This article shows a list of characters from
''The Transformers'' television series that aired during the debut of the American and Japanese
Transformers
''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...
media franchise from 1984 to 1991.
Autobots
The Autobots (also known as Cybertrons in Japan) are the
hero
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es in the ''
Transformers toyline'' and related spin-off
comics
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and
cartoons
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. Their main leader is
Optimus Prime,
but other "Primes" have also commanded the Autobots such as
Rodimus
''The Transformers'' is an animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication
based upon Hasbro and Takara's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transform ...
Prime. They are constantly at war with the evil
Decepticon
The Decepticons are a fictional faction of sentient robots in the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. Serving as the main antagonists in the franchise, their goals include conquering their fictional homeworld planet Cybertron, defeating ...
s. In the U.S. cartoon line, the
Autobot
The Autobots are a fictional faction of sentient robots in the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. The Autobots are living robots from the planet Cybertron who, like most Transformers, are each imbued with a unique "life force" known as a " ...
s were the descendants of a line of robots created as
consumer goods
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W ...
by the
Quintessons; the Decepticons, are descended instead from robots designed as
military hardware.
Other terms for the Autobots are Autorobot (in Italy), Autoboterna (in Sweden), Kibery (in Ukraine).
Main characters
Autobot cars
Mini-Bots
Dinobots
The Dinobots are a faction of Autobots who have dinosaur alternate modes. The first three were created in "S.O.S. Dinobots", while the latter two were created in "War of the Dinobots". In the Transformers cartoon series ''
Power of the Primes'', they merge into the combiner Volcanicus.
Aerialbots
The Aerialbots are a faction of Autobots who were created from Earth-style aircraft by
Vector Sigma following
Alpha Trion's sacrifice. They are the Autobots' first combiners faction. They combine to form Superion.
Protectobots
The Protectobots are an Autobot faction and the second of their combiner faction who are charged with protecting the humans, rescuing them, and enforcing the law. They combine to form Defensor.
Female Autobots
There are some Female Autobots in the group, who had never left the planet cybertron.
Technobots
The Technobots are an Autobot faction and the third combiner group. They were created by
Grimlock at the time he had an intelligence boost and they act like scientists. They combine to form Computron.
Throttlebots
The Throttlebots are an Autobot faction who are known for their speed and agility.
Autobot Targetmasters
The Targetmasters are Transformers who can transform into Weapons. The ones on the Autobots' side were created by the Nebulans who they befriended.
Autobot Headmasters
The Headmasters are transformers who are partnered with Nebulons in special robot suits that enable them to transform into the head of the Autobot.
Clonebots
The Clonebots are the Autobot's version
of the Clonecons.
Junkions
The Junkions are an Autobot tribe race of scrap metal robots who come from the planet of the same name.
Decepticons
The Decepticons (known as Destrons or on occasion Deathtrons in Japan) are the enemies of the
Autobot
The Autobots are a fictional faction of sentient robots in the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. The Autobots are living robots from the planet Cybertron who, like most Transformers, are each imbued with a unique "life force" known as a " ...
s, and the
villain
A villain (also known as a " black hat", "bad guy" or "baddy"; The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.126 "baddy (also baddie) noun (pl. -ies) ''informal'' a villain or criminal in a book, film, etc.". the feminine form is villai ...
s in the fictional universe of the movie and cartoon ''
Transformers
''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...
'' toyline and related spin-off comics and cartoons. Their best known leader is
Megatron
Megatron is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the ''Transformers'' media franchise produced by the American toy company Hasbro and the Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. He is the tyrannical leader of the Decepticons, a villaino ...
.
Other terms for the Decepticons are Décepticans (in France), Distructor (in Italy), Bedragarna (in Sweden), Bedragoner (in Denmark), Shakranikim (in Israel) and Álca (in Hungary).
Main characters
Insecticons
The Insecticons are a race of Cybertronians who can turn into
insect
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s. They possess the ability to eat any matter to power themselves, create
clones, sport
weather-controlling abilities, and make use of cerebro-shells. They are often in a rocky alliance with the Decepticons.
Constructicons
The Constructicons are a race of Cybertronians who became construction vehicles and are the first combiners to appear in the show. They used to be friends with
Omega Supreme before they were corrupted into serving
Megatron
Megatron is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the ''Transformers'' media franchise produced by the American toy company Hasbro and the Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. He is the tyrannical leader of the Decepticons, a villaino ...
. They combine to form Devastator.
