The year1985 (MCMLXXXV) is the second year of theTransformers brand.

"Looks like someone's still preoccupied with 1985."

For further information, see:Transformers timeline

Events

Non Fiction

• 20 years before the merger withTakara, Tomy's US branch registers the name "Scrapper" as atrademark in the "toys" field. This same year,Hasbro releases aConstructicon ofthe same name. This presumably does not result in any repercussions for Hasbro.
• GiG abandons theTrasformer line and instead re-releases the toys in actual Transformers packaging.
• The rap group,A Tribe Called Quest was formed.
• July 3 —Back to the Future is first released in theatres.

The Transformers production

Season 2

• January 4 -The Insecticon Syndrome script revised byRon Friedman.
• January 7 -Atlantis, Arise! first draft storyboards completed.
• January 7 -Dinobot Island, Part 1 first draft script submitted.
• January 8 -The Autobot Run main dialogue session recording.
• January 8 -Atlantis, Arise! main dialogue session recording.
• January 9 -Dinobot Island, Part 2 first draft script submitted.
• January 10 -Atlantis, Arise! storyboards slugged
• January 13 -Dinobot Island, Part 1 script revised byRon Friedman.
• January 15 -Enter the Nightbird main dialogue recording,Dinobot Island, Part 2 script revised byRon Friedman, voice actor auditions for new season 2 character take place.
• January 23 -Atlantis, Arise! storyboards revised
• January 25 -The Master Builders (episode) first draft script submitted,Atlantis, Arise! production material shipped toToei Animation
• January 28 -The Core main dialogue session recording.
• January 30 -The Master Builders (episode) script revised (computerised, editor unknown).
• January 31 -Dinobot Island, Part 1 first draft storyboards completed,The Master Builders (episode) script revised byRon Friedman,Auto Berserk first draft script submitted.
• February 1 -Auto Berserk script revised (computerised, editor unknown).
• February 4 -Dinobot Island, Part 1 main dialogue session recording.
• February 9 -Auto Berserk script revised byRon Friedman.
• February 11 -The Master Builders (episode) main dialogue session recording.
• February 12 -Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 first draft script submitted.
• February 15 -Dinobot Island, Part 1 storyboards slugged,Microbots first draft script submitted.
• February 17 -Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 script revised byRon Friedman.
• February 20 -Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 first draft script submitted.
• February 21 -Dinobot Island, Part 1 storyboards revised, shipped to Toei onFebruary 22
• February 25 -Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1 first draft script submitted.
• March 4 -Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2 first draft script submitted.
• March 7 -Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2 script revised byRon Friedman.
• March 8 -A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode) first draft script submitted.
• March 11 -Make Tracks first draft script submitted.
• March 13 -Blaster Blues first draft script submitted and first draft storyboards completed.
• March 13 -A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode) script revised byRon Friedman.
• March 14 -Make Tracks script revised byRon Friedman.
• March 15 -The God Gambit first draft script submitted.
• March 18 -Blaster Blues script revised byRon Friedman.
• March 19 -The God Gambit script revised byRon Friedman.
• March 29 -The Golden Lagoon (episode) first draft script submitted.
• April 4 -The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode) first draft script submitted.
• April 16 -Blaster Blues main dialogue session recording.
• April 17 -Quest for Survival first draft script submitted,The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode) main dialogue session recording.
• April 22 -Child's Play first draft script submitted and first draft storyboards completed.
• April 26 -Blaster Blues storyboards revised,Arthur Burghardt pickup recording session forThe Secret of Omega Supreme (episode).
• May 1 -Blaster Blues storyboards slugged.
• May 2 -Child's Play main dialogue session recording.
• May 10 -Kremzeek! andPrime Target first draft scripts submitted.
• May 13 -The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode) first draft storyboards completed, slugged onMay 15.
• May 17 -Blaster Blues final storyboard revision, shipped to Toei onMay 20,The Gambler first draft script submitted.
• May 23 -Triple Takeover first draft script submitted.
• May 28 -Sea Change first draft script submitted.
• May 30 -Sea Change script revised byDouglas Booth.
• May 31 -Auto-Bop first draft script submitted.
• June 4 -Child's Play storyboards revised.
• June 6 -The Girl Who Loved Powerglide first draft script submitted.
• June 7 -Child's Play storyboards slugged
• June 8 -Sea Change first draft storyboards completed.
• June 10 -Triple Takeover main dialogue recording session.
• June 20 -Sea Change main dialogue recording session.
• June 28 -The Search for Alpha Trion first draft script submitted.
• July 31 -Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode) first draft script submitted.
• August 16 -Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode) main dialogue recording session.
• September 4 -Aerial Assault first draft storyboards completed, marked as final revision and sent to Toei on the same day.
• September 10 -Cosmic Rust first draft script submitted.
• September 16 -Starscream's Brigade first draft script submitted.
• September 16 -The Revenge of Bruticus first draft script submitted.
• September 26 -The Revenge of Bruticus script finalised.
• September 30 -Cosmic Rust main dialogue recording session.
• October 2 -Starscream's Brigade main dialogue recording session.
• October 3 -Aerial Assault main dialogue recording session,Cosmic Rust first draft storyboards completed.
• October 9 -Cosmic Rust final storyboard revision and shipped to Toei,The Revenge of Bruticus main dialogue session recording.

