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Well, they were the same guy... He was still Optimus Prime at the time, but is the name change funnier?
 
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{{disambig2|the "You Are Here" device|the bane of Transformers characters and toy collectors|Gold Plastic Syndrome|GPS}}
A '''Galactic Positioning System''' (or '''GPS''') is a system that tells its user their physical position in the galaxy.  Surprise!
 
A '''Galactic Positioning System''' (or '''GPS''') is a system that tells its user his/her/its physical position in the galaxy.  Surprise!


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
===2005 IDW continuity===
<s>[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]</s> Orion Pax had a GPS precise enough not only to say that he was on Cybertron, but ''[[Grand Imperium|where]]'' on Cybertron, even if nearby landmarks--like [[Manganese Mountains|a mountain range]]--were missing.{{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime}}
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] had a GPS precise enough not only to say that he was on Cybertron, but ''[[Grand Imperium|where]]'' on Cybertron, even if nearby landmarks—like [[Manganese Mountains|a mountain range]]—were missing. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}


==Notes==
[[Category:IDW (2005) technology]]
*Does anyone seriously believe the writers did ''not'' deliberately name this thing after the real world GPS ''global'' positioning system?
*Since comics often write ''everything'' in ALL CAPS regardless of what is normally considered correct capitalization, it is possible that GPS actually stands for "galactic positioning system" or "gaLaCTiC pOsiTiOninG sYsTEm".  wHo cAReS?  mY sHouLdERs huRT.

Latest revision as of 18:46, 30 August 2019

A Galactic Positioning System (or GPS) is a system that tells its user their physical position in the galaxy. Surprise!

Fiction

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2005 IDW continuity

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Optimus Prime had a GPS precise enough not only to say that he was on Cybertron, but where on Cybertron, even if nearby landmarks—like a mountain range—were missing. The Death of Optimus Prime