Coneheads
The Coneheads are a Decepticon group who are mostly jet fighters, and whose heads are in the shape of the tip of a
nose cone
A nose cone is the conically shaped forwardmost section of a rocket, guided missile or aircraft, designed to modulate oncoming fluid dynamics, airflow behaviors and minimize aerodynamic drag. Nose cones are also designed for submerged wat ...
.
Decepticon City
Stunticons
The Stunticons are a Decepticon faction and their second combiner group who was created by the Decepticons through
Vector Sigma. The Decepticons stole five earth vehicles to create them. They combine to form Menasor.
Combaticons
The Combaticons are a Decepticon faction and their third Combiner group. When Megatron banished
Starscream
Starscream is a character in the ''Transformers'' media franchise produced by the American toy company Hasbro and the Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. He is the second-in-command of the Decepticons, a villainous faction of alien robots that s ...
to the island of
Guadalcanal
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, he found old military vehicles from
World War II
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and used stolen personality components which he placed into the vehicles to create the Combaticons. They combine into Bruticus.
Heralds of Unicron
Unicron used some Decepticons to create his heralds.
Multi Changers
The Triple Changers are Decepticons who have more than one alternative mode.
Predacons
The Predacons are a Decepticon faction and their fourth combiner group. They can turn into animals and combine to form Predaking.
Battlechargers
The Battlechargers are a duo of Decepticon
dragsters.
Terrorcons
The Terrorcons are a Decepticon faction and their fifth combiner group. They can turn into various monsters and combine to form Abominus.
Decepticon Targetmasters
These Targemasters were created by the Nebulons on
Lord Zarak's side.
Decepticon Headmasters
These Headmasters were created by the Decepticons on Lord Zarak's side. Most of them were made from the heads of the Decepticons who have animal forms.
Horrorcons
The Horrorcons are the triple-changers of the Decepticon
Headmasters.
Clonecons
The Clonecons are the Decepticon's version of the Clonebots.
Humans
Nebulans
Nebulans are
humanoid
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aliens from the planet Nebulos who co-operate with the Transformers. Some Nebulans have allied with the Autobots, others with the Decepticons. The Nebulans' first and last appearance was in the three-part episode ''The Rebirth'', which was intended as the pilot episode of the fourth season, but ended up being the season's only episode and the last episode in the entire series.
Nebulan Headmasters
The Nebulans who co-operate with the
Headmasters transform into the Transformers' heads.
Nebulan Targetmasters
The Nebulans who co-operate with the Targetmasters transform into the Transformers' weapons.
Other characters
City-bots components
The following are components of Metroplex, Trypticon, Scorponok, and Fortress Maximus:
Mini-Cassettes
Cassette warriors (''or "Mini-Cassettes", or simply "Cassettes"''or “Mini-Cons” like in Transformers Robots in disguise) are tiny
Transformers
''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Tomy, Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the heroic Autobots and the villainous Decepticons, two Extraterrestrials in fiction, alien robot fac ...
; they are no taller than the humans. Their alternate mode is that of a
microcassette
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It has the same width of magnetic tape as the Compact Cassette but in a cassette roughly one quarter the size. By using ...
.
According to
''The Transformers''' version, in the days of
Megatron
Megatron is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the ''Transformers'' media franchise produced by the American toy company Hasbro and the Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. He is the tyrannical leader of the Decepticons, a villaino ...
,
Decepticons developed the art of espionage using cassette technology. Their first cassette, Laserbeak, could fly undetected into any
Autobot
The Autobots are a fictional faction of sentient robots in the ''Transformers'' multimedia franchise. The Autobots are living robots from the planet Cybertron who, like most Transformers, are each imbued with a unique "life force" known as a " ...
stronghold, record information and then return to base. Then the Decepticons decided to increase their spying abilities with Ratbat. As a
bat
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, Ratbat can hide in crevices that Laserbeak cannot reach, and is especially effective in tunnels, caves or in the darkness of space. Ratbat records from the Autobots' most carefully guarded secrets. The Autobots had no choice but to strike back with these Decepticon techniques of stealth, building their own force of cassette Transformers, with
Blaster as their guardian. They constructed Ramhorn, the rhino, who can use animalistic force if cornered, and Steeljaw, the lion, who can crawl through the foliage of any alien world, to sneak up on Decepticons. They also bolstered their cassette force with Rewind and Eject, who can transform to robot mode and use more conventional fighting force techniques.
The alternate version of the Cassette warriors' origin is stated in the animated series. According to this version, they (or, at any rate, the beast-moded ones) were once created by the divine inventor
Primacron.
Autobot Mini-Cassettes
Decepticon Mini-Cassettes
References
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