TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

A Transformers Thread

Go To

ArcanGenth Since: Aug, 2009
#7351: Feb 3rd 2024 at 6:45:11 PM

I'll give you Tigatron and Tarantulas being generic and uninspired. BUT! I maintain that Terrorsaur the pteranodon dinosaur is clever. And I will not listen to anyone besmirching the noble name of Wazzzzzzzzzpinator!

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#7352: Feb 3rd 2024 at 8:16:21 PM

I can't be objective with the show names. I grew up with them.

Some of the toy names where godawful though. Nobody likes you, Injector.

Edited by ShirowShirow on Feb 3rd 2024 at 4:16:33 PM

You are not alone.
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7353: Feb 3rd 2024 at 8:27:14 PM

Injector's got nothing on Nightbeat, Huffer, Erector & Windbreaker. Or Vroom.

Honestly Beast Wars doesn't hold a candle to G1 for bad names

Also BW II's Drill Nuts

Edited by Ghilz on Feb 3rd 2024 at 11:30:08 AM

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#7354: Feb 3rd 2024 at 8:43:14 PM

Honestly, the lamest Beast Wars names were for the first line of Happy Meal toys they did with McDonalds, which got such wonderful names like "Panther", "Rhino", "Beetle", and "Manta Ray". Guess what they transformed into?

Although we must give special attention the only toy in the line who deviated from that naming scheme: Under-3. Because... y'know, the toy was suitable kids under three years old.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7355: Feb 3rd 2024 at 8:53:21 PM

Oh also the creatively named Micromasters: Joe, Alan and Rodney

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#7356: Feb 3rd 2024 at 8:59:52 PM

Recall that Japanese Headmasters had names like Jack and Abel.

And lets not forget Pipo.

One Strip! One Strip!
Chortleous she/her friend to the hooved (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
she/her friend to the hooved
#7357: Feb 3rd 2024 at 11:53:55 PM

Which, it must be noted for those not aware, is Japanese onomatopoeia for an ambulance siren, so they basically just named a guy "Wee-woo".

Edited by Chortleous on Feb 3rd 2024 at 1:57:14 PM

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7358: Feb 4th 2024 at 9:34:35 AM

TBH that's kinda amazingly funny.

J79 Since: Jan, 2015
#7359: Feb 4th 2024 at 10:43:31 AM

[up]x6 Nightbeat is actually an appropriate name for an Autobot detective.

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7360: Feb 4th 2024 at 11:06:30 AM

And for masturbation.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#7361: Feb 4th 2024 at 11:37:48 AM

Well, I never thought of Nightbeat in a dirty way. I thought it was a good name.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#7362: Feb 4th 2024 at 12:04:50 PM

Reminds me of this video where Optimus is introduced to some Autobots with unusual names. Honestly though, they're alien robots with no concept of sex, they would have no way of knowing what these names meant unless a human told them. Or, the internet, I guess.

Edited by WillKeaton on Feb 4th 2024 at 5:32:35 AM

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7363: Feb 4th 2024 at 12:10:44 PM

Honestly though, they're alien robots with no concept of sex, they would have no way of knowing what these names meant unless a human told them. Or, the internet, I guess.

They are also alien robots with no concept of organic life and that doesn't stop Bumblebee from being named after organic life.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#7364: Feb 4th 2024 at 3:52:56 PM

[up][up]Oh yeah, I remember that video, since I'm subscribed to Solidjj's channel.

The sad, REAL American dichotomy
Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7365: Feb 5th 2024 at 9:12:02 AM

I always found Bonecrusher to be a particularly weird name.

It would be like if a modern day marine's nickname was "Exoskeleton-Smasher." You, uh, don't really run into many of those on the battlefield.

Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#7366: Feb 5th 2024 at 1:22:56 PM

[up] I bet Bonecrusher hates that.

Edited by chasemaddigan on Feb 5th 2024 at 4:23:58 AM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#7367: Feb 5th 2024 at 1:35:48 PM

[up][up]

I mean, Bonecrusher has probably stepped on a lot of organics and crushed their bones.

Makes total sense to me.

One Strip! One Strip!
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#7368: Feb 6th 2024 at 9:17:13 AM

Eyes forward, true believers!

Coming straight from the pages of the Marvel G1 comics, in light of Transformers' 40th anniversary, feast your eyes on Comic-Based redecos of SS86 Grimlock and Siege Shockwave!

  • Not only does Grimlock boast a vibrant yellow-blue-red deco, but he comes with a crown and not one, but THREE swords! Finally!
  • Meanwhile, Shockwave boasts an accessory most gruesome, the severed head of Optimus Prime!

'NUFF SAID! EXCELSIOR!

And also Legacy United Leader Class Sandstorm!

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Feb 6th 2024 at 12:24:56 PM

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7369: Feb 6th 2024 at 11:25:53 AM

Grimlock's pretty cool, even if it's a crime that we haven't gotten a version of him with a sword yet.

Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7370: Feb 6th 2024 at 11:27:39 AM

José Delbo, one of the main artist for Marvel's The Transformers, passed away yesterday at the age of 90.

The man drew most of the original Marvel run, so bit of a legend.

Edited by Ghilz on Feb 6th 2024 at 2:28:07 PM

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#7371: Feb 6th 2024 at 11:30:03 AM

Hats off, goddamn.

It's no exaggeration to say that man shaped my childhood.

You are not alone.
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#7372: Feb 7th 2024 at 6:11:48 AM

Marvel G1 was before my time, but it's sad to see an important figure in TF history become one with the matrix all the same.

Speaking of José Delbo, eagle-eyed folks noticed that one of Marvel Comic Universe Grimlock's swords is chipped. This isn't a defect. It appears to be in reference to Marvel G1 #41, when Delbo drew Grimlock fighting Blaster with a chipped sword.

Probably a coincidence, but an uncanny one, no?

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Feb 7th 2024 at 9:12:04 AM

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7373: Feb 7th 2024 at 4:12:05 PM

Omega Prime just leaped to 82% backed.

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#7374: Feb 8th 2024 at 7:01:48 AM

I'll probably back it once they reveal the bonus extras.

I'm sure they'll reveal some form of AI at the highest tier.

Edited by Larkmarn on Feb 8th 2024 at 10:05:10 AM

Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#7375: Feb 8th 2024 at 8:29:55 AM

So long as it's not like the creepy hot springs figure.

Edited by Ghilz on Feb 8th 2024 at 11:30:15 AM


Total posts: 10,039
Top