Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline (archive)
Derik 'Inessi' Smith
catastrophic TF wiki failure, since I THINK this is the originating
translation.
The document below is a faithful translation (and merging) of 2
Japanese-language timelines from the Kiss Player franchise with no
omissions, outside additions, or liberties taken with the content.
(Aside from the use of English-language character names.)
1. Transformers KissPlayer Chronological Table printed on Autorooper X
Atari toy packaging (2006)
2. Timeline featured in Kiss Players/Teletraan Go! Go! Collection
(MediaWorks, 2007)
This merged timeline forms the basis of the Generation 1 cartoon
timeline (Japan) article, which features ''many'' additions. (http://
transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Generation_1_cartoon_timeline_%28Japan%29)
This is a translation and merging of two official Japanese timelines
for the events of the Generation 1 animated universe, incorporating
the Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Micromaster Collection , Robot
Masters, Binaltech, Binaltech Asterisk, Kiss Players continuities and
more. Unless otherwise indicated, names used are English versions.
There is only one contradiction between the two sources, and it is
noted within the timeline below.
**15,000,000,000 years ago**
The Big Bang. The universe is born through the power of Zodiac.
**12,000,000,000 years ago**
The galaxy is born. The alien scientist Primacron is born.
Primacron creates a sentient, planet-sized robot life form called
Unicron that feeds on mechanical planets and robot life forms, but it
rebels against him. Primacron is injured. Primacron's Assistant,
Oracle, flees.("Call of the Primitives")
Oracle reaches a desolate planet in the center of the galaxy and
changes it into a verdant world.
Oracle senses that in the far future, Primacron will create Tornadron,
which can absorb all energy. Oracle summons Grimlock (G1) and other
beast Transformers from the future to tell them how to destroy the
threat.
The Quintessons immigrate to Oracle's green planet. They obtain
Oracle's shell, the Matrix. Oracle, who has the ability to give robots
life, is turned into the ultra computer Vector Sigma. His safety key
has the power to make organic life into machines, and is used by the
Quintessons to transform his world into the machine planet Cybertron.
(Combination of facts from "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1", "The Key
to Vector Sigma, Part 2", and "Five Faces of Darkness".)
The Quintessons attempt to create Trans-Organics as a fusion between
robotic and organic life, but fail and seal them up deep within the
planet.("Dweller in the Depths")
The Quintessons mass-produce civilian and military robot life forms,
the ancestors of the Autobots and Decepticons, as slaves. The first of
these is named A-3.("Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4")
**11 million years ago**
The intelligent robots of Cybertron develop emotions and revolt, with
A-3 as their leader. They chase the Quintessons from the planet. The
Golden Age of Cybertron arrives.
The military Decepticons (who desire dictatorship) and civilian
Autobots (who are against it) war against each other.
The Autobots, who lack combat capabilities, are massacred. Many flee
their home planet.
The Matrix is passed on as a symbol of Autobot leadership. The
holders' memory and wisdom are collected within it.
In order to fight the Decepticons, the Autobots develop the technology
to transform their bodies. However, several centuries later, the
Decepticons gain the same technology. This is the birth of the
Transformers.
The scientists Starscream (G1) and Jetfire (G1) visit Earth for
research purposes. Skyfire crashes into the Arctic and goes missing.
("Fire in the Sky")
**9 million years ago**
Deep within Cybertron, the Emperor of Destruction Megatron (G1) is
created and becomes leader of the Decepticons.
Megatron kills the Autobot leader. The Matrix is guarded by the elder
Alpha Trion (formerly A-3).
Cargo hauler Orion Pax is badly injured by Megatron and, through Alpha
Trion's aid, is reborn as Commander Optimus Prime (G1), bearer of the
Matrix.("War Dawn")
War breaks out between Megatron's Decepticons and Prime's Autobots.
Megatron uses the brainwashing machine Robo-Smasher to bolster his
ranks. Its victims include the Constructicons (G1) and Omega Supreme
(G1).("The Secret of Omega Supreme")
As the war intensifies, civilians who lack transformation abilities
(Seiberdroids) flee, searching for a new home. These include the
immigrants to Planet Paradron in the Fourth Great War.
**The ancient past**
God Messenger (Devil Z) and Godmaster come to Earth. Godmaster breaks
into 8 pieces and falls into a deep sleep.
The independent Decepticon team called the Insecticon (G1) arrives on
Earth and decides to live there permanently, using food and elements
as their fuel.("A Plague of Insecticons")
**4 million years ago**
A group of Transformers led by Fortress Maximus (G1) escape Cybertron
in search of a new haven. They travel to the desolate planet Master.
The starship Fortress Maximus (RID), which has been traveling through
time, crashes on planet Master. Fortress uses it to refine his
Headmaster theory and builds the massive Battleship Maximus.(''Kiss
Players (fiction)|Kiss Players'')
The resources on Cybertron dry up. An Autobot space exploration team
aboard the Ark (G1)|Ark led by Optimus Prime and their Decepticon
pursuers aboard the Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis, led by Megatron, are pulled
in by the planet Earth's gravity and crash. The Transformers enter a
long period of stasis lock.("More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1")
**3 million years ago**
Next-generation Autobots and Decepticons (Maximals and Predacon (BW))
come from the future via Transwarp and scan the animals of the planet
in order to transform into them. The Beast Wars begin.("Beast Wars,
Part 1")("Beast Wars, Part 2")
The immortal life force of Starscream, who died in the future of 2005,
crosses time and space to reach Earth. He possesses Waspinator (BW)
and attempts to take over, but fails. He returns to being a ghost and
vanishes into the far reaches of time and space.("Possession")
Autobots and Decepticons traverse dimensions and battle the Beast
Warriors.
