United Kingdom

The United Kingdom, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or simply Britain, is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain (a term sometimes also loosely applied to the whole state), the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands.

Fiction[]

Generation 1 continuity family[]

Marvel Comics continuity[]

Marvel The Transformers comics[]

Some time in the past, the Man of Iron and his Navigator came to Earth while searching for the Ark and left their ship beneath the area that would one day become Stansham. There they remained, though the Man of Iron would occasionally leave the ship to visit the surface — in 1017 he encountered humans, including Godwin the Strongarm and Aethelric, and a further two sightings were recorded.

In 1984 a beacon from the ship attracted the attention of the earthbound Autobots and they took a shuttle to the United Kingdom to investigate. Upon arrival, Jazz kidnapped a human named Sammy Harker to provide the Autobots with intelligence about the local area, but they were attacked by the Decepticons, who had also followed the beacon to its source.

As battle raged above Stansham Castle, the Man of Iron emerged from his ship once more, only to be blown up by Thundercracker. Jazz destroyed the ship (inadvertently killing the Navigator) and the Transformers left the United Kingdom. Template:Storylink

About a year later they would return, seeking the source of an energy transmission that caused aspects of their personalities to reverse. Tracing the signal to a secret research facility Jazz and Starscream fought over Zeke Heilmann, a human who was stealing the core of PARD for his own nefarious purposes. In the ensuing battle both Zeke and the device were destroyed by Jazz. Template:Storylink

By 1987, the country was the home of the European branch of international anti-terrorism taskforce Action Force; their field leader Flint was an English soldier. They ended up battling alongside Grimlock, Blades and Centurion against a raging Megatron (or so they thought) in London's docklands. Centurion and Megatron fell into the River Thames. Template:Storylink

Richard Branson (or Mister Johnson) attempted to fish out the remains, only for Shockwave and the Seacons to swipe his catch. Template:Storylink

In 1990, Shockwave emerged from the sea off the coast of Blackpool where he paused only to squash a man and his dog before leaving for New Jersey to spy on Scorponok. Template:Storylink He later set up his Decepticon dissident base there. Template:Storylink

Transformers Comic-Magazin[]

As Scotland was an oil exporter, Glasgow came under heavy Decepticon attack in their attempt to seize all oil in one go. (I think you meant Aberdeen, guys.) The Autobots slowly pushed the Decepticons out. Template:Storylink

Fleetway Generation 2 comic[]

In 1994, Bludgeon led his forces to attack London with the intention of attracting Optimus Prime. The damage to the city was severe; even the Houses of Parliament were bombed. Optimus defeated Bludgeon only to face a returned Megatron, who handed his skidplate to him. Before he could finish off his old adversary, Megatron was attacked by Bludgeon's troops and Optimus was rescued by the Dinobots. The arrival of Jazz's group forced Megatron to escape with Starscream and Prime declared victory, though he advocated that the Autobots vacate the area to escape any human retaliation. Template:Storylink Template:Storylink

Marvel Generation 2 comic[]

London was one of the cities hit in the Decepticons' global slaughter. Template:Storylink

Generation 1 cartoon continuity[]

The Transformers cartoon[]

A group of Decepticons, the Autobots Warpath and Hoist, and Spike Witwicky ended up time-travelling to England in the 6th Century. Starscream got involved in a spat between local Sirs Wigend of Blackthorn and Aetheling the Red before seizing control from the former and attempting to conquer the latter's fiefdom, as well as messing about with history by creating gunpowder in Europe centuries early. Luckily, Spike and the Autobots stopped him.

We also learned England possesses the time-travelling site known as Dragon Mound, that plate armour existed far earlier than stuffy historians and their "facts" would tell us, and that dragons existed naturally in England. Template:Storylink

In the 20th Century the country had the dubious honour of big-game hunter and national stereotype Lord Chumley causing an international incident when he stole a top secret Soviet jet. The Autobots sorted it out and made a mess of his castle. Template:Storylink

Japanese cartoon continuity[]

Strangely, by this point in time, Britain was covered with the type of thick fog that hadn't been seen since the 1950s. It's almost like someone hadn't done any research.

Sixshot blackmailed the UK to hand over its energy or he would devastate London. It didn't, so he did. Template:Storylink

The Godmaster Lightfoot, heir to British Motors, was born in Britain. His father was unable to start a car company in England and so moved to that land of enterprise, Canada. Template:Storylink Champion racer and fellow Godmaster Road King also originated from the UK, having the nickname "the British Wolf".

Flight 308 from Mont Parta was captured by Blood off the coast of England, in the Strait of Dover. Template:Storylink Violating UK airspace was apparently a laugh, as the Decepticon Godmaster jets Hydra and Buster had fun zooming over London at high speeds before heading on to Japan. Template:Storylink

Wings Universe[]

Pyro Ignatius Spark was a citizen of the United Kingdom. When Clench's Decepticon Syndicate attempted to kidnap and ransom the Queen of England, Pyro was motivated to gather his own team of second generation Autobots to oppose the Syndicate. Template:Storylink

Battle Beneath the Ice[]

The United Kingdom would presumably be part of the Federation of Western Europe, something the EEC will turn into in the near future of 2000. Template:Storylink

Beast Wars: Uprising[]

Circa 1984, the Acton family took a trip to England, much to the ire of their son Noah, seeing a variety of historic landmarks. During their trip to the British Museum, Starscream led an attack on the facility to claim a statue of Amenhotep III that supposedly had magical powers. They also got a nifty paperweight. Template:Storylink

Unicron Trilogy[]

Energon cartoon[]

In the peaceful inter-war period, the Autobots built Plains City in England. It wasn't actually on a plain. Template:Storylink

Cybertron cartoon[]

While looking for the Omega Lock, the Autobots dug up around an ancient druid site. The area briefly became a battleground when Thundercracker and Starscream attacked. Template:Storylink

Later, Starscream's Ancient Decepticon army swarmed in the skies of the nation, spreading panic. Template:Storylink

Shattered Glass[]

The British want to invade the United States. Boo, hiss! Don't be too concerned, though. The queen knows that bombing land she wants to conquer is VERY counter-productive. Wonder why no one else thought of that. Template:Storylink

Animated cartoon[]

By the 22nd century, Wales was no longer a part of the UK and had become a U.S. State. At some prior point, diplomatic relations between the US and UK were broken before President Benito Caruso restored those ties. Template:Storylink

Aligned continuity family[]

Prime cartoon[]

During the search for Predacon remains, Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, and Bulkhead went to investigate Decepticon activity in Scotland. Template:Storylink Though they easily overcame the Vehicons searching there, Starscream and his Predacon were a different matter, and the Decepticons ultimately got away with the fossil they needed. Template:Storylink

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon[]

Fixit intercepted a Decepticon transmission coming from a remote island off the English coast and was excited to get a chance to visit, despite Bumblebee's warnings that dashing knights and chivalric adventures are only in the movies. Then they slayed a dragon! Template:Storylink

Spacewarp's Log[]

In the 31st century, a combined alliance of the Darkling Lord and Inhumanoids have conquered all mainland areas on earth. Arthur Pendragon reists them as the crowned king of The United Kingdom of Great Britain; Ireland; Iceland; Greenland; Australia; New Zealand; New Guinea; Madagascar; Cuba; Manhattan, Staten Island, and Long Island; the Canadian Island Territories; Japan; Borneo; Hispaniola; Svalbard; Tierra del Fuego; Puerto Rico; Indonesia; the Philippines; Sakhalin; and Taiwan, also known as the UK for short.