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Some random facts about Optimus Prime

	Optimus Prime's original name before he became Autobot leader was Orion Pax in the television series. Orion is the mythological Greek hunter while Pax is Latin for peace. In Latin, Optimus means "best"; "Prime" comes from primus, meaning "first".
	The toy for Optimus Prime is Patent number 4,516,948 in the U.S. Patent Office. The patent describes "A reconfigurable toy assembly having foldable portions to allow the toy assembly to simulate a toy combination vehicle having a tractor unit and a trailer unit separatably connected to each other. The tractor unit when separated from the trailer unit is reversibly reconfigurable into a robotic humanoid form, while the trailer unit is reversibly reconfigurable into a play space for the robotic humanoid."
	Homer Simpson appeared as Optimus Prime in one opening sequence to the Simpsons alongside the rest of the Simpson Family rendered as Autobots.
	There is also an Optimus Prime in the U.S. Army Ohio National Guard. He had his name legally changed to Optimus Prime in March of 2001, on his 30th birthday. His former name has not been disclosed.
	The Alaskan band Mr McFeely released a ballad entitled "The Death of Optimus Prime", telling the story of the character's first demise. Filk singer The Great Luke Ski also produced a song entitled "The Ballad Of Optimus Prime."
	In the animated TV series Family Guy, the episode, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", "reveals" that Optimus Prime is in fact Jewish. In reference to this, Toyfare magazine's humorous "Twisted Toyfare Theatre" segment once featured a brief scene in which Jewish superhero, The Thing, meets Prime, whom has transformed into a synagogue.
	The TV show Robot Chicken parodied Optimus Prime (voiced by Abraham Benrubi) and other Transformers characters. Optimus Prime develops prostate cancer in the associated show segment and then dies followed by a transformation into a casket. It is then revealed that the segment was "acted" by the Transformers, and a healthy Optimus Prime explains that Transformers are not made of organic matter, and cannot get cancer, but that "You are, and you can." The toy used in the show for Prime was from the Robot Masters line, though the last scene uses the Masterpiece Optimus Prime toy. This was probably due to their exceptional posability and show accuracy. He appears later that episode after the Human Torch reveals to the doctor that it burns when he urinates, shouting "What did I JUST tell you?!"
	The music video for the Nizlopi song JCB features a brief appearance by Optimus Prime.
	Optimus Prime often appears in the online cartoon College University, where he acts as the campus chief of security.
	Optimus Prime features in the Internet meme, the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, losing his head to Godzilla in the third verse. Past experience says he will probably be brought back from the dead for a sequel. Further, true to character, Prime is seemingly the only participant who does not directly attack another participant, instead spending his time saving Batman, then attempting to shore up a building that Godzilla has tried to knock down.
	A forty foot (12.2 metre) statue of Optimus Prime has been found in Yunnan Province, China. It is located near several automobile dealerships. The Transformers cartoon was broadcast in China (PRC) from 1990 onwards and had a large following among youths of that generation.
	There are many formulas one could use to estimate Optimus Prime's height. Using average human height scale for the Diaclone mini-pilot figurines as a baseline measurement, the original Convoy/Optimus Prime tops out at 42 feet/12.8 metres tall. Conversely, early Diaclone toys were done at a 1:32 scale to the real vehicles, which makes Optimus Prime's robot mode of 6.3 inches a mere 16.8 feet tall in real life. The 2004 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime figure, on the other hand, is of an imprecise scale existing somewhere between 1:24 (the same scale as Transformers: Alternators) and 1:30, making Prime somewhere between 24 and 30 feet tall.
	Optimus Prime (in his original form) is a regular character in the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 fighting game DreamMix TV World Fighters, along with other Takara, Hudson Soft and Konami characters, including Megatron.
	Megatron and Optimus Prime made a cameo on the television series Scrubs. In episode 19 of the 5th season J.D. and Turk paint a mural on the baby's room wall of Powermaster Optimus Prime and the original Megatron fighting each other.
	Comedian Dane Cook has a track on his Retaliation comedy CD called "My Son Optimus Prime" in which he says he plans to name one of his children Optimus Prime, due to the fact that Transformers was his favorite childhood TV show.
	Optimus Prime and Grimlock make cameo appearances in the movie The Professional (also known as Léon), as clips of them are seen whenever Matilda watches TV in Leon's apartment.
	The 20th Anniversary figure was featured in a print ad for Nokia 6820 phones, stooped over and scratching his head with a slightly puzzled look on his face.
	Prime has also been advertising for the Newspaper Association of America.
	Prime was referenced several times in the Kevin Smith film Clerks II, most notably as the e-mail address and overall Internet handle of Elias Grover (Trevor Fehrman).
	The comic book Wolverine (2nd series) #140 features a robotic look-alike of Optimus Prime. It attacks Wolverine and his teammate Nightcrawler under the orders of a similar mechanical look-alike of the X-Men's archenemy, Magneto.
	In the MMORPG City OF Villains, there is a truck found around the Rogue Isles that serves as a black market, The design of the truck is a homage to Optimus Prime.
	On the episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy entiled Wishbones. A truck hauling the world's largest pillow feature Prime's markings. Even including a white decal that resembles the Autobot insignia on the driver side, which Prime's insignia is located.
	The underground hip hop artist MURS states, "I'mma deticate this album to everyone who cried when they killed Optimus Prime," in a verse on his album "MURS Rules The World."
	Rapper DMX mentions he 'transforms like Optimus Prime' in Where my Dogs At? in his album It's Dark and Hell is Hot.