List of Primes and Matrix holders
Transformers: Generation 1
The evidence for "Prime" being a rank in the original comic and cartoon is weaker than elsewhere, but the case can still be made.

List of Primes and Matrix holders

Section Title: Transformers: Generation 1
Table Section Text: The evidence for "Prime" being a rank in the original comic and cartoon is weaker than elsewhere, but the case can still be made.

Character name	Description

IT	During the Hate Plague After Optimus Prime is brought back to life, He Dives into the Matrix of Leadership asking all the same question and while traveling back past other Matrix of Leadership holders Past Primon to the first Matrix of Leadership Holder known only as IT.

Primon/Alpha Prime	Primon (Alpha Prime in Dreamwave Productions) is one of the oldest known bearers of the Matrix. As he predated Prima, who is characterized as the first Transformer created on Cybertron, it is conceivable that he predates the planet itself.

Prima	Described as a warrior of light, and the "First Made", Prima is the first Transformer created by Primus, the original holder of the Matrix of Leadership, and wields a legendary sword called the Star Saber.

Nova/Nemesis Prime	Nova Prime/Prime Nova was the holder of the Matrix before Sentinel Prime. According to Omega Supreme, Nova Prime wanted to expand the Cybertronian race and influence the course of cosmic events.

Guardian Prime	Though originally referred to as the Pre-Transformer, he was retroactively named Guardian Prime.

Nominus Prime	Nominus Prime assumed office sometime after the disappearance of Nova Prime into the Benzuli Expanse. Under his rule, Cybertron was a planet full of corruption, social apartheid, and general oppression: a Cybertronian citizen's role in life was determined by the body he was built in.

Zeta Prime	Though originally referred to as the New Narrator, he was retroactively named Zeta Prime. In the IDW Comics his role was expanded, making him a tyrant.

Sentinel Prime	The UK G1 comic series shows a flashback (as recalled by Optimus) of Sentinel Prime dying in the arms of Optimus Prime and passing the Matrix on to him.

Alpha Trion	There are no accounts of Alpha Trion ever officially holding the Matrix in the role of Autobot leader - the only certainty is that he kept it safe between the death of the most recent Autobot leader, and the appointment of Optimus Prime.

Alchemist Prime

Vector Prime

Optimus Prime	The first archivist to become Autobot leader. As Megatron besieged the Autobot capital of Iacon, the Council of Elders prepared to surrender to the Decepticons.

Buster Witwicky	Prime briefly transferred the Matrix to Buster's mind to prevent Shockwave's use of it.

Thunderwing	While the above possessed the Matrix at one point or another, not all became a part of the Matrix. The Matrix was shown to have its own "consciousness" of sorts during the Matrix Quest, where it referred to itself in plural.

Starscream	Similarly, in the short-lived Marvel Generation 2 series, Starscream stole the Matrix and took it as a part of himself. The Matrix began turning Starscream away from evil and toward good.

Megatron/Galvatron	In the short-lived Marvel Generation 2 series, Megatron took the Matrix from Prime, but he never used it. Following his transformation into Galvatron, he has briefly been able to steal the Matrix on occasion, but has consistently failed to harness its power.

Ultra Magnus	Showed no ability to open the Matrix or use its power in the movie, but in Robots in Disguise he could access its power.

Rodimus Prime	UK Marvel Comics included Rodimus Prime in their stories, and he once lost the Matrix to a Quintesson General, Ghyrik. He lost it again to the Decepticons at one point while in a vehicular skirmish with Dead End and Wildrider of the Stunticons, where which Galvatron tried to use it (see Megatron/Galvatron).

Scourge	Scourge displayed amplified physical powers when he held the Matrix for a short period, suggesting an affinity for it. However, Scourge's physical structure was monstrously mutated when he was filled with the Matrix's power.

General Hawk	A veteran artillery officer with a lengthy combat record, General Clayton M. "Clay" Abernathy, codename Hawk, leads G.I.

Sentence(s)

The names of the "Prime's" were: Primon, Prima, Prime Nova, Guardian Prime, Zeta Prime, Sentinel Prime, Alpha Trion, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Rodimus Prime.

final_sentence: The names of the "Prime's" were: Primon, Prima, Prime Nova, Guardian Prime, Zeta Prime, Sentinel Prime, Alpha Trion, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Rodimus Prime.