What was optimus prime original

Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release. Over the years, the original Optimus Prime has been repackaged and reissued multiple times:.

Powermaster Optimus Prime, being the grand toy rebirth of Optimus Prime post-movie, apparently received a lot of thought during the design process. Prime went through an inordinate number of design changes from concept to final with at least three very major revisions:.

Powermaster Prime's animation model as used in the commercials and as a character guide for the Marvel comics is a composite of the second and third designs. The body of the model is actually a straight tracing of the concept lineart for the third version including its different rifles and twin faux shoulder stacks , with a slightly simplified drawing of the second version's head drawn on top.

Arriving at the Decepticon base, Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space. If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion.

The Decepticons, fooled into thinking they've won, took Optimus Prime into their base. Having hidden his troops inside his trailer, Optimus and the Autobots then led a surprise attack on their unsuspecting foes.

A wayward shot from Megatron then revealed the location of the gravity gun to the Autobots. Optimus ordered his troops to charge the weapon. Hook caught Optimus in the gravity gun's sights, and sent the Autobot leader floating upwards. If Buddy came to Optimus's rescue and toyed with the gravity gun's control panel just as Hook turned the weapon to full power, the weapon would swivel and catch Megatron in its beam, tearing the Decepticon leader to pieces instead of Optimus.

The Autobots then proceeded to defeat the remaining Decepticons and claim victory. If Buddy instead cowered away, Cosmos came to Optimus's rescue. Optimus then instructed Cosmos to send him flying towards Hook; the pair took out the Constructicon, and gained control of the gravity beam.

If Buddy and Tracks entered a space-time anomaly created during the battle, the Autobots would lose their stand-off against the Decepticons, and Optimus would be taken prisoner by Megatron. If Tracks decided that Beachcomber could wait, he helped Optimus overload the anti-gravity gun, starting a chain-reaction that would cause the weapon to explode in a tremendous explosion.

Optimus instructed both Tracks and Buddy to run away as he finished tampering with the weapon. If Buddy lingered in wait for Optimus Prime to finish his task, Dirge flew by and dropped a missile onto Optimus, damaging his leg. Thankfully, Buddy assisted Optimus in repairing his leg.

The pair then ran to safety as the anti-gravity gun self-destructed, taking a number of Decepticons with it. If Buddy ran off as Optimus sabotaged the anti-gravity gun, the boy was captured by Laserbeak, prompting Optimus to turn the gravity beam on the Decepticon to free Buddy. In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos had taken off to explore the Decepticon base on his own, Optimus was surprised to see two Cosmoses flying back towards his convoy some time later.

Both Cosmoses declared themselves to be the real one, and urged Optimus to destroy the other. If Optimus destroyed the wrong Cosmos, the duplicate obliterated Optimus and his squad with the proton bomb it housed within its body. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons.

Desert Flight. Optimus was amongst the Autobots about to be topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby.

Optimus was advised of two plans; Perceptor suggested that the Autobots stay on the defensive while the scientist attempt to come up with a cure, while Prowl wanted the healthy Autobots to go out and try to find out what the Decepticons were up to.

Putting all of his faith in the Autobot scientist to uncover a cure swiftly, Optimus attempted to comfort his troops as they all began to experience sickness pains. Then, Red Alert informed Optimus of a Decepticon attack force moving in on their position, prompting Optimus to ask Perceptor to dispense whatever cure he had been able to concoct, despite it being untested.

Perceptor suggested another course of action to Optimus; the tainted fuel the Autobots had left untouched could be used to create a poisonous smog if lit aflame. The Autobots could attempt to poison the Decepticons with their own concoction, or they could risk the untested antidote, despite whatever side-effects it may have. If Optimus decided to risk Perceptor's antidote, he stood by as the Autobot scientist attempted to figure out how much antidote was a safe amount to give out to each Autobot.

If Perceptor gave out the right amount of an antidote, the poisoned Autobots were cured. Optimus ordered his troops to ready themselves for the incoming squadron of Decepticons. Perceptor's antidote did have a side-effect on the Autobots, however; it gave them a fierce battle-fever, making them eager to take on the Decepticons head-on.

