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Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise)
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Transformers: Generation 1 (originally simply The Transformers) is the original incarnation of Transformers, and regarded as the most iconic incarnation by some. If you say "Transformers", it's more than likely people will believe that you're talking about this one (or the live-action movies, depending on the audience). It began in 1984 as a way to advertise Hasbro's Transformers toy line, which was made from altering Takara's Diaclonenote Where instead of robots they were piloted mecha and Microchange lines through retools (mild alterations) and/or redecos (repaints), plus some licensed from other toy companies.The original Japanese toys were not intelligent robots but remote controlled mechs used by human pilots. Under the Transformers brand every toy was a sentient robot, and the story was written to accommodate that. Characters were created that eventually became legend and are closely associated with further Transformers continuity lines. Such include Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Bumblebee and others who form general character types.Since Transformers first aired, the FCC has enforced stricter regulations around children's programming; among other rules, a program may not use on-screen talent or 'identifiable program characteristics' (or display website addresses) to advertise during or adjacent to the 'host' program, even if the website contains primarily non-commercial program-related material. While these regulations have not substantially affected toy-related shows, they have largely curtailed the practice of creating a toy-related show specifically to promote and market a toy. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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The Decepticon Headmaster Mindwipe likewise sells himself as a terrible creature of the night, helped by his bat alternate mode. He claims to be a master of dark mystic arts, trying to get in touch with ancient spirits but unaware he's actually picking up reruns of old sitcoms. He's genuinely dangerous, as his special power is to hypnotise an enemy simply by making eye contact. Luckily, he's also a bit of a Dirty Coward. | |
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I Don't Pay You to Think | |
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I Don't Pay You to Think: Scourge says this to one of his Sweeps in Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3 | |
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The Worf Effect | |
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The Worf Effect: Starscream, using the power of the Underbase, kills many Transformers (Autobot and Decepticon alike!) effortlessly. Devastator gives the Autobots a good run for their money, until the appearance of Bruticus, who defeats him without much trouble. In post-movie appearances, even Perceptor would defeat him. The Stunticons were introduced as being equipped with forcefields that rendered them nigh invulnerable, until episodes later when for unknown reasons were no longer equipped with them and in equal terms with the Autobots. | |
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Kidnapped for Experimentation | |
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Kidnapped for Experimentation: While mostly avoided in the first series (probably due to the target audience and those pesky censors), later series had this trope pop up semi-often (most notably in Transformers: Prime, where the terrorist organization MECH became a little too interested in Earth's resident Cybertronians. | |
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The Movie | |
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The Movie: You got the Touch! You got the power! YEAH! *guitar solo* | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: Warpath is a tank who randomly makes exclamations. Looks like he has Tourette's, which is a homophone for "turrets." | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: Some Diaclone and Microman figures were initially heroes in their own toyline (Starscream for example is based off of Jet Robo in the Diaclone line). Famously, the Microman gun transformer would become Megatron. | |
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Underlighting | |
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Underlighting: It used underlighting frequently for the yellow Autobot gunshots, the purple Decepticon gunshots, and sometimes the red and blue glowing eyes. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: The subplot of Blitzwing possibly doing a Heel–Face Turn in Five Faces of Darkness just goes nowhere... Blitzwing appears later on with the Decepticons as if nothing happened. However, he never gets a line again, and is reduced to being an extra in battle scenes. His story-line was supposed to continue in the later Thief in the Night and Starscream's Ghost two parter, but through Executive Meddling the new to... um character, Octane was given his role instead. | |
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Creepy Old-Fashioned Diving Suit | |
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Creepy Old-Fashioned Diving Suit: Octopunch is a Decepticon Pretender (in other words, a villainous robot inside an organic power shell). While Autobot Pretender Shells were designed to look like humans in armor, Decepticon Shells were designed to look like monsters. Octopunch's shell is designed to look like a man-mutant hybrid in an old-fashioned diving helmet with a horrifying visage barely visible beneath it and he's known as "the terror of the deep." | |
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Palette Swap | |
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Palette Swap: A lot of characters are just recolors of each other. There's Starscream/Skywarp/Thundercracker, Rumble/Frenzy, Laserbeak/Buzzsaw, Bumblebee/Cliffjumper, Prowl/Bluestreak/Smokescreen, and Ironhide/Ratchet (though some of these pairings slightly subvert the trope by having very minor differences in head or face shape, or having different accessories such as police/ambulance lights). More than made up for by all of these pairings, except maybe Rumble and Frenzy, having radically different personality types that even the cartoon did a relatively good job of playing up. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: Dreamwave's War Within comic has Grimlock accidentally call Swoop "Divebomb". Divebomb was a prototype name for Swoop, and was given as being his original name in the Marvel comic. Actually, the book came a few years earlier. | |
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Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: Me Grimlock and other Dinobots speak like cavemen. Shrapnel repeats the last word of every sentence, sentence. Sometimes even the last two syllables of every sentence, whether they form a single word, or two. Wheelie speaks in rhyme every single time. Blurr talks really fast and often repeats himself because he's so fast and the speed at which he talks reflects the speed at which he moves and by speaking so fast he gets a lot of words in due to speaking so fast but he often doesn't have a lot to say so he ends up repeating himself while speaking real fast. Omega Supreme: giant. Favorite punctuation mark: colon. Talk in backwards Yoda speak Weirdwolf loves to. Warpath is BAM!! fond of putting loud POW!! exclamations into his BOOM!! sentences. This could be considered Robo-Tourette's syndrome. Seaspray sounds like he's permanently underwater. Or gargling. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: We never hear about Spike's mother/Sparkplug's wife. | |
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Beard of Evil | |
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Beard of Evil: Scourge and the Sweeps (and Unicron) sport something resembling a goatee and they're either evil Decepticons or a robot being that wants to destroy everything. | |
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Unsettling Gender-Reveal | |
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Unsettling Gender-Reveal / Gender Bender : Arcee, who was a test subject to Mad Scientist Jhiaxus. By messing with Arcee's CNA, Jhiaxus introduced gender into a previously genderless race. This explains why Arcee is so Ax-Crazy. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Subverted in the IDW series where she's not only highly competent and Ax-Crazy but also formerly a guy. | |
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My Master, Right or Wrong | |
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My Master, Right or Wrong: Cyclonus, in Season 3 of the cartoon. | |
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Competing Product Potshot | |
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Competing Product Potshot: A commercial took part in ripping into their competitors (mainly The GoBots) by devoting an entire commercial to it. With Megatron, Optimus Prime and the announcer outright proclaiming that only they deserve the right to be called Transformers. | |
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Vocal Evolution | |
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Vocal Evolution: Going back and watching the three-part premiere of the Generation 1 series, Optimus Prime's and Starscream's voices seem almost unrecognizable. Optimus had a softer, smoother tone compared to the iconic, deep-sounding voice that is typically associated with the character. In a similar twist, Starscream had a lighter, more easy-on-the-ears rasp (even when screaming), than the sharp, grating and loud voice provided in earlier episodes. | |
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Memetic Mutation | |
