Elita-1 (One)

Elita-1 is an Autobot from One.

Magentta Johansson

Elita-1 doesn't have time for your nonsense. As the head of an Energon mining crew, she maintained a spotless record while harvesting large amounts of energon for the good of Cybertron. Despite having to manage bots less perfect than herself, she put herself on track to promotion through her hard work and leadership skills.

...until one of those aforementioned less-than-perfect bots messed all that up.

Fiction

One film

Voice actor: Scarlett Johansson (English), Riho Yoshioka (Japanese), Audrey Fleurot (European French), Julia Vaidis-Bogard (European French, first trailer), Camille Cyr-Desmarais (Canadian French), Emilia Schüle (German), Dafne Gallardo (Latin-American Spanish), Rosalba Sotelo (Latin-American Spanish, first trailer), Cristina López (Spain Spanish), Joël Mulachs (Spain Spanish, first trailer), Camila Queiroz (Brazilian Portuguese), Domitilla D'Amico (Italian), Alina Jefremoff (Finnish)

IT'S GONNA BLOW!

As the captain of a group of cogless energon miners, Elita-1 maintained a spotless record and was determined to eventually be promoted to overseer. During one venture into the mines, Wheeljack accidentally caused an unstable energon vein to explode, causing a collapse that pinned Jazz under a rock. As per protocol, Elita ordered all miners to evacuate and leave Jazz. However, Orion Pax and D-16 defied the order and managed to save Jazz, barely making out of the collapsing tunnel and causing damage to nearby mining equipment. Elita was blamed for the disaster and demoted to waste management by Darkwing, not before angrily stamping her badge onto him.

During the Iacon 5000 race, Elita watched in disbelief as Orion and D-16 were revealed to be participating on the monitors. After the race, she later found the two, along with the overly-talkative B-127, trespassing on transport train in an attempt to reach the planet's surface. Still furious about her demotion, Elita attempted to sabotage the departing train. Despite this, Cybertron's shifting geology caused the four bots to be thrown from the train upon reaching the surface, with Elita crying out in fury. Orion explained they had discovered the possible location of the Matrix of Leadership and were on a quest to retrieve the lost artifact. Snatching the map from Orion, Elita demanded that she be in charge and that if they found the Matrix, the other three would take full responsibility for going out of bounds and say she had tried to stop them.

The quartet eventually arrived at an ancient cave containing the bodies of the Primes. After searching the cave unsuccessfully for the Matrix, the four discovered that Alpha Trion's spark had not been extinguished and revived him with an Energon cube. Trion revealed that Cybertron's leader Sentinel Prime, was an imposter, a false Prime who had betrayed the Primes as part of a deal with the invading Quintessons and had removed the transformation cogs from all newly born Cybertronians so they could mine energon as tribute for the invaders. To aid the four, Trion granted them cogs from four of the fallen Primes, with Elita receiving Alchemist Prime's, and the group retreated as Trion held off the approaching Death Trackers.

On their way back to Iacon City, the four were captured by the former Cybertron High Guard. The Guard's leader, Starscream, demanded intelligence on Sentinel but was beaten into submission by D-16, who seized control of the Guard and began to prepare for an assault on Sentinel's tower. Unfortunately, it was at that point that Sentinel's enforcer, Airachnid, found and destroyed the High Guard's base and captured D-16, B-127, Starscream, and several other Guard members. Elita gave a discouraged Orion a peptalk. Despite taking many digs at him, she praised him for his endless optimism and potential as a great leader. Though the remaining members of the guard displayed some dissent towards the newcomers, Elita silenced it by slugging Shockwave in his eye. Formulating a plan to use the remaining Guard members along with additional support from the miners, Orion commanded the Guard to roll out for Sentinel's tower to rescue their comrades.

Commandeering a garbage train, Elita crashed it headlong into the tower while Soundwave freed the prisoners. While D-16 attacked Sentinel, Elita, Orion, and B resolved to captured Airachnid and broadcast her memories to reveal Sentinel's crimes to the city. As the broadcast went out, Elita and the others watched as D-16 turned on Orion, dropping his former friend into a chasm. Elita tried to jump into the pit after Orion, only to be held back by B. She watched in horror as D-16 executed Sentinel, and declared himself "Megatron" before commanding the High Guard to ransack the city. Though Elita and B attempted to stop Megatron's rampage, they were no match for his new, more powerful form. Just then, Orion, empowered by the Matrix into Optimus Prime, returned to the surface and managed to defeat Megatron, banishing him and the High Guard from the city. Following the battle, Optimus offered Elita the rank of major, but she suggested becoming a commander instead, the request being granted by the new Prime. Elita looked on as Optimus used the power of the Matrix to make energon flow freely once more and gave all the miners transformation cogs. United as fully autonomous "Autobots", they vowed to defend Cybertron from the Quintessons and any future threats. One

Toys

One

Doctor Elita

• Elita-1 (Robot Battlers, 2024)

• Accessories: Energon sword, base

Part of the first wave of Transformers One Robot Battlers, Elita-1 transforms into a Cybertronian motorcycle. The figure can be placed on a base to perform action moves by sliding the finger slots, to knock an opponent's figure off their base.

