Sentinel Prime (Animated)

Sentinel Prime is a jerk an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.

"Where's the jerk who calls himself Sentinel Prime?"
"I am that jerk!"

Many times brash, leap-before-you-think types learn a lesson from their misadventures and use that knowledge to grow into more mature well-rounded fighters, even leadership roles. And sometimes they learn the wrong lesson (or the right lesson the wrong way) and turn out like Sentinel Prime (alternatively known as Sentinel Minor, Sentinel Major, and [sigh] Sentinel Magnus).

Sentinel was once one of the impulsive-types until a disastrous "unsanctioned" mission he'd suggested with best friends Optimus Prime and Elita-1 ended in the loss of Elita. Though both 'bots carried the grief, Sentinel blamed Optimus for abandoning her. When Optimus officially took the fall for the mission and Sentinel failed to speak up for his part of it, he placed his anger on his former friend and drove himself to climb the Autobot ranks into the Cybertron Elite Guard through strict adherence to military protocol.

The result is an Autobot who could be one of the Autobots' greatest assets but is such a jerk it's hard to see how. His expandable Skyboom Shield is virtually impenetrable and he's a strong combatant and utterly tenacious hunter. He seems to have Cybertron's best interests at heart... but his perception of "best interests" and how far he'll go for said interests is definitely skewed.

To his core, he's still the same smug act-first-think-later-maybe bot he was before, only far more focused. Despite the "stickler for the rules" aspect of his personality that has come from the loss of Elita, he seems to use the rules largely to bully his way of doing things on others, and struggles with perceived challenges to his authority. He really can't handle the unexpected thanks to a distinct lack of genuine field experience and inability to improvise like others in the Guard. Thanks to that one fateful trip to Archa Seven, he has a severe phobia of organics and burning desire to further humiliate Optimus. To his credit, he would never actively sabotage another Autobot... but he sure will make their lives a living hell if he thinks he can get away with it.

Don't mention his chin. He's a little touchy about it.

Fiction

Animated cartoon continuity

Voice actor: Townsend Coleman (English), Marty Isenberg (BotCon 2011), Jim Sorenson (BotCon 2015), Junichi Suwabe (Japanese), Alexander Kovrizhnykh (Russian), Peter Reinhardt (German), César Marchetti (Portuguese Seasons 1 and 2), Ricardo Teles (Portuguese Season 3), Bruno Magne (French), Ricardo Soto (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), Suso Álvarez (Castilian Spanish), Jari Salo (Finnish, episode one), Juha Paananen (Finnish, regular voice), Massimiliano Lotti (Italian, regular voice), Pietro Ubaldi (Italian, (Transform and Roll Out only)

"Watch out, Elita. Optimus gets a little wild when he's playing Beat Saber."

Sentinel was named and trained in Autobot boot camp by the drill sergeant Kup which is also where he met Optimus and Elita-1. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II During their studies, Elita and Sentinel observed Optimus battle Megatron in a virtual training program. Sentinel sneered when Optimus ultimately failed, but Ultra Magnus noted that Optimus had scored better than any Autobot thus far. Survival Skills

"You're gonna need tickets to—THE GUN SHOW!"

Sentinel took Optimus and Elita-1 on a mission to Archa Seven looking for an old Decepticon warship, hoping to get all the Energon stored within. However, they ran into a pack of massive arachnids. Sentinel tried to hold them off long enough for Optimus and Elita to escape. When he came across a ship that Optimus and Elita had found Optimus had to drag him away from the exploding energon forcing them to leave Elita-1 behind. Optimus's radar couldn't find Elita's energy signature, and he assumed that she was dead. A furious Sentinel blamed Optimus for what happened even though this whole disaster had been his idea. Jerk. Along Came a Spider When Ultra Magnus brought the two up on a military tribuna, Optimus gallantly took the fall — while Sentinel just stood there smirking. Endgame, Part I

