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The Transformers Hall Of Fame has fans vote for a character they want to see inducted in. Fans jokingly begin rallying behind BW Dinobot, no one seriously believing a BW character would beat the G1 guys.
Dinobot proceeded to win the fan vote. (2010)
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in the film "Boogie Nights", Mark Wahlberg's character sings The Touch, inadvertently foreshadowing his role in Transformers many years later. (1997)
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Star Saber's sword cannot forgive evil. (1989)
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the Marvel UK Annual text story 'State Games' depicted Megatron's past as a gladiator, and his eventual rise to power. (1986)
Despite the relative obscurity of this story, it has since become THE definitive modern backstory for Megatron that almost all new media has used.
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Kup, Blurr and Arcee stand around and do nothing while Rodimus gets his ass beat by Galvatron. (1987)
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the infamous transforming Thomas The Tank Engine combiner, that seems to make the rounds every few years.
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a Rhinox toy from American chain Checkers and its regional variant Rally's. (2000)
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Gozer the Gozerian has Starscream choose the form of the destructor. (2019)
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Starscream, Blitzwing and Astrotrain carve their faces into a rockface.
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there were two different toys of Ravage in the Alternators line: one with a humanoid robot mode and one with a beast mode. (2004,2007)
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Megatron is defeated by a can of spray paint. (1985)
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G1 Shockwave's cartoon and comic characterizations are complete opposites, one being loyal and subservient, the other a power-hungry rival. This disparity was a result of lack of time during the franchise's production to get all the story basics established from the outset.(1984)
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Smite received Transformers-themed skins. (2021)
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Mirage once hung around invisible for 10 minutes for no good reason. (1985)
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the late Denny O' Neil was initially hired by Marvel to create the character names and story concepts for Transformers.
While most of his treatment was rejected, some of O'Neil's contributions were retained in the final product, including the name "Optimus Prime". (1984)
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Voice actor Michael Chain has stated that he based his characterization of Red Alert in the G1 cartoon on former U.S. President Richard Nixon, a man so incredibly paranoid that he kept secret audio recordings of himself. (1985)
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The full combination sequences for the Energon/Superlink combiners are seen only once in the whole show...in the non-canon 'tournament' episode. (2004)
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Devil Gigatron (RID Galvatron) and God Fire Convoy (Omega Prime), now allies, combine into Devil God Fire Convoy. (2019)
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IDW's Beast Wars comic ended on an extremely rushed and abrupt note due to their loss of the Transformers license.
The editors' note at the end of the final issue goes into detail on the many, many aborted plot threads the writers wanted to follow up on. (2022)
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Takara reboots Diaclone as its own toyline, complete with reimagined takes on Battle Convoy (who became Optimus Prime) and Powered Convoy (who became Ultra Magnus)
(2016- )
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several TF toys over the course of the franchise's history have been mistaken for being retools of past figures due to design similarities, when they are in fact new molds that merely share engineering cues.
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Animated Toxitron homages Bizzaro from DC Comics. (2011)
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the transforming Punisher figure from Marvel's Shape Shifters line is particularly infamous for one BIG reason. (2000)
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