The Earth is caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between two races of robots, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, which are able to change into a variety of objects, including cars, trucks, planes and other technological creations.《变形金刚》是历史上最成功的商业动画之一，它在玩具市场和音像市场上取得的成功是空前巨大的，以至于80年代一度风靡全球，在亚欧美等多个国家都兴起了一股“变形金刚”热，让“transformers”成为全世界家喻户晓的名词。