• Cybertron Rush Battle: Leader-tachi no Tatakai (サイバトロンラッシュバトル リーダーたちの戦い, 2024)

• ID number: OCR-01
• Release date: 2024 October 12

The Robot Battlers Elita-1 is released in Japan as part of a "Cybertron Rush Battle: Battle of Leaders" 3-pack with Optimus Prime and Megatron. Unlike the Hasbro release, Elita-1's base and weapons are not featured in this release, though this can be compensated by using Optimus's Energon Sword or its base.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail. CRB 3-pack

Studio Series

"I'm always picking up after you boys..."

• Elita-1 (Deluxe Class, 2025)

• Movie: Transformers One
• Accessories: blaster, jetpack
• Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy)^[1]

Part of a yet to be determined wave of Studio Series Deluxes, Elita-1 is based on her appearance in Transformers One, transforming into a Cybertronian three wheeled bike. She comes with a miner's jetpack and a Death Tracker's blaster.

Elita was revealed on the channels of YouTubers Rodimus Primal and EmGo316, as part of a series of related reveals leading up to "Transformers Day" on September 17, 2024, when she was made available to pre-order.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Merchandise

Transformers One

Those eyes... They have seen things.

• Elita-1 (2024)

A children's product based on her appearance in the One film, the Elita-1 costume is comprised of a bodysuit and mask.

Yolopark

She went from transforming into a black widow to being voiced by one.

• (Cog-less Bot Mode) Elita-1 (AMK Series Model Kit, 2024)

• Accessories: 3 pairs of hands, Cog of Conversion Transformation Cog, Jetpack

Released as part of Yolopark's Advance Model Kit (AMK) lineup, this Elita-1 is modeled after her Cog-less Cybertronian form, and she can be only completed by snapping the pre-painted pieces together. Aside from her hand parts, Elita also comes with an additional jetpack she used to mine, and a Transformation Cog. Due to how Elita's empty Cog slot is designed, there is no absolute way to make her interact with the accessory.

Unlike the other characters released, this Elita-1 (along with the Cogged Bot mode kit below) features white paint and plastic on certain areas instead of silver.

Like most Yolopark AMK kits, Elita-1's pre-assembled parts can also be detached, except for the pinned areas, making it generally easy to customize the kit if desired.

Elita-1 can be bought in either the default-styled "gift box" or "tin box"-styled packaging. The latter can be purchased with the other three Cog-less figures as a 4-pack set with an acrylic standee.

• (Cogged Bot Mode) Elita-1 (AMK Series Model Kit, 2024)

• Accessories: 2 pairs of hands, right weapon-wielding hand, pointing right hand, blaster

This model kit of Elita is based on her cogged form. She comes with the blaster taken from the Death Trackers.

Blokees

• Elita-1 (Classic Class, 2024)

• ID number: 12
• Accessories: 2 pairs of hands (grip, open palm), Tracker blaster, 2 figure stands, 2 energy effects

Released as part of Blokees' Classic Class model kit line, this Elita-1 is a 4.5-inch tall non-transforming Deluxe/Prime Changer-sized Gunpla-style model kit with pre-painted parts on the runners. She also features a torso frame that lights up upon shaking (or at least lightly tap some areas on the torso), causing the eyes to glow for a limited time. Aside from the usual display stand and two pairs of hand parts, Elita-1 also comes with a Tracker Blaster to hold with. While the pieces are molded on a touch-gate runner for easy removal of parts without nippers or tools, the former is required for a cleaner cut.

Notes

• Elita-1 stands apart from her fellow movie main characters Orion Pax, D-16, and B-127 in not having a "youth name" preceding her "adult name" in spite of the classic episode "War Dawn" establishing "Ariel" alongside Orion Pax. This probably comes down to Disney-related toy trademark issues, which also affected the Legacy: Evolution Erial toy from a year prior.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Elita-1 (エリータ-1 Erīta Wan)

Gallery

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  Original miner body

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  Cogged form

References