The things you learn on HN... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie

Dialog: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPW44-I3n4&t=30s

(Also, RIP days when Transformers had Gundam levels of animation budget)

That movie legit traumatized a generation of little boys.

The GI Joe movie was changed to un-kill Duke because of it.

Optimus Prime has been resurrected and come back more times than Jesus.

That's generally agreed to be once so far, so maybe not the highest bar in resurrections? Even JR Ewing matches it.

Can't sell the new characters' toys if you don't kill off half a dozen old favorites in the first ten minutes of the movie!

Which was defeated by a character named "Rodimus Prime".