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[[ | [[File:G1 cartoon San Francisco.JPG|upright=1.67|thumb|Yellow cars this way... green cars that way...]] | ||
'''San Francisco, [[California]]''', seems to be a multiversal sufferer of Transformers-related abuse. It has been targeted for nukes at least twice—once it was hit successfully, and another time it was "only" contaminated by nuclear fallout. | '''San Francisco, [[California]]''', seems to be a multiversal sufferer of Transformers-related abuse. It has been targeted for [[Nuclear weapon|nukes]] at least twice—once it was hit successfully, and another time it was "only" contaminated by nuclear fallout. | ||
And yet the rent is so high. We don't understand. Makes you long for the days when it was only being savaged by [[ | And yet the rent is so high. We don't understand. Makes you long for the days when it was only being savaged by [[asteroid scorpion|weird robot scorpions that hatched out of asteroids]] or [[Devastator (G1)|angry gestalts]]. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Generation 1=== | ===Generation 1 continuity family=== | ||
====''The Transformers'' cartoon==== | ====Generation 1 cartoon continuity==== | ||
When an [[asteroid | =====''The Transformers'' cartoon===== | ||
When an [[asteroid scorpion]] was accidentally hatched in a battle between the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], it got hungry and flew down to San Francisco to feed. It gnawed on the tip of the {{w|Transamerica Pyramid}} and caused general mayhem in the city before it was lured back into space by Omega Supreme. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} | |||
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon==== | |||
[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] planted a giant alien carnivorous plant in San Francisco. The local authorities and an [[Autobot]] rescue force proved incapable of stopping its rampage until [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] arrived and sliced it up. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} | [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] planted a giant alien carnivorous plant in San Francisco. The [[San Francisco Police|local authorities]] and an [[Autobot]] rescue force proved incapable of stopping its rampage until [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] arrived and sliced it up. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} | ||
Later, after she was injured in a plane crash in the [[Andes Mountains]], [[Carly (G1)|Carly Witwicky]] was transported aboard the ''[[Queen World]]'' to a San Francisco dock. {{Storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}} | |||
====Marvel Comics continuity==== | ====Marvel Comics continuity==== | ||
[[ | =====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===== | ||
[[Cliff Dietz|Clifford Dietz]], a friend of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], lived in San Francisco. | [[File:Franciscog2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|The tourist trade never recovered.]] | ||
[[Cliff Dietz|Clifford Dietz]], a friend of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], lived in San Francisco. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}} | |||
=====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===== | |||
[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] fired upon San Francisco with an energy weapon of some sort, vaporizing the city to a radius of several miles—simply as an "up yours" gesture to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}} | |||
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==== | =====''Regeneration One''===== | ||
[[ | {{noteRG1}} | ||
The [[Wreckers]] found San Francisco had been destroyed years ago, but in a ''different'' cataclysm to the one above. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}} | |||
{{-}} | {{-}} | ||
As part of his plan to eradicate Earth and to emphasise to Optimus Prime that humans weren't worth fighting for, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] launched a massed assault on San Francisco. ( | ====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity==== | ||
{{notekeepers}} | |||
[[File:DW devastator.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Great, there go my insurance rates again.]] | |||
As part of his plan to eradicate Earth and to emphasise to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] that humans weren't worth fighting for, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] launched a massed assault on San Francisco. [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] tore through the city before the Autobots arrived to stop Megatron, but the damage was still extensive. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} | |||
Then [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] decided to fire a nuclear missile at the city to wipe out all the Transformers, forcing [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to sacrifice his life to save everyone else. While the actual missile strike was stopped, the shock wave from the blast still hit the city. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}} ''San Francisco was contaminated with radiation from the fallout.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} | |||
