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BerylRoll at 18:57, 14 May 2026

2026-05-14T18:57:38Z

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	* [[Roulette (Universe)\|Roulette]] (25)		* [[Roulette (Universe)\|Roulette]] (25)
	* [[Midnight Express (RID)\|Midnight Express]] (26)		* [[Midnight Express (RID)\|Midnight Express]] (26)
	* [[Bump]] (27)		* [[Bump (BW)\|Bump]] (27)
	* [[Gimlet]]'s corpse (28)		* [[Gimlet]]'s corpse (28)
	* [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]] (36)		* [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]] (36)

AzimuthAcolyte: Tigatron -> Tigatron (BW) update

2026-03-09T02:44:45Z

Tigatron -> Tigatron (BW) update

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	* [[Airazor (BW)\|Airazor]] (34)		* [[Airazor (BW)\|Airazor]] (34)
	* [[Swift (G1)\|Swift]] (35)		* [[Swift (G1)\|Swift]] (35)
	* [[Tigatron]] (48)		* [[Tigatron (BW)\|Tigatron]] (48)
	* [[Centurion (IDW)\|Centurion]] (51)		* [[Centurion (IDW)\|Centurion]] (51)
	* [[Sideswipe (G2)\|Sideswipe]] (53)		* [[Sideswipe (G2)\|Sideswipe]] (53)

Powermetal at 22:31, 20 January 2024

2024-01-20T22:31:53Z

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	At [[Mount Rushmore]], news reporter [[Sofía Orozco]] and her cameraman arrive on the scene to report on the Cybertronian battle that has just occurred there. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Spike]] and [[Zilong Qian\|Talon]] try to bar her way, but [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]—despite his own bad past experiences with Orozco—suggests they let her through, as the media has a right to know what's going on. Jazz leads the new arrivals over to [[Marissa Faireborn]], who is on the phone with the [[President of the United States\|President]] learning about the arrival via [[Space bridge\|Spacebridge]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and the entire remaining population of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and its colonies in [[Africa]]. Presently, [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Soundwave]], [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Arcee]], and [[Rom]] arrive as Prime's envoys, and each group quickly brings the other up to speed on recent events: [[Gimlet]]'s death at the hands of [[Slag (G1)\|Slug]] during [[Slide]]'s attempt to rescue Jazz from the humans, and Unicron's consumption of Cybertron and all its [[Cybertronian colonies\|colony worlds]]. A furious [[Flint (G.I. Joe)\|Flint]] doubts that the Transformers have any interest in saving Earth from this world-eating threat; Slug counters that the new generation of [[protoform]]s still in the process of coming online within [[Trypticon (G1)\|Trypticon]] are now natives of Earth, so ''obviously'' they will fight to defend their new homeworld, but neither Flint nor Slide is convinced. Sensing that Flint's extreme anger is due to the loss of another life beyond that of Gimlet's, Soundwave is horrified to discover that his own human friend, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)\|Mainframe]], also perished during the fight. Cradling the human's body, Soundwave is overcome with grief, and his psychoempathic powers run out of control, broadcasting his feelings and memories as an electronic "scream" of anguish. The "broadcast" spans the entire country—back in Hollywood, it even shows up on the phone of police officer [[Reggie Winslow]]'s partner, as they work with Thundercracker to save lives during the Unicron-induced chaos—and serves as proof to many doubting humans that Cybertronians are just as much living, feeling beings as they are.		At [[Mount Rushmore]], news reporter [[Sofía Orozco]] and her cameraman arrive on the scene to report on the Cybertronian battle that has just occurred there. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Spike]] and [[Zilong Qian\|Talon]] try to bar her way, but [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]—despite his own bad past experiences with Orozco—suggests they let her through, as the media has a right to know what's going on. Jazz leads the new arrivals over to [[Marissa Faireborn]], who is on the phone with the [[President of the United States\|President]] learning about the arrival via [[Space bridge\|Spacebridge]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and the entire remaining population of [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] and its colonies in [[Africa]]. Presently, [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Soundwave]], [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Arcee]], and [[Rom]] arrive as Prime's envoys, and each group quickly brings the other up to speed on recent events: [[Gimlet]]'s death at the hands of [[Slag (G1)\|Slug]] during [[Slide]]'s attempt to rescue Jazz from the humans, and Unicron's consumption of Cybertron and all its [[Cybertronian colonies\|colony worlds]]. A furious [[Flint (G.I. Joe)\|Flint]] doubts that the Transformers have any interest in saving Earth from this world-eating threat; Slug counters that the new generation of [[protoform]]s still in the process of coming online within [[Trypticon (G1)\|Trypticon]] are now natives of Earth, so ''obviously'' they will fight to defend their new homeworld, but neither Flint nor Slide is convinced. Sensing that Flint's extreme anger is due to the loss of another life beyond that of Gimlet's, Soundwave is horrified to discover that his own human friend, [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)\|Mainframe]], also perished during the fight. Cradling the human's body, Soundwave is overcome with grief, and his psychoempathic powers run out of control, broadcasting his feelings and memories as an electronic "scream" of anguish. The "broadcast" spans the entire country—back in Hollywood, it even shows up on the phone of police officer [[Reggie Winslow]]'s partner, as they work with Thundercracker to save lives during the Unicron-induced chaos—and serves as proof to many doubting humans that Cybertronians are just as much living, feeling beings as they are.

