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The year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is the year the Transformers brand began.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-fiction

January 17 - Transformers 1984 toyline finalised by Hasbro
February 13 to February 22 - The Transformers toyline debuts at New York Toy Fair
February 22 - Jeffrey Scott attends meeting with Hank Saroyan to develop a Transformers series for CBS Network.
February 25 - Initial Production bible for network pitch completed, while still awaiting Bob Budiansky character profiles.
February 28 - Conference call between Stephen Hassenfeld, Tom Griffin, Joe Bacal and Hank Saroyan to discuss Hasbro feedback to initial show bible
March 1 - CBS executives Judy Price, Ted Field II and Mike Cassutt provide revision feedback on development bible, Hank Saroyan relays notes to Hasbro on March 5
March 7 - Development bible revised with full character profiles and other reference supplied by Griffin-Bacal.
March 12 to March 14 - Jeffrey Scott develops outlines for A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog - one of thirteen story springboards in the development bible.
March 29 - A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog full script completed.
April 1 - Margaret Loesch succeeds David DePatie as President and CEO of Marvel Productions

Transformers character profiles

January 3 - Buzzsaw
April 5 - Shockwave
April 30 - Jetfire, Grimlock, Sludge, Slag
May 17 - Snarl
June 19 - Shrapnel, Bombshell, Kickback
June 27 - Topspin, Twin Twist
July 13 - Long Haul, Mixmaster, Scavenger
July 16 - Scrapper
July 23 - Hook, Bonecrusher
July 25 - Swoop
October 3 - Beachcomber, Powerglide, Seaspray
October 18 - Cosmos, Warpath
November 14 - Perceptor

The Transformers production

Season 1

February 8 - More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 first draft script submitted
March 13 - More Than Meets The Eye mini-series scripts undergo revisions by George Arthur Bloom, including the introduction of Shockwave.
April 7 - More than Meets the Eye, Part 2 first draft storyboards completed, revised on April 16 and April 19
May 10 - main series' Production bible completed by Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins.
June 4 - Transport to Oblivion first draft script submitted.
June 6 - Transport to Oblivion script revised.
June 15 - Roll for It first draft script submitted.
June 21 - Divide and Conquer first draft script submitted.
June 22 - Transport to Oblivion script finalised.
June 26 - Roll for It script revised by Ron Friedman.
June 27 - Transport to Oblivion main dialogue session recording.
June 29 - Divide and Conquer script revised by Ron Friedman, S.O.S. Dinobots first draft script submitted.
July 2 - Frank Welker and Michael Bell pickup dialogue recording for Transport to Oblivion, Roll for It and Divide and Conquer scripts finalised, Fire on the Mountain revised script submitted.
July 6 - War of the Dinobots first draft script submitted
July 7 - S.O.S. Dinobots script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 9 - Fire in the Sky first draft script submitted, Fire on the Mountain script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 11 - Roll for It main dialogue session recording, Fire in the Sky script revised by Ron Friedman, The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 first draft script submitted.
July 15 - War of the Dinobots script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 16 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 first draft script submitted.
July 18 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 19 - Fire in the Sky script finalised.
July 22 - War of the Dinobots script finalised.
July 23 - Countdown to Extinction first draft script submitted.
July 25 - S.O.S. Dinobots first draft storyboards completed, The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 26 - Countdown to Extinction script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 27 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 and The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 scripts finalised, A Plague of Insecticons and Heavy Metal War first draft scripts submitted.
July 28 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 script revised by Ron Friedman. (first draft undated)
August 1 - Heavy Metal War script revised by Ron Friedman.
August 6 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 script finalised, A Plague of Insecticons script revised by Ron Friedman.
August 9 - Countdown to Extinction script finalised.
August 13 - A Plague of Insecticons and [Heavy Metal War]] scripts finalised.
August 23 - Heavy Metal War main dialogue recording session.
August 24 - A Plague of Insecticons first draft storyboards completed.

