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The '''Omniverse''' lies beyond the farthest boundaries of the ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' [[multiverse]] and its satellite [[Megaverse]], a multiverse of multiverses that contains every possible world imaginable. While many dimensions within the omniverse are inimical to both [[human]] and [[Transformer]] life, the Omniverse also contains an infinite panoply of strange and wonderful universes: worlds of [[Marvel Comics|avenging heroes]], [[Star Wars (franchise)|galactic warriors]], [[Batman|caped crusaders]], [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|time-travelling doctors]], [[Archie Andrews|teenage heartthrobs]], and many, many, more.


The '''Omniverse''' (from Latin: ''omne'' all, everything; ''vertere'' to turn) is the totality of known or supposed universes, including all universes in the [[Transformers multiverse]] and all other universes or multiverses that can, have or will exist.
Travel between the ''Transformers'' multiverse and the wider omniverse is very rare, although not entirely unheard of. When these distant universes do align, beings, concepts, and objects from the wider Omniverse may overlap with some of the many universal clusters within the multiverse and propagate themselves across multiple [[universal stream]]s, sometimes creating entirely new realities.


Simply put, the Omniverse contains everything that has ''ever'' been thought of; there are worlds where [[Wikipedia:Batman|Batman]] is real, worlds where the [[Wikipedia:Loch Ness Monster|Loch Ness Monster]] is Mayor of [[New York City]] and worlds where convex right angles have achieved sentience and write outlandish allegorical science-fiction stories about higher-dimensional bipeds living in Victorian England.
{{bigquote|Imagine the strangest inhabited universe you can conceive of, places where gravity operates linearly and electromagnetism by the inverse cubed rule and topology has 13 basic dimensions instead of 17. How alien it must be. Then ponder the wildest universes those beings could articulate. Then realize that even these musings fail to capture the uncountable infinities that exist in the Omniverse.|[[Vector Prime]]|[[Ask Vector Prime]]}}


Primus dreams of one day joining the the [[Omniversal Matrix]], beyond the borders of the [[Transformers multiverse]].
==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Primus]] wished to join the [[Omniversal Matrix]] when he had completed his cosmic mission. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}


==Functional Infinity==
===Ask Vector Prime===
The Omniverse is vast, beyond counting.  Though some believe that the Omniverse contains an ''infinite'' number of universes-- the most widely accepted definition of the Omniverse's scale was given by [[Wikipedia:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]] in [[1979]].  The Omniverse contains 6<sup>6<sup>6</sup></sup> universes... that's 10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056, or 10^28 universes.
The Omniverse encompasses an uncountable number of possible realities, somewhere in the tens of quadrillions. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/21/05}} Although [[Vector Prime]] could not directly travel to these distant realms, he possessed a limited ability to perceive notable beings from elsewhere in the Omniverse; from these occasional glimpses into infinity, he grew familiar with the exploits of [[Ben 10|Benjamin Tennyson]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/10/06}} and speculated that beings like [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/28/05}} and [[Xal]] hailed from beyond the multiverse. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/12/05}}
Written out, the Omniverse contains ''ten octillion three hundred fourteen septillion sour hundred twenty four sextillion seven hundred ninety eight quintillion four hundred ninety quadrillion five hundred thirty five trillion five hundred forty six billion one hundred seventy one million nine hundred forty nine thousand fifty-six'' universes.


Though finite, this is a ''truly vast'' number.  The Transformers Multiverse is an above-average sized chunk of this... about one trillionth of the Omniverse.
[[Vector Prime]] noted that, while the Cybertronian race was confined to a relatively small subset of "Cybertronian-compatible" dimensions within the greater Omniverse, humans possessed a much greater reach and existed across the Omniverse in many different forms, a fact that led Vector Prime to speculate that his race was tied to humanity in some way that he could not fathom. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/21/05}}


