Transformers: The Animated Movie - Revision history

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	'''''Transformers: The Animated Movie''''' is a comic book adaptation of 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', published by [[IDW Publishing]] in 2006–2007. It was part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the film, which also included a new DVD release.		'''''Transformers: The Animated Movie''''' is a comic book adaptation of 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', published by [[IDW Publishing]] in 2006–2007. It was part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the film, which also included a new DVD release.

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	*[[Matrix Quest!\|#4]]		*[[Matrix Quest!\|#4]]
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	==Overview==		==Overview==

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	The Decepticons dump their injured into space, including Megatron, and battle for leadership. Unicron reformats the abandoned Decepticons into powerful warriors in order to destroy the Matrix—the only thing that could harm him. Megatron is now [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]], and he regains the leadership of the Decepticons by killing the traitorous [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]].		The Decepticons dump their injured into space, including Megatron, and battle for leadership. Unicron reformats the abandoned Decepticons into powerful warriors in order to destroy the Matrix—the only thing that could harm him. Megatron is now [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]], and he regains the leadership of the Decepticons by killing the traitorous [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]].

	Unicron eats Cybertron's moons while Galvatron's crew attacks the Autobots, sending them fleeing into space. The Autobots' two shuttles crash on separate planets. While [[Hot Rod (G1)\|Hot Rod]]'s group battles the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Sharkticon (G1)\|Sharkticons]] and learns about Unicron, Ultra Magnus's crew crash-lands on [[Junkion (planet)\|Junk]] and is attacked again by Galvatron, who steals the Matrix.		Unicron eats Cybertron's moons while Galvatron's crew attacks the Autobots, sending them fleeing into space. The Autobots' two shuttles crash on separate planets. While [[Hot Rod (G1)\|Hot Rod]]'s group battles the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Sharkticon (species)\|Sharkticons]] and learns about Unicron, Ultra Magnus's crew crash-lands on [[Junkion (planet)\|Junk]] and is attacked again by Galvatron, who steals the Matrix.

	Galvatron attempts to use the Matrix to enslave Unicron, but only angers the behemoth, inciting him to transform and attack Cybertron. The Autobots and their allies travel to destroy Unicron and crash their ship into Unicron's eye. They rescue the Moonbase prisoners while Hot Rod battles Galvatron. Hot Rod opens the Matrix, transforming into Rodimus Prime. He disposes of Galvatron and helps everyone escape while using the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Rodimus exclaims that this event will end the Cybertronian wars.		Galvatron attempts to use the Matrix to enslave Unicron, but only angers the behemoth, inciting him to transform and attack Cybertron. The Autobots and their allies travel to destroy Unicron and crash their ship into Unicron's eye. They rescue the Moonbase prisoners while Hot Rod battles Galvatron. Hot Rod opens the Matrix, transforming into Rodimus Prime. He disposes of Galvatron and helps everyone escape while using the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Rodimus exclaims that this event will end the Cybertronian wars.

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	:*Bonus material includes art from each issue's cover		:*Bonus material includes art from each issue's cover
	:*Three extra pages expanding the battle in the communications tower and showing the status of some of the characters that didn't make it into the film (the [[Special Teams\|Special Team]] [[combiner]]s and [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]]).		:*Three extra pages expanding the battle in the communications tower and showing the status of some of the characters that didn't make it into the film (the [[Special Teams\|Special Team]] [[combiner]]s and [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]]).

			*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 92: Transformers: The Movie''''' <small>([[April 1]], [[2020]])</small>
			:*Collects Marvel's ''[[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)\|Transformers: The Movie]]'' issues #1–3 and IDW's ''Transformers: The Animated Movie'' issues #1–4.
			:*Bonus material includes a one-page article about the movie-verse in comics, a cover gallery and an intro from [[Simon Furman]].

