Tranformers: Prime chronicles the triumphant return of the Autobots via the most cutting-edge computer-generated animation ever seen on television. Transformers: Prime deepens the epic mythology of both the Autobots and Decipticons, while starting fresh for a new generation of viewers and future fans.Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and many others are back to “roll out” against Megatron’s latest attempt to conquer Earth.
And Megatron proves to be more powerful than ever, having acquired a rare element that allows him mastery over life itself. ‘Team Prime’ may be few against the Decipticons hordes, but they find increased strength via bonds forged with three human teenagers.
Make no mistake, Tranformers: Prime Willdeliver heavy metal action, and nail-biting suspense — but it also promises to take the human drama to levels as yet unseen by the franchise. In Jasper, Nevada, three young humans, Jack Darby, Miko Nakadai, and Rafael Esquivel, are accidentally caught in the crossfire in a fight between enormous robots that transform into vehicles.
They are taken to the base of the heroic Autobots, where their leader Optimus Prime explains that he and his team are from the planet Cybertron. As it turns out, the Autobots had a devastating war against the ruthless Megatron and his followers, the Decepticons long ago on Cybertron.
While this is going on, Megatron returns from a three-year-long exile in deep space, bringing with him Dark Energon, a substance able to revive the dead and he sets out to raise an army of the undead and conquer Earth. In the conclusion to Darkness Rising, Megatron is seen in front of the Space Bridge waiting for his army of the undead to come through it; however, the Space Bridge explodes, and Megatron is seen no more. During this mini-series, Arcee’s partner, Cliffjumper is killed in the first episode, setting the tone for the series. In Jasper, Nevada, three young humans—Jack Darby, Miko Nakadai and Rafael Esquivel—are accidentally caught in the crossfire in a fight between giant, mechanical aliens that transform into ordinary vehicles.
The three kids are taken to the base of the Autobots, where the Autobot leader Optimus Prime explains that he and his team are a race of autonomous robotic organisms from the far-off planet Cybertron, and they are fighting over their life-source, Energon, with the Decepticons, with whom they once had a war. The Decepticon leader Megatron returns from a three-year exile with a plan to exploit the properties of a mysterious substance called “Dark Energon”, which has the ability to turn the bodies of dead Transformers into zombies.
The Autobots storm an Energon mine in search of their lost comrade Cliffjumper, only to discover that his dead body has been revived as a ravenous zombie by Dark Energon. After Megatron’s supposed death during the explosion that destroyed the Decepticons’ Space Bridge, Starscream assumes his master’s leadership. But Megatron is found barely alive in the wreckage of the Space Bridge. Megatron remained in stasis for a portion of the first season until he returned to power. New characters are introduced such as Bulkhead’s best friend, Wheeljack, a former member of a group of Autobots called Wreckers, Silas, leader of a group of human villains known as MECH, and the Decepticons known as Skyquake, Makeshift, Knock Out, Breakdown, and Airachnid. At the end of the season, the Autobots form an uneasy alliance with Megatron when Earth is threatened by an ancient enemy from the past called Unicron the Chaos Bringer. With the power of the Matrix of Leadership, Earth is saved from Unicron’s dark powers.
But there comes a price. When Optimus surrenders the Matrix, he loses more than the collective wisdom of the Primes. He loses his own memory of his life as a Prime and reverts to his original identity of Orion Pax.
Following Megatron’s supposed death, Starscream appoints himself as the new Decepticon leader. However, to his annoyance, he finds that the troops don’t respect him as much as they did Megatron and are weary towards him becoming leader. In order to gain their respect, Starscream awakens Skyquake, a legendary Decepticon warrior who was entombed in stasis on Earth for centuries, and attempts to recruit him into his new army. Meanwhile, Ratchet agrees to help Jack, Miko and Rafael with their school science projects, with explosive results.
While on a scouting mission in the Arctic, Bulkhead and Bumblebee find a crashed space pod buried in the ice. They bring it back to base for examination, and Optimus Prime and Arcee venture out into the Arctic to find clues on the pod’s origin. While they are out, the other Autobots discover that the pod contains a large swarm of Scraplets, a vicious and highly dangerous form of Cybertronian wildlife that eats metal. The Scraplets infest the Autobot base, devouring any metal in sight and damaging the Ground Bridge, leaving Optimus and Arcee stranded in the Arctic. The Autobots receive a message from Wheeljack, an old friend of Bulkhead’s from the days of the war, who is visiting Earth while journeying across the galaxy. Upon picking up the message’s signal, Starscream and Soundwave capture Wheeljack before he can meet the Autobots, and they send in Makeshift, a Decepticon spy able to take on any form, disguised as Wheeljack to discover the location of the Autobot base. Agent Fowler asks for the Autobots’ assistance in transporting a powerful nuclear device to a military base, but since sending such a device through the Ground Bridge could be potentially dangerous, they have to travel by road.
Along the way, the Autobots are ambushed by M.E.C.H., a terrorist organization who wish to steal the nuclear device and use it for their own nefarious purposes. The Autobots discover that an Energon Harvester, an ancient and powerful device from Cybertron’s distant past, is on display in a museum, and they attempt to retrieve it with Jack, Miko and Rafael’s aid before it falls into the wrong hands. Starscream also learns of the Harvester’s whereabouts, and he sends Soundwave, along with new Decepticons Knock Out and Breakdown, to obtain it. In an attempt to get even with school bully Vince, as well as impress his crush Sierra, Jack convinces Bumblebee to help him win an illegal street race.
However, things go awry when Knock Out gets involved in the action, kidnapping Vince in the belief that he is Bumblebee’s human partner. Jack accompanies Arcee on a routine scouting mission in a forest, where they discover a crashed space ship in a clearing. They soon discover that the owner of the ship, the deadly and ruthless Decepticon Airachnid, is still prowling the forest in search of a human to hunt, putting Jack in danger. While exploring the wreckage of a crashed Autobot spaceship in a desert, Optimus Prime becomes infected with Cybonic Plague, a deadly virus that leaves him in a critical condition.
Arcee and Bumblebee sneak on to the Nemesis in order to find a cure for the virus. Following Ratchet’s advice, Arcee hooks Bumblebee to Megatron’s machinery and sends him into Megatron’s subconscious, where Megatron’s knowledge of the cure is located. Arcee immediately unplugs Bumblebee from the machinery as soon as the formula is captured.
Megatron’s subconscious is mistakenly downloaded into Bumblebee’s head. Megatron manipulates Bumblebee’s mind in a plan to return to his original body and reclaim Decepticon leadership. Meanwhile, Starscream steals the lens from a powerful space telescope and attempts to use it to melt through Arctic ice to gain access to an underground Energon deposit. Megatron makes swift work of Starscream after learning of his treachery. Starscream attempts to use a shard of Dark Energon to revive the dead body of Skyquake, but his plan is impeded by the Autobots. The Autobots request a Ground Bridge transport at the same time with Starscream.
Hence, the two Ground Bridges appear at once, causing a malfunction that leaves Jack, Miko and Rafael in a parallel dimension, along with the revived but zombified body of Skyquake. Miko is still able to communicate Bulkhead through cell phone texting, and Ratchet is able to bring them back after engineering a Ground Bridge designed to connect the other dimension. During a fight with Bulkhead in an abandoned town, Breakdown is captured by M.E.C.H., who wish to dismantle him and research his inner workings for a project they refer to as “Project: Chimera”.