Season 2

October 17 - City of Steel first draft storyboards completed.
October 26 - Attack of the Autobots first draft storyboards completed.
November 2 - City of Steel and Attack of the Autobots storyboards revised.
November 12 - City of Steel main dialogue recording session.
November 29 - Traitor first draft storyboards completed, Day of the Machines first draft script submitted.
December 3 - Traitor storyboards slugged.
December 4 - Enter the Nightbird first draft script submitted.
December 6 - Day of the Machines script revised by Ron Friedman.
December 8 - Enter the Nightbird script revised by Ron Friedman.
December 10 - Traitor storyboards revised and main dialogue recording session.
December 11 - Enter the Nightbird script finalised.
December 18 - Traitor final storyboard revision, shipped to Toei Animation on December 21
December 21 - The Core first draft script submitted.
December 28 - The Insecticon Syndrome first draft script submitted.

Births

???? — Dario Sansalone, Yūya Ōnishi

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

Fiction

Generation 1

Marvel Comics continuity

Mount St. Hilary erupts, awakening the Ark's computer, which then proceeds to repair the dormant Autobots and Decepticons on board. The Transformers

Beast Wars cartoon

According to Blackarachnia, Mount St. Hilary erupted in 1984, awakening the Autobots and Decepticons on board the Ark. They then proceeded to wage the Great War. The Agenda (Part III)

2005 IDW continuity

Bludgeon leads a group of Decepticons to Earth to harvest Ore-13, and Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak secretly tail him on Megatron's orders. Spotlight: Soundwave After making a detour to Egypt and battling the Adventure Team for control of an alien obelisk, The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Soundwave tracks his target to Mount St. Helens, but is trapped in his tape player alternate mode and buried underneath the erupting volcano for twenty-two years. Spotlight: Soundwave

Transformers vs. The Terminator

To prevent their own destruction in the year 2029, the Skynet artificial intelligence used its experimental time displacement device to send a T-800 unit back to 1984 to eliminate the Cybertronians before they could awaken. Enemy of My Enemy Part One

Knights of Unicron

The Knights of Unicron regroup for the epic, expensive Cybertronian Democracy tour. Megatron leaves the band after a brawl pitting the rest of the band against him and the Vehicon roadies hired for the tour cancels the final show. The Into the Mountain tour, quickly organized by the remainder of the band, bombs. Behind the Music pack-in booklet

EarthSpark cartoon

After millenia of warring on Cybertron, the Transformers use a spacebridge to travel to Earth, arriving on September 17. Secret Legacy, Part 1

Media

Television

The Transformers Season 1: episodes 1–16

Print

Comics

Marvel Comics

The Transformers (issues 1–4, 4-issue limited series, later ongoing)

Marvel UK

The Transformers (issues 1–8, ongoing)

Books

Marvel Books Big Looker Storybooks

Marvel Books Coloring Books

Marvel Books Sticker Adventures

Kid Stuff Read Alongs

Battle for Cybertron

Games

Merchandise

TBD

Toys

Autobots

Autobot Mini-Cars Brawn Bumblebee (available in yellow and red) "Bumper"^{[A 1]} Cliffjumper (available in red and yellow) Gears Huffer Windcharger		Autobot Cars Bluestreak Hound Ironhide Jazz Mirage Prowl		Ratchet Sideswipe Sunstreaker Trailbreaker Wheeljack		Autobot Commander Optimus Prime (w/ Roller & Combat Deck)
Kronoform Autoceptor Deceptor Kaltor

Decepticons

Decepticon Cassettes

Frenzy / Laserbeak
Rumble / Ravage

Decepticon Planes

Decepticon Communications

Soundwave and Condor Cassette: Buzzsaw

Decepticon Leader

Megatron

Mail-aways and promos

"Reinforcements from Cybertron!"

