Galactic Olympics
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The Galactic Olympics (also called the Galactic Games) are intergalactic games, in which many different athletes from far-flung parts of the galaxy compete in numerous different competitions of skill.
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Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
The first Galactic Olympics were held in 2005 on the planet Athenia. They were overseen by Autobot leader Rodimus Prime, who officially opened the games with the profound words "Let's do it!" Participants in the games included the Autobots, the Arcadroids from the Nalva System, and a team from the Orgenon Cluster. The only known winners in any of the events were Munka Spanka and possibly Jazz.
The event was sabotaged by a Skuxxoid agent working for the Quintessons, however, resulting in Spike Witwicky, Kup, and Ultra Magnus being kidnapped. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1
Kiss Players
Time travelers Shaoshao and Zangetsu visited the 2010[1] games in order to retrieve an Allspark fragment. Kiss Players #41 Sparkbots Volume 1
Legends comic
The Galactic Olympics marked the beginning of what would expand into the Universal Peace Alliance over the next ten years. Bonus Edition Vol. 45
Animated cartoon continuity
Buzz Lightyear was a seven-time winner at the Galactic Olympics. The AllSpark Almanac II
Knights of Unicron
The Galactic Games Stadium, located on the Athenia Outpost, was the seventh venue for the Knights of Unicron on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. Knights of Unicron
Games
Transformers: Legends
The Quintessons plotted to undermine the Galactic Games, sending in Slipstream as part of their plot. She was fortunately uncovered and defeated by Drift and Cosmos, who had entered the games with the aim of unraveling the plot. The Galactic Games A further attack by Skuxxoids resulted in Spike, Kup and Ultra Magnus being kidnapped. Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Gingakei Olympic (銀河系オリンピック Gingakei Orinpikku, "Milky Way Olympics"),[2] Ginga Olympic (銀河オリンピック Ginga Orinpikku, "Galactic Olympics")[3]
References
- ↑ In the Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity, season 3 of The Transformers is set in 2010, thus Shaoshao and Zangetsu travel to the Galactic Olympics featured in "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1".
- ↑ "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"
- ↑ Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 45