Prowl suggested to Optimus that they instead opt for a more conniving counterstrike against the Decepticons, and ambush them instead. If Optimus allowed the cured Autobots to charge headlong into battle, he and the rest of the Autobots who were still running low on fuel stayed behind as back-up to the main charge.

Optimus's opening volley struck down Shockwave. Optimus and his troops soon found themselves running on empty, and Optimus called for a retreat.

Thankfully, the Decepticons were damaged enough through the course of the battle, causing them to retreat as well. If Optimus instead followed Prowl's plan, he instructed his troops to transform into vehicle mode and play dead. In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot.

The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Optimus and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons. Alternatively, if Optimus chose to use the tainted fuel against the Decepticons, he ordered Grapple to carry out the vat outside of headquarters.

He then instructed Grapple to lower the vat into a nearby pit, and instructed Jazz to torch the fuel with his flamethrower. He and Jazz waited until the last possible moment to carry out their plan, and once the fuel was lit, they dived to safety inside the Autobot base with the other Autobots. As the toxic cloud successfully turned away the Decepticons, Optimus was surprised to see Sunstreaker once more fully operational. Having been bought enough time, Perceptor was able to successfully cure the poisoned Autobots.

Their ranks fully replenished and the Decepticons turning tail meant the Autobots had earned themselves another victory. Optimus nominated Prowl, Bumblebee and Mirage to go along with him on the mission. Venturing further into the lab, the group soon spotted the antidote they were after, and sent Mirage to fetch it. Mirage returned with the beaker and news; he had heard Ramjet and Starscream talking about using a new poison to turn humans into mindless slaves. In light of this news, if Optimus decided to nonetheless head back directly to Autobot headquarters, his squad returned to find their comrades nearly dead from the poison.

But with Ratchet's help, the antidote was quickly distributed, and the Autobots sprung back to life. Now cured, the Autobots discussed their next course of action; they had to prevent the Decepticons from poisoning the nearby water reservoir. Windcharger and Ironhide suggested two different plans to Optimus: Windcharger wanted to use his magnetic powers to cause a confusion, while Ironhide wanted to simply go in for a full frontal assault.

Powerglide then decided to go ahead on his own to lead the Decepticons away from the reservoir, but Optimus objected. If Powerglide did not heed Optimus orders, he indadvertedly caused the water supply to be poisoned anyways.

If however, Powerglide listened to Optimus's orders, the Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir and into some nearby woods, where the Autobots would have some cover against the Decepticons. Finding themselves under heavy fire before they could reach the treeline, the Autobots were forced to fight back in the open. With Autobots falling beside him, Optimus gritted his teeth and took careful aim at the poison containers the Decepticons were carrying.

After taking out both of the planes carrying the poison, Optimus continued to battle Megatron and his Decepticons until nightfall, until the Autobots were finally victorious. If however Optimus ordered his troops to deal with the Decepticons before returning to base with the antidote, Prowl suggested that he use his incendiary missiles to destroy the poison first, but Optimus thought that course of action might be too risky.

He considered dealing with Ramjet and Starscream first. Upon reawakening, the Autobots found themselves captives of Megatron, who informed them that their fellow Autobots would soon perish, and that the humans would be conquered by the Decepticons shortly after. If Optimus instead decided to deal with Ramjet and Starscream first, his troop easily overpowered the pair, and made them watch as they destroyed their work.

Optimus then taunted Ramjet and Starscream, telling them that the Autobots would soon be at full fighting force, before returning to Autobot headquarters with the antidote. Once the other Autobots were cured, they all drank a toast to Bumblebee, to celebrate his part in the mission Decepticon Poison.

Optimus was one of the many soldiers fighting under the command of the Autobot leader, Jetfire. He was among the Autobots who launched in the Ark to clear a path through an asteroid belt. When the Decepticons attacked the ship, he fought a Seeker Decepticon while Jetfire sent the Ark crashing into Earth , knocking everyone aboard offline. Four million years later, they were repaired when the ship's systems were reactivated by a volcanic eruption.

