Cosmos (G1)

The name or term "Cosmos" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Cosmos (disambiguation).

Cosmos is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Apparently we're just a way for this guy to know himself.

Fast and intelligent, bored and lonely, Cosmos has reason to regret his abilities, which often separate him from his Autobot friends. Alas, his skills are far too extraordinary to ignore.

Few of his faction can achieve escape velocity and enter planetary orbit unaided, as he can, from planets as big as Earth or slightly larger. He carries fuel reserves sufficient for short orbital journeys; he is quite able to land on Earth's Moon, then take off and return to Earth. Cosmos enjoys such diversions immensely. Generally, however, he remains in orbit, relaying messages, observing enemy installations, and watching for Decepticon activity in nearby space. His optical sensors are able to observe a human radio host standing outside in the high desert from 600 miles up.

As a living Transformer, his advantage over a simple satellite is great, but it is a boring life for Cosmos. Every so often he breaks the monotony by hovering eerily above the backyards of Earth citizens, drifting silently behind the cars of lone drivers with his running lights on, or briefly jamming TV transmissions with reruns of The Outer Limits. He has also been known to zigzag through meteor showers on a clear night, showing off his space piloting skills. Naturally, this causes some consternation to the poor humans he is supposed to defend, but it's all in good fun. Primus save us from bored techies.

This is terrible!

Cosmos has been in worse predicaments...Jazz and Perceptor on one of our hero's many misadventures, "The God Gambit"

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Michael McConnohie (English), Osamu Saka (Japanese), Wang Wei (Chinese), Enrique Garduza (Latin American Spanish), Christian Weygand (German, Generation 2 dub of "Prime Target")

Stop bugging me! I've almost beaten Undefined Fantastic Object!

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Cosmos, Autobot deep-space reconnaissance officer. His continuing mission—to observe Decepticon activities. To provide intelligence to the Autobots in their never ending war. To boldly crash where no other Autobot has crashed before!

Our hero began his adventures with a bang, appearing out of nowhere to blindly lead the Autobot spacecraft straight into the sun. If not for the impetuous Cliffjumper trying to change their course and realizing the controls were locked, Cosmos would have had the greatest crash of all. Still, he did his best to save his fellow Autobots in the end, as his deep space armor allowed Cosmos to come inside the ship and continue poking vainly at the control panel long after the others collapsed from their circuits overheating. Trailbreaker's force field eventually saved the Autobots, and they managed to vacate the crumbling ship inside a massive force sphere, tethered to Cosmos to bring them back to Earth. Cosmos's knack for crashing almost did them in anyhow, though — the same reprogrammed guidance directives that were controlling their ship were now being beamed by Teletraan I to Cosmos himself, forcing him to lead the force sphere back on a course into the sun. Only the freak chance of the Decepticon Thrust visiting the Ark and blowing up Teletraan I on a whim saved the Autobots, and allowed Cosmos to begin towing them back to Earth. Even though time was of the essence, we can only assume Cosmos didn't crash-land upon re-entry. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2

I choose Bachelor #2!

When next seen, Cosmos was patrolling the spaceways for Decepticon activity with Blaster (probably as a punishment for actually liking Blaster's taste in music) when they came across a lunar base being run by Megatron and Astrotrain. Against logic and precedent, Cosmos actually managed to make a perfect two point landing on a hillside near the base to eavesdrop. Enraged at Cosmos for defying all expectations and NOT crashing (not to mention the, uh... spying he was doing), Megatron ordered Astrotrain to bring him in as a prisoner. Prisoners of war, Cosmos and Blaster were then welded to the wall and used as a power booster and tuning mechanism for Megatron's trans-scrambler, wiping out all radio contact on Earth. Luckily, Blaster managed to send his own signal along Megatron's scrambling beam, alerting the Autobots to their location. Omega Supreme arrived and drew the Decepticons' attention away from their base. Left alone, Cosmos had to do little more than raise his arm to fire off a particle beam that totally destroyed Megatron's antenna array and saved the day, teaching tyrants everywhere once and for all not to underestimate an Autobot just because he's short, fat, ugly, lonely, nerdy and more than a little (Dare we say it?) spacey... Blaster Blues

I told you we should have gone hunting turkeys, but nooooooo...

Possibly Cosmos's shining moment was one for most of which he wasn't even conscious. Cosmos crash-landed rather dramatically on Titan after being shot down by the pursuing Astrotrain, who was after the energy data the Autobot carried. Cosmos's body was discovered by the moon's natives, but Astrotrain quickly followed up, having overheard their superstitious discussion and set himself up as one of their Sky Gods. The cowed, religious people quickly obeyed him, and Astrotrain put Cosmos's body in the main temple for use as an idol. The rebel Talaria overheard Astrotrain musing to himself about Cosmos's short-circuit and managed to use Cosmos's systems to get an SOS to the Autobots on Earth. With barely enough power flowing through his systems to stay active, Cosmos found a better use for it: shooting Starscream. With the Decepticon occupied for the moment, Talaria was able to escape unmolested. Jazz and Perceptor were dispatched to Titan via Omega Supreme, and Cosmos was recovered, the Decepticons sent packing, and the Titans were freed from religious dogma. The God Gambit

Somehow, Cosmos managed to talk Optimus Prime into letting him serve on Earth for a while as part of the Autobots' joint Crimebuster program with the NYPD. He observed a traffic jam while hovering over Times Square, and later tried to chase down Starscream on foot with Powerglide, only to end up causing massive structural damage to a human mall. Incidentally, Cosmos was back in space very shortly. Make Tracks

"Hang on while I jettison my head."

After Shrapnel and Bombshell pumped out hundreds of Insecticlones to swarm over the countryside and gather power, Prime sent Cosmos into space to retrieve a giant can of robotic insecticide. (Really — we can't make this stuff up.) On his way back with Spike and Bumblebee, though, Cosmos was attacked by Morphobots on Floron III. Although he managed to break loose of their grip, the techno-organic plants left behind spores on his hull which quickly developed into fully functioning vines that entangled Cosmos as he tried to re-enter Earth's atmosphere. Spike and Bumblebee escaped in an ejector chamber, but Cosmos did his crash-landing bit and was covered in Morphobots by the time he came to a stop, with the robotic insecticide can still inside him. Bumblebee summoned the other Autobots to try and help, and it was Blaster's obnoxious music that ultimately cleared the way and allowed them to free Cosmos. Hoist promised to give Cosmos "the best overhaul he'd ever had" when they got back to the Ark. Uh-huh... niiiiiice... Quest for Survival

Good evening, citizens of Earth.

