California
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California is a state on the western coast of the United States of America, located south of Oregon as well bordering Nevada and Arizona on its east side. It is home to the unfortunate city of San Francisco, which usually suffers massive damage at the hands of the Transformers, alongside Los Angeles.
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Fiction
Generation 1 continuity family
The Transformers cartoon
When Daniel Witwicky and Grimlock wandered off from a diplomatic event the Autobots were hosting, they found themselves in a room which transported them from Cybertron to Menonia. Upon discovering the strange environment that they were in, Grimlock speculated that they were in California. Daniel pointed out that California, while strange, was not that strange. Madman's Paradise
Dinobot War
You visited Disneyland but were accidentally transported four million years into California's past by a time-sphere. There you and the Dinobots battled Ravage and Laserbeak before you managed to return to present day California. Dinobot War
Marvel Generation 2 comic
Jhiaxus annihilated San Francisco, pretty much just because he could. Tales of Earth Part Eight
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
Megatron had secreted Devastator in the San Francisco Bay years ago, and reactivated him to distract the Autobots while his metal virus cyberformed Earth. San Francisco suffered heavy damage from Devastator, and then even MORE damage when, after Optimus Prime defeated Devastator, the rest of the Decepticons arrived and another fight broke out. In the end General Hallo tried to nuke the city to wipe out the Transformers, but Superion detonated the warhead over the ocean. While San Francisco wasn't vaporized, it WAS hit with a tidal wave caused by the explosion, causing further damage to the already ruined city. Prime Directive Apparently, Pat Lee doesn't like San Francisco.
2005 IDW continuity
Both San Francisco and San Diego came under Decepticon attack. These cities weren't important enough for the attacks to be shown on-panel. All Hail Megatron #3
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Following World War I, Destro moved his castle, brick by brick, to California and ghost proofed it. In the closing days of the 20th century, Cobra Commander visited Destro at the castle and presented him with a literal pyramid of cash to convince him to become a Cobra exclusive arms dealer. Stick To Your Guns
Shattered Glass
In this universe, there is a sea where California is supposed to be. Do Over This is due to World War III occurring during the 1980s. In 1988 there was some kind of hostile cataclysmic attack as part of the war that destroyed the Western seaboard of the US and sent most of it underwater. Eye in the Sky
Panini Armada comics
The Air Defense Mini-Con Team snuck into a NASA facility in California in search of a spacecraft that could take them off Earth. 'We Are Not Alone!'
Live-action film series
On June 16, 1982 Starscream was caught transforming on camera in Sacramento, California.
The city of Tranquility appears to be located in the northern part of California.[1] It does not nearly suffer as much as San Francisco, however.
After crash-landing in California in 1987 and being wounded by Blitzwing, the injured Bumblebee eventually found his way to the small coastal town of Brighton Falls, befriending Charlie Watson in the process before departing with Optimus Prime. Bumblebee
Titan movie comics
The final battle for the AllSpark took place in Los Angeles. The result were all but one of the Decepticons dead, mass destruction, and AllSpark Mutations running amok and killing people. Starscream solved this last problem by killing them all for their AllSpark energy...
...which he used to create zombie Decepticons, restarting the battle and causing more damage. Why couldn't this crap have happened to Mission City or somewhere like that?! Starscream's Militia
Marcus Castor held an anti-Cybertronian protest in San Jose at the Tech Museum of Innovation. While Ratchet and Ironhide turned up to try and reassure the humans, Starscream and Barricade turned up to do the reverse. Automatic for the People
Alternate timeline
In a divergent timeline, the Decepticons succeeded at Mission City and conquered the United States. Following the liberation of America, San Diego's naval bases were once again operational. This led to attacks by Decepticon drones, attempting to prevent America's military infrastructure being rebuilt, and Ironhide and Longarm barely held them off. Dark Spark
Notes
- California is where many Transformers shows and films are made, recorded and produced, specifically in Los Angeles.
References
- ↑ Though most sources leave Tranquility's exact location ambiguous, the Glu Transformers mobile game shows it in northern California, while at least one other source places it in Nevada.
External links
- California at Wikipedia
- California at the IDW Hasbro Wiki