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File talk:TripleCombinationBattlestar.jpg

2023-12-06T13:08:11Z

Elmimmo: Image origin?

== Image origin? ==
Considering that [https://tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/galleries/?dgallery_show=TV%20Magazine/Battlestars/Episode%2007.jpg&Category=TV+Magazine&Gallery=Battlestars the original story page] had plenty of text overlaid on top of the illustration, where does this text-free version actually come from?

Talk:Tom Banachek

2023-10-09T10:34:22Z

Elmimmo: /* Banacheck or Banachek */

Anyone else notice that Banachek looks almost exactly like all the hologram drivers the Decepticons use? {{unsigned|216.135.47.36|18:43, July 8, 2007 (UTC)‎}}
:Didn't occur to me, but I've seen it said by others. I think it's just the mustache. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

:Not all white men with mustaches are the same guy! Personally, I didn't think the one Michael O'Neill sports in the movie really resembled the Decepticon hologram guy's pornstache. -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 20:02, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

==Sector Seven head==
Head of Sector Seven? Where is that from? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 03:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

== The caption for his Titan appearance is out dated. ==

The subject says it ''all'', really... --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:46, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
:If all you're going to do is complain about captions and other inane bullshit, please go away. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:47, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

But to be more specific... this is outdated because the episodes of TF Animated already aired in USA, Japan, the works... now what should the caption be??? --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:50, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

!? Don't... tell me... to... GO AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!! Sorry about pissing you off, Interrobang, it's cos you're a jerk. So, if one's to go away, it should be ''you''. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:53, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

Also, I'm not ''complaining'', I'm ''asking''.
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Jerk. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:56, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

I'm thinking of it as: Banachek after hacking into the script of Dark of the Moon. Michael Bay won't be pleased. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 20:00, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
:You say the current caption is "outdated", but you're proposing a caption that will later be outdated. Plus, the old caption is still funny even if it's not as relevant today. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 20:40, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

I still think Interrobang's a jerk.
:Dude, you're going to get a time out if you keep adding stuff like this. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:24, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
::Is this guy related to [[User:TOM]]? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 20:54, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

==Banacheck or Banachek==

The ending credits in the first film spell his last name as Banacheck, not Banachek. Yet, the official novel [https://archive.org/details/transformers00alan/page/200/mode/2up?q=Banachek] uses the latter. Which one is it? --[[User:Elmimmo|Elmimmo]] ([[User talk:Elmimmo|talk]]) 06:33, 9 October 2023 (EDT)

Talk:Tom Banachek

2023-10-09T10:33:51Z

Elmimmo: /* Banacheck, not Banachek */

Anyone else notice that Banachek looks almost exactly like all the hologram drivers the Decepticons use? {{unsigned|216.135.47.36|18:43, July 8, 2007 (UTC)‎}}
:Didn't occur to me, but I've seen it said by others. I think it's just the mustache. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

:Not all white men with mustaches are the same guy! Personally, I didn't think the one Michael O'Neill sports in the movie really resembled the Decepticon hologram guy's pornstache. -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 20:02, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

==Sector Seven head==
Head of Sector Seven? Where is that from? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 03:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

== The caption for his Titan appearance is out dated. ==

The subject says it ''all'', really... --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:46, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
:If all you're going to do is complain about captions and other inane bullshit, please go away. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:47, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

But to be more specific... this is outdated because the episodes of TF Animated already aired in USA, Japan, the works... now what should the caption be??? --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:50, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

!? Don't... tell me... to... GO AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!! Sorry about pissing you off, Interrobang, it's cos you're a jerk. So, if one's to go away, it should be ''you''. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:53, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

Also, I'm not ''complaining'', I'm ''asking''.
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Jerk. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:56, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

I'm thinking of it as: Banachek after hacking into the script of Dark of the Moon. Michael Bay won't be pleased. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 20:00, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
:You say the current caption is "outdated", but you're proposing a caption that will later be outdated. Plus, the old caption is still funny even if it's not as relevant today. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 20:40, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