When he uncovered a Decepticon operation to mine ore from an asteroid they'd pulled into orbit, Cosmos rushed back to warn Prime and gather a strike force. Optimus stressed caution instead and ordered Cosmos back up into space to acquire some hard evidence on the Decepticon activity. Cosmos did as he was asked and actually managed to grab a sample of ore right out of Astrotrain while the Constructicons were loading him up. He brought this "hard evidence" back to Earth to show Prime. The Autobot leader commended Cosmos on his work, but he wasn't quite done and sent Cosmos back out into orbit yet again, this time to track Astrotrain to the refinery the Decepticons must have been using to process the ore. Prime loves his outer space yo-yo. The Secret of Omega Supreme

When Seaspray intercepted a distress signal, Cosmos carried him, Bumblebee and Perceptor to the planet of the Tlalakans, a humanoid race held captive by the Decepticons. Too late, they realized that it was a Decepticon distress call. Droids blasted Cosmos, who (surprise, surprise) crashed on the planet. He remained damaged for a time, too much so to participate in many of the Autobots' adventures on the planet. Sea Change

Overflying Lord Chumley's castle, Cosmos reported back to headquarters that he'd found the Autobots who'd gone missing. He was able to transmit footage of the captives being subjected to Chumley's fiendish torture devices and report his coordinates to Teletraan I, but his transmission was cut off by Chumley himself, who invited Optimus to try and save his friends. Prime Target

Cosmos, once again teamed with Blaster, scoured the universe for more Ingredient X so that Perceptor could concoct more corrostop. One can only imagine how many moons and planets he bravely crash-landed on in his fruitless search. Cosmic Rust

By season 3 he'd crashed so much he'd gone off-model.

After the Autobots retook Cybertron, Cosmos was on the planet monitoring incoming space traffic with Kup and Blaster. The planet was locked down due to the threat of an imminent attack, but an incoming human shuttle reported a mayday, and Kup ordered Cosmos to let it land. Unfortunately it was a trick, and they watched it crash into Cybertron's central power facility, disabling the planetary defences. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4

Some time later, Cosmos was late flying in to Cybertron with Sky Lynx to see the activation of the new power platform. On his entry vector, Cosmos was blasted with anti-electrons, a dangerous substance designed to disrupt his normal operating functions. However, the anti-electrons seemed to have no effect on Cosmos at all, as moments later he crashlanded on Cybertron's surface. Perfectly normal. Grimlock's New Brain

Japanese cartoon continuity

The Battle of the Star Gate

Cosmos was amongst the Autobots who accompanied Optimus into Earth orbit to stop Megatron’s take-over of the Trigger. They were able to repel the Decepticons from the space station in short order. First Contact

Cosmos accompanied Optimus Prime into Earth orbit after the Autobot leader’s apparent demise. There, Cosmos safeguarded a human shuttle containing Makoto and the other crew members of the Trigger while Optimus went off to battle Starscream, who had commandeered the space station and made it into his new body. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. The Battle of the Star Gate

Wars manga

Cosmos remarked on Overdrive using his Quantum Dial to vanish and rescue his comrades who were stuck in time. Train Wars

Madman The Transformers comic

In the year 2001, the Decepticons had managed to conquer Cybertron completely. Cosmos aided in the Autobots' exodus of the planet, though he came under heavy enemy fire during this mission. The Transformers

Mars Attacks: The Transformers

WILL YOU TALK TO ME NOW!

During a Martian invasion, the Autobots and Decepticons formed an alliance to see off the invaders. Though they defeated the Martian ground forces, the Martian saucers moved in to blast Optimus Prime and Megatron. The pair were saved by Cosmos, who had hidden amongst the alien saucers in his alternate mode so he could mount a sneak attack on them. Mars Attacks: The Transformers

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

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

Apparently Cosmos never bothered to get an Earth mode.

Cosmos was a member of Perceptor's resistance cell on Cybertron. Like most of the cell, he had a stronger respect for their top fighter Blaster than Perceptor, and along with the other Autobots overruled Perceptor's order not to search for Blaster's missing friend Scrounge. In the Dead End, Cosmos provided some life-giving fuel to ol' Wheezel for information, only to find that Scrounge had been taken away to Darkmount by the Decepticon Shrapnel. Realizing Scrounge was probably dead already in the smelting pool, Blaster went after his buddy anyway, and Cosmos and the others had to come after him and save his hide. Though Scrounge died, the Autobots managed to retrieve the last data from his infobanks, and learned that Optimus Prime and the crew of the Ark were alive and well on the planet Earth! The Smelting Pool!

Cosmos kills and kills and kills.

Galvanized by this knowledge, the Autobots planned a daring assault on Lord Straxus, planning to destroy both his seat of power at Darkmount and the new space bridge allowing transit to Earth. Darkmount was destroyed, but the Decepticons interrupted Blaster before he could finish setting the charges on the bridge. Instead, Cosmos, Blaster, and the rest of their unit were chased over the other side, and found themselves stuck on planet Earth. Here they were greeted immediately by a group of humans. The Bridge to Nowhere! Before they could react, they were approached by the Decepticon fliers Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp, who correctly identified them as Autobots and were about to open fire when Megatron realised the Ark was undefended and diverted his troops there instead. Command Performances!

However, the humans belonged to the anti-robot attack team, RAAT. While Cosmos and the other Autobots, unfamiliar with how things worked on Earth, tried to talk to their vehicles, RAAT deployed "electric snow" missiles to disorient them. Cosmos's group was then too dazed to fight back, and were captured with the help of Circuit Breaker. Heavy Traffic! Cosmos and his fellows were disassembled, with their heads getting mounted on the wall of RAAT's headquarters. Aerialbots over America! The Autobots were only released after Circuit Breaker was forced to elicit their aid by combining them into a giant mechanical suit to defeat the Battlechargers. Decepticon Graffiti!

Following Skids back to the Ark, Cosmos and the others got lost after their guide spontaneously vanished into limbo. Even worse was the reason for the disappearance—Galvatron had returned to the present. Unfortunately, Cosmos was punched out of the sky by Galvatron, and joined the rest of his comrades in defeat. Fallen Angel After Galvatron was forced into retreat by the vagrant Dinobots, Perceptor's team finally managed to reach the Ark, where they learned of Optimus Prime's apparent demise at the hands of the Predacons. Cosmos attended Prime's funeral and assimilated into Earth's depleted Autobot forces, though it was soon revealed that Prime's death was a ruse. Resurrection! When Tracks went missing following a reconnaissance mission in Greater Portland, it was Cosmos who searched human law enforcement computers and located the errant Autobot in New York, where two hoodlums were using him to commit a series of robberies. Missing in Action

"Is this the line for the mutiny?"

When Optimus Prime died (for real) after a digital battle with Megatron, Cosmos observed with the other Autobots as Ratchet failed to successfully repair their fallen leader. After attending Prime's (real) funeral, a criminal known as the Mechanic turned the Ark's new security systems on the mourning Autobots, with devastating results. Though several were wounded, Ratchet was able to best the intruder and then tended to the wounds Cosmos and the others had suffered. Funeral for a Friend! Shortly afterwards the Ark came under attack from Trypticon, whose sonic-scrambler mines caused Cosmos and the other Autobots to lose control of their limbs, leaving them easy prey for his battle station mode. They were ultimately rescued by none other than Grimlock, who the Autobots immediately elected Prime's successor. King of the Hill! Unfortunately, Grimlock turned out to be a self-interested tyrant, but he did help get the Ark repaired and off of Earth, a large process that Cosmos contributed towards. Cosmos also aided in the construct of a variable voltage harness, to be used against "traitorous" Autobots. Child's Play Nevertheless, Cosmos was among the Autobots who begged Blaster to overthrow him, stating that the Autobots needed a "leader whose wires are connected," but the mutiny didn't pan out. Instead, Cosmos witnessed Grimlock's mock-execution of some young human prisoners to draw Blaster into a trap. Spacehikers!

Later, Blaster and Grimlock battled for supremacy on Earth's Moon, as Cosmos and the other Autobots cheered Blaster on. This event took an even uglier turn when Ratbat led the Decepticons in an ambush. Cosmos was seen facing down Razorclaw in the battle that followed, and by its conclusion Cosmos was among the Autobots still standing. Totaled!

Some time after Optimus Prime's return, Cosmos was among several Autobots who responded to Buster Witwicky's distress call near the Decepticons' arctic base. Cosmos watched as this scene once again turned into another battle with the Decepticons! Dark Star

Marvel UK future timelines

Cosmos was part of a team brought to Earth by Rodimus Prime to investigate why Autobot City was taken off-line, only to run into heavy Quintesson opposition. Luckily, Hot Rod managed to awaken Metroplex to drive off the invaders. Space Pirates!

Regeneration One

About to be blasted into star stuff.

When Optimus Prime discovered Megatron was still active on Earth in 2012, he took a detachment of Autobots, including Cosmos, to confront the insane tyrant. They found Megatron just before he killed Springer, one of the Wreckers who had uncovered Megatron's activites on Earth. Loose Ends, Part 4 While the two leaders clashed, Cosmos and the others battled Megatron's reanimated army of zombie "Ex-Bots". Loose Ends, Part 5

After the fight Cosmos, Wheeljack, Red Alert, and Smokescreen were tasked with gathering the fallen zombies, and throwing them into a large pit where Ultra Magnus could vaporize them from orbit. Natural Selection, Part One Returning to Cybertron aboard the Valiant, Cosmos and the other Autobots were unwittingly targeted by surface-to-air missiles as the Civil Defense Hub had been overtaken by Scorponok's forces. Natural Selection, Part Four Though the missiles were called off at the last moment, the Autobots aboard the Valiant were now alerted to the threat and prepared for immediate deployment. Natural Selection, Part Five

As Soundwave had disabled the Autobots' early warning system on Cybertron, Cosmos was sent out to the fringes of Cybertronian space to scout for potential threats. He relayed back to Ultra Magnus that, small as he was, he didn't expect to find anything—only to encounter Bludgeon's arriving Warworld! Unfortunately for Cosmos, the Warworld greeted him with a single blast that disintegrated him. Destiny, Part Three

The Battle for Planet Earth

When Starscream contacted the Autobots to ask for an audience with Optimus Prime, Cosmos was the Autobot who took the call. When he passed on the news to the others, Brawn asked if maybe he'd misheard what Starscream had said. Espionage!!!!!

Marvel coloring books

From his post in Earth's orbit, Cosmos spotted the Decepticons attacking a human village. He relayed this information to Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots on the planet's surface, and they rolled into action to put an end to the Decepticons' attack. Cosmos continued to watch from afar as the battle unfolded, and warned Grapple and Gears when Ravage and Kickback tried to flank the Autobots to attack them from behind. Once Optimus had defeated the Decepticons and secured them with some quick-drying cement, he turned his gaze skywards, and thanked Cosmos for his contribution to the Autobot cause. The Autobot Spy in the Sky

Ladybird Books continuity

When an Autobot salvage expedition was unexpectedly ambushed by Decepticons, Ultra Magnus became concerned that the Cons had developed a new form of surveillance. Silverbolt suggested his men perform a full scan of the area for any spy installation. The Aerialbots confirmed that something was out there in the upper atmosphere, but couldn't get high enough to identify it. Cosmos had much greater altitude range, and successfully located the three Decepticon space stations in orbit acting as spy satellites. Galvatron's Air Attack

S.T.A.R.S. continuity

Before the construction of Autobot City on Earth, Optimus led a convoy of Autobots to find the ideal location for their new base's construction. Cosmos was amongst the troops accompanying Optimus. As they drove along, the Autobots were ambushed by the Decepticons. The battle that ensued later came to be known as "Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction." Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.

Optimus ordered Cosmos, Warpath, and Cliffjumper to flee the battle in order to fetch reinforcements. Transformers Combat Data The Autobots Are Under Attack!

Find Your Fate Junior

The following summarizes one or more multipath adventures. Details vary depending on the paths taken in-story. See the book's page for information on alternate paths.

Earthquake

While the Autobots were discussing how nice the recent lull in Decepticon activity was, Cosmos cynically noted how they were due for another Decepticon attack.

Sure enough, in one possible sequence of events, Beachcomber, Windcharger and Powerglide uncovered a Decepticon ploy to destroy Center City. When splitting up the Autobot forces to combat the Decepticons on two fronts, one at their headquarters and the other at Center City, Optimus assigned Cosmos to the lead team.

In the event that the lead team was sent to attack the Decepticons’ fortress, Cosmos participated in the Autobot’s main battle against the Decepticon forces. The Autobots emerged victorious that day.

In the event that the lead team was sent to defend Center City, Cosmos is confined within Optimus Prime’s trailer so as to not cause a panic amongst the humans. Miserable in his current position, Cosmos asked Optimus to allow him to join the secondary team in attacking the fortress.

If Optimus agreed to let Cosmos join the secondary team, Cosmos zoomed back to meet up with the other Autobots. After radioing Smokescreen for the fortress’s coordinates, Cosmos attempted to find the small team of Autobots, to no avail. Cosmos reasoned that if the other team of Autobots had failed in their mission, it would be up to him to save the world. Investigating a nearby noise, Cosmos came upon Starscream and Soundwave plotting together to overthrow Megatron. Cosmos then left the room, only to bump into Megatron himself!

If Megatron allowed the little Autobot to relate the information he had just discovered, the Decepticon leader became so enraged that he ignored Cosmos to confront the pair. As the infighting began, Cosmos inched away from the scene, only to bump into Sunstreaker, who informed Cosmos that the other Autobots had uncovered the Decepticons’ laboratory. The squadron was then able to recall the Destruction Beam to its point of origin, destroying the fortress and the Decepticons within in one fell swoop.

If Megatron didn’t hear Cosmos out, he called his troops to him so that they could all partake in Cosmos’s dismemberment. Before the Decepticons were able to begin, Cosmos spotted the secondary team hiding nearby. Surrounding the Decepticons, the secondary team engaged their enemies. Though the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, they are unable to interfere with the Destruction beam. The Destruction beamed reached its target, and Center City was destroyed. Though the Autobots were able to gain control of the Decepticon fortress and destroy the lab, they were not able to wipe out all of the evil robots, and enjoyed a pyrrhic victory at best.

Alternatively, If Optimus insisted that Cosmos stay with the lead team, Cosmos pointed out that the Autobots would not be able to do much good against the Decepticons if they remained in their vehicle modes. The Autobots picked up Sparkplug en route to consult him on the matter.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots not worry about subtlety, the entire squad transformed and began prowling the streets in search of Decepticons, oblivious to the panic they were causing. Cosmos was the first to deduce that the Autobots were, in fact, the source of the humans’ agitation. Unable to restore order in time, Cosmos and the rest of the team were destroyed in the earthquake that ensued.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots remained in their vehicle modes, the human would concoct a plan wherein the Autobots would help evacuate the entire town in their vehicle modes. While the land-based Autobots did the evacuating, Cosmos maintained a high altitude to avoid being seen by the humans and be on the lookout for Decepticons. Once the evacuation was completed, Cosmos spotted Megatron’s forces coming over the horizon. With the humans out of harm’s way, the Autobots transformed and engaged the approaching Decepticons, whom they easily dispatched. With the humans safe, the Autobots moved out to help their comrades at the Decepticon fortress. Earthquake

Desert Flight

Where is Cosmos going to crash? To have him crash into the Ark, turn to page 29. To have him crash in the middle of nowhere, turn to page 36. To have him crash in an active volcano, turn to page 45.

Optimus allowed Cosmos a break from his monotonous duty in Earth orbit by assigning him to investigate a large explosion in a remote desert, suspecting it to be Decepticon activity. Cosmos was thankful for the excitement, and soon came upon a Decepticon base.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus’s convoy moved in to investigate, and Cosmos was instructed to stand down for the time being.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, Beachcomber bumped into Cosmos as the Autobot dune buggy was goofing about in the low-gravity environment. The Autobots soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam’s influence, and Cosmos joined them on their assault on the Decepticon base. They were then attacked by a small fleet of Decepticons. The Decepticons were quickly forced to break off their attack and retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The Autobots then headed for the Decepticon base, with their stowaway. Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth’s surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy’s suggestion. Cosmos would relay the message to Megatron that the Autobots would think overnight on the ultimatum. Though Optimus pretended to have surrendered the next morning, in actuality most of the Autobots were hidden away inside Optimus’s trailer. Powerglide and Cosmos were themselves waiting outside the base for Windcharger to disable the forcefield from within.

In the event that Buddy tampered with the gravity gun in the ensuing battle, the Autobots would emerge victorious.

If Buddy instead cowered away, Cosmos had to rescue Optimus after he had been hit by the gravity beam. Optimus then instructed Cosmos to send him flying towards Hook; the pair took out the Constructicon, and gained control of the gravity beam.

In the event that Buddy instead entered a space-time anomaly created throughout the course of the battle, the Autobots would lose their fight against the Decepticons, and Cosmos wound up either injured or dead.

In another possible turn of events, Buddy was almost captured by Laserbeak. When Laserbeak dropped the boy, Cosmos caught him in the soft chair of his cockpit. Cosmos then kept Buddy out of harm’s way until the Autobots defeated the Decepticons.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos decided to investigate the Decepticon base on his own, he was captured immediately by Buzzsaw and Dirge. The pair then brought their captive before Megatron. Megatron explained that he planned to create a perfect duplicate of Cosmos, save that it would conceal within itself a powerful proton bomb. The duplicate would then be used to destroy Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. Once Hook had completed his task of creating the false Cosmos, the real one was stuffed away in a cell. Cosmos was quickly able to escape his prison, and found himself trying to find an escape route from the Decepticon base.

If Cosmos attempted to escape through a nearby door, a hidden booby-trap blew him to smithereens. If Cosmos went up a nearby flight of stairs, he soon found himself outside the Decepticons’ base. Cosmos took off to try and stop his duplicate from destroying his friends, and quickly caught up with his doppelgänger. Unfortunately, the Autobots had difficulty telling which Cosmos was the real one as both spaceships streaked towards them.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. Smokescreen hatched a plan where the Autobots would use their exhaust fumes to provide themselves with cover.

If Optimus went along with Smokescreen’s plan, the Autobots gained the time they needed to transform and engage the Decepticons. A fierce battle ensued, though the Autobots began to lose ground when Dirge put to good use his fear-inducing engines. Cosmos was unaffected long enough for him to have an opening on Dirge.

If Optimus shot down Dirge himself, the Autobots would become inspired by their leader’s battle prowess, and would fight on to victory!

If Cosmos took the shot, he was able to force the Decepticons to retreat back to their base. The Autobots then managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. Desert Flight

Autobot Alert!

While at his usual post in Earth orbit, Cosmos spotted a squadron of Decepticons encroaching on his position, and sounded an Autobot Alert, warning Ultra Magnus in Metroplex city of his findings. He was zapped by the Decepticons before he could go into deeper detail, and his communique with Autobot headquarters was cut off abruptly.

If Ultra Magnus and a small team of Autobots headed out to rescue Cosmos, they soon found him drifting in the blackness of space after taking off in an Autobot shuttle. He was quickly pulled onboard via magnetic cables. Though severely injured, Cosmos was still alive. Whether Cosmos was subsequently destroyed or returned safely to base depended on what decisions the other Autobots made. Autobot Alert!

Transformers in 3-D

Cosmos happened on space station S.S. Exton 9, under attack by the Decepticons, and encountered five children. The children believed that their only chance of freeing their families from the Decepticon suspension-ray beam was to travel to Andellor to obtain the Prism of Power, and they persuaded Cosmos to take them there. After avoiding some space vultures, the small Autobot ran into Scorponok, Cyclonus and Octane, who insisted he lead them to Andellor. With no other choice, Cosmos complied, but with the help of Ironhide and Andellor's native fauna, managed to lose the trio.

After obtaining the Prism, he flew Ironhide and the children back to Exton 9 and kept Galvatron busy while the kids used the crystal. Cosmos later returned the Prism to Andellor. Transformers in 3-D #2

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

Snow crash.

Cosmos's inert form was within the Ark when Cobra came across it, and retrieved the dormant Cybertronians within. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1

Much later, Cosmos was stationed on Earth, part of a small detachment under Prowl's command. In cooperation with Hawk and Firewall, the team worked to round up stray Cybertronian technology on Earth. When an emergency came up, he arrived over Hawk's back yard to beam him aboard and carried him to the Arc II. Cosmos then joined Prowl's team on a mission to capture Destro and some of his arms-purchasing clients; Cosmos himself lassoed the buyer, then evacuated the squad before the G.I. Joe team could arrive.

