Does the character Sentinel Prime appear in any Transformers films?
Sentinel Prime
Sentinel Prime is the name of several fictional characters in the various "Transformers" series in the Transformers robot superhero franchise. First mention of Sentinel Prime was in issue #65 of the US Marvel Comics "Transformers" series, where he was mentioned to hold the Autobot Matrix of Leadership before Optimus Prime. Sentinel Prime is One of the members of the Dynasty of Primes and dedicated as the leader of the Autobots and has since appeared in a variety of forms as either Optimus Prime's mentor or friend. Fun Publications has also had a character in their comic called Sentinel Major, who is based on the "Transformers Animated" version of Sentinel Prime. He is also the main antagonist in the film "," where he betrays the Autobots and later Megatron for his own personal interests. His original "Generation 1" incarnation was later reimagined by IDW Publishing as a similar fallen figure, perhaps in lieu of his movie counterpart.
Smokescreen (Transformers)
Smokescreen first appears in "New Recruit", where he came from a downed Decepticon escape pod and arrived to help the Autobots fend off the Vehicons and an Insecticon. He then introduces himself to Optimus Prime and ended up recapping his history to the rest of Team Prime. Ratchet and Arcee had some trust issues with Smokescreen. When Optimus Prime asked about Alpha Trion, Smokescreen said that he didn't know what happened to him. Optimus then suggested to Smokescreen that he needed to become accustomed with his surroundings. Jack then gives him full run of the base, where Smokescreen discovered the Polarity gauntlet, the repaired Immobilizer, Phase Shifter, and the Spark Extractor, as well as Airachnid's stasis pod. Later, when Red Energon (which can make any Cybertronian faster) was first reported, Optimus Prime had Smokescreen obtain an Earth-based vehicle form and go through training. After picking the right vehicle, Smokescreen heard about Starscream attacking Optimus Prime and asks to be sent in, only to be denied. Smokescreen simply ignored him and joined the battle, using the Phase Shifter to get Starscream out of the Apex Armor. Optimus Prime tells Smokescreen standard procedure is required on the team.
Sentinel Prime
There is a character called Sentinel Major, who might be considered the incarnation of Sentinel Prime in his own continuity. However, his design and role are obvious homages to "Animated" Sentinel Prime, but appears in a "Generation 1"-based setting.
Ratchet (Transformers)
Ratchet appears in "". He is first seen accompanying Optimus Prime when they arrive in Chernobyl. He is present in the meeting at the NEST base when Optimus decides to go to the moon. Optimus and Ratchet wind up on the moon and retrieve Sentinel Prime's body and his pillars from the "Ark" and bring them back to Earth. He is present when Optimus revives Sentinel with the Matrix of Leadership. Ratchet is also seen leaving with the rest of the Autobots on the Xantium and is present when Optimus and the rest of the Autobots return. Ratchet provides cover fire for the humans alongside Dino, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee during the final battle. He also battles Sentinel Prime alongside Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Sideswipe and is at one point seen shooting down a Decepticon that is on top of a building. When Sam calls for help after he kills Dylan Gould, Ratchet responds and shoots the Control Pillar several times before Bumblebee crashes through and destroys it. Ratchet is one of the surviving Autobots at the end of the movie, complimenting Bumblebee's bravery in battle.
Sentinel Prime
Kre-O Sentinel Prime is based on the version of the characters from "Transformers: Dark of the Moon".
Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime is primarily voiced by Peter Cullen in most of his incarnations, who voiced him in the original series. Following the production of the 2007 film, Cullen reprised his role for the sequels and supporting media and would even voice Optimus in later series such as "". Optimus has been voiced by a number of other voice actors in other series such as Neil Kaplan, Garry Chalk, and David Kaye in the series "", Unicron Trilogy, and "Transformers Animated", respectively.
List of Primes and Matrix holders
Prime is still a rank in the "Transformers Animated" continuity, but (uniquely) it is distinctly lower than commander of all Autobots (that would be Ultra Magnus — the "Magnus" refers to his rank). This is revealed when Sentinel Prime attempts to give an order to Optimus Prime. Optimus is able to disregard this order because regardless of Sentinel's standing on the Cybertron Elite Guard, they are both still Primes of equal rank. The Elite Guard members, Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Prime, have bars on their forearms, with more bars present for the superior officer. Optimus Prime lacks these, and as such it is unknown if they are only present on the Elite Guard. The rank of Prime seems to be roughly equivalent to the human naval rank of captain.
In the "Transformers: Timelines" fiction, the Transtech formed a group known as the Convoy, made up of Primes/analogous leaders from various reality streams in order to deal with threats to the multiverse. The identities of several members of the Convoy were designated "Classified" by Axiom Nexus Security, but were made known due to the efforts of Renegades from the Go-bots universe.
In the ""Aligned Continuity"" (which includes the video games "" and "", their tie-in novels "", "" and "", and the television series ""), the Prime rank is similar to its portrayal in the original series. "Prime" is the name given to the leader of the Autobots and holder of the Matrix of Leadership, which is passed down to a successor at the end of the current Prime's reign. Characters shown to be part of the Prime lineage in this continuity include Optimus Prime and Sentinel Zeta Prime (referred to as "Sentinel Prime" in the novels and "Zeta Prime" in the video games).
While he didn't hold the Matrix, the Autobot's human ally, Jack Darby, was entrusted with the Key to Vector Sigma, thus he was entrusted with the fate of the Matrix of Leadership and was even referred to as an "honorary Prime" at one point by Miko Nakadai. The Autobots and Megatron discovered that Unicron's spark dwelt at the center of the Earth and Prime emptied the full power of the Matrix into Unicron's spark upon travelling there. After Unicron was successfully returned to stasis, the Matrix was drained its energy, Optimus lost not merely the wisdom of the Primes, but all of his own memories since becoming a Prime. Fortunately, it was revealed that the key allow the Matrix to be refilled, and Optimus's memory restored, via the mega-computer Vector Sigma on Cybertron. Jack and Arcee travelled to Cybertron to load the key, then returned to Earth in the midst of a battle between Orion and Megatron. Though the archivist was hesitant at first, Jack convinced him that he was in fact worthy and used the key to restore the Matrix's power and Optimus's memories.
Transformers: Prime
Development of the series began in early 2010 with the announcement that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, screenwriters of the first two live-action films, would be creating the series. Casting began soon after with the announcement that Peter Cullen and Frank Welker would reprise their roles as Optimus Prime and Megatron. According to executive producer Jeff Kline the two characters, along with Bumblebee, were considered "must-haves" for the series. From that point on, they tried to include characters that would contemplate their personalities "rather than emulate them". From the early stages of development, a story bible had been created so that writers had a basic idea of where the plot was heading. Early in development, it was announced that the first season would consist of 26 episodes—the first five airing as a miniseries from November 29, 2010 to December 3, 2010. The remaining episodes aired from February 11, 2011 to October 11, 2011. While the first season was still running, it was announced the show had been renewed for a second season, also consisting of 26 episodes.
Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime (formerly Orion Pax) is constantly, if not always depicted as having strong moral character, excellent leadership, and sound decision-making skills, and possesses brilliant military tactics, powerful martial arts, and advanced extraterrestrial weaponry. Optimus Prime has a strong sense of honor and justice, being dedicated to building peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence with humans, the protection of life and liberty of all sentient species. As the current Matrix of Leadership bearer, Optimus Prime is the de facto leader of the Autobots, a faction of a transforming species of synthetic intelligence from the planet Cybertron. The Autobots are constantly waging civil war against a rival faction of transforming robots called Decepticons. According to Bob Budiansky, co-writer of the Transformers series, Dennis O'Neil was responsible for his name.
Transformers: Prime
The series stars Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), who acts as the leader of the Autobots. In his fight to protect the Earth, Optimus is aided by Ratchet (Jeffrey Combs), who acts as the team's medic. He is responsible for sending the team out to various locations using the Groundbridge. Bulkhead (Kevin Michael Richardson) acts as the team's muscle and does the heavy lifting. Arcee (Sumalee Montano) can transform into a motorcycle and is considered the team's most agile fighter. Rounding out the cast is Bumblebee (Will Friedle), who is the team's scout. He remains voiceless throughout most of the series due to a damaged voice box and must communicate through beeps.
Gears (Transformers)
Gears appeared in issues #1-2 of "Transformers: Evolutions - Hearts of Steel".Gears is featured in the "" toy line. His toy bio describes him as being very similar to his "" self: A complainer who always finds something negative to say about a situation. His first alternate mode is a silver Cadillac Escalade, similar to a vehicle seen during the freeway brawl between Optimus Prime and Bonecrusher in the first film.
