a subway car piloted by Frenzy. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

[[File:Bluestreakg1.jpg|left|upright=1.34|thumb|You get the feeling Blurr trained under this guy at some point.]]
Bluestreak was a victim of Megatron's [[personality destabilizer device]] that was placed in the Autobots' recharging chambers. Once under Decepticon control, Bluestreak attacked Bumblebee and tried to make him recharge, but was disabled by [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]. After regaining consciousness, he was the first to be brought back using Sparkplug's new invention, the [[attitude exchanger]]. Afterward, he accompanied Jazz and Sparkplug to return the other Autobots to normal. When they needed to get Skyfire's attention, Bluestreak fired at him with the results they wanted. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Bluestreak was present in the Ark when Cliffjumper first accused Mirage of being a traitor and also present later when Mirage was being repaired and Cliffjumper was accusing him again. {{storylink|Traitor}} Bluestreak was the second Autobot to be hit by the Immobilizer when the Autobots went to retrieve it. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

[[File:Immobilizer Bluestreak immobilized.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Now I really am Silverstreak!]]
Bluestreak participated in the Autobot race for charity. He was hit by the [[Transfixatron]], rendering him unable to transform. Then [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] disabled him. He was later one of the first to be restored by the [[anti-transfixation grenade]]. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} Bluestreak assisted with the Autobot attempt to recapture the irreplaceable robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] for the famous scientist [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Doctor Fujiyama]] after the Decepticons turned her against humanity. Optimus Prime was insistent the Autobots not shoot or harm Nightbird, but Bluestreak saved Prime anyway from the attacking ninja by cleanly shooting Nightbird's laser [[sword]] out of her hands. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Bluestreak was around when the Autobots were confused about who was the real Optimus Prime when Megatron's clone infiltrated the Autobot base. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} He was part of the attack against the Decepticons to try to get [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Autobot side. He succeeded in knocking all three seeker jets out of the sky with a missile barrage, but was later kicked down by Devastator. {{storylink|The Core}} Bluestreak suddenly appeared in the group of Autobots that attacked the Decepticons in [[South America]]. {{storylink|Microbots}} Bluestreak was present when Optimus Prime thanked Spike, Carly, and the Dinobots for what they did for the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

Bluestreak was in the group of Autobots that responded to the distress call from the [[Haley Observatory]]. They were late and Megatron got away with the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} Bluestreak was part of the second Autobot group that tried to attack the electrum-covered Decepticons, but was defeated. He was later present in the battle at the golden lagoon, which ended in victory for the Autobots {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} When [[Kremzeek]] attacked Bluestreak was one of the many Autobots deactivated before [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] was able to coat a few with insulating foam. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

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Bluestreak entered [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s zone defense around the football stadium, but was severely damaged and built into a throne by [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} When the Decepticons took control of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], Bluestreak left the base when the Autobots left to attack them. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[File:TransEuropeExpress riding Wildrider.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgUbRpdUN1w|"What did they expect? THIS!"]]]
Along with several fellow Autobots, Bluestreak participated in the [[Europa 2000]], an international charity race stretching from Paris to Istanbul. When the arrogant racing driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] cut across Bumblebee, an indignant Bluestreak helped his understandably angry friend catch up to the American and attempt to teach him some manners. Later, after running afoul of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], Bluestreak learned of Megatron's plan for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from [[Teranova|Professor Teranova]] and deduced that the missing Autobots must have been disabled by the Stunticons.

[[File:Trans-europe-express-bluestreak-reacts.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]] After Cahnay's car was stolen by the Decepticons to use as raw materials for a weather control machine, Bluestreak allowed the hotshot driver to race him to victory at the finish line. Together, Bluestreak, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and Bumblebee headed out to confront the Decepticons, but when the Pearl was lost in a tornado, Megatron unleashed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] onto the Autobots. Ironically, it was Cahnay who defeated Menasor by sacrificing his car, much to Bluestreak's surprise. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} Bluestreak was at the Autobot base after the Stunticons were captured by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In the year [[2005]], Bluestreak helped [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] move a roadblock on [[Lookout Mountain]], just before [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] crashed through it. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|The noticeable lack of shoulder cannons means the [[Character model|animation model]] used for Bluestreak's brief appearance in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' was actually Prowl's.}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
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=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Bluestreak was part of a team of Autobots who attended the field-test for the [[C-X (G1)|C-X]]. As Optimus and the C-X unit battled one another during the test, Bluestreak suggested ways to improve the C-X’s A.I. and targeting systems. When the C-X suddenly went berserk, Bluestreak jumped into action to help out Optimus Prime against it. The C-X unit simply kicked Bluestreak out of its way, leaving Optimus to disable it on his own. {{storylink|Divided Views}}

Bluestreak was amongst the Autobots who once more confronted Megatron and his Decepticons at the'' [[Trigger]]'' in Earth orbit. When Starscream combined himself with the Trigger to create a powerful new body for himself, Bluestreak had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream’s star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
[[File:BinaltechStreakBoxArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Doors of silver, nerves of steel.]]
Suffering from the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] virus, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots reconstructed using [[Binaltech]] technology. Alongside [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], he helped [[Earth Defense Command]] drive the Decepticons off of Earth. Bluestreak continued serving on Earth at Autobot City, under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s overall command. {{storylink|Binaltech Is...}}

As the conflict raged on, thanks to the time- and space-warping actions of both [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and a mysterious entity known as [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|The Protector]], the events of the Binaltech conflict were branched off to become their own, distinct parallel universe (the "BT World") separate from the "mainstream" timeline. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

{{Note|At this point, the original timeline was retroactively restored and the events of the ''Story of Binaltech'' diverged into a parallel universe. Exactly how many (if any) of the events related in this section, even prior to the divergence, occurred in the original unaltered timeline are unknown.}}

When the spark of Prowl from the "BT World" was lost in interdimensional [[Transwarp|subspace]], it re-emerged in the mainstream timeline, and was discovered by Bluestreak and the other Autobots. Soon after, a strange energy surge came across the dimensions from the "BT World" and made contact with Prowl's spark, driving into a dangerously unstable state. To save the life of this Prowl he had never even known, Bluestreak tracked the energy back across the dimensions and traveled to the "BT World", meeting up with the local versions of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] and "[[Prowl II]]" (a duplicate Prowl housing the consciousness of [[Chip Chase]]). The pair brought him back to the Autobots' headquarters, where he explained the situation to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}}

Jazz used the data Bluestreak had brought with him to pinpoint the source of the energy surge. During the subsequent raid, Bluestreak and the Autobots discovered that the surge was the work of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and the [[Concurrence]], who were using a subspace node to drain energy from Prowl's spark, which they then used to power a giant robot made of synthetic [[electrum]]. Once Jazz had taken out the node, Bluestreak took down the robot with some well-placed shots. They were then contacted by [[Overdrive]] from Bluestreak's dimension, who reported that Prowl's spark had stabilized, but that it would be too dangerous to send it back through subspace unshielded. Instead, Chip's consciousness was removed from the "Prowl II" body and returned to his human frame, and the Binaltech shell was then taken back across the dimensions by Bluestreak so Prowl's spark could be implanted in it. {{storylink|Binaltech|Unfinished Business, Part 2}}

=====Controverse=====
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Bluestreak was among the Autobots who confronted Megatron at the Decepticon fortress over the Global building crisis. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

===Marvel coloring books===
With Sparkplug acting as their referee, Bluestreak and Sideswipe raced one another in order to determine who was the fastest. The race ended in a tie, with Sparkplug declaring them both winners. Just then, Thundercracker and Starscream swooped down onto the trio, and cast [[Sleep Net]]s unto them, rendering them unconscious. Bluestreak was brought to Megatron's newly constructed prison, and was incarcerated within. Luckily, Bumblebee had not been captured, and managed to free the other Autobots. Upon their escape, Bluestreak and Sideswipe shot Starscream and Thundercracker out of the sky. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Bluestreak spotted the Decepticons attacking Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky. He charged to their rescue, and with the help of the other Autobots, saved both of the humans. He later helped the Autobots protect the Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Bluestreak was one of the many Autobots who followed Optimus into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were stealing fuel from all across the globe with the help of a [[molecular transfer device]]. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Upon awakening on Earth after being offline for about 65 million years, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots who attempted to take the Decepticons by surprise while the evil robots still did not know what Earth forms the Autobots had taken. Though they successfully took by surprise a squadron of Decepticons, the Autobots had not anticipated a second group flying in from the opposite direction. Thanks to a warning from Spike and Sparkplug, the Autobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and came to accept Earth as their new home. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

===Decepticon Poison===
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Bluestreak was amongst the Autobots getting topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. The Autobots’ latest batch of fuel had been poisoned by the fleeing Decepticon, leaving Bluestreak unable to transform.

In one possible sequence of events that ensued, Perceptor gave out the right amount of an antidote the Autobot scientist had created, allowing Bluestreak to resume his robot form and take arms against an incoming squadron of Decepticons. The antidote having given Bluestreak and the rest of the cured Autobots a case of battle fever, the bunch were eager to take on the Decepticons head on in combat. The more level-head Prowl suggested instead a more conniving approach, where the Autobots would ambush their assailants.

If Optimus allowed Bluestreak and the rest of the refuelled Autobots to venture headlong into battle, the group fond themselves fighting against Megatron himself, accompanied by a squad of Decepticon jets. Though Bluestreak's squad started out strong, they soon found themselves overpowered by Megatron, prompting Optimus to lead a second wave into battle. The second wave soon ran out of fuel, prompting the Autobots to call a retreat. Thankfully, the Decepticons were damaged enough through the course of the battle, causing them to retreat as well.

If Optimus instead followed Prowl’s plan, he instructed Bluestreak and the others to transform into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots to be already dead, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. Though Bluestreak initially cheered, finding himself able to transform once more, he soon found himself literally falling to pieces. The Autobots finding themselves completely outmatched against an all-out Decepticon attack were made short work of by the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots used the tainted fuel to create a toxic cloud that successfully fended off the Decepticons attack. This plan gave Perceptor the time he needed to cure Bluestreak and the others with his antidote. Their ranks fully replenished and the Decepticons turning tail meant the Autobots had earned themselves another victory.

In completely different possible sequence of events, Optimus successfully retrieved the antidote to the poison from the Decepticons’ poison lab, and with Ratchet’s help, brought Bluestreak and the rest of the poisoned Autobots back from the precipice of death. Now cured, the Autobots discussed their next course of action; they had to prevent the Decepticons from poisoning the nearby water reservoir.

If Optimus decided to head for the water reservoir, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots who accompanied him. In one possible scenario, confronted with a swarm of Decepticon jets crowding over the water reservoir, Bluestreak and the other Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir, and into a nearby forest where the Autobots would have some cover. Finding themselves under heavy fire before they could reach the treeline, the Autobots were forced to fight back in the open. Bluestreak was then killed by Megatron. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Bluestreak chuckled at [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'s efforts to create a lightning collector, while giving what can only be described as a demon-hillbilly grin that will haunt your dreams until your dying day. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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When the Autobot/Decepticon war first erupted over 8.7 million years ago, Bluestreak's home city-state of [[Praxus]] was utterly destroyed. ''The entire population of Praxus was killed, with Bluestreak, who had been protected by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]'s troops, being the sole exception. This was a deliberate action on Megatron's part, as he wanted a sole survivor to bear witness to his power, and spread his message of terror.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} Originally a merchant, Bluestreak then joined the Autobot army. 500,000 years later, he visited his friend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] at the [[Vaults]] and related [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s death, {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} and later served in the last-ditch attempt to defend [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

7.4 million years ago, Bluestreak remained with the Autobot faction after the apparent death of Optimus Prime. He and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] remained at [[Autobase]] while [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a task force against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. While there, they met [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and apprised him of the current situation on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Devastation}} 1.4 million years later, Bluestreak and an Autobot/Decepticon/[[Ultracon]] force helped defend a peace ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]] from the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They were successful against the Predacons, but soon fell before the return of Megatron, and his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], ushering in the Age of Internment. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

Bluestreak was among the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago, and awoke in 1984 to battle the Decepticons. After years of fighting, Bluestreak and the other Autobots took part in [[Operation Liberation]] in 1998, a joint human/Autobot operation that defeated and captured the Earth-bound Decepticons. However, the ''[[Ark II]]'', which was meant to convey the Autobots, the captured Decepticons, and a number of humans back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]], sending Bluestreak and his comrades to the bottom of the [[Arctic Ocean]].

Bluestreak was later recovered by the sinister [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]], and his deactivated form was used to power [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] deadly metal virus weapon, after the Decepticons broke free of Lazarus's control. By the time he was rescued by Optimus Prime, Bluestreak's energy had been almost fatally depleted. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''Bluestreak recovered, however, and rejoined his newly active comrades. He was with Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in Tokyo, Japan, trying to rebuild their rep with the humans when Megatron attacked. During the battle, a lattice of red and blue energy struck down from the heavens, scooping up the four Transformers and over 200 humans in the immediate area, blasting them back out into space. Their hosts were a group of enigmatic beings known as the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], who were transporting them through deep space to their base of operations, the [[Labyrinth]]. During their travels, Bluestreak was forced to experience a full-sensory recreation of Praxus, and its last hours before Megatron destroyed it. The Keepers also showed Bluestreak, for the first time, how Megatron used him as a messenger of doom. Horrified at the part he unwittingly played in the Decepticon war engine, Bluestreak swore to destroy Megatron.''

''In the Labyrinth, the Keepers forced the Transformers to participate in battledome combat, fighting alien opponents and each other, with their lives and the lives of the humans taken with them hanging in the balance. Bluestreak and Jazz were forced to fight each other to the death amidst a random assortment of humans, held in place around the battledome by the Keepers' power. Failure to continue the battle resulted in a "penalty", where the Keepers would callously murder the humans to keep the Autobots fighting, but the fighting itself was just as potentially dangerous for the civilians in the arena. The battle only ended when Bluestreak deliberately took a critical blast from Jazz's [[photon rifle]] in order to save one of the humans from certain death. The Keepers forced Jazz to finish the job, executing his friend at point blank range to avoid any additional deaths. Bluestreak died consoling Jazz that he had done the right thing.''

''But he did not die for long. After the Keepers were revealed as vast techno-organic lifeforms, Optimus Prime was able to manipulate the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to help bring him, Megatron, Jazz and the surviving humans back home. Unfortunately, the Keepers came too, having assembled a menagerie of host bodies for themselves in order to more directly interact with other beings. One of those host bodies was Bluestreak's animated corpse. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

{{charstubfiction|[[The Transformers Trilogy]] ({{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}})}}

When Shockwave came to Earth and announced that the Autobot/Decepticon wars were over and that the two factions had been united, Bluestreak was more than skeptical, suggesting it was a trick. The memory of his destroyed home-city still haunted him, and he would not believe the same beings who killed innocents could change their ways. His views clashed those of with [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], who did not see the point in fighting wars that had been ended. {{storylink|New World Order}} Despite his objections, Bluestreak was among the Autobots who joined Optimus Prime in surrendering to Shockwave's lieutenant, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Ferried back to Cybertron by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Bluestreak and the others were imprisoned and scheduled for execution, but were freed by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and taken to an underground hideout. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He fought in the battle to retake Iacon and witnessed Shockwave activating the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Victorious, Bluestreak and his comrades began to rebuild their planet. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Shortly after Ultra Magnus recovered from injuries he suffered when the Autobots overthrew Shockwave, Bluestreak and the rest of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew were approached by Prowl about returning to Earth. {{storylink|Original Sin}} Prowl wanted to establish a more permanent Autobot presence on Earth, due in part to some curious data he had come across while researching the clone entity known as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. Bluestreak was by far the most talkative of the Autobots at the meeting, weighing in on both sides of the discussion as the debate over returning raged back and forth. Unfortunately for Bluestreak, no one was listening to a word he said. {{storylink|Atonement}} Prowl eventually convinced all of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew to return with him and begin construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, and they departed from Cybertron shortly thereafter. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Bluestreak was among the deactivated Transformers found, rebuilt and reprogrammed by [[Cobra]], who proceeded to use the alien robots for their plan to conquer the world. Along with Prowl, Bluestreak now transformed into a Cobra [[Firebat]] jet, but was eventually freed from the humans' control by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] tampering. Joining Prowl, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], he confronted [[Cobra Commander]] and fought against his [[S.N.A.K.E.]] guards. Bluestreak was horrified when [[Storm Shadow]] killed Trailbreaker during the fight, but the shock quickly turned to anger, and he and his comrades attacked the human and ripped his mech apart. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} Bluestreak was later seen fighting Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the sky when the [[SPS Satellite]] went out of control and started firing at [[Cobra Island]] randomly. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
After a brutal battle during which [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a monstrous gestalt of unimaginable power, was released, Bluestreak’s butchered form lay smoldering in a mass grave of both Autobot and Decepticon corpses. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' comics===
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Bluestreak was among the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate all the Transformers. Both sides went into hiding underground until the danger had passed, remaining in stasis until the mid-19th century. When they woke up, the war against the Decepticons started anew, though Bluestreak was not seen partaking in any of the action. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}
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=== IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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{{note|IDW continuity is inconsistent about Bluestreak's name, calling him Bluestreak in most stories but Silverstreak in the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] and ''[[The Transformers: Ironhide|Ironhide]]'' miniseries.}}
At the very beginning of the Cybertronian civil war, Bluestreak worked in Security Services under Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Later, but still very early in the war, Bluestreak helped defend the planet from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] as part of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s harassment team. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} At a later point still, he was part of an extraction team led by [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] that retrieved a damaged Jazz and Tracks from their skirmishing with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. Bluestreak's sharpshooting skills took out [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] just in time to keep Jazz on-line. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

Bluestreak would become the longest-standing patient of Autobot psycho-analyst [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], presumably due to his survivor's guilt over the destruction of [[Praxus]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Four million years ago, <s>Bluestreak</s> <s>Silverstreak</s> good ol' Streak was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots successfully prevented a supply of energon from reaching the enemy camp. He was too busy getting drunk on energon to really heed Ironhide's security concerns about a [[Axer (G1)|suspicious-looking Autobot]] at the party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}} 500,000 years ago he fought Decepticons during [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s final stand. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}}

Roughly 500 years ago, Bluestreak was on Blaster's orbital array during the Decepticons' post-[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] advance, shortly before the planet was abandoned, and fought against their final big push. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Much later, Bluestreak was in command of the Autobot tactical response unit, seen briefly on the Autobots' orbital command hub. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} On [[Varas Centralus]], in the [[Kol System]], Bluestreak's unit was joined by the [[Wrecker]]s during Phase Six. The Wreckers assaulted the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|siege mode armature]], but Bluestreak kept his own squad out of the fighting, citing the planet as a lost cause. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] attempted to talk Bluestreak into attacking the Decepticons with the Wreckers, before Springer's crew were pulled from Varas Centralus to deal with the crisis created by the revival of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. The final fate of Varas Centralus is unknown, but probably could be categorized as "not good". {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

Bluestreak later returned to [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]] in order to greet [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] personally upon his revival. Because he had been present on the orbital array when Blaster was first attacked and went missing centuries ago, however, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots (along with [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and Mirage) suspected of trying to assassinate Blaster. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Bluestreak was in command of unit operating on [[Hydrus 5]]. One of his subordinates was [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

[[File:IDWBluestreakSilverstreak.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh, come on!]]
Silverstreak was among the Autobots who ended up on Earth following the effects of the Surge. Like several others he grew sick of hiding on the planet and joined [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] when he defected. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Despite this, he was seen with the Autobots who stayed behind, cheering for [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] when he was chosen to lead them. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} Silverstreak helped with the construction of a space cruiser alongside Hot Rod and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s united faction. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}}

{{note|Bluestreak's appearance in [[The Transformers: Bumblebee]] may simply be an error. Another possibility, though less likely, is that Bluestreak and Silverstreak are two different characters in IDW, much like Bumblebee and [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] or [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]].}}

Like many Autobots, Silverstreak had some difficulties working with the Decepticons. He got suspicious when Swindle and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] spent so much time working to repair [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], the latest Decepticon they had rescued from [[Skywatch]]. Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") told him to let the old mistrust between the factions go, but Silverstreak proved to have good instincts—Swindle had installed combiner technology in the Stunticons, creating the menace of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] which he turned against their new Autobot "comrades". {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}} After Menasor was defeated, Silverstreak chastized Rodimus for failing to predict someone named "Swindle" might be less than trustworthy. As Rodimus fled Earth in Ultra Magnus's shuttle, Silverstreak, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the rest of the splinter faction apparently rejoined Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

After the Autobot factions reunited, they formed an alliance with Skywatch. When the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were causing trouble in [[South Korea]], several Autobots were sent to fight them while Silverstreak was left behind in a Skywatch hangar, where he was forced to listen to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] complain about not being picked. He decided to give his "unpleasant" comrade some constructive criticism, telling him that nobody likes angry and moping whiners. On the other hand, everybody loves optimists, like for example Silverstreak! Somehow, this didn't improve Brawn's mood any, so Silverstreak went back to drinking with [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} When the Autobots in Korea were faced with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], Silverstreak was horrified that he couldn't help them, and asked [[Kyle Pennington|Pennington]] what a "nightmare" was so that he could properly compare the situation to one. The battle was eventually won, though it led to the secret Autobot-Skywatch alliance getting revealed to the world. Silverstreak and Brawn stood by Bumblebee as he tried to calm the human crowds, but failed to protect him from a human assassin with an energy gun. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|All My Sins Remembered}}

Things only went downhill from there. The human riots continued, the energy gun appeared to be none other than Megatron himself, the plane carrying the Korea team home was shot down, and finally the Decepticons returned to Earth and attacked the Skywatch base where Silverstreak and the others were based. The Autobots were incapacitated by [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'s sonic attacks and failed to stop the Decepticons from freeing their captured brethren. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Ultra Magnus took command and had the base evacuated, though Silverstreak worried about moving an injured Pennington around. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} As they fled towards [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobots were attacked by more angry humans with energy guns (now known to only be replicas of Megatron's [[alternate mode]]) and Silverstreak sustained damage to a tire. Then things went downhill again, with Megatron himself showing up in a new, more powerful form and defeating the entire Autobot convoy single-handedly. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}}

The injured Autobots were dumped in [[Albuquerque]] to be held hostage by additional armed, paranoid humans. They were saved, but at the cost of Jazz killing one of the humans, which only served to further ruin their reputation amongst humanity. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}}

Some six weeks later, Silverstreak was shocked to learn that Rodimus had returned to Earth with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and several Autobots who were thought dead or long lost, and brought these news to a repaired Bumblebee. After relaxing with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], he joined the rest of the Autobots in volunteering to return to Cybertron and fight [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} On the way home, Silverstreak listened to Ironhide tell the story about the time he met [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} On Cybertron, as the battle against Galvatron's [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s raged on, he bore witness to Megatron's battle with the monstrous "[[Deceptigod]]". {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

Once the war was over and Cybertron was restored, Silverstreak tried to sign up for the ''[[Lost Light]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s journey but didn't make it in. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Remaining on Cybertron, he was seen wandering around in a crowd of [[NAIL]]s who had returned home after the war. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Later, he was on patrol in the reclamation tunnels where captured Decepticons worked and guarded [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] after he witnessed [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]'s murder. {{storylink|Devisive}} Together with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Silverstreak visited [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] the morning it reopened for business. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} He apparently really liked the place, as he was still there when Bumblebee came to talk to the bartender, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Later, Silverstreak was present when Megatron's returned from the Cybertronian wilderness. After the Decepticon had been subdued and imprisoned, Streak was on guard duty at the makeshift prison in the city. When Starscream came in for a friendly chat with his former leader, he referred to Streak as "Bluestreak." {{storylink|City on Fire}} Shortly afterwards, the Decepticons invaded the prison in order to free Megatron. Bluestreak was confident that he, [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] could defend the place all by themselves, but instead became the first one to fall after taking a shot to the head. {{storylink|The Verge}} He survived the injury and was safely hidden away from the Decepticons by none other than Swindle. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

After recovering, Bluestreak was banished into the wilderness alongside his comrades when Iacon became a neutrals-only city. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} He returned after the [[Necrotitan]] was taken down, celebrating its defeat at [[Swerve's]] alongside [[Brainstorm]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} As the ''Lost Light'' prepared to take off again, Bluestreak made his second attempt to sign up only to be stopped by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who told him during the "crewditions" that people who looked like [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] weren't allowed on board. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} He was just messing around, though, and Bluestreak was indeed allowed to join the crew, now under the unexpected command of a reformed Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} Bluestreak was appointed entertainments officer aboard the ship and began regular screenings of Earth movies such as ''[[Zulu]]'' in Swerve's, though circumstances dictated that he evacuate the ship along with everyone else when the ''Lost Light'' literally began to disappear around them. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Soon afterwards, the shuttle in which he escaped also disappeared.

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
Bluestreak and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] were unwittingly both chasing the same Decepticon, the [[Triple Changer]] [[Octane (G1)|Octane]]. Once he revealed himself, the two Autobots teamed up against Octane. Bluestreak got buried face-first in the fight, but Sideswipe drove off their attacker. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 6|Henkei! Henkei! #6}}
===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Visualize Shot 8}}}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Fukujurō Katayama]] (Japanese)}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Mystery of Game Balance}} {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}} {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 085.0 Eta]], Silverstreak was selected to be a member of team which was to travel to [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|an alternate universe]], designated the 22nd Strata, to find and stop the source of a series of environmental disasters threatening Cybertron. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] comprised the rest of the team; they dubbed themselves [[Spy Changer]]s because they aimed to achieve their goal with stealth and diplomacy. The Spy Changers modified their bodies to match the Strata 22's native cyborgs using data acquired from the [[Sky Spy]] and then traveled there. However, they were soon attacked by the local [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, who mistakenly presumed them to be [[Renegade]]s. The Spy Changers were then rescued by the real Renegades, who presumed them to be potential allies and took them back to their flagship, the ''[[Rogue Star]]''. Renegade leader [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] attempted to court the Spy Changers as allies, but Optimus saw through Cy-Kill's deception. Eventually, the Autobots formed a secret alliance with the Guardians as well as discovered the cause of Cybertron's troubles: Renegade bases on [[Moebius]] were draining the planet's energy. The planet's geometry had turned it into a crude [[Dimensional Interfacer]], and Moebius was tapping into Cybertron to sustain itself. Hoist was able to end the crisis by triggering the bases' remote detonation sequence. Cy-Kill was furious, but in the ensuing battle, the Autobot-Guardian alliance triumphed over the Renegades. Optimus Prime and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] shook hands as a symbol of the transdimensional friendship, and the Autobots returned to their home reality, secure in the knowledge that they had allies in places as distant as alternate realities. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Bluestreak could come to Optimus Prime's aid, helping him navigate more quickly through the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Bluestreak is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}

{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverstreak was among the Autobots handpicked by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] for a mission to deliver energon to a hidden Autobot base. Unfortunately their plan was foiled by the interference of [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] and [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]. {{storylink|Road to Ruin}} He was among the Autobots affected by Megatron's sabotage of the Autobot [[recharging chamber]] and began to act erratically. He was the only one left when the other Autobots went to attack [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]] and was subdued by Jazz and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], who had escaped the affliction. He and the other Autobots were returned to normal by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s [[attitude exchanger]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Silverstreak, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] were sent to [[South America]] where the Decepticons were attempting to build a cannon to harness the energy of the [[Crystal of Power]]. Even joined by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], the Autobots were unable to prevent the cannon's completion, but later destroyed it and capped the shaft on which the crystal had stood. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (Legends)|Fire on the Mountain}} When Spike had the genius idea of holding a charity race, Silverstreak and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] talked the other Autobots into it. Unfortunately the Constructicons zapped them all with the [[Transfixatron]] during the race, and the Autobots, now stuck in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], had to hold the Decepticons off long enough for their scientists to reverse the effects. {{storylink|Autobot Run}}

==Toys==
{{main|Bluestreak (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Bluebluestreak.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Sadly, we can't just put this note in the "Does not exist" category.]]
*One of the longest-running [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|myths about Transformers]] is the existence of the "blue-sided Bluestreak". This misconception has its origins in Bluestreak's [[Package art|box art]] and [[Instructions|instruction sheet]], as well as the original 1984 [[Catalog|toy catalogs]],<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/toys/catalogues/generationone_catalogue/84a_catalog.jpg Transformers catalog, circa 1984 (Autobots)]</ref> all of which used the blue-sided ''[[Diaclone]]'' variant of the Fairlady mold. No sealed samples of the blue-sided Bluestreak in a ''Transformers'' box have ''ever'' been found. Oddly enough, numerous other Transformers toys from that era were depicted in both catalogues and packaging art with colors they were never released in —[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], for example— yet Bluestreak is the only one to be (mis)remembered in this manner, perhaps because his name is ''Blue''streak, so he had to have been blue, right?
*Compounding the confusion, a second Diaclone variant exists, with a black hood and silver sides. Oddly, it does not seem as sought after as the blue side variant, despite being less common ''and'' the basis for Bluestreak's animation model (and thus more [[show-accuracy|screen accurate]]).
*The Bluestreak/Prowl head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Natron]], the Autobot [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Streak''' (ストリーク ''Sutorīku'')
*''French:'' '''Jaseur''' (Canada, "Chatty")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kékvillám''' ("Blue Lightning")
*''Italian:'' '''Ariete''' ("Ram")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lán Wén''' (Taiwan, 藍紋, "Blue Streak"), '''Lán Pīlì''' (China, 蓝霹雳, "Blue Thunderbolt")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Raio Azul''' (Portugal comic, "Blue Ray"), '''Raio''' (Brazil comic, "Ray")
*''Russian:'' '''Molniyevik''' (Молниевик, "Lightning-Maker")

==References==
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[[Category:Alternators Autobots]]
[[Category:Bartenders]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Gunners]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Autobots]]
[[Category:Lost Light crew]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
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Talk:Megatron (G1)

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==Split page?==
So... time to split off Meggy's toy section as we did Optimus? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

:Absolutely. I'd already twice considered bringing the issue up. --[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 09:31, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

==Wikipedia Argh==
So, uh, how much of this article is copied from Wikipedia? I am going to cry. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

:A general rule I use for detecting wikipedia-copied info is when the information is ''deadly serious'' or rather blandly generic, or merely not nerdly enough :D . --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
::Oh, and when there are little to no links to existing pages on this wiki. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

:::So do we carve out the wikipedianess and start over on those parts, or what? I can only imagine G1 Prime is in the same shape... though I haven't looked. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

::::It will be alot of work to write up new parts for those pilfiered articles, but does our wiki intend to be the most informative, or the most fun? Also, long article sections (like stuff stolen from wikipedias) tend to be very boring to read. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

::I shall leap in here and point out that the guts of the Wikipedia article (and Prime's, too) was written by me. It's evolved somewhat since then, and I don't remember EXACTLY how much of what was mine is here. I didn't copy it over, but I'm just sayin'. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

:::Uh, actually, looking back over this, only the Marvel Comics and animated series bits were really me... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

On the changes - Iacon wasn't levelled in There Shall Come A Leader. It was destroyed by Trannis in ''The Middle Years''. Megatron's intent to turn Cybertron into a warworld is referenced on page three of the first issue. And... where do we get that the war only lasted a hundred years before the Ark launch? [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/monzo/Annual86_Megatron.jpg This profile] from the '86 annual says a thousand. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 04:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
:"As you know, Megatron disappeared after a hundred or so years of war, and was presumed dead." --Xaaron, {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}} I'll fix the Iacon thing, if it isn't already. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

===Masterpiece Megatron===
The toy sections shouldn't read like reviews, man. Put that sort of thing on your blog, not on the wiki. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:54, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

===Alignment===
Is alignment in-continuity ENOUGH to merit mention? (The e-hobby Magnus stuff seems to tell 'some version' of alignment's events, I'd consider it AS in-continuity as the Last Days of Optimus Prime, whichw as later mentioned.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:05, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I would say neither should be in there. Not endorsed by Hasbro and/or Takara? Not canon. - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]]

I think they can be mentioned as long as they are stated as being pseudo-canonical. I certainly think that both of those stories deserve their own articles, for example. "Fanfic" written by Simon Furman is a little different than regular run of the mill fanfic. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 20:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Alignment was mentioned in detail in the Ultimate Guide, so one could say it's retroactively canon. Not that I welcome it all that warmly, but... --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

===Galvatron===
In answer to Sipher's question he posed as a comment to his edit, no, I don't think Galvatron should be here. Whether they're the same character or not, Galvatron shows up plenty enough as his own character from the future (and tends to fight/team up/interact with Megatron) to warrant his own entry. Otherwise, a combined Megatron/Galvatron entry is just going to be way too long and confusing as hell. (And, yeah, I am factoring in that Galvatron II will prolly already get his own entry.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:47, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

:Probably a good idea. While some characters (Smokescreen/Hoise, Bumblebee/Goldbug) get upgraded/renamed and basicalyl continue in a straight line, Galvatron time-jumps and even fights himself. In MANY continuities, Megatron doesnt' even BECOME Galvatron. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

::Right. Galvatron's riding the fence between Hot Rod/Rodimus, Bumblebee/Goldbug and Dead Guy/Cyclonus, Waspinator/Thrust. Often enough he has no real connection to Megatron at all. And he's appeared enough to fight "himself" or on his own Galvatron-specific terms that it pushes it over the edge to Needs Own Page, in my opinion. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

===Super Megatron===
http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/images~~othergallery~~concept~~generation~~manga-supermegatron.jpg.galleryimage254ba6a.php
I wish this immage wasn't watermarked. [[User:X-BoB58|X-BoB58]] 19:24, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
:Photoshop.
:Anyway, it's blurry t'wards the bottom... is this from Gneerations 2? -[[User:207.224.83.190|207.224.83.190]] 03:36, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

:::I have a perfectly good picture of Ultra Megatron. I just have nowhere to ''put'' it on his page. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:58, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

=== Category: Convention exclusives? ===

Was there really a Megatron toy that was a convention exclusive? This isn't mentioned in the sections for ''any'' of the toys. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 19:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
:Yes. The original Megatron reissue was redecoed into the black Microchange colors as a BotCon Japan '01 exclusive. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 21:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
::According to [http://mykooltoyz.tripod.com/blackmegatron.html this], Black Megatron was only available for preorder at BotCon 2000. He was released from eHobby the following year. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

::Uh... Not only was there no BotCon Japan 2001, there was no TF-released black Microchange Megatron. There WAS a "black" version gunmetal chrome and red interior bits (where the Microchange was solid black platics with blue interior bits), but it sure as hell wasn't a BCJ exclusive. Moderately sure that was e-hobby or maybe Toys Dream Project or some one-off. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Choro Q G2 Megatron? I dunno. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 00:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

:Hm. That's more merchandise than anything else, but it IS a convention-exclusive piece. Could go either way. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

== Alternators Megatron ==

Wasn't there meant to be a Cadillac Alternators Megatron in the pipeline? Well it's almost certainly been cancelled now, but it still warrants a tiny mention on this page. IMO.

==Space pic==
Couldn't fit this pic in anywhere, and I replaced it with a toy pic anyway. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 04:57, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

== Titanium Megs ==

''>The Titanium Megatron toy was inspired by Dreamwave's first G.I. Joe crossover set in World War II.

When was this established? Absent evidence ot the contrary, I assumed he belonged to Divided Front continuity. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

== Megatron: Origin ==

I'm looking at the issue, and I can't see if it's been confirmed yet that Soundwave's employer is Senator Ratbat. It's ''likely'', but seemingly not confirmed in this issue.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 21:14, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

:Let's say it's ''extreamly'' likely, as it's just about as strongly implied by the narrative (and by narrative convention) as possible without someone going "Psst, hey kid..." from behind the curtain. I mean we have a clearly manipulative, selfserving Ratbat talking to his off-panel underling who speaks in Soundwave-style about technological advances and about manipulating Megatron, and then later you have Soundwave showing up and "manipulating" Megatron while talking about the offpannel Master who sent him. Pretty definative case narratively speaking. If it's somehow improbably wrong we can change it later (and I'll eat this wiki). ;) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 07:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
::Oh, I agree that it's probably the case, just that since we're only citing issue 2 it's not quite covered.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 14:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

==Lines==
Steve-o removed all the "ugly lines" that were marking off various fictional super-sections for clarity. Sipher, I know you were working on a fix for this, which involved making the differences between the header sizes more obvious. Is this finished? Can we implement it please? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

:In re-examining the previous version of the page now that I know Walky liked the lines and thought they clarified things, I still believe they were ugly and didn't really help to make the sections more distinct. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 18:47, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

== Megatron/Majin Zarak ==

Explain to me again why we need to start up a big talkpage debate to overrule the fanboy ramblings of a single user?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 03:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:That depends, which fanboy user are you referring to? I count three involved at this point. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
::Ah, didn't see you'd joined in. Mostly saw PPrime going off on another of his rants.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 03:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

==Fusion cannon==

i've been looking around, and the original box art calls megatrons weapon a "particle beam" cannon. TFU copies the box bio except it calls it a fusion cannon. I know tfwiki calls it a fusion cannon, but where does that name come from? i cant find it, and am begining to wonder if its accurate 14:40, 2 July 2009 (EDT)[[User:Name Violation|Name Violation]] 14:40, 2 July 2009 (EDT)
:...[[Fusion cannon]]. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:44, 2 July 2009 (EDT)
––hmm i see thx [[User:Name Violation|Name Violation]] 14:50, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

==Japanese information==
Why's the page missing all the Japanese-exclusive info? Battlestars, etc. Did it get its own page somewhere? And if so, why isn't there a link to that here? Even the old Wikia page has that stuff. --[[User:Buttbutt|Buttbutt]] 04:12, 18 January 2010 (EST)
:Top of the page, "G1 cartoon". The page was starting to get too big, so the Japanese stuff, which is part of the cartoon continuity, was placed on a sub page. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 04:17, 18 January 2010 (EST)
::Thank you, that explains it; I searched the page for the word "Japan" and found nothing. --[[User:Buttbutt|Buttbutt]] 14:42, 18 January 2010 (EST)

==Just a note==
I don't have the resources yet, but the section on IDW comics is severely out of date; last new entry was on AHM #6. That should be updated by now. {{unsigned|Warpspeed Hellscream}}
:Well, it is AHM... I can hardly hold others responsible for lacking either the desire, or the thought, to go and fill out fiction sections related to it. Megatron especially... because nothing he does makes any sense, especially in the book's second half. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 02:59, 10 February 2010 (EST)

== Length ==

Am I the only one who thinks it's time to split off more stuff? Because, seriously, 101kb is massive. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 12:21, 19 November 2010 (EST)
:Yeah, time for Marvel to spin off. You want a real head hurt? [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys]] is almost 109kb. And his merchandise has already been split. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:36, 19 November 2010 (EST)
::I think IDW could stand to be split off. It's 22,000+ characters (Marvel is 27,000+) and will constantly grow as long as IDW has the license. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 13:19, 19 November 2010 (EST)
:::Perhaps we could split off both? --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 03:51, 20 November 2010 (EST)
::::Splitting both now would save us having to split one off later. I would support such a move. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:33, 20 November 2010 (EST)
:::::The summary that was left behind for IDW ''badly'' needs to be rewritten. I tried to do the best I could, but I'm sure I missed some or made a mistake somewhere. Please review this.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 19:05, 13 December 2012 (EST)

== Calvin Johnson note ==

He got the nickname back in 2007. I'm betting he is named after movie Megatron. Move that note to there? His Decepticon hat appears to be the movieverse insignia, for what it's worth.

Speaking of which, Nike had a [http://www.nikeblog.com/2012/11/22/nike-calvin-johnson-megatron-collection/ limited line of officially licensed Calvin Johnson Transformer gear]. The [[insignia]] page needs an update! - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:13, 23 February 2013 (EST)

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:''Megatron is the [[Decepticon]] leader from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

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Talk:Optimus Prime (G1)

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Yourmomisgay: Yourmomisgay moved page Talk:Optimus Prime (G1) to Talk:HAGGER?