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He's just a soldier, he's not worthy. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Doctor Arkeville, who happily enslaves human beings by the hundreds with his hyno-chip implants draws the line at cold-blooded murder and is visibly horrified by Megatron's callous proposal of leaving them to die in favor of gathering energy, showing clear concern for the safety and welfare of his slaves over his conquest of Earth. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: The Diaclone pilots were intentionally taken out of the toyline because Hasbro believed the robots themselves as sentient beings at war with each other was more marketable than the original's Badass Army that could pilot several vehicles that can transform into Gundam-esque mechs and at war with the Warudos, an invading alien species using their own robots (the Insecticons originated from them). The same can be said to Microman, the other transforming toyline series unrelated with Diaclone. They were smaller humans that can possess toy items, and make them transform (such as Megatron the gun, Soundwave a cassette tape deck, Shockwave a laser gun, Perceptor a microscope, and Reflector a camera). With the exeception of Perceptor, the aforementioned four robots were subjected to Adaptational Villainy. | |
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Hammerspace | |
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Hammerspace: Each Cybertronian has access to a personal subspace pocket where they can displace their weapons, alt-mode parts (most notably Optimus Prime's trailer), and even mass during size-changing transformations. Omega Supreme's Entire Body: This is no better illustrated then in Key to Vector Sigma when Prime orders him to rocket mode and he fires his arms (leaving the rest of his robot mode body on Cybertron) but lands on Earth, creating the full platform and returning to robot mode. You know, the massive robot he left on Cybertron when he fired his arms. | |
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Death Is Cheap | |
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Death Is Cheap: Optimus Prime dies and eventually comes back at least once in every continuity. | |
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No Waterproofing in the Future | |
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No Water Proofing In The Future: One issue of the comic features a fight for Decepticon leadership between Megatron and Shockwave. The fight ends when Shockwave attacks with a water tower, short-circuiting Megatron. Possibly justified in that Megatron was not fully repaired from severe damage incurred earlier. Averted with scraplets: water was the best way to kill off the tiny robotic parasites, but Transformers treated with water are completely fine. | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
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Devastator gives the Autobots a good run for their money, until the appearance of Bruticus, who defeats him without much trouble. In post-movie appearances, even Perceptor would defeat him. | |
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Genius Cripple | |
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Genius Cripple: Chip Chase. Ultra-genius and mysteriously immune to acid. Also, Josie Beller/Circuit Breaker. | |
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Faux Action Girl | |
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Faux Action Girl: Arcee. Touted as "a forceful female Autobot", but she only fires her gun twice, and misses both times. Just to add insult to injury, being a girl AND pink meant Hasbro, who viewed Transformers as a boy's toy, canclled Arcee's toy during production due to the assumption that boys would see Arcee as a girl's toy. Still, that's better than what Headmasters did to her. Subverted in the IDW series where she's not only highly competent and Ax-Crazy but also formerly a guy. | |
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Brainwashed | |
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As well as the "destabilized" Autobots in "Attack of the Autobots." | |
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Kibbles and Bits | |
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Kibbles and Bits: Prowl has door wings hanging off his shoulders, Scavenger has a shovel "tail", Hot Rod has a big spoiler on his back. It's easier listing characters who don't have kibble. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_42785dc6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_42785dc6 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4b17763f | type |
Technology Marches On | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4b17763f | comment |
Technology Marches On: In many ways. What the Transformers themselves had as technology then is fairly standard to us now, and in relativity, artists and writers have had to go to much greater lengths to make Transformers appear more advanced than we are. Soundwave's alternate mode is a perfect example. He turns into a cassette player; an useful disguise back then, nowadays not so much. Of course, some more... nostalgic fans (luckily a minority) disagree with any attempt at modernization. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4b17763f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4b17763f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4b17763f | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4ee487f2 | type |
Evil Makes You Ugly | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4ee487f2 | comment |
Evil Makes You Ugly: An odd subversion in "The Burden Hardest to Bear". Scourge uses the Matrix and gets uglier, even though the Matrix itself is a force for good. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4ee487f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4ee487f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4ee487f2 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: Ironhide and Ratchet were supposed to be mounted drones that can split in two as opposed to looking like sentient or mecha robots in their original Diaclone incarnations. This is why they lack actual heads and faces in their initial release. Later reissues attempt to alleviate this with attachable cardboard of their cartoon faces, but this made the transformation◊ rather awkward◊. The original 1984 characters had a lot of "superpowers" that were inherent to them and not the property of a weapon they had — Frenzy had devastating sonic powers, Skywarp could teleport, Windcharger had Magnetism Manipulation, etc. As the line (and overall franchise) continued, these became rarer among characters. In the three-episode pilot More Than Meets the Eye the Autobots are consistently shown to be capable of independent flight without the use of jetpacks, something that would never happen again. Skyfire and the Aerialbots come into the story much later on, but they are shown to only be capable of flight in their vehicle mode (even when the location of their jets would logically make it possible in robot mode). The Spark (A cybertronian soul) was not a thing in the original G1. In the comics at least there were the Brain modules that held the Transformers personalities that worked more like an advanced computer chip. As such, some of the physiology does not line up with later depictions. One example is the infamous Marvel Transformers story where Optimus Prime dies. To save him a human uploads his brain into a floppy disk. This is not something you would be able to do with a spark. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4f4372e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_4f4372e9 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Cyclonus is Galvatron's top enforcer and warrior in the cartoon. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_53f5119f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_53f5119f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_53f5119f | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_55cd4012 | type |
"Everybody Dies" Ending | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_55cd4012 | comment |
"Everybody Dies" Ending: The movie was made to off the old characters to the soundtrack of the '80s. The comic also had an extremely high death toll, particularly in "Dark Star!" In both cases the motivation was to clear space for new toys. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_55cd4012 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_55cd4012 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_55cd4012 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_57cf76a1 | type |
Hate Plague | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_57cf76a1 | comment |
Hate Plague: Trope Namer. In "The Return of Optimus Prime", two humans discovered some space spores which could cause organic beings to fight one another out of hate. This inspires them to use the spores to infect every single Cybertronian out of sheer hatred against them. This plan ended up working too well and so the infection turned into a plague that ran rampant throughout the universe. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_57cf76a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_57cf76a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_57cf76a1 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_586624e5 | type |
Genius Loci | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_586624e5 | comment |
Genius Loci: Unicron and Cybertron. The former is the physical manifestation of the God of Evil in the form of a transforming planet. The latter is the dormant shell of Primus, the creator of the Cybertronian race; Vector Sigma is believed to be an interface that allows Cybertronians to communicate with their sleeping god. The Dead Universe is a living sentient death, an all consuming darkness with shades of Eldritch Abominations that acts through the luckless Cybertronians that stumble into it. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_586624e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_586624e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_586624e5 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5c1ca3c1 | type |