After graduation from the Academy he received an official rank as Sentinel Minor, the drill officer for an Autobot training camp. Obviously compensating for being a jerk he took out his frustrations on recruits like Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ironhide, Longarm and Wasp. Busting their transistors at every turn, he liked to conduct surprise inspections and force the recruits to chant they were worthless grease stains. Of course, in Bumblebee's case the extra attention was not exactly unmerited, as the little glitch-head managed to get Sentinel's feelings on whether Ultra Magnus should retire from command broadcast across the camp. In the end, he commended Bumblebee for his role in discovering a seeming Decepticon traitor. Then Bumblebee reluctantly admitted to accidentally knocking a tower on him (actually covering for Bulkhead) and Sentinel gave him and his buddy the boot (to the mudflap's joy and the bumbler's anguish). Autoboot Camp

Years later, he was still a jerk, but a jerk with prestige, having been promoted to Sentinel Prime. When Optimus Prime rang up the Cybertron Elite Guard to tell them of the Decepticons in pursuit, he sneered that a screw-up like Optimus wasn't worth the attention of Ultra Magnus. Seeing a piped-through visual of the AllSpark from the cargo hold of their ship shut him up quickly enough. Transform and Roll Out

After the ship was lost, Sentinel found himself the only one who knew Optimus well enough to give him a eulogy. However, while his words were reasonably civil, his thoughts were not. Later, when Longarm pressed him to continue the search, Sentinel acted like an old man and told him some things are best left buried. Dispatches

When the snow starts a-falling, There's a man you should be calling...

Later, the Elite Guard visited Earth to reclaim the AllSpark. When Jazz decided to take a closer look at the humans, Sentinel warned that organics could spew out slime that melts through armor plating, deliberately goading Optimus Prime with memories of Elita-1's fate. He decontaminated Optimus Prime's crew after setting a force field around the ship. When he heard that they'd defeated Megatron and the Decepticons, he didn't believe Optimus, almost causing a fight between him and Bulkhead. Sentinel boasted to Ultra Magnus that he had taken the initiative and scanned some "typical" Earth vehicles so they would not draw undue attention. He had, in fact, scanned massive, destructive vehicles for them both.

En route to Dinobot Island, Sentinel further evidenced how subtlety obviously isn't his strong point by driving through a blockade and off an overpass still under construction. When he, Optimus and Magnus arrived, they encountered the Dinobots, and Sentinel began to attack, believing their technology was primitive. Grimlock's subsequent transformation caught him off guard. They then went back to the city to take care of malfunctioning police drones. Sentinel started to act like a jerk again, more worried about organic contamination, and vowed to see Optimus arraigned on charges of high treason, but Optimus had got enough of Sentinel's mouth and finally told him off, asserting that his former friend was on his turf now and should respect Optimus's decisions. Unsurprisingly, Sentinel was unmoved. Even when shown proof of the AllSpark not being destroyed, Sentinel's attitude did not change. He was thus rather surprised when Ultra Magnus said that Optimus had characteristics that Sentinel himself could stand to learn. The Elite Guard

Come one, come all! Join the merriment at the Cybertronian Renaissance Faire!

He's here to eat giant turkey legs and kick butt...and he's all out of giant turkey legs.

Not taking the criticism to heart at all, he continued to be a general jerk to Optimus, the local police, humans, and pretty much everyone. His comeuppance would soon come in the form of a humiliating body-jacking by the Headmaster. Putting his reputation (and his noggin) in Optimus Prime's hands, he trusted his comrade to help him get his body back without letting anybody else find out. In this state, he was slightly less condescending to Optimus, but it was hard to talk down to someone when reduced to a tenth his size. He still had choice words about Optimus's actions in the process of saving his body, however, such as ripping its arm off, using his head as a soccer ball, and taking the opportunity for some stress relief. Deep down, Optimus was enjoying himself.

After recovering his body, Sentinel had to face the embarrassing prospect of reporting to Ultra Magnus, but surprisingly enough, Optimus covered for him. It took every ounce of effort for the big guy to utter a "thank you" to his comrade later.