''('''Note:''' While the factions are traditionally called
'Cybertrons' and 'Destrons' in Japan, these dimensional travelers are
explicitly identified as Autobots and Decepticons, names that have
only been used in Japan for the 2007 movie. The reference is to a toy-
only story involving the movie characters (represented by the Japanese
releases of the Fast Action Battlers visiting prehistoric Earth and
interacting with the Beast Wars characters.)''
A dimensional fissure, the Blasty Zone, forms. Optimus Primal and the
Predacon Megatron (BW) are transported to the year 2004.(Robot
Masters)
Due to the Maximals' and Predacons' interference in the Vok experiment
on Earth, the Vok begin to terraform the planet. Optimus Primal
sacrifices his life to stop this. As a result, Earth loses its second,
mechanical moon, and the Quantum Surge is generated.("Other Voices,
Part 1")("Other Voices, Part 2")
Humanity's ancestors are born. The Maximals assist in their evolution.
("Code of Hero")
Ravage is sent from the future to kill everyone. He captures the
Predacon Megatron, but fails in his mission and is destroyed.("The
Agenda, Part 1")("The Agenda, Part 2")("The Agenda, Part 3")
In the volcano later to be known as Mount St. Hilary, the Predacon
Megatron unearths the Ark and attacks the original Optimus Prime in an
attempt to change history. As a result, a Time Storm occurs, but
Optimus Primal stops it.("Optimal Situation")
The Maximals capture the Predacon Megatron and return to the future.
("Nemesis, Part 2")
**Several million years ago**
The Sparkbots travel back from 2007 and attempt to release Unicron's
Angolmois energy, which was scattered in 2005. They are followed by
Primus (a.k.a. Oracle), who seals them and the energy inside the
Earth. He creates Fortress Maximus (RID) to stand guard and devises
several layers of safeguards to control Maximus' activation.(Kiss
Players)
**500,000 years ago**
The Decepticon Deathsaurus uses a giant fortress in his quest to
become the next Emperor, but the young Autobot Star Saber and others
seal it up in the gravity well of the Dark Nebula.
**Several thousand years ago**
The Stone Age.
The Headmaster Grand of Planet Master meets up with the Autobot
Pretenders. After a battle with the Decepticon Pretenders, they crash
on Earth and take the form of humans. They seal up the Decepticon
Pretenders, who have taken the form of demons, in a pyramid in Egypt,
the Nasca Lines in Peru, and the undersea city of Atlantis.
A team of Autobots from the future come to Earth to activate Fortress
Maximus (RID), but their spaceship crashes on Angel Mountain. Later,
this becomes the basis for human legends of U.F.O.s.("The
Decepticons")
The energy life form Devil Z steals the Powermasters' Transtectors
from the G Nebula and brings them to Earth. He falls into a deep
sleep. Among the Transtectors he has stolen is one created for Optimus
Prime.
''('''Note:''' The above point contradicts the earlier account of
Devil Z as the "God Messenger" and the Godmasters originating as a
singular being known as "Godmaster." The earlier account is the one
used in the animated series itself, but was later apparently
retconned, replaced with the version of the story noted here. This
version appeared in the later timeline and may be assumed to take
precedence in canon.)''
**543**
A human from the future year of 1985 and several Autobots and
Decepticons including Starscream arrive through a time-space
transportation system left in an ancient ruin on Earth. They are drawn
into a territorial battle, but with the assistance of an old man
claiming to be a wizard, they return to their original era.("A
Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court")
**14th Century**
Humanity unearths a spaceship that crashed on Earth several million
years before, and discovers a Cybertronian weather control unit called
the Power Core. The Power Core's activation causes a great disaster,
but the King of Persia seals it inside a golden shell. Renamed the
Pearl of Bahoudin ''("Jehudin" in Japan)'', it is buried in the ground
once more.("Trans-Europe Express")
**Early 1980s**
The Great War on Cybertron settles down. A team of Seiberdroids comes
from Cybertron to look for Optimus Prime or the Matrix that he holds.
A dimensional shockwave causes them to gain transformation abilities
as Micromasters and travel to Earth. As a side effect of the
shockwave, some become Decepticons.
The divided Micromasters begin a conflict on Earth. The Autobots
unearth a fragment of Cybertronian metal and a Predacon emblem in
Mount St. Hilary. They set up Metrobase to protect the site.
The Autobot Micromasters find a pod in the ground. A plasma released
from the pod opens a dimensional rift and Multiforce arrives from the
future.
**1985**
The eruption of Mount St. Hilary activates Teletraan I after 4 million
years. Teletraan I awakens and repairs the sleeping Autobots and
Decepticons, making them resemble the machines of Earth. The restored
Megatron leads his forces to concentrate Energon Cube and send it back
to their homeworld. Optimus Prime opposes this, and a conflict arises,
sweeping humans into the battle.("More Than Meets the Eye")
The Decepticon Air Commander Starscream unearths his old friend
Skyfire from the polar ice. Even as Skyfire is reborn, they come into
conflict and Skyfire joins the Autobots.
Megatron makes a deal with the human scientist Doctor Arkeville and
uses the hypno-chip that Arkeville has developed to brainwash and
enslave many humans. Megatron uses them to construct a large Space
Bridge and pulls Cybertron into Earth orbit. The gravitational pull
causes major disasters on Earth, but he is stopped by Optimus Prime
and the Autobots.("The Ultimate Doom, Part 1")("The Ultimate Doom,
Part 2")("The Ultimate Doom, Part 3")
Doctor Fujiyama ''(Dr. Hamada in Japan)'' creates the robot Nightbird.
Due to Decepticon tampering, she goes berserk and is sealed up, but is
considered a major step in the history of Earth-made robots.("Enter
the Nightbird")
Starscream manipulates a time and space transportation system left in
an ancient ruin on Earth and is transported to Europe in the year 543.
He returns along with the Autobots who followed him.
