Editing Large switch

:''The large switch is a (plot) device from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:LargeSwitch.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|What do you know—there really IS a Magic Reset Button!]]

Located in the very depths of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was a device created by the [[Quintesson]]s during their rule over the [[Transformer]]s... a device operated by a '''large switch'''.

The true details or capabilities of the device were not known except that it was linked to every [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] to the point that, if switched off, the device would result in all the Transformers becoming inert. 

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[File:FFoD Part5 Frozen Metroplex.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Iced, iced, baby.]]
The Quintessons used their new Decepticon allies to assault Cybertron while they secretly sent a commando team of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] into the depths of Cybertron to push the switch to the down position, which would have deactivated all the Transformers. The Sharkticons failed in their task because of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. However, the mad [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] thought that the switch was related to the [[Decepticon Matrix|Decepticon Matrix of Leadership]], which was a Quintesson lie, and threw the switch himself. This stopped the Transformers war by stopping all the Transformers, leaving Cybertron back in the hands of the Quintessons. That is, until [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] used Rodimus's gun to destroy the switch, which reactivated the Transformers again, leaving the ever-irrational and maniacal Galvatron really ticked off at the Quintessons....  {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}
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===Binaltech===
Battle-weary from fighting firstly [[Unicron]], and then a full-strength Decepticon army returned {{storylink|Binal Time}} from their protective sojourn in the [[Kronosphere]] {{storylink|Changing Lanes}}, the Autobots enacted a desperate plan. Using information obtained from [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], they discovered the existence of a switch that would render all the Transformers inert. While it would mean the Autobots would cease to function, the fighting - and their losses - would stop, and their human allies might be able to restore them at some point. [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] infiltrated the location of the switch and activated it. Across the universe, all the Transformers froze where they were..... except for those in Binaltech bodies. The Binaltech process underwent by numerous Autobots, including [[Genetronic Translink System|storage of their sparks in subspace]], protected them from the switch's effects, resulting in their unexpected immediate victory over their foes, due to the significantly fewer Binaltech-upgraded Decepticons. {{storylink|Kill Switch}}

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