While in the Headmaster's possession, Sentinel's body's weapons were upgraded into more powerful forms. At the moment, it's not clear whether Sentinel got to keep the upgrades when the Headmaster Unit was separated. The Return of the Headmaster

Unfortunately, the whole Headmaster debacle still failed to purge Sentinel of even a dram of his jerk quotient. When Optimus protested Ultra Magnus's decision to have his crew join the rest of the Autobots off-Earth, Sentinel was quick to jump on Optimus, saying that no sign of Decepticon activity had been detected (failing to consider that the Decepticons had been dampening their signals). He even went so far as to bribe Optimus with an offer of reinstatement in the Elite Guard if he went along with the official story. Through all this, he was more than slightly keen to slap stasis cuffs on Optimus in order to get him to comply with Magnus's orders.

Will get owned again...

When the Elite Guard's ship detected an AllSpark fragment in a runaway passenger train (actually a trap set by Starscream), Sentinel was irritated to find that he had to stay behind and nursemaid "Maintenance Prime" while Ultra Magnus and Jazz set off to investigate. The situation got worse when, discovering Decepticon presence, Optimus goaded Sentinel into a blind attack and took the opportunity to slap the stasis cuffs on him. Poor sap... (snicker)

Sentinel eventually worked his way out of the cuffs and pursued Optimus to where the AllSparked train had stopped, threatening to have him tried and blacklisted for assaulting an Elite Guard, dismissing out of hand Optimus's justification of Decepticon involvement. Fortunately for Optimus, Megatron and Blitzwing chose that moment to blast Starscream to the ground in front of the Autobots.

"You're a jerk!"
"No, you!"
"No, YOU!"
Ummm... bad guy?"

Sentinel had to take more time than the other Elite Guards to rally; unlike Magnus and Optimus, he had never seen a Decepticon before. Initial dismay aside, Sentinel did manage to last longer than the other Autobots against Starscream's onslaught, but the only reason he didn't fall was that Optimus took the stasis cuffs Sentinel had brought with him (anticipating Optimus's formal arrest as he was) and slapped them onto Starscream. Sentinel still thought Optimus drew out that battle on purpose.

Afterwards, Magnus expressed admiration over Optimus's willingness to disregard what were clearly ill-informed orders—praise to which Sentinel, predictably, objected. This just earned him another chastisement from Magnus about how sometimes the right thing was to trust one's gut over the book. Shortly afterward, the Elite Guard departed for Cybertron. Sentinel could probably sigh in relief—no more looking worse than the "washout". Mission Accomplished As soon as they left Earth, Sentinel Prime was quick to ditch his snowplow alternate mode in favour of his original Cybertronian body. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

Unfortunately, while the Elite Guard was in deep space, Starscream managed to escape his stasis cuffs and get out of their ship. Being the jerk he is, Sentinel probably thinks Optimus is responsible for that happening. A Fistful of Energon Upon returning to Cybertron, Sentinel got saddled with training the twins Jetfire and Jetstorm (though he wanted to simply call them both "Jetfire"). Their new flying altmodes proved difficult to work into Sentinel's usual drill sergeant routine, since the twins could use them to easily bypass most training obstacles. Thankfully, their training was taken over by Jazz after their first battle exercise. First (and Second) in Flight Things only got worse for Sentinel, as his former trainee and convicted "traitor" Wasp escaped from prison. Pursuing the former Autobot across an asteroid field, Sentinel had a standoff with Wasp at a space bridge relay point. The escapee activated the space bridge, and, blinded by its energies, Sentinel assumed Wasp had gone through it to parts unknown. In reality, Wasp had mustered what little cunning his shattered mind had left and faked out the Elite Guard member by hiding behind the archway. As usual, Sentinel's deductive skills left something to be desired, so he returned to base. Autoboot Camp When Ultra Magnus announced that he planned on keeping his versatile Earth vehicle mode, Sentinel decided to reformat back into his Earth form too. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

Later, Sentinel, Magnus and Jazz took the Elite Guard's flagship to back up Rodimus Prime's team, who were defending space bridge 687-030 from a Decepticon raiding party. As the Elite Guard arrived, however, Megatron ordered all of his troops to withdraw, having changed his plans thanks to a recent acquisition. After returning to Cybertron, Sentinel and Jazz were ordered back into space to hunt down the "traitor" Wasp. TransWarped