==Multiverses==
Occasionally, quantum-string vibrations can cause other realities in the Omniverse to temporarily merge with the [[universal stream]]s within the ''Transformers'' multiverse. Some universes are particularly susceptible to this "quantum alignment" phenomenon; Lambda-class universes are particularly notable for this dimensional bleed. Likewise, universes in the [[Lukas]] Cluster have particularly thin dimensional barriers, and overlap with [[Star Wars (franchise)|other realities]] in the Omniverse. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/21/05}} In rare cases, a dramatic multiversal catastrophe can forcibly pull distant realities into the ''Transformers'' multiverse; in universe [[Primax 787.3 Alpha]], the destruction of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] caused shockwaves in the quantum foam of the multiverse, which allowed the inhabitants of an [[Sandra (planet)|alternate-universe version of Earth]] to open cross-dimensional contact with the Transformers of that reality. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/19}} Another quantum alignment event, this time between Ben Tennyson's home reality and the [[Malgus]] cluster, allowed the alien bounty hunter [[Khyber]] to collect certain Cybertronian artifacts. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/10}}
[[Image:String of popcorn.jpg|thumb|A "multiverse" is like a string of popcorn, where universes are connected by a common thread.]]
A '''Multiverse''' is a subset of within the universe which are connected by a common anchor, axis or hub that runs through multiple universes, joining these worlds together like pieces of popcorn on a string.


Also like popcorn, it is possible for a universe to contain multiple anchors, making it a member of more than one multiversal set.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Wildstorm_Universe#Earth-50|Earth 50]] is simultaneously part of the DC Multiverse's set of 52 universes, and the Wildstorm Snowflake's set of 196,833 universes.</ref><ref>Is is suspected (but not confirmed) that [[Earth-120185]] may be a member of ''both'' the Marvel and Transformers Multiverses.</ref>
===''TransTech''===
When an [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration|Offworlder Zone Security Administration]] team led by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]] arrived at [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]'s hideout in the [[Heap]], they found their way into the building blocked by an [[Absolute Terror Field]], which had somehow been back-doored into Axiom Nexus by an extra-multiversal source by [[Transformers × Evangelion|a recent quantum alignment event]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 8/7/2015}}


==Prominent Multiverses==
==Games==
This is a list of prominent multiverses.  It is not a complete list; examples have been chosen for their size, cultural footprint, degree to which the structure of their Multiverse is documented, and relevance to Transformers.
===''Fortnite''===
A mysterious group of individuals known as the "Imagined Order" abducted many heroes and villains from across the omniverse—including [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Batman]], [[Thor]], and [[Snake-Eyes]]—and brought them to a dimension known as "Reality Zero". {{storylink|Fortnite}}


* The '''Transformers multiverse'''<ref>Arguably a misnomer, since this multiverse contains more than just Transformers, but Transformers is the ''largest'' element, and virtually the only one to deal with the multiverse aspect.</ref>
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
**''Size:'' ~15,000,000,000,000,000 universes
As guardian of time and space, very little in the Omniverse escaped Vector Prime's notice. {{storylink|Timeless Champions#Vector Prime|Vector Prime arrival}}
**''Common anchor:'' [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], "stable axis of the multiverse"
**''Notes:'' Appears to include{{dag|red}} all fiction published under the Transformers, G.I. Joe, Inhumanoids, Jem and the Holograms, G.I. Joe Extreme, [[Battle Beasts]], [[Wikipedia:Action_Man_(TV_series)#2000_Series|Action Man]], M.A.S.K. and [[Challenge of the GoBots]]<ref>Hasbro does not own the copyright to GoBots fiction.  But as increasingly explicit references to GoBots properties appear in Transformers fiction with no challenge from the copyright holder, the copyright on GoBots appears to have been been abandoned.</ref>. It may-or-may-not also include [[Micronauts]].
::{{dag|red}} <small>It's possible that virtually ''every'' Hasbro toy brand is part of the Transformers multiverse, but as time goes by and there is no sign of [[Wikipedia:Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light|Visionaries]] or that one toyline with air bladders{{fact|name needed}} this seems increasingly unlikely.</small>


