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[[File:MarvelUK-265.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Everyone's a critic.]]
{{bigquote|The Autobot Code is more than just a ten-thousand-page military manual. It's a comprehensive system of morality. A framework for living that addresses all aspects of the Cybertronian condition. It's a treatise on aspirational behavior that shows to the rest of the galaxy that maybe--we can transcend our troubled past and become beacons of liberty and enlightenment.|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on the Autobot Code|''[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back]]''}}
 
[[Image:MarvelUK-265.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Everyone's a critic.]]
 
Though its origins are unknown, as are indeed its precise contents,<ref>[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] lists "a fully sequenced cyber-genome, the uncensored Autobot Code, or a Roadmap to Peace" among the 'holy grails' of their expedition in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]].</ref> '''the Autobot Code''' comprises a set of principles and rules that govern [[Autobot]] behavior. Its reach is not universal, however, as some Autobots have completely abandoned its tenets when they felt the situation demanded it. It allegedly advocates a policy of non-violence.
Though its origins are unknown, as are indeed its precise contents,<ref>[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] lists "a fully sequenced cyber-genome, the uncensored Autobot Code, or a Roadmap to Peace" among the 'holy grails' of their expedition in [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]].</ref> '''the Autobot Code''' comprises a set of principles and rules that govern [[Autobot]] behavior. Its reach is not universal, however, as some Autobots have completely abandoned its tenets when they felt the situation demanded it. It allegedly advocates a policy of non-violence.
{{bigquote|The Autobot Code is more than just a ten-thousand-page military manual. It's a comprehensive system of morality. A framework for living that addresses all aspects of the Cybertronian condition. It's a treatise on aspirational behavior that shows to the rest of the galaxy that maybe—we can transcend our troubled past and become beacons of liberty and enlightenment.|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] on the Autobot Code|''[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back]]''}}


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Marvel UK Generation 1 comics===
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:Galvatron V Magnus UK87.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
{{noteukexclusive|The Autobot Code}}
After defeating him in single combat, the [[time travel]]ling [[Decepticon leader]] [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] taunted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], asking if the Autobot Code required his sacrifice. Magnus grimly assured him that it did. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}
{{-}}
 
====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] interrupted a battle between the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces to reprimand [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], claiming his violent tactics were contrary to the Autobot Code. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} Grimlock subsequently quit the Autobots and established the Earthforce, with Prime's blessing conditional on the promise that Grimlock would exercise restraint. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] interrupted a battle between the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s forces to reprimand [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], claiming his violent tactics were contrary to the Autobot Code. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} Grimlock subsequently quit the Autobots and established the Earthforce, with Prime's blessing conditional on the promise that Grimlock would exercise restraint. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}


Later, in a speech to rally his troops, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] parodied the Autobot Code's policy of avoiding violence wherever possible, pointing out that the [[Decepticon]]s weren't about to give up their evil conquering ways just because of a few friendly words over a glass of [[oil]]. The Earthforce agreed with him and unanimously abandoned the Autobot Code in favour of doing things their own way. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}
Later, in a speech to rally his troops, Grimlock parodied the Autobot Code's policy of avoiding violence wherever possible, pointing out that the [[Decepticon]]s weren't about to give up their evil conquering ways just because of a few friendly words over a glass of [[oil]]. The Earthforce agreed with him and unanimously abandoned the Autobot Code in favour of doing things their own way. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}


===IDW Generation 1 comics===
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Image:Autobotcode.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
[[File:Ultra Magnus Autobot Code.jpg|upright=2|thumb|You should be glad you were never in Ultra Magnus' class.]]
Article 7 of the Autobot Code states that Autobots are obliged to grant safe haven to surrendered combatants. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} Another article, Section 19 (Sub-Section 80) Paragraph 4, covered the threat of thought warfare but became obsolete when the threat never appeared. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}} The [[Ethics Committee]] was charged with upholding Section 19 of the Code, which dealt with war crimes and the [[Non-Conventional Weapons Act]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}


Article 7 of the Autobot Code states that Autobots are obliged to grant safe haven to surrendered combatants. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}
In the early days of the war, moral-bound Autobots like [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] saw the Autobot Code as nothing less than an instruction book for life itself. {{storylink|Zero Point}}


In the early days of the war, moral-bound Autobots like [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] saw the Autobot Code as nothing less than an instruction book for life itself. {{storylink|Zero Point}}
[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] sarcastically suggested that the secret goal of the [[Wreckers]]' mission on [[Garrus-9]] could be "the uncensored version of the Autobot Code". {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}


[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] sarcastically suggested that the secret goal of the [[Wrecker]]s' mission on [[Garrus-9]] could be "the uncensored version of the Autobot Code". {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}
[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] read the ten thousand-page Autobot Code and discussed its contents ''[[Semicolon|extensively]]'' with [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] when the smaller bot expressed his sincere desire to undergo the [[Rite of the Autobrand]]. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}  


The Code appeared as a set of three small rectangular discs that are "aligned" in a certain fashion. According to Ultra Magnus, it is ten thousand pages long. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}  
Sub-section 11 (3) (Appendix D: Entertainment) made it an offense to feature on the cover of a publication a character who does not appear therein and additionally stipulated that anyone purchasing such material would be complicit in said act of lawbreaking. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}}