Upon arriving in Earth orbit, Sentinel was contacted by an agitated Longarm Prime. Now head of Autobot Intel, Longarm was upset that Sentinel's ship had entered Earth Sector when Longarm had ordered that all contact with Earth be filtered through him first. Sentinel was annoyed, since Longarm had sent them to intercept Wasp in the first place. After Ultra Magnus cut in to explain, Sentinel confirmed for Longarm that no one had heard from Optimus Prime's crew in at least a decacycle.

Upon touchdown near Detroit, Sentinel was disgusted with yet another aspect of Earth: rain. He quickly proved he had no ability to handle rain-soaked pavement in vehicle mode, further bruising his ego. With their other crew members already dispatched to hunt for Wasp, he and Jazz arrived at the Earth Autobots' base just after Wasp (actually Bumblebee in a forced disguise) had departed from there. Sentinel was all for chewing out Optimus for not answering his comlink, and he didn't care about Optimus's "excuses", as he had a fugitive spy to catch. It didn't help that Optimus pointed out said spy had just slipped past Sentinel, then claimed that Longarm was the real spy. Disgusted with such a brazen, baseless accusation, Sentinel ordered Prime's group to stay out of his way, then he and Jazz departed. Jerk.

Eventually, he found Prime and Ratchet battling his new recruits, Jetstorm and Jetfire, whom they'd mistaken for Decepticons since the new pair could fly. Sure, he hadn't told Prime about them before, but that was Prime's fault for butting in on Elite Guard business. Prime still insisted Wasp wasn't a double agent, but Sentinel would hear none of it and ordered the jet twins to find Wasp again. While he struggled to avoid skidding on the pavement and keep pace with Jazz, Optimus and Ratchet, he got word from Jetstorm that he and Jetfire had found Wasp, but that Bulkhead and Prowl were apparently his cohorts. Prime continued attempting to persuade him that he was on the wrong track, but Sentinel was all for arresting everyone and letting Ultra Magnus sort it out.

Back at the Earth Autobots' base, "Bumblebee" tried to prove his identity by recounting the various ways he'd inconvenienced Sentinel during 'Bee's stint in boot camp—most of which Sentinel didn't remember. Sentinel quickly got fed up and ordered "Wasp" wheeled out, but then Bulkhead hit upon a sure-fire way to tell who was who: a versus round of Bumblebee's latest video game passion, Ninja Gladiator. Despite Sentinel's doubts, the real Wasp quickly revealed himself, taking 'Bee hostage and escaping. Jazz realized the full import of this revelation: The true Decepticon double agent was the head of Autobot Intel. Sentinel protested that Prime should have told him this in the first place. Where Is Thy Sting?

If only he had been kicked a little lower...

Remaining on Earth, Sentinel made contact with the bounty hunter Lockdown for a mutually beneficial arrangement: if Sentinel supplied him with parts from the Elite Guard ship, Lockdown would turn over Decepticons to Sentinel and let him take the credit. His ego overriding his sense of superiority, Sentinel agreed, bringing the captured Decepticons and taking all the credit. Only the twins believed that Sentinel was really making the captures alone, especially as Sentinel was both vague and defensive about how he captured the Decepticons. Finally, Lockdown needed a gyrostabilizer from the ship, in exchange for the Liar Starscream. Prowl followed Sentinel, and discovered the arrangement, but was betrayed by Lockdown and the clone, and placed in stasis cuffs. Despite using Sentinel as a hostage, the Autobots showed little restraint in attacking, even though they only succeeded in hurting Sentinel. The battle ended with Sentinel being driven into the ground head first. After establishing contact with Cybertron, the Autobots learned that Ultra Magnus had been attacked by Shockwave, but was recovering. Optimus decided not to inform Cybertron Command of Sentinel's misconduct, but instead gave sole credit for the captures to Prowl. Even though he wasn't going to be court-martialled, Sentinel was still displeased that he didn't get a single ounce of credit. Annoyed, Optimus reminded him that there were more important things than his ego, but gave Sentinel fair warning: when smoke clears, there will be a reckoning. Five Servos of Doom

Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care!

