Multiverse

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Do you know that there are more than fifteen quadrillion concurrent universes? It's true!Bug Bite, "Games of Deception"

In Transformers, the Multiverse is the overall collection of universes and timelines. The Multiverse consists of a very large number of universes, millions of which have been cataloged as universal streams.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Traveler's tip: If you survive passage through a black hole you may end up in a negative universe. To get back, try traveling back through the corresponding white hole. The Killing Jar

A portal room exits down Cybertron's Planetary Corridor CB-311-B4 which was used by the Quintessons when they ruled the planet to exile prisoners to alternate dimensions. The selectable dimensions include: an ice world, a place with no physical substance, and Menonia. Madman's Paradise

These examples from the Generation 1 cartoon predate the concept of the "Transformers multiverse" invented to tie together the various different story continuities. As such it is unclear how these alternate realities relate to the universal streams. The 3H The Wreckers comic, taking place in a similar continuity, portrays "alternate dimension" simply as shorthand for distant planets.

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Galvatron was tricked into blowing up what he thought was Starscream, twenty years before the Seeker was meant to die. He believed this meant he'd created an alternate timeline, and what he did in the past wouldn't affect the future of his reality. Target: 2006

A universe existed outside of our own, Limbo, where people displaced by time travel ended up. Distant Thunder!

Galvatron II was taken from a hellhole universe when Unicron had triumphed, Cybertron was destroyed, and the Decepticons ruled the Americas. Rhythms of Darkness!

Regeneration One

My God... it's full of Rods!

When Hot Rod returned to the Primus chamber with the Dinobots, he had a vision of numerous multiversal versions of himself. Destiny, Part Three Primus, using Grimlock as a vessel, sent Hot Rod on a journey through Zero Space, the void that exists between realities. Destiny, Part Four While the journey through Zero Space took him to three periods of his own timeline's past, the final stop was on a planet of junk in Galvatron II's timeline, where the Unicron-empowered Decepticon destroyed Hot Rod's counterpart, Rodimus Prime. Unobserved by the victorious Decepticons, Hot Rod was able to recover his counterpart's Matrix and return to his own timeline, reborn as Rodimus Prime himself. Less Than Zero

However, "Primus" turned out to be the corrupted fragment of Matrix energy that had empowered the Deathbringer more than two decades earlier. Dark Creation Rodimus had witnessed that this energy had survived the destruction of the Deathbringer Less Than Zero, and this "Dark Matrix creature", having gained sentience, had been manipulating events ever since. When Primus brought the Transformers on Earth back to Cybertron in order to confront Unicron The Void! (US), he had inadvertently brought the creature back as well. It had hidden itself in the shadows, stirring up the Demons in the aftermath of the conflict, and hoping to draw upon the chaos that followed the demise of Primus. But when the Last Autobot was activated and able to stabilize the planet, the creature found it could not thrive on the ensuing peace. It had manipulated Soundwave into restarting the war; it had reawakened Galvatron on Earth and brought him back to Cybertron; and it had affected events on Nebulos, culminating in the possession of the original head of Fortress Maximus and kidnapping Circuit Smasher from Earth. And when it was ready to launch its endgame, it corrupted nearly every Transformer left on Cybertron, turning them all into shadow-leeches.

The creature was now using Spike, whom to it represented the "trinity"—a fusion of the worlds of Earth, Cybertron, and Nebulos (having undergone the Headmaster process)—as a focal point for the chaos energies generated on those worlds. The creature intended to use those energies to shatter the barriers of Zero Space and spread itself throughout the multiverse, so that it could create even more chaos.

Rodimus Prime, using the Covenant of Primus to reenter Zero Space and bearing the Sword of Primus, confronted the creature, who beset upon Rodimus three versions of Optimus Prime—his present self, alongside two past forms, all corrupted by the creature, although the present Optimus struggled to resist the corruption. The weakened dimensional barriers, however, allowed Rodimus Prime's multiversal counterparts to enter Zero Space and join the fray.

