Atlantis

The name or term "Atlantis" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Atlantis (disambiguation).

Just like Mario's fireballs.

Atlantis is known on Earth as a legendary continent or city which vanished cataclysmically into the sea ages ago. But legends are funny things...

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

It is suggested that the undersea city of Sub-Atlantica, populated by mer-men, was the inspiration for the legend of Atlantis. Atlantis, Arise!

Japanese cartoon continuity

In the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers version of "Atlantis, Arise!", Sub-Atlantica was repurposed as the true Atlantis, not merely the basis of the legend. This opened up the way for further inclusions of the sunken city in subsequent installments set in this continuity.

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

During prehistoric times, the Autobot Pretenders sealed Gilmer up in its undersea ruins. He escaped thanks to Devil Z circa 2020. Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt

Victory cartoon

Hellbat pinpointed the location of Atlantis and had the Decepticons raise the city so they could pillage its vast supply of energy in order to re-energize Deathsaurus's space fortress. The massive tidal waves created by the rising of Atlantis kept the Autobots occupied protecting coastal cities that were devastated, and the Decepticons escaped with the energy. The Dinoforce, however, were abandoned on Atlantis by Deathsaurus, and were swept away as the city fell back beneath the waves. The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

When an ancient Earth civilization seized control of the power of the Mini-Con Star Saber, the forces they unleashed in war with another nation wound up sinking their city into the ocean. The stasis panel of one of the Saber's components remained in the ruins, where it activated in 2010, alerting the Autobots on Earth to its presence, with Rad White comparing it to the legend of Atlantis. Autobot ally Carlos Lopez was smitten by a hologram of one of the city's former inhabitants, but was forced to accept that she was not truly real as a battle with the Decepticons destroyed what was left of the ruins. Ruin

Cybertron cartoon

Way down, below the ocean, where I wanna be...

The Earth legend of Atlantis was revealed to have been inspired by an ancient Cybertronian starship that went by that name—one of four dispatched from the planet eons in the past, with the intention of creating a universe-wide space bridge network. The Atlantis headed for Earth, containing a Cyber Planet Key and the Omega Lock. It hovered in the sky above the planet for a time, until a malfunction caused it to crash into the ocean, laying down the basis for the stories that would be passed down through the ages by human kind. Balance

The symbol of the Omega Lock was emblazoned upon the Atlantis, and that symbol went hand in hand with the legend, becoming a piece of popular culture to the extent that, by 2030, it was being featured on album covers and T-shirts. When Optimus Prime's Autobots returned to Earth in that year, the ancient Transformer Vector Prime recognized the symbol, setting both Autobot and Decepticons off in a search for the Omega Lock itself. Fallen Inferno

An Autobot civilian in the guise of a submarine eventually discovered the Atlantis buried at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean; when the Autobots entered the craft, its warp engines activated and teleported the ship to the dark side of the moon. With the aid of the Recon Mini-Con Team and the Autobots' three human allies, Vector Prime was able to locate and secure the Omega Lock before the Decepticons. Ship

The Atlantis was left floating by the moon until Sideways teleported the injured Starscream there to recuperate. United When Sideways later kidnapped the Mini-Cons, the kids followed him through his warp gate and emerged on the Atlantis. Balance Although Coby, Lori, and Six-Speed were later able to escape, Bud, Jolt and Reverb were left stranded on the Atlantis as the ship warped away. Escape The ship later passed through the spatial rift leading to Gigantion, the Giant Planet, after which Bud and the Mini-Cons were able to escape and reunite with the Autobots. Warp

When Starscream was defeated in battle with Galvatron, the Atlantis fell back into Autobot hands, and was used to return to Cybertron, where it was merged with the other three ancient starships to create the Ark, through which Primus channeled his power and sealed the black hole. End

With the threat of the black hole and Galvatron dispatched, a new space bridge program was introduced, and the four starships again departed for the far reaches of the galaxy. Soon, the ship is repaired, and dispatched. Known members of the crew of the Atlantis on this voyage include Optimus Prime, Red Alert, Safeguard, Menasor, Leobreaker, and Scattorshot. Beginning

Notes

• In the Japanese dub of The Transformers, Sub-Atlantica was renamed "Atlantis", intending it to be the actual sunken city of legend. Despite that change, when Atlantis reappeared in both Super-God Masterforce and Victory, it had nothing in common with the Sub-Atlantica/Atlantis which appeared in The Transformers.
• The Omni Productions dub of The Headmasters episode "The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)" mistakenly identified Lemuria as Atlantis.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Atlantis (アトランティス Atorantisu)

External links

• Atlantis at Wikipedia