Spark (Transformers) - Transformers: Prime

Transformers: Prime

The role of the All-spark is similar to that of its movie and Animated counterparts, save that did not give life to Cybertron and the Transformer race, as Primus did instead, as such the Allspark is just a device the generates them and energon is the "blood" of Primus, rather than an energy source created by the Allspark. The All-Spark's current fate is unknown and has not appeared physically in any Prime-related fiction yet, so it's unknown weither it's a cube, like in the movie, or a sphere, like in Animated. Energon cubes appear in the 2010 video game Transformers: War for Cybertron and the 2012 game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron as items used to power-up players.

In Transformers: Exodus, the AllSpark resides in the "Well of All Sparks" on Cybertron, where it carried out the will of Primus by creating every Cybertronian life. When the Autobot/Decepticon war erupted, however, the AllSpark briefly ceased to produce life in a seeming act of divine rebellion, only to apparently change its mind and create one final generation — including Bumblebee—who entirely joined the Autobots. As the Decepticons besieged Iacon, Optimus Prime made the decision to eject the AllSpark into space. After the war had drained Cybertron of energon, forcing the Autobots and Decepticons to depart the planet, the Autobot Ark emerged from the space bridge to an unknown spiral galaxy, and detected the energy of the AllSpark nearby.

In Transformers: Prime, the Autobots and the Decepticons are in a race to retrieve deposits of Energon from Earth. Energon is used as a power source and as ammunition. Energon is also revealed to be unsafe for humans. Energon itself is made from the essence of Primus. It is also revealed that the reason the Energon deposits are on Earth in the first place is because they were hidden away on Earth and other planets during the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons on Cybertron.

A darker version of Energon called Dark Energon (also known as the Blood of Unicron) is also known to exist. Megatron is the only major user of Dark Energon. The power can bring dead Cybertronians back to life as zombie-like Terrorcons. Dark Energon can also strengthen a Transformer like it did with Megatron. It is revealed at the end of season one that Earth's mantle is really made of Dark Energon. In "Flying Mind," Megatron used Dark Energon to automatically heal the Nemesis. A side effect of this caused the Nemesis to develop a mind of its own and use its stasis guns to freeze the Autobots and Decepticons. Once the Dark Energon was drained from the Nemesis by Jack, Miko, and Raf, the Nemesis' artificial intelligence went dormant. In "Alpha: Omega," Megatron exhumed the arm of a Prime and used the Forge of Solus Prime to forge a shard of Dark Energon into the Dark Star Saber.

In "T.M.I." and "Stronger, Faster", it was at one point indicated that a synthetic version of Energon existed. The formula for creating Synthetic Energon was partially recovered, and an attempt to produce it was made by Ratchet. However, it proved to have detrimental effects on his mental state even while it enhanced his physical capabilities. Ratchet stated he would continue in his attempts to produce a stable, non-harmful version of it, but no further references have been made to his attempts. The selfsame episode also indicated that Decepticon medic Knock Out may have gotten a hold of a sample of the Synthetic Energon substance, but there has yet to be any revelation on whether or not he has made any progress in replicating the Synthetic Energon.

A type of Energon called Tox-En debuted in "Toxicity." It is a poisonous version of Energon, for which prolonged exposure is lethal to all Cybertronians. Megatron once used a refined version to decimate an army of Autobots. A container that was filled with Tox-En was among the artifacts from the Vault of Iacon, which was found somewhere in the Equator. Another type of Energon called Red Energon debuted in "New Recruit." It is a type of Energon which can give the user hyper-speed. After being dug up by humans, Starscream managed to claim a sample of Red Energon during a fight against the Autobots.

Multiple characters have sworn by and in the name of the AllSpark. Ratchet said "What in the Allspark is going on here?" in the episode Masters and Students. In "One Shall Rise" three-parter, the Earth's core reveal to be the spark chamber of the chaos-bringer Unicron. Dreadwing has mentioned the Pit several times. In "Loose Cannons", Dreadwing says, "Then, by the pit, every Autobot will pay (for his twin Skyquake's demise)." In "Triangulation", when Starscream mistakes Dreadwing for his deceased brother Skyquake, Dreadwing corrects Starscream by saying his brother's spark is now one with the Allspark. Dreadwing curses the Autobots to the Pit for the destruction of their home-planet, Cybertron in "Alpha/Omega". Later in that episode, Optimus, upon seeing Megatron with a Dark Star Saber and a new hand, says "By the All-spark Megatron, what have you done?". In "Regeneration", Optimus stated that the Omega Lock connected directly to the "Allspark of Cybertron".

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