He also clearly had a mouth in the old Marvel comics underneath this mask, a detail that the toy manufacturers even included in his Masterpiece figure - though to see the mouth, one had to disassemble the toy's head. The idea originates back to as early as 1985, to the picture book titled The Great Car Rally, which featured the original Optimus Prime having a human face and no mouth-plate (in fact many originally "faceless" characters had been designed to have mouths, such as Soundwave and Bumblebee). Though many fans would prefer him never retracting his face-plate, the idea that Optimus has a real mouth underneath is not a new one. Despite this, Ironhide is a separate character in the cartoon's universe, and has received toys of his own.
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The character of Ironhide namely appears, and is killed, in the the movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), and, even though the movie and the cartoon series take place in unconnected universes, the producers of this show didn't want to confuse children by having him suddenly reappear alive. A bonus featurette on the Transformers: Prime Season 1 Blu-Ray set, however, revealed that the above described rumor is just that: a rumor, meant to act as a cover-up for the real reason as to why Ironhide was replaced. Thus it was decided to switch the names around, and no injustice would be done to Ironhide's character. There exist two reasons, one of which is only loosely substantiated, for why he was replaced with Bulkhead: According to the first, more well-known rumor, they changed Ironhide's personality to be more friendly and goofy, and eventually came to the realization that a character like this already existed within the Transformers universe - Bulkhead, first introduced in Transformers: Animated (2007) (whose character designer, Derrick Wyatt, at one point also worked on Prime), who has become very popular with the fans. The creators of the show originally intended to include Ironhide. Obviously, these plans have changed during the series' development. It was revealed at a 2015 convention that the video games were originally indeed meant to be parts of Generation One, and that the cartoon's production studio did not want to tie them together either. But in the end it largely goes to how the individual decides to treat the two incarnations, they are either completely unconnected, very loosely inspired by each other or a direct continuation. Another explanation comes from the comics, where they coined the "Multiverse Theory," that there are a near infinite number of alternate realities and some characters are able to traverse the different realities. Newer comics have rebooted the actual Generation One and each incarnation does the same thing. This isn't new, as the comics of Transformers Generation One from the 80's contradicted the show despite being based on the same story. The show and the game are meant to be linked together, but the puzzle pieces are not intended to fit snugly. As for how Hasbro treats the various series, they are part of a "Continuity Family." They are set in the same universe but able to exist apart from each other. Therein lies the difference in their storytelling, as well as their design aesthetics.
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Transformers: Prime is directed more towards the TV watchers and a younger generation of fans. War for Cybertron catered to the nostalgic fans who had fond memories of the original Transformers cartoon, as well as the general gaming crowd. In addition to that the TV show and the game were marketed towards different audiences. As for the cartoon it was developed independently from the video game, by different people, and the only connection is using the universe bible. This already makes the two inreconcilable. Both were based off a new "Universe Bible" developed by Hasbro to use as reference point, but poor proofreading and editing caused Exodus to contradict itself on certain plot points. The video game War For Cybertron was developed as being the basis of a new sub-franchise of Transformers, released alongside the novel Exodus that tells further details both before and during that game. The reasons for this go into how you accept the continuity and how Hasbro is treating the continuity. Yet there are many inconsistencies in their stories, their depiction of the characters, as well as their looks in general. According to the main official sources, it does.
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