Great War (Animated)
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- The Great War is a historical event in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Animated" class="mw-redirect" title="Transformers Animated">Animated</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.
In the distant past, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobots">Autobots</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticons" class="mw-redirect" title="Decepticons">Decepticons</a> battled for supremacy of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a> in a conflict known as the Great War.
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Many millions of years ago, war raged between the forces of the heroic Autobots and the brutal Decepticons for control of the planet Cybertron. The Autobots battled valiantly in the name of honor—their courageous exploits bringing hope and glory to a beleaguered war-torn planet, and inspiring countless generations of robots yet to come on-line. | ” |
| —History vid, "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transform_and_Roll_Out" title="Transform and Roll Out">Transform and Roll Out</a>" | ||
Fiction
Animated cartoon
<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_%28Animated%29" title="Arcee (Animated)">Arcee</a> served in the Great War as an Autobot intelligence officer. Also present was <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_%28Animated%29" title="Ratchet (Animated)">Ratchet</a>. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Thrill_of_the_Hunt" title="The Thrill of the Hunt">The Thrill of the Hunt</a>
The war was won for the Autobots when they sent the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/AllSpark_%28Animated%29" title="AllSpark (Animated)">AllSpark</a> through a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_bridge" title="Space bridge">Space bridge</a> to a corner of the galaxy where it wouldn't be found. The Decepticons were defeated, but not destroyed. Millions of years later, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_%28Animated%29" title="Ratchet (Animated)">Ratchet</a>, then a veteran of the Great War, had a cynical attitude regarding history vids on the subject. He recounted how the war ended. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transform_and_Roll_Out" title="Transform and Roll Out">Transform and Roll Out</a>
Trivia
- Footage from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_%28cartoon%29" title="The Transformers (cartoon)">Transformers</a> episodes "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_Dawn" title="War Dawn">War Dawn</a>" and "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_than_Meets_the_Eye%2C_Part_1" title="More than Meets the Eye, Part 1">More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1</a>" is used in the video detailing the events of the first Great War, millions of years prior. This has been confirmed to be an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Easter_egg" title="Easter egg">easter egg</a> of sorts, and should not be taken as placing Animated in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1">Generation 1</a> continuity family.
- History vid cameos include:
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Early_Decepticons" title="Early Decepticons">Early Decepticons</a>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28G1%29" title="Megatron (G1)">Megatron</a>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_%28G1%29" title="Wheeljack (G1)">Wheeljack</a>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_%28G1%29" title="Bumblebee (G1)">Bumblebee</a>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skywarp_%28G1%29" title="Skywarp (G1)">Skywarp</a>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thundercracker_%28G1%29" title="Thundercracker (G1)">Thundercracker</a>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guardian_robot" title="Guardian robot">Guardian robots</a>
- <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dion" title="Dion">Dion</a>