==Splitting==
I am proposing that we split Optimus Prime's toy section off into a separate article - "See list of Optimus Prime (G1) toys" or something equivalent, as Wikipedia does. The article as a whole is really long and is only going to get longer, and it seems like a logical place for a split. Thoughts? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 11:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

:As long as I get to create it, since I largely wrote the toy section myself. You're not stealing my pointless Internet Glory, you jerkfaces. You have the faces of several jerks! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 12:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

::I vote "Optimus Prime (G1) toys", rather than List of X. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:28, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
:::A disambig ''prior'' to the end of the article? That's crazy-talk!
:::(Of course, the alternative is Optimus Prime toys (G1), which is just plain wrong.) -[[User:69.88.91.218|69.88.91.218]] 16:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
::::Shall I create the new article now? I think its moot if Walky (an admin) votes in favour of it. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
:::::Alright, I made the G1 Prime toy article anyway, since scrolling down to make edits in the big Prime page is annoying, and I always need to check to see how pics I use in one section affect the section before or after. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:58, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

===Splitting Part 2===
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And neither his cartoon nor Marvel sections are remotely close to finished. We need to consider a way to split a character fiction page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:43, 13 April 2009 (EDT)
: As of right now, his Marvel G1 section alone is too long to be its own page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:38, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Done with Marvel G1 section, pretty sure. Phew! It is now, by itself, 54kb. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:04, 20 April 2009 (EDT)

:My first thought would be to break out the Marvel Comics continuity and G1 cartoon continuity sections into their own pages, as they're likely to be the longest bits. ("Optimus Prime (G1 Marvel Comics)" and "Optimus Prime (G1 cartoon)", perhaps? I don't like the implicaiton of those page names, though, which make it sound like we're designating each of these as separate characters.) A ''See main article:'' link under each header would cover it, similar to what we do for toys and merchandise. (It'd be a nice touch if we could leave like maybe one image alongside each link, so they aren't quite so lost in the shuffle.) -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:00, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
::How about "Optimus Prime (G1) Marvel Comics" and "Optimus Prime (G1) cartoon". It doesn't give the impression (as much) that it is a different character and is more like "Optimus Prime (G1) toys". - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 21:13, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
::: Yeah, that scheme definitely works better. Maybe "Sunbow cartoon" just to make it absolutely clear? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:15, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
:::: Would the Japanese cartoon continuity stuff go in that article as well? --[[User:Apoc|Apoc]] 21:23, 20 April 2009 (EDT)
:Scout assures us that by "some browsers" it means "Netscape 6 or older," which 0% of our readers are using. However, there's still a practical problem, what with having to scroll past 10 pages to get to other content. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:36, 20 April 2009 (EDT)

::Maybe Japanese stuff should go with the Sunbow stuff, since some part of them are common. But if that happens, the title may become "Optimus Prime (G1) Subow/Japan" or something like that. --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 02:52, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::"Optimus Prime (G1) cartoon continuity". -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:54, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::::I'd go with something more like "Optimus Prime in the G1 cartoon." --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 15:27, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::"Optimus Prime (G1) fiction (cartoon)" or similar? Character, series identifier, fiction, subfiction identifier. [[User:Hooper X|Hooper_X]] 19:56, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

===Splitting Part 3===
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This is a joke now. With the server problems, most of the time it doesn't even fully load. It '''''<u>needs</u>''''' to be split. Urgently. "Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics" and...? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 15:43, 1 June 2009 (EDT)
:"Optimus Prime (G1)/Cartoon continuity"? Including all the Japanese stuff? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:47, 1 June 2009 (EDT)
:::The cartoon section adds up to 91 kilobytes, apparently. With change for categories, etc, that would put it alone (excluding the MSTF transcripts) somewhere between third and fifth in the Long pages list behind only [[Starscream (G1)]] [112 kilobytes, another one we should probably look at splitting], Megatron (G1), possibly Kup (G1) and probably the residue of this page. Not entirely sure about working "continuity" into the page title either - it's, to pick one random example, [[Tap-Out (Animated)]] not "Tap-Out (Animated continuity)", after all. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:20, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

:: I'm not trying to say that all previously options for splitting this article are bad ideas (I support them, as a matter of fact) but I'm just going to pitch another idea in case we need to go to a plan B or something like that... Maybe we could even split his fiction into seperate time periods? As in "Optimus Prime (G1)/Fiction: 1988-2000" (and yes, I just made up random years up for my example.) I don't know how good an idea that would be, but in any case, even if it's a horrible idea, I always find suggesting alternative solutions to problems like this helps, regardless of whether or not they end up being used... --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] 16:09, 1 June 2009 (EDT)
:Personally, I think it'd be best to split it into "Optimus Prime (G1)" and "Convoy", and to do the same with the other huge character pages, too. - [[User:Magnus Maximus|Magnus Maximus]] 17:52, 1 June 2009 (EDT)

===Splitting Part 4===
Excluding the MSTF transcripts, this is [[Special:Longpages|again the longest page on TFWiki]] (the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|toys sub-page]] is right up there too, whereafter there's a 10kb gap back to [[Kup (G1)]]). About the only section long enough to split out and make a page by itself is the IDW continuity - should that be split? Also, should the Marvel colouring book be moved to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|the Marvel page]], which is long but not super-super-long? - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] 11:26, 10 July 2012 (EDT)
: I totally agree, IDW has more issues than Marvel now and will likely continue for some time, especially as he didn't die in The Death of Optimus Prime. Alternatively Orion Pax could be split off, Megatron and Galvatron have different articles so why not? [[User:Mister Jazzz|Mister Jazz]] 11:38, 10 July 2012 (EDT)

==Old crap==
I vote that we keep this article blank untill the last possible moment

This isn't a democracy, X-BoB. It's the Internet.
You fail at wiki.

I think this article should be done as soon as possible. Because of, y'know its massive importance and stuff.
[[User:BeastWarrior|BeastWarrior]] 08:12, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't we refeare to Optimus Prime as Convoy in the articles on the JPN shows?

Sentenial Prime shouldn't be in the first paragraphs, as he's not in all contuities
JMO-X-BoB58

It warrants discussion - after all, he is the most powerful of the Go-Bots...
* save that for Bayformers.

==Dreamwave Continuity==
The article says: "Optimus Prime started life as Optronix (Orion to his friends)"

Does anyone have an issue reference for this (the Orion part)? I admit that my DW knowledge isn't too great, but I don't recall this.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 15:16, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

It's from the Keepers Trilogy. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:03, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
:That explains it, then. I don't really consider the Keepers Trilogy as canon, never having bothered to read it. However, since it ''is'' official, it's appropriate here.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 17:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

::Canon's a tough call witht he Keepers Trilogy. The Optronix thing, for instance, was originally drafted for Optimus Prime's MTMTE profile (IIRC) but the MTMTE thing was drasticly retooled midway through, and so it didn't make it into the entry-- but apparently Scott Ciencen had access to a draft of it which he used for Prime's backstory.

::As for the Keepers Trilogy's overall continuity... it doesn't mesh any WORSE than the first Dreamwave mini-series. (Faint praise though that be.) Plus it made some definite motions to align itself more closely to the comics continuity at the end of the 3rd book. ...and if I remember my timeline right, Superion's head showed up in Annihilation before it would have been written into TF#0. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

==Stuff==
"Auntie" was, so far as I know, not an acronym. As well, it was definitely the name for the Ark's computer in the US, so I removed the italics as I didn't think those events/reasonings were UK-specific.

As well, the Intraformers competition is not from the UK - it's from Sureshot's Transformers: Universe profile. But as I didn't look it up yet, I wasn't sure if I should un-italize the mention of "before he was named Optimus Prime" that's mentioned with it. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

:Marvel continuity, from the intraformers sharpshooting competition arose, never had a 'pre optimus Prime.' He was always just Optimus Prime. (And was called such even when a junior officer, as seen in the Underbase saga.)
:Optimus Prime was a gifted athlete beginning to study for a medical profession when the war broke out. Presumably the shooting competition was part of Prime's athlete days- shooting is an Olympic sport after all. (Well,part of one.)
:If you want to split the difference on the entry, I suggest changing 'before he was named Optimsu Prime' to either ''before the war began'' or ''before the war began in earnest.'' The latter is only loosely justified by the text of comics continuities (the city-ststes had standaign armies and apparently fought- the great games were suppsoed to be a formalized sublimation of this) but it does have the marit of fitting well with War Dawn (and thus fits the new post* continuities which've come along that smosh both continuities together) without actually being '''wrong''' in the context of its original occourence. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:26, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::And it's not like civilians don't do shooting sports as a hobby or anything. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 04:12, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

== Beast Wars Primal ==

Do we want to include the BW Bat Primal and the first MUNKY Primal as toys of Prime? In all one piece of media Bat Primal appeared in, he was definintly Prime with a new name, and the same can be said for Ultra MUNKY's specs. I can't remember if it's been brought up before, but if it has, I can't find it.
: It's been a topic of discussion, but I think most of it has kept to IRC so far. The red/blue "Convobat" from Japan may even have text on the back that says it's the original Prime, and the purple alligator Megatron that came with it has text that mentions a Walther P38, but we haven't pursued further translation. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:56, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
::Actually, we did, and it specifically says on both of them that they used to have those modes and are now animals. The problem, of course, is whether that makes them any more "really" Prime and Megatron than the US versions, or for that matter the Ultra toys in either country. Remember that Japan didn't even get a yes-or-no on whether they were the same guys until Metals. My personal preference would probably be to consider all of them Primal and BW Megs toys, despite how much I want the CD guys to be the G1 characters, or else we get into a bizarre continuum of "bat is Prime/ape is both/TM is Primal" which is confusing and not helpful, I think. -[[User:LV|LV]] 01:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

== Kiss Players ==

This bio says the EDC was bringing Convoy's remains from the battle of Autobot City. I hadnt' seen this in any of the other stuff i read, so could someone confirm that for me? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:06, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
: That info was put in by Swift, who seriously knows his Kiss Players stuff. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:11, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

::Thank you Walky. To express my gratitude, I shall try to be less of a dumbass in the future. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

::I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that reputation, but I suppose I brought it on myself. And yeah, lots of KP story material places it as a direct follow-up to the movie.--[[User:Swift|Swift]] 16:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
:::Follows the movie- but not trying to be compatale with season 3, right? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:53, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
::::Wait, naughty-surfer Marissa Fairborne. That was a stupid question. '''I recind it!''' -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::I think it helps that Japanese season 3 takes place 4 years after this, since it's all up in 2010 instead of 2006. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
::::::Oh, right, I forgot, the 5-years-in-which-Daniel-does-not-appear-to-age. That DOES change things. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:45, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::::They do seem to be taking pains to make it all sort of fit in. Hot Rod's backstory says he gave up the Matrix and reverted from Rodimus, too. --[[User:Swift|Swift]] 19:18, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

==Pudding==
MSTF running gag. "First darkness... then... light... then, pudding, I don't know why." Since then, PUDDING has come up in regards to Prime a bit frequently. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:12, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

== Parody trivia ==

I don't think we should include in trivia (or anywhere else) all statements done in all the parody. I know the family Guy Jewish Prime is notorious, but if we start including that, we should as well mention Prime turned a movie for prostate cancer prevention. I think canon is difficult enough to determine by itself.
Also, if we had to seriously think about Optimus's religious orientation, he is most probably a [[Primus]] believer. Unless being Jewish for a transformers is about not believing [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] is the new Primus incarnation, but in that case, most of the Transformers are probably Jewish.

:: ... who the fuck put that in there? The idea of Family Guy being TF canon has made me physically ill, thank you. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:00, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

::::Agreed. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 00:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

== John Wayne & Abe Lincolln ==

The [[David Wise]] interview on the Kid Rhino DVD's includes a fairly lengthy tangent on why he thinks Optimus Prime was the greatest of the 80's bumper crop of heroic characters, where he says that it's because Prime is a mash-up of Lincoln's ideals and John Wayne's methodology. He was discussing RoOP (which he didn't write) but ''this'' comparison seems to be 'about' his work in season 2. Thing is, I couldn't tell- is the Wayne-Lincoln thing Wise's way of looking at Prime? Something the Sunbow writers room had synthesized by the time season 2 was ramping up? (Prime was much blander in season 1...) Or was it ''always'' part of his character? The original character bios of Prime have it in spades- was there a margin-note that Budinsky (or whoever) jotted down somewhere for Prime 'John Wayne + Lincoln' that other writers followed, or did this realization/synthesis come later?

[http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/expo/speaker_detail.cfm?speakerID=1209 Tom Pope] has a fascinating theory on heroes and societies, and it caught my eye that he thinks the most recent set of heroic archetypes (they come in pairs,) were Wyatt Earp and Lincoln. I ''see'' Tom on occasion, and I think he'd get a kick out of the Optimus Prime thing, but I want to get it right. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:19, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

==Cartoon section confusion==
I was advised against segmenting G1 Soundwave's article to reflect his appearance in the Madman comic as it would be a bad trend of splitting established continuities every time a new story or dubious retcon emerges. After viewing the cartoon section of this page, I can see what JW means, because I couldn't tell what the hell was going on. Why are the Japanese comics (even if they are set within their alternate cartoon continuity) directly inserted between G1 Season 1/2 and the 1986 Movie? And then the Teletraan Go Go and Kiss Players crap in between the movie and Season 3/4, which, funnily enough, also uses the Japanese 2010 title, which, as far as I know, we have never used as I am so often reminded that this is a American Transformers wiki. As it stands, the cartoon section of arguably the most important character on this wiki is very confusing. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 18:33, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
:Ichh, didnt see this talk post and talked about this on the Soundwave talk page... yeah, I'm all agreeing with this, and stuff. As the American and Japanese animated continuities have just recently become ''very'' different animals as a result of all the extra stuff that's been jammed into the Japanese timeline lately, I'm more in favour of "American animated continuity" and "Japanese animated continuity" being two separate headers. I did this with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] recently (I remember between posts!), and I think it's the tidiest way of representing the information. I'm not doing anything this evening, so I might take a crack at re-working Prime's page to see what we all think... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]]
::A lot of the stuff on Optimus Prime's page is a product of the wiki's very early work. When Japanese/English stuff gets this crazy, it should be separated accordingly. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:26, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Roight, I've taken a stab at reorganizing it all. What say we all? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 23:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
::::Thanks man, I forgot all about this as I was blocking out the mess of this page from my mind. I think we should have some sort of 'review' policy where we check articles that were created in full in 2006 to see if they still adhere to our current requirements. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 20:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

== Weapon ==

Any other weapon he uses other than his standard Rifle?([[User:MARV 2000|MARV 2000]] 23:44, 10 March 2008 (UTC))
:Do his [[Furmanism]]s count? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 15:17, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
:Depends on the continuity. In ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer]]'' he uses bunches and bunches of weapons. [[User:JW|JW]] 15:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

==Name==

Just curious but is a plural version of his name Optimuses or Optimi?
[[User:Proconix|Proconix]]
:"[[Optimus (disambiguation)|Optimuses]]", per [[Megatron (BW)]]. [[User:JW|JW]] 15:26, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Okeydoke.[[User:Proconix|Proconix]]

==Cullen in Later Commercials==

Has this been verified? Back in either BotCon 2004 or BotCon 2006 (I don't recall which at the moment), Cullen claimed NOT to have done those late commercials (post-movie). I'm perfectly willing to believe that this is just faulty memory, but wanted to check.--[[Special:Contributions/71.110.188.13|71.110.188.13]] 09:56, 21 April 2009 (EDT)
: Everybody in those later commercials sounded like either Cullen or Michael Bell, so unless they got two imitators of their voices exactly, who couldn't do other voices... --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:45, 21 April 2009 (EDT)

== Robot Masters sub-headings ==

The Robot Masters sub-headings are h6s (six =s). They're SMALLER THAN THE BODY TEXT! I think some significant rearrangement of that bit should be considered... - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 18:54, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
:I ''hate'' those little things, but really, there's not a lot that ''can'' be logically done. About the only thing to do is bump the whole Japanese cartoon cotinuity up by one header size, but then it ceases to be a sub-header of the "Generation 1 cartoon continuity" (I've done it like that in a few places in the past, purely for... well, ''this very'' aesthetic reason, actually, but I'm pretty sour on the idea now). It ceases to be an issue, mind you, if we split the cartoon off into its own article, where the headers can all move up one (or even two) sizes because of the reduced need for them. And that's looking more and more like something we should really do. Because... well, goddamn. There are still three continuities that need written up, and more that need fleshed out to full! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:39, 26 April 2009 (EDT)
::If this is happening in several articles, then perhaps tweaking the site CSS to increase the size of h5s and h6s should be considered... - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 08:36, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
::[http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=User:SanityOrMadness/test&oldid=281657 Possible suggestion?] - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 08:59, 27 April 2009 (EDT)

== Italian Dubbing ==

Hi, I'm Italian and I'm trying to track the italian Optimus Prime voices.
Yes, I said voices: the "italian Prime" had – at least – 4 different voices thru the four cartoon seasons and the animated movie (maybe 5 voices!). Traking the story of Optimus italian voices is a little bit difficult because of a lack of infos about italian '80 dubbing of the G1 series (saying that is chaotic is an euphemism: we have characters that actually change their voice in a single episode, for example Bumblebee/Maggiolino).
I would like to add a note in Optimus G1 page about this (in my opinion is a nice curiosity about Optimus), but in wich section can I add it?

Moreover, I think that the whole italian '80 dubbing is interesting, because of this "voices chaos": not a single character has the same voice thru the G1 continuity (Megatron/Galvatron at least 2 voices, Starscream at least 3 voices, and so on).

What do you guys think about?

== Alternity ==

Wouldn't it be better to separate the Alternity Optimus from this one? Noting that he used to be G1 Prime? As he does look a fair bit different and has all these crazy powers and stuff. Just an idea. [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 10:40, 3 August 2009 (EDT)
:From what i get from the story, he's both G1 Optimus Prime and every other optimus prime that joined Alternity...that's the hard part, i think he sould stay here and link other primes(who actualy get fiction) join.--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 15:56, 27 September 2009 (EDT)

== Universe 2.0/action blast ==

Should it be placed here, or will we give that Prime his own article?--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 15:39, 26 September 2009 (EDT)
:Here. His toy was from the Classic series which is part of the G1 continuity family. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:08, 26 September 2009 (EDT)
::Only problem is, i can't add anything because the page is protected.--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 15:53, 27 September 2009 (EDT)

== To Die Game! ==

I'm just wondering why has my addition of the "To Die Game!" fiction been removed? Are we making a separate page for the Silver Alternity Prime or something? --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] 23:22, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
:For unknown reasons, we appear to be putting the red auto-avatar on this page, and the silver one on his G1 cartoon continuity subpage, where the Binaltech stories reside. I can ''sort of'' see why, but I also think it's going to confuse a lot of folks.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 23:25, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
::Ah, I see... Maybe we should add a note at the end of the Alternity section then? Something along the lines of "Alternity beings are both individuals and a collective of separate entities. More fiction about Optimus Prime's Alternity collective can be found here." And link to the other section where there's more fiction on him? --[[User:Ascendron|Ascendron]] 23:30, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
:::It was my understanding that the red one was specifically G1 Optimus Prime, and the silver one was a distinct Prime that's of the Alternity collective. So, yeah, the silver one wouldn't go on this page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:29, 16 October 2009 (EDT)
::::Actually, they're ''both'' G1 Prime. Specifically, the silver one is Binaltech Optimus Prime.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:10, 16 October 2009 (EDT)
:::::Yeah, the Silver Prime is specifically G1-cartoon Optimus Prime, hailing from the branched-off Binaltech timeline, so I put his exploits on that article. The red one is from Primax 109.0 Beta, so he shouldn't go on the cartoon continuity page, if you see what I mean. It is, of course, entirely possible that we'll get more Primes and Megatrons down the line, too, who would all go under the basic "Alternity" header of the main character page, unless they were specifically from another pre-existing universe. The addition of a note is a good idea. Alternity is... complicated to write up, I think. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:58, 16 October 2009 (EDT)
::::::It certainly does strain our fiction writeup method when multiple characters are not only all the same guy (IE all Optimus Prime) but all the same guy ''from the same continuity family''. Yeah, from an in-universe perspective an alternate universe is an alternate universe, but our continuity family grouping of character articles makes it especially tricky.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 21:57, 18 October 2009 (EDT)
:::::::Do an <nowiki>[[Optimus Prime (Alternity)]]</nowiki> (possibly Convoy, since it's Japanese exclusive) and redirect from both here and any other pages (like the G1toon page) to that with Main article: tags; then split that page by universe-of-origin with explanation where necessary. They're simultaneously merged into one and distinct from each other, yes?
:::::::(Since it's not only multiversal, but - with Elita Seven - there are already non G1 characters, it's not really GEEWUN, per se) -[[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] 22:41, 18 October 2009 (EDT)
::::::::If we were to do that, it wouldn't need a parenthetical. The article would reside at <nowiki>[[Masterlord Convoy]]</nowiki>, as he already has an English name that's distinct from Optimus Prime's Japanese name.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 22:45, 18 October 2009 (EDT)

== Transformer with three modes? ==

Prime is in the [[:Category:Transformers with three modes|Transformers with three modes]] category. I'm trying to think what version of him has three modes. Do we count the Powermaster Prime's super robot as a third mode? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:34, 22 January 2010 (EST)
:Going down the list, it looks like Star Convoy is the main reason. He has robot, truck and base modes without a separate cab robot. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 12:47, 22 January 2010 (EST)
::Of course. I didn't realize he didn't have a trailer. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:55, 22 January 2010 (EST)

== New statue/bust ==

A newly solicited Powermaster Optimus bust describes as follows..."As depicted in the ''Transformers: Armada'' animated series, ''Power Master Optimus'' shed his merged form and went on to sacrifice himself to defeat Unicron and save all of mankind." It's Diamond Select/Art Asylum, but more importantly, what the hell does that mean for the continuity? Previews April 2010 edition, page 371. [[User:Hida Atarasi|Hida Atarasi]] 00:47, 18 April 2010 (EDT)
:It means that whoever wrote that solicitation copy doesn't know what they're talking about? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 01:04, 18 April 2010 (EDT)
::Is a Previews considered an official source? Is this gonna be another microcontinuity entry? I'd be tickled pink if the ''Armada'' franchise got tacked onto G1 because of a badly written ad selling a bust that, as likely as not these days, could get cancelled. [[User:Hida Atarasi|Hida Atarasi]] 18:07, 18 April 2010 (EDT)

== Battle Convoy ==

Just curious, in Japan is "Battle Convoy" (Laser Optimus Prime) a different guy? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:15, 6 July 2010 (EDT)
:Not according to the G-2 comics and story pages. Convoy was changed into Battle Convoy by the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]]. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 10:22, 6 July 2010 (EDT)

== Taiwanese names ==

[http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29&diff=7288&oldid=7287 They were both added by TX55.] So you'll have to ask him just what exactly the difference is. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 07:14, 21 February 2011 (EST)

== Ongoing ==

Could someone update Prime's appearances in the IDW ongoing fiction please? The current page is at least 5 issues behind the times. [[User:Durge|Durge]] 11:46, 9 March 2011 (EST)
:And why can't you do it? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:00, 9 March 2011 (EST)
::Perhaps he is himself five or more issues behind the times, and his reason for wanting the section updated is so he'll know what's going on? --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 14:41, 9 March 2011 (EST)
:Because I suck at this editing lark and half of what I put up gets taken down for not being good enough. I'd rather a wiki veteran could do it and get it right for those who might just be starting with ongoing and need to know whats happened thus far with prime specifically then for me to put up a half arsed summary that isn't any good to anyone. This is G1 Optimus' page, rookies like me aren't usually welcome. [[User:Durge|Durge]] 12:12, 16 March 2011 (EDT)

== IDW comics continuity ==

Can someone edit Optimus Prime's comic continuity? It's way behind

== IDW Optimus timeline ==

So how does all of Optimus Prime's early chronology fit together? We've got:

* ''Megatron Origin'' (Unnamed)
* ''Spotlight: Blurr'' (Optimus)
* ''All Hail Megatron'' #13 (...?)
* ''Chaos Theory'' (Orion Pax)
* ''Autocracy'' (Orion Pax)

''Chaos Theory'' must come first, because it takes place during the reign of [[Nominus Prime]]. Then ''Megatron Origin'' and ''Autocracy'' take place during the times of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], respectively, so that progression is clear. Now comes the hard parts.

In ''Autocracy'', Optimus is working alongside Ironhide, which means the flashback from ''All Hail Megatron'' #13 where they first met must take place earlier. But in that issue, Optimus recalls that from the very first, Ironhide thought he was some punk "who didn't deserve to ''call himself Prime''". That implies Optimus was already ''Optimus Prime'' in #13. This could possibly be ignored as a turn of phrase -- after all, in the flashback itself he is never directly called "Optimus", "Prime", or even "Orion Pax".

''Spotlight: Blurr'' is trickier. If ''Autocracy'' is going to chronicle the fall of Zeta Prime and the rise of Optimus Prime, as it seems bound to do, that means the Spotlight must take place first. But Kup calls him Optimus, and he should be known as Orion Pax during this timeframe.

Is the best way to build a chronology to ignore any reference to Optimus Prime's current name (and body-type) and just base things on surrounding events, or is there some way to legitimately tie this all together? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 08:38, 4 April 2012 (EDT)

:Brain has melted. Cannot compute.––[[User:Mojotron|Mojotron]] 11:12, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

Optimus Prime (G1)

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Optimusg1.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|I'm that guy everyone remembers. No, not the [[Soundwave (G1)|tape guy]], the ''other'' guy.]]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the awe-inspiring [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]] forces. Selfless and endlessly courageous, he is the complete opposite of his mortal enemy [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Originally a mere civilian, he was chosen by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to command, the first in a number of heavy burdens he has been forced to bear. Another is his bringing of the [[Transformer]]s' conflict to Earth. Every casualty, [[human]] or [[Transformer|Cybertronian]], weighs heavily on his [[spark]]. He does not show this side to his soldiers, and he never succumbs to despair. The Autobots need a decisive, charismatic leader, and that is what he gives them. It was that leadership which turned the tide of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]].

On the battlefield, there are few who rival Optimus Prime's prowess. He is easily the strongest of any Autobot his [[Scale|size]], and his [[ion blaster]] and his [[energon-axe]] are deadly weapons. He would sacrifice his life to protect his fellow Autobots or those under their care, and [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|does so on a regular basis]]. His compassion for other sentient beings is his only real weakness, and one the Decepticons have taken advantage of time and again... though it's also the source of his strength!

Prime carries within him the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

Before being rebuilt into a [[Powermaster]], his [[robot mode]] split into three components:

*A sentient robot module, the [[Brain Center]].
*A wheeled drone module known as [[Roller (G1)|Roller]].
*A [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]].

Although Optimus Prime can function as three independent modules, injury to any one module is felt by the other two. In some universes, he can [[combiner|combine]] with his fellow Autobots to form [[Ultra Prime]] or [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]].

{{bigquote|Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.|Optimus Prime's most common [[bio]] quote}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
[[File:CommandPerformances-Autobotsattack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Don't worry, the multiple crises of conscience come soon enough.]]

Optimus Prime was a gladiator champion for [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] before quickly working his way up the Autobot ranks once [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] started the war. Four million years ago, when Decepticons attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], he personally chose to crash it onto [[Earth]], a decision that caused him much remorse when the war restarted on Earth in the modern day.

Though Optimus allowed himself to be destroyed when he betrayed his own moral code while playing a video game, a copy of his mind survived on a [[floppy disk]]. Years later, he was restored as a [[Powermaster]], binary bonded to the [[Nebulan]], [[Hi-Q]]. Optimus Prime slowly earned the respect of Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], mourned the loss of his friend [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and ultimately sacrificed everything to defeat [[Unicron]]. Though Optimus died again, his mind persisted in Hi-Q, and the [[Last Autobot]] was able to restore him as an [[Action Master]] in time to bring a temporary end to the war.

In [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|one universe]], Optimus Prime went on to battle [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian troops]], and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In [[Transformers: Classics|another]], fifteen years of peace passed before Megatron rose again.
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===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===
[[File:PackIn RodimusPrimeRemembers Inside2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The fury of the "Road Warriors"... and Cosmos.]]
The Autobots were outnumbered and outgunned on Earth from the start, though Optimus was confident (and correct) that reinforcements from Cybertron would arrive. {{storylink|Reinforcements from Cybertron!}}

However, the situation was still so desperate that Optimus not only decided to recruit human allies {{storylink|The battle is far from over!}}, but aggressively tried to recruit and ''deputise'' human children, including giving them the power to co-ordinate Autobot teams in battles. He wouldn't even make a final move on the Decepticons until he had enough child soldiers on his side. {{storylink|Earthlings: THE S.T.A.R.S. need your help now!}} {{storylink|Have the Decepticons defeated us once and for all?}} In at least one case, this likely led to the ''death'' of a small boy at Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Can one boy, alone, hold back the evil Decepticons?}}

Optimus later led a convoy in search for a building site for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], which ran into a Decepticon ambush. {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}} He sent off several Autobots to get help, knowing this was the only chance of victory. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}} Those several Autobots were seen again, but Prime... wasn't.
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
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[[File:Mtmte2 shermandam.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He had this ax once. It was very memorable.]]
Before the war, Optimus Prime was originally '''Orion Pax''', a young dock worker with a girlfriend named [[Elita One|Ariel]]. But as the war began, Megatron destroyed them both, and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] rebuilt them into more powerful warriors.

Four million years ago, Optimus Prime ended a Decepticon attack on the Ark by directing it towards prehistoric Earth. When both factions reawakened in [[1984]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots fought the Decepticons on numerous occasions until [[2005]]. During an attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, Prime fell in battle against Megatron and passed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]].

Optimus Prime eventually returned, once as a [[zombie]], and again when he was rebuilt by the [[Quintesson]]s to stop the spread of the [[Hate Plague]].

The details between these events differ between universes. Sometimes Optimus Prime merged with [[Vector Sigma]] soon after defeating the Hate Plague, and returned much, much later as Star Convoy. Sometimes Optimus Prime partnered up with [[Marissa Faireborn]] to receive upgrades through mutual [[kiss]]ing. Sometimes... look, he did a lot of weird stuff, okay? He later sacrifices himself to restore the [[Matrix of Leadership]].
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===Sticker Adventures books===
During a Decepticon attack, Cliffjumper pleaded with Optimus to let him jump into the fray. Optimus denied his request, telling him that they already had the Decepticons on the run. In the battle’s aftermath, the Decepticon’s activity seem to vanish altogether. Grateful for the quiet, Optimus decided to head out and fetch extra fuel for the Autobots with Sparkplug. He returned just in time to find his Autobots in the middle of a battle with the Decepticons. With Sparkplug and Prowl’s help, Optimus refuelled his troops, and once more drove the Decepticons back. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons}}

Optimus Prime and the Autobots were repairing a ship in the hopes of using it to return to Cybertron, when the Decepticons attacked. He took a hit in the midst of the battle, and fell unconscious…

Then he dreamed of awakening, only to find his troops smashed. Realizing his only hope for survival lay with Cybertron, Optimus then boarded the ship the Autobots were repairing, and travelled back to his home planet. Arriving on Cybertron, he found it completely under Decepticon domination. Optimus then met an old Autobot codger who pleaded that he return to Earth to gather a force that could overthrow the Decepticon’s regime. Optimus remorsefully told the old Autobot that there could be no reinforcements from the planet Earth. The two Autobots were then swarmed by Decepticon police officers, who Optimus fought until his dying breath…

Only for Optimus to awaken for real, back on Earth and surrounded by his troops. Realizing that his trip to Cybertron was a dream, Optimus instructed his Autobots to redouble their efforts in fixing up their ship, certain that they would soon need to return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
When Optimus captained an Autobots spacecraft with the intent of clearing an asteroid field heade for Cybertron, he found his ship and crew attacked by the Decepticons. Rather than allow his Autobots to be taken prisoner, he deliberately crashed the Ark on Earth into a volcano.

Millions of years later, Optimus was one of the thirty-five Autobots rebuilt into modern machines by the ship"s computer. Some time later, Jazz reported that he had spotted Decepticon activity at a nearby construction site. Optimus decided to take a proactive angle to their war with the Decepticons, and led the entirety of his troops to the Decepticon base. Once there, they found themselves allowed in by Megatron, feigning a friendly demeanor. Not fooled by Megatron's claims that he was making an honest living heading a construction company, Optimus engaged the evil robots in combat, before being blasted out of the Decepticon base. Optimus and his troops were sent tumbling down the cliffside beneath their feet. The Autobots suffered only minor damage from the fall, and after getting patched up, moved out once more to stop Megatron's plan, now well under way. Megatron was holding millions of humans hostage in a bid to get the Earth to surrender unconditionally to the Decepticons.

The two sides found themselves equally matched until the Constructicons merged into The Devastator. The tables were turned once more when the Dinobots appeared, and mercilessly slaughtered the Constructicons. The Decepticons' plan foiled, Optimus decided that the Autobot-Decepticon war had come to an end, despite Megatron's protests to the contrary. He and his Autobots then drove away victorious. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

[[File:Autobots secret weapon prime megs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Optimus pondered [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s whereabouts after noticing that he had been absent from Autobot headquarters for longer than expected. The answer came through [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who relayed a message from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]; Sunstreaker was the Decepticons' captive. Megatron demanded that the Autobots surrender, or else Sunstreaker would be destroyed and rebuilt as a Decepticon! The Autobots refused to give up without a fight, but Optimus took care to explain the threat they were up against before a rescue party headed out. Optimus told [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combiner nature, and warned them not take the danger he posed lightly. The rescue squad failed in liberating Sunstreaker, and were captured themselves. The Autobots were shaken by this turn of events, but Optimus was able to think up a new plan to trick the Decepticons. He ordered his Autobots to build a hollow statue of Devastator for him and his soldiers to hide within. Optimus then wrote a letter explaining that the statue was a peace offering for the Decepticons, and the completed decoy was placed before the Decepticons' base. The ruse worked, and Optimus and his troops burst forth from the false Devastator after the Decepticons had let down their guard. An all-out brawl between Autobots and Decepticons followed. The fight came to an end when Megatron attempted to down Optimus with his fusion cannon, only for Optimus to deflect Megatron's beam back at him by bouncing it off a reflective piece of metal. With the Decepticons defeated, Optimus ordered his troops to retrieve their wounded and return to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:SummertimeColoring Optimus Prime combat deck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|In lieu of solving the [[FIRRIB]] debate the hard way, Prime eliminates the problem at the source.]]
Alerted by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s latest plan, Optimus Prime led the mission on [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s ship to foil them. He sent Bumblebee on an underwater scouting mission, and took part in a pitched battle that ended in the Decepticon's being defeated. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}} When [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] dropped rocks on the Autobots, Optimus used [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] to eliminate most of them. Unfortunately he was forced to surrender when he saw the other Autobots had been captured by the Decepticons, and was placed in a [[special Autobot prison]]. Luckily Bumblebee remained free, and after he'd rescued the others, Optimus wrapped Megatron up with an iron bar. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

One peaceful day, Optimus decided it was ''too'' quiet, and sent Bumblebee and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] to find out what the Decepticons were up to. Sure enough, the Decepticons were looking for a factory, so Optimus had Mirage create a holographic factory as a trick, and ambushed the Decepticons. Optimus himself hurled Megatron into orbit. {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}} Optimus and his Autobots rescued [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] when the pair were captured by Decepticons, and afterwards Prime was amazed when Sparkplug repaired [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. After Bumblebee and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] discovered that the Decepticons were attacking [[Hoover Dam]], Optimus and his team defeated them. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] reported to Optimus that the Decepticons were stealing gas, and Optimus was able to use Roller to find out the Decepticons were using a [[molecular transfer device]]. The Autobots assaulted the Decepticon stronghold so they could take care of the device. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}} After a rain storm, Optimus and most of the other Autobots went out on patrol. When the Decepticons used a fake message to lure Bumblebee out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] so they could take it over, Optimus used the same gambit to retake the ship. {{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}}

[[File:Forestrescuemission-bunny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Carrots are the right of all fluffy beings!]]
When the Decepticons turned up in the same forest that the Autobots were taking a vacation in, Optimus took great pleasure in stopping them and returning the forest to pristine condition. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}} Optimus was undertaking some repairs when Bumblebee offered to help, but Prime told him the repairs were too hard for him. When later the other Autobots were dismissive of Bumblebee's report of a Decepticon attack, Optimus alone listened to him, and they subsequently defeated the Decepticons. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}}

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[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] warned Optimus about a fuel plant the Decepticons were building, so Optimus took the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] in his trailer and, under the guise of having a delivery for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], invaded the construction site and defeated the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

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===Deadly Paradise===
When Sideswipe was accused and convicted of destroying the [[Nova Suspension Bridge]], Optimus was infuriated that one of his own Autobots could commit such a heinous act. Optimus was tasked to hunt down and deactivate Sideswipe, though the task proved to be easy as Sideswipe did not run, hide or resist. After Optimus had deactivated Sideswipe, he was approached by Prowl, who pointed out that Sideswipe's actions made little sense, as he had committed the crime in broad daylight before many witnesses. Agreeing that the Decepticons might be behind the situation, Optimus allowed Prowl to take a team of Autobots to [[Carob Island]] to clear Sideswipe's name while Optimus and Jazz stayed behind to continue working on human/Autobot relations. Prowl returned with evidence that it was indeed a Decepticon-controlled clone of Sideswipe that had committed the crime. Optimus then presumably reactivated Sideswipe when his name was cleared. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
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Optimus and Prowl received message from [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] of a coal transport in [[Africa]], and discovered Megatron was using human slaves. Megatron detonated his coal mines with the world's largest explosion, killing the humans and forging the world's largest diamond — that he would use to as a lens for a [[Crystal satellite|satellite]] to focus the Sun's beams, melting the [[Rocky Mountains]]! Prime ordered Skyfire to attack the satellite, and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to build a square mile panel of metal to deflect the beam, blowing the satellite up. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}} The Decepticons attempted to drain the [[Prudhoe Bay oil reservoir]], causing volcanic eruptions and Russia to approach America, accelerating tensions between the countries. Optimus ordered [[razon gas]] to be pumped into the reservoir, returning the [[oil]] below and raising the Decepticons' aquatic drill. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}}

Accompanied by Prowl, Optimus went to [[Sumatra]] and discovered much of the jungle had been destroyed. The Decepticons tried to destroy the [[Brazil]]ian jungle and take its oil, but once again the Autobots stopped them. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}} Following a battle between the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and the Decepticons, Optimus ordered [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] be repaired by Ratchet at their [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] oil supply. Tracking Slag, Megatron attempted to destroy the base with the [[Crusher]], slicing icebergs off the continent. Optimus ordered [[Autobot superjet]]s to counterattack, but the battle was won when Megatron unwittingly reawakened hundreds of dormant Dinobots beneath the ice. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}} Optimus and Prowl were baffled by Megatron's next strategy, a series of hit-and-run attacks in the Pacific rim. It emerged it was a distraction from the enslavement of the population of [[Buru]]. Optimus, Prowl and the Dinobots arrived and fought off the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], foiling the scheme to drain the island's oil. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}} When Megatron planned to drain the world's largest [[oil tanker|supertanker]], Optimus had the oil tainted with a corrosive acid, sabotaging the Decepticon submersible. The Autobots flew the tanker to [[New York City]], and ordered the few witnesses' memory to be wiped. Wow. {{storylink|Attack of the Decepticons}}

===Big Looker Story Books===
[[File:KidsPrime1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|And the fluffy kitten played with that yarn all gosh-darn night.]]
After a thousand years of war on Cybertron, the planet was shaken from its orbit and risked being smashed to pieces by an asteroid field. Optimus decided to take a group of Autobots in the Ark and destroy the asteroids, but they were attacked by the Decepticons, and Optimus crashed the ship on Earth. Four million years later, the Ark repaired them, and they encountered [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. Sparkplug suggested to Prime that the Autobots tap the volcano they'd crashed into for power. The two humans also warned the Autobots of an impending Decepticon attack, and Optimus laid a trap. Unfortunately the Decepticon forces attacked from all directions, and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[null-ray]] put Optimus out of commission. Luckily Sparkplug easily fixed him, and his fast recovery inspired the Autobots to chase the Decepticons off. Optimus vowed to protect this new world. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

When a two-part race was being held with a massive supply of oil and gasoline as the prize, both the Decepticons and the Autobots badly wanted to win it. Megatron entered the race by hiding himself inside a hollowed-out car and harassed [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] all throughout the contest. When Prime discovered the car was being driven by his arch foe, he swiftly pulled a telephone pole out from the ground and used it to bash the mortal hell out of the cheating Decepticon. Thanks to Prime's violent intervention, Cliffjumper was able to win the race. Afterward, Optimus Prime celebrated the Minibot's victory with a gargantuan smile as all the Decepticons starved to death. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

The morning after a particularly vicious battle, Optimus listened to birdsong and pondered life as a giant robot, before asking [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] for a damage report. The Autobots were puzzled when the Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s (and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]) did a flyby on their camp, as the Decepticons were similarly damaged after the battle, but [[Shooting Star]] reported that the Decepticons were trying to distract them while an attempt was made to secure a broken-down oil truck a few miles away. Optimus took a small group to investigate, and successfully aided the [[Abe Walters|humans]] in getting their truck moving. [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] was instrumental in stopping the Decepticon attack, and Optimus commended the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] for his valor. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

On another beautiful day, Optimus sat under a tree with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], discussing the Decepticons. A while later, [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] reported that [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] had shot at him. Optimus smelled a Decepticon plot and led an assault on their headquarters, only to find that Grapple had been injected with a [[cerebro-shell]], placing him in Decepticon control. Battle commenced, during which Grapple was freed and helped them defeat the Decepticon. Afterward Optimus said it all had been worth it to get Grapple back. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
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[[File:Ladybird prime transforms.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The ghost of Optimus Prime possesses...himself?]]
Upon witnessing the incredible power of a lightning storm for the first time, Optimus Prime had Sparkplug Witwicky explain the phenomenon to him. Intrigued by the potential of lightning, Prime put [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] to work finding a way to harness its energy, so they could use it to aid in the rebuilding of their spaceship. Huffer constructed a giant lightning rod, and Optimus Prime and the Autobots gathered to watch its first test. They were shocked, however, when a fleet of battered, damaged Decepticons flew out of the mountain housing the antenna and off into the night. The evil robots had attempted to discover the device's secrets and been seriously electrocuted! Once the lightning rod had been checked, Prime vowed to make the lightning-harnessing technology the Autobots' gift to Earth once they had left the planet. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

When the Decepticons tried to take control of a solar energy station, Prime sent Roller in to investigate. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}} Later, Prime sent [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to spy on the Decepticons' latest misdeeds, and the Autobots discovered that they were having trouble with the ion drive of their starship. Prime led the Autobots in an attack on the mine the Decepticons were using to test their propulsion system and routed Megatron's force. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Optimus Prime grew concerned when [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] picked up a communication from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] that indicated the Decepticons had grown interested in a mysterious structure near a human village. Prime and a team of Autobots headed out to investigate, and they battled the Decepticons over the structure, which turned out to be a harmless windmill. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

[[File:Ladybird powermaster prime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Invisible keyboard solo!]]
At some point, Optimus Prime disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived from Cybertron to take his place as Autobot commander. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}} Prime eventually returned many centuries later, now sporting a [[Powermaster]] body, and rejoined the Transformers' war after it had moved from Earth to the alien planet of [[Nebulos]].

