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Animated Toxitron homages Bizzaro from DC Comics. (2011)
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it's been 45 years since the Golden Disk was launched into space, inadvertently starting the Beast Wars. twitter.com/SPACEdotcom/st…
503
in the G1 cartoon, the DInobots are built because "robot dinosaurs might be useful" (1984)
504
Optimus Prime calls Trailbreaker "Trailblazer" and Spike "Splick" (1985)
505
Optimus totally doesn't forgive the two humans who started the Hate Plague. (1987)
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Optimus totally doesn't forgive Grimlock. (1984)
508
Brawn survives getting shot in the head. (1984)
Brawn dies after getting shot in the shoulder. (1986)
509
The Autobots give Skyfire a touching burial after he sacrifices himself.
They then went ahead and dug him out two episodes later. (1984)
510
Megatron beams Starscream in the head with an Energon cube. (1984)
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several episodes of G1 had to be re-recorded to replace the name 'Jetfire' with 'Skyfire'. (1984)
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According to Dan Gilvezan in his autobiography, the cast of the G1 cartoon would often have to wait a long time to record their lines. Scatman Crothers would bring his guitar to every recording session and perform for his fellow cast members to keep them entertained. (1984)
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the G1 cartoon episode "War Of The Dinobots" can be seen playing in 'Leon: The Professional'. (1994)
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Animated makes Dragstrip female, putting a whole new spin on the character's name. (2010)
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Nautilator apparently sounds exactly like Megatron. (2012)
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the OFTCC 2004 voice drama featured a yellow Optimus Prime who was voiced by a woman, making her the first female Optimus.
Takara's Generations Selects manga would many years later give her a starring role, and name her "Yellow Splendid Convoy". (2020)
518
Almost every toy of DOTM Leadfoot is a Target exclusive, due to him literally being a walking Target ad.
(If you live in a country without Target, good luck.)
(2011-2021)
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a closed captioning error on one of Paramount's Animated DVDs mistakenly refers to Shockwave as "Chugway". (2009)
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the Headmasters anime strangely depicts the Autobots as needing to work out, even though they're..y'know, robots. (1987)
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the fucked-up map of Europe from the G1 episode "Trans-Europe Express" (1985)
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in "The Disaster Artist", Tommy Wiseau is shown owning a 'robot crab' toy, which is actually the G1 Seacon Nautilator. (2017)
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most toys and promotional material for the Bumblebee movie are based off an early design for him that differs from the final model in a few ways, most visibly by having door wings that the final design lacks. (2018)
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a very familiar looking music player, owned by Sideways in Cybertron/Galaxy Force. (2005)
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The majority of Age of Extinction toys and promo images for Optimus are based on a preliminary design for the character, not used in the final film. The differences are most noticeable on the chest, although there are minor design variations across the entire body. (2014)
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