Optimus Prime and Starscream lead separate rescue missions to save Breakdown. Airachnid teams up with M.E.C.H. In a plot to kidnap Jack’s mother, June, intending to use her as bait to lure Jack and Arcee to M.E.C.H.’s hideout, so Arcee can be captured and used in M.E.C.H.’s experiments. Bulkhead and Arcee, with Miko tagging along, are sent on a reconnaissance mission to investigate a bizarre energy signal. They discover that the signal is coming from a Polarity Gauntlet, a weapon that manipulates magnetic fields, however, they soon come into conflict with Breakdown and Airachnid, who both want the Gauntlet for themselves. Bulkhead, Arcee, Jack and Miko investigate an old Decepticon Energon mine that was supposedly stripped clean.
Megatron and Starscream arrive shortly after, with Megatron accusing Starscream of hoarding Energon, and revealing that he knows about Starscream’s other treacherous acts. Megatron is about to kill his devious second-in-command when he notices Jack and Arcee, and immediately opens fire on them. This accidentally causes a massive cave-in, leaving everyone trapped inside the mine with no way out. Megatron sends Starscream and Airachnid to the site of a crashed Decepticon ship to recover The Immobilizer, a powerful weapon with the ability to freeze Transformers in their tracks. But after the Autobots discover Starscream bound up in Airachnid’s web, they are surprised when Starscream states that he wishes to join them Note: This episode is dedicated to the memory of Captain H.L.
Larry Cullen (Peter Cullen’s older brother who helped inspire Optimus Prime’s voice In US Version), who died in March 2011. Miko rushes out onto the battlefield during a fight between the Autobots and the Decepticons, who are fighting over a Data Cylinder, a device containing knowledge of Cybertronian society. As Miko attempts to push the Cylinder into an open Ground Bridge, she accidentally activates it, which downloads all of its information – in this case the formula for a Synthetic Energon – into Bulkhead’s brain.
Soon, Bulkhead begins to rhyme off the complicated formula, painting the equation on the walls, and Miko becomes scared when her friend’s personality and memories begin to slip away. Ratchet tests the Synthetic Energon formula obtained by Bulkhead on the Data Cylinder on engines. Feeling the desire to take a more active role in the missions, he injects himself with the formula. At first the results are positive, with the formula greatly increasing Ratchet’s strength, speed and agility. But before long, the formula starts to have negative effects on his personality. Optimus Prime recites a passage from the Covenant of Primus, detailing a doomsday prophecy connected to Earth and involving Megatron.
After Megatron attacks Rafael and Bumblebee, leaving Rafael unconscious and severely injured, Optimus realizes that he can’t end the Autobot-Decepticon conflict diplomatically, and decides to confront Megatron and destroy him once and for all. Season Finale Ratchet tests the Synthetic Energon formula obtained by Bulkhead on the Data Cylinder on engines. Feeling the desire to take a more active role in the missions, he injects himself with the formula. At first the results are positive, with the formula greatly increasing Ratchet’s strength, speed and agility. But before long, the formula starts to have negative effects on his personality. Season Finale After assisting the Autobots in a fight against an army of Unicron’s stone avatars, Megatron forms an uneasy alliance with his enemies to defeat Unicron and save the Earth from destruction. The Autobots and Megatron then travel to the Earth’s core, planning to send Unicron back into stasis using the Matrix of Leadership.
Following the events of the finale of the first season, Optimus, as Orion, is converted into a Decepticon when Megatron takes advantage of his amnesia. Jack goes on a mission to help the Autobots restore Optimus’ memory and they eventually succeed. With his memory restored, Optimus regains the power of the Matrix as well as his leadership of the Autobots. The main theme for the rest of the season is the discovery of ancient relics from Cybertron buried on Earth with the Transformers fighting over each new discovery which ultimately leads their battle all the way back to Cybertron. New characters introduced in the second season include a young Autobot named Smokescreen, Optimus’ old mentor, the archivist known as Alpha Trion, Optimus’ evil twin, Nemesis Prime, and the Decepticons known as Shockwave and Dreadwing as well as a swarm of Insecticons led by Hardshell. At the end of the season, both sides fight for control over the four Omega Keys (which can activate the Omega Lock, the only thing that can restore Cybertron) and Starscream returns to the Decepticons after going rogue for most of the season.
Dreadwing is killed attempting to murder Starscream for turning Skyquake into a Terrorcon in the previous season, and both sides clash on Cybertron, with the Autobots gaining control of the keys. However, when the Decepticons steal the keys back and threaten to destroy all life on Earth with the Omega Lock, Optimus lashes out and destroys it. Little do the Autobots know, however, that Megatron used the Omega Lock to create a fortress, called Darkmount, outside the Autobots’ base; the Decepticons having finally learned its location. When the other Autobots, Jack, Miko, and Raf evacuate the base to avoid capture, Optimus remains behind to destroy the Ground Bridge controls and is caught in an explosion caused by the Nemesis that destroys the Autobot base. With the help of information from Starscream, the Autobots commandeer the Decepticons’ space bridge to send Jack and Arcee to the Transformers’ home world of Cybertron, with a plan to use the information stored in Vector Sigma to restore Optimus’ memories.
Meanwhile, after a run-in with Starscream (whom Megatron claimed was dead), Orion wonders if Megatron is telling him the whole truth. On Cybertron, while searching for Vector Sigma, Jack and Arcee are attacked by an Insecticon and a swarm of Scraplets. On the Nemesis, Orion becomes ever more curious about who he really is, so he begins to rebel against Megatron and uncover the elaborate lies put in front of him. The hunt begins for ancient Cybertronain relics hidden on Earth.
While investigating an energy signature that may lead to a relic, Bumblebee is ambushed by M.E.C.H., who knock him out and steal his T-cog (the device that enables Transformers to scan alternate modes and transform). Left unable to transform into vehicle mode, Bumblebee has no choice but to stay at base. Starscream approaches Silas (the leader of M.E.C.H.) and offers advice and knowledge on Cybertronian anatomy. Wheeljack returns to Earth in pursuit of the Decepticon Dreadwing, who is responsible for the death of the Wrecker Seaspray, and asks for Team Prime’s help in apprehending him. While Bulkhead is excited about seeing his best friend again, Optimus Prime soon becomes annoyed with Wheeljack’s recklessness, aggression, and disregard for civilians during their search for Dreadwing. Megatron sends Breakdown, Airachnid and Dreadwing in search of energon in a forest, with Airachnid unaware that Breakdown and Dreadwing have actually been ordered to terminate her for treason. She catches on to the plan and flees, killing Breakdown in the process, and upon encountering a lone Insecticon, she uses her abilities to control it, and challenges Megatron to a fight to the death.
Agent Fowler is forced to explain recent events to his superior, General Bryce. Threatened with a military tribunal and Team Prime’s termination, Fowler tries to convince Bryce that the Autobots are still on the military’s side, but Bryce believes that Optimus went rogue and has perished, failing to fully understand that Nemesis Prime was not the real Optimus. Ratchet reluctantly calls upon Wheeljack for back-up in his mission to retrieve the third Iacon relic, a sonic weapon called the Resonance Blaster. On their way to the location, the two Autobots are attacked by Soundwave, but Wheeljack manages to shoot down and disable Soundwave’s surveillance drone Laserbeak, which gives Ratchet an idea. While Wheeljack and Soundwave fight over the Resonance Blaster, Ratchet uploads a virus into Laserbeak that will download the Iacon Database into the Autobot base’s computers without the Decepticons noticing.
