the Japanese dub of Beast Wars made the Predacon computer an actual character, naming her "NAVI-ko". the "Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base" manga would also give her a transforming body with a dolphin alt mode, loosely based on Prime Airachnid. (2014)
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…
Crumplezone rides Ransack. (2005)
Ultra Magnus is rebuilt into the gigantic "Maximus Ambus" (2016)
one of Age Of Extinction's tv spots contained a scene of Bumblebee dancing that was cut from the final film. (2014)
the Japanese names of these Unicron Trilogy characters.
the TF Chronicle line, consisting of reissues of G1 Optimus and Megatron packed together with their DOTM Movie counterparts. (2011)
Blackarachnia makes an innuendo. (1999)
the Transformers take part in a fighting tournament hosted by robot catgirls. (2004)
Sentinel Major, the "G1-ified" version of Animated Sentinel Prime seen in the Wings Universe comics. (2011)
3 artists on the Generation 2 comic had 3 different (HORRIFIC) answers as to what's under Optimus' mouthplate. (1993)
Optimus Prime's infamous disappearing mouthplate. (1985)
Energon Cruellock's dino mode is designed to resemble the 1998 movie version of Godzilla. Signal Flare from the same line is designed to resemble the Maser tanks from the Japanese Godzilla movies. (2004)
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)
Fortress Maximus and Scorponok have ramps that come out of their mouths. (2016)
Wasp huminas to Blackarachnia. (2009)
gotta love how whoever did this photoshoot was nerdy enough to actually recreate the stock footage transformation sequence from the show twitter.com/tfw2005/status…
humanity builds a memorial for Optimus Prime before he's even dead. (1986)
at the climax of Beast Machines, Megatron models his final form after Optimus Primal's 'Optimal' form, for no other reason than because he's petty and wants to fuck with Primal. (2000)
the G1 storybook "The Great Car Rally" depicts Optimus with a mouth, the only piece of G1 media to do so. (1984)
The full combination sequences for the Energon/Superlink combiners are seen only once in the whole show...in the non-canon 'tournament' episode. (2004)
official Optimus and Bumblebee ponies. (2015)
only 3 episodes into the Headmasters anime, Optimus Prime dies again. (1987)
Before Dark of the Moon, Movie Shockwave put in his first appearance as the final boss of the 2007 movie's tie-in games.