Sideswipe (Transformers)
Sideswipe appears in the and of the live action film series. He transforms into a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept in 2009 and a Chevrolet Centennial Corvette convertible in 2011. He has two wheeled feet like Bonecrusher from the first film. Sideswipe is armed with guns, a back-mounted machine gun and Cybertanium blades. Early concept art of Sideswipe portrayed him as being red, but he ended up silver, presumably due to director Michael Bay's notion that the color red does not photograph well on film (the same reason Optimus Prime in the film series is primarily blue over red). His Hasbro battle bio states that he is 15 ft. tall and that he is a master in almost every form of martial arts on Cybertron.
Callum Keith Rennie
He has played guest roles in episodes of various Canadian or US television series like "Mutant X", "The Dead Zone", "Smallville", "Supernatural", "The L Word", "Bionic Woman" and more recently "Harper's Island". During the same time, he has interpreted contrasting characters in movies such as "The Butterfly Effect", "H20: the Last Prime Minister", "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", "" (2004), "Lucid" (2005), "Unnatural & Accidental" (2006), "The Invisible", "Tin Man", "Normal", "Silk" (2007), and "" (2008).
The Transformers (Marvel Comics)
Most famous story arcs and issues are "Warrior's School" featuring the introduction of the Dinobots and the first clash between Autobot medic Ratchet and Megatron; "Prime Time!" when Optimus Prime is finally freed from captivity and battles current Decepticon commander Shockwave; "Smelting Pool" and "The Bridge to Nowhere" brought the story back to Cybertron where only a handful of Autobots fight an underground war against Straxus's Decepticons, also introducing Blaster, Budiansky's most-used character who was radically different from his cartoon and Marvel UK version. "Afterdeath" and "Gone but not forgotten" saw the deaths (for a while, anyway) of Optimus Prime and Megatron, after which Grimlock took control of the Autobot forces in "King of the Hill". Starting at issue #28, Blaster and Goldbug (a rebuilt Bumblebee) defected from the Autobots due to Grimlock's tyrannical leadership, which ended with Grimlock and Blaster having a duel in "Totaled". The next issue, "People Power" saw the return of Optimus Prime, as a Powermaster. The "Underbase saga" began in issue #47 and ended in issue #50, "Dark Star", where Starscream, absorbing the power of the Underbase, kills most of the active Transformers of the time. (Budiansky admitted in an interview that Hasbro was forcing him to introduce new characters so quickly, he had to do an epic to "make room" for them.) Budiansky's last 5 stories were very mediocre, he himself said that he lost the interest in Transformers, and asked Hasbro to hand over the comics to a new writer.
Bludgeon (Transformers)
Bludgeon would also appear in the fourth "G.I. Joe vs the Transformers" crossover from Devil's Due Publishing. Little is known about this incarnation of Bludgeon, save that, in his pre-Pretender form, he attempted to kill Optimus Prime shortly after he had received the Matrix. Later, Bludgeon and the future Monster Pretenders came to Earth to exploit it, but were shot down by the Chinese. To save themselves, Bludgeon made a deal with the snake cult Cobra-La, gaining his traditional Pretender shell in the process. Bludgeon first stopped Joe Colton's Adventure team and captured Colton himself, killing one of his companions in the process. Later, when a Matrix-afflicted Hawk led Optimus Prime to Tibet to uncover Cobra-La's location, Bludgeon squared off against the Autobot leader, nearly killing him due to his Armour secreting metal-eating acid (an ability noted in Bludgeon's original toy tech spec). Prime was saved by Hawk, and the two fled with Flint into the mountains — only to be chased down by Bludgeon and a group of Cobra-La troopers. Bludgeon again engaged Prime, but lost focus when Prime ripped open his shell to reveal the inner robot. Plummeting off a ravine, Prime attempted to save him, but Bludgeon realized that if Prime saved him, it would be a betrayal of his philosophy of death and destruction. Using his metal-eating slime to cause Prime to lose his grip, Bludgeon plummeted to his doom laughing.In the "" toy line, the name Bludgeon was used on a yellow repaint of "Generation 2" Combat Hero Megatron. Though he may well be a separate character (as he did not appear in any comics or television series and Hasbro did not release any story for him other than he is part of a Destructicon sub-group), he is painted yellow and silver (the primary colors of Bludgeon's Pretender shell) and even has red eye paint across his nose to create the illusion of a "visor" like Bludgeon's original robot mode, leading many to believe he is meant to be a homage to the G1 character.
Tania Gunadi
Gunadi has been nominated by BTVA Television Voice Acting Award for her voice over roles in "Penn Zero" and "Transformers Prime". Her other animation roles are "Marvel's Avengers Assemble" (2017), DC Comic's "Super Hero Girls" (2017), "Sofia the First" (2016), "Sanjay and Craig" (2015), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) and video games: Indivisible, as a lead role (2018) "World of Final Fantasy" (2016), "Star Wars Uprising" (2015) and "Transformers" Game (2012).
Sentinel Prime
Sentinel Zeta Prime was originally an officer in the Elite Guard before being named Prime. Under pressure from the various guilds of Cybertron he oversaw the rise of the caste system that came to dominate Cybertronian society, a policy which brought him into conflict with Alpha Trion, and ultimately led to the archivist's self-imposed exile in the Iacon Hall of Records. By the time of the rise of the Decepticon movement time had robbed him of much of the fire which had made him an effective military leader, and this left him out of touch with the people he claimed to represent.
Sentinel Prime
Sentinel Prime eventually returns in the "Titans Return" storyline, where it's revealed that he never actually died. Here it is retconned that he is actually an ancient "Titan Master" (IDW's equivalent of Headmaster technology) named Infinitus who controlled a larger lifeless body to pose a regular-sized Transformer name "Sentinel Prime". When he was "killed" by Megatron, he discarded his original body and went into hiding to build a new one. He returns in present-day to destroy everything Optimus Prime had built up following the restoration of Cybertron. He is eventually killed by Red Alert. Despite the resurrection of Sentinel in IDW comics being done to tie into the concurrent "Titan Masters" toyline, he appears to be wearing modular, black armor over his toy design in stories, rather than having the toy design itself.
Sentinel Prime
All toys of this character (except the Kre-O kit) are officially licensed from Rosenbauer.
Sentinel is Optimus's predecessor as leader of Cybertron and Prime. In this universe, where Autobots and Decepticons never went to war, Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat him after his immoral partnership with the Liege Maximo was exposed.
List of Transformers: Cybertron characters
As the Great Commander of the Autobot military, Supreme Commander Optimus Prime ("Soshireikan Galaxy Convoy") organizes the evacuation of Cybertron and the relocation of the planet's inhabitants to Earth when the Energon Sun went supernova. Although a stern and methodical leader, he is a compassionate robot who deeply cares for each of his subordinates. At first, Prime is firmly opposed to interacting with the natives of the worlds the Autobots visit, but soon comes to realize the benefits of the allies the Autobots gain.
Sentinel Prime
In "", he was guilty by Chicago's destruction and his remains are used by KSI to build human-made transformers. A scene in the film features the remains of his head being used alongside Megatron's head and other remaining transformers (including Ratchet, Leadfoot, and possibly Sideswipe and Mirage). Also, a photo of Sentinel Prime appears with red X indicating his death in the previous film.
Sentinel (comics)
In "Ultimate X-Men", the Sentinels, created by the Ultimate Marvel version of Bolivar Trask, were already in action at the beginning of the first story arc, hunting down and killing mutants on the streets, in a program apparently openly and publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government. Later on, there were also the "New Sentinels" that were sixty of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top agents in Sentinel battle armor that was described as having enough hardware to take on a fleet of the old Sentinel models. A new breed of Sentinel robots, created by Trask under orders from the Fenris twins, was later created.
Sentinel Prime
Sentinel Prime originates from the original Marvel Comics Transformers series. Sentinel is the immediate predecessor of Optimus Prime, and was killed in battle on Cybertron. He is glimpsed in issue #150 of the UK comic, passing the Autobot Matrix of Leadership on to Optimus Prime. It was not made clear in this continuity who or what caused his death. His appearance resembles Rodimus Prime. His name is taken from issue U.S. #65 (UK #290) in which all the past Matrix holders are listed and he precedes Optimus Prime.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
In 17,000 B.C., the Seven Primes travel across the universe to create Energon with star-absorbing machines called Sun Harvesters, which destroy stars in order to collect their raw material. One of them defies the rule to never to destroy a planet with life by establishing a Sun Harvester on Earth, earning him the name "The Fallen". The Fallen is confronted by the other Primes, who imprison him before he can harvest the Sun using the Matrix of Leadership. The rest of the Primes then sacrifice themselves to hide the Matrix in an unknown location.
