The original Generation 1 cartoon introduced the laser core as a crucial component of Cybertronian anatomy, and the later episodes " Starscream's Brigade" and " B.O.T." featured personality components that governed a Transformer's ability to think, speak, and emote.Įarly drafts of The Transformers: The Movie featured "Life Sparks", which were small glowing versions of the Transformers to whom they belonged. Although the word "spark" did appear offhandedly in some Generation 1 comic stories (a "spark of life", a "life spark", "Let no spark remain flickering in a single Autobot microchip!", "For as long as a spark exists within a single Mechabot."), these were clearly metaphorical statements and otherwise unconnected to the concept that would eventually evolve. Issue #10 of the original Marvel comic introduced the brain module as the core of Cybertronian life, which could only be manufactured and activated with the help of the life-giving Creation Matrix-without one, the resulting Transformer would be a mindless, emotionless automaton, functional but not truly "alive". The Marvel comic introduced the brain module as the "core" of Transformer life.Īlthough the Beast Wars cartoon was the first piece of Transformers media to introduce and codify the nature of the spark and its role in Cybertronian physiology, various works of " Generation 1" fiction had presented a number of similar concepts and ideas to prove that the Transformers were true "living beings" and not just simple machines acting out preprogrammed directives. 3.7.1 Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity.3.3.1 Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity.3.1.12 War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon.3.1.10 Power of the Primes marketing material.3.1.3 Dreamwave Generation One continuity.3.1.2 Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity.Rhinox being all mystical, " The Spark" When one is extinguished, the universe weeps. When a spark goes online, there is great joy.
As long as the spark is intact, however, it is possible to repair a Transformer, re-implant its spark, and effectively bring them "back from the dead". When a Transformer's body can no longer support its spark, it is "extinguished" and the Transformer is considered dead.
Sparks can be safely stored in stasis pods, "frozen" within photonic crystals, or even transplanted from one body to another with no ill effects, but they are susceptible to weaponsfire and exotic forms of radiation. In most realities, Cybertronian reproduction involves the creation of a new spark, whether through sacred implements or more conventional means, which can be implanted into a suitable body to become a new Transformer. To protect their sparks, which usually can't survive outside of a compatible body for very long, most Cybertronians possess a specialized "spark chamber" somewhere in their body.Ī spark contains the hard-coded design schematics that act as a Transformer's "genetic code", which dictates a Transformer's appearance and sometimes even their alternate modes. Indeed, most Cybertronian religions hold that each spark contains an infinitesimally small portion of Primus's divine essence. Like a heart, a Spark "pulses" at a certain frequency to animate a mechanical bodyframe like a soul, a spark is generally accepted to contain some part of a Transformer's immaterial being, which persists after death by transcending into the afterlife. Sparks come in a wide range of colors-though most are some shade of blue, green, yellow, orange, white, or even red sparks have all been observed-but while their appearances may vary, every spark functions as a combined heart and soul for an individual Cybertronian. The spark is the core of Transformer life, an electrically charged mass of positrons formed from the supernatural substance known as Rarified Energon.
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