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=== {{color|red|Optimus Prime}} ===

 

{{quote|''My name...is Optimus Prime, and I'm prepared to sacrifice my life to defend the Allspark.''|Optimus, after Starscream calls him "Autobot scum" in the pilot. He's gonna get this a lot...}}

 

=== {{color|red|Bumblebee}} ===

 

 

Bumblebee is a speedy, impatient, and impulsive young Cybertronian. He thinks on his wheels and less on his head and tends to goof-up and have fun with his human friend, Sari. Despite it, he's ready for battle when the situation calls, even if he tends to rush in without thinking first.

 

=== {{color|red|Bulkhead}} ===

 

 

Bulkhead may be big and strong and he may enjoy smashing things around here and there, but he wants you to know he has a sensitive side, too. Ever the [[Gentle Giant]], he is often taken for granted, thinking because of his brawny nature, he isn't all that smart. Though unsubtle, Bulkhead is an insightful 'bot with a natural gift for art.

 

=== {{color|red|Ratchet}} ===

 

 

Ratchet suffered through the Great War millions of years back, experiences which have caused him to be grumpy 24/7. He refuses to talk about his time there (especially with an eager Optimus Prime) and suffers Vietnam-style flashbacks {{spoiler|due primarily to two traumatic incidents of failing in his profession: accidentally wiping Arcee's memory core and having to participate in the near-death of Omega Supreme that reduced the giant to a mere spaceship}}. Despite his constant angry outbursts, however, Ratchet possesses a sweet side deep down.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Defusing the Tykebomb]] - To Omega, from the moment the big guy was 'born'.

"I am Ratchet. I am...your friend." }}

* [[Dr. Jerk]]

 

=== {{color|red|Prowl}} ===

 

 

Prowl is a lone Ninja-Bot who doesn't play well with others, preferring to rely on only himself. Stuck with Optimus and crew, he is forced to learn how to work as part of a team. Prowl is sneaky and clever due to his occupation and spends countless hours meditating. He enjoys observing nature and the organic life that most of his kind fear. He later [[Character Development|develops]] from a stoic warrior into a true hero.

 

=== {{color|red|Arcee}} ===

 

 

Formerly a schoolteacher to young Autobots, Arcee became an intel courier during the Great War, tasked with carrying the important codes for Project: Omega, a valuable resource that the Decepticons wanted. This job came to an abrupt end {{spoiler|when Ratchet accidentally wiped her memory during the Great War, causing her to suffer amnesia}}. She isn't seen until later on {{spoiler|when Megatron and crew manage to get their hands on her and the code. Fortunately, Sari and Ratchet restore her memory afterwards}}.

 

=== {{color|red|Grimlock}} ===

 

 

Grimlock is the leader of the Dinobots. He and the other Dinobots are simpleminded and aggressive creatures who started out as animatronic dinosaurs for a theme park, which Megatron upgraded with weapons in the hopes of using one of them as a new body. This plan went off the rails when they were brought to life in an accident involving the Key. They tend to get violent very fast the moment they sense hostility, and Prowl is the only one who can calm them down...usually.

* [[Hulk Speak]] / [[Third Person Person]]

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - His mannerisms are supposed to be based on Frankenstein's monster from the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketches.

* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]

 

 

=== {{color|red|Sentinel Prime}} ===

 

 

Sentinel Prime is, plain and simple, a jerkass. He is an egotistical, boisterous bot who uses his high position to issue orders and command high respect, especially towards Optimus (despite sharing the same rank). {{spoiler|Years back, the two and Elita-1 were best friends until an incident on a foreign organic planet, during which Elita was separated from them and assumed dead. Their relationship has been strained since.}}

 

=== {{color|red|Jazz}} ===

 

 

Jazz is calm and collected and just plain ''cool''. He is a graduate of the Cyber-Ninja Corps {{spoiler|and later on, befriends fellow ninja Prowl}}. Jazz, like Prowl, has an interest in organic life.

 

=== {{color|red| Supreme Commander Ultra Magnus}} ===

 

 

Current leader of the Autobots, Ultra Magnus is a straightforward leader. He usually makes decisions that would benefit the Autobots no matter how unethical they may seem, though he has his soft spots, mainly concerning Optimus Prime, in whom he sees potential. {{spoiler|He is tragically damaged by traitor Longarm Prime aka Shockwave, and according to the [[Word of God|Allspark Almanac]], <s> dies</s> would have died in season four, making his current position nebulous.}}

 

=== {{color|red|Wreck-Gar}} ===

 

 

Wreck-Gar means well, he really does. When he first arrives, he has no idea who he is and what his purpose in life is. He spends the entire episode switching between hero and villain in an effort to find what his life goal is, though in a somewhat unintentional manner. Wreck-Gar literally does whatever he hears—good or evil—with hilarious results. He later becomes an Autobot and tries his darnedest to be the hero he thinks he is. His head is not in the right place, but his spark is.