I still think Interrobang's a jerk.
:Dude, you're going to get a time out if you keep adding stuff like this. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:24, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
::Is this guy related to [[User:TOM]]? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 20:54, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

==Banacheck or Banachek==

The ending credits in the first film spell his last name as Banacheck, not Banachek. Yet, [https://archive.org/details/transformers00alan/page/200/mode/2up?q=Banachek]. Which one is it? --[[User:Elmimmo|Elmimmo]] ([[User talk:Elmimmo|talk]]) 06:33, 9 October 2023 (EDT)

Talk:Tom Banachek

2023-10-09T10:27:02Z

Elmimmo:

Anyone else notice that Banachek looks almost exactly like all the hologram drivers the Decepticons use? {{unsigned|216.135.47.36|18:43, July 8, 2007 (UTC)‎}}
:Didn't occur to me, but I've seen it said by others. I think it's just the mustache. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

:Not all white men with mustaches are the same guy! Personally, I didn't think the one Michael O'Neill sports in the movie really resembled the Decepticon hologram guy's pornstache. -[[User:Rotty|Rotty]] 20:02, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

==Sector Seven head==
Head of Sector Seven? Where is that from? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 03:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

== The caption for his Titan appearance is out dated. ==

The subject says it ''all'', really... --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:46, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
:If all you're going to do is complain about captions and other inane bullshit, please go away. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:47, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

But to be more specific... this is outdated because the episodes of TF Animated already aired in USA, Japan, the works... now what should the caption be??? --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:50, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

!? Don't... tell me... to... GO AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!! Sorry about pissing you off, Interrobang, it's cos you're a jerk. So, if one's to go away, it should be ''you''. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:53, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

Also, I'm not ''complaining'', I'm ''asking''.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Jerk. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 19:56, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

I'm thinking of it as: Banachek after hacking into the script of Dark of the Moon. Michael Bay won't be pleased. --[[User:Kaon Prisoner|Kaon Prisoner]] 20:00, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
:You say the current caption is "outdated", but you're proposing a caption that will later be outdated. Plus, the old caption is still funny even if it's not as relevant today. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 20:40, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

I still think Interrobang's a jerk.
:Dude, you're going to get a time out if you keep adding stuff like this. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 20:24, 22 May 2011 (EDT)
::Is this guy related to [[User:TOM]]? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 20:54, 22 May 2011 (EDT)

==Banacheck, not Banachek==

The ending credits in the first film spell his last name as Banacheck, not Banachek. --[[User:Elmimmo|Elmimmo]] ([[User talk:Elmimmo|talk]]) 06:27, 9 October 2023 (EDT)

Talk:Glen Whitmann

2023-09-01T07:48:19Z

Elmimmo: /* Whitmann’s mother? */ new section

===Storybook Glen===
Did Marcelo misread 'Whitmann' as 'Whiteman' or something? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:03, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

:I speculate that Anthony Anderson hadn't been cast yet when Marcelo was doing illustrations- Dygert is a German name after all. So is Whitman originally, but it's also a common English name, which makes it more likely as an African American surname than Dygert. (To clarify; I speculate his character's name was changed when he was cast.)
:I haven't been able to find a single prominent Whitman who was black, except Dane Whitman of course.
:Does the Whitmann spelling show up in the novel, or is it a imdb perversion? That spelling appears completely fictional. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

::I have no idea. I can't even find any of the damn books here. Apparently our bookshops are too good to stock something as lowbrow as Transformers. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 21:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

== SHUT UP GRANDMA meme? ==

Apparently that line of his is an internet meme now according to Rocketboom's site. Is that worth mentioning? [[User:Item42|Item42]] 11:28, 5 August 2010 (EDT)
:No. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:19, 14 September 2010 (EDT)

== Not in ROTF ==
why isnt he in the next movies {{unsigned|24.172.135.130}}
:He grew tired of the endless conflict and retreated to spend the rest of his existence in [[J'nwan]]. -[[User:LV|LV]] 17:54, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