Megatron creates an electric life form, Kremzeek. It causes the Great
Tokyo Blackout.("Kremzeek!")
In order to bolster the ranks of the outnumbered Autobots, Alpha Trion
becomes the activation key for Vector Sigma and merges with it.("The
Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2")
The Autobot Aerialbots, created by Vector Sigma, are transported by
Decepticon Defense Commander Shockwave (G1)'s time machine to the
Cybertron of 9 million years before. There, they assist in the birth
of Optimus Prime and return.
Three United States of American students create the robot B.O.T..
Because they used the Personality Component of the Decepticon Brawl
(G1), it goes berserk.("B.O.T. (episode)")
Megatron tampers with the Golden Disk (Voyager) aboard the planetary
exploration machine Voyager that was launched in 1977 and gives
directions for changing history and destroying Optimus Prime on the
Ark in the past if the Decepticons lose the war in the future.
**Latter 1980s**
The Scramble City plan is activated through cooperation between
Autobots and humans. The giant city robot Metroplex is completed. The
Decepticons build Trypticon.(''Scramble City'')
**Early 1990s**
In the United States of America, an expert team including Flint is
formed to combat a massive international terrorist organization led by
the man who would later be known as Cobra Commander.
The Chinese restaurant run by Shaoshao Li's parents moves to New York.
Shaoshao spends many lonely days there until she meets the young
Marissa Faireborn.(Kiss Players)
**1996**
During one of D.R. Faireborn's missions, he and his daughter Marissa
are saved by Optimus Prime. From then onwards, Marissa is increasingly
involved with Prime and the other Autobots. However, Shaoshao, who
feels that her only ally has been taken away from her by Prime, begins
to mistrust all Transformers.
Shaoshao's parents relocate their restaurant to Japan. Shaoshao is
forced to leave without ever reaching an understanding with Marissa or
Prime.
**Latter 1990s**
The U.S. government officially announces their intent to coexist with
the Autobots, the existence of Decepticons, and their intention to
join in the battle.
The U.S. army works with the Autobots to develop and produce the
military strategy robot C-X. However, Starscream's ghost, which has
come from the future, tampers with it. It goes berserk and is
destroyed.
The Japanese government makes a deal with the Decepticons, agreeing to
allow them to gather energy in exchange for Japan's safety. However,
Frenzy (G1) (who took Rumble's place in the Japanese cartoon) causes
an artificial earthquake, leading to mass casualties.
The humans and Autobots work together to develop the interstellar
teleportation gate known as the Trigger (comic).
Starscream (G1) fuses with the Trigger. He attempts a coup, but is
defeated by Optimus Prime and Megatron. In the battle, many on both
sides are badly damaged, and Prime and Megatron go missing.
**2000**
An elite team of Predacons ''(a.k.a. "Destrongers")'' from the future
cross the dimensions to Earth.("Battle Protocol (episode)") They
attempt to control Fortress Maximus (RID), who was left on Earth
several million years before. They are opposed by an Autobot
Dimensional Patrol Team from the future, led by Optimus Prime (RID).
The Autobots secretly construct a Space Bridge and remain undercover.
The Dimensional Patrol Team is made up of new-generation Transformers,
including the Spy Changers, who were born from the addition of the Go-
Bots (G2).
The Autobot space ship that had crashed on Angel Mountain several
millennia ago is unearthed by the Predacons. Its crew are reformatted
into Decepticons.
The Autobots activate Fortress Maximus. Borrowing Maximus's power,
Prime defeats the leader of the Predacons and Decepticons, Galvatron.
("The Final Battle")
**2003**
On Earth, with the help of Autobot ambassador Crosscut (Autobot),
construction begins on Autobot City, which uses Fortress Maximus (RID)
as its core. The Earth Defense Command (E.D.C.) is created with humans
and Autobots working together.
The members of the Autobot Dimensional Patrol Team that remained on
Earth sense a new threat and upgrade the Spy Changer team to Super
Mode.
The Autobots sense that Megatron is preparing for a war to take over
Cybertron. They prepare by moving most of their forces from Earth to
Cybertron.
Using the Cosmic Rust virus, the Decepticons sabotage the Autobot
forces, causing massive damage. The E.D.C., having lost most of their
defenses, activate the Binaltech Project, a plan to create man-made
Transformers.
**2004**
Megatron begins the war to take over Cybertron. The Autobots cannot
send reinforcements to Earth. The Binaltech warriors born on Earth are
very effective. The E.D.C. and Autobots, working together, remove the
Decepticons from the solar system.
Through an introduction by Dr. Arkeville, the Decepticon Earth Attack
Commander Starscream allies with a secret organization, the
Concurrence, made up of dangerous elements on Earth. Using advanced
brainwashing techniques, they brainwash humans and take over several
industrial cities across the world, creating Binaltech Decepticons.
The Autobots use the element Solitarium to continue construction of
Scramble City. They rewrite Fortress Maximus (RID) (a.k.a. Cybertron
Base)'s central systems accordingly.
Dimensional fissures called the Blasty Zone appear, and Transformers
from various eras are transported to the year 2004. The Predacon
Megatron arrives and defeats Starscream, taking over command of the
Decepticons on Earth.
Optimus Prime and the other Autobots on Earth are attacked by the
Decepticons led by the Predacon Megatron. Prime remembers having met a
future Transformer aboard the Ark 3 million years before. A timestorm
occurs, and Optimus Primal is summoned from prehistoric Earth.
In order to bolster their ranks on Earth, the Autobots develop the GT
System, which creates same-personality duplicates. However, its side
effects are unknown.
Under the E.D.C.'s leadership, a replica automaton with artificial
intelligence ("Zoom-Zoom") is created in Japan. This is the birth of
man-made Transformers.
