Optimus Prime (WFC)

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

Optimus Prime is an Autobot from the Transformers: Prime continuity family.

Megatron awakened within him a secret yearning. The slashfic writes itself.

Orion Pax was a lowly archivist, but it wasn't until he heard of a rogue gladiator named Megatron and his call for an upheaval of Cybertron's society that he realized he was unsatisfied with his lot in life. Freedom to make your own choice should be the right of all sentient beings! Little did Orion Pax realize that his boss, Alpha Trion, knew of a secret potential within the archivist, and that Cybertron's history was at a precipice.

Once Megatron and Orion discovered they did not have as much in common as they once believed, Orion was dubbed by the Autobot High Council to be the next Prime, Optimus Prime. The coming battles for determination of Cybertron's future were costly, but Optimus is determined to thwart his former friend's attempts at universal subjugation, no matter where in the galaxy their conflict takes them.

Fiction

Transformers: Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Peter Cullen (English)

Video games

War for Cybertron

Voice actor: Peter Cullen (English), Marco Balzarotti (Italian)

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Cybertron Adventures

Voice actor: Peter Cullen (English)

Toys

Generations

It's War Within but with fewer chinstraps and handvents.

• Cybertronian Optimus Prime (Deluxe Class, 2010)

• Accessories: "blaster" rifle

Based on his appearance in the video game War for Cybertron, Optimus Prime transforms from a red, blue, and silver robot into an "armored tank mode." His rifle transforms as well, halving itself and plugging into the roof of the vehicle mode. The rifle can also peg into either of his forearms, and in its compacted configuration, it can attach to his shoulders via peg holes on the backs of his front tires.

Optimus Prime is part of the first wave of Generations Deluxes, but he and Cybertronian Bumblebee shipped ahead of their two other wavemates via Toys"R"Us.