In the Transformers. The sinister Decepticons have set their sights on a powerful energy source stored in a dam. However, the Optimus Prime and his heroic Autobots are here to foil their evil schemes! The Power Struggle. Optimus and his Autobots defended important data about the power source of another dam. He blasted Megatron with full fury! Ultimately, the Autobots were victorious in defending the dam. Battle in the Desert Valley. When a horde of time-displaced Decepticons joined forces to hunt down the five Blackballs , a super energy source, Optimus Prime gathered a team of time-displaced Autobots to help stop them.

In one encounter with his arch-foe Megatron , they reenacted their epic struggle from the Battle of Autobot City. However, this time around, Prime avoided dying by launching his "Matrix Attack" You're Great!

Optimus Prime! Later, Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus concocted a cunning strategy. They disguised a round, black cartoon explosive as a Blackball and gave it to Starscream.

Starscream promptly brought it to Megatron, where it blew both of them up. Optimus and Magnus were astounded their plan actually worked. Don't Cry! In one of his less impressive moments, after running out of ammo during a battle with Deathsaurus , Optimus Prime ordered his fellow Autobots to improvise and hurl everything that wasn't nailed down at their enemy.

This included the Blackball, unfortunately. Catching it, Deathsaurus began to fantasize about his inevitable galactic conquest, all the while being pelted with rocks and litter. Frustrated, Deathsaurus accidentally hurled the Blackball back to the Autobots in a fit of rage.

Good Job! After the Decepticons declared war, junior officer Optimus managed to turn the tide against them in a battle over Iacon , and rose up in rank to become Autobot leader. Optimus Prime's The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual profile His second-in-command, Jazz , once saved his life after a surprise attack rendered him temporarily non-functional on the battlefront.

Jazz's The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual profile The war raged for centuries, with Cybertron's fuel sources steadily decreasing. Optimus ordered the construction of the Ark to seek out new sources of energy, unaware that Megatron was building a ship of his own. The Ark's first foray into space was interrupted by a Decepticon attack, and all involved were too distracted to notice as they entered an asteroid belt.

A collision between two meteorites sent the Transformers crashing into Earth. After countless eons of slumber, the Autobots awoke to a world populated by humans, and once more took up the fight against the Decepticons. From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues After a long period of stalemate, Prime grew frustrated at the lack of progress his troops were making against Megatron's forces.

To remedy the situation, he ordered the creation of several new Transformers who would be perfectly adapted for combat on Earth. The first among these was Pirhana. Piranha's The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual profile But one of the Autobots' great victories came not through superior numbers or firepower, but trickery and cunning.

As part of a plan devised by Optimus Prime's new second-in-command Prowl, the Autobots allowed Starscream to "overhear" that they had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship with the means to return to Cybertron. They then stationed themselves around the vessel, atop of Table Mountain in Africa , and awaited the inevitable Decepticon attack over its possession. Optimus met Megatron in battle, but ordered his troops to withdraw after a brief skirmish, declaring the Decepticons too powerful to hold back.

Once the Decepticons claimed their prized and entered the ship, they found themselves locked inside it. The ship then shot up away from the planet, leaving the Decepticons without the means to control it. Though the Autobots knew this wouldn't rid them permanently of the Decepticons, they were satisfied with a brief period of calm while they were off-world.

Day of the Decepticons. When the Ark's sensors picked up two Transformer power emissions in the Brazilian rain forest of non-Decepticon origin, Optimus headed into the field to investigate, bringing along Jazz and Blaze. Though their search went poorly at first, the surrounding vegetation interfering with their energy trackers, one of the mystery Transformers soon found them!

The source of the readings turned out to be two terrifying robot dinosaurs! As Optimus charged one of them, Megatron and his troops turned up, and blasted the Autobot leader unconscious. He awoke to find the Decepticons fleeing in defeat, and the creatures transformed into their Autobot forms.

Grimlock introduced himself and Snarl , but told Optimus that they wouldn't be following the Autobots back to home-base, as they had two more companions to unearth first.

