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:''Binary bonding is a kind of technology from the [[Generation 1 | :''Binary bonding is a kind of technology from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | ||
'''Binary bonding''' is a process in which a Transformer enters into a symbiotic relationship with a smaller being (usually organic, often an [[Human|Earthling]] or a [[Nebulan]]) who has been augmented with the ability to transform into a component or weapon. | '''Binary bonding''' is a process in which a Transformer enters into a symbiotic relationship with a smaller being (usually organic, often an [[Human|Earthling]] or a [[Nebulan]]) who has been augmented with the ability to transform into a component or weapon. | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Generation 1=== | ===Generation 1=== | ||
Binary bonding was the process by which the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]<ref name="bio">Toy [[bio]]s</ref><ref name="universe">[[Transformers Universe | Binary bonding was the process by which the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]<ref name="bio">Toy [[bio]]s</ref><ref name="universe">[[The Transformers Universe|Marvel Comics profiles]]</ref>, [[Targetmaster]]s<ref name="universe" />, and [[Powermaster]]s<ref name="bio" /><ref name="universe" /> came into being. | ||
====Marvel Comics continuity==== | ====Marvel Comics continuity==== | ||
Revision as of 08:55, 3 June 2012
- Binary bonding is a kind of technology from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Binary bonding is a process in which a Transformer enters into a symbiotic relationship with a smaller being (usually organic, often an Earthling or a Nebulan) who has been augmented with the ability to transform into a component or weapon.
| “ | These six people that you see, Sparkplug, are from the planet Nebulos and, like myself, are binary bonded to their respective Autobot partners--but in a different way. They become the Autobots' weapons! | ” |
—Fortress Maximus introduces the Targetmasters, The Desert Island of Space! | ||
Fiction
Generation 1
Binary bonding was the process by which the Headmasters[1][2], Targetmasters[2], and Powermasters[1][2] came into being.
Marvel Comics continuity
Targetmasters were binary bonded like Headmasters were, but different in that they became the Transformer's weapon. The Desert Island of Space!
Cartoon continuity
The Headmasters' heads were modified with an interior control panel where their partner could sit and manually control the movements of the Transformer, if the Transformer allows it. Binary bonded Headmasters may "feel like they are part of each other", but otherwise communicate by speaking to each other normally. The Rebirth, Part 2
Classics
Amory was binary bonded to Phyrion. Cheap Shots
Unicron Trilogy
Ultra Magnus was binary-bonded to his Mini-Con partner Knock Out. Force of Habit Knock Out formed the robot mode head and central torso.
Prime cartoon
Starscream created some clones through the transference of binary bonding, so that when they got smashed, Starscream also felt the pain. Armada
