It's one of the more curious futures out there, based on an utterly unique take on Transformer history. This story doesn't take place in our present, though, but our future -– the 22 nd century to be exact, as we learn in the sixth episode, "Blast from the Past." The Transformers then wake to an Earth awash in robots thanks to a human scientist who found Megatron's shattered body and reverse-engineered it into his own robotics company. The inevitable clash between his crew and Megatron sends them crashing to Earth where they lie dormant for just 50 years. That way, I could determine that WINGSPAN is a data processor.This iteration of Optimus Prime is just a young asteroid miner who stumbles upon the AllSpark years later in modern times. For their functions, I consulted their toy tech specs. That's how I'm able to determine, for example, that TAILGATE is a scout and TANTRUM is a fueler.įUNCTIONS AND TITLES: TOY TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSĪ time or two, a character was on the show but received no TRANSFORMERS: UNIVERSE profile. THE TRANSFORMERS: UNIVERSE forms the basis of both the original comic book and TV series characters and the latter medium, though it tends to be less concretely stated, follows the functions and titles in the former. I would've preferred all of my references to be intrinsic to the TV show, but I've accepted this source as the finalized character models were used for all of the G1 media permutations.įUNCTIONS AND TITLES: THE TRANSFORMERS: UNIVERSE In the few cases where a character's cartoon series representation is too limited to be used, I've drawn on THE TRANSFORMERS: UNIVERSE or appearances from the original comic book. The TV series represents 95% of my visual references. G1 TV SERIES (and a little bit of the comic book) Now, in rendering these avatars, I've relied upon the following three sources: If a BEAST MACHINES toy tech spec suggests the purpose of an obscure one-off G1 character was such and such, I disregard it because the original episode(s) didn't mention or display it. I usually consider any retroactive references added to later franchises, such as BEAST MACHINES and ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, beyond the purview of my output and consequently beside the point. G1 continuity as shown in the original 1980 s TV series. The primary condition: My work, in general, is based on the U.S. I received criticisms of some of my choices for THE AUTOBOT HIERARCHY, so I want to enlighten visitors about the conditions I apply to my choice of arrangement and labeling. There is less diversity here than we find within the Autobot ranks, but that seems proper to the Decepticons' general single-mindedness. I've arranged characters within each division according to the general area of expertise they bring to the fold. Though their numbers are lower than the Autobots', it remains quite comprehensive. It includes every Decepticon, and some ancillary characters, that made an appearance in the G1 cartoon series and I've done my best to find a logical spot for everyone. This is my idea of a military-style explanatory organizational Decepticon chart.
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