Optimus bid him farewell with a handshake before leaving to carry on the war against Megatron. The Dinobots! When reports from both Jetfire and Mirage corroborated that the Decepticons were constructing giant rockets to shift Earth out of its orbit, Optimus took to the skies and led his troops on a sabotage mission.

Upon their approach, Optimus, Jetfire, and Deftwing overheard Megatron declare that the engines would fire up in twenty minutes. With little time to prevent the destruction of Earth's biosphere, the more maneuverable air-bound Autobots entered the thruster tubes to destroy the rockets from within. Jetfire and Deftwing were successful in their task, and the Autobots beat a hasty retreat to avoid the resulting lava swell. Optimus heaped praise upon the pair afterwards, embarrassing the bashful Jetfire.

Moving Day Planet Earth. In the year X, the Decepticons had learned of a powerful new energy source known as forestonite which just happened to be located surprise surprise on Earth. Megatron sent his trio of Cyberjets to Earth first to draw out the enemy Autobots. The Cyberjets made quick work of Electro but were soon halted by the appearance of Optimus Prime. Megatron then entered the fray and fired his Black Hole Burn attack from his fusion cannon, narrowly missing Optimus Prime but vaporizing Hooligan in the process.

Prime fought fiercely but Megatron began to take the upper-hand in battle. However, Prime was encouraged to keep fighting by the cheers of a human boy named Junpei. Megatron, surprised at Prime's resilience, attempted to finish his foe off with his Tornado Axe attack.

Megatron teleported back to his ship and left Earth's atmosphere, vowing to return. Optimus Prime addressed Junpei, asking if the boy was injured.

Junpei revealed he was alright but presented concern about the Decepticons returning to Earth. Optimus Prime swore that the Autobots would remain on Earth until the threat of the Decepticons was finished and asked for Junpei's help in making that future a reality. The New Battle!! At some point, Archforce posed a threat to both Optimus Prime and Megatron.

Leaving his home universe, the Optimus Prime of Primax Optimus Prime bio in Club magazine 49 A multiversal cataclysm in a universe seeded with Rarified Energon and an invasion by natives from the negative polarity universe had called them into action. Since Matrix bearers were usually never allowed into Axiom Nexus, this was a grave threat indeed! Invasion Prologue. Seeking help to protect the Origin Matrix , Hero Prime and Beast Prime disguised themselves using cloaks and sought out Depth Charge , hoping to make use of his hunting skills.

Invasion: Epilogue. Hero Prime's name was on a list of Convoy members that Commander Cheetor gave to Andromeda , which noted Prime's home reality and his moniker. Hero Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the Waruder invasion of Axiom Nexus.

Cybertron's Most Wanted. Under the eerie shadows of a full moon Optimus Primal, a gigantic bat, Cheetor , a swift-stalking cheetah, and Razorbeast , a fearsome wild boar, hunted purposely through the depths of a jungle. Soon, Optimus detected the thermal emissions and fusion activity from a building, which meant they'd found their target.

His motion sensors registered what appeared to be a harmless Earth creature below. Before Optimus realized his mistake, the alligator lashed out with as smashing swipe of its tail, knocking Optimus into the swampy waters. The beast transformed and Megatron towered above him. The building ahead was the Predacons' genetics lab and he'd never let Optimus reach the secrets inside.

He ordered his troops to attack and everyone transformed to robot mode. The gigantic arthropods Tarantulas and Waspinator engaged Razorbeast and Cheetor respectively while Optimus and Megatron faced off. Optimus bragged that the Maximal " bio-genetic morphing process has allowed us to create the perfect fusion of organic musculature and Transformers technology! When Optimus noted that the Maximals seemed to be getting the upper hand, Megatron immediately detonated the lab and escaped, vowing to return with new forms and new plans when the Maximals least expected it.

The Beast Wars had just begun! Optimus Primal vs Megatron! Optimus believed, as his namesake did, that freedom was the right of all sentient beings His goal was to vanquish the Predacons from the planet Earth, a task he recognized would not be done easily.

