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Mountain Dew Robot

2008-04-24T00:01:14Z

86.128.33.12: /* Members */

[[Image:Emdr factionsymbol.png|right]]
'''Mountain Dew Robots''' operate in secret on Earth. Although only [[Dewbot|one individual member is known]], the existence of a divergent future timeline in which an entire complex known as [[Dew City]] is built implies that they may be as numerous as the [[Chevy Autobot]]s. At the very least, there's probably a red one. And a blue one. And two black ones. And a ''diet'' one...

The origin of the Mountain Dew Robots is unknown. They might be [[NBE|aliens]].

Mountain Dew Robots have not been identified as either Autobot or Decepticon. Dewbot, in fact, sports the Mountain Dew logo on his forehead where a faction symbol would normally go. Given what little is known about them, the Mountain Dew Robots might even represent their own faction. A faction of REFRESHMENT.

{{note|The [[Capture the Cube]] online game allows winning players to enter Dewbot into the ranks of the "Elite Mountain Dew Robots". Presumably, these elites are a subset of all MDRs, but it is possible that the group as a whole is more properly referred to by this name.}}

==Members==
* [[Dispensor]]
* [[Dewbot]]

[[Category: Factions]]
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Mountain Dew Robot

2008-04-23T23:59:54Z

86.128.33.12: /* See also */

[[Image:Emdr factionsymbol.png|right]]
'''Mountain Dew Robots''' operate in secret on Earth. Although only [[Dewbot|one individual member is known]], the existence of a divergent future timeline in which an entire complex known as [[Dew City]] is built implies that they may be as numerous as the [[Chevy Autobot]]s. At the very least, there's probably a red one. And a blue one. And two black ones. And a ''diet'' one...

The origin of the Mountain Dew Robots is unknown. They might be [[NBE|aliens]].

Mountain Dew Robots have not been identified as either Autobot or Decepticon. Dewbot, in fact, sports the Mountain Dew logo on his forehead where a faction symbol would normally go. Given what little is known about them, the Mountain Dew Robots might even represent their own faction. A faction of REFRESHMENT.

{{note|The [[Capture the Cube]] online game allows winning players to enter Dewbot into the ranks of the "Elite Mountain Dew Robots". Presumably, these elites are a subset of all MDRs, but it is possible that the group as a whole is more properly referred to by this name.}}

==Members==
* [[Dispensor]]
* [[DewBot]]

[[Category: Factions]]
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Talk:Mutant (BW)

2008-04-23T17:50:24Z

86.128.33.12: /* Blackarachnia (Animated) */ new section

I'm inclined to say that this article doesn't need a "BW" in its title. We typically only put those qualifiers on character articles or where otherwise needed for disambiguation. There are no other "mutants" that have, or likely will have, their own article. -[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

There were Mutants in the UK comic. I suspect they'll eventually have their own page - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 22:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Careful. It could be a mutant. -[[User:LV|LV]] 01:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

''Mu''tant... ''Mu''tilate. I wonder. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:39, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

This article sounds like it's only talking about thee back of the BW cards, and not the Wreckers Comic. [[User:X-BoB58|X-BoB58]] 00:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I, too, wonder. [[User:Chip|Chip]] 02:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

===Timeframe===

I challenge the article's (and the individual articles') assertion that the MBW cards place the Mutants on BM-era Cybertron. Simply referencing the Oracle doesn't mean the story they are in takes place in BM any more than referencing a spark in G1 means that story actually takes place in the BW future. There is no reason to think Megatron couldn't have tested an early version of his "devolution" virus back on prehistoric Earth, and I put it to you that the mere fact that there were some random Fuzors to test on (as well as the explicit mention of Predacons and the LACK of reference to Vehicons) implies that the Mutants' packaging fiction is set during the Beast Wars. (Also the fact that the toys were sold as Beast Wars.) -[[User:LV|LV]] 02:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
:What he said. I NEVER for one moment thought that the Mutants were on BM-era Cybertron. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

