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The year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is the year the Transformers brand began.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-fiction

The Transformers production

Season 1

March 13 - More Than Meets The Eye mini-series scripts undergo revisions by George Arthur Bloom, including the introduction of Shockwave.
May 10 - main series' Production bible completed by Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins.
June 4 - Transport to Oblivion (episode) first draft script submitted.
June 6 - Transport to Oblivion (episode) script revised.
June 15 - Roll for It first draft script submitted.
June 21 - Divide and Conquer first draft script submitted.
June 22 - Transport to Oblivion (episode) script finalised.
June 26 - Roll for It script revised by Ron Friedman.
June 29 - Divide and Conquer script revised by Ron Friedman.
June 29 - S.O.S. Dinobots first draft script submitted
July 2 - Roll for It script finalised.
July 2 - Divide and Conquer script finalised.
July 2 - Fire on the Mountain revised script submitted - additional revision pages immediately sent to Nelson Shin.
July 6 - War of the Dinobots first draft script submitted
July 7 - S.O.S. Dinobots script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 9 - Fire in the Sky first draft script submitted.
July 9 - Fire on the Mountain script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 11 - Fire in the Sky script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 11 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 first draft script submitted.
July 15 - War of the Dinobots script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 16 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 first draft script submitted.
July 18 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 19 - Fire in the Sky script finalised.
July 22 - War of the Dinobots script finalised.
July 23 - Countdown to Extinction first draft script submitted.
July 25 - S.O.S. Dinobots first draft storyboards completed.
July 25 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 26 - Countdown to Extinction script revised by Ron Friedman.
July 27 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 script finalised.
July 27 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 script finalised.
July 27 - A Plague of Insecticons first draft script submitted.
July 27 - Heavy Metal War first draft script submitted.
July 28 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 script revised by Ron Friedman. (first draft undated)
August 1 - Heavy Metal War script revised by Ron Friedman.
August 6 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 script finalised.
August 6 - A Plague of Insecticons script revised by Ron Friedman.
August 9 - Countdown to Extinction script finalised.
August 13 - A Plague of Insecticons script finalised.
August 13 - Heavy Metal War script finalised.
August 23 - Heavy Metal War main dialogue recording session (Gregg Berger absent, later pickup session required).

Births

???? — Dario Sansalone, Yūya Ōnishi

January

February

March

April

April 23 — Shannon McKain‎

May

June

July

August

August 10 — Nancy Philippot
August 24 — Shen Dawei

September

October

October 23 — Pauliina Virta

November

Deaths

April 1 — Marvin Gaye

Fiction

Generation 1

Marvel Comics continuity

Mount St. Hilary erupts, awakening the Ark's computer, which then proceeds to repair the dormant Autobots and Decepticons on board. The Transformers

Beast Wars cartoon

According to Blackarachnia, Mount St. Hilary erupted in 1984, awakening the Autobots and Decepticons on board the Ark. They then proceeded to wage the Great War. The Agenda (Part III)

2005 IDW continuity

Bludgeon leads a group of Decepticons to Earth to harvest Ore-13, and Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak secretly tail him on Megatron's orders. Spotlight: Soundwave After making a detour to Egypt and battling the Adventure Team for control of an alien obelisk, The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Soundwave tracks his target to Mount St. Helens, but is trapped in his tape player alternate mode and buried underneath the erupting volcano for twenty-two years. Spotlight: Soundwave

Transformers vs. The Terminator

To prevent their own destruction in the year 2029, the Skynet artificial intelligence used its experimental time displacement device to send a T-800 unit back to 1984 to eliminate the Cybertronians before they could awaken. Enemy of My Enemy Part One

Knights of Unicron

The Knights of Unicron regroup for the epic, expensive Cybertronian Democracy tour. Megatron leaves the band after a brawl pitting the rest of the band against him and the Vehicon roadies hired for the tour cancels the final show. The Into the Mountain tour, quickly organized by the remainder of the band, bombs. Behind the Music pack-in booklet

EarthSpark cartoon

After millenia of warring on Cybertron, the Transformers use a spacebridge to travel to Earth, arriving on September 17. Secret Legacy, Part 1

Media

Television

The Transformers Season 1: episodes 1–16

Print

Comics

Marvel Comics

The Transformers (issues 1–4, 4-issue limited series, later ongoing)

Marvel UK

The Transformers (issues 1–8, ongoing)

