History Funny / Transformers

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* The TFWiki as a whole is a treasure trove of snark and MetaHumor. It helps that [[WalkyVerse David Willis]] is one of the editors.
* The [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Torture_Chamber Transformers Wiki's]] entry on the Maximal Torture Chamber, with the {{Suspiciously Specific Denial}}s and the pictures of the CR chamber with the word "LIES" underneath them just adds to the amusement.
* The TF Wiki is loaded with amusing snark and {{Running Gag}}s. In another example, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Gambler their entry]] on the Gen 1 Episode "The Gambler" has all the pictures subtitled with the lyrics to the famous Kenny Rogers song.
** Similarly, the page for "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Decepticon_Raider_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" is full of lines from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
* Again, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mark_Twain from the TF Wiki]]:
--> In the real world, Creator/MarkTwain did not know Creator/JulesVerne personally. However, he also never had the distinction of fighting a giant mechanical cat from space''[[superscript:[citation needed] ]]'' so make what you will of the story.
* There exists a category called "Things That Don't Exist", which included examples such as "[[NoTrueScotsman True Fan]]" and "[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Tighter Shirts]]". (and although it isn't visible to everyone these days, pages in the category still have a link to it at the end: [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/True_fan case in point]])
* The page for "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Suspect Prime Suspect]]" hilariously points out the ridiculous use of WrongfulAccusationInsurance: "In the course of proving Optimus innocent of breaking and entering, the criminal acts you commit include: resisting arrest, interfering with a crime scene, removing evidence from a crime scene, assaulting a police officer, destruction of police equipment, unauthorized access of a police computer system, vandalism, industrial espionage, breaking and entering. What lesson have we learned today, children?"
* [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Canon Their page on Transformers canon]]. Especially the pictures.
* Everything about their entry on the Gen 1 episode [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/B.O.T._%28episode%29 B.O.T]]. You know you're in for a good read when one of the first things you see is:
--> This article is about the worst episode of Transformers ever.
* The page for [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Streetwise_(G1) Generation 1 Streetwise]] has a Transformer-fied version of the ''Shaft'' theme song in place of an actual character bio. Even funnier if you imagine it in Issac Hayes voice.
** Likewise, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sureshot_(G1) Sureshot's]] page has a Transformer-fied version of "I'm Too Sexy".

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-->'''Generic Middle Eastern Man:''' ''(after returning)'' Cell phone![[hottip:*: RealityIsUnrealistic. It is ''much'' easier and cheaper to get mobile phone service out into the sticks than it is to establish landlines.]]

* When Lennox's team are battling Scorponok, Lennox attempts to contact the pentagon. First, he needs to find a phone. When he finds someone with one, we get this jewel:

-->'''Generic Middle Eastern Man:''' ''(after returning)'' Cell phone!

* When Sam first takes his new ''car'' out for a drive, and his parents watch as Bumblebee spews black smoke all over the place.

* Bumblebee peeing on Simmons alone isn't funny, but Optimus Prime saying with all of Peter Cullen's badassedness "Bumblebee! Stop lubricating the man!" had me in stitches.
* As [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx3Mc-ORKdM this video]] shows, Shia [=LaBeouf=] is very fond of the word "No!"

* "This is my private area, my place of zen and peace...SHUT UP GRAMMA!!" The following line, "GRAMMA DRINK YOUR PRUNE JUICE!!" forced me to pause the movie while I recovered.

* "Ironhide, you know we don't harm humans. What is ''with'' you?" The last part was unnecessary, but hilarious coming from the voice of Optimus Prime.

** Personally, for this troper, the highlight is after Bumblebee blows up the rest of the cars to ensure Sam buys him. And Bobby's reaction is:

-->'''Ratchet:''' Wow! that was tingly! You gotta try that.
-->'''Ironhide:''' ''(sarcastically)'' Yeah, that looks fun.

** HilarityEnsues as the Autobots accidentally convince the Witwicky family that they're caught in the middle of an Earthquake. Sam's father looks outside and you see that the Autobots are all hiding in the most ridiculous of places. Bumblebee has somehow wedged himself under the awning and the patio, Ratchet and Iron Hide are kneeling between the windows, Jazz has found a location similar to Bumblebee's, and Optimus is so damn big that he can only press himself up against the house and avoid the windows. When he attempts to move, the camera pans to Sam's father as he's in the house. In what is, in this troper's opinion, the best moment, Optimus comes up against the window and sees Sam's father. He goes OhCrap and suddenly moves away, out of sight. There's a tremor and Sam's father leaps into the bath tub, shouting that there's been another earthquake.

** This line always sets me off:

'''Jetfire:''' Bollocks!

* The entire scene where Lennox and his team ditch major JerkAss Galloway in the middle of some random Egyptian desert by faking some sort of a malfunction and convincing him that he needs to parachute out of the aircraft.