Powerdashers

Omnibots

Others

Time Warrior

Notes

↑ This figure, originating from Takara's Micro Change line just like the rest of the Mini-Cars, was sold on Cliffjumper cards. After being referred to by nicknames such as "Bumblejumper" and "Bumper" among fan circles for over a decade, Dreamwave Productions finally established him as an actual character with the official name "Bumper" in 2004.

[bumper-1] This figure, originating from Takara's Micro Change line just like the rest of the Mini-Cars, was sold on Cliffjumper cards. After being referred to by nicknames such as "Bumblejumper" and "Bumper" among fan circles for over a decade, Dreamwave Productions finally established him as an actual character with the official name "Bumper" in 2004.

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 ==Events==
 ===Non-fiction===
+* [[January 17]] - Transformers 1984 toyline finalised by [[Hasbro]]
+* [[February 13]] to [[February 22]] - The Transformers toyline debuts at New York Toy Fair
+* [[February 22]] - Jeffrey Scott attends meeting with Hank Saroyan to develop a Transformers series for CBS Network.
+* [[February 25]] - Initial [[Production bible]] for network pitch completed, while still awaiting [[Bob Budiansky]] character profiles.
+* [[February 28]] - Conference call between Stephen Hassenfeld, [[Tom Griffin]], [[Joe Bacal]] and Hank Saroyan to discuss Hasbro feedback to initial show bible
+* [[March 1]] - CBS executives Judy Price, Ted Field II and Mike Cassutt provide revision feedback on development bible, Hank Saroyan relays notes to Hasbro on [[March 5]]
+* [[March 7]] - Development bible revised with full character profiles and other reference supplied by [[Griffin-Bacal]].
+* [[March 12]] to [[March 14]] - Jeffrey Scott develops outlines for A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog - one of thirteen story springboards in the development bible.
+* [[March 29]] - A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog full script completed.
+* [[April 1]] - [[Margaret Loesch]] succeeds David DePatie as President and CEO of [[Marvel Productions]]
+====Transformers character profiles====
+* [[January 3]] - [[Buzzsaw_(G1)|Buzzsaw]]
+* [[April 5]] - [[Shockwave_(G1)|Shockwave]]
+* [[April 30]] - [[Jetfire_(G1)|Jetfire]], [[Grimlock_(G1)|Grimlock]], [[Sludge_(G1)|Sludge]], [[Slag_(G1)|Slag]]
+* [[May 17]] - [[Snarl_(G1)|Snarl]]
+* [[June 19]] - [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
+* [[June 27]] - [[Topspin_(G1)|Topspin]], [[Twin_Twist_(G1)|Twin Twist]]
+* [[July 13]] - [[Long_Haul_(G1)|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster_(G1)|Mixmaster]], [[Scavenger_(G1)|Scavenger]]
+* [[July 16]] - [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
+* [[July 23]] - [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
+* [[July 25]] - [[Swoop_(G1)|Swoop]]
+* [[October 3]] - [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
+* [[October 18]] - [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
+* [[November 14]] - [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
 ====[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] production====
 =====Season 1=====
+*[[February 8]] - [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]] first draft script submitted
 *[[March 13]] - [[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More Than Meets The Eye]] mini-series scripts undergo revisions by [[George Arthur Bloom]], including the introduction of [[Shockwave_(G1)/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity|Shockwave]].
+*[[April 7]] - [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]] first draft storyboards completed, revised on [[April 16]] and [[April 19]]
 *[[May 10]] - main series' [[Production bible]] completed by [[Bryce Malek]] and [[Dick Robbins]].
-*[[June 4]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[June 4]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]] first draft script submitted.
-*[[June 6]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)]] script revised.
+*[[June 6]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]] script revised.
 *[[June 15]] - [[Roll for It]] first draft script submitted.
 *[[June 21]] - [[Divide and Conquer]] first draft script submitted.
-*[[June 22]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)]] script finalised.
+*[[June 22]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]] script finalised.
