Micronus Prime

I could help you, but I'd rather stand here and record.

The smallest member of the Thirteen, Micronus Prime was the first Mini-Con created by Primus, and was intended to serve as the group's conscience. Micronus's special gift was the ability to impart power to his siblings through his Chimera Stone; in turn he could temporarily mimic their abilities. His closest friend was Onyx Prime, although he also struck up friendships with the creatively-inclined Solus Prime and Nexus Prime.

Sometimes, he can be a complete asshole.

Fiction

Aligned continuity family

The Covenant of Primus

So, if the Mini-Cons are Pokémon, does this make him Arceus?

Micronus Prime was the fifth Prime created to battle Unicron. His artifact of power was the Chimera Stone, which allowed him to temporarily impart his fellow Primes with additional power. He served as a strategist during the battle against Unicron, and struck up a deep friendship with what would become his closest friend Onyx Prime. In the age that followed, Micronus became friends with Solus and Nexus Prime. The schism caused by Solus Prime's murder and which ended Liege Maximo's death left him grief-stricken and inconsolable. When Onyx Prime entered the Well of All Sparks and created the Transformer race, Micronus accompanied his best friend on this mission. Their sacrifice activated the Well and allowed it to start producing new life. The Covenant of Primus

Prime cartoon

According to legend, at the beginning of time, Unicron and Primus battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the Thirteen. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. One Shall Rise, Part 1

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Adrian Pasdar (English), Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese), Natale Ciravolo (Italian)

Stop trying to impersonate Tony Stark, Micronus; you sound terrible!

In the Realm of the Primes, Micronus served as Optimus Prime's mentor as the Autobot leader trained for a new mission on Earth. In one such training session, Micronus challenged Optimus to climb a hill. When Optimus questioned the difficulty of his task, Micronus summoned a group of humans into the realm... and a threatening robot with multiple Mini-Con minions to attack them. Optimus tried in vain to defend the humans, repeatedly begging Micronus to help him, but Micronus declined every time. Eventually, Optimus realized that he needed to climb the easily-climbed hill first, which activated his Prime Decepticon Hunter and gave him the power to defeat the robots, saving the last surviving human. At the end of the test, Micronus revealed that the humans were merely illusions, meant to prove that there would always be distractions and hard choices in the battles coming, and to keep the goal -and mind- clear. Out of Focus

Unfortunately the time arrived before Optimus's training was complete, but Micronus regardless took him before the other Primes. When Optimus persuaded them, Micronus and the other Primes bestowed some of their power on him and sent him to Earth. Battlegrounds, Part 1

Fun Publications

Micronus was one of Vector Prime's siblings among the Thirteen. Vector noted that Micronus deeply cared for all living things, Transformer or otherwise. Ask Vector Prime

The Transcendent Technomorphs of Axiom Nexus knew the Mini-Cons to be the children of Micronus Prime. Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist

When Nexus Prime united the Terminus Blade and the Star Saber, the other Thirteen were drawn to the event—including Micronus. Time and space were rewritten that day, as the walls between the multiverse grew stronger and less permeable. A consequence of strengthening the walls of the multiverse was that Micronus Prime and the original Thirteen could no longer continue to exist as multiversal singularities, and so they were splintered and scattered throughout the multiverse. And so the one became many, sentient reoccurring themes each appearing in their own way, if at all, in all the worlds of the multiverse. Out of the One, Many

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Micronus was one of the Thirteen Primes who led the Thirteen Tribes that arose on Cybertron following the departure of the Knights of Cybertron. Lagrange

Notes

• Micronus's name is likely derived from "Micron", the Japanese name for Mini-Cons across the franchise.
• The glowing symbols on his chest and palms are shaped like the Powerlinx ports seen on all the Transformers: Armada Mini-Con toys.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Micronus (マイクロナス Maikuronasu)