* The '''Marvel multiverse'''
==Notes==
**''Size:'' 1,000,000,000+ universes<ref>''Reed Richards scans one billion universes before he's satisfied he's achieved a representative sample'', Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #4</ref>
* In the real world, the concept of "the {{w|Omniverse}}" originated from analysis of comic-book continuities. As coined by {{w|Mark Gruenwald}}, it meant the collection of all {{w|Multiverse#Other fictional uses|multiverse}}s; for example, [[Marvel Comics]] had one multiverse, [[DC Comics]] had another, and the Omniverse encompassed both.<ref>[http://www.chrisroberson.net/2007/07/mark-gruenwald-father-of-modern.html Blog post detailing Gruenwald's Omniverse-related work]</ref> While there have been crossovers between ''Transformers'' and non-[[Hasbro]] properties, such as ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' and some Marvel superheroes, the term "Omniverse" had never been specifically used around or within them. "[[Ask Vector Prime]]" would embrace this interpretation of the Omniverse in a series of 2015 answers and establish that the Omniverse contained every non-''Transformers'' story ever created. However, the ''Transformers'' franchise has generally played fast and loose with trying to establish any kind of definitive multiversal cosmology, particularly when it comes to in-fiction crossovers. Using this framework, one could interpret various crossover stories involving dimensional travel—''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'', ''[[Mazinger Z versus Transformers]]'', or ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!|My Little Pony/Transformers]]''—as the characters travelling to and from other realities within the Omniverse, but with the end of "Ask Vector Prime" and the subsequent dissolution of [[Fun Publications]], it's unlikely these stories will ever be classified as such.
**''Common anchor:'' The [[Wikipedia:M'Kraan Crystal|M'Kraan Crystal]]
* Author [[Simon Furman]] has used the term interchangeably with the more common "multiverse". His original pitch to [[IDW Publishing]] used the term to describe a crossover between the "[[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1 ]]" and "[[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]" universes; <ref>''Transformers, a New Direction'', Simon Furman's Transformers proposal printed in [[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman|The Best of Simon Furman]]</ref>, and a [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|''Revenge of the Fallen'' guidebook]] classifies [[The Fallen]] as an "Omniversal Tyrant". <ref>''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]''</ref>
**''Notes:'' Includes [[Earth-84217]], part of the Transformers multiverse.


* The '''DC multiverse'''
==References==
**''Size:'' 52 universes<ref>At present.</ref>
<references />
**''Common anchor:'' The Orrery of Worlds / Earth


* The '''Wildstorm multiverse'''
==External links==
**''Size:'' 196,833 universes
*[http://www.marvunapp.com/ohotmu/appendixes/omnapp.htm The Omniverse explained on Marvel Appendix (the fansite of the Official Marvel Handbook writers)]
**''Common anchor:'' The Snowflake (''specific anchor point unknown'')
[[Category:Continuities| ]]
 
[[Category:Stories]]
* The '''Stephen King lexicon'''
[[Category:Universes]]
**''Size:'' ''Unknown'' (possibly up to several hundred parallel universes)
**''Common anchor:'' The Keystone Tower
 
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 06:41, 26 August 2025

The Omniverse lies beyond the farthest boundaries of the Transformers multiverse and its satellite Megaverse, a multiverse of multiverses that contains every possible world imaginable. While many dimensions within the omniverse are inimical to both human and Transformer life, the Omniverse also contains an infinite panoply of strange and wonderful universes: worlds of avenging heroes, galactic warriors, caped crusaders, time-travelling doctors, teenage heartthrobs, and many, many, more.

Travel between the Transformers multiverse and the wider omniverse is very rare, although not entirely unheard of. When these distant universes do align, beings, concepts, and objects from the wider Omniverse may overlap with some of the many universal clusters within the multiverse and propagate themselves across multiple universal streams, sometimes creating entirely new realities.