			<gallery>
			File:TAM TPB.jpg\|'''''Transformers: The Animated Movie'' TPB'''; art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
			File:DefinitiveG1Collection v92.jpg\|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 92: Transformers: The Movie'''''; art by [[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]] (Blurr), [[Don Perlin]], [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]]
			</gallery>

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	* '''''Transformers: The Animated Movie''''' TPB <small>([[May 9]], [[2007]]) ISBN 1600100511 / ISBN 978-1600100512</small>		* '''''Transformers: The Animated Movie''''' TPB <small>([[May 9]], [[2007]]) ISBN 1600100511 / ISBN 978-1600100512</small>
	:*Bonus material includes art from each issue's cover		:*Bonus material includes art from each issue's cover
	:*Three extra pages expanding the battle in the communications tower and showing the status of some of the characters that didn't make it into the film ([[~~Defensor (G1)~~\|~~Defensor~~]], [[~~Bruticus~~ (G1)\|~~Bruticus~~]]~~, etc~~).		:*Three extra pages expanding the battle in the communications tower and showing the status of some of the characters that didn't make it into the film (the [[Special Teams\|Special Team]] [[combiner]]s and [[Omega Supreme (G1)\|Omega Supreme]]).

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	The Decepticons dump their injured into space, including Megatron, and battle for leadership. Unicron reformats the abandoned Decepticons into powerful warriors in order to destroy the Matrix—the only thing that could harm him. Megatron is now [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]], and he regains the leadership of the Decepticons by killing the traitorous [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]].		The Decepticons dump their injured into space, including Megatron, and battle for leadership. Unicron reformats the abandoned Decepticons into powerful warriors in order to destroy the Matrix—the only thing that could harm him. Megatron is now [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]], and he regains the leadership of the Decepticons by killing the traitorous [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]].

	Unicron eats Cybertron's moons while Galvatron's crew attacks the Autobots, sending them fleeing into space. The Autobots' two shuttles crash on separate planets. While [[Hot Rod]]'s group battles the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Sharkticon (G1)\|Sharkticons]] and learns about Unicron, Ultra Magnus's crew crash-lands on [[Junkion (planet)\|Junk]] and is attacked again by Galvatron, who steals the Matrix.		Unicron eats Cybertron's moons while Galvatron's crew attacks the Autobots, sending them fleeing into space. The Autobots' two shuttles crash on separate planets. While [[Hot Rod (G1)\|Hot Rod]]'s group battles the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Sharkticon (G1)\|Sharkticons]] and learns about Unicron, Ultra Magnus's crew crash-lands on [[Junkion (planet)\|Junk]] and is attacked again by Galvatron, who steals the Matrix.

	Galvatron attempts to use the Matrix to enslave Unicron, but only angers the behemoth, inciting him to transform and attack Cybertron. The Autobots and their allies travel to destroy Unicron and crash their ship into Unicron's eye. They rescue the Moonbase prisoners while Hot Rod battles Galvatron. Hot Rod opens the Matrix, transforming into Rodimus Prime. He disposes of Galvatron and helps everyone escape while using the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Rodimus exclaims that this event will end the Cybertronian wars.		Galvatron attempts to use the Matrix to enslave Unicron, but only angers the behemoth, inciting him to transform and attack Cybertron. The Autobots and their allies travel to destroy Unicron and crash their ship into Unicron's eye. They rescue the Moonbase prisoners while Hot Rod battles Galvatron. Hot Rod opens the Matrix, transforming into Rodimus Prime. He disposes of Galvatron and helps everyone escape while using the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Rodimus exclaims that this event will end the Cybertronian wars.

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	[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]		[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
	[[Category:Transformers: The Animated Movie issues]]		[[Category:Transformers: The Animated Movie issues]]

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	The Decepticons dump their injured into space, including Megatron, and battle for leadership. Unicron reformats the abandoned Decepticons into powerful warriors in order to destroy the Matrix—the only thing that could harm him. Megatron is now [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]], and he regains the leadership of the Decepticons by killing the traitorous [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]].		The Decepticons dump their injured into space, including Megatron, and battle for leadership. Unicron reformats the abandoned Decepticons into powerful warriors in order to destroy the Matrix—the only thing that could harm him. Megatron is now [[Galvatron (G1)\|Galvatron]], and he regains the leadership of the Decepticons by killing the traitorous [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]].

	Unicron eats Cybertron's moons while Galvatron's crew attacks the Autobots, sending them fleeing into space. The Autobots' two shuttles crash on separate planets. While [[~~Hot Rod (G1)\|~~Hot Rod]]'s group battles the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Sharkticon (G1)\|Sharkticons]] and learns about Unicron, Ultra Magnus's crew crash-lands on [[Junkion (planet)\|Junk]] and is attacked again by Galvatron, who steals the Matrix.		Unicron eats Cybertron's moons while Galvatron's crew attacks the Autobots, sending them fleeing into space. The Autobots' two shuttles crash on separate planets. While [[Hot Rod]]'s group battles the [[Quintesson]]s and [[Sharkticon (G1)\|Sharkticons]] and learns about Unicron, Ultra Magnus's crew crash-lands on [[Junkion (planet)\|Junk]] and is attacked again by Galvatron, who steals the Matrix.