Bulkhead goes to a volcanic island on the Equator to find the fourth and final Iacon relic. But to his horror, he discovers that the relic is a piece of Tox-En, a form of highly toxic Energon that is lethal to Transformers. He tries to dispose of the tox-en by throwing it into a volcano, but it deteriorates his strength, and things are made worse when a group of Insecticons led by Hardshell arrive in search of the relic. Bulkhead is left in a critical condition and on the verge of death after his fight with the Insecticons and exposure to Tox-En.
Distraught about what has happened to their friend, Miko and Wheeljack head out to find Hardshell and get revenge. Miko becomes frustrated with Bulkhead’s slow recovery and storms out of the base. Finding Miko weeping by herself, Arcee tries to cheer her up by telling the story of how she and her last battle partner Cliffjumper first came to Earth. Starscream had captured Arcee and Cliffjumper and took them to be interrogated by the Decepticon scientist Shockwave, and upon escaping they discover Shockwave’s plan to build a space bridge to Earth.
During a fight with the Decepticons, Team Prime is unexpectedly aided by Smokescreen, a young and impulsive Autobot. Despite Arcee and Ratchet’s distrust in the newcomer, Optimus Prime invites Smokescreen to the base for further training.
Meanwhile, Starscream discovers that a meteorite of red energon (which grants the consumer enhanced speed) has crashed on Earth, and sets out to claim it for himself. Scientists implant the dying Silas into a battle armor and life-support system made from Breakdown’s dead body. Silas kills the scientists and approaches Megatron, asking for a position in the Decepticon ranks and offering to aid their cause with Project: Damocles, a sattellite-based laser weapon system of his own invention.
Optimus Prime gives Jack the task of helping Smokescreen learn about human society and adapt to living on Earth. The Decepticons detect another Iacon relic, the legendary Star Saber, and Megatron sends out a set of decoy coordinates to distract the Autobots, so he can claim the Star Saber for himself. Optimus Prime discovers that the Star Saber is embedded with a message from his former mentor Alpha Trion. In this message, Alpha Trion explains about four Iacon relics called the Omega Keys, which when brought together are able to make Cybertron inhabitable again. Meanwhile, Megatron opens the tomb of a deceased Prime on Cybertron, taking an arm and having it attached to him so he can use the Forge of Solus Prime to build a weapon strong enough to counter the Star Saber. Team Prime continue to collect the Omega Keys, but the Decepticons (who are unaware of what the keys can do, but are curious about Team Prime’s determination to have them) out-smart them at every turn.
After Smokescreen storms out of the base, blaming himself for the team’s failure to obtain the keys, the decoded coordinates of the final key reveal it is inside Smokescreen’s body. The Autobots head out to find him, but he is captured by Soundwave and Laserbeak.
Season Finale Megatron activates the Omega Lock and starts restoring Cybertron, but he then reveals he is also going to use the Lock’s power to turn Earth into a mechanical planet, which would kill all of its inhabitants. Optimus Prime destroys the Lock before it can finish its restoration, saving Earth but dooming Cybertron. The Autobots retreat back to Earth, only to find a gigantic fortress has appeared outside their base, and the Decepticons have finally discovered the base’s location. –Season-3 Beast Hunters–. Following the destruction of their base at the hands of Megatron, the Autobots, along with Jack, Miko, and Raf, are separated and struggle to reconnect with one another. However, Smokescreen returns to Jasper to rescue Optimus Prime, who is close to death. Meanwhile, Shockwave returns, having cloned an ancient Cybertronian, dragon-like beast called a Predacon in hopes of having it hunt down the Autobots.
While Smokescreen tries to find a way to save Optimus, Ultra Magnus comes to Earth to lend the Autobots a hand as the Predacon named Predaking starts to get intelligent. With their base destroyed, the Autobots and their human companions have separated and gone into hiding, while the Decepticons settle into their new fortress, Darkmount, and repel a military assault. Smokescreen finds Optimus Prime, still alive but badly damaged and close to death, in the wreckage of the Autobot base. As the Autobots try to re-group, Shockwave arrives in Darkmount after years of isolation on Cybertron, and is welcomed back into the Decepticon ranks. Wheeljack escapes from Darkmount and sets off to rendezvous with Bulkhead and Miko, unaware that Starscream has planted a tracking device on him.
After Starscream’s armada fails to apprehend Wheeljack, Shockwave introduces Predaking, an enormous reptilian creature created in Shockwave’s laboratory and specially bred to hunt down Autobots. Meanwhile, high-ranking Autobot general Ultra Magnus arrives on Earth and sets about reuniting the scattered members of Team Prime. The Autobots attack Darkmount in an attempt to disable its firepower to allow human military to destroy it. As Optimus prepares to join with the Allspark, Smokescreen uses the Forge to repair him, and makes him a new, more powerful body. Optimus joins the Autobots at Darkmount and, with human support, destroys Darkmount. The Autobots adjust to new group dynamics within their expanded team and Optimus Prime scans a new vehicle form, but Smokescreen privately starts to regret not becoming a Prime. The Decepticons, having found fossilized Predacon bones on Earth, launch a scheme to clone an army of Predacons through the same method that created Predaking.
Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, Bulkhead and Miko are in the wilderness of Scotland investigating a Decepticon excavation site for Predacon fossils, but tension builds between the group as Wheeljack acts recklessly and ignores Magnus’s commands. On the Nemesis, Starscream is given the task of training Predaking, but he struggles to get the uncooperative beast to follow orders. While Arcee and Wheeljack are on a mission to gather a Predacon bone, Agent Fowler and June collect another bone in storage at a museum. As they leave, however, Knock Out captures them and holds them hostage in the trunk of his vehicle mode, but soon finds that he is unable to call for a Ground Bridge because the communications systems on the Nemesis are damaged.
Knock Out is researching Ratchet’s Synthetic Energon formula, and is using Silas (who is still implanted within Breakdown’s corpse) as a test subject. The formula makes Silas extremely aggressive, so Starscream suggests injecting him with Dark Energon to make him easier to control.
However, the mixture of the two Energons turns Silas into a mindless zombie craving fresh Energon, and he wanders the ship infecting any crew member he encounters by draining their Energon. The Predacon army is almost fully grown and ready for deployment, but Predaking suddenly surprises everyone by revealing he is able to transform and is more intelligent than first thought. Rar password recovery v1 1 rc17 final serial crack adobe. Despite Predaking pledging his loyalty, Megatron still worries that he will eventually lead the Predacons to rebel against the Decepticons, so he plans to terminate Project: Predacon by leading the Autobots to the laboratory and having them unwittingly destroy the clones for them. Having discovered that the combination of Predacon CNA and Synthetic Energon creates raw cyber-matter (the substance Cybertron is made of), the Decepticons plan to repair the Omega Lock, restore Cybertron and cyberform Earth through this process. While gathering equipment for the project, Soundwave is captured by the Autobots, who take him to their base and try to interrogate him about Megatron’s plans, but he deletes all of his information and shuts himself down. Laserbeak eventually finds the base and re-activates Soundwave, who proceeds to capture Ratchet.
The Decepticons hold Ratchet captive, and Megatron attempts to persuade him to help complete the synthetic energon formula and restore Cybertron. Rafael and Wheeljack build a flying drone and attach Laserbeak’s transponder (which Smokescreen shot off) to it, in the hope that Laserbeak’s navigation systems will lead the Autobots to Ratchet so they can rescue him.
