The Transformers (animated series) characters

This is a list of characters appearing in the original American Transformers cartoon, first aired between 1984 and 1987.

Autobots

Others

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-! style="background-color: #C5E4E1" | Name! style="background-color: #C5E4E1" | Alternate mode! style="background-color: #C5E4E1" | First appearance! style="background-color: #C5E4E1" | Last appearance! style="background-color: #C5E4E1" | Voiced by
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rowspan="2" | Teletraan I
None
More Than Meets the Eye (Part 1)
Destroyed by Trypticon in Five Faces of Darkness (Part 5).
Casey Kasem
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colspan="3" valign="top" | The main computer of the Autobots' vessel, the Ark. Upon reactivation in 1984, it was responsible for reviving the Transformers from their four million year slumber and rebuilding them as Earth vehicles.
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rowspan="2" | Teletraan II
None
Thief in the Night
Grimlock's New Brain
Frank Welker
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colspan="3" valign="top" | After the Autobots had defeated the Deceptions and destroyed Unicron, they built a main computer on Cybertron and named it Teletran II after its predecessor, when the Ark was destroyed by Trypticon, Teletran II was used as the main computer throughout Season 3.
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rowspan="2" | Wreck-Gar
Motorcycle

The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 1)
Eric Idle, Tony Pope
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Leader of the Junkions and inhabitant of the planet Junkion. Ally of the Autobots who rebuilds Ultra Magnus after he was destroyed by Galvatron. Speaks exclusively in twentieth century earth television jargon.
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rowspan="2" | Sparkplug Witwicky
None
More Than Meets the Eye (Part 1)
The Key to Vector Sigma (Part 2)
Chris Latta
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Human mechanic, father of Spike Witwicky. Befriends and aids Autobots after being rescued from the Decepticons by Optimus Prime
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rowspan="2" | Spike Witwicky
None
More Than Meets the Eye (Part 1)
The Rebirth Part 3
Corey Burton
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Son of Sparkplug Witwicky. Spends whole life helping the Autobots fight the Decepticons. Father of Daniel Witwicky. Spike is the Headmaster component of Cerebros, who in turn, is the Headmaster of Fortress Maximus.
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rowspan="2" | Daniel Witwicky
None

The Rebirth Part 3
David Mendenhall
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Son of Spike Witwicky. Befriends Hot Rod and is very close to Wheelie, Grimlock and Arcee.
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rowspan="2" | Chip Chase
None
Roll for it
Child's Play (Transformers episode)|Child's Play
Michael Horton
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Friend of Spike Witwicky. Often expresses skillful knowledge of science and computers and works closely with Wheeljack and Perceptor. Is confined to a wheelchair.
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rowspan="2" | Doctor Arkeville
None

Countdown to Extinction
Casey Kasem
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Dr. Arkeville is a mad scientist who assisted Megatron in one of his schemes. He used hypno-chips to control the minds of humans to provide slave labor and a human shield for the Decepticons. An attempted doublecross with Starscream ended up with him being wounded and rebuilt into a "mechanical freak" by Starscream's medicdroids.
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rowspan="2" | Carly Witwicky
None
The Immobilizer
Nightmare Planet
Arlene Banas
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Spike's girlfriend and later wife. Mother of Daniel Witwicky.
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rowspan="2" | Lord Cholmondeley
None
Prime Target
Prime Target, only appearance
Peter Renaday
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Cholmondeley is a big time game hunter who has capture many unusual creatures and military weapons. He tried to get the ultimate trophy, the head of Optimus Prime.
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rowspan="2" | The Sharkticons
Amphibious Monster

The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 1)
Jim Cummings, Frank Welker
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Unintelligent Transformers who serve as the Quintessons goon squad and executioners. They were deliberately made stupid and fitted with control chips that prevent them from turning on their masters as the Autobots and Decepticons did.
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rowspan="2" | The Quintessons
None

The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 2)
Jack Angel, Roger C. Carmel,Regis Cordic
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colspan="3" valign="top" | An alien race who lived on Cybertron and used it as a huge factory to produce several kinds of lifeforms, including robots, which were sold as consumer good and military hardware. These would eventually become the Transformers. Extremely self-serving and devious.
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rowspan="2" | Unicron
Planet

Call of the Primitives
Orson Welles, Roger C. Carmel
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colspan="3" valign="top" | A planet-sized Transformer whose only goal is to devour planets, despite his incredible intelligence and power. Created Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps from the bodies of Megatron, Skywarp, Thundercracker and the Insecticons. Destroyed by Rodimus Prime and the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, later partially reactivated by Scourge and Starscream's ghost.
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rowspan="2" | Old Snake
None
Only Human
Only Human, only appearance
Chris Latta
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Cobra Commander (of G.I. Joe fame) made an appearance in the 1986 Transformers episode "Only Human" as "the former leader of a terrorist organization" who is now operating as an underground arms and technology dealer. He sells synthoid technology to crime lord Victor Drath, who uses it to transfer the minds of Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Arcee and Springer into synthoid human bodies and then uses their original bodies for various criminal activities.
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rowspan="2" | Scuxxoid
None
The Five Faces of Darkness (1)
Grimlock's New Brain
Hal Rayle
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colspan="3" valign="top" |A pig like alien who's been hire by both the Decepticons and the Quintessons to sabotage the Autobots. He once work with Sleezardo. He also claims that he has a family with kids and an uncle.
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rowspan="2" | Marissa Faireborn
None
The Five Faces of Darkness (3)
The Burden Hardest to Bear
Susan Blu
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colspan="3" valign="top" | An officer and pilot in the Earth Defense Space Forces. She appears in a handful of episodes early in the third season. She may be the daughter of Dashiell R. Faireborn, codenamed Flint, formerly a member of the United States Special Missions Force, G.I. Joe (please see Flint (G.I. Joe))
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rowspan="2" | Nightbird
None
Enter the Nightbird
Enter the Nightbird, only appearance
unknown
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colspan="3" valign="top" | Nightbird is a human construct with a single form and thus not actually a Transformer herself. Created by Dr. Fujiyama, she was a non-transforming ninja robot. She was stolen by the Decepticons and reprogrammed to infiltrate the Ark and steal the World Energy Source from Teletran I.
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rowspan="2" | Luisa
None
Fire On The Mountain
Fire On The Mountain, only appearance
Mona Marshall
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colspan="3" valign="top" | In the Andes, a Peruvian girl (Not named in episode) helps Spike Witwicky and Bumblebee to destroy the "Crystal of Power" that the Decepticons want to convert in a devastating weapon of destruction.
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rowspan="2" | Jessica Morgan
None
The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 1)
The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 2)
Joy Grdnic
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colspan="3" valign="top" | The Daughter of Dr. Morgan and partner of Gregory Swafford who rescued Optimus Prime from his ship and discovered space spores that makes any living thing filled with rage. Morgan wanted revenge by using the spores on the Autobots after they fixed Jessica's paralyzed legs, so he told Jessica to get an Autobot and tell them they have Optimus, but she was against it. She told Rodimus Prime and he got every autobot to surround Morgan's laboratory, but this was all a trap and the virus spread on Ultra Magnus and the Aerialbots, which then spread to all Autobots, Decepticons and Humans. After Optimus was brought back to life, Jessica went with him, Sky Lynx, Kup, Blurr, Goldbug & Blaster to Charr to find Galvatron and get the metal she, her father and Swafford were working on so that Optimus can be covered with it and retrieve the Matrix of Leadership from within Rodimus.