== Whitmann’s mother? ==

The article says:
<blockquote>…living under the shouty regime of his '''mother''' and grandmother</blockquote>
Does his mother appear or is even mentioned at all in the movie?--[[User:Elmimmo|Elmimmo]] ([[User talk:Elmimmo|talk]]) 03:48, 1 September 2023 (EDT)

Talk:President of the United States

2023-08-28T10:49:33Z

Elmimmo: /* 1927 */ new section

I suggest rather that we talk about all the various Presidents of the United States seen in Transformers in just one comprehensive article. It's just a title and not a single man. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:37, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
:Or woman! ('Cause, Cybertron.) --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 17:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
::I am so sad she wasn't Alexis. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

:::I woudl generally agree- but this guy is a major player in the Keepers trilogy. he has evil pots, and orders secret assasinations, and is generally a no-good shit. Just food for thought.
:::Move it if you like, I'll adapt. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I think real-world Earth things that show up in multiple continuities should get a single comprehensive page. For example, if Madonna was mentioned in the Armada comic, I don't think we should have a Madonna (G1) page and a Madonna (UT) page. Likewise, we have one Atlantis -- agh, Madonna just showed up on CNN, odd timing -- page and single pages for New York, Tokyo, etc. I think [[President of the United States]] falls under that precedent. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I've been noticing a LOT of skipped heading levels recently, usually 1-3, whichs eems frankly bizare to me. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

== Yes, She Is a Girl ==
I have no problem with letting the word "girl" stand if it's an in-joke, but why do people have a problem with "And good for her."? [[User:JW|JW]] 20:06, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
: I dunno. I know what you're going for, but despite that, it sounds kinda condescending. I keep wanting to add "And she's so articulate!" --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:19, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
:: ''I know what you're going for, but despite that, it sounds kinda condescending.'' Eh, fair point. I'll mull it over. [[User:JW|JW]] 20:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

== Slick Willie ==

Where's the Slick reference from?

Also, the S7 archives (flashing by in the movie) included mentions of several former Presidents by last name, including Clinton, but never (I think) identified as Presidents. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:42, 18 June 2009 (EDT)
:Simmons says something like "every U.S. president since [whoever was president when they built the thing; Hoover?] has seen this facility. Ike, JFK, LBJ, Tricky Dick, ''blahblahblah'', Ronnie (or Teflon Ronnie?), ''blahblah'', Slick Willie, and Dubya, have all seen what you're about to see." Unfortunately, we'll probably never know the exact wording, unless someone happens to have bootlegged an IMAX showing--and after two years no signs of that have surfaced. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 11:52, 18 June 2009 (EDT)

== Reorganize? ==

The current organization of this page is... a bit odd. (and inaccurate, since Plague of the Insecticons isn't, properly speaking, part of the core Marvel comics continuity.)

It's been observed that one of the few out-fiction we "allow" ourselves to know is the President's 'number.' (EG: [[Abraham_Lincoln|the 16th president of the United States]].) How would people feel about reorganizing this page to be by number? So we'd have a section for the 39th president, the 40th president, etc. I think there will be ''less'' messiness using this method than we currently face.

This would have the advantage of strongly delineating between fictional and nonfictional Presidents of the United States. Fictional ones don't get referred to by numbers. '''Example:''' According to The Keepers Trilogy, the Dreamwave POTUS was facing re-election in 2002, so it's hard to say what "President Number" he is. (I think that's possible under the U.S. Constitution too... some circumstance with a death in-office can push a presidential election on the next 2-year cycle.)

We've held off creating a visual/template language to clearly mark in-fiction/out-fiction/non-fictional content... but this strikes me as one of the pages it'd be useful to make the distinction on. We have [[Theodore Allen|fictional vice-presidents]] succeeding [[President_of_the_United_States#Transformers_.282007.29|non-fictional ones]]!

