History Characters / TransformersGeneration1

* ChineseGirl: Chinese name? Yes there is. Race? Also Chinese.

** The reason why Primus doesn't just fight Unicron directly. Every time they've fought, Unicron's handed him his ass.

* FantasticCasteSystem: The Five-Faced Magistrates serve as judges pronouncing sentencing on their hapless victims, the Inquisitors command the military forces and also serve as prosecutors at the trials, the Scientist and Bailiff classes are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and the Gatekeeper class are executioners at the trials and overseers of the Sharkticons. It is implied that Bailiffs and Executioners/Gatekeepers were the original soldiers and officers in their military, but serve their current role because so few of them are left. General Ghyrik from ''The Space Pirates'' is the primary exception.

* HeroesWantRedheads: His girlfriend Jesse has red hair.

* AdaptationalWimp: The 2005 IDW versions. Rather than the semi-divine children of Primus, there instead a bunch of tribal leaders manipulated by Onyx Prime [[spoiler:AKA Shockwave]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CoreyBurton (EN), Creator/ShowHayami (teenager), Creator/MasashiEbara (adult), Kōji Ochiai (''The Rebirth'') (JP)

->'''Voiced by''': David Mendenhall (EN), Creator/MayumiTanaka (''The Transformers: The Movie''), Masumi Gotō (''The Transformers''), Tomiko Suzui (''The Headmasters''), Yoshiko Kamei (''The Rebirth'') (JP)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CaseyKasem

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even though Doctor Arkeville happily ''enslaves'' human beings by the hundreds with his [[BrownNote hyno-chip implants]], he draws the line at cold-blooded murder, and is visibly ''horrified'' by Megatron's callous proposal of leaving them to die in favor of gathering energy, showing clear concern for the safety and welfare of his slaves over his conquest of Earth.

* LastNameBasis: His first name is not revealed in the cartoon, but ''Shattered Glass'' suggests it might be Henry.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: When she is pushed, she pushes back, hard. Her feats include tearing a girl who had murdered her friend limb-from-limb, and [[spoiler: throwing Galvatron into space.]]

->'''Voiced by''': Philip L. Clarke

-->'''Megatron:''' You have nothing to fear. I have already crushed Optimus Prime with my bare hands.
-->'''Unicron:''' You exaggerate.
-->'''Megatron:''' The point is he's dead, and the Matrix died with him!
-->'''Unicron:''' No. The point is that you are a fool.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/NeilRoss

->'''Voiced by''': Wally Burr

* FantasticCasteSystem: The Five-Faced Magistrates serve as judges pronouncing sentencing on their hapless victims, the Inquisitors command the military forces and also serve as prosecutors at the trials, the Scientist and Bailiff classes are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and the Gatekeeper class are executioners at the trials and overseers of the Sharkticons. It is implied that Executioners/Gatekeepers were their original soldier class, but serve their current role because so few of them are left. General Gyrich from ''The Space Pirates'' is the primary exception.

-->"Humans are disgusting creatures, but worthy of study, if only to find a better way of destroying them."

** General Gyrich is likely named for [[Characters/AvengersSupportStaff Agent Gyrich]].

* UniquenessDecay: When Nova Prime first came along, the idea of a Prime being evil was a legitimate twist. That was in 2006. Since then, IDW ran with the concept that every Prime other than Optimus was evil and / or a dick, lessening the impact, to the point that Optimus became disillusioned with the very concept of Primes in the first place.

->'''Voiced by''': Various; Regis Cordic, Roger C. Carmel, and Jack Angel were the primary voices.

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!!!'''Function:''' Galactic Despots
!!!'''Top To Bottom:''' Magistrate, Inquisitor, Scientist, Gatekeeper

* FantasticCasteSystem: The Five-Faced Magistrates serve as judges pronouncing sentencing on their hapless victims, the Inquisitors command the military forces and also serve as prosecutors at the trials, the Scientist class is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and the Gatekeeper class are bailiffs at the trials and overseers of the Sharkticons. It is implied that Bailiffs/Gatekeepers were their original soldier class, but serve their current role because so few of them are left. General Gyrich from ''The Space Pirates'' is the primary exception.

!!!Function: Shock Troops

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The Autobots' main contact/ally in the Earth Defense Command. [[IntercontinuityCrossover Daughter of]] [[Franchise/GIJoe Flint and Lady Jaye]]. In her younger years, she was ironically a vigilante opposing the EDC (at the time, the EDC was anti-Transformer), and was a Kiss Player, a girl with the ability to kiss a Transformer to FusionDance with it and dramatically boost its powers and share her knowledge and skills.

The self-professed Supreme Military Commander, President-for-Life, and King of Kings of the [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of]] [[{{Qurac}} 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.

** While they haven't come into direct conflict (yet), Unicron has been trumped as the biggest threat in the franchise, by the [[EldritchAbomination Elder]] [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Gods]].

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MarkHamill (''[[WebAnimation/TheTransformersTitansReturn Prime]] [[WebAnimation/TheTransformersPowerOfThePrimes Wars]]'')