Transformers Live-Action Continuities - Timelines

Interesting, so there are some clear timeline divergences akin to Marvel's branched timeline logic. I think the Cyberverse cartoon essentially confirmed the Transformers multiverse worked the same way as Marvel's.
There was a What If style storyline in the Titan Magazines where Decepticons won. Ask Vector Prime ran with that idea by saying that the Bayverse realities are extra prone to divergences or smth.
 
Also, I remember a timeline map from Collector's Club that instead claims the IDW movie comics lead to the DOTM movie instead of the DOTM Adaptation comic. So, one could say a version of the Expanded Universe leads to the actual movie as well, if one is so inclined.

I couldn't find which issue this map appeared in tho.
 
There is also a What If scenario where Megatron won the events of DOTM.
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This Megatron gets sent to a parallel universe after going through a Space Bridge. He appeared in Transformers Timelines issue 11.

As for why he looks mostly G1, IIRC the author said that this universe has some G1 elements in a PM to me.
 
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So... Transformers One would be Tyran 924.20 Alpha if it is an alternate universe? Or at this point we can just drop any connection with the live action films and call it Primax 924.20 Alpha?
 
Ever thought about including the Sector 7 Adventures (motion comic version) as part of the 1-5 timeline?
 
So... Transformers One would be Tyran 924.20 Alpha if it is an alternate universe? Or at this point we can just drop any connection with the live action films and call it Primax 924.20 Alpha?
Lorenzo flip flops so much, if I remove Transformers One from the Reboot timeline it will only be after Pro Bot deletes his singular timeline thread for this franchise.

No? Okay then, it's staying up.

Ever thought about including the Sector 7 Adventures (motion comic version) as part of the 1-5 timeline?
No.
 
Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 1-6, 11)
Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 12-14)


Found an error.
I've read the Defiance and Foundation comics now, and the timeline here is confusing the crap out of me. Defiance #3 starts soon after #2, and yet there's serveral flashbacks in Foundation set between them. These overlapping stories are complicated. They're clearly connected because there's references to Defiance in Foundation.
 
I've read the Defiance and Foundation comics now, and the timeline here is confusing the crap out of me. Defiance #3 starts soon after #2, and yet there's serveral flashbacks in Foundation set between them. These overlapping stories are complicated. They're clearly connected because there's references to Defiance in Foundation.
I've tried my own version of events. I think it makes sense.

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #2 (pg. 4)
Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 7)


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Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 8)
Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #4 (pg. 1-3)
Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 9)


17,000 B.C.
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Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #3 (pg. 1-9)
Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #4 (pg. 4-12)
Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 10)

Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #3 (pg. 10-12)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Big Screen Edition Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:02:13) [OR THE COMIC ADAPTATION EQUIVALENT]

Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #4 (pg. 13-14)
Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #3 (pg. 13)
Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #4 (pg. 15-22)
Transformers: Tales of the Fallen #3 (pg. 14-20)


1?,??? B.C.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #1 (pg. 6-19)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #2 (pg. 5-20)

Transformers: Defiance #1
Transformers: Defiance #2 (pg. 5-22)
Transformers: Defiance #3
Transformers: Defiance #4
(pg. 1-6, 11-18)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #3 (pg. 4-18)

Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 19)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #4 (pg. 4-11)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:02:05) [OR THE COMIC ADAPTATION EQUIVALENT]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #4 (pg. 12-17)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #1 (pg. 1-5, 20-22)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #2 (pg. 1-3, 21-22)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #3 (pg. 1-3, 19-22)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Foundation #4 (pg. 1-3, 17-22)


10,000 B.C.
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Transformers: Defiance #4 (pg. 19-22)
 
The flashbacks in Foundation #1-2 are before Defiance, Defiance #1-4 is a continuous story, then Foundation #3-4's flashbacks depict the events of the autobots taking the All-Spark (seen in page 18-19 of Defiance), the present day of Foundation #1-4 is Optimus attempting to kill Megatron for Sentinel Prime's death, then Defiance page 19-22 is Megatron chasing the All-Spark to Earth during Movie Prequel #1.
 
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It's interesting how they interweave the All-Spark, the Fallen and Sentinel Prime into one story retroactively. It makes you think how they'd bend over backwards if they continued making these comics for Age of Extinction and The Last Knight.
 
The Bumblebee Prequel is canon to the Expanded Universe, which means that some version of AoE and TLK are canon.

Sector 7 #4 (Sergeant Donavan)
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Bumblebee Movie Prequel (Heath Donavan, son of WW2 Donavan)
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He even has Jetfire from RotF, who was shown to be active throughout the Sector 7 comic series. Since Bumblebee Movie Prequel is directly connected to Sector 7, which is directly connected to Transformers Movie Prequel... then Bumblebee lost his voice in 10,000 B.C., regained or replaced it, landed on Earth sometime before 1944, continued living on Earth to the 1960s, went back to space, lost his new voice, and then went back to Earth in 2003. This is the intention of the Bumblebee prequel comic, it must be because these are DIRECT, undeniable connections to the IDW timeline. There's a list of references on my timeline.

Oh, and if you're placing Bumblebee in a separate Timeline, why not make the last two pages of the prequel as 1987 (leading to an alt. version of Bumblebee in the Bayverse)?
 

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