Washington, D.C.

And this is what happens to you when you feature in too many Transformers stories.

Washington, D.C., is the capital city of the United States of America, one of the most powerful nations on Earth, and the nation where the Ark lay in most Generation 1 continuities.

As a center of political power, it featured in (too) many Transformers stories.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon

The Dinobots once defended it from the Decepticons and the Sub-Atlanticans, without destroying too much of the city in the process. Atlantis, Arise!

Generation 1 Marvel Comic

Optimus Prime met with the President there, but Soundwave "overheard" the planning. Megatron then used the Insecticons to attack the city, framing the Autobots as the ones behind the attack. The Decepticons were defeated largely through their own ineptness, and the President saw through their ruse, anyway. Plague of the Insecticons!

Generation 2 Marvel Comic

As part of the "blow up everything until Prime turns up" plan, the Decepticons levelled Washington; they gained air supremacy and the tank regiment defending the White House was quickly overpowered. A brief Autobot/Decepticon battle erupted in the ruins, preventing Megatron from killing Optimus Prime there. The Gathering Darkness

Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comics

Cobra first revealed themselves to the public when they attacked a peace summit in Washington, D.C., using their newly reprogrammed transforming robots. After sweeping aside the military that were acting as security, they inflicted major damage on the United Nations building where the summit was taking place. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1

Live-action Transformers movies

Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics

The following events occur in a splinter timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.

Washington was devastated in the Decepticon conquest of the USA. After the Autobots liberated the nation, it became the centre of power again and Theodore Allen was sworn in as President Aftermath Part 1 Aftermath Part 2. The White House, however, was still undergoing repairs months later.

Brainwashed into being a Decepticon spy, Allen had Mikaela Banes come to Washington so she too could be brainwashed. Return to Cybertron: Part 2

Allen used Bollings Air Base to fire a nuclear warhead at the Autobots, seemingly killing them. Revolution Part One

External link

• Washington, D.C., at Wikipedia