For a page like [[Simon Furman]] it's clear because we have a "Fiction" section. In this cause it's fiction-about-nonfictional-people mixed with fiction-about-fictional-people. And as much as we strive for outfiction-agnosticism... I feel like a distinction really ''ought'' to be made. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:18, 24 September 2009 (EDT)
:Sounds pretty good, but where would the fictional ones go? Tacked on the end?
:No there isn't any circumstance where a presidential election would have happened in '02. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:37, 24 September 2009 (EDT)
::Yeah - as I understand it, the only important thing in constitutional terms about the two-year mark is that, if the president dies in office ''before'' it, the VP/replacement can only be elected once (i.e., his time as a replacement counts as their first term), but if there's ''less'' than two years to go, then they can have two full terms on top of it. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:51, 24 September 2009 (EDT)

:::Many years later but prior to the 25th amendment in 1967 a lot of issues relating to Presidential vacancies were not actually resolved by the constitution and it was really only because John Tyler was forceful and had enough political backing in April 1841 that the precedent was set that the Veep ''became'' President for the rest of the fixed four year term rather than merely acting in the post until a new election had been held. The latter view was current at the time and in different circumstances might have prevailed. Alternatively fiction can have elections in different years from reality just as much as different presidents - wasn't the cycle in the West Wing two years out of sync with reality? [[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] ([[User talk:Timrollpickering|talk]]) 17:32, 3 March 2014 (EST)

==Obama==
No snarky comment on Obama? Fixed. [[Special:Contributions/68.61.240.172|68.61.240.172]] 10:07, 23 November 2009 (EST)
:I didn't get it, but hope you will find the alternative adequately snarky. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:15, 23 November 2009 (EST)
::Heck, it's not like that quote was even that snarky - that was ''exactly'' what Obama tried to do in ROTF. True to life n such! - McFeely, not signed in
:::I'm fine with the change, although it's not as biting, the other one was a quote from Senator Obama about Iran, just changing the president of Iran to Megatron and Isreal to humanity, but it was too long winded. [[Special:Contributions/207.181.17.24|207.181.17.24]] 11:45, 23 November 2009 (EST)

==President Colton?==
No mention of the President of the U.S. in Shattered Glass? [[Special:Contributions/68.61.240.172|68.61.240.172]] 10:12, 23 November 2009 (EST)

==Real world impact of Reagan on Transformers==
Might there be a place where it should be mentioned that it was Ronald Reagan's deregulation on televison broadcast requirements that allowed the Transformers TV series to exist at all? Before him the show would have been considered illegal by the FCC as a half hour commercial to the kids. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966110,00.html [[Special:Contributions/98.209.153.136|98.209.153.136]] 18:19, 27 January 2011 (EST)
: Maybe if Ronald Reagan had his own article. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:42, 27 January 2011 (EST)

== 1927 ==

The page says:

<blockquote>The 2007 film refers to President Hoover forming Sector Seven in 1927, forgetting that President Coolidge was in charge at the time. IDW's Sector 7 miniseries jumped through hoops to have Hoover in a position to form S7 before he became the Prez.</blockquote>

I see no mention whatsoever of “1927” in its screenplay. If so, where does the detail about it being in 1927 come from actually. If it is not the movie where that year comes from, were the comics really trying to be coherent with it (and if so, again, taking it from where) or were they the ones introducing it? --[[User:Elmimmo|Elmimmo]] ([[User talk:Elmimmo|talk]]) 06:49, 28 August 2023 (EDT)

Talk:Thrasher (Diaclone)

2023-08-08T07:44:05Z

Elmimmo: Warauder or Waruder?

== Warauder or Waruder? ==

This page, as well as the ones for [[Ripper (Diaclone)]], [[Crusher (Diaclone)]] and [[Buzzer (Diaclone)]] mention ”the Warauder hive”. Is it a typo and should be “Waruder” instead? If not, where does the word “Warauder” come from? --[[User:Elmimmo|Elmimmo]] ([[User talk:Elmimmo|talk]]) 03:44, 8 August 2023 (EDT)