Births

???? —Jenny Maria Meyer

January

• January 10 —Thomas Sagols
• January 15 —Audrey Sourdive
• January 16 —Joe Zieja
• January 22 —Billy Bob Thompson
• January 26 —Edwin Hodge
• January 29 —Isabel Lucas,Michał Podsiadło

February

• February 8 —Renan Villela

March

• March 6 —Sara Pitre-Durocher
• March 20 —Fan Zhechen
• March 28 —Alan Fernando Velázquez

April

• April 26 —Annina Braunmiller

May

• May 1 —Nicolás Artajo
• May 2 —Kyle Busch
• May 5 —Shōko Nakagawa
• May 7 —J. Balvin
• May 8 —Geneva Robertson-Dworet
• May 9 —Marta Dobecka
• May 13 —Alex Minei
• May 27 —Andrew Francis
• May 28 —Agnieszka Wajs

June

• June 4 —Joe Hernandez,Glauco Marques
• June 11 —Charlie Guzman,Josh Ramsay

July

• July 1 —Roman Wolko
• July 2 —Kenji Sugimura

August

• August 21 —Laura Haddock,Manuel Pérez

September

• September 8 —Joana Lafuente
• September 17 —Nicolas Matthys
• September 25 —Calvin Johnson

October

• October 10 —Leyla Rangel
• October 23 —Josh Burcham
• October 24 —Patt Souza
• October 25 —Ayahi Takagaki,John Robinson
• October 27 —Gea Riva

November

•  ???? —Benjamin Wangermée
• November 1 —Roberto Rodrigues
• November 11 —Andressa Andreatto,Andi Kroesing
• November 15 —Karolina Kalina
• November 25 —Mário Spatizziani

December

• December 4 —Matt Frank
• December 7 —Carla Castañeda
• December 15 —Luis Enrique Poján
• December 18 —Krizia Bajos
• December 19 —Marios Gavrilis
• December 25 —Shūichi Nishitani
• December 29 —Ulises Fariñas

Deaths

• June 21 —Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski
• October 10 —Orson Welles

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

• Debris from the1943World War II battle betweenJapan and theUS forces atGuadalcanal can still be found. Banished from theDecepticon HQ,Starscream uses some of this debris to build theCombaticons.Starscream's Brigade
• Unveiling ceremony for theOptimus Prime memorial.Starscream's Brigade

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

• After its defeat inWorld War II,Cobra resurfaces as a terrorist organisation. The remains of the Transformers, having been nearly wiped out during the war, are used in a massive arms race.
• AG.I. Joe team led byFlint attacks aCobra shipping facility inNew York City. While the facility is largely destroyed,Destro andScrap-Iron manage to escape viaTrouble Bubble. Soon afterwards, the Joes detect the crash of anAutobot shuttlecraft nearPortland. Flint and several other Joes were sent to retrieve it, and after meeting with a rookie team led bySpirit, they repel a Cobra strike team and recover the unconsciousBlaster andPerceptor. Along withDuke andStalker, a retiredScarlett decides it is time to tell the new recruits about their adventure with the Transformers.Targets of Opportunity

2005 IDW continuity

• Skywatch scientists excavate the deactivated bodies ofRavage andLaserbeak from beneathMount St. Helens.Spotlight: Soundwave After unearthing an alien base, they refit it into asecret laboratory.When Eagles Scream

Knights of Unicron

• Riots erupt after thousands are turned away at an invite-only concert byMegatron. In response,Optimus Prime promotes a free concert inPraxus.Behind the Music pack-in booklet

