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Course Introduction
Hello, students! My name is Professor IGEBM, but you can just call me IGE! (No need to say “professor.”) I’ve been a Transformers fan since 2014 and know practically everything about the lore, hence why I’m "qualified" to teach this class. You can ask me anything about the franchise and you’ll probably get a correct answer from me. Originally, I just taught one student privately, and his name is LegendarySi, but I’ve decided to create this blog with my lessons to him. That’s about all you need to know about me, but I’ll leave some additional information down below. Happy learning!
Favorite Transformer: Punch/Counterpunch
Favorite Faction: Decepticon
Favorite Show: Cyberverse (2018-2022)
Favorite Comic: Transformers (2019-2022)
Favorite Toyline: War for Cybertron: Siege (2019-2020)
(Note that due to the maximum character count of PMC content, I cannot feature all lessons here. At the time of posting this, Si has just received lesson 42, so...)
(Also, the reason that I sometimes act as if the reader knows certain things, usually about Transformers: Prime, is because Si's seen Prime, and sometimes I send him non-lesson information about Transformers.
Favorite Transformer: Punch/Counterpunch
Favorite Faction: Decepticon
Favorite Show: Cyberverse (2018-2022)
Favorite Comic: Transformers (2019-2022)
Favorite Toyline: War for Cybertron: Siege (2019-2020)
(Note that due to the maximum character count of PMC content, I cannot feature all lessons here. At the time of posting this, Si has just received lesson 42, so...)
(Also, the reason that I sometimes act as if the reader knows certain things, usually about Transformers: Prime, is because Si's seen Prime, and sometimes I send him non-lesson information about Transformers.
Lesson 1 - Fandom Jokes: Fat Long Haul
First Taught: 8-16-2023
So basically, the joke is that G1 Long Haul has spent the past 30 years going to Burger King every day.
Allow me to explain:
This is the G1 Long Haul toy, released in 1985:
This is his G1 design, which, like the toy, isn't wide and chubby (why I'm pointing that out will be explained in a second):
His body is the same height and width his fellow Constructions, with whom he combines to form the first combiner, Devastator. This is Devstator's original toy (also released in '85) and G1 design:
Long Haul becomes Devastator's lower torso (aka his crotch, essentially), with Hook's crane mode folding in half to become the upper torso. What Long Haul does to combine is half-transform into his dump truck mode, with his legs becoming the thighs of Devastator and his dump truck bed becoming the combiner's back. The rest of the truck becomes the crotch.
Now, the Constructicon toys were relatively small, so a small toy forming a crotch that could attach to a toy of the same size wasn't too hard to achieve for the Japanese designers who originally designed the Constructicon toys.
However, that would change in the modern day.
Long Haul hasn't gotten a lot of toys since his G1 toy (or appearances), with his next major appearance being a different version of himself, from the live-action movie universe, in Revenge of the Fallen in 2009, where he became Devastator's leg. In that film, he turned into a huge earth mover mining dump truck, which is much bigger than his original toy's alt-mode (a smaller, normal-sized truck):
Finally, G1 Long Haul got a proper toy in 2015, as part of a Constructicon gift set in the Combiner Wars toyline, the first truly accurate toy of G1 Devastator and his components since the 80s. Long Haul wasn't so accurate, however... instead of being the same size as the other Constructicons, he was significantly... fatter (he also had elbows that only bent outwards for some reason):
This toy was supposed to be an earth mover like ROTF Long Haul, as evidenced by the sculpted ladder on the side of his truck mode (if you look closely at the image, you can see it near the front wheel). The reason for this change was because he needed to be a wider mold to be able to properly fit the massive Devastator's body proportions:
And it wasn't just that toy that depicted him as fat; the Earth Wars mobile game, which released in 2016 (a year after the toy's release) had Long Haul as one of the playable characters, and since he was based on his CW toy (because Earth Wars bases all the designs on the characters' most recent toys), he was chubby:
However, there is another reason for his design change: it's based on the then-most recent comic appearance of Long Haul, in the 2014-2016 comic series The Transformers, where he first appeared as chunky and bigger than his teammates:
Now, back to that toy.
On TFWiki, they add comedic captions to all the images on the wiki pages, and if you click on this link, it'll take you to the page that has all of G1 Long Haul's toys, specifically the Combiner Wars section. The caption for his CW toy's image is "Wonder where Long Haul spent the last 30 years..." with a link to TFWiki's page about Burger King. (They have a Burger King wiki page because Hasbro did a Transformers x Burger King crossover as part of the promotion for ROTF.)
So, to sum it up, the joke is that Long Haul has spent the last 30 years going to Burger King because his Combiner Wars toy (the most recent toy of him) is chubbier than his G1 toy.
So basically, the joke is that G1 Long Haul has spent the past 30 years going to Burger King every day.
Allow me to explain:
This is the G1 Long Haul toy, released in 1985:
This is his G1 design, which, like the toy, isn't wide and chubby (why I'm pointing that out will be explained in a second):
His body is the same height and width his fellow Constructions, with whom he combines to form the first combiner, Devastator. This is Devstator's original toy (also released in '85) and G1 design:
Long Haul becomes Devastator's lower torso (aka his crotch, essentially), with Hook's crane mode folding in half to become the upper torso. What Long Haul does to combine is half-transform into his dump truck mode, with his legs becoming the thighs of Devastator and his dump truck bed becoming the combiner's back. The rest of the truck becomes the crotch.
Now, the Constructicon toys were relatively small, so a small toy forming a crotch that could attach to a toy of the same size wasn't too hard to achieve for the Japanese designers who originally designed the Constructicon toys.
However, that would change in the modern day.
Long Haul hasn't gotten a lot of toys since his G1 toy (or appearances), with his next major appearance being a different version of himself, from the live-action movie universe, in Revenge of the Fallen in 2009, where he became Devastator's leg. In that film, he turned into a huge earth mover mining dump truck, which is much bigger than his original toy's alt-mode (a smaller, normal-sized truck):
Finally, G1 Long Haul got a proper toy in 2015, as part of a Constructicon gift set in the Combiner Wars toyline, the first truly accurate toy of G1 Devastator and his components since the 80s. Long Haul wasn't so accurate, however... instead of being the same size as the other Constructicons, he was significantly... fatter (he also had elbows that only bent outwards for some reason):
This toy was supposed to be an earth mover like ROTF Long Haul, as evidenced by the sculpted ladder on the side of his truck mode (if you look closely at the image, you can see it near the front wheel). The reason for this change was because he needed to be a wider mold to be able to properly fit the massive Devastator's body proportions:
And it wasn't just that toy that depicted him as fat; the Earth Wars mobile game, which released in 2016 (a year after the toy's release) had Long Haul as one of the playable characters, and since he was based on his CW toy (because Earth Wars bases all the designs on the characters' most recent toys), he was chubby:
However, there is another reason for his design change: it's based on the then-most recent comic appearance of Long Haul, in the 2014-2016 comic series The Transformers, where he first appeared as chunky and bigger than his teammates:
Now, back to that toy.
On TFWiki, they add comedic captions to all the images on the wiki pages, and if you click on this link, it'll take you to the page that has all of G1 Long Haul's toys, specifically the Combiner Wars section. The caption for his CW toy's image is "Wonder where Long Haul spent the last 30 years..." with a link to TFWiki's page about Burger King. (They have a Burger King wiki page because Hasbro did a Transformers x Burger King crossover as part of the promotion for ROTF.)
So, to sum it up, the joke is that Long Haul has spent the last 30 years going to Burger King because his Combiner Wars toy (the most recent toy of him) is chubbier than his G1 toy.
Lesson 2: Soundwave’s Space Bridges
First Taught: 8-16-2023
Me and Si both agree that this is one of the coolest scenes in Transformers: Prime:
There is a minor thing to note: it’s a bit strange that Soundwave has had this ability to generate spacebridges when we previously only saw him do groundbridges, and you’d think it would be easier for Megatron and Dreadwing to simply ask Soundwave to spacebridge them to Cybertron in season 2 to get Liege Maximo’s arm (the red Prime arm Megs stole to use the Forge of Solus to make his Dark Star Saber). The fandom’s best explanation is that the Nemesis was somehow close enough Cybertron that Soundwave could open a groundbridge to one of its moons.
Me and Si both agree that this is one of the coolest scenes in Transformers: Prime:
There is a minor thing to note: it’s a bit strange that Soundwave has had this ability to generate spacebridges when we previously only saw him do groundbridges, and you’d think it would be easier for Megatron and Dreadwing to simply ask Soundwave to spacebridge them to Cybertron in season 2 to get Liege Maximo’s arm (the red Prime arm Megs stole to use the Forge of Solus to make his Dark Star Saber). The fandom’s best explanation is that the Nemesis was somehow close enough Cybertron that Soundwave could open a groundbridge to one of its moons.
Lesson 3: Megatron’s Alt-Modes
Lesson 3a: The Issues with Gun Megatron
First Taught: 8-17-2023
Okay, so the original G1 toys (the 1984 year of the toyline/the first year of Transformers toys in history) were molds from Takara's Diaclone and Micro-Change lines.
Megatron's toy was originally a Micro-Change toy that could turn into a Walter P-38 pistol, and it was okay to release that mold in the US... back then.
When gun laws began to change, there were all sorts of restrictions with gun toys, so at first, Hasbro just put an orange safety cap on reissues of Megs' original toy, but then realized it would just be easier to leave Megatron reissues to the Japanese, where toys of transforming guns were safer to release.
So, if you want an accurate gun-mode Megatron, buy the Masterpiece toy (a Japanese Transformers toyline that releases figures of characters accurate to their G1 cartoon appearances) or find a G1 toy on eBay or something.
Just, whatever you do, do not carry it around in gun mode in public.