In the present, two years after the events of the first film, the Autobots and the U.S. military have formed the Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty (NEST), a classified international task force used to eliminate the surviving Decepticons. In Shanghai, the Autobots intercept two Decepticons, Demolisher and Sideways. Sideways is killed by the Autobot Sideswipe, while Optimus Prime kills Demolisher, but not before he warns them of the Fallen's return. At NEST's secure headquarters in Diego Garcia, National Security Adviser Theodore Galloway concludes that since Megatron's corpse is at the bottom of the Laurentian Abyss and the last-known AllSpark shard is secured in the base, the Decepticons must still be on Earth solely to hunt the Autobots. Unfortunately the Decepticon Soundwave had hacked into a military satellite and so overhears this information, sending Ravage to retrieve the shard.
Sentinel Prime
Kreon Sentinel Prime appeared in the animated short "Last Bot Standing."
Garry Chalk
A highly-prolific character actor, most of his career has been in film and television, usually portraying a corrupt law enforcement officer. He had a recurring role on "Cold Squad" for four years, for which he won Gemini Awards in two consecutive years, and until the close of its ninth season had a recurring role on the science-fiction series "Stargate SG-1". Known for his perfect enunciation and his mellifluous deep voice, Chalk is also a veteran of over 1,500 animated productions including "Class of the Titans", and the 2002 remake of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". He is also known for his voice work in the "Transformers" franchise as the voice of Optimus Primal in "" and "", and as Optimus Prime in the Unicron Trilogy. He also voiced the original Megatron in an episode of "Beast Wars".
Tesshō Genda
Like his Canadian counterpart Peter Cullen, Tesshō reprised the role of Optimus Prime (Convoy) in the Japanese dub of the 2007 "Transformers" movie. He is best known as the Japanese voice of Batman in numerous animated television series and animated films. Like his American counterpart Kevin Conroy, Tesshō also reprised the role of Batman in the Japanese dub of "". He also voices Kratos in the Japanese versions of the "God of War" video game series.
Sentinel Prime
Sentinel Prime appears in the third film, "", later revealed as a rogue Autobot-turned-Decepticon and the main antagonist of the film. Though it was believed that the Space Bridge technology he devised was to turn the tide of the war for the Autobot's benefit, Sentinel Prime made a deal with Megatron in the past to rebuild Cybertron using Earth's resources and enslaving humanity. However, the "Ark", Sentinel's ship, was hit during the end of the war on Cybertron trying to leave the planet and eventually crashed on Earth's moon before 1961. Before the impact, Sentinel hid himself in the crash vault with five of his Space Bridge Pillars, including the control Pillar, but he soon ran out of Energon and became incapacitated. His body was recovered many years later by Optimus Prime and Ratchet when the two Autobots come investigating the wrecked ship and was brought to Earth, where he was resurrected with the power of the Matrix of Leadership. Sentinel was distressed that hundreds of his Pillars were missing, and warned Charlotte Mearing that the Decepticons could destroy Earth with the Pillars. He later went out with Optimus to attend a tour of the Earth and admire its sunset, and declined Optimus' offering of the Matrix, due to the fact that he doesn't know much about the Earth.
Bumblebee (Transformers)
With the exception of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee is the only character to appear in all three TV shows set within the Aligned Continuity, including "" and "". Frank Welker recorded actual words written for Bumblebee which were later replaced with sound effects. When Bumblebee regains his voice, it's provided by actor, Will Friedle.
Shockwave (Transformers)
Film concept art of Sentinel Prime by artist Josh Nizzi named the character who would become Shockwave as Blitzwing.
Prime Sentinel
Prime Sentinels are an advanced type of Sentinel which exist in Marvel Comics. They are a human/machine hybrid that uses nanotechnology from the "Days of Future Past" future.
Shrapnel (Transformers)
Shrapnel would also make a brief appearance in the third crossover between G.I. Joe and the Transformers. He was seen prominently trying to hold back the combined Autobot/G.I. Joe rescue force trying to recover Optimus Prime.Insecticon was a basic-sized Transformer. His weapon is a cross-bow. His bio indicates that he is a reactionary Predacon, watching and disposing of Maximals who infiltrate Predacon lines with his crossbow and mandibles. Various insect-based Predacons were sold under the North American "Beast Wars" banner and storyline. However, while their personalities seem similar to original Insecticons none of them appear to be latter-day versions of the original Insecticons at all.
Edwin Neal
Edwin Neal (born July 12, 1945) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as the hitchhiker in "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". He has been a top voice talent and actor for years appearing on screen and off, including three voices in Wii's "Metroid Prime 3". He has worked with Oliver Stone on "JFK" and is Robotnik in "Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie". He set a record doing 26 different voices in the only completely unedited version of all 103 episodes of "Gatchaman" ("Battle of the Planets"), which included the lead villain Berg Katse. Neal also provides three voices in the "DC Universe Online" game; those of Two-Face, Killer Croc, and Harvey Bullock.
Brave series
Similarly, subsequent Transformers lines have also been influenced by the Brave Series. The Japanese Mini-Con Kingbolt's coloration and characterization are homages to the Brave series Exkaiser. Also, the Cybertron cartoon featured many homages to the Brave series King Of Braves GaoGaiGar, most notably the way Optimus Prime combines with Leobreaker and Wing Saber, which is similar to the way GaoGaiGar combines with Goldymarg (Who coincidentally shares a voice actor with Leobreaker) and Stealth Gao and the fact that Hot Shot was identical to Volfogg because of his appearance and transformation. The cinematography for Energon Optimus Prime's stock-footage combination sequence with his Prime Force limbs is also very reminiscent of Brave series stock footage. Transformers Animated characters Jetstorm and Jetfire's combination into Safeguard is a direct homage to the GaoGaiGar's symmetrical dockers, specifically HyoRyu and EnRyu who form ChoRyuJin who themselves are a homage to Exkaiser characters Blue Raker and Green Raker who combine to form Ultra Raker. Transformers Energon character Omega Supreme is also a homage to the symmetrical dockers. The idea for Team Shinkansen in "Car Robots" is similar to Liner Dagwon. 
One striking difference between the Brave Series and Transformers is that very few villain robots were released for the former. This is in sharp contrast to most of the Transformers series, for which heroes and villains were and are released in relatively equal numbers (with the exception of Zone and Battlestars). Generally speaking, the lack of villain toys is more the norm for such toy lines in Japan, with the various Transformers lines (save for aforementioned two) being the exception there rather than the rule.Note: "Italicized names" are non-toy characters.
Mirage (Transformers)
Mirage is a playable character in the Dark of the Moon video game. The level starts with Mirage having to avoid Starscream on a highway in South America. During his mission, he meets up with Bumblebee and Sideswipe and together they pursue Starscream and try to foil his attempts to launch a rocket into space. Despite defeating Starscream in the end, the rocket however successfully launches.Mirage appears in "Transformers Animated", though he was never shown in the animated series. His appearance is based on his "Generation 1" counterpart, along with his ability to turn invisible. Cliffjumper distrusts him due to this power, and because he was an outspoken critic of Ultra Magnus' and Sentinel Prime's policies.
Sentinel Prime
Also established via "Ask Vector Prime", a similar character named Guardian Major was revealed to be a bearer of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. He received it from Vector Prime after the latter was called to fulfill his destiny. Guardian Major is presumably based on Guardian Prime, the ancient Autobot leader from the G1 cartoon episode "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4", but his role also borrows elements from Sentinel Prime. In the ancient days of the universe Aurex 404.11 Kappa, Guardian Major was the faithful right-hand 'bot of Autobot leader Vector Prime.
Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime is also among the characters who appear in the flash game "TRANSFORMERS CVBERVERSE Battle Builder Game". Optimus Prime is one of the Autobots featured in "" at Universal Studios theme parks. In the ride, Optimus fends off against the invading Decepticons at N.E.S.T. headquarters while telling Evac to escape with the AllSpark shard. He battles Megatron throughout the ride until Megatron is killed by Evac. Optimus then congratulates Evac and the riders for protecting the AllSpark.
Jazz (Transformers)
Jazz is the second-in-command of a Cybertron Elite Guard team under Sentinel Prime. He comes to Earth alongside Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Prime, being the first of them to find out that humans aren't as contagious as he thought when he encountered Sari Sumdac before helping Prowl against the malfunctioning police drones. Later, while investigating an Allspark fragment on a train, Jazz and the other Elite Guard members were unaware that it was actually a trap set by Starscream meant for Megatron. Unfortunately, both Jazz and Ultra Magnus both get blasted back by the fragment. When they catch up to Optimus and his team, both the Elite Guard, Optimus, and the rest of the team immediately battle Starscream and managed to capture him. He has an incredibly minor appearance in "A Fistful of Energon" alongside the rest of his team when Starscream breaks out of the ship.
Sentinel Prime
The ensuing period of peace was known as the Golden Age of Cybertron, but, around nine million years BC, the Decepticon threat re-emerged when they too adopted transformation, and coupled it with robot-mode flight powers. One of the first of this new breed of Decepticons, the malevolent Megatron, killed Sentinel Prime in combat. As he died, the dying Sentinel Prime handed off the Matrix to Alpha Trion, who kept it safe until the emergence of the next Autobot leader, Optimus Prime. When Rodimus Prime journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Sentinel Prime was the sixth guide he encountered. Sentinel Prime recounted the development of transformation, the Autobot victory in the war and the rise of Megatron.
Transformers: The Last Knight
In December 2014, Mark Wahlberg confirmed that he would return in the sequel. In February 2016, there were casting calls for new lead and supporting roles in Los Angeles and London, and Peter Cullen was announced as returning to voice Optimus Prime. Approximately 850 cast and crew were hired, 450 of whom were Michigan residents, equating to 228 full-time positions. Additionally, 700 extras were hired from among Detroit residents, as part of Paramount's incentive deal with the state. On April 13, TheWrap reported that Isabela Moner was in talks to star as Izabella. The site also reported that Bay was eyeing Jean Dujardin, Stephen Merchant, and Jerrod Carmichael for supporting roles. On May 17, 2016, it was confirmed that Josh Duhamel would reprise his role in the film, and Jerrod Carmichael was cast. In June 2016, Anthony Hopkins, Mitch Pileggi, Santiago Cabrera, and Laura Haddock joined the cast, and Tyrese Gibson stated that he will return as Robert Epps. In August 2016, Liam Garrigan was confirmed to play King Arthur, a different version from his role as the same character on the television series "Once Upon a Time". On September 4, 2016, Stanley Tucci confirmed his return. On October 14, 2016, Bay announced that John Turturro would reprise his role as Seymour Simmons from the first three films, and that John Goodman would return to voice Hound. A month before the film's release, Bay revealed that the character Cogman would be voiced by "Downton Abbey" actor Jim Carter, at the request of co-writer Matt Holloway, who is a fan of the series. On June 9, 2017, Reno Wilson confirmed via Twitter that he would have a voice role in the film. On June 16, 2017, Gibson revealed that despite closing a deal for the film, he was unable to appear as Epps due to scheduling conflicts with "The Fate of the Furious".
Transformers Universe (comic book)
The "" comic features Sentinel Maximus, a character who is the fused form of the Transformers characters Primal Prime and Apelinq, who were merged to be able to defeat Cryotek during an untold story. Universe characters Nemesis Prime, Ramjet and his Mini-Cons also appear in this story.
Blackout (Transformers)
Blackout appears in the novel "Transformers: Exodus". Blackout was from the Badlands and fought in the pits of Kaon. His body was riddled with scars. He accompanied Megatron to steal the Plasma Energy Chamber from Teletraan-1 and witnessed his battle with Sentinel Prime. When Sentinel Prime fell, exposing the Code Key of Justice within his chest, Starscream attempted to take the Key for himself but Blackout tried to stop him, taking a blow that would've killed any other Transformer but one that only managed to fell him.
After Megatron subdued Starscream, Megatron asked for Blackout's name and told him he had a great future. He asked him to take Sentinel's body back to Kaon. He was presumably successful for Optimus Prime later found Sentinel chained to a pillar in the Underworld, having suffered burns from Omega Supreme's takeoff and subjected to even more torture.
Sentinel Prime
Swoop mentioned Sentinel Prime in the "Rage of the Dinobots" comic book series, when he claimed possession of Sentinel's former palace on a long abandoned Cybertron.
Chris Parnell
Parnell voiced Fly in the animated films "Hotel Transylvania" and "Hotel Transylvania 2", and Stan the Fishman in the third film, "". He is a series regular on the FX animated series "Archer", and is also known for his guest appearances as Dr. Leo Spaceman on "30 Rock". He also provides the voice of the narrator on the PBS children's series "WordGirl". From 2011 to 2014, Parnell co-starred on the ABC comedy series "Suburgatory" where he played the husband of the character played by his former "SNL" castmate Ana Gasteyer. His role started out as recurring in the first season but he was bumped up to a series regular in the second season. The series aired for three seasons on ABC.
Kup (Transformers)
He then went on to appear in the regular "Transformers" comic series. With the elimination of so many of Optimus Prime's lieutenants (such as Prowl, Jazz and Grimlock), Kup was promoted to Security Chief, providing the voice of experience when Prime's self-doubt threatened to overwhelm him. It was Kup who put up the most resistance when Prime surrendered to Scorponok (in the hopes of forging an alliance to combat Unicron) and who also resisted when Prime freed them during Shockwave's attack.
Sentinel Prime
His intention is to restore Cybertron to its former glory. But as the war dragged on, he was driven mad by desperation, with Quintessa corrupting and ordering him to bring Cybertron to Earth (Unicron) on her behalf hoping to destroy it, causing Sentinel to turn against his ideals and ally with Megatron and the Decepticons and eventually become as corrupt and vile as they were. Sentinel Prime is voiced by Leonard Nimoy, who previously voiced the character Galvatron in "" back in Generation One. Note: This was Leonard Nimoy's last major film role in the Transformers robot superhero franchise until his death in 2015.
Starscream
Starscream appears in the following books:Starscream appears in the novel "", and its sequels; "" and "". Here he and the Seekers were the bodyguards of Sentinel Prime, but captured him and pledged their allegiance to Megatron when the war between Autobots and Decepticons broke out. Starscream proved to be a treacherous subordinate as usual, looking for every opportunity to play both sides to his advantage so that his circumstances would be favorable regardless of the outcome. In an attempt to see Megatron destroyed, he released Sentinel Prime so that the deposed leader could eliminate the leader of the Decepticons, only to see Sentinel Prime fall. Starscream attacked Megatron himself, but proved unable to defeat the Decepticon leader and was forced to submit to his authority again. He would join the crew of the "Nemesis", and continue to seek Megatron's overthrow through a bargain with the Quintessons.
Thirteen (Transformers)
In "" (an animated sequel to "Transformers: Prime"), the Thirteen Primes are shown to reside in the Realm of the Primes which is where Optimus Prime is currently residing. In "Out of Focus," Micronus Prime (voiced by Adrian Pasdar) appears where he trains Optimus Prime as he prepares himself for an evil that would threaten both Cybertron and Earth. Micronus Prime used some generic Mini-Cons in his training. After some difficulty, Optimus Prime managed to pass Micronus Prime's training exercise. A number of members of the Thirteen Primes appear in "Battlegrounds, Part 1", including Vector Prime (voiced by Troy Baker), who expressed doubt in Optimus's readiness to battle Megatronus/The Fallen. Despite this, Micronous sends Optimus to Earth, presumably resurrecting him in the real world, where he arrives in time to battle Megatronus (voiced by Gil Gerard). After the Fallen is apparently killed, Optimus decides to stay with Bumblebee's Team on Earth at his request, though Optimus states that it will only be if he is his equal rather than leader. In "Overload, Part 1" Micronus appears again briefly to recover the additional power the Primes had provided to Optimus for his battle with Megatronus.
Sentinel Prime
During the final battle, Sentinel battles the Autobots (who faked their deaths) and the human forces, and proves to be more than a match for them. Sentinel then engages Optimus in a duel. At first, Optimus appears to have the upper hand, but Sentinel eventually overpowers him and severs his right arm. However, before Sentinel can execute his former apprentice, Megatron (who had been goaded into action by Carly Spencer) suddenly attacks Sentinel from behind, severely wounding him. The Pillars are destroyed before Cybertron can be teleported completely, which apparently destroys the wayward planet in the process. Optimus refuses Megatron's deceptive offer of a truce and rips his head off, knowing that he will betray him. Seeing his plans in ruins, the wounded Sentinel pleads with Optimus to understand why he had to betray him, but Optimus refuses and claims that Sentinel didn't betray the Autobots, but rather "himself". Optimus then executes Sentinel with Megatron's shotgun, avenging Ironhide's death.
