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AzimuthAcolyte: Magmatron -> Magmatron (BW) update

2026-04-09T02:22:46Z

Magmatron -> Magmatron (BW) update

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	=====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=====		=====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=====
	Seeking the protoforms of the ''Axalon'' and under the pretense of apprehending [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity\|Megatron]], [[Magmatron]] and his Predacons traveled back in time to prehistoric Earth. They were invisible to the Beast Wars by virtue of being [[chronal phase\|out of phase]] in time. {{storylink\|The Gathering issue 1\|The Gathering #1}} Maximal sabotage of his return device trapped Magmatron in an existence that could observe all time, but not interact with anything physical. {{storylink\|The Gathering issue 4\|The Gathering #4}} {{storylink\|The Ascending issue 1\|The Ascending #1}}		Seeking the protoforms of the ''Axalon'' and under the pretense of apprehending [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity\|Megatron]], [[Magmatron (BW)\|Magmatron]] and his Predacons traveled back in time to prehistoric Earth. They were invisible to the Beast Wars by virtue of being [[chronal phase\|out of phase]] in time. {{storylink\|The Gathering issue 1\|The Gathering #1}} Maximal sabotage of his return device trapped Magmatron in an existence that could observe all time, but not interact with anything physical. {{storylink\|The Gathering issue 4\|The Gathering #4}} {{storylink\|The Ascending issue 1\|The Ascending #1}}

	====''Transformers vs. The Terminator''====		====''Transformers vs. The Terminator''====

TimeLord11: /* 2021 IDW Beast Wars comic */

2026-03-02T19:33:07Z

2021 IDW Beast Wars comic

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	When the Maximals and Predacons joined forces against the Vok, [[Rhinox (BW)\|Rhinox]] and [[Scorponok (BW)\|Scorponok]] hit on the idea to use the ''Darksyde''{{'}}s ruined [[Transwarp Drive]] to send a message to Cybertron for reinforcements. When this led to them discovering [[Tarantulas (BW)\|Tarantulas]]' duplicity, Scorponok used the drive to warn the ''Axalon'', the drive's temporal properties allowing message to arrive before it was sent. {{storylink\|The Beginning of the End}}		When the Maximals and Predacons joined forces against the Vok, [[Rhinox (BW)\|Rhinox]] and [[Scorponok (BW)\|Scorponok]] hit on the idea to use the ''Darksyde''{{'}}s ruined [[Transwarp Drive]] to send a message to Cybertron for reinforcements. When this led to them discovering [[Tarantulas (BW)\|Tarantulas]]' duplicity, Scorponok used the drive to warn the ''Axalon'', the drive's temporal properties allowing message to arrive before it was sent. {{storylink\|The Beginning of the End}}

			To combat the Vok, [[Rattrap (BW)\|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)\|Waspinator]] channeled the energies of the ''Axalon''{{'}}s transwarp drive into its weapon systems, the energies dissipating the Vok when the weapon was turned on them. When Rattrap fired on [[Megatron (BW)\|Megatron]], the Predacon leader, not being an energy being, was simply sent forward 114 cycles in time. {{storylink\|The End (BW)\|The End}}

	====2019 IDW continuity====		====2019 IDW continuity====

Cyberlink420: /* Beast Wars cartoon */

2024-04-08T22:43:54Z

Beast Wars cartoon

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	====Beast Era====		====Beast Era====
	=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====		=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====
	[[File:~~TranswarpPortal~~.jpg\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|Where's DS9?]]		[[File:Darksyde chase.jpg\|upright=1.4\|thumb\|Where's DS9?]]
	The Beast Wars would appear to take place in a Type 2 universe. Evidence that the timeline can be altered was presented by Megatron who projected an image of a mountain recorded on the golden disc in the future. After locating the mountain in the past he destroyed part of it and then checked the golden disc again to find that the image had changed to reflect the damage he had caused. The future had therefore been altered. {{storylink\|Code of Hero}}		The Beast Wars would appear to take place in a Type 2 universe. Evidence that the timeline can be altered was presented by Megatron who projected an image of a mountain recorded on the golden disc in the future. After locating the mountain in the past he destroyed part of it and then checked the golden disc again to find that the image had changed to reflect the damage he had caused. The future had therefore been altered. {{storylink\|Code of Hero}}

Cylasbreakdown: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

2023-11-17T07:35:53Z

2005 IDW continuity

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	A variety of time-travel methods have been employed by various groups of Transformers.		A variety of time-travel methods have been employed by various groups of Transformers.