Books

Marvel Books Big Looker Storybooks

Marvel Books Coloring Books

Marvel Books Sticker Adventures

Kid Stuff Read Alongs

Battle for Cybertron

Games

Merchandise

TBD

Toys

Autobots

Autobot Mini-Cars Brawn Bumblebee (available in yellow and red) "Bumper"^{[A 1]} Cliffjumper (available in red and yellow) Gears Huffer Windcharger		Autobot Cars Bluestreak Hound Ironhide Jazz Mirage Prowl		Ratchet Sideswipe Sunstreaker Trailbreaker Wheeljack		Autobot Commander Optimus Prime (w/ Roller & Combat Deck)
Kronoform Autoceptor Deceptor Kaltor

Decepticons

Decepticon Cassettes

Frenzy / Laserbeak
Rumble / Ravage

Decepticon Planes

Decepticon Communications

Soundwave and Condor Cassette: Buzzsaw

Decepticon Leader

Megatron

Mail-aways and promos

"Reinforcements from Cybertron!"

Powerdashers

Omnibots

Others

Time Warrior

Notes

↑ This figure, originating from Takara's Micro Change line just like the rest of the Mini-Cars, was sold on Cliffjumper cards. After being referred to by nicknames such as "Bumblejumper" and "Bumper" among fan circles for over a decade, Dreamwave Productions finally established him as an actual character with the official name "Bumper" in 2004.

[bumper-1] This figure, originating from Takara's Micro Change line just like the rest of the Mini-Cars, was sold on Cliffjumper cards. After being referred to by nicknames such as "Bumblejumper" and "Bumper" among fan circles for over a decade, Dreamwave Productions finally established him as an actual character with the official name "Bumper" in 2004.

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 ==Events==
 ===Non-fiction===
+====[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] production====
+=====Season 1=====
+*[[March 13]] - [[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More Than Meets The Eye]] mini-series scripts undergo revisions by [[George Arthur Bloom]], including the introduction of [[Shockwave_(G1)/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity|Shockwave]].
+*[[May 10]] - main series' [[Production bible]] completed by [[Bryce Malek]] and [[Dick Robbins]].
+*[[June 4]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[June 6]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)]] script revised.
+*[[June 15]] - [[Roll for It]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[June 21]] - [[Divide and Conquer]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[June 22]] - [[Transport to Oblivion (episode)]] script finalised.
+*[[June 26]] - [[Roll for It]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[June 29]] - [[Divide and Conquer]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[June 29]] - [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] first draft script submitted
+*[[July 2]] - [[Roll for It]] script finalised.
+*[[July 2]] - [[Divide and Conquer]] script finalised.
+*[[July 2]] - [[Fire_on_the_Mountain_(episode)|Fire on the Mountain]] revised script submitted - additional revision pages immediately sent to [[Nelson Shin]].
+*[[July 6]] - [[War of the Dinobots]] first draft script submitted
+*[[July 7]] - [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 9]] - [[Fire in the Sky]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[July 9]] - [[Fire_on_the_Mountain_(episode)|Fire on the Mountain]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 11]] - [[Fire in the Sky]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 11]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[July 15]] - [[War of the Dinobots]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 16]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[July 18]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 19]] - [[Fire in the Sky]] script finalised.
+*[[July 22]] - [[War of the Dinobots]] script finalised.
+*[[July 23]] - [[Countdown_to_Extinction_(episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[July 25]] - [[S.O.S. Dinobots]] first draft storyboards completed.
+*[[July 25]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 26]] - [[Countdown_to_Extinction_(episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[July 27]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]] script finalised.
+*[[July 27]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]] script finalised.
+*[[July 27]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[July 27]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] first draft script submitted.
+*[[July 28]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].  (first draft undated)
+*[[August 1]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[August 6]] - [[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]] script finalised.
+*[[August 6]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] script revised by [[Ron Friedman]].
+*[[August 9]] - [[Countdown_to_Extinction_(episode)|Countdown to Extinction]] script finalised.
+*[[August 13]] - [[A Plague of Insecticons]] script finalised.
+*[[August 13]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] script finalised.
+*[[August 23]] - [[Heavy Metal War]] main dialogue recording session ([[Gregg Berger]] absent, later pickup session required).
 ====Births====
 *???? — [[Dario Sansalone]], [[Yūya Ōnishi]]