The year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is the year the Transformers brand began.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-fiction

The Transformers production

Season 1

• March 13 - More Than Meets The Eye mini-series scripts undergo revisions by George Arthur Bloom, including the introduction of Shockwave.
• May 10 - main series' Production bible completed by Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins.
• June 4 - Transport to Oblivion (episode) first draft script submitted.
• June 6 - Transport to Oblivion (episode) script revised.
• June 15 - Roll for It first draft script submitted.
• June 21 - Divide and Conquer first draft script submitted.
• June 22 - Transport to Oblivion (episode) script finalised.
• June 26 - Roll for It script revised by Ron Friedman.
• June 29 - Divide and Conquer script revised by Ron Friedman.
• June 29 - S.O.S. Dinobots first draft script submitted
• July 2 - Roll for It script finalised.
• July 2 - Divide and Conquer script finalised.
• July 2 - Fire on the Mountain revised script submitted - additional revision pages immediately sent to Nelson Shin.
• July 6 - War of the Dinobots first draft script submitted
• July 7 - S.O.S. Dinobots script revised by Ron Friedman.
• July 9 - Fire in the Sky first draft script submitted.
• July 9 - Fire on the Mountain script revised by Ron Friedman.
• July 11 - Fire in the Sky script revised by Ron Friedman.
• July 11 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 first draft script submitted.
• July 15 - War of the Dinobots script revised by Ron Friedman.
• July 16 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 first draft script submitted.
• July 18 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 script revised by Ron Friedman.
• July 19 - Fire in the Sky script finalised.
• July 22 - War of the Dinobots script finalised.
• July 23 - Countdown to Extinction first draft script submitted.
• July 25 - S.O.S. Dinobots first draft storyboards completed.
• July 25 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 script revised by Ron Friedman.
• July 26 - Countdown to Extinction script revised by Ron Friedman.
• July 27 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 script finalised.
• July 27 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 script finalised.
• July 27 - A Plague of Insecticons first draft script submitted.
• July 27 - Heavy Metal War first draft script submitted.
• July 28 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 script revised by Ron Friedman. (first draft undated)
• August 1 - Heavy Metal War script revised by Ron Friedman.
• August 6 - The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 script finalised.
• August 6 - A Plague of Insecticons script revised by Ron Friedman.
• August 9 - Countdown to Extinction script finalised.
• August 13 - A Plague of Insecticons script finalised.
• August 13 - Heavy Metal War script finalised.
• August 23 - Heavy Metal War main dialogue recording session (Gregg Berger absent, later pickup session required).

Season 2

• October 17 - City of Steel first draft storyboards completed.
• October 26 - Attack of the Autobots first draft storyboards completed.
• November 2 - City of Steel storyboards revised.
• November 2 - Attack of the Autobots storyboards revised.
• November 12 - City of Steel main dialogue recording session.
• November 29 - Day of the Machines first draft script submitted.
• December 6 - Day of the Machines script revised by Ron Friedman.
• December 4 - Enter the Nightbird first draft script submitted.
• December 8 - Enter the Nightbird script revised by Ron Friedman.
• December 11 - Enter the Nightbird script finalised.
• December 21 - The Core first draft script submitted.
• December 28 - The Insecticon Syndrome first draft script submitted.

Births

• ???? — Dario Sansalone, Yūya Ōnishi

January

• January 2 — Sam Palmer
• January 24 — Benjamin Bollen
• January 28 — Eloisa Cervantes
• January 31 — Annalisa Longo

February

• February 8 — Bernd Egger
• February 9 — Han Geng
• February 16 — Fábio Lucindo
• February 27 — Alessia Amendola

March

• March 3 — Kanako Tōjō
• March 5 — Romulo Estrela
• March 7 — Bartosz Martyna
• March 8 — Angélica Villa
• March 19 — Klayton Alegre

