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In 1986, the cartoon became the film The Transformers: The Movie, which is set in the year 2005.

It introduced the Matrix as the " Autobot Matrix of Leadership ", as a fatally wounded Prime gives it to Ultra Magnus ; however, as Prime dies he drops the matrix, which is then caught by Hot Rod who subsequently becomes Rodimus Prime later on in the film.

Unicron, a transformer who devours planets, fears its power and recreates a heavily damaged Megatron as Galvatron, as well as Bombshell becoming Cyclonus, one of the Seekers becoming Scourge and two other Insecticons becoming Scourge's huntsmen, the Sweeps.

Eventually, Rodimus Prime takes out the Matrix and destroys Unicron.

In the United Kingdom, the weekly comic book interspliced original material to keep up with U. S. reprints, and The Movie provided much new material.

Writer Simon Furman proceeded to expand the continuity with movie spin-offs involving the time travelling Galvatron.

The Movie also featured guest voices from Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Scatman Crothers as Jazz, Casey Kasem as Cliffjumper, Orson Welles as Unicron and Eric Idle as the leader of the Junkions ( Wreck-Gar, though unnamed in the movie ).

The Transformers theme tune for the film was performed by Lion with " Weird Al " Yankovic adding a song to the soundtrack.