Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 7:29PM CDT

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You read that right, this is a real headline I did not think I'd ever write. It turns out that on June 4th, the Texas police arrested a man named Optimus Prime Blakely who was driving a stolen car in Austin. It turns out that Optimus Prime is indeed the legal name of the 37-year-old who has been charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Blakely is being held on an $8,000 bond.

Here is a link to the original story from Fox Austin: https://www.fox7austin.com/news/optimus ... stin-texas

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Re: Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car (2181321)
Posted by G1OptimusPAX on June 11th, 2024 @ 7:34pm CDT

Optimus Crime seems to be a pretender shell.

Re: Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car (2181322)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on June 11th, 2024 @ 7:38pm CDT

I wonder how many real people have legally changed their name to O.P.

I also wonder if The Onion has ever ran that same headline. I recall one about Bumblebee refusing to transform into his VW alt.

Re: Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car (2181324)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2024 @ 7:55pm CDT

Not the first time an Optimus Prime has broken the law.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/optimus-prime-gets-a-ticket/20823/

Re: Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car (2181331)
Posted by o.supreme on June 11th, 2024 @ 11:03pm CDT

I know around the time of RiD back in 2000there was a real life firefighter who changed his name to Optimus Prime. Seemed like a fairly law abiding citizen though. Anyone who tarnishes the name by committing a crime Should automatically be forced to go back to their original name.

Re: Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car (2181332)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 11th, 2024 @ 11:06pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:I know around the time of RiD back in 2000there was a real life firefighter who changed his name to Optimus Prime. Seemed like a fairly law abiding citizen though. Anyone who tarnishes the name by committing a crime Should automatically be forced to go back to their original name.

"Megatron"?

Re: Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car (2181404)
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on June 13th, 2024 @ 2:02am CDT

I remember back in the early 2000s a US soldier made headlines for legally changing his name to Optimus Prime.

Re: Optimus Prime has Been Arrested for Driving a Stolen Car (2181510)
Posted by Emerje on June 15th, 2024 @ 11:00am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I know around the time of RiD back in 2000there was a real life firefighter who changed his name to Optimus Prime. Seemed like a fairly law abiding citizen though. Anyone who tarnishes the name by committing a crime Should automatically be forced to go back to their original name.
"Megatron"?

Nope, Megatron didn't condone this either: https://twitter.com/Megatron_decep/stat ... 3012594883

People of Earth, today you must have woken up to the truth!
Please take a good look at this and see why we Decepticons are sometimes forced to act evil!

Yes, the Autobots were evil and the Decepticons were righteous!!!