April

• April 23 — Shannon McKain‎
• April 26 — Hector Gomes
• April 30 — Yuri Tupper

May

• May 3 — René & Michel Koiter
• May 10 — Mammoth Nishio
• May 11 — Marco Benedetti
• May 19 — Takuya Satō
• May 25 — Samira Fernandes

June

• June 5 — Lana McKissack, Jonathon Trent
• June 10 — Betsy Sodaro
• June 21 — Evan Michael Lee
• June 22 — Yūki Ono
• June 24 — Gerardo Alonso

July

• July 9 — Ricky Hayberg
• July 11 — Rachael Taylor
• July 14 — Pierre Bittencourt
• July 20 — Hervé Grull
• July 30 — Ryōhei Kimura

August

• August 10 — Nancy Philippot
• August 24 — Shen Dawei

September

• September 6 — Carlo Vázquez Díaz
• September 9 — Greg Hahn
• September 17 — Barbora Šedivá
• September 25 — Marisol Romero

October

• October 2 — Michael Wiesner
• October 23 — Pauliina Virta

November

• November 14 — Yuri Chesman
• November 22 — Scarlett Johansson
• November 27 — Yaha Lima

December

• December 14 — Eric Pearson

Deaths

• April 1 — Marvin Gaye

Fiction

Generation 1

Marvel Comics continuity

Mount St. Hilary erupts, awakening the Ark's computer, which then proceeds to repair the dormant Autobots and Decepticons on board. The Transformers

Beast Wars cartoon

According to Blackarachnia, Mount St. Hilary erupted in 1984, awakening the Autobots and Decepticons on board the Ark. They then proceeded to wage the Great War. The Agenda (Part III)

2005 IDW continuity

Bludgeon leads a group of Decepticons to Earth to harvest Ore-13, and Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak secretly tail him on Megatron's orders. Spotlight: Soundwave After making a detour to Egypt and battling the Adventure Team for control of an alien obelisk, The Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Soundwave tracks his target to Mount St. Helens, but is trapped in his tape player alternate mode and buried underneath the erupting volcano for twenty-two years. Spotlight: Soundwave

Transformers vs. The Terminator

To prevent their own destruction in the year 2029, the Skynet artificial intelligence used its experimental time displacement device to send a T-800 unit back to 1984 to eliminate the Cybertronians before they could awaken. Enemy of My Enemy Part One

Knights of Unicron

The Knights of Unicron regroup for the epic, expensive Cybertronian Democracy tour. Megatron leaves the band after a brawl pitting the rest of the band against him and the Vehicon roadies hired for the tour cancels the final show. The Into the Mountain tour, quickly organized by the remainder of the band, bombs. Behind the Music pack-in booklet

EarthSpark cartoon

After millenia of warring on Cybertron, the Transformers use a spacebridge to travel to Earth, arriving on September 17. Secret Legacy, Part 1

Media

Television

• The Transformers Season 1: episodes 1–16

Print

Comics

Marvel Comics

• The Transformers (issues 1–4, 4-issue limited series, later ongoing)

Marvel UK

• The Transformers (issues 1–8, ongoing)

Books

Marvel Books Big Looker Storybooks

• Battle for Cybertron
• The Great Car Rally

Marvel Books Coloring Books

• Bumblebee to the Rescue!
• Decepticon Patrol
• Search for Treasure Under the Sea
• Super-Size Coloring Activity Book
• The Deadly Fuel Shortage

Marvel Books Sticker Adventures

• Return to Cybertron
• Revenge of the Decepticons

Kid Stuff Read Alongs

• Battle for Cybertron

Games

• Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons
• Pinball Game

Merchandise

• TBD

Toys

Autobots

Decepticons

Mail-aways and promos

• "Reinforcements from Cybertron!"

Notes

1. ↑ This figure, originating from Takara's Micro Change line just like the rest of the Mini-Cars, was sold on Cliffjumper cards. After being referred to by nicknames such as "Bumblejumper" and "Bumper" among fan circles for over a decade, Dreamwave Productions finally established him as an actual character with the official name "Bumper" in 2004.