Hulk Speak | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5c1ca3c1 | comment |
Me Grimlock and other Dinobots speak like cavemen. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5c1ca3c1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5c1ca3c1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5c1ca3c1 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5ca80293 | type |
Pragmatic Villainy | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5ca80293 | comment |
The Insecticons Shrapnel, Kickback and Bombshell zigzag this. They're quite loyal to each other, but it's also normally made clear that this is because they recognise they're at their most effective together rather than any genuine friendship or affection. However, they happily mock friendship and bonds other beings have for each other. Their original toy bios imply they get a bit of a thrill out of twisting concepts like bonds and friendship, as Kickback is described as a charmer who befriends others only to suss out blackmail material and Bombshell outright brainwashes people into betraying even their most trusted loved ones. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5ca80293 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5ca80293 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5ca80293 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5fcb9ad1 | type |
Time Skip | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5fcb9ad1 | comment |
Time Skip: The Movie takes place twenty years after the first two seasons of the cartoon. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5fcb9ad1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5fcb9ad1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_5fcb9ad1 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_61c3ca7b | type |
Panthera Awesome | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_61c3ca7b | comment |
Ravage uses it to cling to objects in his tiny alt-mode, making him an excellent spy. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_61c3ca7b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_61c3ca7b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_61c3ca7b | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6377d6e6 | type |
Grievous Harm with a Body | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6377d6e6 | comment |
Grievous Harm with a Body: Rare case of it being done intentionally by the body. Broadside transforms to aircraft carrier mode and flattens Devastator in Carnage in C-Minor. It's not uncommon for many transformers (especially Optimus and Motormaster) to ram into things in their vehicle mode. Bonus points for Ramjet, who's a plane and is reinforced to allow him to do it a lot without seriously hurting himself. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6377d6e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6377d6e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6377d6e6 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_66479d0 | type |
Our Ghosts Are Different | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_66479d0 | comment |
Our Ghosts Are Different: Although ghostly vehicles have precedent in folklore, Starscream was probably the first case in which this trope was ever applied to a sentient robot. Mindwipe's tech specs state that he'd rather try to contact the electromagnetic essences of long-dead Decepticons than speak to a living one. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_66479d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_66479d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_66479d0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f26dcc | type |
Planet of Hats | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f26dcc | comment |
Planet of Hats: Planet of the giant mechs who make a rather awesome toy franchise. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f26dcc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f26dcc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f26dcc | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f2c837 | type |
The Pig-Pen | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f2c837 | comment |
The Pig-Pen: Terrorcon member Blot, in most incarnations, leaks noxious fluids & revels in dirt to the point the other Terrorcons don't even like merging with him to form Abominus. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f2c837 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f2c837 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_67f2c837 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_68068108 | comment |
Evil Laugh: Megatron and various other Decepticons. Soundwave laughs on two occasions and it's downright chilling. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_68068108 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_68068108 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_68068108 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6ace37f | type |
Through a Face Full of Fur | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6ace37f | comment |
Through a Face Full of Fur: Blushing is used as a visual device for robots; a simple example would be Seaspray's humanoid love interest noticing him blushing at her in "Sea Change." | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6ace37f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6ace37f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6ace37f | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Jazz is the guy who loves music, Starscream has No Indoor Voice, Astrotrain is a robot going from a train to a shuttle, Mirage can make himself invisible. This is actually subverted in "Enter the Nightbird", where one Autobot who can't jump over a cliff is the guy named "Cliffjumper". | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6bda9a30 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6df54a73 | type |
Make Some Noise | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6df54a73 | comment |
The original 1984 characters had a lot of "superpowers" that were inherent to them and not the property of a weapon they had — Frenzy had devastating sonic powers, Skywarp could teleport, Windcharger had Magnetism Manipulation, etc. As the line (and overall franchise) continued, these became rarer among characters. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6df54a73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6df54a73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6df54a73 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6fc2ca79 | type |
Fictionary | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6fc2ca79 | comment |
Fictionary: The universal greeting. "Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong!" | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6fc2ca79 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6fc2ca79 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_6fc2ca79 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7091414 | type |
Sham Supernatural | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7091414 | comment |
Sham Supernatural: The Pretender Bomb-Burst sells himself as a terrifying, vampiric hunter who stalks the night, helped by his monstrous Pretender shell (a form of bio-technological body armour that hides a Transformer in a biological shell). In fact, his Pretender shell is actually quite energy inefficient, so he has to hunt down and prey on unsuspecting Autobots. On the other hand, he is a genuinely stealthy, cunning and powerful hunter (his Pretender shell even gets stronger the more Energon it drains from a victim). The Decepticon Headmaster Mindwipe likewise sells himself as a terrible creature of the night, helped by his bat alternate mode. He claims to be a master of dark mystic arts, trying to get in touch with ancient spirits but unaware he's actually picking up reruns of old sitcoms. He's genuinely dangerous, as his special power is to hypnotise an enemy simply by making eye contact. Luckily, he's also a bit of a Dirty Coward. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7091414 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7091414 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: Starscream plays with the idiot ball regularly. In fact, the only reason the war continued on Earth was because he was trying to assure the Autobots were trapped and opened fire on the mountain the Ark was trapped in. The resulting tremors then awakened the ship's computer, and managed to reactivate Optimus. Megatron is no flawless leader either simply for letting Starscream stay on the team. While it's been said Megs admires ambition from his troops and respects conniving behavior, he only really admires smart conniving behavior. The only reason he does keep Starscream around is because of how good he is at his job when he actually does it (though Megatron'll never admit it). | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7286e96d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7286e96d | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_735b4101 | type |
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_735b4101 | comment |
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Autobot guns fire yellow energy bolts, while Decepticon guns fire purple energy bolts. In addition, Autobots have blue eyes and Decepticons have red. And of course, the traditional colour for Autobots is red, whereas for Decepticons it is purple, as shown in their insignias. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_735b4101 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_735b4101 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_735b4101 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7a3dd888 | type |
Real Men Wear Pink | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7a3dd888 | comment |
Real Men Wear Pink: Scourge and the Sweeps have pink claws, and Depending on the Artist, pink toe tips as well. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7a3dd888 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7a3dd888 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7a3dd888 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7abba202 | type |