Shrapnel (Transformers)
In the comics, Shrapnel was a lieutenant under the command of Lord Straxus. Unlike his cartoon persona this one could shrink, becoming the actual size of an insect. "Marvel Transformers U.K. Annual 1985 contained a story called "Plague of the Insecticons". Optimus Prime lead Prowl and Warpath to a meeting with President Ronald Reagan in Washington D.C. to open a dialog between the Autobots and the U.S. government. However, Soundwave had intercepted word of the talks and informed Megatron, who decided send the Ravage and the Insecticons. The Insecticons did not attack the Autobots, but instead attacked the U.S. military in the name of the Autobots. Prowl was badly damaged by one of Shrapnel's grenades during the battle. Although the Autobots managed to chase off the Insecticons Optimus Prime gave up on explaining the misunderstanding to Reagan, thinking he would never be believed. Reagan had been ready to hear what Optimus had to say and was disappointed they gave up so easily."
Sentinel Prime
Sentinel Prime is among the characters who appear in the flash game "TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE Battle Builder Game".
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (video game)
"Revenge of the Fallen" retains most of the cast from its film counterpart with a few exceptions. Hugo Weaving, who voices Megatron in the live action films, does not voice Megatron in the game. Instead Frank Welker, who voiced Megatron in "The Transformers" animated series returns to voice the character. Devastator, who was voiced by Welker in the film, is voiced by Fred Tatasciore in the game. The game features Neil Kaplan, the voice of Optimus Prime in the series "". Kaplan does not voice Prime, but instead voices the character Long Haul as well as additional minor characters. Electronic rock band Julien-K, who contributed one track to the first movie's , provided the score with Steve Jablonsky. John DiMaggio, who later go on to voice Leadfoot in "", voices Sideways and Maj. Lennox.
Outback (Transformers)
Outback was not featured in the US version of the comics, except as an unnamed sparring partner of Blaster in issue #47. However, he had a significant presence overseas in the "Prey" arc of the UK series. When Optimus Prime arrived on Cybertron due to a teleporting accident the Wreckers believed he was a spy and tried to kill him.
Sentinel Prime
A glimpse of Sentinel Prime was also seen in "" issue featuring Optimus Prime. He is again the Matrix-holder preceding Optimus Prime, and succeeding Nova Prime. In bonus art following the story, Sentinel's alternate mode was revealed as a yellow and orange Cybertronian truck. In "Spotlight: Blurr" (November 2008), it is revealed in between Sentinel and Optimus, there was a Prime named Zeta.
Sentinel Prime
In the video game adaptation, "", Sentinel is named Zeta Prime, and dies shortly after the Autobots rescue him from Soundwave. Zeta was also a name previously used for a separate character who briefly appeared in the "Generation 1" 1980's cartoon and more prominently featured in the 21st century IDW Publishing comic book series, where he was depicted as Sentinel Prime's predecessor in the former and successor in the latter. Since the "Exodus" novel featured a Sentinel Prime and the "War for Cybertron" video game featured a Zeta Prime, both occupying the same role, Hasbro suggested at BotCon 2010 that they were the same guy: "Sentinel Zeta Prime". However, the "War for Cybertron" comic also written by Alex Irvine refers to the disappearance of Sentinel as depicted in the novel, when Zeta Prime in the games doesn't go missing until much later than the novel portrays it. Yet, the comic portrays Sentinel Prime with Zeta Prime's appearance, in attempt to further enhance the connection between the two.
Shrapnel (Transformers)
Shrapnel also appeared in Dreamwave Productions' Generation One comics. He chronologically appeared first in the "War Within" comics hunting Optimus Prime alongside Soundwave and Ravage. He was shown to transform into a Cybertronian jet. Their failure forced Megatron to step in personally. He and the other Insecticons later stayed with the Decepticons after Megatron's disappearance.
Sentinel Prime
Sentinel Prime (sometimes formerly called Sentinel Major and Infinitus) is an Autobot leader from the Generation 1 continuity family. Sentinel Prime is an imposing figure, standing head and shoulders over the average Autobot. Bristling with some of the most heavy-duty weapons and armor available to the Autobot army has instilled in Sentinel Prime a supreme confidence in his own abilities as both a leader and a fighter. Unfortunately such pride usually precedes a fall, and there will always be someone out there keen to prove a point, or who merely sees Sentinel Prime as an obstacle on the path to a bigger destiny. Sentinel Prime is often portrayed as Optimus Prime's immediate predecessor as Autobot leader.
Brawl (Transformers)
Brawl (known as Devastator in the film) is first seen in the film rallying with the other Decepticons to Starscream's call, disguised as a M1 Abrams tank. He is in the highway chase with Barricade and Bonecrusher. He is later seen during the final battle, announcing his arrival by firing at the Autobots and US soldiers in the streets. Ironhide attacks him with his shell cannons while performing a Helix twist dodge maneuver, while Jazz leaps onto his frame, pulls on his main cannon causing him to miss, forcing Brawl to transform, and tears off his left shoulder missile launchers. With his sheer strength, Brawl pulls Jazz off with one hand and throws him against a building. Ironhide distracts Brawl, while Ratchet leaps in and attacks Brawl, cutting off one of his arms before the human soldiers and Ratchet blast him repeatedly. Brawl collapses, seemingly beaten (although the most likely assumption is that he was just stunned, as he was not shot by Ratchet or Captain William Lennox and his team in his most vulnerable part—the chest), minutes later, Megatron lands in a nearby alley. Brawl quickly recovers and rises again when Megatron enters the battle. Brawl continues to mercilessly engage the human forces, until Bumblebee attacks Brawl, still attached to the tow truck driven by Mikaela. Bumblebee shoots him several times in the chest with the last hit getting him in the spark, killing him.
Two Decepticons with Brawl's body form, first brown and second green were among the Decepticons that crossed over from the Moon to Earth when Autobot traitor Sentinel Prime and Megatron opened the Space Bridge.
Optimus Prime
"Movie" Optimus Prime has appeared in numerous "Transformers" video games.
Transformers: Prime
The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, operate from a former American military missile silo near Jasper, Nevada. The team, also known as Team Prime, initially consists of Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ratchet, and Cliffjumper, who is killed in the five-part pilot “Darkness Rises”. Later characters include Wheeljack, Smokescreen, and Ultra Magnus. , the Decepticons’ medical officer, later defects in the television movie finale "Predacons Rising". The Autobots also have several human allies: Jack Darby, and later his mother, nurse June Darby, Japanese transfer student Miko Nakadai, computer prodigy Rafael Esquivel and American government agent William Fowler.
Sentinel Prime
Film concept art of Sentinel Prime by artist Josh Nizzi named the character who would become Sentinel Prime as Ultra Magnus. He looks similar to Alpha Trion.
Garry Chalk
Garry Glen Chalk (born February 17, 1952) is a British-born Canadian actor and voice actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of "Beast Wars: Transformers" and "Beast Machines", as well the Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of "Transformers: Armada", "Transformers Energon", and "Transformers: Cybertron", and also was the third American voice of Dr. Robotnik for "Sonic Underground". He has lent his voice to over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as "The Fly II", "Godzilla" and "Freddy vs. Jason". He played the recurring role of Col. Chekov on "Stargate SG-1". He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Inspector Andrew Pawlachuk on "Cold Squad".
Peter Cullen
Cullen reprised the role of Optimus Prime in the 2007 "Transformers" live-action film, and then in its sequels "", "", "", and "", the spin-off "Bumblebee" film, and the video games based on the film series. Cullen is contractually obligated to voice Optimus in at least one more sequel.
Bumblebee (Transformers)
Bumblebee appears in the "Transformers Animated" series in 2008 as a yellow hot hatch undercover police car (scanned from a vehicle driven by Detroit Police Captain Fanzone). The character of Bumblebee in "Animated" is described as a hot headed racing young Autobot who likes video games, making him more akin to "Armada" than the original Bumblebee. He does however retain the traditional warm-heartedness and human-friendly attitude of the original due to his friendship with and Bulkhead. Although considered childish and self-centered by many of his fellow Autobots, Bumblebee shows a loyal and caring side for his friends, and can be considered protective of Sari Sumdac, to the extent of blocking shots, blasts, and missiles from harming her. This was first shown in "Transform and Roll Out! Part 3" when he deflected a shot from Starscream that was aimed at Sari. The blast rendered him unconscious until Sari healed him with her Key. He is the kid-friendly character of the show.
