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In-universe, this continuity is referred to as "Primax" in the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTechs]]' [[universal stream]] designators.
In-universe, this continuity is referred to as "Primax" in the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTechs]]' [[universal stream]] designators.


==Franchises==
==Major continuities==
The size and complexity of the various component continuities make them very difficult to list properly. So instead we will list all of the franchises whose fiction makes up this continuity family:
The sheer number of [[micro-continuities]] associated with the Generation 1 continuity family makes a completely exhaustive list a near-impossible task. However, there are five major branches, each lasting multiple years and consisting of dozens of stories, with varying number of sub-branches which deserve particular note.
 
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics timeline}}
*Marvel US continuity ([[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (Marvel US)]] #[[The Transformers (issue)|1]]-[[People Power!|42]] & #[[The Cosmic Carnival|44]]-[[End of the Road! (US)|80]], [[The Transformers: Headmasters|''The Transformers: Headmasters'']] #[[Ring of Hate!|1]]-[[Brothers in Armor!!|4]], ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' #[[Blood on the Tracks|1]]-[[...All Fall Down!|4]])
**Above+"[[Another Time & Place]]"
**Above+Marvel Generation 2 ([[G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe]] #[[Unfoldings!|138]]-[[Final Transformations|142]], [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Transformers: Generation 2'' (Marvel)]] #[[Ghosts|0]]-[[A Rage in Heaven!|12]])
**Above+UK Generation 2 ([[Transformers: Generation 2 (Fleetway)|''Transformers: Generation 2'' (Fleetway)]] #[[War Without End (issue)|1]]-[[The Power and the Glory|5]], ''[[The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual]]'')
**Above+''[[Transformers: Classics]]'' ([[Transformers Collectors' Club]], various)
**Above+''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' ([[IDW Publishing]], ''Regeneration One'' #[[Counterpoint|80.5]]-100)
**"[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" future
*Marvel UK continuity ([[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (Marvel UK)]] #[[The Transformers (issue)|1]]-[[End of the Road! (UK)|289]] [including ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' and the events of the ''The Transformers'' (Marvel US) #1-[[Yesterday's Heroes!|60]] with minor alterations, after which the Marvel UK continuity splinters from US continuity into the events of [[Earthforce]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'' #[[Ancient Relics!|24-27]] and ''[[Transformers Annual 1986]]''-''[[Transformers Annual 1992|1992]]'')
**Marvel UK future timeline, original ("[[Target: 2006]]" to "[[Time Wars]]", [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|''Transformers: The Movie'' adaptation]])
**Marvel UK future timeline, post-"Time Wars" ("[[Aspects of Evil!]]", "[[Edge of Impact]]"-"[[White Fire]]", "[[Peace]]")
 
 
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{main|Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 cartoon timeline}}
*US ([[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]], from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" to "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", and ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'')
**''[[Transformers: Wings Universe]]'' (much of the cartoon, plus additional Transformers Collectors Club Magazine stories, BotCon comics)
**''[[Mars Attacks: The Transformers]]''
*[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] (a huge assortment of fiction, including but not limited to ''The Transformers'' S1-3 and the Japanese-original [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''Headmasters'']], ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', ''[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Zone]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Car Robots]]'' cartoons, along with various [[Beast Era]] series and many [[manga]], [[story page]]s and toy bios. See [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)]] for a full rendering.)
**"[[Story of Binaltech]]" and ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' (a [[splinter timeline]] diverging from Japanese cartoon continuity in [[2003]]).
 
===Beast Wars cartoon continuity===
{{main|Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Beast Wars timeline}}
*US ([[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]], [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]])
**Above+[[3H Productions]]/[[Fun Publications]] fiction ("[[Ground Zero]]", "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]", "[[Primeval Dawn]]", [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''The Wreckers'']] and [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic series]], "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" and "[[The Razor's Edge]]")
**[[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|Above+IDW]] ( [[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering]], [[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending]] & [[Beast Wars Sourcebook]])
*Japan (see [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], above)
 
===Dreamwave Generation One continuity===
{{main|Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave timeline}}
*''[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)| Generation 1]]'' "[[Prime Directive]]", "[[War and Peace]]" & v3 #[[Generation 1 issue 0|0]]-[[The Route of All Evil|10]]; ''[[War Within (comic)|War Within]]'' [[Transformers: The War Within|v1]], ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]'' and ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|The Age of Wrath]]'', "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]", ''[[Transformers: Micromasters]]'' and ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]''
 
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{main|IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW timeline}}
*Many series and miniseries, of which the main set includes but is not limited to ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]'', [[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]] and other ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlights]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'', ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', [[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'' (IDW)]], ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'', ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]''.<br>
*"[[Spotlight: Mirage]]"
 
==Toyline franchises==
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* ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]''
* ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]''
**[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
**[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
**[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]]
**[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
* ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''
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* ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]''
* ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe'' (2008)]]
* ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe'' (2008)]]
** Classic Series
** Generation 1 Series
** Generation 2 Series
** Beast Wars Series
** Beast Machines Series
** War Within Series
*''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]''
*''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]''
**[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings of Honor]]
**[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings of Honor]]

Revision as of 02:15, 5 April 2013

This article is about the continuity family. For the franchise that it contains and is named after, see Generation 1 (franchise).

The Generation 1 continuity family is the biggest, oldest, and longest-running family in the Transformers canon. Its core is all of the fiction published under the Generation 1 franchise, which got off to a bifurcated start in 1984 with the Marvel comic and Sunbow cartoon, two distinct universes starring the same cast of characters. Alongside those two main continuities there sprang up a cluster of micro-continuities in the form of books, flyers, and more comics.

As the years went on, many subsequent franchises used strands of Generation 1 lore as the backstory of their own fiction, thus joining and extending the continuity family. Even when the main Transformers franchise is separate from Generation 1, oftentimes secondary "filler" franchises will keep the continuity going. It has also been a favorite with modern comic companies, who have been publishing a relatively steady stream of Generation 1-branded comics for most of this decade.

In Japan, TakaraTomy has not only contributed to the continuity family with unique series of its own, but it even published an "official timeline" that jammed Car Robots and the 2007 film into the Generation 1 multiverse. The inclusion of Car Robots is corroborated by Kiss Players fiction and timelines, but nothing else has touched upon the movie being part of the Generation 1 continuity family.

In-universe, this continuity is referred to as "Primax" in the TransTechs' universal stream designators.

Major continuities

The sheer number of micro-continuities associated with the Generation 1 continuity family makes a completely exhaustive list a near-impossible task. However, there are five major branches, each lasting multiple years and consisting of dozens of stories, with varying number of sub-branches which deserve particular note.

Marvel Comics continuity

Main articles: Marvel Comics continuity and Marvel Comics timeline


Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Main articles: Generation 1 cartoon continuity and Generation 1 cartoon timeline

Beast Wars cartoon continuity

Main articles: Beast Wars cartoon continuity and Beast Wars timeline

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Main articles: Dreamwave Generation One continuity and Dreamwave timeline

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Main articles: IDW Generation 1 continuity and IDW timeline

Toyline franchises

United States Japan
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