* Earlier in the film, when Lennox informs General Morshower that JerkAss Galloway has been appointed liaison for the Autobots, he finishes with an eye roll that made me giggle.
* During the debriefing with General Morshower, when JerkAss Galloway starts berating Optimus that they didn't agree to share the Autobot weapon technology, this exchange takes place:

** [[JerkAss Mearing]] and [[TagalongKid Brains's]] first interaction. It involves Brains jumping onto her desk, and Mearing pulling a pistol out of said desk. Brains promptly hops off of the desk.

--> "I'm so sorry, that's the old me."

** The whole exchange afterwards, in which Sam is ordered to clean up [[spoiler:Jerry's body]], is a brilliant RefugeInAudacity moment.

-->''We don't let them get off the base much. Because they're assholes.''

** Sam freaking out when a security guard at NEST headquarters bangs on the roof of the Datsun "DO NOT TOUCH MY CAR; ''IT'S A COLLECTOR'S ITEM!''"

* This troper could not stop laughing at Megatron during the scene where Carly talks him into betraying Sentinal. Gigantic 50 foot tall deathbot, whereing that brow sackcloth...thing. he looked like a bum. Now whenever I watch that scene, I think of him as .... Hobo-tron.

* YMMV, but Simmons wheeling himself around in otherwise serious scenes is pretty funny to some people.

* The page for "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Suspect Prime Suspect]]" hilariously points out the ridiculous use of WrongfulAccusationInsurance: "In the course of proving Optimus innocent of breaking and entering, the criminal acts you commit include: resisting arrest, interfering with a crime scene, removing evidence from a crime scene, assaulting a police officer, destruction of police equipment, unauthorised access of a police computer system, vandalism, industrial espionage, breaking and entering. What lesson have we learned today, children?"

* Everything about their entry on the Gen 1 episode [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/B.O.T._%28episode%29 B.O.T]]. You know you are in for a good read when one of the first things you see is:
--> ''This article is about the worst episode of Transformers ever.''

''Said [[EpicFail missile misfires, launching]] [[BeyondTheImpossible BACKWARDS]] [[EpicFail out of Jetfire's wrist, exploding offscreen.]]''\\

* The [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Torture_Chamber Transformers]] [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Maximal_Torture_Chamber Wikis]] entries on the Maximal Torture Chamber, with the {{Suspiciously Specific Denial}}s and the pictures of the CR chamber with the word "LIES" underneath them just adds to the amusement.

** Similarly, the page for "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Decepticon_Raider_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" is full of lines from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.

--> In the real world, MarkTwain did not know Creator/JulesVerne personally. However, he also never had the distinction of fighting a giant mechanical cat from space''[[superscript:[citation needed] ]]'' so make what you will of the story.
* There used to exist a page called "Things That Don't Exist", which included examples such as "[[TakeThat True Fan]]" and "[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Tighter Shirts]]". (and although it isn't visible to everyone these days, pages in the category still have a link to it at the end: [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/True_fan case in point]])

--> In the real world, MarkTwain did not know Creator/JulesVerne personally. However, he also never had the distinction of fighting a giant mechanical cat from space,''[citation needed]'' so make what you will of the story.
* There used to exist a page called "Things That Don't Exist", which included examples such as "[[TakeThat True Fan]]" and "[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Tighter Shirts]]". (and although it isn't visible to everyone these days, pages in the category still have a link to it at the end: [[tfwiki.net/wiki/True_fan case in point]])

* Again, from the TF Wiki:

* There used to exist a page called "Things That Don't Exist", which included examples such as "[[TakeThat True Fan]]" and "[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Tighter Shirts]]". (and although it isn't visible to everyone these days, pages in the category still have a link to it at the end (case in point: [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Torture_Chamber]]))

** The real humor came after this line, where Megan Fox finally came out and said that Sam was with her. While Sam's mom tries to talk to her; Sam's dad gets this big shit-eating grin on his face and high-fives Sam in the background.

** '''Sam:''' *buries face in hands*
** '''Mikaela:''' (awkwardly scratches the back of her head)

** The TF Wiki is loaded with amusing snark. In another example, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Gambler their entry]] on the Gen 1 Episode "The Gambler" has all the pictures subtitled with the lyrics to the famous Kenny Rogers song.
*** Similarly, the page for "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Decepticon_Raider_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]" is full of lines from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
** Again, from the TF Wiki:

** There used to exist a page called "Things That Don't Exist", which included examples such as "[[TakeThat True Fan]]" and "[[TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Tighter Shirts]]".
** The page for "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Suspect Prime Suspect]]" hilariously points out the ridiculous use of WrongfulAccusationInsurance: "In the course of proving Optimus innocent of breaking and entering, the criminal acts you commit include: resisting arrest, interfering with a crime scene, removing evidence from a crime scene, assaulting a police officer, destruction of police equipment, unauthorised access of a police computer system, vandalism, industrial espionage, breaking and entering. What lesson have we learned today, children?"