	The ~~earliest~~ known form of time travel was developed by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] as part of his [[Regenesis]] experiment, an artificial [[energon]] derivative known as [[Ore-1]]. When this ore was introduced to the planet [[LV-117]] to catalyze, the spread of the time-bending ore caused the planet to randomly skip backwards and forwards in time; while the native lifeforms were able to evolve to cope, Transformers who visited the planet found themselves jumping randomly between time periods. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}} The Decepticon [[Turmoil]] was able to harvest this ore on Shockwave's orders, and enslaved the natives to create a time machine for himself, this one capable of laterally moving his ship through time and space to a directed point in history. {{storylink\|Interference Patterns}}		The first was the [[Warren]], the four-dimensional remains of one of the [[Omega Guardian\|Omega Guardians]]. It could be used to traverse time as well as space. The first being known to utilize it was [[Adaptus]], who travelled millions of years into the future to escape the rest of the [[Guiding Hand]]. Once there, he saw a terrible danger to the universe, and returned to his own time to spend the next twelve million years preparing to stop it. The Warren’s timey-wimey properties would later be inadvertently be utilized by the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' as they made their way to [[Cyberutopia]].

			Another form of time travel was developed by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] as part of his [[Regenesis]] experiment, an artificial [[energon]] derivative known as [[Ore-1]]. When this ore was introduced to the planet [[LV-117]] to catalyze, the spread of the time-bending ore caused the planet to randomly skip backwards and forwards in time; while the native lifeforms were able to evolve to cope, Transformers who visited the planet found themselves jumping randomly between time periods. {{storylink\|Syndromica (2)}} The Decepticon [[Turmoil]] was able to harvest this ore on Shockwave's orders, and enslaved the natives to create a time machine for himself, this one capable of laterally moving his ship through time and space to a directed point in history. {{storylink\|Interference Patterns}}

	The Autobot weapons engineer [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Brainstorm]] spent years working to build a time machine with the specific purpose of preventing the [[Great War (G1)\|Great War]] from ever coming to pass. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide\|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}} As a double agent, he used parts sourced from the Decepticons to build a complicated series of "[[time case]]s," and used a link to the ''[[Lost Light]]'''s [[Quantum generator\|quantum engine]]s to move himself through space and time. Though he fled back through time to alter history, the crew of the ''Lost Light'' were able to pursue him using a quantum duplicate of the control case. {{storylink\|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue\|The Custom-Made Now}} Following that adventure, the time case found its way into the possession of [[Mortilus\|Censere]], the mythical "Necrobot," who used it to travel backwards through time and inadvertently complete a paradox of his own making by rescuing a group of lost Cybertronians who had seemingly vanished from history and became known as the "[[Disappeared]]." {{storylink\|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle\|Do Not Go Gentle}}		The Autobot weapons engineer [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Brainstorm]] spent years working to build a time machine with the specific purpose of preventing the [[Great War (G1)\|Great War]] from ever coming to pass. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide\|Predestination: An Expert's Guide}} As a double agent, he used parts sourced from the Decepticons to build a complicated series of "[[time case]]s," and used a link to the ''[[Lost Light]]'''s [[Quantum generator\|quantum engine]]s to move himself through space and time. Though he fled back through time to alter history, the crew of the ''Lost Light'' were able to pursue him using a quantum duplicate of the control case. {{storylink\|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue\|The Custom-Made Now}} Following that adventure, the time case found its way into the possession of [[Mortilus\|Censere]], the mythical "Necrobot," who used it to travel backwards through time and inadvertently complete a paradox of his own making by rescuing a group of lost Cybertronians who had seemingly vanished from history and became known as the "[[Disappeared]]." {{storylink\|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle\|Do Not Go Gentle}}

