1985

The year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) is the second year of the Transformers brand.

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

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non Fiction

• 20 years before the merger with Takara, Tomy's US branch registers the name "Scrapper" as a trademark in the "toys" field. This same year, Hasbro releases a Constructicon of the same name. This presumably does not result in any repercussions for Hasbro.
• GiG abandons the Trasformer line and instead re-releases the toys in actual Transformers packaging.
• The rap group, A Tribe Called Quest was formed.

The Transformers production

Season 2

• January 4 - The Insecticon Syndrome script revised by Ron 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 13 - Dinobot Island, Part 1 script revised by Ron Friedman.
• January 15 - Dinobot Island, Part 2 script revised by Ron Friedman.
• January 25 - The Master Builders (episode) first draft script submitted.
• January 28 - The Core main dialogue session recording.
• January 30 - The Master Builders (episode) script revised (computerised, editor unknown).
• January 31 - The Master Builders (episode) script revised by Ron Friedman.
• January 31 - Auto Berserk first draft script submitted.
• February 1 - Auto Berserk script revised (computerised, editor unknown).
• February 9 - Auto Berserk script revised by Ron 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 - Microbots first draft script submitted.
• February 17 - Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 script revised by Ron Friedman.
• February 20 - Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 first draft script submitted.
• 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 by Ron 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.
• March 13 - A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode) script revised by Ron Friedman.
• March 14 - Make Tracks script revised by Ron Friedman.
• March 15 - The God Gambit first draft script submitted.
• March 18 - Blaster Blues script revised by Ron Friedman.
• March 19 - The God Gambit script revised by Ron Friedman.
• March 29 - The Golden Lagoon (episode) first draft script submitted.
• April 4 - The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode) first draft script submitted.
• April 17 - Quest for Survival first draft script submitted.
• April 22 - Child's Play (episode) first draft script submitted.
• April 26 - The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode) main dialogue recording session.
• May 10 - Kremzeek! first draft script submitted.
• May 10 - Prime Target (episode) first draft script submitted.
• May 17 - 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 by Douglas Booth.
• May 31 - Auto-Bop first draft script submitted.
• June 6 - The Girl Who Loved Powerglide first draft script submitted.
• 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 10 - Cosmic Rust (episode) 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 (episode) main dialogue recording session.
• October 2 - Starscream's Brigade main dialogue recording session.
• October 3 - Cosmic Rust (episode) first draft storyboards completed.

Births

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

March

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

May

• May 1 — Nicolás Artajo
• May 2 — Kyle Busch
• May 5 — Shōko Nakagawa
• 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 11 — Andressa Andreatto
• November 15 — Karolina Kalina

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 the 1943 World War II battle between Japan and the US forces at Guadalcanal can still be found. Banished from the Decepticon HQ, Starscream uses some of this debris to build the Combaticons. Starscream's Brigade
• Unveiling ceremony for the Optimus Prime memorial. Starscream's Brigade

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

• After its defeat in World 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.
• A G.I. Joe team led by Flint attacks a Cobra shipping facility in New York City. While the facility is largely destroyed, Destro and Scrap-Iron manage to escape via Trouble Bubble. Soon afterwards, the Joes detect the crash of an Autobot shuttlecraft near Portland. Flint and several other Joes were sent to retrieve it, and after meeting with a rookie team led by Spirit, they repel a Cobra strike team and recover the unconscious Blaster and Perceptor. Along with Duke and Stalker, a retired Scarlett 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 of Ravage and Laserbeak from beneath Mount St. Helens. Spotlight: Soundwave After unearthing an alien base, they refit it into a secret laboratory. When Eagles Scream

Knights of Unicron

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

Beast Wars: Uprising

• Humans construct the first artificial intelligence. Micro-Aggressions

Transformers/Back to the Future

In the year 1985, the human Doc Brown had discovered time travel, converting a DMC-12 Delorean into his time machine, his young friend Marty 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 Books Find Your Fate Junior

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

Corgi Books The 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 Stuff See & 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 Books Big 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 UK Collected 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 Crisp Jazz

Pepsi Optimus 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