What is Optimus Prime?
[[File:Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Optimus Prime]] '''Optimus Prime''', otherwise known as formerly '''Orion Pax''', currently '''Victory Leo''' or '''Star Optimus Prime''', '''Optimus Convoy''', '''Super Ginrai''' or '''Star Optimus Convoy''' in [[Japan]] and '''Star Prime''' or '''Star Convoy''' for short, is a character from the ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise. Prime is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s, a group of transforming robots from the planet of [[Cybertron]]. The Autobots are constantly at war with another group of transforming robots called [[Decepticon]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title= Transformers: Prime on Prime|work= IGN|url= http://uk.stars.ign.com/articles/827/827682p1.html|accessdate= 2010-10-12|archive-date= 2011-07-13|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005636/http://uk.stars.ign.com/articles/827/827682p1.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> According to [[Bob Budiansky]], co-writer of the Transformers series, [[Dennis O'Neil]] made his name. In the 1986 animated film Transformers: The Movie, he is killed by his [[archenemy]] [[Megatron]], who is the leader of the Decepticons. Optimus Prime is voiced by [[Peter Cullen]]. == Generation 1 == In the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon series, Optimus was originally a naive and defenceless dock worker named Orion Pax. Some time later, Orion was killed by Megatron and rebuilt by Alpha Trion as Optimus Prime. == Films == In the films, Optimus does not have his original Generation 1 look or voice due to the fact they were not based on the cartoon series. In [[Transformers (movie)|Transformers]] (2007), [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen|Revenge of the Fallen]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon|Dark of the Moon]], he had his original body, the one from the 2007 film. In [[Transformers: Age of Extinction|Age of Extinction]], Optimus appears battle damaged but was revealed to have been hiding from humans with the other Autobots, according to his friend Ratchet. In the movie, he was given a new look after being fixed by a human named Cade Yeag