Editing Optimus Prime (WFC)

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{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:PrimeOptimus.jpg|thumb|250px|Megatron awakened within him a secret yearning.  The slashfic writes itself.]]
The robot who would become '''Optimus Prime''' was a lowly data clerk, but it wasn't until he heard of a rogue gladiator named [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and his call for an upheaval of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s society that he realized he was unsatisfied with his lot in life.  Freedom to make your own choice should be the right of all sentient beings!   Little did he realize that his boss, the archivist [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], knew of a secret potential within the data clerk, and that Cybertron's history was at a precipice.  Once he and Megatron discovered they did not have as much in common as they once believed, the lowly data clerk was promoted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] to be the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. 

Over the centuries, loss and war have led Optimus to appear stern and serious to most. But scratch the surface, and you'll find an individual who greatly cares for his fellow living beings, with a warmth and kindness his closet friends can rely on. You'll also find regret over the loss of a comrade to darkness, and the faintest glimmer of hope that he can be saved.

{{bigquote|We will [[Theme song|wage our battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons]] wherever it may take us. And one day, we will go home.|Optimus Prime|''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Like all Cybertronians, when Orion Pax emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]], he was taught how to transform, to select a natural [[alternate mode]], and was put in a [[caste system|caste]]. At the [[Hall of Records]], Orion would read and index information from the [[Communication Grid]], but was forbidden to analyze. That was [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]'s job, and the two became friends. Orion began monitoring Megatron's transmissions, and began a secret correspondence with him because he agreed with his beliefs. They had intense but friendly debates over the nature of free will and the dangerousness of their ideals, and Megatron suggested Orion learn how to fight for his beliefs. Orion began training with Jazz, learning to fire an [[ion blaster|ion-cannon]] and to fashion his arms into an [[energon-axe|axe]] and a [[Dual Energon Swords|sword]]. 

Orion made his first trip to [[Kaon]] to meet Megatron in person at his base. Megatron was the only gladiator who gave Orion a warm welcome. Terrorists began bombings in Megatron's name, and he made his first public announcement on the Grid, stating he was not responsible for the attacks and would bring the perpetrators to justice. Orion followed him up with a speech of his own. Orion trusted Megatron, believing if he were responsible for the attacks, he would have wanted to be associated with them. Later, when [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] took him to meet Megatron at an arena beneath the [[Observatory of Iacon]], Orion was shocked to see Jazz in attendance, and that Megatron had heard rumors about the bombings but did nothing to prevent them.

[[Image:War for Cybertron comic - Orion testimony.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Lookin' awful buff and armored for an insignificant young library clerk. One has to wonder if the [[Guilds of Cybertron|Guilds]] may have dropped the ball on this one.]]
When "[[Decepticon]]s" kidnapped [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], Orion requested Alpha Trion arrange an audience with [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for him and Megatron now that most Cybertronians. During their hearing in the [[High Council Tower]], Orion rigorously defended their ideals, even reviving the ancient philosophical phrase "[[Autobot]]s" to describe the autonomy his brethren sought. It was then Councilor [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] declared Orion the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]: Optimus Prime. An outraged Megatron accused his brother of treachery, and then murdered Halogen. When Optimus ordered the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] to not harm Megatron, Megatron declared Optimus had fallen into the trappings of power the High Council had foisted upon him, and those in attendance dispersed, with the planet forever divided into Autobots and Decepticons. 

Optimus forgoed the first engagement of the war, allowing the Decepticons to take [[Fort Scyk]] so he would gain time to recruit more Autobots. Optimus learned from Jazz after the fall of Scyk that he would have to learn to not mourn every soldier. Optimus fought for the first time during the next battle, the siege of the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. The first Cybertronian he ever killed was a former industrial drone named [[Drixco]]. Afterwards Optimus confided to Alpha Trion that the act of killing alone made him feel he was on the wrong side. Despite the efforts of Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] the Decepticons conquered the Hydrax Plateau. It was at the stalemate of [[Praxus]] that Optimus gained the indispensable allies [[Prowl (Prime)|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]. The first Autobot victory was at [[Kalis]], a vital area due to its fusion reactor that powered Iacon. Optimus, Jazz and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] worked together to bring down the monstrous [[Bruticus Maximus (WFC)|Bruticus Maximus]], but the battle was mostly won due to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s' absence. As Energon depleted, the war descended into a mere siege of Iacon lasting millions of cycles, and Optimus opted to eject the [[AllSpark]] itself into space: during this battle Optimus gained another great friend in [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]. 