Optimus Primal bio Basic class. Optimus eventually re-engineered his body, from a fruit bat to a gigantic gorilla, alluded to be comparable in size to King Kong. His strength had been most notably increased by this process, and he possessed "mega blast missiles", produced from his shoulder mounted cannons.

Optimus Primal bio Ultra class. The Beast Wars raged on prehistoric Earth, eventually leading to the discovery of the buried Ark sometime after its crash on prehistoric Earth. Megatron , following his namesake 's instructions in a desperate gambit, decided to attempt to change history by killing Prime, who was still lying in the Ark in stasis lock. Megatron hoped that this would result in the Decepticons winning the Great War and eventually Predacon control of Cybertron.

Megatron unleashed a full-power weapon blast at Optimus Prime's face, near-fatally injuring him. The subsequent power increase caused by Prime's spark's connection to the Matrix mutated Primal into a large, Transmetal "Optimal Optimus" form. Then, with the repairs complete, Prime's spark was restored, and he briefly activated before sinking back into normal stasis. Optimal Situation.

Sometime after the Autobots and Decepticons awoke in the s, the original Megatron gained access to one of Earth's Voyager spacecraft and inscribed a message on the disk on board. In the event that he lost the War, Megatron left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use transwarp technology to travel to Prehistoric Earth, locate the Ark , and change history by killing Optimus Prime.

The Agenda Part 2. Optimus appeared to have fallen in "the final battle" against the Decepticons. The Search. The statue was subsequently blown to pieces by the Vehicon forces. Fires of the Past Later, Megatron beamed a hologram of Optimus Prime down to the ruins of Iacon to confront Optimus Primal , claiming to contain the "essence" of the real Prime that had been stored here since the Final Battle. Primal was conned by this and was tricked by the hologram into accessing the Oracle.

Megatron seized control of the Oracle code and quickly revealed his ruse. Primal explained to his Maximals that he knew the image was fake, but he needed the location of the missing sparks from Megatron's mind.

Before he took the name "Optimus Prime," the future leader of the Autobots took up the banner of his fallen Monark, and rallied the troops around him against the Decepticons, vowing to "never surrender. Cyclonus hated Optimus Prime but respected Rodimus though Cyclonus would later taunt that Rodimus couldn't get anything done while not mourning Optimus. Wreckers: Finale Part II. After the Beast Wars had ended and the Maximals and Predacons that survived it had headed home, the Vok entered the Ark and removed the Matrix of Leadership from an unconscious Optimus Prime.

They used it to create Primal Prime , and then gave the Matrix to their new creation. After the Great War , Optimus Prime disappeared with other legends into the mysterious location on Cybertron dubbed J'nwan , where Optimus himself became the "Authority" who spoke on behalf of the others. Sandstorm , the leader of a rebellion in a 32nd-century firmly under the heel of the tyrannical Shokaract , entered J'nwan to plead with the heroes of Cybertron 's past for aid.

He hoped to convince them to join the fight against the Predacon warlord. After a mind-crushing journey which left all of his companions dead or deranged, Sandstorm finally found an audience with the Authority and his brethren, but they declined to help, with the Authority stating that their time was past and the war was no longer their war.

The Authority then in some way manipulated Sandstorm's trip out of J'nwan such that it was comparatively short and simple. When the warlord Shokaract , powered by Unicron 's Dark Essence , traveled into the past to secure his own future, the occupants of J'nwan decided to act. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, and Grimlock joined Sandstorm on prehistoric Earth during the time of the Beast Wars where the battle with Shokaract had already begun.

When the Covenant arrived to vanquish the Dark Essence and defeat Shokaract, Optimus Prime and the others escaped through portals as that timeline was erased from existence.

Terminus Departure. When Rodimus died, Arcee responded to Fractyl 's attempt to comfort her by stating that it was alright as Rodimus was now with Optimus and the friends who loved and missed him while they were gone. While reminiscing about some of the highlights throughout his multiversal career, Vector Prime remembered the time Megatron fired at the head of Optimus Prime, creating a time storm that necessitated his intervention to ensure Optimus' survival.

