Multiverse
In Transformers, the Multiverse is the overall collection of universes and timelines. The Multiverse consists of a very large number of universes, millions of which have been cataloged as universal streams.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
Traveler's tip: If you survive passage through a black hole you may end up in a negative universe. To get back, try traveling back through the corresponding white hole. The Killing Jar
A portal room exits down Cybertron's Planetary Corridor CB-311-B4 which was used by the Quintessons when they ruled the planet to exile prisoners to alternate dimensions. The selectable dimensions include: an ice world, a place with no physical substance, and Menonia. Madman's Paradise
Marvel Comics continuity
Galvatron was tricked into blowing up what he thought was Starscream, twenty years before the Seeker was meant to die. He believed this meant he'd created an alternate timeline, and what he did in the past wouldn't affect the future of his reality. Target: 2006
A universe existed outside of our own, Limbo, where people displaced by time travel ended up. Distant Thunder!
Galvatron II was taken from a hellhole universe when Unicron had triumphed, Cybertron was destroyed, and the Decepticons ruled the Americas. Rhythms of Darkness!
Universe
Unicron kidnapped Decepticons from the various universes in order to assemble an army. Meanwhile, Primus recruited his own army of Autobots. Universe CD-ROM
Unicron abducted Transformers from the various universes in order to fight in gladiatorial combat. Abduction
Dreamwave Armada comic
Unicron had devoured many realities. While he was still finishing up devouring one reality he sent that reality's fatally wounded Optimus Prime on ahead to the next reality he planned to consume as a warning. He also sent five heralds ahead in order to prepare for his arrival. At the same time, Over-Run arrived from a different reality bearing the Mini-Con Matrix and hoping to stop Unicron from devouring another reality, like his was devoured.
The heralds of Unicron were tasked with defeating Cybertronian leadership and centers of power and capture the Mini-Con Matrix. They used the Decepticons' space bridge network to open portals to other realities in order to initiate "phase two" of Unicron's plan. The heralds failed at all of their tasks. Worlds Collide
When Unicron entered the new reality, he was unaware of his heralds' failure. Instead of disorder, he found a unified alliance of Autobots, Decepticons, and Mini-Cons. With the help of the Mini-Con Matrix, they were able to defeat Unicron, who apparently blew up. The End
TransTech
The Transcendent Technomorphs watched over the multiverse, welcoming travelers from the various universes at the city of Axiom Nexus. They have an extensive catalog of the universal streams. Withered Hope
Alternity
Animated
A trans-dimensional Vector Prime observed some of the events in the Transformers Animated comic and identified the cartoon's universal stream. Venus was a trans-dimensional magazine. Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster traveled from their home universal stream of Quadwal -3760.925 Theta where they wrote the AllSpark Almanac. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
IDW Generation 1 continuity
The crew of the original Ark first explored the cosmos and were drawn through a portal in the Benzuli Expanse into the Dead Universe where they were corrupted by the immortal darkness and plotted to eventually invade their native dimension.
Years later, the living universe was infested by zombie invaders under the control of an interloper from a Transformer-free universe (Although the zombie Undermind was not a native of that universe). This universe was actually a sort of hub which spread the plague to other fascinating universes. Infestation
Years later, from the very same world responsible for the zombie outbreak, a plague of non-euclidean horrors spread across dimensions . This time the chaos was unleashed into a different universe inhabited by Transformers and of course some other strange realms.
Odds are this won't be the end of it. Infestation 2
Unit:E
The (or a) world of the Transformers is just one of a multiverse of limitless possibilities. (Other possibilities include G.I.Joe, Jem, and a couple other guys you might know.)
Notes
- Hasbro does not appear to consider the Aligned continuity family as a component of the Transformers multiverse. In particular, some characters that should be multiversal singularities seem to be different characters from their non-Aligned counterparts.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Multi-Verse of Eternity (from World of the Transformers)