The Faceless | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7abba202 | comment |
The Faceless: Several Transformers lack human facial features. They have a faceplate instead of a mouth (like Optimus), or a kind of "visor" instead of individual eyes (Trailbreaker). The prize winner is Shockwave, who only has a hexagonal cylinder for a head with a single yellow eye. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7abba202 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7abba202 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7abba202 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7bb844ec | type |
Villain Decay | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7bb844ec | comment |
Villain Decay: Particularly prevalent with combiner teams, but also with characters representing other gimmicks, such as Triple-Changers. Devastator was unstoppable in early episodes, and in more than one episode unbeatable even by the entire Autobot team. Later, he could be broken up by a single shot from Perceptor. This effect was largely symmetrical, as Autobot combiners were also brought in to replace the formerly formidable older ones. Multiple Autobot characters have been referred to as their "last line of defence", including Omega Supreme and Metroplex. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7bb844ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7bb844ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7bb844ec | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7fd142ef | type |
Shared Universe | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7fd142ef | comment |
Shared Universe: The third season of the cartoon strongly implied that it was set in the same universe as G.I. Joe, and in fact the writers eventually confirmed the popular fan theory that Marissa Faireborn, a character in the post-movie season, was indeed the daughter of Flint and Lady Jaye. Then, of course, there were the full-blown crossovers in the comics. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7fd142ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7fd142ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_7fd142ef | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_80cd1f62 | type |
God of Evil | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_80cd1f62 | comment |
Unicron and Cybertron. The former is the physical manifestation of the God of Evil in the form of a transforming planet. The latter is the dormant shell of Primus, the creator of the Cybertronian race; Vector Sigma is believed to be an interface that allows Cybertronians to communicate with their sleeping god. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_80cd1f62 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_80cd1f62 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_80cd1f62 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8134db87 | type |
Mechanical Evolution | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8134db87 | comment |
Mechanical Evolution: The first issue of the original Marvel comic book series (briefly) describes the Transformers as evolving from "naturally-occurring levers and pulleys." | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8134db87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8134db87 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_816a4e80 | type |
Star Wars (Franchise) | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_816a4e80 | comment |
Talk in backwards Yoda speak Weirdwolf loves to. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_816a4e80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_816a4e80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_816a4e80 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_82518cf7 | type |
Motor Mouth | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_82518cf7 | comment |
Blurr talks really fast and often repeats himself because he's so fast and the speed at which he talks reflects the speed at which he moves and by speaking so fast he gets a lot of words in due to speaking so fast but he often doesn't have a lot to say so he ends up repeating himself while speaking real fast. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_82518cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_82518cf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_82518cf7 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8430699a | type |
Alternate Universe | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8430699a | comment |
Alternate Universe: The core foundation for the animated series, Marvel U.S., Marvel U.K. and neo-G1 incarnations, such as Hearts of Steel all co-existing as "Generation One". The Binaltech storyline resulted in the creation of a new parallel universe. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8430699a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8430699a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8430699a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_84906746 | type |
Frankenslation | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_84906746 | comment |
Frankenslation: The original toyline rebranded the unrelated Microchange and Diaclone toylines. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_84906746 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_84906746 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_84906746 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
The Dead Universe is a living sentient death, an all consuming darkness with shades of Eldritch Abominations that acts through the luckless Cybertronians that stumble into it. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8774fb47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8774fb47 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8878f3be | type |
Badass Army | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8878f3be | comment |
The Diaclone pilots were intentionally taken out of the toyline because Hasbro believed the robots themselves as sentient beings at war with each other was more marketable than the original's Badass Army that could pilot several vehicles that can transform into Gundam-esque mechs and at war with the Warudos, an invading alien species using their own robots (the Insecticons originated from them). | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8878f3be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8878f3be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8878f3be | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8a295a46 | type |
Cool Car | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8a295a46 | comment |
Cool Car: Most of the Autobots transform into real world cars such as a Volkswagen Beetle, a Lamborghini Countach, a Porsche 935 and a Toyota 4WD Hilux. Also all the Stunticons have alt modes based on more real cars, except Motormaster, who transformed into a truck. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8a295a46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8a295a46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8a295a46 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8b819362 | type |
Least Is First | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8b819362 | comment |
Least Is First: In a children's novelization, Bumblebee, the smallest and weakest of the Autobots, is the first to volunteer for Optimus Prime's space mission, which will eventually bring the Transformers to earth. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8b819362 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8b819362 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8b819362 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8cca5f19 | type |
Audience Shift | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8cca5f19 | comment |
Audience Shift: Most current material based on Generation 1, specifically comics, toys, games (such as Transformers: Devastation) and re-releases of the animated series, is aimed towards fans who grew up with the franchise rather than the children that it was originally intended for. The comic series by Dreamwave and later IDW are particularly Darker and Edgier, with frequent character deaths and even different characterizations. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8cca5f19 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8cca5f19 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8cca5f19 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8e92e125 | type |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8e92e125 | comment |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Not so much a cameo as an expy, but Jetfire somewhat counts as his character model was modified from his first appearance to his in-show appearance (most likely for Takara to avoid a lawsuit from Tatsunoko Production). This is subverted as not only was Hasbro immune to this (they were given the license for the mold), but all of the character's appearances were either cut from various episodes or moved to towards the end of the series in Japan. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8e92e125 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8e92e125 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8e92e125 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8f37b | type |
Medieval Stasis | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8f37b | comment |
Medieval Stasis: In four million years, nothing has changed on Cybertron. It seems when Shockwave told Megatron that "Cybertron will remain as it is until your return," he wasn't kidding. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8f37b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8f37b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_8f37b | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: The main villains for the show are Megatron for the first two seasons of the cartoon, Unicron for the movie, and Galvatron for the rest of the cartoon. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_970c790a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9a182042 | type |
