London
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom, located in the south of England and home to around eight million people (and also a big clock). Unlike some other major cities on Earth (and even some other places in the UK) London managed to avoid too much major Transformer activity in the 1980s.
And then came the 1990s...
Fiction
[edit]Generation 1 continuity family
[edit]Marvel Comics continuity
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
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London contains the headquarters for Action Force's European branch.
Megatron (or a clone thereof) was teleported underneath London, and roamed about ancient Roman sewers until he was encountered by Susan Hoffman and her team. Both Action Force and the Autobots turned up to investigate, and the two teams had to work together to stop Megatron as he tore through the London Docklands. Eventually Centurion gave his life to stop the Decepticon, but not before widespread destruction to the area had been caused. Ancient Relics!
Richard Branson (or Mister Johnson) would later salvage Megatron and Centurion's bodies from the River Thames as a publicity stunt - making it easier for the Seacon Jawbreaker, along with Thrust, Ramjet, Dirge, and Blitzwing, to capture them. Salvage!
Fleetway Generation 2 comic
[edit]Bludgeon and his Decepticon army attacked London en masse to attract Optimus Prime's attention and succeeded—Prime's Autobots, Grimlock's Dinobots and an upgraded Megatron were drawn into the fray. The devastation caused to London was immense; the death toll and long-term effects are unknown. At one point, the Skyscorchers were seen bombing Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. War Without End War Zone
Marvel Generation 2 comic
[edit]London got blown to frag by the Decepticons as part of their global onslaught. The Gathering Darkness
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
[edit]The Headmasters cartoon
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Sixshot arrived in London in wolf form, threatening to destroy the country unless it gave him all its energy. Britain was one of several countries he was blackmailing until the Trainbots stopped him. Unfortunately, they stopped him after he'd smashed up London. Terror! The Six Shadows
Super-God Masterforce cartoon
[edit]Decepticon Godmaster jets Hydra and Buster had fun zooming over London. Also, there is a single "London Airport" instead of London Gatwick, London Stansted, and London Heathrow. God, the tourist trade must have been crapped up by Sixshot... Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers
2005 IDW continuity
[edit]Ian Noble was from South London. Crisis Intervention
During the Decepticon invasion, Mercy Gale managed to keep the invaders out of London. As a result, London still looked like a habitable city as opposed to the set of a disaster movie. Refcliffe Club
After joining the Action Man Programme, Kup fought Transit near the London Eye. Upgrade
In 2017, Baron Ironblood travelled to London to recruit Mercy Gale into the Iron Ring. Refcliffe Club
Cybertron cartoon
[edit]In their quest to find Earth's Cyber Planet Key Starscream's Ancient Decepticon army swarmed over the city, spreading panic. Invasion
Wings Universe
[edit]Pyro Ignatius Spark worked as a firefighter and a fire engine for the London Fire Brigade. Pyro's profile
Beast Wars: Uprising
[edit]Circa 1984, Starscream led the Seekers to the British Museum so they could steal a statue of Amenhotep III, rumored to contain magical powers. Though they faced resistance from the Autobot Minibots, they were successful in their heist, even getting a paperweight. Cultural Appropriation
Live-action film series
[edit]The Last Knight film
[edit]Viviane Wembly was an Oxford professor and often gave lectures at London's Natural History Museum. After mysterious horns burst from within the Earth, her car took off of its own accord and drove her out of London to meet Sir Edmund Burton and Cade Yeager at the former's castle.
When the TRF and MI6 arrived at the castle, Hot Rod, Cogman and Bumblebee led the authorities on a chase across London while the humans searched for clues on the location of the Staff of Merlin. After Viviane found the clue, Bumblebee took her and Cade to the Royal Navy Museum so they could board the HMS Alliance.
Sir Edmund remained behind and made his way to 10 Downing Street to speak to the Prime Minister about rallying a defense at Stonehenge. The Last Knight
Bumblebee Movie Prequel
[edit]In the 1960s, Bumblebee had joined P.R.O.G.R.A.M.M.E., working alongside Agent David Reeve. After a mission in Berlin, the two returned to London for a debriefing where they, along with Agent Diana Lux came under attack from Diabla and Runabout. Once they'd shaken off their pursuers, they fled to Victoria Embankment to make use of a secure line. The Man with the Golden Car As the trio headed for a safehouse beneath the Tower of London, the Decepticons caught up with them again forcing them to split up and head to a second safe-house, with Bumblebee having to swim through the Thames to get to it. To lure out their foes, the three posed as tourists on Carnaby Street. While Bumblebee tried to be diplomatic with Diabla, Lux and Reeve found Vladimir Vladek and realized that neither the East nor the West was trying to incite war but rather the Decepticons. Before they could report this news, their getaway car revealed itself to be Dead End. The Living Headlights
Once Vladek had been killed and Blitzwing arrived, the trio made good on their escape, using the Tube system to evade their foes. That evening, the three went to meet Sector Seven agent Heath Donavan. After the S7 agent had used an electrical trap on the Decepticons, the quartet drove around London while Donovan explained his intelligence before they left London to attack the Decepticon base. Energon Is Forever After the base had been destroyed, Bumblebee dropped his human friends back in London before he began hunting for Blitzwing across the globe. From Cybertron with Love
Notes
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- In The Headmasters cartoon, London was shown as a fog-swept land where people rode horses. Sod off.
- London's [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Natural History Museum|{{#if:||Natural History Museum}}]] contains several of the original Dinobot toys, as part of the popular culture section of its dinosaurs exhibition.
- Three Transformers have used London buses for their altmodes: Busby, Bendy-Bus Prime and Transit.
- Contrary to their depiction in The Last Knight, neither the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Trinity College Library|{{#if:Trinity Library|Trinity Library|Trinity College Library}}]] or the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Royal Navy Submarine Museum|{{#if:||Royal Navy Submarine Museum}}]] are in London. The former is in Dublin, Ireland while the latter is in the town of Gosport.
Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: London (ロンドン Rondon)
External links
[edit]- [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}London|{{#if:||London}}]] at Wikipedia