Beast Wars: Uprising

• Humans constructthe first artificial intelligence.Micro-Aggressions

Transformers/Back to the Future

In the year 1985, thehumanDoc Brown had discoveredtime travel, converting a DMC-12 Delorean into his time machine, his young friendMarty McFly using the machine to travel back in time only to return a few moments after he left. This technology quickly became a target for the Decepticons. When Marty McFly awoke the next morning, he found that 1985 to have been conquered by the Decepticons.Transformers/Back to the Future #1

Media

Television

• The Transformers Season 2: episodes 1–45
• Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers episodes 1–72

Music

Albums

• Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers — Original Soundtrack <Music Book>

Singles

• "TRANSFORMER"/"Peace Again"

Print

Comics

Comic Boom Boom

• A Birth of Planet Saybertron

Marvel Comics

• The Transformers (issues 5–15, ongoing)

Marvel UK

• The Transformers (issues 9–42, ongoing)
• Transformers Annual 1985

TV Magazine

• Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers prologue

Books

Ballantine BooksFind Your Fate Junior

• 1)Dinobots Strike Back
• 2)Battle Drive
• 3)Attack of the Insecticons

Corgi BooksThe Transformers Adventure Game Books (U.K.)

• 1)Dinobot War
• 2)Peril from the Stars

Kid Stuff Read Alongs

• The Great Car Rally

Kid Stuff Listen 'n' Look

• Satellite of Doom
• Storms of Destruction
• When Continents Collide

Kid StuffSee & Read

• Satellite of Doom/When Continents Collide

Ladybird Books (U.K.)

• Autobots Fight Back
• Autobots' Lightning Strike
• Laserbeak's Fury
• Megatron's Fight for Power

Marvel BooksBig Looker Storybooks

• Decepticon Hijack
• Insecticon Attack!

Marvel Books Coloring Books

• A Message From Outer Space
• Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission
• Forest Rescue Mission
• Summertime Coloring Book
• The Autobot Smasher!
• The Autobot Spy in the Sky
• The Big Book of Coloring Fun

Marvel Books Hardcover Storybooks

• Battle for Earth
• The Autobots' Secret Weapon

Pickwick International audio cassettes

• The Battle for Planet Earth

Games

• The Transformers (Commodore 64)

Collections

Home Video

Family Home Entertainment VHS/Betamax

• The Transformers — Volume 1: "More than Meets the Eye"
• The Transformers — Volume 2: "The Ultimate Doom"
• The Transformers — Volume 3: "S.O.S. Dinobots"
• The Transformers — Volume 4: "Fire in the Sky"
• The Transformers — Volume 5: "Divide and Conquer"
• The Transformers — Volume 6: "Roll for It"
• The Transformers — Volume 7: "Transport to Oblivion"
• The Transformers — Volume 8: "Fire on the Mountain"
• The Transformers — Volume 9: "War of the Dinobots"

Comics

Marvel UKCollected Comics

• Summer Special 1985
• Volume 2 — Special 1985

Merchandise

• TBD

Toys

U.S.

Autobots

Decepticons

Mail-aways and promos

• "Earthlings: THE S.T.A.R.S. need your help now!"
• "Have the Decepticons defeated us once and for all?"

Cookie CrispJazz

PepsiOptimus Prime

Omnibots:

Camshaft

Downshift

Overdrive

Notes

1. ↑ There were four types of "Motorized Transformers" (called "Mini-spies" in the television commercial for the figures and "Koma cars" on Hasbro's shipping cases): "4WD Type" (or "Jeep Type"), "Buggy Type", "FX-1 Type" and "Porsche Type". Each was available alternatively in white, yellow or blue, with the color supposedly depending on which figure they were packaged with.
2. ↑ The 1985 "Autobot Cars" price point was given a somewhat odd treatment with two separate assortments, each of which contained re-releases of six of the 1984 figures (packaged one per case in a case of 12) and three of the new 1985 figures (each packaged two per case). The only exception to this was Skids, who was actually released at least as early as December 1984, in 1984 packaging along with the other '84 Autobot Cars, in which he took the place of an extra Mirage that had previously been used to bring the number of figures contained in those cases up to twelve. Due to this, he was packed in the 1985 assortments like the '84 toys, at only one Skids per case.

Japan

Cybertrons

Destrons

Robot Point mail order items

• Warpath
• Adams
• Autoceptor
• Dirge
• Ratchet
• Camshaft
• Downshift
• Overdrive

Europe

Autobots

Decepticons