	When the ground around Mount Rushmore suddenly begins to tremble beneath everyone's feet, Jazz fears the end has arrived... but it's not the end, it's just the ''Peaceful Revolution'', which has accidentally warped ''underground'' thanks to [[Goldbug (IDW)\|Goldbug]]'s dodgy piloting, and now bursts up out of the dirt. Jazz is not happy to see Prowl, based on [[Combiner Wars (comic)\|what happened]] the last time he showed his face, but Prowl insists that they have to put their own animosities aside and stand ~~togther~~ if they are going to survive Unicron. The group agrees, and Jazz, Slide, and the colonists board the ''Peaceful Revolution'' so they can all rejoin Optimus in Africa.		When the ground around Mount Rushmore suddenly begins to tremble beneath everyone's feet, Jazz fears the end has arrived... but it's not the end, it's just the ''Peaceful Revolution'', which has accidentally warped ''underground'' thanks to [[Goldbug (IDW)\|Goldbug]]'s dodgy piloting, and now bursts up out of the dirt. Jazz is not happy to see Prowl, based on [[Combiner Wars (comic)\|what happened]] the last time he showed his face, but Prowl insists that they have to put their own animosities aside and stand together if they are going to survive Unicron. The group agrees, and Jazz, Slide, and the colonists board the ''Peaceful Revolution'' so they can all rejoin Optimus in Africa.

	Six hours later, at the Transformers' African camp, Slide recounts the events that went down at Mount Rushmore for Optimus Prime. Of course, Slide finds a way to turn every word out of Optimus's mouth back against him; she accuses him of not caring about Gimlet's death; chastizies him for not coming to Mount Rushmore himself; expresses her disgust at the way Soundwave's grief has been weaponized to benefit human/Cybertronian relations; and finally, concludes that the way Prime has, via proxies and mouthpieces rather than his own actions, united Cybertron, the colonies, and Earth against the common enemy that is Unicron is fascism, rather than benevolence. After Slide storms off, Prime takes a moment to speak with Jazz, apologizing to him for abandoning him to the mercy of the humans all those months ago—for as Slide has made him realize, standing aside and not choosing a side in a conflict... ''is'' still making a choice.		Six hours later, at the Transformers' African camp, Slide recounts the events that went down at Mount Rushmore for Optimus Prime. Of course, Slide finds a way to turn every word out of Optimus's mouth back against him; she accuses him of not caring about Gimlet's death; chastizies him for not coming to Mount Rushmore himself; expresses her disgust at the way Soundwave's grief has been weaponized to benefit human/Cybertronian relations; and finally, concludes that the way Prime has, via proxies and mouthpieces rather than his own actions, united Cybertron, the colonies, and Earth against the common enemy that is Unicron is fascism, rather than benevolence. After Slide storms off, Prime takes a moment to speak with Jazz, apologizing to him for abandoning him to the mercy of the humans all those months ago—for as Slide has made him realize, standing aside and not choosing a side in a conflict... ''is'' still making a choice.