Sentinel Prime
In "Predacons Rising", Bumblebee, Jetfire, Jetstorm, Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime chased Wasp; Sentinel believed that Wasp knew about Ultra Magnus's attacked, but lost him to Swoop while bickering about what to do with him. Following Swoop to Dinobot Island, Sentinel encountered Blackarachnia, learning the truth about what happened to her as Elita-1. Disgusted by what had happened to her, Sentinel refused to accept her as the Elita he knew and attempts to kill her before Wasp (newly changed into Waspinator) intervened. After Blackarachnia sacrificed herself to save the Autobots from a transwarp energy-overloaded Waspinator, Sentinel expressed regret for what had happened to her, even taking blame for what had happened that day, and burying the hatchet with Optimus. Sentinel and the Elite Guard returned to Cybertron soon after, with Sentinel having to take command in the wake of Shockwave's attack on Ultra Magnus.
Sentinel Prime
Kreon Sentinel Prime appeared in the animated short "The Big Race."
Sentinel Prime
Even though Sentinel Prime is never seen or mentioned in the "" television series, the dead Prime seen in the episode "Alpha/Omega", whose arm was harvested by Megatron so that he could use the Forge of Solus Prime, was identified as Sentinel in "The Art of Prime". However, "The Covenant of Primus" identifies him as the Liege Maximo.
Transformers: Prime
The first voice actor to be cast in the series was Jeffrey Combs as Ratchet. Combs revealed this on his personal website on February 4, 2010. On May 17, 2010, it was announced that Peter Cullen, who had originated the role of Optimus Prime in the original series and voiced him in the live-action film series, would return as Optimus' voice in "Prime". During San Diego Comic Con on July 8, 2010, it was revealed that Frank Welker would also reprise the role of Megatron from the original series. Besides Optimus and Ratchet, Autobots Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead were also announced. It was also revealed that Starscream and Soundwave would be part of the Decepticons.
Landmine (Transformers)
In the second "Transformers: Energon" pack in comic Prowl, Inferno and Landmine discover some hills on Earth that are rich with energon and call in to Optimus Prime that they should put an energon tower up. Optimus warns the Autobots that Decepticon activity has been scanned nearby. Megatron attacks with a horde of Divebomb Terrorcon clones. The Autobots attempt by fight back by having Prowl and Inferno Powerlinx while Landmine goes into brute mode, but they are overwhelmed when Insecticon Terrorcon hordes join in the attack. The Autobots retreat and Megatron takes the energon for himself.
Landmine is the name of a non-movie character from the 2007 "Transformers" movie toy line. His alternate form resembles the Sector 7 dune buggies seen in the film.
Ratchet (Transformers)
Although there was no Ratchet toy for "", Ratchet did make several appearances in the memories of Optimus Prime in the "Generation Two" comic book series by Marvel Comics. Despite being dead, he would make two flashback appearances - one in his fused form with Megatron, and the other showing him protecting two humans, likely Buster Witwicky and his girlfriend Jesse.
Sideswipe (Transformers)
Sideswipe appears as one of the main characters in the "", the sequel series to "Transformers: Prime", voiced by Darren Criss. Originally a rebellious Autobot on Cybertron who delights in vandalism, Sideswipe is captured by Lieutenant Bumblebee and Female Cadet Strongarm and ends up traveling with them to Earth. He ends up an unlikely member of Bumblebee's new team along with Grimlock and the Mini-Con Fixit, attempting to recapture fugitive Decepticons.Sideswipe is one of the BotCon 2011 exclusive figures, painted in his "Generation 2" black and red colors.
Transformers: Power of the Primes
On January 9, 2018, it was announced that Mark Hamill, who had previously voiced Megatronus in "Transformers: Titans Return", would resume his role for "Transformers: Power of the Primes". It was also confirmed that Ron Perlman would voice Optimus Primal, after the character was voted by fans to become the next Prime, while Gregg Berger also reprised his role as Grimlock in addition to Volcanicus, the combined robot form of the five Dinobots. Other voice actors include Jaime King, Mikey Way, Peter Cullen, and Samoa Joe. Judd Nelson, Kari Wahlgren and Wil Wheaton also reprised their roles.
Matrix of Leadership
The Matrix of Leadership also appears in the "Transformers" film sequel "". It is introduced into the film when the Fallen uses it to activate the Sun Harvester hidden in Cairo, Egypt. The original Primes had hidden it there, sacrificing their own lives to protect humanity from the power of the Harvester. The appearance of the Matrix is similar to that of the original G1 appearance, but the "handle-bar" is more triangular and is striped. A small energy ball is encased by a netted metal cage (spherical) in the middle. Sam Witwicky, joined by Mikaela Banes, Leo Spitz, Seymour Simmons, Skids, Mudflap, and Bumblebee, search through a temple for the Matrix and find it surrounded by the bodies of the original Primes. When he holds it in his hands, it turns to sand and he later discovers it has to be earned and not given. It is earned by Sam's sacrifice for Prime, and is used to revive Optimus Prime after the attacks of Megatron and his minions. It is then stolen by the Fallen and used to power the Sun Harvester, but is apparently recovered after the Fallen's death and the destruction of the Harvester. In "", Optimus Prime uses the Matrix to revive Sentinel Prime. He then offers it to Sentinel, but he refuses. It is unknown if Optimus still has the Matrix, for it was never seen in "" or ".
Travis Van Winkle
Van Winkle made his television debut in a December 2004 episode of the Fox sitcom "Quintuplets", and has since appeared in shows such as "That's So Raven", "Malcolm in the Middle", "The O.C.", and "7th Heaven". His film credits include one of the leads in Fox's "Meet the Spartans", David R. Ellis's film "Asylum", Universal's "Accepted" and Michael Bay's "Transformers". While he has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch shot by Bruce Weber, Van Winkle appeared in New Line/Paramount's 2009 reboot of "Friday the 13th" (another Bay production) as Trent DeMarco, the character he previously portrayed in "Transformers". In an interview with Fearnet, Van Winkle said that he was very hyped about the film, and enjoyed playing in it. He also appeared in Julianne Hough's 2008 music video for "That Song in My Head".
Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 TV series)
The show's second season, featuring guest appearances from some returning "Transformers: Prime" characters, premiered on February 20, 2016. A six-episode mini-series centered on the return of Starscream premiered in Canada on September 10, 2016, before debuting on U.S television the following month. The third and final season, subtitled "Combiner Force", aired from April 29, 2017 to November 11, 2017.
It was the first Transformers series to feature Bumblebee as the main protagonist rather than Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots and the main protagonist in most of the series.
List of Transformers television series
The core Autobot team is led by Optimus Prime (voiced by David Kaye, famous for voicing the Megatrons of the Beast Era and Unicron Trilogy) and consists of the speedy, wise-cracking Bumblebee; gentle giant Bulkhead; aged, ornery medic Ratchet; and loner ninja Prowl. Early antagonists in the series will be superhuman villains, some of whom will obtain powers through Transformer technology, with the scattered Decepticons (Starscream, Blackarachnia, Lugnut, and Blitzwing) periodically arriving on Earth in their search for Megatron and the Allspark. The series also features many other additional Transformers characters in guest appearances and recurring roles, including Arcee, Ironhide, bounty hunter Lockdown, Earth machines brought to life by the Allspark such as the Dinobots, the Constructicons, and Wreck-Gar, and the Autobot Cybertron Elite Guard, including Ultra Magnus (Supreme Commander of the Autobots), Sentinel Prime, Blurr, and Jazz.
Vector Prime (Transformers)
Vector Prime is a fictional character from the "" toyline, animated series and comics. In fiction he is an ancient Autobot, one of the first ever created, with powers over time and space, and turns into a spaceship. He was voiced by Sho Hayami in the Japanese anime series "Transformers: Galaxy Force", and by Richard Newman when the show was dubbed into English as "Transformers: Cybertron". He was also the central character in the early Transformers comics by Fun Publications.
Beast Machines: Transformers
Written into a special edition comic book was a character by the name of Primal Prime. Appearing only in this book, he is a side character to the "Beast Machines" story and was later written into the toy lines of both "Beast Machines" and "Transformers: Universe". In the "Universe" story line he eventually gains a new body, which combined with Apelinq to create Sentinel Maximus.
