Editing Primon

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:''Primon is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ancientrobot ffod.jpg|right|250px|thumb|That's a beard you'll have. In the future past.]]

'''Primon''', the '''Alpha Prime''', is one of the oldest known bearers of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. As he predated [[Prima]], who is characterized as the first Transformer created on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], it is conceivable that he predates the planet itself (much like the [[Covenant]]).

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese) 

Primon was the earliest documented bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], but how he came to hold the talisman, and his activities during the [[Quintesson]] occupation of Cybertron, are unknown. He was succeeded as Matrix-bearer by [[Prima]]. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] voyaged into the Matrix in 2005, Primon was the first guide the Autobot leader encountered. Primon related to him the story of the [[Transformer]]s' creation by the Quintessons, and how they were endowed with sentience. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

===3H comics===
Primon was seen twice in a swirl of visions experienced by the Covenant at the coming of the [[Chronarchitect]]—once as part of a long lineage of [[Prime (rank)|Primes]], and again having the Matrix torn from his chest by the [[Liege Maximo]]. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Covenant}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Alpha Prime is the first known Matrix-bearer and was succeeded by [[Guardian Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #8}}

==Notes==
*Primon is conspicuously absent from other lists of past Primes, even those by [[Simon Furman]] who wrote this text story. When questioned (see below), he offered up "The Matrix forgot?" as an excuse. (Also "Ummm...")
** Hasbro's official doctrine, circa 2010, is that ''[[Prima]]'' is the first Transformer and first Matrix-bearer. Primon is the elephant in the room when it comes to the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]], his predating Prima yet to be explained.
* The robot ghost from "Five Faces of Darkness" was never named in the cartoon, having been referred to only as "'''Ancient Robot'''" in the episode's dialogue script. ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' came along and declared the character an incarnation of Primon, at the same time merging the two characters with the complete cipher, Alpha Prime, who had been mentioned only in passing in Dreamwave's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' guidebook.  Many pages were consolidated that day.
* The symbol stamped on Primon's forehead is a "prototype" version of the Autobot [[insignia]]. Although this is the only place it appears in-fiction, the symbol was later released as a sticker with [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]].
* [[Aaron Archer]]'s original back-of-a-dinner-napkin outline for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' series included a character named "Alpha Prime", who in later drafts became [[Vector Prime]].

==External links==
*[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/sfurman_3.php Furman questioned about Primon in ASM interview]

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