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One Transformer Fact A Day

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I will post one fact about the Transformers franchise within every 24 hour span. Facts may range from deep, obscure trivia to casual knowledge. Primary source of information is tfwiki.net Inbox open for suggestions of a daily fact.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 18h

The multiple Starscream clones, barring Slipstream, are all obviously based on existing seekers, yet are all unnamed in the show. This is because naming them would've resulted in the voice actor now being paid for an additional 4 characters.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 20

Under-3 is a character originally used as a pack in toy at McDonald's promoting Beast Wars. The character would later make small, fleeting appearances in fiction, even reviewing a new figure named "Unit-3" at Botcon 2016

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 18h

It should be noted "Under-3," while printed on the bag where the name would be, is likely just an indicator of being for children below the age of 3.

One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 1d

Earthspark Skywarp and Nova-Storm gained particular traction for their swapped genders, however they were not the first incarnations to do this. The previous Cyberverse Skywarp was a woman, and Nova-Storm already had 3 depictoons as a woman prior to Earthspark.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 19

The online Kreo manga would include many, many, many characters of whom were not featured in the toyline in Kreo form, usually still only using existing parts.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 2d

Transformers: Prime Arcee was made blue in order to not make Jack Darby look odd riding a pink motorcycle. Ironically, her first toy was a G1 inspired pink deco available in a 2011 NYCC exclusive box set.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 2d

Optimus Prime also contains many repaints of whom are seperate characters, such as the white Ultra Magnus, black Nemesis Prime, blue Magna Convoy, and Green Toxitron, along with many more.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 3d

While notorious for being a 6-changer, SIxshot actually bares a secret 7th mode. In both the Headmasters cartoon and a majority of his figures, Sixshot can transform into what is described as his "Wingwolf" mode.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 17

Botbots "Pew Pew Pew" is an obvious dual reference being both designed to resemble Kremzeek and G1 Megatron

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 4d

Finally, the Bot-Bots franchise introduced MANY a plantformer, though, many are also simply containers of plants, rather than wholly plant.

One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 4d

After Flytrap comes the Treecons, an experiment by the Transformer God Adaptus, they are fusions of metal and fibrous tissue. Additionally there is the "Treant Troop," plantformers described by Vector Prime.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 4d

Along with her is Flytrap, un used concept art from the Beast Wars Telemocha toyline, later re-contextualized as a character named Flytrap.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 4d

While many mechanical plants exist in several Transformers universes, few plant based Transformers exist. Among the small number is Botanica from Beast Machines, undoubtedly the most famous plant Transformer of them all.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 16

Tigerhawks tenure on the Beast Wars cartoon was rather short, due to Hasbro being unsure if his toy was going to actually release, requesting Tigerhawk to be killed off just in case. Tigerhawks toy eventually did receive a full release.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 5d

Shattered Glass Cosmos has his color scheme based on Actionmaster Krok, a reference to an old fan theory that Krok transformed into a UFO.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 15

Rather famously, the Japanese version of Robots in Disguise 2001 (or Car Robots) was treated as in continuity with everything before it, while in the west, it was the first brand new unrelated continuity on its own.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 6d

Megatron was the primary antagonist for the first 2 season of the Generation 1 cartoon, being replaced by his new form, Galvatron, during the movie, third and "fourth" seasons.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 14

Spanner was a character in the Marvel Comics who was neutral in the war, captured by Straxus, he was forced to design them a spacebridge, which Straxus then forced Spanner to be built into the spacebridge itself.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 7d

Before the ROTB Terrorcon insignia was finalized, concept for the Terrorcon leader, Scourge, often placeholder Decepticon and Mercenary insignias instead.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 7d

Cyberworld Chop-Shop also appears to be a direct homage to this character.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 7d

Beast Wars Insecticon was slated to make an appearance in the show, but was scrapped, a lot of his lines in the script being given to Waspinator instead, aimly, in the episode "Power Surge."

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 8d

Keeping up with the Seacons, the G1 Seacons were planned to be redecoed into the "Pirahnacons," and sold as Walmart exclusive Terrorcons from the Energon cartoon, however, these were canceled, and eventually sold as new decos for the G1 Seacons at the Transformers Collector Club.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 8d

Another fun distinction between Western and Japanese Seacons, in the Super-God Masterforce cartoon, the Seacons are all mindless drones who exist en masse, except for their leader, Turtler, the sole individual amongst them.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 9d

In the original Beast Wars line, all figures Deluxe class or larger from 1996 feature secondary "Mutant heads," being either masks, or alternate faces on their heads. While largely forgotten, some characters, like Waspinator and Tarantulas, use their Mutant heads on the show.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 11

According to commercial bumpers from the short lived Hub channel, Transformers: Prime Megatron enjoys the MLP: FIM intro song and likes drawing fanart of Rainbow Dash

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