Optimus prime, starscream, thundercracker, skywarp and the insecticons were killed, but. Optimus prime transformers cinematic universe heroes. In the story boards, trailbreakers lifeless body was seen at autobot city, and skywarp kills red alert. He is best known as the voice of optimus prime in the original 1980s transformers animated series, and most other incarnations of the character. Cyberverse just killed off one of the franchises most popular characters the nononsense autobot, prowl.
Megatron frowned, never seeing such hatred burn in the prime s optics. This mode somewhat resembles a cybertronic truck, with false wheels sculpted onto the sides, and optimus primes trademark windows. After his resurrection, it is revealed that he betrayed the autobots and made a deal with megatron. Animated is an american animated childrens television series produced by cartoon network studios. The movie taught 80s kids about death in a brilliant. The movie who apparently tried to avert primes death. For a list of other meanings, see optimus prime disambiguation. No matter how good or bad the various contemporary liveaction transformers films might be, for many, 1986s animated transformers. Optimus prime is an autobot from the animated continuity family. Optimus prime, a younger and less experienced leader of an autobot squadron from the animated continuity. Optimus prime, starscream, thundercracker, skywarp and the insecticons were killed, but later come back, some as different robots. Something i always wanted to do upon discovering the sad version of the autobot theme from the movie that was cut.
At the same time, they must defend themselves against an. Peter claver cullen born july 28, 1941 is a canadian voice actor. Sentinel prime transformers film series villains wiki. However, with the help of an old decepacon who is no longer a decepacon, sam finally finds this item that brings back optimus prime yay. When megatron was corrupted by the fallen, optimus discovered that he was the last of the dynasty of primes, hidden away when the fallen destroyed their lineage. It was released in north america on august 8, 1986, and in the united kingdom on december 12, 1986. The transformers franchise is one that is very near and dear to the hearts of countless fans out there fans who have sworn by the original 80s cartoon series, and who hold the g1 transformers to a very high standard. Discussion in transformers general discussion started by g1trypticon, sep 24, 2009. Jan 26, 2018 fans of the cartoon series were hotly anticipating the release of the transformers. Originally a peaceful cybertronian scientist and the very last prime of the dynasty, optimus and his team of scientists were studying the mysterious allspark until they were betrayed by their security unit, the decepticons, and his twin brother who is now. They cried when optimus prime died in the 1986 animated movie and they never understood why megatron. So many children were traumatized by the death of optimus prime that the upcoming gi joe animated movie had to be changed at the last minute so that duke. The name or term optimus prime refers to more than one character or idea. Optimus prime is the leader of the main group of autobots in the iteration of the transformers franchise primarily marked by the 2010 computeranimated series transformers.
First impression is that in truck mode, it seems a bit smaller than the old tf movie optimus prime 2007. A giant robot and the 1986 transformers movie taught me about the cold inevitability of death. He has also voiced several other characters, including eeyore in the winnie the pooh franchise, monterey jack in chip n dale rescue. A giant robot and the 1986 transformers movie taught me about. Dark of the moon, the autobots are betrayed by optimus primes mentor sentinel prime leonard nimoy and the big reveal of that. Transformers movie leader optimus prime this by far the best movie transformer i hae gotten so far. Despite severe fan reactions to the character designs and animation style, the shows story and scripting and a healthy respect to the saga as a whole have. And though many believe this has something to do with that movies essential awesomeness, the real reason is that this movie taught us about death. Transformers animated season 4 premiere information. Optimus shouted, lunging at megatron, tackling him to the ground.
It was impossible to, for example, read a line from optimus prime in a transformers comic book and not hear it in cullens voice. Recently, his crew has landed on earth, adopted jobs as semiofficial superheroes and currently. The film was coproduced and directed by nelson shin, who also produced the original transformers television series. When megatron was corrupted by the fallen, optimus discovered that he was the last of the dynasty of primes hidden away. Optimus prime was created as the last of the thirteen primes, the first generation of transformers, each created directly by primus as a band of unique. They collected the toys before collecting toys was cool. Optimus prime is the autobot leader from the liveaction film continuity family.
After a showdown with optimus prime, trypticon prison crashes to earth landing on top of dinobot island. He is the founder and leader of the decepticons, and the archenemy of optimus prime and all of the autobots. It is based on the transformers toy and entertainment franchise created by hasbro, about a race of giant, sentient robots that come from the fictional planet cybertron and are able to change their appearance into cars, planes and other machinery. Gun, missile, flame attachment based upon the protoform cybertronian appearances of the transformers in the movie, protoform optimus prime transforms into his entry mode.
Long ago, he was the humble leader of cybertron s science division, which studied the allspark, and were protected by lord high protector megatron s military. How optimus primes death defined a generation birth. Optimus prime, soundwave, jazz, ultra magnus, and many more. It was fairly strong stuff for an animated movie at the time. It is rooted in the generation one plot centered on the original animated tv series and associated comics from the mid1980s, and spawned major continuity changes in. He was voiced by frank welker in the g1 cartoon, garry chalk in a beast wars message and victor caroli in a. Transformers prime offers the cliff notes version of optimus heroism and transformers history. Fact is, the truck about 116 longer than the old toy.
The movie is a 1986 animated film based on the transformers television series, in turn based on the transformers toyline created by hasbro. Being the first time he died, it was actually unexpected. When megatron was corrupted by the fallen, optimus discovered that he was the last of the dynasty of primes hidden away when. Dec 27, 2018 as movie deaths go, optimus prime biting the robotdust in the first act of the film is really powerful. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. It was released in the united states on friday, august 8, 1986. After sneaking their way back onto cybertron, the autobots and decepticons engaged in a running firefight for control of their depleted home planet. See, in the early 80s hasbro acquired the rights to a. Optimus prime vs megatron hd transformers the movie 1986. Once again, it is not made for small children, it took me about an hour to transform. Shadow striker aimed a shot at optimus prime, but prowl jumped in front of the autobot leader to take the fatal blow. The many deaths of optimus prime transformers wiki. The movie, optimus prime was killed and brought back from the dead so many times in various tv shows, comic books and.
