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Talk:Canon

2007-02-10T00:00:30Z

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I was quite surprised that nobody had done this article yet so I thought I’d have a go. Given the potential arguments that this topic might cause, I have tried to be as uncontroversial as possible and stick to the ‘facts’.

I have never heard of (and been unable to find) any official canon policy from Hasbro (beyond the Universe thing mentioned in the article) and so until someone enlightens me otherwise I assumed that there isn’t one.

There is a G1 bias to the article as that’s where my knowledge mainly lies so someone might want to add in some later stuff for balance.

I look forward to the inevitable rewrites.[[User:Omnisvalidus|Omnisvalidus]] 20:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

:The main reason you've not been able to find any offical canon policy from Hasbro is that there is none. With ''Transformers'', the closest thing to "Is this cannon?" is "Is this piece of fiction licensed or produced by Hasbro or TakaraTomy?" --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:37, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
::I think this page definately needs a note that it's not spelled "cannon".--[[User:66.237.45.7|66.237.45.7]] 00:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Smallest Transforming Transformers

2007-01-05T01:09:55Z

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1) This article should be capitalized.
2) Are we even for sure this is the actual name of the series? I know it caught on in the fandom, but I remember something about it not being a very literal translation. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure it's just "Smallest Transformers". "World's" was added because the fandom tends to be retarded. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 07:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
::'''Technically''' technically, I believe they are the "Smallest Transforming Transformers" in English. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 13:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

:::Might as well just keep the name as it is. Do you really want to start depending on Takara's engrish? :P --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:37, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

::::That's not what I mean; there's no English on the toys, as far as I know. The literal name of what they ARE, from Japanese, is "Smallest Transforming Transformers". --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 14:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
:::::I vote we move to [[Smallest Transformers]]. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
::::::I'm going with [[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]. 20:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
::::::::I think [[Smallest Transformers]] is better, just because we don't have [[Minerva]] at "Minelba." As FFN says above, we don't want to depend on Takara's Engrish. That way leads madness. I'd rather have the best translation rather than the most literal one. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:05, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::It's definitely closest to "Smallest Transforming Transformers" (literally, "Smallest Transformation Transformers" or "Incredibly Small Transformation Transformers). "Smallest Transformers" is a reasonable English rendition if that feels redundant, though. -[[User:Swift|Swift]] 23:55, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't test shots pop up once of things like Smallest Transformers SKIDS and stuff? Or am I just hallucinating about Skids?<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Talk:Titanium moose-bot

2007-01-02T06:57:33Z

66.237.45.7:

Just a heads up: The quote was "Freeze the Boron Particles off the antlers of a Titanium Moosebot!" Not freeze the antlers off. No idea how I'll edit yet.<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Spittor

2006-12-31T01:50:47Z

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:''Spittor is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.
[[Image:IDW Spittor.jpg|right|209px|thumb|Lick me!]]
'''Spittor''' is a typical Predacon toady, full of arrogance, overconfidence, and, most of all, stupidity. His arsenal of poisons, however, make him a force to be reckoned with when he can focus his anger.

Yes, "toady." We went there.

==Fiction==
[[Image:3H Spittor Sonar.jpg|left|209px|thumb|He gets beat up, regardless of continuity.]]
===3H comics continuity===
Even after [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had left prehistoric [[Earth]], there was still war to be had. [[Tarantulas]] and [[Ravage]], both surprisingly not dead, gathered a small army. They harvested Predacons from the Maximal [[stasis pod]]s left behind. One of these Predacons was a [[Transmetal 2]] Spittor. He would fire the first shot in this new altercation, scuffling with the also-not-dead [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn, Part 2}}

Sometime later, Spittor must have made peace with the Maximals, because he returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] along with his former enemies, [[Primal Prime]], Tigatron, and [[Ramulus]]. As a member of the [[Wreckers]], he fought Megatron's control of Cybertron.

Shortly after The Wreckers rescued Optimus Primal and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] from some [[Tank Drone]]s, they were assigned a vague mission by the [[Oracle]]. Spittor, Primal Prime, and [[Fractyl]] met up with [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] and [[Arcee]] (Spittor playfully annoying Fractyl along the way). They then rendezvoused with the others. After a fierce battle with some [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], the group boards an [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Departure}}

Shortly after takeoff, however, Spittor and some others were ambushed by [[Devcon]]. Rodimus conviced the former peace marshal to calm down, and Spittor went off to recuperate. Not long after the scuffle, the section of the ship holding Spittor, [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], and the [[Deployers]] suffered an explosion. [[Packrat]] choose to detonate that section rather than risk the whole ship's destruction. Thus, Spittor's life was cut short.

