Bludgeon's recovered files bring Optimus Prime to Earth, where an Autobot detachment led by Prowl has discovered that a Decepticon infiltration unit led by Starscream has broken standard protocol after discovering a new form of Energon. For example, in some stories, Optimus Prime was once the average autobot, Orion Pax, who had a girlfriend and a normal life before everything changed for him. Optimus Prime is a Transformer from the planet Cybertron. During the battle for the possession of the Allspark, Optimus goes offline after defeating Starscream, only to be revived by Sari Sumdac and her Allspark-infused key. In the Autobot campaign, he starts off as Optimus, a warrior who rallies his fellow autobots against the Decepticons following the reported death of their leader Zeta Prime. He gave the Rescue Bots their mission and mainly appeared via a view-screen, appearing physically in the first episode and then in the first-season finale, where his truck mode was seen for the first time on screen. Events during this period have gone unrecorded as a result of Dreamwave's closure. The Stormbringer miniseries explains that the Transformer homeworld of Cybertron is a dead planet, ravaged by an ancient cataclysm caused by the Autobot-Decepticon War. In Transformers: Dark of the Moon, he gains a first generation-style trailer form before changing into a 2014 Western Star 5700 Concept. As a parting gesture, Starscream fired upon the Autobot ship, creating a landslide. Before Optimus was the Prime he is, he went by other names. He scanned Trex as a secondary form where gained a Tyrannosaurus form, making him a Triple Changer, though he stated that scanning anything techno-organic might have unpredictable results. Regardless of the continuity -- whether they were friends (G2), brothers (movie franchise), or a murderbot and victim (G1) -- no one knows Optimus Prime better than Megaton, and no one knows Megatron better than the leader of the Autobots himself. [12] Consequently, inconsistencies arise between Cybertron and the other two series, but have been explained by the Cybertron comic book, available exclusively through the Official Transformers Collectors Club, as the result of fluctuations in the fabric of reality caused by the Unicron-induced black hole. [4] Within his chest is a mystic talisman, known as the Autobot Matrix of Leadership or the "Creation Matrix", carried by all Autobot leaders. Both Orion and Ariel were severely wounded when Megatron and his forces attacked in order to claim the energy stored there. Optimus then attacks Quintessa, distracting her long enough for Bumblebee to shoot and seemingly vaporize her. Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. She hails from a timeline populated solely by Spy Changers, where all Transformers are relatively small. Soon after, he retrieves his Mini-Con partner, Sparkplug. Animated Optimus Prime, in an Earth-based fire truck mode, appears as a hidden character in the Transformers Netjet video game by Hasbro. Sentinel doesn't forgive him for losing her and Optimus takes full responsibility for Elita's demise. Prime is then attacked and sentenced to death by the Guardian Knights for aiding Quintessa, but he is saved by Cade Yeager, who convinces Optimus to correct his mistake. After being unable to obtain the Planet Cup from Override herself, Optimus Prime endorsed Hot Shot's plan to win the cup in a race with the aide of the other Autobots. Optimus Prime and her cohorts Prowl, Ultra Magnus, and Ironhide were stranded on a frozen planetoid, a side effect of Rhinox's device that blocked Unicron's attempt to kidnap Transformers from multiple dimensions. Starscream had already used it to fuel a failed attempt to usurp Megatron's leadership, as detailed in the Infiltration miniseries. Sentinel Prime also pops up in the third movie as a real bad robot-dude allied against Optimus Prime. When Bumblebee is captured, Prime transforms and chases the chopper which from which the small Autobot is tied. When the war began, Prime quickly made a name for himself as a combat leader of the Autobots. At the end, though, in a battle with Megatron, Optimus Prime was forced to throw the AllSpark into the space bridge hole (thus moving the AllSpark off Cybertron without use of the Ark). Megatron attempts to make a false truce with Optimus, but Optimus doesn't fall for it and attacks Megatron, decapitating him with his battle-axe. At first, Optimus appears to have the upper hand, but Sentinel eventually overpowers him and severs his right arm. His wrists can also fire capture bolas. He flipped the Autobot onto his back. Optimus Prime also appeared in Transformers: Rescue Bots, stated to take place in the same universe as Prime, as the leader of the Autobots who transformed into a semi-trailer truck, though unlike his Prime appearance, it was flatnosed like his G1 counterpart. Orion Pax was put to work on Project Iacon, a project to decode the coordinates of, and then recover, several Cybertronian relics hidden on Earth. In 2010, a version of the Masterpiece toy, called Masterpiece Convoy Sleep Mode, was released, painted in dark colors to match the appearance of Optimus Prime after his death in the 1986 film. If