	Galvatron attempts to use the Matrix to enslave Unicron, but only angers the behemoth, inciting him to transform and attack Cybertron. The Autobots and their allies travel to destroy Unicron and crash their ship into Unicron's eye. They rescue the Moonbase prisoners while Hot Rod battles Galvatron. Hot Rod opens the Matrix, transforming into Rodimus Prime. He disposes of Galvatron and helps everyone escape while using the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Rodimus exclaims that this event will end the Cybertronian wars.		Galvatron attempts to use the Matrix to enslave Unicron, but only angers the behemoth, inciting him to transform and attack Cybertron. The Autobots and their allies travel to destroy Unicron and crash their ship into Unicron's eye. They rescue the Moonbase prisoners while Hot Rod battles Galvatron. Hot Rod opens the Matrix, transforming into Rodimus Prime. He disposes of Galvatron and helps everyone escape while using the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Rodimus exclaims that this event will end the Cybertronian wars.
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	==Creative team==		==Creative team==
	The series was four issues long, with a script adapted by [[Bob Budiansky]] and artwork by [[Don Figueroa]]. The comic is very faithful to the finished film, with most of the dialogue being lifted directly from the movie, aside from [[introdump\|the characters saying each ~~others~~' names more often]]. Figueroa's artwork in this series is a bit of a departure from his usual style, with character designs that are much closer to the standard [[Floro Dery]] models that were used in the original G1 comics and cartoons.		The series was four issues long, with a script adapted by [[Bob Budiansky]] and artwork by [[Don Figueroa]]. The comic is very faithful to the finished film, with most of the dialogue being lifted directly from the movie, aside from [[introdump\|the characters saying each other's names more often]]. Figueroa's artwork in this series is a bit of a departure from his usual style, with character designs that are much closer to the standard [[Floro Dery]] models that were used in the original G1 comics and cartoons.

	==Collections==		==Collections==

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	* ''Transformers: The Animated Movie'' TPB <small>([[May 23]], 2007) ISBN 1600100511</small>		* '''''Transformers: The Animated Movie''''' TPB <small>([[May 9]], [[2007]]) ISBN 1600100511 / ISBN 978-1600100512</small>
			:*Bonus material includes art from each issue's cover
	: Bonus material includes art from each issue's cover ~~and three~~ extra pages, expanding the battle in the communications tower and showing the status of some of the characters that didn't make it into the film ([[Defensor (G1)\|Defensor]], [[Bruticus (G1)\|Bruticus]], etc).		:*Three extra pages expanding the battle in the communications tower and showing the status of some of the characters that didn't make it into the film ([[Defensor (G1)\|Defensor]], [[Bruticus (G1)\|Bruticus]], etc).

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	As [[Unicron]] destroys the planet [[Lithone (planet)\|Lithone]] (not named in the comic), the [[Autobot]]s plan to retake [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] from the [[Decepticon]]s. [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]] sends a group to [[Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] to acquire the [[energon]] needed for the assault. His mission is discovered by [[Megatron (G1)\|Megatron]], however, and the shuttle is hijacked, the crew is killed, and Autobot City is attacked.		As [[Unicron]] destroys the planet [[Lithone (planet)\|Lithone]] (not named in the comic), the [[Autobot]]s plan to retake [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] from the [[Decepticon]]s. [[Optimus Prime (G1)\|Optimus Prime]] sends a group to [[Autobot City (G1)\|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] to acquire the [[energon]] needed for the assault. His mission is discovered by [[Megatron (G1)\|Megatron]], however, and the shuttle is hijacked, the crew is killed, and Autobot City is attacked.

	When all seems lost, Prime arrives and turns the tide of the battle, engaging in a colossal battle with Megatron. Both receive grave injuries, and as Prime dies, he passes the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)\|Ultra Magnus]].		When all seems lost, Prime arrives and turns the tide of the battle, engaging in a colossal battle with Megatron. Both receive grave injuries, and as Prime dies, he passes the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)\|Ultra Magnus]].