When [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] was captured by the Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Optimus Prime agreed to surrender himself to ensure his fellow Autobot's safety. Naturally, though, Prime did not expect Scorponok to hold up his end of the bargain, and he had [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]] and [[Fizzle]] rescue Highbrow while he allowed himself to be imprisoned. Their mission successful, Hosehead and Fizzle then sprang Prime from his cell, and the team beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}}

After weeks of Decepticon silence, Optimus Prime decided to get proactive and sent out patrols all over the planet to try and flush the villains out. None of the patrols reported back with any success, however, and Prime realized that there was one area of the planet that his troops had deliberately ignored: the mysterious "[[Nebulos Triangle]]". [[Quickswitch (G1)|Quickswitch]], [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] were sent into the Triangle, and they did indeed discover and foil the Decepticon plot going on in the area. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
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Optimus had [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and Huffer plant false information to mislead the Decepticons. As the Autobots were in need of a new power source, he sent [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to find Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]] and had to apologize to the doctor after Cliffjumper kidnapped her. Persuading her to help them, the Autobots traveled to the solar plant to make use of her solar reactor, only to find the Decepticons were already planning to attack it. While the other Autobots re-energized, Optimus protected them from an attack by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] abducted Blaisedale as a diversion, forcing Optimus to lead a team and rescue her. When the team returned, the plant was already under attack and Optimus helped the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] drive them off. Unfortunately the Dinobots totaled the plant in the process, and Optimus promised Blaisedale the Autobots would help her rebuild. In return, Blaisedale organized a meeting with the [[President of the United States]] so the Autobots could forge an alliance. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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When [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] brought [[Steve Guymo]] to the Autobot base, Optimus and the other Autobots realized that the Decepticons were behind the abduction of humans from airports across the nation. They were able to find the captive humans, whom the Decepticons were intending to ransom to the US government, and free them before engaging Starscream and his squad in battle. With the Decepticons defeated, the Autobots returned to base where Optimus thanked Steve for his help. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===The Special Teams===
After crashing on Earth in the Ark and remaining dormant for millions of years, Optimus, along with Sideswipe and Ratchet, were the first Autobots to awaken after the Decepticons’ own resurrection. These three helped the other Autobots repair themselves with the aid of the Ark’s computer.

Some time later, as the war raged between Autobots and Decepticons on Earth, Optimus had requested the Aerialbots as reinforcements from Cybertron. Though they nearly defected to the Decepticons, Optimus was able to secure the Aerialbots as allies. Later, when a power plant had to be evacuated of its human workers due to the fear of landslides, Optimus posted Denfensor at the location to secure its protection. Optimus then drove off to check up on the rest of his troops who were aiding in the area’s evacuation. Though he passed a military convoy heading towards a plant, he thought nothing of it, unaware that they were the newly created Combaticons in disguise. Optimus then reached the Ark, and from there opened communications with the Aerialbots. Optimus had someone come into the know that the Decepticons were moving in towards the plant. He watched from afar as Defensor and Superion fought Menasor and Bruticus, wary to send more Autobots into the fray while these titans wrecked havoc onto the battlefield. Optimus allowed himself a smile when the Aerialbots and the Protectobots proved themselves superior teams to the Decepticons’, though at the back of his mind, he was wary. After all, Megatron himself had chosen not to add his considerably weight to the battle... {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===The Battle for Planet Earth===
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In search of new energy sources, Optimus led a team to central [[South America]]. When they spotted [[Mount Sheelah]], their two human friends [[John Gordon|John]] and [[Tim Gordon]] explained volcanoes, and, believing it to be of possible use, the Autobots went to examine it. During a battle with the Decepticons over the volcano, Optimus was convinced by the two humans to retreat, ultimately saving them when Mount Sheelah erupted. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} After discovering that the Decepticons were kidnapping humans, Optimus sent [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to scout the Decepticon base. When Bumblebee returned with the Decepticons' [[global crystal]], Optimus was able to use it to blackmail the Decepticons into letting the humans go. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

Using their network of human allies, the Autobots tracked the Decepticons to [[Stanley Lake]]. When Optimus learned that the Decepticons had taken over the hydro-plant, he lured them out into the valley in front of the dam so that [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and the humans could flood the valley, washing the Decepticons away. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to defect as part of a ploy to get a spy into the Autobots' midst, but Optimus wasn't fooled at all. He and his men concocted a false plan which they shared with Starscream, and while the Decepticons were subsequently on [[Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System|a wild goose chase]], Optimus's team smashed the Decepticon base flat. As they let Starscream go, Optimus couldn't help mocking him. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

''The Autobots subsequently returned to Cybertron aboard a refueled and repaired ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' with the defeated Decepticons, taking the Decepticons on Cybertron unawares and quickly capturing control Cybertron. Peace reigned for a time until a series of natural disasters began, the source of which was determined to be the planet [[Moebius]] in [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|a parallel universe]]. The Autobots assembled a team to travel to this alternate universe and stop the threat; Optimus Prime personally led the team, unwilling to put anyone in more danger than himself. Wheeljack, Hoist, Jazz, Prowl, and Silverstreak comprised the rest of the team; they dubbed themselves [[Spy Changer]]s because they aimed to achieve their goal with stealth and diplomacy. The team modified their bodies to match the native cyborgs using data acquired from the [[Sky Spy]] and traveled to the 22nd Strata but were soon attacked by the local [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, who mistakenly presumed them to be [[Renegade]]s. The Spy Changers were then rescued by the real Renegades, who presumed them to be potential allies and took them back to their flagship, the ''[[Rogue Star]]''. Renegade leader [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] attempted to court the Spy Changers as allies, but Optimus saw through Cy-Kill's deception. Eventually, the Autobots formed a secret alliance with the Guardians as well as discovered the cause of Cybertron's troubles: Renegade bases on Moebius were draining the planet's energy. The planet's geometry had turned it into a crude [[Dimensional Interfacer]], and Moebius was tapping into Cybertron to sustain itself. Hoist was able to end the crisis by triggering the bases' remote detonation sequence. Cy-Kill was furious, but in the ensuing battle, the Autobot-Guardian alliance triumphed over the Renegades. Optimus Prime and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] shook hands as a symbol of the transdimensional friendship, and the Autobots returned to their home reality, secure in the knowledge that they had allies in places as distant as alternate realities.''

===Toy pack-in material===
While exploring Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness, Optimus Prime became several damaged, and unable to return to the hemisphere of light. Having been able to send out one last message before his memory was badly damaged, Optimus found himself unable to distinguish friend from foe, and would join (or rejoin) whichever faction found him first. {{storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===Highway Clash===
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Optimus and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] secretly guarded a shipment of microchips that could be used to imbue sentience onto robots. Posing as the lorry transporting the precious cargo across the Yorkshire Dales, he was attacked by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] who sought the microchips to create an army of Decepticons. With [[you]]r help, Optimus may or may not have been successful in keeping the microchips out of the Decepticons' hands. {{storylink|Highway Clash}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
More than any other Transformer in these micro-continuity-nexuses, Optimus Prime had to make a ''lot'' of tough decisions. So tough in fact, that he usually needed help...from [[you]]!
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In the first nexus, when [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] reported back to Autobot HQ that the other [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were being controlled by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell's]] [[cerebro-shell]]s, Optimus had to decide whether to stop them with an immediate full-scale assault, or consult the Ark's computer. If he led an immediate attack, the cerebro-shells were jolted loose when his troops carried out his order to, "Bring them down fast and hard". If he consulted the computer, he then had to choose between its plan to have [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] remove the shells from a distance with his magnetic powers, or go with [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage's]] idea to lure the Dinobots over [[Bandit's Bluff]] with an Optimus Prime hologram. If he chose Mirage's plan, the Dinobots charged over the cliff and into the ocean, where they were salvaged for repairs back at base. If he let Windcharger lead operations at the bluff so he could confer with [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] about some strange activity near [[Dolphin's Bay]], it was out of his hands whether Windcharger accidentally tore the Dinobots to bits, or harmlessly removed the cerebro-shells. The latter outcome led to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] telling Optimus that Bombshell said controlling them was just part of a larger plan, and the Autobot leader realized that it might tie in to Skids's report. Skids and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] could investigate in [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] new mini-sub, but should he send [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] along with them?

If he didn't send Sludge with them, the odds were 2 to 1 that the Autobots would all be destroyed as part of Operation Black Coral. The one possible positive outcome ended with Optimus fighting a duel against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] atop [[Mount Lomas]] in which Prime (somehow) split into his three components to surround his archenemy. This provoked [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] into "assisting" his leader with an earthquake that destroyed the Decepticons' entire superfuel operation.

If Optimus ''did'' send Sludge to Dolphin's bay, he ensured the Autobots' triumph in four different outcomes! Three of these involved Optimus leading a full-scale assault on the Decepticon base hidden in Mount Lomas, and whether he followed [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] or Windcharger's plan of attack, Operation Black Coral was terminated. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}
====Battle Drive====
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Suspicious at the lack of recent Decepticon activity, Optimus Prime sent Bumblebee out on a scouting mission. When Bumblebee did not return for some time, Optimus began to worry, and sent out Prowl, Hound and Swoop to check up on the little Autobot.

In several versions of the events that unfolded next, Swoop would return to the Autobots' headquarters, and inform Optimus and his troops that the rest of his group was under Decepticon attack, and Optimus would subsequently lead his troops to rescue them.

In an alternate version of the following events, Bumblebee would return to base, reporting that the Decepticons were planning to destroy the humans' farmlands in an attempt to starve mankind and force them into submission. Upon hearing these news, Optimus gathered a squad of Autobots and headed out to stop the evil robots. However, once they found themselves in the open country, they found themselves at the mercy of a Decepticon ambush; Bumblebee had been fed false information! In one iteration of the events that followed, Optimus could have avoided his death if only he had listened to [[you]]r warning! In another iteration, Optimus had to decide whether he should send his Autobots away to the safety of a nearby bridge while he fended off the encroaching Decepticon horde, or if he should remain by the side of his troops as they all made a break for the bridge. Remaining as a single unit would spell their doom, but by sticking together, the Autobots could make it back to the safety of their base. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Attack of the Insecticons====
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In the third nexus, Optimus oversaw [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] testing [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s latest invention, the [[Sun-Pak]], a miraculous device capable of fuelling a Transformer for an entire Earth day after being charged for only an hour in sunlight. As the trial-run wound down to an end, the Decepticons suddenly burst into the Autobots' secret underground testing facility, forcing Optimus to decide whether to order a tactical retreat, or have his Autobots fight the intruders despite his troops' low energy reserves. If he chose to stand and fight, he had the additional choice to either make the Autobots concentrate on Starscream, who is leading the charge against the Autobots, or divide his troops' attention onto all of the Decepticon assailants. If Optimus chose to attempt to eliminate Starscream once and for all, the Decepticon Seeker would beg for mercy, forcing Optimus into a choice yet again: accept the snivelling Decepticon's surrender, or continue his attempt to end Starscream's evil once and for all. Accepting Starscream's surrender spells victory for the Autobots, whereas ignoring Starscream pleas ultimately leads to Sparkplug being kidnapped by the Decepticons, necessitating Optimus to send Buster, Blaster and Bumblebee on a perilous retrieval mission while the other Autobots recharge at the Autobots' home base.

Alternatively, if Optimus chose to retreat either when initially confronted with the overwhelming Decepticon threat, or after realizing that his troops are too weak to fight after ordering them to concentrate their firepower equally amongst the intruding Decepticons, the ensuing underground adventure can have multiple outcomes; the Autobots become the captive of the Insecticons, forcing Optimus to either entrust Beachcomber with the fate of his troops, or to bargain with the Insecticons for the safe release of his Autobots; or dealing with the theft of the Sun-Pak by either duelling Megatron for the device's ownership, stealing the Sun-Pak back from the Decepticons or charging Mirage and Buster with the device's retrieval. If Optimus duels Megatron for the device, he either wins through brute force or by being more "cunning" than Megatron and destroying the device before the Decepticons can claim it as their victory prize. If Optimus attempts to steal the Sun-Pak under the Decepticons' noses, Optimus is shot by Megatron when the Decepticon leader notices Optimus and Smokescreen skulking towards the Sun-Pak. The Autobots nonetheless retrieve it when Smokescreen blots out the sun with his emission fumes, forcing Megatron to pass the Sun-Pak towards Buzzsaw in order to bypass the Autobots' smog cover, only for Optimus to intercept Megatron's pass and drive away with the Sun-Pak in Autobot possession. Finally, if Optimus has entrusted the Sun-Pak's retrieval to Mirage and Buster, the Autobot leader makes the duo swear not to engage the enemy for fear of their safety. If his Autobots keep their promise to him, Optimus is called in alongside the rest of the Autobots when the Insecticons are discovered, and Optimus leads a successful ambush towards the Insecticons, at the cost of the Sun-Pak itself. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
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Optimus was enjoying the lull in Decepticon activity along with the rest of his Autobots, when he recommended that Beachcomber take a vacation. Beachcomber gladly accepted.

In one possible scenario, Optimus was surprised to see Beachcomber return to Autobot headquarters soon after his departure. Beachcomber informed Optimus that he had uncovered the Decepticon's newest hidden fortress, and he suspected that the Decepticons were up to something big. Optimus sent out Beachcomber once more, this time along with Powerglide and Windcharger to investigate the Decepticons' plot further.

Optimus then stood at the ready to send over reinforcements when called upon by Beachcomber’s squad.

In one possible sequence of events, Powerglide was captured and reprogrammed by the Decepticons, leading their army to Autobot headquarters. Taken by surprised, the Autobots were felled one by one until only Optimus remained. As Megatron gloated that he would not kill Optimus, only alter him so as to make him the bane of humanity, Optimus activated the Ark’s self-destruct sequence, taking all of the Decepticons with him in a fiery explosion.

In another possible sequence of events, the trio returned to Autobot headquarters to relate their findings to Optimus Prime. The Decepticons planned to use a Destruction Beam to create a fault line near Center City, which would in turn be exploited by Rumble’s earthquake-inducing abilities to destroy the entire area. The Autobots then decided to split up in two groups, one to attack the Decepticons’ fortress, the other to stop Rumble in Center City. Optimus headed the lead team.

If Optimus decided to send the lead team to attack the Decepticon headquarters, the team managed to infiltrate the Decepticon headquarters by using Beachcomber’s knowledge of the secret doors’ location, and Brawn’s strength to keep the doors opened. The Autobots then stormed the fortress, and Optimus maimed Megatron himself with a shot of his rifle. He then grappled the Decepticon leader, and forced him to lead himself, Inferno and Beachcomber to the Decepticons’ lab. There, the Autobots disabled and destroyed the Destruction Beam device, captured Megatron, and left many Decepticons permanently maimed. Though they later traded Megatron back to the Decepticons for the safe relief of the Autobots captured in Center City, the Autobots were ultimately victorious that day.

If Optimus decided to send the lead team to defend Center City, he carries Cosmos in his trailer, so as not to cause a panic amongst the humans. Miserable in his current position, Cosmos asked Optimus to let him join the secondary team’s attack on the fortress, where he felt he would be more helpful.

If Optimus insisted that Cosmos stay with the group, the Autobots’ next objective would be to meet up with Sparkplug, with whom they consulted on whether the Autobots should enter Centre City in their [[robot mode]]s or in their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots not worry about subtlety, the entire squad transformed and began prowling the streets in search of Decepticons. Oblivious to the panic they were causing, Optimus assumed that the Decepticons were spotted nearby when a police officer declared that the city was under siege by giant robots. Unable to restore order in time to halt the Decepticons’ plot, Optimus and the rest of his team were destroyed in the ensuing earthquake.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots remained in their vehicle modes, he would concoct a plan where the Autobots would help evacuate the entire town in their vehicle modes. With no more than four trips in and out of the city, Optimus and the rest of the team carried out the plan without incident. The Autobots then transformed and engaged the approaching Decepticons, whom they easily dispatched. With the city safe, the Autobots moved out to help their comrades at the Decepticon fortress.

In an alternate scenario, wherein Beachcomber, Windcharger and Powerglide were captured by the Decepticons while snooping around the secret fortress, Optimus was tricked into leading his troops to their doom by a false S.O.S. sent out by Megatron.

In yet another possible scenario, Beachcomber returned from his day off early to inform Optimus that Jessie had been taken prisoner by the Decepticons. Optimus deployed a team of Autobots to go to the girl’s rescue. Shortly before arriving at their destination, the Autobots had to choose their next course of action; they could either storm the Decepticon fortress by force, or try to sneak in through a secret passage Buster had previously discovered.

If they decided to storm the fortress, Beachcomber would become nervous, and urge his fellow Autobots to find a more peaceful way to resolve the situation. Optimus sternly told him that this was not the time for one of his anti-war speeches. This moment of hesitation ultimately cost the Autobots the battle, and the Decepticons triumphed that day.

If they decided a stealthier approach, the Autobots quietly entered the Decepticon base, and set out to shoot down any Decepticons they encountered, save Megatron, whom they planned to capture. After encountering some resistance from their foes, the Autobots came upon branch in the passageway, and had to choose to go left or right.

If they took the right passageway, the group soon happened upon Jessie, whom they freed. Telling them she knew the location of the Decepticons’ lab, Jessie then led the group into a Decepticon trap; she had been brainwashed. The Autobots were captured and Megatron’s plan to destroy Center City came to fruition.

If they took the left passageway, the group happened upon Megatron’s lab. Though Megatron attempted to trick Optimus into activating the Fortress’s self-destruct sequence, Optimus was too clever to be duped. After deactivating both the Destruction beam and the Decepticons themselves, the Autobots found Jessie tied up in a cell. The Autobots then celebrated their victory by guzzling a few quarts of fine-grade oil.

In a final possible path, wherein the Decepticons attempted to turn Beachcomber into a Decepticon double agent but fumbled the process, Optimus made Beachcomber into an Autobot double agent. With his help, the Autobots hoped to soon win their war with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Desert Flight====
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When the Autobot-Decepticon civil war had yet to expand beyond Cybertron, Optimus had encountered a Decepticon weapon that weakened the gravitational pull within a confined area. The weapon being unreliable, Optimus had always assumed the Decepticons would not bother attempting to use it again.

Now on Earth, Optimus was leading a group of his best scouts on a fuel-finding mission when they heard a tremendous explosion go off nearby. Optimus recognized the sound of the explosion as being Dirge’s concussion missiles. Though Powerglide offered to go investigate the explosion, Optimus opted to send out Cosmos instead.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus’s convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. En route, the Autobots passed near a human town, but began floating in mid-air before being able to reach it. Optimus quickly deduced that this phenomenon was caused by an anti-gravity beam, courtesy of the Decepticons. Worried about the nearby humans also being affected by the lapse in gravity, Optimus had to decide whether he would order his troops to stop and help the townspeople, or to continue forward and attack the Decepticon base.

If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn’t put the humans anywhere where they wouldn’t float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, they soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam’s influence. They were then attacked by a small fleet of Decepticons. Optimus targeted their squad leader, Dirge, knowing that by downing him, the Decepticons would be significantly demoralized. Dirge was forced to break-off his attack when his back-up was taken out, knowing he wouldn’t be able to take Optimus on without it. Losing their advantage quickly, the Decepticons retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The boy was [[Buddy]], a stowaway from the nearby town, and though Optimus was displeased with the tag-along, the Autobots could not spare the time to bring him home. Arriving at the Decepticon base, Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth’s surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy’s suggestion. The Decepticons, fooled into thinking they’ve won, took Optimus Prime into their base. Having hidden his troops inside his trailer, Optimus and the Autobots then led a surprise attack on their unsuspecting foes.

In the event that Windcharger successfully turned the Decepticons’ forcefield off, reinforcements burst into the base just as Megatron was strike Optimus from behind. A wayward shot from Megatron then revealed the location of the gravity gun to the Autobots. Optimus ordered his troops to charge the weapon. Hook caught Optimus in the gravity gun’s sights, and sent the Autobot leader floating upwards.

If Buddy came to Optimus’s rescue and toyed with the gravity gun’s control panel just as Hook turned the weapon to full power, the weapon would swivel and catch Megatron in its beam, tearing the Decepticon leader to pieces instead of Optimus. The Autobots then proceeded to defeat the remaining Decepticons and claim victory.

If Buddy instead cowered away, Cosmos came to Optimus’s rescue. Optimus then instructed Cosmos to send him flying towards Hook; the pair took out the Constructicon, and gained control of the gravity beam.

If Buddy and Tracks entered a space-time anomaly created during the battle, the Autobots would lose their stand-off against the Decepticons, and Optimus would be taken prisoner by Megatron.

If Tracks decided that Beachcomber could wait, he helped Optimus overload the anti-gravity gun, starting a chain-reaction that would cause the weapon to explode in a tremendous explosion. Optimus instructed both Tracks and Buddy to run away as he finished tampering with the weapon.

If Buddy lingered in wait for Optimus Prime to finish his task, Dirge flew by and dropped a missile onto Optimus, damaging his leg. Thankfully, Buddy assisted Optimus in repairing his leg. The pair then ran to safety as the anti-gravity gun self-destructed, taking a number of Decepticons with it.

If Buddy ran off as Optimus sabotaged the anti-gravity gun, the boy was captured by Laserbeak, prompting Optimus to turn the gravity beam on the Decepticon to free Buddy.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos had taken off to explore the Decepticon base on his own, Optimus was surprised to see two Cosmoses flying back towards his convoy some time later. Both Cosmoses declared themselves to be the real one, and urged Optimus to destroy the other.

If Optimus destroyed the wrong Cosmos, the duplicate obliterated Optimus and his squad with the proton bomb it housed within its body.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
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Optimus was amongst the Autobots about to be topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. Red Alert’s warning came in just in time, as the Autobots’ fuel had been poisoned, and Optimus would have been left unable to transform had he ingested any of it.

Optimus was advised of two plans; Perceptor suggested that the Autobots stay on the defensive while the scientist attempt to come up with a cure, while Prowl wanted the healthy Autobots to go out and try to find out what the Decepticons were up to.

If Optimus went along with Perceptor’s plan, he sent out Sparkplug to fetch the Autobots’ secret stash of emergency fuel. Putting all of his faith in the Autobot scientist to uncover a cure swiftly, Optimus attempted to comfort his troops as they all began to experience sickness pains. Then, Red Alert informed Optimus of a Decepticon attack force moving in on their position, prompting Optimus to ask Perceptor to dispense whatever cure he had been able to concoct, despite it being untested. Perceptor suggested another course of action to Optimus; the tainted fuel the Autobots had left untouched could be used to create a poisonous smog if lit aflame. The Autobots could attempt to poison the Decepticons with their own concoction, or they could risk the untested antidote, despite whatever side-effects it may have.

If Optimus decided to risk Perceptor’s antidote, he stood by as the Autobot scientist attempted to figure out how much antidote was a safe amount to give out to each Autobot.

If Perceptor gave out the right amount of an antidote, the poisoned Autobots were cured. Optimus ordered his troops to ready themselves for the incoming squadron of Decepticons. Perceptor’s antidote did have a side-effect on the Autobots, however; it gave them a fierce battle-fever, making them eager to take on the Decepticons head-on. Prowl suggested to Optimus that they instead opt for a more conniving counterstrike against the Decepticons, and ambush them instead.

If Optimus allowed the cured Autobots to charge headlong into battle, he and the rest of the Autobots who were still running low on fuel stayed behind as back-up to the main charge. The Autobots’ first wave of warriors were quickly overpowered by the arrival of Megatron, prompting Optimus to lead the energy-depleated Autobots into the fray. Optimus’s opening volley struck down Shockwave. Optimus and his troops soon found themselves running on empty, and Optimus called for a retreat. Thankfully, the Decepticons were damaged enough through the course of the battle, causing them to retreat as well.

If Optimus instead followed Prowl’s plan, he instructed his troops to transform into vehicle mode and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots’ ruse, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Optimus and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons.

Alternatively, if Optimus chose to use the tainted fuel against the Decepticons, he ordered Grapple to carry out the vat outside of headquarters. He then instructed Grapple to lower the vat into a nearby pit, and instructed Jazz to torch the fuel with his flamethrower. He and Jazz waited until the last possible moment to carry out their plan, and once the fuel was lit, they dived to safety inside the Autobot base with the other Autobots. As the toxic cloud successfully turned away the Decepticons, Optimus was surprised to see Sunstreaker once more fully operational. Having been bought enough time, Perceptor was able to successfully cure the poisoned Autobots. Their ranks fully replenished and the Decepticons turning tail meant the Autobots had earned themselves another victory.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus agreed to Prowl’s plan to go on the offensive and try and discover the full extent of the Decepticons’ plans. Optimus nominated Prowl, Bumblebee and Mirage to go along with him on the mission. The group refuelled with the gas that Sparkplug brought back from the Autobots’ secret storage area, and took off. The group soon happened upon the Decepticons’ lab in the middle of a barren, polluted wasteland.

If all four Autobots ventured together into the Decepticons’ lab, they first encountered Laserbeak, only to quickly dispatch him. Venturing further into the lab, the group soon spotted the antidote they were after, and sent Mirage to fetch it. Mirage returned with the beaker and news; he had heard Ramjet and Starscream talking about using a new poison to turn humans into mindless slaves.

In light of this news, if Optimus decided to nonetheless head back directly to Autobot headquarters, his squad returned to find their comrades nearly dead from the poison. But with Ratchet’s help, the antidote was quickly distributed, and the Autobots sprung back to life. Now cured, the Autobots discussed their next course of action; they had to prevent the Decepticons from poisoning the nearby water reservoir.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, the convoy happened upon the Decepticons hauling barrels of poison out of the poison lab. Windcharger and Ironhide suggested two different plans to Optimus: Windcharger wanted to use his magnetic powers to cause a confusion, while Ironhide wanted to simply go in for a full frontal assault.

Whether Optimus decided to go with Windcharger or Ironhide's plan, the Autobots successfully destroyed the Decepticons’ lab and returned to base victoriously.

Alternatively, if Optimus decided to head to the water reservoir instead of the Decepticons’ lab, the Autobots reached their destination only to find it already swarming with Decepticons. Powerglide then decided to go ahead on his own to lead the Decepticons away from the reservoir, but Optimus objected.

If Powerglide did not heed Optimus orders, he indadvertedly caused the water supply to be poisoned anyways. If however, Powerglide listened to Optimus’s orders, the Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir and into some nearby woods, where the Autobots would have some cover against the Decepticons. Finding themselves under heavy fire before they could reach the treeline, the Autobots were forced to fight back in the open. With Autobots falling beside him, Optimus gritted his teeth and took careful aim at the poison containers the Decepticons were carrying. After taking out both of the planes carrying the poison, Optimus continued to battle Megatron and his Decepticons until nightfall, until the Autobots were finally victorious.

If however Optimus ordered his troops to deal with the Decepticons before returning to base with the antidote, Prowl suggested that he use his incendiary missiles to destroy the poison first, but Optimus thought that course of action might be too risky. He considered dealing with Ramjet and Starscream first.

If the Autobots went along with Prowl’s strategy, the resulting heat from the explosion caused the Autobots’ circuits to overheat, rendering them unconscious. Upon reawakening, the Autobots found themselves captives of Megatron, who informed them that their fellow Autobots would soon perish, and that the humans would be conquered by the Decepticons shortly after.

If Optimus instead decided to deal with Ramjet and Starscream first, his troop easily overpowered the pair, and made them watch as they destroyed their work. Optimus then taunted Ramjet and Starscream, telling them that the Autobots would soon be at full fighting force, before returning to Autobot headquarters with the antidote.

If instead of all heading into the lab together, the Autobots had sent in Bumblebee alone, and Bumblebee subsequently managed to escape with the antidote to the Decepticons’ poison, the Autobots escaped from the [[Decepticon Poison Lab|Valley of Poison]] and returned to Autobot headquarters. Once the other Autobots were cured, they all drank a toast to Bumblebee, to celebrate his part in the mission {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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===Frito-Lay posters===
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Optimus and his Autobots defended important data about the power source of [[Boulder Dam]]. He blasted Megatron with full fury! Ultimately, the Autobots were victorious in defending the dam. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Not long after his resurrection, Optimus was alerted by [[Monitorus]] to an attack on [[Tau-Ursa]]. Optimus's impending speech was interrupted by a Decepticon attack led by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. Prime soon discovered that the attack was a diversion, while Galvatron tried out his [[Nullification Cannon]] on Cybertron's Energon supplies. Optimus rushed to the Energon plant, but, after clouting [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] so hard that the Decepticon was left dangling over a precipice, Prime's morals forced him to rescue the Decepticon instead of stopping Galvatron from getting away.

Although Cybertron's Energon stocks were destroyed, the Autobots discovered a recording pointing to the [[Logicon]] planet [[Metascan Alpha]], which had Energon in abundance. Optimus ordered Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus to take a team each to find the planet. The Autobots discovered they were being spied on by the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s, and Optimus swore that Galvatron could pay. He led a team to the derelict space destroyer which the Decepticons were using for a base and fought their leader one-on-one. As he was about to destroy the Nullification Cannon, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] took a swing at him which connected instead with the Cannon, obliterating it. Optimus was helped away from the destruction by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===''Transformers PD Type''===
[[File:PDtype-Matrixattack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|This is the highlight of this entire page.]]
When a horde of time-displaced Decepticons joined forces to hunt down the five [[Blackball]]s, a super energy source, Optimus Prime gathered a team of time-displaced Autobots to help stop them.

In one encounter with his arch-foe [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], they reenacted their epic struggle from the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. However, this time around, Prime avoided dying by launching his "Matrix Attack"...''literally'' launching the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from his chest, bonking Megatron on the head. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##1 "You're Great! Optimus Prime!"|You're Great! Optimus Prime!}}

Later, Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] concocted a cunning strategy. They disguised a round, black cartoon explosive as a Blackball and gave it to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Starscream promptly brought it to Megatron, where it blew both of them up. Optimus and Magnus were astounded their plan actually worked. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##3 "Don't Cry! Megatron!!"|Don't Cry! Megatron!!}}

In one of his less impressive moments, after running out of ammo during a battle with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], Optimus Prime ordered his fellow Autobots to improvise and hurl everything that wasn't nailed down at their enemy. This included the Blackball, unfortunately. Catching it, Deathsaurus began to fantasize about his inevitable galactic conquest, all the while being pelted with rocks and litter. Frustrated, Deathsaurus accidentally hurled the Blackball back to the Autobots in a fit of rage. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##4 "Good Job! Deathsaurus!!"|Good Job! Deathsaurus!!}}
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===The Official ''Transformers: Generation 2'' Annual===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Optimus Prime's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}} {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}} {{storylink|The Dinobots!}} {{storylink|Moving Day Planet Earth}}}}

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===''Comic Bom Bom G-2'' comic===
[[File:G2Hero.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|HE'S LOOKING AT ME, ISN'T HE?]]
In the year 199X, the Decepticons had learned of a powerful new energy source known as [[forestonite]] which just happened to be located (surprise surprise) on [[Earth]]. Megatron sent his trio of [[Cyberjet]]s to Earth first to draw out the enemy Autobots. The Cyberjets made quick work of [[Electro (G2)|Electro]] but were soon halted by the appearance of Optimus Prime.

Megatron then entered the fray and fired his Black Hole Burn attack from his fusion cannon, narrowly missing Optimus Prime but vaporizing [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] in the process. Prime fought fiercely but Megatron began to take the upper-hand in battle.

However, Prime was encouraged to keep fighting by the cheers of a human boy named [[Junpei]]. Megatron, surprised at Prime's resilience, attempted to finish his foe off with his Tornado Axe attack. Prime countered with his Double Wheel-Torque Mega-Ton, which trumped Megatron's attack and injured the Decepticon badly. Megatron teleported back to his ship and left Earth's atmosphere, vowing to return.

Optimus Prime addressed Junpei, asking if the boy was injured. Junpei revealed he was alright but presented concern about the Decepticons returning to Earth. Optimus Prime swore that the Autobots would remain on Earth until the threat of the Decepticons was finished and asked for Junpei's help in making that future a reality. {{storylink|The New Battle!!}}

===''TransTech''===
====Hero Prime====
[[File:InvasionPrologue-Primes.jpg|left|thumb|Front row, on the left]]
Leaving his home universe, the Optimus Prime of [[Primax 895.0 Gamma]] was gathered in [[Axiom Nexus]] by [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|its Optimus Prime]], along with a roster of other Optimus Primes and [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|their kin]] in a group known as the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]], in which he was redubbed "Hero Prime".{{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|Optimus Prime's bio in Club magazine #49}} A multiversal cataclysm in [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] seeded with [[Rarified Energon]] and an invasion by [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|natives from the negative polarity universe]] had called them into action. Since Matrix bearers were usually never allowed into Axiom Nexus, this was a grave threat indeed! {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

Seeking help to protect the [[Origin Matrix]], Hero Prime and "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Beast Prime]]" disguised themselves using cloaks and sought out [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], hoping to make use of his hunting skills. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

Hero Prime's name was on a list of Convoy members that [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]] gave to [[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]], which noted Prime's home reality and his moniker. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}

Hero Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the [[Waruder]] invasion of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
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====General Optimus====
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''General Optimus Prime hails from [[Primax 096.0 Beta]].'' During the [[Great War (G1)|third Cybertronian war]], ''he fought on Earth against [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ATB|Megatron]]: in the Battle of [[Sherman Dam]], the two fought directly but the battle would have gone against the Autobots if not for the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]].'' In the latter stages of the war, he upgraded himself with heavier armor and weaponry in order to match Megatron's flight and combination upgrade.

At the final battle against the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]] on [[Mirtonia]], Prime and his [[Firestormer|Firestormer Squadron]] emerged victorious, though the battle concluded with an experimental energon refinery exploding and blasting the General and [[Hound (G1)|Sergeant Hound]] out of their own reality into [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]].

In [[Axiom Nexus]], General Optimus Prime found himself inducted into the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]], a group of Optimus Primes and their kin dedicated to safeguarding the [[multiverse]]. While the other Convoy members tended to stay in the upper reaches of Axiom Nexus, the General was able to use his unusual appearance for an Optimus Prime to venture in the Offworlder zones without suspicion, a great help to [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration|Offworlder Zone Security Administration]] Commander [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]]. The General was also assisted in his new mission by his longtime scout, Sergeant Hound. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime's profile card}} {{storylink|Hound (G1)#Timelines|Sgt. Hound's profile card}}

When Sergeant Hound apprehended a criminal going by the name "[[Megatron (Movie)|C-81]]", rumors that the prisoner was in reality a "Megatron" that had gotten past the TransTechs' security procedures piqued General Optimus Prime's interest. Though Cheetor assured him that it was impossible for a "Megatron" to have been allowed in Axiom Nexus, the General's concerns did not fade. More pressing concerns took over, however, when the entirety of Axiom Nexus, and nearly all of the TransTechs suffered a sudden shutdown due to a surge in the Global Net. General Optimus Prime tasked [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]] with keeping guard over the prison while he and Hound went to investigate the source of the surge, the planet's core.

[[File:GeneralOptimusPrime-CMW.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.0|"You magnificent bastard, ''I read [[Towards Peace|YOUR BOOK!]]''"]]
When Optimus and Hound eventually made their way there, they found that C-81 and his gang of criminals had escaped prison and were combating the [[Waruder]] soldiers responsible for the planetary shutdown. Optimus mistakenly assumed that C-81 and his goons were there on purpose, and joined them in fending off the invaders. They were soon joined by [[Burn Out]] and [[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)|Lift-Ticket]], who informed the Cybertronians that they had stumbled across the Waruders' main hive. Lift-Ticket explained the Waruders could be repelled if he managed to get a sample of the hive's venom. Optimus was willing to go along with Lift-Ticket's dangerous plan, despite C-81's skepticism. However, the battle came to an end when C-81 managed to grab a hold of the Waruders' [[Beet-Chit|leader]], and forced the bug into peaceful negotiations. Optimus agreed to allow the Waruders to migrate to another Cybertron via C-81's illegal interuniversal gate, in exchange for a venom sample that would be used to create an anti-toxin to revive the TransTech. The General nonetheless impounded C-81's gate afterwards, though he did let the criminals "slip away" as thanks for their part in thwarting the Waruder invasion.

General Optimus Prime later attended a meeting of the Convoy held by [[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]]. There, he assured the others present that he had been mistaken about the rumored Megatron's identity. Starscream was convinced, but the rest of the Convoy were savvy to the truth. The other Optimuses supported General Optimus Prime's decision, stating that if C-81 had earned the General's trust, that was good enough for the rest of them. Optimus was later seen hanging out with [[Spy-Eye]] on his off-time. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:G1Prime BWMegs.jpg|left|thumb|You have to get up preeeeetty early in the timestream to beat Optimus Prime!]]
The [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] raged on prehistoric Earth, eventually leading to the discovery of the buried Ark sometime after its crash on prehistoric Earth. [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], following [[Megatron (G1)|his namesake's]] instructions in a desperate gambit, decided to attempt to change history by killing Prime, who was still lying in the Ark in [[stasis lock]]. Megatron hoped that this would result in the Decepticons winning the Great War and eventually [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] control of Cybertron. Megatron unleashed a full-power weapon blast at Optimus Prime's face, near-fatally injuring him. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} However, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] proceeded to take Prime's spark into his body to protect it from surgical trauma while his injuries were repaired. The subsequent power increase caused by Prime's spark's connection to the Matrix mutated Primal into a large, [[Transmetal]] "Optimal Optimus" form. Then, with the repairs complete, Prime's spark was restored, and he briefly activated before sinking back into normal stasis. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

Sometime after the Autobots and Decepticons awoke in the 1980s, the original Megatron gained access to one of Earth's ''Voyager'' spacecraft and inscribed a message on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|disk]] on board. In the event that he lost the War, Megatron left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use [[transwarp]] technology to travel to Prehistoric Earth, locate the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and change history by killing Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:Sparkwar2 Optimus hologram primal.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Holographic Optimus wants to grab you]]
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English)|[[Tilo Schmitz]] (German), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American)}}

Optimus appeared to have fallen in "the final battle" against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}

An enormous [[Optimus Prime memorial|statue]] of Optimus Prime, bearing two [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disks]], could be seen on Cybertron in front of the Hall of Archives. The statue was subsequently blown to pieces by the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon forces]]. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} Later, Megatron beamed a hologram of Optimus Prime down to the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to confront [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], claiming to contain the "essence" of the real Prime that had been stored here since the Final Battle. Primal was conned by this and was tricked by the hologram into accessing the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. Megatron seized control of the Oracle code and quickly revealed his ruse. Primal explained to his Maximals that he knew the image was fake, but he needed the location of the missing [[spark]]s from Megatron's mind. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Sparkholderprimevaldawn.jpg|left|upright=1.05|thumb|"Oh, I also have this in me now, too."]]
Before he took the name "Optimus Prime," the future leader of the Autobots took up the banner of his fallen Monark, and rallied the troops around him against the Decepticons, vowing to "never surrender." {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Covenant}}

After the Beast Wars had ended and the Maximals and Predacons that survived it had headed home, the Vok entered the Ark and removed the Matrix of Leadership from an unconscious Optimus Prime. They used it to create [[Primal Prime]], and then gave the Matrix to their new creation. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

{{note|''Primeval Dawn'' was never completed, but presumably the Matrix was returned to Optimus Prime's body before Primal Prime returned to Cybertron.}}

[[File:Jnwan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Massive psychotic breaks with reality are the right of all sentient beings.]]
After the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Optimus Prime disappeared with other legends into the mysterious location on Cybertron dubbed [[J'nwan]], where Optimus himself became the "Authority" who spoke on behalf of the others. [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]], the leader of a rebellion in a 32nd-century firmly under the heel of the tyrannical [[Shokaract]], entered J'nwan to plead with the heroes of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s past for aid. He hoped to convince them to join the fight against the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] warlord. After a mind-crushing journey which left all of his companions dead or deranged, Sandstorm finally found an audience with the Authority and his brethren, but they declined to help, with the Authority stating that their time was past and the war was no longer their war. The Authority then in some way manipulated Sandstorm's trip out of J'nwan such that it was comparatively short and simple. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Paradox}}

When the warlord [[Shokaract]], powered by [[Unicron]]'s [[Dark Essence]], traveled into the past to secure his own future, the occupants of J'nwan decided to act. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, and Grimlock joined Sandstorm on prehistoric Earth during the time of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] where the battle with Shokaract had already begun. When the [[Covenant]] arrived to vanquish the Dark Essence and defeat Shokaract, Optimus Prime and the others escaped through portals as that timeline was erased from existence. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}} {{storylink|Departure}}

As the [[Universe War]] began, [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] was shown a myriad of Transformers from across all timelines that he could choose to recruit into his [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] in the battle against the [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]]. One such possibility was a Transformer who was either [[Thunder Clash]] or Optimus Prime, but, regardless, Primal chose [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] instead. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
While [[Magmatron]] was surveying the timestream, he witnessed several key moments taking place during the Beast Wars. Among them was [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] blasting a stasis-locked Optimus Prime in the face. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[File:CheetasManga1.jpg|upright=0.55|thumb|Cheetor, that's Prime's Spark, not a toy.]]
Optimus Prime was blasted into pieces by Dragon Megatron. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} Fortunately, his spark remained perfectly intact—in the remains of his Matrix-shaped spark chamber. Megatron was going to destroy Prime's spark, but [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (now in his Transmetal body) saved it. Prime's spark was eventually swallowed by Optimus Primal, who was upgraded into Optimal Optimus by doing so.

