Tlalakan (planet)

Greener than it looks.

Tlalakan (also Tlalak) is a planet with vast oceans and land covered in lush tropical jungle. The native Tlalakans dwell in a city beneath the sea, probably because the Decepticons have taken over their old city on the land. Within a cavern on that world exists the Well of Transformation, a pool of water that can transform sentient beings between different forms.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

The Decepticons conquered Tlalakan during the Third Cybertron War, placing the planet in the care of a drone named Deceptitran, who used an army of robotic drones to keep the population under his heel. All was well, and the slaves toiled to produce energon for the Decepticons for many generations, but finally a rebellion rose up and a large number of the prisoners escaped. Deceptitran's distress call brought a party of Autobots to the planet, in addition to Megatron and a small number of Decepticons.

The Autobots fell in with the Tlalakan resistance, and one of them, Seaspray, was even able to use the Well of Transformation to go native. With the help of the newcomers, the Tlalakans succeeded in reprogramming Deceptitran and driving the Decepticons from the planet, though the old city was destroyed in an energon explosion in the process. Sea Change

Legends comic

Years after its liberation, Tlalakan was hit with a disastrous drought that caused even the Well of Transformation to dry up. To avert the crisis, Tlalakan Alana and her Autobot boyfriend Seaspray sought out the Beastformers' Water Gem, an item capable of creating water, and used it to restore the planet. LG64 Seaspray & Lione

The AllSpark Almanac

Tlalak was part of the Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

Notes

• The Tlalakans' planet is not named in the dialogue for "Sea Change", although it is referred to as "Tlalakan" in the script. However, because the script would not surface until mid-2022, The AllSpark Almanac II gave the planet the alternate name of "Tlalak" in 2010.
• The planet's name is a reference to the Aztec concept of the afterlife, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Tlalocan|{{#if:||Tlalocan}}]].

Foreign names

• Japanese: Tlalakan (トララカン Torarakan)
• Italian: Tritone ("Triton")