Nemesis Prime
Nemesis Prime is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series. He is usually depicted as an evil Decepticon who is a black version of Optimus Prime. He should not be confused with Scourge, a similar character.
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Transformers: Armada
Nemesis Prime was introduced in 2003 as part of the Armada line. He has a Mini-Con partner named Run-Over.
Toys
- Armada Deluxe Nemesis Prime with Run-Over (2003)
Transfomers: Universe
Nemesis Prime of the 2004 Universe line is the form taken by Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime after being defeated by Megazarak and tortured by Unicron. He later took on the name Black Convoy. In Japan he is known as Convoy Super Black.
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Set free by the black hole created by Unicron's death in Transformers: Cybertron, Nemesis Prime and Ramjet journeyed to the nearly deserted Cybertron. Attacking Alpha Trion, Vector Prime and their dimensionally displaced ally Sentinel Maximus, their sinister plan was soon revealed - they intended to use the Dead Matrix to drain the lifeforce of Primus himself and use it to revive their master Unicron.
Using the undead Dark Scorponok as a weapon against the damaged Alpha Trion and manipulating Skyfall to their side, Ramjet and Nemesis Prime led an attack on Primus' Spark chamber, only to be confronted by Sentinel Maximus and Vector Prime. As Ramjet and Vector Prime duelled high above Cybertron, Nemesis Prime entered the Spark chamber of Primus, only to be confronted by a very unexpected foe - Omega Prime, who stopped him draining all of Primus' lifeforce. Prime then split into Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, with Magnus battling and defeating the Herald of Unicron, forcibly putting him into stasis, while his brother attended to Primus. With Ramjet defeated and exiled to another dimension by Vector Prime it seemed that the Heralds' quest was a failure. But unbeknownst to all the Dead Matrix was stolen by Soundwave, who tossed it into the Unicron-created black hole. There what energy it had been able to siphon from Primus reacted with the dead spark of Unicron, and the Chaos-Bringer was born again.[1]
Toys
- Universe Ultra Nemesis Prime (2004)
- A recolor of Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy.
- Alternity A-01 Convoy Super Black (2009)
Transformers: Generation 1
The Nemesis Prime of the Generation 1 portion of the Transformers series was introduced in 2006 as Alternators Nemesis Prime. In Japan he is known as Black Convoy.
Fictional biography
Universe Nemesis Prime: Broken by a nightmare eternity of torture at the hands of Straxus, Nemesis Prime does not remember what he was before he was this. He is the culmination of a grand plan never realized by Straxus before his destruction; a lowly warrior reconstructed to be the very image of Optimus Prime. Imprinted with memory engrams and combat algorithms recovered from hundreds of sources, he possesses much of the knowledge of the Autobot leader, but without any framework by which to organize it. Despite his incredible power, he is deeply unstable, a threat to Decepticons and Autobots alike. He cowers in the shadows of Cybertron, living only to stalk and destroy his fellow Transformers.
Generations Nemesis Prime with Spinister: The silent assassin Spinister is more intelligent than most Decepticon lackeys. Subtle enough to keep his personal agenda a secret from his superiors, he was last seen traveling to Cybertron in the company of Nemesis Prime, dark clone of Optimus Prime and servant of the World Eater Unicron. Although the purpose of their alliance remains a mystery, their success can only spell disaster for the Autobots and their allies on Earth.
Toys
- Alternators Nemesis Prime (2006)
- Universe Nemesis Prime (2008)
- Masterpiece Black Convoy (2013)
- Generations Legends Nemesis Prime with Spinister (2014)
External links
- http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm
- http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm
- http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/SDCCNemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm
- http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenNemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm
- ↑ Forest Lee and Dan Khanna (w), Forest Lee (p). Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act 1 (April 2007), IDW Publishing