This is the original Megatron toy (it's a really realistic gun, same size as a real P-38, fits perfectly in a human hand, and yes, he has a trigger in his crotch):
People make fan-modes with the newer Megatron toys, turning figures meant to become tanks into gun-looking alt-modes, and the last gun-mode Megatron toy Hasbro released was made for Classics in 2006 and was intentionally designed to look like a Nerf gun (there is a G1 color version though):
This part below was sent on the 19th.
His OG toy was completely recolored in the mid-2000s just to be safe for a toyline that was meant to be simple reissues of the Japanese versions of the G1 toys (they came with a few different things, such as firing missiles launchers - America neutered the springs on their releases to avoid choking kids with plastic missiles - and extra accessories, like the sword Megs has in the pic).
Unfortunately, it still wasn’t approved.
And also...
Okay, so the original G1 toys (the 1984 year of the toyline/the first year of Transformers toys in history) were molds from Takara's Diaclone and Micro-Change lines.
Megatron's toy was originally a Micro-Change toy that could turn into a Walter P-38 pistol, and it was okay to release that mold in the US... back then.
When gun laws began to change, there were all sorts of restrictions with gun toys, so at first, Hasbro just put an orange safety cap on reissues of Megs' original toy, but then realized it would just be easier to leave Megatron reissues to the Japanese, where toys of transforming guns were safer to release.
So, if you want an accurate gun-mode Megatron, buy the Masterpiece toy (a Japanese Transformers toyline that releases figures of characters accurate to their G1 cartoon appearances) or find a G1 toy on eBay or something.
Just, whatever you do, do not carry it around in gun mode in public.
This is the original Megatron toy (it's a really realistic gun, same size as a real P-38, fits perfectly in a human hand, and yes, he has a trigger in his crotch):
People make fan-modes with the newer Megatron toys, turning figures meant to become tanks into gun-looking alt-modes, and the last gun-mode Megatron toy Hasbro released was made for Classics in 2006 and was intentionally designed to look like a Nerf gun (there is a G1 color version though):
This part below was sent on the 19th.
His OG toy was completely recolored in the mid-2000s just to be safe for a toyline that was meant to be simple reissues of the Japanese versions of the G1 toys (they came with a few different things, such as firing missiles launchers - America neutered the springs on their releases to avoid choking kids with plastic missiles - and extra accessories, like the sword Megs has in the pic).
Unfortunately, it still wasn’t approved.
And also...
Lesson 3b: Movieverse Megatron’s Alt-Modes
First Taught: 8-17-2023
When I taught this to Si, he asked what they did about the movies.
In Transformers (2007), he's a Cybertronian supersonic jet that is not aerodynamic at all.
In Revenge of the Fallen (2009), he gets a new body with a parts from a dead Constructicon coincidentally named Scrapmetal and becomes a Cybertronian tank that can also deploy wings and fly despite, again, not being aerodynamic at all.
In Dark of the Moon (2011), after getting half his face blown off by Optimus in Egypt at the end of the last movie, he set up a small camp in Africa with Starscream (an F-22 Raptor) and Soundwave (a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG), finally taking an Earth mode in the form of a Mack M915 Line-Haul Replacement Tractor truck that looks like it was scanned on the set of a Mad Max movie.
In Age of Extinction (2014), Galvatron is built by Kinetic Solutions Incorporated using transformium (the metal Transformers are made of), but they accidentally allow Megatron's consciousness to return in Galvatron, and this guy transforms by scattering into a million particles and reforming as 2012 Freightliner Argosy. (Hilariously, an Argosy is actually the closest modern equivalent to Optimus Prime's G1 alt-mode.)
In The Last Knight (2017), Galvatron is somehow back to being Megatron and somehow back to being a Cybertronian vehicle, this time a finally aerodynamic (I think) supersonic jet.
He's not in Bumblebee or Rise of the Beasts because, during the events of those movies, he was frozen in ice and being examined by Sector 7 in the Hoover Dam.
Oh, and did I mention that the first three designs have some weirdo needle hands that don't look functional at all, and he's severely imbalanced in ROTF because he has that giant friggin' death-lock pincer (the official name for that claw thing) on his left arm that's causing him to lean sideways half the time.
When I taught this to Si, he asked what they did about the movies.
In Transformers (2007), he's a Cybertronian supersonic jet that is not aerodynamic at all.
In Revenge of the Fallen (2009), he gets a new body with a parts from a dead Constructicon coincidentally named Scrapmetal and becomes a Cybertronian tank that can also deploy wings and fly despite, again, not being aerodynamic at all.
In Dark of the Moon (2011), after getting half his face blown off by Optimus in Egypt at the end of the last movie, he set up a small camp in Africa with Starscream (an F-22 Raptor) and Soundwave (a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG), finally taking an Earth mode in the form of a Mack M915 Line-Haul Replacement Tractor truck that looks like it was scanned on the set of a Mad Max movie.
In Age of Extinction (2014), Galvatron is built by Kinetic Solutions Incorporated using transformium (the metal Transformers are made of), but they accidentally allow Megatron's consciousness to return in Galvatron, and this guy transforms by scattering into a million particles and reforming as 2012 Freightliner Argosy. (Hilariously, an Argosy is actually the closest modern equivalent to Optimus Prime's G1 alt-mode.)
In The Last Knight (2017), Galvatron is somehow back to being Megatron and somehow back to being a Cybertronian vehicle, this time a finally aerodynamic (I think) supersonic jet.
He's not in Bumblebee or Rise of the Beasts because, during the events of those movies, he was frozen in ice and being examined by Sector 7 in the Hoover Dam.
Oh, and did I mention that the first three designs have some weirdo needle hands that don't look functional at all, and he's severely imbalanced in ROTF because he has that giant friggin' death-lock pincer (the official name for that claw thing) on his left arm that's causing him to lean sideways half the time.
Lesson 4: Shockwave
First Taught: 8-18-2023
Si made the mistake of asking me about Shockwave, so I made a 4-part recording late at night when I should've been asleep about all the different versions of Shockwave.
Part 1 - Marvel, G1 cartoon, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, the movies, TransTech, Shattered Glass, Animated, Prime, Cyberverse, and EarthSpark
Part 2 - 2019-2022 IDW continuity
Part 3 - 2005-2018 IDW continuity (the most evil he's ever been) (ft. some weird and random mouth noises)
Below are some Shockwave pics:
(from top to bottom: Senator Shockwave and Orion Pax sitting at their favorite bench, from "Chaos Theory Part 2," Shockwave undergoing empurate, from "Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading," the full panel of Shockwave with all his dead test subjects, from "Shockwaves," Shockwave vs. the Dinobots, from "Spotlight: Shockwave," Shockwave losing control of the chronal drive from "...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale," 'Onyx Prime' after killing Megatronus Prime/the Fallen, from "The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named," 'Onyx Prime' unmasked, from "The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named," and finally, an imprisoned Shockwave reflecting on his life a few hours before Prime's funeral, from "Post," the last issue of the entire continuity)
Si made the mistake of asking me about Shockwave, so I made a 4-part recording late at night when I should've been asleep about all the different versions of Shockwave.
Part 1 - Marvel, G1 cartoon, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, the movies, TransTech, Shattered Glass, Animated, Prime, Cyberverse, and EarthSpark
Part 2 - 2019-2022 IDW continuity
Part 3 - 2005-2018 IDW continuity (the most evil he's ever been) (ft. some weird and random mouth noises)
Below are some Shockwave pics:
(from top to bottom: Senator Shockwave and Orion Pax sitting at their favorite bench, from "Chaos Theory Part 2," Shockwave undergoing empurate, from "Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading," the full panel of Shockwave with all his dead test subjects, from "Shockwaves," Shockwave vs. the Dinobots, from "Spotlight: Shockwave," Shockwave losing control of the chronal drive from "...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale," 'Onyx Prime' after killing Megatronus Prime/the Fallen, from "The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named," 'Onyx Prime' unmasked, from "The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named," and finally, an imprisoned Shockwave reflecting on his life a few hours before Prime's funeral, from "Post," the last issue of the entire continuity)
Lesson 5: IDW Decepticon Rules
First Taught: 8-22-2023
Now you know some IDW Decepticon rules (same IDW comic universe as the time traveling Shockwave):
The exchange between Tarn and Blip from “The Permanent Revolution” (the name of the comic issue the quote is from) is apparently based on the 1928 - 1941 religious persecution campaign in the Soviet Union.
The whole issue saw James Roberts (writer) drawing analogies between the ‘Cons the Communists: the issue’s name is a Marxist term, the issue is divided into three parts, two of which are named with Soviet terms (“Troika” and “Perestroika,” with part 2, “Troska,” being Czech), and then there’s the exchange between Tarn and Blip.
Also, just to give you some context, Tarn leads the Decepticon Justice Division, a team of five of Megatron’s best and most sadistic (I’ll explain them later, they’re awesome) who are in charge of finding traitor and violators of the Decepticon cause and, well, executing them in the most painful way possible.
They have a List (it’s officially capitulated, which makes it even more menacing), maintained by Kaon (each member is codenamed with one of the first five cities to fall to the ‘Cons), and Blip is on it for, officially, “religious beliefs” (exactly what it says on the List).
Now you know some IDW Decepticon rules (same IDW comic universe as the time traveling Shockwave):
The exchange between Tarn and Blip from “The Permanent Revolution” (the name of the comic issue the quote is from) is apparently based on the 1928 - 1941 religious persecution campaign in the Soviet Union.
The whole issue saw James Roberts (writer) drawing analogies between the ‘Cons the Communists: the issue’s name is a Marxist term, the issue is divided into three parts, two of which are named with Soviet terms (“Troika” and “Perestroika,” with part 2, “Troska,” being Czech), and then there’s the exchange between Tarn and Blip.
Also, just to give you some context, Tarn leads the Decepticon Justice Division, a team of five of Megatron’s best and most sadistic (I’ll explain them later, they’re awesome) who are in charge of finding traitor and violators of the Decepticon cause and, well, executing them in the most painful way possible.