the combat deck or Roller were to be destroyed, Prime could survive. https://transformers.fandom.com/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(Universe_Spychanger)?oldid=481790. After being in stasis under Lake Erie for 50 years, the Autobots awaken in Detroit of the near future, where they immediately discovered humans in need and became heroes of the city after stopping a Sumdac Industries experiment gone wrong. He later engages in a battle with Starscream, Grindor, and a resurrected Megatron. The combat deck also included "Roller", a mobile scout buggy meant to scout behind enemy lines. Galvatron attempts to take command of the Autobots and, after fighting them, explains his mission to stop an undead infestation. ", Character bios for Transformers Animated characters, "BotCon 2010 "Transformers: Prime" Panel Coverage", "Transformers from IDW with Simon Furman: Interviews & Features Archive - Comics Bulletin", "Entertainment/OnlineGames/GameSelect/Action Games/Transformers/Transformers Battle Circuit", "TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE Battle Builder Game", "IGN.com - Transformers Animated (DS) Review", "Collectors Edition Transformers Monopoly", "Western Star Trucks Trucking Shows & Events", "Top heroes and villains named in movie list", "Exclusive (Spoilers): What classic characters are set to appear in Transformers 4? Before Shockwave could make full use of the mega computers data, however, Ultra Magnus, Prime's brother, arrived and bested him. Through the years, there have been many action figures made in the likeness of the original incarnation of Optimus Prime, some of which have been featured in fiction, others of which have not. Before the animated series began, Hasbro envisioned Prime and Megatron as their beast counterparts, but once the animated series began, this had already been changed. Reborn through the Well of All Sparks, Orion Pax became Optimus Prime, a veteran military commander and second in command who wields an ion blaster and a double-bladed Energon axe. After a lengthy chase, Prime manages to catch the net, only to be thrown off by another Cybertronian meteor. In parting, the Swarm recreated Prime in a new form, and he and Megatron set out to lead the united Autobots and Decepticons into a new age. However, Optimus does not act the same as before. Searching for someone to help them, the time-displaced Aerialbots took Orion and Ariel to the ancient Autobot, Alpha Trion, who used them as the first subjects for the new reconstruction process he had developed involving rebuilding the frail Autobot frames into more battle-hardy configurations. Leaving Sam and Mikaela in a safe place, Optimus faces Megatron but is defeated. Agreeing with Megatron's belief about the caste system, they meet and became good friend. Therefore, Optimus Prime devised a plan to obtain the AllSpark before Megatron did and take it off Cybertron with the Ark through the space bridge. In almost every version of the mythos, Optimus is the leader of the Autobots, a faction of Transformers who are rivals of the Decepticons, another faction. Prime went on to battle the Decepticons on many other occasions. This Optimus Prime may look somewhat familiar, but in this case, size does matter. However, before Sentinel can deliver the killing blow, Megatron attacks and severely injures him, having realized that he will never be able to remain leader of the Decepticons as long as Sentinel is at large. After nearly getting himself and the other Autobots killed, Create-A-Bot apologizes to Optimus personally. In the Transformers: Prime series, he can form bladed weapons or blasters from his hands. Wheeljack sets up an energy shield around the city to keep the infestation contained, but it only last for 24 hours. Primal was subsequently mutated into the massive "Optimal Optimus" form, which shared elements of Prime's form, prior to returning the Spark to its rightful place. Optimus and the remaining Autobots volunteer to stay and defend Cybertron from Megatron for as long as possible while the rest evacuate the planet. Four million years later, in the Earth year 1984, a volcanic eruption jarred the ship's computer, Teletraan I, back to life. Prime's pleas to make Scourge remember his original Autobot loyalties fell on deaf ears. In the ensuing struggle, the G-forces of a nearby planet pulled both craft down, and the Autobots' ship crashed into a volcano, thrusting all the occupants into emergency stasis. Optimus led his small band of Autobots to stop Megatron from acquiring their power for himself. Every Megatron since has been way bigger than Prime, on the premise that Prime is not a fighter, and Megatron is. Weakened and damaged, Optimus crawls to reach the Allspark. He commissions a massive vessel known as the Ark to transport the remaining Autobots into space when the time comes. The Decepticons, however, got wind of the plan and used the shuttle run to attack Autobot City. While all of the other members of the Thirteen each possessed unique abilities and artifacts, Optimus wielded no special powers or weapons. Optimus proclaims that they sacrificed their lives to protect the Allspark, and their sacrifice will not be in vain. Since Orion