Ratchet reluctantly agrees to help the Decepticons perfect the synthetic energon formula. But once it is completed, he decides he can’t allow the Decepticons to have it or finish building their new Omega Lock, so he sabotages the project and tries to escape from the ship. The Autobots launch their drone and Optimus Prime follows it, but along the way he is confronted by Starscream and his armada. Last Episode The Autobots storm the Nemesis and try to reach the Omega Lock before the Decepticons can activate it and cyberform Earth. Optimus Prime and Megatron face off in a final showdown, while the other Autobots fight off the Decepticon army and race to secure the lock.
First Aired: August 23, 2002 Last Aired: December 12, 2003 Episodes: 52 colored episodes Age Rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence) Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mecha, Science Fiction, Shounen Transformers: Armada follows the latest battle in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons as the two sides race to gain the allegiance of a newly discovered race of Transformers known as Mini-Cons. Set in the year 2010 it features old favorites like Megatron and Optimus Prime. Much smaller than either the regular Transformers, the Mini-Cons can connect to their large counterparts granting them new abilities.
Each Mini-Con enhances the power of a Transformer exponentially. If Megatron and the Decepticons collect all the Mini-Cons, Megatron will rule the universe.
Our only chance for a peaceful cosmos is for Optimus Prime and the Autobots to defeat their enemies and free all Mini-Cons. But the Transformer God of Chaos, Unicron plans to re-collect them all and then absorb them since they are his cells and rule the universe forever.
Opening Song (Micron Legend): 'Transformer - Dream Again' by Psychic Lover Opening Song 2 (Micron Legend): 'Transformers Kotetsu no Yuuki' by Hideaki Takatori Ending Song (Micron Legend): 'Never Ending Road' by Psychic Lover Ending Song 2 (Micron Legend): 'Don't Give Up' by Psychic Lover Transformers: Armada began with a special 90 minute movie on August 23rd, 2002. The first season proper was then broadcast on Fridays from August 30th, 2002. Facts: The word Armada refers to a ship composed of Mini-Cons that comes to Earth. The Mini-Cons are scattered all over Earth, and the hunt begins to acquire these powerful robots! The Mini-Cons were a lost faction of the Transformers and they have now returned.
SHOW INFO Rated: Y-7 Known as Transformers: Micron Legend in Japan.
Logo of the franchise Country of origin United States Japan Original language(s) English Japanese Launched in 1984, 's toyline was promoted through both a comic book by and an animated series produced by and. Although the comic outlived the animated series by a number of years, the animated series is more widely recognised.
With the original show's conclusion in 1987, original series exclusive to Japan were created which ran until 1990, and the franchise was later re-imagined with the fully CGI in the late 1990s. The 21st century saw a total reboot of the Transformers universe (first being 's produced Car Robots, imported and called for Western release as ), as Hasbro collaborated with Japanese Transformers producers Takara to create a new storyline with and its sequels, produced in and then dubbed for English-speaking audience. In 2008, saw Hasbro take control of the franchise once more through collaboration with, bringing writing duties back to America, with animation being handled by Japanese studios. Hasbro also reacquired the distribution rights to the original series from Sunbow finally giving them the complete rights to the series based on their Generation 1 toy-line. For the series, see. For a list of episodes, see.
After the did away with regulations that prohibited toy companies from broadcasting cartoons based on their products in 1985, The Transformers began with a three-episode miniseries that introduced audiences to, and their armies, as they travelled from the metal world of to in search of new sources of energy. The final episode ended on an open note, should the series prove popular enough to continue, which it did. A standard season's worth of 13 more episodes was commissioned, expanding the Transformers universe in which the, and (then later called Skyfire in the series) made their debut. With popularity rising, the second season soon followed in 1986 at a mammoth 49 episodes (in order to bring the total up to 65, for ).
Dozens of new characters were introduced throughout the season, including the, the combining teams the, and, and more new Autobot cars and Decepticon planes, while many new ideas and concepts began to establish the history of the cartoon universe. These 65 episodes were exported to Japan in the same year, where their airing order was rearranged and the series was broadcast under the title of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers. An exclusive to Japan entitled was released which cast focus on the combining teams and introduced, and Blaster's cassettes. This video does not perfectly fit into the continuity of the American series due to its different origin story for Trypticon (known as Dinosaurer in the Japanese version).
1986 marked a huge change for The Transformers with the summer screening of, which jumped the action forward in time twenty years to the then-future of 2005 and pitted both the Autobots and Decepticons against the menace of the giant planet-eating robot,. Optimus Prime met his end at Megatron's hands, and briefly replaced him as a leader before being succeeded by, while Megatron himself was recreated by Unicron as. Many more of the old guard fell in battle as their toys departed store shelves to make room for a new cast of characters created for the film. 1986 also saw the start of the third season of the animated series, which took its cue from the film, picking up precisely where it had left off with Rodimus in command and the Decepticons in exile with Galvatron missing. The season opened with a five-part miniseries entitled Five Faces of Darkness which saw Galvatron return and brought to prominence the, multi-faced aliens introduced in the movie who were revealed to be the creators of the Transformer race, and who became a recurring third factor as the season continued through its setting of 2006. The addition of as story editor saw a strong sci-fi aspect infect the season as the Transformers' battles spanned many alien planets, while continuity between episode was tighter than ever before as plot concepts were revisited and expanded to truly flesh out the show's history. Running to 30 episodes, the third season ended with the two-part The Return of Optimus Prime, bringing the legendary Autobot leader back to life.
Broadcast in Japan once again, the series was retitled Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: 2010 (or Transformers: 2010 for short), advancing its setting to the eponymous year. 1987 marked the end of the original American series, mirroring its beginning with a three-part miniseries entitled The Rebirth. Penned by regular series writer (who had previously written several of the series' mythology-building episodes), this finale story introduced the and, as well as several other characters.
Concluding with the restoration of Cybertron's Golden Age, the Decepticons stole the final scene of the series to prove that their threat still lingered. It is unknown the exact reason the American series ended after the movie, though it is assumed that Sunbow had lost its contract to keep its cartoons running by 1987 (the final Transformers episode 'The Rebirth' coincided with the final G.I. Joe episode 'G.I. Joe: the Movie').
Additionally, a fifth season of sorts was aired in 1988, serving as a kind of 'best of' collection of the series. The most notable feature of this twenty-episode run was the new intro and concluding segments added to the episodes, which consisted of Optimus Prime (rendered in a mixture of puppetry and stop motion animation) relating the events of the episodes to a human boy named Tommy Kennedy. The opening sequence comprised animation taken from contemporary toy adverts, and Prime occasionally referred to new toy characters like. Apparently never re-run after its original airing, the series aired Parts 1-3, Parts 1-5, Dark Awakening, the out-of-place Surprise Party, Parts 1-2, The Rebirth Parts 1-3, and most notably, split up and aired in five segments, with 's music video for ' included in the final part. Transformers: The Headmasters. Main article: Rather than import The Rebirth as a conclusion, Takara, the Japanese producers of the Transformers toyline, opted instead to continue the Generation 1 universe by creating the full-length 35-episode series, Transformers: The Headmasters (two additional clips episodes were produced after the fact for direct-to-video release).