Vector Prime: In the Beginning. Optimus Prime died on Cybertron in during the last days of the Great War, after a final battle with Galvatron. Dawn of the Predacus. While Magmatron was surveying the timestream, he witnessed several key moments taking place during the Beast Wars. Among them was Megatron blasting a stasis-locked Optimus Prime in the face. The Gathering 1. Seven million years ago, Optimus was already a renowned figure, enough that the ruling triumvirate of the planet Rebirth named themselves in honor of the "Once and Future" Prime though apparently they missed the whole "freedom is the right of all sentient beings" thing.

A Brush With Infamy—Prologue. After his attack on Optimus Prime, Megatron was thrown out of the Ark when Blackarachnia activated the ship's defense systems. However, he was not thrown far enough and the Predacon managed to reenter the Ark and blast the Autobot leader, decisively erasing the Maximals from the timeline. A Change to the Agenda This had the effect of producing a wildly different timeline.

Optimus was eventually revived by the Autobots when they arrived to liberate Master from Decepticon hands. They found allies in the native Cyberdroids —those Optimus loyalists who had fought the Malignus insurgency. Hoping to check the power-mad Galvatron and his three Cyberdroid allies, the Autobot leader was revived and binary-bonded himself to three Cyberdroids, including Surge , and Apex, who formed his head.

Thus empowered, "Triple-Threat Prime" battled Galvatron and his forces across Master in a series of epic conflicts. The Autobots were unsuccessful and were forced to retreat. At some point before Unicron attacked Cybertron, Optimus met his final end when the Swarm threatened to destroy the Earth, sacrificing his life and the Matrix of Leadership to save the organic world, purifying the Swarm in the process.

The human race wasn't very grateful. Book of Logos. Eject lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including Optimus Prime, were long gone by the time Cybertron was controlled by the Builder Assembly. Cultural Appropriation. While fighting the Vehicons, Galvatron remarked that Nucleon looked worse than Optimus had before Apex had replaced what was left of his face. Ten thousand years in the future, the Transformers of that era were uncertain if "Optimus Convoy" had ever really existed, and most believed him to be a mythological hero of folklore.

The Inexorable March. As the Universe War began, Optimus Primal was shown a myriad of Transformers from across all timelines that he could choose to recruit into his Children of Primus in the battle against the Minions of Unicron.

Optimus Prime was blasted into pieces by Dragon Megatron. Beast Wars Metals 5 Fortunately, his spark remained perfectly intact—in the remains of his Matrix-shaped spark chamber.

Megatron was going to destroy Prime's spark, but Cheetor now in his Transmetal body saved it. Prime's spark was eventually swallowed by Optimus Primal, who was upgraded into Optimal Optimus by doing so. After Megatron was killed by Optimal Optimus, Primal and his crew said it would be troublesome to fix Optimus Prime's body. Beast Wars Metals 6. In a reality where the Dinobots consisted of Grimlock , Slag , Snarl , and Paddles , Optimus won the latter's admiration, so much so that the Dinobot would spout such things as "by the will of Optimus Prime!

There he encountered Optimus Primal and another Optimus Prime from a different universe. Together, the four of them overcame the other Optimus Prime's doubts about his leadership, before returning to their respective time lines. Prime Spark. In one reality , while the Autobots were boarding the Ark, Optimus voiced his lack of confidence in his leadership, before welcoming aboard Geosensus , who was incapable of transforming to robot mode.

Four million years later, Prime and Prowl found the Ark was under attack and defended it with deadly force. In examining the wreckage of the attackers, they realised that the robot Optimus had destroyed was not a Decepticon but Geosensus, who had forced himself to transform in an attempt to fight off the Decepticons. Though Prime was willing to take the rap, Prowl insisted on covering up the mistake to protect Optimus's image as a leader. When Megatron unleashed the power of a weather machine on the Gulf Coast, Optimus sent out Ratchet to retrieve the damaged Sky Spy to counteract his foe's new weapon.

Ratchet eventually did so, allowing Optimus to destroy the weather machine and thwart the Decepticons' plan. Healers, Fighters, and Transformers.