After Megatron was killed by Optimal Optimus, Primal and his crew said it would be troublesome to fix Optimus Prime's body. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When Bumblebee, Hound and Spike brought a badly-damaged Starscream back to the Ark, Optimus struggled with the ethical implications of allowing Wheeljack and Ratchet to mess with the Decepticon's logic circuits, but gave them the go ahead. Starscream proved to be amnesic, and Optimus was able to take the opportunity to help him as much as possible, even physically preventing Megatron from retrieving his former lieutenant when Starscream opted to stay with the Autobots. Though Starscream left as soon as he regained his memory, Prime reflected that they'd learned that maybe it was possible to reason with a Decepticon. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

After passing the Matrix to Ultra Magnus and expiring in the aftermath of the [[battle of Autobot City]], Optimus Prime found himself in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. There he encountered Optimus Primal and another [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from a [[Unicron Trilogy|different universe]]. Together, the four of them overcame the other Optimus Prime's doubts about his leadership, before returning to their respective time lines. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}

{{note|The following takes place in a version of Dreamwave Generation One continuity}}
While the Autobots were boarding the Ark, Optimus voiced his lack of confidence in his leadership, before welcoming aboard [[Geosensus]], who was incapable of transforming to [[robot mode]]. Four million years later, Prime and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] found the Ark was under attack and defended it with deadly force. In examining the wreckage of the attackers, they realised that the robot Optimus had destroyed was not a Decepticon but Geosensus, who had forced himself to transform in an attempt to fight off the Decepticons. Though Prime was willing to take the rap, Prowl insisted on covering up the mistake to protect Optimus's image as a leader. {{storylink|Parts}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
Some of the highlights of [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]]'s multiversal career included Optimus Prime using the Matrix of Leadership on the [[hate plague]] ("[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]"), [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] taunting a disembodied Optimus Prime ("[[Prime Time!]]"), and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] firing on the head of Optimus Prime ("[[The Agenda (Part III)]]"), creating a time storm that necessitated Vector Prime's intervention to ensure Optimus Prime's survival. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Having been caught unaware by a surprise attack launched by the Decepticons, Optimus led his troops in a losing battle against their mortal enemies. Though Optimus managed to dispatch a few Decepticons, namely Thrust, whom he punched through the chest, he soon found himself crippled and surrounded by enemy forces. Praying to Primus as the Decepticons readied their weapons, Optimus heard Grimlock calling out to his fellow Dinobots to combine, prompting the Autobot leader to yell out a plead to Grimlock to stop. It was too late, however, and [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] began rampaging, killing Autobots and Decepticons alike. Taking advantage of the situation nonetheless, Optimus tackled Megatron and began beating on the Decepticon leader. The tide of the battle now shifted, Optimus attempted to reach Grimlock’s consciousness within The Beast so that its mindless carnage could come to a halt. It didn't work. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

As the battle wore on, Optimus attempted to drive the Autobots too wounded to outrun the Beast themselves to safety, carrying them within his trailer. Jetfire showed up in time to rescue most of his passengers, leaving Optimus to deal with The Beast on his own. Seeing a city coming closer over the horizon, Optimus attempted to reach the Dinobots one last time from within The Beast. As his former troops remained unresponsive, Optimus led The Beast to its doom, blasting it a few more times before leading it to fall into a chasm. Optimus himself was rescued from the fall at the last possible moment by Jetfire’s timely return. As the two of them looked on at the Beast’s inert form, Optimus wondered out loud if their battles would truly ever come to an end. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Optronix optimus.jpg|left|thumb|What? OPTRONIX is evolving!]]
Optimus Prime started life as '''Optronix''' ''('''Orion''' to his friends)'', {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} a data archivist at the [[Vaults]]. After taking note of a battle in which the Autobot leader [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had been defeated by Megatron, he was summoned to the [[Council of Ancients]] and informed that the Matrix had chosen him to be the next leader of the Autobots. He received the Matrix of Leadership shortly thereafter, gaining a powerful new body in the process. After dispatching a Decepticon assassination squad sent to, well, assassinate him, he ordered the Autobots to prepare to evacuate Cybertron, intending to leave the Decepticons to their own devices. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

As he and Prowl discussed the wisdom of evacuating, a huge explosion obliterated the [[Forum of Enlightenment]]. Optimus led a team there, realising that the destruction was a message from Megatron. Leaving his team, he ventured underground, encountering [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], who blasted him into a pit. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Exploring the underground, Prime had a strange vision of a transparent version of himself, which warned that he must grasp Cybertron's significance. Then he was attacked by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, whom he was able to easily best. As Optimus encountered [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in person for the first time, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] blasted the bridge they were standing on, plunging them into yet another chasm. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Recovering, Prime heard another disembodied voice telling him about Cybertron. Before he could look for a way out, Megatron found him, and informed him about the true nature of the Matrix. This spurred Optimus to fight back, but before long, Megatron took control of the battle, smashing his fist into Prime's chest to get at the Matrix. A blaze of light enveloped the pair, who found themselves abruptly on 20th century [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

As Megatron explained that the Matrix was giving them a vision of the future, they witnessed themselves battling on [[Sherman Dam]]. The nature of their surroundings established, Megatron resumed the scheduled beating, but a series of setting shifts ended with Optimus reunited with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Grimlock handed Prime a [[sword]] and suggested he finish Megatron for good. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Optimus found Megatron again, engaging him in combat and announcing that he was playing the game by Megatron's rules now—without mercy. A short time later, he joined the other Autobots in attacking the Decepticons who were trying to use Cybertron's giant engines. Grimlock was finally impressed with Prime. They arrived back at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to find it destroyed, but Optimus announced they were no longer evacuating the planet and threw away the [[Golden Disk (council)|Golden Disk]] full of the knowledge of his predecessors which the council had given him, saying he would choose his own course. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Some time into his role as leader, Optimus Prime disappeared in a [[space bridge]] explosion along with Megatron, {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} but returned some time later, having spent a period of time on [[Quintessa]].

{{note|Due to the closure of Dreamwave, Optimus's return to Cybertron was never depicted.}}

[[File:DWPrimeDirective1 Sparkplug newspaper.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The disaster was being drawn by Pat Lee.]]
Following the awakening of the Transformers on Earth, the Autobots protected the planet from the Decepticons. Over the next fifteen years, the Autobots befriended the humans, particularly the [[Witwicky|Witwicky family]]. The Autobots finally allied with humankind and eventually defeated the Decepticons at the turn of the century. They planned to return to Cybertron aboard the newly constructed ''[[Ark II]]'', along with [[Magnificent Seven|seven humans]], including Witwicky patriarch [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. Before the ship departed, Prime gave a piece of the Matrix to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Sparkplug's son and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s closest human friend. But the ship was destroyed as part of a military conspiracy to take control of the Transformers.

Optimus Prime's body was hauled out of the Arctic Ocean by the US military. While a terrorist organization run by the enigmatic [[Lazarus (G1)|Lazarus]] was able to seize control of several of the other Transformers that fell back to Earth, the military worked unsuccessfully to reactivate Prime. They eventually called in Spike Witwicky. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} Spike was forced by the project chief, General [[Robert Hallo]], to use the piece of the Matrix to reactivate Prime. Functional again, Prime used the Matrix to reactivate more of his fallen comrades. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}

The Autobots helped repair a [[Smitco Oil Refinery]] site which the Lazarus-controlled Transformers had attacked. Optimus had no answer for Spikes accusation that the Transformers' presence on Earth was responsible for the destruction. When Megatron's activities at Lazarus's base were spotted by the military, Optimus insisted on the Autobots going in without backup. They discovered Megatron in the middle of a plan to reformat Earth into a new Cybertron using a [[cyber-virus]]. Optimus rejected Megatron's suggestion he should just let it happen, but while the two factions fought, the human military unleashed [[Operation Clean-Up]], dropping a bomb on them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

The energy of the explosion absorbed by the virus, the Autobots dug themselves out and set about recovering their fellows whom Megatron had used to power the cyber-virus in its early stages. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] passed on a message from Megatron — there was a surprise in store for the Autobot leader. Optimus and some Autobots including [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] sped to [[San Francisco]], where Megatron had unleashed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. As Prime battled Megatron, he took time to save three humans who were threatened by falling debris, only for the humans to turn on him. The defeat of Superion turned the tide of the battle against the Autobots. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

[[File:DWPrimeDirective6 Autobots wanttheirheads.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Optimus sets a [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|trend]].]]
Never one to give up, Optimus managed to down Devastator in return, only to find himself at Megatron's mercy. The Decepticon leader pointed out to him the humans' self-obsessed behavior in the face of the devastation, suggesting the fleshlings were worthless, and the Autobots should join the Decepticons in wiping them out. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} The heroic actions of a team of firefighters and other humans proved to Optimus that the humans were worth saving, and the Autobots delivered a smackdown on the Decepticons. The fight was interrupted by the news that a nuclear missile was inbound, and despite Prime's protests, Superion sacrificed himself intercepting it. Prime recovered from the shock wave to find that the Decepticons had fled. He appealed to Grimlock to return to the Autobot ranks, an offer turned down by the Dinobot. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

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Following this, Prime began to experience subconscious urgings, leading both the Autobots and the Decepticons to the Arctic Circle, where Shockwave arrived to greet them—and arrest them as war criminals. Shockwave had succeeded in ending the war on Cybertron, and brought a team of [[Triple Changer]]s to apprehend them. As Optimus stared down [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s cannon barrel, he was saved by Grimlock, though he subsequently had to order a retreat. Prowl convinced him to let a small team stay as recon while the others returned to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and discussed the change in situation. {{storylink|New World Order}} Though Optimus was puzzled by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] having fallen in with Shockwave, he had little other choice, and surrendered to Magnus. Despite being bound, he took the first opportunity he got to make his feelings clear. Prime and those of his Autobots who had also surrendered were put on a shuttle back to Cybertron, where Shockwave planned to have them deactivated. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Stewing in a cell, Optimus blamed himself for their predicament, but he and the Autobots were soon rescued by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. Sandstorm and Optimus traveled through Cybertron's [[Old Slave Trails]], only to find themselves ambushed by [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], who swiftly killed Sandstorm, and then the Decepticon was attacked by a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]], which lunged at Prime. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Prime recovered to find himself in the care of a group of Autobot rebels including [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. They revealed to Optimus that Shockwave had been transmitting subliminal signals to increase Transformer aggression. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Optimus was able to rally Autobot factions from across Cybertron to the cause and launch an all-out attack on Shockwave's fortress. Shown the image of Shockwave blasting Ultra Magnus, Optimus charged in to confront the Decepticon, only to be overpowered and the Matrix ripped from his chest in order to activate Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Stalling, Prime listened as Shockwave recounted the history of Cybertron, and eventually Ultra Magnus arrived, having recovered, to attack and defeat Shockwave. Prime and Grimlock helped him escape from the fortress as it crumbled to the ground. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} The injuries Prime took in this conflict necessitated a prolonged restoration period in stasis. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

{{note|...which turned out to be the remainder of Dreamwave's existence. Bummer.}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoevsTFcobraprime.jpg|275px|thumb|G.1. Joe—the real universal hero!]]
In the early stages of the war, Optimus Prime was an archivist, watching the battles from afar and keeping records of them. This all changed when the [[Matrix of Leadership]] chose him to lead the Autobots in battle. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} Shortly after he ascended to Primehood, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] tried to kill him, but failed. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

Several Autobots and Decepticons, including Optimus Prime, were reformatted into will-less war machines under the control of [[Cobra]]. During an initial attack on a human peace conference, Cobra's remote control of Optimus (whom they had nicknamed "[[HISS tank|HISS-14]]") mysteriously failed. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Later at Cobra's [[Cobra Island|island headquarters]] in the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]], Cobra scientists pulled Optimus apart to find out what was impeding their commands. As this analysis took place, Optimus reverse hacked into Cobra computers until they shut him down in a panic. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Despite this, Prime sent a viral message out to hundreds of email addresses that included the coordinates of Cobra's base. The message was intercepted by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] who teamed up with Wheeljack and Bumblebee. After Wheeljack broke the remote control over the Transformers, Prime went after [[Cobra Commander]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}} More than a bit frightened of a giant robot gunning for him, the human released Megatron, who was trapped in gun mode. Megatron transformed and fought Prime to a standstill until other Autobots came to back him up. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Although he was weak and low on [[energon]], Prime made a last-ditch effort to save the day when he rammed through the wall of Megatron's energon-producing lab. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} After a quick recharge, Optimus single-handedly smashed the Decepticons, pounded Megatron to the ground, and ripped his [[fusion cannon]] off his arm. Prime then teamed up with the Joes and used Megatron's cannon to shoot down the [[SPS Satellite]] that had gone rogue and was destroying the island.

With the battle over, Prime and the Autobots boarded a new ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' ship built by G.I. Joe and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

[[File:GIJoevstfIIprime1930s.jpg|left|upright=1.55|thumb|Retro Convoy: TRANSFORM!!!]]
On a Cybertron dominated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons, Optimus Prime and the Autobots took on the roles of resistance fighters. Cobra experimentation transported a contingent of Cobras and G.I. Joes to Cybertron and destabilized [[Teletran 3]], which led to the computer sending several Transformers to [[Earth]] across different time periods. When Optimus Prime saw Jazz get zapped by Teletran 3, he leapt to rescue his soldier, only to be transported away as well. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} A team made up of Joes and Cobra agents were sent back and found Optimus Prime and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] in 1930s-era Chicago, disguised as period cars and trucks. The Stunticons chased Prime and the Joes around the city until everything was wrapped up with bullets, a collapsed bridge and some dynamite. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

After the Transformers and humans were returned to present-day Cybertron and the Decepticons were vanquished by the recently arrived [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Prime made an agreement with the Joes to destroy the technology that started the whole mess in order to protect Earth. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

On Cybertron, Optimus Prime kicked back to do a little bit of paperwork and reminisce. With Shockwave defeated, Cybertron was enjoying a new era of peace. He was interrupted by Hot Rod, who reported that a group of "pesky humans with their peashooters" were giving an Autobot team on Earth a hard time. Prime suspected Cobra's involvement and counseled Hot Rod not to be so dismissive of the humans. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} When the team returned to Cybertron and mysteriously vanished in the [[Gladiator Zone]], Prime was prepared to go search for them, but was convinced by Hot Rod to stay behind and organize a peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

Later, at the peace celebration, Prime was watching a procession of Autobots when Decepticons attacked. Optimus ordered [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] into action but the huge Autobot was quickly overcome by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Prime hopped into the fray, saved a [[Optimus Prime's rescuees|civilian]] from getting smushed by the falling Omega, rode [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] into Piranacon's face, smashed [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] into the ground, and carried a [[Optimus Prime's rescuees|wounded civilian]] out of danger.

[[File:Primevsserpentor.jpg|thumb|Serpent O.R. soon realized that "This I command!" doesn't work on Optimus Prime.]]
Menasor cut off Prime's escape and handed him the [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] trio, who confronted Prime with a hologram of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] The new Decepticon leader carried Megatron's memories and information downloaded from Soundwave, from which he learned of the Matrix of Leadership. Serpent O.R. offered Optimus a trade: hostages and peace if he handed over the Matrix. Optimus agreed.

In his stronghold, Serpent O.R. questioned Prime about his own worthiness to carry the Matrix, but Optimus broke free of his chains and aggressively ordered him to surrender. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} A group of Decepticons broke in and nearly took Prime apart, but not before Serpent O.R. took the Matrix for himself and changed into the massive Serpentor Prime. The Matrix showed Serpentor Prime the error of his ways but as he was about to commit suicide Cobra Commander tripped a device and took over Serpentor Prime's body. Moments before he crushed Arcee, a severely damaged Optimus Prime threw Hawk toward the Matrix but warned the human not to touch the artifact. Hawk did so anyway and through a quasi-mystical transfer of power Serpentor Prime was vanquished.

Later repaired by a [[Paradron Medic (G1)|female nursebot]], Optimus went back to finishing his paperwork. A leader's job is never done. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

Sensing a new, yet old, danger to planet Earth, Prime elected to send himself to earth on an investigation, and gave Hot Rod a glare when the young Autobot accused his leader of taking an unnecessary risk to atone for the death of a [[Bumblebee (G1)|close friend]].

Optimus Prime landed in the Himalayan Mountains with G.I. Joes [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]. As they searched the area, the trio was attacked by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] in his [[Pretender]] shell. Prime whacked him with his [[energon-axe]] and in return Bludgeon bearhugged him and coated him in metal-eating slime. Hawk, still carrying power from the Matrix, helped Prime break free. Optimus then shot his way into the hidden kingdom of [[Cobra-La]].

While they wandered through the tunnels, the Joes and Prime found cave paintings that described the last visit to Earth by the planet-eating god [[Unicron]]. They were attacked again by Bludgeon and Cobra-La minions, but were led away by a ragged [[Joe Colton]], prisoner of Cobra-La for the last 25 years. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} Bludgeon managed to find them again and during a second battle Prime tore open the Pretender's shell, revealing Bludgeon's robot form inside. Bludgeon tripped and dangled dangerously over a chasm, but rather than let Optimus Prime save him, Bludgeon forced Prime to drop him to his death laughing all the way down.

The Joes discovered a cavern where the people of Cobra-La were growing [[metal-eating spore]]s as a last defense against Unicron. Flint and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] took a load of the spores into space just as Unicron appeared in Earth orbit. Prime, Hawk and Colton headed deeper into Cobra-La to rescue [[Firewall]] and kick butt. Prime was tackled and pinned by a giant bug creature, but made a dramatic recovery and tossed the bug aside. He then took the machine-hating Cobra-La leader [[Golobulus]] to task with a single punch. Flint and Cosmos released the spores, which devoured Unicron from the inside and defeated the giant Transformer before he could harm [[Earth]].

With the threat of Unicron gone, Prime relaxed with [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] and Firewall by watching some reality TV, and sighed at the banality. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:Wc prime.jpg|thumb|What is it with Primes and weak stomachs?]]
After their own [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] disappeared, [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] discovered an alternate version of Optimus Prime lying unconscious and barely alive in [[Autobase]] Earth. Though [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] did what he could, the mysterious Prime reactivated only long enough to utter a cryptic statement about the walls crumbling and the coming of chaos, then died. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}

[[Unicron]] later explained that he sent the alternate Optimus Prime into their universe as a "calling card": a terrifying warning of his imminent arrival. This was probably to tell the uninitiated that Unicron is a jerk. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Optimus Prime and his troops lay deactivated on the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years until [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] stumbled upon them one day in [[1939]]. {{storylink|The Line}} The Autobots were reactivated by a [[Sky Spy|repair drone]] and given new disguises, with Optimus Prime being reformatted into an unknown [[World War II]]-era human vehicle. He explained to [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] who they were, and learned that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s Decepticons had been reactivated a year prior, and were currently wreaking havoc on [[Europe]] along with [[Cobra]]. While hesitant at first, Optimus Prime soon joined G.I. Joe in their mission to destroy Cobra and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformed}} After commanding the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to get the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] out of the way, Prime advanced across the Fera Islands, but met resistance in the form of [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}}

As the Autobots were having trouble with Rumble, Optimus Prime told them try to use his earthquakes to their advantage, which led to the end of the Decepticon. Prime subsequently ordered the Aerialbots to [[Superion (G1)|combine]] and save Grimlock and [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] from falling off a cliff. {{storylink|Wolves}} As they got closer to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]], however, Prime started regretting getting the Autobots involved with the humans' war. He offered to carry G.I. Joe across the water separating them from the Terrordrome, but told them that Autobots only fight if they have no choice, and they had no reason to fight anymore. Moments later, he saw that Cobra were using innocent prisoners as human shields, and Duke added that anyone who Cobra ''didn't'' enslave, they murdered. Filled with righteous anger, Optimus Prime ordered his troops to roll out. {{storylink|Trenches}}

Shortly after reaching the other shore and taking out [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], Prime witnessed the gigantic [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] bust out of the Terrordrome and attack everything around him. With Superion gone, Prime knew that there was only one way to stop this rampaging monster, and ordered his Autobots to evacuate the humans while he went looking for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. He soon found that [[Snake-Eyes]] was in possession of the artifact, but was under attack from Megatron. Prime attacked Megatron, keeping him at bay while telling Snake-Eyes that destroying the Matrix would kill Bruticus. The ninja complied, only to learn that Optimus had left something out of the story: smashing the Matrix would kill ''all'' the Transformers, including Prime himself. Looking at the Autobot leader's body, the Joes knew that Prime had been aware of this, and had deemed it a necessary sacrifice to save the humans. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

Decades later, in 1986, Duke showed [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Spirit]] footage from the battle of the Fera Islands, including Optimus Prime's fight with Megatron. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:OrionridesSpringarm.jpg|thumb|I'm [[Batman]]!]]
Optimus Prime was originally known as Orion Pax, a police captain from [[Rodion]]. An encounter with a pre-[[Decepticon]] [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] would change the course of his life, teaching him that freedom was not just the right of all "civilised" beings, but of all ''sentient'' beings, and causing him to publicly reclaim the name "Autobot", previously used only at Cybertronians as a derogatory term, before the corrupt Senate.

After the rise of the Decepticons and the death of the merciless [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], he became the Prime, and entered what would become a millions-of-years-long war of attrition with the Decepticons, which would lead to the death of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the spreading of the Cybertronian civil war far beyond their homeworld in a push for resources. With the end of the war and the emptying of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to restart [[Vector Sigma]] and rebirth Cybertron, he found himself rejected by the returning civilian population, and - secretly gladly - abdicated his rank and returned to his original name of Orion Pax as he travelled through the galaxy.

Roughly two years later, however, [[Dark Cybertron|events]] would force him back into the Autobots. After killing [[Nova Prime]] he proudly retook the mantle of Prime, convinced by Rodimus that he had redeemed it, and euthanized Shockwave saving all of time and space. In the aftermath, he reassumed his role as leader of the Autobots.

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:HeartsofSteel 1 Prime Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I keep telling you Bumblebee, the Dinobots will never accept you into their clique!"]]
The Autobots and the Decepticons came to [[Earth|a distant world]] in the grip of an ice age. Assuming [[alternate mode]]s based upon the [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dominant (though doomed) indigenous creatures]] of this planet, they continued their [[Ice Age Wars|ancient, unending war]]. However, the Autobots, with their energy levels dangerously low, withdrew from combat as the world grew colder. They sought refuge in a deep cavern and entered [[stasis lock]], awaiting the day when surface conditions changed to better suit their operation. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Optimus lay under the [[Mare Rurek Glacier]]. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} Millions of years later, Bumblebee was awoken by the hammering of humans working on a rail line. He briefly considered awakening Optimus Prime, but thought better of it. After discovering the world had changed significantly, Ratchet thought there was no reason to awaken Prime. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} When Bumblebee discovered the Decepticons were once again active on this world, Ratchet and Prowl agreed that the Autobots must intervene, but again decided out of rousing Optimus from his slumber. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

[[File:TFInfestation2.2 Optimus Prime vs Elder God.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|Once again, Optimus steals Rodimus Prime's thunder.]]
When a new threat, the [[Elder God]]s, appeared, a group of Autobots acquired the help of [[Tobias Muldoon]] and [[Nikola Tesla]] to travel to the glacier and waken Prime. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} Tesla's [[Tesla tower]] wasn't enough on its own, so [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailblazer]], and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] gave energy necessary to recharge Optimus Prime. Optimus awoke and revived the other Autobots with his [[energon]] reserves, before traveling to [[Port Cenotaph]], [[Nova Scotia]] where an Elder God had risen from the sea. Diving into the ocean, Optimus cleaved parts off the Elder God until it and its followers returned to the depths. Though Tobias asked if the creature was dead, Optimus wasn't sure, but promised the Autobots would be there to defend Earth if it ever returned. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}{{storylink|Infestation 2 issue 1|Infestation 2 #1}}

The Autobots continued to guard humanity in secret for many years, until one day in the 21st century when Ratchet was captured by a human group known as [[Skylogic Systems]]. Upon investigating the organization, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came into contact with the [[Lone Gunmen]], three humans who were also on Skylogic's tail for their role in creating a dangerous virus. Learning from them that Ratchet's DNA was part of the concoction, the Autobots joined forces with the humans and helped track down [[David Simmons]], the man responsible for releasing the virus. One interrogation later and they had the address to the Skylogic base, though Prime's size prevented him from easily infiltrating the building, so he left the rescue mission up to Bumblebee and the Gunmen. Once Ratchet was saved, the Autobots parted company with their new human friends in an attempt to lure away any Skylogic pursuers. {{storylink|The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers}}
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===''Music Label''===
In the year 2007, the Autobots discovered that the Decepticon communications officer [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] was attempting to control the minds of humans through hypnotic music broadcast through a series of tiny clones of himself. Optimus Prime upgraded his trailer with a huge pair of speakers, and proceeded to drive around, broadcasting a counter-frequency that undid the villain's brainwashing. {{storylink|Transformers Music Label}}

{{note|The [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 Takara timeline]] placed the events of the ''[[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]]'' storyline in the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], but Optimus Prime's role in the story is therefore made impossible, as he was dead in that universe in 2007. However, given the way the timeline is unhelpfully laid out, it's not impossible that this adventure may take place not in the mainstream timeline, but in the branched-off parallel dimension of the ''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Binaltech|Binaltech]]'' storyline, where Optimus did not die.}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===
Optimus foiled Megatron's attack on 21st century [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}} He and Bumblebee had to stop [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s attack on [[Shinjuku Station]], but it was actually a distraction from Megatron's gathering of energon cubes. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}}
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Megatron used one to transform into Galvatron, and would have killed Prime were it not for Ironhide's timely intervention, transforming him back into Megatron. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 7}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===
When the legendary [[Energon Cube]] was lost to the reaches of space, Optimus Prime led a small team of Autobots in pursuit of it. The giant energy source crashed on Earth in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], where it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Prime and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities. Despite their attempts at remaining unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s Roswell. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

The Autobots gained a human ally in their quest when they befriended Doctor [[Osamu Kihara]] of the Governmental Special Diplomatic Agency, who provided more assistance than they could have imagined when his son, [[Akira Kihara|Akira]], was discovered to be a "[[Booster]]", one of many legendary beings born with the ability to control and detect the energies of the Energon Cube. Alas, the Decepticons had followed Prime's Autobots to Earth, and [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Megatron]] sought the boy's powers for his own. To protect Optimus Prime and himself, Akira unleashed the full extent of his powers, driving Megatron back, but causing his body to burn out and disintegrate. Prime was wracked with guilt over what had occurred, and it would haunt him afterward. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}}

Eleven years after their arrival on Earth, Prime and the Autobots made a new human ally in [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] when he stumbled into the midst of a battle between Prime's team and [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} When Megatron joined the fight soon after, he held [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Bumblebee]] and Wataru hostage, daring Prime to make a move against him. Prime opened fire, but Megatron merely used the defeated Starscream for a shield, then turned his cannon on the younger duo. Prime unleashed his [[ion blaster]] and apparently deflected the blast with a shot of his own, saving Bumblebee and Wataru and prompting the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}}

Prime invited Wataru to visit the Autobots' subterranean base, and he gave the boy a personal tour as he carried the injured Bumblebee to the infirmary. Telling him the story of the Energon Cube and the Autobots' coming to Earth, Prime showed Wataru the large chunk of the cube that they had managed to recover. He then turned his attention to repairing Bumblebee's wounds, and as such, did not notice Wataru reaching out to touch the cube sliver. A bizarre energy discharge resulted that not only showed the Autobots images of [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Another Time & Place]], but also healed both Autobots' wounds. Prime dived at Wataru and hauled him away from the shard, returning things to normal, but leaving Prime with grave concerns over what the strange occurrence might mean. {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

When Starscream attacked a power plant with the aid of his brainwashed ally, [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]], Prime carried [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Grimlock]] to the scene of the battle on the back of his truck mode. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} During the conflict that followed, Prime's suspicions about Wataru were confirmed when the boy manifested a barrier to protect himself and Bumblebee and to help Skyfire overcome the influence of Starscream's mind-controlling helmet. Wataru was a Booster as well! {{storylink|Wataru's Power}} His past experiences naturally made Prime hesitant to put Wataru's power to use, but Osamu Kihara made the point that Wataru's power was invaluable for hunting down shards of the Energon Cube. Prime and Wataru headed out to investigate a local relic that Kihara suspected was a cube shard, and Wataru's powers soon confirmed the doctor's findings. Just as Prime was about to report back to Kihara, however, Megatron struck, demanding that Prime hand over both the shard and Wataru. Prime attempted to feign ignorance of Wataru's powers, but Megatron ignored his bluff and encouraged him to hand the boy over, lest he cost ''another'' Booster their life. Driven into a rage by the stinging barb, Prime violently attacked Megatron with his energon-axe, but as the duel raged, Megatron continued to question Prime's beliefs and his attitude. Unable to deny Megatron's accusation that he had hoped to use Wataru's power to defeat him, Prime lost his concentration and was taken down by the Decepticon leader. Despite what he had learned about a previous Booster dying, Wataru stayed true to Optimus and activated his powers, healing the Autobot's wounds and powering up his energon-axe into a huge sword. Summoning all his energy, Prime took down Megatron with one almighty slash, then collapsed into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}}

Prime was brought back to the Autobot base for treatment, but the Decepticons exploited the Autobots' lack of manpower and struck again before Prime recovered. With his men taking a pummeling, the unconscious Prime had a vision of Akira, who spurred him on to awaken and rejoin the battle. With another power boost from Wataru, Prime unleashed a super-charged shot from his ion blaster that took down the fleeing Decepticons. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===''Alternity''===
[[File:Alternity convoy boxart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|This might take some getting used to. Hand me the instructions again!]]
In 2007, the Optimus Prime of [[universal stream]] Primax 109.0 Beta encountered a mysterious messenger from another world: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|another incarnation of himself]] from a parallel dimension who left him with a warning. Two years hence, Megatron would bring the terrifying super-dimensional lifeform known as the "Beast of Time", [[Hytherion]], into their dimension to destroy Earth. The only thing that could battle the Hytherion was the power of the super-evolved multi-dimensional race of Cybertronians known as the [[Alternity]]. Prime agreed that when the danger appeared, he would join the Alternity in the fight.

Sure enough, in 2009, when the Hytherion's colossal claw-marks appeared on planets throughout the solar system, Prime's other-dimensional incarnation returned, bringing with him a "Vibrant Red" Vector 109 [[auto-avatar]] with which Prime fused. In that instant, he was reborn as part of the Alternity, a manifold being who encompassed all the different incarnations of Optimus Prime through the multiverse at once. Prime reached his hands heavenward and peeled back the layers of reality, exposing the gargantuan fanged maw of the Hytherion looming above the Autobots. {{storylink|From Here to Alternity}}

Optimus battled alongside the Alternity to fend off the beast, when unexpectedly, [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]] overwrote the beast's higher functions with his own. At first, it seemed that the Hytherion had been killed, but a newly empowered Megatron (in two bodies) appeared and declared that, now possessing a power that rivaled the Alternity's, he challenged his opponents to take him on or see the multiverse itself burn. {{storylink|To Mega Therion}}

As battles between numerous different Primes and Megatrons erupted quite literally all across time and space, another member of the Convoy Corps was later seen battling [[Starscream (G1)#Alternity|Starscream]], who had been empowered by Megatron to serve as leader of his [[Questor]]s. This Prime was so surprised by Starscream's uncharacteristic sports car alternate mode that he left himself open for a blast from Starscream's Retroactive Nullifer cannon, which erased him from the timestream. As he faded out of existence, Prime responded to Starscream's taunts about the death of the Alternity by telling him that they were already well aware of their prophesied end and were well prepared. {{storylink|Foreshadows}}
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{{note|Alternity beings are both individuals and a collective of separate entities. More fiction about Optimus Prime's Alternity collective can be found [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|here]].}}

===''Robot Heroes'' comic===
[[File:IDW I am Optimus Prime battle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Adorobots VS. Decepticutes.]]
Optimus Prime was given the Matrix by [[Primus]] himself, and used to be friends with Megatron. Prowl is his closest friend and Ratchet is his oldest. Searching for Energon, the Autobots landed on Earth, but were followed by the Decepticons. With the help of their human allies, they bested their foes, and knowing they would return, decided to stay and wait to defend the planet once more. Optimus Prime was proud to be an Autobot. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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===''Universe'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ron Hayden]] (English)}}
[[File:Actionblast1matrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Anyone with a history of seizures should leave the room now.]]
Optimus Prime narrated the events of what happened before the Ark crashed on Earth. He became the new leader of a long line of Autobot leaders via the discovery of the Matrix. On their quest for more Energon, the Autobots were chased by Decepticons to the planet known as Earth and crashed on it. When they emerged from the Ark, Optimus Prime scanned his truck altmode, stating that the war would not end on Earth. {{Storylink|Action Blast 1}}

[[File:FfE Optimus Prime Cyclonus.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Don't get distracted by your own fist Cyclonus! Do you WANT to lose your face?]]
Both Optimus Prime and Bumblebee raced down a street in an unknown desert while having an argument about Energon. He ordered Bumblebee to scan the surroundings to find the location where the Decepticons were hiding, and to be careful for possible scouts. When Bumblebee noted what the Decepticons were doing, Prime speculated that they might be planning to convert the energy into Energon, and ordered Bumblebee to create a diversion. While Bumblebee and Cyclonus fought, Prime made a surprise attack and took out Cyclonus with his Ion-axe, before turning his attention to Megatron. When both Decepticons fled, Prime told Bumblebee they'd done a good job (in front of a burning Gas station), and both Autobots got back on the move. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}
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===''Transformers United''===
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After the Autobot headmasters and targetmasters successfully retrieved a cure for a deadly nano-virus from the planet Nebulon, Optimus Prime commended them for their heroic efforts in a ceremony. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''BeCool'' shorts===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Self-Introduction Chapter}} {{storylink|The Story of the Surprising and Big Traffic Jam!}} {{storylink|The Story of Mister Trailer's Big Success!}} {{storylink|The Story of the Lost Plane!}} {{storylink|The Story of the BeCool Quiz!}} {{storylink|The Story of What Do I Know About the BeCool Mark?}} {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}} {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Though once the leader of the Autobots, Optimus disappeared long ago, leaving his people to be ruled tyrannically by Megatron.{{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} Megatron never stopped seeking out his old foe, however, rewarding any of his troops that could provide him with information that could lead to Optimus's location. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} As for the Autobots, they were uncertain exactly as to why Optimus had disappeared; some believed Optimus had simply abandonned his troops, while other believed he was fulfilling some greater purpose, and would return to them in their hour of need. Ultimately, it was [[Snake-Eyes]] and [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] who found the Autobot leader, lost in the void between dimensions. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}} {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Reunion and Parting}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

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===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Transformers GT: Mission GT-R''===
In a world where the Transformers' war settled into a series of friendly competitive races known as the [[Transformers GT]], Optimus Prime became the [[GT Transformer]] known as '''GT-R Prime'''. As a racer he was known for his serious but sometimes hot-blooded personality and his skillful use of the [[Impact Wrench Gun]], though he maintained an honorable policy never to fire directly at an opposing racer's body. Like other racers, GT-R Prime put a limit on his own strength by separating his Matrix into a [[GT Sister]], creating his partner [[Misaki]].

====Comic====
GT-R Prime was racing against [[Star Saber (Victory)|GT-R Saber]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|GT-R Maximus]] when they were rudely interrupted by [[Megatron (G1)|GT-R Megatron]], a ruthless racer out to prove his worth by defeating all others. A fight broke out, but Prime interrupted it and convinced Megatron that they all shared the same need for speed, persuading him to settle things with a race instead. {{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R}}

====Story pages====
{{storylink|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)}}
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===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
Optimus Prime came upon [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attacking [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and so rear-ended the [[Decepticon]]. The impact caused Megatron's parts to come off his chassis. Optimus claimed these components for himself. {{storylink|Toys & App TV Commercial}}

Optimus and Bumblebee snuck into the Decepticons' base, and found their enemies upgrading themselves with [[Autobot]] parts. The pair took offense to this, and Bumblebee set about sabotaging the process. Megatron wound up tripping on some gumballs thanks to the Autobot's mucking about, and Optimus congratulated his fellow Autobot on a prank well done! {{storylink|Intro!}}

Optimus later helped Bumblebee put his parts back on his bare chassis. During the dress-up, Bumblebee managed to accidentally swallow his Autobot badge. Fortunately, Bumblebee managed to soon cough it back out. Unfortunately, Bumblebee then proceeded to sing out of tune, annoying Optimus. {{storylink|Bumblebee Speaks!}}

On another occasion, Optimus got a little carried away with strapping new parts onto Bumblebee. The final piece he attached to the yellow 'bot was a rocket, which activated and sent Bumblebee wheeling through the air. Bumblebee eventually came crashing back down, and Optimus slowly backed away out of embarrassment. {{storylink|Strength!}}

===''Cloud''===
[[File:Cloud Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|]]

Optimus Prime is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s, the space-time guardians residing in [[Cloud World]]'s [[Metropolis]]. He is a valiant and powerful leader who commands the utmost respect from his subordinates and stands for peace and freedom for all sentient beings in all of time and space. His sense of responsibility in this regard is a bit too great for his own good, as it often leaves him worrying about things outside of his control.

Prime is also a mighty warrior, being responsible for saving Metropolis from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rebellion years ago. His weapon of choice is a powerful [[ion blaster]] that transforms into a back-mounted energy unit used to control his movement between dimensions.

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Uprising (Cloud)|Uprising}} {{storylink|Raid}} {{storylink|Fate}} {{storylink|Resolve}} {{storylink|Leap}} {{storylink|Rampage (Cloud)|Rampage}} {{storylink|Crisis (Cloud)|Crisis}} {{storylink|Transfiguration}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cloud)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Encounter}} {{storylink|Hammer (Cloud)|Hammer}} {{storylink|Return}} {{storylink|Awakening (Cloud)|Awakening}} {{storylink|Wandering}} {{storylink|Eagerness}} {{storylink|Lightwave}} {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Cloud)|Metamorphosis}} {{storylink|Overwhelm}} {{storylink|Concealment}} {{storylink|Struggle}} {{storylink|Fury (Cloud)|Fury}} {{storylink|Transcendence}} {{storylink|TFC-A01}}}}

===''Transformers X Evangelion''===
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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
Optimus and his Autobots were aboard the Ark, on the run from the Decepticons. With him, Optimus had what Megatron was forever seeking; the [[AllSpark]]! With the ship taking heavy damage from the Autobots' pursuers, Optimus ordered Jazz to take them into an emergency quantum jump. Jazz informed Prime that the jump would take longer to initiate than the time the Decepticons would need to board their vessel. As such, Optimus entrusted the AllSpark to Bumblebee while he and the rest of the bridge crew steeled themselves to hold off their enemies. Thanks to Starscream breaking rank in the Decepticons' formation, Optimus was able to hold back Megatron, and with [[Heatwave (G1)|Heatwave]]'s help, repel them from the ship just as it initiated the quantum jump. However, at that moment the AllSpark tumbled off-ship, falling into the quantum tunnel and seemingly being lost for good... {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

Optimus led the search for the AllSpark through space, but he and his troops were unable to locate the artifact. Though the search seemed hopeless, Optimus assured the others that they would not give up until Cybertron's last hope for survival was found... At that moment, a [[Minion Pig|strange green pig]] crashed through one of the ship's windows, with the AllSpark in tow. Optimus stared in bewilderment at the strange creature as it asked for a ride back [[Piggy Island|home]]. {{storylink|Hard Boiled}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Transformers Celebration 2014|Bonus Chapter: Transformers Celebration 2014}} {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Deckss x Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report|Bonus Chapter: Deckss x Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report}}}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], Optimus Prime was a student of [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]] at the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] academy.

Some time later, Optimus, now called Star Convoy, and [[Hot Rod|Fire Rodimus]] formed Supernova Convoy to vanquish [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Ultra Megatron]].

Later on, Optimus, now called Optimus again, defeated the returned [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]]-empowered Megatron, subsequently retiring from leader of the Autobots and passing on the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Hyperdrive. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
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==Commercial appearances==
Optimus Prime has appeared in more [[Commercial|television commercials]] than any other Transformer... just as with everything else. He has been voiced by [[Peter Cullen]] in every animation segment in which he's had a speaking role.