Supplanting The Rebirth's position in Japanese continuity, The Headmasters occurred one year after The Return of Optimus Prime, introducing the title characters to the Transformers universe in a different way. Whereas in western fiction, the Headmasters result from the merging of a Transformer with an organic alien being from the planet, the Headmasters of the Japanese series are a group of small Cybertronians who departed the planet millions of years ago and crash landed on the inhospitable planet Master. To survive its harsh climate, a select few of the most-highly trained constructed larger bodies called 'Transtectors,' to which they connected as heads. When a group of rebellious Headmasters led by Zarak joined with Galvatron's Decepticons in an attack on Cybertron, the Autobot Headmasters, led by Fortress returned to their home planet to aid in its defense. The situation soon went from bad to worse when it was revealed that, the mega-computer at the planet's heart, was destabilizing, and Optimus Prime again sacrificed his life to save Cybertron. This soon proved to be only delaying the inevitable, however, when a bomb attack instigated by Zarak turned Cybertron into a burnt-out, inhospitable husk.
Rodimus Prime departed to search for a new planet for the Transformers to live on, leaving Fortress in command, operating from the planet Athenia. Meanwhile, Zarak replaced Galvatron - who had vanished in the explosion - as Decepticon leader, constructing a personal Transtector so that he could battle Fortress's own giant form, Fortress Maximus, and redubbing himself. Although populated mainly with new characters, The Headmasters did continue to feature characters from all previous seasons, including new versions of and, rebuilt after a duel that destroyed them both as Soundblaster and Twincast. Human and his young Autobot friend also played major roles in the series, serving as the youthful characters for the audience to identify with. More new characters continued to pour in when Galvatron returned to leadership and the Decepticons embarked on a space voyage, ransacking planets in a chain of stories that introduced the and and Decepticon Clones.
The return to Earth was no less momentous, as the Decepticon ninja six-changer killed Ultra Magnus, and the Autobot Headmasters finished off Galvatron. When the Decepticons then returned to Master, refugees from the planet were caught in a plasma bomb accident that fused them to the arms of several Autobots and Decepticons, creating the Targetmasters, and in a final move, Scorponok attempted the destruction of Earth, only to be foiled, thanks in part to a traitorous Sixshot. Never professionally released in the, The Headmasters was dubbed into English in Hong Kong for broadcast on the TV channel, RTM 1, and later the satellite station, where it attained greater fame, leading it to often be referred to as the 'StarTV dub.' The dub is, however, infamous for its poor quality, full of mistranslations and incorrect names, clearly the work of a small group of individuals (literally, less than half-a-dozen actors fill every role) with little knowledge of the material. This dub has seen some DVD releases in the and Australia, and the entire series was released in a dual-language format in 2005.
On July 5, 2011, Shout! Factory (publishers of G1 of DVD) released the Headmasters series on DVD for the US and Canada markets but the 'StarTV' dub wasn't included as per Hasbro's request. Transformers: Super-God Masterforce.
Main article: The second of the Japanese-exclusive animated series, 1988's Transformers: Super-God Masterforce takes place some years after The Headmasters, introducing the and to Japanese fiction in ways even more different from their portrayal in the west than those of the Headmasters before them. With the departure of the Autobots and Decepticons from Earth at the end of The Headmasters, a small group of Autobots remained to guard the planet, having hidden amongst mankind for thousands of years thanks to their 'Pretender' powers, which allowed them to shrink down and adopt the forms of human beings. However, the sudden re-appearance of their formerly-defeated Decepticon counterparts, now in the service of the mysterious energy entity, means that the Autobots must drop their disguises and return to battle once more. But this is only the beginning of the most unusual Transformer war yet - as the battle escalates, human beings themselves take sides, and, imbued with the power of the 'Masterforce', merge with Transtectors sent to Earth by the Autobots in space to become Transformers themselves as the 'Headmaster Juniors.'
But the Decepticons have Headmaster Juniors of their own, and as the conflict rages, events converge on the creation of the most powerful super-robot lifeforms yet - the Godmasters! The Godmasters are the Japanese version of the Powermasters, with human beings transforming into engines and combining with Transtectors to transform into robots capable of wielding 'Chokon Power,' the primal energy of life. Most notably, their ranks include, a character based on the Powermaster version of Optimus Prime, reinvented as a Japanese trucker, and the Japanese-exclusive character, Decepticon ambassador of destruction. Running to 42 episodes, Super-God Masterforce had six additional clip episodes made after the fact for video release, one of which, serving as an overview of the series, was selected to be broadcast as the 43rd and final episode of the series. The 42 main episodes received the same dub treatment as The Headmasters, but the dubbed version of the series was not included on the UK DVD release of the series in July 2006. The Australian version includes the 'StarTV' dub on a few early and late episodes in the series. Transformers: Victory.
Main article: Taking place in an unspecified amount of time after the events of Super-God Masterforce (there is a common misconception that the series takes place in 2025), 1989's Transformers: Victory is the third Japanese-exclusive series, the final complete Generation 1 cartoon. Led by their new Supreme Commander, the Autobots battle the Decepticons under the command of for control of the galaxy's resources. In contrast to The Headmasters and Super-God Masterforce, both of which had an over-arcing plot direction, the majority of Victory is directionless, returning to the episodic adventure tradition of the original American series which culminates in the much-threatened attack of Deszaras's planet-destroying fortress. In another difference, the characters and toys of Victory are predominantly unique to Japan, and those that are not are remoulded in unique, distinguishing ways - the series debuts the, Brestforce and, all new toys, as well as the, remoulded versions of the American. Also make their debut in Victory.
Of the 38 episodes of Victory broadcast, six are clip episodes containing no new footage, leaving 32 main episodes, which comprise the DVD collection released in the United Kingdom in September 2006. Six further clip episodes were produced for video, taking the total to 44. Victory also received the 'StarTV dub' treatment - when the three Japanese series were broadcast on StarTV, it was under the umbrella title of 'Transformers Takara,' and all three were branded with Victory's opening sequence. The dub was not released on DVD in the UK either. The Australian release includes the 'StarTV' dub for the entire Victory series. Transformers: Zone.
Main article: Originally intended to be a full-length direct-to-video (OVA) series, 1990s Transformers: Zone was cancelled after only one episode, making it the very last Generation 1 animated project. Following on from Victory, the mysterious three-faced insectoid being, dispatches the nine 'Great Decepticon Generals' -, Overlord and - to acquire 'Zone Energy,' destroying the planet Feminia to obtain the world's store. Caught in the destruction of the planet, Star Saber is rescued by, who then repels an attack by the Decepticons, and is appointed the new Autobot commander at the conclusion of the episode. The cast of Zone is heavily composed of Micromasters, who also made up much of the toyline. Dai Atlas is a 'Powered Master', so named for his motorized gimmick, as is his combining partner Sonic Bomber - the toyline also featured another partner for them, Roadfire, who was not in the episode. The solitary Decepticons in the toyline were the Race Car Patrol, and, a redeco of the Autobot city Metroplex, neither of whom appeared in animated form. They absent parties did go on to appear, however, in the pages of the Japanese publication, - this monthly magazine had always included Transformers and 'story pages' (splash page illustrations and prose text) from the beginning, and although no manga was released for Zone (barring a single chapter available through mail-away which simply re-told the episode), its tale was completed through the story pages.
These story pages were also used to provide supporting fiction for the remaining two years worth of toylines - 1991's Battlestars: Return of Convoy and 1992's Operation: Combination. Zone is included as a bonus feature on the last disc of the Australian release of Victory with Japanese audio and English subtitles. Challenge of the GoBots. Main article: When the Transformers: Generation 2 toyline fully launched in 1993, it began with a small collection of original Generation 1 toys, redecoed in various ways, and equipped with ostentatious new gimmicks such as electronic sound boxes and large, firing missile launchers. Although the toyline itself would grow to include many brand new figures, and the comic book which accompanied it was a continuation of Marvel's Generation 1 title, the Generation 2 animated series stuck very closely to the toyline's opening cascade of 'rehashed G1.'