 *[[June 26]] - [[Roll for It]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[June 29]] - [[Divide and Conquer]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[June 27]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]] main dialogue session recording.
-*[[June 29]] - [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] first draft script submitted
+*[[June 29]] - [[Divide and Conquer]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]], [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] first draft script submitted.
-*[[July 2]] - [[Roll for It]] script finalised.
+*[[July 2]] - [[Frank Welker]] and [[Michael Bell]] pickup dialogue recording for [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]], [[Roll for It]] and [[Divide and Conquer]] scripts finalised, [[Fire_on_the_Mountain_(episode)|Fire on the Mountain]] revised script submitted.
-*[[July 2]] - [[Divide and Conquer]] script finalised.
-*[[July 2]] - [[Fire_on_the_Mountain_(episode)|Fire on the Mountain]] revised script submitted - additional revision pages immediately sent to [[Nelson Shin]].
 *[[July 6]] - [[War of the Dinobots]] first draft script submitted
 *[[July 7]] - [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[July 9]] - [[Fire in the Sky]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[July 9]] - [[Fire in the Sky]] first draft script submitted, [[Fire_on_the_Mountain_(episode)|Fire on the Mountain]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[July 9]] - [[Fire_on_the_Mountain_(episode)|Fire on the Mountain]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 11]] - [[Roll for It]] main dialogue session recording, [[Fire in the Sky]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]], [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]] first draft script submitted.
-*[[July 11]] - [[Fire in the Sky]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[July 11]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]] first draft script submitted.
 *[[July 15]] - [[War of the Dinobots]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
 *[[July 16]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] first draft script submitted.
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 *[[July 22]] - [[War of the Dinobots]] script finalised.
 *[[July 23]] - [[Countdown_to_Extinction_(episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] first draft script submitted.
-*[[July 25]] - [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] first draft storyboards completed.
+*[[July 25]] - [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] first draft storyboards completed, [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[July 25]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
 *[[July 26]] - [[Countdown_to_Extinction_(episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[July 27]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]] script finalised.
+*[[July 27]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]] and [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] scripts finalised, [[A Plague of Insecticons]] and [[Heavy Metal War]] first draft scripts submitted.
-*[[July 27]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] script finalised.
-*[[July 27]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] first draft script submitted.
-*[[July 27]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] first draft script submitted.
 *[[July 28]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].  (first draft undated)
 *[[August 1]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[August 6]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]] script finalised.
+*[[August 6]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]] script finalised, [[A Plague of Insecticons]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[August 6]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
 *[[August 9]] - [[Countdown_to_Extinction_(episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] script finalised.
-*[[August 13]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] script finalised.
+*[[August 13]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] and [Heavy Metal War]] scripts finalised.
-*[[August 13]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] script finalised.
+*[[August 23]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] main dialogue recording session.
