Central City (Earth)
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| This article is about the city on Earth. For the city on Cybertron, see Central City (Cybertron). |
Central City is a large human settlement near Autobot Headquarters. Like most Earthen cities with the poor fortune to have robots living in them, it gets trashed a lot.
Its mayor has the power to arrest people and robots alike.
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Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
The city's skyline could be seen from the volcano where the crashed Autobot spaceship rested. The volcano's eruption reactivated the ship's computer Teletraan I, which dispatched a satellite probe to scan for suitable disguises for its crew, including a military airfield that seemed to be nearby. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1
In their first public foray after the crash of their starship, the Decepticons attacked a power plant, causing the whole city to lose power. Jazz and Spike were cruising through the city when they ran into a traffic jam caused by the blackout. The power drain alerted the Autobots that Megatron and company had survived. Transport to Oblivion
When Wheeljack's Immobilizer was damaged during a demonstration, he sent Bumblebee and Spike into town to pick up a replacement polarizer. The pair got distracted by a video arcade, as well as its clientele. Even though Bumblebee had a short altercation with Ravage, the city somehow managed not to suffer any damage. The Immobilizer
When Sparkplug returned home from some unknown business, he was met at the city's airport by Spike and Carly... who quickly cottoned to some Decepticon activity at the facility. In a subsequent battle, the airport's terminal suffered some damage and a number of commercial airliners were obliterated. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1
Central City's mayor chose to honor the Autobots on a special Autobot Day after they repulsed a Decepticon attack on a solar plant. Unfortunately, Shawn Berger had been planning to repel that attack with his own private army, and resented the glory bestowed on the Autobots. Kidnapped from his downtown office by Laserbeak, he allied himself with the Decepticons and conspired to have the Autobots dishonored and arrested. The mayor of Central City personally showed up at Autobot Headquarters to arrest the Autobots; a subsequent trial in Central City stadium resulted in the Autobots being kicked off-planet. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 The fickle residents of Central City then honored the Decepticons with their own Decepticon Day, only to find in short order that the Decepticons were, shock of shocks, not on their side. The city's downtown was devastated in a series of terror attacks by the Coneheads, its population enslaved, and one of its power plants used as an energon production facility. The timely return of the Autobots drove out the Decepticons and freed the population of the city. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
During one of Starscream's bids for power, the city's Amalgamated Water and Power Plant, located on the north side, became the site of a battle between Starscream and his Combaticons, and Megatron's loyalist Decepticons. Starscream's Brigade
The Protectobots were stationed here at their own headquarters. They rolled out to provide evacuation assistance when the city came under heavy infestation by a swarm of Insecticons, who devoured its buildings before being driven out by the Autobots. The Revenge of Bruticus The Protectobots later helped the humans battle a blazing fire in a skyscraper, across the street from Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School. Three of the school's students would later help save Autobot Headquarters from being blasted by one of Megatron's giant cannons. B.O.T.
Armada cartoon
Central City is a human city some distance from Lincoln by bus. To help the Space Mini-Con Team escape from the Autobots, Rad, Carlos, Alexis, Billy and Fred bought them bus tickets to Central City.
However, they disembarked before the bus reached its destination and instead hid the Mini-Cons in a farm. Runaway
Notable locations
Many buildings in Central City are large enough to accommodate Transformers within their interiors. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
City Hall
This imposing edifice of bureaucratic opulence impresses even the vain Sunstreaker in its majestic brown colour. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1
Berger, Inc. building
Standing in Central City's business district, the Berger, Inc. building rises not very high above the other skyscrapers surrounding it. A helipad for Berger's personal helicopter is on the roof of the building, under which his poorly decorated office is located on the seventh of nine floors. It has a lot of windows, which makes Laserbeak's job much easier. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1
Fake Solar Power Plant
This faux solar power plant was donated by Shawn Berger after losing the election, in a scheme to lure the Decepticons into attacking the plant. The inoperative plant hid Berger's private army tanks, which were supposed to defeat the Decepticons in battle, humiliate the real mayor and win Berger his much-cherished adulation of the masses. Unfortunately, they didn't, it didn't and he didn't. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1
Oil field
The lazy and shiftless workers of this oil field don't bother turning up until it is well into the daylight hours, allowing fake Autobots to steal the oil right out of the tanks. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1
Sports Stadium
Whether it's football or staging a rigged trial to determine the fate of friendly alien robots, Central City's Sports Team Stadium is there for you!
It's either surrounded by gigantic buildings, or else holds some incredibly tiny humans. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1
Gymnasium
This local sports center held a Teen Dance Day later on Decepticon Day (or the day earlier or the day after - who knows). Inside, to go with the seizure-inducing disco lighting, they were playing all the music teenagers love, such as big band music, but no Cold Slither. Soundwave took the cassettes to the dance; Rumble got down with his good self, Ravage was a big hit with the ladies, but some kid dared to offer Laserbeak a cracker. Laserbeak looked at him as if he would have preferred to eat the kid. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
Games
Transformers Universe
| “ | Your new home is littered with the wreckage of the Autobot ship, which I personally blasted from the sky- a vivid reminder of what it means to be Decepticon. | ” |
The Autobot ship Arclight was shot down over Central City, located on the East Coast of the United States, resulting in debris raining down on the city. The Decepticons proceeded to park their own ship, the Leviathan, over the city to use as their base, clearing out the human population and leaving it as a suitable arena for their battles against the Autobots. Energon deposits also mean that the city was overrun by Terrorcons, and locations such as Stillwater Wharf have suffered greatly from the conflict. Transformers Universe
Transformers: Battlegrounds
Megatron ordered the Decepticons to attack Central City, forcing a citywide evacuation. One human who was still inside the city was recruited by Teletraan-X to help guide Bumblebee, Windblade, and Grimlock as they took down the invading force. Realizing that the city attack was a distraction from Megatron's real goal of finding the AllSpark, the Autobots quickly secured Central City and departed with the human in tow to rendezvous with their allies. Transformers: Battlegrounds
Transformers Roleplaying Game
Central City was a city located somewhere on Earth. Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
Notes
- "Megatron's Master Plan" establishes that Central City is very close to Autobot Headquarters and has legal jurisdiction over it. Though the G1 cartoon was never really big on world-building or continuity, it follows that just about any time the Autobots go "into town" or worry about events in "the city", this is the city they're referring to. It's not an airtight case, but how many major cities can there be within easy driving distance of an active volcano?
- The same line of reasoning could be used to locate the Protectobots' headquarters there. Considering how often the place gets attacked, it would make sense for the Autobots to want a team permanently stationed in town!
