[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by wentwood

The Headmasters do show up in Rebirth.

I feel like Rebirth and the first 3 episodes of Headmasters are a transition. These 6 episodes are considered a Passing The Torch connected or not. Sort of a transition to the next chapter of the story. In Headmasters after Rodimus leaves with his group then it switches to the Headmasters full on. We see Rodimus take over partly through Headmasters. So it's more of a two phase leadership change. Optimus for Rebirth and the 1st 3 episodes of Headmasters then Rodimus. Story connected or not it's a leadership change for the Autobots is how I look at it.

Even looking at it from that angle, Headmasters wins in terms of leadership transitions due to its story elements!

Optimus resumed the leadership and stayed on without transitioning to anyone else in Rebirth.

Headmasters had Convoy (Optimus) as the initial leader, but he sacrificed himself and leadership took a step back to Rodimus, who kept it until Cybertron was destroyed and then he passed it to Fortress (Cerebros), but it was more of a title transition cause Rodimus kept the Matrix! That's a noteworthy trend in the Japanese Continuity... the Cybertron (Autobot) "Supreme Commander" doesn't necessarily carry the Matrix, but they carry a title and primary leadership roles. And none of that begins to cover the power play between Galvatron and Scorponok!

We also never said that Rebirth DIDN'T have Headmasters! The story and the origins are what make the two incompatible with each other! The US also has more than one origin myth for the Headmasters cause both Rebirth and the Headmasters cartoon are incompatible story-wise with Marvel US (and by default, Marvel UK)!