[[File:Toycommercial-firstPrime.jpg|thumb|My wheels don't disappear!]]
*He was one of the featured characters in the first ever appearance of the Transformers anywhere, an advertisement for the first issue of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the Generation 1 comic]]. He arrives in the midst of a desert battle as the Decepticons attacked a power plant on Earth, driving to back up his troops in defending it. He strikes a rather iconic pose as he transforms and fires, which would be replicated and copied numerous times in the early years of the franchise. This first commercial used nonfinal versions of the characters' [[character model]]s; Optimus Prime, for example, still had wheels on his legs. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9-7RjhFzpM]
*In a commercial for the [[Triple Changer]]s, Optimus confronts Astrotrain on a desert battlefield, but the Triple-Changer escapes under fire from other Autobots. Shortly afterward, Prime uses Perceptor's microscope mode to examine a fragment of Decepticon battle armor. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WssZjIsUIU]
*Prime and Jazz are shown fighting Megatron in the desert in an ad for the 1985 cars, whom he summons to help out with the battle. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WssZjIsUIU]
*Prime narrates two commercials around the time of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', describing the action as [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] battles [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], and [[Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] take on the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-10pud7DY]
[[File:Toycommercial-PowermasterOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|An integral part of Powermaster Prime's transformation is Joyride shooting lightning bolts through his pointed finger.]]
*Prime was prominently featured in the ad for the first comic issue featuring the [[Powermaster]]s. On the rocky plains where practically every Transformer battle ever seems to happen, Prime arrives in his Powermaster body to back up three of his troops against Dreadwind and Darkwing. He's shown combining with [[Hi-Q]] and transforming, attacking with his trailer's battle station mode, then combining with the trailer to continue the attack. Who wins? Find out in [[People Power!|Marvel Comics]]! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voX_KNNxNCI]
[[File:OptimusQuickswitchCommercial.jpg|thumb|Optimus Prime is so giving, he even gives other Transformers time in his commercials.]]
*Prime also features briefly in [[Quickswitch (G1)|Quickswitch]]'s ad; in a battle on the moon, Quickswitch transforms to gun mode and is wielded by Powermaster Optimus Prime.
*An abbreviated ad for Powermaster Prime uses footage from both the Marvel Comic and Quickswitch commercials.
*Prime's Powermaster body shows up yet again in the [[Classic Pretender|Pretender Classic]]s ad. He comes under attack in the darkened streets of the city, prompting the [[narrator]] to explain that he needs the greatest Transformers ever! Prime then welcomes back Bumblebee and Jazz in their Pretender forms. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahbq-FnSPY]
*Powermaster Prime and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] are the representatives from each faction that [[Doubledealer]] doublecrosses! Everyone wonders who that guy is that Prime's talking to... He looks kinda suspicious!
*Optimus features prominently in the first [[Action Master]] commercial; he's shown surrounded by a circle of his troops, and challenges them to give up their transforming powers to become faster, stronger, more alive! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeNf3jQ1zdw]
*A stock intro was used for several Micromaster commercials, with Optimus opening his fist to reveal a Micromaster city within.
[[File:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|thumb|Prime wants to know if they can transform, because he sure can't!]]
*A similar sequence in another Micromaster ad has Prime opening his fist to find the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] inside. He and Jazz check them out, and Optimus wonders if they can transform.
*In an ad for the Micromaster micro bases, a battle rages outside an Autobot base, and Prime watches impassively as Bumblebee and Jazz pull two [[Thunder Arrow|captured]] [[Attack Copter|vehicles]] into the base. Prime is the first to notice that the vehicles are transforming and shooting things.
*Prime and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] are the stars of the first ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' commercial, animated with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]. Prime is shown driving down a road in his ''Generation 2'' colored truck mode. He rocket-launches up into the air to transform, then has a brutal fight with Ramjet. Despite getting a hole blasted in his chest, he wins the fight and fires his gun into the air in triumph. Non-speaking.
*Prime also is shown briefly in a commercial for the new Megatron tank toy. He transforms and finds his head in a target crosshairs. In the subsequent toy segment, Prime's toy is shown getting completely trashed by that of Megatron. Non-speaking.
*And finally, Prime got his own rap segment. He's shown in his Combat toy body, waiting for Megatron as he attacks a human subdivision. Prime converts to robot form, blows up Megatron's weapon at point blank range, and slugs it out with him. Apparently emerging victorious, is next shown sitting next to an identical truck, which the live-action kid mistakes for the real thing. The real Prime then transforms and picks up the kid, inspecting the human with his cold, lifeless, flashing red optics. Prime is once again voiced by Peter Cullen in this commercial.

Prime also appeared in commercials for ''Transformers'' products other than the toys themselves...

*In the ad for [[Coleco]]'s [[Power Cycle]], Optimus Prime shoots ''at'' a child riding the title cycle, but misses. This footage is recycled from the advertisement for the comic.
*Prime delivers a load of shoes to schoolchildren in a South American ad for [[Bata]]'s licensed ''Transformers'' footwear.
*Prime was referred to as the Autobot Commander in his debut commercial.

Prime also appeared in later promotional videos for Transformers events.

*Optimus got Megatron's contact information off the internet and invited the Decepticon leader to [[BotCon 2009]]. Though it took some doing, he managed to convince Megatron that the convention would be worth attending. Optimus also planned on going to BotCon, and left for the convention alongside Wheeljack, Mirage, Ironhide, Jazz and Prowl. {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
*Optimus grappled with Ramjet once more in a video re-visiting the "Generation 2" era of the Transformers franchise. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux}}
*Punch reported back to Optimus on what he had learned about the Decepticons as Counterpunch. Mainly, that they were planning on attending [[BotCon 2010]]. Optimus then turned to Teletraan I for more information about BotCon. Upon learning that special honors would be held for him at the convention, Optimus led his troops to BotCon once more. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
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==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Megatron and his Decepticons allies held captive the Autobot's [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops, Optimus Prime entered the Decepticon's maze-like base in order to rescue his friends. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (1985)===
Optimus Prime was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===Transformers: Mystery of Convoy===

When a mysterious force killed Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus rose as Autobot Commander in his place, and went forth to find out what killed Optimus. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|For an alternate interpretation of these events, see ''[[To Die Game!]]''}}

===''DreamMix TV World Fighters'' video game===
{{voiceactor|[[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)}}
As part of [[DreamMix TV]]'s attempt to pull in more ratings, Optimus Prime and his eternal rival Megatron were invited to battle bunches of other beings on the television show ''[[World Fighters]]''. {{storylink|DreamMix TV World Fighters}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Robert Belgrade]] (English)}}
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{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Optimus Prime, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of an Autobot team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. If an Decepticon wished to claim the title of tournament champion, Optimus was the last opponent they needed to face. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/PC)===
[[File:ROTF 360PS3 PC G1OptimusPrime DLC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Freedom is the right of all downloadable beings"]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

{{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Optimus Prime was one of a handful of downloadable characters in a DLC pack for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Gluawakening optimusprime.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb]]
Optimus Prime led a group of Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], which was shot down over [[Earth]], sending them into stasis for four million years. Optimus was badly damaged in the crash, and the prognosis wasn't great, but he recovered in time to announce the Autobots had no choice but to involve the [[human]]s in their war. Following a battle at [[Dyson Dam]], Prime persuaded [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] to join the Autobot team. When the Decepticons headed through the [[space bridge]] to Cybertron, Optimus followed, only for him and his team to be ambushed and imprisoned.

He and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] were soon rescued by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and they promptly escaped back to Earth, just in time to rescue [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from a Decepticon hit squad. After being misled by a phony distress call, Optimus and his team had to face an assault on the Ark. They repelled the Decepticon attack, but Prime decided that the time was right to go to Cybertron and liberate the Autobots whom [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had enslaved. The Autobots again used the space bridge to reach Cybertron, and mounted an assault of their own on the Decepticon fortress. After fighting their way through the defenses, Optimus and Bumblebee faced down Shockwave himself, defeating the Decepticon with some help from Grimlock. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Optimus Prime was among several warriors (and [[Optimus Prime|Prime]]s) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}

===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-optimus-prime.jpg|thumb|Raise the roof!]]
Optimus participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Early in the war, when he was still known by the name '''Orion Pax,''' the Autobot who would one day be known as Optimus Prime was ordered by Zeta Prime to escort the Decepticon Prisoners Wrack'n'Ruin in a prisoner exchange, while accompanied by Nightbeat and Alpha Trion. As the group made their way through the [[Rust Spot]], they encounter [[Slicer (group)|Slicers]] and had to fend them off. Orion Pax and his group eventually made it to their meeting spot with the Decepticon Bludgeon, only to be ambushed by the Decepticons. In the confusion, Alpha Trion was taken prisonner, and Orion Pax set off to rescue the elderly Autobot. He and Nightbeat succeeded in returning Alpha Trion under the protective custody of Zeta Prime, but Orion was himself captured in turn. Strapped to a shuttle aimed to crash into Iacon, Orion's fate seemed uncertain. {{storylink|Orion's Gambit}}

Later, Orion Pax worked as an archivist in the [[Iacon Archives]], and was friend to Ariel and [[Dion]]. Shortly after the trio encountered a group of time-traveling [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], the Archives were attacked by Decepticons, and Pax and Ariel were severely injured. The Aerialbots took them to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], who rebuilt them into Optimus Prime and Elita One respectively. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}} The [[Matrix of Leadership]] was passed to Optimus Prime following the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] at the hands of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The War Within}} During the war on Cybertron, Optimus Prime came to the aid of [[Getaway]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] and [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], saving them right as the Decepticons [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] were on the verge of destroying them. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}}

Optimus once considered having the unruly Dinobots shut down before they could accidentally cause damage, but they proved their worth during a sudden Decepticon attack. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}} When the Insecticons gained enough power that they'd be able to overrun [[Earth]] in seven days, Optimus Prime was forced to negotiate an alliance with the Decepticons in order to defeat them. {{storylink|Harvest of the Insecticons}} Following the disappearance of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], Optimus attempted to stop the other three Dinobots from attacking the Decepticon base, and was mauled for his trouble. The distraction at least allowed [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to take a scan of the rogue Dinobots. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}}

Optimus was challenged to a duel by Megatron as a distraction while the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] attempted to strike against [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}} Concerned that the Decepticons might try to steal a new [[Energon]] related technology from a science facility, Optimus sent Blaster to infiltrate and protect the base. {{storylink|Espionage}} Optimus was impressed with [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]'s plans for a [[Solar Power Tower]], but thought it would be too difficult to defend from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} Following the return of the Aerialbots from a trip to Cybertron, they told Optimus and Elita One about how they'd encountered Orion Pax and Ariel. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}} Optimus was among the Autobots affected after Megatron sabotaged their [[recharging chamber]]. Turned evil, Optimus was sent to attack [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]] and obtain a solar power satellite. He and the other Autobots were returned to normal by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s [[attitude exchanger]], and Optimus promised to repair the base. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Optimus and Wheeljack returned to Autobot HQ after an absence to find Grimlock had taken leadership. Though they failed to resist him, he soon bored with leading the Autobots and let Optimus take command again. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}} Impressed with Bumblebee's success as team leader, Optimus assigned [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] to lead a team. {{storylink|The B-Team Part Deux}} With Optimus badly damaged and without the Matrix, the Autobots were driven off Earth and sought refuge on Cybertron. Once Optimus had recovered, he put together a team which returned to Earth and retook it from the Decepticons, with Optimus badly damaging Megatron in combat. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

Optimus led the defenses as the Decepticons mounted a full assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. The assault proved overwhelming, and Megatron soon stood over Optimus's defeated form. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} Optimus passed on the [[Matrix of Leadership]] before perishing. {{storylink|The Battle for Autobot City}}

When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] took cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]], retreating from an attack led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], they found Optimus having risen from the dead! Rodimus returned the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus, only for Optimus to abandon his Autobots, and flee back to Cybertron. Optimus, it seems, has returned to the world of the living [[zombie|changed]]. Once on Cybertron, Optimus orders a full-scale assault on the Quintesson base. Thankfully, Optimus managed to come to his senses when his memories of being revived by the Quintessons reemerged. After returning the Matrix to Hot Rod and ordering the Autobots to retreat, sacrificed himself once more by guiding the ship he's piloting into the Quintesson's trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

Optimus at some point reverted to the name Orion Pax and searched the galaxy to investigate a growing anomaly related to the [[Dead Universe]]. His investigation took him to an unknown planet populated by [[Mini-Con]]s. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (Legends)|Dark Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
====Console====
While walking through the desert one day, Optimus noticed a purple meteor passing overhead. Recognizing the meteor for [[Dark Spark|what it was]], he stated his fear that this day had come. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}
====3DS====
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{{Storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)}}

===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Optimus Prime were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Decepticons! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Optimus Prime participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Optimus Prime led the Autobots to stop Megatron's attempt to cyberform Earth. After discovering that Megatron's new weapon was the Proudstar, Optimus initially tried to capture it intact to preserve the Cybertronian history preserved on it. Inside the Proudstar, he received a prophecy of his future death, but he merely expressed happiness that his friends would survive. After the Plasma Core was damaged and proved to be too great a threat to Earth, Optimus reluctantly decided to destroy it and the Ferrotaxis in order to preserve humanity's right to forge their own future. When Megatron shot it into space in one last spiteful effort to stop the Autobots, Prime rode an Insecticon swarm into Earth's orbit for a final showdown with Megatron. Once Megatron was again defeated, Optimus called upon the Autobots to stop merely living upon Earth and adopt the planet as their new home.
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise}}

==Notes==
*According to [[Bob Budiansky]], longtime comics writer [[Denny O'Neil]] named Optimus Prime prior to Budiansky being brought on to the ''Transformers'' project. ("Optimus" is Latin for "best", therefore his name can be literally translated as "'''Best First'''".)
*Optimus Prime's Japanese name is "Convoy", which is named after his original name "Battle Convoy" in the ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline, because the name "Optimus Prime" is difficult for Japanese kids to remember and pronounce.<ref>''[[Figure Ō]]'' No. 114</ref> All Optimus-inspired characters were called variations of Convoy in Japan up until the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' film]], at which point [[TakaraTomy]] changed their minds and began using the name Optimus Prime as well. Presumably to avoid confusion, this change includes the Generation 1 version of the character as well, who is now called Optimus Prime in newer products and fiction such as ''[[Transformers United]]'' and ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'', though his name remains Convoy in material aimed at adult collectors such as ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]''.
*"Orion Pax" is composed of "Orion", the huntsman from Greek mythology, and the Latin word "pax", meaning "peace". The original cartoon design for him appears to [[:File:UltraMagnus-FloroDery3rdConcept-OrionPax.jpg|be based on an early Ultra Magnus concept]].
*According to an early ''[[The Transformers Universe|Universe]]''-style profile published in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]'', Optimus Prime's "official" nicknames were at one point considered to be "Autobot Commander", "Chief", "Big Boss" and "Roller". As far as it is known, no piece of fiction has ever purposely addressed him using these nicknames, though it's a fair bet he's been called "chief" at least once or twice anyway. And technically ''part'' of him is called "[[Roller (G1)|Roller]]" with some frequency.
*Optimus Prime has fictionally shown a dislike of certain kinds of music and dance. For the [[Marvel Comics continuity]], the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] for [[Still Life!|issue 324]] mentions he hates the music of [[Mötley Crüe]]. In the cartoon continuity, "[[Blaster Blues]]" and "[[Quest for Survival]]" have Optimus react noticeably more passive-aggressively to Blaster's choice of music than the other Autobots. And in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], ''[[Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired]]'' features an uncalled for negative remark about Jazz's dance skills.
*According to the staff of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Optimus Prime became a space explorer in the [[Beast Era]].<ref>Page 37, Guest Character and ''G1'' Icons, ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' ISBN 978-4766938005</ref>
*Writer [[Bob Skir]] claims that neither the statue from "[[Fires of the Past]]" nor the golden disks in its hands were mentioned in the script. However, he suggested that they were either the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|disks]] from the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, or that Optimus won them in the 2,395,989th Annual Cybertronian spelling bee.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080614012630/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Tue_12_Oct_1999.html Q&A from Bigbot's "bobskir.com"] (archive copy)</ref> We're betting on the latter.
[[File:Optimusprime-mom.jpg|125px|thumb|Prime's mom knows how to write in cursive.]]
*By the time Optimus Prime appeared in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', his 3D model from ''Beast Wars'' had apparently been lost, leading the animators to use a faceplated Optimus Primal head as a quick replacement to save time and budget.
*Aside from occasionally having Alpha Trion as a father figure, Optimus Prime may have a mother! In an advertisement for [[Pepsi Convoy]] that shows him in a refrigerator (along with [[Destron Pizza]]), a note attached to a nearby piece of Tupperware reads:

:''Dear Convoy''
:''Warm it before you eat''
:''Mom''

:Although the ad itself is for Pepsi Convoy, he is a separate character, and it can be assumed that the note was left for Convoy/Optimus Prime himself.

*The first wave of Dreamwave posters in 2001 identified Optimus Prime as [http://web.archive.org/web/20041220175419/http://www.comicden.com/merch/posters.htm "Captimus Primus"], which is tantalizingly close to making some sort of sense.
*The character model of G1 Optimus Prime makes a cameo appearance, along with the original [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], as one of the four elders who began the [[Space bridge]] project in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Balance]]".
*As noted on [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74382 this thread here], Optimus Prime made a surprising (and somewhat awkward) cameo in the [[Calendar|January]] [[2009]] issue of "P.S.: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly" (#674), a monthly magazine issued by the [[United States Army]] that discusses issues in regards to equipment maintenance (scan included in thread; look for post #5).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Convoy''' (コンボイ ''Konboi''), '''Orion Pax''' (オライオン・パックス ''Oraion Pakkusu''), '''Star Convoy''' (スターコンボイ ''Sutaa Konboi''), '''Battle Convoy''' (Laser Optimus Prime, バトルコンボイ ''Batoru Konboi''), '''Super Convoy''' (Nucleon Quest, スーパーコンボイ ''Sūpā Konboi''), '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (Օպտիմուս Փրայմ ''O'ptimows P'raym''; Օպտիմուս Պրայմ ''O'ptimows Praym'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''O Baak Man''' (Hong Kong, 柯柏文)
*''Czech:'' '''Optimus Prime''', '''Optimuse Prima'''
*''Danish:'' '''Primus Optimus''' (first cartoon dub), '''Optimus Prime''' (all other media)
*''French:'' '''Optimus Prime''', '''Optimus Primus''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (אופטימוס פריים ''Awpjimws Priim'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Fővezér''', '''Optimusz Prájm''' ("Optimus Chief")
*''Italian:'' '''Commander'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chìh-tsuēn''' (Taiwan, 至尊, "Prime"), '''Orion Pax''' (Taiwan, 奧萊安派斯 ''Ào Lái Ān Pài Ssū''), '''Qíng Tiān Zhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Optimus Supremo''' (Portugal comics, "Optimus Supreme"), '''Líder Optimus''' (Brazil cartoon, "Leader Optimus"), '''Supremus Absolutus''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (Оптимус Прайм ''Optimus Prajm''), '''Orion Peaceful''' (Орион Мирный ''Orion Mirnyy'')
*''Serbian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (Оптимус Прајм ''Optimus Prajm'')
*''Taiwanese:'' '''Bô-ti̍<sup>k</sup> Thī<sup>h</sup>-gû''' (無敵鐵牛, "Invincible Iron Ox")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Optimus Najkrashchiy''' (Оптимус Найкращий, "Optimus the Best"), '''Optimus Prime''' (''The Movie'', Оптимус Прайм)

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternity Autobots]]
[[Category:Armada Autobots]]
[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Beast Machines Autobots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising characters]]
[[Category:Cloud Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Go-Bots]]
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Gladiators]]
[[Category:GT characters]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Henkei! Henkei! Autobots]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Autobots]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category:Music Label]]
[[Category:Powermasters]]
[[Category:Primes]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
[[Category:Rise of the Dark Spark Autobots]]
[[Category:Rulers of Cybertron]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]
[[Category:United Autobots]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Soundwave (G1)

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Talk:Soundwave (G1)

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Yourmomisgay:

Isn't Soundwave a microcassette player, not a tape recorder? Also, the Cybertron version is in a separate universe. It may or may not be worth noting the Machine Wars and Universe versions. [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 10:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

He is a microcassette player -- his cassettes are clearly labeled as MC60, for example. However, the animated series shows him at a transformed scale that is consistent with a regular cassette player. I'm not sure where to make mention of this. --[[User:Infinata|Infinata]] 23:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, Soundwave's character model shows up in Armada (and Beast Machines, for that matter). And while neither are clearly the actual dude, I think they're worth mentioning, long as "they're clearly not the actual dude" is stated. As for MW and TFU... well, the MW toy is blatabtly G1 Soundwave, and Starscream's e-hobby bio DOES pplace the Machine Wars in G1. TFU... worth NOTING, I think, making sure to state that there really is no fictional evidence that TFU Sounwave is G1 Soundy or even an alt-universe doppelganger, but that "alt-universe dollepganger" is the sfaest bet. - [[User: M Sipher|M "I Find That Holds True For Most TFU uys Who Never Got Fiction" Sipher]]

Cybertron Soundwave is awesome, nontheless. But the section was my bad, I added it before I realised this article was strictly meant for G1 Soundwave. Though I notice in Galaxy Force, there's a hint that it's "post G1". There's a brief shadowy shot of the Transformers taking the planet-keys for the Space Bridge in one of the episodes, and one of the Transformers taking a key is (or appears to be) G1 Optimus Prime!

So the UT possibly had it's own "G1 continuity" at some point. The only thing is, I haven't seen the equivalent episode in Cybertron yet, so this may only apply to Galaxy Force. - [[User: TheTurnipKing|ttk]]

I'm fairly sure the Audio casette VA is John Braden. (Same guy seems to have written and produced them, it's probably safe to assuem he was the sole VA/narrator too.)

I feel as though people will think I'm just making UK-stuff italics all by myself without cause. For those who don't know, there was a discussion on this. For precedent, see the [[Roadhandler (G1)]] entry, and its accompanying [[Talk:Roadhandler (G1)|discussion]].--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 18:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Ummm I noticed in an episode of Galaxy Force, just before GF Soundwave makes his appearance, there is a scene where Noisemaze is listening to a G1 Soundwave. As in a Tape/Microtape player. That's alright to include in this profile, right? Since it is a G1 Soundwave.

== Re: Soundwave's tape door ==

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the VS-Y Soundwave used the Hasbro/Microchange style door rather than Takara's remold, but I don't remember where; can anybody back this up? (and if so, is it noteworthy enough to mention in the article?) - [[User:Ducktimus|Ducktimus]] 08:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC) (I forgot to sign in)

So uh, is there a ANY evidence ANYWHERE that states just what the hell Soundwave turns into on Cybertron? A script, maybe?
'cause while I enjoy Lamp post, I'm hearing some pretty out there things from people. Not that I believe them. --[[User:Terrocon Blot|Terrocon Blot]] 03:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

==Multi-linking to cassette articles==
In [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Soundwave_%28G1%29&curid=2001&diff=93696&oldid=93684 this edit] SFH reverted a change I made earlier, such that the phrase "a legion of cassette troops" now multi-links to several cassette character articles. I disagree with this edit, but, rather than just revert it I figured I should post a comment to see if anybody has an opinion. I think that these multi-linked phrases are a bad idea in general because they obfuscate what is being linked to, as well as the fact that there is more than one link. I think they serve some practical use in snark articles, but should be avoided in general. In this particular case, I personally think it is ''more'' important that there be a link to [[Mini-Cassette]] than to any individual cassette's page, especially since the cassette article itself links to all of them. A "list of Soundwave's cassettes" could be added to this article, but, that would be redundant with the cassette article and I would prefer to avoid that. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 21:43, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
:I just felt that it was a good way to get some of them linked into the article. If you feel that strongly about it, I wont revert it back. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 21:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
::Okey-doke. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

:I'm with Steve. It's more important that we link to the Mini-cassette artical because that covers ALL of them, rather than the confusing and peacemeal way it is now. Change it.

== Big Brother? ==

While bored at work and idly poking around the wiki, I spotted that Trivia comment at the bottom about Soundwave's cassettes calling him "Big Brother." Out of idle curiosity, I'm wondering, did they call him "onii-san," or "aniki"? Just cause the latter ''can'' mean brother, but is also used in gang slang, where it means "boss," and that would make a lot more sense here... ([[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]], for example, called [[Wilder]] "aniki.") - Chris McFeely (not signed in)

==Re: Various changes about what a good guy Soundwave and the Decepticons are==
Did we just get Raksha'ed? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
:More likely some impressionable soul who stumbled upon her site and took it as gospel. I doubt Raksha cares about our little wiki. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 16:19, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
::Still, the link was... interesting.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:36, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
:::I think even the most ardent G1 fans of the anti-movie variety would know that Decepticons = evil while Autobot = good. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:38, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
::::Yeah, and even the anti-hero presentation of the Decepticon movement in Megatron Origin still shows that Megatron and crew aren't exactly "good".--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 18:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::Which is why I think we got Raksha'ed (or an elaborate prank to make us think so). I don't think anybody else holds such views, do they? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::There are others. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::::Wow. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Since the edits were from an Australian IP address it probably wasn't Raksha. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 21:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

==Cartoon section==
I think this needs a significant rewrite. It seems to be more about what he's like rather than what he did. Also, I want to add in the Madman comic story which is set firmly in the cartoon continuity, in the year 2001, so it's after Season 2, but before the movie. Derik suggested splitting the cartoon section up into season 1 & 2, put the Madman comic below that, then continue the movie and later seasons below Madman. Opinions? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:30, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
:Anybody? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:16, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
::I think Derik is full of sage advice, and should be followed at all times. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Yeah, but people here have a tendancy to spaz-out when you do something without their 2 cents, even if they never bothered to discuss it with you in the first place. So I want to get people's opinions before I make a significant change to the cartoon sections of several major characters, so I don't waste a bunch of time if somebody reverts my changes. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
::::Historically, we don't do "inquels" as actually interrupting the flow of a specific continuity. For example, to apply your suggestion to the Beast Wars, it'd look like this:
*Marvel comic continuity, issue 1, up through page 6 or so
*Beast Wars
*Marvel comic continuity, issue 1, page 7, through issue 80
::::It might be a bad precedent, particularly if we get a lot of inquels in the future. Something I might get behind is putting in a ''note,'' which says, "The events of the Madman comic, below, take place at this point." [[User:JW|JW]] 18:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

:::::That sounds suspiciously like Derik's ''other'' proposed solution.
:::::Again- filled with sage advice. (The sage covers the scent of bullshit.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
::::::[raised eyebrow] Since I apparently didn't read the page on which this other proposed solution was mentioned, I was unaware our minds were following similar (brilliant) paths. [[User:JW|JW]] 19:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::::I should point out that G1 Prime's article is already split up into several sections in his cartoon continuity - Season 1,2, Japanese off-screen crap, Movie, Season 3/4 (for some reason also called 2010. If this is not a good trend, then I suggest somebody do a MAJOR cleanup operation. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 18:15, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
::::::::I'm not big into that setup on Prime's page, to be honest. Since American and Japanese continuities have recently become ''very'' different animals courtesy of all the extra stuff that has been jammed into the five-year gap that doesn't exist in America, I'm inclined towards separate headers for "american animated continuity" and "Japanese animated continuity," and to go from there. I did this recently with... uh, ''something'', but I forget what article it was... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:57, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to point out that Beast Wars is set in its own G1 continuity that takes elements from both the comic and the cartoon. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
:Yah, it was just an example. [[User:JW|JW]] 19:34, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

== Dreamwave G1 ==

In the trivia section, it says Soundwave never said a word in Dreamwave outside The War Within, however, in the Prime Directive miniseries, he warns Megatron of an incoming nuclear missile. I can't remember exactly, but he may have said 'affirmative' or something like it earlier in the miniseries.--[[User:IWantTheirHeads|IWantTheirHeads]] 20:11, 29 November 2009 (EST)

== Break Dancing Video ==
I'm wondering if it would be a good bit of trivia to add the (surely at least infamous) video a fan made of Soundwave break dancing? The video is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4AwYMxiXLg here] and what I've thrown together as an idea for the trivia entry is [[User:Sound-Byte:SANDBOX|here]]. I cobbled some from the mention of it in Soundwave's Wikipedia [[wikipedia:Soundwave_%28Transformers%29#Other_appearances|article]], though I reworded it a little (like the robot really isn't "purely" white, for one thing).

[[User:Sound-Byte|Sound-Byte]] 01:17, 29 March 2010 (EDT)

:Sorry, we don't cover fan-made stuff on the Wiki. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:18, 29 March 2010 (EDT)
:: Any mention of that video will be nuked from orbit, just to be sure. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:57, 29 March 2010 (EDT)
:::Could'a just left it at "no fan stuff on the Wiki". :) [[User:Sound-Byte|Sound-Byte]] 04:09, 29 March 2010 (EDT)

== Emotions Deleted, Where? ==

So Hasbro's hall of fame bio adds the bit about Soundwave deleting his emotional programing to process info clearer and faster. Would that go in the opening bio since it seems to be a blanket statement about him from Hasbro, or should it go in its own section under fiction? --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 14:19, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
:[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/TRANSFORMERS-HALL-OF-FAME-Nominee-1.cfm That bio] is pretty bizarre. They may have a picture of G1 Soundwave, but that bio isn't describing G1 Soundwave. It is like a mixture of all Soundwaves ever or something. The sonic attack thing is like ROTF Soundwave. The mysterious origin is like Cybertron Soundwave. There is also a little G1 ''Shock''wave thrown in with having no emotions and stuff. I don't think that bio applies to G1 Soundwave. Maybe War for Cybertron Soundwave or something. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 14:36, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
: It's more complicated than that. Hasbro views all Soundwaves as Soundwave, so this is Hasbro's view of every character that's ever been called Soundwave, if we want to get real about it. Via Hasbro's thinking, Animated and Cybertron Soundwave are the same "guy" as G1 Soundwave. They don't think along continuity family lines as the wiki does. This bio could also be influenced by Soundwave as he appears in [[Transformers: Prime]]. So I don't think we should start altering individual character pages yet. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:38, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
:The bio card from [[Super Collection Figure|HOC]] Soundwave says he views his minicassettes with "an almost paternal pride." Pride is totally an emotion. So it's a case of one Hasbro blurb contradicting another. Given how weird, poorly-written, and frankly uninformative this new one is, I see no reason to make it his new default, from-the-start description. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 14:45, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
::I would suggest a new "Hall of Fame bio" fiction section. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 16:07, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
:::On which page? All Soundwaves? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:11, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
::::If we're going to add the bio information anywhere, I vote we might as well put it on the Hall of Fame page itself.
::::(Since Walky has a point... this isn't really a bio for G1 Soundwave from Hasbro's POV, it's a bio for all Soundwaves as a singular entity.) --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 16:23, 3 May 2010 (EDT)
:::::Heh, that kinda fits with the all-multiverse Starscream gestalt Tak-Tomy gave us in their fiction recently.In a bizzar and coincidental sorta way.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 17:57, 3 May 2010 (EDT)

== Transformers PS2 game ==

Much as I appreciate someone tackling the Japanese game, isn't that section getting ridiculously wordy? And it's not even done yet? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 14:08, 13 December 2010 (EST)
:I mentioned this to the editor. Problem is basically arising from the fact he appears to literally be chronicling the implications of every line of dialogue Soundwave speaks. Suggested I'd pare it down after he finished. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:48, 13 December 2010 (EST)

== Voice ==

Can someone tell me exactly how his voice was created? Post on my personal talk page please.

== Voice ==

Can someone tell me exactly how his voice was created? Post on my personal talk page please. [[User:Miniconmaster|Miniconmaster]] ([[User talk:Miniconmaster|talk]]) 15:06, 6 January 2014 (EST)

Soundwave (G1)

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:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:SpotlightSoundwave clean.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Ravage! Laserbeak! I choose you!]]

'''Soundwave''' is one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s most reliable troops, and he has positioned himself comfortably and irreplaceably in the Decepticon upper command structure. Though "only" Communications Officer, Soundwave stands at Megatron's side as a confidant, comparable in rank to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], but unlike them, entirely loyal to his leader. Though stoic and possessed of little outward personality (as evidenced by his monotone computer-style speech), Soundwave is not without drives: he has worked hard to get where he is, and he guards his place in the Decepticon hierarchy fiercely. On top of hearing all in his role as Communications Officer and Decepticon spy-master, he is actually capable of "reading minds" by scanning and decoding the electrical impulses that carry "thoughts" in both organics and Cybertronians, and he will not hesitate to use what he learns as blackmail to keep himself high in Megatron's esteem. As such, Soundwave is not popular among the rank-and-file Decepticons, who see him as a two-faced snake and wouldn't mind abandoning him on the battlefield—if they thought Megatron would let them get away with it.

Soundwave commands an ever-growing legion of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette troops]] to carry out tasks big and small. Stored within his signature chest compartment and called forth on Soundwave's whim with a push of a button, these miniature menaces are most commonly employed as spies for either the Decepticon cause or Soundwave's personal objectives, but are just as effective as warriors, and are entirely devoted to their master. They are also not Soundwave's only diminutive partners: as an [[Action Master]], he is [[Action Master partner|partnered]] with [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]].

In various universes, Soundwave is upgraded into '''Soundblaster''' (サウンドブラスター ''Saundoburasutā'').

{{quote|As you command, Megatron.|Soundwave, eternal loyalist|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[File:FlamesofBoltax-SoundwaveRatbat.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|In Soviet Russia, ''tape'' commands ''you''!]]
Millions of years ago, Soundwave was one of the first members of the Decepticons; after sowing discontent amongst the masses, he, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] began the war that tore the planet itself out of its orbit. After joining the failed Decepticon attempt to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, he fell into stasis lock with the rest of the crews after the ship crashed until 1984, when a [[Mount St. Hilary|volcanic eruption]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. Soundwave would prove one of the most useful troops, though not one of the most loyal, covertly running blackmail schemes and happily hitching his wagon to whichever Decepticon leader was currently in the ascendency, until - in many [[splinter timeline]]s - becoming leader of the Decepticons himself.
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Soundwave and company.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Get out of mah BELL-AY!"]]
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Soundwave was one of the first Decepticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s most loyal soldier. Denoted by his eerie, echoing monotone, Soundwave regularly gathered vital intelligence for Megatron's numerous schemes with the aid of his faithful and ever-growing team of cassettes, but despite his primary role as a spy and communications officer, he never shied away the battlefield, and would regularly clash with the Autobot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] before finding a true rival in his Autobot opposite number, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]. He survived the perilous events of 2005 that took the lives of many of his contemporaries, and continued serving under [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in the 21st century.

In a future timeline that branches off from this one, Soundwave ultimately met his end at the hands of Blaster, but even death could not stymie his loyalty to the Decepticon cause, as he was reborn as '''Soundblaster''' through the super-science of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]].
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Soundwave was an Autobot. He stood by Optimus after he had reawakened following being knocked offline by a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Soundwave is a Decepticon so horrible that even the other Decepticons hate him. During Megatron's latest scheme to take over the planet Earth, Soundwave attempted to blast Windcharger with his deadly concussion blaster gun, only to be repelled by Windcharger's magnetic powers. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

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After the Decepticons had captured [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], Megatron ordered Soundwave to send a transmission to Autobot headquarters, informing them of the hostage situation. When a rescue party of Autobots attempted to free Sunstreaker, but wound up captured as well, Megatron presumably used Soundwave once more to send another message to the Autobots, informing them of the situation. Soundwave was later present when the Autobot wheeled their peace offering before the Decepticons' headquarters. He and the other Decepticons cheered when Devastator came to admire the peace offering, a life-size statue of the gestalt. The Autobots' surrender turned out to be a ruse, however, and a platoon of Autobots burst forth from within the statue once the Decepticons had their guard down. In the battle that followed, Soundwave inadvertently fell into a fissure created by Rumble's earthquake-inducing powers. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Soundwave was in attendance at the Decepticons' latest meeting in their war room. As Megatron discussed his latest plan to finance the construction of a Decepticon army, Soundwave noticed Bumblebee spying on them through a window. Megatron assured Soundwave that this would be used to their advantage, and they would soon both secure the sunken treasures in the waters of Alaska and capture the Autobots.

Disguised in his cassette player mode, Soundwave awaited Bumblebee's arrival underwater. Unable to pass up a free cassette player for his friend Buster, Bumblebee headed right for Soundwave, who captured the little Autobot. The Autobots soon came to Bumblebee's rescue, and the Decepticons were defeated when one of Rumble's earthquakes backfired and swallowed up all of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

Megatron sent Soundwave and the other Decepticons out to capture the Autobots so that they could be incarcerated in their newly built prison. Soundwave managed to capture Gears by sneaking up on him and pulling a plug within the Autobot's back. The Autobots later escaped, and Soundwave was trapped inside one of Trailbreaker's forcefield as they broke out of the Decepticon's prison. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Soundwave was one of the many Decepticons who attempted to harm Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky, only to be thwarted by the Autobots' timely intervention. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Soundwave was one of the Decepticons posted within the Decepticons' stronghold to prevent the Autobots from reaching their [[molecular transfer device]]. He failed, and was drained of his energy when Bumblebee managed to turn the machine against the Decepticons themselves. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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Soundwave helped Megatron tear down a forest in order to make room for a Decepticon factory. Then didn't do much damage before the Autobots showed up and forced them to flee. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

Together with Thundercracker, Rumble and Ravage, Soundwave concocted a dastardly trap for unsuspecting Autobots. They constructed a rest-stop that was in truth a car-compactor in disguise! Soundwave successfully crushed Gears in it, only for Mirage, Ratchet and Sideswipe to arrive on the scene instantly afterwards. In the battle that ensued, Rumble attempted to fight back with his earthquake-inducing abilities, only to create chasm in which both he and Soundwave fell into. Way to go Rumble. {{storylink|The Autobot Smasher!}}

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Soundwave was on a mission with Galvatron to steal oil from [[Oil Valley]] when they spotted Hot Rod nearby. When they gave chase, Soundwave detected that more Autobots, the Dinobots to be precise, were in the area. The Decepticon fliers went ahead to ambush the heroic robots. When Soundwave and the other ground-bound Decepticons caught up to them, Soundwave managed to land a shot on Swoop. The Decepticons were soon driven away when further Autobot reinforcements arrived on the battlefield. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Soundwave fought the Autobots over possession of it. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
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When [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] spotted the Autobots working on some sort of device, Soundwave believed it to be a radio mast, and followed Laserbeak to the site. He was unable to detect any radio signals, and the intrigued Megatron wanted to investigate further. First they had to stop [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] from destroying the device. While they were there, the device, in actuality a lightning collector, emitted a pulse of energy that caused the Decepticons to malfunction wildly, and they were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Soundwave sent out [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] to scout for energy sources, and the buzzard's mission resulted in Megatron and Soundwave locating an experimental solar energy plant. They signaled for the rest of the Decepticons and, after a minor insurrection on Starscream's part was squelched, set about collecting the energy in cubes. When [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] entered the plant, Soundwave detected him and raised the alarm, but it was too late to prevent the sabotage of the solar machinery and the energon cubes were destroyed. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ever loyal, Soundwave backed up Megatron's opinion that they needed to test the ion-drive for their new space cruiser. When they located a suitable abandoned mine, Soundwave was momentarily distracted by the railway lines, but they soon got to work testing the rig. Unfortunately the Autobots found them and though Soundwave raised the alarm, Spike used mine carts to destroy the ion-drive, bringing the tunnel down on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}} At Megatron's command, Soundwave deployed Laserbeak to seek information on [[human]]s. When this led the Decepticons to a windmill, Megatron believed the structure was a new Autobot weapon that they needed to capture. Soundwave deployed Rumble, with the theory that the structure might prove susceptible to shockwaves. He was right, and the structure promptly fell on top of the Decepticons as Megatron protested he wanted it captured, not destroyed. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

Under the leadership of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Soundwave was responsible for coordinating communications with three cloaked Decepticon spy satellites. On discovering the existence of the satellites, the Autobots set up equipment to block Soundwave's transmissions. Hound impersonated Soundwave perfectly, ordering the satellites to enter a collision course with each other, and Soundwave was unable to cut through the interference before the satellites collided. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Soundwave was part of the ambush party that boarded the Ark during the Cretaceous period, which led to Optimus Prime crashing his ship in a volcano and shutting everyone on board offline. The Decepticons then raided a nearby nuclear power to gain the additional power necessary to destroy the Autobots. Frustrated over his lack of progress as the Decepticons still could not penetrate the Ark’s shields, Megatron called Soundwave over to tune in on the inside of the ship. As Megatron suspected, Soundwave confirmed that the Autobots had left it behind in the Decepticons’ absence. Soundwave also reported that the Ark’s computer was laughing at them. Eventually finding one another, the Decepticons and the Autobots battled, but with the Decepticons running low on fuel once more, the evil robots were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

Soundwave was spying on the Autobots Mirage and Cliffjumper. Listening in on the conversation, he learned of a cross-country car rally that offered a year’s worth of gas and oil to whoever won the competition. Soundwave headed off to share this information with Megatron. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

While the Decepticons looked on in jealousy over the Autobots' city Metroplex, Soundwave tuned in on the conversations going on within. He learned that Kup and Hot Rod were planning to see a car show which would showcase a new type of robot car. He informed Galvatron of this, who in turn was excited over the possibility of stealing the car to create a series of robot slaves. Soundwave, Galvatron, Starscream and Rumble then sneaked into the Colosseum that would soon be showing the car robot, and waited behind the scenes for their opportunity to steal it. The old Autobot Kup stumbled in on them, but was promptly captured. He nevertheless foiled the Decepticons' plan to create a blackout during the show, and Soundwave was forced to fight the Autobots, who had disguised themselves as being part of the show. Soundwave and the rest of the Decepticons were soon defeated and chased off by the Autobots afterwards. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' Unknown
Soundwave accompanied Megatron to the [[Kalahari Desert]], where they both overlooked their human slaves piling unimaginable amounts of coal into an underground cave. There, he complain about the desert sand getting into his cassette drives and fouling his transmissions, only to be berated by Megatron for his whining. Amidst Megatron’s constant bullying, Soundwave assured his leader that their plan would soon come to fruition; the cave would be cocooned in a layer of [[lectonite]], which upon exploding would convert the charcoal into a diamond of enormous proportions, ready to be used in the next phase of Megatron’s plan.