Around fifty Generation 1 episodes from seasons 1 to 3 of The Transformers were chosen and, as the show's narrator proudly proclaimed, 'computer-enhanced' with the 'Cyber-Net Space-Cube' - a gimmick that essentially consisted of inserting new, computer-generated borders and scene-changes into the existing episodes. Clips from toy commercials served to make up the show's opening sequence and commercial bumpers, while the episodes themselves were shown in no particular order. Beast Era Beast Wars: Transformers. For the series, see. For a list of episodes, see. After the unremarkable performance of the Generation 2 line, Hasbro aimed to completely re-work the Transformers premise; the result was Beast Wars: Transformers, which featured robots with familiar names and organic beast modes. As per the original toy packaging bios and mini-comic, the intention was originally to have the series be a direct continuation of the adventures of the 'Generation 1' Transformers, but that would soon change with the advent of the animated series.
Produced by Canadian animation house, the computer-animated show was unlike any Transformers cartoons before it, both visually and in terms of story. With and at the helm as story editors, it was planned for the show to start afresh, with no ties to anything that had gone before, but the off-handed reference to the 'Great War' included in the first episode set the internet fandom ablaze. DiTillio and Forward became occasional posters on the alt.toys.transformers newsgroup, and through this back-and-forth interaction with fans, plus their own research of previous Transformers fiction, the Beast Wars animated series soon began to grow, establishing its place as the future - and past - of the larger Generation 1 timeline. Running to 26 episodes, 1996's first season of Beast Wars began with an unintentional parallel to the original animated series, introducing the viewers to, and their crews as their ships crashed onto an alien planet, where they warred over the energon they found there. While mostly a scattershot affair of episodic stories, the first season of Beast Wars focused heavily on characterisation, endowing its cast with consistent, developing personalities and naturalistic voice acting that brought the show to life.
Additionally, amidst the one-shot adventures, a plot thread began to grow involving a race of who were conducting experiments on the planet that occasionally intersected with the Beast Warriors' stories. This eventually culminated in a two-part conclusion to the season, ending on a cliffhanger that led into 1997's 13-episode season. Many of the characters were upgraded into new ' forms, and the conflict reached a new level with an exceptionally tightly-plotted story arc that included the revelation that the planet was, the death of and more alien conflicts. Story elements laid through the season once again came to a head with a three-part conclusion that firmly tied Beast Wars to the Generation 1 timeline, featuring guest appearances from Transformers of that era and displaying that the Beast Warriors came from their future, and were currently in the prehistoric past. This link proved key to the third and final season in 1998, running to another 13 episodes, in which the Maximals had to defend their past and future against Megatron's attempts to alter history. Longtime Transformers comic scribe was brought on board to script the final episode, which concluded with the end of the Beast Wars, and the Maximal's departure for Cybertron. Although controversial among fans in its early days due to its complete re-imagining of the Transformers concept, today, it is not uncommon to find long-time Transformers fans - even those who have grown up with the franchise since 1984 - who consider Beast Wars to be their favorite Transformers series.
Beast Wars II. Main article: Just as with the Generation 1 timeline, Japan was quick to get in on the act when Beast Wars took off. The first season of the North American animated series was imported and dubbed with an increase in humor, under the title of Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers, but due to the short length of the second season, it proved necessary to wait until both it and the third season were completed before any more could be broadcast. In order to fill the ensuing gap, 1997 debuted the Japanese-original cel-animated series, the 43-episode Beast Wars II (also known as Beast Wars Second or Beast Wars The Second).
The series featured an entirely new cast of Maximals and Predacons - led by and, respectively - fighting on the planet Gaia - a future Earth, devastated by the power of the energy source the two factions seek,. Although largely looked down upon for its very light-hearted approach when compared to the darker North American series, Beast Wars II proved successful enough to spawn a theatrical movie, consisting of three 'acts'. The first act was a recap of the original Beast Wars television show up to that point, while the second was the undubbed, English-language episode, 'Bad Spark', from the show's second season, to serve as a showcase for the upcoming release of the season in Japan.
The third act was, a new, original story that saw Optimus Primal pulled forward in time to team up with Lio Convoy to stop the monstrous. Beast Wars Neo.
Main article: Even after the conclusion of Beast Wars II, there was still some time to go before the North American series had generated enough episodes to be aired in Japan, and the 35-episode Beast Wars Neo was produced to fill the 1998 gap. Still cel-animated and ostensibly even more light-hearted than Beast Wars II, this series introduced and, new Maximal and Predacon leaders, the former in search of the missing Lio Convoy, the latter questing for the capsule that Lio Convoy had sealed the Angolmois Energy into at the conclusion of the previous series. Beast Wars Neo is particularly notable for one reason - it features the first return of Unicron to animated continuity for a decade. In the course of the series, Angolmois Energy is revealed to be Unicron's life-force, and the series leads to his attempt to transfer it into Cybertron, that it may become his new body. With the end of Beast Wars Neo, the third season of the North American series had been completed, and it was subsequently combined with the second season and dubbed for Japanese release as Beast Wars Metals. Beast Machines. For the series, see.
For a list of episodes, see. As controversial as Beast Wars started out, it was nothing compared to the controversy that would result from the infamous Beast Machines. The series was the only Transformers animated series to be fully plotted from start to finish by and, writers unfamiliar with Transformers lore who sought to produce the series as, in Skir's words, a 'religious epic novel for television.' The series tackled the heavy philosophical concept of what it meant to live in an increasingly technological society, running to 26 episodes over two seasons, though in its native Canada, the show was aired simply in one long 26-episode run.
As Beast Machines begins, viewers rejoin Optimus Primal and his Maximals as they return to Cybertron, amnesiac and unable to recall how they got there, only to discover that the planet is now under Megatron's rule, its cities deserted, its occupants stripped of their. An encounter with the ancient Cybertronian computer, the, sees them reformatted into new bodies that blend their mechanical natures with the organic material they acquired on Earth, and as the story of the show develops, an organic past to Cybertron is steadily revealed, as is the story of the Maximal's missing memories and friends. Influences from the original Transformers began to creep into the show as they had with Beast Wars before it, until more obscure concepts such as the key to and the played major roles in the series, each one exemplifying one of the mantras espoused - Primal's dedication to seeing the organic flourish, and Megatron's desire for unfeeling, unthinking technological perfection. The clash between these two powers marked the end of the first season, and served to provide Primal with the revelation that drove the second - that he had been wrong, and that the Oracle desired not the domination of one power over the other, but a balance between the organic and the technological. The second season of the show dove headlong into the storyline, with Megatron body-swapping repeatedly, and the concept of the show allowing for such left-field creations as an entirely organic Transformer that changed from beast to beast, and a.
The series concluded with a drawn-out battle between Primal and Megatron, which ultimately concluded with their deaths, allowing the planet-wide reformatting of Cybertron into a technorganic paradise. Beast Machines was not exported to Japan for several years, finally reaching the country in 2004 under the title of Beast Wars Returns.- Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 series). Main article: After the conclusion of Beast Wars Metals, it was necessary for Takara to once again produce an original Transformers animated series and toyline, as Beast Machines had not yet amassed enough episodes to make importing it viable. To that end, the new cel-animated series Transformers: Car Robots (occasionally referred to by the misnomer, Transformers 2000) was produced for broadcast in Japan for 2000.
