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Unicron,
an ancient
planet-sized
planet-eating
Transformer was - well
- eating planets. Megatron
almost died so became Galvatron,
Optimus died and at least a
traditions
of the comics,

dozen other Transformers died
in the first twenty minutes.

but in a weekly,
kid-friendly format.
The Decepticons would

Following the three-parter, The
Rebirth, which made up Season 4

get up to shenanigans and the

in 1987, Transformers in the West

Autobots would stop them by any

were quiet. The comics ran until

comics

means necessary - which means

the early 90s and toys continued

introduced

they totally surfed that one time.

to be produced. Generation

Nobody died for two seasons

Two came and went by 1994.

us to the
main themes Optimus Prime leads

, until The Transformers: The
Movie came out and killed nearly

In 1996 a new Transformers

everyone and upset countless

cartoon was created, titled Beast

the Decepticons and inevitably

children - but allowed non-comic

Wars. CGI animated by Mainframe

turns into Galvatron, Starscream

readers to see Optimus doing what

in Canada, the same studio that

tries to lead the Decepticons

he loved. He would die once more

put out Reboot, and very well

and Optimus Prime lists ‘dying

in Season 3 before returning to

written, the series lasted three

nobly’ as one of his hobbies. He

life again in the final episode of

seasons and even tied in to the

died twice in the original run

Season 3 (unless you lived in Japan

original cartoon via time travel.

and once in the 12 issues of

that is, where you were treated

Optimus Primal (he was an ape)

Generation Two which followed

to the first two dubbed seasons

and Megatron (t-rex) fought each

issue 80 - which low sales killed.

followed by four more Japanese-

other alongside their Maximal and

language seasons before Season

Predacon crews on prehistoric

Whilst the comic was running,

3 and 4 were dubbed). The Movie

Earth. There were betrayals, actual

it was turned into a cartoon by

was taking too long to go over the

deaths and Primal died briefly (of

Sunbrow Productions. It is this that

ocean, but that didn’t stop Optimus

course) before they left to return

most people who grew up in the

from dying! He was revived much

to futuristic Cybertron. As with

1980s think of when you mention

later, of course. In the movie, the

the G1 cartoon, the Japanese

Transformers. It carried on the

universe was at risk because

ran two of their own seaso