They have a List (it’s officially capitulated, which makes it even more menacing), maintained by Kaon (each member is codenamed with one of the first five cities to fall to the ‘Cons), and Blip is on it for, officially, “religious beliefs” (exactly what it says on the List).
Lesson 6: The List
First Taught: 8-22-2023
It's very easy to get on the List… and it’s the one list you do not want to be on.
Even associating with someone on the List will put you on it...
In fact, here’s everyone on the List and why (according to TFWiki):
Black Shadow (terminated by the DJD) - accepted a bribe from the Autobots to destroy a Warworld fleet (Decepticon ships)
Blip (terminated by the DJD) - established a religion, of which he is the only member
Borebit - unknown, but I’ll add a note here: the DJD doesn’t just target Decepticons; they also target Autobots and ex-Decepticons (the latter is usually because they deserted the cause), hence why Borebit (an Autobot) is on the List
Bomb-Burst, Finback, and Skullgrin - unknown, most likely for joining Bludgeon’s Thunderwing-worshipping cult in Stormbrigner (a series written before the DJ were created); it is unclear if Bludgeon himself is listed
Deathsaurus - abandoned the Decepticon army and stealing a Warworld; pardoned in exchange for aiding the DJD in hunting down Megatron and his Autobot allies; Bikecross, Blue Bacchus, Browning, Deathcobra, Drillhorn, Doryu (who was previously on the List for unknown crimes), Gairyu, Goryu, Greatsix, Guyhawk, Jallguar, Kakuryu, Killbison, King Solon, Leozack, Rairyu, Skip (also previously on the List for unknown crimes), Strikesoldier, and Yokuryu all joined his contingent, and were added to the List as such, but were pardoned along with him
Drift (quantum duplicate - not the main Drift - terminated by the DJD) - abandoned the Decepticons and defected to the Autobots
Flame - unknown; he would probably be on the List later on for joining up with Scorponok (also on the List), but the DJD were killed before that happened
Fulcrum (believed dead by the DJD after faking suicide on Clemency) - survived a K-Con bombing mission (K-Cons transform into bombs and are supposed to be suicide bombers) because he was too scared to transform; his future teammates, the Scavengers (Crankcase, Flywheels, Krok, Misfire, and Spinister) were added due to abetting (aka protecting) him when the DJD came to Clemency to kill him (the battle did lead to the death of Flywheels, however, so that’s good)
Grimlock - rejoined the Autobots after briefly joining the Decepticons in Maximum Dinobots; his betrayal angered Megatron personally, and he ordered the DJD to bump him up on the List, which has only happened twice (hilariously, Megs was the second time)
Heretech - unknown
Howlback - unknown, was almost turned over to the DJD by Shockwave (the captain of a ship she was on) as part of an exchange to save his own metal skin, but Tarn rejected the offer
Megatron - the worst offender; at the end of Dark Cybertron, he publicly denounced the Decepticon cause and defected to Autobots, leading to him being added at the very top of the List, as a top-priority target so important that he should be pursued even if you’re hunting down another bot on the List
Overlord (quantum duplicate terminated by the DJD) - abandoned the Decepticons after the introduction of the Phase Six Protocols, which would have seen him, along with Black Shadow and Sixshot, performing the final stage of Megatron’s infiltration protocol (meant to destabilize worlds during the “Cold War” period of the Great War) by razing entire worlds
Scorponok - unknown, but it could have been because of his attempt to get rid of Megatron in the Monstrosity prequel comic set at the beginning of the war, which he succeeded at (when Megs returned, he was forced out of the Decepticon leader position), or his later habit of meddling in other species’ development, a violation of Cybertronian law
Shockwave - unknown, but possibly for Project: Regenesis (the ores) and him later going AWOL for several hundred years (not long in a four million year war) to check on each of the ores
Starscream - on an earlier version of the List for unknown reasons, but given that he’s Starscream, it’s kinda obvious why (he’s no longer on it)
It's very easy to get on the List… and it’s the one list you do not want to be on.
Even associating with someone on the List will put you on it...
In fact, here’s everyone on the List and why (according to TFWiki):
Black Shadow (terminated by the DJD) - accepted a bribe from the Autobots to destroy a Warworld fleet (Decepticon ships)
Blip (terminated by the DJD) - established a religion, of which he is the only member
Borebit - unknown, but I’ll add a note here: the DJD doesn’t just target Decepticons; they also target Autobots and ex-Decepticons (the latter is usually because they deserted the cause), hence why Borebit (an Autobot) is on the List
Bomb-Burst, Finback, and Skullgrin - unknown, most likely for joining Bludgeon’s Thunderwing-worshipping cult in Stormbrigner (a series written before the DJ were created); it is unclear if Bludgeon himself is listed
Deathsaurus - abandoned the Decepticon army and stealing a Warworld; pardoned in exchange for aiding the DJD in hunting down Megatron and his Autobot allies; Bikecross, Blue Bacchus, Browning, Deathcobra, Drillhorn, Doryu (who was previously on the List for unknown crimes), Gairyu, Goryu, Greatsix, Guyhawk, Jallguar, Kakuryu, Killbison, King Solon, Leozack, Rairyu, Skip (also previously on the List for unknown crimes), Strikesoldier, and Yokuryu all joined his contingent, and were added to the List as such, but were pardoned along with him
Drift (quantum duplicate - not the main Drift - terminated by the DJD) - abandoned the Decepticons and defected to the Autobots
Flame - unknown; he would probably be on the List later on for joining up with Scorponok (also on the List), but the DJD were killed before that happened
Fulcrum (believed dead by the DJD after faking suicide on Clemency) - survived a K-Con bombing mission (K-Cons transform into bombs and are supposed to be suicide bombers) because he was too scared to transform; his future teammates, the Scavengers (Crankcase, Flywheels, Krok, Misfire, and Spinister) were added due to abetting (aka protecting) him when the DJD came to Clemency to kill him (the battle did lead to the death of Flywheels, however, so that’s good)
Grimlock - rejoined the Autobots after briefly joining the Decepticons in Maximum Dinobots; his betrayal angered Megatron personally, and he ordered the DJD to bump him up on the List, which has only happened twice (hilariously, Megs was the second time)
Heretech - unknown
Howlback - unknown, was almost turned over to the DJD by Shockwave (the captain of a ship she was on) as part of an exchange to save his own metal skin, but Tarn rejected the offer
Megatron - the worst offender; at the end of Dark Cybertron, he publicly denounced the Decepticon cause and defected to Autobots, leading to him being added at the very top of the List, as a top-priority target so important that he should be pursued even if you’re hunting down another bot on the List
Overlord (quantum duplicate terminated by the DJD) - abandoned the Decepticons after the introduction of the Phase Six Protocols, which would have seen him, along with Black Shadow and Sixshot, performing the final stage of Megatron’s infiltration protocol (meant to destabilize worlds during the “Cold War” period of the Great War) by razing entire worlds
Scorponok - unknown, but it could have been because of his attempt to get rid of Megatron in the Monstrosity prequel comic set at the beginning of the war, which he succeeded at (when Megs returned, he was forced out of the Decepticon leader position), or his later habit of meddling in other species’ development, a violation of Cybertronian law
Shockwave - unknown, but possibly for Project: Regenesis (the ores) and him later going AWOL for several hundred years (not long in a four million year war) to check on each of the ores
Starscream - on an earlier version of the List for unknown reasons, but given that he’s Starscream, it’s kinda obvious why (he’s no longer on it)
Lesson 7: The DJD
Lesson 7a: Megatron's Kill Squad
First Taught: 8-23-2023
Alright, allow me to introduce you to the Decepticon Justice Divison:
Tarn, the leader
Helex, the smelter
Kaon, the zapper
Tesarus, the grinder
Vos, the sniper
"Find. Kill. Cleanse." - their motto
"The Decepticon Justice Division is a division of the Decepticon army that handles justice. And by justice, we mean "unmarked graves." Assuming there's enough left of their victims to bury." - TFWiki's first paragraph on their page for the DJD
Here are the in-depth explanations of each one:
The DJD do have two extra members, those being Nickel and the Pet. Nickel is the last survivor of the Cybertronian colony of Prion, after its population was purged by the robophobic Black Block Consortia. She served as the team's medic for a time, until she left them after they were slaughtered (more on that in a moment). She then became the medic for the ragtag Decepticon team known as the Scavengers (which the DJD had on their List; it's Fulcrum and the people that helped him). The Pet was once known as Dominus Ambus, and was an Autobot spy sent to infiltrate the DJD. He famously left his information by shooting bullets containing it at his teammates, which ended up being a plot device in one issue of MTMTE. Ambus became the holder of the Vos codename (more on that in a moment), but was eventually discovered and lobotomized, as well as being trapped in his turbofox alt-mode. There's some more stuff about him, but I'll tell you about that another time.
Now, onto their codenames: each member of the DJD is codenamed after one of the first five cities to fall to the Decepticons in the beginning of the war: Vos, Tarn (where Megatron is from), Helex, Kaon, and Tesarus. The only original member of the team is Tarn, and the previous holders of every codename except Vos are unknown. As a matter of fact, we don't known if Dominus Ambus was the first holder of the codename. For all we know, there could've been others before him.
