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**[[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[Invasion: Epilogue]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]]—the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[Invasion: Epilogue]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' comic series.<ref name=completealmanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>
**[[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' comic series.<ref name=completealmanac>''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]''</ref>
**[[Primax 514.29 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Cloud World|Primax 514.29 Gamma]]—the ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' continuity.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Primax 603.0 Beta]]—the Heroes of Cybertron [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] toy.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 603.0 Beta]]—the Heroes of Cybertron [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] toy.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 613.28 Lambda]]—the convention exclusive cover of ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony Micro-Series]]'' #5.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 613.28 Lambda]]—the convention exclusive cover of ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony Micro-Series]]'' #5.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
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**[[Primax 798.0 Gamma]]—the ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Beast Wars II manga]]'' continuity.<ref name=andromedafb/>
**[[Primax 798.0 Gamma]]—the ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Beast Wars II manga]]'' continuity.<ref name=andromedafb/>
**[[Primax 895.0 Gamma]]—the world of "[[The New Battle!!]]"<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|"Hero" Optimus Prime bio]]</ref>
**[[Primax 895.0 Gamma]]—the world of "[[The New Battle!!]]"<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 49|"Hero" Optimus Prime bio]]</ref>
**[[Primax 903.0 Beta]]—the [[Transformers: Alternators|''Binaltech'']] continuity.<ref>"[[To Mega Therion]]"</ref>
**[[BT world|Primax 903.0 Beta]]—the [[Transformers: Alternators|''Binaltech'']] continuity.<ref>"[[To Mega Therion]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 905.0 Beta]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[The World Is Flat!]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 905.0 Beta]]—the ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' continuity.<ref>"[[The World Is Flat!]]"</ref>
**[[Primax 984.0 Gamma]]—the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics U.S. continuity]].<ref name="witheredhope"/>
**[[Primax 984.0 Gamma]]—the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics U.S. continuity]].<ref name="witheredhope"/>
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**[[Primax 1099.01-PS Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 1099.01-PS Kappa]]—the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|Transformers: Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle]]'' video game.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 1104.10 Lambda]]—the cover of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II'' #3]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 1104.10 Lambda]]—the cover of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II'' #3]].<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 1114.26 Gamma]]—the Functionist Universe.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Functionist Universe|Primax 1114.26 Gamma]]—the Functionist Universe.<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Primax 1186.0 Lambda]]—the cover of [[Funeral for a Friend!|#26]] of the Marvel ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers]]'' series.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Primax 1186.0 Lambda]]—the cover of [[Funeral for a Friend!|#26]] of the Marvel ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Transformers]]'' series.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[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/>
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*[[Tyran]]—the [[Live-action film series|live-action film continuity family]].
*[[Tyran]]—the [[Live-action film series|live-action film continuity family]].
**[[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]]—the IDW movie comics.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Tyran 207.28 Gamma]]—the IDW movie comics.<ref name=completealmanac/>
**[[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]]—the alternate Titan Magazines timeline started by "[[Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming]]".<ref name=askvectorprimefb/>
**[[Tyran 307.27 Zeta]]—the world of ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Tyran 307.27 Zeta]]—the world of ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.<ref name=almanacII/>
**[[Tyran 407.1 Beta]]—the world of the movie toyline's [[Tech Spec]]s.<ref name=todiegame/>
**[[Tyran 407.1 Beta]]—the world of the movie toyline's [[Tech Spec]]s.<ref name=todiegame/>

Revision as of 19:11, 6 June 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, Trent Troop, and Jim Sorenson, 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)
  • Lambda—covers, still images, and advertisements

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 6.13 Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 "Ask Vector Prime" on Facebook
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter"
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
  10. 10.0 10.1 Transformers I.Q. (issue #56)
  11. Transformers I.Q. (issue #58)
  12. 12.0 12.1 Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
  13. SG Aquarius's bio
  14. 14.0 14.1 "I, Lowtech"
  15. From Here to Alternity
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Withered Hope"
  17. BWU Depth Charge bio
  18. Transformers I.Q. #8
  19. "Invasion: Epilogue"
  20. "Hero" Optimus Prime bio
  21. "To Mega Therion"
  22. "The World Is Flat!"
  23. "Timeless"
  24. Hot Shot's Bot Thoughts
  25. The origin date of September 25, -3760 is also a reference; September 25, 3760 BCE is the first day of the Hebrew calendar That answers THAT question.