MegaSolus at 06:03, 9 October 2023

2023-10-09T06:03:19Z

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	====Beast Era====		====Beast Era====
	Time travel technology appears to be commonplace in this era. Cybertronian ships are equipped with [[Transwarp Drive]]s. This opens wormholes to different time zones. The ship must then fly through the wormhole to arrive at its destination. This process leaves a detectable signature that can be traced and followed by others. The detectable nature of this form of time travel is likely one of the major reasons why fewer unscrupulous individuals attempt to change the past; even [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity\|Megatron]] was initially hesitant to pursue this course of action, though he later decided "~~the~~ hell with it" and shot the comatose [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]] in the face.		Time travel technology appears to be commonplace in this era. Cybertronian ships are equipped with [[Transwarp Drive]]s. This opens wormholes to different time zones. The ship must then fly through the wormhole to arrive at its destination. This process leaves a detectable signature that can be traced and followed by others. The detectable nature of this form of time travel is likely one of the major reasons why fewer unscrupulous individuals attempt to change the past; even [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity\|Megatron]] was initially hesitant to pursue this course of action, though he later decided "to hell with it" and shot the comatose [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]] in the face.

	=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====		=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====

Locoman: /* BotBots cartoon */

2023-10-02T23:53:07Z

BotBots cartoon

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	===''BotBots'' cartoon===		===''BotBots'' cartoon===
	Following a temperature-related disaster that left the [[Mall (BotBots)\|mall]] in a state of flaming ruin, [[Burgertron]] used a [[trans-timestream communicator]] to contact his past self and warn him to get the [[Science Alliance]]'s help in preventing the catastrophe. Unfortunately, their first attempt only made things worse, and an even more grizzled Burgertron contacted them from an even worse future to chastise them for screwing things up. Fortunately, the Science Alliance eventually got their act together, saving the mall, and the now-President Burgertron sent one last message back in time to congratulate them on a job well done. {{storylink\|The Science Alliance}}		Following a temperature-related disaster that left the [[Mall (BotBots)\|mall]] in a state of flaming ruin, [[Burgertron]] used a [[trans-timestream communicator]] to contact his past self and warn him to get the [[Science Alliance]]'s help in preventing the catastrophe. Unfortunately, their first attempt only made things worse, and an even more grizzled Burgertron contacted them from an even worse future to chastise them for screwing things up. Fortunately, the Science Alliance eventually got their act together, saving the mall, and the now-President Burgertron sent one last message back in time to congratulate them on a job well done. {{storylink\|The Science Alliance}}

			==Games==
			===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
			Shockwave studied time travel on [[LV-117]]. {{storylink\|Decepticon Directive}}

	==Can history be changed?==		==Can history be changed?==

Cyberlink420 at 13:47, 18 July 2023

2023-07-18T13:47:30Z

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	All of this points to a Type 2 or Type 3. This continuity also shows that if a time-traveller dies before their creation, a giant and destructive [[time rift]] is created in two time zones, which doesn't fit either model.		All of this points to a Type 2 or Type 3. This continuity also shows that if a time-traveller dies before their creation, a giant and destructive [[time rift]] is created in two time zones, which doesn't fit either model.

	In the letters page, "[[Hi-Test (G1)\|Hi-Test]]" would imply it was a Type 2 but that Aspects-Galvatron not travelling doesn't undo all the changes he did in the 80s as "the space-time framework ''repaired'' itself. That doesn't mean it went backwards. Nice try, though."<ref>[~~http~~:~~//transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue240.jpg~~ #240~~'s Dread Tidings~~]</ref>		In the letters page, "[[Hi-Test (G1)\|Hi-Test]]" would imply it was a Type 2 but that Aspects-Galvatron not travelling doesn't undo all the changes he did in the 80s as "the space-time framework ''repaired'' itself. That doesn't mean it went backwards. Nice try, though."<ref>[[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|Dread Tidings]], issue [[Source:Dread Tidings#Issue 240\|240]]</ref>

	====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====		====Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity====

Cyberlink420: /* BotBots cartoon */

2023-06-19T18:26:16Z

BotBots cartoon

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	[[Vector Prime]], as the Guardian of Time and Space, often employed time travel. He and the [[Time Warrior (AVP)\|Time Warriors]] fought threats to the time/space continuum. His unique understanding of time made it difficult for him to understand beings in linear time, and would occasionally make reference to events yet to occur. He also noted that the television show ''[[Doctor Who]]'', while fun, depicted time travel in a wholly inaccurate way. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}		[[Vector Prime]], as the Guardian of Time and Space, often employed time travel. He and the [[Time Warrior (AVP)\|Time Warriors]] fought threats to the time/space continuum. His unique understanding of time made it difficult for him to understand beings in linear time, and would occasionally make reference to events yet to occur. He also noted that the television show ''[[Doctor Who]]'', while fun, depicted time travel in a wholly inaccurate way. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime}}