In order to find the truth about the "Bad Production Incident" that
created the Binaltech Decepticons, an expert team led by D.R.
Faireborn works with Autobots including Jazz to enact Operation:
Carwash.
Star Saber and Victory Leo arrive from the future, having pursued the
Strong Attack Captain Decepticon Gigant Bomb, who came through the
Blasty Zone.
**2005**
The remaining members of the disbanded American intelligence agency
Intelligence and Information Institute succeed in analyzing the flight
recorder of a future Transformer's spaceship, which they had unearthed
and safeguarded since the previous century. They discover the future
Decepticon Ravage's "Central Consciousness File X-9." Using the life
force of the current Ravage, who had been captured by the E.D.C., he
is reborn as the Binaltech Ravage. However, sensing that his plan to
change history 3 million years before had failed, Ravage once again
begins to try to alter the timeline.
Lio Convoy comes through the Bloody Zone ''(possibly a typo for Blasty
Zone)'' from a future in which humans are extinct on Earth.
Ravage repairs Shockwave's Chronosphere time machine. He traps the on-
the-verge-of-victory Megatron and the other Decepticon forces around
Cybertron between dimensions, their mobile fortress and all. He
intends to protect the Decepticons from Unicron's imminent arrival and
to allow the Autobots to exhaust themselves battling Unicron. Then the
Decepticons will reemerge and reign supreme.
Ravage from another point in the future makes contact with Teletraan I
in order to use the Transformers' "Bio and Tech Spec" data to
manipulate the timestream and create a future without needless
battles. He is stopped by the humanoid computer Mobile Teletraan 15,
who has traveled back in time from 2007. As a result, Teletraan I is
damaged and the data is lost.
In order to regain the lost data, Ravage takes on the identity of
"Black Panther Man" and infiltrates the Autobots. He instructs the
Teletraan 15 of 2005 to travel to different eras via Transwarp and
creates an Information Control Center based on the record satellite
Nana.
Megatron, who has been missing, is reborn as Rebirth Megatron through
the black hole connection system possessed by the Reverse Convoy of
planet Vehicon (RM).
The Autobot technician Wheeljack (G1) discovers through information
gathered from Ravage that in the near future, he and many other
Autobots will die in the Unicron War. He sees a way to avoid this fate
in the GT System, which makes it possible to replicate personalities.
He initiates Operation: Body Shop, creating replicas of himself.
Injured in the battle over solitarium, Optimus Prime gains the power
of the Energon Matrix possessed by the many Prime-type warriors
gathered from different eras. He rids Earth of Decepticons. The
Autobots use the last of the solitarium to return the time-lost
Autobots and the captured Decepticons to their original eras.
The Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program, highly praised due to
the excellent work of Autobot police officer Clamp Down, is expanded
to include Red Alert (G1), Sunstreaker, and other Binaltech Autobots.
They attempt to promote peaceful co-existence by partnering with
humans and taking on jobs.(Binaltech Asterisk)
The Autobots attempt to undo the change in history that the Binaltech
Ravage caused. Autobot theoretician Skids (G1) directs "Operation:
Distant Thunder" in an attempt to send a warning to the past. If it
succeeds, history will return to normal, but the Autobots will lose to
the Decepticons, Cybertron will be conquered by Megatron, and the
great darkness of Unicron will arrive.
Operation: Distant Thunder fails. A mysterious entity called "The
Protector" creates a bypass, creating two parallel worlds: one with
the true progression of events, and the other with the altered history
of the Binaltech Project. The world where the altered history
continues will eventually lead to the great Alternity.
In the world where history flows as it should, Unicron the Great
Devourer appears and the Unicron War begins. Optimus Prime dies in
battle, the heavily-wounded Megatron is reborn as Galvatron (G1)
through the power of Unicron, and Starscream is executed by Galvatron.
(''The Transformers: The Movie'')
The Matrix is passed on to the new Autobot leader, Ultra Magnus (G1),
and the young Autobot Hot Rod releases its power, maturing into
Rodimus Prime and becoming the Autobots' new leader. He throws
Galvatron toward Planet Thrull and lights the darkness, destroying
Unicron. But the Angolmois energy within Unicron traverses time and
space and parasitizes Autobot leaders from various time periods.
Unicron's servants, the Sparkbots, secretly alter Galvatron's
trajectory so that he will land on Earth.(Kiss Players)
Galvatron crashes on Earth, creating a historically unparalleled
disaster and transforming Tokyo into a sea of fire. His cells are
scattered, and the Unicron cells within them multiply using humans and
machines as their hosts. The machines become Legion and the biological
organisms (humans) become Kiss Players.
Due to the disaster, humans begin to see Transformers as an enemy,
with anti-Transformers sentiment centering on Japan. To combat this,
key aid groups and Autobots work on rescue operations in Tokyo. Among
them is a Pepsi Convoy,a being of sentient metal who takes on the form
of an Autobot to soothe the thirst of the people of Japan.
Despite the Autobots' best efforts, the Japanese people's anti-
Transformers sentiment continues unabated and spreads throughout the
world. Eventually, the Tokyo E.D.C. is at the center of a movement to
force Transformers off the Earth. There are some who believe that the
Concurrence is behind this sudden change in direction, but it is not
known for certain.
The E.D.C. summons Kiss Players from across the country and begins to
remove Cybertronians using white artificial Transformers called
Autroopers.
The E.D.C. develops an anti-electron field that greatly lowers the
life functions of Cybertronians and covers the planet with it, thus
driving all remaining Transformers off the Earth.
Rodimus Prime, devastated by the thought that his actions caused
humanity and Transformers to go to war with each other, returns both
the Matrix and the title of Commander to Ultra Magnus and becomes Hot
Rod once more.
Some civilians oppose the unilateral actions of the E.D.C. to remove
the Transformers and form a resistance movement. Marissa Faireborn is
seen among them.
