Optimus Prime Versus Megatron
| The name or term "Optimus Prime vs Megatron" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Optimus Prime vs Megatron (disambiguation). |
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 One shall stand... one shall fall... again.... | |||||||||||||
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| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers | ||||||||||||
| Imprint | HarperFestival | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 22, 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Adapted by | Sadie Chesterfield | ||||||||||||
| Illustrator | Val Staples | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 978-0060888244 0060888245 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 24pp | ||||||||||||
| Price | $3.99 | ||||||||||||
Optimus Prime Versus Megatron is a children's picture book for the 2007 live-action movie.
Synopsis
A civil war on the planet Cybertron has left the planet in ruins and has divided the brothers Optimus Prime and Megatron on opposite sides of the conflict. Their war eventually ended, and many of the surviving Transformers fled to Earth. Optimus's Autobots sought the Allspark located on the small blue planet to restore life to Cybertron, while Megatron's Decepticons wanted to use it in order to turn Earth's machines into an army capable of conquering the universe. Megatron reached his destination first, but found himself frozen solid and eventually studied by the American government. Meanwhile, Optimus came to Earth and befriended Sam Witwicky, who possessed a code that would lead the Autobots to the Allspark. Finding the code imprinted on the glasses of Sam's great-great-grandfather, the Autobots headed for the Hoover Dam, the Allspark and Megatron. Megatron was thawed from his frozen state when Starscream destroyed the dam's generators, and the battle between the two factions begun once more. Megatron's first move in the re-ignited conflict was to devour Jazz's spark as Optimus looked on in horror. Watching the melee from afar, Sam grabbed the Allspark and attempted to get it to higher ground. Soon caught by Megatron, Sam was prompted by the Autobot leader to use the Allspark on Megatron's very spark, causing the evil robot's life force to explode. The Decepticons then fled the planet. In the aftermath, Megatron's body was lowered into the Ocean, and the Autobots stood victorious... for now.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- In the first image of the flashback on Cybertron, Megatron has blue eyes. Every other page colors them red. Whether this is an error, or to show him "corrupted by evil" or something, is unknown.
- Megatron's devouring of fallen Transformer sparks is featured prominently in this book, as is his being brothers with Optimus.
- Both Megatron and Bonecrusher are drawn with older head designs.
- Though mostly a retelling of the Movie's events, many events take place in a different order, or at a different location, likely for the sake of simplification. Some highlights:
- Megatron's thawing out is attributed to Starscream, rather than Frenzy.
- Jazz dies much earlier in the fight against the Decepticons, right outside the dam. The fight starts at the dam, then inexplicably seems to move to a city.
- The reason Prime can't continue fighting and must rely on Sam Witwicky in this book is because Starscream's blasts paralyzed him.
- Optimus is the one to prompt Sam to kill Megatron with the Allspark, rather than wanting to sacrifice himself in order to destroy it.
- Megatron is seemingly the only Decepticon killed and thus the only one to receive the ocean treatment.
Reprints
- Transformers Ultimate Storybook Collection ISBN 978-0-316-18865-4