“ Imagine the strangest inhabited universe you can conceive of, places where gravity operates linearly and electromagnetism by the inverse cubed rule and topology has 13 basic dimensions instead of 17. How alien it must be. Then ponder the wildest universes those beings could articulate. Then realize that even these musings fail to capture the uncountable infinities that exist in the Omniverse. ”

—Vector Prime, Ask Vector Prime

Fiction

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Marvel Comics continuity

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Primus wished to join the Omniversal Matrix when he had completed his cosmic mission. The Primal Scream

Ask Vector Prime

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The Omniverse encompasses an uncountable number of possible realities, somewhere in the tens of quadrillions. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/21/05 Although Vector Prime could not directly travel to these distant realms, he possessed a limited ability to perceive notable beings from elsewhere in the Omniverse; from these occasional glimpses into infinity, he grew familiar with the exploits of Benjamin Tennyson, Ask Vector Prime, 2015/10/06 and speculated that beings like the Doctor Ask Vector Prime, 2015/28/05 and Xal hailed from beyond the multiverse. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/12/05

Vector Prime noted that, while the Cybertronian race was confined to a relatively small subset of "Cybertronian-compatible" dimensions within the greater Omniverse, humans possessed a much greater reach and existed across the Omniverse in many different forms, a fact that led Vector Prime to speculate that his race was tied to humanity in some way that he could not fathom. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/21/05

Occasionally, quantum-string vibrations can cause other realities in the Omniverse to temporarily merge with the universal streams within the Transformers multiverse. Some universes are particularly susceptible to this "quantum alignment" phenomenon; Lambda-class universes are particularly notable for this dimensional bleed. Likewise, universes in the Lukas Cluster have particularly thin dimensional barriers, and overlap with other realities in the Omniverse. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/21/05 In rare cases, a dramatic multiversal catastrophe can forcibly pull distant realities into the Transformers multiverse; in universe Primax 787.3 Alpha, the destruction of Cybertron caused shockwaves in the quantum foam of the multiverse, which allowed the inhabitants of an alternate-universe version of Earth to open cross-dimensional contact with the Transformers of that reality. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/19 Another quantum alignment event, this time between Ben Tennyson's home reality and the Malgus cluster, allowed the alien bounty hunter Khyber to collect certain Cybertronian artifacts. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/10

TransTech

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When an Offworlder Zone Security Administration team led by Cheetor arrived at Sideways's hideout in the Heap, they found their way into the building blocked by an Absolute Terror Field, which had somehow been back-doored into Axiom Nexus by an extra-multiversal source by a recent quantum alignment event. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 8/7/2015

Games

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Fortnite

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A mysterious group of individuals known as the "Imagined Order" abducted many heroes and villains from across the omniverse—including Optimus Prime, Batman, Thor, and Snake-Eyes—and brought them to a dimension known as "Reality Zero". Fortnite

Transformers: Earth Wars

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As guardian of time and space, very little in the Omniverse escaped Vector Prime's notice. Vector Prime arrival

Notes

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  • In the real world, the concept of "the Omniverse" originated from analysis of comic-book continuities. As coined by Mark Gruenwald, it meant the collection of all multiverses; for example, Marvel Comics had one multiverse, DC Comics had another, and the Omniverse encompassed both.[1] While there have been crossovers between Transformers and non-Hasbro properties, such as Star Wars and some Marvel superheroes, the term "Omniverse" had never been specifically used around or within them. "Ask Vector Prime" would embrace this interpretation of the Omniverse in a series of 2015 answers and establish that the Omniverse contained every non-Transformers story ever created. However, the Transformers franchise has generally played fast and loose with trying to establish any kind of definitive multiversal cosmology, particularly when it comes to in-fiction crossovers. Using this framework, one could interpret various crossover stories involving dimensional travel—Infestation, Mazinger Z versus Transformers, or My Little Pony/Transformers—as the characters travelling to and from other realities within the Omniverse, but with the end of "Ask Vector Prime" and the subsequent dissolution of Fun Publications, it's unlikely these stories will ever be classified as such.
  • Author Simon Furman has used the term interchangeably with the more common "multiverse". His original pitch to IDW Publishing used the term to describe a crossover between the "Generation 1 " and "Unicron Trilogy" universes; [2], and a Revenge of the Fallen guidebook classifies The Fallen as an "Omniversal Tyrant". [3]

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