Optimus Prime

**Optimus Prime** is the leader of the Autobots and the protagonist of the *Transformers* x *Teen Wolf* crossover, *Wolves vs. Transformers*. He was also temporarily, the servant of Quintessa until being broken out of it by hearing Bumblebee's voice, which suspiciously sounded similar to his ally, Stiles Stilinski. He also had close friendships with Ratchet, Scott McCall, Allison Argent, Mari McCall and Jeanine Argent, Noah Diaz, Sam Witwicky, and Ironhide.

Prime also had a father/son bond with Bumblebee and a strained one with Mirage.

## 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 (alongside Cade Yeager) of the last two films of the series, *Age of Extinction* and *The Last Knight*.

## 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 their 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. This can also be seen with his relationships towards his fellow Autobots with his refusal to leave anybody behind. 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. After years of losing his friends, including Ironhide and Ratchet, Optimus coldly turned away humanity, even those who still saw the Autobots as a force of good.

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 fifth film, hearing bumblebee's voice for the first time, Optimus is able to break out of Quintessa's mind control. 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 attacked Decepticons that abducted Sam and his friends, Mikaela Banes and Leo Spitz.

## Powers and abilities

* **Cybertonian Physiology:** *To be added*
	+ **Near-Immortality:** Optimus can live for thousands of years; however 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 used it to bring him back to life.
* **Extensive Knowledge**
	+ **Multilingualism:** On addition to his native is Cybertronian, Optimus can speak other alien languages and learned how to speak English by viewing The Humans' internet.
	+ **Scientific Knowledge/Cybertronian technology:** Optimus was once the peaceful scientist, Orion Pax, who knows everything abou science, making him one of the most intelligent beings in the universe. He used to study the AllSpark for scientific research.
* **Hand-to-hand Combatant/martial arts**

## Possessions

* Ion Blaster
* Dual TNT Cannons
* Dual Energon
* Wrist-mounted swords as well as hooks
* Shield
* Shell Cannon
* Energon Axe
* Sword of Judgement
* Shield Cannon

## Trivia

* In the original Generation 1 continuity Nemesis Prime and Optimus Prime were two separate characters. Nemesis was actually Optimus' clone.
* 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, who the creators intended for him to voice the character until Peter Cullen was cast.
* Like the cartoon, 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.