would no longer cooperate with the Decepticons, Megatron forced him to finish Project Iacon. Generation 1 Optimus Prime is also offered as downloadable content for some versions of the 2009 third-person shooter Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The aerial trio manages to destroy Trypticon's jet pack and send the Decepticon behemoth crashing into Cybertron, where Optimus Prime and the Autobots band together to narrowly defeat him, sending him plunging into a pool of raw energon. While the other Autobots searched for the Matrix on Earth, Optimus Prime searched for Vector Sigma, guided through the dangers of the planet's catacombs by the spirit of Alpha Trion. Primal is one of the Maximal descendants of the Autobots, who took the name to honor Optimus Prime. Create-A-Bot also dies, but not before telling Optimus his final request to make Earth the new home of the Autobots and to protect the humans. Prime took a squad of troops to aid in the battle on the planet. The character of Optimus Prime first appears in Transformersas the leader of the Autobots in the search for the Allspark. In super mode, his feet contain missile launchers than can mount to the shoulders of his regular robot mode. After rescuing Omega Supreme, Optimus, Ironhide, and Prowl fight their way to the core, but it's too late. Wired Magazine nominated Fire Convoy as one 12 most ridiculous Transformers ideas of all time.[10]. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Spike Witwicky are the only main characters to appear in all of the seasons of The Transformers Animated series and survived throughout the show. Optimus has been voiced by a number of other voice actors in other series such as Neil Kaplan, Garry Chalk, and David Kaye in the series Transformers: Robots in Disguise, the Unicron Trilogy, and Transformers Animated, respectively. Although Optimus manages to injure Starscream and kill Grindor, he is eventually impaled and killed by Megatron. One of Prime's most notable characteristics over all continuities his unswaying commitment to leadership by example. In the Nintendo DS game War for Cybertron: Autobots, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are the initial two characters playable in the game. Furman decided that the Generation 1 continuity "was in need of ... a contemporary restart"[17] so that the comic could retain a modern audience. Optimus Prime appears in the next game, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. In the end, he wields the weapon as the Lugnut-controlled Omega Supreme clones land on Earth. The faceplate is able to retract to reveal a mouth. In this universe, Optimus Prime transforms into a fire engine. Prime led a group of elite Autobot warriors on the Ark, the Autobot starship, on a mission to destroy the asteroids. Optimus proved his bravery on many occasions, battling and defeating Sky-Byte in an underwater duel and personally rescuing Side Burn from a Predacon trap. Movie Optimus Prime has appeared in numerous Transformers video games. Prime's loyal team of Autobots clashed with Megatron's Predacons on many occasions, stopping their schemes with the aid of Koji, a human whose father had been abducted by the Predacons. “Optimus, show me your spark.” At that command, Optimus hesitated. Optimus Prime is primarily voiced by Peter Cullen in most of his incarnations, who voiced him in the original series. He intends to destroy it, even if it means sacrificing himself, before the Decepticons can use it to create a new army to conquer the universe. A distress call summoned Prime and support troops to Earth. At that moment, Hot Rod arrived with the Matrix, the same with which Alpha Trion merged, re-energizing it. Hot Rod realizes that Optimus is mentally deranged and confronts him. [32] Also straying from the G1 design, Prime's vehicle mode is now decorated with red flames painted onto a blue body à la Rodimus Prime, his Generation 1 successor. The film ends with Optimus sending out a deep-space signal, inviting other Autobots to join them on Earth. Optimus Prime, on the other hand, is more benevolent, and can be viewed as an authoritative parental figure. During their fight against the Decepticons on the planet, Optimus and the other Autobots were subject to many disadvantages, managing to pull through every time in their various mission to stop Megatron's exploitations of Earth's vast Energon resources. Through this link, Magnus was also able to channel the power of the Matrix, which he used to supercharge the Autobot Brothers into newly colored forms. Optimus has the ability to change any part of his robotic body into a tool or gadget. At the end of the film, he leaves Earth and flies off into deep space, seeking to find out the truth about his mysterious Creators.[36][37]. In the Marvel Comics series, in addition to these characteristics, Prime is secretly plagued by self-doubt and a conflicted sense of pacifism that often makes him an extremely reluctant warrior. Later, when Megatron targeted a tanker truck to scan as the alternate mode of the final protoform, Optimus Prime leaped into action in order to save the truck's human driver and, as a result, the tanker, Prime and the human were all scanned.