As the other Rodimuses attacked the creature, Optimus regained his senses long enough to reveal what he'd learned of Primus's grand plan—that it would ultimately result in the creation of an optimum universe made up of the best elements of the other universes. Since the creature could not be destroyed, only contained, the only way to prevent it from corrupting the grand plan was to seal off their own universe forever. Using this knowledge, Rodimus was able to snap Spike out of his fugue, allowing him to break free. Rodimus then prevented the creature from escaping into the closing crack by sealing it with the Sword of Primus. With the creature trapped, Optimus, Rodimus, and Spike were returned to the Primus chamber, and the other Rodimuses returned to their home realities. The War to End All Wars, Part 5

The Wreckers comic

As Windrazor was about to disappear due to the nullification of his timeline of origin, Terminus Primus divinely intervened, preserved him from being nullified. Windrazor was then deposited in a new location to function as a "spirit guide" for other champions of Primus from various realities. Wreckers: Finale Part II

Universe CD-ROM

Unicron kidnapped Decepticons from the various universes in order to assemble an army. Meanwhile, Primus recruited his own army of Autobots. Universe CD-ROM

Universe comic

Unicron abducted Transformers from the various universes in order to fight in gladiatorial combat. Consequently, Primus and Alpha Trion resurrected Optimus Primal from the dead to lead an army in the multiversal war against Unicron. Abduction Optimus Primal conducted his opening salvo by traveling into the Cauldron, and, with the help of some abductees, initiating a mass jailbreak. Subsequently, Primal and the abductees returned to his native technorganic Cybertron, from which most of the abductees were sent back to their home universes. OTFCC 2003 live-action script reading Escape Homecoming

During the Universe War, Rhinox built a device to counteract Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from other universes. Two attempts at deflection only partially succeeded, stranding the victims on an icy planetoid. The Children deployed a rescue team, but Unicron sent a team of Minions as well. Teaming up with the victims, the rescue team was able to drive off the Minions, and everyone was sent back to their proper eras and realities. OTFCC 2004 live-action script reading

After a long conflict rivaling the intensity of the Great War, Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal's profile the Children of Primus emerged victorious when Unicron himself disappeared (as a result of the Unicron Singularity). Revelations Part 2

Dreamwave Armada comic

Unicron had devoured many realities. While he was still finishing up devouring one reality he sent that reality's fatally wounded Optimus Prime on ahead to the next reality he planned to consume as a warning. He also sent five heralds ahead in order to prepare for his arrival. At the same time, Over-Run arrived from a different reality bearing the Mini-Con Matrix and hoping to stop Unicron from devouring another reality, like his was devoured.

The heralds of Unicron were tasked with defeating Cybertronian leadership and centers of power and capture the Mini-Con Matrix. They used the Decepticons' space bridge network to open portals to other realities in order to initiate "phase two" of Unicron's plan. The heralds failed at all of their tasks. Worlds Collide

When Unicron entered the new reality, he was unaware of his heralds' failure. Instead of disorder, he found a unified alliance of Autobots, Decepticons, and Mini-Cons. With the help of the Mini-Con Matrix, they were able to defeat Unicron, who apparently blew up. The End

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Cybertron comic

As the guardian of time, Vector Prime patrolled the multiverse. Vector Prime: In the Beginning

The Unicron Singularity threatened to consume the entire multiverse. Balancing Act, Part 2 Fortunately, the local Autobots were able to restore Primus to power so that he could close the Singularity. Revelations Part 6

Force of Habit

At the onset of the search for the Cyber Planet Keys, alternate universes were only considered theoretical by Autobot scientists of the reality of the Unicron Singularity. The Singularity's uniquely strange readings, however, prompted some scientists to worry that the Singularity could spread to the hypothetical alternate universes. Force of Habit

Cybertron cartoon

Megatron utilized the pocket dimension known as the fire dimension as his headquarters. Fallen

In an alternate dimension, the denizens of the crime-ruled Planet X learned that all life in their universe was slowly dying out. Utilizing their mastery of science, they discovered the planet Gigantion in another dimension. Planning to make it their new homeworld, Planet X's residents used a space warp to pull in Gigantion to their own dimension and commenced a full-scale invasion. Unfortunately, Gigantion's residents fought back, utilizing the power of their Cyber Planet Key to successfully repel the invaders. The residents of Planet X ultimately proved to be their own undoing as they unleashed their ultimate weapon on Gigantion, only for the superweapon to backfire and blow their homeworld up. Challenge Despite this fact, the survivors of Planet X swore vengeance against Gigantion by any means necessary. Soundwave, Laserbeak, and Sideways were among those who traversed space for a way to destroy Gigantion, eventually entering into the service of the planet destroyer Unicron in exchange for Gigantion's assured destruction. Cybertron Soundwave's profile

The Cybertron cartoon never clarified whether the native dimension of Planet X was a parallel universal stream of its own or simply a pocket dimension such as the fire dimension.

