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**[[Cloud World|Primax 514.29 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'' continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Cloud World|Primax 514.29 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'' continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Primax 698.20 Theta]]—the world of "[[Visitations]]".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 698.20 Theta]]—the world of "[[Visitations]]".<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 700.12-N4 Kappa]]—the Nintendo 64 ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 700.12-SP Kappa]]—the PlayStation ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game.<ref=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 703.02 Gamma]]—the world of the [[Devil's Due Press]]'s [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity]].<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 703.02 Gamma]]—the world of the [[Devil's Due Press]]'s [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity]].<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 787.3 Alpha]]—the Japanese [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]] continuity.<ref name="ilowtech"/>
**[[Primax 787.3 Alpha]]—the Japanese [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]] continuity.<ref name="ilowtech"/>
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**[[Primax 1005.19 Gamma]]—the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]].<ref>"[[Timeless]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 1005.19 Gamma]]—the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]].<ref>"[[Timeless]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 1087.09 Alpha]]—the ''[[Video Challenger]]'' opening of the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 1087.09 Alpha]]—the ''[[Video Challenger]]'' opening of the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Primax 1099.01-N6 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Metals 64]]'' video game.<ref=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 1099.01-PS Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle]]'' video game.<ref=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 1291.0 Zeta]]—the "[[Another Time & Place]]" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity.<ref name="witheredhope"/>
**[[Primax 1291.0 Zeta]]—the "[[Another Time & Place]]" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity.<ref name="witheredhope"/>
**[[Primax 1286.3 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' game.<ref name=todiegame/>
**[[Primax 1286.3 Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' game.<ref name=todiegame/>

Revision as of 01:35, 16 May 2015

The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records.[1] There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.[2] Bug Bite claims that there are over fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.[3]

Deciphering the terminology

Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

  • Alpha—animated series
  • Beta—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
  • Gamma—comic book series
  • Delta—motion picture/live action
  • Epsilon—club/convention fiction
  • Zeta—text stories, storybooks and other prose works (printed)
  • Eta—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
  • Theta—live performance/spoken word
  • Iota—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
  • Kappa—games (video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own: for example, Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers, also known as OG World, would be Primax 785.6 Alpha.

Officially-designated universal streams

These are the officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:

References

  1. This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "Withered Hope".
  2. In "Worlds Collide, Part 4", the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating Optimus Prime, adrift in the multiverse.
  3. "Games of Deception"
  4. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "fourth wall", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "To Die Game!"
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter"
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
  9. 9.0 9.1 Transformers I.Q. (issue #56)
  10. Transformers I.Q. (issue #58)
  11. 11.0 11.1 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
  12. SG Aquarius' bio
  13. 13.0 13.1 "I, Lowtech"
  14. From Here to Alternity
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Ask Vector Prime" on Facebook
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Withered Hope"
  17. Depth Charge bio
  18. Transformers I.Q. #8
  19. "Invasion: Epilogue"
  20. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter
  21. Optimus Prime bio
  22. "To Mega Therion"
  23. "The World Is Flat!"
  24. "Timeless"
  25. Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts
  26. The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the Hebrew calendar That answers THAT question.