Even knowing Wasp was innocent, Sentinel continued to pursue the 'bot, leading to a chase through the streets of Detroit as Optimus and Bumblebee attempted to reach him first. When they did, a jurisdictional argument between Optimus and Sentinel allowed Wasp to slip away... only for him to be flown away by a Dinobot. Despite Optimus warning Sentinel off, Sentinel pursued them to Dinobot Island under Safeguard in his own... unique... manner.

This is not the kind of romantic couple you were expecting.

Bulling past the Dinobots, Sentinel entered the laboratory inside... to be confronted by what Elita-1 had become, and the experiment she was undertaking on Wasp. Blackarachnia's existence as a technorganic disgusted him to the deepest core of his spark, and he wished she had gone offline on Archa Seven. In return, after the emergence of the technorganic "Waspinator", she attempted to drain him dry. He was saved by a pursuing Optimus, and shortly afterward Blackarachnia was transwarped to apparent oblivion by the exploding Waspinator. Sentinel walked off without a word.

As he was set for departure to Cybertron to take his place as acting Magnus, he discussed what had happened with Optimus, and admitted that they should never have gone to the spider-planet in the first place. Predacons Rising

"Jazz old friend, I don't know which disgusts me more: Your cowardice or your stupidity! We'll simply set a new course for that empty region over there. Near that blackish, holish thing."

On the trip back to Cybertron, after a failed interrogation of the Decepticon prisoners, he was contacted by Perceptor, Alpha Trion and Cliffjumper, to inform him that the Autobot High Council intended to make the news of the attack on Ultra Magnus public. Sentinel was unhappy about this, but they reminded him that the decision was for the full Council to make, and that his "taking control" as acting Magnus was premature, since Ultra Magnus was still online, albeit on spark support; and Cliffjumper wound him up further by reminding him that Prowl, not SP, had been given credit for the capture of the Decepticon prisoners. As a result, he took his frustrations out on Jazz, ordering him to take the Steelhaven to full power—even after Jazz reminded him it would use up all their energon—and to steer through a stormy nebula. Jerk.

The effect of the electrical storms on the ship then caused Swindle to be freed of his transformation lock, and in turn he freed the other prisoners. They then attacked the bridge, and with Sentinel refusing to contact Cybertron and let them know what his mistake had wrought, he sent a coded message to Optimus Prime, asking for help shortly before they were all captured. Optimus then transwarped in through Swindle's personal storage dimension. During the whole ordeal, Optimus refused to obey a single order from Sentinel and used him as a bludgeon to knock Lugnut away. However, he made up for that by coming up with a plan to defeat the remaining Decepticons and save the day. Chastened, even Sentinel had to admit Optimus had done a good job and offered him the position on the Elite Guard he would have to vacate to become Magnus, although Optimus declined. He then dropped Optimus back on Earth, and they mutually saluted in goodbye.

Finally arriving at Cybertron, Sentinel proceeded to lead a parade across Cybertron in his own honour, urging the cheering throngs to accept him as their Magnus. Decepticon Air

He's the Decider!

Sentinel Prime immediately began putting out propaganda warning Autobots that anyone they knew could be a Decepticon spy, began shutting down facilities like Maccadam's Old Oil House as a security measure, and started viewing any challenge to him as treason. When the Decepticon-occupied Omega Supreme appeared in the skies above Cybertron, Sentinel immediately advocated firing on it, ignoring a displaced Ratchet's warnings that Omega was so transwarp-saturated that this would take out the planet.

Ratchet's opposition led to Sentinel having him hunted down for treason. Jerkier still, Sentinel prepared to fire on Omega while the Council were still discussing the matter, and he lied to them about his intentions. Luckily, when he did have the Elite Guard's Fortress Maximus fire on the titan, the Decepticons transwarped away. Sentinel brushed off the Council's ire and tried to take Ultra Magnus' salvaged hammer from Ratchet, attempting to pursue and arrest the medic when Ratchet simply took the hammer with him back to Earth. Jazz volunteered to go instead, taking the opportunity to get out from under Sentinel's command. This Is Why I Hate Machines

The end of an error.