-*[[August 23]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] main dialogue recording session ([[Gregg Berger]] absent, later pickup session required).
+*[[August 24]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] first draft storyboards completed.
 =====Season 2=====
 *[[October 17]] - [[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]] first draft storyboards completed.
 *[[October 26]] - [[Attack_of_the_Autobots_(episode)|Attack of the Autobots]] first draft storyboards completed.
-*[[November 2]] - [[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]] storyboards revised.
+*[[November 2]] - [[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]] and [[Attack_of_the_Autobots_(episode)|Attack of the Autobots]] storyboards revised.
-*[[November 2]] - [[Attack_of_the_Autobots_(episode)|Attack of the Autobots]] storyboards revised.
 *[[November 12]] - [[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]] main dialogue recording session.
-*[[November 29]] - [[Day of the Machines]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[November 29]] - [[Traitor_(episode)|Traitor]] first draft storyboards completed, [[Day of the Machines]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[December 3]] - [[Traitor_(episode)|Traitor]] storyboards slugged.
+*[[December 4]] - [[Enter the Nightbird]] first draft script submitted.
 *[[December 6]] - [[Day of the Machines]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
-*[[December 4]] - [[Enter the Nightbird]] first draft script submitted.
 *[[December 8]] - [[Enter the Nightbird]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[December 10]] - [[Traitor_(episode)|Traitor]] storyboards revised and main dialogue recording session.
 *[[December 11]] - [[Enter the Nightbird]] script finalised.
+*[[December 18]] - [[Traitor_(episode)|Traitor]] final storyboard revision, shipped to [[Toei Animation]] on [[December 21]]
 *[[December 21]] - [[The Core]] first draft script submitted.
 *[[December 28]] - [[The Insecticon Syndrome]] first draft script submitted.
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 *[[January 2]] — [[Sam Palmer]]
 *[[January 24]] — [[Benjamin Bollen]]
+*[[January 27]] — [[Choi Nak-yoon]]
 *[[January 28]] — [[Eloisa Cervantes]]
 *[[January 31]] — [[Annalisa Longo]]
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 *[[February 8]] — [[Bernd Egger]]
 *[[February 9]] — [[Han Geng]]
+*[[February 14]] — [[Gabriela Ugarte Fonseca|Gaby Ugarte]]
 *[[February 16]] — [[Fábio Lucindo]]
+*[[February 22]] — [[Michael Ernst]]
 *[[February 27]] — [[Alessia Amendola]]
 =====March=====
 *[[March 3]] — [[Kanako Tōjō]]
 *[[March 5]] — [[Romulo Estrela]]
+*[[March 7]] — [[Bartosz Martyna]]
 *[[March 8]] — [[Angélica Villa]]
 *[[March 19]] — [[Klayton Alegre]]
+*[[March 30]] — [[Gustavo Vergani]]
 =====April=====
+*[[April 4]] — [[Anja Stadlober]]
+*[[April 14]] — [[Hyeon Lee]]
 *[[April 23]] — [[Shannon McKain‎]]
 *[[April 26]] — [[Hector Gomes]]
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 *[[June 24]] — [[Gerardo Alonso]]
 =====July=====
+*[[July 1]] — [[Evie Saide]]
 *[[July 9]] — [[Ricky Hayberg]]
 *[[July 11]] — [[Rachael Taylor]]
-*[[July 20]] — [[Hervé Grull]]
+*[[July 14]] — [[Pierre Bittencourt]]
+*[[July 20]] — [[Hervé Grull]], [[Cléber Simões]]
+*[[July 21]] — [[Maira Paris]]
 *[[July 30]] — [[Ryōhei Kimura]]
 =====August=====
 *[[August 10]] — [[Nancy Philippot]]
+*[[August 17]] — [[David Camarillo]]
 *[[August 24]] — [[Shen Dawei]]
 =====September=====
 *[[September 6]] — [[Carlo Vázquez Díaz]]
 *[[September 9]] — [[Greg Hahn]]
+*[[September 16]] — [[Tiaggo Guimarães]]
 *[[September 17]] — [[Barbora Šedivá]]
 *[[September 25]] — [[Marisol Romero]]
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 *[[October 23]] — [[Pauliina Virta]]
 =====November=====
-*[[November 14]] — [[Yuri Chesman]]
+*[[November 14]] — [[Yuri Chesman]], [[Cristina Tenorio]]
 *[[November 22]] — [[Scarlett Johansson]]
 *[[November 27]] — [[Yaha Lima]]
+=====December=====
+*[[December 12]] — [[Vitor Coldibelli]]
+*[[December 14]] — [[Eric Pearson]], [[Christopher Kohn]]
 ====Deaths====
 *[[April 1]] — [[Marvin Gaye]]
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 ====Marvel Books Sticker Adventures====
-* ''[[Return to Cybertron]]''
+* ''[[Return to Cybertron (sticker book)|Return to Cybertron]]''
 * ''[[Revenge of the Decepticons]]''