Soundwave and Megatron blasted off in their ship as Megatron detonated the lectonite, converting the coal and the human slaves left behind in the cave into the largest diamond lens in the universe. The task complete, Soundwave used the ship’s anti-gravity lifters to tow the lens all the way to [[Mato Grosso]], in [[Brazil]]. There, Soundwave finalized cutting the diamond lens, while complaining about the rain forest’s humidity. The Decepticons then attacked the Diamond lens to a satellite. As the satellite launched, Soundwave and Megatron retreated to a control station in northeast America. They then unleashed the satellite’s power, and began melting down the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]].

Both Megatron and Soundwave looked on as Skyfire attempted to destroy the satellite in orbit. When the Autobot failed and fell back to Earth, burning up on reentry, both Decepticons had a good laugh at his expense. Their tone changed when the Autobots managed to destroy their satellite with a secondary plan, and launched an attack on Soundwave and Megatron’s location. Soundwave and Megatron escaped the Autobot’s attack in a [[turbine mole machine]]. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}}

Soundwave accompanied Megatron on his next scheme to procure oil; using a hovercraft oil transporter to steal [[Prudhoe Bay]] crude oil. They were attacked by Skyfire afterwards, but Soundwave managed to escape their attacked by activating their ship’s [[hyper-thrust afterburner]]s. The Decepticons then abandoned their badly damaged ship and ran off into the frozen wastelands of the north. Soundwave then helped Megatron steal another machine to secure oil, this time around a deep-sea oil transporter. Travelling close to the sea bed, Soundwave piloted the machine to the oil reservoir’s lowest point, and began syphoning the oil once more. Unfortunately, the Autobots had somehow concocted a plan that filled the Decepticons’ transport’s tanks with [[razon gas]] and returned the crude oil to its proper spot. With their submersible being forced to surface due to the gas, Megatron and Soundwave abandoned ship, though they did leave a booby-trap behind in case any Autobots boarded the ship.

According to Megatron, Soundwave is a "blundering, tape-filled idiot." While the veracity of this statement is subjective, Soundwave ''does'' whine a lot. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}}

Soundwave once more accompanied Megatron to the jungles of Mato Grosso in Brazil, where they revisited their old satellite launch complex. He was so moved by Megatron’s speech on destroying the Autobots that he began to cry, only to be berated once more by Megatron for displaying emotion. He and Megatron then used their turbo mole machine to drill under the jungle to get at the oil beneath it. Their first attempt failed when their tunnel collapsed on itself (taking [[Macu Pichu]] and part of the [[Andes Mountains]] with it) and Soundwave was forced to have the mole machine surface. Once they were in the open, Optimus and his Autobots began attacking them. Soundwave and Megatron managed to escape, and attempted once more to drill beneath the jungle. This attempt was more successful, and Soundwave watched on as the underground oil reserves gushed out into the jungle. He and Megatron then transferred themselves to their [[defoliator craft]] to better witness nature’s ruin. When Skyfire screeched overhead, Soundwave assured his leader that he was scrambling his communications… only to realize that his wiring was loose, and it was his headset that was garbled, not the Autobots’ network. Optimus and his troops arrived shortly, and forced the Decepticons to retreat once more. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}}

When Soundwave found Megatron destroy facsimiles of Shockwave, he was informed by his leader that he planned to kill Shockwave due to suspicions that he was luring Decepticons away from his leadership with promises of oil. Soundwave suggested that Megatron instead find a way to supply his Decepticons with enough oil to secure their loyalties. Soundwave and Megatron planned to steal the Dinobots’ fuel supply to accomplish this goal. After Slag was damaged in a Decepticon attack, Megatron and Soundwave followed him back to the Dinobots’ secret base in their [[Thermo-borer]]. Upon penetrating the Dinobot base however, Soundwave accidentally tripped an alarm. He and Megatron immediately retreated. Although Ratchet had planted a [[Memory Scrambler Mine]] on the Thermo-borer’s hull, Soundwave had installed a [[Beta Blocker Shield]] on the machine, allowing the Decepticons to retain the coordinates they had acquired. Despite Soundwave’s insistence that he and Megatron should attempt to sneakily siphon away the Autobots’ oil supply, Megatron ordered that they use the [[Crusher]]. Though it seemed at first that they were about to succeed for once, Soundwave soon realized that their machine had inadvertently freed hundreds of Dinobots from their tar cocoons. He and Megatron then had to fight off hundreds of enemy robots before presumably retreating once more. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Soundwave accompanied Megatron on an a trip to the island of [[Buru]], where the Insecticons had turned the natives into mindless slaves to collect oil for them. Though Megatron insisted on the oil drilling operation, to increase its speed Venom refused, telling Soundwave that such a thing was impossible. Megatron and Soundwave met with the leader of the Insecticons. There, Megatron forced Soundwave to do all the talking, as he found himself intimidated by Venom. Their meeting was interrupted by Prowl and Optimus’s arrival on the island. While Venom and his Insecticons dealt with the Autobots, Soundwave and Megatron went off to drill additional oil behind his back. Due to Megatron’s greed, however, the Decepticons’ drilling machine became overstuff with oil. When Optimus Prime and the Dinobots headed for them, Soundwave and Megatron were forced to retreat once more without procuring any oil. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}

From his submersible near [[Madagascar]], Soundwave helped Megatron sink six [[oil tanker]]s. Attacking another, Megatron's submersible was completely wrecked when it emerged the oil he drained was tainted by the Autobots with corrosive acid. As the submersible's systems failed one by one, Soundwave deduced that they had fallen for an Autobot trap. The two Decepticons escaped during the subsequent Autobot attack. {{storylink|Attack of the Decepticons}}
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===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
Soundwave recorded a broadcast of Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]] receiving an award from the [[President of the United States]] and reported it to Megatron. Megatron dubbed him a "King of Communication". {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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While enacting a plan to abduct humans and ransom them to the US government for fuel, Megatron ordered Soundwave to contact the President of the United States once Starscream returned from his current mission kidnapping people. Unfortunately Starscream failed and the humans were all freed by the Autobots, so presumably Soundwave never got to make the call. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
Soundwave was among the Decepticons who followed the Autobots to [[South America]] and attacked them atop [[Mount Sheelah]]. The Decepticons were caught in the volcano's erupt and became trapped in lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} Despite his ability to hear a fly sneeze, he completely missed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] infiltrating the Decepticon base to find out where the humans the Decepticons had been kidnapping had gone. He later discovered that the Autobot had stolen their [[global crystal]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Soundwave was part of a Decepticon mission to take over [[Stanley Lake]] dam, which ended in the Decepticons being washed away in a torrent of water by the Autobots. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] planned to infiltrate the Autobots, Soundwave supplied him with a midget radio transmitter with which to report back. Unfortunately while the Decepticons were acting on the information Starscream gathered, the Autobots destroyed their base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] organized an ambush for the Autobots' new [[Ark (G1)|ark]] as it tried to clear a path through an asteroid belt. As [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sent the ship hurtling towards [[Earth]], Megatron ordered Soundwave to jump out just before the crash. Soundwave found himself battling [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|strange organic creatures]]. It wasn't long before he found himself against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], whom the ark had repaired. Though the four Autobots weren't anywhere near a match for Soundwave, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] used his tail to bash a nearby cliff, bringing tons of rock down on top of both the Dinobots and Soundwave, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one path, Soundwave was one of many Decepticons in their secret base in [[Mount Lomas]], listening to Megatron's speech about how the [[black coral]] in nearby [[Dolphin's Bay]] would produce enough superfuel to triple their war-making capacity and crush the Autobots in just a few hours. As the speech wrapped up, he intercepted a radio transmission containing details on Operation Black Coral which Megatron just mentioned, and it seemed to be coming from just outside a doorway leading to one of the base's underwater access tunnels! He rushed through the doorway and told the Autobot spy, in a booming voice, "''Don't move!'' The game is over!" But when the intruder turned around and he saw it was just [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], he let [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] deal with him, paralyzing the Autobot with a sonic attack and leaving him in the water.

If [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] tried to radio Bumblebee from his [[Star mini-submarine|mini-sub]] afterwards, Frenzy nailed it with a long range sonic attack as well, presumably because Soundwave also intercepted that transmission and told the mini cassette where to aim.

In an alternate path in which the Decepticons foolishly invited four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to a premature mountaintop victory party, thinking they were still being controlled by [[cerebro shell]]s, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] suddenly broke cover and ordered them to attack. Sludge responded first, stomping Soundwave who was nearest to him. It's unknown how badly this injured Soundwave, but he surely didn't fare much worse than the other Dectpticons as the ensuing Autobot assault totaled their base. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
In one of the possible scenarios that took place, Soundwave was able to spy on a small squad of Autobots out in open farmland. There, he alternatively discovered if the Autobots were planning a ruse to trick the Decepticons into thinking the whole Autobot army was posed to attack them, or he discovered the location of Sparkplug Witwicky, who held schematics which detailed a fatal flaw in the Decepticons' circuits. In either case, he reported his findings back to Megatron.

In another possible series of scenarios, Soundwave is amongst Megatron's troops who ambush Optimus Prime once he is lured out in open farmland, without any nearby cover. In one version of these events, Soundwave attempts to stop Optimus from reaching the cover of a nearby bridge, only for Optimus to shrug off his blasts and plow past him, forcing Soundwave off the road. In this scenario, the Decepticons succeed in eliminating the Autobots. In an alternate scenario, Soundwave is taken out by Jazz's photon rifle, and the Autobots succeed in escaping the Decepticons' clutches. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Attack of the Insecticons====
Soundwave was present, yet mostly uninvolved, in a number of possible adventures revolving around the Sun-Pak, a device invented by the Autobots' human ally Sparkplug. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
[[File:EarthquakeCosmosspies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Soundwave was one of the Decepticons involved in Megatron’s latest ploy, the wipe out humanity through the use of a Destruction Beam and Rumble’s earthquake-inducing abilities. Soundwave and Megatron were in the habit of explaining the plot to one another out loud, oblivious to the risk of Autobots wandering nearby and catching wind of their machinations.

In one possible sequence of events, Soundwave plotted with Starscream to overthrow Megatron, and become joint leaders of the Decepticons. Unbeknownst to him, Soundwave was spied upon by the Autobot Cosmos.

In the event that Cosmos relayed this information to Megatron, the Decepticon leader became enraged and confronted the pair. The Decepticons subsequently began fighting amongst themselves, leaving the Autobots to their own devices.

In a completely different possible series of events, Soundwave was handed the human girl Jessie, who had been discovered snooping around the Decepticons’ secret fortress. He and Thrust put the girl in a holding cell within the fortress. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

====Desert Flight====
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Soundwave was part of a Decepticon deployment stationed in a desert base. The Decepticons plotted to lure the Autobots in a trap through the use of an anti-gravity beam. Using the beam on a nearby human settlement, the Autobots would be duped into coming to the fleshliness’ rescue, only to be themselves trapped by the effects of the beam.

In the event that the Autobots used a trojan ruse to infiltrate the Decepticon base, Soundwave was one of the many Decepticons who had been prematurely celebrating their victory, and was thus too drunk to fight off the subsequent Autobot attack. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
Soundwave possessed a fighter jet [[alternate mode]]. In one possible scenario, Soundwave was one of the many Decepticons present at the water supply facility, about to poison it when the Autobots arrived on-scene. In one possible scenario that followed, he was shot down by the Autobots, creating his own grave in the charred earth bellow. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Project Brain Drain====
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Soundwave reported to Galvatron that the [[Brain Drain device]], capable of syphoning away the brainpower of humans and convert it to energy, had been completed and was ready to be put to use for the Decepticon cause. He became giddy over the idea of rendering humans “incredibly stupid,” until Galvatron sternly instructed him to simply inform him of the bare facts when reporting to him. After Soundwave elaborated further on the number of humans the Decepticons would need to “drain,” Soundwave was instructed to guard the device while the Decepticons prepared to use it later in the day at a concert in [[Heywood Heights]].

In one possible scenario, Galvatron had to recall his troops from the concert at the last minute when Ultra Magnus and his troops began a timely assault on the Decepticons’ headquarters. Soundwave participated in the battle that ensued, which ended in a loss for the Decepticons when Ultra Magnus triggered an avalanche, burying Galvatron and shattering the Brain Drain device.

In another possible scenario, Soundwave and the rest of the Decepticons were surprised to find the Autobots hiding amidst the parked vehicles surrounding the concert just as they were about to put their plan into action. The two factions began battling as the scared concert-goers got caught in the middle.

In one scenario that ensued, Soundwave had to remind his leader to stop fighting and employ the Brain Drain device and complete their mission. Passing the device on to Galvatron, either Bumblebee or Hot Rod attempted to intercept the device.

If Hot Rod interfered, the young Autobot successfully plucked the device out of Soundwave hands and made his getaway through the nearby ring of fire.

In a completely different sequence of events, Soundwave was exiting the Decepticons’ lab, Brain Drain device in hand, when he spotted Sparkplug Witwicky and Wreck-Gar attempting to sneak in. Soundwave promptly sounded an alarm and open fire on the pair. As other Decepticons came to his aid and surrounded the human and the Junkion, Soundwave instructed the pair to surrender, promising their safety if they did so. Soundwave was lying of course, and blew Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug to smithereens if they gave themselves up. If the pair instead made a run for it, they escaped the Decepticons’ clutches.

In one possible scenario that followed, the Autobots returned to storm the lab shortly after. Soundwave was one of the few Decepticons too afraid of Galvatron’s wrath to desert his post, and attempted to fend off the Autobot aggressors. Finding himself on the losing side, Soundwave grabbed the Brain Drain device, and attempted to flee with it.

If Hot Rod attempted to shoot the device out of Soundwave’s hands, Soundwave tripped at the last moment over the fallen body of a Decepticon. Hot Rod’s blast his Soundwave’s shoulder, causing him to fling the Brain Drain device up in the air. Laserbeak managed to catch the device in mid-air, and flew off to rendezvous with Galvatron, ensuring the Decepticons’ victory.

If Jazz attempted to stop Soundwave, the Autobot used all of the sound equipment within his body to send a powerful sonic wave towards the fleeing Decepticon. Overwhelmed by the blast, Soundwave exploded, crushing the Brain Drain device in the process. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===Frito-Lay posters===
Soundwave was amongst a squad of Decepticons who attempted to get to the power source within [[Boulder Dam]]. While Megatron dueled Optimus, Soundwave joined Starscream, Buzzsaw and Ravage in an attack formation. The Decepticons were ultimately unsuccessful in gathering the data they were after. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}
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===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:BW Agenda Pt3 Soundwave.jpg|thumb|With one stroke I shall free my tiny dinosaur brethren, yesssss!"]]
Soundwave was among the many Transformers strewn about the bridge of the Ark when the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] infiltrated the ship on his mission to destroy Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}
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====3H comics====
Soundwave was one of the ancient warriors who appeared from [[J'nwan]] to help battle the warlord [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}} {{storylink|Departure}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Soundwavewarwithin.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Sound and ([[Ravage (G1)#3H comics|eventually]]) Furry.]]
Soundwave was chosen by Megatron to lead his second assassination team against the new Autobot supreme commander, Optimus Prime. With the aid of Soundwave's cassette troops, most notably [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], as well as [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], it was assumed he would have no problem with a young, peace-loving Autobot. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Soundwave, like many others, underestimated Prime's resolve and was quickly incapacitated. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He was still out cold when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] came by, {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} but recovered in time to rescue Megatron after the latter's own battle with Prime. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

When Megatron and Optimus Prime vanished in a [[space bridge]] accident, the Decepticons were fragmented and Soundwave joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s faction. He participated in the attack on [[The Fallen]]'s minions in an attempt to stop the [[Unbinding]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Eventually, Shockwave attempted to call a truce with the Autobots for the good of the Transformer race, but the initial ceremony was interrupted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s faction, the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. Soundwave was quite mad about this, telling the Predacons to perish for their crimes against Cybertron as he attacked them alongside several Autobots. Shortly after the Predacons were defeated, Megatron returned to Cybertron with his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and reunited the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} After falling back under Megatron's command, Soundwave reported the progress on his leader's plan to dig a hole to the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

In the present day, Soundwave was among the Decepticons defeated by the Autobots and their human allies on Earth. The ''[[Ark II]]'', the spacecraft that would have taken the Transformers back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]] and [[Lazarus (G1)|Adam Rook]], and it exploded upon liftoff, scattering the robots across the Arctic Ocean. Soundwave and the others were recovered, Autobot and Decepticon alike, and reprogrammed by Rook to accept commands and were leased to terrorist organisations and military juntas as powerful weapons of war. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} After Megatron freed himself and the other Decepticons, Soundwave developed a 'metallic virus' that cyberformed Earth organics into cybertronic materials. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} During the subsequent battle with the Autobots in [[San Francisco]], Soundwave warned Megatron that a nuclear missile launched by Hallo was headed for the city. The Decepticons used the distraction to escape. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

{{charstubfiction|[[The Transformers Trilogy]] ({{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}})}}

[[File:Soundwaveg1vol2.jpg|225px|thumb|Leader's pet.]]
Soundwave was among the Decepticons who joined Shockwave's forces when the new ruler of Cybertron appeared on Earth. {{storylink|War and Peace}} When Shockwave brutally deposed Megatron, Soundwave stood by in silence and did nothing to help his former leader. Soundwave worked his way quietly into Shockwave's good graces, earning the ire of Starscream. However, it didn't take many words to bring Soundwave around to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]'s point of view. Later, when interrogated by Shockwave, a single, silent look from Soundwave stopped [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] from revealing that Starscream was behind Megatron's disappearance during their voyage to Cybertron. As the battle between the Autobots and Shockwave's forces intensified, Soundwave followed Starscream's lead without a word, and helped him prepare for a return trip to Earth aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Starscream rewarded him by giving him a [[Ratbat (G1)|present]]. Soundwave silently approved.

Though Soundwave feigned subservience to Starscream, it was later revealed that he had been serving Megatron the entire time in secret. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I.Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Soundwavedevilsdue.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"Eject. Operation: Dynamic Group Shot."]]
Soundwave was among the Transformers on the ''Ark'' when it crashed long ago, and was discovered and reprogrammed by the human terrorist organization known as [[Cobra]] in the present. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Arms dealer [[Destro]] made a visit to [[Cobra Island]] where [[Doctor Mindbender]] introduced him to Soundwave and his cassettes, who were under the complete control of Cobra's scientists. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} While Destro liked what he saw, he wanted to run a test, and personally operated Soundwave's controls during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]].

Meanwhile, a picture of Soundwave was secretly sent out to hundreds of email boxes. The message turned out to be a [[Defense Matrix|secret signal]] from Optimus Prime, which alerted [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and Bumblebee to the location of Cobra's secret base where the rest of the Transformers were being held. When the two Autobots appeared to stop Destro's attack, the human brought Soundwave and himself back to Cobra Island. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Soundwave was released from Cobra control thanks to Wheeljack and attacked his former human masters. With Megatron and the other Decepticons freed, Soundwave went to work making energon cubes. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Just as things were going their way, Optimus Prime arrived, powered up using the energon, and punched his fist right through Soundwave's chest, taking him out of the battle. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} After the Autobots left on a return voyage to Cybertron, Soundwave's head and remains were taken in secret by human scientists for study. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Several years later, the scientists managed to use Megatron's technology to create the organic weapon [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who plugged himself into Soundwave's deactivated head after getting free and downloaded data on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s history. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Along with the rest of the Decepticons, Soundwave was buried in the [[Fera Islands]] until 1938, when [[Cobra]] accidentally awakened them and used them to conquer most of [[Europe]]. He sent Laserbeak to spy on the [[United States of America|United States]]' reaction to this, and learned that [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] had been created to battle the Cobra threat. Soundwave later helped Megatron and Starscream get rid of some Royal Air Force fighters above the English Channel, allowing Cobra to attack the [[United Kingdom]]. {{storylink|The Line}}

When G.I. Joe attacked the Fera Islands, Soundwave infiltrated [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]]'s unit in the form of a radio transmitter carried by a disguised [[Zartan]]. Flint noticed that it wasn't their radio, but that didn't stop Soundwave from capturing him and taking him back to Cobra HQ. {{storylink|Wolves}} However, the Joes had managed to awaken the Autobots also buried on the island, and Soundwave soon found himself facing down [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. He lost the fight, and either died at the hands of Grimlock or when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] was smashed to pieces. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

{{note|According to solicitations for ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'', Soundwave was set to return by unknown means years later, but [[Dreamwave Productions]] bankrupted before the issues could be produced.}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Soundwave was extremely amused by the footage Laserbeak and Ravage gathered of Starscream falling on his head. He let Megatron know, and they went to pick up Starscream, only to find him gone, taken by the Autobots. The discovery that Starscream appeared to be working with the Autobots only amused Soundwave more, and the Decepticons went to retrieve their former comrade. When it turned out that Starscream wanted to stay with the Autobots, Megatron was enraged, and Soundwave reflected that it was the most fun he'd had in years. Starscream eventually returned to the Decepticons, claiming it was all an act, and Soundwave suggested he should be more careful while mountain climbing in future. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

Puzzled by the loss of much of their stock of weapons, Megatron assigned Soundwave to investigate. Using Laserbeak's spying abilities, Soundwave determined that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was selling the weapons on the black market, much to Megatron's outrage. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Soundwave participated in an all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. In its initial stages, the battle swayed in the Decepticons’ favour, and Soundwave defeated [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' continuity===
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Millions of years in the past, Soundwave was among the Decepticons who took on organic modes in order to battle the Autobots on prehistoric Earth. When an ice age approached, the Decepticons survived by powering down under what would eventually become the [[San Francisco]] Bay. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Soundwave woke up in the mid-19th century, where he came under the command of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Along with several other Decepticons, he stood by Starscream as he and [[Tobias Muldoon]] discussed where they would build their headquarters. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:Soundwaves-whoareyou.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Gaddangit, Soundwave, the answer that question is ''always'' "I'm Batman!"]]
Soundwave was found living on the streets by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], a barely-coherent derelict driven to the brink of insanity by his uncontrolled mind-reading powers, which bombarded him with the thoughts and emotions of all around him. "Smelling" some decency within him, Ravage elected to share with Soundwave the secrets of control he had learned years of mastering his own enhancing olfactory senses, teaching him the art of focus. The quartet lived together on the streets for some time, until Soundwave, slowly gaining control over his abilities, was approached by [[Ratbat (G1)|Senator Ratbat]] with an offer of employment. The senator saw a political use for Soundwave's mind-reading, and while Soundwave was disgusted by Ratbat's [[Functionism|Functionist]] attitude toward his beast-form companions, he accepted the offer for the position it would afford him. While in Ratbat's employ, Soundwave and his three companions were refitted so that they could store within his chest as cassettes. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

When the ex-miner and revolutionary rhetorician [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] caught Ratbat's eye as a champion of the illegal underground gladiatorial matches, the senator sent Soundwave to offer Megatron funding and weapons technology, seeking to foster political instability for his own profit. When [[Bumper (G1)|two]] [[Fastback (G1)|Autobots]] were discovered listening in on their conversation, Soundwave dispatched his three cassette partners to capture them. After their capture, he read Bumper's mind to see if there was any immediate threat to Megatron's activities. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

Brought to the gladiator arenas, Soundwave was questioned by Megatron over his opinions on Ratbat's activities, but Soundwave—assaulted by the thoughts of the huge throng of gladiators around him—struggled to answer. Impressed by the way in which Soundwave viewed his cassette partners as equals in outright contradiction to the Functionist standards of his employer, Megatron permitted him to read his mind, and there, Soundwave saw Megatron's genuine desire for all Cybertronians to be equal. The strength of his desire became something for Soundwave to focus upon, and his dedication to the Decepticon ideal of equality allowed him to finally master his mind-reading powers, shutting out all other distractions and making Megatron the stillpoint his life revolved around. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

Some time later, Soundwave was assigned to find a warrior with flight capabilities, and recruited the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]: Starscream, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Megatron's next new recruit was senator [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who Soundwave hated on sight: the [[Shadowplay]] Shockwave had been subjected had removed his emotions, leaving Soundwave completely unable to read his thoughts. Though awed by this terrible perfection, Soundwave believed that one day, he would have to kill Shockwave. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin4 Soundwave humbles Ratbat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Ratbat, you shall be repurposed as the greatest mix tape ever to be given to Megatron."]]
His mind now finally clear for the first time in his life, Soundwave turned against Ratbat and formulated for Megatron a plan that would allow the Decepticons to make a formal statement of their intent that could not be ignored. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} Per Soundwave's plan, the Decepticons allowed themselves to be arrested during a recruitment rally, when Megatron provoked an Autobot response by making an attempt on the life of [[Decimus|Senator Decimus]], resulting in an emergency convening of the Senate in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Soundwave and his cassettes—now joined by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], refitted by Shockwave—were freed on an unwitting Ratbat's orders, and then helped Starscream murder the entire Senate. Attacking Ratbat himself, Soundwave took his former employer offline and placed his [[spark]] into a new cassette body. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Shockwave entered just as Soundwave was removing his [[brain module]], and the pair had a terse conversation about means and ends before Shockwave changed the subject to designing Ratbat's new body as a flyer. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

After [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] was made leader of the Autobots, Soundwave was captured and taken to the [[Institute|New Institute]] to be lobotomized, but was saved in the nick of time by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} Later in the war with Zeta, Soundwave was sent to spy on him and gather information on what he planned to do about the growing Decepticon movement. Smuggled into a Senate security meeting by Starscream, he overheard Zeta announce his plan to drain civilians of their energy in order to power the [[Guardian robot|Omega Destructors]]' [[vamparc ribbon|weaponry]], but was forced to make a break for it when Starscream revealed his presence in order to ease suspicion against himself. Fearing what would happen if the populace found out about his plans, Zeta Prime sent [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] to hunt Soundwave down. {{storylink|Parasites}} As Soundwave fled towards the safety of Kaon, he was continuously set upon by Orion Pax's Autobots, but got away every time by ejecting one of his many cassettes to defeat or distract them. When he finally reached the border of Kaon, Orion himself caught up and put a stop to his minions by crushing his chest window before defeating him in hand-to-hand combat. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} Luckily, a squad of Decepticons showed up before the Autobots could arrest Soundwave, and his findings were delivered to Megatron. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}}

Soundwave was present when Megatron and Orion Pax formed an alliance to overthrow Zeta Prime. {{storylink|Choices}} He then participated in their troops' combined assault on Zeta's [[Citadel]]. {{storylink|Overthrown}} After Megatron betrayed Orion and declared himself the new ruler of Cybertron, Soundwave stood by him as he attempted to recruit [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Rise}} Soundwave was also present when Megatron rechristened [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] as "Deadlock". {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}} Soundwave tracked down the location of the anti-Decepticon pirate news broadcaster, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and had [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] and [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] sent to assassinate him. He was then present when the Autobots made an assault on the Decepticon-held Citadel. {{storylink|Broadcast}} Megatron was defeated by Orion, now Optimus Prime, but Soundwave swept past on [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and rescued his leader before he could be captured. {{storylink|Endgame}}

A short time after Megatron's defeat, Soundwave watched in silence as [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] declared himself Decepticon leader, having exiled Megatron for his failure. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} He participated in Scorponok's assault on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], a battle which ended with the destruction of the facility. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} Having survived the destruction, he then returned to [[Kolkular]] where Scorponok urged him and the other Decepticons to cannibalize parts from those who had perished. {{storylink|Fallout (issue)|Fallout}} On Scorponok's orders, Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] then led an attack on the [[Starsreach Spaceport]] to kill the neutrals evacuating Cybertron, a mission they both believed to be a waste of resources. {{storylink|Massacre}} After getting driven into a retreat by a raging [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], they were relocated to the [[Toraxxis Plains]] to bear witness to Scorponok's new plan: the awakening of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Unleashed}} At this point the Decepticons were thoroughly fed up with his leadership, and thus quick to return to Megatron's side when he returned from his exile. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Soundwave was later present when Megatron was able to turn Trypticon to the Decepticon side, {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} and was subsequently among the Decepticons who left Cybertron on Trypticon to gather their forces. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}}

Four million years ago, Soundwave and [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] were leading a Decepticon offensive to cover for [[Octane|Tankor]]'s convoy of energon. When Optimus Prime slipped away to intercept the convoy, Soundwave went after him and got the drop on Prime from behind. Prime's bodyguard [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] turned the tables on him, though, taking out both Soundwave and his Mini-Cassettes. {{storylink|The Iron Age}} As the war went on, Soundwave organized a number of anti-[[neutral]] pogroms. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} At another point he had one of his arms sliced off by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] using a sword that would later end up [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]'s collection. {{storylink|Bullets}}

During the war, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] contacted various scientists on both sides to discuss his startling findings that the conflict would create such devastation that would render the planet uninhabitable, and that the only way to survive was to adopt the [[Pretender|organic carapace]] idea he had come up with. Soundwave was among those scientists who refused to accept Thunderwing's findings and his proposal. {{Storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}

After the end of the cataclysm brought by Thunderwing, as part of a plan to assassinate Blaster, now a motivational speaker for the Autobots, Soundwave had [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] captured and used [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to implement a [[cerebro-shell]] into him. While Beachcomber didn't outright kill Blaster, his motivational broadcast failed to air at precisely the moment the Decepticons began the big push. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

At some point in time Soundwave fought against the Dynobots alongside Runamuck and Ravage. They were thoroughly trounced for their efforts. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

[[File:SpotlightSoundwave infoispower.jpg|left|thumb|He's just too busy being an eighties guy.]]
Centuries later, after Shockwave disappeared, Megatron assigned [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to delve into Shockwave's research and relay all the information back to him. As the Decepticon leader did not fully trust Bludgeon, Megatron also assigned Soundwave to spy on him. Soundwave followed Bludgeon and his team as they left for Earth in 1984 and established a base within [[Mount St. Helens]], eventually discovering that they intended to resurrect [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. Though Soundwave tried to stop them, [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] used an experimental cannon from Shockwave's arsenal to lock him in his alt mode while they instigated a volcanic eruption. He was eventually recovered by a team of unwitting humans who sold him to a pawn shop. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Soundwave was purchased by a human teenager named [[Jimmy (G1)|Jimmy]] and taken to his home. When Ravage and Laserbeak were reprogrammed by the American government agency [[Skywatch]] to find the other Transformers, Skywatch's control signal was blocked by a signal emanating from a functioning Soundwave, still in cassette-player mode. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} Sometime later on, Ravage and Laserbeak located the signal and reclaimed their master from Jimmy. Relocating to Mount St. Helens, Soundwave told them that he could barely keep blocking Skywatch's hold on them, due to his weakening state in cassette mode. Shockwave suddenly appeared from a cave entrance and said that the four could make a deal together. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}} {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} Shockwave knew how Soundwave could unlock his [[robot mode]], but would only tell him if he did Shockwave a favour in return, something which Soundwave agreed to. He was told that Skywatch had placed a bomb in Shockwave's head, and that he needed to intercept and copy its disarm code. The plan went off without a hitch, and after transmitting the code to Shockwave, Soundwave was finally freed from his alt mode. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

After returning to his position as Megatron's right hand, Soundwave helped defeat the Autobot forces on Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} He was present during the attack on [[New York City]], and detected the incoming human military jets. The planes fired, and on Megatron's orders, Soundwave calmly detonated the arsenal. He then launched Laserbeak to take out the human resistance. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}}

Soundwave reported that the humans had sent a sizable ground force after the Decepticons. Following Megatron's orders, he released [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and set him loose on the humans. The only being immune to Frenzy's infrasonic manipulation, he silently observed his minion's work. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} With the conquest of New York complete, Soundwave listened to Megatron's victory speech. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}} When a group of humans led by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Cmdr. Spike Witwicky]] deactivated [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] with an experimental weapon which originated from Shockwave, Soundwave, sensing this, found Rumble's lifeless body, grieved, and took him away. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}}

During [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] attempt to take control of the Decepticons, Megatron revealed that Soundwave had been watching him all along, reporting his planned rebellion to Megatron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} The infighting amongst the Decepticons stopped when jets from [[Europe]] arrived to take them all on, soon followed by the return of the Autobots. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} Megatron was defeated, and Soundwave escaped alongside the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} Whilst traveling away from Earth onboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Soundwave and his cassettes took care of their heavily injured leader. Starscream attempted to dissuade him from wasting energon on Megatron, all the while buttering him up with compliments about his loyalty, but all Soundwave said in response was "Negative. Megatron functions." {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

Three years later, Soundwave was still dutifully attending to Megatron's reconstruction. {{storylink|All His Engines}} He eventually came to the conclusion that his leader's body was beyond repair, and instead recruited Shockwave to build a new body for him. Once Megatron returned in a new and upgraded form, he hatched a plan to use parts of his old body to make Megatron gun replicas that would subconsciously influence humans. Alongside his cassettes and Shockwave, Soundwave helped produce these weapons. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} He was later present when Megatron got rid of Hot Rod and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and was ordered to gather everyone in the base so that their leader could address them. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}} He accompanied Megatron until his confrontation with Starscream, at which point Megatron had him leave... but knew he'd be listening in from afar as he always did. Megatron overall didn't think much of Soundwave's apparent loyalty, believing he'd only assisted in his revival because it suited his own needs. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}

[[File:BurningChrome Prime shoots Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Right between the optics..."]]
As part of Megatron's master plan, the Decepticons subsequently returned to Earth, where Soundwave led Rumble and Frenzy in an attack on the [[Skywatch]] base where several Decepticons were being held captive. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} He also trampled [[Lani Gushman|a BNN newscaster]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}} Soundwave was then responsible for holding [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] hostage while Megatron explained to Optimus Prime that he was the one turning the humans against the Autobots. In an attempt to throw off Megatron's concentration, and with it his influence over the gun-wielding humans, Prime fired on Soundwave, blowing off a large portion of his head. The plan worked: seeing his loyal soldier fall sent Megatron into a rage, and he picked up the barely living Soundwave and flew off. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}} With his body in [[stasis lock]], Soundwave was brought to Shockwave, who was unsure if he could repair such an extensive injury with the limited resources at his disposal. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

Soundwave was mostly repaired by the time Megatron had surrendered himself to the Autobots, although half his face remained exposed and damaged from Optimus Prime's attack. The damage caused to his vocal processors rendered him completely mute. {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}} Once on Cybertron and having freed himself, Megatron used the [[space bridge]] technology built into his new body to summon Soundwave and the rest of the Decepticons on Earth to him. {{storylink|The Question}} At first, Soundwave and the others did battle with the Autobots, but were soon entranced by [[D-Void]]. The Decepticons along with [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s army of [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s combined into an [[Deceptigod|enormous monster]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

Following the defeat and fracturing of this "Deceptigod", Soundwave and the rest were left in a weakened state from the ordeal. This allowed the Autobots to round the Decepticons up, stick [[inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]] in them, and place them in a holding pen. [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] was eventually forced to sanction their release to quell a riot, leaving Soundwave and the others with a limited sort of freedom. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], fed up with working as an enforcer for the Autobots, accused Soundwave, Shockwave, and [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] of just sitting around instead of doing something about the Decepticons' situation. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Little did Needlenose know that Soundwave and Shockwave had actually been working together to take control of the I/D chips on the orders of Ratbat, who was trying to reassert his authority in Megatron's absence. {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}}

Even after Ratbat was killed, Soundwave continued working with Shockwave, who apparently had his own ideas about what to do about the Autobots. When Starscream found out about that they were plotting something, he and Prowl had [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] capture the two and fake their deaths. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} However, Prowl was in fact under Decepticon control, and instead had the captured Decepticons upgraded in anticipation of Megatron's return. His voice restored, Soundwave helped explain to the captured [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] that the Decepticons had been planning this all along in a bid to conquer Cybertron. {{storylink|The Verge}} {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} During the ensuing battle with the Autobots, he reported to Megatron that Shockwave had gone off somewhere and that their new and improved [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] had seemingly gained sentience. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} In the end, Megatron was defeated yet again, after which Starscream used the influence of the [[NAIL|neutral population]] to exile all Autobots and Deceptions who would not renounce their factions, including Soundwave. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

[[File:Soundwaves-allofustogether.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Somewhere, right now, the "Justice League Unlimited" [[theme song|theme]] is playing.]]
While out in the wilderness, Soundwave was alarmed to find Ravage was suffering from intense pain, and in a rare emotional moment ran to the other Decepticons pleading for help. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Soundwave eavesdropped on Shockwave and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] as the pair communicated. As the other Decepticons became disgruntled, he declared his leadership and immediately came under attack by Astrotrain and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] though in the end [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] told him if he wanted to destroy Shockwave, he'd have to do it alone. Soundwave journeyed into [[Crystal City]] to confront Shockwave, and discovered when he killed [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] that the [[Ore-14]] in the city promptly brought him back to life. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} Discovering that Shockwave had betrayed the Decepticon cause, Soundwave unleashed his cassettes, only to discover that the Ore-14 made anything but a stalemate impossible. He returned to the other Decepticons as Shockwave's plan commenced. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

After the appearance of Shockwave's [[Necrotitan|Metrotitan]], Soundwave and his men attacked the Autobots who had approached it, {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} but were unable to prevent Starscream approaching the giant. The combined group was hit moments later by a shockwave of energy. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} In the aftermath, as the survivors discussed what to do next, Soundwave heard something he had never heard before: Megatron screaming. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} They reached Shockwave's lab to find the scientist using the space bridge in Megatron's chest to extract [[Nova Prime]] and Galvatron from the [[Dead Universe]]. Soundwave assaulted Shockwave, but ultimately Shockwave triumphed and called in the Metrotitan, which forced the Autobots and Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}}

Fleeing in the direction of Iacon in front of the giant, Soundwave and Frenzy carried Ironhide and Ravage between them. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} They eventually made it back to Iacon and found Starscream feeling sorry for himself. Prowl took control, with Soundwave supplying communications. As things went from bad to worse, he told Prowl he had little idea what Shockwave's plans were but believed they would be able to stop the Metrotitan. Moments later Bumblebee arrived with Megatron, the latter of whom had a plan to evacuate Cybertron. While Bumblebee was still objecting, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the ''[[Lost Light]]'' quantum jumped in to lend a hand. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Soundwave was among those to greet the Lost Lighters as they disembarked. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

Following the defeat of the Necrotitan, Soundwave busied himself seeing to Megatron's repairs. It wasn't long before the remainder of Shockwave's plan came into play and billions of [[Ammonite]]s invaded the planet. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} As Megatron joined in a plan to defeat Shockwave, Soundwave told him that he saw the wisdom in using the Autobots' help, however Megatron responded that Bumblebee had command and that a new approach was needed. While Bumblebee's team went to Shockwave's laboratory, Soundwave and his cassettes joined the rest of the population in fighting the Ammonites. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} As the battle concluded in victory, Soundwave was shocked to discover that Megatron had taken on the sigil of the Autobots. Reeling from this betrayal, Soundwave and the other Decepticons were approached by Galvatron, who believed he had an alternative for them. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Questioned by Galvatron on what he truly wanted, Soundwave told the ancient Transformer of the Decepticons' origins and his dream for a community where they could all be equals, ruled by nobody. With Cybertron now ruled by the Autobots, he instead turned his eyes back to Earth, recalling the existence of energon there. Galvatron followed, hoping to conquer the planet, but Soundwave rejected his proposal, telling him they were returning to the Decepticons' true path—peace. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} Retaining some hope that Megatron's defection was merely a ruse, he left Ravage behind to keep an eye on their former leader. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} Arriving on Earth, Soundwave approached [[Earth Defense Command]] with a peace offer, telling them—and reminding Galvatron—of the Decepticons' change of heart since their invasion. The humans were skeptical up until Soundwave revealed that Megatron had left them for the Autobots, causing the EDC to turn on the Autobots instead. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} The EDC agreed to construct a community for the Decepticons in the form of a space station around [[Jupiter]] in exchange for the Decepticons' aid in capturing a team of Autobots bound for Earth. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}}

When the Autobots arrived, the Decepticons ambushed them together with EDC forces. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} While pursuing the Autobots to the town of [[Poverty Flat]], Soundwave blocked their communications, keeping them from contacting their allies in space. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} As the battle escalated and bystanders witnessed the combatants' [[robot mode]]s, the EDC was forced to teleport the Decepticons away, though they had to activate their secret "[[mind bomb]]" weapon to knock Soundwave and his comm block out first. Galvatron immediately demanded revenge, but Soundwave insisted on sticking to the plan and calmed him with the information that they had found the location of Galvatron's own goal on Earth—[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} Warping to the coordinates, Soundwave arrived at the EDC's [[Marshall Islands]] base along with Galvatron, who he once again had to talk out of resorting to violence. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} Interrupted by an Autobot attack on the base, Soundwave detected an intruder and set out to take care of them, locating [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and an unconscious Prowl. He attempted to capture them, but was blasted out of the way by the EDC's stash of tanks and V.T.O.L.s, the machines having been hacked by Prowl. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

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====Spotlight: Mirage====
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[[File:SpotlightMirage Soundwavescorpse.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Not so superior now, are you?]]
In a dream set in an alternate universe wrapped in an enigma surrounded by a soft taco shell dreamt by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Soundwave was part of the Decepticon strike force who attacked the last stronghold of the Autobots. Soundwave was attacked by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], who snapped his head off, killing him. But it was just a dream, so it didn't matter. Right? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}
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===''Universe'' cartoon===
Soundwave was one of the many Cybertronians caught up in a civil war that emerged due to greed, corruption and malice emerging in their planet’s halls of power. During the early days of the war, he took part in a battle alongside Thrust. Soundwave was one of the first Decepticons to travel to Earth, and looked on as the Autobots took on alternate forms to disguise themselves amongst its populace. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}
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===''TransTech''===
Soundwave—[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|in his Laser Cycle body]]—was seen among the inhabitants of the multiversal hub city of [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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===Robot Heroes===
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===''Transformers United''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Soundwave hooked [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s head up to a machine after Starscream had brought it to Megatron. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} Together with Starscream and his [[Relatives|brother]] Shockwave, Soundwave and his cassettes then traveled from Cybertron to Earth to demand the humans submit to Megatron. Their welcomers, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], were unwilling to surrender and attacked the Decepticons, prompting Soundwave to capture a bunch of the humans and imprison them in his chest cavity where they were attacked by metal tentacles. After [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]] cut open his chest window to allow their escape, the Joes unleashed their [[Coltonbolt]] orbital weapon upon Soundwave, destroying him. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

The headless body of Soundwave was brought to [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]], where [[Doctor Venom]] was tasked with repurposing it as a weapon for the Joes. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Using arcane knowledge, Venom sacrificed several Joe soldiers to turn Bumblebee's body into a robotic suit that could [[binary bonding|binary bond]] with Soundwave's remains, becoming its head. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Taking control of Soundwave's body, Venom deployed his new weapon to defend T.H.E. P.I.T. from Optimus Prime, catching the attention of Shockwave who demanded the return of his brother. As Optimus Prime and Shockwave grappled over Soundwave, Prime was able to pry Venom and Bumblebee from his shoulders, deactivating his body once again. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

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===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
Soundwave was playing cards with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] attacked. He was upgraded using [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s torso and some other parts thanks to Megatron and his Construct-Bots terminal. He cringed when Megatron slipped and fell on some gumballs. {{storylink|Intro!}}

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
Soundwave was among the Decepticon forces that attacked the Autobot ship in search of [[AllSpark]] only to be blasted back out into space by [[Heatwave (G1)|Heatwave]]'s water blasts. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including Soundwave, were long gone by the time Cybertron was under the control of the [[Builder Assembly]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''Timelines''===
In one reality, communications officer Soundwave fought at [[Mirtonia]] in the final battle of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]]. Ultimately, however, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|General Optimus Prime]] led the Autobots to victory over the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]]. A stray missile blew up an experimental energon refinery, taking Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave with it. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime's profile card}}

===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' cartoon===
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Soundwavecommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Say hello to my leetle friend!"]]