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics continuity===
[[Magmatron]] recruited Spittor, along with [[Transquito]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Manterror]], and [[Razorbeast]] to journey through time and use the abandoned [[stasis pods]] on prehistoric [[Earth]] to build an army and take over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Upon arrival, Magmatron sent the others to watch over the stasis pods as they were activated. While the rest of his teammates witnessed the births of new Predacons, Spittor did not. He got to greet [[Polar Claw]], a Maximal, who summarily squashed Spittor. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 1}}

Because of this, Razorbeast, who had activated the pods, was revealed as a Maximal spy. More Maximals spilled forth, and a new Beast War was at hand.

While the rest of the new Predacon army sought to quell the new Maximal army, Drill Bit and Spittor, along with Magmatron, hunted down Razorbeast. Spittor got the drop on [[Ramulus]], using his poison tongue to knock the mountain-dwelling Maximal off a cliff. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 2}}

Later, when the Predacons located the Maximal base, Spittor was among the attackers. He and his cohorts had their enemies outnumbered, but a new squad of Maximals arrived just in time. Spittor was easily thwarted by a sweep of [[Torca]]'s tusks. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 4}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Spittor''' (Basic, 1997)
: Spittor transforms into an organic frog. The frog form can launch the spring-loaded robot-mode head from its mouth.

: This mold was used to make [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] and Transmetal Spittor.

*'''Spittor''' (Basic [[Transmetal]], 1998)
: A Europe-only toy, it is a [[redeco]] of the original Spittor toy in red, black, and gold.

*'''Spittor''' (Basic [[Transmetal 2]], 1999)
:The beast mode tongue acts as a hand-held flail weapon for robot mode. It also has a flip-up claw on his toad back.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]].

==Trivia==
* Concept art for IDW's Beast Wars Gathering comics reveal that Spittor's cybertronian alt mode is a bipedal walker mechanoid of some type, with acid shooting gun.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Spittor/spittor.htm Spittor at TFU.info]

[[Category: Predacons]]
[[Category: Transmetals 2]]
[[Category: Universe characters]]
[[Category: Wreckers]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Spittor

2006-12-31T01:50:03Z

66.237.45.7:

:''Spittor is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.
[[Image:IDW Spittor.jpg|right|209px|thumb|Lick me!]]
'''Spittor''' is a typical Predacon toady, full of arrogance, overconfidence, and, most of all, stupidity. His arsenal of poisons, however, make him a force to be reckoned with when he can focus his anger.

Yes, "toady." We went there.

==Fiction==
[[Image:3H Spittor Sonar.jpg|left|209px|thumb|He gets beat up, regardless of continuity.]]
===3H comics continuity===
Even after [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had left prehistoric [[Earth]], there was still war to be had. [[Tarantulas]] and [[Ravage]], both surprisingly not dead, gathered a small army. They harvested Predacons from the Maximal [[stasis pod]]s left behind. One of these Predacons was a [[Transmetal 2]] Spittor. He would fire the first shot in this new altercation, scuffling with the also-not-dead [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn, Part 2}}

Sometime later, Spittor must have made peace with the Maximals, because he returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] along with his former enemies, [[Primal Prime]], Tigatron, and [[Ramulus]]. As a member of the [[Wreckers]], he fought Megatron's control of Cybertron.

Shortly after The Wreckers rescued Optimus Primal and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] from some [[Tank Drone]]s, they were assigned a vague mission by the [[Oracle]]. Spittor, Primal Prime, and [[Fractyl]] met up with [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] and [[Arcee]] (Spittor playfully annoying Fractyl along the way). They then rendezvoused with the others. After a fierce battle with some [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], the group boards an [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Departure}}

Shortly after takeoff, however, Spittor and some others were ambushed by [[Devcon]]. Rodimus conviced the former peace marshal to calm down, and Spittor went off to recuperate. Not long after the scuffle, the section of the ship holding Spittor, [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], and the [[Deployers]] suffered an explosion. [[Packrat]] choose to detonate that section rather than risk the whole ship's destruction. Thus, Spittor's life was cut short.

