History Characters / TransformersPrimeAutobots

-->'''Jack:''' Hey, Optimus, you wanna see something funny?

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Goes rushing on to the Autobot front lines of a fight before they even acknowledged him as an ally.

* BikerBabe: She uses a hologram of one wearing a helmet and skintight leather outfit as part of her motorcycle disguise when she's in public.

* KnifeNut: His only weapon.

-->[[spoiler: "'''[[PreMortemOneLiner Megatron!]]''' ''[[WhamLine You took my voice.]] [[Awesome/TransformersPrime You will never rob anyone, of]]'' [[BondOneLiner anything,]] '''[[TranquilFury ever again]]'''. "]]

* DramaticUnmask: Turns out his mouth was covered by a faceplate for the entire series.

* FourFingeredHands

* NiceGuy

* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler: His voicebox is restored after falling into the Omega Lock in "Deadlock"]].

* WhamLine: [[SuddenlyVoiced "Megatron! You took my voice. You will never rob anyone, of anything, ever again."]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Megatron.

* WorthyOpponent: Views Dreadwing as one.

* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: Optimus's smiles are rare and small, but when he does smile, it lights up his entire face. One noteworthy moment was when he smiled at Raf when both of them were recovering from Megatron's attacks in "One Shall Rise, Part 1".

* GrumpyBear: After Cliffjumper's death, Ratchet makes his opinion clear to Optimus that helping humanity will only result in further Autobot casualties. Optimus merely responds that his opinion is noted. He doesn't seem especially pleased when the human kids are brought back to Autobot base, either, and is insulted by Raf's question of "Who built you?" From then on, he proves to be generally irritable. He does occasionally display moments of kindness, however, as shown when he tries to not upset Miko about Bulkhead's amnesia, and once again when Raf is nearly killed. Here he admits he has found a friend in humanity at last, and from then on he warms up.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Scraplets?]]: Played slightly more seriously than most examples of this trope. Bulkhead's had some ''bad'' experiences with the little monsters and while most Cybertronians fear them, Bulkhead has the... [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl girliest]] response.

* [[WalkingTheEarth Walking The Cosmos]]: A habitual wanderer who spent the years after Cybertron's fall exploring the galaxy. Never stays in one place for very long, preferring to keep moving and see new sights. When he actually sticks around on Earth, he still wanders around seperate from the main Autobot team until Season 3, where he feels it's best to stick around and help out the only family he has left.

** And, in "Stronger, Faster", when he injected himself with synthetic energon and went on what can only be called a "roid rage", he took down nearly every Decepticon soldier thrown at him. It took ''Megatron'' to bring him down.
*** Even when Megatron seriously wounded him, he was able to fight Knock Out to a standstill.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Ratchet's refusal to step away from the base to pick up Jack, Miko and Raf from school during the away team's push to the Omega Lock on Cybertron ultimately proves the team's undoing. It gives the Decepticons an opportunity to take the three humans hostage, forcing the autobots to give up the Omega Keys, allowing Megatron to build a new base on Earth, which in turn forces Optimus to destroy the Omega Lock, all culminating in the discovery and destruction of the Autobot base and the return of Shockwave when the latter came to investigate the commotion on Cybertron, whom in turn brings Predaking into the Decepticon ranks.]]

* NumberTwo: If Optimus requires an expert opinion on something or someone to coordinate a mission, it's usually Ratchet. While he may appoint one of the other, younger bots to be field leader on missions, they will still defer to Ratchet when he gives them instructions from within the base. Until Ultra Magnus' arrival, he is ''the'' second in command of the team, and even then, while he defers to Magnus, his lengthy friendship with Optimus and wisdom ensures him a high position in the hierarchy.

** Ends up wielding a [[DropTheHammer hammer]] like Ultra Magnus from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated.'' Oddly, He takes cues from ''Animated''!Optimus Prime in that both end up wielding a hammer near the end of their show for physical attacks instead of using the hammers' mystical powers (Justified in this case as the Forge's powers were depleted).

** Ends up wielding a [[DropTheHammer hammer]] like Ultra Magnus from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated.'' Oddly, He takes cues from ''Animated''Optimus Prime in that both end up wielding a hammer near the end of their show for physical attacks instead of using the hammers' mystical powers(Justified in this case as the Forge's powers were depleted).

