Teletraan I

Teletraan I

Autobot
Function	The Ark on board ship computer.
Alternate Modes	"Sky Spy" (a probe that reformats Transformers).
Series	Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers Transformers: Prime Beast Wars Transformers: The Headmasters Transformers: Robots in Disguise Transformers Animated
English voice actor	Casey Kasem Frank Welker (Teletraan II)
Japanese voice actor	Masashi Ebara Yoku Shioya (Teletraan II)

Teletraan I is the name of several fictional characters in several Transformers universes. Teletraan I is usually the Autobots' computer on board their spaceship called the Ark.

Transformers: Generation 1

Teletraan I is the supercomputer that is stored upon the Autobot's spacecraft, the Ark. It serves as a principal diagnostic center, a control center, and as a surveillance system through its control of the Sky Spy satellite, as well as a giant database for the Autobots.

Marvel Comics

Note: Stories from the U.K. Transformers series are in italics.

The Ark's computer is called Aunty in Marvel Comics stories. Aunty first appeared in issue #1 called "The Transformers". In this stroy, she reformats the Autobots however she wasn't fully reaweakened. In the U.K. Marvel story "Raiders of the last Ark", Aunty reawoke and made her single most major role in the series. In this story, she defeats the Decepticons attacking the Ark. Aunty is not explicitly mentioned by name after this, but the Ark and its systems had many more appearances.

In issue #4, Aunty automated the Autobots' use of the "Tubes of Transference", in issue #60 called "Yesterday's Heroes!", Optimus Prime talks to Aunty about the presumed death of Ratchet, and in issue #2 of the Transformers: Generation 2 comics called "All or Nothing!", the Ark was destroyed, putting an end to whatever may have been left of Aunty. Unlike Teletraan I, Aunty is portrayed as being female. She is the first instance of Cybertronian gender in the Marvel Comics series, despite that Arcee would be introduced later as the first (and only) Female Transformer in this series.

Animated series

Millions of years after crashing down to earth, Teletraan I reactivates after the volcano the Ark had crashed into has a minor eruption. The eruption also triggers one of Teletraan I's protocols, search and repair, which sends out the Sky Spy satellite to scan holographic images of Earth vehicles for the repair part of the protocol, integrating the new vehicle forms into the Transformers' systems as they are repaired. After the first Decepticon (Skywarp) is revived, he immediately restores Megatron, who then orders the rest of the Decepticons to follow. The Decepticons find their way out of the Ark, and Starscream blasts the volcano, causing a rock slide that reseals the exit, trapping the Autobots within. The blast causes Optimus Prime to fall into the line of Teletraan I's repair equipment, which results in his revival as a blue and red semi-trailer. After he is restored, he starts the revival of his companions, the other Autobot warriors.

Throughout the series, there is a sort of running gag, that no matter how badly damaged, no matter how horrible the destruction of Teletraan I is, Teletraan I is always repaired afterwards without much notice and is always back to perfect working order.

In the episode "Kremzeek!" in season 2, Teletraan I is the source of one of the higher-brow moments of humor in the animated series when a malfunctioning Teletraan I mistakenly broadcasts the message, "Choco rations down two grams, doubleplus ungood!" to the confusion of law enforcement authorities. The statement is an allusion to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Teletraan II was Teletraan I's replacement in the third season of G1, after the Ark and Teletraan I were destroyed by Trypticon. Voice actor Casey Kasem left the series, and Frank Welker became the voice of Teletraan II.

Beast Wars

In this series, the Ark was found on Earth by Megatron, and Teletraan I was hijacked by Blackarachnia, who was able to download the access codes into her brain using the Golden Disk, stolen by Megatron.

It is not commonly known that the Autobot's home base computer's name is spelled "Teletraan I" (with Roman numeral one). Misspellings are more commonly used than the true one; "Teletran One" or "Teletran-1" are the ones most frequently encountered (with the latter even making it into the "Ultimate Guide" book). In the Transformers: Beast Wars series finale "Nemesis" Pt.2, Blackarachnia incorrectly pronounced it as "Teletron-I" to which Rattrap quickly and harshly corrected her, "It's Teletraan!" But Blackarachnia simply replies "Whatever!"

Devil's Due Publishing

Teletraan I would appear in the G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers storyline, along with a new version of the computer as well, called Teletraan 3. While Teletraan I was the Ark's computer, Teletraan 3 was a pod-like machine which created wormholes.

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

In Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Teletraan I is the "father" of T-Ai.

Transformers: Animated

In the 2007 reimagined series, Transformers Animated, Teletraan I is once again the central computer of the Ark, and serves much the same purpose as in the Generation One series. As Megatron's assault forces the damaged Ark to crash-land on Earth (this time in Lake Erie, near the city of Detroit), the Autobots on board voluntarily go into stasis for their own safety during the crash after ridding themselves of their guest, only to wake up half a century later.

From then, the Autobots uses Teletraan One's Sky Spy satellite to scan local vehicles as templates for their vehicle modes on Earth. This version of Teletraan One has a female persona, voiced by Tara Strong. Later in the series in the season 2 finale A Bridge Too Close it is revealed that Teletraan one is simply a system that replaces Omega Supreme (he was offline) and simply controls the ship instead of Omega Supreme.

Transformers: Timelines

Teletraan X

Autobot
Function	The Ark on board ship computer.
Alternate Modes	Computer
Series	Transformers: Timelines

In the mirrorverse, Teletraan X is the Ark's computer. Teletraan X has a female persona, like her Animated counterpart. She is portrayed as being cold voiced and hates Goldbug. Even though she is appears in the story, she is not given a visual, but was named in her appearances.

Fun Publications

In Eye in the Sky, Teletraan X held Goldbug captive when he lost the battle for leadership of the Autobots against Rodimus. When Goldbug accepted him as his new leader, Teletraan released Goldbug, but still didn't trust him. Rodimus had Wheeljack reprogram Teletraan to only answer to them two.

In Blitzwing Bop, Goldbug passes by Teletraan's main console. Goldbug is scared at it as it was beeping at him.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

In the live-action film continuity, Teletraan I is a super-computer created by Bumblebee to record the many Autobot victories. The character would make no appearances in the films nor related comic books, but he would nonetheless make appearances in the series. Teletraan I was featured on a Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen promotional birthday card with Optimus Prime and was mentioned on Bumblebee's Transformers: Dark of the Moon toy bio.

Transformers: Prime

Teletraan 1 appears in the novel Transformers: Exodus. He is a computer created during the Golden Age to protect Omega Supreme. He was located in the vaults beneath Iacon, but was relocated to the Ark when the Autobots left Cybertron. Teletraan 1 is also the name of Transformers: War for Cybertrons' main menu.

External links

• Teletraan I at TFWIKI.Net, the Transformers Wiki