::What with their Organic construction, oracular contact, anti-mechanical abilities, and being test-platforms for Megatron's modelock virus... I did. Oh- and they showed up on Cybertron in Wreckers.
::Sure, they're on Earth in The Gathering- but that appears to have dumped all their baggage as being part of Megatron's experiments... they're just more crashed Stasis pods, a different sort of Fuzor.
::As originally marketed- they had a tie to the BM modelock virus. That tie was omitted to place them back on Earth. Is it POSSIBLE to do so? Sure! But to act like it's ''sheer madness'' to place them on Cybertron basically requires a willfull act of ignorance on Siph's part to ignore the original backstory.-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
:::I think it's needlessly stubborn to insist that the original packaging was intended to place them on BM Cybertron when there are no references to Vehicons or in fact the planet Cybertron at all. Beast Machines product was on the shelves at the time; the Mutants were sold as Beast Wars. I have therefore edited the article to remove the unsubstantiated assertion that the packaging fiction definitively placed them on Cybertron and have left it up to the reader to make up his own mind about it. -[[User:LV|LV]] 05:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
::: Or, you know, reading comprehension to notice all those factors LV just pointed out, which is ''their original backstory''. But hey, why do that when you can make shit up and use totally after-the-fact items irrelevant to the actual point? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
::::"For some reason... I feel like I've eaten this ninja's bread before."
::::I grasp we were discussing the cards. But given the cards heavy BM-tilt I find your statement ''I NEVER for one moment thought that the Mutants were on BM-era Cybertron.'' absolutely mind wobbling. It is entirely true that the cards never explicitly place them on Cybertron or Earth, but that you 'never for one moment' even considered they might be on Cybertron from reading the cards?
::::That my friend, takes talent. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:25, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

:::::A set of toys under the ''Beast Wars'' banner talking about Maximals and Predacons (who ARE technological, remember, the other BW product out at the time were Transmetals, and the previous year it was Transmetal 2s), instead of being under the ''Beast Machines'' banner talking about Maximals and Vehicons (where the Predacons are absent as a faction)? Considering we know Megatron was dicking around with TF genetics during the Beast Wars? And the whole Fuzor deal?
:::::Yeah, assuming that such a thing places them within the confines of the Beast Wars cardbackiverse and not entertaining the notion that they're in Beast Machines is TOTALLY a gigantic stretch. It certainly takes a talent... for reading comprehension. Or are we going to declare their case-mate Transmetals and the Tripdredacus Agent are also on Cybertron during Beast Machines? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:27, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

==Other Stuff==
Yeah, while you guys bicker over that stuff, anyone know if "Mutators" was ever a prerelease name for the Mutants? Poison Bite's tech specs make reference to "the mutator mission" and I have no clue what it's talking about.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 06:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
:I've never heard it, but it could be. Or it could be a typo that was auto-corrected into the wrong word. The computer entries for Razor Claw and Poison Bite called them Dinobite Mutatant and Scorpinox Mutatant, but I suspect "Mutatant" was also a typo. -[[User:LV|LV]] 07:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
::Careful. It could be a mutant. -[[User:LV|LV]] 07:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

== Blackarachnia (Animated) ==

Does [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] kinda countant as a Mutant?

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Insignia

2008-04-23T17:22:15Z

86.128.33.12: /* Prehistory */

One of the universals across all Transformers continuities has been the use of '''insignia''' to differentiate members of respective armies, and sometimes sub-factions within armies or even individuals.

==Generation 1==
===Prehistory===
<gallery>
Image:Ancient Transformer Symbol.png|'''Ancient [[Transformer]]''' ''This is an ancient symbol that Shockwave found in the G1 Dreamwave comic. Although Transformers have been split into two races, they are one species, he claims. Noticed the top part is of [[Autobot]] and lower half of [[Decepticon]]?''
Image:Ancient Autobot Symbol.png|'''Autobot''' ''This symbol appeared on the forehead of one of the Autobot leaders who spoke to [[Rodimus Prime]] within the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].''
Image:Fallen_faction_symbol.png|'''[[Fallen]]''' ''This symbol was only used on the [[Titanium]] toyline representation of the Fallen. It was not used in [[The War Within]] or any other fiction.''
</gallery>

