the Dark of the Moon games for the Wii and DS were all 'Stealth Force' games, meaning that the Transformers only transformed from vehicles to weaponzied vehicles, with no robot mode gameplay. (2011)
Michael Bay's real-life dogs, Mason and Bonecrusher, cameo in the Transformers movies. (2007-2011)
Starscream references the Wizard of Oz while cursing out some ponies. (2021)
Bulkhead sats a fire hydrant in the title sequence of Animated. (2007)
Tidal Wave does pushups in the post-credits scene of the Armada game. (2004)
an oddly-sloped Optimus Prime, from the G1 episode 'Divide and Conquer' (1984)
Splatoon hosts a RID 2015-themed event.
The RPMs Devastator Showdown track set fires the included car on a track to an area that releases a "wrecking ball" follow the car down the track. Yes, that means Devastator fires his testicles at you. (2009)
Whirl discusses the graffiti he left inside Ultra Magnus. (2012)
The Autobots give Skyfire a touching burial after he sacrifices himself. They then went ahead and dug him out two episodes later. (1984)
in the 1986 movie, Sunstreaker seems to be on both Earth and Cybertron at the same time. (1986)
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Hot Rod sees alternate versions of himself from throughout the multiverse. (2013) After becoming Rodimus, the other Rodimuses appear again to help him in the final battle. (2014)
the Beast Wars cartoon would often include shoutouts to the usernames of various prominent online Transformers fans at the time. (1996-2000)
Diego Garcia, whose native inhabitants were forcibly expelled by the British military, is used as the Autobot base. (2009)
A Shockwave that transforms into a purple sports car is parked outside the Transformers Ride at Beijing's Universal Studios due to BMW's sponsorship. It periodically plays recorded lines, begging the tourists to free him from N.E.S.T's capture. (2021- )
the Cybertronian military insignias featured on the WFC Trilogy toys. (2019) tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron…
Andy Schmidt uses Don Figueroa's Stealth Bomber Megatron design in the pages of IDW's Transformers, without telling or paying him. (2011) Hasbro then makes the design into a toy, also without credit or compensation. (2014)
According to concept art by Massive Black, the Movie Insecticons were to have combined into a single monstrous, six-legged robot known as the Hive. (2008?)
The Armada Red Alert toy's "WOO WOO WOO" sound effect was once a popular in-joke within the Transformers fandom. Reportedly, at the start of the OTFCC 2003 Hasbro Panel, several fans started chanting "WOO WOO WOO WOO!" to the initial confusion of Hasbro designer Aaron Archer.
Prowl flips a lot of tables. (2012-2017)
the 2019 IDW TF comic ends with the Autobots all leaving Cybertron to fight another day, which leaves Megatron in control (albeit it being a pyrrhic victory for him). This effectively makes this one of the few TF continuities that ends with the Decepticons winning. (2022)
to save the other Teen Titans, Cyborg channels the power of The Night Begins To Shine and transforms into "Cyborgimus Prime". (2015)
the reformed Decepticon Dinoforce get new jobs after the events of Victory. (1989)