The real names of the DJD member weren't revealed until their final appearance, which was in More Than Meets the Eye issue 55 (the epic finale to the series), "The Dying of the Light, Part 5: Do Not Go Gentle," where they battled an antimatter-wielding Megatron, who was furious that Tarn was trying to take everything from him. While Tarn himself had ripped Kaon's head off a few issues back because he was being too caring towards the Pet (who had been kidnapped by the stranded Lost Lighters in that issue), which meant James Roberts had to reveal his name, which was Amp, on Twitter after issue 55 was released, the other members were "stripped" of their codenames as Megatron killed them. The first to die was Vos, real name Forestock (which is actually the name Megatron knew him as, not his real name), followed by Helex, real name Crucible, then Tesarus, aka Scissorsaw, and, last but not least, Tarn. Basically, James Roberts had been leaving Tarn's true identity very ambiguous, with the general belief in the fandom being that he was Optimus Prime's old friend, Roller, who had disappeared long ago. The second-most likely candidate was Megatron's old friend Terminus, who had also disappeared. It wasn't either of them, but rather Damus, later known as Glitch, the outlier who had the ability to stop non-sentient machinery. He had been subjected to empurata, and later rebuilt into a new, stronger body (his current body) when Megatron made him warden of the Decepticon death camp prison known as Grindcore.
Megatron's last words to Tarn were: "Everything you did was for nothing."
Just keep in mind that this guy (the one-eyed guy)...
...is also this guy
And, some additional info about that image of them slaughtering:
That image is a scene of them slaughtering the crew of a quantum duplicate of the Lost Light, as they had arrived mainly to kill Overlord (who they thought was the original one and not a dupe) when they learned he was in the brig, but then they found out Drift was also onboard and just decided to kill everyone. The guy being lowered into Tesarus' grinder is Perceptor, and the arm reaching out for him belongs to Ultra Magnus. Kaon is using Vos to shoot Whirl at pointblank range, and Tarn is presumably firing at Ultra Magnus while using his other arm to crush bartender Swerve's head. These guys are messed up.
Alright, allow me to introduce you to the Decepticon Justice Divison:
Tarn, the leader
Helex, the smelter
Kaon, the zapper
Tesarus, the grinder
Vos, the sniper
"Find. Kill. Cleanse." - their motto
"The Decepticon Justice Division is a division of the Decepticon army that handles justice. And by justice, we mean "unmarked graves." Assuming there's enough left of their victims to bury." - TFWiki's first paragraph on their page for the DJD
Here are the in-depth explanations of each one:
Tarn
The leader of the DJD, and possibly the most cruel and sadistic of them. He treats the team like a business, giving black marks to members when they so much as interrupt him while he's speaking. He even has a desk in his quarters on their ship, the Peaceful Tyranny (named for Megatron's motto, "peace through tyranny").
His most notable features are the Decepticon insignia-shaped mask he wears on his face, which conceals scars sustained by him during a battle, and his double fusion cannon, based directly on his leader (whom he idolizes, more or less). That fusion cannon, combined with his outlier* ability, make him a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. Speaking of outlier abilities, his power was originally that he could render non-sentient machinery nonfunctional with a single touch, but, with some modifications, he managed to upgrade it so that he could cause his vocal processor to fall in line with the beat of a victim's spark. This allowed him to slowly guide the spark to the same speed as his voice through simply talking (we see him monologue to the targets a lot in the comics), and once he stops speaking, the spark stops with him, killing the victim. It's with this ability that he usually finishes off the DJD's targets, once his comrades have, well, nearly killed them.
*Outliers are Transformers with special powers, which led to them being shunned by society, as said powers were treated as mutations of sorts. Senator Shockwave opened the Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology (JAAT) as a school and safe haven for outliers. (Basically, it's the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to their X-Men.) Tarn was one of the students.
His most notable features are the Decepticon insignia-shaped mask he wears on his face, which conceals scars sustained by him during a battle, and his double fusion cannon, based directly on his leader (whom he idolizes, more or less). That fusion cannon, combined with his outlier* ability, make him a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. Speaking of outlier abilities, his power was originally that he could render non-sentient machinery nonfunctional with a single touch, but, with some modifications, he managed to upgrade it so that he could cause his vocal processor to fall in line with the beat of a victim's spark. This allowed him to slowly guide the spark to the same speed as his voice through simply talking (we see him monologue to the targets a lot in the comics), and once he stops speaking, the spark stops with him, killing the victim. It's with this ability that he usually finishes off the DJD's targets, once his comrades have, well, nearly killed them.
*Outliers are Transformers with special powers, which led to them being shunned by society, as said powers were treated as mutations of sorts. Senator Shockwave opened the Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology (JAAT) as a school and safe haven for outliers. (Basically, it's the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to their X-Men.) Tarn was one of the students.
Helex
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Helex is the group's, ah, how should I say this, smelter. In addition to his two large arms, he has a pair of smaller, waist-level ones, which he uses to pick up victims and lower them into his torso, inside of which is a smelting pit. So, in addition to the instant claustrophobia you'll feel inside his chest, you also get to be melted alive. Another thing he does is remove victims' brain modules and put them in their mouths, like he did to poor Blip.
(render of his alt-mode)
(render of his alt-mode)Kaon
Kaon is the team's communications officer, as well as the one in charge of maintaining the List. He has electrical generators in his chest, which allows him to shoot bolts of electricity out of his hands as well as the Tesla coils on his shoulder. His alt-mode, an electric chair, allows him to, well, electrocute victims, sending thousands of watts of electricity to the cranial chambers of whoever is strapped to him. Sadly, unlike humans, this isn't always fatal...
He may have pitch-black eyes, but he actually gets really excited when he gets to do this, and he is also emotionally attached to the Pet (more on him after the dropdowns).
(render of his alt-mode)
He may have pitch-black eyes, but he actually gets really excited when he gets to do this, and he is also emotionally attached to the Pet (more on him after the dropdowns).
(render of his alt-mode)
Tesarus
Tesarus (or Tess to his friends) is built for torture. He has a pair of over-the-shoulder waldos that he can use to grab his victims, before slowly lowering them feet-first into the grinder in his chest. However, he also doesn't like traitors, leaving bots behind, or medical examinations, and he has a good memory.
(render of his alt-mode)
(render of his alt-mode)
Vos
Vos is a linguistic purist. He only knows a few words in the modern Cybertronian tongue, Neocybex, and speaks primarily in the Primal Vernacular (the Cybertronian equivalent of Old English, more or less). Because of this, Tarn normally interprets what he says to the others. His alt-mode is a sniper rifle, which is normally wielded by another DJD member, but which has been wielded by Megatron on at least one occasion (image below). His preferred method of torture, however, is removing his faceplate, the inside of which is lined with spikes, drills, and needles of all sizes, and forcing his victim to wear it, all while saying what little Neocybex he knows, "Wear... my... face..." It's also possible that he's a Neoprimalist, as he said "Primus spare my spark" while close to death, but that was also while he was faking being near-dead to lure in some unsuspecting Autobots, so...
Fun Fact: Vos wasn't meant to be the gun in the image above, but when James Roberts didn't have any ideas as to what his sniper rifle mode should look like, Alex Milne raised the possibility of it being the gun he had drawn Megatron with in More Than Meets the Eye issue 3 (the image above), Roberts agreed with the idea.
Fun Fact: Vos wasn't meant to be the gun in the image above, but when James Roberts didn't have any ideas as to what his sniper rifle mode should look like, Alex Milne raised the possibility of it being the gun he had drawn Megatron with in More Than Meets the Eye issue 3 (the image above), Roberts agreed with the idea.
The DJD do have two extra members, those being Nickel and the Pet. Nickel is the last survivor of the Cybertronian colony of Prion, after its population was purged by the robophobic Black Block Consortia. She served as the team's medic for a time, until she left them after they were slaughtered (more on that in a moment). She then became the medic for the ragtag Decepticon team known as the Scavengers (which the DJD had on their List; it's Fulcrum and the people that helped him). The Pet was once known as Dominus Ambus, and was an Autobot spy sent to infiltrate the DJD. He famously left his information by shooting bullets containing it at his teammates, which ended up being a plot device in one issue of MTMTE. Ambus became the holder of the Vos codename (more on that in a moment), but was eventually discovered and lobotomized, as well as being trapped in his turbofox alt-mode. There's some more stuff about him, but I'll tell you about that another time.
Now, onto their codenames: each member of the DJD is codenamed after one of the first five cities to fall to the Decepticons in the beginning of the war: Vos, Tarn (where Megatron is from), Helex, Kaon, and Tesarus. The only original member of the team is Tarn, and the previous holders of every codename except Vos are unknown. As a matter of fact, we don't known if Dominus Ambus was the first holder of the codename. For all we know, there could've been others before him.
The real names of the DJD member weren't revealed until their final appearance, which was in More Than Meets the Eye issue 55 (the epic finale to the series), "The Dying of the Light, Part 5: Do Not Go Gentle," where they battled an antimatter-wielding Megatron, who was furious that Tarn was trying to take everything from him. While Tarn himself had ripped Kaon's head off a few issues back because he was being too caring towards the Pet (who had been kidnapped by the stranded Lost Lighters in that issue), which meant James Roberts had to reveal his name, which was Amp, on Twitter after issue 55 was released, the other members were "stripped" of their codenames as Megatron killed them. The first to die was Vos, real name Forestock (which is actually the name Megatron knew him as, not his real name), followed by Helex, real name Crucible, then Tesarus, aka Scissorsaw, and, last but not least, Tarn. Basically, James Roberts had been leaving Tarn's true identity very ambiguous, with the general belief in the fandom being that he was Optimus Prime's old friend, Roller, who had disappeared long ago. The second-most likely candidate was Megatron's old friend Terminus, who had also disappeared. It wasn't either of them, but rather Damus, later known as Glitch, the outlier who had the ability to stop non-sentient machinery. He had been subjected to empurata, and later rebuilt into a new, stronger body (his current body) when Megatron made him warden of the Decepticon death camp prison known as Grindcore.
Megatron's last words to Tarn were: "Everything you did was for nothing."
Just keep in mind that this guy (the one-eyed guy)...
