History Creator / SimonFurman

* KillEmAll: Not for nothing has he sometimes been referred to as "The White Creator/YoshiyukiTomino".

* ''ComicBook/BruteForce''

* RedshirtArmy: Wiki/TFWikiDotNet likes to play up how Furman enjoys slaughtering "hordes of background characters". His page quote on there is even just him asking the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' staff if he can kill anyone off.

** ''ComicBook/TransformersGenerationOne'' (IDW)

** ''ComicBook/DeathMetal''

* MyRealDaddy: For the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series as a whole. Not only did he write most of the stories in the original ComicBook, but he was the one who treated it like a serious story rather than a glorified toy advertisement and introduced all the mythology that the subsequent Transformers franchise would build off of. Furman's eponymous article on the Transformers Wiki even described him as responsible for "80% of this wiki."

-->"Skilled warrior is only out of ammo when room is empty, yes?"

Furman's work on ''ComicBook/TheTransformers'' eventually led to his worldwide fame; when longtime American ''Transformers'' writer Bob Budiansky stepped down from the role, Furman was logically selected to replace him. But where Budiansky targeted a pre-teen audience with lighthearted action-adventure stories, Furman eschewed that, instead adding an undercurrent of pseudo-religion and lore to the Transformers mythology (much of which he had previously introduced in his UK work). He reframed the robotic civil war as part of a larger ancient struggle between mechanical gods, with the Transformers themselves destined to be a warrior race against Unicron. This change in tone captivated the older fandom, and Furman was soon accepted as the definitive writer of Transformers stories. It is not a stretch to say that Furman has probably had more influence on the entire ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' mythos than any other writer.

** ''ComicBook/TheTransformers'' (Marvel)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats}}''

* MyRealDaddy: For the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series as a whole. Not only did he write most of the stories in the original ComicBook, but he was the one who treated it like a serious story rather than a glorified toy advertisement and introduced all the mythology that the subsequent Transformers franchise would build off of. Furman's eponymous TFWiki article even described him as responsible for''80% of this wiki.''

* MyRealDaddy: For the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series as a whole. Not only did he write most of the stories in the original ComicBook, but he was the one who treated it like a serious story rather than a glorified toy advertisement and introduced all the mythology that the subsequent Transformers franchise would build off of. As Furman's eponymous [[wiki/tfwikidotnet TFWiki]] article even described him as responsible for [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Simon_Furman#See_also''80% of this wiki.'']]

* MyRealDaddy: Furman is this for the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series as a whole. Not only did he write most of the stories in the original ComicBook, but he was the one who treated it like a serious story rather than a glorified toy advertisement and introduced all the mythology that the subsequent Transformers franchise would build off of.

* {{Badass}}: It's not a Furman story if there isn't at least one badass in the cast -- Grimlock for the [[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers]] and ComicBook/DeathsHead are probably the most prominent examples.

* ''Series/DoctorWho Magazine''

** "It can feel pain -- '''IT CAN BE HURT!''"
** "Do you not understand? It's '''OVER — FINISHED!'''"

* MyRealDaddy: Furman is this for the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series as a whole. Not only did he write most of the storeis in the original ComicBook, but he was the one who treated it like a serious story rather than a glorified toy advertisement and introduced all the mythology that the subsequent Transformers franchise would build off of.

* ''VideoGame/TransformersEarthWars''

Furman's work on ''ComicBook/TheTransformers'' eventually led to his worldwide fame; when longtime American ''Transformers'' writer Bob Budiansky stepped down from the role, Furman was logically selected to replace him. But where Budiansky targeted a pre-teen audience with lighthearted action-adventure stories, Furman eschewed that, instead adding an undercurrent of pseudo-religion and lore to the Transformers mythology (much of which he had previously introduced in his UK work). He reframed the robotic civil war as part of a larger ancient struggle between mechanical gods, with the Transformers themselves destined to be a warrior race against Unicron. This change in tone captivated the older fandom, and Furman was soon accepted as the definitive writer of Transformers stories.

'''Video Games''

Furman's work on ''ComicBook/{{Transformers}}'' eventually led to his worldwide fame; when longtime American ''Transformers'' writer Bob Budiansky stepped down from the role, Furman was logically selected to replace him. But where Budiansky targeted a pre-teen audience with lighthearted action-adventure stories, Furman eschewed that by adding an undercurrent of pseudo-religion and lore to the Transformers mythology (much of which he had previously introduced in his UK work). He reframed the robotic civil war as part of a larger ancient struggle between mechanical gods, with the Transformers themselves destined to be a warrior race against Unicron. This change in tone captivated the older fandom, and Furman was soon accepted as the definitive writer of Transformers stories.

* ''ComicBook/WhatIf...?''