![]() Others say there are legitimate story reasons. ![]() It got to the point where the Megatron of Beast Wars once hilarious drawled, “Oh, you Optimuses do love to sacrifice yourselves, don’t you?”Ĭynics argue the frequent deaths of Optimus Prime are a ploy to replace him with a new leader and sell more toys, or revive him (he often comes back to life) in a new form to sell new toys. Since then, he’s died more times in more continuities than we can count. But producers hadn’t learned their lesson. Children left the theater in grief and terror and there was a huge backlash, so they finally brought him back in “The Return of Optimus Prime” episodes of the TV series in 1987. Kaye, Chalk and Robert Belgrade have voiced Optimus in various video games, though Cullen has also manned the lion’s share of those as well.įun facts: Star Trek star Michael Dorn (Worf) voiced Optimus Prime in a toy commercial and Tom Hanks once lobbied on The Tonight Show to voice the role in the live-action movies, before the first one had gone into production.īack in 1986, the Transformers: The Movie feature film shocked kids around the world by killing off the beloved leader of the Autobots. Jon Bailey took to the mike for this year’s animated Transformers: Combiner Wars mini-series Neil Kaplan sounded Cullen-like in Transformers: Robots in Disguise in the Transformers: Cyber Missions webisodes it was Eric Edwards Samuel Jay Flatman took a turn in the Transformers Interstellar series for the 2007-2009 series Transformers Animated, David Kaye took a stab Optimus was only in six episodes of Transformers: Cybertron with Garry Chalk behind the mike, also doing the honors in Transformers: Armada and Beast Machines: Transformers. Seven other actors have had their turn across various official Transformers animated series and video games. ![]() While Peter Cullen is by far the most beloved voice of Optimus Prime, and has voiced him far more than anyone else, he’s not the only one who’s voiced him in English-language productions. Joe properties, and he’s been the voice of Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh properties since 1988. It’s certainly the peak of his voice acting career, but he’s also known for voicing (among many others) Transformers’ Ironhide, Zandar in G.I. " And that’s how he approached Prime.īut Optimus Prime is not all Cullen is famous for. Cullen said his brother told him, “Real heroes don't yell and act tough they are tough enough to be gentle, so control yourself. He actually based the voice on his brother, whose voice had changed after returning from fighting in Vietnam, to that of a quiet hero. But he’s also the ultimate voice to end all voices for Optimus, having voiced him in 26 separate productions, including all four (soon to be five, with next year’s Transformers: The Last Knight) live-action films, four TV series, one animated feature film, one animated TV movie, two videos, 13 video games, and Transformers: The Ride at various Universal Studios parks. Optimus is only used from there to plug a tutorial and he’s seen in a later panel in truck mode.Ĭanadian voice actor Peter Cullen is the original voice of Optimus Prime, as first heard in the Transformers animated series in the '80s. ![]() Optimus and the man go on to explain the metaphor, noting that the transformation takes place in the form of a software upgrade. Under the heading, “Transform the Charger,” a gruff-looking “man in charge” type begins the metaphor by saying, “Like Optimus Prime, the PP-8498/U Soldier portable battery charger is transforming all the time.” In the next panel, it’s revealed that the man in charge is sitting on Optimus Prime’s shoulder. It was in the January 2009 issue that Optimus Prime made his debut in the publication. It started out as a supplement to maintenance manuals during the Korean War and was drawn by legendary comic book creator Will Eisner. Since 1951, the Army has published a magazine with comic-book style visuals called PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly. Army used him as a metaphor for a portable battery charger. ![]() We’ll start you off with a particularly weird Optimus Prime fact: The U.S. ![]()
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