** The page for "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Suspect Prime Suspect]]" hilariously points out the ridiculous use of WrongfulAccusationInsurance: "In the course of proving Optimus innocent of breaking and entering, the criminal acts you commit include: resisting arrest, interfering with a crime scene, removing evidence from a crime scene, assaulting a police officer, destruction of police equipment, unauthorised access of a police computer system, vandalism, industrial espionage, breaking and entering. What lesson have we learned today, children?"

%%* ''Funny/TransformersEnergon'' (2004)

** There used to exist a page called "Things That Don't Exist", which included examples such as "[[TakeThat True Fan]]" and "[[TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Tighter Shirts]]".

-->'''Epps:''' In my back pocket!
-->'''Lenox:''' Which one? You've got ten back pockets!

* When Epps is explaining his new job at keeping the peace between the Wreckers and the NASA techs Roadbuster yells out in background that he's useless at it.
** One of the Wreakers calls a human a "Nancy Wanker!" when they are first introduced.

** Hell, I thought the whole sequence was pretty funny. Bernie Mac at his best, ladies and gentlemen.

Hell, I thought the whole sequence was pretty funny. Bernie Mac at his best, ladies and gentlemen.

* "Are you eBay user ladiesman217?!" This line, in fact, was the sole reason [[@/{{Brontozaurus}} this troper]] got a Barricade toy, simply so he could shove the toy in people's faces and yell it at them.

--> '''Sam''': This is my backyard, not a ''truck stop!''
* "This is my private area, my place of zen...SHUT UP GRAMMA!!" The following line, "GRAMMA DRINK YOUR PRUNE JUICE!!" forced me to pause the movie while I recovered.

** My reaction: "Oh, like you're not one to talk?"

--> In the real world, MarkTwain did not know Creator/JulesVerne personally. However, he also never had the distinction of fighting a giant mechanical cat from space,''[citation needed]'' so make what you will of the story.

--> '''Glen's Cousin''': (screams while running) I'M JUST A COUSIN! I'M JUST A COUSIN!

-->'''Generic Middle-Eastern Man:''' Telephone? Yes!

** Later on, Lennox finally gets connected, but a bored Indian operator is hassling him because it is an international call and the Indian man does not buy Lennox's angry complaints about how he's in the middle of a battle and needs help immediately. The Indian man blandly insists that he needs a credit card to pay for the call.

** The whole thing was based on stories that the film's military advisor told MichaelBay about real soldiers who went through almost identical issues when trying to contact their superiors at the Pentagon while in the middle of intense firefights.

* Ratchet running into a power line and causing the entire block to lose power.

-->'''Ironhide:''' ''(sarcastically)'' Yeah, that looks fun.
* Honestly, if some of the above entries weren't enough to tip you off, the scene where the Autobots are hiding from Sam's parents as he attempts to find [[MacGuffin his grandfather's glasses]] is absolutely priceless. First there's Sam looking back with [[OhCrap a brief but very real look of utter horror]] when he sees Optimus in his normal form standing up and walking towards his house, followed by him coming up with increasingly ridiculous conversational topics to keep his father out of the back yard. When the Autobots come over, they wreak havoc on Sam's back yard. Then, when they suddenly realize that they should hide, they all transform. In the middle of Sam's back yard.
** HilarityEnsues as the Autobots accidentally convince the Witwicky family that they're caught in the middle of an Earthquake. Sam's father looks outside and you see that the Autobots are all hiding in the most ridiculous of places. Bumblebee has somehow wedged himself under the awning and the patio, Ratchet and Iron Hide are kneeling between the windows, Jazz has found a location similar to Bumblebee's, and Optimus is so damn big that he can only press himself up against the house and avoid the windows. When he attempts to move, the camera pans to Sam's father as he's in the house. In what is, in this troper's opinion, the best moment, Optimus comes up against the window and sees Sam's father. He goes OhCrap and suddenly moves away, out of sight. There's a tremor and Sam's father leaps into the bath tub, shouting that there's been another earthquake.

* Earlier in the film, when Lennox informs General Morshower that JerkAss Galloway has been appointed liaison for the Autobots, he finishes with an eye roll that made me giggle.

* [[TheStinger The Stinger,]] full stop.

* Bumblebee teasing Sam and Carly with "rings".

--> '''Brains''': This is a total [[{{CurseCutShort}} clusterf]]-*scene change*

*** [[WildMassGuess Maybe she was trying to get Sam promoted to the red floor?]]

* Wheelie mouthing off to the NEST troopers in D.C. after Bumblebee shows up to vouch for Sam.

--> In the real world, MarkTwain did not know JulesVerne personally. However, he also never had the distinction of fighting a giant mechanical cat from space,''[citation needed]'' so make what you will of the story.

** The TF Wiki is loaded with amusing snark. In another example, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Gambler their entry]] on the Gen 1 Episode "The Gambler" has all the pictures subtitled with the lyrics to the famous Kenny Rogers song.

Personally, for this troper, the highlight is after Bumblebee blows up the rest of the cars to ensure Sam buys him. And Bobby's reaction is: