Empire State Building

New York City's Empire State Building is apparently a structure of enormous strategic importance, considering how often the Decepticons mess with it. It figures in many Decepticon plans to rule the Earth or generate energy. They also like to climb it for various reasons. It is big and tall and pointy.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

They seriously had to cut the admission fee to the observation deck after this.

The Empire State Building sank beneath the city streets due to meddling by Megatron and the Constructicons. The human populace was understandably shocked by the disappearance and baffled as to the cause, but Optimus Prime immediately deduced the building-napper was his old enemy. Taking the building was the first step in Megatron's plan to rebuild New York City into New Cybertron.

Devastator climbed up the remodeled building in order to get "revenge" on Optimus Prime.

After the plot was foiled and the Decepticons retreated, Optimus declared that the rest of New York City had returned to normal. Presumably, that assessment included the restoration of the Empire State Building to its original form. City of Steel

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

Later on, the Decepticons destroyed it with a meteor in order to discredit Ginrai and turn the public against him. Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Under Scorponok's command, the Decepticons planned to use the Empire State Building as a huge lightning rod. To this end, Iguanus scaled the building's side to place an electrostator atop it. Roadhandler and his Sports Car Patrol took the elevators up to the top instead, and they managed to get Iguanus electrocuted instead of Manhattan. King Con!

Transformers Comic-Magazin

Iguanus took a hostage and escaped to the top of the Empire State Building. The Rescue Patrol remained on the ground helping the injured and protecting them from falling debris. New York — A City Sinking in Terror

Revenge of the Fallen

The radio tower on top of the Empire State Building was used by Megatron to spread a message to humanity from The Fallen, demanding that they hand over Sam Witwicky. Revenge of the Fallen

External links

• Official website
• The Empire State Building at Wikipedia