Elita One
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Elita One is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1
| Transformers character | |
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| Elita One | |
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| Affiliation | Autobot |
| Sub-Group | Female Autobots |
| Function | Female Autobot Commander |
| Motto | "I can deal with Decepticons. Elita One knows no fear." |
| Alternate Modes | Cybertronian Car |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| Voiced by | Marlene Aragon (English) |
Elita One is the leader of the female Autobots and romantic interest of Optimus Prime. [1]
[edit] Animated series
Nine million years ago, she was a civilian robot called Ariel romantically linked with dockworker Orion Pax. When the Aerialbots were transported back in time, they met Orion Pax, Ariel ,and their friend Dion. As Elita One, she is romantically linked to Optimus Prime, the upgraded form of Orion Pax.
When Megatron attacked the energy storage hangar where Orion worked, he fatally wounded both Ariel and Pax.
The Aerialbots took Orion Pax to Alpha Trion, who reconstructed both Pax and Ariel. Both became important commanders of the Autobots, Optimus Prime and Elita One. They remained romantically linked after their reconfiguration.
Four million years ago Elita One parted ways with Optimus Prime as he lead his ship the Ark on a mission to gather energon. she wanted to come with him but Optimus insisted it was too dangerous. Optimus vowed to return for Elita, but caught in an explosion, Optimus believed Elita to be destroyed.
Elita One is the female Autobot commander on Cybertron trying to liberate the planet from the corrupt grip of the Decepticon guardian of Cybertron, Shockwave. Advised by Alpha Trion, she led a group of female Autobot resistance fighters including Chromia, Firestar, and Moonracer.
Elita One is captured and used as bait by Shockwave to lure Optimus Prime into a deadly trap. As Shockwave predicted, Optimus Prime traveled back to Cybertron to uphold his promise and save his love.
Elita One possesses a rare and powerful weapon built within herself called a temporal disharmonizer, that can temporarily halt the flow of time within its radius of effect. However, the weapon drains her life force, so she only uses it when there is no other hope of victory. When used one of the few things that can save her life is a power transfer from Optimus Prime, who has a compatible power system to hers.
Elita-One only appears in one episode (The Search for Alpha Trion). (Her story as Ariel is told, along with Optimus Prime's [as Orion Pax] in War Dawn. As the newly-built Optimus Prime leaves to fight Megatron with the Aerialbots, Alpha Trion hints that he will rebuild Ariel as Elita-One.
[edit] Dreamwave Productions
In the War Within series Optimus Prime was depicted in one scene as having a mudflap with a silhouette of Elite One on it.
Elita-1, Chromia, Firestar and Moonracer appeared briefly in the final issue of Dreamwave Comics Generation One series among the female Transformers sent by the Quintessons to Cybertron. Although they were supposed to character in the next plot arc involving the return of Optimus Prime, the company closing left this story unfinished.
[edit] Fun Publications
Based on the Transformers Classics toy line, the Timelines 2007 story is set 15 years after the end of the Marvel Comics story (ignoring all events of the Marvel U.K. and Generation 2 comics).
In Transformers: Timelines volume 2 #2, "Games of Deception" Ultra Magnus leads a force including Elita One, Springer, Huffer, Snarl, Strongarm and Tyrannitron after the Decepticon Bugbite and his forces to Earth. Dispatched to spy on Bugbite's group of Decepticons, she could only watch as Mirage was captured and Bugbite took over Megatron's troops. Infiltrating the Decepticon base (the crashed Ark) and battling Ravage, Elita activated the jammer that stopped Bugbite from controlling Megatron's forces. In the ensuing battle, the Autobots rescued Mirage, and Elita-1 left with Magnus to take care of Bludgeon's forces.
[edit] Voice actor plays
Ariel appeared in the 2006 TransformersCon voice actor play. Voices in the play were performed by a variety of volunteers and the actual voice actors attending the convention. In this play various Transformers from different timelines and realities were swept up in a repeat wave and transported along with Unicron to Earth. The Transformers included Generation 1 Tracks, Ariel, Cosmos and Megatron, Beast Wars Tarantulas, Robots in Disguise Sky-Byte and Beast Machines Tankor.
Ariel found herself initially enamoured with Megatron for his ability to fly, although Tracks tried to convince her such an ability wasn't unique. She also found the concept of organic life fanciful.
Eventually the Transformers were able to learn that the death of Unicron in 2005 was what created the repeat wave. They defeated Unicron by tricking him into Transforming and using up his power, then using the Key to Vector Sigma program (which Tankor had brought with him) to tap into the power of Vector Sigma itself, and through it the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. With Unicron severely drained the various Transformers faded back to their original timelines.
[edit] IDW Publishing
Elita-1 made her first IDW Publishing appearance in issue #3 of The Transformers: Megatron Origin. She was shown at the funerals of Bumper and Fastback being comforted by a Transformer greatly resembling Orion Pax.
[edit] Transformers: Energon
The name Ariel was later used as the Japanese name for the Transformers: Energon character Arcee.
[edit] 2007 Transformers movie
| Transformers character | |
 Elita One movie toy |
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| Elita One | |
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| Affiliation | Autobot |
| Sub-Group | Female Autobots Scouts |
| Alternate Modes | Cybertronian Motorcycle |
| Series | Transformers movie toys |
Although not portrayed in the live-action movie Elita One now has a toy based on her would be appearance.
[edit] IDW Publishing
In "Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part 1" Skyblast led the Autobots Arcee, Armorhide, Elita One, Longarm and Strongarm in resisting the Decepticons who had conquered Earth.
[edit] Toys
- Movie Elita One (2007)
- This toy is a redeco of Energon Arcee, in the colors of Generation 1 Arcee. This toy is a Target store exclusive in the United States.
[edit] Transformers: Animated
- See: Blackarachnia
In the episode "Along Came A Spider", Elita One was once a friend of both Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime. Though she carries no weapons of her own, she has a special ability- to mimic the capabilities of other Cybertronians for a short time after touching them. When they were searching a planet for Energon cubes on a suspected-crashed Decepticon warship, they were ambushed by alien spiders. With Sentinel already disabled from the first attack, Optimus and Elita got lost but found the ship. However, they found that a spider nest had grown up inside the ship, and were attacked. While Optimus was able to escape, Elita got caught in the exploding Energon. Though both were grieved at the loss of their friend, Optimus and Sentinel were forced to leave the planet.
What they couldn't have known at the time was that Elita survived the explosion and was damaged, and the remaining spider infected her. She tried to use her mimicking ability on them to neutralize the damage, but it instead mutated her superstructure into a new body. Horrified with her now half-organic body, Elita grew spiteful and distrustful against Optimus for leaving her behind. She eventually became a Decepticon, under the new name, Blackarachnia.