Princesses Prefer Pink | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9a182042 | comment |
Princesses Prefer Pink: A princess in Daniel's dream world wears a pink medieval-like outfit. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9a182042 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9a182042 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9a182042 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9afa05c7 | type |
Family-Unfriendly Death | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9afa05c7 | comment |
Family-Unfriendly Death: In the UK Time Wars comic, there were plenty. Galvatron gets sucked into a vortex and we watch as his metal skin is torn clean off his skull and his eyes pop out and he screams in pain. And Cyclonus gets his head pulled off... by Megatron! Fizzle burns, then drowns, and Shockwave has his arm shot off, collapses to the floor and is shot point blank in the face. After that his brain chip is pulled out and crushed, just to make it clear that he's dead for good. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9afa05c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9afa05c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9afa05c7 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Scourge after he gets the Matrix in The Burden Hardest To Bear. Inverted for Scourge and the Sweeps after the Movie. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9bcd82c0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9c8701b5 | type |
A Day in the Limelight | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9c8701b5 | comment |
A Day in the Limelight: Almost every Autobot and Decepticon got at least one episode to take center stage in, notably Perceptor, Powerglide, Octane, and Scourge. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9c8701b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9c8701b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_9c8701b5 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a01f88a7 | type |
General Failure | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a01f88a7 | comment |
General Failure: Megatron, although this was averted in The Transformers: The Movie when he Took a Level in Badass and actually managed to kill Optimus, among other things. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a01f88a7 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a01f88a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a01f88a7 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a0ee1da5 | type |
Kitsch Collection | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a0ee1da5 | comment |
Kitsch Collection: Pipes's love of Earth culture lends itself directly to this. He collects everything of Earth's fascinating technology he can find (nose hair clippers, patent rulers, compasses) and proudly displays his collections to his fellow Autobots, who humor him because he's an alright guy besides all that. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a0ee1da5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a0ee1da5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a0ee1da5 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a18fda9c | type |
Dumb Muscle | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a18fda9c | comment |
Dumb Muscle: Most combined robots, but also the Dinobots, Slugfest, and Overkill. And Headstrong, Tantrum, Rampage, the Firecons (except for Sparkstalker), Beastbox, Brawl... Note that almost all of these are Decepticons. It is claimed that Menasor (the combined form of the Stunticons) would be the ultimate Decepticon weapon if it wasn't for the fact he is a combination of a nihilist, a psychopath, a paranoid schizophrenic, and an egomaniac, held together by a sadistic bully whom the other four despise and fear. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a18fda9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a18fda9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a18fda9c | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a19cce82 | type |
Merchandise-Driven | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a19cce82 | comment |
Soundwave: superior. Rumble, Laserbeak, Ravage: Eject. Operation: Sell toys. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a19cce82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a19cce82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a19cce82 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a505fdd7 | type |
Jobber | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a505fdd7 | comment |
Jobber: Devastator in later episodes of the cartoon. One notable example from the comic is when Omega Supreme, one of the strongest Autobots, is defeated in a single shot by the comparatively small Buzzsaw. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a505fdd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a505fdd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a505fdd7 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a632f7fa | type |
Cool Train | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a632f7fa | comment |
Cool Train: Astrotrain is a Decepticon who can transform into a steam train or a space shuttle. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a632f7fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a632f7fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a632f7fa | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a6cbef9a | type |
Joker Immunity | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a6cbef9a | comment |
Joker Immunity: Starscream. Even killing the bastard doesn't keep him down. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a6cbef9a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a6cbef9a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a6cbef9a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a7b324e | type |
Handicapped Badass | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a7b324e | comment |
Handicapped Badass: Circuit Breaker. She's an Ax-Crazy chick whose Berserk Button are giant robots. Also, she wears a Stripperiffic Powered Armor. Which she designed IN HOSPITAL! WHILE PARALYZED! | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a7b324e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a7b324e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a7b324e | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a939a527 | type |
Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a939a527 | comment |
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Decepticons except Shockwave; his eye is yellow. As well as the "destabilized" Autobots in "Attack of the Autobots." Also, in "Auto Berserk", when Red Alert's logic circuits are damaged, his blue eyes flash red. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a939a527 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a939a527 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a939a527 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a950584d | type |
Combining Mecha | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a950584d | comment |
Combining Mecha: Comes in many forms. The most common variation is four small limb robots merging with one large torso 'bot (often the leader) to form a Humongous Mecha. Meanwhile, Devastator, the first and most iconic combiner, is comprised of six equally-sized robots. There are also examples like Sky Lynx and the Duocons, who are individual characters formed from multiple animal/vehicle units combined together. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a950584d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a950584d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_a950584d | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ab940e63 | type |
Robo Speak | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ab940e63 | comment |
Robo Speak: Soundwave: superior. Rumble, Laserbeak, Ravage: Eject. Operation: Sell toys. Mention of Omega Supreme: not immediately visible. Problem: rectified. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ab940e63 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ab940e63 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ab940e63 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ac6ea68c | type |
Near-Villain Victory | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ac6ea68c | comment |
Near-Villain Victory: Megatron's Master Plan involved using humans to turn against the Autobots and exile them. Had it not been for Thrust shooting Teletraan-1 and cutting off Cosmos's course towards the sun, Megatron would have truly won. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ac6ea68c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ac6ea68c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ac6ea68c | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acbd5c12 | type |
Perfect Pacifist People | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acbd5c12 | comment |
Perfect Pacifist People: The first issue of the Marvel comic series says Cybertron was a pacifist utopia; Megatron forms the Decepticons to overthrow their decadent lifestyle. Retconned away in later stories. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acbd5c12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acbd5c12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acbd5c12 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acf33d00 | type |
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acf33d00 | comment |
