Optimus Prime memorial

Optimus Prime Memorial is a statue from the animated portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Hey aren't memorials for dead people?

Optimus Prime Memorial is a memorial statue dedicated to, well, Optimus Prime.

Fiction

Animated continuity

Television reporter Marty Minkler was interviewing Jazz and Cliffjumper at the unveiling ceremony for Optimus Prime Memorial when Starscream and his newly recruited army of Combaticons attacked, taking the two Autobots prisoner. Starscream's Brigade

Optimus Prime Memorial's construction in 1985 is possibly the result of its builders being able to see twenty years into the future and/or the writers trying to say, "Hey kids! Next year your hero will be killed and replaced by a turbo revin' young punk turned turbo revin' ADULT punk!"

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