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Prime is a title in Transformers fiction, the designation given to the leader of the Autobots and bearer of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. The Japanese equivalent of Prime is Convoy, sometimes explained in Western Transformers lore as an honorific nickname given to Autobots (called Cybertrons in Japan) who possess the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. The name is derived from their creator, Primus.

An Autobot Supreme Commander may be called "Prime" even if he does not possess the Matrix. In such cases the term is a title only and not part of that Autobot’s name (see Ultra Magnus). In other cases an Autobot may serve as a Matrix Templar without being the Supreme Commander (see Vector Prime), however the honorific “Prime” is still attached to their name.

[edit] History of Primes

[edit] Marvel G1^[1]

• Prima
• Prime Nova
• Sentinel Prime
• Optimus Prime
• Rodimus Prime, in the Generation 1 cartoon and Marvel UK's continuity only.

[edit] Dreamwave G1

• Alpha Prime
• Guardian Prime
• Sentinel Prime
• Optimus Prime

[edit] IDW Publishing G1

• Nova Prime
• Sentinel Prime
• Optimus Prime

[edit] Thirteen Original Transformers

Note: Each of the Original Thirteen Transformers is a Prime.^[2]

• Prima, the first Cybertronian Transformer and the first Matrix-bearer in comic continuity.
• Vector Prime, the guardian of Space and Time, another Matrix-bearer in the past.
• The Fallen, guardian of the force of entropy in universe, but later became Unicron's pawn.
• Nexus Maximus, guardian of Rarified Energon

[edit] Beast Wars & Beast Machines

• There is a Maximal called Optimus Primal, but he is not a Prime.
• In Episode 40, Primal takes the Matrix-shaped spark chamber of Optimus Prime into his own body and mutates into Optimal Optimus
• Primal Prime, the Living Matrix created by Vok and the leader of the Wreckers in Beast Era.
• Leo Prime, the English name of Lio Convoy, who has an Energon Matrix, which is different from the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.

[edit] Robots in Disguise

• Optimus Prime
  • Omega Prime = (Optimus Prime + Ultra Magnus)

[edit] Unicron Trilogy

[edit] Transformers: Armada

• Optimus Prime
  • Jet Prime = (Optimus Prime + Jetfire)
  • Overload Prime = (Optimus Prime + Overload)
    • Overload Jet Prime = (Optimus Prime + Overload + Jetfire)

[edit] Transformer: Energon

• Optimus Prime
  • Wing Prime = (Optimus Prime + Wing Saber)
  • Optimus Supreme = (Optimus Prime + Omega Supreme)
• Rodimus (not actually called Rodimus Prime in the series but inarguably a homage to him)

[edit] Transformers: Cybertron

• Optimus Prime
  • Savage Claw Mode Optimus Prime = (Optimus Prime + Leobreaker)
  • Sonic Wing Mode Optimus Prime = (Optimus Prime + Wing Saber)

[edit] Transformers: Animated

In Transformers: Animated, Prime is not a title, but a rank amongst the Autobots, as indicated by Optimus to Sentinel, and further proof is in the episode "Autoboot Camp" where Sentinel Prime is not Sentinel Prime, but Sentinel Minor.

• Optimus Prime
• Sentinel Prime
• Longarm Prime, who turned out to be the Decepticon Shockwave.
• Rodimus Prime - Appears in the episode "Transwarped"

[edit] See also

• Convoys

[edit] References