'Til all are one

I SAID that already!

"'Til all are one" is a phrase knit through Transformers mythology and legend, often used as a rallying cry by the Autobots. It's been translated as either until the end of the Great War, when all Transformers shed their factional affiliations, or until all are rejoined into the Allspark of Primus.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The phrase was first introduced as Optimus Prime's deathbed mantra, and it would then be repeated regularly by Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, and many of the other Autobots. The Transformers: The Movie

Having seized the Matrix of Leadership, Galvatron gloated that "all shall be one" under his rule. The Burden Hardest to Bear

Marvel The Transformers comics

After leading the Wreckers on a successful raid against a Decepticon fuel store, Optimus Prime returned to Iacon to deliver a speech to Emirate Xaaron's Autobots. After revealing that he intended to return to Earth to continue the fight there, he promised to come back and lead them to victory, finishing with "And all will be one!". Resurrection!

Beast Wars cartoon continuity

Beast Wars cartoon

Rhinox refers to the Matrix dimension as a place "where all are one." Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)

Beast Machines cartoon

As Megatron consumed the captured sparks of every Cybertronian, he urged "let us all become one!" Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege

2001 Robots in Disguise toyline

Omega Prime's Matrix Blade had this phrase written across the hilt. Omega Prime toy

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

You're on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Prime.

The Autobot Council of Ancients held court in a chamber embossed with the same logo that had appeared on Omega Prime's sword. The War Within #1

The Seal of Primus also had "'til all are one" written on it. Conflagration

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Cybertron comic

When Primus appeared in robot mode above the Mini-Con civil war occurring on one of Cybertron's moons, all the combatants were dumbstruck. Sentinel Maximus asked, "Have all become one at last?" Revelations Part 6

Cybertron cartoon

When communicating with the Autobots, Primus would intone the phrase in reference to their quest to restore his Allspark. Later, when he created the Ark out of the four Cybertronian starships signifying the unity of the Transformers, he said that all were finally one. End Optimus later invoked the phrase as the four ships set off on the new space bridge project. Beginning

2005 IDW continuity

"All shall be one" was an ancient prophecy believed to hail from the days of the Guiding Hand and Knights of Cybertron. Nova Prime took the phrase to mean that their race could be improved by the merging of several Transformers into one, resulting in the creation of the first combiner, Monstructor. Omega Supreme knew this to be a faulty interpretation. All Good Things An ornate hall in the Acropolex, a disguise worn by the ancient Titan Metroplex, had the sentence "True freedom exists when all are one." inscribed on the floor. Ruins

The Decepticons seemed to have a much darker use for the phrase. During a gladiatorial death match between Megatron and an unnamed opponent, the crowd began to chant the phrase, apparently attempting to goad Megatron into finishing off his opponent. Megatron Origin #2

During the war, Optimus Prime became famous for his use of the phrase. Rotorstorm made fun of Pyro's primus apotheosis by tricking him into saying "'til all are one." Bullets When on the Lost Light, Drift observed that Rodimus overused the phrase. When Rodimus countered that Optimus Prime used it, Drift simply replied that the legendary Autobot leader had used it about "once a decade" in epic circumstances, not just because he won at Fullstasis. You, Me, and Other Revelations

Much like Nova Prime, Bombshell referred to the combiner technology he was working on as "all-who-are-one". Devisive

While Chromedome probed Overlord's memories, he inserted a "Trepan's Trigger", altering the Decepticon's memories so that the phrase was associated with all his past defeats. Later, when Rodimus inevitably said it while being choked by Overlord, the phrase triggered Overlord's pathological fear of defeat and immobilized him. The crew was able to force Overlord into his slow cell, and Chromedome launched the cell into space and destroyed it. Remembrance Day Under Cold Blue Stars

Baron Karza uttered the phrase when he powered himself up by absorbing an army of Dire Wraiths into his body. The New Colossus

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

The evil Optimus Prime sports a mocking juxtaposition of the famous saying on his alternate mode, reading "'Til all are gone!" Shattered Glass

The mantra of Nova Prime was "Til all are redeemed." Timelines Nova Prime profile card

Aligned continuity

While discussing the secrets of combining, Optimus Prime explained to Bumblebee that "Autobots cannot truly combine 'til all are one." Bumblebee later interpreted this as his team having to be one in spirit, allowing them to become Ultra Bee. Moon Breaker

Cyberverse cartoon

Optimus Prime included the phrase in a speech he wrote for Megatron, Maccadam's which he delivered before a crowd to premiere the Decepticon movement. Megatron Is My Hero

Eons later, at Soundwave's wake, Optimus led the now unified Autobots and Decepticons in a toast, with the group echoing a cheer of "All are one!" The Perfect Decepticon

My Little Pony/Transformers comic

Twilight Sparkle led a united team of Autobots and ponies into battle against the Decepticons and changelings with a cry of "'Til everypony are one!" Finale

BotBots cartoon

To hype the crowd up for the Goldrush Games, Spud Muffin led the BotBots in a similar chant of "'Til all have fun!" The Goldrush Games - Part the First

Live-action film series

Before they set out to battle Scourge, Optimus Prime relayed to Noah Díaz of the belief that on Cybertron that the battle against the forces of darkness would continue "'til all are one."

When Prime was ultimately forced to destroy the Transwarp Key, he was nearly swallowed by an the unstable transwarp portal that resulted only for Noah to attempt to pull him to safety, repeating "'til all are one". Ultimately salvation came from Optimus Primal who likewise repeated the phrase. Rise of the Beasts

Notes

• The phrase has its roots in early script drafts of The Transformers: The Movie. Rather than feature the Matrix of Leadership, early versions of the movie's story instead had "Life Sparks", Transformer life-forces very similar to the sparks that would later be introduced in Beast Wars. Upon his death, Prime transfers his own Life Spark to Ultra Magnus, and then utters a prototypical version of the phrase clearly derived from this practise: "Til all Life Sparks are one!" The original intent of the phrase, then, was clearly to reference a time when all Transformer life had ceased and become one in the afterlife, long before the idea of a singular afterlife for the entire race was independently created by other writers.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Uchū o hitotsu ni (宇宙を一つに)
• French: Jusqu'à ce que nous ne fassions qu'un
• Russian: Poka vse ne stanut yediny (Пока все не станут едины)

See also

• Darkest hour