**2006**
"Over-Technology" is used to rebuild the city of Tokyo at a fever
pitch.
In May, just as peace is restored, hordes of an unknown Transformer
species called Legion appear. The Legion creatures roam cities and
attack a small number of humans, as though there is some special
quality that they are looking for.
To fight the Legion forces, the E.D.C. uses Galvatron's cells to mass-
produce black-and-white Autroopers. When fused with Kiss Players, they
can fight on equal footing with Legion creatures.
In June, Atari Hitotonari's parents are killed by Legion.
Atari is attacked by a Legion and fuses with Shaoshao Li's Ne-04
Autrooper. She shows berserker-type abilities and destroys the Legion.
She is identified as a Kiss Player.
Atari joins the E.D.C. Tokyo Autrooper Team.
Starscream's ghost possesses Atari and uses her Kiss Player abilities
to fuse with a new body that he forces Dr. Arkeville to make for him.
His plans end in failure, and he returns to being a ghost.
The body of Optimus Prime, who died in the Unicron War, is transported
from Autobot City in America to Tokyo via Narita Airport. The convoy
carrying his corpse is attacked by the resistance and the plan to move
him fails. An out-of-control Autrooper unit engages in a ParasiTech
fusion with Prime's body. With the assistance of a Kiss Player from
the resistance, Prime regenerates into a new body and is restored to
life.
Shaoshao Li is held captive in the underground experimentation
facility beneath the Tokyo E.D.C. headquarters. A Legion attempts to
fuse with her, but she is saved by the sudden appearance of Hot Rod.
Hot Rod has a ParasiTech fusion with the Legion, but is reformatted by
Shaoshao's Kiss Player abilities. From this day forward, Shaoshao is
forced to spend her life fleeing from the E.D.C.
Prime, Marissa, Hot Rod, Shaoshao and Atari stop the human
experimentation being carried out by the E.D.C.'s Commander
Hitoshizuku Amaล and the scattered cells are returned to Galvatron. He
is once more sent on a trajectory to land on Thrull. Prime, who has
finally awakened from his nightmare, returns to death.
**2007**
Former Kiss Players Atari Hitotonari, Marissa Faireborn and Shaoshao
Li join with the Cassetrons as idols to promote friendship between
Transformers and humanity.
The Sparkbots attempt to collect the Angolmois energy that has spread
through various eras by tricking Atari and the others. They time
travel with Fortress Maximus (RID), but the awakened Primus stops them
and they are sealed several million years ago on Earth along with the
Angolmois energy.
The Decepticon Soundwave (G1), who had been silent until now, uses his
clones to secretly brainwash humans.(Music Label)
**2010**
Hot Rod reclaims the Matrix and becomes Rodimus Prime, leader of the
Autobots, once more.
The Quintessons start to try to take back their ancestral home of
Cybertron.("Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1")
Galvatron awakens from his slumber on Planet Thrull.
Starscream, who had been active as a ghost, is restored to life by
Unicron and goes missing.("Ghost in the Machine")
In the wake of Unicron's destruction, Primacron creates the life form
Tornadron, which absorbs all energies. In the distant past, his former
assistant Oracle senses this and summons Grimlock and the other beast
Transformers, informing them how Tornadron may be destroyed.
Due to the threat of the Hate Plague, Quintessa is used to restore
Optimus Prime to life.("The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1") He uses
the Wisdom of the Ages within the Matrix to cleanse the fear. The
Matrix is emptied.("The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2")
The last of the Quintessons, who had captured a time-traveling vessel
(Fortress Maximus (RID)) and put its crew on trial, are defeated by
the Autobots led by Optimus Prime and are swallowed up in a
dimensional maelstrom, disappearing.(Kiss Players)
Unicron's head and remains, floating in orbit around Cybertron, are
sealed up in the Triple Z Point.
**2011**
The Headmasters, who have come from planet Master, join both armies.
The release of the Matrix's energy causes Vector Sigma to destabilize.
Optimus Prime sacrifices his life to stop it.
Partially recharged by the energy of Earth, the Matrix is fully
restored by the ghost of Alpha Trion, and Hot Rod becomes Rodimus
Prime again.
The war worsens. Cybertron is destroyed. Rodimus Prime leaves to seek
out a new homeworld, and Fortress Maximus (G1) becomes the new Autobot
commander. The planet Mars is destroyed in an explosion.
Ultra Magnus dies in battle. Galvatron disappears into a glacier.
Fortress Maximus (G1) Maximus stops Emperor of Terror Scorponok (G1)'s
plan to blow up the Earth and drives the Decepticons from the Earth.
Afterwards, the Cybertrons leave Earth to rebuild space.
**Several years after 2011**
Devil Z, who had been asleep at the bottom of Earth's ocean, awakens
and attempts to destroy all of humanity.
The Autobots in space cannot send assistance to Earth due to the
worsening battle. Instead, they send the Masterforce System, allowing
humans to fuse with Transtectors. However, the humans who have sided
with Devil Z use this for evil.
The human Ginrai, who has fused with the body intended for Optimus
Prime, eliminates Devil Z.
**2025**
Under the leadership of Star Saber (G1), the Autobots create the Space
Peace Union and establish the Space Defense Army to fight the
Decepticons. They use Planet V as their base.
The Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Deathsaurus reactivates his
giant fortress and attacks Earth. Victory Saber stops him and destroys
the fortress.
In the far reaches of space, Starscream, Bumblebee, Grimlock and
Jazz's battle continues.
**After 2025**
Deathsaurus is reborn as the Dark Emperor. He leads all Decepticons in
pursuit of the new energy form Energon Z.
In response, the Autobots follow Dai Atlas's Plan Z to terraform the
planet Micro into Planet Z.