Ironhide
In the 2007 "Transformers" live action film, Ironhide appears as a modified GMC Topkick C4500 pickup truck, replacing Arcee in the cast list. Peter Cullen, who provided the voices for both Optimus Prime and Ironhide in the original animated series, does not voice Ironhide in the film. In the film, Ironhide is described as being Optimus Prime's oldest friend and the weapons specialist of the team. He is a tough soldier who has sustained many injuries. His right eye has a large scar surrounding it. Before arriving on Earth, he sustained a broken ankle. According to the tech specifications of his toy, he was built during the Battle of Tyger Pax and is one of the oldest Autobots. Ironhide is armed with shell cannons. In Dark of the Moon, he has a new rifle and a new rocket launcher invented by Que/Wheeljack. Despite his advanced age and extra bulk, Ironhide revealed himself to be an extremely agile and formidable opponent - He managed to helix twist over a screaming woman in the street at high speed while firing both arm-mounted weapons, and was seen engaging and withstanding assaults from Brawl, Starscream, Blackout, Crankcase and Crowbar. He is amongst the most powerful Autobots, exceeded only by Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime and Jetfire.
Sentinel Prime
Many stellar cycles after the conclusion of the second Cybertronian war, Vector Prime was called upon by the Chronarchitect to help mend damage to spacetime across the multiverse. Though Vector Prime was reluctant to abandon his troops, he felt that he had a higher calling and so passed on the Matrix of Leadership to Guardian Major, who succeeded him as Autobot leader. Guardian Major was eventually succeeded by Optimus Prime, as depicted in the ""-based "Transformers" video game.
Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime, , is a robot superhero character from the "Transformers" robot superhero franchise. He is the leader of the Autobots, a group of sentient self-configuring modular extraterrestrial robotic lifeforms (e.g.: cars and other objects). He is frequently featured in popular culture.
Prime Sentinel
Prime Sentinels are equipped with several technological superpowers: flight, super-strength, and force-blasts as well as being able to dampen or disrupt the powers of mutants around them. They have combat computers, which allow them to compensate for surprising events (say, the arrival of police cars) faster than normal humans. Finally, their programming may use the natural personality of the host to lull unsuspecting targets into conversation, at which point they dampen their powers and kill them. Omega Prime Sentinels, like Karima Shapandar, are equipped with some level of electromagnetic powers, but these were apparently prototypes, as their designs are clunkier than other Prime Sentinels.
List of Transformers television series
Additionally, a fifth season of sorts was aired in 1988, serving as a kind of "best of" collection of the series. The most notable feature of this twenty-episode run was the new intro and concluding segments added to the episodes, which consisted of Powermaster Optimus Prime (rendered in a mixture of puppetry and stop motion animation) relating the events of the episodes to a human boy named Tommy Kennedy. The opening sequence comprised animation taken from contemporary toy adverts, and Prime occasionally referred to new toy characters like Cloudburst. Apparently never re-run after its original airing, the series aired "More Than Meets the Eye" Parts 1-3, "Five Faces of Darkness" Parts 1-5, "Dark Awakening", the out-of-place "Surprise Party", "The Return of Optimus Prime" Parts 1-2, "The Rebirth" Parts 1-3, and most notably, "", split up and aired in five segments, with Stan Bush's music video for "" included in the final part.
Shockwave (Transformers)
Shockwave does appear, however, in the tie-in "". He is a Triple Changer with a robot, gun turret, and AH-64 Apache helicopter modes and is a boss for the Autobots later in the game, where he must fight Optimus Prime. In the game, Shockwave delays Optimus Prime from rescuing Bumblebee when Bumblebee is captured by Sector 7. Physically, he is taller than Optimus Prime. Shockwave, however, appears to submit to Starscream, instead of the other way around like his G1 incarnation. He also appears in the Autobot Cybertron mission in the console versions of the game.
Fallen (Transformers)
The Fallen made an appearance in the story "Vector Prime: In the Beginning" published by Fun Publications. This issue shows many key points in previous Transformers stories from across the original comics, the original cartoon, "Beast Wars", and the "Armada" television series. It establishes that there is one Unicron across the multiple continuities, and that Vector Prime travels through all of Transformers history. One of the silhouettes of the first 12 Transformers that stands behind Vector Prime in his first panel appears to be that of The Fallen. The later storyline "Another Light" saw Megatronus in an unlikely reunion with his fellow Primes, attempting to prevent Nexus Prime from creating firmer barriers between the various multiversal streams. This effort failed, and resulted in the Thirteen, Primus, and Unicron being split into separate beings with different personalities across the various dimensions. The "Ask Vector Prime" Facebook page also introduced other historical elements to Megatronus' character, such as him and his fellow Primes communicating with ancient Earth using holographic avatars that inspired the gods of Greek mythology, with Megatronus inspiring Ares.
Transformers: Prime
A sequel called "" debuted in March 2015. The series features Bumblebee as a police officer and follows his adventures on Earth, trying to catch escaped Decepticon prisoners. Throughout his mission, he's aided by Strongarm, Sideswipe, Grimlock, Fixit, and the humans Denny Clay and his son Russell. Optimus Prime appears in a recurring capacity during the first season as a spirit, before being resurrected in the finale and joining the main cast from season two onwards. The only other characters to return from "Transformers: Prime" are Ratchet, Bulkhead, Soundwave, and Starscream.
List of Autobots
"Skids and Mudflap also were originally scripted to feature in Dark of the Moon, but their appearances were cut from the finished film except of one brief moment. However, in comics, adaptation and all books in which appears Twins, they be killed by Sentinel Prime. This means that in the film they had to die before they were cut out.""This film seems to put a final nail in the coffin regarding the films' abandonment of the concept of using protoforms to travel through space; when the Autobots steal a ship from Lockdown, they immediately move to leave Earth, indicating they had been stranded on Earth for the past five years without a spaceship. The fact that no mention is made of searching for any possible survivors of Cemetery Wind's hunt also suggests that all Autobots who did not return for this film have been killed off as well. Luckily Topspin and Wheelie survived."
"When the Autobots steal Lockdown's Ship, they immediately move to leave Earth, indicating they had been stranded on Earth for the past five years without a spaceship. The fact that no mention is made of searching for any possible survivors of TRF's hunt also suggests that all Autobots who did not return for this film (Brains, Strafe and Scorn) have been killed off as well. Luckily Topspin and Wheelie survived."See also: , , , , , Transformers Knight of CybertronVictorion "Combined Form" (killed by Rodimus Cron )
Inferno (Transformers)
Inferno was seen to still function at the start of the third series. He continued to serve Megatron loyally, even when commanded to help destroy the original Optimus Prime (which had he succeeded, would eliminate Inferno's existence, as he was a maximal protoform, however, he was never actually shown in reality flux). He scored a major victory for the Predacons when he managed to recover the Maximal defense computer Sentinel. Shadowing his earlier rivalry with Scorponok, Inferno had somewhat of a rivalry with the Transmetal II Dinobot clone, whose seeming loyalty to Megatron's rivaled his own. Inferno then took on any and every mission regardless of danger to hopefully win back his Royalty's favor. A recurring gag throughout Season Three was Inferno getting blasted by defense turrets in front of the Maximal base.
Smokescreen (Transformers)
In "Transformers: Prime", Smokescreen is a young Autobot, he greatly admires Optimus Prime which makes him a loyal Autobot, even though he is a rookie, he is shown to be the joker of the group. He appears to have an aspiration of becoming a great warrior like Optimus where his ego occasionally annoys most of the other Autobots, but as the series goes on he develops into a loyal friend who thinks less about himself and more about his teammates including Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead. Aside from having a color scheme similar to G1 Jazz, Smokescreen still carries some elements from his original character, most notably the number "38" on the doors of his car mode. In the midpoint of season 3 Smokescreen receives a new paint job which makes him resemble his G1 counterpart even more, the exception being the 38's on the doors becomes 7's. His weapons include energon blasters in both his arms, along with his signature weapon the Phase Shifter which allows him to move between objects and stray immune to blaster fire. Many fans have considered him a variation of Hot Rod due to Smokescreen idolizing Optimus Prime and almost becoming the next prime.
Optimus Primal
Primal would then receive a new Binaltech form with the color scheme of his original form from the Beast Wars, only to find himself and all of Earth's solar system trapped within a time lock engineered by the Quintessons; by the time they escaped 900,000 years had passed from the perspective of the outside universe. Vector Prime then approached Primal for aid in bringing about the creation of the Alternity's successors, which he set in motion before helping to battle Megatherion, a monstrous fusion of Binaltech Megatron and Hytherion. This accomplished, he then settled into his new role as a servant of the Alternity II, or "Flaternity" due to their previous existence as two-dimensional beings.In "Transformers Animated", a gorilla appears at the end of the episode "Predacons Rising", paying homage to Optimus Primal. With the gorilla are a cheetah, a rat and a rhinoceros - each one paying homage to Cheetor, Rattrap, and Rhinox, respectively. In the second "All Spark Almanac" book, a version of the character called Primal Major was captain of one of the units.
