the casting of Townsend Coleman as Sentinel Prime promptly inspired the designers of Animated to make him look like The Tick. (2008)
Townsend Coleman reprised his role as Animated Sentinel Prime for TFNation. (2020)
the name of the Prime who preceded Optimus in Aligned continuity was inconsistent- in the War For Cybertron game he was Zeta Prime, but in the Exodus novel he was Sentinel Prime. Hasbro solved the issue by declaring that his full name was "Sentinel Zeta Prime" (2011)
Simon Furman made Sunstreaker a Headmaster in IDW because he was the character who'd least want to be a Headmaster. (2007)
the Decepticons create an Insecticon Swarm on Cybertron, ravaging the planet and nearly killing the Autobots. (2010) Sunstreaker, not at all traumatised by that incident, adopts one and names him Bob. (2011)
unproduced concept for a female ladybug from Takatoku's Beetras toyline. (imported by Hasbro to become the Deluxe Insecticons) (1984)
concept art for a Powermaster upgrade for Animated Optimus Prime. (2010)
prototypes for the unmade Animated Marauder Megatron and Hot Shot toys. (2010)
the unproduced Beast Wars Neo Unicron toy. (199?)
cancelled figures from the final wave of Animated. (2010)
unproduced Arcee, Bumblebee, Cosmos and Shockwave figures from the Titanium line. (200?)
unreleased "Sideways Sneak Attack" set, with Sideways sporting battle damage meant to replicate that scene where he got cut in half.
the final wave of Robot Heroes figurines was THIS close to being released before being cancelled. (2008)
the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum has a Transformers-themed exhibit, paying tribute to the scenes from Revenge Of The Fallen that were filmed there. (2009- )
a G1 Starscream toy can be seen in Top Gun. (1986)
Starscream ponders various new bodies for himself. (2015)
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)
hundreds of Decepticons and Sweeps are combined into a giant "Deceptigod" (2011)
Bumblebee appears as a DLC character in "Bike Rider 3: Time Rider" for 3DS, alongside the likes of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, Crayon Shin-Chan, and Hatsune Miku. (2015)
the upcoming Studio Series Fallen toy not only has a removable face, but can also scream. (2022)
early trailers for DOTM have Sentinel Prime coloured mustard gold. (2011)
Paramount officially acknowledges the "if it came out in 2007" meme. (2022) twitter.com/ParamountPics/…
Animated Optimus, Bumblebee and Sari are transported to Axiom Nexus, where they meet Flareup, TransTech Shockwave, and a familiar-sounding Predacon named "Joe". (2008)
the Japanese broadcast of the final episode of Animated had the entire cast sing the show's theme song. (2010)
Wheeljack makes a Shrek reference. (2013)