Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime is the leader of a race of giant angry robots that transform into cars and planes and tanks and submarines and Tape Decks. Optimus uses his blades and hooks to carve his opinion into the brains of his enemies, usually killing them in the process.

Despite this, he is adored by everyone, especially Jetfire.

Optimus has a habit of brutally overkilling his foes, and he always kills them in using something to do with their head. He chops off heads, blasts heads off, rips heads apart, pulls eyes out of heads and even punches through heads. His favourite one is faces though, he killed the Fallen by screaming 'Give Me Your Face!' and then pulled his face off.

He originally came to Earth with Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz and the other guy to stop Megatron from finding the Allspark, which was a source of unlimited power. Optimus planned to give his life in the battle, but he was saved by a gimpy kid called Sam who destroyed the Allspark to stop Megatron.

Optimus was in charge of the Autobots on Earth and oversaw their intergration into Human society, but his plans were threatened by Megatron's resurrection by the Fallen, and Optimus himself was killed in a duel with Megatron. However, Sam saved him once again by recovering the Autobot Matrix of Leadership which he used to resurrect Optimus. Optimus then kicked the tin off Megatron, Starscream and the Fallen and put an end to their plans for good.

Optimus claimed the Matrix for himself and used it to create more Transformers from Human machines. However, Sentinel Prime, the previous leader of the Autobots, was recovered from the moon and Optimus immidietly offered the Matrix to him. Sentinel refused, however, and revealed that he was actually in league with the Decepticons. Optimus and the other Autobots were banished from Earth but they returned to attack the Decepticon fortress in Chicago. After destroying the majority of the Decepticon army, Optimus attacked Sentinel but was literally disarmed by Sentinel. As Sentinel was about to kill Optimus, however, Megatron attacked him and severely weakened him. Megatron explained that he wanted to make peace, as long as he could be in charge.

Optimus refused this offer, however, and tore Megatron's spine out, killing him. He then refused Sentinel's apologies and killed him too. With the Earth now safe, Optimus and the remaining Autobots accepted Earth as their new home.

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