...is also this guy
And, some additional info about that image of them slaughtering:
That image is a scene of them slaughtering the crew of a quantum duplicate of the Lost Light, as they had arrived mainly to kill Overlord (who they thought was the original one and not a dupe) when they learned he was in the brig, but then they found out Drift was also onboard and just decided to kill everyone. The guy being lowered into Tesarus' grinder is Perceptor, and the arm reaching out for him belongs to Ultra Magnus. Kaon is using Vos to shoot Whirl at pointblank range, and Tarn is presumably firing at Ultra Magnus while using his other arm to crush bartender Swerve's head. These guys are messed up.
Lesson 7b: Why They Turned
First Taught: 8-24-2023
The whole story is explained in MTMTE issue 39, "The Permanent Revolution," but remember how I said Megatron switched sides to the Autobots after Shockwave killed Bumblebee during that whole chronal drive Regenesis thing? Well, when Tarn got the news, he was devastated. However, after almost ending his life, he realized suicide wasn't the solution. Revenge was. He gathered the DJD outside their ship and announced a "change of plans." He then arranges a meeting with noted traitor Deathsaurus, which confuses the team, since he's on their hit list. After initial hostilities between the two groups of Decepticons, Tarn and Deathsaurus form an alliance, in exchange for pardoning him and his troops. They then made plans to attack Megatron and the shipful of Autobots who were his new allies.
This led to the finale of the MTMTE series, the six-part story arc "The Dying of the Light," which saw Getaway, a Lost Lighter with a God complex who wanted to be the next Prime, stage a mutiny, stranding Lost Light co-captains Rodimus and Megatron, along with Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus, Tailgate, Chromedome, Rewind, Nightbeat, and some of their closest allies, on the Necroworld, where the DJD, Deathsaurus, and Overlord, who they had picked up on the way, attacked.
When Megatron finally tapped into a black hole - a failed Decepticon plan from the early days of the Great War - and powered himself up with antimatter to get revenge on the DJD, he started killing the 4 remaining members, which I explained, and after finishing off Tarn, he realized he had lost his way and put his fusion cannon down to return to his pacifist ways. (When he became an Autobot, he melted his original fusion cannon and became a pacifist to atone for his four million years of genocide and world-destroying.)
"The Permanent Revolution" cover B
The last scene from issue 54, "The Dying of the Light Part 4: Rage, Rage" aka...
The Slag-Maker is here!
A pair of panels from issue 55, "The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle" aka...
The DJD are doomed...
The real last straw for Megs was when Tarn took his best friend, Ravage, and ripped him in half, with Ravage's last words to him being, "Don't... change... back."
The whole story is explained in MTMTE issue 39, "The Permanent Revolution," but remember how I said Megatron switched sides to the Autobots after Shockwave killed Bumblebee during that whole chronal drive Regenesis thing? Well, when Tarn got the news, he was devastated. However, after almost ending his life, he realized suicide wasn't the solution. Revenge was. He gathered the DJD outside their ship and announced a "change of plans." He then arranges a meeting with noted traitor Deathsaurus, which confuses the team, since he's on their hit list. After initial hostilities between the two groups of Decepticons, Tarn and Deathsaurus form an alliance, in exchange for pardoning him and his troops. They then made plans to attack Megatron and the shipful of Autobots who were his new allies.
This led to the finale of the MTMTE series, the six-part story arc "The Dying of the Light," which saw Getaway, a Lost Lighter with a God complex who wanted to be the next Prime, stage a mutiny, stranding Lost Light co-captains Rodimus and Megatron, along with Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus, Tailgate, Chromedome, Rewind, Nightbeat, and some of their closest allies, on the Necroworld, where the DJD, Deathsaurus, and Overlord, who they had picked up on the way, attacked.
When Megatron finally tapped into a black hole - a failed Decepticon plan from the early days of the Great War - and powered himself up with antimatter to get revenge on the DJD, he started killing the 4 remaining members, which I explained, and after finishing off Tarn, he realized he had lost his way and put his fusion cannon down to return to his pacifist ways. (When he became an Autobot, he melted his original fusion cannon and became a pacifist to atone for his four million years of genocide and world-destroying.)
"The Permanent Revolution" cover B
The last scene from issue 54, "The Dying of the Light Part 4: Rage, Rage" aka...
The Slag-Maker is here!
A pair of panels from issue 55, "The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle" aka...
The DJD are doomed...
The real last straw for Megs was when Tarn took his best friend, Ravage, and ripped him in half, with Ravage's last words to him being, "Don't... change... back."
Lesson 8: Axiom Nexus
First Taught: 8-25-2023
Oh boy, here we go.
Axiom Nexus. Where do I begin?
Axiom Nexus is a city on the Cybertron of one of the oldest universes in the multiverse, Nexus 208.0 Epsilon (I'm aware that sounds familiar, you'll find out why in a bit), part of the Nexus universal cluster. It's the multiversal hub of this Cybertron, home to the Transcendent Technomorphs. Oh, wait, I need to go back a little further than 2008.
It was the year 2000, and Beast Machines: Transformers, the sequel to the wildly successful Beast Wars: Transformers, was coming to an end. A sequel called TransTech was being pitched, but it wound up being canceled due to the fact that Beast Machines wasn't going to well. Compared to its predecessor, it looked like a hot mess. The designs were crappy, the story was crappy, the whole show was a piece of crap! To this day, it's up there with Kiss Players as one of the worst parts of the Transformers franchise.
(TransTech Megatron concept art)
Anyways, someone at Fun Publications in 2008 probably saw that old TransTech concept art which - by the way - was awesome, and pitched an idea to make a new Transformers story to Hasbro.
(TransTech Shockwave concept art)
And so, Axiom Nexus and its inhabitants, the TransTechs (Transcendent Technomorphs), were created. As I said, Axiom Nexus is a multiversal hub, where bots trying to cross dimensions tend to end up after their machines malfunction, although some come intentionally. These "offworlders" are looked down upon by the advanced TransTechs, and are fitted with indentification bolts to keep track of them all, because, trust me on this, there's a lot of offworlders. And it's not just one of each bot; there's countless versions of different bots from across the multiverse. A police officer named Stungun once walked into a room that was literally full of Megatrons.
(Silverbolt and Cheetor in "Transcendent: Part 1)
Now, the city has several rules, mainly "Dux no Intruitus," which means no offworlder faction leaders can enter the city. This means that Optimuses and Megatrons that aren't the ones native to the universe can't enter the city, to avoid beginning any age-old conflicts. (This is a rare Cybertron in that there have been no wars in its history.) In addition to a ban on Megatrons and Primes (which includes Primes other than Optimus, like Rodimus), other factions leaders are also not allowed, like Maximal and Predacon leaders, and MacGuffins from other universes, such as the Matrix of Leadership or the Star Saber, are illegal
Some, like TransTech's own Optimus Prime, have bent the rules, specifically referring to when he formed the Convoy, a group consisting of 13 other Optimuses (...13 Primes...) from other universes, to address the changes in the fabric of the multiverse. Sneaky offworlders like Beast Wars Megatron and GoBots Cy-Kill have also covertly violated the ban.
(The Convoy in "Invasion Prologue")
Oh, and did I mention that most offworlders aren't granted permission to leave the city? But that's fine, since it has a culture of its own with all the people from other universes coming together. Think of it like an extremely diverse neighborhood of sorts.
Anyways, moving on the story. Axiom Nexus' most important feature is that it's home to the Ministry of Higher Dimensional Sciences, which is in charge of monitoring every universe in the multiverse. Their minister, Rhinox, came up with a system for cataloging them all and spends most of his time sitting in his chair, monitoring each universe and archiving new universal streams and splinter timelines.
(Prowl visits Rhinox as he monitors the universes in "Invasion Prologue")
Here's all the universal clusters (groups of similar universes that all the others fall under) in alphabetical order:
Aurex - the Unicron Trilogy universes
Cymond - all pre-Transformer media, such as Diaclone (where most of the molds for the original 1984 Transformers toys came from)
Fornax - the Kre-O universes
Gargent - anything GoBots
Iocus - miscellaneous franchies
Lukas - Star Wars stuff (Transformers had a Star Wars crossover)
Malgus - the Transformers: Animated universes
Nexus - the TransTech universe (aka the universal cluster where Nexus 208.0 Epsilon is located)
Primax - the G1 and Beast Era universes, of which there are a lot (Vector Prime and Rhinox theorize that the universe started with a Primax reality, hence the large amount)
Quadwal - a world where Transformers are fictional (aka our universe)
Rovio - the Angry Birds franchise (there was a TF x AB crossover too)
Tyran - the extremely violent live-action Transformers universe
Uniend - the Aligned continuity (which includes Prime)
Viron - the 2000 Robots in Disguise universes
Xobitor - Robotix (not important lol)
Yayayarst - the other GoBots universe (a Transformers franchise that used the GoBots name once Hasbro acquired them from Tonka)
I'll explain what the deal is with the "Epsilon" after the universal stream name for TransTech later. Also, nearly 200 streams have been recorded, and over half of 'em are Primax realities.
Axiom Nexus has seen its fair share of crazy events. In addition to a prison break led by C-81 (a Megatron from the Tyran cluster that escaped before Prime could kill him in Dark of the Moon), who also prevented a Waruder invasion (insectoid bots from a Cymond cluster), it was also an integral part of the Reunification 6-part story arc published through Fun Pub's Transformers Collector's Club magazine. Basically, Nexus Prime was the first combiner, and he had separated into five components long ago. None of them remembered being part of a Prime, but seeing things related to him gave them a vague sense of deja-vu. The four limb components, Skyfall, Breakaway, Landquake, and Topsin, who had come from different universes (he had sent his components to different universes), were venturing through Axiom Nexus with the Shattered Glass version of Alpha Trion, who was banished to the city by Shatteredverse Optimus and who has corpses hanging from the ceiling of his base. After he killed Skyfall when they arrived at his base, they realized he was evil and ran out with their friend's dead body. This led to a whole chase through the city with Trion's acolytes (he has a cult of 'bots from the Shatteredverse), who had arrived through a portal, and everyone ended up in the Shatteredverse after going through said portal. (I'm pretty sure that's what happened, but I don't know much about Reunification besides the ending.)