Later, when the submerged Arc II was attacked by the Pretender Monsters, Cosmos dodged the giant organic craft that had flown the Decepticons there. Eject brought Firewall to the water's surface, where Cosmos picked her up. The two headed for Tibet to help out the team under Optimus Prime's command. Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2

The words "Flying Hamburger" do come to mind.

On arrival, though, all they found was snow-blown mountain wastes, until something grabbed Firewall and pulled her below ground. Shortly afterward, an avalanche swept Cosmos away. Recovering, Cosmos searched near and far for Firewall, but finally came upon Flint and Joe Colton, holding off a band of Yeti; his firepower quickly turned the tide of the fight.

Then, Cosmos and his best mate Flint flew into space and down the attacking Unicron's throat, intending to kill him with a metal-eating fungus from Cobra-La. They dodged the planet-eater's "anti-bodies" on the way to his brain, but Cosmos was eventually paralyzed by a magnetic pulse, which meant Flint had to carry out the mission on his own. By the time he had spread the spores into Unicron's brain, Cosmos had recovered and sped out of there with Flint before everything came crashing down. After getting confused by Flint's jokes about Unicron's demise, he returned to Earth and shook hands with Optimus Prime. Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Powerglide, we all have our opinions, I just think Undefined Fantastic Object is better than Perfect Cherry Blossom.

Cosmos was one of many Autobots who rose up and took arms against Shockwave after Optimus Prime and the Ark's crew returned to Cybertron to lead the population in revolt against the Decepticon's corrupt rule. He joined up with a resistance cell under Tracks and Broadside, and fought alongside his comrades in the insurrection. Countdown to Extinction

Afterward, Cosmos was placed under Bumblebee's command during a supply run to Earth aboard the starship Orion. Night of the Combaticons Their mission led them into conflict with the super-powered clone known as Sunstorm. He overloaded the Orion with energy, causing it to crash. The Orion's crew walked away from their rough landing unharmed however, and Sunstorm left in pursuit of Starscream. Cosmos and his team set about repairing their ship, and accomplished the task in a few hours. The Autobots were getting ready for some well-earned rest when Starscream returned, now accompanied by Jetfire. Black Sunshine The Autobots soon began an uncomfortable alliance with Starscream against the greater evil of Sunstorm. Of course, Starscream turned on them first chance he got, and Cosmos was one of the Autobots he knocked off-line while making his escape. The Omega Effect

Doc Ratchet had Cosmos fixed up in a few days, though, and he was last seen helping with the construction of Autobot City on Earth. The Route of All Evil

The Beast Within

Cosmos participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and plummeted down, aflame in his saucer mode, as the carnage raged around him. The Beast Within

Cosmos managed to survive long enough to, at the very least, assume his robot form. His corpse nonetheless later lay inert amongst the mass Autobot/Decepticon grave that the battlefield had become. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences

Universe comic

Voice actor: Michael McConnohie (English)

Cosmos was briefly caught up in the Universe War while aboard the starship OTFCC with Bumblebee and Tracks when a spatial vortex created by Rhinox pulled them into conflict over a frozen planetoid with the Minions of Unicron. Autobots and Maximals from several time periods and universal streams joined forces and repulsed the Minions. Afterwards, Cosmos and his comrades were returned to their proper space/time. Voice Actor Drama

IDW Generation 1 continuity

"They'd better make a gaddurned statue of me!"

In the early days of the war, Cosmos was part of the detail that helped Jazz off a transport ship after his successful rescue of Tracks from the Predacons. Spotlight: Jazz

Sometime later, he was seen chatting with his comrades Brawn and First Aid during a victory celebration. The Iron Age

In modern times, after Blaster was found alive and well, Cosmos was one of many Autobots who traveled to the Hub to see "The Voice" again with his own optics. His appearance alongside Bluestreak suggested that Cosmos was part of that Autobot's counter-insurgency unit. Spotlight: Blaster Later, he helped defend Garrus-9 when Nemesis Prime broke in to challenge his successor. Spotlight: Doubledealer

"We ain't come this far just to dump this thing in the drink. What's the nearest target opportunity?"

Cosmos had joined the Autobot ranks on Earth by the time they forged a secret alliance with Skywatch. When the Autobots did battle with the Combaticons in North Korea—a mission where secrecy was of utmost importance—Cosmos was sent into space to keep human satellites from spotting them. He successfully hacked the five satellites watching the area into broadcasting a loop of ordinary farmers instead. Hawk Among the Sparrows

Unfortunately, this meant Skywatch couldn't oversee the battle either, so when the situation got complicated, Cosmos was ordered to free up one satellite for them to use. He grumbled a bit about how his job wasn't exactly a piece of cake, but these orders turned out to be nothing compared to his next mission: redirecting a nuclear warhead already on its way towards North Korea. As Cosmos began rewiring the missile in mid-flight, he commented that he really deserved some more respect for his efforts. Thanks to his intervention, the nuke detonated safely in the Arctic Circle. All My Sins Remembered

Remaining in orbit, Cosmos was later joined by Jetfire, and together they turned a Skywatch communications satellite into a weapon by dropping it through the atmosphere at Mach 10 right on top of Megatron. He survived the impact with just a few scratches, but still, they tried. Enemy Mine

Cosmos was among the Autobots who left Earth behind to return to a restored Cybertron. On the way, he and many others stared in disbelief and fascination at Megatron, who was in Autobot captivity on board Omega Supreme. Chaos Theory #1 Upon arrival, Cosmos and the other Autobots were poised to fight against Galvatron's army occupying Cybertron. Led by Silverbolt, he and the other Autobot fliers attacked Kimia Facility and fought with the many Sweeps defending it. Numbers

"And all this upgrade cost me was some fingers! Plus now I kind of look like a Ninja Turtle."

Following the defeat of Galvatron, Cosmos acquired a new, massive body and joined the crew of the Lost Light on its mission to find the mythical Knights of Cybertron. Hangers On The Chaos of Warm Things On a duplicate of the Lost Light created by an accident with the quantum engines, a duplicate Cosmos grappled with Tesarus. He most likely didn't survive. The Road Not Taken

The main Cosmos was among those defeated when Overlord was let loose on board the ship. Under Cold Blue Stars When the Lost Light was attacked by Ammonites, Cosmos helped defend it in UFO mode. Into the Abyss The ship then returned to Cybertron, where the crew celebrated the recent victory of Shockwave's Necrotitan. The Becoming It didn't end there, however, as Shockwave summoned an army of Ammonites to Cybertron, forcing Cosmos to take to the skies and fight them. Black Planet ...And the Damage Done

....Whose hand is that? Cosmos, are you trying to hug someone again?

