Soundwave and Skywarp play catch. (1985)
The Bumblebee Twitter account throws a fit over Sonic. (2022) twitter.com/bumblebeemovie…
an episode of Beast Machines shows shows a statue of Optimus Prime holding two Golden Disks. Writer Bob Skir suggested that they were either the disks from the Voyager 1 and 2 probes, or that Optimus won them in the 2,395,989th Annual Cybertronian spelling bee. (1999)
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)
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)
the CGI model of Revenge Of The Fallen Devastator was so big and complex he caused ILM's hardware to explode. (2008)
Dinobot and Airazor never speak to each other throughout the entirety of Beast Wars. Not once. (1996-1997)
Hisashi Yuki was VERY proud of how he designed Car Robots God Fire Convoy to have Fire Convoy and God Magnus "shake hands" as part of the combination, so much so that he personally requested the animators of the CR show include it as part of the combination sequence. (2000)
according to writer Mae Catt, Cyberverse Soundwave's favourite song is Despacito. (2020)
in Starscream's biopic, Thundercracker showcases his unparalleled talents by directing the movie and also playing Starscream, Skywarp, AND HIMSELF in the same scene. (2018)
Tidal Wave does pushups in the post-credits scene of the Armada game. (2004)
the futuristic New York of 2006. (1986)
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For reasons not yet known, rapid photodegradation (yellowing) in Transformers toys has become very common as of the last few years. Figures have been reported visibly yellowed while still packaged and newly-arrived on store shelves. (2021- )
the Autobot and Decepticon logos were redesigned for Generation 2. (1993)
Optimus returns in Transformers Go as a triple-changing bullet train/dragon. (2013)
Mazinger Z vs Transformers. Yup. (2019)
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Primus apotheosis is a Cybertronian personality disorder, characterized by the obsessive need to emulate Optimus Prime, including a desire to quote him, resemble him or heroically sacrifice oneself. IDW Getaway, Pyro and G2 Sureshot are all said to suffer from this ailment.
Earthspark Soundwave's exploding cassette. (2022)
Ratchet's entire face disappears. (2012)
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a public appeal for Optimus Prime to come and solve the country's problems, to which the Conservative Party responded Brown had "more in common with the Decepticons" (2009)
Corey Burton reprises his role as Shockwave in a Gamestop ad. He later expressed lament over the rushed, "gag" nature of the ad, being out of character and that it hardly even sounded like him. (2011)
Ironhide was supposed to be in the Prime cartoon; however due to the recent death of Ironhide in the movies, his role was taken by Bulkhead to avoid 'confusing' kids with a living Ironhide.