-->'''Ultra Magnus:''' ''(after they're losing faith after little luck finding Ratchet)'' Ratchet may have believed this hand wasn't good enough, but I'll tell you what really isn't: giving up!

* GunshipRescue: He brought with him a heavily armed ship, larger than Wheeljack's, and that alone provides some desperately needed support.

** His association with the Wreckers comes from the [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel G1 Marvel comics]] specificly the UK original stories.
** His personality as an extremly officious ByTheBookCop traveling in a personal spaceship are taken from the IDW G1 comics. Gets toned down later due to CharacterDevelopment.

* HurtingHero: Much like in Generation One, there is an ever-present, dignified sadness in Creator/PeterCullen's performance of Optimus, as if the Great War has affected him so deeply that he's ''always'' crying deep inside. Cullen stated in interviews that he drew inspiration from his brother, a ShellShockedVeteran of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, who told him before the audition for Optimus "Don't be a tough hero; you are strong enough to be gentle." Transformers Prime Optimus also comes across as being rather like the wise elderly Thundercat Jagga in his way. Also, Prime having failed to prevent Megatron from destroying Cybertron and then sacrificing his life to restore their dead world to life in "Predacons Rising", followed by coming back from the grave as a ghostly mentor to Bumblebee in ''WesternAnimation/RobotsInDisguise'' provides further proof to this claim.

* TheseHandsHaveKilled: In ''Armada'', he ends up encountering Starscream or rather, one of his clones) who proceeds to goad him into violence. The situation ends with Bulkhead beating him to death in rage, becoming horrified at his actions after the deed is done and muttering that Starscream [[IDidWhatIHadToDo left him no choice]]. Interesting, since he has killed Decepticons before, though it seems the intent behind his reaction was that he essentially murdered someone in cold blood out of a sense of personal vengeance, as opposed to an enemy in the heat of battle.

* TheRemnant: Team Prime is basically the only organized military component of the Autobot faction, continuing to fight the war that the Decepticons have already won, if {{Pyrrhic|Victory}}ly. They also have the only known remaining Prime left in existence. It is likely there are still other Autobots fighting the Decepticons as well, but what from things looks like, Optimus and co. are the only ones whose struggle is leaving any impact so far.

** His association with the Wreckers comes from the [[ComicBook/TheTransformers G1 Marvel comics]] specificly the UK original stories.

** Bonds with Raf as their both experts in technology and NonActionGuys.
** He also seems to have a sense of mutual respect with Jude Darby, mostly like as their both medics for their respective species.

-->'''Optimus:''' [[BluntYes No]].

* MoralDissonance: Though he's usually an all-around NiceGuy, he has moments of this. See WhatTheHellHero

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ratchet's refusal to step away from the base to pick up Jack, Miko and Raf from school during the away team's push to the Omega Lock on Cybertron ultimately proves the team's undoing. It gives the Decepticons an opportunity to take the three humans hostage, forcing the autobots to give up the Omega Keys, allowing Megatron to build a new base on Earth, which in turn forces Optimus to destroy the Omega Lock, all culminating in the discovery and destruction of the Autobot base and the return of Shockwave when the latter came to investigate the commotion on Cybertron.

* AdaptationalDumbass: This Wheeljack is a warrior first and mechanic second (only really when fixing his ship). He's not stupid by any metric, but is considerably less scientifically-minded than his GadgeteerGenius Generation 1 counterpart.

* EraSpecificPersonality: Compare his [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]] GadgeteerGenius incarnation and his ''[[Anime/TransformersArmada Armada]]'' [[FaceHeelTurn turncoat]] incarnation to his ''Prime'' incarnation.

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--> Ratchet: What!?... You did...\\
Optimus: What was necessary. There was no time for another prolonged battle, not with Earth in imminent danger.

* NoMoreHoldingBackSPeech: Delivers one in "One Shall Fall", where he finally decides to straight-up ''kill'' Megatron.

** Of all bots he rubs in the fact Starscream can't fly.
** Admits to Ultra Magnus that he doesn't understand everything their human allies say and just suggests to, "Simply nod and mobilise."

--> Arcee: He's a Prime. They're all built like that.

* {{Fembot}}: Also the only female Autobot we've seen, thus far.