Following a lull in the war, the Decepticons began using [[Dark Energon]] and routed the Autobots, but Optimus wisely predicted it was an inefficient resource that would run out soon. To his horror, Megatron and Starscream infiltrated [[Teletraan-1]] to steal the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], and although Teletraan-1 awakened the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to ferry the Chamber to safety, the Dark Energon-powered Decepticons overpowered the Autobots and used the Chamber to corrupt the [[Core]] of Cybertron and infested the planet with Dark Energon. During the battle, Megatron revealed he had killed Sentinel Prime below the High Council Tower to gain access to the Chamber. Afterwards Prowl picked up a message from Sentinel on the Grid, and Optimus, realizing he had not found Sentinel's body in Iacon, deduced Sentinel was alive. When Optimus, Jazz and Prowl rescued him from Kaon Prison, they found the city strangely deserted. Optimus believed Dark Energon was having a severe effect on Decepticon morale. When they found Sentinel, he was dying. He regretted his overlong reign as Prime, and that the High Council had made the right decision in appointing Optimus Prime. He finally told him he had to go to the Core and purge its corruption of Dark Energon. 

After Sentinel's funeral in Iacon, where Optimus was officially appointed Prime after holding the de facto position for so long, he journeyed to the Core with Bumblebee and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and removed the Plasma Energy Chamber. It was then a voice from the Core told Optimus he was too late, and the Autobots would have to leave Cybertron as the planet healed itself. But it finally bestowed upon him the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the essence of [[Primus]], explaining that while Sentinel lived, he was still Prime, and that he had been unworthy of the Matrix. It told him that when the day came that they would return to Cybertron, the Core and the Matrix would restore the planet and Optimus would lead the Autobots in an "age of unimagined wonders". Afterwards, Optimus launched [[Ark (WFC)|Project Generation One]], to build a ship — that Jazz dubbed the ''Ark'' — to take them to the stars, a plan some Autobots objected to.

But before their exodus, Optimus planned to fool Megatron by gathering every spaceworthy vessel and having them rendezvous at what was apparently the last remaining [[space bridge]] in orbit. Megatron ordered [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] fire on the ships, but Optimus ordered a fallback as he, Jetfire, Jazz, Ironhide, Prowl, Sideswipe and Bumblebee flew the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' to board the monster and knocked him from orbit by blasting his [[Spark]] containment field. Optimus's team returned to find the ''Ark'' ready at the Well of All Sparks, and bid goodbye to those—including Jetfire, Magnus and Omega—who stayed to fend off Trypticon as he transformed to attack. Optimus also bade farewell to Alpha Trion, who believed [[Vector Sigma]] would protect him when the rest of the planet would be unable to sustain life: it was then Optimus realized Alpha Trion was one of the [[thirteen original Transformers]].

Yet as the ''Ark'' took off the Decepticons overran Iacon and Megatron and his elite boarded Trypticon, who transformed into a ''Nemesis''-class cruiser and pursued the Autobots. Megatron used his and Orion's old frequency to inform Optimus that he would pursue him across the stars and eventually kill him. The ''Ark'' entered the last space bridge and emerged with the ''Nemesis'' gone. They were near a [[Milky Way|spiral galaxy]] and Prowl detected the AllSpark. Knowing the Matrix within would help them find a way home, Optimus vowed that the Autobots would continue to wage their battle across the stars. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Exiles''===
{{comingsoon|unreleased|when=September 27, 2011}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles}}

