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The Transformers [[multiverse]] consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged '''universal streams''' (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] Cybertronians' exhaustive records.<ref>This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "[[Withered Hope]]."</ref> There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.<ref>In [[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4| "Worlds Collide, Part 4"]], the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], adrift in the multiverse.</ref>  [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] claims that there are fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.<ref>[[Games of Deception]]</ref>
The Transformers [[multiverse]] consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged '''universal streams''' (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] Cybertronians' exhaustive records.<ref>This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "[[Withered Hope]]."</ref> There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.<ref>In [[Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4| "Worlds Collide, Part 4"]], the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], adrift in the multiverse.</ref>  [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] claims that there are fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.<ref>[[Games of Deception]]</ref>
These are the handful of as-yet officially-named universal streams and the [[continuity family]] or individual [[Continuity|continuities]] they refer to:
*Aurex—the [[Unicron Trilogy|Unicron Trilogy continuity family]]
**Aurex 103.10 Alpha—the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon
**Aurex 802.23 Alpha—the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon
* Malgus—the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'' continuity family]]
**Malgus 1207.26 Alpha—the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'']] cartoon continuity.
* Primax—the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]:
** Primax 984.0 Gamma—the [[Marvel Comics]] US continuity
** Primax 207.0 Epsilon—the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' continuity, a [[splinter timeline]] of the [[Marvel Comics]] continuity
** Primax 1291.0 Zeta—the "[[Another Time and Place]]" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity
** Primax 095.0 Beta—the universal stream that's home to ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bullet Bike]]'s [[Tech Spec]] bio
** Primax 787.3 Alpha—the Japanese [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]] continuity.
** Primax 109.0 Beta—Original home of ''[[Alternity (toyline)|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]].
** Primax -408.24 Epsilon—if one breaches "the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, one can reach the [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] universe.
** Primax 903.0 Beta—the [[Alternators|''Binaltech'']] continuity.
** Primax 406.3 Eta—the [[Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama]].
* Quadwal—a [[Transformers timeline|strangely divergent]] continuity family.
** Quadwal -3760.925 Theta—The world in which [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] were recruited to write the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]''.
* Tyran—the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] continuity family
** Tyran 707.04 Delta—The [[Transformers (2007)|2007 film]] itself.
** Tyran 407.01 Beta—"[[To Die Game!]]" mentions this stream, corresponding to the tech-spec of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Protoform Optimus Prime]].


==Deciphering the terminology==
==Deciphering the terminology==
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* '''Kappa'''—games (video and otherwise)
* '''Kappa'''—games (video and otherwise)


Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity would be Aurex 802.23 Alpha.
Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity would be Aurex 802.23 Alpha. <!-- This was later confirmed, so we need to come up with a new example! -->
 
==Officially-designated universal streams==
 
These are the handful of as-yet officially-named universal streams and the [[continuity family]] or individual [[Continuity|continuities]] they refer to:
*Aurex—the [[Unicron Trilogy|Unicron Trilogy continuity family]]
**Aurex 103.10 Alpha—the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Micron Densetsu]]'' cartoon
**Aurex 802.23 Alpha—the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon
* Malgus—the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'' continuity family]]
**Malgus 1207.26 Alpha—the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'']] cartoon continuity.
* Primax—the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]:
** Primax 984.0 Gamma—the [[Marvel Comics]] US continuity
** Primax 207.0 Epsilon—the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' continuity, a [[splinter timeline]] of the [[Marvel Comics]] continuity
** Primax 1291.0 Zeta—the "[[Another Time and Place]]" text story continuity, a dead-end splinter thread of the Marvel Comics continuity
** Primax 095.0 Beta—the universal stream that's home to ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bullet Bike]]'s [[Tech Spec]] bio
** Primax 787.3 Alpha—the Japanese [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]] continuity.
** Primax 109.0 Beta—Original home of ''[[Alternity (toyline)|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]].
** Primax -408.24 Epsilon—if one breaches "the dimensional barrier between the Positive Polarity Universes" and the Negative, one can reach the [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] universe.
** Primax 903.0 Beta—the [[Alternators|''Binaltech'']] continuity.
** Primax 406.3 Eta—the [[Kiss Players (radio drama)|''Kiss Players'' radio drama]].
* Quadwal—a [[Transformers timeline|strangely divergent]] continuity family.
** Quadwal -3760.925 Theta—The world in which [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] were recruited to write the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]''.
* Tyran—the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] continuity family
** Tyran 707.04 Delta—The [[Transformers (2007)|2007 film]] itself.
** Tyran 407.01 Beta—"[[To Die Game!]]" mentions this stream, corresponding to the tech-spec of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Protoform Optimus Prime]].
 


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:43, 27 July 2010

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

The Transformers multiverse consists of at least 15,962,782 cataloged universal streams (1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), according to the TransTech Cybertronians' exhaustive records.[1] There are at least 59,927,225 realities that the TransTech Cybertronians have yet to catalog.[2] Bug Bite claims that there are fifteen quadrillion concurrent realities.[3]

Deciphering the terminology

Each universal stream's name consists of three parts, beginning with a noun which refers to the continuity family of origin, a number that indicates the "real world" date of creation, and a Greek letter that denotes the form of media. For example, "Primax 984.0 Gamma" refers to the Generation 1 Marvel Comics continuity, with "Primax" referring to the Generation 1 continuity family, "984.0" indicating a publication date of September 1984 (with "0" indicating an unknown day of publication), and "Gamma" denoting a comic book or manga series.

List of known continuity family indicators:

Supplied by writers Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop, a list of Greek letters and the media to which they refer:

  • Alpha—animated series
  • Beta—tech spec/toy/pack-in comic only ("box")
  • Gamma—comic book series
  • Delta—motion picture/live action
  • Epsilon—club/convention fiction
  • Zeta—text stories, storybooks and other prose works (printed)
  • Eta—radio/audiocentric universes, books on tape
  • Theta—live performance/spoken word
  • Iota—Internet-only information (not involved with club/convention)
  • Kappa—games (video and otherwise)

Using this information, we could, in theory, determine the names of yet-unnamed universes on our own. For example, the Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity would be Aurex 802.23 Alpha.

Officially-designated universal streams

These are the handful of as-yet officially-named universal streams and the continuity family or individual continuities they refer to:


References

  1. ↑ This information, and most of the bulk of the article, comes from the text story "Withered Hope."
  2. ↑ In "Worlds Collide, Part 4", the Autobots scanned 75,890,007 realities in addition to their own before locating Optimus Prime, adrift in the multiverse.
  3. ↑ Games of Deception
  4. ↑ Mentioned in "Withered Hope", but confirmed as Animated in "Bee in the City" and AllSpark Almanac.
  5. ↑ Mentioned in "I, Lowtech" as the origin cluster of the Omnicons.
  6. ↑ Established in the AllSpark Almanac. "Quadwal" is a pun on the term "fourth wall", the barrier between fiction and reality which is "broken" when characters in a work of fiction acknowledge either the audience or their fictional nature.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Established in the AllSpark Almanac II.
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