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Tailgate saves the universe with a semicolon. (2014)
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Bob Budiansky was inspired by Star Trek when characterizing Shockwave, imagining him as an evil version of Spock.
Meanwhile, Corey Burton based his performance as Shockwave in the G1 cartoon after David Warner's portrayal of Sark in Tron.
(1984)
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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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Universal Studios Beijing has a cafe inspired by Swerve's bar from MTMTE.
On display there are Swerve's My First Blaster, Tailgate's hoverboard, and Grimlock's crown.
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Before Dark of the Moon, Movie Shockwave put in his first appearance as the final boss of the 2007 movie's tie-in games.
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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)
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Shockwave's inclusion in Animated arose from a between-scenes conversation Corey Burton had with the production team, regarding how little the original Shockwave actually had to do in the G1 cartoon. (2008)
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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- )
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The design of Optimus Primal's bat form is an homage to Batman, whose action figure license was also held at the time by Kenner. His designer chose the black color scheme to redeco him into Onyx Primal, enhancing the mold's inherent resemblance to Batman. (1996)
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in Prime Season 2, Megatron’s jet mode still has his fusion cannon even though at that point he had it replaced with a new lower arm. (2012)
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the Maximals choose to bring Megatron back to Cybertron by strapping him to the outside of their ship, inadvertently causing them a LOT of problems later on. (1999)
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Scott McNeil voiced Jetfire in Armada and Energon, but was replaced by Brian Dummond in Cybertron, apparently due to the producers wanting an Australian-sounding Jetfire.
Ironically, Scott McNeil is Australian while Brian Dummond is not. (2005)
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In Rescue Bots Academy, Whirl's locker has a drawing of her with another, IDW-inspired Whirl, perhaps suggesting that the two might be related somehow. (2020)
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lack of time and budget to design new robot mode models means that in the G1 cartoon, all the Transformers sport parts from their Earth vehicle modes on Cybertron, millions of years before they get there. (1984)
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Cliffjumper pulls out a giant bazooka that's twice his size out of nowhere. (1984)
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During the first draft of the Prime episode 'Stronger, Faster' there was a line where Ratchet implies Elita One had died during the war and blames Optimus for it, leading Prime to punch Ratchet. The scene was cut as the story editor didn't want Optimus to lose his cool. (2011)
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Having a total of 104 episodes, Rescue Bots is the longest-running Transformers show of all time. (2012-2016)
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At the climatic cliffhanger at the end of Marvel issue 74, Unicron has Men's and Women's bathroom symbols on his body. (1990)
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Cosmos' alt mode become a useful disguise for the first time ever. (2013)
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Studio Series BB Soundwave's alt mode bears resemblance to G1 Soundwave's alt mode in the Transformers vs GI Joe comic, though apparently it's just a coincidence. (2022)
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an Animated version of RID Optimus Prime/Fire Convoy cameos in one of the Animated storybooks. (2008)
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3 artists on the Generation 2 comic had 3 different (HORRIFIC) answers as to what's under Optimus' mouthplate. (1993)
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