====''Hearts of Steel''==== | |||
[[Stanford Merriweather]] and his daughter [[Kitty Merriweather|Kitty]] lived in San Francisco in the late 19th century. Their house was destroyed in a battle between [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Mark Twain]]. Thankfully, that seems to be the only damage the city suffered. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|''Hearts of Steel'' #3}} | |||
====2005 IDW continuity==== | |||
{{note|Events identical to those of ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' occurred in the [[2005 IDW continuity]]. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}}} | |||
In 2008, the Decepticons attacked San Francisco. We didn't see it and nobody seemed bothered, probably figuring "well of course they have". {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}} | |||
Years later, [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], [[Ayana Jones]], [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], and [[Ian Noble|Action Man]] battled [[Tomax and Xamot|Tomax Paoli]] and his bodyguard [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] in San Francisco. Astonishingly, the city survived entirely intact. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}} | |||
After [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] had been defeated, [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] oversaw the city's repairs, aided by humans and [[Space Knight]]s, where [[Sofía Orozco]] tried to interview him only to be harshly rebuked. {{storylink|Post}} | |||
====''Star Trek vs. Transformers''==== | |||
[[James T. Kirk]] attended [[memoryalpha:Starfleet Academy|Starfleet Academy]] in San Francisco. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}} | |||
===Calm Sleep Stories=== | |||
At a drive-in movie theater, Optimus and the Autobots caught part of a {{w|Bullitt|movie set in San Francisco}}. {{storylink|History of the Transformers}} | |||
===Live-action film series=== | |||
====IDW movie comics==== | |||
The Decepticons [[Jolt (Movie)|Dead End]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] landed in San Francisco, where Swindle blew some crap up to distract the Autobots—geez, now the city isn't even a ''main'' target. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|''Alliance'' #3}} | |||
====''Bumblebee'' film==== | |||
[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] met up with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}} | |||
=== | ===''Shattered Glass''=== | ||
San Francisco, and all of California for that matter, are all but gone. [[Henri Arkeville (SG)|Professor Arkeville]] said that the '80s were particularly brutal, and the worst damage done to the whole west coast was implied to have happened in [[1988]]. Whether San Francisco was even around at the time is unknown, but based on past experiences, it ain't looking good regardless. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}} | |||
=== | ===''EarthSpark'' cartoon=== | ||
[[ | After the Great War spilled over to Earth, the [[Battle of the Bay]] took place in San Francisco. The battle cost [[Dot Malto]] a leg and a friendly fire incident by the Autobots blew up the [[G.H.O.S.T.]] lab where [[Mandroid|Meridian]] was working. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} | ||
==== | ==Notes== | ||
*According to [[Jim Sorenson]], in the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' continuity, San Francisco was destroyed from space during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]].<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3362363 Post by Jim S on the Allspark Forums, 2016/10/18]</ref> They just can't catch a break, even in [[authorial intent]]. | |||
== | ==References== | ||
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{{ | ==External links== | ||
*{{w|San Francisco|San Francisco's non-exploding history}} at Wikipedia | |||
[[Category:California]] | |||
[[Category:Cities in the United States]] | [[Category:Cities in the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]] | [[Category:Generation 1 cities]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 2 locations]] | |||
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]] | |||
[[Category:Movie cities]] | |||
[[Category:Real-world human settlements]] | |||
[[Category:Regeneration One locations]] | |||
[[Category:Shattered Glass locations]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:55, 17 April 2026
San Francisco, California, seems to be a multiversal sufferer of Transformers-related abuse. It has been targeted for nukes at least twice—once it was hit successfully, and another time it was "only" contaminated by nuclear fallout.
And yet the rent is so high. We don't understand. Makes you long for the days when it was only being savaged by weird robot scorpions that hatched out of asteroids or angry gestalts.