In the wake of Shockwave's defeat, Cosmos attended the trial of a surrendered Megatron. Towards Peace Ever lonely and looking for social interaction, he tried to discuss the results of the trial with Prowl, who promised him a bold new future as part of Optimus Prime's new mission to Earth. Hello Cruel World When the Ark-7 got close to Earth, Cosmos remarked on Prowl's calling the planet "home" after how terribly things had gone the last time the Autobots were there. Cosmos was taken aback when Prowl promptly asked if he trusted Optimus's leadership, and even moreso when Prowl complained about Prime being a "hero cop" despite his own paint job. I Dream of Wires To his annoyance, Cosmos soon found that this new Earth mission just led to another big mess as he had to defend the Ark-7 from human missiles the minute they arrived. Hello Cruel World Remaining in orbit as the Earth team's eye in the sky, he found his communications blocked by Soundwave and called Prowl for assistance. Detonation Boulevard Once the Earth team had fled their human and Decepticon attackers, Cosmos reported that Earth Defense Command was setting off EMPs in Poverty Flat to destroy any proof of the Transformers being back. The Mind Bomb Cosmos was then ordered by Prowl to travel five light-hours away from Earth so as to take photos of events that had transpired on Earth five hours ago, confirming that the Decepticons had a new method of teleportation. Cosmos was not very happy about being sent so far, and became considerably less happy when Kup started joking about how blurry his photos were before being ordered back to Earth. Full Fathom Five Prowl would then call in Cosmos to aid Devastator in demolishing Earth Defense Command's Bikini Atoll base. I Dream of Wires

Nice try, but we know that wasn't you.

When Optimus and Alpha Trion went to Earth's moon to privately discuss the history of the Enigma of Combination and the Thirteen Tribes, a stealth-painted Cosmos secretly monitored their entire conversation and beamed it back to Prowl. The Crucible Sent out to spy again with the stealth paint, this time on the remnants of the EDC's Bikini Atoll base, Cosmos found himself under fire by a barrage of missiles despite the paint. Ranting about how frustrated he was with recent events to Kup over the radio while avoiding the missiles, Cosmos was soon rescued by Sky Lynx and Sideswipe. As the two made fun of Cosmos's attempts at holding off the missiles and told him to leave destroying the weapons to them, the despondent Autobot went inside of Sky Lynx where Prowl contacted him and told him to get back to the Ark-7, Prowl having just learned that Spike Witwicky had resurfaced. When Sky Lynx returned to the Ark-7, Cosmos was surprised to see Optimus leaving and also had to listen to another of Prowl's angry rants. Signals, Calls, and Marches Cosmos would later report to Prowl that a Decepticon shuttle was on its way to Onyx's Wanmu facility, and was quickly ordered to block all signals from getting out of that area. ONoffON

This is not my beautiful home! This is not my beautiful wife!

Ever lonely, Cosmos soon befriended Jetfire's drone D.0.C., even despite Jetfire's objections that D.0.C. wasn't truly alive and simply a tool. After Jetfire examined an Onyx tablet and learned that it used ancient Cybertronian source code, Arcee sent Cosmos on a mission to investigate the Decepticon commune being built near Jupiter; a mission which Cosmos thought would have little excitement. Now and On Earth

"Good grief, the comedian's an Autobot!"

That would end up being far from the truth, however. While scouting the outside of the commune, and complaining to himself about how miserable and ignored he'd been feeling lately, Cosmos was met by none other than Soundwave. Declining the Decepticon's invitation to come inside, Cosmos led him on a chase through Jupiter's rings, which ended when Soundwave slammed Cosmos into an asteroid. Believing that he was about to be tortured for information, Cosmos was surprised when Soundwave expressed no desire to do so, pointing out that the war was over and claiming that the Decepticons had changed since Megatron left them for the Autobots, now simply desiring equality. When Soundwave asked Cosmos to talk to his "masters" in the Autobots about giving the Decepticons access to their newly acquired space bridge, Cosmos objected to anyone being his "masters", but was given silent pause when Soundwave questioned him about how well his comrades actually treat him. Cosmos was subsequently left speechless when Soundwave invited him to come live aboard the commune and be free from war and servitude, leading Soundwave to suggest he return to his ship and think it over; if Cosmos wanted to contact him, the Autobot would simply have to say Soundwave's name. Wanting to thank Soundwave for his words (and for not killing him), Cosmos told him about how Onyx had been using old Cybertronian code in its operating system, and to be careful with his human allies. Soundwave then revealed how he saw humans as expedient allies and less than equal to Cybertronians, being more akin to drones—drones just like D.0.C. Returning to the Ark-7, Cosmos told Arcee nothing of what had transpired and was warmly welcomed by D.0.C. while heading for his recharge slab, where the drone curled up by Cosmos's feet as he thought over the day's events. South of Heaven

Whole cities have faked their own deaths to avoid hanging out with him.

As Jetfire examined the coding within the recovered Onyx tablet, Cosmos found himself forced to listen as the scientist worked on it. He didn't find it particularly exciting. When Jetfire wanted to use D.0.C. to track the source of the quantum signal he found inside of the tablet, Cosmos objected to his friend being treated like a dog, but no one else shared his sentiments and Arcee ordered him to go into Earth orbit to monitor Jetfire's team. After the team on Earth was captured by Garrison Blackrock's forces and the Ark-7 was trapped inside of its own force field, Cosmos found himself all alone as he futilely tried to contact his teammates. The Nothing Man

Fearing his friends might be dead and having nowhere else left to turn, the panicking Cosmos returned to Sanctuary Station for Soundwave's help, and the Decepticon promptly invited him inside the commune. Aphelion Cosmos's fears became far from subsided when Soundwave failed to hear his fellow Autobots anywhere, and he soon became outraged when Soundwave contacted Galvatron to confirm his taking control of the Ark-7's space bridge, believing that the Decepticons were involved with what happened to the other Autobots. Despite Soundwave's claims that the Decepticons were merely taking advantage of the situation and would soon bring about a new era of peace, Cosmos gave in to despair and regretted ever coming to the space station, wishing he was with D.0.C. instead. Lagrange

Apparently Cosmos is a reverse Hulk, getting smaller when he's angry.

Even as he thought of his friend, D.0.C. would actually end up showing Thundercracker a hologram of Cosmos and Soundwave while infiltrating the EDC's base. Helden As Soundwave became enraged when it was revealed that Galvatron had no intention of helping to bring about his dream of peace, the jaded Cosmos was unsurprised. He didn't respond very well to Sky-Byte's attempts to comfort him, either. Perihelion

When Soundwave decided to rescue those Decepticons Galvatron had misled into joining him, Cosmos went along with him and piloted the Peace Without Tyranny, landing it in the midst of the battlefield that Shanghai had become as Optimus Prime's forces clashed against the People's Liberation Army Mecha Force. While the weary Decepticons started boarding the ship, Cosmos wanted to get the struggling Autobots on board as well, but Soundwave refused to let on anyone who would follow a Prime. Deciding that he couldn't abandon his friends, Cosmos wished Soundwave good luck with his endeavors and joined the Autobots in fighting off their human attackers. Cosmos then found Arcee, Sideswipe, and Alpha Trion within the wreckage of the crashed Ark-7 just before the Autobots all got on board the Skyroller and fled Shanghai. When the Autobots began establishing their new Earth HQ at Thundercracker's home, Cosmos helped in construction efforts. Once Upon a Time on Earth

Just happy to be on a team.