===''Prime'' comic===
From [[Earth]], Optimus sent an encrypted message directing the Autobots to their new world. When [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] landed, Optimus and Bumblebee detected them and came to retrieve them. For Optimus to find them under attack from [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] was no matter, for Optimus crushed the air commander and sent his brawny accomplice running. Optimus picked up the wounded Arcee, and took her through a [[ground bridge]] to his base for Ratchet to repair her, while informing Cliffjumper that while his journey was over, their battle was just beginning. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English)
When the Great War began, Optimus and Megatron were close allies, almost like brothers. But Megatron's ideals were corrupted by the war, and he and Optimus became bitter enemies. During the war, Optimus encountered [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] at the [[Battle of Technar]] when the Decepticon was sent by Megatron to kill him. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} After Cybertron was abandoned, the Autobots eventually came to Earth, where they came into contact with the human authorities. They allowed the Autobots access to an [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|abandoned missile silo]] in exchange for keeping the Decepticon threat contained. Agent [[William Fowler]] became their primary contact with the outside world. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising1-fairquestion.jpg|thumb|300px|Do you have your grandfather's glasses — er, wait.]]
Prime was out on the road when [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] alerted him to [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]'s predicament. Optimus decided that the best way to get to the location quickly was via [[GroundBridge]], and ordered everyone back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]]. By the time they reached the battle site, Cliffjumper and the Decepticons were gone, leaving only an untapped [[energon (fuel)|energon]] deposit. With Cliffjumper apparently dead, Optimus gave a speech in eulogy.

Sometime later, some humans became involved in a Decepticon encounter, and Optimus made the decision to send [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee to bring them back to base. The pair returned with three humans, and Optimus told them about the Transformer war, and that he feared that Megatron would soon return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} While he was discussing how the Autobots would have to protect the three kids, Agent Fowler dropped by to complain about the mayhem caused during the encounter. Optimus defused Fowler's mood as much as possible, and the agent left. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] detected the reappearance of Cliffjumper's signal, which prompted Optimus to lead a rescue attempt.

Arriving in an energon mine by GroundBridge, the Autobots fought their way through hordes of Decepticons and eventually found Cliffjumper, however they were interrupted by Starscream dropping a bomb right into the energon. The team sped through the mine ahead of the explosion until Optimus ordered Ratchet to open the GroundBridge back to base. They arrived back just ahead of the blastwave, and Arcee informed them all that Cliffjumper had somehow been changed by the Decepticons. When the kids made noises about going home, Optimus assigned three of the Autobots to watch over them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising3-disgust.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Ewww! Zombies!]]
Optimus came to the aid of Ratchet when one of the medic's tools came to life. He quickly realized that Megatron was planning to use the Dark Energon that had animated it to create an army of undead Transformers. Once the other Autobots had returned to base, he left Arcee in charge and took Ratchet with him on a mission. As the pair walked, he explained that during the war, some of the battles had taken place on worlds other than Cybertron, including one on Earth. The site of that, one of their greatest battles, was now a graveyard. They reached said graveyard, but so did Megatron, who used a sliver of Dark Energon to reanimate the buried corpses into an undead army. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:Optimus Prime Ratchet Zombies Darkness Rising 4.jpg|thumb|300px|Give me your face and I'll shoot it.]]
Though horrified at Megatron's actions, the pair began fighting the zombie horde. Ratchet quickly found that dismemberment was the best way to deal with them, so Optimus brought out his twin swords. They found that the exposure to the Dark Energon began to sap their strength, and Optimus's announcement that they needed to fight on was followed by them both disappearing under piles of zombies. Optimus broke free before digging Ratchet out, and they continued to fight until they eventually ran out of zombies. Prime scaled the rock Megatron was standing on, but the Decepticon leader flew off, leaving them to ponder his parting words.

Back at base, Optimus was disappointed to find that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] had let the kids go out into battle. He respected Jack's wish to be kept out of the war, though he feared that all humans were at now risk. His fears proved grounded, as intel brought back by Miko suggested that the Decepticons had a [[space bridge]], though which they could bring an army of zombies from Cybertron. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[Image:DarknessRising5-OptimusPrimeguns.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Pssst, Prime, your barrel openings are just painted detail.]]