(Trion showing Landquake and Skyfall his ceiling decorations in "Transcendent: Part 2," and yes, I'm aware I messed up which story arc sees them going with Trion, but let's not pay attention to that)
Once they arrived in the Shatteredverse, they ran into Heatwave, who was actually Nexus Prime's torso, and soon realized their destiny with help from a benevolent Shatteredverse Quintesson hippie named Aquarius. After merging into Nexus Prime, sacrificing their individual lives to become one, they revived Megatron as Galvatron after he had been killed by Cyclonus (a Trion cultist) in the beginning of the series, and stopped Omega Doom, Optimus Prime's latest superweapon, before venturing off into the multiverse with Aquarius to find Nexus' Terminus Blade.
Little did they know that the blade had been stolen by Shatteredverse Ultra Magnus and his allies, Wheeljack, Tracks, and the Junkions. Magnus had previously staged a coup against his brother Optimus in the early days of the war, which cost him his face (Magnus' face looks like a skull now). Instead of getting revenge, however, he planned to use the Terminus Blade to destroy an entire universe. This led to another multiversal event, the BotCon 2012 Invasion story.
(Ultra Magnus, flanked by Tracks, Wheeljack, and the Junkions, leads the invasion of the Classicverse in Invasion)
The TransTechs were extremely worried during this, but couldn't interfere with anything and were forced to sit and watch as chaotic things happen (this is when the Convoy was formed to deal with the changes). Magnus led the invasion (geddit?) of the Classicverse, an important universe in the Primax cluster. For context, many sequels have been made to the original 80-issue comic series Marvel published between 1984 and 1990 to promote Transformers toys. The original sequel, "Another Time & Place," was released in the 90s, but Fun Pub created Classics, a new unvierse which, in the lore, "overtook" "AT&P" as the main sequel to the Marvel comics.
Magnus was about to destroy that universe, but Autobot and Decepticon leaders Metalhawk and Gigatron teamed up with Galvatron of the Shatterdverse to battle this threat, with Galvatron sending in Treadshot, Octopunch, Straxus, and Soundwave to battle Magnus' crew. Sadly, they were too late, and he used the Terminus Blade to destroy the Classicverse. Treadshot, Metalhawk, and Gigatron coordinated the evacuation of the universe, with Classiverse Earth ending up in the Shatteredverse. Luckily for the TransTechs, the multiversal space was filled by the world of Regeneration One, another sequel to the Marvel comics published between 2012 and 2014.
(another panel from Invasion, depicting Treadshot's arrival alongside - clockwise from the top - Soundwave, Octopunch, and Straxus)
There was one final multiversal event that ended everything the TransTechs had worked for, more or less. In 2015, Fun Pub began the 6-part finale to the entire Shattered Glass universe, publishing Another Light through the TFCC magazine. Basically, the story was a mirror universe version of the 1986 classic The Transformers: The Movie, and in part 4, "Out of the One, Many," Nexus Prime finally returned to the ShatteredVerse, whereupon he battled Ultra Magnus, sliced his right forearm off, and imprisoned him in a dimensional prison for all of eternity. After taking back the Terminus Blade, he visited a point at the center of the multiverse and gathered his Prime brethren, uniting the energies of the Star Saber and Terminus Blade to strengthen the barrier between multiverses. This eliminated multiversal singularities like the Primes, Primus, and Unicron.
For context, the writers of Transformers fiction had made a rule that bots like the Primes, Primus, and Unicron were the same bot across every universe, but this was getting hard for the writers, especially with Transformers: Prime, so they came up with the idea to have the Shroud, an event caused by Nexus Prime which eliminated these singularities. This meant that, for example, the Unicrons of G1 and Prime were completely different. This was also integral to the Another Light plot, as it meant shattered versions of Primus and Unicron could exist for the story, with Primus being a dark god within Cybertron and Unicron being a being of extropy instead of entropy.
(the Shroud, from "Out of the One, Many")
Unfortunately for the TransTechs, especially Rhinox, who had devoted his life to archiving universes and watching them, this meant they had to shut down the monitors. In "Epilogue," he shut down the transwarp portals and decided he would start getting to know the offworlders, starting with one last batch of them from the destroyed Classicverse. In "Epilogue Two," he went back to the Ministry and shut down the last of the monitors. However, in a Shattered Glass version of his universe, the shattered versions of Rhinox and Airazor succeeded in opening a multiversal portal, which led to High Chancellor Megatron getting an idea... (and by the way, this is a heroic Megatron, not an evil one)
(Airazor and Rhinox show Megatron the multiverse for the first time)
As Si said, this is basically just Earth-2099 from Across the Spider Verse.
Oh boy, here we go.
Axiom Nexus. Where do I begin?
Axiom Nexus is a city on the Cybertron of one of the oldest universes in the multiverse, Nexus 208.0 Epsilon (I'm aware that sounds familiar, you'll find out why in a bit), part of the Nexus universal cluster. It's the multiversal hub of this Cybertron, home to the Transcendent Technomorphs. Oh, wait, I need to go back a little further than 2008.
It was the year 2000, and Beast Machines: Transformers, the sequel to the wildly successful Beast Wars: Transformers, was coming to an end. A sequel called TransTech was being pitched, but it wound up being canceled due to the fact that Beast Machines wasn't going to well. Compared to its predecessor, it looked like a hot mess. The designs were crappy, the story was crappy, the whole show was a piece of crap! To this day, it's up there with Kiss Players as one of the worst parts of the Transformers franchise.
(TransTech Megatron concept art)
Anyways, someone at Fun Publications in 2008 probably saw that old TransTech concept art which - by the way - was awesome, and pitched an idea to make a new Transformers story to Hasbro.
(TransTech Shockwave concept art)
And so, Axiom Nexus and its inhabitants, the TransTechs (Transcendent Technomorphs), were created. As I said, Axiom Nexus is a multiversal hub, where bots trying to cross dimensions tend to end up after their machines malfunction, although some come intentionally. These "offworlders" are looked down upon by the advanced TransTechs, and are fitted with indentification bolts to keep track of them all, because, trust me on this, there's a lot of offworlders. And it's not just one of each bot; there's countless versions of different bots from across the multiverse. A police officer named Stungun once walked into a room that was literally full of Megatrons.
(Silverbolt and Cheetor in "Transcendent: Part 1)
Now, the city has several rules, mainly "Dux no Intruitus," which means no offworlder faction leaders can enter the city. This means that Optimuses and Megatrons that aren't the ones native to the universe can't enter the city, to avoid beginning any age-old conflicts. (This is a rare Cybertron in that there have been no wars in its history.) In addition to a ban on Megatrons and Primes (which includes Primes other than Optimus, like Rodimus), other factions leaders are also not allowed, like Maximal and Predacon leaders, and MacGuffins from other universes, such as the Matrix of Leadership or the Star Saber, are illegal
Some, like TransTech's own Optimus Prime, have bent the rules, specifically referring to when he formed the Convoy, a group consisting of 13 other Optimuses (...13 Primes...) from other universes, to address the changes in the fabric of the multiverse. Sneaky offworlders like Beast Wars Megatron and GoBots Cy-Kill have also covertly violated the ban.
(The Convoy in "Invasion Prologue")
Oh, and did I mention that most offworlders aren't granted permission to leave the city? But that's fine, since it has a culture of its own with all the people from other universes coming together. Think of it like an extremely diverse neighborhood of sorts.
Anyways, moving on the story. Axiom Nexus' most important feature is that it's home to the Ministry of Higher Dimensional Sciences, which is in charge of monitoring every universe in the multiverse. Their minister, Rhinox, came up with a system for cataloging them all and spends most of his time sitting in his chair, monitoring each universe and archiving new universal streams and splinter timelines.
(Prowl visits Rhinox as he monitors the universes in "Invasion Prologue")
Here's all the universal clusters (groups of similar universes that all the others fall under) in alphabetical order:
Aurex - the Unicron Trilogy universes
Cymond - all pre-Transformer media, such as Diaclone (where most of the molds for the original 1984 Transformers toys came from)
Fornax - the Kre-O universes
Gargent - anything GoBots
Iocus - miscellaneous franchies
Lukas - Star Wars stuff (Transformers had a Star Wars crossover)
Malgus - the Transformers: Animated universes
Nexus - the TransTech universe (aka the universal cluster where Nexus 208.0 Epsilon is located)
Primax - the G1 and Beast Era universes, of which there are a lot (Vector Prime and Rhinox theorize that the universe started with a Primax reality, hence the large amount)
Quadwal - a world where Transformers are fictional (aka our universe)
Rovio - the Angry Birds franchise (there was a TF x AB crossover too)
Tyran - the extremely violent live-action Transformers universe
Uniend - the Aligned continuity (which includes Prime)
Viron - the 2000 Robots in Disguise universes
Xobitor - Robotix (not important lol)
Yayayarst - the other GoBots universe (a Transformers franchise that used the GoBots name once Hasbro acquired them from Tonka)
I'll explain what the deal is with the "Epsilon" after the universal stream name for TransTech later. Also, nearly 200 streams have been recorded, and over half of 'em are Primax realities.
Axiom Nexus has seen its fair share of crazy events. In addition to a prison break led by C-81 (a Megatron from the Tyran cluster that escaped before Prime could kill him in Dark of the Moon), who also prevented a Waruder invasion (insectoid bots from a Cymond cluster), it was also an integral part of the Reunification 6-part story arc published through Fun Pub's Transformers Collector's Club magazine. Basically, Nexus Prime was the first combiner, and he had separated into five components long ago. None of them remembered being part of a Prime, but seeing things related to him gave them a vague sense of deja-vu. The four limb components, Skyfall, Breakaway, Landquake, and Topsin, who had come from different universes (he had sent his components to different universes), were venturing through Axiom Nexus with the Shattered Glass version of Alpha Trion, who was banished to the city by Shatteredverse Optimus and who has corpses hanging from the ceiling of his base. After he killed Skyfall when they arrived at his base, they realized he was evil and ran out with their friend's dead body. This led to a whole chase through the city with Trion's acolytes (he has a cult of 'bots from the Shatteredverse), who had arrived through a portal, and everyone ended up in the Shatteredverse after going through said portal. (I'm pretty sure that's what happened, but I don't know much about Reunification besides the ending.)
