

The beast transforms and Megatron towers above him. His motion sensors register what appears to be a harmless Earth creature below.īefore Optimus realizes his mistake the alligator lashes out with as smashing swipe of its tail, knocking Optimus into the swampy waters. Soon Optimus detects the thermal emissions and fusion activity from a building. Under the eerie shadows of a full moon Optimus Primal, a gigantic bat, Cheetor, a swift-stalking cheetah, and Razorbeast, a fearsome wild boar, hunt purposely through the depths of a jungle. It is possible Optimus Primal is the greatest Cybertronian hero who has ever lived. Optimus Primal is extraordinary for not only being able to distinguish himself, but for perhaps even surpassing him, seeing as he saved the life of his namesake and ushered in a new technorganic Cybertron.

This is the only time he is self-absorbed. However, he is so committed to helping others that he can withdraw into a deep depression when he feels he has let them down. ("Sometimes, crazy works," he says.) He is eternally loyal to his friends and respectful to his enemies.

He is committed to the Maximal codes of honor and moral judgment, but he does view them with some irreverence, and is not above finding loopholes or administering unorthodox solutions if necessary. Though he does have a penchant for stuffy speeches, Optimus Primal is much more down-to-Cybertron than his legendary namesake. The rest, they say, is (literally) history. Young and untested, Optimus Primal was a mere captain of an exploration ship when he and his crew were diverted off-course to pursue a stolen Predacon ship under the leadership of some crook named Megatron.