Optimus made the decision to use the GroundBridge to reach the space bridge terminal, which Ratchet had located in orbit. Once they reached the terminal, Optimus scanned the Decepticon ship and discovered that it was too damaged to properly set the space bridge's target, leading them to realize that the Decepticons were using a radio telescope array on Earth for their targeting. While the kids sorted that out, Optimus and his team came under attack from flying Decepticons but held them off until Ratchet could come up with a way to destroy the bridge for good. Optimus found himself facing Megatron in single combat, keeping him occupied while the other Autobots went to do some damage. Though Optimus fell, Starscream's warning to Megatron distracted the warlord long enough for Optimus to recover and fight him off. As the space bridge began to explode, Optimus and his Autobots jumped off through the GroundBridge and arrived back at base. Optimus gave a big speech, and sent a message out into space to let those who might threaten Earth know that the planet was defended. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Despite the victory, Optimus regretted not having been able to turn Megatron to the path of peace. When Decepticon activity was detected in an area of the desert, Optimus and Bumblebee went to investigate and found that Starscream had located and reactivated Skyquake. Optimus tried to appeal to the Decepticons to consider a truce now that Megatron had gone, but Skyquake was determined to carry out his late master's wishes and terminate Prime. Optimus and Bumblebee found themselves battling Skyquake, but when Optimus realised that the Decepticon hadn't taken on a vehicle mode yet, they retreated to a safe distance and successfully ambushed Skyquake. Their victory was shortlived, as he scanned Fowler's jet and began strafing them from the air. Following Skyquake's defeat, Optimus and Bumblebee buried him and returned to base for repairs. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Scrapheap-cloudsbreak.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Okay, ''now'' I'm ready to call Bulkhead fat."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, so Optimus attempted to contact base, only to find the comms were down. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The three Autobots were subsequently able to return home, and Optimus paid tribute to their human friends who had helped eliminate the Scraplets.  {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Optimus hailed an incoming starship, which turned out to be Bulkhead's old buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. Optimus greeted to Earth, but when the other Autobots decided to hold a party to welcome the newcomer, Optimus decided to go out on patrol because "Primes don't party". He therefore missed all the fun when Wheeljack turned out to be a Decepticon spy. He was around for the second party to welcome the real Wheeljack though. When Wheeljack said he was leaving to return to space, Optimus told him he'd always be welcome on Earth. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:Convoy-Optimustrailer.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"This here's Rubber Duck and I'm about to put the hammer down."]]
When the Autobots were contacted by Fowler, whose plane had been shot down while transporting the experimental [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Optimus took a team of Autobots to assist. Optimus himself hauled a [[trailer]] holding the D.N.G.S. while Fowler rode in his cab. When Fowler commented that things would have been better if the Autobots hadn't brought their war to Earth, Optimus pointed asked if evil hadn't existed on Earth before their arrival. The Autobot convoy was attacked by armed humans from a group known as [[MECH]], who attempted unsuccessfully to disconnect the trailer. The Autobots were able to make the rendezvous, passing the D.N.G.S. off to a train while passing through a tunnel. When they subsequently ran into some Vehicons, Optimus was forced to order his Autobots to break cover to fight. Fowler discovered that MECH knew the D.N.G.S. was on the train, but Optimus was sucker-punched with a tree to the face while Fowler was informing him, and Prime fell from a cliff. By the time he recovered, MECH had landed their helicopter on the plane, however just by running alongside the train, Optimus scared them off. A poor loser, [[Silas]] took out the train track ahead and Optimus went into [[maximum overdrive]], grabbing the train and physically halting it. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[Image:Optimuselectrocuted.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were right, I should've gone for this earlier!]]
When Bulkhead found evidence of an [[Energon Harvester]] in [[Greece]], Optimus was concerned about the damage it could do in Decepticon hands. He and the other Autobots surrounded the museum it was being stored in, however [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] turned up. Prime stopped Breakdown's missile, but was overcome by Knock Out's [[Energon prod]]. He recovered, but only in time to see Soundwave making off with the Harvester. He, Arcee and Bumblebee went out to attempt to head off the Decepticons, leaving Bulkhead at base to help Ratchet. Some time later, the three of them were coming to Bulkhead's aid after the big Autobot tackled the Decepticons in Greece. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

