Australia

Crikey. Fair dinkum. Too right. G'Don ya, mate. Bonzer. A Dingo ate my baby. Didgeridoo.

Australia is a nation-state on the planet Earth's Southern Hemisphere. The world's largest island, the majority of it seems to consist of semi-arid or desert regions known as the Outback. The majority of the fauna and flora is unique to the country, and all of it deadly to humans, most notably the infamous and murderous dropbears.

In some continuities at least, the Australian accent is supposedly very similar to that of the inhabitants of the planet Nebulon, or vice-versa.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

After the initial Decepticon threat was repulsed, Spike Witwicky wrote in his journal that "all of the world's governments" were assisting the Autobots' attempts to return to Cybertron. This would presumably include Australia. More than Meets the Eye, Part 3

The Headmasters cartoon

The Decepticons built one of their 'Death Towers' under the capital city, Canberra. Bruticus was left there to watch over it and thereby treated the locals to a show of him kicking Defensor's skidplate. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

The Decepticons built an underwater base off the coast of Australia, their construction efforts causing increased volcanic activity and earthquakes that damaged the city of Sydney, which then drew the attention of the Autobot Godmaster Lightfoot. While the Headmaster Juniors performed rescue operations in Sydney, Ginrai and Lightfoot fought against the threat of King Poseidon. Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts

Story of Binaltech

In an unnamed Australian city, Nemesis Prime plans an experiment in which he will extract the minds of the city's inhabitants to help him build his own synthetic Matrix. However, before he can set this plan into motion, the Autobots surround him and he faces off against Optimus Prime. Nemesis Prime initially gains the upper hand against his Autobot counterpart, however the Protector unites with Optimus Prime, who is then easily able to reflect Nemesis Prime's attacks, resulting in his destruction. Unfinished Business, Part 4

Energon comic

The West Australian outback was the site of Alterenergy's 01 Source Exploratory Excavation/Drilling Operation, where both Dr. Brian Jones and his son Kicker worked. The mining drew both a group of protesters including Alexis Thi Dang, as well as a squad of Terrorcons searching for Energon. What Lies Beneath

Live-action Transformers movie continuity

Transformers film

Based on her accent, NSA analyst Maggie Madsen originates from Australia. Why she's working for a foreign government is unknown; maybe she just wants to buy cheaper toys. Transformers (2007)

IDW Transformers movie comics

When Soundwave's forces arrived to Earth, Australia was one of the nations targeted by the second wave of Decepticons. Alliance issue 3

The Veiled Threat

Kickback, Tread and Trample landed in Oobagooma, deep in the Western Australia outback, to mine the huge deposits of uranium there, which they hoped could be used as a power source to revive Megatron. However, Optimus Prime and Captain Lennox led a team of Autobots and NEST operatives Down Under and destroyed the Decepticons before they could carry out this plan. The Veiled Threat

Titan Magazines Revenge of the Fallen comics

When the Decepticon Sideways made a landing in the Northern Territory, Optimus Prime and Arcee were sent to capture him. This took a while, Sideways turning out to be quite the road warrior! Reversal of Fortune

Dark of the Moon Annual

NEST Satellite Orion detected energon signatures at Olympic Dam, suggesting that the Decepticons were deploying Pillars there. Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012

Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

Power Bots

Crikey!

• Sideswipe (Power Bots, 2009)

Power Bots Sideswipe has a North Americanised stereotypical Australian accent!

Notes

• Everything costs considerably more in Australia than it does in America, including Transformers toys, which are usually twice or even thrice as expensive.

• In 1985 Milton Bradley released a set of G1 Action Cards in Australia. However the set was limited to 100 cards while the US recieved the full set of 192.

• Scott McNeil, Rachael Taylor, Isabel Lucas and Shane McCarthy are all Australian natives who've been involved with the Transformers franchise. Only Shane still resides there. We'll trade him if we can get Scott McNeil back.

• Australia is also home to Madman Entertainment, who release Transformers Generation 1 and Beast Wars DVD's to the Aussie and New Zealand markets. They give the Aussies more DVD features than we get, the bastards.

• The first live action movie also premiered Down Under almost a month before it did in the United States.

• For some reason, the first and second waves of the Transformers (2010), Power Core Combiners and Generations toylines were available at mass retail in Australia several months before their scheduled release date elsewhere in the world.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Australia (オーストラリア Ōsutoraria)