The new Emperor of Destruction, Violen Jygar, appears. His true
identity is a fusion of the ghosts of Decepticons who died in battle.
On Saturn's moon Titan, where a civilization exists that worships
robots as gods, Metrotitan is born from within the ground. He assists
the Decepticons and performs sabotage activities like blocking
transmissions.
Violen Jygar steals the Super Element Zodiac from Earth and returns to
his birthplace, the 10th planet of the solar system. He is destroyed
by the new commander Dai Atlas and his warriors. The rainbow of
Zodiac, which is the energy of constructing the universe, fills the
10th planet with life.
Victory Saber pursues the Decepticon Gigant Bomb, breaks through the
Bloody Zone, and ends up in the year 2004.
''('''Note:''' This is the second mention of the "Bloody Zone," which
from its context appears to be the same as the Blasty Zone. It may be
a typo.)''
The Great Emperor Dark Nova, who looks very similar to Unicron,
appears. In response, Dai Atlas orders the Battlestars to seek out
Optimus Prime's body, which had been stolen by Decepticons.
Dark Nova revives Galvatron as Super Megatron.
On the satellite base Lucifer, Optimus Prime is discovered and reborn
as Star Convoy using the power of Zodiac.
Super Megatron evolves into Ultra Megatron, then fuses with Dark Nova
to become Star Giant. Star Convoy destroys him from within.
The new leader of the Decepticons, Scrash, leads Flashwing, Deathplay,
Darkfly and Sharp Edge (G1) to invade Earth, but is stopped by
Sixbuilder and the other new defenders of the Earth.
Planet Cybertron is revived, but suffers a deadly energy shortage.
Optimus Prime becomes a Powermaster, fuses with a Nebulan, and
protects himself with a phase modulation shield. He enters a black
hole to get the super energy Nucleon.
Optimus Prime is reborn as an Action Master and creates the Cybertron
Union with Megatron, who lost his violence circuits in the previous
war. However, Megatron, who has lost his underlings to humans, begins
planning to invade Earth once more.
Optimus Prime and Megatron, who have upgraded to new forms, follow
"The Law of Cybertron" and have a one-on-one duel in the 17th District
of the Merton Nebula. Prime is defeated and destroyed, but is rebuilt
into Battle Convoy (laser Prime) by the power of the Matrix. Megatron
joins with Dreadwing (G2) and others, and a battle begins. In the end,
the Autobots triumph and the Decepticons flee to the far reaches of
the universe.
Galvatron II, who has come from a parallel world, threatens the galaxy
with his Warworld. In response, Ultra Magnus (G1), who was revived by
Battle Convoy's Reconfiguration Matrix, establishes a mobile combat
team and prepares for battle.(Laser Ultra Magnus)
Battle Convoy equips himself with a new secret weapon and updates
himself to a form that resembles his original body. Through a special
coating, he gains a "Black Body" to absorb sunlight. He uses his twin
special missile launchers and engages Galvatron II in battle.
**Approximately 300 years later**
The long war ends with victory by the Autobots, and the Decepticons
sign a cease-fire.
The next-generation Autobots (Maximals) create a clone of Starscream,
who has an indestructible spark. They try to use him as an immortal
warrior, but fail.("Bad Spark") This "Protoform X" massacres Colony
Omicron and is captured 4 years later.("Deep Metal")
The next-generation Megatron (BW) steals the Golden Disk (Voyager),
which the Maximals have been safeguarding. With his underlings, he
travels to the Earth of 4 million years ago. Optimus Primal and his
crew, who have been engaged in deep-space exploration with the
captured Protoform X aboard their ship, are assigned to chase down
Megatron. Colony Omicron's former chief of security, Depth Charge,
follows in pursuit of Protoform X.
The Predacon Tripredacus Council view Megatron's independent actions
as dangerous, and send Ravage 4 million years into the past to
assassinate all Maximals and Predacons involved with the Beast Wars.
Their plan ends in failure.
While Optimus Primal's Maximals return to Cybertron with the captured
Megatron, Megatron escapes into an earlier period and uses a virus
bomb to conquer the planet before the Maximals return to the planet.
("Revelations Part Two: Descent")
Primal and his crew are affected by the virus bomb and lose their
memories and ability to transform, but through the guidance of Oracle,
they are reformatted into new bodies.("The Reformatting") It is
revealed that Primal was sent into the past to bring organic beast
bodies back to Cybertron as part of Oracle's plan. Primal takes
Megatron with him as he throws himself into the core of Cybertron, a
fountain of organic energy. They die. The captured sparks are all
freed, and Cybertron is reformatted into a verdant world with a
balance of organic and machine.("Endgame Part 3: The Seeds of the
Future")
Primal and Megatron, despite having died, are reborn on a parallel
world through the power of the ancient Transformer Logos Prime, who
resides there. They descend to Jungle Planet and gain new bodies. They
cause the Cyber Key Ignition Effect on the planet for the first time.
(''Beast Wars Reborn'')(Beast Wars Reborn)
**Era unknown**
The ancient Gaians, who live on Planet Gaia (Earth in the future),
succeed in obtaining Angolmois energy. However, they discover that the
energy could potentially destroy the entire universe if it responds to
an evil heart, and so they leave an observation system (Artemis) on
the moon and abandon their planet, leaving for space.
**Tens of thousands of years later**
An armored platoon led by the next-generation Galvatron (BWII) seeks
to possess the Angolmois energy dormant within Planet Gaia, and Lio
Convoy's team attempt to stop them.
Lio Convoy travels through the Blasty Zone to the year 2005.
Galvatron summons the artificial planet Nemesis (BWII). Lio Convoy and
his crew use the power of the Energon Matrix to seal the Angolmois
energy into capsules and release them into space. Galvatron is
destroyed.
After Nemesis explodes, Lio Convoy is swallowed up by the ensuing
wormhole and is transported to the planet Dinosaur (Planet) in the
past.