After Arcee and Jack engaged in a race with [[Vince]], they made sure not to let Optimus know, as Optimus had rules against using one's power for personal gain. When the whole thing spiraled into Jack using Bumblebee for a race resulting in Vince getting kidnapped by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], Raf and Miko tried to play dumb on knowing where everyone was. Quickly learning what was going on, Optimus arrived on the scene just in time to find Arcee pursuing Knock Out with the boy. Optimus was able to force Knock Out off the road and rescue Vince (while ripping off Knock Out's door). When Jack, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead showed up, Optimus then suggested that they make sure Vince was returned to safety&mdash;after which, everyone would give him ''full'' explanations. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:SickMind-OPinfected.jpg|thumb|225px|left|I woke up late one morning with a black eye. Why the heck does everyone think I'm sick? I could've just been punched in the face. Really hard. ]]
Ratchet informed Optimus that he found the ''Nemesis'' and a crashed Autobot ship. Optimus opted to find survivors from the latter, but they discovered it only bore victims of [[Cybonic plague]]. Getting his stricken leader back to base, Ratchet recognized that they had to find the cure aboard the ''Nemesis'''s database, as Megatron — the plague's creator — must have had a cure. Arcee and Bumblebee GroundBridged aboard the warship, discovering that Megatron survived the space bridge explosion, and was in stasis. Bumblebee underwent a [[cortical psychic patch]] to Megatron, discovering that in his dreamworld Megatron was constantly killing imaginary Primes. Bumblebee played on Megatron's desire to kill Optimus himself, rather than have him succumb to the plague, to give him the cure. Ratchet decoded the cure based on an hologram Megatron showed, and Bumblebee and Arcee broke off the connection and escaped. Cured, Optimus thanked Ratchet and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

Ratchet finished a final checkup on Optimus, however all was not well with Bumblebee. Ratchet reported that the scout was experiencing visions of Megatron as an after effect of the patch and would have to be shut down temporarily. The Autobots received a call from Fowler, reporting that the Decepticons had stolen a telescope lens. Optimus, Bulkhead and Arcee traveled to the Arctic, where the Decepticons had created a heat ray to melt a glacier in order to access an energon deposit. While the other Autobots created a distraction, Optimus scaled a cliff face and got onto the Decepticon ship. Though Starscream turned the heat ray on him, Prime was able to reach the weapon and slice it with his sword, causing it to explode. Hurled to the ground, Optimus lay helpless as an enraged Starscream dove towards him, only to be saved at the last moment by a resurrected Megatron. The Autobots returned to base where Ratchet certified Bumblebee free of Megatron's influence. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

{{spoiler|Shadowzone (episode)|June 14, 2011}}
When a Dark Energon signature was detected, the Autobots assumed it was Megatron. Optimus took a team to investigate and they instead found Starscream attempting to resurrect Skyquake. Starscream promptly attacked them, but while he was proclaiming his own invulnerability, Optimus shot his arm off. The Autobots found that the three kids had followed them through the GroundBridge, however when the kids were send back through, the GroundBridge interacted with a Decepticon GroundBridge used by Starscream, causing disruption. The Autobots were blown to the ground by the explosion and afterwards found the kids had disappeared. Optimus contacted base, but there weren't there either, so the Autobots bridged back to try and work out where the kids had ended up. They eventually traced the kids to an alternate dimension, and when Ratchet was able to get them back, Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead returned to the site to make sure they were safe from Starscream. Afterwards, when Miko took responsibility Optimus told her they were just glad the kids were safe. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)

[[Image:WFC-OptimusPrimeconcept.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Steroids are the right of all sentient beings.]]
In the waning days of the war for Cybertron, Optimus spotted a little yellow Autobot in trouble, and defeated the surrounding drone forces. [[Ratchet (Prime)| Ratchet]] arrived on the scene, and Optimus helped up the Autobot scout, who revealed his name was [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee informed Optimus that the Decepticons had taken control of communication relays, so that the only way to contact Optimus was by messenger. Oh! And also their leader, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], was dead. Optimus suspected [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s hand, and was informed by Bumblebee that the [[Autobot High Council]] had gone into hiding because of this. Optimus believed that the Council would emerge during a safer time, and formed a team with Bumblebee and Ratchet. 

They drove to the [[Decagon]], where they found [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] battling the forces of [[Starscream (Prime)| Starscream]]. After assisting him in defeating Starscream's army, they confronted Starscream himself within the Decagon. After the trio combated and drove off Starscream, a hologram of Zeta Prime's face appeared in the center of the room, stating that he is being held in the [[Kaon]] prison complex. Optimus took Bumblebee and Sideswipe to the Kaon prison, allowing themselves to be captured so that they could infiltrate the facility. The Decepticons prepared to execute them, but [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] lent a hand so they could escape, though he himself was captured. While sneaking through the corridors, the three managed to free Air Raid, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], and others. They continued through the hallways, and finally located the room where Zeta is being held, only to face [[Soundwave (Prime)| Soundwave]]. The Decepticon cowered behind a force field, sending [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]], and [[Laserbeak (Prime)|Laserbeak]] out to fight for him, only venturing out to administer needed repairs to his minions. As Soundwave's energy became low, he attempted to drain Zeta Prime, only to be interrupted by Optimus, who took a shot meant for Zeta. Though Soundwave and his minions retreated, the damage was done, and Zeta Prime died before Optimus could free him.