Cosmos travelled alongside his fellow fliers when the Autobots were forced to leave this temporary base by the humans hunting them. Edge of the Earth Cosmos greeted Optimus when he returned to their Monument Valley bivouac from Caminus, and informed him of how he could now use the Skyroller with all of the injured loaded off, but was nervous about Optimus's intention to leave for Sanctuary Station; he believed that Soundwave would help the Autobots if it was anyone but Optimus who went to meet him, due to the Decepticon's hatred of all things Prime. Cosmos's nervousness wasn't helped by Optimus stating that he wanted Soundwave to bow to him, not someone else. The Medium and the Message Despite Cosmos's reservations, Optimus managed to get Soundwave to enter into an alliance with his Autobots, and Cosmos went along for the new partnership's first objective of attacking the undersea Nemesis and bringing in Galvatron. During the battle, however, Cosmos was one of several Autobots forced by Galvatron and the Onyx source code's Enigma energies to combine into Sky Reign! It's Beginning To And Back Again Fortunately, he didn't have to stay combined against his will for long before Superion took control of the Earth Enigma and made Sky Reign's components separate. As Above...So Below

If you're trying to impress people, maybe you should rethink that whole "fighting Galvatron" thing.

As he made sure that everyone else was all right in the aftermath of the clash, Cosmos thought he was being sent for yet another observation mission when Arcee ordered him to get moving. However, his bitter resignation turned to shock when Arcee grabbed onto him as he took off and told him that Optimus had given them the assignment of going after the fleeing Galvatron and Astrotrain! Knowing that Prime hadn't forgotten about him as he believed, Cosmos was all too eager to open fire on Astrotrain. However, Cosmos's jubilation at being in the thick of things was short-lived, as Galvatron struck him with a blast that took out a large chunk of his body. Realizing that Galvatron was headed for Sanctuary Station, and that he would end up shattering Soundwave's dream, the badly-wounded Cosmos managed to fire one last shot directly into Astrotrain's engine, sending him and Galvatron plummeting toward Jupiter. Convincing the reluctant Arcee to leave him and continue the chase, Cosmos was saved by none other than Laserbeak and Buzzsaw, who took him to Sanctuary Station for repairs. Sadly, this meant being forced to listen to their jokes for the whole trip there. No Fair Fights

Cosmos spent the next several months recovering on Sanctuary Station, until Soundwave contacted him to return to Earth and use Jetfire's stealth paint to investigate the newly-arrived Junkions' spacecraft. Although Cosmos was ready to get back into action, he was not as enthusiastic about bringing Rumble and Frenzy with him as back-up. The trio managed to enter the Junkion ship upon arriving back on Earth, Cosmos's attempts at small talk with the two Decepticons not amounting to much. Unaware that the Junkions were well aware of their movements, the stealth paint having failed, the three came to a large room that appeared to be empty. That assumption proved to be wrong, however, as a legion of Sharkticons leaped down from the ceiling and began trying to snack on Cosmos! Behind My Bleeding Back Although heavily mauled by the Sharkticons, Cosmos was spared and taken prisoner by the Junkions. When the Junkions went to meet with Optimus's Autobots and several world leaders, the brutalized Cosmos was tossed from their ship by a vengeance-hungry Rum-Maj. Dance Among the Shadows In the ensuing chaos, as the Junkions and Sharkticons attacked those gathered, Cosmos was saved from hitting the ground by Soundwave, and promptly complained about constantly being beaten up. While receiving medical attention from Hi-Tech, Cosmos told Soundwave about his discovery of the Sharkticons aboard the Junkions' vessel. Future Glories Lost After the Sharkticons abruptly left their pen, where Rumble and Frenzy were still struggling against them, Frenzy suggested that Cosmos might have talked the creatures out of eating them; Rumble, on the other hand, thought the Autobot had been killed. Feel Safe Without Regrets

Upon being repaired, Cosmos returned once more to Sanctuary Station. When Thundercracker came by to check on things following the Iron Ring's attack on Cybertron, Cosmos greeted him and Buster. After some confusion over Thundercracker's request for somewhere that Buster could relieve herself, Cosmos checked who was off the station and found that the shuttle Liberty One was unaccounted for. Cosmos tried to ask if anyone else knew who had taken it, prompting Slugslinger to lie that he didn't. During an interview, Cosmos told how he felt trusted aboard the station and that, while he still often felt like an Autobot, he also thought that everyone needed to get along with the war now over--especially with all happening on Cybertron. Primeless, Part 2

Possible future

Fifteen million years later, Cosmos had apparently received his due respect, as a statue for him was erected on Gorlam Prime near one for Bumblebee. Pax Cybertronia

TransTech

...and from across the room, their eyes met...

Cosmos ended up in Axiom Nexus at some point, where he "met" another of his model. Transcendent: Part 1

Commercial appearances

• Cosmos was one of four 'bots guarding the entrance to an Autobot base. When some humans approached, Jazz ordered Cosmos to shine their headlights on them, revealing their allegiance. Jazz then declared that it was okay, since the humans were wearing Transformers reflective patches! Cosmos then rushed into the base with the new arrivals. Prizes in Disguise contest/reflective patches commercial
• Blaster, Cosmos, and Perceptor had a dance-off against Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy. Blaster VS Soundwave 2013

Games

Transformers: Legends

Cosmos was part of an escort squadron led by Omega Supreme, tasked with protecting important cargo from a Decepticon strike force. Cold Delivery Catching wind of a Quintesson plot to disrupt the Galactic Games, Cosmos teamed up with Drift to enter the games as a team, and succeeded in uncovering and stopping Slipstream. The Galactic Games

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Billions and billions of him.

Cosmos participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character that could be recruited by collecting 30 units of Cybermetal, and 12 units of Transmetal. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Transformers: Earth Wars

• Class: Special
• Lowest Star Rating: 2 star
• Ability: Cosmic Chaos: Enter an air attack mode! For 20 seconds your attacks deal 10.3 damage and confuse the targets (reducing their damage to 40% and making them attack your foes).

Cosmos at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki

Toys

Generation 1

• Cosmos (Mini Vehicle, 1985/1986)

• Japanese ID number: 86

Cosmos transforms into a "flying saucer", specifically the Adamski-style saucer that is (inexplicably) the staple Japanese depiction of a UFO. His underside has little wheels for when you just gotta roll a saucer around.

