Grimlock declares that his birthday is on 23 August. (1986)
concept art for a Powermaster upgrade for Animated Optimus Prime. (2010)
in Ask Vector Prime, @chrismcfeely put forth the idea of the mysterious Maccadam actually being Alchemist Prime- a notion that the Cyberverse cartoon eventually made canon. (2021)
official Japanese illustration of the Animated Seekers. (2009)
Transmetal Waspinator's vehicle mode resembles an F-15 Eagle, evoking Starscream, who possessed him in the show. whether this was an intentional nod or a mere coincidence is unknown. (1998)
the Allspark Almanac 2 officially declared that those weird transforming kids from the G1 commercials were "Reverse Pretenders"
official Optimus and Bumblebee ponies. (2015)
The first toy of G1 Arcee was a retool of BW TM2 Blackarachnia, exclusive to BotCon 2001. Those who preordered it received a box with a VERY light-sensitive sound chip featuring a line from Susan Blu: "Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE!"
Optimus defeats Devastator in a single shot.
the G1 episode 'Hoist Goes Hollywood' misspells Tracks' name as 'Trucks'. it's unknown if this was a legit spelling error or an extension of the running gag from the episode where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong. (1985)
concept art for Power Of The Primes Leader Rodimus, showing a scrapped gimmick wherein the toy would've been able to combine with other figures from the line in vehicle mode. (2017) (Starscream also seems to really resemble Star Saber here.)
Thundercracker unleashes his Super Electric Lightning Thundercrackin' Punch. (2006)
Optimus Prime explodes. (1984)
the Grimlock from 2015 RID cartoon was supposed to be an original Dinobot character, but was changed to Grimlock for the sake of synergy with the movies. This means that there are two different Grimlocks in the Aligned continuity. (2015)
In early episodes of Beast Wars, Scorponok's missiles had Maximal symbols on them, the equivalent to carving an enemy's name on your bullets. Many viewers failed to pick up on this though, and they were promptly replaced with Predacon faction symbols to avoid confusion. (1996)
Hasbro slapped the name "Shockwave" onto a random Cybertron Minicon in order to claim it back after they had temporarily lost the trademark. While he may be the odd one out among them, every Shockwave released since has him to thank for keeping the name in circulation. (2005)
Tow-Line explains why you can't park there. (2000)
Cyberverse Injector and Air Hammer. (2020)
The Decepto-Pack, a plastic dress up set for children. (1985)
Skywarp only uses his teleportation powers in three episodes throughout the entire G1 cartoon. (1984-1985)
Drill Nuts' name. (1998)
an electrical transformer caught fire, leading to an explosion at the Hoover Dam. (2022)
the interactions between Purple Wicked Convoy and Shockwave in the Generations Selects manga reference Akane and Alexis Kerib from SSSS.Gridman. (PWC is repurposed from SG Optimus, who Akane was designed after, while Alexis Kerib and Shockwave share a voice actor) (2020)
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