===Pre-War===
<gallery>
Image:Megatron Origin Symbol.png|'''[[Clench (G2)|Clench]]''' ''This symbol was worm by Clench and his team in [[Kaon]]'s [[gladiatorial combat|illegal pitfights]] prior to the [[Great War]]. After [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] replaced Clench as team captain he retained the symbol for a time before developing the Decepticon insignia as his team emblem.''
Image:Security symbol Megatron Origin.png|'''Security Services''' ''This symbol is used by the Autobot Security Services crew operating under [[Sentinel Prime]] and was seen on the flags draped over the coffins at the state funeral of operatives [[Fastback]] and [[Bumper]].''
Image:Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png|'''Senate-related symbol''' ''This symbol was worm the crew of Senator [[Decimus]]' ship, as well as by [[Ratbat]] during his senatorial days.''
</gallery>

===The War Within===
<gallery>
Image:War Within Autobot Symbol.png|'''Autobot'''
Image:Decepticon warwithin symbol.png|'''Decepticon'''
Image:Emirate Xeon symbol.png|'''[[Emirate Xeon]]''' ''This symbol appeared on the helmet of the departed politician Emirate Xeon.
Image:Ultracon symbol.png|'''[[Ultracon]]''' ''Used by [[Ratbat]]'s group in [[The War Within]] era''
</gallery>

===The Great War===
<gallery>
Image:Symbol_autobot_reg.jpg|'''[[Autobot]]''' ''It seems likely that in the real world, the Autobot symbol was derived from a stylized drawing of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s toy's head. In the Marvel Comics continuity, it was known as the "Autobrand" and was seemingly based on the face of the [[Last Autobot]]. In the original animated series, it was a mark of the [[Quintesson]] slave brand.''
Image:symbol_autobot_dx_edit.jpg|''The Autobot symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging.''
Image:symbol_decept_reg.jpg|'''[[Decepticon]]''' ''It seems likely that in the real world, the Decepticon symbol was derived from a stylized drawing of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s toy's head. It has no given origin in either comic or cartoon, but in the latter, it presumably has the same origin as the Autobot symbol.''
Image:DConsym.gif|''The Decepticon symbol as it appeared on Generation 1 toy packaging. Note the bevelled detail in the center of the crest at the top - the model sheet of the symbol created for the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] based on this version misinterpreted it as a third spike, and it appeared in the show rendered in this manner almost universally.''
Image:Shocksymb.jpg|'''[[Cybertron Guard|Cybertron Guard]]''' ''This symbol represents the Decepticons under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s command charged with Cybertron's security. It was [[Retcon|retroactively]] named in 2007 by TakaraTomy's [[World of the Transformers]] website, but unnamed in its original context.'' {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}
Image:Wreckers symbol.png|'''[[Wreckers]]''' ''This symbol was used by the Wreckers in the [[3H]] Wreckers/Universe comics, and debuted in 2001. It is uncertain if prior incarnations of the team used this insignia or if it came into use after the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]].'' {{storylink|Departure}}
</gallery>

===Non-Cybertronian Insignia===
<gallery>
Image:EDC Symbol.png|'''[[EDC]] (cartoon)'''
Image:DW EDC.png|'''[[EDC]] (Dreamwave)'''
Image:Machination logo.png|'''[[Machination]]'''
Image:Quintesson symbol.png|'''[[Quintesson]]''' ''This symbol was featured as part of the decal set for the [[e-Hobby]] exclusive [[Overcharge]] [[drone]]s.''
Image:Z_Foundation.png|'''[[Z Foundation]]'''
Image:Zarak_Consortium_Logo.png|'''[[Zarak Consortium]]'''
</gallery>

===Kiss Players===
''These symbols were used by the [[Sparkbot]]s in '''Kiss Play Position'''.''
<gallery>
Image:Sparkbot Angela symbol.gif|'''[[Angela]]'''
Image:Sparkbot_Stardust_symbol.gif|'''[[Stardust]]'''
Image:Sparkbot_Zangetsu_symbol.gif|'''[[Zangetsu]]'''
</gallery>

===Brazilian G1===
''These faction symbols were used in the Brazilian [[Estrela]] releases of the [[Microchange]] "Mini Car Robo" subline molds.''
<gallery>
Image:Optimus symbol.png|'''[[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]]'''
Image:Malignus symbol.png|'''[[Malignus]]'''
</gallery>

==G.I. Joe Crossovers==
<gallery>
Image:Cobralogo.gif|'''[[Cobra]]'''
Image:Joelogo.gif|'''[[G.I. Joe]]'''
</gallery>

