Optimus Prime (G1)
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- Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots in the Generation 1 continuity family. Before he became Optimus Prime, he was named alternatively Orion Pax or Optronix in certain continuities.
Optimus Prime is the awe-inspiring commander of the Autobot forces. Originally a mere civilian, he was chosen by the Matrix to lead, the first in a number of heavy burdens he has been forced to bear. Another is his bringing of the Transformers' conflict to Earth. The complete opposite of his mortal enemy Megatron, every casualty, human or Cybertronian, weighs heavily on his spark. He does not show this side to his soldiers, and he never succumbs to despair. The Autobots need a decisive, charismatic leader, and that is what he gives them. It was that leadership which turned the tide of the Great War.
On the battlefield, there are few who rival Optimus Prime's prowess. He is easily the strongest of any Autobot his size, and what he lacks in raw firepower he easily compensates with guts. His compassion for other sentient beings is his only real weakness... though it's also the source of his strength!
Prime (usually) carries within him the Matrix of Leadership.
- Japanese name: Convoy
- Italian name: Commander
- Hungarian name: Optimusz Fővezér
- Czech Name: Optimus Primus
- Brazilian Name - cartoon: Líder Optimus
- Brazilian Name - comics: Supremus Absolutus
O-Prime! Fuck yeah!
Toys
Trivia
- According to Bob Budiansky, longtime comics writer Denny O'Neil named Optimus Prime prior to Budiansky being brought on to the Transformers project.
- Aside from occasionally having Alpha Trion as a father figure, Optimus Prime may have a mother! In an advertisement for Pepsi Convoy that shows him in a refrigerator (along with Destron Pizza), a note attached to a nearby piece of tupperware reads:
- Dear Convoy
- Warm it before you eat
- Mom
- Although the ad itself is for Pepsi Convoy, he is a separate character, and it can be assumed that the note was left for Convoy/Optimus Prime himself.
- The first wave of Dreamwave posters in 2001 identified Optimus Prime as Captimus Primus, which is tantalizingly close to making some sort of sense.
External links
- Optimus Prime on TFU.info
- Optimus Prime's Universe profile at NTFA.net
- ToyBin Optimus Prime Toy gallery
Footnotes
- Action Masters
- Alternators
- Attacktix
- Autobots
- Autobot leaders
- Battlestars characters
- Beast Wars characters
- Classics characters
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- Convention exclusives
- E-Hobby
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- Generation 2 characters
- Go-Bots
- Kiss Players
- Machine Wars characters
- Mail order exclusives
- Matrix bearers
- Powermasters
- Robot Heroes
- Robot Masters characters
- Rulers of Cybertron
- Titanium Series
- Toys "R" Us exclusives
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