Editing Gold

'''Gold''' is a soft, shiny metal that is highly valued by [[human]]s. This often confuses [[Transformer]]s, who don't think it is very useful unless they can use it to their advantage in dealing with the earthlings.


==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Cartoon====
A group of Autobots and Decepticons got transported back in time to the year A.D. 543. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] soon takes over [[Sir Wigend du Blackthorne]]'s castle and estate. Sir Wigend is betrayed when one of his subjects, [[Sir Wulf]], presents Starscream with a chest full of Sir Wigend's personal gold treasure. Starscream immediately creates wire out of it which he needs for his makeshift energy generator. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

[[Octane]] was hiding out in [[Carbombya]] nursing [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] back to health. The leader of Carbombya, [[Abdul Fakkadi]] got angry with the two Decepticons due to Trypticon's large consumption of his oil. Octane convinced Fakkadi to let them stay when he had Trypticon steal [[Fort Knox]] as payment. [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and the Autobots eventually defeated Trypticon and returned Fort Knox to the [[United States]]. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

The [[Quintesson]]s used monsters created from [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]'s nightmares to try to kill both Autobots and Decepticons. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] were captured by a [[dragon]] and taken to a castle. A princess was there chained to a dungeon. She offered gold to the Transformers to whoever freed her. Springer told her he would free her without the gold, but Razorclaw seemed interested. {{storylink|Nightmare Planet}}

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{{storylink|Money Is Everything}}

====Big Looker coloring books====
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] sets out to collect gold from shipwrecks dating to the Alaskan gold rush. With the gold he will buy human factories. This part of his devious plan is... probably not even illegal—with the proper permits. He then planned to use the factories to create a Decepticon army to rule the world. Megatron manages to collect a sizable treasure, which he plans to transport in a truck that is parked nearby. However, that truck is [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] with a squad of Autobots hiding in his trailer! A battle is fought with the Autobots emerging the victors. It is not revealed what they did with the gold. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

====IDW comics continuity====
=====Hearts of Steel=====
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{{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

===Beast Era===
====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
[[Magmatron]] offered [[Archadis]] a bounty of 1,000,000 gold for each [[Maximal]] he could destroy on the planet [[Gringard]]. {{storylink|Fight to the Death! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}}

===Live-action film===
====''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel====
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is able to synthesize gold coins which he uses to hire a band of mercenaries called the [[Human Accessory Force]]. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

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