The series, however, ultimately proved duly unsuccessful (to the extent that there was no Transformers animated series broadcast in Japan in 2001) and following both the conclusion of it and the second season of Beast Machines, Takara and Hasbro opted to co-produce the next series for the first time. With this decision made, Hasbro scrapped their plans for the series, and - rather than go a year without Transformers, as Takara had chosen to do - opted to import Car Robots for the 2001 year. Renamed Transformers: Robots in Disguise (regularly referred to with the acronym of RiD by fans) the series stands alone, unconnected to any of the previous continuities as a complete, self-contained universe. Conceptually, the show united ideas from across the G1 and Beast eras by pitting the vehicular Autobots, led by, against the bestial Predacons, led by, and through the inclusion of classic concepts such as Headmaster and combining technology; dubbed into English by, many fan-friendly references to the previous continiuities were also added. The first story arc of the series is a series of episodic adventures introducing the majority of the cast - like the original animated series, it was very Autobot-heavy, with most characters being newly designed (bar the, repainted versions of Generation 2 figures, and Tow-Line and Skid-Z, repainted toys), while on the Predacon side, only Megatron was a new mould, with his troops being repaints of Beast Wars Transmetal 2 toys.
The trend continued into the second story arc, which introduced RiD's version of the Decepticons - redecos of the G1 and G2 'Laser Optimus Prime' toy - and Optimus Prime's bitter brother,. This led smoothly into the third and final arc of the show, which saw Magnus and Prime merge into, and Decepticon leader began his plot to wrest the power of the ancient battle station, Fortress Maximus, away from both Megatron and the Autobots. Its airing schedule heavily disrupted by the, Robots in Disguise had to be re-edited in several ways for content, and several of its episodes aired out of order, or not at all in America. Although initially derided by some fans for its especially light-hearted, joke-filled nature, demand is high for the series to be released on DVD in North America; although available in the, it has yet to see a release in America due to the 's acquisition of Saban and its products. Unicron Trilogy The 'Unicron Trilogy' is so-named for the major role that the dark god plays in each of the three series that comprise it. Spanning twenty years from 2010 to 2030, the trilogy is significant for being a co-production between Hasbro and Takara; the Japanese production team actually wanted to set the series in the Generation 1 continuity, post-'The Rebirth,' but this was vetoed by Hasbro's head Transformers design director, in favour of completely rebooting the Transformers universe and introducing a brand new continuity for the second time (the first being Robots in Disguise).
Archer crafted the basic story outline of each of the three lines, with the themselves then being written and animated in Japan, but in practice, the Japanese studios did not always follow Archer's design. While each series ran for eighteen months in Hasbro markets, lasting from mid-2002 through 2007, the three were annual affairs in Japan, running from January to December in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Transformers: Armada. For the series, see.
For a list of episodes, see. Launched in the summer of 2002, Transformers: Armada was the first series co-produced between Hasbro and Takara, with the intention of creating a toyline for simultaneous release in both North America and Japan. It was released in Japan six months later in January 2003, where it was known as Transformers: Micron Legend. The heavily promoted series was an attempt to re-introduce Transformers to the children of the time, and featured a particularly large number of additional merchandise such as puzzles, games, cards, candy and a tie-in video game. In addition to drawing on and re-imagining familiar elements from Generation 1, such as the Matrix of Leadership, Armada's defining trait was the introduction of a third faction of Transformers - the diminutive robots known as (the eponymous 'Microns' in Japan). Mini-Cons can 'powerlink' to larger Transformers, increasing their powers, and consequently became a sought-after commodity in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. Eventually, however, the Mini-Cons fled Cybertron in a starship, which warped into the Solar system and crashed on Earth.
The series then begins in the year 2010, when three teenagers - Rad, Carlos and Alexis - find and reactivate the buried hulk of the Mini-Con ship, sending out a signal that brings Optimus Prime, Megatron and their troops to Earth. The Autobots and Decepticons begin scouring the planet to find the stasis panels containing the dormant Mini-Cons, thought to be located in Hellnoville, but soon, the existence of three powerful weapons - each formed from the fusion of three separate Mini-Cons - comes to light. Thanks to the schemes of the mysterious, allegiance-shifting, the weapons are formed and constantly shift hands, until, through manipulation of the self-doubting, all three are finally within Decepticon hands. Through the power of these weapons, the ancient evil, is reawakened, as the mysteries of the show, the origins of the Mini-Cons and the nature of the Transformers' war are explored in a final story arc entitled 'The Unicron Battles.' The English-language version of Armada is infamous for having been produced in haste for several reasons, most prominently the fact that would not sign off on the series without a certain number of episodes already completed. To meet this demand, the dubbing studio was forced to work with only partially complete episodes, with animation of a wildly varying quality, containing many errors that were later corrected for the Japanese broadcast.
Additionally, there was rarely even enough time to produce more than a first draft of the translated script, leading to many errors in translation making it into the finished product, including incorrect character names, flat, transliterated speech, and at times, utterly nonsensical dialogue that did not match the action onscreen. A companion comic book was included with the Japanese DVD releases of the series titled Linkage, which focused on the side story of a group of Mini-Cons whose adventures happened concurrently with the animated series. The comic takes the time to flesh out some unexplained plot points from the series, as well as providing an in-depth explanation on the nature of Mini-Cons. Transformers: Energon.
For the series, see. For a list of episodes, see. Whatever the technical failings of the Armada animated series, the line succeeded in its goal of reinvigorating the Transformers brand and reacquring the recognisability the series had enjoyed in the Generation 1 heyday. Consequently, the process was repeated, and Hasbro and Takara debuted Transformers: Energon at the beginning of 2004.
Picking up ten years after the end of Armada, Energon focuses on the quest for the titular energy-rich mineral, the Transformers' power source. The Autobots and Decepticons, allied since the conclusion of Armada, have entered into an alliance with humankind in order to mine for energon on Earth, and now operate out of massive 'Cybertron Cities' in strategic locations around the world. But, out in the void of space, the damaged, deactivated body of Unicron now serves the staging base of the deranged alien being, who sends armies of robotic to steal Energon for his own purposes. But those purposes are not as sinister as they seem, and soon pale in comparison to the evil of the resurrected Megatron. The Autobots of Energon are empowered with the 'Spark of Combination,' which allows them to link their bodies together in various configurations - a power that gives the series its Japanese title, Transformers: Superlink - while the Decepticons possess 'hyper modes' with excesses of weaponry. The series also introduces the aforementioned Terrorcons, and their Autobot counterparts the, robots with the ability to handle and shape energon into power-enhancing stars and weapons such as spears and axes.
Transformers: Cybertron. For the series, see. For a list of episodes, see. Transformers: Cybertron is the anomaly of the Unicron Trilogy universe. Debuting in Japan in January 2005, under the title Transformers: Galaxy Force, the series was intended by its Japanese producers to be yet another complete reboot to the timeline, beginning yet another continuity from the beginning with no connections to Armada or Energon. It would not be until mid-2005, when Energon completed its run, that Hasbro would release Cybertron into their markets, modifying the show and using other media to establish its place in continuity (see the show's own article for more details).