Saix at 17:17, 19 January 2024

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	{{~~note\|This story is told in non-linear form. This synopsis presents it in chronological order for ease of reading.~~}}		{{nonlinear}}

	In [[Hollywood]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Thundercracker]] is rushing to complete the edit of [[Last Laugh: The Life and Death of Chuckles\|his new movie]], a biopic about the life of [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] agent [[Chuckles]], before he responds to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s call for assistance, when he is interrupted by the frenzied barking of [[Buster (IDW)\|Buster]]. Looking out the window, it's impossible for Thundercracker to miss what she's barking at: the planet-sized robot mode of [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] now hovers above the [[Earth]], its gravity causing all sorts of havoc in the streets below. Editing can wait—Thundercracker's got people to help!		In [[Hollywood]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Thundercracker]] is rushing to complete the edit of [[Last Laugh: The Life and Death of Chuckles\|his new movie]], a biopic about the life of [[G.I. Joe (team)\|G.I. Joe]] agent [[Chuckles]], before he responds to [[Marissa Faireborn]]'s call for assistance, when he is interrupted by the frenzied barking of [[Buster (IDW)\|Buster]]. Looking out the window, it's impossible for Thundercracker to miss what she's barking at: the planet-sized robot mode of [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] now hovers above the [[Earth]], its gravity causing all sorts of havoc in the streets below. Editing can wait—Thundercracker's got people to help!

AzimuthAcolyte: Reflecting merge Sideswipe (IDW) -> Sideswipe (G2)

2023-06-18T16:20:21Z

Reflecting merge Sideswipe (IDW) -> Sideswipe (G2)

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	* [[Tigatron]] (48)		* [[Tigatron]] (48)
	* [[Centurion (IDW)\|Centurion]] (51)		* [[Centurion (IDW)\|Centurion]] (51)
	* [[Sideswipe (~~IDW~~)\|Sideswipe]] (53)		* [[Sideswipe (G2)\|Sideswipe]] (53)

