Who killed Optimus Prime?

[Zaku]

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TR: Can you talk about writing [Optimus Prime] death scene?

FD: Well, Gerber and I were trying to figure out how to kill Optimus, and we probably re-wrote that scene at least five-hundred times. And one day he tells me that he's got some comic book guy coming over to the office for lunch. So the guy comes in, and he's been working on some Batman book, and we start talking about killing Optimus. And I mentioned that I wanted to do it like Davy Crockett dying in The Alamo. You know, that old John Wayne movie? And the comic guy says, "Have you heard of The 300 Spartans? You should do it like that!" And of course, it was Frank Miller.

Of course it was.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Literally click bait the thread.

Who Killed Optimus Prime?

Hasbro.

 

[Relayer1]

I'd have done it.

I'd have killed the rest of 'em too.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Who killed Optimus Prime? Michael Bay?

 

[tharpdevenport]

I hear Robomaggie did it.

 

[M.A.C.O.]

The same man who killed Duke (G.I. Joe).

Buzz Dixon.

 

[HIjol]

Takara and Bandai, Japanese toy makers...Hasbro bought their molds

...and Michael Bay

...and Shia the Beef (he has broken Optimus's "heart" with his latest hijinks