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the scene where Optimus scans his vehicle mode in the 2007 movie is extremely similar to a scene from TF Armada. (2007)
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John Goodman recorded his dialogue as Hound with a pen in his mouth to imitate the character's cigar-chomping. (2014)
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the ending of the Dark Of The Moon novelisation, where Megatron and Optimus have a genuine truce. (2011)
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centuries after the end of Beast Machines, Cheetor ascends and evolves to become the spiritual leader of Cybertron, Alpha Trizer. (2016)
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Hasbro lost the trademark for the name "Bumblebee" for several years, meaning that new characters designed to be Bumblebee had to be called something else. (1996-2006)
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In The Last Knight, they reuse a shot from Revenge of the Fallen when Megatron is attacking a submarine and very briefly in TLK you can see the ROTF Megatron design in the sequence for no reason whatsoever. (2017) twitter.com/KingDiavolo_56…
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Movie Long Haul began life as a fan design created by artist Josh Nizzi.
it caught the eye of Aaron Archer and Michael Bay, who not only made the design canon in the sequel, but also hired Nizzi to work on the Transformers' designs for the four subsequent movies. (2008)
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in the most unrealistic scene in cartoon history, all of the world's governments agree to give the Autobots their energy. (1984)
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not bad for a last-minute addition to the movie that was added after the original cut of the movie had already been finished, eh? twitter.com/ScreenRogue/st…
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the infamous Armada "Built To Rule" line of construction toys, who look like that because they're all designed around the same "trans-skeleton". (2002-2003)
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in the DOTM comic adaptation, Sentinel remarks that he "never really liked (Ironhide's) kind".
In the movie's prequel comic, it's explained that Ironhide was a "Thetacon", a kind of tribal Cybertronian.
basically, Sentinel killed Ironhide because he's racist. (2011)
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Btw, the 'real' reason Ironhide died in DOTM, was apparently because the GMC Topkick had been discontinued in 2009, and GMC was no longer interested in supplying the vehicle to the studio. twitter.com/TF_Moments/sta…
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After years of troubled development, The Transformers Universe MMO (which would have been an alternate universe take on Transformers Prime) is shut down while still in open beta. (2014)
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in the Japanese dub of Prime, Shockwave says "Shock" a shockingly whole lot. (2012)
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Dinobot and Airazor never speak to each other throughout the entirety of Beast Wars. Not once. (1996-1997)
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Pay close attention during the final scene of the Beast Wars episode "Other Voices" and you can see Optimus Primal's remains flying towards the screen. (1997)
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Beast Wars Megatron fights G1 Optimus Prime (who he is somehow the same size as.) (2004)
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G1 Megatron gets a Transmetal upgrade, courtesy of Beast Wars Megatron messing around with his spark many years earlier. (2009)
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due to the Transmetal Beast Wars toys not coming with any ranged weapons, the animators of the cartoon had to figure out on their own how to give them firearms while also incorporating aspects from the toys. (1998)
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the penultimate episode of Cybertron/Galaxy Force pays direct homage to Brave Exkaiser. (2005)
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Red Five makes his show-stopping debut. (2020)
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early concept art and toy prototypes for "Transformers: Hero", the series which would eventually evolve to become Transformers Animated. (2004)
(this show spent a LONG time in production)
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official Japanese illustration of the Animated Seekers. (2009)
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two Animated shorts; "Logo" and "Starscream's Fantasy" have never been released publicly in any form for unknown reasons. They are currently lost media. (2009)
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G1 Starscream meets Animated Starscream in a Botcon 2011 promo video. (2011)
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