Generation 1 continuity family: Difference between revisions
m I can understand not italicizing "G1" when we're talking about the continuity family, but when we're talking about the franchise, it's an official term that's just as italics-worthy as any other. |
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The size and complexity of the various component continuities make them very difficult to list properly. So instead we will list all of the franchises whose fiction makes up this continuity family: | The size and complexity of the various component continuities make them very difficult to list properly. So instead we will list all of the franchises whose fiction makes up this continuity family: | ||
* ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' | * ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' (Originally ''The Transformers'' in the United States.) | ||
** ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' | ** ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' | ||
** ''[[Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' | ** ''[[Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Transformers 2010]]'' | ||
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** ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'' | ** ''[[Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'' | ||
** ''[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' | ** ''[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' | ||
* ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' | * ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Transformers: Generation 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Machine Wars]]'' | * ''[[Machine Wars]]'' | ||
* ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' | * ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' | ||
Revision as of 12:38, 14 May 2009
| This article is about the continuity family. For the franchise that it contains and is named after, see Generation 1 (franchise). |
The Generation 1 continuity family is the biggest, oldest, and longest-running family in the Transformers canon. Its core is all of the fiction published under the Generation 1 franchise, which got off to a bifurcated start in 1984 with the Marvel comic and Sunbow cartoon, two distinct universes starring the same cast of characters. Alongside those two main continuities there sprang up a cluster of micro-continuities in the form of books, flyers, and more comics.
As the years went on, many subsequent franchises used strands of Generation 1 lore as the backstory of their own fiction, thus joining and extending the continuity family. Even when the main Transformers franchise is separate from Generation 1, oftentimes secondary "filler" franchises will keep the continuity going. It has also been a favorite with modern comic companies, who have been publishing a relatively steady stream of Generation 1-branded comics for most of this decade.
In Japan, TakaraTomy has not only contributed to the continuity family with unique series of its own, but it even published an "official timeline" that jammed Car Robots and the 2007 film into the Generation 1 multiverse. The inclusion of Car Robots is corroborated by Kiss Players fiction and timelines, but nothing else has touched upon the movie being part of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Franchises
The size and complexity of the various component continuities make them very difficult to list properly. So instead we will list all of the franchises whose fiction makes up this continuity family:
- Generation 1 (Originally The Transformers in the United States.)
- Transformers: Generation 2
- Machine Wars
- Beast Wars
- Beast Wars II
- Beast Wars Neo
- Beast Machines
- Universe (2003)
- Heroes of Cybertron
- Binaltech
- Robot Masters
- Kiss Players
- Classics
- Universe (2008) (Beast Machines Series, Beast Wars series, Classic Series, Generation 1 Series, and Generation 2 Series)
- Henkei! Henkei!