Soundwave's [[commercial]] appearances include:

* An appearance in his very own 1984 commercial. This early animation featured a Soundwave model colored in lavender, versus the dark blue used later. Also, instead of the cassettes ejecting themselves from his chest, he reached into his chest compartment with his own fingers and threw the (tiny) tapes into the air. He wasn't properly introduced.
* He's more on-form in a commercial for the Dinobots, where he, Ravage and Laserbeak are driven back by the robotic monsters amid a thunderstorm.
* Soundwave has a speaking part in the commercial for Blaster. When Rumble strolls into his base carrying a radio, Soundwave immediately identifies it as an "Autobot intruder" and dispatches Ravage and Laserbeak to attack the Autobot. Soundwave is given his correct voice and modulation.
* He's seen grappling with Springer in a 1987 commercial for the ''Headmasters'' comic.

Soundwave has also appeared in some online promotional videos:
* After Megatron learned about [[BotCon 2009]] from Optimus Prime, he led a small group of Decepticon representatives to the convention, including Soundwave. {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
* Soundwave was present with Megatron, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], and [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] when the topic about finding new ultimate weapon ideas changed to [[BotCon 2010]]. As Breakdown mentioned that one of the things he was looking forward to was the debut of the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]], Soundwave turned to Counterpunch and pointed to himself. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
* Soundwave, Rumble and Frenzy had a dance-off against Blaster, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Soundwave could interfere with Optimus Prime's progress, diverting him into areas of the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|[[Robert Belgrade]] (English)}}

====Decepticon story====
Soundwave and Starscream were sent to investigate strange reports of space-time warps and UFOs on the planet Zel Samine, bringing a space bridge with them on their shuttle that they would use to transport Megatron to the plant once they had landed. Inexplicably, their ship wound up crashing, and when they attempted to use the space bridge, it malfunctioned, dumping Megatron some distance away. After reuniting with his leader, Soundwave deduced that powerful electromagnetic rays from Zel Samine's sun, Paradius, were responsible for scrambling the systems of the shuttle and the space bridge, and that the Decepticons themselves would be subject to similar catastrophic system disruption if they tried venturing off the planet without a ship. The Decepticons immediately set about raiding local energy sources for energon to repair their craft, starting with a wind power plant on [[Mount Jaad]]. Then, after successfully draining the [[Ranpas geothermal plant]]—in part thanks to Soundwave deploying Laserbeak to locate any Autobot guards around the facility—Megatron chose the [[Monogan hydroelectric power station]] for their next target. Soundwave pointed out the heavy Autobot fortifications that had been set up around the station and suggested a different target, but Megatron dismissed his concerns, and when the Decepticons did indeed emerge victorious, Soundwave apologized for speaking out of turn and doubting his leader.

Via Laserbeak, Soundwave soon discovered that the Autobots on the planet had made contact with the occupants of one of the strange UFOs, and suggested to Megatron that they send a task force to intercept them. In the process, the Decepticons wound up allying themselves with the ''other'' UFO's passengers: Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge, a trio of Decepticons from the future who had traveled back in time to locate and destroy the powerful [[Zel Quartz]], a weapon that threatened Galvatron's rule in their home time. Soundwave was teamed with Cyclonus to seek out possible locations of the quartz across the planet, and the communications officer stoically carried out his task, all the while struggling to keep Megatron and Galvatron from fighting with each other.

After failing to find the quartz at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], the Decepticons next decided to search the [[Karzite mine]]. Cyclonus informed Soundwave that he saw both him and Megatron as "worthless scrap", and warned the communications officer the mine yielded a similar lack of results, then he would be taking the blame, not Cyclonus. Soundwave agreed, but have a warning of his own: he charged a high price for being spoken to with disrespect. As it turned out, the quartz was not in the mine, and Soundwave accepted the blame as promised, only to then reveal his price: he had recorded his conversation with Cyclonus and played it back for Megatron, who did not take kindly to the future Decepticon's insults. At Megatron's command, Soundwave recorded Cyclonus's screams as the Decepticon leader subjected him to a vicious punishment.

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{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

====Autobot story====
Megatron had Soundwave send out a fake Autobot SOS transmission in an attempt to trick the Autobots into leaving their base. The plan was a success and Optimus Prime and his crew were lured out. When the Autobots realized that they had been deceived, Megatron sent a message through Soundwave's transmitter, gloating how he had tricked Prime and announced that his crew was going to steal the energon the Autobots had on their shuttle. When Megatron had finished his message, Soundwave returned to base. On the way back to their shuttle, the Autobots encountered Soundwave again, this time leading a hoard of Decepticon troops, and fought them. Despite his best efforts, Soundwave was overwhelmed and left to rejoin Megatron. Later, Soundwave fought the Autobots again while they were dealing with another swarm of enemies. He lost again, and left to fight another day.

Later on, Soundwave teamed up with his future self, Soundblaster, and with [[Full-Tilt]] as the final defense against the Autobots before they reached Megatron and Galvatron. When the Autobots arrived, Soundblaster started by expressing [[dull surprise]] at how the Autobots managed to survive up until the current point. Soundwave continued, warning the Autobots that he would not let them stand in Megatron's way. Both the present and future versions of the Communications Officer we all know and love put up the best fight they could, but even with Full-Tilt's help, the Autobots overpowered them.

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Gluawakening soundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Soundwave was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the ship crashed on [[Earth]], all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. When the Autobots began waking up as well, Soundwave was hot on their trail, and Ratchet and Bumblebee had to silence him before he could alert Megatron. After a series of skirmishes, Soundwave was among the Decepticons who failed to prevent the Autobots from finding the Decepticon [[space bridge]]. He accompanied Megatron back to Cybertron to lay a trap for the Autobots, but was equally unsuccessful as a prison guard. Trailing the Autobots to Earth, Soundwave was beaten up by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], took part in a disastrous assault on the Ark, and was unable to stop an Autobot attack on the Decepticon's Cybertron fortress. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Soundwave were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Autobots! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Soundwave and his tapes conducted a covert infiltration of the Autobot base, allowing them to pass information back to the Decepticons and ensure a string of Decepticon victories. He was eventually uncovered by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], who sent him packing. {{storylink|Covert Operations}} On another occasion, Soundwave infiltrated a human science facility with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] to gain access to a technology to increase [[Energon]] production. The trio were faced by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and his tapes. {{storylink|Espionage}}

After Megatron and his men, including Soundwave, found a [[Lightning Bug]] on an old Autobot colony world, they found they'd contracted [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Back on Earth, they stole [[corrostop]] and cured themselves, before inflicting the disease on the Autobots. The Decepticons were unable to stop the Autobots getting a sample of corrostop from the [[Statue of Liberty]] and curing themselves, however. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (Legends)|Cosmic Rust}} The Decepticons manage to drive the Autobots off Earth, and proceeded to set about conquering the planet. Unfortunately for them, the Autobots soon returned and succeeded in badly damaging Megatron, resulting in Soundwave and the other Decepticons retreating with their wounded leader. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

Soundwave was among those who supported [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s bid for leadership. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

When humans unlocked the secrets of [[Gravitronic Energy]], Soundwave and his minions attempted to take possession of the data, but were foiled by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Box Trap}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Soundwave participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
{{Main|Soundwave (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Soundwave (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
* The Decepticon faction insignia appears to be roughly based on Soundwave's head.
* Though Soundwave's toy is a microcassette recorder, his fictional appearances depict him as a stereo cassette deck or Walkman. (Likewise, his microcassette tapes are depicted as regular audio cassettes.)
[[File:Bm soundwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Soundwave gets slagged by Vehicons, and Nightscream escapes. How's that for injustice?]]
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Soundwave the alternate French language name "Stacar". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
* Soundwave's computer model was used for one of the [[generic]] Transformers in Beast Machines. It is seen in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]" during [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream's]] flashback being cornered by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] just before Nightscream flees into the lower levels of Cybertron. Though the model was recolored, it was still really 'Soundwavey,' causing much confusion among fans. His computer model as well as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s continued to show up for the rest of the series, used to represent deactivated Transformer shells.
* Later, Soundwave's character model showed up numerous times in various color schemes as a generic background character in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon.
* [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] listened to music using a tape deck resembling Soundwave in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Memory]]". Later, after a new [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] was found, ''Cybertron'' [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] held tape deck Soundwave in his arms. This caused a great disturbance in the [[force]]...
[[File:Unused AHM Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|What? You mean we don't use brick-sized microcassette recorders anymore?]]
* IDW Publishing seems to be undecided on Soundwave's speech pattern. In ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'', he speaks in his classic cartoon-based monotone. However, in "[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]", he speaks in a normal fashion. Which is once again reverted to the classic speech in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''.
* [[Guido Guidi]] made a concept drawing of Soundwave with a modern microcassette recorder as an alt mode (which are still used by reporters and doctors today) for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' maxi-series. This was also unused. Consequently, Soundwave may go down as the Transformers character with the most unused designs.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Jam Bo''' (音波, "Voice Wave")
*''English:'' '''New Soundwave''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub Soundblaster)
*''French:'' '''Radar''' (Canada), '''Sonore''' (Canada Action Master, "Sound")
*''Hebrew:'' '''Gal Kól''' (גל קול, "Sound Wave")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fülelő''' ("Listener"), '''Fürkész''' ("Seeker", ''The Movie'' 1st dub)
*''Indonesian:'' '''Gelombang Suara''' ("Soundwave")
*''Italian:'' '''Memor''', '''Vizar''' (Soundblaster)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shēng-pō''' (Taiwan, 聲波, "Soundwave"), '''Yīng-pō''' (Taiwan, 音波, "Soundwave"), '''Shēngbō''' (China, 声波, "Soundwave"), '''Shēng Pàu''' (Taiwan Soundblaster, 聲爆, "Sound Blast")
*''Polish:'' '''Dźwiękofalowiec''' (''The Movie'', "Soundwaver")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Onda-Sonora''' (Portugal comics), '''Microonda''' (Brazil comics, "Microwave")
*''Russian:'' '''Barkhan''' (cartoon, Бархан, "Dune")<ref>Dubbers thought his name was "Sandwave".</ref>
*''Spanish:'' '''Sam''' (America ''The Headmasters'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zvukohvyl''' (Звукохвил, "Soundwave")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising characters]]
[[Category:Cloud Decepticons]]
[[Category:Communications specialists]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Go-Bots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Decepticons]]

Talk:Bumblebee (Animated)

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=="Shorty" link==
I noticed that the "shorty" link goes to one of the Eric bros. from Full Metal Alchemist, but I am not a big fan of FMA honestly, so maybe a few more example links for people who don't get the joke, like say [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codename:_Kids_Next_Door#Sector_V| Numbah 4] from Cartoon Network's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codename:_Kids_Next_Door#Sector_V| Kids Next Door series]who would instantly kick your *$$ if you called him "shorty"?
:Hey, sign your talk posts next time. Also, I suppose FMA ''is'' a little obscure. I mean, who would think of using a reference to one of the most popular manga and anime of all time? - [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 00:34, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

==Ummmmmm==

Hey, since the edits are disabled *Cough* just use a "Spoiler" bar *Cough* could somone improve the grammer and speeling on this page?
== Always Ready to Shred ==

"He has a faceplate, which he can pull on during battles...despite the fact that he maintains that he's a repair bot, and not programmed for combat."

It's a welder's mask! You know, for welding and stuff.

Okay, fine. But, you know, it ''could'' be.
--[[User:IMAGinES|IMAGinES]] 13:27, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
:It could also be a mask for errantly flung pies. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:37, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
:Maybe he's just shy... --[[User:Hepathos|Hepathos]] 17:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Reference for my update: '''<nowiki>[removed illegal link]</nowiki>'''
Thanks to the Allspark for obtaining and posting the scan.
--[[User:invisiblemoose|invisiblemoose]] 9:22, 3 December 2007 (NZ)

:Please see [[Help:Coming soon]]. Those toys aren't supposed to be released yet, so information gleamed from auctions of possibly-stolen copies of them should not be added to Teletraan I. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 21:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
::The same can be said for [[Prowl (Animated)]] when that was updated MONTHS ago. There was some reluctance, but it was updated anyway. --[[User:invisiblemoose|invisiblemoose]] 11:16, 3 December 2007 (NZ)
:::Okay, it's been undone again. So why this but now Prowl? --[[User:invisiblemoose|invisiblemoose]] 11:30, 3 December 2007

== Anti-Kibble? ==

Is there a word for things like Bumblebee's toy's fake car roof chest? Or [[Scourge (RID)]]'s fake truck window chest? Or Transmetal [[Megatron (BW)]]'s fake T-rex head chest? Where a Transformer's robot mode has obvious bits of its altmode on its chest or elsewhere, which are in fact ''not'' part of the toy's altmode? [[User:JW|JW]] 17:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
:I call it elbbik. G2 Hero Optimus has the truck-chest too. And G1 Powermaster Prime/Ginrai. The Actiomasters are pretty much 100% elbbik. - [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 23:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

:I am pretty sure we call that kind of stuff a "cheat". --[[User:Skyglide|Skyglide]] 01:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

::"Is there a word for things like Bumblebee's toy's fake car roof chest?" -Animation accurate? {{unsigned|128.220.154.118|06:38, 29 April 2008}}
:::It's often referred to as anti-kibble. [[Special:Contributions/86.87.28.191|86.87.28.191]] 22:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

:::Don't be a smartass. That's my job, and I take it very seriously :P - [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 09:06, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

''"Though he has fake car roof kibble on his chest, it apparently works that way in the cartoon's transformation sequences too."'' Really? Could someone kindly direct me to an episode where this is clearly the case? [[User:JW|JW]] 14:25, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
:[[Image:Bumblebeeanimatedtransformation.jpg|300px|thumb|All you gotta do is pay attention to this every time it shows up.]]
{{-}}
::Huh. Toy-accuracy can be a strange, dark mistress. I stand corrected. [[User:JW|JW]] 14:43, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

== Rocket Boosters ==

Have the rocket boosters even been seen in the show at all? {{unsigned|Proconix}}
: They featured very very very prominently in [[Nanosec]]. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
::And it appears that they'll be returing in [[Velocity (episode)|Velocity]]...even though they were lost upon reentry. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

== Alt-mode references ==

While I'm not discounting the possibility, I need to contend the (now removed) assertion that BB's altmode was meant to be a Beetle with a Camaro hood. Earlier today, I happened to see a car that looked [http://www.smartusa.com very much like him]. If anyone else agrees, it might not be a bad idea to mention it.

--[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] 22:14, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, the Smart is far smaller then BB, I think it looks far more like a [http://www.renault.de/RenaultSITe/puma/DE/PROD_DE/MEL_PROD/de/Clio3_BC85/p1.jsp Renault Clio] .[[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 17:32, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

== Bumblebee model article ==

Would an article on the bodyform in general be warranted, considering how ubiquitous it seems to be? I mean, so far, we've got ''ten'' of them running around. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:56, 14 May 2009 (EDT)
: Eleven. We've got eleven, including Bumblebee. I think it should go on a "bodyforms" page, or whatever we want to call it, though, rather than on a separate Bumblebee-only page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:05, 14 May 2009 (EDT)
:: We now have ''fourteen.'' Should they get their own category? [[User:JW|JW]] 01:06, 3 July 2010 (EDT)

==Image==
[[Image:Bumblebee-blue.jpg|thumb]]
We don't have the appropriate text. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:32, 12 September 2009 (EDT)

== Vampire? ==

WTF makes him a Vampire? Why is he in the Vampire category? [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 14:40, 16 September 2009 (EDT)
:It's a joke. You know, because he dressed up like a vampire once. -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 14:42, 16 September 2009 (EDT)
:: As with Bulky: unnecessary and misleading. And *IS* it really funny? Can we stop it, pretty pleeeaseeee? I sense war coming. -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 14:50, 16 September 2009 (EDT)
:::So will we put Skybite into the Autobot Leaders category cos he dressed up as Optimus Prime once? [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 14:58, 16 September 2009 (EDT)
:::And, citing myself from certain userpage talk:
:::"In the same manner, even if Sari wasn't technorganic already, I wouldn't add her to Transformers category just because she cosplayed Optimus on one Halloween night, you know..." -- [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 15:01, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

== Err, can I make him a featured article? ==

yeah, like it says up there, but i just dont know how, please teach me how to by editing my [[User talk:Jazzerprime|talk page ]]. please. [[User:Jazzerprime]]

== Goldbug? ==
Is it possible that Elite Guard Bumblebee is a [[Goldbug (G1)]] homage? Knowing Animated, it's not unlikely, and he looks gold, black, and blue, like Goldbug. If so, is it worth noting? -- 76.240.229.218 18:48, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:No. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:23, 24 June 2011 (EDT)
:Elite Guard Bumblebee resembles Goldbug the way Space Case resembles Optimus Prime: he doesn't, but you can make it sound like he does by describing him very, very badly. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 23:08, 24 June 2011 (EDT)

Bumblebee (Animated)

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Bumblebeeanimated.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Little. Yellow. Different.]]

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{{bigquote|I may be small, but I'm scrappy! And I can ride circles around your big, old, rusty chassis!|Bumblebee to Bulkhead|"[[Total Meltdown]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Tom Kenny]] (English, "[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"), [[Daisuke Kishio]] (Japanese)| [[Santiago Ziesmer]] (German), [[Krzysztof Korzeniowski]] (Polish), [[Renato Novara]] (Italian), [[Márcio Araújo]] (Portuguese), [[Cristian Lizama]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Javier Rodríguez Castellanos]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Sin Yongwu]] (Korean)}}

[[File:Autobot Cadets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|There's a [[Wasp|green me]] and a [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|red me]]!]]
Early in his career, Bumblebee dreamed of becoming a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]. He joined the [[Autobot boot camp]], but things didn't exactly go as planned—his [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|drill sergeant]] was a jerk, [[Wasp|most]] of his [[Ironhide (Animated)|classmates]] bullied him and the only bot willing to befriend him was a complete [[Bulkhead (Animated)|mudflap]]. His luck seemed to change, however, when he accidentally overheard someone communicating with [[Lugnut (Animated)|a Decepticon]]. He then saw classmate [[Wasp]] walk out, which aroused his suspicions. After taking the advice of [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]], Bumblebee attempted to weed out the spy, but Sentinel Minor got in the way twice. Needless to say, this resulted in many [[transform-up]]s for his squadron. After Wasp and Ironhide tore off his legs and put him in a closet, he was saved by Longarm, who encouraged him not to give up. Later that day, the group was put through their first training exercise—combat in a simulated battlezone. When somebody switched the turret settings to fire actual lasers, it was Bulkhead who saved Bumblebee. However, they accidentally knocked over a building in the process, flattening Sentinel.

[[File:Beecybermode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Very Wacky Races.]]
When Sentinel was conducting a surprise locker inspection, Sentinel discovered a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's trunk, ousting him as a traitor. Sentinel was prepared to put Bumblebee on an Elite Guard fast track program. Sadly, his new friendship with Bulkhead forced him to throw it all away in order to prevent his new buddy being kicked out, and they both wound up working on [[space bridge]]s. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:Bumblebeeanimatedpreearth.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Wait... who are [[Hot Shot (Animated)|you]]?]]

The two friends were assigned to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s space bridge repair [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|vessel]]. During one mission, Bumblebee and Bulkhead stumbled across [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], a ninja-bot meditating near an isolated space bridge. Due to an [[energon cube]] accident on [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s part, Prowl's spaceship was destroyed, and he was forced to join their crew. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} After this, Bumblebee's work continued as usual until the crew discovered the [[AllSpark]] itself on another asteroid, which unfortunately attracted the attention of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Even though he expressed significant fear of the [[Decepticon]] leader, Bumblebee still managed to crack wise at his appearance once they were face-to-face. The humor vanished when Megatron pulled out his sword. After Megatron was thrown off the ship, Bumblebee entered stasis with the rest of the crew just before the crew's ship crash-landed on [[Earth]].

Fifty years later, Teletran-1 awoke the crew to alert them to the intrusion of a [[nanite]]-powered bug-slug. Sending out a probe to find local disguises, the probe scanned [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]]'s [[Captain Fanzone's car|car]] amongst other things. Bumblebee was given the car for his new bodyform. Lucky him.

[[File:TFA TFandRollout Sari followedmehome.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Can we keep it?"]]
Upon noticing [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|"a little creature"]] struggling with her [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|"owner"]], Bumblebee and Bulkhead showed their unfamiliarity with organic life by assuming the owner/pet relationship was reversed. Their speculation was interrupted by the attacks of the giant, nanite-fueled bug monster, and Bumblebee intervened to get Sari out of the way. Later in the battle, Bumblebee was called on to deliver the override command to the beast's nanites, as he was the fastest and most nimble of the crew.

[[File:Bumblebeedives-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=0.75]]
His defeat of the monster seriously impressed Sari, who decided to befriend him. Sari's definition of befriending included cajoling him into sneaking her aboard the Autobots' ship. Of course, Sari wouldn't stay still as Bumblebee asked, compelling him to jettison her into a ventilation shaft. After introducing her to the group, Sari and Bumblebee became fast friends. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] attacked [[Detroit]], Bumblebee took a shot intended for Sari, allowing Starscream to capture Bumblebee, [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]], Captain Fanzone, and the Mayor. Sari, with [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]'s help, managed to rescue them. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

The Autobots quickly became famous for their heroic deeds in Detroit, much to Bumblebee's delight. Prowl, on the other hand, was less enthusiastic about all the attention, however, and he and Bumblebee quickly had a clash of opinions on the values of peace and quiet versus the values of fun. When the Autobots' factory base was turned against them, however, Bumblebee was forced to listen to Prowl's "stillness and strike" attitude to get past the motion sensors preventing him from shutting the factory down. In the aftermath, he had a newfound respect for Prowl as the two played a relaxed game of Twister™. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

At one point, Bumblebee took part in a match against [[Colossus Rhodes|Cyrus "Colossus" Rhodes]], hosted by [[Meltdown (Animated)|Prometheus Black]] to show off the effectiveness of biotechnology. Unfortunately, Cyrus [[Hulk|hulked up]], then proceeded to beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of Bumblebee. The other Autobots were forced to rescue him, using it as a chance to riff on his small stature. However, only Bumblebee was able to get into [[Sumdac Tower]] when [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] went to kill Isaac Sumdac. Bumblebee managed to get him to the ground floor, but Meltdown arrived. Bulkhead tried to stop him, but Meltdown threw a glob of acid at Bulkhead, which Bumblebee took instead. Bulkhead offered his apologies over his comments, saying he was only having a little fun—which sent Bumblebee into declaring his good moves and speed. He's going to be pretty impossible to live with for a while. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

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''Bumblebee and the Autobots accidentally upstaged a local Detroit hero named the [[Wraith]], exposing his spook act for the holographic trickery it was. Bumblebee in particular continued to upstage the Wraith, and even got invited in his place to perform at the University of Michigan half-time show. Mad with envy, the Wraith staged an attack on the game, taking Bumblebee out of the picture with some well placed "boots" while using holograms to simulate the little yellow robot on a rampage. Bumblebee eventually broke free and the Autobots had Wraith arrested for his antics. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2#"Attention Surplus Disorder"|Attention Surplus Disorder}}''

''After a break-in at Sumdac Systems, Bumblebee and the Autobots tracked the culprit, [[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]], to the Ambassador Bridge. Although she managed to slice his tires, Bumblebee and the others succeeded in capturing Stiletto. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3#"Stiletto"|Stiletto}}''

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''Later on, [[Porter C. Powell]] attempted to cash in on Bulkhead's name without his permission, so Bumblebee and the others helped Bulky set Powell up to admit his products were "gas-guzzling deathtraps". The adventure inspired Bumblebee to get a garish paintjob, similar to the [[Bulkhead (vehicle)|vehicles]] Powell was forced to recall. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4#"The Insincerest Form of Flattery"|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}''

The troubles in Detroit were far from over, as the Autobots soon found themselves facing three rampaging [[Dinobot (Animated)|robotic dinosaurs]]. During the battle, Bumblebee combined his [[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]' electrical with Ratchet's magnets to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would hopefully shut the prehistoric menaces down. Sari decided to pitch in by boosting Bumblebee's stingers with her [[AllSpark Key]], which proved enough to defeat the "Dinobots"... but also provided them with [[spark]]s. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}} He later bought a neat car horn and tried to chase down a mysterious muscle car with little success. The car turned out to be the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who kidnapped Optimus Prime and made short work of Bumblebee as well, threatening to take his stingers. In the end, Lockdown was defeated by Ratchet and Prime was saved. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

[[File:TFA Nanosec Bumblebee turbo boosters.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4|BB got back!]]
After Bumblebee showed a lack of ability (or inclination) to be subtle on Earth, Prime had Prowl try to teach Bumblebee how to blend in. This ruined some plans with Sari, as she wanted to attach some [[turbo booster]]s to him to make him go even faster. During the exercise, they encountered [[Nanosec]], a crook that had gained Professor Sumdac's new speed suit via [[Megatron (Animated)|unknown patrons]]. Unable to keep up with Nanosec, Bumblebee was convinced by Sari attach the turbo boosters against Prime's orders. Unfortunately, he couldn't control them in vehicle mode, allowing Nanosec to escape from the Autobots twice. Worse, he was carrying enough [[Destronium]] to destroy all of Detroit. Overhearing Bulkhead and Prowl's comments on his change of appearance, Bumblebee realized that the suit was causing him to age the more he used it, so he purposefully ran him into old age (cold, Bee). With the Destronium about to go critical, Bumblebee, with help from Prowl and Bulkhead, managed to use his turbo boosters to head into the outer atmosphere and get the Destronium away from the city before detonating. The whole experience seems have given Bumblebee a bit more respect for subtlety. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

October soon came around, and Sari decided to teach the Autobots about [[Halloween]]. Bumblebee dressed up as "Count Dracubot", but his trick-and-treating session went sour when he and Bulkhead were attacked by the spider-bot [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and knocked unconscious. They recovered in time to save Sari from falling off a skyscraper, although Bumblebee blew out his tires in the process. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}} After participating in Sari's eighth birthday party, Bumblebee decided that he also wanted one of those cool [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] toys. He was less enthusiastic after Soundwave took control of all [[automaton]]s in Detroit and faked Bumblebee's voice in order to confuse the Autobots. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}} While Soundwave was eventually defeated, the Decepticon attacks were far from over—[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] soon arrived on Earth in their search for Megatron. Bumblebee and the others were knocked unconscious by Lugnut's [[Punch of Kill Everything|mighty punch]] in their first battle, but the odds were in the Autobots' favour when they later fought in the muddy waters of [[Lake Erie]]. Bumblebee got to electrocute Blitzwing a bit before both Decepticons were blasted to pieces by Teletran-1's main cannon. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

When Sari was later kidnapped by a [[Swoop (Animated)|pterosaur]], Bumblebee participated in the police investigation. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}} Bulkhead later got into the fine arts, so Bumblebee helped out by modeling for him until his friend got his body hijacked by the human villain known as the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]. As the other Autobots investigated, Bumblebee kept Bulkhead's head company and helped him create art pieces for his upcoming gallery (all while relentlessly cracking jokes about the situation, naturally). The Headmaster soon threatened to destroy Detroit using Bulkhead's body, so the Autobots approached him by pretending to be rescue vehicles, with Bumblebee being driven by Captain Fanzone. During the battle against the Headmaster, he got to play both bowling and football with Bulkhead's head before it was returned to its body. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

Some time during that winter, Bumblebee and Sari were playing video games and listening to music while ignoring Prowl's lectures on how spending so much time on "electronic devices" was unnecessary. All three of them were then sent out to investigate a Cybertronic energy signal in the woods; a prospect which filled Bumblebee with dread as nature was just so ''incredibly'' boring compared to his TV, games and music back home. He came along on what Sari described as a "camping trip" anyway, although he brought plenty of electronic devices with him. Prowl was not impressed, and even less so when Bumblebee decided to use his holographic projector as a TV screen. The lack of electricity proved to be the least of Bumblebee's problems, however, as the group was attacked by a [[Space barnacle|space barnacle monster]] shortly after nightfall. After a drawn-out fight with the creature, Bumblebee eventually knocked it off a cliff with his stingers, only to find that Prowl had been infected by the barnacles himself. While Sari had the bright idea of trapping the crazed Prowl in a mine, Bumblebee ended up trapping both of ''them'' in it as well, and got himself infected. Ultimately, Sari saved the day by using hot water to remove the barnacles, and in the aftermath Bumblebee voiced his opinion that nature should just be paved over as soon as possible. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

[[File:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Bumblebee followed this moment by offering Starscream a polo.]]
When Decepticon activity was detected in high levels, Bulkhead spilled the beans on what he and Prowl had done with the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], and Optimus Prime pretty much lost it. Ranting that all he had was a group of insubordinate malfunctions, he told Ratchet to take Sari's [[AllSpark Key]] from her, saying it wasn't safe in her hands. As she ran off crying, Bumblebee defended her, and Prime pointed out that Bumblebee wasn't a good character witness. Bumblebee mouthed off that their situation meant that Prime wasn't fit to command, and then went looking for Sari. Heading to [[Sumdac Tower]], Bumblebee spotted Starscream, and disobeyed Prime's order to hold off. Heading up the elevator (which could not only fit him, but also carry his weight), Bumblebee charged, firing his stingers at Starscream. All it really did was interrupt his speech, which made Starscream ''seriously'' freak out. However, a crane pulled Starscream, who was holding Bumblebee, up to the roof, where the two fought it out...right until Megatron burst through the roof of the tower. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

After Megatron's restoration, Starscream absentmindedly beat on Bumblebee for a while, then threw him aside when Megatron called the Decepticons to him. Once he'd been repaired with remaining AllSpark Key energy in Professor Sumdac's lab, Bumblebee called Prime on his previous statements, and Optimus apologized, saying he'd been out of line. When Ratchet brought the Autobots' ship to them, the Autobots and Sumdacs boarded the vessel in an attempt to lead Megatron and the Decepticons off-planet, but were shot down and crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. As the Autobots rallied to defend the AllSpark, Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Prowl took on [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]. Ratchet and Bumblebee teamed up again to create an [[electromagnetic pulse]], causing him to crash. After shelling them in tank mode, Blitzwing again took to the air for some strafing runs. Prowl noticed a connection between Blitzwing's alternate modes and personalities, so they had Bumblebee use his greatest strength, his obnoxious personality, to cause Angry Blitzwing to emerge. Taunting the triple changer, Bumblebee got him to transform accidentally into tank mode and crash into the lake. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[File:Super secretary.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"[[Aaron Archer]]'s office. Please hold."]] Following the defeat of Megatron and the disappearance of Professor Sumdac, Bumblebee helped Sari run [[Sumdac Systems]] until the arrival of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]]. Among their numbers was [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee and Bulkhead's old sergeant from boot camp, but thankfully he didn't seem to remember them. Bumblebee and the rest of the crew were subsequently contained within the [[Sigma Supreme|Elite Guard flagship]] while the Sentinel and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] went with Optimus Prime to investigate the supposed defeat of Megatron and dispersion of the AllSpark, but soon had to leave to deal with an out-of-control [[police drone]] factory. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}} Shortly afterwards, Bumblebee greeted Sari when she was thrown out of Sumdac Tower by [[Porter C. Powell]] and forced to live with the Autobots. He and Bulkhead tried to cheer her up by saying that living together would be like a non-stop party, making her food and teaching her about "stuff and how it works", but were met with limited success. Prowl intervened, and advised the pair to simply listen to their friend. Sari then let out her frustration over recent events, while Bumblebee and Bulkhead comforted her. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

Bumblebee and Sari later helped stop a runaway train powered by an AllSpark fragment. When Starscream stopped by again, Bumblebee and Ratchet again combined their powers to attack him with an electromagnetic pulse, but the AllSpark-powered Decepticon shrugged it off like it was nothing. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} After noticing truly how bad Ratchet's people skills were, Optimus Prime assigned Bumblebee and Sari to help him improve on them, something neither party was very enthusiastic about. During their training, the three encountered the newly created Transformer [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]], who proceeded to throw beef and motorcycles at Bumblebee. The Autobots chased Wreck-Gar across the city to retrieve the experimental nanobots he had in his backpack, but Bumblebee was not present during Ratchet's final confrontation with the confused 'bot. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}}

[[File:TFA Velocity Bumblebee Blurr meet.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|"If you're [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]], your ass is grass!"]]
Bumblebee became involved in the illegal street races organised by the criminal [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]]. Believing himself to be the fastest things on wheels, Bumblebee was unsurprisingly shocked after getting thrashed in a race by a [[Blurr (Animated)|Mysterious Blue Race Car]]. Following this, AllSpark traces, and the appearance of Blitzwing at the race track, Bumblebee became determined to get to the bottom of the mystery (although deep down he just wanted another chance to beat the Unknown Racer.) He made a deal with Master Disaster to appear in his races. Enlisting the help of Sari, Bumblebee returned to the track, and, to cut a long story short, ending up being pursued by the maniacal Blitzwing. After nearly being frozen one minute and melted to slag the next, Bumblebee was eventually rescued by the Mysterious Racer driving into Blitzwing. The excitement wasn't over for Bumblebee yet, as when returning to Master Disaster's trailer for answers, he and his pal Bulkhead (who had angrily followed Bumblebee there for defying him) had to face off against Blitzwing (he was desperate for that AllSpark fragment...), and had to be rescued once again... although this time it was Sari using Master Disaster's controlling device. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

The Autobots' ongoing efforts to fix up Detroit continued, and Bumblebee found the task as boring as ever. As the Autobots repaired an overpass, Bumblebee spotted Blitzwing and Lugnut trying to sneak off with some construction supplies. He attempted to stop them on his own, with his stingers being as ineffective as usual against the Decepticons. The pair got away, causing even more damage to the overpass on their way out, forcing the Autobots had to stay late to repair it. Again. Later, Bulkhead brought two new 'bots back to Autobot headquarters: [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]. Though they were insufferable to begin with, the Constructibots became an actual threat when they allied themselves with Megatron. They attempted to snatch away the Autobots' AllSpark fragments for their new boss, and Bumblebee was taken hostage during the scuffle. The Autobots were ultimately able to drive off the Constructibots and retrieved their AllSpark fragments.{{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

Later, he went on a trip to the Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom theme park with Sari. Optimus, fool that he is, believed him when he called it "an important fact-finding mission". {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

[[File:Watching SUVs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|If they start to do it, let me see, ok?]]
On another occasion, Bumblebee was attempting to clear up the streets of Detroit by catching some of their [[Nanosec|small]] [[Angry Archer|time]] [[Professor Princess|criminals]]. However, in each case, whenever Bumblebee came close to the capture, he froze up completely, and allowed the baddies to escape. It later became apparent that this was due to the AllSpark-infused timepiece belonging to [[Slo-Mo]]. After revealing himself and snatching the timepiece, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] froze all of the Autobots and looked set for victory. However, after being lifted to Sumdac Tower by Sari and the members of the [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|SUV]] and repaired, Bumblebee took on Swindle (even managing to floor him at one point with his stingers.) After getting the timepiece back from Swindle, Bumblebee was double-crossed by the SUV, but fortunately for the Autobot, the rest of his pals were back online by now, and managed to get the criminals arrested. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

After learning of Wasp's escape, Bumblebee felt a stirring of his old dreams, and dragged Bulkhead off to trace a signal leaked to them, containing a conversation between Megatron and his spy. As they tracked it down, Bumblebee fell into old habits, and started putting Bulkhead down, just like in the old days. It took a nasty fall to remind him that Bulkhead was the best friend he'd ever have, and he didn't need to spend his time chasing big dreams. Together, the two headed home, never realizing they were just outside of the carbon mines where the Decepticons were hiding.