Optimus prime, whose corpse was cloned and tortured by unicron to create nemesis prime, is from the 2003 universe series. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. And, as movie deaths go, optimus prime biting the robotdust in the first. Debuting in december 2007 with a threeepisodelong pilot movie, animated, despite being an alternate continuity, was created to ride the popularity of the 2007 transformers film and, as a result, borrows several aspects of the film.
Dec 23, 2017 the animated 1986 transformers movie became famous for featuring the heartbreaking death of every fans favorite autobot, optimus prime. The movie is an animated feature film based on the original transformers toyline. The surprising turn of events was devastating for anyone watching, and it was one that became iconic for the franchise. A washout from the elite guard, optimus prime was reassigned to space bridge repair duty under the supervision of ratchet. This has got to do with the new proportions, which are now more accurate.
The movie was sortof recreated in a flashback montage, but not really. For kids who loved optimus prime, however, the transformers robot massacre. Optimus prime transformers cinematic universe heroes wiki. It is rooted in the generation one plot centered on the original animated tv series and associated comics from the mid1980s, and spawned major continuity changes in that. Prowls death would be the catalyst for the final phase of the battle, when optimus vowed that no others would fall because of megatrons scheming. Optimus prime is the leader of the main group of autobots in the iteration of the transformers franchise primarily marked by the 2010 computer animated series transformers.
The movie, optimus prime was killed and brought back from the dead so many times in various tv shows, comic books and even michael bays liveaction movies that listing them. He is a relatively naive and idealistic young leader, prone to longwinded inspirational speeches who leads a small and inexperienced autobot space bridge maintenance team. Sentinels ruthless motives, selfishness and cruelty towards both optimus and megatron led to his own death. The transformers, from a planet called cybertron, were divided into two factionsthe goodly autobots, led by optimus prime, and the evil decepticons, led by megatron, who transformed from a. See, in the early 80s hasbro acquired the rights to a bunch of japanese toys that were both. Megatron frowned, never seeing such hatred burn in the primes optics.
Optimus prime, commander of the autobots from the transformers liveaction movie continuity. The movie hasbro have since regretted killing optimus, not realising how much little. Unicron showdown that we were denied in the 1986 movie. Megatron does kill optimus prime, and hes dead for a little bit. Transformers the movie 1986 death of optimus prime extended. Dark of the moon he was the original autobot leader before optimus. He has also voiced many other characters across a wide variety of popular media, including eeyore in the winnie the pooh franchise, monterey jack in chip n dale rescue rangers, and. A huge thanks to the tfnation crew for organising this event, marty isenberg for sharing this with those in attendance and the entire transformers animated voice cast for reuniting to reprise their roles. Why the original, animated movie is still the best. There are a lot of reasons a child of the 80s will tell you that the 1986 animated feature film transformers. Transformers stop motion optimus prime vs megatron from transformers the movie duration. Given the longestablished dynamics of the two transformers factions, cbr news asked how optimus primes death might affect the autobots, distinct from how megatrons might affect the decepticons. The movie is a 1986 animated film and the first film in the transformers franchise, coproduced and directed by nelson shin and written by ron friedman. Urban legend says his body also crumbles, but no such footage is known to exist.
List of autobots and decepticons who died in 1986 animated. Megatron, later known as galvatron, is the main antagonist of the transformers franchise, serving as the main antagonist of the original 1984 cartoon, the transformers. The return of optimus prime is the twopart season three finale of the american animated tv series the transformers. Optimus prime is the one true leader of the autobots, and he asserts this claim. The opposite side of that same coin was frank welkers megatron. Long ago, he was the novice to the great sentinel prime and the humble leader of cybertrons science division, which studied the allspark and were protected by lord high protector megatrons military. Mar 16, 2020 shadow striker aimed a shot at optimus prime, but prowl jumped in front of the autobot leader to take the fatal blow, dying in prime s arms. The movie dvd was released november 7, 2000 and features the following content. The return of optimus prime was created to bring optimus prime back into the transformers universe due to the negative response from the public concerning his death in the transformers. Somewhere along the line, the show became a cult favorite, so in 1986 they fashioned an epic tale of good versus evil specifically for the big screen. The autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the autobot matrix of leadership.
The result looked vaguely like an animated remake of star wars. And, as movie deaths go, optimus prime biting the robotdust in the first act of. In addition, the transformers comics are available on several other digital formats. A washout from the cybertron elite guard, optimus prime was reassigned to space bridge repair duty under the supervision of ratchet. List of autobots and decepticons who died in 1986 animated movie. However, those young fans were in for quite a rude awakening. Most controversial things from transformers screenrant. While the content is derivativeor an homage, if you want to be kind prime does give us the long awaited optimus vs. The movie the animated version from 1986 and the death of optimus prime. It introduces a planetsized transformer called unicron who eats other planets, and is approaching. Long ago, he was the humble leader of cybertrons science division, which studied the allspark, and were protected by lord high protector megatrons military.
As such, he features numerous unavoidable inaccuracies, such as not transforming or even looking very much like the original design or the larger toy versions in robot mode. You see, unbeknownst to them, hasbro had taken a bizarre approach to the plot of the first feature film to feature its transforming robot characters. Sentinel prime is the main antagonist of the 2011 film transformers. After the death of optimus prime during a devastating assault on autobot city, the. The films storyline follows the same continuity as the transformers cartoon.
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