Optimus brought Zeta's corpse to the site of the hiding High Council, where he lay the dead body in the center of the room. Optimus stated that the Autobots craved their guidance, but the Council stated that their mission was to choose the Primes, not to lead them. They then told him that Optimus himself is a Prime, and that he had changed the lives around him. Optimus was then told that Megatron had corrupted the core of Cybertron, and that he was the one that could remove this blight. He took this burden and responsibility, then was told by the Council that he was now Optimus ''Prime'', the last Prime. 

[[Image:WFC-OptimusPrimeAltmode.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Welcome to the ''Twilight Zone'' Prime.]] 
For a new mission, Optimus selected Ironhide and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]], and the team ventured to the entrance of the core, where a corrupted [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] was being tortured. After a prolonged battle, the Autobots defeated the torturers and freed Omega Supreme from the Dark Energon influence. Omega Supreme escaped, and the Autobots found some [[Space slug|space slugs]] to use as steeds. One long journey later, they reached the core and defeated a corrupted slug. Unfortunately the core itself had become contaminated, and informed Optimus as much. The only solution was for the core to reboot, which would take millions of years, during which the planet would be unusable, and Optimus realized that the Autobots would have to leave their home. Before shutting down, the core revealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which it installed inside Optimus Prime's chest. 

Optimus arrived back at Iacon, where he ordered all Autobots to evacuate the planet. Megatron announced that everyone must stay or face destruction, and fired a massive cannon installed in the Dark Energon space station. Optimus Prime ordered his Air Commander [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] to shut down the cannon with his team. They succeeded, and the station crashed into Iacon. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ironhide discovered that the "space station" wasn't a space station at all: it was the giant Decepticon, [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. They managed to defeat the heavily-armed menace, who plunged into a pool of energon. The Autobots celebrated their victory, but noticed that ''they'' have to evacuate as well. Optimus revealed a massive starship they would use called the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]], a ship still under construction that would allow them to take a part of Cybertron with them across the galaxy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor:'' Peter Cullen (English)
[[Image:WFCDS Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|124px|Origamimus Prime]]
Optimus was a dock worker who found himself caught up in the war against the Decepticons. With the Decepticons on the hunt for the Omega Key, Zeta Prime sent Optimus and his team to protect the library, knowing he could count on his old friend. When Zeta Prime was later captured by the Decepticons, he attempted to contact Optimus. The data links keeping him in contact with the Autobots were severed, so Bumblebee tracked down Optimus at an Autobot base. Optimus subsequently rescued an [[Autobot rookie]] from Starscream, chasing the Decepticon off before joining up with Jetfire and destroying other intruders at the base. Optimus was felled by a [[laser guard]], but revived with the help of Jetfire and Bumblebee. They completed clearing the base by defeating [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]], and Optimus announced that the next step was to retake Iacon.

He and his team entered Decepticon-occupied Iacon and destroyed the Dark Energon corruptors, allowing them to get the Decagon's defense systems back online. While they waited for Zeta Prime to make contact again, Optimus reminded Bumblebee that they couldn't let Megatron win just by giving up. Zeta let them know that he was being held in Kaon Prison, and Optimus's team infiltrated the prison in search of him. After an encounter with [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]], they ran into Megatron himself, who set more Decepticons on them. When they eventually found Zeta Prime, their leader expired. Optimus returned his body to the High Council, who appointed Optimus the new Prime.

Optimus Prime attempted to solicit [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s help. Grimlock challenged him to a fight to decide whether to join up, but [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]'s capture by Decepticons sent the Autobots off on a rescue mission instead. The Autobots tracked Swoop down to a Dark Energon laboratory on the outskirts of Iacon and freed him from Dark Energon contamination. Swoop's services were subsequently offered to the Autobots by Grimlock, who said he'd follow along to protect Swoop. Analysis of core samples by Jetfire and Ratchet indicated that they would need to disable to corrupters preventing it from repairing itself. To this end, Optimus's team traveled to the core and freed it after defeating [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]].

