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Optimus Prime

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Optimus Prime

The Autobot leader who transforms into a surprisingly normal truck/Mythical & Fictional

Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots in the Transformers franchise, a sentient robot from the planet Cybertron who transforms into a Freightliner FL86 cab-over-engine truck (in the original 1984 cartoon) or a Peterbilt 379 (in the Michael Bay films). Standing about 8.5 meters tall in robot form, he wields the Matrix of Leadership and has died and been resurrected so many times that it has become a running joke in the fandom. Despite being a 4,300-kilogram alien robot wielding an energon axe, his primary character trait is making inspirational speeches about freedom.

Measurements

Height (robot form)8.5 m
2.2 thousandthsAkashi Kaikyo spans
34Wrench lengths
Mass4,300 kg
1.7 millionUS pennies
293 millionthsBrooklyn Bridge masses
Truck form length8 m
26.7 millionUV-B wavelengths
1.6SUV lengths
9.5 hundredthsOlympic straights

Peterbilt 379 cab with trailer

Running speed20 m/s
13.3River currents
2 hundredthsSR-71 Blackbirds
672 millionthsEarth orbit speeds

Estimated from animated appearances

Energon axe length2.5 m
2.4 hundredthsSoccer pitches
25 billionX-ray wavelengths
250,000Dust particles
Estimated power output5 million W
2Wind turbines
5 trillionQuartz watches
4.1 thousandthsFlux capacitors

Based on feats in various media

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