Soon, Sentinel would have to swallow his pride when Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron with his crew, with captured Megatron, Shockwave, and Lugnut, and with three reclaimed stasis pods—in Omega Supreme, no less! He stood glowering as the cheering throngs unwashed masses surrounded his rival. Endgame, Part II

When an ancient Decepticon weapon made its way to Fortress Maximus, Sentinel was more concerned about a now-adolescent Sari and Arcee slipping past security than the fact that the photon pulse cannon was self-activating and aiming at Iacon. Fortunately for him, Sari's quick thinking was able to contain the menace. The Return of Blurr

With Optimus Prime being hailed as "Cybertron's greatest hero", Sentinel tried to borrow some credit for the Decepticons' capture by arranging for them to be held in Trypticon Prison, Megatron's old fortress in Kaon. He also agreed to have a stunt show set up in view of the prison, with Autobot actors openly mocking the Decepticon leaders with their act. Of course, Sentinel Magnus's "actors" turned out to be Decepticons in disguise, orchestrating an elaborate plot to free Megatron from Trypticon Prison right out from under Sentinel's olfactory receptors.

History would vindicate his actions! The Stunti-Con Job

Jerk.

Sentinel Shouting

I was elected to lead, not to read!

After Swindle was fired, Rook—searching for someone "earnest" and "straightforward"—hired Sentinel Minor as the third ad hoc replacement for the missing Vector Prime.

This worked out about as well as you'd expect.

As a columnist, Sentinel spent most of his time lecturing his readers about the values of Autobot boot camp and what he'd do if he became Magnus. He walked out the minute he learned he was communicating with organics. Sentinel Shouting

Legends comic

Sometime following his rise to Magnus, Sentinel issued an alert that the dangerous fugitive Slipstream was loose on Cybertron and demanded she be captured. Bonus Edition Vol. 16

The Cool comic

"Don't try to play dumb! Am I right, Lord Elion Ultra Magnus?"

Years ago, after losing their friend Elita-1 on a distant planet, Sentinel and Optimus immediately formed a rescue party to save her. Despite all their searching, however, they were unable to find her and were forced to give up. The Cool Episode 4

Sentinel Prime was later present when Optimus Prime was discharged from the Elite Guard by Ultra Magnus. The Cool Extra issue 1

Sentinel later traveled with the Elite Guard to Earth in order to extract an explanation from Optimus Prime regarding why he had yet to return to Cybertron with his crew. Sentinel looked obnoxiously smug, of course. The Cool Episode 5

On Cybertron, Sentinel joined a throng of Autobot citizens in welcoming the victorious Optimus Prime and his Autobots back home. Sentinel remarked to himself that Optimus and his crew had finally returned... as heroes. The Cool Episode Final

Kre-O comic

We won't.

When Earth's five most wanted criminals attacked Autobot City, the Headmaster took over Sentinel Prime's body. After the villains were repelled, the Autobots put Sentinel's head on a small, wheeled body. The Brick List: Earth's Most Wanted

Precursor World

A Warrior of the Seven Lights resembling Sentinel Prime was a member of the Blue Order of the Primus Vanguard. When the traitorous Straxus twins unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, he was on the receiving end of some friendly fire in the ensuing brawl. God Neptune comic 1

Toys

Animated

The jerk store called, they're running out of him.