 

=== {{color|red|Omega Supreme}} ===

 

 

{{spoiler|The current ship of Optimus Prime's crew, Omega Supreme was part of a huge project against the Decepticons during the Great War. He nearly lost his spark during the [[Final Battle]] and ended up comatose in ship form. Ratchet is his linked partner and constantly keeps him well maintained.}}

 

=== {{color|red|Wasp}}/{{color|purple|Waspinator}} ===

 

 

A former Autobot who worked alongside Bumblebee and Bulkhead in Autoboot Camp, Wasp is a cocky little guy who often got on the latters' nerves. {{spoiler|After overhearing a Decepticon spy communicating with Megatron, Bumblebee accused Wasp of being said spy, leading to his imprisonment—thanks to some evidence planted by the real deal. Wasp eventually escapes (again with the help of the real spy) but he's not the bot he used to be. One thing is clear: He will get his revenge on Bumblebee!}}

 

=== {{color|red|Blurr}} ===

 

 

Blurr is a member of the Autobot Elite Guard{{spoiler|—specifically, a spy tasked with watching over Optimus and crew}}. With his lightning-fast speed (and speech), no one can keep him down {{spoiler|...except Shockwave}}.

 

=== {{color|red|Jetfire and Jetstorm}} ===

Jetstorm voiced by: [[Phil LaMarr]] / Wataru Takagi }}

 

 

Twin brothers (if you're wondering how that works for robots, they come from a single spark that split in two) who became the first official flying Autobots after a risky experiment. They are lively and work together.

 

=== {{color|red|Yoketron}} ===

 

 

Prowl's former master, Master Yoketron was the head of the Cyber-Ninja Corps. He trained a then-punkish Prowl in the ways of the ninja, humbling him in the process. He planned to make Prowl his successor after his pupil mastered the Processer-over-Matter technique{{spoiler|, but he was brutally murdered by Lockdown while Prowl was on an optics quest}}. Oh, and he's Robot Ninja Sulu. 'Nuff said.

 

=== {{color|red|Warpath}} ===

 

 

An Elite Guard member who answered to Yoketron during the Great War. The loss of his master hit him hard, and he's had trouble finding an outlet for his anger since the end of the War. He's even been known to rough up prisoners when he's in a bad enough mood. He does manage to have a healthy relationship with Flareup, thanks to their mutual love of [[Stuff Blowing Up]].

==== Team Athenia ====

=== {{color|red|Rodimus Prime}} ===

 

 

Hot Rod, later Rodimus, earned the attention of the higher-ups before he even finished boot camp, and he was accepted into Autobot Academy long before any of his campmates. Everyone seems to agree he's destined for big things...if he survives his first encounter with the Decepticons, that is.

* [[The Chosen One]] - [[All There in the Manual|Additional material]] indicates that Rodimus is most likely to become the next Magnus.

* [[Determinator]]: His entire team is defeated while defending a space bridge, and he winds up surrounded by much larger Decepticons. His response?

* [[Jumping on a Grenade]] - He did this in boot camp to protect his drill sergeant (Kup) from a stray grenade. It turned out to be a dud, but neither of them had any way of knowing that.

* [[You Shall Not Pass]] / [[Go Through Me]] - After the rest of his team has been disabled, he tells Team Chaar they'll have to get past him to get to the space bridge. Oil Slick, unimpressed, takes him out with a vial of cosmic rust.

 

=== {{color|red|Hot Shot}} ===

 

 

Team Athenia's own [[Kid Appeal Character|Bumblebee]], Hot Shot's speed and recklessness lead to him spending more time in the medbay than any other member, much to Red Alert's exasperation. Why Rodimus thinks he has command potential, she can't imagine.

 

=== {{color|red|Brawn}} ===

 

Smaller than Bumblebee, stronger than Bulkhead. Do not cross.

 

=== {{color|red|Red Alert}} ===

 

 

R.A is less of a [[Combat Medic]] than Ratchet, but she lived through the height of the Great War and created a cure for [[Fandom Nod|Gold Plastic Syndrome]] along the way. Her teammates appreciate her dedication, although her bedside manner leaves something to be desired.

 

=== {{color|red|Ironhide}} ===

 

 

Ironhide was protoformed in a rural prefecture on one of Cybertron's moons, and he was in the same boot camp squad as Bumblebee, Bulkhead, "Longarm" and Wasp. His pranks can get a little crude, but he's generally a decent "country" bot.

