bionicbob said:
Though I guess Megatron would not work in this instance.... :-(
Megatron's in there for all of a few seconds. Though it's a flashback, it technically marks his final G1 appearance.
And "supporting characters" vs. "main characters" is a bit convoluted in this particular edit. The different episodes each focus on different characters. "Dark Awakening" itself runs through a ton of characters. Humans such as Spike and Daniel, who feature prominently in the beginning, eventually shut up and fall into the background, replaced by other characters. Mark Morgan and Gregory Swofford feature heavily in "The Return of Optimus Prime" Part 1 but get only a few lines in Part 2. Galvatron is in only a few minutes of "Dark Awakening" before disappearing (along with the rest of the Decepticons, to be replaced by the Quintessons as the villains for the rest of the episode) but has decent-sized roles in TRoOP1&2. Jessica features heavily in both parts of TRoOP (though less so in Part 2, since she disappears around ten minutes before the end only to re-emerge at the very end).
While creating the credits, I had counted the words of each character in my edit in order to determine the order in which the actors' names were listed. While I ultimately went by actors' total contribution as opposed to primary character's prominence, here are the top ten characters in order of total number of words spoken:
Optimus Prime
Rodimus Prime
Jessica Morgan
Galvatron
Sky Lynx (most of this is due to Sky Lynx recapping TRoOP1 - instead of Jessica, because that would make too much damn sense)
Gregory Swofford
Mark Morgan
Kup
Ultra Magnus
Blurr (primarily due to Blurr's shortcut method of sounding fast: repeating a lot of words)