Teletraan I

Teletraan I is the name of the Autobots' computer on board the Ark.

Generation One

Teletraan I is the supercomputer that is stored upon the Autobot's spacecraft, The Ark (Transformers). It serves as a principal diagnostic center, a control center, and as a surveillance system through its control of the Sky Spy satellite, as well as a giant database for the Autobots.

Millions of years after crashing down to earth,Teletraan I was reactivated after the volcano The Ark (Transformers) had crashed into had a minor eruption. The eruption also triggered one of Teletraan I's protocols, search and repair, which in turn sent out the sky spy satellite, scanning holographic images of Earth vehicles for the repair part of the protocol, which then integrated the vehicle forms into their systems as they were being repaired. After the first Decepticons was revived, he immediately restores Megatron who then orders the rest of the Decepticons to follow. After the Decepticons found their way out of The Ark (Transformers), Starscream blasts the volcano, causing a rock slide, resealing the exit and trapping the Autobots within. In doing so, Optimus Prime falls into the line of Teletraan I's repair equipment, which resulted in his revival as a blue and red semi-trailer. After he is done, he starts the revival of his companions, the other Autobot warriors.

Through out the series, there is a sort of running gag, that no matter how badly damaged, no matter how Horrible the destruction of Teletraan I is, Teletraan I is always repaired afterwards without much notice and is always back to perfect working order.

In the episode "Kremzeek!" in season 2, Teletraan I was the source of one of the higher-brow moments of humor in the animated series when a malfunctioning Teletraan I mistakenly broadcast the message, "Choco rations down two grams, doubleplus ungood!" to the confusion of law enforcement authorities. The statement is an allusion to George Orwell's 1984.

Teletraan II was Teletraan I's replacement in the third season of G1, after the Ark and Teletraan I were destroyed by Trypticon (presumably this was due to the voice actor Casey Kasem leaving the series, Frank Welker became the voice of Teletraan II).

Transformers: Beast Wars

In this series, the Ark was found on Earth by Megatron, and Teletraan I was hijacked by Blackarachnia, who was able to download the access codes into her brain using the Golden Disk, stolen by Megatron.

It is an official yet not commonly known fact that the computer's name is spelled "Teletraan I" (with Roman numeral one). Misspellings are more commonly used than the true one; "Teletran One" or "Teletran-1" are the ones most frequently encountered (with the latter even making it into the "Ultimate Guide" book). The Beast Wars animated series mispronounced/spelled it as "Teletron One", until a correction by Rattrap to Blackarachnia in the final episode. Blackarachnia simply replied "What ever!"

Transformers: Animated

In the 2007 Reimagined series, Transformers: Animated, Teletraan I is once again the central computer of the Ark, and serves much the same purpose as in the Generation One series. As a Decepticon attack forces the Ark to crash-land on Earth (this time in Lake Erie, near the city of Detroit), the Autobots on board voluntarily go into stasis for their own safety during The crash (in this version, no Decepticons are aboard the Ark when it crashes). The Autobots awaken fifty years later when a disturbance is detected in nearby Detroit, and Teletraan One uses its Sky Spy satellite to scan local vehicles as templates for the Autobot's Earth transformations. This version of Teletraan One has a female persona.