==Generation 2==
<gallery>
Image:Auto-g2.png|'''Autobot''' ''The G2 Autobot symbol seems clearly based on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. In the Marvel Comics continuity this change may have occured since the [[Last Autobot]] had come and gone.''
Image:Con-g2.png|'''Decepticon''' ''The G2 Decepticon symbol seems to be a stylized, updated G1 Decepticon symbol. Bludgeon's Decepticons adopted this symbol around 1991, apparently unaware it was also being used by the Cybertronian Empire that they would soon encounter.''
Image:Cybertronian.png|'''[[Cybertronian]]''' ''This symbol was used by [[Jhiaxus|Jhiaxus's]] Cybertronian Empire, who considered themselves neither Autobot nor Decepticon.''
Image:Cybertron-federation.png|'''[[Cybertron Alliance]]''' ''This was only used in Japanese continuity to bridge [[Return of Convoy]] and [[Generation 2]].''
</gallery>

==Beast Era==
===Beast Wars===
<gallery>
Image:Maximal symbol.png|'''[[Maximal]]'''
Image:Predacon symbol.png|'''[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]'''
Image:Timelines Predacon Symbol.png|'''Predacon ([[Timelines]])''' ''Worn by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]''.
Image:Mutants symbol.png|'''[[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]]'''
Image:MaximalGuard.gif |'''Maximal Peacekeeper''' ''Worn by knight-like Maximal soldiers/peacekeepers in [[The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending]].''
</gallery>

*'''[[Predacon (G1)]]'''
''These symbols appeared on the walls of a transwarp shunt room used by [[Magmatron]] in IDW's [[The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]. Although never explicitly stated, they apparently denote the original Predacon combiner team.''
<gallery>
Image:Razorclaw Symbol.png|'''[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'''
Image:Tantrum Symbol.png|'''[[Tantrum]]'''
Image:Divebomb symbol.png|'''[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]'''
Image:Headstrong symbol.png|'''[[Headstrong]]'''
Image:Rampage symbol.png|'''[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]'''
</gallery>

===Beast Wars II===
<gallery>
Image:Moon_symbol_clean.png|'''[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]]'''
Image:Space pirate seacon sign.jpg|'''[[Seacon (BWII)|Seacon]] Space Pirate'''
</gallery>

===Beast Wars Neo===
<gallery>
Image:Blendtron symbol.png|'''[[Blendtron]]'''
</gallery>

===Beast Machines===
<gallery>
Image:Maximal symbol bm.png|'''Maximal'''
Image:Vehicon symbol.png|'''[[Vehicon]]''' ''A large design element of the Vehicon symbol is [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s head. The other elements are similar to a radioactive symbol, or the spokes of a wheel.''
Image:Dinobots symbol.png|'''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]''' ''This insignia replaced the [[spark crystal]]s of the [[Beast Wars Neo]] toys that were introduced to the Beast Machines toyline.''
</gallery>

==Car Robots==
<gallery>
Image:Car Robots Destron.png|'''[[Decepticon#Robots in Disguise|Combatron]]''' ''Takara used this symbol to represent the Combatron (Decepticon in ''Robots in Disguise'') sub-group in ''Car Robots''—it's an upside-down ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbol, which had been molded into the [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] toy, a redeco of ''Generation 2'' [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Laser Optimus Prime]]. The Hasbro version removed them and used the traditional Decepticon symbol. Though it can be briefly seen in the cartoon, this symbol does not "exist" in the English version.''
</gallery>

==Unicron Trilogy==
===Armada===
<gallery>
Image:Minicon symbol.png|'''[[Mini-Con]]''' ''This symbol hints at the origins of the Mini-Cons, in that the "M" is echoed in Unicron's face, with the border representing the planet-eater's orbital ring.''
Image:Unicronsymbol dwmtmte.png|'''[[Unicron]]''' ''Used in [[Dreamwave]]'s [[More Than Meets The Eye|Armada profile book]] to denote Unicron-allied Transformers.''
</gallery>

