Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime, also known as Orion Pax and Optronix, is the main protagonist from the Transformers series.
== Charactah Account ==
Optimus was the last born of the original Thirteen Transformers. His spark was the most like their progenitor Primus, its frequency nearly identical. He was the mediator and visionary of the group, passing among them all as a calm, inspiring, thoughtful, unifying and well-liked friend. It was his unique spark and his inspiring reassurance that "All are One" that allowed the Primes to rally and succeed in their battle against the Chaos Bringer Unicron. When tragedy at last ended the era of the Primes and brought forth the new race of lesser descendant Transformers he alone chose to be reborn in the Well of All Sparks as one of them, that he might know them and their needs more completely.
All memory of his past life gone, he took the name Orion Pax and sought his way like any other robot on the new world. Eventually, he found his place as a simple data clerk, satisfied with his job. He was always anxious of the inequality amongst Cybertronians and thus, after gaining inspiration from an outspoken gladiator named Megatron's call for an upheaval of Cybertron's society, took a stand to rid the oppressive caste system which hindered the freedom of all the sentient beings on Cybertron. Little did he realize that his instructor, the master archivist Alpha Trion, was also one of the Thirteen and knew of the secret within the data clerk. Once Pax and Megatron discovered they did not have as much in common as they once believed, the lowly data clerk was promoted by the High Council to be the next Prime. With the claiming of the Matrix of Leadership Orion Pax became Optimus Prime once more, regaining his memory and rising to lead his people.
Over the centuries, loss and war have led Optimus to appear stern and serious to most. But scratch the surface, and you'll find an individual who greatly cares for his fellow living beings, with a warmth and kindness his closest friends can rely on. You'll also find regret over the loss of a comrade to darkness, and the faintest glimmer of hope that he can be saved.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Q Transformers 2nd Season
* Q Transformers: The Mystery of the Returning Convoy
* Transformers: Armada
* Transformers: Energon
* Transformers: Scramble City
* Transformers: The Headmasters
=== Cartoons ===
* The Transformers
* The Transformers Season 2
* The Transformers Season 3
* The Transformers Season 4
* Transformers: Animated
* Transformers: Animated Season 2
* Transformers: Animated Season 3
* Transformers: Cyber Missions
* Transformers: Cyberverse
* Transformers: Cyberverse Season 2
* Transformers: Cyberverse Season 3
* Transformers: Cyberverse Season 4
* Transformers: Prime
* Transformers: Prime Season 2
* Transformers: Prime Season 3
* Transformers: Rescue Bots
* Transformers: Rescue Bots Season 2
* Transformers: Rescue Bots Season 3
* Transformers: Rescue Bots Season 4
* Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)
* Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) Season 2
* Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) Season 3
=== Comics ===
* Classic Transformers
* G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers
* Optimus Prime
* Rom vs Transformers: Shining Armor
* Star Trek vs. Transformers
* Transformers Animated
* Transformers Collected Comics
* Transformers/G.I. Joe
* Transformers: Autocracy
* Transformers: Generation 1
* Transformers: IDW Collection Phase Two
* Transformers: Prime
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
* Transformers: The IDW Collection
* Transformers: The Movie Adaptation
* Transformers: The War Within
* Transformers: Unicron
* The Transformers
* The Transformers: All Hail Megatron
* The Transformers: Monstrosity
* The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
* The Transformers: Regeneration One
* The Transformers: Robots in Disguise
=== Literature ===
* Transformers: Exiles
* Transformers: Exodus
* Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday
=== Manga ===
* Transformers: Allspark
* Transformers Animated: The Cool
=== Movies ===
* Bumblebee
* Transformers
* Transformers: Age of Extinction
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
* Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
* Transformers: The Last Knight
=== Video Games ===
* Angry Birds Transformers
* Kre-O Transformers Konquest
* Q Transformers: Kaettekita Convoy no Nazo
* The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth
* Transformers
* Transformers Animated: The Game
* Transformers Autobots/Decepticons
* Transformers G1: Awakening
* Transformers Legends
* Transformers Prime: The Game
* Transformers Tatakai
* Transformers: Age of Extinction
* Transformers: Battle Masters
* Transformers: Convoy no Nazo
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon
* Transformers: Devastation
* Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
* Transformers: Forged to Fight
* Transformers: Human Alliance
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
* Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
* Transformers: The Battle to Save the Earth
* Transformers: The Game
* Transformers: War for Cybertron
== Trivia ==
* Exodus and War for Cybertron are different continuities within the same "continuity family", so their difference on Optimus Prime's pre-Prime name is not a real contradiction in and of itself. However Hasbro's online timeline—meant as prequel to War for Cybertron—refers to Optimus's pre-Prime name as "Orion Pax" like Exodus. To confuse matters even more, in IDW Publishing's War for Cybertron comic, Alex Irvine, in adapting scenes from his novel, still keeps the character's name as "Orion Pax", when it is also meant to occur prior the game's events. Also, Fall of Cybertron, the sequel to War for Cybertron, uses the name "Orion Pax".
* Optimus is rather forgetful in Exodus. Alpha Trion tells him twice that he had suggested to the High Council that Orion might be the Prime foretold in the Covenant of Primus. Then he tells Jetfire that the Core told him of Project Generation One, when it was a contingency plan Trion told him about, put in place since the Breaking of the Primes. Then again, leading an army for thousands or millions of years may place a strain on a bot's memory servers.
* Optimus's CG model underwent modifications between "Darkness Rising" and the first season proper, with his chest windows lowered somewhat during scenes when he is not in battle.
* Optimus Prime's truck mode in Fall of Cybertron is described by High Moon Studios principal artist Mike Brown as a "fist with wheels attached to it."
* At BotCon 2012, High Moon Studios stated that "Optimus Prime's weapon" was designed to look like an earlier version of the rifles he wields in the Transformers: Prime television series.
* Optimus Prime's body parts are available to use in The Hub website's Vector Sigma Bot Builder online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Optimus Prime parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
* Optimus' appearance after being repaired by the Forge of Solus Prime is fairly reminiscent of Optimus' "Super Mode" appearance in the Transformers: Cybertron cartoon, especially in regards to the wings, and how he holds his blaster in the show, slung under his hand.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Optimus Prime (G1) at Transformers Wiki
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