Optimus Prime
Optimus appears again in the 2011 film "". Optimus receives his own armory consisting of weapons and flight tech that transforms into a trailer for him to carry in vehicular form. After assisting NEST operatives in fighting Shockwave at Chernobyl, Optimus learns that the humans have concealed the discovery of an ancient Cybertronian ship on the moon. He revives his old mentor, Sentinel Prime, with the Matrix of Leadership. However, Sentinel Prime later betrays the Autobots, murders Ironhide, wipes out most of NEST, and brings an army of Decepticons to Earth with Space Bridge Pillars. During the battle of Chicago, Optimus kills Shockwave, the Driller, and many Decepticon Protoforms. Finally, Optimus challenges the traitorous Sentinel Prime and they engage in a fierce duel. At first, Optimus appears to have the upper hand, but Sentinel eventually overpowers him and severs his right arm. However, before Sentinel can deliver the killing blow, Megatron attacks and severely injures him, having realized that he will never be able to remain leader of the Decepticons as long as Sentinel is at large. Megatron attempts to make a false truce with Optimus, but Optimus doesn't fall for it and attacks Megatron, decapitating him with his battle-axe. Optimus then bitterly executes the wounded Sentinel with Megatron's shotgun. With the Decepticons defeated and the war finally over, Optimus and the Autobots accept Earth as their new home.
Sideswipe (Transformers)
Sideswipe appears in the first two episodes of the Japanese series "", participating with Ultra Magnus, the Trainbots, and Prowl (who may have mistakenly appeared, as he was killed in "The Transformers: The Movie") on a shootout against the Triple Changers, Soundwave, and Sixshot. During a segment of this intense shootout, Sideswipe manages to hit Frenzy and later, after foiling a new Decepticon assault, has also a line.
Charlie Adler
In 2007, Adler voiced in Michael Bay's live-action "Transformers film series", providing the voice of Starscream after having voiced Silverbolt and Triggerhappy in "The Transformers series". Just as Chris Latta voiced both Starscream and Cobra Commander in the Sunbow cartoons, Adler voiced Cobra Commander in "" and "". He also voiced the title character in the webtoon "Inspector Beaver".
Skids (Transformers)
Skids and Mudflap were originally set to appear in , but were cut from the final film due to many fans considering them to be racist and due to time restraints. Despite this, he and Mudflap do appear in vehicle form at the end of two Autobot convoys at the beginning of the film. They have been upgraded into black Chevrolet Sparks with a stripe of their original color, thus making Skids black and green. As they do not appear in any subsequent Transformers film, it is generally accepted that Skids and Mudflap either met their end from Sentinel Prime or were killed by Cemetery Wind in between Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Transformers: Age of Extinction. 
There has been a strong negative reaction to Mudflap and Skids in "" as the pair were received by some as racist stereotypes. The characters speak in street-slang dialogue, confess to not doing much reading, and have been perceived by some critics to have been designed with the body proportions of monkeys. Skids also sports a gold tooth. Manohla Dargis of the "New York Times" said that "the characters [...] indicate that minstrelsy remains as much in fashion in Hollywood as when, well, Jar Jar Binks was set loose by George Lucas." Critic Scott Mendelson of "The Huffington Post", who perceived the characters to resemble monkeys, said, "To say that these two are the most astonishingly racist caricatures that I've ever seen in a mainstream motion picture would be an understatement." Harry Knowles, founder of Ain't It Cool News, asked his readers not to support the film, telling them, "you'll be taking [your children] to see a film with the lowest forms of humor, stereotypes and racism around." Director Michael Bay has defended the characters, explaining that the characters' mannerisms were chosen by the actors who voiced them, and that they did so in fun.
List of Transformers: Cybertron characters
As one of the first thirteen Transformers created by the race's deity, Primus. Vector Prime hails from the very beginning of Cybertron. Having removed himself from the linear universe eons ago, he existed outside of time, watching over the multiverse until the threat of the black hole emerged, forcing him to return to Cybertron and alert Optimus Prime's Autobots to the power of the Cyber Planet Keys. But at last, Vector Prime sacrifices himself to save Cybertron and to open the warp gate.
Bumblebee (film)
Bumblebee reunites with Optimus Prime, now using his new name instead of B-127. Prime praises Bumblebee for keeping Earth safe as the pair see more Autobots start to arrive through Earth's atmosphere. Meanwhile, Charlie finally finishes repairing the Corvette she and her father were working on, and drives off into the sunset.
Transformers who appear in non-speaking roles include: Ironhide, the second-in-command of the Autobot resistance on Cybertron, Starscream, the second-in-command of the Decepticons and a Seeker, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Dirge, and Teletraan 1, who appears as one of the computers on the launchpad tower. There is also various generics like a Blue robot, an Orange robot, some generics of Arcee, Wheeljack, Ratchet, a Yellow robot, a White robot and a robot that looks like Huffer. A Seeker that looks like Red Wing is shooting at someone, also Nacelle. Prowl also appears in the movie, as well as an Autotrooper, some soldiers, Hot Rod, Jetfire, one that looks like Brawl and a Thundercracker clone.
Sentinel Prime
Though not featured in the animated series, Sentinel Prime does appear in the novel "". He became the leader of Cybertron after leading the uprising against the Quintessons, but also instituted the caste system that led to Cybetron's decline. He was later captured by Starscream's Seekers-who had previously served as his bodyguard-and imprisoned aboard Trypticon Station. During his time in prison Sentinel regained some of his old fire and a determination to make amends for his past failings, and got his chance when Starscream released him in the hope that he would destroy Megatron. Despite battling valiantly, Sentinel was defeated by Megatron, who stole from him one of the keys to the Plasma Energy Chamber. Sentinel Prime was then taken to Kaon, where Optimus found him and was acknowledged by the former Prime as Cybertron's new leader before Sentinel perished. Sentinel was also known to wear the symbol of "the noble legend of Vector Prime."
Thirteen (Transformers)
In "", the following of the Thirteen were mentioned by name - Alpha Trion, Solus Prime and Megatronus Prime/The Fallen, while the whole team appears in a flashback in the episode "One Shall Rise, Part 1". Alpha Trion (voiced by George Takei) is the only member to eventually appear in the episode "Alpha/Omega" and even speak in a message to Optimus, and in "Rebellion", through the "Well of All Sparks." In the former episode, Liege Maximo would appear, having been long dead . His face was not seen, nor was he named, but his right arm was amputated by Megatron to use for himself to activate the Forge of Solus Prime to create the Dark Star Saber out of a chunk of Dark Energon to evenly match him with Optimus Prime who had recently obtained Prima's Star Saber. Technically, as it was later established that Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) was a member of the Thirteen, his presence as a main character in the series adds to the small list of appearances members of the team have made throughout the media.
Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime appears in the "Transformers Animated" series in 2008 as a red semi-trailer truck, able to be fitted with many "trailer" attachments, most notably one that effectively makes him a fire truck. Unlike the other Optimus Primes, this one is much younger.
Galvatron
Galvatron appears in "" with Frank Welker who also played his lesser known form Megatron once again reprising his vocal role as Galvatron while once again taking over from the late legendary Leonard Nimoy (who voiced Galvatron in The Transformers: The Movie in 1986, and Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of The Moon in 2011). Galvatron was Created by the KSI using data extracted from Megatron's and Sentinel Prime's heads, Galvatron is originally intended by CEO Joshua Joyce to resemble Optimus Prime. However, it is later revealed that Megatron's consciousness is still active, having gone into stasis inside his severed head after the Battle of Chicago. He has been secretly influencing the creation of Galvatron and other human-made Transformers with KSI's resources from the beginning. Once Galvatron is built, Megatron uploads his consciousness and DNA into Galvatron, accepting the new identity afterwards, but still lets KSI believe they are in control. While being manufactured at KSI, Galvatron learns of Harold Attinger's deal with Lockdown to obtain the Creators' cyberforming "Seed" in exchange for Attinger's help in hunting down Optimus Prime. Galvatron silently plots to take the Seed from KSI and use it for himself once Lockdown leaves.
Optimus Prime
Animated Optimus Prime, in an Earth-based fire truck mode, appears as a hidden character in the "Transformers" Netjet video game by Hasbro. Instead of being leader of the Autobots, Prime was actually a washout from the Elite Guard. Despite no longer being a member, he maintains his military ranking of "Prime". The scale chart released for the series indicates Optimus Prime stands about 22 feet tall.