Concluding in Japan at the end of 2005, the series ran throughout 2006 in Hasbro markets, and once again, Takara had no animated product on Japanese screens for that year. The story of Cybertron centres on a gigantic black hole, created by the destruction of Unicron at the conclusion of Energon, which threatens to consume Cybertron and the rest of the universe. This danger brings the ancient Transformer, back to Cybertron, where he sets the Autobots on a quest for the four, legendary artifacts of power that can seal the black hole. The keys, however, are scattered on planets throughout the galaxy, and the Autobots must now race from world to world to acquire their power before the Decepticons. Aided with new 'Cyber Key Powers' of their own, the Transformers makes allies and enemies on each different world they visit, from the racing-obsessed to the bestial and beyond, on an adventure that has its roots in the ancient past, and sculpts a new future for Cybertron.
Cybertron's English language adaptation flouts Unicron Trilogy convention by being competently produced. More than simply a translation of the Japanese version, Cybertron features large amounts of new dialogue, be it to form connections with Armada and Energon, to pay homage to many classic Generation 1 quotes (several lines from The Transformers: The Movie are re-used, in particular, and there are also a few quotes and references to the Beast Era), or simply to fill many prolonged sequences of silence in the Japanese version, an artefact of the show's excessive use of transformation, combination and transportation sequences. Transformers: Animated. For the series, see. For a list of episodes, see. Formerly known by the working title, Transformers: Heroes, Transformers: Animated debuted December 26, 2007, on, and represents yet another fresh start for the animated Transformers universe, albeit one that draws inspiration from many of its antecedents, including, for the first time, elements drawn from. Opening in a manner similar to Beast Wars, the series takes place centuries after the end of the Autobot-Decepticon war, and centers on a small group of Autobots voyaging through space on missions.
The group is a Space Bridge repair crew led by academy washout Optimus Prime, who stumble across the legendary life-giving on a routine mission, drawing the attention of the long-exiled Decepticons under the command of Megatron. As a result of the ensuing battle, Megatron and the Autobots crash land on Earth, while the other Decepticons are scattered through space. Megatron's remains are discovered by the young scientist Isaac Sumdac, who reverse-engineers his Cybertronian technology to create massive leaps in Earth machinery, transforming the planet into a technological utopia over the course of the following fifty years. The Autobots spend these years in stasis, but when they are awakened as a result of one of Sumdac's experiments in techno-organic fusion going berserk, they publicly save the day, befriend Sumdac's daughter Sari (who later reveals to be a robot herself), and quickly establish themselves as a force for justice on Earth. The core Autobot team is led by Optimus Prime (voiced by, famous for voicing the Megatrons of the Beast Era and Unicron Trilogy) and consists of the speedy, wise-cracking; gentle giant; aged, ornery medic; and loner ninja.
Early antagonists in the series will be superhuman villains, some of whom will obtain powers through Transformer technology, with the scattered Decepticons (Starscream, and ) periodically arriving on Earth in their search for Megatron and the Allspark. The series also features many other additional Transformers characters in guest appearances and recurring roles, including, bounty hunter, Earth machines brought to life by the Allspark such as the, the, and, and the Autobot Cybertron Elite Guard, including (Supreme Commander of the Autobots), and. The show's supervising director is (, ), with Cartoon Network vice-president as executive producer and as line producer. Writer returned to Transformers as the story editor/head writer for this series, and it is voice-directed by, the original voice of G1 Arcee, who will be voicing the character again in this series.
Art director/lead character designer ( Teen Titans, ) has created a 'brand new look' unlike anything seen in Transformers before. The series is being distributed internationally. Main article: Transformers: Prime is a CGI-based series that aired on television network from November 29, 2010 to July 26, 2013, with and once again providing the voices of and respectively. The series begins three years after the Autobot's last confrontation with the Decepticons. After Cybertron became uninhabitable due to the war between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Autobots scattered across the Universe. Optimus Prime is on Earth with a small group of Autobots that call themselves Team Prime. While the Autobot's presence is not known among the general population, the United States government is aware of their presence and cooperates with them.
A special agent named William Fowler often communicates with the Autobots directly. Megatron discovers that Optimus is on Earth and seeks him out to destroy him.
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Megatron also realises that Earth is rich with sources of Energon, and the Autobots strive to stop him from destroying Earth as he searches for these sources. Energon is the emanation of Primus, the creator of the Transformers, and it functions in transformers as blood does in humans. Dark Energon, on the other hand, is a corrupted form of energon and the blood of Unicron the Chaos-Bringer, Primus's fallen brother. Primus makes up the core of Cybertron, and it is eventually revealed that Unicron makes up the Earth's core. Megatron injects himself with Dark energon in order to gain control over it and become stronger. Dark energon weakens and corrupts transformers, and it can be used to raise the dead, which Megatron does in the beginning of the series. In the very beginning of the series, three teenagers named Jack, Miko and Rafael witness the Autobots and Decepticons in action.
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Now that they are involved, the Autobots take it upon themselves to protect them. These teenagers become great friends to the Autobots, as well as a great asset, providing them with useful information about human life and Earth. They become involved in many of the Autobots' adventures. Transformers: Rescue Bots (2012–2016). Main article: Transformers: Rescue Bots is a flash animated series airing on and aimed at a younger generation of Transformers fans.
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The series is animated by Atomic Cartoons, and is considered part of the same continuity as Transformers: Prime. The series focuses on a squad of Rescue Bots, Autobots who specialized in rescue missions back on Cybertron. Having left Cybertron on a patrol ship prior to the war between Autobots and Decepticons, they eventually arrive on Earth and meet Optimus Prime, who pairs them up with the Burns family of the fictional island Griffin Rock. The Rescue Bots are tasked with helping protect the citizens of Griffin Rock while learning from them and maintaining their cover as highly sophisticated-but nonsentient-transforming robots. The Burns serve as their partners in this endeavor, with each Rescue Bot teaming up with an adult Burns family member while the youngest Burns, Cody, helps the Bots learn more about Earth culture.
While they are usually called upon to defend Griffin Rock and its citizens from man-made and natural disasters, the Rescue Bots occasionally engage human villains eager to exploit their advanced technology. Transformers Go! (2013–2014) is a Japanese exclusive sequel to Transformers: Prime - Beast Hunters. There are two chapters: Samurai and Shinobi. Both, however, share the same basic plot. Two humans, one descended from a line of samurai and one from ninjas, encounter the Predacons who are attempting to steal the legendiscs-powerful ancient artifacts-to revive their leader, Dragotron.
However, the discs summon two teams of Autobot Swordbots, each corresponding to the human partner's ancestry. From then on, with the help of Optimus Prime, they combat the Predacons while attempting to retrieve all the legendiscs. Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015–2017) is a sequel series to, and it ran from March 14, 2015 to November 11, 2017. Years after the conclusion of Transformers: Prime, Bumblebee leads his own team of Autobots, including, a named Fixit, the Grimlock and a female Elite Guard cadet named Strongarm. The Autobots are summoned back to Earth to defend it from a new faction of Decepticons. Prime Wars Trilogy.
See also: Transformers: Combiner Wars (2016 series) is an Internet-based animated series, based on the G1-centric toyline of the same name, and created by Machinima Inc. In partnership with Hasbro for the go90 Streaming media format from Verizon. It aired from August 2, 2016 to September 20, 2016. Transformers: Titans Return (2017 series) Like Combiner Wars before it, Titans Return is also an Internet-based series for go90, supporting the Titans Return toyline. It aired from November 14th, 2017 to January 9th, 2018 and features and as and, reprising their respective characters from 30 years previous. Transformers: Cyberverse Transformers Cyberverse is a series where in Bumblebee lost his memory of the special mission given to him by Optimus Prime.
With the help of his friend, Windblade, they will encounter challenges to recover Bumblebee's memory. References.
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