Primal Program
The Primal Program, Primal Programme, Primordial Program, Primary Program, Prime Program, or Primary Programme is the life-giving program encoded within the Creation Matrix. As such, it has become part of Transformer culture, frequently being part of interjections when fortuitous or surprising things occur.
Fiction
Marvel Generation 1 comics
An Autobot engineer exclaimed by the Primal Program when he saw the Vos athletic team planting bombs in a Tarn power plant. State Games
After Buster Witwicky went through a lot of trouble with the Creation Matrix inside his brain, Optimus Prime prayed by the Primal Program that the Autobots would learn that one human life at risk was one too many. Prime Time!
In Buster Witwicky's vision of Transformers to come, Motormaster, combined with the other Stunticons as Menasor, ordered Drag Strip to fire, swearing by the Primordial Program when he refused to do so. Second Generation!
When news of Optimus Prime's continued survival arrived to the Autobots who were trapped on Cybertron since the Ark's launch, Beachcomber praised the Primary Program. The Smelting Pool!
Grimlock exclaimed by the Primordial Program when the Dinobots found Joy Meadows being threatened by Triple-I mooks. In the National Interest
Jetfire, in his rant about how he couldn't relate to the Cybertron-born Autobots, mentioned how, unlike them, he didn't know what the Primal Program was. The Gift
Big Shot called upon the Primal Programme when he saw that the Decepticons were constructing Micromasters. A Small War!
When Blackjack encountered the thought-dead Megatron, he exclaimed by the Primal Program. The Resurrection Gambit!
In the alternate future of 2008, Rodimus Prime expressed his shock at Wreck-Gar's Unicron-destroying explosion by calling upon the Primordial Program. The Legacy of Unicron! Arcee did the same when she saw Autobot City under attack. Space Pirates!
Dreamwave Armada comic
When he was transported to an alternate Cybertron on the brink of destruction, Optimus Prime exclaimed by the Primary Programme. Armada #13
IDW Generation 1 comics
When the Wreckers were on their way to Garrus-9, Verity Carlo, who had stowed away in their ship, leapt out of a compartment. This surprised Pyro, who screamed "By the Prime Program!" Last Stand of the Wreckers #2 While running around in Garrus-9, Pyro again exclaimed by the Prime Program when he forgot that he was carrying Verity around in his chest. Last Stand of the Wreckers #3
Notes
- The phrase is rendered as "Primal program" in "State Games". However, as the Annual text stories are rife with inconsistent capitalization, this is not taken as binding.