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics continuity===
[[Magmatron]] recruited Spittor, along with [[Transquito]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Manterror]], and [[Razorbeast]] to journey through time and use the abandoned [[stasis pods]] on prehistoric [[Earth]] to build an army and take over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Upon arrival, Magmatron sent the others to watch over the stasis pods as they were activated. While the rest of his teammates witnessed the births of new Predacons, Spittor did not. He got to greet [[Polar Claw]], a Maximal, who summarily squashed Spittor. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 1}}

Because of this, Razorbeast, who had activated the pods, was revealed as a Maximal spy. More Maximals spilled forth, and a new Beast War was at hand.

While the rest of the new Predacon army sought to quell the new Maximal army, Drill Bit and Spittor, along with Magmatron, hunted down Razorbeast. Spittor got the drop on [[Ramulus]], using his poison tongue to knock the mountain-dwelling Maximal off a cliff. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 2}}

Later, when the Predacons located the Maximal base, Spittor was among the attackers. He and his cohorts had their enemies outnumbered, but a new squad of Maximals arrived just in time. Spittor was easily thwarted by a sweep of [[Torca]]'s tusks. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 4}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Spittor''' (Basic, 1997)
: Spittor transforms into an organic frog. The frog form can launch the spring-loaded robot-mode head from its mouth.

: This mold was used to make [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] and Transmetal Spittor.

*'''Spittor''' (Basic [[Transmetal]], 1998)
: A Europe-only toy, it is a [[redeco]] of the original Spittor toy in red, black, and gold.

*'''Spittor''' (Basic [[Transmetal 2]], 1999)
:The beast mode tongue acts as a hand-held flail weapon for robot mode. It also has a flip-up claw on his toad back.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]].

==Trivia==
* Concept art for IDW's Beast Wars Gathering comics reveal that Spittor's cybertronian alt mode is a bipedal walker mechanoid of some type, which acid shooting gun.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Spittor/spittor.htm Spittor at TFU.info]

[[Category: Predacons]]
[[Category: Transmetals 2]]
[[Category: Universe characters]]
[[Category: Wreckers]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Webworld

2006-11-27T07:19:07Z

66.237.45.7: Just a start.

'''Writers:''' Writers

Decepticons, find foe. Galvatron, loco. Cylconus, think so. Torkulon, they go. Sanity, no show. Planet's core, it blow.

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' Galvatron, Cyclonus

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Original Air Date:''' Date

==Summary==
Extended summary

==Notes==

===Technical/Animation Glitches===
*Glitch

===Continuity Errors===
*Error

===Transformers References===
*References

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link

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Gold Plastic Syndrome

2006-10-24T12:35:35Z

66.237.45.7: Specified WHICH pretender monsters. Only two of them have gold.

A term coined by the fandom, '''Gold Plastic Syndrome''' (commonly shorthanded to '''GPS''') is used to describe the phenomenon of a toy's plastic decomposing and becoming brittle to the point of shattering or crumbling under minimal-stress conditions. This is different from the relatively more common stress-fracture type of plastic breakage that can occur in some Transformers toys. All noted instances of GPS have occured in hard, glossy gold-colored plastics that appear to have a "swirl" to their coloraton.

GPS is notably widespread among toys made in the tail-end of [[Generation 1]], typically the second year of [[Pretender]]s and even some European-market exclusives, but examples have surfaced from lines as recent as ''[[Generation 2]]'' and the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' series. Transformers toys are not the only ones to suffer from this; there have been reports of G.I. Joe and Visionaries toys' gold plastics also crumbling seemingly of their own accord.

==The cause of GPS==
==GPS misconceptions==
The most common misconception about GPS is that ''all'' gold-colored plastic can suffer from this rot. Only certain plastic grades (described above) have been noted to be susceptible to GPS crumbling; in the past few years, more durable, pliable plastics have become the norm for toy construction, so the gold plastic on more recent toys like [[Cannonball (UT)|Cannonball]] are highly unlikely to have the flaw.

Also, not every type of plastic breakage is the kind caused by GPS. In most instances of broken toys, visible stress marks appear long before any breakage in the form of discoloration (since these plastics havea bit more "give" to them), and are typically very clean "snaps" due to excess pressure. GPS breakages seemingly come from simple decomposition of the plastic without any form of excess force at all, and the breaks tend to leave shards of plastic and dust.

==Toys commonly associated with Gold Plastic Syndrome==
* [[Black Zarak]]
* [[Electro]]
* ''Beast Wars'' [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
* [[Pretender Monsters]] [[Bristleback]] and [[Slog]]
* [[Randy]]
* ''Generation 1'' [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]]
* [[Skyhammer]]
* ''Generation 2'' [[Slingshot]]
* [[Serpentor]], while not a Transformer, is also known to suffer from this problem.

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