(Trion showing Landquake and Skyfall his ceiling decorations in "Transcendent: Part 2," and yes, I'm aware I messed up which story arc sees them going with Trion, but let's not pay attention to that)
Once they arrived in the Shatteredverse, they ran into Heatwave, who was actually Nexus Prime's torso, and soon realized their destiny with help from a benevolent Shatteredverse Quintesson hippie named Aquarius. After merging into Nexus Prime, sacrificing their individual lives to become one, they revived Megatron as Galvatron after he had been killed by Cyclonus (a Trion cultist) in the beginning of the series, and stopped Omega Doom, Optimus Prime's latest superweapon, before venturing off into the multiverse with Aquarius to find Nexus' Terminus Blade.
Little did they know that the blade had been stolen by Shatteredverse Ultra Magnus and his allies, Wheeljack, Tracks, and the Junkions. Magnus had previously staged a coup against his brother Optimus in the early days of the war, which cost him his face (Magnus' face looks like a skull now). Instead of getting revenge, however, he planned to use the Terminus Blade to destroy an entire universe. This led to another multiversal event, the BotCon 2012 Invasion story.
(Ultra Magnus, flanked by Tracks, Wheeljack, and the Junkions, leads the invasion of the Classicverse in Invasion)
The TransTechs were extremely worried during this, but couldn't interfere with anything and were forced to sit and watch as chaotic things happen (this is when the Convoy was formed to deal with the changes). Magnus led the invasion (geddit?) of the Classicverse, an important universe in the Primax cluster. For context, many sequels have been made to the original 80-issue comic series Marvel published between 1984 and 1990 to promote Transformers toys. The original sequel, "Another Time & Place," was released in the 90s, but Fun Pub created Classics, a new unvierse which, in the lore, "overtook" "AT&P" as the main sequel to the Marvel comics.
Magnus was about to destroy that universe, but Autobot and Decepticon leaders Metalhawk and Gigatron teamed up with Galvatron of the Shatterdverse to battle this threat, with Galvatron sending in Treadshot, Octopunch, Straxus, and Soundwave to battle Magnus' crew. Sadly, they were too late, and he used the Terminus Blade to destroy the Classicverse. Treadshot, Metalhawk, and Gigatron coordinated the evacuation of the universe, with Classiverse Earth ending up in the Shatteredverse. Luckily for the TransTechs, the multiversal space was filled by the world of Regeneration One, another sequel to the Marvel comics published between 2012 and 2014.
(another panel from Invasion, depicting Treadshot's arrival alongside - clockwise from the top - Soundwave, Octopunch, and Straxus)
There was one final multiversal event that ended everything the TransTechs had worked for, more or less. In 2015, Fun Pub began the 6-part finale to the entire Shattered Glass universe, publishing Another Light through the TFCC magazine. Basically, the story was a mirror universe version of the 1986 classic The Transformers: The Movie, and in part 4, "Out of the One, Many," Nexus Prime finally returned to the ShatteredVerse, whereupon he battled Ultra Magnus, sliced his right forearm off, and imprisoned him in a dimensional prison for all of eternity. After taking back the Terminus Blade, he visited a point at the center of the multiverse and gathered his Prime brethren, uniting the energies of the Star Saber and Terminus Blade to strengthen the barrier between multiverses. This eliminated multiversal singularities like the Primes, Primus, and Unicron.
For context, the writers of Transformers fiction had made a rule that bots like the Primes, Primus, and Unicron were the same bot across every universe, but this was getting hard for the writers, especially with Transformers: Prime, so they came up with the idea to have the Shroud, an event caused by Nexus Prime which eliminated these singularities. This meant that, for example, the Unicrons of G1 and Prime were completely different. This was also integral to the Another Light plot, as it meant shattered versions of Primus and Unicron could exist for the story, with Primus being a dark god within Cybertron and Unicron being a being of extropy instead of entropy.
(the Shroud, from "Out of the One, Many")
Unfortunately for the TransTechs, especially Rhinox, who had devoted his life to archiving universes and watching them, this meant they had to shut down the monitors. In "Epilogue," he shut down the transwarp portals and decided he would start getting to know the offworlders, starting with one last batch of them from the destroyed Classicverse. In "Epilogue Two," he went back to the Ministry and shut down the last of the monitors. However, in a Shattered Glass version of his universe, the shattered versions of Rhinox and Airazor succeeded in opening a multiversal portal, which led to High Chancellor Megatron getting an idea... (and by the way, this is a heroic Megatron, not an evil one)
(Airazor and Rhinox show Megatron the multiverse for the first time)
Here's some TransTech characters!
Security Administration Officer Cheetor
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High Commander Megatron, head of the military
High Chancellor Optimus Prime, current Matrix-bearer and leader of the Senate
Prowl, a member of the Intelligence Directorate
Senator Ratbat
Minister of Higher Dimensional Sciences Rhinox (and Prowl again)
Shockwave, a morally ambiguous member of the Menacing and Foreboding Sciences Division of the TransTech Division
Intelligence Directorate Starscream
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High Commander Megatron, head of the military
High Chancellor Optimus Prime, current Matrix-bearer and leader of the Senate
Prowl, a member of the Intelligence Directorate
Senator Ratbat
Minister of Higher Dimensional Sciences Rhinox (and Prowl again)
Shockwave, a morally ambiguous member of the Menacing and Foreboding Sciences Division of the TransTech Division
Intelligence Directorate Starscream
As Si said, this is basically just Earth-2099 from Across the Spider Verse.
Lesson 9: SG Ravage
First Taught: 8-26-2023
Basically, David Willis made him as fan character (here's the original comic where Willis debuted him) to parallel G1 Ravage's quiet and stealthy nature, and this fan character gained some traction when he was given Twitter and Facebook pages by his creator to continue the joke. Fun Pub gave him a profile in the Hasbro TFCC magazine's 26th issue in 2009 to tie in with their Shattered Glass fiction. (Willis did, however, still use him in his non-canon comics.)
Since then, Ravage has become a rather iconic part of SG fiction, despite the fact that the rebooted SG comic that came out in 2021 instead make him speak with a Brooklyn accent, and he even got his own comic strip called Recordicons (some scenes from the issues are shown below), which was drawn by Willis for the TFCC magazine.
His TFWiki description:
"Hi, I'm Ravage! I'm a white jaguar! I'm the one that's waving! Can you see me? I love micro-blogging, so I only talk in less than 140 charac"
And the quote on his page is:
"Hey im right over u do u see me? Im the metal cat waving at u on the big rock!"
Some Recordicons scenes:
Him pestering Steeljaw (who is lazy and likes sunbathing), who hates him
Following the destruction of Classicverse, Ravage has come to hunt down the white lolcat who besmirched his name
Ravage's alternate future versions are all more sensible than himself (proof that wisdom comes with age)
This isn't from Recordicons, but rather Transformers: Shattered Glass issue 3, released in 2021, which shows him leading Megatron and Starscream to Soundwave's secret bunker (SW's still the same as his previous SG incarnation btw):
Basically, David Willis made him as fan character (here's the original comic where Willis debuted him) to parallel G1 Ravage's quiet and stealthy nature, and this fan character gained some traction when he was given Twitter and Facebook pages by his creator to continue the joke. Fun Pub gave him a profile in the Hasbro TFCC magazine's 26th issue in 2009 to tie in with their Shattered Glass fiction. (Willis did, however, still use him in his non-canon comics.)
Since then, Ravage has become a rather iconic part of SG fiction, despite the fact that the rebooted SG comic that came out in 2021 instead make him speak with a Brooklyn accent, and he even got his own comic strip called Recordicons (some scenes from the issues are shown below), which was drawn by Willis for the TFCC magazine.
His TFWiki description:
"Hi, I'm Ravage! I'm a white jaguar! I'm the one that's waving! Can you see me? I love micro-blogging, so I only talk in less than 140 charac"
And the quote on his page is:
"Hey im right over u do u see me? Im the metal cat waving at u on the big rock!"
Some Recordicons scenes:
Him pestering Steeljaw (who is lazy and likes sunbathing), who hates him
Following the destruction of Classicverse, Ravage has come to hunt down the white lolcat who besmirched his name
Ravage's alternate future versions are all more sensible than himself (proof that wisdom comes with age)
This isn't from Recordicons, but rather Transformers: Shattered Glass issue 3, released in 2021, which shows him leading Megatron and Starscream to Soundwave's secret bunker (SW's still the same as his previous SG incarnation btw):
Lesson 10: G1 Comedy and Inconsistencies
First Taught: 8-28-2023
For context, me and Si were talking about how funny the lore can be, so assume that’s what I was talking about leading into this.
G1 was a) a Saturday morning cartoon from the 80s and b) a series of 22-minute toy commercials with actual commercials for said toys during the ad breaks.
Also, the G1 cartoon had some minor and major continuity discrepancies, like the fact that, in a season 2 two-parter, most of the 1985 toys a bunch of new characters just appear out of nowhere and begin to market themselves to gullible kids make comments about their abilities that no one needs to hear, and then there’s an episode where there’s this whole plot about the earthbound Transformers’ metal beginning to corrode and cause malfunctions due to them not taking care of it because the resources are on Cybertron. However, it doesn’t just affect the season 1 cast, no, it also affects the new season 2 characters, implying that they’ve been on Earth for the same amount of time when they just showed up out of nowhere 7 episodes ago.
