History Characters / TransformersGeneration1

* BreakoutVillain: Unicron was designed simply as a GenericDoomsdayVillain for TheMovie, and was given very little characterization beyond being a PlanetEater. Simon Furman's reinvention of him in the UK comics and later the main Marvel book as the SatanicArchetype of the Transformers world however stuck, and he has since gone on to be the GreaterScopeVillain and UltimateEvil of the entire franchise.

The self-professed Supreme Military Commander, President-for-Life, and King of Kings of the [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]. A corrupt and greedy leader who is often willing to make deals with the Decepticons to further his goals. The creation of this incredibly offensive Middle-Eastern stereotype caused Creator/CaseyKasem (who is of Lebanese descent) to quit the show in disgust.

* ChestOfMedals: He has a lot of medals on his body.
* TheGeneralissimo: He's a military leader of a third-world country he apparently rules with an iron fist.
* {{Greed}}: He's very obsessed with gold.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not a nice guy at all.

* CompositeCharacter: The Japanese continuity states that he's the Oracle from "Call of the Primitives" [[[note When the Oracle is struck down in the episode, his essence reuses the Matrix of Leadership's model.[[/note]], Vector Sigma [[note: When Vector Sigma is activated in "The Key to Vector Sigma", he states "Before Cybertron was, I was".[[/note]] and the Oracle from ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' [[note The inside of the Oracle in that cartoon is a CGI version of Vector Sigma[[/note]].

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: One of the few Physical Gods to be on the ''receiving'' end of this trope.

* ManipulativeBastard: And he's supposed to be the "good" one.

* HolyHandGrenade: The Matrix of Leadership contains a portion of his essence. If a [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield chosen wielder]] opens it, even evils as powerful as Unicron will fall.

* ColorCodedForYourConvinience: A general mix of red, orange, brown and grey. It's ''very'' rare to see a Junkion who doesn't have those colors.

* DumbBlonde: Averted, as he's actually quite smart.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: by zombie Ratbat - [[BrickJoke in a car wash]], no less]], in the backstory of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRegenerationOne''.

* TheMcGuffin: The Matrices throughtout the G1 continuity (especially the Japanese one) is this for him, but especially the Silver Matrix and The Matrix of Leadership.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Drawn with blond hair in the Marvel comics.

* TheRedBaron: The Dark God, the Chaos-Bringer.

* FormerlyFit: The ''Generations Selects'' comic for Volcanicus shows that an aged Marissa has become the new director of the EDC, but has also [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Marissa_Selects.jpg gone to seed]], having gained weight and looking more like a BigBeautifulWoman.

* HotScientist: She's very attractive and made her suit herself.

* {{Jerkass}} -> JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Oh boy. She was quite rough and mean when we first saw her, but over time, she mellows out to be just as friendly as your other heroes.

* KillEmAll: Their first real mention, in the Dreamwave continuity based ''The Ultimate Guide'', said that they'd all died in the fight with Unicron (except the Fallen). Pretty much every depiction since has gone with something different.

* BreathWeapon: He can fire a stream of flame-like energy from his mouth, which he used in the movie to attempt to destroy the Junkion ship (which failed because the Junkions were able to repair it as fast as he damaged it) and shoot down the Quintesson ship (which succeeded, but caused it to crash into and through his eye).

* DealWithTheDevil: Occasionally the Chaosbringer will see fit to empower mortal creatures with a fragment of his essence, upgrading their bodies and granting them new abilities in order to carry out whatever tasks he requires of them. The most well-known of these Heralds of Unicron is [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie Galvatron]], though there have been many others, and not all of them exhibit the same degree of independence and free will as Galvatron did. Unicron cares little for his pawns, however, and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness in the end his goals call for their consumption as well]].

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: According to the [[ApprovalOfGod unlicensed but canon]] ''Allingment'', the Liege's goal was to become a god like Primus and Unicron. Pretty much no other version of him has displayed this trait, though (aside from a nod in the Facebook ''Ask Vector Prime'' page).

