85 Facts About Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime, known in Japan as Convoy, is a fictional character created by the Transformers franchise.

Optimus Prime is constantly, if not always, depicted as having strong moral character, excellent leadership, and sound decision-making skills, and possesses brilliant military tactics, powerful martial arts, and advanced extraterrestrial weaponry.

Optimus Prime has a strong sense of honor and justice, being dedicated to building peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence with humans, the protection of life and liberty of all sentient species.

Optimus Prime is usually depicted as being a member of an ancient Transformers race called the Dynasty of Primes, often receiving the title "The Last Prime" in many stories, in which he is depicted as being the last of the Primes.

Originally, Optimus Prime was created as the leader of the Autobots, though it is unknown how he was created or his origins.

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Optimus Prime took the mantle of leadership as the civil war against the Decepticons erupted, and would remain in that position for the next nine million years.

Optimus Prime vowed to Elita that he would return from his mission for her, but just before the launch of the Ark, Optimus Prime was mistakenly led to believe that Elita was killed.

Optimus Prime took a squad of troops to aid in the battle on the planet.

Optimus Prime eventually arrived at the computer, only to find his way barred by Cyclonus and Scourge.

Optimus Prime sacrificed himself, dying again only a few short episodes after his rebirth.

Later, Optimus Prime would make a final and permanent return in the Japanese Transformers continuity, Battlestars: Return of Convoy.

Optimus Prime reappears in Generation 2: Redux, a Botcon magazine which is set after the events of the final episode as a flashback where he led the first generation of Autobots to pursue Galvatron and Zarak in deep space.

Optimus Prime is the fictional protagonist of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise branch of the Transformers universe.

Optimus Prime appears in the Transformers Animated series in 2008 as a red semi-trailer truck, able to be fitted with many "trailer" attachments, most notably one that effectively makes him a fire truck.

Optimus Prime has the ability to change any part of his robotic body into a tool or gadget.

Optimus Prime'sarsenal includes a grappler, fire extinguisher and a negative friction spray.

However, Ultra Magnus pulls some strings so that Optimus Prime could be captain of a strange Space Bridge repair crew composed of a war vet named Ratchet, a fledgling cadet named Bumblebee, and his fellow cadet Bulkhead.

Optimus Prime is given command of the starship which is the vehicle mode of Omega Supreme.

Optimus Prime appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFCon voice actor play prelude comic.

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: Prime on The Hub.

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 warriors to combat and defeat Unicron.

Orion was chosen by the High Council and became "Optimus Prime", upon being entrusted with the Matrix of Leadership by Primus himself.

Optimus Prime is primarily voiced by Peter Cullen in most of his incarnations, who voiced him in the original series.

Optimus Prime has been voiced by a number of other voice actors in other series such as Neil Kaplan, Garry Chalk, and David Kaye in the series Transformers: Robots in Disguise, the Unicron Trilogy, and Transformers Animated, respectively.

Optimus Prime led a group of elite Autobot warriors on the Ark, the Autobot starship, on a mission to destroy the asteroids.

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Intent on keeping the secrets of the Ark from the Decepticons, Optimus Prime set the craft on a suicide course, crashing it into the then prehistoric planet Earth.

Optimus Prime then sacrificed his life one more time to destroy Unicron by plunging the Matrix into his maw.

Optimus Prime's death completed the process, and the two minds and souls became one.

Optimus Prime rejoined the other Transformers on the planet Klo and routed Bludgeon's Decepticons.

At the beginning of the series, Optimus Prime was restored to a form resembling his original body.

Simon Furman's "Alignment", a text story available through Transforce, a British Transformers convention, mentions Optimus Prime falling during what was intended to be the final conflict with the Decepticons at Pinea Omicron, long after the events of the Generation 2 comic book.

Some time into his role as a leader, Optimus Prime disappeared with Megatron in a spacebridge experiment, spending a period of time on Quintessa, but returned sometime later.

Functional again, Optimus Prime used the Matrix to reactivate more of his fallen comrades, and then faced off against Megatron in San Francisco.

Shockwave had succeeded in ending the war on Cybertron, but Optimus Prime soon fell in with a rebel Autobot group that had discovered Shockwave had greater agenda.

Rallying Transformers across Cybertron to the cause, Optimus Prime faced Shockwave, but was defeated and had the Matrix ripped from him and used to activate Vector Sigma.

The injuries Optimus Prime took during this conflict necessitated a prolonged restoration period in stasis, but Dreamwave's closure meant that Optimus Prime never appeared in their pages again.

Art from unreleased issues later showed Optimus Prime awakening from the cryo regeneration chamber and freeing Alpha Trion from Shockwave's lab.

Optimus Prime would make one further surprise appearance in Dreamwave's Transformers: Armada comic series, although it would not be the Optimus Prime of Dreamwave's first series.

Optimus Prime had been forced to ally with his arch-rival Megatron to end the destruction.

Optimus Prime calls in the Wreckers, meeting them on the surface of Cybertron in time to witness the return of the being called Thunderwing, the focal point of the apocalypse.

Optimus Prime leads Bumblebee, Drift, Kup, Prowl, Ratchet, and Wheeljack in Las Vegas when a Cybertronian ship crashes, containing Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge, and an infestation of zombies from another universe.

