Talk:Reproduction

2010-11-19T02:04:29Z

24.139.80.64: /* Hatchlings */

Some terms...

Ravage's ending from the Transmetals game:
:<i>Ravage decided that it was time for him to fight for the Decepticon legacy once again.
:Ravage betrayed the Predacon Commander Megatron, then entered the ancient Autobot battle cruiser, the Ark. Ravage then produced a prototype cloning device based on transreplication technology.
:This device would allow him to produce clones of the ancient Transformers, complete with memories and personality functions intact.
:One by one, he downloaded protoform cloning data of the legendary warriors... Megatron, Skywarp, Starscream, Thundercracker, Reflector, Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw... And of course, Soundwave...
:Ravage returned to Predacon space. The moment was close at hand. Soon, he would revive the Decepticon army to conquor the future... To conquor... Forever! </i>

So the term 'transreplication' seems to fit into normal TF replication in Beast-Era. (I'm cautious about that, but I don't see any other conclusion...) The term has to be in there SOMEWHERE at least.

And in the Young Corgi TF books, Hot Rod says he was [http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/corgi-adv/desert/22.html Matrixed], whichs eems to be the proper term, despite taking place after the Matrix left on the Ark. (Blaster's less than 4 million years old too, so clearly this is POSSIBLE...)

Oh, and YET ANOTHER retellign of TF means of reproduction that leaves out the EXPLICIT DESCRIPTION of how new TF's are made from Dreamwaves MTMTE. Yaay! Oh sure, it's only been otu there for 3 years, but I still run into people who insist on having passionate discussions about how this sort of thing works, insisting they're right- who've never heard of the Dreamwave version. Which is STARTLINGLY SIMILAR to the Transmaters version, and also fits the terminology of the Young Corgi version.

It's an uncomplicated scenario that actually AGREES WITH THE FANNON. Am I really being unrealistic to say 'Gosh, I really wish we'd gotten the one explicit explanation of TF reproduction up here on the first try?' (clearly, I'm being picky) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 06:19, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

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Not up on Masterforce. How exactly do the Transectors there gain life, as that should be referenced as well.
:Devil Z uses his powers to do it, methinks that shouldn't be counted as it was like a one time supernatural miracle performed by a god. That would be like recounting Adam and Eve in an article about Human reproduction.
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In RiD, does it actually say that Prime and Magnus were re-built from existing robots at any point? I recall Prime saying he and Magnus were "created by Alpha Trion," but don't have tapes on me to check. -128.239.180.231 20:27, 26 October 2006

== Matrix Flame and Magnus ? ==

Where does the part about the Matrix Flame being able to create life and being used to make Magnus come from. I've heard it before , but I looked through Target 2006 and I don't see it in there. All that is shown in there is that the Matrix Flame acts as an "indicator light" for the status of the matrix. There's nothing about it creating life or Magnus that I can see. Citation? -[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 13:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
:[http://transfans.net/comics_guide_detail.php?id=93&page=5 Here.] -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

::Ah thanks. That's what get for looking in the TPB and not the actual issues. :).

=="Decepticon's Uncle"==
In the g1 epesode City of Steel Side Swipe makes Starscream "say Uncle" and then remarks that he didn't know Decepticons had uncles? Should this be taken as more than a joke, does this mean Autobots have families and Decepticons don't?
: I would say a joke. It's just a dehumanization (so to speak) of the other side, as in "I didn't even know Communists HAD mothers!" That doesn't imply Communists don't have mothers, just that they're perceived to be too inhuman to be normal people with normal relationships like good red-blooded Americans. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:54, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

==Sparkling?==

Just a quick question:

For those of you who don't frequent the Transformers section of Fanfiction.net, "sparkling" is a fandom term for a Transformer baby or child. I was wondering if there is a similar term used in official fiction anywhere to describe "child" transformers, like Wheelie or that Lithion kid shown on in the article? --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]]
:Official term is just "protoform" to my knowledge. IE expressions like "that would be protoform-play."--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 07:50, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
::The only thing close to "Sparkling" that I know of in official cannon is Spike's StarTV dub name. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 07:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
::Sureshot's [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sureshot TFU profile] uses "prototype" in this manner. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 02:15, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

==CNA==

Why the hell do ROBOTS have genetic material? Even if Furman never passed high school biology, a quick wiki search would do a lot to counter that theory!
Sorry, I'm just frusterated when the people that are supposed to be professional writers do less research than fan fiction writers. You would think "professional" would indicate a level of quality. --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 16:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

:Um.. Transformers are not robots of the sort you could do '''any''' research about on the net. They're unimaginably advanced, infinately more complex and technologically different alien lifeforms that just happen to be of a robotic nature. There's absolutely no reason they shouldn't have their own robotic equivilent of genetic material. --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 16:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
:Since they can reproduce, they obviously have genetic material of ''some'' sort. It might just consist of a stored database of standard Transformer parts, normal ways to put a TF together, etc. It's probably much more complicated than that, given that in many continuiities, TFs appear to have something going on at the nanometer scale.
:Also, [[budding]]. [[User:JW|JW]] 16:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

==Hatchlings==
Shouldn't we add something about the hatchlings from RotF? {{unsigned|173.71.116.203|19:34, 4 July 2009}}

:It IS kinda complicated, the first movie told us that Cybertronians are made by the allspark, and that without it, no further life can be created. HOWEVER, this does not actualy add up, because there are transformers made after the cube disapeared. Now from what Starscream said in the movie, they only actualy need the energon to "mature" them. does anyone know how everything fits?(also, please sign with four "~" after your post.)--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 16:49, 10 July 2009 (EDT)
::I don't think there is much information about them, so, not much to say factually yet. They are called protoforms in the novel. If I were to guess and try to reconcile the story with [[Defiance]], I would say they are Decepticons who regressed back to protoform for the long journey searching for the Harvester. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:24, 10 July 2009 (EDT)

==Reference and Reproduction Explanation==
I know this should probably be mentioned on a "references in popular culture"-type page but I couldn't find it... Anyway on an episode of an anime series known as Panty & Stocking, which parodied Transformers (episode name: Transhomers), it shows what appears to be a visual explanation of Transformer reproduction. Though it is just for laughs, I believe it might probably deserve a mention here or most likely on your list of "references in popular culture"-type page. You can watch the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olh3vQblRQA here on youtube] to see that I am not a [[Michael Bay|lying dimwit]]. I apologize again if this was a [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen|waste of your time]]. -[[Special:Contributions/24.139.80.64|24.139.80.64]] 21:04, 18 November 2010 (EST)

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