Fiction
[edit]Generation 1 continuity family
[edit]Generation 1 cartoon continuity
[edit]The Transformers cartoon
[edit]When an asteroid scorpion was accidentally hatched in a battle between the Constructicons and Omega Supreme, it got hungry and flew down to San Francisco to feed. It gnawed on the tip of the Transamerica Pyramid and caused general mayhem in the city before it was lured back into space by Omega Supreme. The Secret of Omega Supreme
The Headmasters cartoon
[edit]Scorponok planted a giant alien carnivorous plant in San Francisco. The local authorities and an Autobot rescue force proved incapable of stopping its rampage until Fortress Maximus arrived and sliced it up. Head On!! Fortress Maximus
Later, after she was injured in a plane crash in the Andes Mountains, Carly Witwicky was transported aboard the Queen World to a San Francisco dock. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)
Marvel Comics continuity
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]
Clifford Dietz, a friend of Spike Witwicky, lived in San Francisco. The Man in the Machine!
Marvel Generation 2 comic
[edit]Jhiaxus of the Cybertronian Empire fired upon San Francisco with an energy weapon of some sort, vaporizing the city to a radius of several miles—simply as an "up yours" gesture to Optimus Prime. Dark Shadows!
Regeneration One
[edit]The Wreckers found San Francisco had been destroyed years ago, but in a different cataclysm to the one above. Loose Ends, Part 1
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]
As part of his plan to eradicate Earth and to emphasise to Optimus Prime that humans weren't worth fighting for, Megatron launched a massed assault on San Francisco. Devastator tore through the city before the Autobots arrived to stop Megatron, but the damage was still extensive. Prime Directive #4
Then General Hallo decided to fire a nuclear missile at the city to wipe out all the Transformers, forcing Superion to sacrifice his life to save everyone else. While the actual missile strike was stopped, the shock wave from the blast still hit the city. Prime Directive #6 San Francisco was contaminated with radiation from the fallout. Hardwired
Hearts of Steel
[edit]Stanford Merriweather and his daughter Kitty lived in San Francisco in the late 19th century. Their house was destroyed in a battle between Ravage and Mark Twain. Thankfully, that seems to be the only damage the city suffered. Hearts of Steel #3
2005 IDW continuity
[edit]In 2008, the Decepticons attacked San Francisco. We didn't see it and nobody seemed bothered, probably figuring "well of course they have". All Hail Megatron #3
Years later, Kup, Ayana Jones, Garrison Blackrock, and Action Man battled Tomax Paoli and his bodyguard Centurion in San Francisco. Astonishingly, the city survived entirely intact. Strange Visitors
After Unicron had been defeated, Jazz oversaw the city's repairs, aided by humans and Space Knights, where Sofía Orozco tried to interview him only to be harshly rebuked. Post
Star Trek vs. Transformers
[edit]James T. Kirk attended Starfleet Academy in San Francisco. Prime's Directive, Part Three
Calm Sleep Stories
[edit]At a drive-in movie theater, Optimus and the Autobots caught part of a movie set in San Francisco. History of the Transformers
Live-action film series
[edit]IDW movie comics
[edit]The Decepticons Dead End and Swindle landed in San Francisco, where Swindle blew some crap up to distract the Autobots—geez, now the city isn't even a main target. Alliance #3
Bumblebee film
[edit]Bumblebee met up with Optimus Prime on the Golden Gate Bridge. Bumblebee
Shattered Glass
[edit]San Francisco, and all of California for that matter, are all but gone. Professor Arkeville said that the '80s were particularly brutal, and the worst damage done to the whole west coast was implied to have happened in 1988. Whether San Francisco was even around at the time is unknown, but based on past experiences, it ain't looking good regardless. Eye in the Sky
EarthSpark cartoon
[edit]After the Great War spilled over to Earth, the Battle of the Bay took place in San Francisco. The battle cost Dot Malto a leg and a friendly fire incident by the Autobots blew up the G.H.O.S.T. lab where Meridian was working. Age of Evolution, Part 1
Notes
[edit]- According to Jim Sorenson, in the Beast Wars: Uprising continuity, San Francisco was destroyed from space during the Great War.[1] They just can't catch a break, even in authorial intent.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- San Francisco's non-exploding history at Wikipedia
