Arcee (KOU)

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

Arcee is a hanger-on from the Knights of Unicron continuity family.

You can't see me!

_{This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.}

Though she is completely devoted to her boyfriend, Optimus Prime, Arcee's name is sure to spark a debate whenever uttered in the same breath as the Knights of Unicron. The band's "unofficial fifth member" is presumably blamed by many as the catalyst to the band's dissolution in 1983.

Fiction

Behind the Music

Optimus brought Arcee into the band in 1982. She convinced her boyfriend to remove his vocals from the track "Planet Eater", leading to some concern from the other band members about Arcee's increasing influence over Prime's decisions. The following year, Arcee helped Optimus organize a benefit concert to refill Iacon's Energon pools. Behind the Music

Notes

• Arcee's backstory seems to be a reference to Yoko Ono, girlfriend (later wife) of John Lennon during his time with the Beatles. Like Arcee, she provided unsolicited suggestions to the band that occasionally affected the final recordings and pushed Lennon to do more charitable work. As such, she's a hot point of contention for fans.
  • Of course, given this is a metal-music-themed set, she might be an Ono reference by way of Jeanine Pettibone from the metal mockumentary movie This Is Spın̈al Tap, herself a reference to Ono.
• Odd that "Arcee" is in this role, seeing as traditionally Elita One is Optimus's romantic interest...