Death

Unusually for something that started as a children's toy and 80's cartoon, death of important characters is a prominent feature in Transformers. The reasons for it vary from plot development to the arrival of new toys. The fact that the majority of characters are machines however means that death isn't automatically an absolute in the various transformers universes.

=The Beginning: Transformers The Movie=

The movie is infamous for the slaughter of a large number of season 1 and 2 characters, especially the likes of Optimus Prime and Starscream. The reason for this was the upcoming season 3 toy line.