In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (as he was no longer shipping to retail shelves) in the Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction flier packed with most boxed Transformers toys. He cost $4 and one Robot Point.

In Japan, he was released only as a mail-away item. He cost 500 yen and 2 robot points.

• Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Cosmos at Transformerland.com
• More information on Cosmos at TFU.info

The Transformers Collection

He turns into a boob.

• Minibots Team (Multi-pack, 2005)

• Japanese ID number: TFC-12

"Adams" was reissued in The Transformers Collection series in a multi-pack with Bumble, Gears, Drag, Powerglide, and Warpath. This release has a modified chest sticker that contains an Autobot sigil.

This version, with the altered sticker, was used to make Path Finder.

• More information on Adams at TFU.info

Titanium Series

Hey, kids, who wants to buy a die-cast $15 doorbell?

A 6" transforming Cosmos toy was designed, based on the preliminary Classics design (see Notes), and displayed at BotCon 2007. However, the Titanium Series was canceled before its tooling could be completed.

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Universe (2008)

File:Cosmoslegendsuniverse.jpg

From doorbell to sundial.

• Autobot Cosmos (Legends, 2009)
  • Series: G1 Series

Universe Legends Class Cosmos still transforms into a flying saucer-type "UFO", but now it looks less like a doorbell. Bill Rawley claims responsibility for the markings on Cosmos, which spell out his name ("Cosmos") in "Cybertronian" lettering.

• More information on Universe Cosmos at TFU.info

Henkei! Henkei!

Cause nothing says "Spy" like a giant flying saucer.

• Minibot Spy Team (Multi-pack, 2009)
  • Japanese ID number: C-19

The Henkei! Henkei! version of Universe Cosmos is in a more olive green, a more orange-yellow, and the silver and blue paint operations have swapped colors.

He was only available in a three-pack with similarly redecoed Legends-class versions of Warpath and Wheelie.

Generations

Thrilling 30

From sundial to novelty spiky boob doorbell.

• Autobot Cosmos & Payload (Legends Class, 2013)
  • Series / Number: 02 / #006

Part of the fifth wave of 2012-onwards Generations Legends Class toys, Thrilling 30 "Autobot Cosmos" is a new, more articulated, differently-proportioned mold, now being roughly the size of a Cyberverse Commander Class toy. He comes with Payload (based on the Micromaster Blast Master), who transforms into a robot, a white space shuttle, and a double-barreled blaster for Cosmos to wield via its 5mm post. In Cosmos's vehicle mode, Payload's thrusters can be pegged onto Cosmos' front cannons to simulate a docking feature.

This toy was redecoed into Adventure Adams and remolded and redecoed as Combiner Wars Scrounge.

• More information on Generations Cosmos at TFU.info

Titans Return

I'm a different shade of green. BUY ME!

• Autobot Cosmos (Legends Class, 2017)

Part of the fifth wave of the Titans Return Legends Class assortment, Cosmos is, in an unexpected move, not a new figure, but merely a very minor redeco and retool of the Thrilling 30 figure described above. According to a Hasbro representative, this re-release was decided upon because Hasbro believed the original Thrilling 30 toy had become too rare.

Payload is omitted, and the deco has been ever-so-slightly changed: the green plastic is now cast in a slightly darker shade, the yellow plastic is slightly paler, the head is cast in red plastic rather than in white plastic with the helmet painted over in red, the forearms are now yellow, the visor, windows and waist detail are now painted in metallic blue rather than the flat blue of the previous release, and the Autobot insignia on his right shoulder is much smaller. Additionally, like with Combiner Wars Scrounge, the hole on the bottom of his UFO mode was slightly retooled, allowing him to attach to Combiner Wars Strafe's arm mode if you feel like doing so. Due to their unique shared contruction, he can also attach as a shield to Combiner Wars Mirage and Dragstrip in their arm or leg modes.

Since Cosmos features no other retooling, he is not designed to interact with Titan Master figures.

Like the rest of his toyline, Cosmos comes with a collector's card, although strangely it features his 'flying saucer' mode, unlike most of the line's cards which showcase the character's robot mode. Seaspray, his wavemate, also shares this oddity.

Kre-O

Most Likely To Have A Blog No One Reads, After Blogging Is Invented

• Kreon Class of 1985 (Kreon figure set, 2015)
  • Set number: B5152
  • Voted: Most Out There
  • Accessories: Scoped pistol

Kre-O "Autobot Cosmos" is a Kreon figure with tampograph detailing based heavily on the original Cosmos toy. He uses the 2015-style Kreon body, which has been severely altered, making him largely incompatible with older Kreons.

He was only available as part of the San Diego Comic-Con-exclusive "Kreon Class of '85" thirty-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through Hasbro Toy Shop after the show.

Notes

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What could have been...

• The creative team went through multiple preliminary names before settling on Cosmos, including Spaceracer, then Spaceshot and then Shooting Star.
• Michael McConnohie's voice for Cosmos is a heavily processed impression of film star Peter Lorre. More precisely, McConnohie has stated in his BotCon appearances that he was doing an intentionally bad impression of Peter Lorre, which he sheepishly admitted came off sounding like a Spanish accent at times. (Until the source of Cosmos's voice was confirmed, fans would sometimes speculate that Cosmos sounded Spanish.)
• It is presumed that Cosmos's Japanese name, Adams, is derived from that of George Adamski, who provided the famous flying saucer design after which Cosmos was modeled.
• Early Japanese promotional material shows Cosmos with a blue body rather than his final green. The toy would see release in this coloration much, much, much later as Path Finder.

What could have been if he'd only found the salad bar...

• Concept art of a Classics version of Cosmos was shown at BotCon 2006, but the design was rejected because the higher-ups at Hasbro felt the alternate mode was too "boring". Many fans were pleasantly shocked they even considered making a new Cosmos. The art was later printed as part of the supplementary material in the Stormbringer trade paperback collection. Despite the rejection, it remained on the development team's "look into this" file should they revisit the Classics line in the future. True to their word, the design was moved to the Titanium Cybertron Heroes line of die-cast metal transforming toys, but with the cancellation of the Transformers portion of this franchise, the Cosmos design exists only as a resin prototype that was on display during the Hasbro tour portion of BotCon 2007.
• Cosmos's Generation 1 concept art isn't terribly out of the ordinary, but it's also pretty badass.
• Where did he scan his alternate mode, again?

Foreign names

• Japanese: Adams (アダムス Adamusu)
• Greek: Kyríarchos (Κυρίαρχος, "Sovereign")
• Hungarian: Kozmosz
• Italian: Disco ("Saucer")
• Mandarin: Yǔzhòu Fēidié (宇宙飞碟, "Space UFO")
• Portuguese: Cosmo (Brazil comics)
• Russian: Kosmos (Космос, "Space")