[[Image:Img057.jpg|center|500px|thumb|You should be glad you were never in Ultra Magnus' class.]]
[[Agonizer]] had a copy of the uncensored Autobot code among his many rare items and curious. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}
{{-}}


===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Preditron]] mentioned the Autobot Code at the beginning of his own work, the [[Predacon Manifesto]]. While the proto-former felt the Code was a noble work, he thought it best worked in peace-time, and was not suitable for the warlike Cybertronian race. {{storylink|The Predacon Manifesto}}
 
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
The Autobot Code gave the [[Guilds Domesticus]] the right to direct the Autobot military, a fact which [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] groused about. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}
The Autobot Code gave the [[Guilds Domesticus]] the right to direct the Autobot military, a fact which [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] groused about. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}
==Games==
===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
While under [[Quintesson]] mind control, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] accused [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] of following his own twisted version of The Autobot Code. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
The Autobot Code established that intervening in a one-on-one duel after the rite of single combat had been invoked was forbidden. {{storylink|Prime Suspect (Earth Wars)|Prime Suspect}}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]]
*[[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]]


==Footnotes==
==References==
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{{reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 18:17, 20 March 2026

Everyone's a critic.

Though its origins are unknown, as are indeed its precise contents,<ref>Topspin lists "a fully sequenced cyber-genome, the uncensored Autobot Code, or a Roadmap to Peace" among the 'holy grails' of their expedition in Last Stand of the Wreckers #4.</ref> the Autobot Code comprises a set of principles and rules that govern Autobot behavior. Its reach is not universal, however, as some Autobots have completely abandoned its tenets when they felt the situation demanded it. It allegedly advocates a policy of non-violence.

{{#if:Ultra Magnus on the Autobot CodeHow Ratchet Got His Hands Back|
“ The Autobot Code is more than just a ten-thousand-page military manual. It's a comprehensive system of morality. A framework for living that addresses all aspects of the Cybertronian condition. It's a treatise on aspirational behavior that shows to the rest of the galaxy that maybe—we can transcend our troubled past and become beacons of liberty and enlightenment. ”
{{#if:Ultra Magnus on the Autobot Code|

—Ultra Magnus on the Autobot Code{{#if:How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|, How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

}}

}}

Fiction

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Marvel The Transformers comics

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The Autobot Code appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

After defeating him in single combat, the time travelling Decepticon leader Galvatron taunted Ultra Magnus, asking if the Autobot Code required his sacrifice. Magnus grimly assured him that it did. Target: 2006

Earthforce

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These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

Optimus Prime interrupted a battle between the Dinobots and Shockwave's forces to reprimand Grimlock, claiming his violent tactics were contrary to the Autobot Code. Two Steps Back! Grimlock subsequently quit the Autobots and established the Earthforce, with Prime's blessing conditional on the promise that Grimlock would exercise restraint. Break-Away!

Later, in a speech to rally his troops, Grimlock parodied the Autobot Code's policy of avoiding violence wherever possible, pointing out that the Decepticons weren't about to give up their evil conquering ways just because of a few friendly words over a glass of oil. The Earthforce agreed with him and unanimously abandoned the Autobot Code in favour of doing things their own way. Once upon a Time...

2005 IDW continuity

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You should be glad you were never in Ultra Magnus' class.

Article 7 of the Autobot Code states that Autobots are obliged to grant safe haven to surrendered combatants. Life After the Big Bang Another article, Section 19 (Sub-Section 80) Paragraph 4, covered the threat of thought warfare but became obsolete when the threat never appeared. How Ratchet Got His Hands Back The Ethics Committee was charged with upholding Section 19 of the Code, which dealt with war crimes and the Non-Conventional Weapons Act. Bullets

In the early days of the war, moral-bound Autobots like Springer saw the Autobot Code as nothing less than an instruction book for life itself. Zero Point

Topspin sarcastically suggested that the secret goal of the Wreckers' mission on Garrus-9 could be "the uncensored version of the Autobot Code". Last Stand of the Wreckers #4

Ultra Magnus read the ten thousand-page Autobot Code and discussed its contents extensively with Tailgate when the smaller bot expressed his sincere desire to undergo the Rite of the Autobrand. How Ratchet Got His Hands Back

Sub-section 11 (3) (Appendix D: Entertainment) made it an offense to feature on the cover of a publication a character who does not appear therein and additionally stipulated that anyone purchasing such material would be complicit in said act of lawbreaking. Births, Deaths, and Interventions

Agonizer had a copy of the uncensored Autobot code among his many rare items and curious. An Axe to Break the Ice

Beast Wars: Uprising

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Preditron mentioned the Autobot Code at the beginning of his own work, the Predacon Manifesto. While the proto-former felt the Code was a noble work, he thought it best worked in peace-time, and was not suitable for the warlike Cybertronian race. The Predacon Manifesto

Animated cartoon continuity

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The Autobot Code gave the Guilds Domesticus the right to direct the Autobot military, a fact which Sentinel Prime groused about. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

Games

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Transformers: Forged to Fight

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While under Quintesson mind control, Arcee accused Prowl of following his own twisted version of The Autobot Code. Transformers: Forged to Fight

Transformers: Earth Wars

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The Autobot Code established that intervening in a one-on-one duel after the rite of single combat had been invoked was forbidden. Prime Suspect

See also

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References

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