For context, me and Si were talking about how funny the lore can be, so assume that’s what I was talking about leading into this.
G1 was a) a Saturday morning cartoon from the 80s and b) a series of 22-minute toy commercials with actual commercials for said toys during the ad breaks.
Also, the G1 cartoon had some minor and major continuity discrepancies, like the fact that, in a season 2 two-parter, most of the 1985 toys a bunch of new characters just appear out of nowhere and begin to market themselves to gullible kids make comments about their abilities that no one needs to hear, and then there’s an episode where there’s this whole plot about the earthbound Transformers’ metal beginning to corrode and cause malfunctions due to them not taking care of it because the resources are on Cybertron. However, it doesn’t just affect the season 1 cast, no, it also affects the new season 2 characters, implying that they’ve been on Earth for the same amount of time when they just showed up out of nowhere 7 episodes ago.
Lesson 11: Iconic Live-Action Transformers Quotes
First Taught: 8-28-2023
From the 2007 film:
Megatron: “Humans don’t deserve to live.”
Optimus: “They deserve to choose for themselves!”
Megatron: “Then you will die with them!”
From Revenge of the Fallen:
“Sam, fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.” - Optimus
Megatron: “Is the future of our race not worth a single human life?”
Optimus: “You’ll never stop at one. unsheathes his left arm blade I’ll take you all on!”
Prime then ripped Grindor’s face apart, beat up Starscream, and battle Megatron before the Decepticon leader got the upper hand and stabbed Prime in the back with his death-lock pincer, before using its cannon to shoot him through the spark.
”Now, I claim your sun!” - the Fallen
”You picked the wrong planet! Give me your face!” - Optimus Prime, before impaling the Fallen upwards through the neck and face with his own void scepter. Long story short, the most recent toy of the Fallen has a removable faceplate.
”Not to call you a coward, master, but sometimes, cowards do survive.” - Starscream to Megatron, who is, courtesy of Prime, missing a chunk of his head
Dark of the Moon:
Simmons: “The thing about Russians is, they never like to talk. Gonna take a little of the 'international language.’ doorman opens sliding hatch Do svidaniya."
Doorman: “That means goodbye!”
(Simmons and co. trying to get into a Russian pub to speak with an ex-cosmonaut about the secret discovery of the Ark on the moon)
“Class dismissed.” - Ironhide after dealing with the Dreads (aka throwing one of their spiked bombs at their faces)
“What you must realize, my Autobot brothers, is that we were never going to win the war. For the sake of our planet’s survival, a deal had to be made… with Megatron.” - Sentinel Prime showing his true colors
”Here we are. Fight us now.” - Megatron, after blowing up the Lincoln part of the Lincoln Memorial statue and sitting on its chair like a throne, is ready to wage war on the Autobots with the incoming Decepticons arriving through the space bridge
“We kill them all.” - Prime and the Autobots are back from exile (not gonna explain that right now), and said exile was the last straw
Sentinel: “I bring you Cybertron, your home, and still you choose humanity!”
Optimus: “You are the one who taught me freedom is everyone’s right.”
(two Primes prepare for an epic showdown)
Megatron (after coming in and beating up Sentinel): “Who would you be without me, Prime?”
Optimus: “Time to find out.” battle mask comes out over his mouth
(one last battle between ‘em, and, long story short, Megatron’s head and spinal cord wound up laying on the ground with an axe through the top)
Sentinel: “Optimus. All I ever wanted...was the survival of our race. You must see why I had to betray you….”
Optimus: “You didn't betray me. You betrayed yourself.” double taps him with a dead Megatron’s shotgun
From the 2007 film:
Megatron: “Humans don’t deserve to live.”
Optimus: “They deserve to choose for themselves!”
Megatron: “Then you will die with them!”
From Revenge of the Fallen:
“Sam, fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.” - Optimus
Megatron: “Is the future of our race not worth a single human life?”
Optimus: “You’ll never stop at one. unsheathes his left arm blade I’ll take you all on!”
Prime then ripped Grindor’s face apart, beat up Starscream, and battle Megatron before the Decepticon leader got the upper hand and stabbed Prime in the back with his death-lock pincer, before using its cannon to shoot him through the spark.
”Now, I claim your sun!” - the Fallen
”You picked the wrong planet! Give me your face!” - Optimus Prime, before impaling the Fallen upwards through the neck and face with his own void scepter. Long story short, the most recent toy of the Fallen has a removable faceplate.
”Not to call you a coward, master, but sometimes, cowards do survive.” - Starscream to Megatron, who is, courtesy of Prime, missing a chunk of his head
Dark of the Moon:
Simmons: “The thing about Russians is, they never like to talk. Gonna take a little of the 'international language.’ doorman opens sliding hatch Do svidaniya."
Doorman: “That means goodbye!”
(Simmons and co. trying to get into a Russian pub to speak with an ex-cosmonaut about the secret discovery of the Ark on the moon)
“Class dismissed.” - Ironhide after dealing with the Dreads (aka throwing one of their spiked bombs at their faces)
“What you must realize, my Autobot brothers, is that we were never going to win the war. For the sake of our planet’s survival, a deal had to be made… with Megatron.” - Sentinel Prime showing his true colors
”Here we are. Fight us now.” - Megatron, after blowing up the Lincoln part of the Lincoln Memorial statue and sitting on its chair like a throne, is ready to wage war on the Autobots with the incoming Decepticons arriving through the space bridge
“We kill them all.” - Prime and the Autobots are back from exile (not gonna explain that right now), and said exile was the last straw
Sentinel: “I bring you Cybertron, your home, and still you choose humanity!”
Optimus: “You are the one who taught me freedom is everyone’s right.”
(two Primes prepare for an epic showdown)
Megatron (after coming in and beating up Sentinel): “Who would you be without me, Prime?”
Optimus: “Time to find out.” battle mask comes out over his mouth
(one last battle between ‘em, and, long story short, Megatron’s head and spinal cord wound up laying on the ground with an axe through the top)
Sentinel: “Optimus. All I ever wanted...was the survival of our race. You must see why I had to betray you….”
Optimus: “You didn't betray me. You betrayed yourself.” double taps him with a dead Megatron’s shotgun
Lesson 12: How Plasma Baths Affect Transformers
First Taught: 9-3-2023
This is what plasma baths do to a Transformer.
Galvatron used to be just like Megatron, then Rodimus Prime threw him out of Unicron’s side and he landed in a plasma pool on Thrull.
There was literally an episode where Cyclonus and Scourge brought him to a mental hospital planet for treatment… and it didn’t work.
This is what plasma baths do to a Transformer.
Galvatron used to be just like Megatron, then Rodimus Prime threw him out of Unicron’s side and he landed in a plasma pool on Thrull.
There was literally an episode where Cyclonus and Scourge brought him to a mental hospital planet for treatment… and it didn’t work.
Lesson 13: Aligned Trypticon
First Taught: 9-4-2023
This is Trypticon.
You may know him as the Nemesis, the Decepticon ship from Prime.
After Omega Supreme beat him, Megatron executed a mission where he had Soundwave convert him into his ship mode, depleting the last of his energon and locking him that form (he couldn’t even speak or anything).
Then he used that ship to chase down the Ark, which led to a big space battle at the end of the Fall of Cybertron video game.
Remember that episode of Prime called "Flying Mind?" The one where Megatron put Dark Energon in the ship's fuel and it came to life and starting immobilizing all the bots? Basically, that was Trypticon coming back to life, and clearly he had some resentful thoughts towards Megatron, who, during the mission where they initially retrieved his body, literally stated "This is not a rescue mission." Either that or the Dark Energon (aka the blood of a dark god) made him angry. We'll never know.
This is Trypticon.
You may know him as the Nemesis, the Decepticon ship from Prime.
After Omega Supreme beat him, Megatron executed a mission where he had Soundwave convert him into his ship mode, depleting the last of his energon and locking him that form (he couldn’t even speak or anything).
Then he used that ship to chase down the Ark, which led to a big space battle at the end of the Fall of Cybertron video game.
Remember that episode of Prime called "Flying Mind?" The one where Megatron put Dark Energon in the ship's fuel and it came to life and starting immobilizing all the bots? Basically, that was Trypticon coming back to life, and clearly he had some resentful thoughts towards Megatron, who, during the mission where they initially retrieved his body, literally stated "This is not a rescue mission." Either that or the Dark Energon (aka the blood of a dark god) made him angry. We'll never know.
Lesson 14: Point One Percenter 101
First Taught: 9-6-2023
Due to pasting issues, this lesson isn’t currently available.
Lesson 15: The Firstborn
First Taught: 9-6-2023
In the Lost Light comic, Scorponok had a plan to increase the numbers of the Decepticon ranks by creating the Firstborn, an organic being that a spark could be transplanted into.
After making multiple of these organics, he would use a special device to rip the sparks of anyone wearing a Decepticon badge and implant them in the organics.
After kickstarting a wave of reproduction, they would build more mechanical bodies to put the new sparks into while the original Decepticons returned to their old bodies.
Basically, he wanted to forcefully transplant sparks, make them reproduce, and then return those sparks to their old bodies.
In the Lost Light comic, Scorponok had a plan to increase the numbers of the Decepticon ranks by creating the Firstborn, an organic being that a spark could be transplanted into.
After making multiple of these organics, he would use a special device to rip the sparks of anyone wearing a Decepticon badge and implant them in the organics.
After kickstarting a wave of reproduction, they would build more mechanical bodies to put the new sparks into while the original Decepticons returned to their old bodies.
Basically, he wanted to forcefully transplant sparks, make them reproduce, and then return those sparks to their old bodies.
Aaaaaand that's it! I hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll be back again sometime for Transformers 102 when I gain the motivation and time to dig through my PMs! See ya next time!
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I'm not that interested in Transformers so I don't get this card I stole but here
the joke is that Skyfire (the guy on the card) is a scientist