Having been caught unaware by a surprise attack launched by the Decepticons, Optimus led his troops in a losing battle against their mortal enemies. Though Optimus managed to dispatch a few Decepticons, namely Thrust, whom he punched through the chest, he soon found himself crippled and surrounded by enemy forces.

Praying to Primus as the Decepticons readied their weapons, Optimus heard Grimlock calling out to his fellow Dinobots to combine, prompting the Autobot leader to yell out a plead to Grimlock to stop. It was too late, however, and The Beast began rampaging, killing Autobots and Decepticons alike. Taking advantage of the situation nonetheless, Optimus tackled Megatron and began beating on the Decepticon leader. The tide of the battle now shifted, Optimus attempted to reach Grimlock's consciousness within The Beast so that its mindless carnage could come to a halt.

It didn't work. The Beast Within. As the battle wore on, Optimus attempted to drive the Autobots too wounded to outrun the Beast themselves to safety, carrying them within his trailer.

Jetfire showed up in time to rescue most of his passengers, leaving Optimus to deal with The Beast on his own. Seeing a city coming closer over the horizon, Optimus attempted to reach the Dinobots one last time from within The Beast. As his former troops remained unresponsive, Optimus led The Beast to its doom, blasting it a few more times before leading it to fall into a chasm.

Optimus himself was rescued from the fall at the last possible moment by Jetfire's timely return. As the two of them looked on at the Beast's inert form, Optimus wondered out loud if their battles would truly ever come to an end. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences. Optimus Prime started life as Optronix Orion to his friends , Hardwired a data archivist at the Vaults.

After taking note of a battle in which the Autobot leader Sentinel Prime had been defeated by Megatron, he was summoned to the Council of Ancients and informed that the Matrix had chosen him to be the next leader of the Autobots.

He received the Matrix of Leadership shortly thereafter, gaining a powerful new body in the process. After dispatching a Decepticon assassination squad sent to, well, assassinate him, he ordered the Autobots to prepare to evacuate Cybertron, intending to leave the Decepticons to their own devices. The War Within 1.

As he and Prowl discussed the wisdom of evacuating, a huge explosion obliterated the Forum of Enlightenment. Optimus led a team there, realising that the destruction was a message from Megatron. Leaving his team, he ventured underground, encountering Shrapnel , who blasted him into a pit. The War Within 2 Exploring the underground, Prime had a strange vision of a transparent version of himself, which warned that he had to grasp Cybertron's significance.

Then he was attacked by Soundwave and the Insecticons , whom he was able to easily best by using the labyrinthine environment to his advantage. He then felt himself led to a confrontation against Megatron , and both faction leaders met atop of a bridge, overlooking a deep abyss. Starscream blasted the bridge Optimus and Megatron were standing on, plunging them into the chasm.

Before he could look for a way out, Megatron found him, and informed him about the true nature of the Matrix, telling Optimus how it could be used to power Cybertron's planetary engines, transforming it into a space-faring war-world. This spurred Optimus to fight back, but before long, Megatron took control of the battle, smashing his fist into Prime's chest to get at the Matrix.

A blaze of light enveloped the pair, who found themselves abruptly on 20th century Earth. The War Within 4. As Megatron explained that the Matrix was giving them a vision of the future, they witnessed themselves battling on Sherman Dam. The nature of their surroundings established, Megatron resumed the scheduled beating, but a series of setting shifts ended with Optimus reunited with Grimlock. Grimlock handed Prime a sword and suggested he finish Megatron for good.

The War Within 5 Optimus found Megatron again, engaging him in combat and announcing that he was playing the game by Megatron's rules now—without mercy.

Though he did not slay Megatron, he inflicted enough damage onto him to expunge from his memory the visions the Matrix had granted him. Bumblebee even featured a peek at Optimus in disguise as a semi-truck on Earth, which once again stayed very true to his original cartoon appearance. Rick Stevenson is a writer, editor and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. He's written on TV, film and games for over six years, in addition to assorted stints in bookselling, carpentry, and TV production.

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