Starscream plays with the idiot ball regularly. In fact, the only reason the war continued on Earth was because he was trying to assure the Autobots were trapped and opened fire on the mountain the Ark was trapped in. The resulting tremors then awakened the ship's computer, and managed to reactivate Optimus. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acf33d00 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acf33d00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_acf33d00 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Gears and Huffer are both unceasingly grouchy because they frankly couldn't care less about the war and absolutely hate the lush, green landscape of Earth almost as much as they hate the people who live there. They're the good guys, by the way. It's worth noting that, according to his tech specs, Gears does this intentionally as a form of mood-leavening. A satire of Huffer and Mirage's own apathy towards organics? | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ae3d6438 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afc52a86 | type |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afc52a86 | comment |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Before Optimus is fully resurrected the first time, he's sort of turned into a zombie by sufficiently Advanced Aliens. And then there was that Ninja Robot built by the Japanese. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afc52a86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afc52a86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afc52a86 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afef1ef3 | type |
Robo Family | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afef1ef3 | comment |
Robo Family: Sideswipe and Sunstreaker are considered brothers. Popular fanon states that Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp are brothers. This is the case in some of the comics. Quickswitch was said to be Sixshot's son, in the commercial that introduced him. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afef1ef3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afef1ef3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_afef1ef3 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b1346878 | type |
Fate Worse than Death | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b1346878 | comment |
Fate Worse than Death: In "Countdown to Extinction," Dr. Archeville gets turned into an immobile cyborg, trapped in a chair on Cybertron. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b1346878 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b1346878 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b1346878 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: The comics by IDW and Dreamwave feature a lot of jabs against the forgotten competitor Challenge Of The Go Bots, mostly in the form of background characters resembling the Go Bots being killed in various ways. A few wrecked Gundam bodies can also be seen during a scene in the Movie. Somewhat inverted later, as the GoBots have started coming into the Transformers universe from theirs to seek either help or a new home (their universe is being destroyed as a result of one of Unicron's "deaths"). The concept of rubsigns (originally a gimmick in and of itself) was one to its competitors and knockoffs. With the commercial going out of its way to proclaim "Only the Transformers are real Transformers". This was due to the fact the rubsign decals were costly to produce back in the 80s. Now, not so much, since anyone can buy reproductions of them anywhere and the actual bootleg copies of the old toys have them too, so when they're used officially it's more for a nostalgia gimmick | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b53077b3 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b6de94d1 | type |
Executive Meddling | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b6de94d1 | comment |
His story-line was supposed to continue in the later Thief in the Night and Starscream's Ghost two parter, but through Executive Meddling the new to... um character, Octane was given his role instead. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b6de94d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b6de94d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b6de94d1 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b983a56b | type |
Came Back Wrong | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b983a56b | comment |
Came Back Wrong: Optimus Prime in the 3rd season episode "Dark Awakening", as his chassis was recovered by the Quintessons and reprogrammed into a Manchurian Agent. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b983a56b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b983a56b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_b983a56b | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_baa926a | type |
Excited Title! Two-Part Episode Name! | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_baa926a | comment |
Excited Title! Two-Part Episode Name!: All over the place in the Japanese series. The original cartoon even gets renamed to "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers". | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_baa926a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_baa926a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_baa926a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_bc46a33a | type |
Remaster | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_bc46a33a | comment |
Remaster: The cartoon is notable for having had two DVD-release remasters. The first, by Kid Rhino, was a botched job, containing more goofs than the original versions. The second, by Shout! Factory, is a marked improvement. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_bc46a33a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_bc46a33a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_bc46a33a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c09dbbbb | type |
Weaksauce Weakness | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c09dbbbb | comment |
Weaksauce Weakness: Megatron orders his troops to retreat after being sprayed by... Fire-retardant foam. Apparently it can short circuit cybertronians, although Ironhide can actually shoot the stuff from his forearms. Why he never used it to drive away the Decepticons once and for all is left unanswered. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c09dbbbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c09dbbbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c09dbbbb | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c1d1d6ad | type |
Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c1d1d6ad | comment |
Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Sparkplug and Spike Witwicky. Spike isn't quite so unfeasible, but Sparkplug? Really? | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c1d1d6ad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c1d1d6ad | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c1d1d6ad | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c26e2b1 | type |
New Powers as the Plot Demands | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c26e2b1 | comment |
New Powers as the Plot Demands: Really all over the place, but Ironhide is the king of this. He'll use a random power that's never been seen before and then never use it again. There are also characters as the plot demands. They need to be ferried around space? Well, that's why Cosmos is there. Is this its own trope? | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c26e2b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c26e2b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c26e2b1 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c303b56d | type |
Fanon | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c303b56d | comment |
Popular fanon states that Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp are brothers. This is the case in some of the comics. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c303b56d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c303b56d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c303b56d | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c3308d09 | type |
Blood for Mortar | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c3308d09 | comment |
Blood for Mortar: The Constructicon foreman Scrapper likes to take the bodies of fallen Autobots and make them part of whatever construction he's currently working on. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c3308d09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c3308d09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c3308d09 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c33ba0a8 | type |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c33ba0a8 | comment |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Many of the original Transformers who weren't killed off in the movie (or said/implied to have died before or immediately after) ended up being eligible for this trope. Spike's father, Sparkplug, is never seen again, or even mentioned after the last episode of Season 2. Ditto for Chip Chase. Skyfire disappears without explanation shortly after the beginning of Season 2. The behind-the-scenes reason is that he was clearly a Macross VF-1 Valkyrie and Hasbro did not want to promote a rival toy company's product. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c33ba0a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c33ba0a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c33ba0a8 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The original three Microchange cassette toys that became the first Cassetticons were a bird, a panther, and a humanoid robot. Megatron's gun alternate mode is based on the carbine version of the "U.N.C.L.E. special" pistol from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c75df49a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c9bc521a | type |
Product-Promotion Parade | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c9bc521a | comment |
Product-Promotion Parade: Happens several times in both the original Marvel comic book series and the Marvel/Sunbow animated series. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c9bc521a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c9bc521a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_c9bc521a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cbe687ab | type |
Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Abraham Dante of the Machination works with Skorponok to expand his business empire... which he and Skorponok both intend to become a far more LITERAL empire. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cbe687ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cbe687ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cbe687ab | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cd809603 | type |
Tank Goodness | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cd809603 | comment |
Tank Goodness: Warpath, Blitzwing, Brawl, and G2 Megatron have battle tank alt-modes. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cd809603 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cd809603 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cd809603 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cda501da | type |
Killed Off for Real | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cda501da | comment |
Killed Off for Real: If your name isn't Optimus Prime or Starscream, consider yourself dead. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cda501da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cda501da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cda501da | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce104b8e | type |
Serial Escalation | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce104b8e | comment |
Serial Escalation: Hasbro tried to top a number of their own gimmicks. For example, in 1985, Hasbro introduced the Triple Changers — toys that had three transformation modes (one robot mode, and two vehicle modes) instead of the usual two. In 1987, they introduced Sixshot — a toy that had SIX transformation modes! Then there came Ten! | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce104b8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce104b8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce104b8e | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce767e6f | type |
Co-Dragons | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce767e6f | comment |
Co-Dragons: Megatron's chief lieutenants are Starscream (the most iconic), Shockwave (the most powerful), and Soundwave (the most loyal). Galvatron's are Cyclonus and Scourge. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce767e6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce767e6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ce767e6f | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cf92fea8 | type |
Cassandra Truth | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: Starscream falls victim to this numerous times. He'll warn Megatron that his latest Evil Plan is doomed to fail, and even though he ends up being right most of the time, Megatron continues to ignore him. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cf92fea8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cf92fea8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_cf92fea8 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d500b978 | type |
Adaptational Wimp | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d500b978 | comment |
Adaptational Wimp: Most of the Autobots don't posses the ability to fly. In the original Diaclone toyline they originated from, the '84 Robo robots, along with Powered Convoy (Ultra Magnus' original incarnation) were capable of flight. The Autobots such as Optimus, Jazz, Prowl, and Tracks can't fly, and the latter three's car doors in their robot modes were supposed to be wings (and Tracks' wings originally weren't for show in robot mode either). | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d500b978 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d500b978 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d500b978 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d553b534 | type |
Five-Episode Pilot | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d553b534 | comment |
In the three-episode pilot More Than Meets the Eye the Autobots are consistently shown to be capable of independent flight without the use of jetpacks, something that would never happen again. Skyfire and the Aerialbots come into the story much later on, but they are shown to only be capable of flight in their vehicle mode (even when the location of their jets would logically make it possible in robot mode). | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d553b534 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d553b534 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d553b534 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d5dfb30a | type |
Professional Butt-Kisser | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d5dfb30a | comment |
Galvatron's are Cyclonus and Scourge. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d5dfb30a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d5dfb30a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d5dfb30a | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d83f3588 | type |
Depending on the Artist | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d83f3588 | comment |
Depending on the Artist: In the Marvel comic, Jose Delbo would draw Soundwave with an actual face. Not to mention color him purple, as opposed to being blue. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d83f3588 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d83f3588 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_d83f3588 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da3043c5 | type |
Fake Ultimate Hero | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da3043c5 | comment |
Fake Ultimate Hero: The Autobots, believe it or not. Most of their victories over the Decepticons are due to their human allies. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da3043c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da3043c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da3043c5 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da57ab3c | type |
Unlikely Hero | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da57ab3c | comment |
Unlikely Hero: Brash "teenager" Hot Rod becomes the new Autobot leader, Rodimus Prime. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da57ab3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da57ab3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_da57ab3c | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_de86b894 | type |
Continuity Drift | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_de86b894 | comment |
Continuity Drift: The Movie (or "Five Faces of Darkness" right after it) establishes the Quintessons as the creators of the Transformers. When Primus was established as the origin of the Transformers, the Quintessons being the creators was dropped, and were more interested in their destruction. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_de86b894 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_de86b894 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_de86b894 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_df582b0b | type |
Continuity Snarl | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_df582b0b | comment |
Continuity Snarl: The Constructicons built Megatron, the Constructicons were once peaceful and were brainwashed by Megatron into becoming Decepticons, and the Constructicons were built by Megatron. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_df582b0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_df582b0b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_df582b0b | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e1acc872 | type |
From Nobody to Nightmare | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e1acc872 | comment |
From Nobody to Nightmare: Starscream in the US comics. Mainly because of the fact that the writers decided to give Starscream's entire personality and gimmick to Shockwave, the character was largely a non-entity in the US comic and, for added insult to injury, was casually killed off in Transformers #19. However, his corpse was retrieved in Transformers #41 (along with all of the other wave one Decepticons killed by Omega Supreme) and resurrected by the time we see him up and running in Transformers #48. By which time, Starscream has his personality back and is scheming to beat Ratbat and Scorponok to the cosmic power that is the Underbase. And upon getting it, Starscream goes on the biggest killing spree in Transformers history (killing more Transformers than Unicron in Transformers #75) as he basically kills off just about EVERY Transformer from the first two years of the Transformers toyline before being destroyed by the power. At which point, Megatron resurrects him and gives him a Pretender shell and sends him to kill Optimus Prime and Scorponok. He has Scorponok shitting his pants until Prime shames him into attacking him (wounding him) and Scorponok takes him with him, at which point he decides to basically recruit Starscream into his army; a move that is uniformily treated with shock and horror, as all of the rank and file Decepticons (including Soundwave, the only Decepticon Scorponok could rebuild because of the damage Starscream did to his victims bodies) are scared shitless of Starscream and see him as a mass murdering monster. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e1acc872 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e1acc872 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e1acc872 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e316fa51 | type |
Magnetism Manipulation | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e316fa51 | comment |
Magnetism Manipulation: Several Transformers had magnetic abilities that they used for various purposes. Ravage uses it to cling to objects in his tiny alt-mode, making him an excellent spy. Windcharger actually has a relatively realistic portrayal: he can make each of his arms the pole of an electromagnet and use it to manipulate metal. The closer the metal is, the more powerful his pull. Tailgate has a powerful magnet in his front bumper, which he uses to follow other vehicles while saving fuel. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e316fa51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e316fa51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e316fa51 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e34ada78 | type |