===Energon===
<gallery>
Image:Energon Powerlinx symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Black''' ''Used by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber|his]] [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|combiner]] [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|partners]].''
Image:Energon Powerlinx Gold symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Gold''' ''Worn by Mega-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Mega- and Deluxe-sized Transformers.''
Image:Energon Powerlinx Silver symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Silver''' ''Worn by Deluxe-sized Transformers who can combine with fellow Deluxe- and Mega-sized Transformers.''
Image:Energon Powerlinx Red symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Red''' ''Worn by Ultra-sized Transformers, who can combine with additional vehicle mode parts to form a "brute mode"''
Image:Energon Powerlinx Blue symbol.png|'''[[Powerlinx]] - Blue''' ''Used by the [[Air Team]], the [[Construction Team]], and the [[Destruction Team]].''
Image:Team_Ironhide_symbol.png|'''Team [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]''' ''An insignia worn by Ironhide and a group of Omni-Cons under his command in an episode of the [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon cartoon]].
Image:Unicron energon symbol.png|'''[[Unicron]]''' ''Seen in the background of Unicron's transformation sequence in the [[Energon (cartoon)|Energon cartoon]].
</gallery>

===Cybertron===
<gallery>
Image:Cyber_Key_symbol_Earth.png|'''[[Earth]]''' ''Seen on [[Cyber Key]]s that belong to Transformers from [[Earth]].''
Image:Cyber_Key_symbol_Velocitron.png|'''[[Velocitron]]'' '''Seen on Cyber Keys that belong to Transformers from the planet Velocitron.''
Image:Cyber_Key_symbol_Jungle_Planet.png|'''[[Jungle Planet]]'' '''Seen on Cyber Keys that belong to Transformers from the Jungle Planet.''
Image:Cyber_Key_symbol_Gigantion.png|'''[[Gigantion]]''' ''Seen on Cyber Keys that belong to Transformers from the planet Gigantion.''
Image:Cybertron_Defence.png|'''[[Cybertron Defense Team]]''' ''Used by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scattorshot]], after their collective reconstruction.''
</gallery>

==2007 movie==
''For the 2007 movie, the Autobot and Decepticon factions were rendered in the steely gray seen below. Additionally- the Autobot and Decepticons were strongly associated with the colors blue and red, which led to the Autobot symbol appearing in blue in multiple media. Nonetheless the 'official colors' of said symbols remains red and purple.
<gallery>
Image:Movie_Autobot.JPG|'''Autobot'''
Image:Movie_Decepticon.JPG|'''Decepticon'''
Image:Sector7logo.png|'''[[Sector Seven]]''' ''A Secret organization on earth that is trying to save humanity from the Autobots and Decepticons.''
Image:Emdr factionsymbol.png|'''[[Mountain Dew Robot]]''' ''An elite group of infiltrators determined to steal the [[All Spark]] for their own purposes.''
</gallery>

==Transtech==
<gallery>
Image:Transtech Autobot symbol.png|'''Autobot'''
Image:Transtech Decepticon symbol.png|'''Decepticon'''
</gallery>

==Shattered Glass==
''The alternate reality of the [[Shattered Glass]] timeline posits an army of evil Cybertronians united under the leering visage of a purple insignia badge... though probably not the one you were expecting.''
<gallery>
Image:Autobot_Shattered_Glass.png|'''Autobot'''
Image:Decepticon_Shattered_Glass.png|'''Decepticon'''
</gallery>
==Transformers Animated==
<gallery>
Image:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|'''[[Cybertron Elite Guard]]''' ''This insignia is used by the elite forces under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]].''
Image:Sumdac Systems.PNG|'''[[Sumdac Systems]]''' ''The corporate logo of [[Isaac Sumdac]]'s company, as seen in the foyer of [[Sumdac Tower]].''
</gallery>

==Others==
<gallery>
Image:Autotots sigil.png|'''[[Autotot]]'''
Image:Gobots auto symbol.png|'''[[Go-Bots (toyline)|Go-bot]]'''
Image:Playschool Go-Bots G.png|'''[[Go-Bots (toyline)|Go-bot]]'''
Image:Myfirst symbol.png|'''[[My 1st Transformers]]'''
</gallery>

==Unused concepts==
<gallery>
Image:Cobra_Decepticon_symbol.png|'''Cobra/Decepticon''' ''Used for promotion of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|the comic]], not in the actual story.''
</gallery>

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