	===BotBots cartoon===		===''BotBots'' cartoon===
	Following a temperature-related disaster that left the [[Mall (BotBots)\|mall]] in a state of flaming ruin, [[Burgertron]] used a [[trans-timestream communicator]] to contact his past self and warn him to get the [[Science Alliance]]'s help in preventing the catastrophe. Unfortunately, their first attempt only made things worse, and an even more grizzled Burgertron contacted them from an even worse future to chastise them for screwing things up. Fortunately, the Science Alliance eventually got their act together, saving the mall, and the now-President Burgertron sent one last message back in time to congratulate them on a job well done. {{storylink\|The Science Alliance}}		Following a temperature-related disaster that left the [[Mall (BotBots)\|mall]] in a state of flaming ruin, [[Burgertron]] used a [[trans-timestream communicator]] to contact his past self and warn him to get the [[Science Alliance]]'s help in preventing the catastrophe. Unfortunately, their first attempt only made things worse, and an even more grizzled Burgertron contacted them from an even worse future to chastise them for screwing things up. Fortunately, the Science Alliance eventually got their act together, saving the mall, and the now-President Burgertron sent one last message back in time to congratulate them on a job well done. {{storylink\|The Science Alliance}}

Saix: /* 3H comics */clean up, replaced: Cryotek (Universe) → Cryotek (RID)

2023-01-20T19:02:57Z

3H comics: clean up, replaced: Cryotek (Universe) → Cryotek (RID)

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	As the timeline collapsed due to the alteration of history, Apelinq was finally able to escape back to his home era. {{storylink\|Terminus (issue)\|Terminus}}		As the timeline collapsed due to the alteration of history, Apelinq was finally able to escape back to his home era. {{storylink\|Terminus (issue)\|Terminus}}

	[[Cryotek (~~Universe~~)\|Cryotek]] wants to <s>MUFFGLRL MUUGGREAGG MURRRAGGHH</s> conquer time. {{storylink\|Betrayal}}		[[Cryotek (RID)\|Cryotek]] wants to <s>MUFFGLRL MUUGGREAGG MURRRAGGHH</s> conquer time. {{storylink\|Betrayal}}

	During the [[Universe War]], [[Child of Primus]] [[Rhinox (BW)\|Rhinox]] built a device to deflect Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across space-time. The first two attempts only partially succeeded, stranding the would-be abductees on an icy planetoid. As a side effect, the Autobot stellar freighter ''[[OTFCC (ship)\|OTFCC]]'' was pulled in from the past. The Autobot crew joined up with the Children of Primus and Unicron's victims to defeat Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)\|Minion]]s, and the ship was sent back to its own time. {{storylink\|Voice Actor Drama}}		During the [[Universe War]], [[Child of Primus]] [[Rhinox (BW)\|Rhinox]] built a device to deflect Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across space-time. The first two attempts only partially succeeded, stranding the would-be abductees on an icy planetoid. As a side effect, the Autobot stellar freighter ''[[OTFCC (ship)\|OTFCC]]'' was pulled in from the past. The Autobot crew joined up with the Children of Primus and Unicron's victims to defeat Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)\|Minion]]s, and the ship was sent back to its own time. {{storylink\|Voice Actor Drama}}

Saix: clean up, replaced: The Science Alliance (episode) → The Science Alliance (2), {{storylink|The Science Alliance|The Science Alliance}} → {{storylink|The Science Alliance}} (2), typos fixed: President → president

2023-01-13T14:36:44Z

clean up, replaced: The Science Alliance (episode) → The Science Alliance (2), {{storylink|The Science Alliance|The Science Alliance}} → {{storylink|The Science Alliance}} (2), typos fixed: President → president