Generation 1 Optimus Prime has appeared in numerous video games since the introduction of the Transformers series.

Optimus Prime is one of the playable characters in the 2003 Japan-only Transformers game for the PlayStation 2 and the 2010 Transformers: War for Cybertron.

Optimus Prime is playable in the Hasbro Net Jet Transformers fighting game Transformers Battle Universe.

Three versions of Optimus Prime are playable characters, including the first generation incarnation, his incarnations from the 2007 live-action film, and the incarnation from Transformers Animated.

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Generation 1 Optimus Prime is offered as downloadable content for some versions of the 2009 third-person shooter Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Unicron Trilogy Optimus Prime is among the characters appearing in the 2004 Transformers video game for the PlayStation 2.

Optimus Prime sends Jazz on a high-speed destruction distraction mission, then sends Ironhide to rescue Jazz from a double-threat posed by the government agents and various Decepticon scouts.

Optimus Prime confronts the new threat, who turns out to be the Decepticon Triple Changer Shockwave.

Optimus Prime reflects on the losses and rewards of this battle, as the Autobots have a new home, but many were killed in the battle.

Optimus Prime proclaims that they sacrificed their lives to protect the Allspark, and their sacrifice will not be in vain.

In Transformers: Autobots, Optimus Prime meets up with the other Autobots to give further commands to his troops.

Create-A-Bot, the new rookie, is eager to help in the cause, but Optimus Prime tells him to sit back while the other Autobots fight the Decepticons.

Optimus Prime is on the verge of defeat when Create-A-Bot takes the Allspark and drives to Megatron's chest, weakening Megatron but mortally wounding himself in the process.

Optimus Prime says to Megatron that he will do what he must do, then he raises his sword and kills Megatron, destroying the Allspark in the process.

The game ends with Optimus Prime sending a message to all surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars.

Optimus Prime is among the characters who appear in the flash game TRANSFORMERS CVBERVERSE Battle Builder Game.

Optimus Prime is one of the Autobots featured in Transformers: The Ride at Universal Studios theme parks.

Animated Optimus Prime is one of the playable characters in the 2008 Transformers Animated video game for the Nintendo DS.

Younger version of Prime Optimus Prime is one of the playable Autobot characters in the 2010 video game Transformers: War for Cybertron.

Optimus Prime is then informed that Megatron has infected the core of Cybertron with dark energon and is given the task to undo the damage done.

Optimus Prime accepts the burden and the core relinquishes the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.

Optimus Prime appears in the next game, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.

The original 1984 Optimus Prime toy was part of Takara's 1983 Diaclone toy line named "Battle Convoy".

Optimus Prime was released as an Action Master and Powermaster toy in the original Transformers toy line.

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Generation 2 toy line, the original Optimus Prime toy was altered somewhat and an electronic sound maker was added.

In 2006, Hasbro introduced Alternators Optimus Prime, which turned into a licensed 1:24 scale model Dodge Ram SRT-10.

Optimus Prime is among the three Autobot figures available to play in the Monopoly Transformers Collectors Edition game.

Optimus Prime appears in the Transformers live-action film series as the leader of the Autobots and one of the main protagonists.

Optimus Prime'sweapons include his iconic ion blaster, a Barrage cannon, two retractable energon blades that extend from his forearms, which is a homage to Prime's energy axe in the Generation 1 animated series, and two retractable energon hooks that extend from his wrists.

Cullen has commented that Optimus Prime is basically the same in the third film as the previous two, and retains the same basic personality.

Optimus Prime first appears in the 2007 Transformers film as the leader of the Autobots in the search for the AllSpark.

Unable to match Megatron in combat, Optimus Prime urges Sam to push the AllSpark into his chest, which will destroy them both.

The film ends with Optimus Prime sending out a deep-space signal, inviting other Autobots to join them on Earth.

However, Optimus Prime is resurrected during the battle in Egypt by Sam using the Matrix of Leadership.

Optimus Prime appears again in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Optimus Prime receives his own armory consisting of weapons and flight tech that transforms into a trailer for him to carry in vehicular form.

However, Sentinel Optimus Prime later betrays the Autobots, murders Ironhide, wipes out most of NEST, and brings an army of Decepticons to Earth with Space Bridge pillars.

At first, Optimus Prime appears to have the upper hand, but Sentinel eventually overpowers him and severs his right arm.

Optimus Prime is severely injured in a trap set by the group, while many of the other Autobots, including Ratchet and Leadfoot, are slain.

Optimus Prime is captured by Lockdown, but the Autobots rescue him.

Optimus Prime is quickly losing faith in humanity, but at the urging of Cade, chooses to stay and fight Galvatron and his new army.

Optimus Prime is easily subdued by Quintessa, who convinces him that he destroyed Cybertron and reveals that the Earth is actually Cybertron's "ancient enemy" Unicron.

Optimus Prime leads the Autobots in the attack on Quintessa's lair, during which he slays the Infernocons and defeats Megatron.

Optimus Prime appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving "The Top Ten Things That Sound Cool When Spoken by a Giant Robot".

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