• Sentinel Prime (Deluxe Class, 2008 / 2010)

• Takara name: Autobot Sentinel
• Takara ID number: TA-28
• Takara release date: July 24, 2010
• Accessories: Lance, "Skyboom shield"
• Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Alex Kubalsky (TakaraTomy), Derrick J. Wyatt (concept artist)

Released in the fourth wave of Animated Deluxes, Sentinel Prime transforms into a metallic blue monster-truck snowplow. In robot mode, he is armed with his Skyboom shield and lance; either item can fit in either of his hands, and the shield has a ring mount to allow the lance to attach to it for transporting on the back of the vehicle mode. Surprisingly for an otherwise pointy object, the lance is actually cast in hard plastic. The weapons are also painted blue rather than cast in translucent plastic, an unusual choice for modern "energy" weapons. The toy also has an abandoned light-piping gimmick: not only are the eyes painted over, but the eye-piece is cast in black plastic, making it useless.

Unfortunately, due to being released in the Deluxe size class, the Sentinel toy is technically incompatible with the Headmaster accessory, which is only designed to work with Leader-class toys. You actually can wedge it on to him quite snugly, though.

Due to a quirk of the transformation process, the plow on the front of the truck can be angled left or right, just as on real-world snowplows. Also, if you're the type that really goes for show-accuracy, the antenna on the left side of Sentinel Prime's robot mode head can be tilted back and forth, just like he did in the episode "Predacons Rising". That's some mighty fine scannin', Sentinel!

Takara also released Sentinel in the sixth wave of their Animated toyline years later. Like most of the Takara line, "Autobot Sentinel" has been given a more extensive (and shinier) paint job, including painted wheel rims, and coating all of his orange plastics in metallic orange overspray. In a surprising reversal from the norm, this release of the figure uses softer, rubbery plastic on the lance rather than the harder plastic of the Hasbro release.

• More information on Sentinel Prime at TFU.info

Kre-O

• Earth's Most Wanted (Kreon multi-pack, 2015)

• Accessories: Sword

Kre-O Sentinel Prime is the only Kreon in the "Earth's Most Wanted" pack of a character who is neither human nor Earth-built, yet is included due to his relation to the Headmaster. He uses Kre-O Prowl's helmet and carries a sword. As with the others in his set, he and Headmaster come with a flat Kreon stand. He uses the 2015-style Kreon build type.

As both he and the Headmaster are Kreons, you can of course remove Sentinel's head and replace it with that of the Headmaster if that floats your boat.

Notes

Spooooon!!

• Marty Isenberg's love of M*A*S*H was the reason Sentinel Prime is a jerk; he believed that the Transformers universe "needed a Major Frank Burns".^[1] Conceived as "Rodimus Prime", Hasbro did not like the idea of Rodimus being a jerk, so the character was shifted to being "Sentinel Prime".^[2]
• Sentinel Prime is voiced by Townsend Coleman, who provided the voice of the Tick in his 1990s animated series. After he was cast, Sentinel Prime was designed to homage the Tick with his blue coloration and pronounced chin (even by normal Animated standards!).^[2] The writers ran further with it, having him utter silly, Tick-esque lines like "Energon-y goodness!"
• At the time "Transform and Roll Out" went into production, the only part of Sentinel Prime that had been fully designed was his head.^[2] However, this turned out to be a non-final design; in his subsequent appearances, Sentinel's head is shorter and squatter, with a more bulbous chin and dark grey instead of white. He also has a set of extra smoke stacks/antennae on his shoulders, which would vanish during his first full-body appearance.
• In the planned season 4 of Animated, Sentinel would try to secure his position as Sentinel Magnus after Megatron's escape from prison and the death of Ultra Magnus, first by commissioning a Powermaster upgrade for himself from the Project Omega team, then by invading Earth with the intent of using the collected AllSpark fragments to defeat Megatron. Optimus would steal Sentinel's Powermaster upgrade and travel to Earth to stop Sentinel from making a huge mistake. Had the "Powermaster Optimus Prime" toy been completed, designers vaguely planned, if at all possible, for it to also be compatible with the Sentinel Prime toy.^[3]
• Sentinel Prime's animation model and toy served as raw material for informal mockups of how Ironhide's Earth form would look in Season 4. Ironhide's actual appearance and toy, would they have been completed, would have resulted in an entirely new look and action figure.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Sentinel (センチネル Senchineru)
• Portuguese: Sentinela Prime (Brazil, "Sentinel Prime")

References