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	===BotBots cartoon===		===BotBots cartoon===
	Following a temperature-related disaster that left the [[Mall (BotBots)\|mall]] in a state of flaming ruin, [[Burgertron]] used a [[trans-timestream communicator]] to contact his past self and warn him to get the [[Science Alliance]]'s help in preventing the catastrophe. Unfortunately, their first attempt only made things worse, and an even more grizzled Burgertron contacted them from an even worse future to chastise them for screwing things up. Fortunately, the Science Alliance eventually got their act together, saving the mall, and the now-President Burgertron sent one last message back in time to congratulate them on a job well done. {{storylink~~\|The Science Alliance (episode)~~\|The Science Alliance}}		Following a temperature-related disaster that left the [[Mall (BotBots)\|mall]] in a state of flaming ruin, [[Burgertron]] used a [[trans-timestream communicator]] to contact his past self and warn him to get the [[Science Alliance]]'s help in preventing the catastrophe. Unfortunately, their first attempt only made things worse, and an even more grizzled Burgertron contacted them from an even worse future to chastise them for screwing things up. Fortunately, the Science Alliance eventually got their act together, saving the mall, and the now-President Burgertron sent one last message back in time to congratulate them on a job well done. {{storylink\|The Science Alliance}}

	==Can history be changed?==		==Can history be changed?==
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	====''BotBots'' continuity====		====''BotBots'' continuity====
	This universe seems to be a Type 2 universe. Using a trans-timestream communicator, Future-[[Burgertron]] was able to project himself into the past to warn his past-self about the dangers of <s>climate change</s> dumping sand into the mall's air vents. The actions of the [[Lost Bots]] and the [[Science Alliance]] then directly changed the future, as observed by Future-Burgertron first returning from an even worse version of the future and then later from a corrected, better version where he even gets to become ~~President~~. For reasons that are unclear, Future-Burgertron was aware of the timeline actively changing around him, but did not seem to retain any memory of his past self's specific actions in response to his own temporal communication, demonstrated by asking the past BotBots what happened after the worse future set in. {{storylink~~\|The Science Alliance (episode)~~\|The Science Alliance}}		This universe seems to be a Type 2 universe. Using a trans-timestream communicator, Future-[[Burgertron]] was able to project himself into the past to warn his past-self about the dangers of <s>climate change</s> dumping sand into the mall's air vents. The actions of the [[Lost Bots]] and the [[Science Alliance]] then directly changed the future, as observed by Future-Burgertron first returning from an even worse version of the future and then later from a corrected, better version where he even gets to become president. For reasons that are unclear, Future-Burgertron was aware of the timeline actively changing around him, but did not seem to retain any memory of his past self's specific actions in response to his own temporal communication, demonstrated by asking the past BotBots what happened after the worse future set in. {{storylink\|The Science Alliance}}

	==References==		==References==

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	As the timeline collapsed due to the alteration of history, Apelinq was finally able to escape back to his home era. {{storylink\|Terminus (issue)\|Terminus}}		As the timeline collapsed due to the alteration of history, Apelinq was finally able to escape back to his home era. {{storylink\|Terminus (issue)\|Terminus}}

	[[Cryotek (~~Universe~~)\|Cryotek]] wants to <s>MUFFGLRL MUUGGREAGG MURRRAGGHH</s> conquer time. {{storylink\|Betrayal}}		[[Cryotek (RID)\|Cryotek]] wants to <s>MUFFGLRL MUUGGREAGG MURRRAGGHH</s> conquer time. {{storylink\|Betrayal}}

	During the [[Universe War]], [[Child of Primus]] [[Rhinox (BW)\|Rhinox]] built a device to deflect Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across space-time. The first two attempts only partially succeeded, stranding the would-be abductees on an icy planetoid. As a side effect, the Autobot stellar freighter ''[[OTFCC (ship)\|OTFCC]]'' was pulled in from the past. The Autobot crew joined up with the Children of Primus and Unicron's victims to defeat Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)\|Minion]]s, and the ship was sent back to its own time. {{storylink\|Voice Actor Drama}}		During the [[Universe War]], [[Child of Primus]] [[Rhinox (BW)\|Rhinox]] built a device to deflect Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across space-time. The first two attempts only partially succeeded, stranding the would-be abductees on an icy planetoid. As a side effect, the Autobot stellar freighter ''[[OTFCC (ship)\|OTFCC]]'' was pulled in from the past. The Autobot crew joined up with the Children of Primus and Unicron's victims to defeat Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)\|Minion]]s, and the ship was sent back to its own time. {{storylink\|Voice Actor Drama}}