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:''Melkorr is an [[ | :''Melkorr is an [[alien]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[Image:Melkorr.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Shouldn't you be fighting Doc Terror?]] | [[Image:Melkorr.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Shouldn't you be fighting Doc Terror?]] | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Cartoon continuity=== | ===Cartoon continuity=== | ||
:''Voice actor:'' [[ | :''Voice actor:'' [[Joe Leahy]] (US), ??? (Japan) | ||
At an ([[ | At an ([[Autobot]]-sponsored?) peace conference between the warring planets of [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], Melkorr - in person - narrated a video clip depicting the history of violence between the two worlds. Afterwards, he emphasized that both civilizations would go extinct "within one generation" unless the peace negotiations were successful. | ||
[[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] sarcastically thanked him for the happy news. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal|The Quintesson Journal}} | [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] sarcastically thanked him for the happy news. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal|The Quintesson Journal}} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Although Melkorr's name was mentioned in dialogue, the [[ | * Although Melkorr's name was mentioned in dialogue, the [[dialogue script]] for ''The Quintesson Journal'' refers to the person giving his lines as "moderator" - which is strange, so far as Rodimus Prime and [[Spike Witwicky]] appeared to be jointly moderating the talks and Melkorr doesn't appear again. | ||
* Melkorr's status as an alien is uncertain. He may be a cybernetic human, but his name suggests an alien origin. | * Melkorr's status as an alien is uncertain. He may be a cybernetic human, but his name suggests an alien origin. | ||
* Melkorr shares a name with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgoth" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Morgoth">Melkor</a>, the equivalent of Satan in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:J.R.R._Tolkien">Tolkien</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Middle-earth">Middle-earth stories</a>. | * Melkorr shares a name with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgoth" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Morgoth">Melkor</a>, the equivalent of Satan in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:J.R.R._Tolkien">Tolkien</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Middle-earth">Middle-earth stories</a>. | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 26 March 2009
- Melkorr is an alien from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Melkorr is some kind of intergalactic diplomat, documentarian or voice-over artist.
He sounds like Henry Kissinger, or possibly Werner von Braun.
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
- Voice actor: Joe Leahy (US), ??? (Japan)
At an (Autobot-sponsored?) peace conference between the warring planets of Xetaxxis and Lanarq, Melkorr - in person - narrated a video clip depicting the history of violence between the two worlds. Afterwards, he emphasized that both civilizations would go extinct "within one generation" unless the peace negotiations were successful.
Rodimus Prime sarcastically thanked him for the happy news. The Quintesson Journal
Trivia
- Although Melkorr's name was mentioned in dialogue, the dialogue script for The Quintesson Journal refers to the person giving his lines as "moderator" - which is strange, so far as Rodimus Prime and Spike Witwicky appeared to be jointly moderating the talks and Melkorr doesn't appear again.
- Melkorr's status as an alien is uncertain. He may be a cybernetic human, but his name suggests an alien origin.
- Melkorr shares a name with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgoth" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Morgoth">Melkor</a>, the equivalent of Satan in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:J.R.R._Tolkien">Tolkien</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Middle-earth">Middle-earth stories</a>.