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Usfmm at 03:06, 31 May 2023

2023-05-31T03:06:26Z

Show changes

Cyberlink420 at 23:46, 21 September 2020

2020-09-21T23:46:02Z

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	*As with the previous two issues, the title of this story is a line from the [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)\|Dark Cybertron prophecy]].		*As with the previous two issues, the title of this story is a line from the [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)\|Dark Cybertron prophecy]].
	*Chronologically, this main body of issue occurs immediately after the end of [[Road's End\|''Unicron'' #4]], while the story's framing sequence (Slide recounting those events to Optimus) takes place somewhere during [[Assembly (Unicron)\|''Unicron'' #5]]. Slide's group is not shown rejoining the main Cybertronian force in Africa with Jazz and Prowl's crew in this issue; that happens on-panel in ''Unicron'' #5.		*Chronologically, this main body of issue occurs immediately after the end of [[Road's End\|''Unicron'' #4]], while the story's framing sequence (Slide recounting those events to Optimus) takes place somewhere during [[Assembly (Unicron)\|''Unicron'' #5]]. Slide's group is not shown rejoining the main Cybertronian force in Africa with Jazz and Prowl's crew in this issue; that happens on-panel in ''Unicron'' #5.
	*Thundercracker has been working on the screenplay for his biopic of Chuckles since learning about him from [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)\|Chameleon]] in [[New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back\|issue #3]], and actually got the contract to make the film in [[Starscream: The Movie (comic)\|the 2018 ''Optimus Prime'' annual]]. His story is based on the events of "The Last Laugh," the extended Chuckles story-arc from IDW's ''{{i\|G.I. Joe: Cobra\|Cobra}}'' comic books, and we previously saw some of his "adaptation" in the annual. The portion of the story seen here is Thundercracker's re-working of 2009's {{i\|Cobra Part 3: Oil\|''Cobra'' vol. 1 #3}}; in the real course of events, Chuckles was forced to actually kill Jinx, but Thundercracker has re-written the story so he kills Xamot and saves her life instead. Thundercracker has previously shown awareness of sexist tropes (like Jinx's "[~~https~~:~~//tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/~~Main/StuffedIntoTheFridge fridging]") in issue #3, and he's clearly trying to go against them!		*Thundercracker has been working on the screenplay for his biopic of Chuckles since learning about him from [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)\|Chameleon]] in [[New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back\|issue #3]], and actually got the contract to make the film in [[Starscream: The Movie (comic)\|the 2018 ''Optimus Prime'' annual]]. His story is based on the events of "The Last Laugh," the extended Chuckles story-arc from IDW's ''{{i\|G.I. Joe: Cobra\|Cobra}}'' comic books, and we previously saw some of his "adaptation" in the annual. The portion of the story seen here is Thundercracker's re-working of 2009's {{i\|Cobra Part 3: Oil\|''Cobra'' vol. 1 #3}}; in the real course of events, Chuckles was forced to actually kill Jinx, but Thundercracker has re-written the story so he kills Xamot and saves her life instead. Thundercracker has previously shown awareness of sexist tropes (like Jinx's "[[tvtropes:Main/StuffedIntoTheFridge\|fridging]]") in issue #3, and he's clearly trying to go against them!
	*A billboard for Thundercracker's prior film, ''[[Starscream: The Movie (film)\|Starscream: The Movie]]'', can be seen amongst the debris of Los Angeles.		*A billboard for Thundercracker's prior film, ''[[Starscream: The Movie (film)\|Starscream: The Movie]]'', can be seen amongst the debris of Los Angeles.
	*Stardrive believes Unicron is giving the Transformers time to come together so it can kill them all at once, but ''Unicron'' #5 indicates that it is holding back its attack until the [[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]] is removed from Earth, since, if Unicron eats the planet while the Talisman is on it, it will die.		*Stardrive believes Unicron is giving the Transformers time to come together so it can kill them all at once, but ''Unicron'' #5 indicates that it is holding back its attack until the [[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]] is removed from Earth, since, if Unicron eats the planet while the Talisman is on it, it will die.

NexusShard17 at 16:53, 24 August 2020

2020-08-24T16:53:37Z

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	*[[Unicron]] (6)		*[[Unicron]] (6)
	*[[Garnak]] (11)		*[[Garnak]] (11)
	*Various [[Sharkticon (G1)\|Sharkticons]] (15)		*Various [[Sharkticon (species)\|Sharkticons]] (15)
	*[[D.0.C.]] (46)		*[[D.0.C.]] (46)

MistaTee: /* Reprints */ vol #

2020-07-03T02:25:04Z

Reprints: vol #

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	:*Bonus material includes art from most covers.		:*Bonus material includes art from most covers.

	*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 84: The Falling Part 2''''' <small>([[June 3]], [[2020]])</small>		*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 85: The Falling Part 2''''' <small>([[June 3]], [[2020]])</small>
	:*Contains ''Optimus Prime'' issues #18 to #25.		:*Contains ''Optimus Prime'' issues #18 to #24.
	:*Bonus material includes a cover gallery and an intro by [[Simon Furman]].		:*Bonus material includes a cover gallery and an intro by [[Simon Furman]].

MistaTee: /* Reprints */ vol #

2020-07-03T02:24:38Z

Reprints: vol #

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	*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 84: The Falling Part 2''''' <small>([[June 3]], [[2020]])</small>		*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]] Volume 84: The Falling Part 2''''' <small>([[June 3]], [[2020]])</small>
	:*Contains ''Optimus Prime'' issues #18 to #24.		:*Contains ''Optimus Prime'' issues #18 to #25.
	:*Bonus material includes a cover gallery and an intro by [[Simon Furman]].		:*Bonus material includes a cover gallery and an intro by [[Simon Furman]].

