Everyone's a critic.

Though its origins are unknown, as are indeed its precise contents,^[1] the Autobot Code comprises a set of principles and rules that govern Autobot behavior. Its reach is not universal, however, as some Autobots have completely abandoned its tenets when they felt the situation demanded it. It allegedly advocates a policy of non-violence.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

After defeating him in single combat, the time travelling Decepticon leader Galvatron taunted Ultra Magnus, asking if the Autobot Code required his sacrifice. Magnus grimly assured him that it did. Target: 2006

Earthforce

Optimus Prime interrupted a battle between the Dinobots and Shockwave's forces to reprimand Grimlock, claiming his violent tactics were contrary to the Autobot Code. Two Steps Back! Grimlock subsequently quit the Autobots and established the Earthforce, with Prime's blessing conditional on the promise that Grimlock would exercise restraint. Break-Away!

Later, in a speech to rally his troops, Grimlock parodied the Autobot Code's policy of avoiding violence wherever possible, pointing out that the Decepticons weren't about to give up their evil conquering ways just because of a few friendly words over a glass of oil. The Earthforce agreed with him and unanimously abandoned the Autobot Code in favour of doing things their own way. Once upon a Time...

2005 IDW continuity

You should be glad you were never in Ultra Magnus' class.

Article 7 of the Autobot Code states that Autobots are obliged to grant safe haven to surrendered combatants. Life After the Big Bang Another article, Section 19 (Sub-Section 80) Paragraph 4, covered the threat of thought warfare but became obsolete when the threat never appeared. How Ratchet Got His Hands Back The Ethics Committee was charged with upholding Section 19 of the Code, which dealt with war crimes and the Non-Conventional Weapons Act. Bullets

In the early days of the war, moral-bound Autobots like Springer saw the Autobot Code as nothing less than an instruction book for life itself. Zero Point

Topspin sarcastically suggested that the secret goal of the Wreckers' mission on Garrus-9 could be "the uncensored version of the Autobot Code". Last Stand of the Wreckers #4

Ultra Magnus read the ten thousand-page Autobot Code and discussed its contents extensively with Tailgate when the smaller bot expressed his sincere desire to undergo the Rite of the Autobrand. How Ratchet Got His Hands Back

Sub-section 11 (3) (Appendix D: Entertainment) made it an offense to feature on the cover of a publication a character who does not appear therein and additionally stipulated that anyone purchasing such material would be complicit in said act of lawbreaking. Births, Deaths, and Interventions

Agonizer had a copy of the uncensored Autobot code among his many rare items and curious. An Axe to Break the Ice

Beast Wars: Uprising

Preditron mentioned the Autobot Code at the beginning of his own work, the Predacon Manifesto. While the proto-former felt the Code was a noble work, he thought it best worked in peace-time, and was not suitable for the warlike Cybertronian race. The Predacon Manifesto

Animated cartoon continuity

The Autobot Code gave the Guilds Domesticus the right to direct the Autobot military, a fact which Sentinel Prime groused about. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

Games

Transformers: Forged to Fight

While under Quintesson mind control, Arcee accused Prowl of following his own twisted version of The Autobot Code. Transformers: Forged to Fight

See also

• Code of Interplanetary Conflict

References