Authority Equals Asskicking | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e34ada78 | comment |
Authority Equals Asskicking: Receiving the Matrix of Leadership usually results in the new Prime receiving a much stronger body (Orion Pax/Optronix becoming Optimus Prime, Hot Rod becoming Rodimus Prime). Subverted with Ultra Magnus, who was Optimus Prime's original choice to succeed him and the Matrix rejected him. He's just a soldier, he's not worthy. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e34ada78 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e34ada78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e34ada78 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e431c24c | comment |
Not Quite Dead: Megatron and the Decepticons are often witnessed failing to escape seemingly lethal events on several occasions during the first season: The end of More than Meets the Eye part 3 (all), Transport to Oblivion (just Megatron), The Ultimate Doom Part 3 (just Megatron), and Heavy Metal War (all). All of them emerge battered but still alive on all of those events. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e431c24c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e431c24c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e431c24c | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: Death's Head is not a bounty hunter. He is a freelance peacekeeping agent. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e563bf09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e563bf09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e563bf09 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e6f18344 | type |
Humongous Mecha | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e6f18344 | comment |
Humongous Mecha: Taken to greater and greater levels with the Gestalts (combiners), the fortress robots Metroplex and Trypticon, the even larger city Transformers Fortress Maximus and Skorponok, and the final ridiculous level with Unicron, a robot the size of a planet. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e6f18344 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e6f18344 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_e6f18344 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eb7c34cf | type |
Crossover | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eb7c34cf | comment |
Crossover: The Transformers comic book had several crossovers with G.I. Joe and one with Spider-Man, not to mention the appearance of several characters in other continuities, like Death's Head and Octus. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eb7c34cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eb7c34cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eb7c34cf | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed5f0d0d | type |
Rogue Planet | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed5f0d0d | comment |
Rogue Planet: Cybertron wanders through space without an orbit, which is why the characters tend to rely on a teleportation device to make it back and forth. Unicron's vehicle mode, itself a planet, flies through space of its own volition. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed5f0d0d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed5f0d0d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed5f0d0d | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed72657e | type |
Rhino Rampage | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed72657e | comment |
Rhino Rampage: Headstrong and Ramhorn have alt modes or robot modes based on a rhinoceros and they're the most destructive bots around. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed72657e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed72657e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_ed72657e | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eedee4d | type |
The Starscream | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eedee4d | comment |
According to the More Than Meets The Eye profile books, there are at least two Micromaster teams that consist entirely of one leader and three Starscreams. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eedee4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eedee4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_eedee4d | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f0107910 | type |
Energetic and Soft-Spoken Duo | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f0107910 | comment |
Energetic and Soft-Spoken Duo: Siren is an exuberant Autobot with No Indoor Voice. His Headmaster partner Quig is a very quiet former librarian who jumps whenever Siren begins to speak in his ear-splittingly loud voice. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f0107910 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f0107910 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f0107910 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f32d85ab | type |
20 Minutes into the Future | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f32d85ab | comment |
20 Minutes into the Future | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f32d85ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f32d85ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f32d85ab | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f48540c7 | type |
King of Beasts | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f48540c7 | comment |
King of Beasts: Razorclaw and Steeljaw have robot modes based on a male lion. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f48540c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f48540c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f48540c7 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f51c5f3c | type |
Never Say "Die" | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f51c5f3c | comment |
Never Say "Die": At least partially justified, since we're talking about robots, albeit sapient ones. Averted in The Movie: "DIE, AUTOBOTS!" And four of them do in less than a minute. Also subverted in the series itself on several occasions. | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f51c5f3c | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f51c5f3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f51c5f3c | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f52ae5d8 | type |
Enemy Civil War | |
| Transformers: Generation 1 (Franchise) / int_f52ae5d8 | comment |
Enemy Civil War: Starscream constantly tries to usurp Megatron and never succeeds. He did come within an ace in the episode Starscream's Brigade. In the Marvel comic, it was even worse, with Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave, Soundwave, Ratbat (yes, one of the tape guys), Scorponok, Thunderwing, and Bludgeon all vying for leadership. | |
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Bizarro Universe | |
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Bizarro Universe: G1 Cliffjumper finds himself in the Shattered Glass universe, which is primarily (but not entirely) derived or influenced by G1. | |
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Friendship-Hating Antagonist | |
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Friendship-Hating Antagonist: The original toy bio (and expanded bio) of Megatron painted him as being one of these, to the point his other famous quote besides "Peace through tyranny" is "Everything is fodder." In The Transformers, despite Soundwave being his most consistently useful subordinate even he isn't spared from a harsh rebuke in "The Key To Vector Sigma" where Megatron calls him a fool for tripping and dropping the titular Key. Later series (e.g. Transformers: Animated, Transformers: War for Cybertron, Transformers: Prime) would sometimes paint Megatron as a Fallen Hero or Dark Messiah with at least a few key followers he's genuinely close to (most often Soundwave and Shockwave). The Insecticons Shrapnel, Kickback and Bombshell zigzag this. They're quite loyal to each other, but it's also normally made clear that this is because they recognise they're at their most effective together rather than any genuine friendship or affection. However, they happily mock friendship and bonds other beings have for each other. Their original toy bios imply they get a bit of a thrill out of twisting concepts like bonds and friendship, as Kickback is described as a charmer who befriends others only to suss out blackmail material and Bombshell outright brainwashes people into betraying even their most trusted loved ones. | |
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Have a Gay Old Time | |
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Have a Gay Old Time: One episode has Optimus quip "Amazing. A booby trap that actually catches boobies". He means it in the sense of "a silly person". | |
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Robot Buddy | |
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Robot Buddy: Inverted - the Transformers have human buddies. | |
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Depending on the Writer | |
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Depending on the Writer: Comic writers tend to portray Shockwave as being a cold-blooded usurper who constantly is plotting against Megatron AND SUCCEEDING, while the Gen1 cartoon portrayed him as super-loyal servant of Megatron. Speech patterns for characters also depend on writer; Blurr, the various Dinobots, and Weirdwolf most notably. Soundwave and Blaster's cassettes are either attack drones used to gain an edge in battle or individual robots waiting to be ordered. | |
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Lady of War | |
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Lady of War: Elita One, the leader of the female Autobots and Optimus Prime's girlfriend. | |
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