This article is about the artifact from the original series. For the live-action version, see Matrix of Leadership (Michael Bay's Transformers).
The Matrix of Leadership is a very powerful and ancient artifact created by Cybertronians. It is given to a Prime to keep and protect and can is capable of bringing a Transformer back to life. It is said to be of raw power.
Generation One[]
The Transformers[]
Transformers: The Movie (1986)[]
Aligned[]
Transformers: Prime[]
Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy[]
Michael Bay's films[]
- Main article: Matrix of Leadership (Michael Bay's Transformers)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen[]
Sam Witwicky acquired it and used it to revive his friend, Optimus Prime.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon[]
Four years later, Optimus used it to selfishly bring back Sentinel from stasis. Learning from his mistake, Optimus never used the Matrix ever again, keeping it in his spark chamber in the rest of the series.
Transformers One[]
Users[]
Users in Transformers[]
- Optimus Prime (Became the wielder of the Matrix as a Prime before and after his resurrection)
- Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime: (Became the wielder of Matrix after succeeding Optimus Prime as leader of the Autobots. Returned it to Optimus upon his resurrection.)
Live-Action[]
- Sam Witwicky (used the Matrix to resurrect Optimus Prime)
- Optimus Prime