Alexis


 * Alexis is a human character in the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.



Alexis wants to be President when she grows up. Why does she think she's qualified? Keeping her friends Carlos and Rad from killing themselves every day has got to be less troublesome than running the free world.


 * Japanese name: Alexa

Animated continuity
Voice actor: Tabitha St. Germain (US), Akira Tomisaka (Japan)

Armada
When the Decepticon turncoat Starscream joined the ranks of the Autobots, Alexis took a shine to him. However, Starscream dismissed her, and the other human children as he was only concerned with defeating Megatron. Despite this, the kids asked Starscream to bring them back a souvenir when the former Decepticon and Jetfire travelled to Mars in search of a Mini-Con panel. In spite of his rude, lone-wolf demeanor, Starscream brought back a mysterious green rock for the kids, thus earning him a place in their hearts, in particular Alexis.

In return for his kindness, the kids threw him a surprise party, sewing a large Chamois of Friendship out of several smaller rags. Starscream was touched by this, but unfortunately abandoned the gift in the same episode when he was duped into returning to the Decepticons by Thrust, obstensibly so as to destroy Megatron. What a jerk.



Much later, she revealed to Starscream that she had fashioned an necklace (that was somehow tied to his very spark) out of the rock he had procured for her. When Starscream was destroyed by Unicron, her amulet cracked symbolically, alerting her to the fact something was very wrong.

Alexis was hit hardest when Optimus Prime reported Starscream's noble death. At the time, she didn't understand why he did what he did, and sought comfort with Rad. However, when the Autobots and Decepticons forged their new alliance, she was comforted by the fact that Starscream's sacrifice did not go in vain, and felt that he would have loved to see the day the three Transformers factions joined together.

Energon
Soon after the defeat of Unicron and the reunification of the Cybertronians under the Autobot flag, Alexis travelled to Cybertron as part of the human delegation.

Ten years later, Alexis worked as a diplomat on behalf of the Earth Federation, usually as a liason between the nations of Earth and the Cybertronian Autobot-Decepticon alliance. Alexis traveled to Ocean City to tell the human crew and their Cybertronian allies about the Federation's decision to declare a position of neutrality in the latest Transformers conflict. While Alexis now represented the interests of Earth, she still has faith in Optimus Prime and trusted his decisions in the Energon war, just as she trusted him during in the Unicron Battles.

Cybertron
She's still alive.

Energon
Alexis was an peace activist, who was instrumental in saving Kicker's life. Rad was annoyed with her constant attitude to changing things, as it means she won't be sticking around. When a Battle Ravage attacks, Rad believed her to be dead. When she popped up alive and fine, they hugged.

(The two never fulfill their romantic sub-plot, as Dreamwave folded.)

Trivia

 * According to the now-defunct TV Tokyo Micron Legend website, Alexis was 11 years old at the start of Armada. The page also stated she was Asian, and that her Japanese name, Alexa, was short for Alexandra.


 * Meanwhile, according to the liner notes of The Transformers: Legends of the Microns Sound of Evolution Vol. 2 (the second series soundtrack), there were difficulties coming up with character designs for the kids, as the producers had been given three mandated races: white, Hispanic, and Asian. The notes go on to further confirm Alexis as being Asian by specifying that she was the daughter of "Vietnamese boat people".


 * The Reader's Digest Transformers Armada Official Guidebook backs up the fact that Alexis was 11 years old at the start of Armada. It also specified that she always got great grades and that she was a computer whiz.