 

=== {{color|purple|Megatron}} ===

 

 

Megatron likes to think of himself as a freedom fighter, leading his troops to reclaim their home from the Autobots who exiled them after the Great War. This claim is somewhat undermined by his complete lack of concern for anyone not useful to him and his willingness to manhandle his own soldiers to remind them who's in charge... {{spoiler|or to field-test weapons of mass destruction on defenceless human cities.}}

 

=== {{color|purple|Starscream}} ===

 

 

Starscream is an actual threat to the Autobots this time around, capable of flooring even Ultra Magnus with a close enough shot, but he has about as much chance of winning a fair fight with Megatron as his G1 self. Of course, being a Starscream, a "fair fight" is generally the last thing on his mind.

 

=== {{color|purple|Lugnut}} ===

 

''[[Twitchy Eye|Just...go]].'' }}

 

 

=== {{color|purple|Blitzwing}} ===

 

(Random): ''Oooh, but I like iron filings! Especially sprinkled on top of servo salad!'' }}

 

 

=== {{color|purple|Blackarachnia}} ===

 

 

{{spoiler|Formerly Elita-1 - Optimus and Sentinel's best friend - }} Blackarachnia joined up with the Decepticons to find a cure for her cursed techno-organic form. Though she uses her spider abilities to her advantage, she can't stand her hideous appearance and is desperate for a cure. She tends to use her beauty to seduce those around her to get what she wants - just...don't look under the helmet. {{spoiler|She's currently stuck in an unknown jungle with Waspinator}}.

 

=== {{color|purple|Soundwave}} ===

 

 

Soundwave was another of Megatron's attempts to regain a body during his tenure as a talking head. He presented the plans to Isaac as a walking music player he could give Sari for her birthday, anticipating that Sari would use the Key on it and programming Soundwave to upgrade into a specific form. What he didn't expect was that Soundwave would become sentient, although he was only too willing to take up the Decepticon emblem.

 

=== {{color|purple|Shockwave{{spoiler|/Longarm Prime}}}} ===

 

 

Shockwave is a {{spoiler|Decepticon spy taking on the form of Autobot Longarm Prime. When rumors of a spy were floating around Autoboot camp, Longarm secretly plotted for Wasp to take the fall, succeeding admirably. He later becomes leader of Cybertronian Intelligence and uses his position to spy for the Decepticons. He gloatingly reveals himself to Bumblebee in the season two finale, only for Megatron's space-bridge plan to fail, leaving him terrified of discovery. Shockwave eventually attacks and severely damages Ultra Magnus, stealing his hammer in the process}}.

 

=== {{color|purple|Scrapper and Mixmaster}} ===

 

Scrap: ''Mixmaster and Scrapper, that's who!'' }}

 

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]] - Even without his drill, he can still give a pretty good roundhouse.

* [[This Is a Drill]] - He fires a drill prong out of his forehead [[People Puppets|to take control of other robots]].

* [[Toyless Toyline Character]]

 

=== Lockdown (technically unaffiliated) ===

''I know you...EMP generator, right? I'm not good with names and faces, but I never forget a trophy.'' }}

 

 

=== Swindle (technically a Decepticon) ===

 

The Decepticon equivalent of a used car salesman. Swindle is a charming individual who sells weaponry and whatever business he can get his hands on - as long as he can make a profit, it doesn't matter! Voiced, fittingly enough, by the CEO of Buy & Large.

 

=== {{color|purple|Starscream Clones}} ===

 

Stolen protoforms + Starscream personality mod suits + Allspark slivers from the chunk keeping the real Starscream online = trouble (and [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity]]). While they have the same weapons and speed as the original, they each represent an exaggerated (er, even more so) aspect of his personality, which makes [[Dirty Coward|some]] [[Ted Baxter|of them]] a lot less effective than they could be. Two of them show up in ''A Fistful of Energon'', but are revealed to be walking bombs. Starscream builds five more during the season two finale for his assault on Megatron.

* [[All There in the Manual]]/[[Mythology Gag]] - None of them are ever named in the cartoon, although if you're a fan of the original series, you can guess all but one or two based on color scheme.

* [[Bad Liar]] - Ramjet, who literally cannot say anything except outright contradictions.

* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]] - Inverted by Ramjet.

* [[Dark Action Girl]] - Slipstream.

==== Team Chaar ====

=== {{color|purple|Strika}} ===

 

A big, hulking fembot who is just as loyal to Megatron as Lugnut is. Makes sense, too - {{spoiler|they're married}}.

 

=== {{color|purple|Spittor}} ===

 

A Decepticon who can suck in Autobots with his tentacles and either "eat them" or chew them out, covered in burning acid. He's kind of horrible.

 

=== {{color|purple|Blackout}} ===

 

An extremely large Decepticon - in fact, until the advent of Project: Omega, he was the single largest Cybertronian ever protoformed. He fought during the Great War and was essentially a one-man army.

