Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime (born Orion Pax) is the main protagonist of the Transformers franchise. He is the leader of the Autobots, a force of good aliens who come to Earth to protect humanity from the evil Decepticons. Optimus' rivalry with their' leader Megatron makes them become bitter enemies in their epic battles between good and evil. 
He is the last descendant of the Dynasty of Primes and protector of Cybertron and the Earth. His female counterpart and eternal lover is Elita-One, the leader of the Female Autobots. 
===Background===
==Appearances ==
===Transformers: Generation One===
===Transformers Cinematic Universe===
Prime is one of the two main protagonists of the first trilogy of the franchise (alongside Sam Witwicky) and one of the two protagonists of the last two films of the series, Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. 
====Original====
====Reboot ====
===IDW Comics===
==Animation==
===Cyberverse===
===Transformers: EarthSpark===
===Transformers: Prime===
==Comics==
===IDW Comics=== 
:Main article: IDW Comics
==Personality ==
Being a protector of both humankind and Autobots, Optimus is a firm believer in freedom and equality among himself and his human allies. Because of the younger race, he firmly they never once will harm a human being, immediately shooting down Ironhide's plan to hurting Judy and Ron Witwicky. However, Megatron sees this as a form of weakness and some of his comrades believe them to be a destructive race. Optimus does notice this but they were a young species and weren't so different than the Autobots when thei race was young. He has seen the goodness in humanity, possibly referring to Mikaela and Sam. However, as time went on, Optimus realized some humans were just as vile as a Decepticon could be. He will only harm a human or Decepticon in self-defense or that of a friend. He killed James Savoy, an agent from Cemetery Wind when he was threatening Cade Yeager and protected the man's daughter Tessa Yeager. 
Once Optimus cements a sense of friendship and comradeship with an individual, he will become undyingly loyal towards them. Despite barely knowing Spike and his father, Sparkplug, Optimus saved them from drowning. This case can also be seen with his relationships towards his fellow Autobots, such as showing it towards Arcee when he refused to abandon her after being stranded in a frozen tundra from Transformers: Prime. He is in love with the Cybertronian Elita-One, his love interest. Both are very affectionate with one another and cannot live without the other. Prime is very loyal to those he considers friends, often acting as a mentor/father figure to a younger generation of Autobots and humans. He especially sees Bumblebee as a surrogate son, reminiscing with Cade about a time when Bumblebee acted like a rebellious teenager in Age of Extinction. In the 2007 film adaptation, Optimus snarled at Sector Seven agents for taking Sam Witwicky, the boy he and the Autobots were protecting and mercilessly attacking Decepticons that abducted Sam and his friends, Mikaela Banes and Leo Spitz. The young Marissa Faireborn, a human woman, viewed Optimus like a father figure when she was a child and later developed romantic feelings for him, which were apparently reciprocated. 
==Appearance==
Optimus Prime is a tall Cybertronian with a with blue eyes, red upper body and blue helm/lower legs, white upper legs and waist. 
==Powers and abilities== 
*Cybertonian Physiology: To be added
**Near-Immortality: Optimus can live for thousands of yearshowever he can still be killed if his spark is damaged. However, it can be temporary, as the Matrix of Leadership immediately revived him when Sam Witwicky used it to bring him back to life.
==Relationships==
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==Gallery==
==Trivia == 
*In the original Generation 1 continuity Nemesis Prime and Optimus Prime were two separate characters. Nemesis was actually Optimus' clone
*His Generation One counterpart is one of the few adaptations to be pure good.
*Bumblebee was the only Transformers live action movie to not have Prime as the Transformer protagonist
*The way Optimus saved Sam Witwicky in 2007's Transformers was inspired by how Superman saved Lois Lane in the 1978 film.
* For the live-action series, the creators based Prime's movements and characteristics off of Liam Neeson.
* Notably doesn't speak in contractions and is very formal when he is talking.
*Optimus was put under mind control by his creators but his mind was restored by a son figure. 
**In the fifth film, he was broken out of Quintessa's control due to hearing Bumblebee's voice for the first time in six million years.
**In the original series, Hot Rod broke Optimus out of the Quintessons' mind control by returning the Matrix of leadership to him.
*Optimus has fire/flame design painted on him, a trait he shares with Rodimus Prime (his successor in the original cartoon series).
*Peter Cullen voices Optimus, as he does in the original series and later other Transformers related media, such as Transformers: Prime.
*Like the 1986 film, in Revenge of the Fallen, Optimus is killed by Megatron. However both versions of his death is only temporary. In the film, Optimus is resurrected by Sam Witwicky with the Matrix of Leadership. In the original series, Prime was brought back to life by the hostile species called the Quintessons, albeit under their control. However, he was broken out of it by Hot Rod after returning the Matrix back to Optimus. 
**Ironically, the Matrix played some role in Optimus' return.
==External Links== 
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*Optimus Prime (Generation One) on Heroes Wiki.
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