Alpha Trion/Generation 1

Alpha Trion sporting a stylish Fu-Manchu Beard

Alpha Trion is one of the oldest living Transformers in the G1 cartoon continuity. Originally going by the name A3, he was one of the first Transformers to rise against their cruel masters, the Quintessons. As a result, he was instrumental in first establishing Cybertron as an independent planet.

On top of this, he is also responsible for creating Optimus Prime and Elita One!

Fiction

Animated continuity

Generation 1 cartoon

Voice Actor: John Stephenson, Corey Burton (War Dawn), Tony Pope (Forever is a Long Time Coming) (US), Osamu Saka (Japan)

Alpha Trion's rugged mustache, circa 11,000,000 BC

Millions of years ago, a mechanoid named A3 was part of the robot rebellion against the Quintessons on a factory world, creating a device called the Coda Remote that would stop their Dark Guardians. He was briefly pulled into the year 2006, but was soon put back to fufill his role in Cybertronian history.

Years later, he would be given the Matrix of Leadership by a dying Autobot leader. It would sit in his possession, unused, until the coming of the next Autobot leader. In the meanwhile, Alpha Trion developed plans to rebuild Autobots to better combat the Decepticon menace.

The next Autobot leader would actually come to him when a group of time-travellers lugged a dying youth named Orion Pax to his repair center. Reluctant at first, Alpha Trion sensed a strong spirit in Orion Pax, and decided to rebuild him entirely... into Optimus Prime. When Prime asked if Alpha Trion could rebuild his girlfriend Ariel as well, Alpha Trion agreed, and mused that Elita One would be a good name for a female warrior.

When next seen - millions of years later - Alpha Trion was engaged in a holographic communication with Elita One, where he (somewhat randomly) reminded her to not use her time-stopping power, for its use would likely kill her. When she used this power to save her beloved Optimus Prime, the Autobot leader tracked Alpha Trion to his secret base. Alpha Trion repaired her to the best of his ability, but revealed to Optimus Prime that only he could save Elita by interfacing to her with his power filter. An astonished Optimus Prime stated that only his CREATOR could know that!

(Optimus Prime had apparently forgotten that Alpha Trion was his creator, although he seemed to know that Alpha Trion created Elita One, making a knowing comment when Elita said that Alpha Trion was like a father to her. Which is really kind of creepy when you think about it.)

Alpha Trion later sacrificed his body in order to to activate Vector Sigma long enough to activate the newly created Aerialbots.

After this, Alpha Trion's appeared mostly as a spirit-guide, and has the peculiar honor of residing both within Vector Sigma and the Matrix of Leadership.

Headmasters anime

Alpha Trion's Spooooooky Ghost

Wreckers

Alpha Trion was seemingly resurrected and/or reformatted by the Oracle to guide Primal Prime in much the same way as he aided many previous Autobot leaders.

Trivia

• Interestingly, Alpha Trion is one of the very few Transformers to show signs of aging and hair growth.
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.