 

=== {{color|purple|Oil Slick}} ===

Oil Slick: ''You say that like it's a difficult thing, Autobot.'' }}

 

 

=== {{color|purple|Cyclonus}} ===

 

The stoic Cyclonus appeared in the skies of New Kaon in a storm of light and tachyons some time after the Great War ended, and has remained a complete mystery ever since. He has sworn loyalty to Megatron, but even that seems somehow abstract - and just who is this "Galvatron" he keeps talking about?

 

=== Sari Sumdac ===

 

 

The young daughter of Issac Sumdac, Sari is what anyone her age is; precocious and spunky. She is immediately drawn to the Autobots (especially Bumblebee) and serves as their representative and educator of Planet Earth. When she comes in contact with the Allspark, Sari's access key turned into a literal key that can fix damaged Autobots and allow her to manipulate nearly any type of machinery.

 

=== Professor Isaac Sumdac ===

 

 

Isaac Sumdac is the head of Sumdac Systems, the business at the heart of 22nd century Detroit, which relies heavily on his "tireless mechanical helpers". He managed to create these elusive robots by reverse-engineering technology from Megatron, whose head he discovered as a teenager. When Megatron reactivated, he convinced Isaac, who had no idea he was talking to a Decepticon, to keep him a secret from the Autobots. {{spoiler|When they found out, they weren't pleased. Megatron later kidnapped Isaac to work on his space bridge, leaving Sari to take over Sumdac Systems briefly before Porter C. Powell kicked her out. He is eventually freed - just in time for Sari to learn the truth about herself.}}

 

=== Captain Carmine Fanzone ===

 

 

The loud captain of the Detroit Police (and master of yelling into megaphones), Fanzone dislike one thing and one thing only: machines. This hits him over the head when Detroit's heroes turns out to be giant robots. Still, for the sake of peace, he tries and learns to live with it, relying on them when he has to. {{spoiler|Irony of irony, Fanzone is also the first person to visit Cybertron and most of the residences there fear him because of his Organic stature}}.

* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]]: He repeatedly states "This is why I hate machines". That doesn't stop him from working with the Autobots, helping them, or saving them.

** He also recognizes the good bots from the bad ones.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: All things considered, yeah.

* [[Running Gag]] - His car is regularly crushed and was once ''blown up'' by Blitzwing, but it keeps coming back, complete with its characteristic rust. Is it possible for a non-sentient object to be [[The Chew Toy]]?

* [[Walking Techbane]]: This is ''why'' he hates machines.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Parodied when the Elite Guard make a public arrival in Detroit.

 

=== Prometheus Black/Meltdown ===

 

 

An expert biologist, Prometheus Black used his talents to manufacture "[[Bio Augmentation|biochemical makeovers]]", but lost his funding when a PR stunt involving Bumblebee and [[The Dragon|Colossus Rhodes]] went badly wrong. Angry that he has to compete with the likes of Sumdac and his machinery (which he hates), Prometheus vows vengeance. He gets it when he's accidentally turned into essentially walking acid. He's one of the few who can melt Cybertronians without even trying, making him a deadly foe.

 

* [[Becoming the Mask]]:

'''Meltdown:''' The name is Meltdown! }}

* [[Beware the Silly Ones]] - His outfits and [[Disco Dan]]-nature aside, Meltdown is the only human villain who poses a real threat to the Autobots one-on-one, and his experiments are about as depraved as anything the Decepticons do.

 

=== Porter C. Powell ===

 

A shrewd business man who uses every dirty trick in the book to gain power and money. He works in Sumdac Systems, but {{spoiler|briefly takes over it when Isaac "mysteriously disappears".}}

 

=== Henry Masterson/Headmaster ===

 

A young scientist who has created a robotic head that can take over any other living robots' body (he's kind of a [[Teen Titans (animation)|control freak]] that way), controlling them under his will. Headmaster speaks in computer leet speak (''retro'' leet speak, considering this is the 22nd century).

 

=== A. A. Archer/Angry Archer ===

 

A Robin Hood-ish figure who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, namely himself. The Angry Archer also has a habit of speaking in quasi-Shakespearean diction.

 

=== Mayor Edsel ===

 

A silent mayor who lets his secretary do all the talking.

 

=== Penny Princess, Ph.D./Professor Princess ===

 

A bratty "princess" whose goal in life is to destroy anything "boyish" so the world can be a happier, pinker place.

 

=== Nino Sexton/Nanosec ===

 

Nino was once a common thief until he was given a speed suit secretly by Megatron, causing him to create wanton havoc until the suit aged him up. {{spoiler|He is eventually restored to his youth by Slo-Mo, whom he falls for}}.

 

=== Slo-Mo ===

 

Speaking in 1930s moxie speak, Slo-Mo is a woman with the ability to slow down time, thanks to a watch embedded with an Allspark fragment. She rounds up all the other human villains and forms the S.U.V (Society of Ultimate Villainy). She also has a thing for Nanosec.