**Several years after the battle on Gaia**
Magmatron, who is obsessed with vengeance for Planet Dinosaur, which
was attacked by Unicron in the past, attempts to collect the Angolmois
capsules. Meanwhile, military instructor Big Convoy and his new
recruits learn of the capsules via a message from Lio Convoy and make
the capsules' collection their mission.
The Blentrons, servants of Unicron, steal the capsules. Unicron
resurrects as an energy being, and the second Great War begins.
Unicron attacks Vector Sigma and is reborn as Vector Sigma Unicron,
using Cybertron as his new body.
Big Convoy, aided by Lio Convoy, uses the Matrix Buster to defeat
Unicron, who has returned to being an energy being, and thus brings
peace to the universe. Afterwards, Lio Convoy becomes Great Convoy and
is promoted to the ruling body. After the graduation ceremony for the
recruits, the Maximals and Predacons stop fighting and cooperate to
rebuild Cybertron.
Onslaught Six
> The Quintessons immigrate to Oracle's green planet. They obtain
> Oracle's shell, the Matrix. Oracle, who has the ability to give robots
> life, is turned into the ultra computer Vector Sigma. His safety key
> has the power to make organic life into machines, and is used by the
> Quintessons to transform his world into the machine planet Cybertron.
> (Combination of facts from "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1", "The Key
> to Vector Sigma, Part 2", and "Five Faces of Darkness".)
Woah, woah, woah. Where's this at? Never heard of it before.
> The scientists Starscream (G1) and Jetfire (G1) visit Earth for
> research purposes. Skyfire crashes into the Arctic and goes missing.
> ("Fire in the Sky")
Inconsistant...Skyfire isn't Jetfire. >.>
> Autobots and Decepticons traverse dimensions and battle the Beast
> Warriors.
>
> ''('''Note:''' While the factions are traditionally called
> 'Cybertrons' and 'Destrons' in Japan, these dimensional travelers are
> explicitly identified as Autobots and Decepticons, names that have
> only been used in Japan for the 2007 movie. The reference is to a toy-
> only story involving the movie characters (represented by the Japanese
> releases of the Fast Action Battlers visiting prehistoric Earth and
> interacting with the Beast Wars characters.)''
Woah. That actually sounds kinda cool. In a shitty Robotmasters
crossover way.
> The divided Micromasters begin a conflict on Earth. The Autobots
> unearth a fragment of Cybertronian metal and a Predacon emblem in
> Mount St. Hilary. They set up Metrobase to protect the site.
Source? I don't doubt that maybe this was published somewhere, I'm
just curious as to where.
> An elite team of Predacons ''(a.k.a. "Destrongers")'' from the future
> cross the dimensions to Earth.("Battle Protocol (episode)") They
> attempt to control Fortress Maximus (RID), who was left on Earth
> several million years before. They are opposed by an Autobot
> Dimensional Patrol Team from the future, led by Optimus Prime (RID).
> The Autobots secretly construct a Space Bridge and remain undercover.
> The Dimensional Patrol Team is made up of new-generation Transformers,
> including the Spy Changers, who were born from the addition of the Go-
> Bots (G2).
>
> The Autobot space ship that had crashed on Angel Mountain several
> millennia ago is unearthed by the Predacons. Its crew are reformatted
> into Decepticons.
>
> The Autobots activate Fortress Maximus. Borrowing Maximus's power,
> Prime defeats the leader of the Predacons and Decepticons, Galvatron.
> ("The Final Battle")
YEAH precedence for RID taking place in BW continuity! Also, Japan
continuity is the same as America. Mostly!
> Megatron, who has been missing, is reborn as Rebirth Megatron through
> the black hole connection system possessed by the Reverse Convoy of
> planet Vehicon (RM).
Planet Vehicon. Wow.
> Injured in the battle over solitarium, Optimus Prime gains the power
> of the Energon Matrix possessed by the many Prime-type warriors
> gathered from different eras. He rids Earth of Decepticons. The
> Autobots use the last of the solitarium to return the time-lost
> Autobots and the captured Decepticons to their original eras.
Matrix Shard. >.> It makes so much more sense!
> ''('''Note:''' This is the second mention of the "Bloody Zone," which
> from its context appears to be the same as the Blasty Zone. It may be
> a typo.)''
Maybe the 'Blasty Zone' is the typo, because the Bloody Zone sounds
awesome.
> Optimus Prime and Megatron, who have upgraded to new forms, follow
> "The Law of Cybertron" and have a one-on-one duel in the 17th District
> of the Merton Nebula. Prime is defeated and destroyed, but is rebuilt
> into Battle Convoy (laser Prime) by the power of the Matrix. Megatron
> joins with Dreadwing (G2) and others, and a battle begins. In the end,
> the Autobots triumph and the Decepticons flee to the far reaches of
> the universe.
Boooo. Mirtonian Constellation!!
> Battle Convoy equips himself with a new secret weapon and updates
> himself to a form that resembles his original body. Through a special
> coating, he gains a "Black Body" to absorb sunlight. He uses his twin
> special missile launchers and engages Galvatron II in battle.
Is this Nucleon Quest Super Convoy, or something else?
> **Tens of thousands of years later**
Are we sure about this? All things seem to indicate BWII taking place
only a short while after the BW guys leave for prehistoric Earth.
Promotional material for BWII Galvy even indicates BW Megs fought him
for the Emperor of Destruction title.
Derik 'Inessi' Smith
> On Oct 16, 9:48 am, Derik 'Inessi' Smith <ReGenes...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > The Quintessons immigrate to Oracle's green planet. They obtain
> > Oracle's shell, the Matrix. Oracle, who has the ability to give robots
> > life, is turned into the ultra computer Vector Sigma. His safety key
> > has the power to make organic life into machines, and is used by the
> > Quintessons to transform his world into the machine planet Cybertron.
