User blog comment:Wikiman117/Other worlds/@comment-16693-20130714034658

In the Generation 1 cartoon, there were times in the first two seasons that it was strongly implied that Optimus Prime wasn't the supreme leader of ALL the Autobots, but just one group.

A whole lot of stuff was never explained in the Generation 1 cartoon.

I always felt like the audience was seeing only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.