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	* [[Airazor (BW)\|Airazor]] (34)		* [[Airazor (BW)\|Airazor]] (34)
	* [[Swift (G1)\|Swift]] (35)		* [[Swift (G1)\|Swift]] (35)
	* [[Tigatron]] (48)		* [[Tigatron (BW)\|Tigatron]] (48)
	* [[Centurion (IDW)\|Centurion]] (51)		* [[Centurion (IDW)\|Centurion]] (51)
	* [[Sideswipe (G2)\|Sideswipe]] (53)		* [[Sideswipe (G2)\|Sideswipe]] (53)

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	*As with the previous two issues, the title of this story is a line from the [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)\|Dark Cybertron prophecy]].		*As with the previous two issues, the title of this story is a line from the [[Dark Cybertron (prophecy)\|Dark Cybertron prophecy]].
	*Chronologically, this main body of issue occurs immediately after the end of [[Road's End\|''Unicron'' #4]], while the story's framing sequence (Slide recounting those events to Optimus) takes place somewhere during [[Assembly (Unicron)\|''Unicron'' #5]]. Slide's group is not shown rejoining the main Cybertronian force in Africa with Jazz and Prowl's crew in this issue; that happens on-panel in ''Unicron'' #5.		*Chronologically, this main body of issue occurs immediately after the end of [[Road's End\|''Unicron'' #4]], while the story's framing sequence (Slide recounting those events to Optimus) takes place somewhere during [[Assembly (Unicron)\|''Unicron'' #5]]. Slide's group is not shown rejoining the main Cybertronian force in Africa with Jazz and Prowl's crew in this issue; that happens on-panel in ''Unicron'' #5.
	*Thundercracker has been working on the screenplay for his biopic of Chuckles since learning about him from [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)\|Chameleon]] in [[New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back\|issue #3]], and actually got the contract to make the film in [[Starscream: The Movie (comic)\|the 2018 ''Optimus Prime'' annual]]. His story is based on the events of "The Last Laugh," the extended Chuckles story-arc from IDW's ''{{i\|G.I. Joe: Cobra\|Cobra}}'' comic books, and we previously saw some of his "adaptation" in the annual. The portion of the story seen here is Thundercracker's re-working of 2009's {{i\|Cobra Part 3: Oil\|''Cobra'' vol. 1 #3}}; in the real course of events, Chuckles was forced to actually kill Jinx, but Thundercracker has re-written the story so he kills Xamot and saves her life instead. Thundercracker has previously shown awareness of sexist tropes (like Jinx's "[~~https~~:~~//tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/~~Main/StuffedIntoTheFridge fridging]") in issue #3, and he's clearly trying to go against them!		*Thundercracker has been working on the screenplay for his biopic of Chuckles since learning about him from [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)\|Chameleon]] in [[New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back\|issue #3]], and actually got the contract to make the film in [[Starscream: The Movie (comic)\|the 2018 ''Optimus Prime'' annual]]. His story is based on the events of "The Last Laugh," the extended Chuckles story-arc from IDW's ''{{i\|G.I. Joe: Cobra\|Cobra}}'' comic books, and we previously saw some of his "adaptation" in the annual. The portion of the story seen here is Thundercracker's re-working of 2009's {{i\|Cobra Part 3: Oil\|''Cobra'' vol. 1 #3}}; in the real course of events, Chuckles was forced to actually kill Jinx, but Thundercracker has re-written the story so he kills Xamot and saves her life instead. Thundercracker has previously shown awareness of sexist tropes (like Jinx's "[[tvtropes:Main/StuffedIntoTheFridge\|fridging]]") in issue #3, and he's clearly trying to go against them!
	*A billboard for Thundercracker's prior film, ''[[Starscream: The Movie (film)\|Starscream: The Movie]]'', can be seen amongst the debris of Los Angeles.		*A billboard for Thundercracker's prior film, ''[[Starscream: The Movie (film)\|Starscream: The Movie]]'', can be seen amongst the debris of Los Angeles.
	*Stardrive believes Unicron is giving the Transformers time to come together so it can kill them all at once, but ''Unicron'' #5 indicates that it is holding back its attack until the [[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]] is removed from Earth, since, if Unicron eats the planet while the Talisman is on it, it will die.		*Stardrive believes Unicron is giving the Transformers time to come together so it can kill them all at once, but ''Unicron'' #5 indicates that it is holding back its attack until the [[Talisman (G1)\|Talisman]] is removed from Earth, since, if Unicron eats the planet while the Talisman is on it, it will die.