Centuries later, the Autobots of Cybertron utilized the space warp in the Skeleton Nebula to travel to the dimension where Gigantion had been transported to, seeking the Cyber Planet Key to end the Unicron Singularity crisis. Warp After securing the key, the Autobots built an enhanced space bridge to get them home again, though the difficulties of bending space-time to get back cost Vector Prime his life. Guardian

Sideways and Soundwave (and Laserbeak) later tried to make their own grab for the Cyber Planet Keys, but they were consumed in a huge reality-bending explosion from Megatron and Starscream's clash. Showdown This turned out to be good for them, though, as when they were last seen, they had apparently found their way to a dimension containing an intact version of their homeworld, Planet X. Beginning

TransTech

Relatively on in the history of Nexus 208.0 Epsilon, strange beings dubbed the "Early Travelers" appeared on Cybertron. At first, the native Transcendent Technomorphs assumed these travelers to be mere extraplanetary travelers and gave them passage off-planet. However, the natives of Cybertron soon realized that these travelers were in fact from another Cybertron(s). With the existence of a multiverse of other Cybertrons confirmed, the TransTechs realized the pettiness of their internal disputes and began focusing on other universes. The TransTechs watched over the multiverse, welcoming travelers from the various universes in the city of Axiom Nexus and sifting transwarp for beings who would otherwise die in mundane accidents involving transwarp-based transportation. Spearheaded by the efforts of Rhinox, Prowl, and Silverbolt, they have compiled an extensive, continually expanding catalog of the universal streams, both existent and no longer existent. Withered Hope Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist

The TransTechs were alarmed when multiversal chaos erupted as a result of Negative Polarity Primax Autobots invading a mirror universe. The destruction of Primax 207.0 Epsilon started causing entire dimensions to fold together or simply be ripped apart. To address the crisis, TransTech Optimus Prime broke the standard rules of Axiom Nexus and assembled the Convoy. One of their first actions was to deploy skilled Primax bounty hunter Depth Charge to the past of Primax -408.24 Epsilon to protect the Origin Matrix. Invasion Prologue Invasion: Epilogue

As part of his efforts to address the changing balance of the multiverse, TransTech Optimus Prime forged partnerships with Cloud World and the Flaternity. Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist

Shattered Glass

By the early 21st century, the human scientists of Earth had theorized the existence of alternate universes although proof did not come until Professor Henri Arkeville and his students met the Autobot Cliffjumper, who hailed from an alternate universe where Earth had a distinctly less tumultuous history. Eye in the Sky

Animated

A trans-dimensional Vector Prime observed some of the events in the Transformers Animated comic and identified the cartoon's universal stream. Venus was a trans-dimensional magazine. Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster traveled from their home universal stream of Quadwal -3760.925 Theta where they wrote the AllSpark Almanac. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

IDW Generation 1 continuity

The crew of the original Ark first explored the cosmos and were drawn through a portal in the Benzuli Expanse into the Dead Universe where they were corrupted by the immortal darkness and plotted to eventually invade their native dimension.

Years later, the living universe was infested by zombie invaders under the control of an interloper from a Transformer-free universe (Although the zombie Undermind was not a native of that universe). This universe was actually a sort of hub which spread the plague to other fascinating universes. Infestation

Years later, from the very same world responsible for the zombie outbreak, a plague of non-euclidean horrors spread across dimensions . This time the chaos was unleashed into a different universe inhabited by Transformers and of course some other strange realms.

Odds are this won't be the end of it. Infestation 2

As a result of the time-travel hijinks of the Lost Light crew, the Functionist Universe (and possibly more universes) diverged from Primax 1005.19 Gamma. Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide

Unit:E

The (or a) world of the Transformers is just one of a multiverse of limitless possibilities. (Other possibilities include G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., Jem, and a couple other guys you might know.)

Notes

• Hasbro does not appear to consider the Aligned continuity family as a component of the Transformers multiverse. In particular, some characters that should be multiversal singularities seem to be different characters from their non-Aligned counterparts. However, the Aligned continuity family has been tenuously connected with the mainstream multiverse. The profile card for Aligned Slipstream's TFSS toy mentions how the TransTechs were stymied as to her universal origin. In addition, the online comic "Timeless" features TransTech Rhinox glimpsing the Aligned continuity family and remarking that it was a "new universe, farther than we've ever charted." Then in 2015 in Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac and Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter, the Aligned continuity was given the universal cluster designation Uniend, explicitly confirming it as a part of the multiverse.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Multi-Verse of Eternity (from World of the Transformers)

See also

• Multiversal singularity