Later, Bumblebee relayed the information they'd gathered to his old friend, Longarm, now Longarm ''Prime'', head of Cybertron Intel. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[File:TFA Black Friday Meltdown Bee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|IDK, my BFF Jill?]]
Due to his inability to stay quiet, Prowl placed a bet on Bumblebee—that he couldn't go 10 [[Units of time|cycle]]s without talking. Should he keep to this, a sweet can of axle grease would be his! However, the poor bot just couldn't do it. Prime took Bumblebee and Prowl with him to Dinobot Island to investigate Meltdown's prison break, and the plucky yellow bot vowed he would win the axle grease. However, the bet was put on hold after both he and Prowl were off-lined by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia's]] [[cyber venom]]. After the day was saved, Prime used the antidote on the bots, and Bumblebee pointed out he'd been quiet for ages! Prowl dryly noted it took Bumblebee being comatose to achieve this, but the yellow bot didn't care—he just wanted his grease! {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)| Black Friday}}

Bumblebee began to neglect his chassis, allowing it to leak oil without taking notice. Bulkhead and Ratchet pointed this out to the little 'bot, but Bumblebee was in complete denial over the fact that he needed a tune-up. Then, the Autobots learned that Mixmaster and Scrapper had resurfaced, and headed out to look for them throughout Detroit. Bumblebee didn't realize that the trail of oil he let drip out as he drove along would lead the Constructobots back to Autobot headquarters, where Sari would have to take on the two of them by herself. He did eventually get patched up by Ratchet in the field though. By the time Bumblebee received a call from Sari informing him of her situation, Blitzwing had dropped in on the Autobots, and they were too busy dealing with the triple-changer to head back... until Blitzwing suddenly decided to ditch the battle. By the time the Autobots made it back home, Sari had already managed to get rid of the intruders by herself. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

After insulting Bulkhead's latest painting of Sari, Bumblebee realized that he was wrong and actually apologized for his comments. It didn't go over very well, and that was before Megatron showed up with Professor Sumdac. Though Bumblebee suspected that Sumdac was a willing accomplice, Sari refused to hear it. At that moment, the mysterious blue racer appeared. Thinking he was a Decepticon, Bumblebee rolled after the racer, running him off the road. It was only at this point that the racer revealed that he was [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], a member of the Elite Guard sent to keep tabs on Decepticons and Prime's crew. Worse, Bumblebee's actions allowed Bulkhead to be kidnapped by Megatron. Once Optimus Prime was informed that the Decepticons were building a [[space bridge]] to attack Cybertron, Bumblebee went with the Autobots to rescue Bulkhead and destroy the bridge. During a brief skirmish with Lugnut and Blitzwing, Bumblebee admitted that he'd lost his title as "fastest thing on wheels" to Blurr. Unfortunately, when they confronted Megatron himself, the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] managed to incapacitate the pair...just in time for Starscream and his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clones]] to attack. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Managing to escape the Decepticons, the Autobots went for the clones, apparently deciding that they were the greater evil. The battle went poorly for them, as Blurr was lost in the space bridge and Bumblebee was cemented to a wall. When Isaac Sumdac decapitated Starscream and took his body with the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster unit]], Bumblebee was convinced that he was working for the Decepticons, though Sumdac revealed that it was to destroy Megatron. That didn't work out too well. After Megatron explained his plan to the captive Autobots, the Decepticon [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] revealed that he was Longarm Prime and that Bumblebee had sent an innocent Wasp to the stockade. Fortunately, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] arrived, reactivated thanks to Sari and Ratchet, and sacrificed himself to save the Autobots and Sumdacs. With the threat passed, Sumdac revealed that he had been forced to help the Decepticons, and Bumblebee's mistrust of the professor presumably faded away—only to return when Sari saw that the skin of her right arm had torn...revealing robotic circuitry underneath! {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Despite the revelation that one of his best friends was a robot, Bumblebee actually remained focused on the larger picture: namely, Shockwave's presence on Cybertron. Optimus reasoned that since Bulkhead was a genius with regards to space bridges (something Bumblebee said he'd never get used to, revealing his high opinion of his other best friend), so the two headed out to the mine. Bumblebee managed to find a recall beacon generator, which was needed to locate the position in space, and the plasmadynamic thruster, which generated the transwarp field. Unfortunately, the thruster activated before Bumblebee could give it to Bulkhead, sending him across the galaxy. After catching another transwarp wave, he was again transported to another part of the galaxy—where he was swallowed by a [[Rock Lord]].

Fortunately, Bulkhead was able to capture Bumblebee's signal, and reel him in. Sadly, it also brought the alien to Detroit. As the Autobots struggled to figure out how to defeat the monster and save Bumblebee, Sari used the AllSpark Key on herself to upgrade with new weapons and a teenage appearance. Sari quickly trounced the monster, freeing Bumblebee. Unfortunately, Sari didn't remove the Key after the upgrade, causing her to overload and lose control of her abilities. Bumblebee made a mad dash to try to remove the Key, but Sari's defenses systems registered him as a threat, and Sari horrifically watched as she stabbed Bumblebee through the chest and blasted him across the street. Ratchet immediately went to work, saying that he could repair Bumblebee without the Key. However, the damage was severe, and Bumblebee's spark was fading fast. Even when they got the Key, Ratchet was still hard pressed, as the Key had been burned out upgrading Sari. Fortunately, Ratchet managed to stabilize Bumblebee with his magnets, but Ratchet was forced to deactivate Sari with his EMP generator.

[[File:TransWarpedBumblebeeSari.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Ouch.]]
After Ratchet made what repairs he could, the Autobots allowed Professor Sumdac some time alone with Sari. Lamenting on how troubled their day had been, Bumblebee tempted fate by asking how much worse it could get. On cue, the plasmadynamic thruster began to power up, but Bulkhead managed to shut it down. Unfortunately, Omega Supreme soon arrived, under the control of Megatron. Bumblebee was given an illegal stinger upgrade to help against Omega Supreme, but it still did little good. Optimus and Prowl managed to sneak inside and remove Megatron's control while Bumblebee and Bulkhead served as <s>bait</s> a distraction. However, Starscream managed to gain control, and soon moved to conquer Cybertron. Bumblebee came up with the idea to throw the plasmadynamic thruster inside Omega to send the three randomly warping across the galaxy, managing to reach the altitude with his [[turbo booster]]s (why Optimus let him keep those is unknown). Later, Sari was awakened, and all was well with the Autobots...except for being out of contact with Cybertron, but still, it's the thought that counts. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

While Bulkhead and Professor Sumdac began constructing a space bridge, Bumblebee and the other Autobots focused on hunting down the remaining Decepticons on Earth. The first one they found was Lugnut, who was defeated and [[stasis cuffs|stasis cuffed]] after a drawn-out battle. Unfortunately, this left the Autobot force trying to pull the massive Decepticon out of the deep crater he had caused during the fight—a daunting task that they spent the rest of the night working on. Before any real progress could be made, Bumblebee and the others were called away to help Bulkhead, who had been dragged into an oil-stealing scheme by the Constructicons. Upon arriving at the [[Fossil Fuel]] oil refinery, Bumblebee fought against Scrapper, but was warned to watch his stingers so he wouldn't set fire to a nearby oil spill. Unfortunately, a collision between Scrapper and Mixmaster led to a spark setting fire to it anyway, so the Autobots were forced to transwarp an entire oil tank (with the Constructicons on it) out to Lake Erie, where it exploded. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

[[File:WhereIsThySting-hotdogbot.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Bumblebee attempts to kitbash himself.]]

Some time later, Bumblebee's old friend Wasp arrived on Earth, with a few screws loose and a vendetta against the 'bot who put him away. That night, Bumblebee was on monitor duty as the other Autobots were searching for Wasp, but spent his time playing ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]'' instead (after all, a TV is a monitor too!), which led to Wasp easily getting the drop on him. Bumblebee tried explaining how Longarm had set the whole thing up back in the day, but the deranged Wasp wouldn't listen, instead knocking Bumblebee out and saying it was ''his'' turn to lose everything he'd ever had. When Bumblebee woke up, he found himself equipped with Wasp's helmet, paintjob and voice synthesizer and all his friends staring down at him... including Wasp dressed up as himself. Unable to prove his own identity, Bumblebee was forced to escape from his own friends, only to be chased down by Elite Guard members [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]. Luckily for the small 'bot, Jetstorm's wind blasts were too powerful for him, and he was blown away from danger. A desperate Bumblebee tried painting himself yellow with mustard from a hot dog stand, only to be confronted by Bulkhead and Prowl. Thinking of ideas to prove his innocence, Bumblebee reminded Bulkhead of their misadventures in boot camp—misadventures Wasp could never have known about. While his friends were finally convinced, the newly arrived Jetstorm and Jetfire were not, and a fight broke out until Optimus and Sentinel arrived and sorted it out. Returning to the Autobot base, they confronted Wasp, who had unfortunately spent the meantime researching Bumblebee's past and could easily list many of Bumblebee's past adventures like he was there in person. With no way to prove who was the real deal, Bulkhead suggested that they simply play ''Ninja Gladiator'' for the title of Bumblebee... after all, the real one would ''never'' lose at ''Ninja Gladiator''. The plan worked, as Wasp cracked under the pressure before the match could even begin, grabbing Bumblebee and holding him at stinger-point. With the Autobots unable to attack, Wasp cancelled his and Bumblebee's [[electronic paint job]]s and made a getaway, leaving Bumblebee to be pummelled by a confused Bulkhead. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

Chasing Wasp across Detroit, the Autobots eventually cornered him, and Bumblebee again tried explaining the "funny story" on how Longarm was the true Decepticon spy who caused Wasp's misfortune. However, Wasp didn't see the funny part of it, and Bumblebee nearly got himself blasted in the face for trying. Before the group could capture Wasp, he was suddenly abducted by [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]], so Optimus Prime and Bumblebee had to follow him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Upon arrival, Prime suggested that Bumblebee stopped making excuses like blaming Longarm and tried ''apologizing'' to Wasp instead. Making their way into the tunnels of the island, the two soon found Wasp... mutated into a large, monstrous [[technorganic]] form by Blackarachnia. Face to face with the monster, Bumblebee followed Prime's advice and apologized for everything he did and didn't do to Wasp. His old nemesis responded that Wasp forgave him... but he was Wasp''inator'' now, and Waspinator would ''never'' forgive Bumblebee! However, before Waspinator could destroy Bumblebee once and for all, his new body started going out of control, and he went back to Blackarachnia. After being run down by both the spider and the wasp as the latter chased the former, Bumblebee helped carry the damaged Sentinel Prime out of the tunnels. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

[[File:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Bumblebee vs Blitzwing.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Human Bumblebee is stronger than [[:File:RollForIt FloppyDisk destruction.jpg|Chip Chase]].]]
Christmas eventually came around, and between shaking his presents and decorating the tree, Bumblebee didn't notice a [[Sound Wave]] toy poisoning the Autobots' [[oilnog]]. After having a taste, the 'bots all felt strangely tired and decided to take a stasis nap... only to wake up in human bodies. Bumblebee took it with a pinch of humour as he made fun of Bulkhead for being small, before the "Automen" headed out to see if Professor Sumdac could find out what was going on. However, during a brief break for food at [[Burger Bot]], the city came under attack from a large force of Decepticons. The Autobots chose to fight back despite their small fleshy bodies, but Bumblebee grabbing onto Starscream's leg had no real effect on the marauding Decepticon, and the heroes were quickly forced to run. Eventually arriving at Sumdac Tower, Bumblebee was shocked when Cybertron itself appeared in the sky and blasted part of the tower to smithereens, followed by the arrival of Megatron himself. However, by this stage, Optimus Prime and Prowl had figured out that none of this was actually happening—they were trapped in some kind of simulated reality. Realizing that they could break through the illusion with their imagination, the Autobots fought back and defeated the simulated Decepticons, with the tiny human Bumblebee easily punching out Blitzwing before transforming back into a robot. But before the Autobots could figure out how to escape from the virtual reality, they were subdued by a giant Soundwave—the one who had trapped them to begin with in order to brainwash them into becoming his mind slaves. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[File:EndgamePart1-BumblebeeArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"I think I've seen this [[Spotlight: Arcee|somewhere]] before."]]

As Soundwave increased his control over the simulation, Bumblebee and the others were transformed back into humans. Deciding that they had to find Soundwave's interface to the world, they grabbed some vehicles matching their alternate modes, leading to Bumblebee pushing a virtual Captain Fanzone out of his own car. The Autobots took to chasing after a black Soundwave van, only to fall into a trap that let Soundwave brainwash them completely. As Sari and her "[[Substitute Autobot]]s" came to save the day, Soundwave used the Autobots' bodies to fight back, with Bumblebee and Prowl teaming up against Wreck-Gar. However, controlling five people at once proved too much for Soundwave, and as he lost focus, Bumblebee's mindless body found itself bound up in Christmas lights and defeated. Shortly afterward, Bumblebee's mind was returned to normal when Optimus Prime shattered Soundwave's body. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

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When the Autobots discovered Decepticon signals on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Bumblebee found himself an volunteering (read: ordered) to transwarp there and plant a transmitter. However, the transmitter was inadvertedly broken by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] shortly after arrival, so Bumblebee changed his strategy into infiltrating Omega Supreme. Inside, he found [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] babbling on and on about school. Deeming it impossible to take her back to Earth, Bumblebee chose to activate Arcee's transmitter before leaving, using her to spy on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} When Megatron used the information inside Arcee to attack Detroit with a trio of "[[Lugnut Supreme]]s", Bumblebee went back to the moon alongside Bulkhead, Ratchet and Sari to attempt a retrieval of Omega Supreme. They quickly located Arcee again, only to be attacked by Shockwave. While Bumblebee's stingers had no effect on his old platoonmate, he was eventually defeated by Bulkhead's brawns. Shockwave transformed back to his Longarm mode in an attempt to trick his "old pals", but failed and was captured. Bumblebee was aboard Omega Supreme when he battled against the oversized Lugnuts-turned-oversized Starscreams, and following their victory, was told that Prowl had died during the battle. When the Autobots returned to Cybertron, he helped carry his friend's coffin. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

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''Bumblebee attended the Stunti-Con's show in Kaon, unaware that the entire affair was a Decepticon plot to break Megatron out of the nearby Trypticon Prison. Thankfully, [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] interrupted the show, and with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]]'s help thwarted the Decepticons' plans.''{{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

===Toy bios===
[[File:Animatedpatrolbumblebeepackageart.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|"C.O.P.S. will be right back after these messages!"]]
At some point, Bumblebee began taking stealth lessons from Prowl, presenting him with a new battle tactic: sneaking up from behind instead of racing fender-first into danger. To further that end, Bumblebee apparently painted himself as a police patrol car. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#ActivPatrol|Patrol Bumblebee}}

After "getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard", Bumblebee decided more than ever that he wanted to join their ranks. He had Sari borrow some of her dad's auto-painting robots so that he could truly look the part of an Elite Guard team member. He also began doing combat training with Prowl, and may have gotten his energy stingers enhanced. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee}}

{{note|Presumably Bumblebee's "getting up close to members of the AUTOBOT Elite Guard" refers to the events of the episodes [[The Elite Guard]], [[The Return of the Headmaster]] and [[Mission Accomplished]]. However, at the time of those episodes, Isaac Sumdac was missing and Sari no longer had access to Sumdac Systems technology, so, uh... just go with it. OR, possibly, by "borrow" they mean "steal the robots out from under Powell's greasy nose"}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====Prime Suspect====
After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] was framed for breaking and entering, Bumblebee and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] tried to warn him in advance that the Detroit police were after him. Bumblebee helped Sari and [[You|another kid]] check out the police station for leads. Unsuccessful in their search, they went to the scene of the crime, [[HomeTech]]'s laboratory where they rendezvoused with the other Autobots. As the Autobots were too big to fit inside, they sent the kids in, which resulted in Bumblebee and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] having to rescue them dramatically. Evidence was found, leading the Autobots to HomeTech's main warehouse. Breaking in, Bumblebee clumsily knocked over a stack of crates, but somehow managed to avoid bringing security down on them. The Autobots split up and eventually found and defeated [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who'd been behind the whole thing. {{storylink|Prime Suspect}}

====Quest for the AllSpark====
When [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] made an attempt to obtain the [[AllSpark]] by taking control of [[Detroit]]'s robot workforce, the Autobots came up with a plan to hide useless copies of the AllSpark. Bumblebee concealed his at the [[Race Track]], however when the other Autobots failed to show up back at base, he found Sari and another kid, and the three of them went looking for [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. When they found him, he fought Bumblebee while labouring under a misconception, which was quickly straightened out. They collected Prowl and finally caught up with Prime and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], joining in a battle to defeat [[Crush-A]]. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

====Web of Deception====
Bumblebee saved Sari and her friend from a fiery death on [[Lake Erie]] before finding the Autobot ship lifeless. After getting everything working again, Ratchet found that Optimus was missing, and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]'s ship was parked on the lake bed nearby, sending Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Prowl and the two young humans on a mission to investigate. While fighting the bounty hunter, they discovered the involvement of [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who wanted revenge on Prime. They ended up tracking down and fighting Blackarachnia, only for her to absorb Bumblebee's stinger ability, and sprout a stinger on each of her spider legs. All three Autobots were incapacitated, but Sari and her friend were able to follow Blackarachnia, leading to her eventual defeat. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

====Time-Quake====
When Detroit was plagued by a series of strange time disturbances, the Autobots used scanning devices to scour the city. Bulkhead and Bumblebee both tracked the source of the temporal anomalies to the [[Lions Tower]] building downtown and broke in to find a time machine on the empty top floor. While Bulkhead and a human were sent back in time, Bumblebee encountered those responsible — [[Natasha Pyraniac]] and [[Blast-X]]. Bulkhead returned to the present in time to aid Bumblebee's fight against the Decepticon. Blast-X was defeated shortly after Pyraniac departed in the time machine. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}

===Titan Magazines===
In battle with new villain [[Quake-Maker]], Bumblebee got to not only mock the villain but fight alongside the super-cool new Autobot [[Afterburn]]. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1#Burnout|Burnout}}

The two later went on a mission to Dinobot Island to stop a Rage virus infection, a mission that had Bumblebee nervous. During the mission, Bumblebee screwed up a landing that Afterburn aced, got thrown into a mud puddle by Swoop, was left with an incredibly dirty finish, and generally looked worse than Afterburn and on ''four separate occasions'' got put down by him. This made him sad. {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 2|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

When [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was in a huff, it was Bumblebee who convinced him to help them against the [[Wraith-X]] by appealing to that greatest of emotions, the ego! He didn't have time to gloat though, as he then found Afterburn reporting back to ''Megatron'', who then stormed the base, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} killed Afterburn, and started a massive battle. Bumblebee was shocked to find Afterburn had only been a sparkless drone infiltrator, but still viewed him as a real Autobot, ''taking on Megatron himself'' out of anger for what had happened.

Optimus later consoled Bumblebee that he'd been a hero and that Afterburn hadn't been real anyway. But he'd been real to Bumblebee...{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

[[File:Bumblebeepizza Titan25.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Why said cheese pizza has several toppings on it is a mystery.]]

But then he got over that and started breaking traffic laws for fun to get pizzas to Sari quickly! This led to Prowl dissing him and claiming Bumblebee wouldn't be so fast if he had to obey some rules, which led to a race between the two at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]] (plus Bulkhead joined in, which gave Bumblebee a good laugh). Autobots doing ''anything'', of course, leads to Decepticon plots, and Bumblebee (who had a Decepticon tracer stuck on his butt) found they'd ambushed Prowl halfway through the race. Locating the tracer, he stuck it on ''Lugnut's'' butt and helped Prowl escape to win.

All that excitement had allowed Bulkhead to win the race unopposed though, making him the official fastest thing in Detroit. Bumblebee accepted it amiably enough. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[Bumper Robinson]] (English)}}
Isaac Sumdac presented his newest creation to Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sari; the "[[Bi-directional Unified Transit Terminal]].” The professor explained that his B.U.T.T. could easily shoot them all off to Cybertron... in theory. Bumblebee agreed to be part of the device's test drive, but the B.U.T.T. malfunctioned, sending Optimus, Sari, and Bumblebee to [[Axiom Nexus]] instead of their intended destination. The trio soon encountered officer [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]], who informed them that Optimus was breaking the law by virtue of simply being a "Prime" in Axiom Nexus. After being through 17 grueling hours of processing, Optimus and Sari were put in the care of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]. Bumblebee was determined to be a non-threat without a "spunky kid sidekick" to help him out, and was set free. Flareup informed Bumblebee of the gravity of the situation his friends found themselves in, and agreed to help rescue them... though Bumblebee took the time to order some fast-food first. In the drive-through line-up, Bumblebee met with the "heroic Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Joe]]" who also agreed to help him out. Bumblebee then formulated a crazed plan that involved a marching band of trained chimps... which failed completely to accomplish anything. Joe then suggested a better plan; both he and Bumblebee posed as "illegal Primes" so that they could make their way to Axiom Nexus's detention center. "Beeimus Prime" and "Joe Convoy" thus managed to sneak into Shockwave's lab, despite the Narrator nearly blowing their cover. Bumblebee and and Flareup then set upon distracting the morally-ambiguous scientist while Joe was tasked with freeing the hostages... only for the Predacon to reveal himself to be in truth a "Megatron" with plans of conquest!

Using Sari's Key, Megatron turned Shockwave's lab equipment into a miniature army. Unable to take on the newly awakened robots through force, Optimus, Sari, Bumblebee, Flareup, and Shockwave instead devised a means to turn them against their master; bureaucracy! They convinced Megatron's army that the amount of paperwork they'd need to go through for simply being born was a huge hassle, causing the robots to turn on their master.

Shockwave was so annoyed by Bumblebee and his friends that he decided to use his authority to quickly deport them from his dimension. Relieved to be back home, Optimus made everyone promise to never speak of their inter-dimensional adventure again. Bumblebee agreed. {{Storylink|Bee in the City}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
Witnessing the mysterious Allspark being uncovered, Bumblebee along with the rest of Optimus Prime's crew fled through a space bridge gate in order to keep the artifact out of Decepticon clutches. Unfortunately, Megatron was able to board their ship and left Bumblebee defeated on the floor, leaving Optimus to deal with the Decepticon leader by himself. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

Along with the rest of the Autobots, Bumblebee came to the [[Earth]] city of [[Detroit]] in order to protect the [[AllSpark]] from the Decepticons. During a battle in the streets with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], Bumblebee came into contact with [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] moments before nearly being blown to smithereens. He then squared off against, attempting to subdue the Decepticon with his [[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

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When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] died stopping Starscream from abusing the power of the AllSpark, and was subsequently revived, Bumblebee introduced him to Sari, who had brought him back with the power of her [[AllSpark Key|key]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Bumblebee next participated in a battle against [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. He performed poorly against Soundwave's sonic attacks and Lugnut's aerial bombardments, and was grateful when the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s arrived to save the day, remarking how powerful they were. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 3}}

Back in Detroit, Bumblebee was present to dig Optimus Prime out of a pile of rubble dropped onto him by [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]. Bumblebee did not recognize Blackout's Autobot opponent, [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]], leaving Prime to tell him that he was from the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}

Bumblebee next engaged Starscream all by himself, resulting in the Decepticon nearly blasting him off the roof of [[Sumdac Systems]] headquarters. Bumblebee was saved when Starscream was distracted by the reborn Megatron, only to be blasted by Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] a short while later. Bumblebee survived the altercation, at least long enough to greet [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Elite Guard. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Bumblebee later joined the Autobots in a battle against [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]]. With Prowl's help, they subdued the clone and took him to a warehouse where they encountered Megatron. The clone had been rigged to explode, but Prowl was able to send him rocketing into the sky before detonation, as Bumblebee stood around watching, doing nothing. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

At the battle for the Decepticon [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]], Bumblebee joined his fellow speed warrior, [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], in taking down [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]. They used their speed to first confuse their opponents, then slapped them with some stasis cuffs. As the Decepticons fell over, paralyzed, the pair of Autobots speedsters skipped off while merrily whistling. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

When the battle for the Decepticon Space Bridge had ended, Bumblebee joined the other Autobots in bidding farewell to the fallen [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. Bumblebee then freaked out when he noticed that Sari had robotics sticking through her skin.{{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

Not long afterward, Starscream attacked Detroit in Omega Supreme's body. Bumblebee fought to keep the fiend busy until Optimus could return and join the fray. Bumblebee expressed excitement when Sari used her key to upgrade into a teenager, then expressed lament when her newfound powers proved utterly useless against Starscream/Omega Supreme. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Prior to the final confrontation against the Decepticons, Bumblebee stood heroically alongside his fellow Autobots. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1}}

Upon Megatron's defeat, Bumblebee accompanied the Autobots back to planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they were all hailed as heroes by the citizenry and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bumper Robinson]] (English)
[[File:TFAnimated Game Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|123px]]
When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] announced he was stepping up Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s training, Bumblebee protested he already had plenty of training and was up to level 12. After it was established that video games didn't count, he, Bulkhead and Optimus worked their way through an obstacle course set up by [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]. They got the opportunity to put their skills to a real test a short time later when drones went haywire at a [[Sumdac Systems]] factory, the trio blasting their way through the rogue robots until they found the problem — an [[AllSpark]] fragment lodged in a control console. When they intercepted a transmission indicating that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] was planning to attack [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead searched the factory for more fragments so they could power up Megatron's [[space bridge|Space Bridge]] and follow him.

By following a [[Decepticon Transmitter Drone]], they discovered the location of Megatron's mine base and explored it until they found Megatron and his Space Bridge. A battle ensued, during which Bumblebee powered an electromagnet that they used to defeat the Decepticon leader, but even as they were victorious, Megatron transwarped out. The trio repowered the space bridge with their own AllSpark fragments, but after Optimus and Bulkhead went through, the bridge closed, leaving Bumblebee on Earth. With Sari's help, Bumblebee tracked down more fragments at the factory... only for them to be taken from him by [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]. With the help of his [[turbo booster]]s, Bumblebee hunted down Lockdown and managed to get the fragments back.

Bumblebee and Sari returned to the mine, only for the computer to announce that the self-destruct had been activated. Bumblebee fought his way through the mine in record time to disable it, and used the fragments to repower the space bridge. He arrived on Cybertron to find Prime and Bulkhead searching for Megatron. After intercepting a Decepticon transmission, they headed for the Space Bridge Nexus, where they confronted Megatron again, using the defense systems against him. Megatron was again forced to flee. The Autobots returned to Earth, where Bumblebee announced he was beat, but perked up again when Sari revealed she had an advance copy of ''[[Mage Master Maze Knight]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Bumblebee is featured as a playable game card. He is a yellow card, has a value of 5 points, and has the following power: "+5 if any Sari is in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
====Legends====
[[File:Ani-toy LegendsBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Stealth Lockdown''' (Animated 3-pack, 2008)

:A redeco of the ''Universe'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends-class]] Bumblebee available around the same time (see below), this Bumblebee came packaged with a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] clear version of [[Lockdown (Animated)#Stealth|Lockdown]], as well as a Legends [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]. This Bumblebee is ''almost'' identical to the individual ''Universe'' release, except this version has silver painted windows, a silver [[Autobot]] [[insignia|faction symbol]] and a darker gray face.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/AniLegendsBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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*'''Bumblebee Clear Yellow Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2010)

: A redeco of Legends Bumblebee in mostly translucent yellow (with some opaque yellow parts), and absolutely no [[paint operation]]s. He was only available at [[Ito Yokado]] stores in Japan, given away for free to customers who purchased ''Animated'' merchandise totaling least 3,000 yen.

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*'''EZ Collection Limited Clear Version''' (EZ Collection, 2010)

:The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set included a redeco of Legends Bumblebee in mostly translucent yellow with some opaque parts. The set was given away at Family Mart stores in Japan as part of their raffle token promotion. Unlike Bumblebee Clear Yellow Version, this version of Bumblebee is painted to resemble his normal coloration, only clear. The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set was prize D, and included four different translucent EZ Collection figures, the other three being Optimus Prime, Prowl, and Starscream.

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*'''Bumblebee Elite Guard Version''' (EZ Collection, 2010)
[[File:AniEZEliteGuardBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
:A black, yellow and gold redeco of Legends Bumblebee, Bumblebee Elite Guard Version shares its overall deco with the deluxe "Elite Guard Bumblebee" toy. It was only available blindpacked in TakaraTomy's EZ Collection Volume 4.

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====Deluxe====
[[File:Bumblebee anim toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Awwww, it's so adorable... ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:AnimatedDeluxeBumblebeeJapan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A gold Bumblebee, but not [[:File:TF2010-toy Legends Gold Bumblebee.jpg|Gold Bumblebee]]. ''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right rocket boosters

: Bumblebee transforms from a small yellow hatchback with a single red flasher to a scrappy robot with a smirk on his face. He has a fake car roof on his chest in robot mode (but to be fair, so does his cartoon counterpart), and the two halves of his stinger weapon, stored in his forearms, can be flipped out and pegged together. In both robot and car mode, his two booster rockets can be attached on his back. Unlike the promotional image, the rockets of the actual toy do not have any red paint.

: Due to support struts added inside his forearms to ensure durability, his stingers do not recede all the way back into his arms. The latest releases of the toy fix this problem. There have also been some complaints that the socket in his left arm tends to crack easily, which makes the arm impossible to pose.

: Amusingly, flipping his bumper up in his alt-mode works like a tiny trunk.

: The Japanese release of this toy was given a shiny, metallic coat of gold paint as opposed to the flat yellow of the original Hasbro release, and a red and white Autobot symbol instead of a silver one.

: This mold was also used to make [[#EliteGuard|"Elite Guard" Bumblebee]] and was supposed to be used for the canceled [[Wasp|Fugitive Waspinator]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Deluxe Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Ani-toy BumblebeeEG.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Back from his internship with Donald Trump. Sentinel Prime, YOU'RE FIRED!]]
[[File:AnimatedEliteGuardBumblebeeJapan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Guess which parts of me are unpaintable plastic!]]
*'''Elite Guard Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-31'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right rocket boosters

: A [[redeco]] of [[#Deluxe|Deluxe Bumblebee]], this figure represents Bumblebee after getting Sari to help paint him up in [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] deco as part of his anticipated ascension into their ranks. Dare to dream! He retains all the play-gimmicks of the original, though his arms have been slightly [[retool]]ed to allow the stingers to recede fully. The color scheme of the toy bears a little resemblance to [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Stealth Bumblebee]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] franchise.

: The [[Hasbro]] stock photography and [[package art]] for this toy [[:File:Deluxeeliteguardbumblebee.jpg|depict "Elite Guard" Bumblebee with his normal yellow helmet]]. However, the actual toy has a black helmet due to the plastic color layouts.

:The Japanese release of this figure added metallic gold paint to the robot mode, replacing some portions that had been yellow or black, including Bumblebee's helmet (making the toy look more like the Hasbro stock photography in the process). It also replaced Bumblebee's silver and black Elite Guard symbols with more traditional red and white ones.

: The Hasbro release of this toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as a [[Wireless Automated Sales Person]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/EGBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Elite Guard Bumblebee at TFU.info]''
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*'''Silver Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right rocket boosters

:This silver chromed Deluxe Class Bumblebee is limited to 40 pieces; 20 each from 2 retailers - Bic camera and 4 Edion group franchise (ishimaru, Eiden, Deo Deo and Midori Denka). During 18 September to 31 October, when customers spend more than 3,000yen Animated toys (excluding EZ Collections) you are given a postcard to enter the draw.

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====Voyager====
[[File:Ani-toy HydrodiveBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh slag. Where did my police light go?]]
*'''Jet Pack Bumblebee''' (Voyager, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-39'''
:This new, smaller mold of Bumblebee comes with an armor frame in the form of a submersible jet. In vehicle mode, he fits inside the jet, and when he transforms, the jet can be reconfigured to become a [[jet pack]] for his robot mode. The armor frame is armed with two pivoting, non-removable guns astride its nose-cone, and two missiles mounted under its wings, cast in the image of Bumblebee's [[turbo booster]] accessories (with jet contrails), which can be removed and plugged into his forearms. It's possible to transform Bumblebee without removing the armor.

:Jet Pack Bumblebee was only made available as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s Japanese toyline, with a not particularly [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] bright metallic gold deco. He was originally intended to be released under Hasbro's toyline under the name '''Hydrodrive Bumblebee''' (the version pictured here), but was canceled.
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====Activators====
*'''Bumblebee''' (Activator, 2008)
[[File:Activators Bumblebee toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's a Bumblevator—or is it Actibee?]]
: Part of the first wave of [[Activators]], this small version of Bumblebee [[autotransformation|automatically transforms]] from vehicle to robot mode via spring-loaded releases when you press his top-mounted police light. Interestingly enough, this toy is probably the closest to "proper" scale in robot mode when compared to the Deluxe Prowl and Ratchet, the Voyager Optimus, and Leader Bulkhead. Like the Deluxe class toy, Bumblebee was intended to be molded with a benign sideways smirk on his face, but at this small of scale the effect does not come off as intended, leaving Bumblebee looking rather more like he's grimacing. Furthermore, his insignia is ''also'' grimacing; for some reason this toy was given the [[:File:Live action Autobot insignia.png|movie Autobot "angry eyes" insignia]], rather than the standard "neutral expression" insignia found on most other ''Animated'' Autobots. Add him to the list of Transformers who just need a hug.

:This mold was later [[retool]]ed to make [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/ActBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Activators Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Activators PatrolBumblebee toy.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Barricade (Movie)|Bumblecade]]]]
*'''Patrol Bumblebee''' (Activator, 2008)

: A police-themed redeco of Activators Bumblebee, instead of his current "undercover" markings, he gets full-on black-and-white deco with "PATROL" lettering across his doors.

:He has the normal yellow helmet, however.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/PatrolBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Patrol Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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*'''Shockwave VS Bumblebee''' (multipack, 2009)
[[File:Shockwavepurplebumblebeetoys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey, they said I was supposed to meet Longarm here. Who are you?]]
: Activators Bumblebee came packaged with a purple redeco of Voyager [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] in a Target-exclusive multipack. The toy has the same deco as the original release, but with a corrected Autobot insignia.

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[[File:Animated-toy BattlefieldBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Battlefield Bumblebee''' (2010)

: A redeco of Activators Bumblebee with silver detailing similar to [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Classics|''Classics'' Bumblebee]]'s white stripes and an oddly large Autobot insignia.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/ActBattlefieldBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Battlefield Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:AnimatedSuperCollectionVol2Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Animated Super Collection Vol. 2''' (multipack, 2010)

: Released on [[October 2]]nd in Japan, the "Animated Super Collection Vol. 2" giftset contained slight redecos of Activators Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] and [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]. Bumblebee's insignia went from silver to a more traditional red and white.

:While the [[stock photography]] of the individual toys showed Animated Super Collection Bumblebee as being more orange-y than its American counterpart, this seems to have been a trick of the lighting, as the released toy remained its standard yellow.

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====Bumper Battlers====
*'''Bumblebee''' (Bumper Battlers, 2008)
[[File:BumperBattlers Bumblebee toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Does this make him [[Bumper (Animated)|Animated Bumper]]?]]
: Part of the first wave of [[Bumper Battlers]], this very simple version of Bumblebee is meant for the much younger set. About the same size as the Deluxe Bumblebee in car mode, pressing the Autobot [[insignia|faction symbol]] on his hood activates the toy's sound feature, using a seemingly randomized assortment of sound effects and original voice samples from [[Bumper Robinson]]. Pressing the car mode's front bumper in activates the simple spring-loaded one-step transformation to robot mode... "properly" activated by using the toy's [[pull-back motor]] [[gimmick]] to propel it forward into an obstacle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/BBBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumper Battler Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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*'''Sting Racer Bumblebee''' (Bumper Battlers, 2008)
[[File:Ani-toy BumperBattlers StingBumblebee.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4]]
: This Bumper Battlers Bumblebee has a blue stripe in place of the black one, and blue electrical marks on his sides.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/BBStingerBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Sting Racer Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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====Power Bots====
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*'''Cyber Speed Bumblebee''' ([[Power Bots]], 2008)
[[File:CyberSpeedBumblebee toy.JPG|thumb|120px]]
: A large, non-transforming figure of Bumblebee in bulky, child-friendly form. He comes with lights and sounds, including a stinger sound on the right arm, which has the stinger deployed, and a "punching" sound and extending fist on the left. He also speaks a slew of phrases, including "Bring it on, Decepticons!" and "Hi, I'm Bumblebee!", again using Bumper Robinson voice clips. He is, of course, utterly adorable.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/CSBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Cyber Speed Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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*'''Street Patrol Bumblebee''' (Power Bots, 2009)
[[File:Ani-toy StreetPatrolBumblebee.JPG|thumb|120px|Anyone seen my transformation cog?]]
: This Bumblebee has red stripes on his stinger arm and his stripe is dark blue.

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===Transformers (2007 movie line)===
[[File:WMTheLegacyOfBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Upon seeing his more proportionate counterparts, Ani-Bee cried himself to sleep on his giant pillow.]]
*'''The Legacy of Bumblebee''' (Deluxe class multi-pack, 2008)

: A Walmart [[exclusive]] three pack, ''The Legacy of Bumblebee'' collector's set comes with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|''Classics'']], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Movie]] Deluxe Class Concept Camaro ([[Premium Series]]) and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' Bumblebee figures. While the movie and ''Animated'' Bumblebees are identical to their original, single carded releases, the ''Classics'' Bumblebee has been redecoed to more closely resemble his movie and ''Animated'' counterparts, changing his white stripes to black, and his grey/silver plastic to yellow, similarly to ''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bumble.

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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Legends bb sized.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Is that size-accurate enough?]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends, 2008)
: A smaller, simplified [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends]]-scale Bumblebee toy, released under the ''Universe'' toyline.

:This toy was redecoed with a silver Autobot insignia, silver windows and a much darker (nearly black) face as part of the ''Animated'' line in a multi-pack with Stealth Lockdown and a Legends Class Optimus Prime (see above).
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===Fast food kids meal toys===
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*'''Bumblebee''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 2008)
[[File:McdonaldsAnimatedBumblebee.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Bumblebrick.]]
: A simple version of Bumblebee with a very simple transformation sequence, one of six toys available as part of the McDonald's ''Transformers Animated'' promotion (held concurrently with the ''Littlest Pet Shop'' promo). You transform him by pulling out the arms from the sides, pulling down the legs and rotating them around and flipping up the head. The arms hold the legs in place, and need to be pulled out before his legs. His vehicle mode is accurate to the show, and his robot mode is reasonably accurate, although rather on the "bulky" side.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/McBumblebee/bumblebee.htm More information on Bumblebee at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TFA McD Bumblebee Jumpstarter.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toys, 2008)

:This is a very simplistic version of Bumblebee, he converts from non-articulated robot mode to a "folded" robot with three wheels (which is a very non-show-accurate alt-mode). Like the G1 [[Jumpstarter]]s toys he features a pull-back motor in vehicle mode that propels him forward on smooth surfaces; after a short run the latch that keeps his spring-loaded legs releases, causing him to flip forward and into upright robot mode.
:Like the rest of his assortment, this Bumblebee was only available in Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela.

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==Merchandise==

===Microbots Collection===
*'''Bumblebee''' (Capsule, 2010)
: Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. released Bumblebee and 5 other Animated characters as small PVC figures in the Microbots Collection, a series of capsule toys.
::*''[http://www.shmax.com/part_details/21851 More information on Bumblebee at shmax.com]''

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==Notes==
[[File:Bumblebeeanimatedkibble.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|My real windshield is on my heels!]]
* Bumblebee's arm-mounted shock stingers are very likely inspired by an early weapon concept from the 2007 movie [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

* The character who would become Bumblebee was originally conceived as [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], but changed to Bumblebee at the insistence of incoming supervising director [[Matt Youngberg]] and art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=1516366009698858110&isPopup=true Bumblebee's inclusion explained by Derrick J. Wyatt on twitter]</ref> This explains why his character is more like Hot Shot and less like... well, Bumblebee. He also arguably shares personality traits with other, similarly brash "ADHD" characters such as [[Hot Rod]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Cut from the same cloth, at any rate.

* Bumblebee appears to have a fake car roof on his chest in both his toy and on his [[character model]]. Not only does Bumblebee transform like his toy in his drawn-out animated transformation sequences, with his legs forming the top of the vehicle and the rest forming the underside, but his "real" windshield is drawn on the back of his legs, just like the toy. Plus the headlights on Bumblebee's feet are upside-down, just like the toy's. However, Bumblebee's vehicle mode stripe doesn't change sides like on the toy. Cheatsy!

* In addition to the above, in "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]," Bumblebee reaches under his '''fake''' car roof kibble to get out his air freshener and fuzzy dice. This would mean that he had kept them in his back seat or trunk. Interestingly enough, on the Deluxe toy, you can actually store small items in his chest thanks to his opening 'trunk'.

* He likes to swear a lot. [[Slag (slang)|Slag yeah!]]

[[File:TFA Bumblebee Elite Guard promoimage.JPG|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was so horrified his scream blew out [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]'s audio sensors...and Jazz was in another building at the time.]]
* He apparently got his name for being a bumbler in [[Autobot boot camp]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

* On the Transformers Animated Season One DVD set, the "Season Two Sneak Peek" special feature shows Bumblebee's character model colored in the Elite Guard Bumblebee toy's deco. Bumblebee did not actually ''use'' that color scheme in Season 2, so its inclusion in a Season Two gallery is puzzling at best...

* With the airing of the two-part episode "Human Error", an interesting and probably unintentional question has been brought up. Bumblebee's human form seems to be much younger than the others, even Prowl and Bulkhead, putting him somewhere in his early to mid-teens. Everything else about the Automen reflect their bot counterparts spot on, down to a scar on Ratchet's face to represent his broken chevron. So, seeing as human Bumblebee appears so young, does that make him a child soldier? Or is he just really, ''really'' short?

* Bumblebee's original [[65356-9292-346]] [[body-type]] is apparently quite common on Cybertron — he shares it with many, many others.

*In the Transformers Animated profile shorts, Bumblebee is introduced to the audience by Sari in "[[Meet Bumblebee]]" and he likewise introduces Ratchet in "[[Meet Ratchet]]."

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Arabic:'' '''Bumbly''' (cartoon, بامبلي ''Bāmblī''), '''Bumble Bee''' (commercial, بامبل بي ''Bāmbil Bī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dà-huáng-fēng''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
* [http://www.hasbro.com/common/images/news/transformers//Transformers_Draw_Bumblebee.pdf Hasbro.com - How to Draw: Animated Bumblebee]

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Energon grid (technology)

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{{disambig2|the protective planetary shield|the ''Energon/Super Link'' episode|Energon Grid}}

:''Energon Grids are planetary defenses in the ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:E15 energongrid.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Energon grid''' (エネルゴングリッド ''enerugon guriddo'')

[[Category:Energon|Grid]]
[[Category:Energon technology]]