> > (Combination of facts from "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1", "The Key
> > to Vector Sigma, Part 2", and "Five Faces of Darkness".)
>
> Woah, woah, woah. Where's this at? Never heard of it before.
I THINK it's just from these timelines. But I'm almost certain it's a
REFERENCE to Primal's vision in BM's premiere that prominently
features an Earthlike world (well, Earth) transforming into
Cybertron. Rather than declare Cybertron had once been Earth (Thank
god...) Takara has decided that Cybertronw as once a lush organic
world. That's pretty okay actually- we knew Cybertron once hosted
organic life via BM.
> > The scientists Starscream (G1) and Jetfire (G1) visit Earth for
> > research purposes. Skyfire crashes into the Arctic and goes missing.
> > ("Fire in the Sky")
>
> Inconsistant...Skyfire isn't Jetfire. >.>
My bad- the original said Skyfire- but I was deformatting this from
its wiki article to archive, and it was LINKED to the Jetfire article
(Which is Skyfire/Jetfire.)
> > The divided Micromasters begin a conflict on Earth. The Autobots
> > unearth a fragment of Cybertronian metal and a Predacon emblem in
> > Mount St. Hilary. They set up Metrobase to protect the site.
>
> Source? I don't doubt that maybe this was published somewhere, I'm
> just curious as to where.
It's from the Micromaster 6-combiners re-release stories a few years
back. This is also where the 3MYA date for BW came from, and the term
Seiberdroid (which wasn't defned until this timeline came out.)
> > The Autobots activate Fortress Maximus. Borrowing Maximus's power,
> > Prime defeats the leader of the Predacons and Decepticons, Galvatron.
> > ("The Final Battle")
>
> YEAH precedence for RID taking place in BW continuity! Also, Japan
> continuity is the same as America. Mostly!
Takara's been saying for YEARS that CR/RiD took place in G1 continuity
(apparently in response to learning that the RiD series sprinkled in
weird hints to the past) but this is the first time we got a hint as
to how. Apparently the short-lived manga series from 2K1 which was
canceled on a cliffhanger took place int he late 90's, and Prime and
Megatron's disappearance resulted in all TF's leaving Earth. The RiD
crew is time-travelers trying to stay covert... ro something.
> > Megatron, who has been missing, is reborn as Rebirth Megatron through
> > the black hole connection system possessed by the Reverse Convoy of
> > planet Vehicon (RM).
>
> Planet Vehicon. Wow.
I always thought this sounded insanely stupid until I read this
version of how. Megatron's seldom-used link to a black hole enabled
him to bodyjack a Prime the next dimension over who was ALSO connected
to the black hole. It's actually... somewhat elegant.
> > Optimus Prime and Megatron, who have upgraded to new forms, follow
> > "The Law of Cybertron" and have a one-on-one duel in the 17th District
> > of the Merton Nebula. Prime is defeated and destroyed, but is rebuilt
> > into Battle Convoy (laser Prime) by the power of the Matrix. Megatron
> > joins with Dreadwing (G2) and others, and a battle begins. In the end,
> > the Autobots triumph and the Decepticons flee to the far reaches of
> > the universe.
>
> Boooo. Mirtonian Constellation!!
I think it's just the japanese name for the same- whoever was
translating this missed an equivilant.
> > Battle Convoy equips himself with a new secret weapon and updates
> > himself to a form that resembles his original body. Through a special
> > coating, he gains a "Black Body" to absorb sunlight. He uses his twin
> > special missile launchers and engages Galvatron II in battle.
>
> Is this Nucleon Quest Super Convoy, or something else?
I Think it's either a reference tot he 2000 JAFCON Convoy (Black 1984
Convoy) or the 2005 Black Robotmasters Convoy.
The Robotmasters black recolors use used 'blackbody,' but this only
mentions Prime, and it's significantly separated from the rest of the
RM stuff.
> > **Tens of thousands of years later**
>
> Are we sure about this? All things seem to indicate BWII taking place
> only a short while after the BW guys leave for prehistoric Earth.
> Promotional material for BWII Galvy even indicates BW Megs fought him
> for the Emperor of Destruction title.
It's a retcon. Robotmasters LioConvoy's bio established that Gaea was
supposedly 'future Earth.'
WE all thought that meant Earth from BW era, but no-- apparently that
means the DISTANT future, and Gaea has, like, a wormhole around it
that lets people from the future travel back in time without
realizing.
(...which actually is how Dinobot Island works, now that I think...)
So, yeah, this is a new addition.
On balance, I'm pleased with this. It de-orphans all those G1-esque
micro-continuities, and the result is WONDERFULLY insane.
The downside- Japan's G1 'toon continuity no longer looks more-or-less
like the American version. Massively important shit goes down in the
2005-2010 gap- which simply doesn't exist in America. (Apparently
Kiss Players explains why Daniel doesn't age too...)
-Derik
Kil - Michael McCarthy
news:1192542489.0...@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>
>I'm archiving this here so google can hold onto it in the case of a
>catastrophic TF wiki failure, since I THINK this is the originating
translation.
Might wanna give some credit here, Derik.
The translation and compilation of this timeline was done by former ATTers
Quez and SwiftEagle.
TF Wiki page:
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Generation_1_cartoon_timeline_%28Japan%29
Discussion thread at the Allspark:
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38178
-Kil
Grebo
Friggin' invaluable information here. Amazing. It's gonna take me
quite a while to digest it all. But I will surely have comments.
Right off the bat, I'm fascinated by this interpretation of "Call of
the Primitives". It clashes with my own theory that "Oracle" is
actually Primacron, but it's still very interesting, and might even
make sense.
Many more comments coming soon!
Grebo
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