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* ArcVillain: In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRegenerationOne, he's the villain for the last full arc.

** Her counterpart in ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'' got around the possible legal restrictions of using her by naming her Sephie (which, like Josie, can be short for Josephine), depicting her as a PerkyGoth and giving her the codename "Emulator" for when she gains her cybernetic armor.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:In ''Regeneration One'', his decision to live his life and abandon the Ark meant that Megatron was reactivated by mistake by nosy humans and this led to the devastated Earth in the series as well as the deaths of Buster, Jessie and Sparkplug (amongst others). Needless to say, he blames the Autobots for this because they weren't there to defend the Earth (even though the Autobots had no way of knowing about what was going on Earth) and never owns up to the whole thing was due to his decision)]].

* DualTonfas: Obtains this with Hot Rod with one on either arm.

The Liege Centuro (general) of the Liege Maximo's Cybertronian Empire in the G2 comics. Alternatively, Jhiaxus was a crew member on the ''Ark-1'' and serves as Nova Prime's pet mad scientist; his obsession with forcing Cybertronian evolution has led him to introduce gender programming to the Transformer race, modify his own body into a form resembling [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries that of Bayformer Starscream]], and the creation of both [[CombiningMecha gestalt]] and [[PintSizedPowerhouse Micromaster technology]].

** Like the below-mentioned Nova Prime, ''VideoGame/TransformersDevastation'' depicts Jhiaxus as someone who started off idealistic before he was corrupted by Unicron, with his villainous actions as the result of said corruption.

* AdaptationalWimp: The 2005 IDW versions.

* HeroesWantRedheads: His girlfirend Jesse has red hair.

* BadassBookworm: He's very intelligent and sometimes proves useful in fights against the Decepticons.

* BadassBookworm: She's very intelligent and is able to go toe-to-toe with the Decepticons.
* DumbBlonde: Averted, as she's studied at MIT.

* OnlyOneName: While it would obviously be Witwicky after she married Spike, her maiden name remains unknown. Although her counterpart in the [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries live-action movies]] was given a [[NamedByTheAdaptation last name]], so her full name is Carly Brooks-Spencer.

The first thirteen Cybertronians created by Primus, intended to fight Unicron directly. Once they existed as multiversal singularities with the exception of their Aligned selves but that period ended. Their membership now varies by universe but all lineups have included Prima, Vector Prime, Nexus Prime, Solus Prime, Alchemist Prime, Prime, Onyx Prime, the Liege Maximo, and Megatronus AKA the Fallen. Other members have included Autobot elder Alpha Trion, Quintus Prime, Amalgamous Prime, the unnamed Thirteenth Prime sometimes identified[[spoiler: as Optimus Prime]], death god Mortilus, Adaptus, Solumnus, Epistemus, Sentinel Prime and Autonomus Maxiumus the Last Autobot.

The Thirteen were first introduced in Dreamwave's ''Transformers: The Ultimate Guide''.

* DependingOnTheWriter: The group's line up has varied

The first thirteen Cybertronians created by Primus, intended to fight Unicron directly. Their numbers include Prima, Vector Prime, Alpha Trion, Solus Prime, Micronus Prime, Onyx Prime, Amalgamous Prime, Alchemist Prime, Nexus Prime, Quintus Prime, the Liege Maximo, Megatronus AKA the Fallen and an unidentified thirteenth member.

* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Beginning with the Aligned Universe, a few seemingly-unrelated gods from G1 and one in the Unicorn Trilogy became part of the first children of Primus.

* {{Expy}}: To the Covenant (group of 12) from the Beast Era G1 comics and the Guiding Light from the 2005 IDW comics. Both groups of the first Transformers created and given godhood by Primus.

-->'''Wiki/TFWikiDotNet:''' One gets the feeling that if you were to inform him that, by definition, [[FailedASpotCheck a Republic cannot have a King]] (much less a "King of Kings"), his likely response would be to stare blankly for a long moment, and then [[OffWithHisHead order your immediate beheading]].