Realising that the core needed time to repair itself, Optimus ordered the Autobots to evacuate the planet in Arks. He and his team ascended the space bridge to attack the Trypticon space station and take out its main power core. They escaped during the station's plunge towards Cybertron, but as it fell, it transformed. Optimus rallied his men against this new threat, leading the way to the crash site, where the Autobots confronted Trypticon. After the titan's downfall, Optimus and his men left Cybertron in search of a new source of energy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
:''Voice actor:'' Peter Cullen (English), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)

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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-CybertronianOptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's ''[[War Within]]'' but with fewer chinstraps and handvents.]]
*'''Cybertronian Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2010)
:*''Accessories'': "blaster" rifle

: Based on his appearance in the video game ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', Optimus Prime transforms from a red, blue, and silver robot into an "armored truck mode."  His rifle transforms as well, folding and plugging into the roof of the vehicle mode.  The rifle can also peg into his forearms, and, in its compact configuration, can attach to his shoulders via peg holes on the backs of his front tires. The weapon in its compact configuration can also be stored on his robot mode back.  Optimus has a stylized sculpted Autobot insignia on his back, as seen in the game, but it is obscured by [[kibble]].

: An undocumented transformation step includes flipping Optimus Prime's knees out in vehicle mode to form a back bumper with tail lights.  Oddly, the toy itself and the cardbox art show Optimus Prime with four fingers on each hand, while in the video game Optimus Prime has 5 fingers.  The vehicle mode pictured here is minimally mistransformed: The exhaust pipes have not been rotated to hide the indentations against the vehicle body.  The instructions show the rifle being plugged in by its shorter peg, but the packaging depicts the rifle stored by its grip, which keeps the weapon higher off Prime's body, but is also more secure. 

:Optimus Prime is part of the first wave of ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxes, but he and Cybertronian [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] shipped ahead of their two other wavemates via [[Toys"R"Us]].

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[United (toyline)|United]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#United|Optimus Prime Cybertron Mode]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/GenerationsOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cybertronian Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===Prime===
*'''Matrix of Leadership SDCC Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2011)
:''Accessories:'' [[Matrix of Leadership]]
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[[Image:Primetoy-OptimusPrimeEP.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Can transform from truck mode to movie trailer narrator mode and back!]]
*'''"Entertainment Pack"''' (5 figure gift set, 2011)
: A Deluxe-sized Optimus Prime comes with a similarly-scaled [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and PVC figurines of [[Miko Nakadai]], [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]].  Optimus converts from truck mode to his robot mode.  
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2011)
:''Accessories:'' Gun, swords
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===Transformers (2010)===
*'''Rage over Cybertron''' (Multipack, 2011)
:*''Accessories'': "blaster" rifle

:A translucent [[redeco]] of Cybertronian Optimus Prime, collected together with Cybertronian Megatron and Cybertronian Bumblebee in a three-pack [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:TFPrimeOptimustruck.jpg|thumb|So, it hasn't got [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|flames]]. [[Ruined FOREVER|It's still not a flat nose truck.]]]]
*''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' are different continuities within the same "continuity family", so their difference on Optimus Prime's pre-Prime name is not a real contradiction in and of itself. However [[Hasbro]]'s [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 online timeline]—meant as prequel to ''War for Cybertron''—refers to Optimus's pre-Prime name as "Orion Pax" like ''Exodus''. To confuse matters even more, in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|War for Cybertron]]'' comic, [[Alex Irvine]], in adapting scenes from his novel, still keeps the character's name as "Orion Pax", when it is also meant to occur prior the game's events.
*Optimus is rather forgetful in ''Exodus''. Alpha Trion tells him twice that he had suggested to the High Council that Orion might be the Prime foretold in the [[Covenant of Primus]]. Then he tells Jetfire that the Core told him of Project Generation One, when it was a contingency plan Trion told him about, put in place since the Breaking of the Primes. Then again, leading an army for thousands or millions of years may take a strain on the bot's memory servers.
*Optimus's CG model underwent modifications between "[[Darkness Rising]]" and the first season proper, with his chest windows lowered somewhat during scenes when he is not in battle. 
*Optimus's design resembles that of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the ''Movie'' design]] (even having smokestacks on his back and the same alternate mode) and also incorporates the streamlined style of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|the ''Animated'' version]]. 

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