How do Transformers die?
How do you permanently kill a Transformer? In other words, "kill" a Transformer such that it cannot be "revived."
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The complete and utter lack of consistency in death within a story (besides being a Micheal Bay movie) is the common trope of “Plot Armour”
Sometimes referred to as "Script Immunity" or a "Character Shield", Plot Armor is when a main character's life and health are safeguarded by the fact that he's the one person who can't be removed from the story. Therefore, whenever Bob is in a situation where he could be killed (or at the least very seriously injured), he comes out unharmed with no logical, In-Universe explanation.
I will add in this case it doesn’t have to be a main character, just any character that is relevant to the story being told and not just cannon fodder.
Because of this, without falling back on the comics or old cartoon, and sticking solely to the movies canon, there is no explanation as to why some characters die easier than others, besides plot armour.
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Do Transformers die of old age?
The average life span of a Transformer is unknown. In some continuities, they have been shown to spend millions of years without any noticeable alteration or aging. Skydive stated in the Generation 2 comic that outside of warfare, the race was practically immortal.How did Optimus die?
The best-known example is from The Transformers: The Movie, in which Optimus Prime dies after being shot a couple times by Megatron. [In]Famously, his body turns gray as he dies.Do all the transformers die?
Death never relents in the Transformers franchise. Throughout the successive animated series and live-action feature films, Transformers continue to die (and some of them over and over again). Being a transforming sentient robot is cool, until it's not.Where do Transformers go when they die?
At the heart of an endless, cyclical process of birth, death and resurrection, the Cybertronian afterlife is an extradimensional realm that is the living essence of their creator Primus. It is the wellspring from which all Transformers' sparks are born, and the place to which they return when they die.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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